Perhaps for lack of better judgment, I've decided to hold a contest! The contest itself is actually very simple...

Send me helpful tips on how to succeed (and survive) as a proper Pirate Adventurer! What such tips, tricks, and hints involve will be entirely up to you. Do you have any advice on how to court a lovely, pirate lass? How about in acquiring an excellent Pirate Hideout? Or maybe where one can find the best booty? Advice regarding any field, whether it be in etiquette, combat, diplomacy, or even love, will be greatly appreciated (and even rewarded). X3

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The rules for such a contest are as follows.

1. You MUST send me a note with a title that says "Proper Pirate Tips". No other means of communication (i.e. comments, shouts, emails, etc.) will be accepted. I need to easily be able to keep track of who sent what, and I determined that notes would be the best option for me.

2. You may submit only a maximum of three tips; no more than that. I expect some people to come up with similar (if not the same) ideas; so this way, you'll be able to submit at least one original entry for this contest. Furthermore, you don't need to submit any artwork in order to participate. Just submitting the tips themselves will be fine.

3. Try to keep your tips fairly clean. In other words, keep swearing, sexual references, and other general vulgarities down to a minimum. After all, just because you slit throats, pilfer treasure, and go wenching on a daily basis, that doesn't mean you can't at least be civil about it.

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Alright, those are the rules, now here are the prizes. X3

First Place: The fist place winner of the contest will receive a free request, featuring at most, up to three (3) characters.

Second Place: The second place winner will receive a request, featuring up to two (2) characters.

Third Place: And the third place winner will receive a request, featuring only one (1) character.

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All entries will be judged by me. The three people who submit tips that I find to be the most funny, helpful, and/or interesting will become the winners.

The final Due Date for all contest entries will be December 30, 2009. If you do not submit your entry by then, your entry will not be accepted. If you need any examples for Pirate tips, then you can find them in the links below.

Example 1 - ( [link] )
Example 2 - ( [link] )

And lastly, if you have any questions regarding ideas or the contest in general, then please ask them. I will be more than happy to answer any questions that you might have here in this journal.