Design An Encounter Contest

Recently, World of Raids joined Blizzard's World of Warcraft Fansite Program, and to kick off this event Blizzard graciously gave us 5 BlizzCon 2008 cards.  These cards are in high demand and fairly short supply, as they were only available to attendees and those who signed up for DIRECTV's broadcast of the event.  To say obtaining one is something special may be an understatement, so we wanted to come up with a special contest worthy of winning one of these cards.  And what better for "World of Raids," than a contest where you design your very own boss encounter?

HOW TO ENTER

It's up to you and the hundreds of thousands of other World of Raids visitors to decide your fate!  Ready your imagination and craft on paper an epic boss encounter.  This encounter can be for either a 5-player dungeon, or a raid dungeon -- it's all up to you!  The encounter can take place anywhere in Azeroth or on Outland -- even the Emerald Dream and Maelstrom are fair game!  If it's been documented in game lore, you can create an encounter there.  The only rule for characters is that you do not use any already involved in World of Warcraft encounters (characters only discussed in lore such as Nozdormu, Deathwing, etc. are fine but a boss like this requires something extra epic!); if you'd like to use characters from Warcraft the RTS series for your encounter, that's okay.

We will begin posting encounters and open up the rating at the end of the submission period, January 31st, 2009.

To submit your encounter, send it in .txt or .doc format in an email to worcontests@gmail.com along with:

• Your World of Raids username -- you must be registered to participate in this contest!  Fame and fortune await!
• Your age
• Your country of residence
• Your primary contact email (we need this to contact you if you win)

Be as descriptive as possible with your encounter design; once we begin receiving entries we'll be posting them in a special forum section where the world can see them, and eventually rate them!  The community will participate in the judging of these encounters.

Tips

• Give your boss a name fitting their character race; Bob the Drakonid isn't a very good name, for example.  Immerse your players in an epic challenge; it's your chance to be a game designer for a day, so flex your creative muscle!
• If your encounter is comprised of multiple creatures (similar to the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter), or has "trash" adds during it (or even before it), be sure to provide details on every creature involved.
• Document information on your encounter; zone location, geometry design, spell effects, any special script events, etc.  The devil is in the details.
• Create a background for your encounter if you can.  Is this the evil Eredar who corrupted Sargeras?  Seems like a pretty bad guy, eh?  Then maybe he should have something interesting aside from his encounter...
• If you'd like, you're free to include artwork or screenshot/map examples, but any imagery used must be your own or given credit and used with permission.

RULES AND ELIGIBILITY

This contest is a test of skill and the ability for one to think, be creative, and captivate an audience.  Entrants must be 18 years of age or older and be a legal citizen of their respective place of residence.  To participate, entrant must email their submission to worcontests@gmail.com on or before January 31st, 2009 at 11:59 PM PST.

Curse, Inc. employees and its affiliates are not eligible for entry into this contest.  Limit one entry per-person.  Void where prohibited by law.

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