Some competitions have special meanings in the hearts of the VE. The HSC, in all its annual snowy finery, is one that rolls about every year. One that occurs much less frequently is the ESC, or the Elite Squad Competition.
For the last two years or so, Blackjack has been the Elite Squad of the army. With that honor, they get a few perks and some bragging rights, as well as different titles to their ID lines and whatnot.
However, this is a new day, so we’re going to be opening up a chance for the other squads to try and prove that they’re best.
As the VE has grown into a nearly 100% writing club, the ESC will be focused
solely on writing. Each squad will have a story and a set amount of time and a post maximum to tell their story to the graders. There will be three graders who will grade
all of the posts and will average their scores to help get an accurate representation of each post.
With this shift to story telling above all else, additional strides have been taken to create a good story. The foremost of these is the ‘prequel’ story that will be posted by the graders in the following days up until the start of the competition. Additional posts will also detail important information on background characters and organizations.
So to sum up:- We will be having an ESC around July 1st
- You will be seeing a prequel story posted by AHC members leading up to the actual ESC
- We will be posting additional information such as background on characters and organizations over the next few days.
Disclaimer: This post was actually written by Garryll Gates (aka the omnipotent TO) Havock has only posted it so that it can show up on the main page. 