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#1 Bill Bullet

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:34 PM

Once again, thanks to all the participates who submitted a story for the event, thanks to our Community Manager Tina for posting this on PGI's social media, and thanks to our judges who helped me tackle the monster this became almost over-night!

SO without further ado, the winners of the first Golden Pen Event are...


1ST PLACE: Chafe

2ND PLACE: Rhaythe

3RD PLACE: Tygerlily

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Gorgo7, Ronyn, and Escef

FAN FAVORITE: XxPUGxX

#2 Bill Bullet

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:38 PM

This was such fun to organize and judge thanks to so many great entries! The different viewpoints of infantry, civilians, Clanners, and IS pilots told of the glory and horrors of Mech warfare. The letters home, the tales of lost potential, the last stands, the overwhelming victories, the unique looks at the different cultures in the BattleTech Universe...all of it grand, all of it entertaining!

#3 Soulstrom

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:38 PM

Congratulations goes out to all the winners.

#4 Scout Derek

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:39 PM

Now can we put this on fan fiction :D (also sorry I couldn't write one was busy with RL)

#5 Bill Bullet

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:40 PM

So I will be handing out the prizes throughout the month of August starting with 1st place. If all the winners would like to post their stories in this thread so you can bask in the glow of your victory feel free, ALSO once you receive your prize if you'd be kind enough to post about it here too so people know I actually followed through :P

#6 Peiper

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:41 PM

Grats!

#7 xX PUG Xx

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:49 PM

Congratulations everyone and a huge thank you to Bill for organising the event and his generous prizes.

#8 Rhaythe

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:51 PM

Bill, you and everyone that participated are awesome. Thank you! :)

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 01:54 PM

Yay! :) Well done winners! :)

#10 Chafe

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 02:10 PM

Maulin' times ahead :lol:
When I sat down to pen something for your contest I never imagined it might actually win, especially not with the incredibly high standards set by all the other entrants. Really enjoyed participating though and I think you've rekindled something in me I forgot about a long time ago, I'll almost certainly be contributing to the fanfic section more in future.
Most of all, a huge thankyou to Bill Bullet for his passion for battletech fiction, his vision in organizing this contest and his generosity in putting up the prizes.
I'll try and find the time to reformat the forum version of the story in the next couple of days, in the meantime I leave you with this as tribute to all who entered (and a subtle hint to PGI about a game mode that's sorely overdue :rolleyes: )

Solaris

They came from across the Galaxy,
Came to do battle with their weapons of choice,
Some loud and proud,
Others subtle and stealthy.
The crowd cheered as the weapons blazed,
Howling their delight at the spectacle before them,
Each shell a word, each beam a semantic,
The crash of fallen mech's punctuating the end of each tale,
The winner almost an irrelevance here,
As, in Solaris, every pilot is a hero.

Edit: And here's the original piece reformatted for the forums, alternatively you can find it here:
https://docs.google....dit?usp=sharing

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Edited by Chafe, 30 July 2015 - 08:06 PM.


#11 Phlinger

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 02:35 PM

This was very awesome that you hosted this Bill, very cool.

Congratulations to those that won, very well done.

#12 Gorgo7

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 03:43 PM

Thanks Bill!

#13 Thom Frankfurt

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 03:53 PM

Great job guys/gals. I still haven't gotten around to reading all the entries. Hopefully I'll get around to that this weekend and maybe doing some posting.

As Bill mentioned, it's always interesting (and freaking awesome!) of seeing perspectives of non mechwarriors. They offer a tinge of... squishiness that I find delightful. And the sheer amount of entries was... mind boggling.

I hope we get to do this again. And soon.

#14 TygerLily

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Posted 30 July 2015 - 04:41 PM

Yay, 3rd place! Thanks so much for hosting Bill!

And thanks to everyone who read our stuff!

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#15 Sir Ludwig

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Posted 31 July 2015 - 04:43 AM

Congrats to everyone. Thank you to PGI and MWO for this event. I really enjoyed reading the fan fiction.

Regards,
Sir Ludwig

#16 Bill Bullet

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Posted 06 August 2015 - 01:06 PM

Alrighty the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners all have their gift codes. I'll be taking care of the honorable mentions and Fan Fav next week!

#17 Gorgo7

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Posted 06 August 2015 - 01:23 PM

Thanks Bill!

#18 Rhaythe

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Posted 06 August 2015 - 03:27 PM

Bill is very much a man of his word. Thank you very much, sir!

#19 TygerLily

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Posted 06 August 2015 - 03:53 PM

Bill has gotten me my prize. Thank you again, sir, for this contest and for being such a great individual!

#20 Bill Bullet

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Posted 13 August 2015 - 08:24 AM

Ok, prizes for honorable mentions/fan favorite should be dropping today once I get paid lol. If XxPUGxX you could PM me what Mech you want as your prize I'd appreciate it.





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