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Say, did you ever think of what would be the story to the next DROD? Well, for those who completed the game, you can make a short hold (maximum 9 rooms) showing to us what is the story you think will be in DROD 4. People who haven't finished DROD TCB can also enter, but it will be in a different category.

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-You can have puzzle rooms, but please focus on the story!
-You can have up to nine rooms and one entry.
-When you submit your entry, please tell me if you conquered DROD TCB or not. No lies, ok? Because I will check your file if it relates to the ending of TCB or not if you say you did.
-I'd best like if the Caravel Team keep the story of DROD 4 for themselves.

(Caravel Team, tell me if it's ok for me to have such a contest)

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Jeff_Ray... wrote:
(Caravel Team, tell me if it's ok for me to have such a contest)

If you mean this legally, then there is absolutely no way in which the Caravel Team can block such a contest.
05-20-2007 at 03:22 PM
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I'm tempted to enter, with things that are partly taken from JtRH discussions and partly made up out of whole cloth, and see what sort of confusion goes on.

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05-21-2007 at 08:26 AM
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Jeff_Ray... wrote:
-I'd best like if the Caravel Team keep the story of DROD 4 for themselves.

I can't imagine them ever doing anything else at the moment!! ;)

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Dex Stewart wrote:
Jeff_Ray... wrote:
(Caravel Team, tell me if it's ok for me to have such a contest)

If you mean this legally, then there is absolutely no way in which the Caravel Team can block such a contest.

Um, sure they can. Caravel owns these forums and can decide what is posted here and what isn't, and can delete posts at their discretion.

There is a potential problem with this kind of contest - say person X submits a contest entry, which happens to resemble the actual future plotline of DROD 4 (or an SmS, or whatever). When DROD 4 is released, that person might get upset and blame Caravel for stealing their idea. And what happens if person Y posts an idea that is actually better than the one currently planned for DROD 4? If Caravel uses the idea without crediting person Y, that's plagarism. If Caravel credits person Y, then they're open to complaints by other people with similar ideas. So, Caravel may decide not to use the idea. But then, there's always the possibility that if it wasn't for person Y, then Erik or Mike or me or someone on the team would have come up with the idea on their own. So person Y's contest entry basically forced Caravel to avoid using a good idea.

This is all hypothetical, and it's up to Erik and Mike to decide how serious a concern this is.

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:blink OK then. Um. Good point, eytanz. How about we have one requirement for entering the contest be concession of intellectual property rights to Caravel, if we don't cancel the thing altogether?

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05-22-2007 at 05:07 AM
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how about we make a contest about making your own story, rather than trying to muscle in on Erik's story?


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How about a story that is based on the relevations that occur at the end of TCB, but must in no way refer or mention Beethro.
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personally, I'd prefer we stay away from the speculation on those particular revelations, and let Erik's vision lead us there - for all the reasons eyetanz mentioned, plus ... it just doesn't feel right to me. Erik clearly already has this cliffhanger partially played out in his mind, and we should wait for his hints about how it will resolve. but that might just be me.


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NiroZ wrote:
How about a story that is based on the relevations that occur at the end of TCB, but must in no way refer or mention Beethro.

Two ideas which could eliminate alot of the issues with this contest (and make it a much much sillier contest indeed).

1.) Speculate what would happen after or during TCB if Beethro were replaced with some other character or person (IE: Spiderman, Ayn Rand, Ted Nugent, etc)
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2.) Pretend that you're speculating on what will happen after KDD or JTRH, before the given sequel came out, and try to come up with something thats absurdly and terribly wrong, and yet would have been plausible at the time.

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05-22-2007 at 09:52 AM
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Beef Row wrote:
Two ideas which could eliminate alot of the issues with this contest (and make it a much much sillier contest indeed).

2.) Pretend that you're speculating on what will happen after KDD or JTRH, before the given sequel came out, and try to come up with something thats absurdly and terribly wrong, and yet would have been plausible at the time.
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