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Creature Description Writing Contest is live

May 19, 2015 at 7:41 PM

CREATURE DESCRIPTION CONTESTS - We're introducing a brand-new, official community contest at Egg Cave! It's the Creature Description Writing Contest ("CDWC"). It's accessible under the global Community tab.

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We'll post a collection of creatures in the contest area and you can write a submission for the egg description and creature description as it would appear in The Archives. Once we pick the best creature description combination, the winner will have their name credited in The Archives entry, be able to shape the site's lore and story arc, and will receive this creature for free even if it ends up being a Cash Shop Monthly.

Here's the fine print:

  • Become eligible for entering the contest by posting 100 quality forum posts.
  • You can't name the species; only site staff can. Use a placeholder species name in your submissions. This helps everybody have an equal chance at creature naming once the species is released in real time.
  • Not all new Egg Cave species will appear in the CDWC. Site staff will still write descriptions behind closed doors.
  • When a creature disappears from the CDWC, it does not mean that it will be immediately available for release.
  • Right now, creatures that appear in the CDWC won't be there for a set time. In other words, some creatures might be posted there for weeks, others might only be there for days. We may standardize this in the future but not for right now.
  • Egg Cave staff reserves the right to modify your submission. We really, really don't plan on doing this (like ever) but there is a possibility that we may have to tweak a winning submission for contradictory inter-species issues, grammatical issues, or long-term site planning (i.e. plots). The goal as a contestant is that you would be familiar enough with the site's lore to avoid these issues.


BRAND NEW CASH SHOP TRAVELS - These brand-new Cash Shop Travels are now available at the Cash Shop Park for 50 CC! They'll be available for roughly a month and then expire forever.

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NEW READING - These new books are now available for reading at Leila Library.

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Comments: 99

harrypotter123698 • 20 May 2015, 3:33 PM

Just submitted my writing entry for the fish creature! Had a fabulous idea for it and decided to submit it! 😊

kollais • 20 May 2015, 3:39 PM

Old Scary Mansion and In A Painting travels are beautiful *___*

spiritkoi • 20 May 2015, 6:15 PM

@dzufiasta "We can add and remove creatures from the contest at any time. Some creatures will be posted for weeks, while others may -

spiritkoi • 20 May 2015, 6:16 PM

only be posted for a couple of days." I think this implies that this contest will be going on for quite a while, with different creatures-

spiritkoi • 20 May 2015, 6:17 PM

at times. 😊 I think you'll still have a chance to take part. In fact, I'm pretty sure this is a permanent feature, all that will change is-

spiritkoi • 20 May 2015, 6:17 PM

what creatures are there for you to write descriptions about. ^^

immortalraven • 20 May 2015, 6:20 PM

I have 6,52o posts. Didn't notice I had that many til now. I wonder who has the most posts on here.

spiritkoi • 20 May 2015, 6:41 PM

@immortalraven I remember seeing someone with 16,000+ because of RPs or something, I forgot which user.

immortalraven • 20 May 2015, 6:48 PM

@spiritkoi Lol, I think that might be the one who has the most xD Haven't seen em though o3o

spiritkoi • 20 May 2015, 6:54 PM

@immortalraven Mhm, ya. xD

spiritkoi • 20 May 2015, 8:00 PM

Finally finished my description for the bird. I think I'll just do only the rabbit. I can't really think of any for the lizard and fish...

kiti • 20 May 2015, 8:25 PM

Oh how fun! Good luck to everyone with creative writing talents. xD

Ian • 20 May 2015, 9:05 PM

@positivevibes it's in the contest rules. enter from your main account only.

jazzyleia • 20 May 2015, 9:13 PM

@dzufiasta This contest will be ongoing. It doesn't have an end date!

dzufiasta • 21 May 2015, 1:53 AM

Oh, thank you @jazzyleia! That explains a lot! ... And makes me happy ^^

beckah-lula • 21 May 2015, 4:26 AM

This is great! And I've done all 4, but id love a way to read my entries after I've submitted them, not to amend them, just to read them 😊

immortalraven • 21 May 2015, 11:01 AM

Did the first two. Knows I have no chance with these lol. But it is kinda fun and something other to do on here x3

takaedakumi • 21 May 2015, 12:53 PM

I'm guessing since we don't know the names of the creatures we just write something like *species name* wherever it would be mentioned?

secrety • 21 May 2015, 12:56 PM

I am no where near the post count, so I doubt I would even be able to do the contest. I am not very social, which makes it hard to even get-

secrety • 21 May 2015, 12:57 PM

Close to entering. I am at only a few posts since starting this account however long ago.

Orderedchaos • 21 May 2015, 2:15 PM

@secrety This contest will be going on for a long time with different creatures. So you've got more chances to enter in the future. 😊

khione • 21 May 2015, 3:52 PM

@takatheeducatedkid yep, that's what it says. ^^

Orderedchaos • 21 May 2015, 4:40 PM

I would like to remind everyone to please remember the forums rules while trying to get your quality posts.

Orderedchaos • 21 May 2015, 4:41 PM

Spam, bumping, and other posts that break the forum rules are NOT the way to get your post count up.

kaiserbakura • 21 May 2015, 5:13 PM

@Orderedchaos I've been getting Error 522 Connection Time Out alot recently. It's only this site i ever get that message

Orderedchaos • 21 May 2015, 5:31 PM

@kaiserbakura This is a known problem that we're having with our datacenter. It's something that Ian's been working out how to fix.

inkpelt • 21 May 2015, 11:04 PM

submitted entries for the bunny and bird. Have no idea what to write for the other two...excited for this event, good luck everyone 😊

iceiceice • 22 May 2015, 1:44 AM

Haha! I'm having so much fun writing this X_X Also, have anyone else been getting "broken" images for some creatures lately?

mrsgiggles • 22 May 2015, 2:54 AM

I'd try but I'm worried my entries would be too scary for a G-rated website.

piucca • 22 May 2015, 8:30 AM

Just wanted to point out that the US isn't the only country that speaks English XD

piucca • 22 May 2015, 8:31 AM

Even if it was, the education system is so bad we might as well just grunt as cavemen did. So everyone has a good chance.

univea • 22 May 2015, 1:57 PM

Oh! This is cool. I might give it a try 😊

univea • 22 May 2015, 2:39 PM

I wrote up a description but I really don't want to look through every creature description to make sure no one has used any of those ideas.

univea • 22 May 2015, 2:41 PM

Ah, forget it. My eyes hurt.

immortalraven • 22 May 2015, 2:45 PM

@univea Same, though I don't think I used anyone elses ideas for it. Just made it up off the top of my head /probably won't be a winner lol/

immortalraven • 22 May 2015, 2:46 PM

but mine didn't sound like ones that'd already exist.. hopefully ;-; There's too many o-0

univea • 22 May 2015, 2:48 PM

@immortalraven I'll submit it anyway. It's not very good, but I tried.

immortalraven • 22 May 2015, 3:01 PM

@univea That's what I've been doing though I do quite like mine for the 1st one x3 Probably the most creative for any of the others I did

brookie • 23 May 2015, 1:28 AM

Will there be more creatures for this event as time goes on?

eskimomo • 23 May 2015, 9:05 AM

Any one else having problems with the sites display

immortalraven • 23 May 2015, 10:42 AM

@brookie Yes, one of the mods said so above somewhere I think yesterday x3

savannahall • 24 May 2015, 2:16 AM

I REALLY hope the bird won't be CSP Or if it is, I hope it's a 250CC one or something. If it's a monthly I think i'll end up hoarding em! xD

savannahall • 25 May 2015, 4:33 AM

@loveicepop If it is i'm gonna be SO sad! If it's a monthly though, I'll end up freezing some in each stage cause they're SO cute! 😊

novrain62 • 25 May 2015, 9:46 PM

I hate the thief shop! It just stole 500k from me for the SIXTH Time! (not each time was 500k but over 100k at least). Still no egg

mairbear • 26 May 2015, 12:10 AM

Omgosh this looks awesome 😃 Glad I decided to pop back!

savannahall • 26 May 2015, 1:26 AM

@loveicepop Yeah, I hope so xD

inkpelt • 26 May 2015, 1:40 AM

@nivrain62 I've been having the same luck ☹️

novrain62 • 26 May 2015, 4:28 PM

@inkpelt - so sorry! ☹️

gabrieltaft • 30 May 2015, 8:02 PM

This is a great new addition to the site!

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