Iron DM 2009 - FINAL MATCH - it's over!

[Rechan]

My entry is up.

 

[Nifft]

humble minion and Thasmodious, how does starting Sunday evening sound?

Thanks, -- N

 

[humble minion]

I'm ready to go pretty much any time, personally.

 

[Thasmodious]

Timing works fine for me. I won't be around much Sunday evening, but Monday's pretty open and I'll still have some time on Tuesday for spit and polish if needed.

 

[CleverNickName]

Nice entry, CNN. You've got some really good ideas going on there.

Thanks, MP. But I think your adventure had the most "going on," especially where the ingredients are concerned. You used all of the ingredients equally well, where I made really strong use of two ingredients and sort of glossed over the others.

I think, CleverNickName, you should keep doing what you're doing well, but if you expect to take your game beyond the second round, you're going to have to do better with the ingredients, too. Don't settle for lip service.

Thanks for your honest feedback. You totally caught me...that backpack and those three wishes really gave me trouble. I just couldn't figure out how to include them without it feeling contrived. In the end, I just sort of paid lip service to them and crossed my fingers.

I'll take your advice to heart. I see that I've got a lot to learn.

 

[Nifft]

I'm ready to go pretty much any time, personally.

Timing works fine for me. I won't be around much Sunday evening, but Monday's pretty open and I'll still have some time on Tuesday for spit and polish if needed.

Okay. Let's aim for 6M this evening, then.

Thanks, -- N

 

[Pour]

With any luck, this contest will become a regular thing.

Here's hoping. I need a shot at redemption! Plus it has been a lot of fun to watch.

 

[Wik]

Yeah. I was hoping to see a loser's bracket in this tournament, but I didn't want to say anything before judgement had been passed on my first entry (cuz it would look lame suggesting it beforehand!).

tournaments with loser's brackets are always fun. Simply make the last round of the tournament (winner's bracket vs. loser's bracket) one in which the winner can either ignore one or two ingredients, or the loser has to use multiple ingredients... or, better yet, make the ingredient number the same, but the loser has to observe a tight word count restriction (has to be 1500 words or less, for example).

 

[Nifft]

humble minion, Thasmodius -- your ingredients are served.

Enjoy, -- N

 

[Atras]

My entry is up.

Took me a lot longer to actually get the whole thing on paper than I thought, but mine is up now. It is really pure 4E, so if you don't like 4E, just give it a FAIL and move on.