Become a Front-Page EntropiaForum Reporter!

711 · 10-14-2006, 06:16

Become the next Entropia Forum Official Reporter!

EntropiaForum is looking for another Offical Reporter to bring the latest news and happenings in EntropiaUniverse to the members of EF. We hope to have fresh news stories on a more frequent basis, and as EU and EF grows, this requires the contribution of many dedicated people.

Given the amazing wealth of creativity and talent among the members of our community, we have decided to open an exciting little contest to help us find the next Official EF Reporter.

Any member who believes he/she would serve the community well in this position, and is capable of reporting news, events, and other notable activities that happen in EU can participate in this contest. Entrants should have a good knowledge and understanding of EU and an ability to draw from previous events for comparison if necessary when reporting current events.

Rules

Contest will be open for article submissions until Sunday, October 22, 2006, 23:59 MA time
Articles must be EntropiaUniverse related: a major event, storyline, act of kindness, or anything of significance that the EF community would be interested in reading about. It may even be a profile of an avatar you feel has made significant contributions to the community, or is just a very colorful and entertaining individual that we would all appreciate getting to know better. Your creativity is the only limitation!
Articles should be lengthy enough to be able to judge writing style, and should include a picture (if possible) to complement the content.
Articles should be written in English, in a professional manner, and proofread for grammar, typographical errors and clarity.
Contestants should post their articles as a thread in the EF Reporters Contest subforum. This forum works just like the Diary forum (only the thread-starter can post). Each contestant should have only ONE thread in this area for all articles, edits and comments.
After review of all the entries, EF staff will choose 5 finalists. The entire EF community will then have a chance to vote for their favorite of the finalists in a poll. The winner of this poll will be the next Official EF Reporter!

As editor of the News section of EntropiaForum, MindStar9 will be managing this contest, and coordinating current and future EF Official Reporters. Any questions entrants may have should be posted in this thread, or sent via PM to MS9.

Good luck to all the entrants!
We are looking forward to reviewing your entries, and ultimately finding that star reporter that will help us keep the Front Page fresh and interesting!

MindBuster · 10-14-2006, 06:41

A few giudelines on the layout of your articles.

To make a picture appear next to some text you can use the WRAP bbcode, to make a picture appear to the right of some text use the following format...

HTML Code:

[wrap=right]http://www.entropiaforum.com/gallery/files/1/mape_black.gif[/wrap]
Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text

...which would look like this...

Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text

...and use LEFT to get the pic on the other side ofcourse.

You can see all available bbcodes here...
http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/misc.php?do=bbcode

Also, please avoid using smilies in your articles, they dont look too good on a frontpage.

Any pics you use in your articles should be no more than 490 pixels wide, so that they fit the frontpage better, bigger pics is can be used though, they can be made as clickable thumbs, but atleast one pic should be "fullsize" without the need for thumbnailing it.

Happy writting

safara · 10-14-2006, 07:24

This should be fun. Nice one 711/MB/MS9 et al

Mathayus · 10-14-2006, 19:58

I may give it a try but my english isn't the best

hooters · 10-14-2006, 20:06

Time for me to start brainstorming on an idea!

Good contest, should be fun.

Baldurn · 10-14-2006, 20:06

I think ill let someone else to do this, since i think i would be a bad reporter

Nice iniative 711, and lets hope someone ambitious forummember wins :-)

CycoKick · 10-14-2006, 20:11

Ahhhh nice contest, I might just join in for fun

And secretly hope that i somehow manage to win hehe.

Nah ill leave it open for peepz who can really write, would be a waste of bandwith i guess hehe

Cougar · 10-14-2006, 22:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by 711

Given the amazing wealth of creativity and talent among the members of our community, we have decided to open an exciting little contest to help us find the next Official EF Reporter.

What happened to the previous?

MindStar9 · 10-14-2006, 22:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cougar

What happened to the previous?

Nothing ... we're adding another reporter to the staff.

PINKY · 10-15-2006, 00:10

Just to confirm, I saw we are only allowed to enter one "thread" in the competition section. Is that only one entry, or can we make multiple entries on the same thread - I can think of a couple of stories i would like to cover and would be great if i can do both

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