February 20th, 2008, 06:35 PM
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AzH
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Zombie Fiction Contest. Win Left 4 Dead!!
The closing date for entries has now passed. Judging will now begin.
THE CONTEST
Left4deadforums.com is running a competition for you to win a copy of Left 4 Dead. In order to enter you need to register at L4Dforums and submit your story in the Zombie Fiction Contest subforum. This is the only place entires will be accepted.
THE RULES
1) Your entry must be your own work. Entries borrowed or stolen from other sources, be they other fan fiction writers or other sources will be disqualified.
2) Your entry should be in the region of 1000 to 3000 words, though this is a guideline so a little bit over or under is acceptable.
3) Your entry must be submitted by the competition closing date: 31st October; Halloween.
4) The story must be zombie related but does not have to be set in the Left 4 Dead universe. If you are unclear on what constitutes a Zombie (why the hell are you reading this??) Please see this for details.
5) Must be unique to the contest. We will not be accepting entries that you have written and submitted or published elsewhere.
6) You may enter more than one story to the competition but each must be individual. i.e. no part 1, part 2, part 3 etc)
7) The winner will be decided by the staff of Left4DeadForums.
THE PRIZE
One copy of Left 4 Dead for PC delivered by Steam on release date.
The envy of all your friends and the curses of all your enemies.
GOOD LUCK!!
We wish all entrants the very best of luck. The winner will be announced on Left 4 dead Forums. The decision of the staff will be final. No cash alternative will be offered.
Thank you,
Alan Smith
L4Dforums
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February 21st, 2008, 07:51 AM
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MyNameDidntFit
is on an island
The Deceiver
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Australia
Platform: PC
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Good luck to all!
I look forward reading the entries (if they're as good as the first one, it should be great).
This gives me the urge to write a quick story. Not that it will be actually in the contest; conflict of interest in judging there 
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February 21st, 2008, 11:16 AM
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DanTehMan
is Zombie fodder
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: London
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I may make a quick story, hopefully intergrate teh ceiling cat chronicles.
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February 21st, 2008, 11:19 AM
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MyNameDidntFit
is on an island
The Deceiver
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Australia
Platform: PC
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Ceiling Cat + Zombies = Pwnage.
I'm writing a short story but as I'm a mod it wont be eligible for winning 
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February 25th, 2008, 10:05 PM
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Leroy
is a Rush Limbaugh listener
Chicago Ted
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: U.S.
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Will you be getting a cd or you have to download it off steam?
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Rush Limbaugh - "Annoying the left"
"If capitalism screws up, such as these banks, you get more government. But when government screws up, you don't get more capitalism. You get more government!"
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February 26th, 2008, 02:11 PM
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MyNameDidntFit
is on an island
The Deceiver
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Australia
Platform: PC
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Originally Posted by Leroy
Will you be getting a cd or you have to download it off steam?
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I believe it will be sent to the winner using Steam's gifting system.
DT will correct me if I'm mistaken.
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February 26th, 2008, 05:16 PM
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AzH
is AzH is AzH
Devious Tyrant
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You are correct.
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March 12th, 2008, 07:46 PM
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Kamikaze189
is Zombie fodder
Just getting started
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I have a question about the contest. Are the stories going to be judged at one point in time or are they considered "judged" as you turn them in? If it's the latter, then it would seem unfair to the people who post stories sooner than later because their writing would be forgotten...
Just wondering!
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March 12th, 2008, 09:04 PM
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Leroy
is a Rush Limbaugh listener
Chicago Ted
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: U.S.
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When the deadline is reached...all of them are going to be turned in. Also they are not judged by us.
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Rush Limbaugh - "Annoying the left"
"If capitalism screws up, such as these banks, you get more government. But when government screws up, you don't get more capitalism. You get more government!"
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March 13th, 2008, 08:35 AM
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MyNameDidntFit
is on an island
The Deceiver
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Australia
Platform: PC
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Originally Posted by Kamikaze189
I have a question about the contest. Are the stories going to be judged at one point in time or are they considered "judged" as you turn them in? If it's the latter, then it would seem unfair to the people who post stories sooner than later because their writing would be forgotten...
Just wondering!
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Good question, to which the answer is.... [Drum roll.]
They'll all be judged when the deadline (yet to be announced, DT will decide once a release date for L4D is confrimed).
We aren't judging them as they come. Well, we're reading them (at least I am, can't speak for the other staff) but we won't judge them until the deadline.
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March 13th, 2008, 05:23 PM
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AzH
is AzH is AzH
Devious Tyrant
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What he said.
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March 14th, 2008, 09:10 AM
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MyNameDidntFit
is on an island
The Deceiver
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by DT
What he said.
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You might want to start paying me for answering all these question
 Jokes, I enjoy it.
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March 15th, 2008, 09:52 AM
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AzH
is AzH is AzH
Devious Tyrant
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There has been an addition to the rules.
You may enter more than one story to the competition but each must be individual. i.e. no part 1, part 2, part 3 etc)
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March 18th, 2008, 12:09 AM
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Anibux
is Zombie fodder
Been around a bit
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Guys, Thanks im making me a novel. Not Only Will >>I<< win L4D lol i am going to try to get it published. so far this is what i got the name of the book is "life after death" and sofar i have 2 chapters and 774 words and not near 1/10 of the way done wish me luck : )
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March 18th, 2008, 06:39 AM
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MyNameDidntFit
is on an island
The Deceiver
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Australia
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Good luck and all the best from a fellow aspiring writer 
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March 18th, 2008, 07:10 AM
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Leroy
is a Rush Limbaugh listener
Chicago Ted
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Originally Posted by ac3death
Guys, Thanks im making me a novel. Not Only Will >>I<< win L4D lol i am going to try to get it published. so far this is what i got the name of the book is "life after death" and sofar i have 2 chapters and 774 words and not near 1/10 of the way done wish me luck : )
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Good Luck with ti.
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Rush Limbaugh - "Annoying the left"
"If capitalism screws up, such as these banks, you get more government. But when government screws up, you don't get more capitalism. You get more government!"
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April 12th, 2008, 04:19 PM
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sOdAGoD
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Junior Member
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any one wanna add me on steam im so lonely =[
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April 13th, 2008, 03:32 AM
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Leroy
is a Rush Limbaugh listener
Chicago Ted
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Originally Posted by sOdAGoD
any one wanna add me on steam im so lonely =[
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Then this would go along with you.
Mr Lonely
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Rush Limbaugh - "Annoying the left"
"If capitalism screws up, such as these banks, you get more government. But when government screws up, you don't get more capitalism. You get more government!"
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April 27th, 2008, 09:18 PM
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GothicDeathVR2
is is looking for food around Riverside
Zombie Rat
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Riverside
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Originally Posted by DT
2) Your entry must be in the region of 1000 to 3000 words.
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Do the entries HAVE to be within these limits? I'm not trying to play a unfair game, but Zomb0s' story has more than 3000 words. Just a little bit. You see, I want to know if you're strictly enforcing this aspect, because my story is coming on to 2,100 and is about %60 percent done. The finished will have a guesstimate of around 3,400.
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May 15th, 2008, 09:17 PM
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PCGameFreak
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Just getting started
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Originally Posted by MyNameDidntFit
Good question, to which the answer is.... [Drum roll.]
They'll all be judged when the deadline (yet to be announced, DT will decide once a release date for L4D is confrimed).
We aren't judging them as they come. Well, we're reading them (at least I am, can't speak for the other staff) but we won't judge them until the deadline.
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from wat ive heard they r releasing the pc version november 14 of this year
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