Get a news article into Victoria II: Heart of Darkness! - Mini AAR competition!

[BjornB]

Salutations great leaders,
the time has come to take action!
It is truly a bloody job running a country,
But at least you are lord and master of all your survey and answer to no one but yourself.
No, wait a minute… You aren't... Because of those damned people (aka pops).

Mini-After Action Report/Let´s Play Contest for Victoria II: Heart of Darkness.
Hear our humble request to let others to share your glorious world of politics!

So how do you to enter this Mini-After Action Report contest, you might ask?
1. Write a mini-AAR/Let´s play!
Tell the tale of your glorious nation's rise to power, or fall from grace,
in 40 lines of text or 4 minutes of video. Short is sweet.
2. Post your clever contribution below in this thread before May 3rd.

Keep in mind:
Be brassy, bold & brave in your narrative.
Wicked writing with finesse, flair & flamboyant flavor is highly encouraged.
Sleek screenshots, gamy gameplay or intrepid illustration to taunt & tease the eye is greatly appreciated.
The daring developers will pick out their personal posts by May 10th.

Ravishing Rewards:
Three lucky winners will receive Crusader Kings II, March of the Eagles AND each winner also gets
to write their own news article that will be added to the game!

So have a cup of tea and relax while you dominate the Victorian age!
Use cutthroat colonization, catastrophic crisis, nimble news & naval navigation,
because there is no gambling like politics.

And of course. Don't forget to subscribe to this thread to enjoy the stories
from your fellow conquerors!

Best Regards
Paradox Development Studio and Paradox Interactive

 

[Pellaken]

Does the 40 lines of text limit apply even if we write in this font size?

 

[BjornB]

Does the 40 lines of text limit apply even if we write in this font size?

If you really want to squeeze in so much more go ahead and make the text smaller. We won't disqualify anyone for writing a little more. But we want to keep it to a more easily digested amount.

 

[Pellaken]

Are there any limits to what can be in the video? Could we, for example, act out our AAR with Lego? Record it from a cell phone cam while squirting mustard at the screen at the countries we don't like? Have the entire thing run backwards while we talk backwards so that it sounds like we are talking normally? etc

 

[BjornB]

Are there any limits to what can be in the video? Could we, for example, act out our AAR with Lego? Record it from a cell phone cam while squirting mustard at the screen at the countries we don't like? Have the entire thing run backwards while we talk backwards so that it sounds like we are talking normally? etc

I would say, go nuts! Let your creativity run wild!

 

[draske]

Are there any limits to what can be in the video? Could we, for example, act out our AAR with Lego? Record it from a cell phone cam while squirting mustard at the screen at the countries we don't like? Have the entire thing run backwards while we talk backwards so that it sounds like we are talking normally? etc

I would really like to see that video :laugh:

 

[juss]

I would really like to see that video :laugh:

x2.

I was going to give this competition a go, but then I read the lego mustard idea. Lost all faith in myself... there's no way on Earth that I could be more creative than that ...

But anyways, good luck to everyone and can't wait to see what people come up with.

 

[DBtotalwar]

I'll start one as Prussia when the sprites come out on Steam

 

[Niptium]

Can we write in another language than English ? Like French for instance ?

 

[TheReaper]

Does the AAR have to be of vanilla HOD? Or can we use mods?

 

[Illanair]

Can we write in another language than English ? Like French for instance ?

French? Non! It is not even a supported language! No shove off you french baguette!

:laugh:

 

[Felicity]

Goodness.
I don't think I'm creative enough for this, considering what people will put out.

 

[Goodfortune99]

I cant' wait to see what the people will write.

 

[Towarischtsch]

Damn! If i knew there would be such a cool AAR contest, I would have started to make some screenshots of my Italy game, now it is too late! ^^

 

[BjornB]

Okay guys. First of all: A jury will decide on the winners and there is no guarantee this jury likes mustard

Second: start posting contributions instead of just brainstorming what COULD be in it

Third: We would like to see something relating to HoD in this competition. Feel free to post a vanilla one however. A HoD will most likely rank higher though.

 

[Towarischtsch]

Sry, one more question: Are screenshots essential, not permitted or doesn´t it matter?

 

[Hardcore_gamer]

Sounds awesome!

Count me in!

 

[Pellaken]

Who is on the jury?

 

[BjornB]

Sry, one more question: Are screenshots essential, not permitted or doesn´t it matter?

Screenshots are encouraged! It's just the text that needs to be a little less than a normal AAR as it takes quite a while to read it all.

Who is on the jury?

A selection of trusted PDS developers who's identity must remain secret to maintain the integrity of the competition

 

[BjornB]

...and I'm still waiting for the first contribution!