kyledll Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I have an idea, what about us fan fiction writers, do some short stories for a contest that can actually be canon if they win? I think it would be a great way for the community to sink their teeth into SWTOR and be able to contribute in a way to the actual story of SWTOR in a satisfying way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronin_chi_lao Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, kyledll said: I have an idea, what about us fan fiction writers, do some short stories for a contest that can actually be canon if they win? I think it would be a great way for the community to sink their teeth into SWTOR and be able to contribute in a way to the actual story of SWTOR in a satisfying way. That would be great and some prizes too. After all they are doing the screenshot contest for the best view in swtor again. Maybe put it together with the other contest you suggested as well. https://forums.swtor.com/topic/925102-question-for-jackie-ko/ Just winning that one is a reward in itself imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyledll Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, ronin_chi_lao said: That would be great and some prizes too. After all they are doing the screenshot contest for the best view in swtor again. Maybe put it together with the other contest you suggested as well. https://forums.swtor.com/topic/925102-question-for-jackie-ko/ Just winning that one is a reward in itself imo. Yeah, however SAG-AFTRA is involved so they're probably not going to allow that voice acting contest happen. But the Short Story contest could be a real possibility. Edited September 30, 2022 by kyledll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 That would be interesting. +1 from me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCamTheGreat Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I don't know if having the winning story become canon should be a thing, but having more community contests (screenshot, story etc) would be pretty neat. The devs have their own views and ideas about how things should pan out. Leaving some things intentionally vague allows everyone to have their own headcanon - especially for romance-centric fanfic. It would be cool if the devs took inspiration from new concepts introduced through fanfic (where they make sense), though that shouldn't be the focus imo. Personally I'd love to see some stories about player's own characters, whether it be following an in-game event or something that happens between the in-game stories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyledll Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Yeah good point. But it would be good to have something canon to work on, and I'd personally love to see some canon stories that are made by the community to see some new ideas be brought into the story of SWTOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nee-Elder Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 9/30/2022 at 4:15 AM, LordCamTheGreat said: I don't know if having the winning story become canon should be a thing, Agreed , it def. shouldn't. Unless hired/paid by BioWare. As for the rest though, the OP & other posters in this thread might wanna check here: https://forums.swtor.com/forum/69-fan-fiction/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casirabit Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 9/30/2022 at 4:52 AM, kyledll said: I have an idea, what about us fan fiction writers, do some short stories for a contest that can actually be canon if they win? I think it would be a great way for the community to sink their teeth into SWTOR and be able to contribute in a way to the actual story of SWTOR in a satisfying way. Being canon could be a problem unless BW gets permission from Disney to do that, and that might be like pulling teeth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 5 hours ago, casirabit said: Being canon could be a problem unless BW gets permission from Disney to do that, and that might be like pulling teeth. True, but "canon-for-SWTOR" i.e. incorporated into SWTOR-specific lore for use in SWTOR, would be entirely feasible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyledll Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 3 hours ago, SteveTheCynic said: True, but "canon-for-SWTOR" i.e. incorporated into SWTOR-specific lore for use in SWTOR, would be entirely feasible. Exactly, it would be feasible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nee-Elder Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, SteveTheCynic said: True, but "canon-for-SWTOR" i.e. incorporated into SWTOR-specific lore for use in SWTOR, would be entirely feasible. 6 hours ago, kyledll said: Exactly, it would be feasible Well, lots of things are "feasible" but that doesn't mean they're wise. It's already bad enough having hordes of RP'ers massed around Fleet-bar spewing their own personal "canon" in /say & /general chats. Now BioWare is gonna open up a can-of-player-worms by using "stories" AND not even paying for them? Sounds a bit improper.....even for EA. Speaking of SWG, a better (and less legally troublesome) idea might be to copy SWG's late game 'Chronicles' system. Whereby players could create their own self-designed & self-written mini-quests , while still maintaining the disclaimer of being PLAYER-made but certainly not canon-sanctioned. But the only problem with that ^ idea is....you guessed it: SWTOR is coded as a theme-park game and not really as a sandbox. So yeah, here we are and this is why, imho, sandbox MMO will always be > than strict theme-park. ( *i believed back in 2011 that SWTOR would = BOTH! Then 2012 happened. ) Edited October 3, 2022 by Nee-Elder Reason: old SOE hyperlink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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