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Well, for once I've got an idea. Probably gonna execute it poorly lmao, but hey, who knows?

I'm sure it'll be awesome!  Very excited to read it!

Well, for once I've got an idea. Probably gonna execute it poorly lmao, but hey, who knows?

It's time for Stonewall's 2nd #WritingChallenge of 2023 and the theme will be: "Stories of Sacrifice".  Submit your entry by logging into this site and posting your story in this thread between now and August 31st, 2023.

Theme Instructions:
We want you to write and share a Story of Sacrifice revolving around one of your characters from a game you play.  To help get the creative juices flowing, I've provided some writing prompts, though you're free to write your story without the help of the prompts:

• Write about choosing to take the fall for someone else
• Write about choosing to be brave for someone else's sake
• Write about having to sacrifice personal ethics or morality (think In the Pale Moonlight
• Write about the sacrifices of going to Starfleet or Klingon Academy
• Write about shouldering an unspeakable burden for those who do not realize it
• Write about carrying the weight of a past situation or decision
• Write about making a personal sacrifice so a loved one can get to Sto'Vo'Kor

We'll share every submission with the entire community for them to enjoy, but we'll also be looking for our three favorite entries that excel in three criteria that we'll detail below.  We're so very eager for you, SGN's amazing writing talents, to once again share your talent and creativity with us and your community!


To participate in Stonewall's "Story of Sacrifice" writing challenge, you must post your entry here, in this thread, before day's end on August 31st, 2023.  Please use the #WritingChallenge hashtag in your entries.  Your posted entry must comply with these additional rules to be eligible:

1. Your story must in some way relate to your character from a game you play
2. Your story must be your own original work - NO ChatGPT or AI help!
3. The content of your story must not be edited after the submission deadline of August 31st

Only one entry per community member, please.  While we encourage you to include graphics to supplement your Story of Sacrifice, only the written narrative portion of your entry will be judged.  Instructions on how to incorporate graphics in your post can be found by clicking here.


Every writer will receive a deposit of 3 Stonewall Credits into their account, but our favorite contest entries will be recognized on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram social media feeds. The prize packs are as follows:

Our favorite story will get:

1. 10 Stonewall Credits, AND, your choice of either:
2. 20 Master Keys in Star Trek Online, OR
3. $25.00 Redbubble Gift Card to purchase Stonewall Merchandise!

Our second favorite entry will receive:

1. 8 Stonewall Credits, AND your choice of either:
2. 10 Master Keys in Star Trek Online OR
3. $20.00 Redbubble Gift Card to purchase Stonewall Merchandise!

Our third favorite entry will get:

1. 6 Stonewall Credits!
2. 7 Master Keys in Star Trek Online

*Stonewall credits can be saved and/or redeemed for in-game merchandise through the Stonewall Credits Store.

Good luck to everyone!  We can't wait to read your stories!

Congrats to all the winners. I bet if it was 26 prizes i would have won something ;) 

Raffle Weiner's list!

1st: Constitution III Miracle Worker Cruiser - michaelandersch#5751
2nd: Lower Decks Deluxe pack - Gr_vity
3rd: Half the raffle EC proceeds (1,551,100,000ec) sylveonsenpai
4th: 1.25 bil EC = @Qeraeth
5th: Courier pilot raider = @Serpentacus#0686
6th: Quarter raffle sales (775,550,000ec) = Smearcampain
7th: Quarter raffle sales (775,550,000ec) = Kenley86
8th: Borg command Juggernaut = fizzelamp#9365
9th: T6 ship coupon Ayjaynyc
10th: T6 ship coupon @Gaymer
11th: T6 ship coupon @Danadark
12th: T6 ship coupon @Okaybuddy
13th: T6 ship coupon Nashwolf
14th: x30 master keys = Callumjw
15th: x15 master keys jimmyjoe1
16th: x10 master keys = knightchucky
17th: x10 master keys = Suldarion
18th: x5 master keys Dvalin
19th: x5 master keys Nilust
20th: Exprmtl upgrde token @Michlo
21st: Exprmtl upgrde token Tedhembach
22nd: DS9 BOFF (holo ds9 character) - @perseus75
23rd: Elite capt training token- @Nicholasjohn16
24th: x15 R&D packs Tanka001
25th: x15 Various doff packs @Dutch2010


I am so VERY sorry if you are not a winner this year... but know that your EC has gone to someone to enjoy.. so THANK YOU for being a donator to this raffle.
We at stonewall leadership take absolutely nothing from this raffle, its all done for fun.

I am contacting you all in game about your prizes and the best way to get them to you.

Thank you once again to Cal, Joey and gladiator for donating their time over the past 2 weeks to sell tickets.

Raffle Sales are now closed!

Raffle winner announcement will be held just after the "Picture This" game on Sunday 16th.
To see the timeline of events in your timezone, click here https://stonewallgaming.net/pages/pride

Don't worry if you are not present, I will let you know via Discord or ingame mail...
I will also post a list of winners here as soon as I can after Stonewall pride.

Attention all you crazy Raffle fans!!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to change the old 3rd prize (Infinity lock box) to a completly new prize of fairly similar value.
The 3rd prize is now 1,250,000,000 EC (1.25 billion) as the prize list indicates above.

Not only that... your fellow fleet mates have been so kind this year..

knightchucky donated an extra T6 ship voucher...

@animalcub86 (Dvalin) wanted also to treat you all with another T6 ship voucher

our very own pride host @Voleron dipped into his (and Julians) handbags and added x45 lock box keys into the prize pool!!

NOW ITS 25 PRIZES!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much donators!!!!

i looove among us haha

Always my favorite time of the year, getting to spend the weekend with everyone!

I don't think her opinions will ever alter, thus she really shouldn't work in a field where they affect other people.

I'll second this - thanks  @robertjaneway for the fun and thanks to everyone who came out to support the event and have a good time!  Can't wait to see you all at our big Pride celebration coming up in July.  (Keep your eye on our events page for deets)

Dave.

Greetings.

Since there wasn't a post yet, I just wanted to say a big thank you to our morale officer, Kevin.

This was a lot of fun and I especially enjoyed being able to "meet" some new folk, particularly those brave enough to be on camera. :)

Cheers.

Ian (Michlo).

Thank you for sharing this information with us.

Chances are good that the supreme court won't even take the issue up because no lower federal courts have upheld other state restrictions in the most recent wave. The judgements reached by the lower courts will remain in effect as a result, but only in the districts where they were decided. Regrettably, that implies a complete, national decision won't be made.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to our first writing challenge of 2023!  Our panel of three impartial and distinguished judges who did not submit entries read and scored every story from 1-10 in three categories: creativity, detail & impact to arrive at our top three, who we'll reach out to shortly to arrange prize delivery!  Everyone who participated will receive Stonewall Credits.  To spend them, login to this site with your account, click the drop down menu next to your profile picture on the menu bar and select 'wallet'.  

Create a Commentary List for Eurovision 2023!

We challenge you to share your thoughts regarding this years Eurovision Song Contest: the concept is called commentary list. Yearly, we put together our own commentary list - a playlist of the ESC songs, each followed or answered by a commentary song. Commentary songs either have a similarity in the music or lyrics to their song or they represent another (free) association and they can be tongue in cheek - examples for such commentary lists can be found in our playlists for the recent years at the end of this post.
So now, we want you to share your associations and commentaries! Post them to this forum thread before May 8^th and win some Stonewall Credits.

PRIZES: Stonewall Credits in the Eurovision style, from 1 to 12 SWC (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12) will be rewarded to the best lists. But watch out: We will start from 1 SWC, so only if at least 10 people participate, the best list will receive 12 SWC.

TIMELINE: You have to post your list before the actual ESC starts, so write your entry before 8^th of May. We will give out the SWC during the week after Eurovision, between 15^th and 22^nd of May.

METHOD: You can either post a link to a youtube-playlist or just write it down as text here. If you go for a youtube-playlist, you will need to use a link shortener like 1tp. If you do it in text, it should look like this if you want to comment with any other song:
Finland 2006/Hard Rock Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen/Hallelujah
Or, if you want to comment with another Eurovision song, give us nation, year and song title:
Finland 2006/Hard Rock Hallelujah – Israel 1979/Hallelujah

RULES: Every commentary is valid. The goals, though, are to find answer songs that have recognizable similarities and/or are funny in the given combination (you know: "it pays to be funny..."). Here are a few more examples:

Azerbaijan 2021/Mata Hari – Azerbaijan 2020/Cleopatra (obvious similarities: same artist, same style, the lyrics of „Mata Hari“ even inlcude the line „just like Cleopatra“)
Azerbaijan 2021/Mata Hari – Carly Simon/Nobody Does It Better (outside the box: this was the theme song for the James Bond movie „Spy who loved me“ and Mata Hari was a spy)

Sweden 2015/Heroes – David Bowie/Heroes (similar title)
Sweden 2015/Heroes – Tina Turner/We Don't Need Another Hero (funny turn-around of the title)

You do not need to comment every single song of the 37 participants, if you don't have ideas for every contestant just put the list of where you had ideas here. But, longer lists will probably score more points once we judge which lists are best.

If you are looking for more inspiration, feel free to check out our commentary songs playlists from the previous years:
Commentary List 2019
Commentary List 2020
Commentary List 2021
Commentary List 2022

Now go ahead and find your own commentaries to the songs of the 2023 season (Links to the 2023 participants in the event post). And don't forget to post your list here before the 8^th of May!

https://stonewallgaming.net/photos/178655
#yourovision

Chances are good that the supreme court won't even take the issue up because no lower federal courts have upheld other state restrictions in the most recent wave. The judgements reached by the lower courts will remain in effect as a result, but only in the districts where they were decided. Regrettably, that implies a complete, national decision won't be made.

Thank you to everyone who entered our Slice of Life writing contest!  Entries are now closed and we'll be enjoying your submissions over the next week and will post results of our writing challenge in the near future!