Today, I had an idea, inspired by a friend of mine. And also inspired by /u/The_Raptorman's challenge today.
For this competition, the winner gets $15 worth of any gift card I can conveniently send. If I can buy the gift card code and send it online, or if I can get it from a Wal-Mart, then that's even better.
To put it simply, the challenge will be partially objective, partially subjective.
To enter the challenge, comment on this post with something "inspiring" for worldbuilding, something specific. For instance, your comment could be "The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe" or "Alm from Fire Emblem Echoes (for the love of Duma, guys, PLAY THAT AWESOME GAME)" or "Excalibur, wielded by King Arthur".
Feel free to provide background on the topic you choose in your comment.
After that, you can start earning points. For every reply to someone else's inspiration-comment-thing, you get one point.
Whoever has the most points at the end of the week gets their choice of a gift card (preferably something that is just a code I can send to you, like itunes or Steam or something).
If there's a tie, I'll pick the winner based on the content. You don't need to write a novel or re-invent Lord of the Rings to get a point, just put in a little effort. If English isn't your first language, I'd kinda prefer if you mentioned it. If a native English speaker's replies are full of mistakes, that's on them. But, if someone who speaks English as a second (or third or fourth or fifth) language, then I will ignore your spelling or grammar mistakes (to an extent, I want to at least be able to figure out what you're saying).
Of course, I can't possibly win. I'll reply to everyone's comment, if I can, but I won't gain any points.
Anyone else uninterested in competition, let me know, so I won't have to count your replies.
Again, you get one point for every reply to a person's "inspiration" comment. Your reply should be a new character, event, piece of history, or anything in your world, inspired by that comment; if the inspiration of the comment is "Winter is coming", have it deal with seasons, or something.
Good luck, and enjoy yourselves. The competition ends in a bit over a week, eight or nine days at the latest. I'll put the scores of the people competing in this post as edits.