The 2023 Geek Pride Story Event: Official Support Page

[oneagainst]

I've started on an idea. I have no idea where it's going, who's in it, or what category it will be in. I'm hoping to have it finished in time.

It does have a Haptic suit, an Omni-directional treadmill, and an open world game.

Ah dude... great minds. And it appears ours as well. I'm gonna put two in for Geek Pride and one of them has a haptic suit. Giddy up!

 

[Rustyoznail]

Ah dude... great minds. And it appears ours as well. I'm gonna put two in for Geek Pride and one of them has a haptic suit. Giddy up!

Well, there you go. I'm struggling with mine, but I'll get there eventually.

 

[MisterWildCard]

Nearly done with mine, just have to finish the last sex scene and epilogue and it'll be time for an editing pass! No supernatural/SF elements this time, just a tale of two very different types of nerd/geeks (one's a video gamer, one's a bibliophile) at my fictional Small Midwestern College finding common ground and then eventually realizing an urgent need to fuck each other's brains out.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Just a question, which will be repeated on the appropriate thread. My story is about testing a VR game. Would anyone object if I based it on the "Tales of Leinyere" world?

 

[Duleigh]

I like that idea.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Ah dude... great minds. And it appears ours as well. I'm gonna put two in for Geek Pride and one of them has a haptic suit. Giddy up!

A haptic suit? It's not identical, but that reminds me of the orgasmatron in Woody Allen's 1973 film Sleeper. It's basically a box, not a suit, but he had the basic concept down fifty years ago. There is also The Orb, which makes you feel like you're on heroin.

One line in the film: "Two hundred years? If I had been seeing my analyst for all of that time, I'd be cured by now."

 

[Rustyoznail]

A haptic suit? It's not identical, but that reminds me of the orgasmatron in Woody Allen's 1973 film Sleeper. It's basically a box, not a suit, but he had the basic concept down fifty years ago. There is also The Orb, which makes you feel like you're on heroin.

One line in the film: "Two hundred years? If I had been seeing my analyst for all of that time, I'd be cured by now."

There's a few movies/games/books that use the concept. The Assassins Creed game universe uses an Animus, which is a bed that puts you in the mind of one of your ancestors. In the game, you were strapped into a rig that gave you free movement in any direction.

I'll see how it goes.

 

[Voboy]

Just a question, which will be repeated on the appropriate thread. My story is about testing a VR game. Would anyone object if I based it on the "Tales of Leinyere" world?

That's the kind of thing I LOVE. Very meta.

 

[Rustyoznail]

That's the kind of thing I LOVE. Very meta.

Yeah, it tickled my fancy.

The story idea is an open world game with lots of different races and areas to explore. Initially I was thinking of a World of Warcraft clone, but then I thought - "Why not Leinyere?" It ticks all the boxes, and there's an undercurrent of sex already established. Nothing like snuggling up to a long haired Anocot, her soft fur brushing lightly across your Elven chest...

Excuse me... Need to make "notes".

 

[gunhilltrain]

I put the text for this into the Lit preview mode a couple of days ago. It's about 11,600 words, which is a bit shorter than I had anticipated.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Itching to press publish. Have to remember to before I get onto a transatlantic flight.

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

Itching to press publish. Have to remember to before I get onto a transatlantic flight.

Em

Now I can't find the guidelines, but I thought you couldn't submit anything until May 14.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Yes, it was in Chloe's original post: "7. All entries to be submitted from May 15th through to 11:59pm, May 24th - with a Go Live Date of Wednesday May 25th. You can submit any time between May 15th and May 24th. All stories will be posted on Wednesday May 25th."

I know, that is an awful lot to review (I assume) in such a short period.

 

[alohadave]

Yes, it was in Chloe's original post: "7. All entries to be submitted from May 15th through to 11:59pm, May 24th - with a Go Live Date of Wednesday May 25th. You can submit any time between May 15th and May 24th. All stories will be posted on Wednesday May 25th."

I know, that is an awful lot to review (I assume) in such a short period.

If you submit early, and the code for the event is in the Admin notes field, Laurel will hold it for posting. A month early might be a bit much, it'd kill me to see it in Pending for that long.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Now I can't find the guidelines, but I thought you couldn't submit anything until May 14.

OMFG that’s twice I’ve done that now - actually the other mistake was posting that I couldn’t wait for May on the On The Job thread. What is wrong with me?



Em

 

[NoTalentHack]

I've started on mine, and for once it's not a miseryfest! Instead, I'm doing a lighthearted, fun teammates-to-lovers take on the old Flash/Superman races with a genderswapped speedster. It's a nice palate cleanser from... well, you'll see my OnTheJob entry soon enough.

 

[Duleigh]

I know, that is an awful lot to review (I assume) in such a short period.

I don't know if there's a content review other than Laurel's search for forbidden content, I believe these writers challenges are self policing. I had a new writer in the 750 word project count the other stories. He was sure he won but the person in first actually had 751 words. I wonder if he'll be reviewing the On the Job stories too.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I don't know if there's a content review other than Laurel's search for forbidden content, I believe these writers challenges are self policing. I had a new writer in the 750 word project count the other stories. He was sure he won but the person in first actually had 751 words. I wonder if he'll be reviewing the On the Job stories too.

Hard to say; we've never really confirmed exactly how Laurel does it (the bots rumor and so forth). Recently stories are being posted in about six days. Yet there are periodic complaints about it taking longer - say ten days at least. I'm not sure why the May 15 date even exists.

Hah, 751 words. There always has to be a way to lose a word or two.

 

[gunhilltrain]

OMFG that’s twice I’ve done that now - actually the other mistake was posting that I couldn’t wait for May on the On The Job thread. What is wrong with me?



Em

I suspect they are not going to mind. They will probably just put it aside for the moment. As I mentioned above, the inner workings of Lit remain mysterious.

 

[alohadave]

Hah, 751 words. There always has to be a way to lose a word or two.

Different systems count words differently. Word and Google Docs may report 750 words, while the system here will count differently. IIRC, non-letter characters surrounded by spaces (ie ****) count as words, and hyphenated words can confuse the count.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I've started on mine, and for once it's not a miseryfest! Instead, I'm doing a lighthearted, fun teammates-to-lovers take on the old Flash/Superman races with a genderswapped speedster. It's a nice palate cleanser from... well, you'll see my OnTheJob entry soon enough.

Now I'm curious to see your On the Job entry. What kind of job could it be? Prison guard? (Don't ask.) Coal miner? Operator at Fukishima or Chernobyl nuclear plant?

 

[gunhilltrain]

Different systems count words differently. Word and Google Docs may report 750 words, while the system here will count differently. IIRC, non-letter characters surrounded by spaces (ie ****) count as words, and hyphenated words can confuse the count.

I've been in a couple of contests that had maximum word counts. Hitting exactly 750 is not easy. I'm not sure i could do it myself, although a number of people have done it.

 

[Duleigh]

Hard to say; we've never really confirmed exactly how Laurel does it (the bots rumor and so forth). Recently stories are being posted in about six days. Yet there are periodic complaints about it taking longer - say ten days at least. I'm not sure why the May 15 date even exists.

Hah, 751 words. There always has to be a way to lose a word or two.

It has to be a word search bot. The one story that I had returned to me was for under age sex, but the reference was for an age old euphemism that military men use to describe a close, clean shave. The comparison was between a fellows shaven cheek and the southern end of a northbound baby.

 

[gunhilltrain]

It has to be a word search bot. The one story that I had returned to me was for under age sex, but the reference was for an age old euphemism that military men use to describe a close, clean shave. The comparison was between a fellows shaven cheek and the southern end of a northbound baby.

It has to be considering the number of submissions and the tiny staff. What is the business model of Lit anyway? They must make some money from the cam girls. They seem to have over 300 (including four men and twenty-some odd trans). I don't know if these people also have deals working outside of Lit. I'm not up on cam economics.

 

[alohadave]

It has to be considering the number of submissions and the tiny staff. What is the business model of Lit anyway? They must make some money from the cam girls. They seem to have over 300 (including four men and twenty-some odd trans). I don't know if these people also have deals working outside of Lit. I'm not up on cam economics.

There are also multiple ads on pretty much every public page.