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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 5176250" data-attributes="member: 50987">For the most part, I would like to run this competition the way it always has been done.  Except for these small changes.What do you guys think?CONTESTANT PAIRINGInstead of pitting the contestants against each other in the order that they registered, I am going to randomly determine who competes with whom.  In case you care how this will be done....[SPOILER="Random Selection"]Each contestant will be assigned a random number between 1 and 100 (using d%).  Any ties will be rerolled.Contestants will then be grouped in order of highest to lowest results.  The highest will be pit against the lowest; the second-highest against the second-lowest, and so forth.)[/SPOILER]TIME LIMITSIn my experience, the quality of an adventure idea is not likely to improve past the first couple of hours of inspiration...but the word count will grow like a magic beanstalk.In the first competition, Iron DMs only got an hour to come up with an adventure concept.  In last year's competition, we had 48 hours to do the same.  A single hour is not nearly long enough, IMO, and 48 hours is probably too long.So for this competition, I think I will make each round last 24 hours.  Sound good?WORD COUNTSomeone suggested in the last competition that we impose some sort of word limit, to keep these entries from becoming too cumbersome to read.  I don't really see the need for a word length restriction, at least as a hard rule.  Some judges might take the length of your submission into consideration, others might not.  So go with your gut.Just remember: the writer who can say the most with the fewest words will likely win.INGREDIENTSIn each round, contestants will be given six ingredients.  The categories for these ingredients (and examples of each) are as follows.[SPOILER="A Person"]absent-minded professorpastry chefElvis impersonatorthree beautiful widowseladrin merchantunemployed assassinPresident Abraham Lincoln12th level roguedisfigured veteran[/SPOILER][SPOILER="A Place"]ice cavepie factoryabandoned coal mineburning buildingmedieval Europedesert islanda collapsed bridgeThe Black Temple of AzarothThe Sears Tower[/SPOILER][SPOILER="A Thing"]magic potionfresh pumpkin piethe Hope Diamondalabaster necklacethe letter "Q"toenail shavingsthree letters to the same princesswand of fireballspool of acidsonic boom[/SPOILER][SPOILER="An Idea"]unabated hungerrevolutionburning passioneagerness to pleasehorrorurban renewalembarrassing honestythat sinking feeling you get when the waiter tells you that they have sold out of your favorite pie[/SPOILER][SPOILER="A Monster"]rabid blink doghalf-dragon scorpionfiendish purple wormGodzillaa pet earthworman intelligent oozevampire bathalfling pie-throwerPennywise the Clownsix-headed hydra[/SPOILER][SPOILER="A Random Ingredient"]This could be any of the above...a second monster, or a second location, or another idea.  It could also be a special writing requirement ("Include a poem at least four lines in length") or a "meta" ingredient ("create and show the stats for a pie golem") that must be included in your submission.[/SPOILER]Ingredients will become more challenging and specific as the competition wears on.  In the final rounds, expect to have more proper names and specific locations, in combinations that border on the insane.-----Does this all sound agreeable?</blockquote>

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