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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 3913795" data-attributes="member: 3854">But they let the contest rules/guidelines slide for items they thought were cool enough. That's just not right.They let the SRD-format requirement slide if the item was cool enough.They let the word-count requirement slide if the item was cool enough.They let good-mechanics requirements slide if the item was cool enough.The judges all admitted the slides in their comments and responses.And I'm surprised that some of the winning items had one or two of the three judges dislike them. I mean, I've never heard of anything winning a contest where two of three judges give a thumbs down. Doesn't even American Idol require all three judges to agree to send a person on past the first round?I've read many of the winning entrants, and I will agree, most are indeed pretty cool concepts and ideas. But letting the contest rules slide if the concept is cool enough is poor form. Sorry, but it is.The winners should be cool concepts with solid mechanics, written within the stated contest rules. Surely, out of 850+ entries, there were some.Quasqueton</blockquote>