Recent content by Doug Ruff

Congratulations to the this year's successful judge nominees - and to the Board on securing a sponsor. Thanks also to everyone who took part in the selection process, as organisers, fellow nominees, voters or interrogators(!) on the boards. Regards, Doug

Well, I'm actually looking for the "baseline" questions, like "why do you want to be a judge?" I think that there are some questions that don't lose their meaning over time, and having these in one place would clear the way for the more interesting questions. Tell you what, since I'm the one...

Hey, just had a thought. Why don't we come up with some more questions now? Maybe start up a new thread. At least then if someone decides to take the idea up, they've got some material to start with. Anyone up for it?

Good man!

I agree that it was inefficient, and very hard work for the nominees, but I just internalised that as part of the process. Sorting through several parallel threads searching for new questions and responding to them seemed like a good test for the job itself! Just a thought: it would have been...

Yes, good luck to everyone. While we're waiting, let's chill out together. What did you all think about the selection process? For me, even if I don't get selected, it was worth it for the Q&A sessions. I think I did two dozen answers one night and that's more than I usually post in a week...

and I'm Doug Ruff, although I'm sure you guessed that already :) While we're on the subject of real names and usernames - and to add some substance to this post - any other judges care to share how they got their online nicknames? I've only got the one (Tetsuki), which I got from playing old...

One thing that must be on everyone's mind this year is the possible submission of Ptolus. Answer either if you have read Ptolus or have seen enough of it to know the relative allotment of content--If Ptolus was entered, for what categories would you consider it eligible for nomination? I’ve...

Some more answers for you. This may be the best - and hardest - job interview experience I've ever had! How do you personally evaluate flavor text? I like flavor text to give me a feel for what the setting of the game is all about; if it’s well written, I can show it to other players and we’ve...

Could you talk about a rockin' moment that happened at your table this year? Sure thing. This may take a while: This is from the homebrew campaign I’ve been playing in for over 10 years. I need to tell you a few things about it, to explain why this moment rocked so much. Firstly, we reset the...

Wow, lots of questions. Here are my answers to the rest of them (1-12 are upthread). I've included some answers to early questions by Rasyr becasue they are already posted on RPG.net, and because the other judges have answered these as well. I've left the rest because I don't want to send this...

Hi! I've got a stack of answers to post, but this thread has been moving a lot and I need to sort out the order of the later questions. So, here are my answers to the earlier questions, and I'll be posting again tomorrow (it's nearly 2am here. Blue Wizard needs sleep badly.) 1. How do you...