Stories without OC's have a score adjustment done during the final tally to determine the winner. Use of OCs or a lack thereof will not affect your ability to win.
submit the entry when you enter, which means when you've finished the work.
the prize request is part of the entry form.
if I don't have judges then I'll judge it myself if it comes to that.
The score is adjusted so that entries are not penalized one way or the other for the use of characters.
yes you need two ideas in two weeks in regards to prizes.
no Arch, the contest is not dead. Altima just decided to be his usual overzealous self. Two weeks means two weeks
Contest is dead anyway without any non-meme participants.
Fine with me (No one actually asked to extend the deadline before now) what did you have in mind Mike?
Community: Granted Satoshi as a Berserker has no written read template but he was fairly mischaracterized here. He's flat and formal with his speech, his logic is too cold when it should be filled with nonsensical and hilarious leaps and emotionally charged and he refers to characters incorrectly, Ilya and Shirou mostly. Further while he is in the strictest sense bound to obey his master and would as a result (most unfortunately) rape Sakura in this context if ordered to. His mind would alter his speech to reflect a more positive situation as a result, as much for his own remaining sanity as for Sakura's well being. He's not evil after all.
creativity: I don't think Bell can be used like that to bind people (much less a Dragon) it's still a good idea, although throwing out the bad guy here is what marked it down