Another scenario contest?

[WarVoid]

I'm just taking a general census now to see who would be interested in another scenario contest. Be it SDC #4 or something entirely new (which I have been considering for some time now).

Despite being unable to update SLeague's site on 'Poly, I still have a large server which could fulfill the purposes to get another successful contest going.

If you're interested or have ideas and comments you'd like to contribute, please post em here.

[Dr. Nick]

[Case]

It might be hard to find many compeditors, but another scenario design contest would be interesting...

some ideas:
* NATO-Warsaw Pact War
* The Viet Minh vs the French
* The United States invasion of Mexico in the 1850s (?)
* The US Civil War (the entire thing, or a campaign/battle of your choosing)

[Jimmywax]

I think it would be kind of neat to see some mythological scenarios.

[our_man]

Fantastic idea Warvoid!

As for ideas, how about an alternate history scenario? A person could pick a specific event in history, choose to change one important fact, and imagine the world as a consequence later. Obviously there would have to be a time limit as to how far into the future one could portray events for.

Ancient scenarios would probably require a period of perhaps 500 years for a sufficiently altered timeline to develop, while in the modern era, a few months might suffice.

A few ideas:
what if Alexander the Great hadn't died at such a young age?
what if the Roman Empire somehow survived?
what if France had won the Napoleonic Wars?
what if Germany had won WW1?
what if Germany had won WW2?
what if the Berlin Airlift triggered a U.S. - U.S.S.R. war?

[Shaka Naldur]

the problem is if there is going to be enough participants

but other way in an excellent idea

[BeBMan]

I think it is a good idea

Perhaps it could be made together with the CivFanatics, since there is a very active scn community too

[Shaka Naldur]

Originally posted by BeBro
I think it is a good idea

Perhaps it could be made together with the CivFanatics, since there is a very active scn community too

that would be a good idea

[Chris 62]

Changed my mind, and am withdrawing my support of this.

Good luck with it.

[Prometeus]

Originally posted by Case

* The Viet Minh vs the French

Hey!!! don't dare to stole out my ideas...

Still got my RC4 stuff somewhere on my chaotic PC harddisk.

[DarthVeda]

How about one involving the japanese in ww2 pacific theater for ToT?

[Shaka Naldur]

do it for mge not for tot

[WarVoid]

I was thinking along the lines of doing a general scenario design contest, in which it wasn't limited by a category, like the SDC's were.

So, basically, it would be entirely dependent on the overall design of the scenario to win the contest. Of course, we'd have runner up's (gold, silver, bronze) and maybe I can get Markos to do something special for the winners (any ideas?).

This would both increase the number of participants and really grow the diversity of the project, so that people would'nt be copying eachother. IMHO, it's boring to have a contest with several scenarios about the same thing.

As for involving CivFanatics, i've no problem with that. I know Thunderfall from way back when CF was just a idea floating in the aether. I'll drop him an e-mail aboot it.

[DarthVeda]

That's a splendid idea, WarVoid

[Case]

Originally posted by WarVoid
maybe I can get Markos to do something special for the winners (any ideas?).

Three words: huge cash prizes