| Welcome to the eleventh annual Honorary Monstergirl Competition! New year, and a new franchise for the naming convention! The rules of the contest are as follows: 1) ALL entries must be of roughly the same power levels as the girls that are legal to use as companions. No reality warpers, physical gods, or mountain-eating invincible powerhouses! Entries at the upper end of the companion power scale are allowed. Entries that have lots of story potential are encouraged! 2) Entries cannot be simple reposting of entries from previous contests; all entries must provide some measure of originality. The new entry may be a variation on a previous entry or an exploration of the same theme, but the new entry MUST bring something to the table that the previous version did not. 3) Multiple entries of the same mamono are allowed if they are sufficiently different (see above). In the event of two entries that have the same name the judge will consult one of the contestants about a name change, with the shared name going to the entry that was submitted first. 4) Entries must be formatted as official MGE entries. If you're not sure about the classification of your entry (i.e. family and type) feel free to ask for advice. If you're worried about spoilers before official contest start you can ask by PM. All entries will be edited for grammar by the judge. 5) Send your entries to me by PM, up to four entries per contributor. I will arrange them into polling brackets. Once a poll is up and running it will have a limited voting period, after which a winner will be advanced to the next round. This will continue until we have a final winner. 6) In the event that two (or more) entries are tied when voting for the bracket closes the winner will be decided by an H-off! Each contestant must post something brief (try not to go over 500 words) describing how his/her entry would be the most fun to “experience.” This can be in essay form or a brief h-scene. The judge (moi) will decide the winner. 7) Bonus: Name That Mamono! You are encouraged (but not required) to create a sample character of the species -- nothing fancy, just a short paragraph or two describing her appearance, personality, and skills. In particular you should describe how she exemplifies or differs from the species' usual. To be counted for H-offs all vignettes/essays for the species should include this character in some way (at least a mention). The contest is live as of this post, but voting won't start until July (or whenever we get up to 16 entries). Until then, feel free to revisit the Build a Monstergirl Workshop tutorial if you need some help coming up with ideas. And for further inspiration, I have prepared a Pinterest gallery with images of possible honorary monstergirls. If you want to use one of these as the image for your entry PM me with the image name (they've all been named) and I'll mark it as claimed. All images are first come, first served. There are over a hundred images there, so one of them is bound to spark an idea. I would also like to solicit two volunteer back-up judges at this time. This is an excellent opportunity for those who don't feel that they can come up with good entries to have some active involvement in the contest. |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| Yay! Looking forward to seeing this year's entries. |
| Round 1 voting brackets are now live! Bracket 1: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173074 Bracket 2: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173071 Bracket 3: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173068 Bracket 4: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173067 Bracket 5: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173064 Bracket 6: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173063 |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| Voting will remain live until 11:59 p.m. Central time on Sunday 08/11. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| So, it looks like we have some h-off action going in bracket 2. Gentlemen, start your engines! |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| Vignettes are now posted for bracket 2! I will post the results tonight. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173071 |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| Let the cannon sound for the fallen: The orchid mantis bugs out; The asgrauwe is returned to cinder; The shelem gets snowed in; The moon beast is eclipsed; The living mask is defaced; The colour out of space goes dark. Round 2 goes live tomorrow evening. |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| The cannon sounds for the fallen: Fate rains on the cloud beast’s parade; The lusca squids while she’s ahead; The cougar gets scratched; The hellkit gets burned. Round 3 begins after Halloween night. |
tygertygerOct 29, 7:25 PM
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| Alas for the fallen! The halfling fails to adapt; The sun cow is put out to pasture; The cat from Saturn is knocked out of the ring; The qerash gets the cold shoulder. I’ll get the Round 4 brackets posted on Sunday night. |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| The votes are in, and the cannon sounds for the fallen: The wrathfiend looks back in anger; The moon bride passes to the next phase. I will get the final round and peoples' choice posted later tonight. For real, this time. |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
| It is decided! At the conclusion of the final round the Peoples' Choice is the MOON BRIDE, the runner-up is the BUBALUS, and the BAKENEKO is victorious! And for added celebration, this contest marks the first time that I correctly predicted the winner! Congratulations to all the contestants: MetallumOperatur (cougar, lusca, qerash, shelem); Mugen91 (asgrauwe, bubalus, living mask, moon bride); Nu (bakeneko, hellkit, orchid mantis, sun cow); Tygertyger (cat from Saturn, cloud beast, colour out of space, moon beast); VenomWolf (halfling, wrathfiend). |
| "When you have bought your own load of hooey, you know exactly what it is worth." -- Bruce Sterling |
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