Sanzuo
First Post
Well, it's posted. I could probably pick at it all night but I'm not sure if it would get me anywhere. Enjoy!
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humble minion
Legend
Have had a bit of a domestic crisis today, only just getting to the entry now. I'll be pushing the deadline right to the very edge...
edit: I'm aware Sanzuo has posted his entry, and am deliberately avoiding reading it!
edit: I'm aware Sanzuo has posted his entry, and am deliberately avoiding reading it!
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humble minion
Legend
I'm not going to make the deadline. I'll post what I've done when I've done it, but it will probably be an hour or two late. If the judges want to award the match to Sanzuo by forfeit, that's probably perfectly fair...
Wik
First Post
Ah, the first round hesitations. Memories... *sniff*
Yeah, it can be rough putting out your first entry. Especially when you start trying to shoehorn in that last ingredient. And the ingredients this year seem particularly brutal. I feel your pain, Tremor - but post anyway. There is always a chance you'll catch something - and it's pretty easy to shoehorn in "Helicopter seeds" if you must.
I had a few halfway decent ideas for that ingredient set, but the ingredient that really confused me was the combination of the "spiral" and "Urban Sinkhole". That was pretty brutal.
Yeah, it can be rough putting out your first entry. Especially when you start trying to shoehorn in that last ingredient. And the ingredients this year seem particularly brutal. I feel your pain, Tremor - but post anyway. There is always a chance you'll catch something - and it's pretty easy to shoehorn in "Helicopter seeds" if you must.
I had a few halfway decent ideas for that ingredient set, but the ingredient that really confused me was the combination of the "spiral" and "Urban Sinkhole". That was pretty brutal.
humble minion
Legend
http://www.enworld.org/forum/plots-...10-all-submissions-judgments.html#post5203742
Entry posted. Two and a bit hours late.
Entry posted. Two and a bit hours late.
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing (He/They)
It is up to the judge to decide whether the deadline will count against you...and how severely. I don't think it is an auto-fail, but these matches can be so close to call that any little thing can tip the scales. Anything that might give the judge a reason to pick your opponent's entry over your own should be avoided like the plague.humble minion said:
@Sanzuo, Humble: I think it is interesting that both of you chose to write an OA-style adventure. Could you tell us a bit about why you made this decision? (It was the plums, wasn't it?)
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Sanzuo
First Post
Pretty much. I was at a loss until I thought about the plum dumpling ingredient. Although plum dumplings aren't necessarily oriental-themed, it led me to think about a "Journey to the West" style adventure. Just replace the peaches with plums and there you go. I've also played some Exalted before and this project reminded me of those days.
howandwhy99
Adventurer
I plan designing a module, which means including at least one drawn spatial map (and perhaps some other types of maps), numbered rooms, and a key. Is this within the rules like including pictures in the submission posts?
EDIT: It will probably be hand-drawn, grid paper maps scanned in, if it matters.
EDIT: It will probably be hand-drawn, grid paper maps scanned in, if it matters.
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humble minion
Legend
CleverNickName, yep, it was 100% the plums for me. I just wanted to have a reason why it mattered that the plum dumplings were *plum* dumplings, rather than, say, pork dumplings, or even rollmops or some other random food item. The only other cultural touchstone I could come up with for plums was the whole Oriental 'plum blossom' aesthetic. That left me a bit of a problem, because as far as google could tell me plum dumplings are an eastern European food item, but then I realised that linking the two cultures gave me my 'bridge' and I could fit the rest in from there.
Just rereading my entry the next morning, which is always a mistake.
[sblock]Why didn't I make it clear the nature of the fey in the adventure, that the fey ARE the location, and that when Chih Xuan dies he will, due to his connection to the Orchard, become one?
Why did I have Czevak get killed in that particular way, when Rukxillana only killed her previous victims that way to stop people using speak with dead on them? By the time Czevak dies, none of that matter any more.
Why didn't I explain better why Rukxillana needed the mountain fey incapacitated?
Why did I give it such an inaccurate title?[/sblock]
Ah, post-entry regret. No matter how many times you read through it, it would always have been nice to just have the time to do it once more...
Just rereading my entry the next morning, which is always a mistake.
[sblock]Why didn't I make it clear the nature of the fey in the adventure, that the fey ARE the location, and that when Chih Xuan dies he will, due to his connection to the Orchard, become one?
Why did I have Czevak get killed in that particular way, when Rukxillana only killed her previous victims that way to stop people using speak with dead on them? By the time Czevak dies, none of that matter any more.
Why didn't I explain better why Rukxillana needed the mountain fey incapacitated?
Why did I give it such an inaccurate title?[/sblock]
Ah, post-entry regret. No matter how many times you read through it, it would always have been nice to just have the time to do it once more...
Just to let you know, I won't be able to get online until after three-ish tomorrow, but go ahead an post the ingredients without me. I have to finish before I go to bed that night anyway.
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