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<blockquote data-quote="Mirth" data-source="post: 5894572" data-attributes="member: 5242"><p>Mirth - Judgment</p><p></p><p>Round 2, Match 2</p><p></p><p>Rodrigo Istalindir vs. Daeja vs. SteelDraco</p><p></p><p>Man, I need to clone another me to get this done or start drinking more heavily… Sorry peeps for not distilling the knowledge on time.</p><p></p><p>Style -- These three stories are killers. So hard to choose because they all ooze style (in a good way). From the first moment I realized what was going on in Rodrigo's Evil Wonka tale, I was hooked. Dahl was all over that piece. Those who haven't read his work may not realize how dark Dahl can really get, but I felt Rodrigo captured the duality of cruelty and heroism that Dahl tried to instill in his writing and played it out to its inevitable end. Kudos for a job well done. Directly after that, we have the completely well-rounded, fascinating, and compelling tale of a skeletal gentleman adventurer and his ex-girlfriend, who is a true witch (iykwisaittyd). Beth and Jack's story is captivating and we gobble up all the sweet morsels of background as they are slowly doled out during the course of the story. Totally entertaining from beginning to end. Lastly, we have SteelDraco's equally well-drawn tale of treasure unbound and evil unmatched waiting for the right set of heroes to seize the day. The characters were multi-faceted and definitely not stereotypical. I want to find out so much more about the world they live in. Great stuff. Whew. Tough.</p><p></p><p>Picture use -- Ah pictures. Sometimes they can bring a writer to their knees. Other times they can take the story to places we never saw coming. Mostly, these stories fall into the latter category. The many-windowed hill was used so well in all the stories, from skin-lightened pygmy hive to burial tomb of horrors (!) to the towering home of the lord of lichs. That last one never made it far out of the gate, but the idea was strong, and the other two stories really made it an undeniably invaluable set piece. The jewel-encrusted rock was also made much of in all of the stories, first as Wonka's reanimation foci, then as the blood crystal which doubled as Jack's salvation and Kamila's doom, and finally, as the title suggests, a major plot point and serious piece of treasure in Shards Of Bond. At this point, we get to the white balls with mouths -- great picture and GREAT use in each story. The knids were brilliant, the magic scouts with ear, eye, and mouth were genius, and the polymorphed-against-their-will goblins were insanely inventive. Lastly, we have the bony, dandy, mister moneybags. Rodrigo casting him as an undead Willy Wonka is beyond crafty, Daeja's Gentleman Jack is thoroughly charismatic as lead, sadly we don't see SteelDraco's lich in the flesh (so to speak), so we have to infer how awesome he would have been. Still, all in all, the picture use was extremely well-done and without that deadline causing one downfall, I feel confident in saying that we might have had another 3-way face-off.</p><p></p><p>Personal connection -- All three tales pulled at different connective heartstrings in me. I loved Rodrigo's sinister chocolatier to death, but I also loved the unrequited love story at the center of Daeja's potboiler, and I loved the setting and characterization in SteelDraco's sadly truncated jungle jaunt. Each were so well-written and I enjoyed reading them all so much, it made my job fun and sucktastic at the same time. I mean, I HAVE to choose a winner, right? Sucktastic, folks.</p><p></p><p>Final judgment - We know that SteelDraco is unfortunately out of the running. I want to give a shout out to him regardless, because what we did get belied such a wondrous story that I am sorely disappointed that we had to stop reading when we did. Mucho thanks for giving us what you could SD. So it comes down to Rodrigo and Daeja. Of the two, I enjoyed the fully-realized, Romancing-The-Stone style of Jack and Beth bunches and bunches. I felt truly depressed when Jack made the ultimate sacrifice and then joyous when he started to come back to Beth. Fantastic stuff. But when Rodrigo turned the darkness meter on my Wonkavision goggles up to 11, he stole the show. Everything about the tale was just … perfect. The chanting, unseen Oompa Loompas, the fizzy-lifting potion, the three-course-meal candy, and Evil Willy himself. Just brillig.</p><p></p><p>My nod for Round 2, Match 2 goes to … RODRIGO ISTALINDIR!</p><p></p><p>And it looks like RODRIGO is the winner of the match and moves on to the final round vs. PIRATECAT!!!!</p><p></p><p>I WILL post the pics for the final round TOMORROW, once both Rodrigo and Piratecat have checked in.</p><p></p><p>Let's hear it for all of the contestants so far, in what has to be one of the best Ceramic DM competitions ever! WOOHOO!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mirth, post: 5894572, member: 5242"] Mirth - Judgment Round 2, Match 2 Rodrigo Istalindir vs. Daeja vs. SteelDraco Man, I need to clone another me to get this done or start drinking more heavily… Sorry peeps for not distilling the knowledge on time. Style -- These three stories are killers. So hard to choose because they all ooze style (in a good way). From the first moment I realized what was going on in Rodrigo's Evil Wonka tale, I was hooked. Dahl was all over that piece. Those who haven't read his work may not realize how dark Dahl can really get, but I felt Rodrigo captured the duality of cruelty and heroism that Dahl tried to instill in his writing and played it out to its inevitable end. Kudos for a job well done. Directly after that, we have the completely well-rounded, fascinating, and compelling tale of a skeletal gentleman adventurer and his ex-girlfriend, who is a true witch (iykwisaittyd). Beth and Jack's story is captivating and we gobble up all the sweet morsels of background as they are slowly doled out during the course of the story. Totally entertaining from beginning to end. Lastly, we have SteelDraco's equally well-drawn tale of treasure unbound and evil unmatched waiting for the right set of heroes to seize the day. The characters were multi-faceted and definitely not stereotypical. I want to find out so much more about the world they live in. Great stuff. Whew. Tough. Picture use -- Ah pictures. Sometimes they can bring a writer to their knees. Other times they can take the story to places we never saw coming. Mostly, these stories fall into the latter category. The many-windowed hill was used so well in all the stories, from skin-lightened pygmy hive to burial tomb of horrors (!) to the towering home of the lord of lichs. That last one never made it far out of the gate, but the idea was strong, and the other two stories really made it an undeniably invaluable set piece. The jewel-encrusted rock was also made much of in all of the stories, first as Wonka's reanimation foci, then as the blood crystal which doubled as Jack's salvation and Kamila's doom, and finally, as the title suggests, a major plot point and serious piece of treasure in Shards Of Bond. At this point, we get to the white balls with mouths -- great picture and GREAT use in each story. The knids were brilliant, the magic scouts with ear, eye, and mouth were genius, and the polymorphed-against-their-will goblins were insanely inventive. Lastly, we have the bony, dandy, mister moneybags. Rodrigo casting him as an undead Willy Wonka is beyond crafty, Daeja's Gentleman Jack is thoroughly charismatic as lead, sadly we don't see SteelDraco's lich in the flesh (so to speak), so we have to infer how awesome he would have been. Still, all in all, the picture use was extremely well-done and without that deadline causing one downfall, I feel confident in saying that we might have had another 3-way face-off. Personal connection -- All three tales pulled at different connective heartstrings in me. I loved Rodrigo's sinister chocolatier to death, but I also loved the unrequited love story at the center of Daeja's potboiler, and I loved the setting and characterization in SteelDraco's sadly truncated jungle jaunt. Each were so well-written and I enjoyed reading them all so much, it made my job fun and sucktastic at the same time. I mean, I HAVE to choose a winner, right? Sucktastic, folks. Final judgment - We know that SteelDraco is unfortunately out of the running. I want to give a shout out to him regardless, because what we did get belied such a wondrous story that I am sorely disappointed that we had to stop reading when we did. Mucho thanks for giving us what you could SD. So it comes down to Rodrigo and Daeja. Of the two, I enjoyed the fully-realized, Romancing-The-Stone style of Jack and Beth bunches and bunches. I felt truly depressed when Jack made the ultimate sacrifice and then joyous when he started to come back to Beth. Fantastic stuff. But when Rodrigo turned the darkness meter on my Wonkavision goggles up to 11, he stole the show. Everything about the tale was just … perfect. The chanting, unseen Oompa Loompas, the fizzy-lifting potion, the three-course-meal candy, and Evil Willy himself. Just brillig. My nod for Round 2, Match 2 goes to … RODRIGO ISTALINDIR! And it looks like RODRIGO is the winner of the match and moves on to the final round vs. PIRATECAT!!!! I WILL post the pics for the final round TOMORROW, once both Rodrigo and Piratecat have checked in. Let's hear it for all of the contestants so far, in what has to be one of the best Ceramic DM competitions ever! WOOHOO! [/QUOTE]
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