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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yangnome" data-source="post: 3320865" data-attributes="member: 7413">An interesting thought came to me while laying in bed this morning also—ok, I wasn’t in bed, I was in the shower getting ready for work…I just wanted to copy everyone else.  A number of CDM contestants make a showing at GenCon and I’ve been trying to think how we could have some in person CDM-style event given the time restrictions and such.  I think it’d be cool to see each other in person and also make use of the creativity we bring to stories.  Still, no one wants to waste three of their four days at the con writing a story—and that would only take care of one round.So I was massaging shampoo into my hair when the idea hit me.  What if we wrote our stories in the week preceding the con and had a get together at the con to read them-- a one round free-for-all with everyone writing on the same group of pictures. But how would the stories be judged?Everyone would be a judge.  We would choose a time and place for live readings.  Everyone would cast votes ranking stories in order of their preference and providing feedback on picture use and such.  The contestants would all participate in the judging process.But how would we get pictures if the contestants are the judges?Depending on the number of people that sign up for the event, we have a few options.1.    Each contestant submits one picture to a common thread prior to the start of the event (assign a certain time window for posting the pics).  Contestants have to use all the pictures in their story. Upside, no one has the great advantage of seeing all the pics first, or arranging the pic line-up.  Downside: if too many people compete we have too many pics to make a cohesive story.2.    Contestants are randomly selected to provide a picture each.  This is the solution if there are too many contestants to allow everyone to pick.3.    One person picks the pictures, but doesn’t compete.Anyone interested in doing this?  Sure ,it is only a one round deal, but it could be fun.  I wouldn’t imagine it taking more than an hour or two to get together, read the stories and make a decision.Any thoughts?</blockquote>

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