Winter Ceramic DM™: THE WINNER!

[mythago]

Oh, going for the OBVIOUS judge-pandering

I never could find a GM willing to run those modules for me --Bandeeto, P'cat and KidCthulhu all held their noses when I first came up with those.

You don't pay them Philistines no nevermind.

 

[Sialia]

Oh, going for the OBVIOUS judge-pandering

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oooh ooh! can I pander, too?

 

[mythago]

oooh ooh! can I pander, too?

Goodness, yes.

But in all seriousness--the nice thing about Ceramic DM is that with three judges, it's nigh unto impossible to try to slant a story to victory.

 

[Sagiro]

The opening is unfortunately weak. We don't know that Silvado is an illithid, so we have a mental (sorry) picture of him and his herd that changes once we learn what he is.

Interesting that you mention this as a negative; I thought the revelation of Silvado's nature (and his herd's) was one of the neatest parts of the story. "The drover Silvado stood ankle-deep in the river, surrounded by his herd." So, yeah, I'm thinking, some human farmer and his 50 head of cows. Wait... tentacle extensions? Ahhhhhhh! Illithids! And those aren't cows, are they? That'll teach me to make assumptions!

One of my favorite science-fiction authors, Iain M. Banks, does this sort of thing often and effectively, at least in his Culture novels.

Congratulations to both authors for fine stories. Unfortunately, I cannot now continue my practice of blatantly partisan rooting interest for the finals!

-Sagiro

 

[arwink]

As a random side-note: I've just realised that I leave for a Australian Long Weekend Con tomorrow night, so I wont be back until Tuesday evening. Assuming the pictures go up for the weekend, it'll be at least twenty-four hours after deadline before I get a chance to look at them.

 

[Piratecat]

I think of that as heightening the anticipation.

 

[alsih2o]

I think of that as heightening the anticipation.

masochist.

 

[Zhaneel]

*gigglesnarf*

That's it. For my next entry, I'm tempted to write a bodice-ripper romance novel. Breast-heaving and impassioned glances all around!

Oh! Oh! I wanna see that!

Btw: Congrats to Siala for the story. Beautifully done. I really enjoyed it.

And a *wave*. I'm new here, but mythago is really good about dragging people to see new things and I love reading other people's writing. Maybe one day I'll get up the guts to join in something like this.

Zhaneel (who some of you know, and the rest will know).

 

[Berandor]

Sialia: Wow. Just - wow. Your story really blew me away. I liked Cedric's offering, really, but when I read the story today on my way to work (no, I'm not driving), it really affected me.
It helps that I'm a sucker for pathos, of course.
"Fight!"

 

[KidCthulhu]

Anyone else notice that the Mindflayer Iron Chef's name can be pronounced as "si-a-li-a"? Very, very troubling.