Building the Backstory - Dreem-WOTW S3R4 Writing Contest (Rise of the Pixels Edition)
Welcome back after the Holidays! We hope you all had a safe and happy Festive Season.
Do you love building the backstory or writing game lore? If so this month's edition of dreem-wotw is one you won't want to miss!!! And if you've never tried your hand at either, now is the perfect opportunity to get stuck in, have fun, and have a go!
By now you may have heard of Rise of the Pixels, Hive's newest game. In it, "Players from Earth work with the mysterious new beings of the Pixelverse to create video games and earn $PXL tokens." source
This month we are supporting 
In addition to the usual monthly dreem-wotw prizes awarded by the dreem-wotw grading team,
❗️But more importantly, elements of what community members write will become enshrined in the game itself, appearing in lore documents or even on NFTs❗️
"Note: by participating, you agree that the Rise of the Pixels team may adapt or directly use your creative concepts in their game. You will be credited wherever possible, but the only compensations are the prizes as set out in the contest's post."
All contest entrants are asked to review the short Lore Teaser post to get a sense of the basics of the RotP lore, before writing their submission post.
We hope you find the remit this month an interesting and fun one, and look forward to seeing your entries in Dreemport.
This month the Dreemport submission date is:
Tuesday 23rd January between 4 am UTC and 23h59 UTC
This means that you have just over a week to write and publish to your blog, but please note...
The 23rd January 2024 IS THE ONLY DATE ON WHICH SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE S3 R4 CONTEST IN DREEMPORT.
The curation/submission cycle starts and ends at these times so there is unfortunately little room for flexibility. All valid submissions to Dreemport will be reviewed and ranked by public curators the following day.
Part of the grading process includes an allocation of points for engagement... but engagement is only assessed if you do Dreemport curation of the contest posts in Dreemport on the day following the contest submission date. Simply log in to Dreemport on Wednesday 24th January, curate (ie: read and engage😜), and rank the 5 random contest posts assigned to you. The top 5 in Dreemport will automatically be shortlisted for grading for dreem-wotw prizes, alongside other entries of merit put forward by members of the grading team. We will also be able to access the top 5 Dreemport staff entries in the background and will run two contest pools to keep staff and public entries separate 😊
The dreem-wotw team will then use a Merit grading system that incorporates some aspects of the ORIGINAL Merit Grading Model developed by 
If there are fewer than 5 entries in the staff contest pool, the dreem-wotw grading team reserves the right to award prizes only to those staff entries that are clearly amongst the top-scoring entries, considering all entries in both pools.
How to use Dreemport
If you have not used Dreemport before, you will need to register on dreemport.com, which is a quick and easy process.
You may want to start by taking a look at these videos by 
If anyone has any difficulty registering and trying out the platform, please tag me or 
This month we are thankful to the following sponsors:
Dreem-Wotw sponsors Dreemport Featured posts, Hive, and HBI, and adds to the Ecency point prizes.
As mentioned already,
Scholar and Scribe Sponsorship
We encourage you to submit your entries to the Scholar and Scribe Community. All entries (no matter where you post them) can use the #scholarandscribe tag if you wish—this will help you earn both SCHOLAR and SCRIBE tokens.
Learn more about S&S here and consider joining the community if you haven’t already.
Dreem-WOTW Prizes will be as follows:
Public:
1st: 500 Dreem Tokens, 1 Dreemport Featured Post, 5 Hive, 350 Ecency points, 100 Scholar, 2 Scribe
2nd: 300 Dreem tokens, 2 HBI, 200 Ecency points, 50 Scholar
3rd: 150 Dreem Tokens, 1 HBI, 150 Ecency points, 50 Scholar
4th: 150 Ecency points
5th: 150 Ecency points
Dreemport Staff:
1st : 300 Dreem tokens, 5 Hive, 350 Ecency points, 100 Scholar, 2 Scribe
2nd: 150 Ecency points
3rd: 150 Ecency points
Miscellaneous prizes:
We encourage you to use the Ecency front end although it is not a requirement.
Each entry made using the Ecency front end will receive 25 Ecency points sponsored by Dreem-WOTW.
Promotion draw:
Anyone who tags at least 2 new people (not already tagged in the post) who they think would like to take part in the contest, will be entered into a random draw where 1 person will win 250 Ecency points. If the person they tagged also submits a post for the contest, the prize is uplifted by 2 HBI. So get tagging people who you think would be genuinely interested in taking part, and lend them a little encouragement to write and submit their post.
Good luck folks and we hope you all enjoy taking part this month🤗
All new entrants each month will be added to the list.
Please let me know if you would prefer not to be tagged and you will be removed from the list. If you are reading this and would like to be tagged going forward, please comment below and I will add you💗.
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