[ Dream Contest | Contraptions and Creatures Contest | Writing: World Domination Speech | Participatory: Acronyms for Evil Organizations ]
Mad science is a dark and mysterious land of what if. What if we could provide cleaner energy? What if we could end world hunger? What if we could guarantee safety? What if we could rule the world? Madness and genius are only matters of degrees of social acceptability and understanding of the finished project. At the very root of 'mad science' is the idea that people fear what they do not understand--the line where the science and the strange get blurred into dastardly awry machinations. There is a little spark of madness in every genius, after all.
What if technology emerged differently? What if you harnessed electricity, not Thomas Edison? Would we be cranking our computers so that our isolated tesla cores could power our machines? What bits and cogs would power gaslamps to light our nights? What if you were the one who perfected the assembly line, rather than Henry Ford? Would personal transportation involve horse-like steel beasts? What if you flew the first aircraft, instead of the Wright brothers? Would the airships rooted in the days of zeppelins be refined to epic proportions, capable of moving entire cities? Innovation is a dark place, lit only by the human mind.
In Wolf Howl 2009, we invite you to explore the world of Mad Science: from the fantastic physics-defying creations of world salvation to the willful disregard for the laws of nature to bring about world domination. Do you have the spark of madness within you?
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[ Contests - Theme - Mad Science ] |
- All entries are to be sent to the specialized submission form!
- The contests will be prejudged before posting and finalists will be posted on the Festival page and in the dream.
- Any entries not meeting the requirements will be disqualified and none are guaranteed a prize.
- All entries must conform to Furcadia's T+ standard or lower.
- Please note that while players may enter more than one contest, only ONE entry is accepted for each contest.
- Don't worry if you don't see your entries on the entry pages! Entries can take up to 7 days to appear on this page. Contact The Beekin Scribes if there's a problem with your entry.
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Do you have what it takes to make your own creation come to life? Get together with a team or go solo, and strut your stuff by integrating Cookie DS into a themed dream centered on Mad Science!
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Making plans for a work of art is..well, hard work! Any Mad Scientist worth their salt has a detailed schematic for a contraption or a design for a creature, just waiting to be released on the world! Mwahahaha!
- All entries must be 600x800 or smaller.
- Accepted formats are: .png, .gif, .jpg
- All images should be optimized for digital display on a webpage. Transparent backgrounds, clean edges, and well-contrasted pictures are a plus.
- Deadline: November 1st, 11:59pm
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Are your plans in motion? Are your cards ready to be put down on the table? Are you ready to take over the world? Any mad scientist on the brink of world domination has a speech ready to unveil their greatest plans (and tell others how powerless they are to stop them!). Get those cue-cards ready, as we are looking to our writers for some noteworthy speeches!
- Speeches are to be 5000 characters or shorter.
- Please use simple html markup such as <br /> to designate line breaks and any emphasis on words, so the Scribes do not have to guess.
- Deadline: November 1st, 11:59pm
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Any card-carrying mad scientist has an Evil Organization. As we all know, Evil Organizations have Acronyms. Use words from Furcadia or ones to do with Mad Science to make up your own Evil Organization!
(ex: DEP--Dangerous Entrepreneurial Penguins; BEEKINS--Belligerent Evil Empire of Kidnappers, Insurgents, and Ne'er-do-wells)
- Acronym must stem from a Furcadia word or one to do with Mad Science.
- Deadline: November 1st, 11:59pm
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Interesting Links
Talzhemir's "Addy the Pumpkin" story
2003 Wolf Howl Magazine: Part 1
2003 Wolf Howl Magazine: Part 2
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