Iron DM 2025 Scheduling Thread!

[Fenris-77]

The Prevaricating Justice has a nice ring to it.

 

[Fenris-77]

I can appreciate excitement as well as a desire to move this contest along. Please do keep in mind that we judges are human beings as well (and we wouldn't have it any other way!) and as such have our own lives that might occasionally get in the way. Believe me, I know the stress of waiting a week (sometimes more!) for a judgment. All that we can ask is patience

I was entirely kidding. You guys take your time.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I was entirely kidding. You guys take your time.

Working on it!

It takes me about four or five hours to write a judgement, what with how often I also go back and re-read the entry in its entirety. I can't always make that time in a single sitting, which adds time when I have to remember where I was at and what I wanted to say...

Plus, I don't want them to be too long to read, so I need an editing pass.

It all just adds up! And here I thought that I'd SAVE myself time by judging! It's true that it would probably take me longer to write one than for or five hours, but, then I'd only have to write one-to-three entries (depending on how well I did), and instead I will be writing four judgements!

 

[humble minion]

In the meantime, feel free to talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic:

Humorous Tavern Names

I try to give all the taverns is my games funny names when I’m DMing. It makes them easier to remember.

Most recently, the Unbalanced Ledger, a tavern in Kalaman mostly patronised by travelling merchants and traders, known for its dramatically sloping floors after a partial subsidence into a sinkhole.

 

[Fenris-77]

In my most recent adventure for SD I called the coaching inn The Velevet Glove, hoping to dredge up the other half of that saying in the minds of the players.

 

[Gradine]

In my most recent adventure for SD I called the coaching inn The Velevet Glove, hoping to dredge up the other half of that saying in the minds of the players.

Velvet Glove was actually an ingredient in the first championship match I won!

 

[Fenris-77]

So three verging on four days later, how's that judging going? I'm not in a hurry, but but I also don't think that double the time for the entries is a huge ask. Or even just for an update. IDK.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

So three verging on four days later, how's that judging going? I'm not in a hurry, but but I also don't think that double the time for the entries is a huge ask. Or even just for an update. IDK.

I am about halfway done. Stuff came up Mon/Tue. I started working on it again this morning, but got nowhere before my wife needed help with something and ran out of time before heading to work. It's top of my mind, though! You'll see it soon, I think.

 

[Fenris-77]

I am about halfway done. Stuff came up Mon/Tue. I started working on it again this morning, but got nowhere before my wife needed help with something and ran out of time before heading to work. It's top of my mind, though! You'll see it soon, I think.

Im a teacher by trade and I can see myself agonizing over this kind of judging. Marking isn't my favourite part of the job.

 

[Rune]

So three verging on four days later, how's that judging going? I'm not in a hurry, but but I also don't think that double the time for the entries is a huge ask. Or even just for an update. IDK.

Apologies. We gave you a particularly challenging set of ingredients.

Particularly challenging sets of ingredients require additional scrutiny. Additional scrutiny takes both extra time and extra effort, which in turn must be woven around the aforementioned real-life obligations as they interrupt with their own requirements of time and attention. Such breaks in concentration make scrutiny of a challenging set of ingredients all the more challenging. Which necessitates additional scrutiny.

The good news is, in the same way that time can sometimes provide the space for inspiration to coalesce in a contestant’s mind, so too can it give an elusive ingredient a chance to reveal itself in the tired mind of a judge. Both entries have thusly benefited from the additional time.