Iron DM 2011

[ender_wiggin]

Hello, I played in this last year for the first time and had a lot of fun. Is there any interest in running it again this year? I'm not sure what the ENworld tradition is on this thing.

Rune's quiz blurb has been reposted below.

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Once upon a time, there was a regular series of very demanding Tournaments on these boards (as well as the Rat Bastard DM club's boards and a place called Nutkinland) based, loosely, on the Iron Chef format--a list of ingredients that had to be used in the authoring of a brief role-playing adventure, set up in a bracket-style tournament.

This is a new format to test out the new Quiz feature of this site, but, I think it will lend itself well to this kind of Tournament.

So, here we go...I present the Qualifying Round of the Tournament for People who Miss Those Old Iron DM Tournaments!

For anyone interested in what kind of judge I am, here are my credentials.

Rules & Suggestions
The qualifying rules are simple:

Your is to write either a short, complete adventure, or a well-written seed of an adventure (well-written enough, that it practically writes itself the rest of the way) that can be easily used by any DM or GM looking for a good adventure.

Only use stats when absolutely necessary, and when you do, keep them brief.

There will be no hard time limit for the qualifying round, but 8 qualifiers will be selected from the first 15 entrants. Future rounds will have a hard time limit of 48 hours.

All entrants in the qualifying round will use the same ingredients. Future ingredient lists will be both expanded, and unique to each pairing of competitors.

Use all the ingredients.

Keep it brief.

Any style, genre, or rule-set is acceptable for an entry, but, if you have doubts that I might be familiar with something...assume that I am not. That said, do not refer me to other sites for background information; I will follow no such links. Provide relevant detail in the entry.

Entries in the qualifying round will be given quick consideration, compared to entries in future rounds. This consideration will be on creativity within the parameters of the rules and general quality, both in form and function.

I will provide specific and detailed ("nemerlesque," even) critique on all entries in future rounds, but sparse critique on entries into the qualifying round (Although, I'm not quite sure how these quizes work, so I may need to start a thread for such commentary. If so, I will do so.

The Qualifying Round Ingredients:

Forgotten Treasure
Empty Orphanage
Toymaker
Broken Mirror

 

[Rune]

I've been wondering about this, too...although I understand the format has changed a bit in the years since I was a regular competitor and (once) judge.

...In fact, I was thinking of doing something like this with the new quiz feature.

 

[Rune]

It is begun.

Would you care to participate?

Be warned, I have set the maximum entries per/ entrant to 1, so don't accidentally start the quiz if you are not ready to post your entry!

 

[Morrus]

It is begun.

Would you care to participate?

Be warned, I have set the maximum entries per/ entrant to 1, so don't accidentally start the quiz if you are not ready to post your entry!

Have you put any questions in the quiz? I just get blank page.

 

[Rune]

Have you put any questions in the quiz? I just get blank page.

The ingredients are in the rules section...and in the first post of this thread. Do you intend to play, or are you just curious?

I was not entirely sure how to set up the quiz, but I did not see anywhere to enter questions for an essay quiz.

Also, the current entries section has you listed, but not completed.

Did that blank page have a field to enter text into?

I will remove the limit to posting an entry for the qualifying round, as I don't fully understand the mechanics of the new quizzes, and I do not want to penalize anyone else who does not either.

Edit--I have tried to take the quiz myself, but also get a blank "Page 1 of 0."

Pressing the "Review" button takes me to another blank page with two buttons: "Edit Quiz" and "Mark Completed."

However there are no fields that I can find in the quiz creation page that actually allow for the adding of questions.

 

[Morrus]

The ingredients are in the rules section...and in the first post of this thread. Do you intend to play, or are you just curious?

I was not entirely sure how to set up the quiz, but I did not see anywhere to enter questions for an essay quiz.

Also, the current entries section has you listed, but not completed.

Did that blank page have a field to enter text into?

I will remove the limit to posting an entry for the qualifying round, as I don't fully understand the mechanics of the new quizzes, and I do not want to penalize anyone else who does not either.

You created a quiz, but added no questions. You need to click "Modify Questions" on the quiz and add at least one question, even if that question is just a blank text box with "submit your entry" above it.

I clicked through to take the quiz but got a page with no questions on it and a "submit" button at the bottom. Just needs a single question added.

I think this is a PERFECT use of the quiz software, so I'd love you to use it for this. In fact, if you do I'll make the whole thing a big deal on the news page and newsletter. I think it's a great way to promote Iron DM and the quiz software at the same time.

 

[Rune]

[MENTION=21629]ender_wiggin[/MENTION]: Do you mind if I use this thread to accept entries for the qualifying round, until this technical problem is resolved?

 

[Rune]

You created a quiz, but added no questions. You need to click "Modify Questions" on the quiz and add at least one question, even if that question is just a blank text box with "submit your entry" above it.

I clicked through to take the quiz but got a page with no questions on it and a "submit" button at the bottom. Just needs a single question added.

I think this is a PERFECT use of the quiz software, so I'd love you to use it for this. In fact, if you do I'll make the whole thing a big deal on the news page and newsletter. I think it's a great way to promote Iron DM and the quiz software at the same time.

There is a "Modify" button at the bottom of the "Edit Quiz" page, but it only takes me back to the cover page for the quiz. Perhaps the button is missing because it is an essay?

The only options in the drop-down "Quiz Options" box are these:

Email a Friend
Add Comments
Edit Quiz
Deactivate Quiz
Current Entries

Delete Quiz

Also, I'm going to post in the thread in Meta about Quiz Bugs, to avoid further cluttering this thread.

 

[ender_wiggin]

Actually I would suggest we use this thread for technical / mechanical / meta and start a new thread for the entries / judgments. That way all the narrative stuff is neatly in one place.

 

[Rune]

In that case, I will wait a little bit and see if we can't resolve the technical difficulties quickly.