Bioware Writing Contest - The Resolution
The results of the "investigation"
"Well, we said that we have been looking into what happened, and would make known any decisions we made regarding the contest results. So here is what we found. The scores and choices for winners were correct at the time that Maximus took the snapshot on the Vault and from this snapshot Jay selected the winners based on the scores and the quality of the writing. But we do realize that there were some honest misunderstandings with the snapshot. Things like Walking with the Ghost’s submission date and module word count were overlooked in favor of what was considered the best writing. However, we realize that this might be different from some expectations so we are keen to make a few exceptions in the spirit of good writing.
To this extent, we are going modify the results of the contest to include 2 Honorable Mentions. The two modules are: Grains of Truth by Jared Evans and To Hell and Back by Silevran Moonflower. These are the next highest scores on the snapshot. They will each be receiving the full BioWare prize pack (BioWare coffee mug, BioWare wool cap, Jade Empire soundtrack, Jade Empire t-shirt and copies of all Premium Neverwinter Nights Modules) and the conest results page will be updated to reflect their honorable mentionness. Check out the change here: Click Here
So there you have it, the finale in the first BioWare Writing Contest. Once again, a huge thanks to all who entered and congratulations to the winners." - Chris Priestly
It's still wrong. Imported_Beer should have made it to the list as well. I see them using "honourable mentions" as a way of saying "Yes, we messed up, but we want to save face so we're giving you "Honourable Mentions" to appease you". I guess at this point, there's hardly anything else I can do.
"Well, we said that we have been looking into what happened, and would make known any decisions we made regarding the contest results. So here is what we found. The scores and choices for winners were correct at the time that Maximus took the snapshot on the Vault and from this snapshot Jay selected the winners based on the scores and the quality of the writing. But we do realize that there were some honest misunderstandings with the snapshot. Things like Walking with the Ghost’s submission date and module word count were overlooked in favor of what was considered the best writing. However, we realize that this might be different from some expectations so we are keen to make a few exceptions in the spirit of good writing.
To this extent, we are going modify the results of the contest to include 2 Honorable Mentions. The two modules are: Grains of Truth by Jared Evans and To Hell and Back by Silevran Moonflower. These are the next highest scores on the snapshot. They will each be receiving the full BioWare prize pack (BioWare coffee mug, BioWare wool cap, Jade Empire soundtrack, Jade Empire t-shirt and copies of all Premium Neverwinter Nights Modules) and the conest results page will be updated to reflect their honorable mentionness. Check out the change here: Click Here
So there you have it, the finale in the first BioWare Writing Contest. Once again, a huge thanks to all who entered and congratulations to the winners." - Chris Priestly
It's still wrong. Imported_Beer should have made it to the list as well. I see them using "honourable mentions" as a way of saying "Yes, we messed up, but we want to save face so we're giving you "Honourable Mentions" to appease you". I guess at this point, there's hardly anything else I can do.
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