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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herremann the Wise" data-source="post: 4263883" data-attributes="member: 11300">Match Twelve / Rodrigo Istalandir vs. MythagoARWINK’S JUDGMENTMythago / ChosenThe aggrieved tone of the opening is great, and the story does a great deal with a very short wordcount. A thousand words is a damn hard length to keep a story at and this manages it with aplomb. My only concern, and this is a potentially minor quibble, is that the short length leaves the pictures feeling like they’re flashing by. Rodrigo Istalandir /All in a Day’s WorkI’m almost disappointed that I’d seen the images prior to reading the story, since it meant that I could piece together the importance of seemingly throw-away lines about how long it’s been since our narrator had a snow day and the evils of the blackberry. You do a great job of building the mood here, giving subtle clues and setting-up the rules of the world. Very easy to read, lots of fun.JudgmentThis is one of those rounds that kind of sucks to judge, because realistically I’d be happy to send both writers through. Good work all-round, and but I think Rodrigo just manages to pull ahead in this one thanks to his twisting of the devil image/theme that half-step further. THE JUDGMENT OF HERREMANN THE WISEI thought the images for this fairly diverse but the dominance of certain themes shone through both our entries.Mythago has produced a short tale that very neatly pulls the images together. While the length did not provide a great level of depth to the images, there was a really nice concision to how they fitted together to produce the eventual story. I adored the way how the different influences were blended together – a real lesson to everyone how to produce a very short but complete and satisfying story.Rodrigo has produced a true Ceramic DM classic. I’ll even go out on a limb to say that this is the best story of the competition thus far – and that’s really saying something given the fantastic standard. What can I say but beautifully constructed with some of the best lines I’ve read in any Ceramic DM competition! To any reading this judgment who have not read this story, can you please chase it down and read it as a matter of urgency. Excellent, excellent, excellent!My judgment goes to Rodrigo for a classic effort but props too for Mythago’s excellently short contribution.MALDUR’S JUDGMENTRodrigo: that was funny .... "When hell freezes over" ... * grins*Mythago: the end of the world is nigh! *rings bell* nice story, but a little short.Judgement: Rodrigo, great little story, well done.FINAL JUDGMENTCongratulations to Rodrigo for the clean sweep. Kudos to Mythago for a fine story.</blockquote>

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