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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 993477" data-attributes="member: 94">Well, I guess I am saying that, all other things being equal, the entry that pushes the judge's buttons the most should win. I can concede that point.But just pushing the judge's buttons alone shouldn't be enough to win. One would hope that, at some point, the crafting of an actual adventure-- with a plot that actually engages the PCs with things to do: some puzzles, some fighting, some roleplay; with decisions to make and consequences that they can see and feel, etc.-- one would hope that would have some impact on the judging. Seems to me that some entries are better off in alsih20's Ceramic DM. That's a-what I'm sayin. If it takes you 4000 words to cough up the backstory but the portion of the adventure that the PCs can actually interface with is 5 or 6 open-ended questions, that's a problem, in my opinion.I'm not saying whoring to the judge is bad. I agree it's an integral part of the Iron DM mystique. I just don't think it should be the primary focus-- are we here to craft adventures, or are we here to see who plays better to the judge? Which has top priority, ya know? Maybe it's me who's off base, I dunno.I really should take a spin at judging one of these. I'd be curious to see if I can spot the whoring or not.Wulf</blockquote>