I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
Yeah...it was pushed back to August, yo. You're not going to find out for a month. 
Myself, I think my chances are slim, mostly in that if I did anything wrong, it was not following directions right. If I *DID* follow directions right, it still may not have the best chance. Not because it's not cool and awesome -- of course it is -- but because I haven't the faintest idea of what WotC actually wants out of it, and what everyone else submitted.
Basically, I don't know what I'm up against. I know most gamers are pretty creative, but I don't know how creative and/or original I am in comparison to them, and how much WotC would want something creative and original over a re-hash that is just different enough to work.
In other words, the most creative, most evocative setting won't nessecarily win.
Remember, you're competing against other gamers here, most of which consider themselves pretty darn creative. And you're also up against people who get *paid* to be creative. I'm sure most of us have been told we're wonderfully creative people, but that doesn't mean we're great compared to each other, just to the world at large.
One thing is interesting...that list of cliches doesn't have my main cliche there: a world torn between elemental forces.
Yay for me!
Myself, I think my chances are slim, mostly in that if I did anything wrong, it was not following directions right. If I *DID* follow directions right, it still may not have the best chance. Not because it's not cool and awesome -- of course it is -- but because I haven't the faintest idea of what WotC actually wants out of it, and what everyone else submitted.
Basically, I don't know what I'm up against. I know most gamers are pretty creative, but I don't know how creative and/or original I am in comparison to them, and how much WotC would want something creative and original over a re-hash that is just different enough to work.
In other words, the most creative, most evocative setting won't nessecarily win.
Remember, you're competing against other gamers here, most of which consider themselves pretty darn creative. And you're also up against people who get *paid* to be creative. I'm sure most of us have been told we're wonderfully creative people, but that doesn't mean we're great compared to each other, just to the world at large.
One thing is interesting...that list of cliches doesn't have my main cliche there: a world torn between elemental forces.
Yay for me!
