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IFSZ Writing Contest #1
Topic Started: Jul 13 2005, 10:33 PM (537 Views)
Alpha
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Introducing a brand new weekly contest to liven up General Chat a bit:

SZ Official Writing Contest

Yes, you read correctly. After many requests to do it, I've finally decided to put up an Official Writing Contest. The contest will be pinned, and at the end of the week, will we removed and a new one will be posted. This will allways occur on a Wednesday, so you can remember this as Writing Wednesday.

Every contest will have a new topic and format, for example, one week it could be a poem about the sun and another week it could be a short story about winter, it's completely random. Anyone can enter, from Admins to Members. The entry must be posted in a
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tag.[/b] and must be no shorter then the required amount. The winner will be decided by three random members of staff. (Anonymous)

THIS WEEK'S GUIDELINES

This week, I'd like you all to write a Persuasive Essay on one of the topics listed below. The topics are all sub-topics of the main topic: Dating.

TOPIC CHOICES:
-Your opinion on Online Dating
-When should one start dating? (Agewise)
-Dating Boundries (What is okay, what's not okay.)

Below is a set of simple guidelines on the format. Please follow them as closely as possible.

FORMAT GUIDELINES:
-Must be at least 5 paragraphs long.
-Must have an introduction, a body, and a conclusion
-Must have a title

ENTRIES
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Please enter before next Teusday in order to allow judges time to vote. There is no prize other then the prize of the title of an "SZ-Approved Writer"! Have fun, if this contest is popular, there will be more. Please join!

~AlphaRob
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Wednesday* ;)
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Great idea A-rob.

You will definately see my entry :)
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Tariq
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will we removed and a new one


Eh?

I'm not gunna enter this one. I'll enter the next. The topics are a bit....blech for me.
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Ghetto Oracle
Jul 14 2005, 02:41 AM
Great idea A-rob.

You will definately see my entry :)

Glad to hear it GO. :)
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Should this be added as a post, as an attachment, or as a link? If an attachment, what format? If as a link, what site?
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If you had read the topic, you would know that it must be posted in
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tags.
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The entry must be posted in a
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tag. and must be no shorter then the required amount.


;)
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Gah sorry guys, I'm retarded. ><
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I was sort of hoping for a creative writing challenge, so I don't know if I'll enter this. I'm interested in reading what other people have to say though. Interesting topic - I'm just not a persuasive rant/essay person. Good luck guys, let's see some good writing.
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Although I'm not too fond with Persuasive Writing, Ill be watching for a topic that intrests me :)
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Okay here is my entry.

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Online Dating Works! Face It!

Online dating has been in existence since the days when the Internet was only a handful of computers on a military base, I am here today to persuade you that online dating does work and why in most cases it is better than real life dating in so many ways. You may be thinking to your self this guy does not know what he is talking about but wait, sit back and listen to what I have to say.

First off I would like to tackle the aspect of the “non believers” as I would like to call them. Have you ever experienced something bad from the internet, yes you certainly have and everyone that has ever browsed the net has seen content or anything else that is bad for a person or illegal. But do we stop using the net? No we don’t because there is so much good that comes form the Internet as well. People who claim online dating does not work either have not tried it or they have just met the wrong people and trying once is not actually trying now is it? Do not listen to people who claim that online dating does not work until you have tried it your self.

Online dating is much like real life dating but without all the pressure that goes with it. It is so easy to talk to people without the physical awareness and group pressures that go with real life dating. One of the most important things to note about online dating is that you get to meat the persons personality first and that you only see after about 2-3 weeks of real life dating. You get to speak to the person on a deferent level and you really get a feel for what the person is really about. With real life dating the very first days it is all about acting cool and making a good impression on the other person.

The practicality of online dating has to be put into perspective. You can’t expect an online relationship to work out if the person you are talking to is across the ocean but in few cases it does happen. The way to succeed is looking up people that life in the same state as you do and then to take it from there. Online dating can be dangerous because of online stalkers but if all you are looking for is a good online relation ship this should not be a problem. Don’t visit any porn related chat rooms and expect to find someone there rather try MSN it is really the best meeting grounds in the world. When starting off your online relationship you won’t see the need to lie about anything since the pressure to impress is not there. The other person will really get to know the real you in other words.

So you still won’t believe me that online dating works well let me tell you this true story. One day I was sitting in front of my computer and I had nothing to do so I decided to start my own InvisionForum called TLC. Little was I to know that this is where I would meat my future love. 3 Moths after creating the forum a female member joined my forum. We started to chat on the forum then on MSN. We chatted daily and after 3 months we decided to meat. I live in South Africa and the chances of finding someone online that also live in SA is very slim. I bought my bus tickets and 11 hours later I met her. Take into account that we have never seen each other and have only spoken online, she wanted to keep it that way. Instantly we fell in love and it did not take long for us to feel comfortable. That very first night we had our very first kiss. Now 3 months down the line we are still together and very happy indeed. We have been happy ever since.
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I may enter this, it sounds enjoyable.
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Pure_Acid
Jul 14 2005, 05:22 AM
Okay here is my entry.

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Online Dating Works! Face It!

Online dating has been in existence since the days when the Internet was only a handful of computers on a military base, I am here today to persuade you that online dating does work and why in most cases it is better than real life dating in so many ways. You may be thinking to your self this guy does not know what he is talking about but wait, sit back and listen to what I have to say.

First off I would like to tackle the aspect of the “non believers” as I would like to call them. Have you ever experienced something bad from the internet, yes you certainly have and everyone that has ever browsed the net has seen content or anything else that is bad for a person or illegal. But do we stop using the net? No we don’t because there is so much good that comes form the Internet as well. People who claim online dating does not work either have not tried it or they have just met the wrong people and trying once is not actually trying now is it? Do not listen to people who claim that online dating does not work until you have tried it your self.

Online dating is much like real life dating but without all the pressure that goes with it. It is so easy to talk to people without the physical awareness and group pressures that go with real life dating. One of the most important things to note about online dating is that you get to meat the persons personality first and that you only see after about 2-3 weeks of real life dating. You get to speak to the person on a deferent level and you really get a feel for what the person is really about. With real life dating the very first days it is all about acting cool and making a good impression on the other person.

The practicality of online dating has to be put into perspective. You can’t expect an online relationship to work out if the person you are talking to is across the ocean but in few cases it does happen. The way to succeed is looking up people that life in the same state as you do and then to take it from there. Online dating can be dangerous because of online stalkers but if all you are looking for is a good online relation ship this should not be a problem. Don’t visit any porn related chat rooms and expect to find someone there rather try MSN it is really the best meeting grounds in the world. When starting off your online relationship you won’t see the need to lie about anything since the pressure to impress is not there. The other person will really get to know the real you in other words.

So you still won’t believe me that online dating works well let me tell you this true story. One day I was sitting in front of my computer and I had nothing to do so I decided to start my own InvionForum called TLC. Little was I to know that this is where I would meat my future love. 3 Moths after creating the forum a female member joined my forum. We started to chat on the forum then on MSN. We chatted daily and after 3 moths we decided to meat. I live in South Africa and the chances of finding someone online that also live in SA is very slim. I bought my bus tickets and 11 hours later I met her. Take into account that we have never seen each other only spoke she wanted to keep it that way. Instantly we fell in love and it did not take long for us to feel comfortable. That very first night we had our very first kiss. Now 3 moths down the line we are still together and very happy indeed. We have been happy ever since.

There's some spelling mistakes in the last paragraph, but nice job.
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^^ Thanks for the comments,

I fixed the mistakes.
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