Iron DM 2011--All slots filled--LET'S PLAY!

[Radiating Gnome]

Good Question.

To get a good picture, take a look at the past contest threads -- the judgements are all there along with the entries.

But the short answer is that we start with how well the ingredients are used -- are they integral to the story of the adventure, did they get tacked on in an obvious way, did they get forgotten, etc.

An important thing to keep in mind is that in each round you compete with one other DM -- so, if there's a particularly tough ingredient, it may not be necessary to use that ingredient well, just do so less poorly than your opponent.

That's a heavy part of the judgement. We also consider and evaluate the creativity and playability of the adventure -- how "cool" is it, would we like to play it, and so on. Note that "cool" is hard to define and quantify -- often we talk about looking for an element of "rat bastardy" in the entry, but that's just a special kind of cool...

Each judge does it a little differently, and in the end the judgements are pretty subjective, but those are the core points of evaluation.

-rg

 

[howandwhy99]

I'll give it a go again. My batting average is pretty much 0 and... whatever it is now, but I do enjoy tying together the ingredients and trying to make a cool scenario. It's always a lot of fun, but a lot of work too.

This coming Wednesday is out for me, but I should be okay with the usual heads up notification otherwise.

 

[Rune]

Good Question.

To get a good picture, take a look at the past contest threads -- the judgements are all there along with the entries.

But the short answer is that we start with how well the ingredients are used -- are they integral to the story of the adventure, did they get tacked on in an obvious way, did they get forgotten, etc.

An important thing to keep in mind is that in each round you compete with one other DM -- so, if there's a particularly tough ingredient, it may not be necessary to use that ingredient well, just do so less poorly than your opponent.

That's a heavy part of the judgement. We also consider and evaluate the creativity and playability of the adventure -- how "cool" is it, would we like to play it, and so on. Note that "cool" is hard to define and quantify -- often we talk about looking for an element of "rat bastardy" in the entry, but that's just a special kind of cool...

Each judge does it a little differently, and in the end the judgements are pretty subjective, but those are the core points of evaluation.

-rg

It is also worth noting that, because style of entries can sometimes differ greatly, the judges endeavor to evaluate each entry on its own merits and within its own context, even while judging that evaluation against that of another entry.

 

[anest1s]

So...when we start?

 

[Rune]

So...when we start?

The judges are conferring on this matter. Stay tuned, it will be very soon.

 

[howandwhy99]

With the dice roller we can do a random draw.

Or you can flex your Nemmerlesque and we can like it.

 

[anest1s]

With the dice roller we can do a random draw.

Or you can flex your Nemmerlesque and we can like it.

Hmm you are right...an easy way would be a random draw, then every pair to arrange the date they can/ judges can take their time to judge later, or much later

Well, it has be done many times in the past, so I suspect there is a good system established already

 

[Pentius]

Are we talking very soon as in keep refreshing the page, or very soon as in sometime this weekend?

I have family coming in from out of town for the weekend, is all.

 

[Rune]

We will pair first-round contestants based on availability. Subsequent match-ups will be determined by a bracket structure.

As for when we will begin...that will have to be after we have finished some final discussions on format. That will be very soon; it will probably not be tonight.

 

[Rune]

I will open a new thread for entries, judgements, and commentary. This thread will continue to be used to set up matches.

Rules for the match-ups will be posted in the other thread (which will be linked to, here).

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[MENTION=3192]howandwhy99[/MENTION]

Is anyone ready to go today?