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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 4946079" data-attributes="member: 11437">In the interest of full disclosure and because I made an error in the initial list of characters, I am going to reveal in some detail how I made the final decisions.  This is going to be the LAST word on this subject and I will not tolerate any further interference.In order to handle the submissions and to decide which characters to select, I created a spreadsheet.  This spreadsheet had five tabs: one for 'All', meaning all of the submissions, one each for Controllers, Leaders, and Strikers/Defenders, and one for 'Teams', in which I would create two different teams and then decide which one was more balanced and made more sense.I scored each submission in four areas: Participation, Completion, Concept, and Backstory.  Each area received between 1 and 5 stars and I totalled them to get a final score for each submission.  The highest score was a 17, there was one 16, three 13s, a 12, an 11, three 10s, three 9s, and a 7.  I'm NOT going to reveal who got what score, so don't even ask.  Obviously, I can't just take the top 6 scores because some of those were the same role.  As I noted previously, the decision for the final team would be 1 Controller, 1 Leader, and 4 Defenders or Strikers.  I also looked at the balance between melee characters and ranged characters.  I created 2 teams, weighed the pros and cons of both, and chose one of the teams.What happened was that I inadvertently left Sparky's submission off the Defenders/Strikers tab.  I used the individual tabs (not the 'All' tab) to create the final teams and thus, Sparky's submission was missed.  This might not have been a big deal if Sparky had scored a 10, as he would have been in with a lot of other people.  The fact is that Sparky had the second highest score amongst all of the submissions and it would have been wrong to leave him off just because I made an error in copying and pasting.The fact is that I am under NO obligation to disclose any of this.  I am doing this because obviously, at least one person has sour grapes and is accusing me of lying about my process.  The above is the process I used and I stand by it.  I will absolutely reserve my right as the DM to pick the best and most suitable players for my game.  Anyone who doesn't like it, well, you are free to run your own game and make decisions in other ways.Please do not post anything else about my decisions or the process itself.  I'd really like to get on with the game.</blockquote>

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