» Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:44 am But, I am far from a lore master, and I need your help!
What I am looking for are concise, informative text blurbs describing interesting, surprising, unique, or little-known facts from the Elder Scrolls series many sources (past games, in-game books, and so on).
If you are interested in helping out and submitting an entry for this mod (thanks!), please observe the following guidelines:
- Entries should be no longer than 250 characters long. This equates to about 4 lines of text in the bottom right corner of the screen. For reference, the longest loading screen text string is 210 characters. Try to keep it short. You can use [1] http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/charcount.shtml to check your character count.
- You must have excellent grammar. I will not spend time rewriting entries.
- Avoid controversial lore, or lore from non-Bethesda sources. This includes some of Michael Kirkbride's work outside of his official work at Bethesda. Information that is intentionally ambiguous in the lore itself is fine (See: Warp in the West, etc), but in these cases, avoid speaking in absolute terms.
- Use an in-world style of writing. Avoid phrases such as, "In the game Morrowind, the dunmer tribespeople played a key role in fulfilling the Nerevarine Prophecy." You would instead say, "The dunmer tribespeople of the 3rd Era played a key role in fulfilling the Nerevarine Prophecy."
- Preface your submission with "SUB:". This will help me be able to easily find submissions in this thread and filter out comments and questions separately. Example: "SUB: The dunmer tribespeople of the 3rd Era played a key role in fulfilling the Nerevarine Prophecy."
- Short, interesting quotes from in-game writings and characters are fine, provided that the quote can stand on its own and be understood, as long as it is followed by the source. Example: "But our brethren, the Dwemer, scorned the Daedra, and mocked our foolish rituals, and preferred instead their gods of Reason and Logic." -- Vivec
- Creating a submission does not guarantee that it will appear in the mod. I reserve the right to choose what becomes a part of the mod. Reasons for not being included may include not following the above guidelines, two entries that essentially state the same thing, or "because I said so". That being said, my desire is to get as many high quality entries as possible. I always want a new surprise in store for players when staring at a loading screen.
- I reserve the right to edit your submission for minor grammatical issues while keeping the spirit of the entry intact.
If I add your entry to the mod, I will note your username in the credits exactly as it appears here. If this is not the username you would like me to put in the credits, let me know! I will keep a running spreadsheet of submissions and the associated username, so I can keep everything straight.
I hope the folks here can help me bring this mod to life; ES lore is too deep and varied for any one individual to have the best idea of what should go into something like this.
Thanks for reading.
I am cross-posting this to the http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1383474-wip-lore-based-loading-screens-help-me-create-a-new-skyrim-mod-submit-your-favorite-lore/ forum, and http://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/v1z96/lorebased_loading_screens_help_me_build_a_skyrim/. I will be monitoring all of these threads and compiling submissions.
This is kind of a "micro" mod for me to work on in my downtime, and shouldn't take time away from my other projects, if that's something anyone might be worried about.
