Armed Assault fiction competition

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

ArmedAssault.eu Fiction Competition

We are approaching release of Armed Assault, and are all very eager to be able to play the game. The last few weeks have given us alot more 'blood on our teeth' due to the massive PR work made by BI and various fans-sites around. We have seen a new trailer from the Game Convention in Leipzig, and a bunch of new screenshots and interview from various sources.

Now is the time we want to hear your most intimate fantasies about Armed Assault (That is the only fantasies we want to hear about). Therefor we have created this competition for any members of the Armed Assault community. Everyone is free to participate, except people who are Administrators or Super Administrators on ArmedAssault.eu.

And the prize is?

Yes - the most important aspect of any competition - the prize. We are proud to announce, that we will be giving out a brand new TrackIR4:Pro sincerely sponsored by Naturalpoint to the winner of this competition. For anyone not familiar with TrackIR, this is from the manufactores website:

The TrackIRâ„¢ device is a high-performance headtracking system that enables hands free view control in popular games and simulators such as Pacific Fighters, MS Flight Simulator 2004 , Lock On: Modern Air Combat, IL2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, Live For Speed, GTR, World War II Online, and many more. A slight turn of the pilot's head causes their in-game view to pan in any direction, totally independent of commands from mouse, keyboard, joysticks, and other accessories.

Now TrackIR goes one step further to FPS-games, and Armed Assault will be the very first FPS-game that is TrackIR enabled. To see a video demonstration of this, go to this blog .

What do I have to do to win this?

This is quite simple. We want you to write a fictional story of atleast 700 and a maximum of 2000 words in English. The story have to be Armed Assault based. You are free to follow a single character through the story, multiple characters or as a third person observator or any other form of telling your story. This is your choice. In other words - you are free to write the story in whatever way you want :-).

However (here comes the funny part). You have to use the following 12 screenshots in your story. This means that the situation on the screenshots have to be a part of your story. They are in no particular order, so you can arrange them how you like them into your story...

Click here for the full competition page.

Now get your butt into the site and start write YOUR story from your most wet dream about Armed Assault. The TrackIR4:Pro hardware have been kindly donated by Naturalpoint.

[GBee 0]

Ahh $&*# an essay competition!

I love my native language, but school and university taught me to hate essay writing. It's a shame too, because I would have really liked to win that TrackIR4:Pro

[CameronMcDonald 146]

I am so on this. Reckon you can arrange shipping to Australia?

[chipper 0]

Man I hate contests where I have to use my brain a lot.

yes I'm lazy.

[franze 196]

Fun & good idea.

To those who think it's an essay: It's not. It's a story, which can be a lot more fun than a lame essay!

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Damn straight, Franze. Essays are for losers. That said, when writing a story...

"...there is no lonelier place than a blank sheet of paper." Though I've started mine.

[Scillion 0]

The rules are little too strick for me - I could write 2000 words just getting to know the guys and towns. And the rich discriptions of every scene will be missed.

Looking at the pictures I believe there will be several locations that the characters will travel through. The writers must use the pictures to discribe the areas since they will be limited. But hay, a picture says a 1000 words.

The person who writes an exciting story with few words will certainly deserve the prise.

Good Luck to all

Just to give you an idea how few words we're talking here - Espectro used over 500 words in his discription of the Fiction Competition.

[scousejedi 0]

I think the word limit may be to suit Espectro - If 50 people send in War and Peace at 250,000 words each then its going to take him a loooong time to read them all.

Anyway, my entry is in so there's no point in anyone else taking part.

[zedderzulu 7]

The rules are little too strick for me - I could write 2000 words just getting to know the guys and towns. And the rich discriptions of every scene will be missed.

Looking at the pictures I believe there will be several locations that the characters will travel through. The writers must use the pictures to discribe the areas since they will be limited. But hay, a picture says a 1000 words.

The person who writes an exciting  story with few words will certainly deserve the prise.

Good Luck to all

Just to give you an idea how few words we're talking here - Espectro used over 500 words in his discription of the Fiction Competition.

I feel I have to agree, sadly. I'd love to have a go, but I don't think I could write anything worthwhile and keep within the restrictions.

That said - one of the reasons I don't think I'd be very good is that the shortest story I've ever written was just under 13,000 words long...most of my normal stories happily skip and jump over the 100,000s mark. I think Espectro has every right to look at an entry that long from me and tell me to piss off.

Anyway, good luck to the people who enter, I look forward to seeing the entries

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

The word limit stays. I do understand the frustrations though, since I also tend to write longer stories. But the limit has to be somewhere, and as I go on the university in my "free time" , I do have a timelimit as well.

The shipping of the trackir is worldwide and is of course included in the prize. You will not be charged for anything if you win

Oh... For larger version of the screenshots, it is now possible to click on the little ones to access the larger version.

Cheers.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Here's a sample from what I'm working on, I think this sounds OK.

Quote[/b] ]“Locked and loaded! Last 200!â€

The ammo bearer had to yell over the horrible roar of battle, but the rifleman understood, passed the M4 back to the bearer and braced the heavy butt of the ‘240 under his shoulder again. Although his arms ached from the abuse of the recoil, he began firing steadily. The close proximity of the enemy infantry compensated for his tiring limbs, and he raked an exposed group with the heavy cartridges, leaving them lying in the dust.

I'm concerned it might be a bit too Wilbur Smithish.

[wamingo 1]

How shrewd! You're about to end up with about 500 mission's worth in quality scripts!

Ok so I can't write and just jealous...

[CameronMcDonald 146]

[franze 196]

Here's what I'm working on:

Quote[/b] ]

"OH NO... 2 IS DOWN!" Jim Bob said over the radio, in his typical high-pitched voice. Damn wallhacks, Jacob thought.

The Mi-8 was effective with the clusters of rocket pods hanging off it's sides, tearing up ground and blowing up brave (but clueless) AI soldiers right where they stood.

"j00 h4xx0rz!!!11! th3r3 ar3n'7 $upp0s3d t0 b33 4ny h3l1c0p70rz in th1$ m1$$10n!!!111!one!one" sn1p3rm4n shouted, clearly angered at the gross unfairness of the situation. sn1p3rm4n's typical fashion of communication was about as easy to understand as speaking Chinese with a live jellyfish in your mouth.

Jacob knew he had to do something, and made a mad dash for cover as the Hip came around for another pass. Things were looking pretty bleak - the round timer was down to just two minutes, and his side only had ten reinforcement points left. Getting killed now meant having to wait for the ridiculously long thirty-second respawn timer to count down, then having to walk an unbearable 500 meters back into the city, finally compounded by the fact that trying to get ahold of transportation was nearly impossible since the AI wasn't scripted in this mission to wait for others to get in first.

Just then, Jacob saw his chance. The Hip made a fatal mistake of slowing down, in order to make a precise rocket attack against the last western bastion in the town. Perfect shot on the pilot with my pistol. Jacob grinned, and plucked his pistol out of its harness.

Oblivious to everything going on around him, Jacob imagined a world where it was just him and the Hip pilot. And my pistol. The shot finally presented itself and Jacob carefully squeezed the trigger. In a split second, the hammer soared forward and struck the firing pin, and the striker slammed into the primer on the cartridge case. Time seemed to stop to a standstill and Jacob could almost see the bullet leave the barrel, itself on a perfect path toward the Hip.

The small nine-millimeter bullet struck the windshield of the helicopter, deflecting it enough to the point that if the pilot were any farther back, it would have missed. Instead, the bullet went straight into the pilots' chest, performing a messy insertion through his internal organs and settling at his spine.

In no time, the Hip started nosing over more and more, until it was finally heading straight into the ground. It smashed with the force of two locomotives colliding at once, leaving behind but a shadow of it's former self.

"d00d. GF!!!111!one!" Jacob said over the global radio.

Jacob swore he heard something along the lines of "LAAAAAGGGGG111!!11!!!!" over the radio, but the cheering of his teammates drowned out anything he could have deciphered over the radio.

Well, for 30 minutes of work, I went on a lot for that!

But no, it's not my entry, I just thought I'd have some fun.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

2 x

[AntipopAU 3]

Here is a bit of the winning story;

Quote[/b] ]The co-pilot whispers, “Two minutes!†We all check our watches simultaneously, 3.30am. Our machine gunner, Larry, checks his belt and cocks his rifle. I quickly check my M4A2 Carbine, and the Aimpoint scope. I wipe a bit of dust from my scope and cock my rifle, ready to rock and roll.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

3.30am, and you're going to use those pictures in your story? Talk about setacctime x10!

[stegman 3]

[franze 196]

3.30am, and you're going to use those pictures in your story? Talk about setacctime x10!

j00 h4xx0rz! j00 suxx0rz!!!

0330 is way past your bedtime, anyways.

[stegman 3]

j00 h4xx0rz! j00 suxx0rz!!!  

...eh? whats that all about?  Spaz out on the keyboard did you?

[franze 196]

...eh? whats that all about? Spaz out on the keyboard did you?

j00 4r3 s0 un1337.

I can't believe you don't recognize it.

[stegman 3]

...eh? whats that all about?  Spaz out on the keyboard did you?

j00 4r3 s0 un1337.

I can't believe you don't recognize it.  

So what if I am? I'm 27 and too mature for all that Leet crap. At least my typing is legible.

[franze 196]

So what if I am? I'm 27 and too mature for all that Leet crap. At least my typing is legible.

Pardon me if I like to parody the 'language' occasionally.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Less arguing, more writing. Actually, you may as well give up, since my story is finished, all 1999 words of it (no joke!.

[scousejedi 0]

Less arguing, more writing. Actually, you may as well give up, since my story is finished, all 1999 words of it (no joke!.  

I hope there is a runners up prize as you seem to have put a lot of effort in and I wouldn't like it to be wasted

@Espectro - any chance of posting a list of people who have entered just so I know my entry is in, my epic entry, my winning entry.