I'd enter if it wasn't only for the US...

might write something still.... never know

Well, if you can get a rule change i'll give it a go.

I'm going to enter, and if I win, I'll do my own contest for people outside the US. I'll give away the autographed copy of the game as a prize (I'll have already bought my own copy by then, so having another would be useless to me)
I'm keeping the t-shirt for myself, though!

Edited by - PCHolt on 02-03-2003 13:47:49

Bargib's right, it's just a matter of legaleze, we're fine with sending STUFF to BFE (aka Australia!)

So go ahead and enter if you're not from the US, I will turn my head!

-Wiebke

I'd enter if I had any writing talent to speak of. Sad thing is I have so many original stories and no way to express them. I've started numerous Wing Commander stories that never went anywhere due to my lack of talent being realized.

I remember one story I had was based around a Confed corvette which was designed to get where others could not. It had some unique holographic abilities, like being able to mask itself both in sensors and visually, or create holograms of other ships to scare off enemies.

Anyway...

Good luck to anyone who takes on the challenge.

Got a few more entries, but please - I want MORE!

Best Regards
Christian "Bargib" Koerner
Editor in Chief, The Lancers Reactor

I'm finishing mine up tonight, Bargib. Keep your eyes open for it!

yea same here bargib - i been busy with standardized tests in school so i aint had much time to finish up my story

Ill submit it tonight and maybe if i have the chance will have proofread it....

good luck to the other ppl entering...

oh and bargib tell us how many entries u get at the end so we kno what we were competing against... if theres only 4 entries not so big a deal to get int top FIVE finalist

Did somebody say my name?
-Gamma Wing
It's the dreaded G-Man[![![!
-Moose

Is it still open today? Like, does it close at midnight? Because I've had exams and crap to handle as I'm in college, so I haven't had a chance to work on it, but I want to enter it. I"ll submit it tonight if it's still open.

"Mercy is the mark of a great man. ::stabs guy with sword:: Guess that makes me a good man. ::stabs guy again:: Well, I'm all right." - Malcom Reynolds, Captain, Firefly-class Starship "Serenity"

Good luck to all. Gosh, I feel really bad that I haven't worked on anything, given how much effort it took to set up the contest in the first place. I honestly would've needed the deadline to be after my spring break, though.

I finshed mine up late last night, it's 11 double spaced pages of Freelancer goodness. 3,193 words. I think I may have went overboard.

I was really thinking about entering until I found out that the basics of the story were already there. I'd really prefer to start on my own with my own work.

I hear you, kak. That's why I entered, because I didn't feel bad about MS gaining the rights to my work, simply because the story was basically already written for me. Maybe I'll work on my own story now.

I sent in my story last night. It's about 10 pages, and I had an absolute blast writing it. Good luck to everyone in the contest- I can't wait to read the results!

Here's a small excerpt from my story, just to get your juices flowing.

"They say battles are like nanobots- you take them, you use them, and you find new ones. I had been through so many battles that it didn’t matter much anymore. The pay is good and the action keeps my heart beating, but really the who’s and where’s of your life just begin to blend together. Khan was just another target, another soul whose fate would be determined by a larger force. Liberty wanted Khan in custody, and I wanted to get paid."

-from "Amongst The Stars", by Andrew Podolsky