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To Aeipathy-goers near and far, we are four years old! I know! This is more than a little crazy to me who sat in her living room four years ago thinking that creating a little forum might help out her mental health. Whooda-thunk it would have ended up like this?!
For those who don't know, we at Aeipathy like to celebrate our birthday with a traditional Olympics contest! This is a grand, month-long OOC event with different categories and 'events' in which you can partake! So, without further a-do or drum roll, let's check out the categories!
Calling All Contenders
Have no fear! The Aeipathy Olympics are not for the jocks among us! They are for all who wish to compete! This event has nothing to do with physical strength or dexterity and involves no mandatory nudity (what you decide to wear in the comfort of your own home on a voluntary basis is entirely up to you).
What the event does entail... is a series of competitions with different skill focuses. They might be writing-based or graphics-based. They may be long-slog projects that you work towards across the entire month or they could be one-hit wonders where its quality over quantity. These different fields are designed to help every member find something they can partake in.
The aim of the Olympics is to engage current members and characters in new ideas and fun, ready to leap frog us into our fifth year of activity! It's also great to have the community working together or in healthy competition just for the awesome fun of it!
How To Play
All of the below categories are open for the whole month. You do not need to complete them in order and you are not restricted in how many you can take part in.
All categories close at 23:55am GMT on the 12th August 2022.
All winners will be announced on the 19th August 2022.
All entrants will achieve 20 Member Points per Category they partake part in, just for entering!
Please note! If you've played the Olympics before, be sure to read the below information carefully. In order to inspire the largest number of members and keep competition fun, some of the categories may have been edited or adapted from previous years. Make sure you read them carefully before you get stuck in!
If you have any queries or questions, send a DM to our Admin Team.
Category One Graphic Design
Calling all gfxers and photomanipulators! Think you have the photoshop skills to take on the other members of Aeipathy? This particular competition is a test of aesthetic skills and graphic design, created for those who have an affinity for layers, brushes and curves.
OBJECTIVE
Create a collage based on a single character or single character-relationship aesthetic. This collage could be blended together into a single canvas, it could be boxed up or divided like a pinterest page. The key to winning here is to make it look fluid, either in tone, colour or texture. Make it look like a single design, as opposed to a hodge-podge pinterest section. Create for us an imaginative amalgamation of that particular character or relationship's tone/style/aesthetic.
- There are no size restrictions on the image.
- All entries must be submitted in a .png format.
- All entries must be compressed. You can compress a file for free here.
- Multiple entries permitted.
- Group efforts are permitted.
- Entrants may participate both solo and as part of group effort(s).
- All entries must include the use of more than 5 images to be classified as a 'collage'.
To submit an entry for this category, email your entries as .png attachments to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit additional entries as many times as you like. All separate images will be counted as their own entries and, for any repeated images, the latest submission will be taken into consideration. One image will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winning artwork (at the permission of its creator) will be sold on a brand new merchandise page of our forum, free to be bought by our members and the general public.
The winning artwork will also be published across our social media platforms.
Category Two Traditional Art
Not such a whizz at digital art but love your brushes, pencils and glue-sticks? Well, here's the round for you! Not only are we open to those making art with a computer and mouse, but with their own hands too! If you like to get your hands in the papier mache or handling a needle and thread then this is the category for you!
OBJECTIVE
To enter this contest, create a piece of artwork dedicated to or inspired by Aeipathy. Literally the sky is the limit, you can make anything you like - a painting, a drawing, a dress or outfit, a sculpture - so long as the final product was not put together on a computer. The art piece can be focused on one element of Aeipathy - a character cosplay, a piece of art depicting a particular couple - or more thematic/generally aesthetic.
- Entries require high quality photos of the item.
- All entries must be compressed. You can compress a file for free here.
- Computers can be used in the production of elements of the artwork but not in the final assembly/creation.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts are permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your compressed photos to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit additional photos as many times as you like. The latest photos will be your offical entry. One creation will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 250 Member Points
The winning artwork will also be published across our social media platforms.
Category Three Film Making
Calling all Spielberg wannabes! Always considered yourself a dab hand at Adobe Premier or any other kind of software? Want to take your input on the forum to the next level? Ready to call: lights, camera, action? Then this is the competition for you...
Objective
In previous years we've had trailers, face-swap awesomeness, comedy videos and tonnes of other imaginative video forms. So, for this year's contest we'll be moving to a more focused idea. For those old enough (like me) to remember AMVs, there once was a popular hobby of shipping characters with carefully edited footage from their face claims' projects and setting it to an appropriate song. We're going to relive the tradition! Create an AMV of your favourite relationship on the site. This could be a romantic, familial, friendship-based or enemies relationship: the theme is not important. But it must be between two characters and based in some kind of canon story that binds the two of them. Choose an appropriate song as your backing track and put image to audio! The winners will be those who pick their sources carefully and can build visual with audio: not simply putting lots of clips together but editing carefully to show a story. All creations must feature the name Aeipathy somewhere (at the end or beginning is fine). Text and taglines can be used if wanted.
- Typoes in taglines/text will see your entry disqualified.
- Avoid obvious original material (avoid obvious costumes or symbols from elsewhere - e.g. if your face claim was in Star Wars, try not to show a lightsabre XD it ruins the illusion of the ancient world). Allow your viewers to suspend disbelief.
- All entries must use 'Aeipathy' somewhere/somehow in the video. In the credits is fine.
- Multiple entries are permitted.
- Group efforts are permitted.
- Entrants may participate both solo and as part of group effort(s).
To submit an entry for this category, upload your video to your own Youtube account and then email the URL to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. Make sure your video is set to public view. One creation will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 250 Member Points
All entries will be uploaded to our Youtube channel for all the world to see!
Category Four Writing
Ready to really put your writing skills to the test? If you think you're a serious writer who one day might want to sink their teeth into creating a full manuscript, then how about giving this particular round a go...?
Objective
Write the first chapter of a novel set in the world of Aeipathy. This chapter could be about your own characters, about someone else's, about our unclaimed canons and wanteds. It could be about completely original characters you just came up with. The key here, is that you're writing it within our world and our story. So, pick a part of our story told so far - could be from Aeipathy 1.0, could be when you personally first joined the site, or it could be set during the history of our world if you like staring at our Historical Timeline page. Choose your setting/timeframe carefully and come up with your opening gambit for a story - as if you were sitting down to write the first chapter of an Aeipathy novel. The key is, to write something that hooks a reader in the first few pages and reads at a literary level.
- Story must be set in the world of Aeipathy - not Lands Afar.
- Entries must be submitted in a Google Doc.
- Entries must be over 6,000 words.
- Entries can be a single chunk of text, or broken into different pieces from different viewpoints.
- Entries must be written in third person, past tense.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email an Editor-Permission link to your entry's Google Doc to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. One chapter will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Canon Royal House in one of our next land expansions.
Category Five Poetry
Are you a lover of writing but not so into the idea of a full novel chapter? If you're lyrical, how about a stab at poetry? Be like Homer and take on the story-telling of the greats!
Objective
Here's the challenge: create a poem (in any format - free form or structured) about an Aeipathy storyline. It could be a historical piece of lore detailed in our Historical Timeline. It could be an old story in our previous version of the site. It could be a future plot that you would like to happen either in-canon or in an alternate reality. The only rule is: it must include canons, wanteds and accepted characters currently on the site.
- Entries must be submitted in a Google Doc.
- Multiple entries permitted.
- Group efforts not permitted.
- No word count minimum.
To submit an entry for this category, email your poem to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your poem(s) as many times as you like. The latest version of each poem will be your official entry(s). One poem will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event on Aeipathy.
Category Six Roleplay
Ready to prove you're the king or queen of roleplay? Crack those knuckles ladies and gents - it's time to prove your epicness! Here we go...
Objective
The aim of the game on this one is abundantly simple. Be the roleplayer on Aeipathy who is currently writing with the most other members. Simple right? But let me break it down... Your entry to this category should list how many other members (not characters - members) you are actively roleplaying with. The only threads that do not count towards this goal are Event or Provincial Story threads. Sub-threads in Event boards do count.
- Upon category deadline, all threads that are stated as evidence must be open.
- Entries must be a list of members you are roleplaying with, accompanied by links to the threads you share.
- Each member you are roleplaying with counts as one point, regardless of how many characters they are roleplaying with you at any one time.
- The winners of this event are the members with the highest number of roleplaying partners (points).
- AU threads are permitted when canon interaction isn't possible between you and another member's characters. However, only AU Threads where canon interaction is realistically impossible will be permitted to count. So, if you can rp IC, then do.
- Group efforts are not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your list of members you are writing with to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your list as many times as you like. The latest version of your list will be your offical entry. The winners will be those with the highest number of members on their lists.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event, Provincial Story and Quest on Aeipathy (winner's choice).
Category Seven Advertising
In a few days, we'll be opening up our advertising doors! And who better to sing our praises than our members? Here's how it works: Write a positive review of Aeipathy, highlighting the elements that you like the most about our site or community, in the form of a letter to a potential member.
Objective
Beginning your letter - 'Dear Traveller...', 'Hi Potential Member...' or something of a similar ilk and write a positive encouragement/review of Aeipathy. The purpose of the letter should be to encourage uncertain newcomers who are browsing the site and looking over our information to take the plunge and dive in. You might want to address common concerns - our amount of lore, how to locate wanted ads or whether we are welcoming to different levels of writing skill. We're not asking for propaganda - all letters must be honest.
- The letter/review must begin and end like a letter. - Dear, and From etc.
- All entries must be over 300 words.
- We're looking for friendliness, style and encouragement in tone and purpose.
- Any letters with typoes will be immediately disqualified.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts are not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your letter to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your letter as many times as you like. The latest version of your letter will be your offical entry. One letter will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event on Aeipathy.
Any and all entries may be published on our welcome pages on the site to encourage newcomers.
Ready, Set...
Those are the categories! If you cannot find one that you fall in love with, please message a staff member and we will be sure to include any ideas you have for more diverse suggestions next year! For now, we hope you can have fun with the above competitions! Just remember that this is supposed to be fun! No stress, no pressure. If something above gels with you then take a shot and get involved!
Please note that, in past contests, a few medals in certain categories have not been awarded due to limited entries. So, never think you don't have a chance - never count yourself as out before you try! Go for it!
Good Luck to Everyone!
JD
Staff Team
JD
Staff Team
This post was created by our staff team.
Please contact us with your queries and questions.
To Aeipathy-goers near and far, we are four years old! I know! This is more than a little crazy to me who sat in her living room four years ago thinking that creating a little forum might help out her mental health. Whooda-thunk it would have ended up like this?!
For those who don't know, we at Aeipathy like to celebrate our birthday with a traditional Olympics contest! This is a grand, month-long OOC event with different categories and 'events' in which you can partake! So, without further a-do or drum roll, let's check out the categories!
Calling All Contenders
Have no fear! The Aeipathy Olympics are not for the jocks among us! They are for all who wish to compete! This event has nothing to do with physical strength or dexterity and involves no mandatory nudity (what you decide to wear in the comfort of your own home on a voluntary basis is entirely up to you).
What the event does entail... is a series of competitions with different skill focuses. They might be writing-based or graphics-based. They may be long-slog projects that you work towards across the entire month or they could be one-hit wonders where its quality over quantity. These different fields are designed to help every member find something they can partake in.
The aim of the Olympics is to engage current members and characters in new ideas and fun, ready to leap frog us into our fifth year of activity! It's also great to have the community working together or in healthy competition just for the awesome fun of it!
How To Play
All of the below categories are open for the whole month. You do not need to complete them in order and you are not restricted in how many you can take part in.
All categories close at 23:55am GMT on the 12th August 2022.
All winners will be announced on the 19th August 2022.
All entrants will achieve 20 Member Points per Category they partake part in, just for entering!
Please note! If you've played the Olympics before, be sure to read the below information carefully. In order to inspire the largest number of members and keep competition fun, some of the categories may have been edited or adapted from previous years. Make sure you read them carefully before you get stuck in!
If you have any queries or questions, send a DM to our Admin Team.
Category One Graphic Design
Calling all gfxers and photomanipulators! Think you have the photoshop skills to take on the other members of Aeipathy? This particular competition is a test of aesthetic skills and graphic design, created for those who have an affinity for layers, brushes and curves.
OBJECTIVE
Create a collage based on a single character or single character-relationship aesthetic. This collage could be blended together into a single canvas, it could be boxed up or divided like a pinterest page. The key to winning here is to make it look fluid, either in tone, colour or texture. Make it look like a single design, as opposed to a hodge-podge pinterest section. Create for us an imaginative amalgamation of that particular character or relationship's tone/style/aesthetic.
- There are no size restrictions on the image.
- All entries must be submitted in a .png format.
- All entries must be compressed. You can compress a file for free here.
- Multiple entries permitted.
- Group efforts are permitted.
- Entrants may participate both solo and as part of group effort(s).
- All entries must include the use of more than 5 images to be classified as a 'collage'.
To submit an entry for this category, email your entries as .png attachments to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit additional entries as many times as you like. All separate images will be counted as their own entries and, for any repeated images, the latest submission will be taken into consideration. One image will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winning artwork (at the permission of its creator) will be sold on a brand new merchandise page of our forum, free to be bought by our members and the general public.
The winning artwork will also be published across our social media platforms.
Category Two Traditional Art
Not such a whizz at digital art but love your brushes, pencils and glue-sticks? Well, here's the round for you! Not only are we open to those making art with a computer and mouse, but with their own hands too! If you like to get your hands in the papier mache or handling a needle and thread then this is the category for you!
OBJECTIVE
To enter this contest, create a piece of artwork dedicated to or inspired by Aeipathy. Literally the sky is the limit, you can make anything you like - a painting, a drawing, a dress or outfit, a sculpture - so long as the final product was not put together on a computer. The art piece can be focused on one element of Aeipathy - a character cosplay, a piece of art depicting a particular couple - or more thematic/generally aesthetic.
- Entries require high quality photos of the item.
- All entries must be compressed. You can compress a file for free here.
- Computers can be used in the production of elements of the artwork but not in the final assembly/creation.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts are permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your compressed photos to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit additional photos as many times as you like. The latest photos will be your offical entry. One creation will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 250 Member Points
The winning artwork will also be published across our social media platforms.
Category Three Film Making
Calling all Spielberg wannabes! Always considered yourself a dab hand at Adobe Premier or any other kind of software? Want to take your input on the forum to the next level? Ready to call: lights, camera, action? Then this is the competition for you...
Objective
In previous years we've had trailers, face-swap awesomeness, comedy videos and tonnes of other imaginative video forms. So, for this year's contest we'll be moving to a more focused idea. For those old enough (like me) to remember AMVs, there once was a popular hobby of shipping characters with carefully edited footage from their face claims' projects and setting it to an appropriate song. We're going to relive the tradition! Create an AMV of your favourite relationship on the site. This could be a romantic, familial, friendship-based or enemies relationship: the theme is not important. But it must be between two characters and based in some kind of canon story that binds the two of them. Choose an appropriate song as your backing track and put image to audio! The winners will be those who pick their sources carefully and can build visual with audio: not simply putting lots of clips together but editing carefully to show a story. All creations must feature the name Aeipathy somewhere (at the end or beginning is fine). Text and taglines can be used if wanted.
- Typoes in taglines/text will see your entry disqualified.
- Avoid obvious original material (avoid obvious costumes or symbols from elsewhere - e.g. if your face claim was in Star Wars, try not to show a lightsabre XD it ruins the illusion of the ancient world). Allow your viewers to suspend disbelief.
- All entries must use 'Aeipathy' somewhere/somehow in the video. In the credits is fine.
- Multiple entries are permitted.
- Group efforts are permitted.
- Entrants may participate both solo and as part of group effort(s).
To submit an entry for this category, upload your video to your own Youtube account and then email the URL to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. Make sure your video is set to public view. One creation will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 250 Member Points
All entries will be uploaded to our Youtube channel for all the world to see!
Category Four Writing
Ready to really put your writing skills to the test? If you think you're a serious writer who one day might want to sink their teeth into creating a full manuscript, then how about giving this particular round a go...?
Objective
Write the first chapter of a novel set in the world of Aeipathy. This chapter could be about your own characters, about someone else's, about our unclaimed canons and wanteds. It could be about completely original characters you just came up with. The key here, is that you're writing it within our world and our story. So, pick a part of our story told so far - could be from Aeipathy 1.0, could be when you personally first joined the site, or it could be set during the history of our world if you like staring at our Historical Timeline page. Choose your setting/timeframe carefully and come up with your opening gambit for a story - as if you were sitting down to write the first chapter of an Aeipathy novel. The key is, to write something that hooks a reader in the first few pages and reads at a literary level.
- Story must be set in the world of Aeipathy - not Lands Afar.
- Entries must be submitted in a Google Doc.
- Entries must be over 6,000 words.
- Entries can be a single chunk of text, or broken into different pieces from different viewpoints.
- Entries must be written in third person, past tense.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email an Editor-Permission link to your entry's Google Doc to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. One chapter will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Canon Royal House in one of our next land expansions.
Category Five Poetry
Are you a lover of writing but not so into the idea of a full novel chapter? If you're lyrical, how about a stab at poetry? Be like Homer and take on the story-telling of the greats!
Objective
Here's the challenge: create a poem (in any format - free form or structured) about an Aeipathy storyline. It could be a historical piece of lore detailed in our Historical Timeline. It could be an old story in our previous version of the site. It could be a future plot that you would like to happen either in-canon or in an alternate reality. The only rule is: it must include canons, wanteds and accepted characters currently on the site.
- Entries must be submitted in a Google Doc.
- Multiple entries permitted.
- Group efforts not permitted.
- No word count minimum.
To submit an entry for this category, email your poem to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your poem(s) as many times as you like. The latest version of each poem will be your official entry(s). One poem will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event on Aeipathy.
Category Six Roleplay
Ready to prove you're the king or queen of roleplay? Crack those knuckles ladies and gents - it's time to prove your epicness! Here we go...
Objective
The aim of the game on this one is abundantly simple. Be the roleplayer on Aeipathy who is currently writing with the most other members. Simple right? But let me break it down... Your entry to this category should list how many other members (not characters - members) you are actively roleplaying with. The only threads that do not count towards this goal are Event or Provincial Story threads. Sub-threads in Event boards do count.
- Upon category deadline, all threads that are stated as evidence must be open.
- Entries must be a list of members you are roleplaying with, accompanied by links to the threads you share.
- Each member you are roleplaying with counts as one point, regardless of how many characters they are roleplaying with you at any one time.
- The winners of this event are the members with the highest number of roleplaying partners (points).
- AU threads are permitted when canon interaction isn't possible between you and another member's characters. However, only AU Threads where canon interaction is realistically impossible will be permitted to count. So, if you can rp IC, then do.
- Group efforts are not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your list of members you are writing with to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your list as many times as you like. The latest version of your list will be your offical entry. The winners will be those with the highest number of members on their lists.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event, Provincial Story and Quest on Aeipathy (winner's choice).
Category Seven Advertising
In a few days, we'll be opening up our advertising doors! And who better to sing our praises than our members? Here's how it works: Write a positive review of Aeipathy, highlighting the elements that you like the most about our site or community, in the form of a letter to a potential member.
Objective
Beginning your letter - 'Dear Traveller...', 'Hi Potential Member...' or something of a similar ilk and write a positive encouragement/review of Aeipathy. The purpose of the letter should be to encourage uncertain newcomers who are browsing the site and looking over our information to take the plunge and dive in. You might want to address common concerns - our amount of lore, how to locate wanted ads or whether we are welcoming to different levels of writing skill. We're not asking for propaganda - all letters must be honest.
- The letter/review must begin and end like a letter. - Dear, and From etc.
- All entries must be over 300 words.
- We're looking for friendliness, style and encouragement in tone and purpose.
- Any letters with typoes will be immediately disqualified.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts are not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your letter to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your letter as many times as you like. The latest version of your letter will be your offical entry. One letter will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event on Aeipathy.
Any and all entries may be published on our welcome pages on the site to encourage newcomers.
Ready, Set...
Those are the categories! If you cannot find one that you fall in love with, please message a staff member and we will be sure to include any ideas you have for more diverse suggestions next year! For now, we hope you can have fun with the above competitions! Just remember that this is supposed to be fun! No stress, no pressure. If something above gels with you then take a shot and get involved!
Please note that, in past contests, a few medals in certain categories have not been awarded due to limited entries. So, never think you don't have a chance - never count yourself as out before you try! Go for it!
Good Luck to Everyone!
2022 Olympics
To Aeipathy-goers near and far, we are four years old! I know! This is more than a little crazy to me who sat in her living room four years ago thinking that creating a little forum might help out her mental health. Whooda-thunk it would have ended up like this?!
For those who don't know, we at Aeipathy like to celebrate our birthday with a traditional Olympics contest! This is a grand, month-long OOC event with different categories and 'events' in which you can partake! So, without further a-do or drum roll, let's check out the categories!
Calling All Contenders
Have no fear! The Aeipathy Olympics are not for the jocks among us! They are for all who wish to compete! This event has nothing to do with physical strength or dexterity and involves no mandatory nudity (what you decide to wear in the comfort of your own home on a voluntary basis is entirely up to you).
What the event does entail... is a series of competitions with different skill focuses. They might be writing-based or graphics-based. They may be long-slog projects that you work towards across the entire month or they could be one-hit wonders where its quality over quantity. These different fields are designed to help every member find something they can partake in.
The aim of the Olympics is to engage current members and characters in new ideas and fun, ready to leap frog us into our fifth year of activity! It's also great to have the community working together or in healthy competition just for the awesome fun of it!
How To Play
All of the below categories are open for the whole month. You do not need to complete them in order and you are not restricted in how many you can take part in.
All categories close at 23:55am GMT on the 12th August 2022.
All winners will be announced on the 19th August 2022.
All entrants will achieve 20 Member Points per Category they partake part in, just for entering!
Please note! If you've played the Olympics before, be sure to read the below information carefully. In order to inspire the largest number of members and keep competition fun, some of the categories may have been edited or adapted from previous years. Make sure you read them carefully before you get stuck in!
If you have any queries or questions, send a DM to our Admin Team.
Category One Graphic Design
Calling all gfxers and photomanipulators! Think you have the photoshop skills to take on the other members of Aeipathy? This particular competition is a test of aesthetic skills and graphic design, created for those who have an affinity for layers, brushes and curves.
OBJECTIVE
Create a collage based on a single character or single character-relationship aesthetic. This collage could be blended together into a single canvas, it could be boxed up or divided like a pinterest page. The key to winning here is to make it look fluid, either in tone, colour or texture. Make it look like a single design, as opposed to a hodge-podge pinterest section. Create for us an imaginative amalgamation of that particular character or relationship's tone/style/aesthetic.
- There are no size restrictions on the image.
- All entries must be submitted in a .png format.
- All entries must be compressed. You can compress a file for free here.
- Multiple entries permitted.
- Group efforts are permitted.
- Entrants may participate both solo and as part of group effort(s).
- All entries must include the use of more than 5 images to be classified as a 'collage'.
To submit an entry for this category, email your entries as .png attachments to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit additional entries as many times as you like. All separate images will be counted as their own entries and, for any repeated images, the latest submission will be taken into consideration. One image will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winning artwork (at the permission of its creator) will be sold on a brand new merchandise page of our forum, free to be bought by our members and the general public.
The winning artwork will also be published across our social media platforms.
Category Two Traditional Art
Not such a whizz at digital art but love your brushes, pencils and glue-sticks? Well, here's the round for you! Not only are we open to those making art with a computer and mouse, but with their own hands too! If you like to get your hands in the papier mache or handling a needle and thread then this is the category for you!
OBJECTIVE
To enter this contest, create a piece of artwork dedicated to or inspired by Aeipathy. Literally the sky is the limit, you can make anything you like - a painting, a drawing, a dress or outfit, a sculpture - so long as the final product was not put together on a computer. The art piece can be focused on one element of Aeipathy - a character cosplay, a piece of art depicting a particular couple - or more thematic/generally aesthetic.
- Entries require high quality photos of the item.
- All entries must be compressed. You can compress a file for free here.
- Computers can be used in the production of elements of the artwork but not in the final assembly/creation.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts are permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your compressed photos to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit additional photos as many times as you like. The latest photos will be your offical entry. One creation will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 250 Member Points
The winning artwork will also be published across our social media platforms.
Category Three Film Making
Calling all Spielberg wannabes! Always considered yourself a dab hand at Adobe Premier or any other kind of software? Want to take your input on the forum to the next level? Ready to call: lights, camera, action? Then this is the competition for you...
Objective
In previous years we've had trailers, face-swap awesomeness, comedy videos and tonnes of other imaginative video forms. So, for this year's contest we'll be moving to a more focused idea. For those old enough (like me) to remember AMVs, there once was a popular hobby of shipping characters with carefully edited footage from their face claims' projects and setting it to an appropriate song. We're going to relive the tradition! Create an AMV of your favourite relationship on the site. This could be a romantic, familial, friendship-based or enemies relationship: the theme is not important. But it must be between two characters and based in some kind of canon story that binds the two of them. Choose an appropriate song as your backing track and put image to audio! The winners will be those who pick their sources carefully and can build visual with audio: not simply putting lots of clips together but editing carefully to show a story. All creations must feature the name Aeipathy somewhere (at the end or beginning is fine). Text and taglines can be used if wanted.
- Typoes in taglines/text will see your entry disqualified.
- Avoid obvious original material (avoid obvious costumes or symbols from elsewhere - e.g. if your face claim was in Star Wars, try not to show a lightsabre XD it ruins the illusion of the ancient world). Allow your viewers to suspend disbelief.
- All entries must use 'Aeipathy' somewhere/somehow in the video. In the credits is fine.
- Multiple entries are permitted.
- Group efforts are permitted.
- Entrants may participate both solo and as part of group effort(s).
To submit an entry for this category, upload your video to your own Youtube account and then email the URL to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. Make sure your video is set to public view. One creation will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 250 Member Points
All entries will be uploaded to our Youtube channel for all the world to see!
Category Four Writing
Ready to really put your writing skills to the test? If you think you're a serious writer who one day might want to sink their teeth into creating a full manuscript, then how about giving this particular round a go...?
Objective
Write the first chapter of a novel set in the world of Aeipathy. This chapter could be about your own characters, about someone else's, about our unclaimed canons and wanteds. It could be about completely original characters you just came up with. The key here, is that you're writing it within our world and our story. So, pick a part of our story told so far - could be from Aeipathy 1.0, could be when you personally first joined the site, or it could be set during the history of our world if you like staring at our Historical Timeline page. Choose your setting/timeframe carefully and come up with your opening gambit for a story - as if you were sitting down to write the first chapter of an Aeipathy novel. The key is, to write something that hooks a reader in the first few pages and reads at a literary level.
- Story must be set in the world of Aeipathy - not Lands Afar.
- Entries must be submitted in a Google Doc.
- Entries must be over 6,000 words.
- Entries can be a single chunk of text, or broken into different pieces from different viewpoints.
- Entries must be written in third person, past tense.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email an Editor-Permission link to your entry's Google Doc to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. One chapter will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Canon Royal House in one of our next land expansions.
Category Five Poetry
Are you a lover of writing but not so into the idea of a full novel chapter? If you're lyrical, how about a stab at poetry? Be like Homer and take on the story-telling of the greats!
Objective
Here's the challenge: create a poem (in any format - free form or structured) about an Aeipathy storyline. It could be a historical piece of lore detailed in our Historical Timeline. It could be an old story in our previous version of the site. It could be a future plot that you would like to happen either in-canon or in an alternate reality. The only rule is: it must include canons, wanteds and accepted characters currently on the site.
- Entries must be submitted in a Google Doc.
- Multiple entries permitted.
- Group efforts not permitted.
- No word count minimum.
To submit an entry for this category, email your poem to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your poem(s) as many times as you like. The latest version of each poem will be your official entry(s). One poem will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event on Aeipathy.
Category Six Roleplay
Ready to prove you're the king or queen of roleplay? Crack those knuckles ladies and gents - it's time to prove your epicness! Here we go...
Objective
The aim of the game on this one is abundantly simple. Be the roleplayer on Aeipathy who is currently writing with the most other members. Simple right? But let me break it down... Your entry to this category should list how many other members (not characters - members) you are actively roleplaying with. The only threads that do not count towards this goal are Event or Provincial Story threads. Sub-threads in Event boards do count.
- Upon category deadline, all threads that are stated as evidence must be open.
- Entries must be a list of members you are roleplaying with, accompanied by links to the threads you share.
- Each member you are roleplaying with counts as one point, regardless of how many characters they are roleplaying with you at any one time.
- The winners of this event are the members with the highest number of roleplaying partners (points).
- AU threads are permitted when canon interaction isn't possible between you and another member's characters. However, only AU Threads where canon interaction is realistically impossible will be permitted to count. So, if you can rp IC, then do.
- Group efforts are not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your list of members you are writing with to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your list as many times as you like. The latest version of your list will be your offical entry. The winners will be those with the highest number of members on their lists.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event, Provincial Story and Quest on Aeipathy (winner's choice).
Category Seven Advertising
In a few days, we'll be opening up our advertising doors! And who better to sing our praises than our members? Here's how it works: Write a positive review of Aeipathy, highlighting the elements that you like the most about our site or community, in the form of a letter to a potential member.
Objective
Beginning your letter - 'Dear Traveller...', 'Hi Potential Member...' or something of a similar ilk and write a positive encouragement/review of Aeipathy. The purpose of the letter should be to encourage uncertain newcomers who are browsing the site and looking over our information to take the plunge and dive in. You might want to address common concerns - our amount of lore, how to locate wanted ads or whether we are welcoming to different levels of writing skill. We're not asking for propaganda - all letters must be honest.
- The letter/review must begin and end like a letter. - Dear, and From etc.
- All entries must be over 300 words.
- We're looking for friendliness, style and encouragement in tone and purpose.
- Any letters with typoes will be immediately disqualified.
- One entry per member restriction.
- Group efforts are not permitted.
To submit an entry for this category, email your letter to aeipathyrp@gmail.com. You may submit/re-submit your letter as many times as you like. The latest version of your letter will be your offical entry. One letter will win each of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place prizes.
WINNING PRIZES
3rd Place, Bronze Bronze Olympian Medal Award 50 Member Points
2nd Place, Silver Silver Olympian Medal Award 100 Member Points
1st Place, Gold (Grand Prize) Gold Olympian Medal Award 150 Member Points
The winner will be be given the opportunity to create their own Event on Aeipathy.
Any and all entries may be published on our welcome pages on the site to encourage newcomers.
Ready, Set...
Those are the categories! If you cannot find one that you fall in love with, please message a staff member and we will be sure to include any ideas you have for more diverse suggestions next year! For now, we hope you can have fun with the above competitions! Just remember that this is supposed to be fun! No stress, no pressure. If something above gels with you then take a shot and get involved!
Please note that, in past contests, a few medals in certain categories have not been awarded due to limited entries. So, never think you don't have a chance - never count yourself as out before you try! Go for it!