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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 6898879" data-attributes="member: 221"><p><em>Perhaps not everyone knows what</em> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">IRON DM</span></strong></span><em> is. Perhaps you are new to EN World, or you simply missed it over the years. For your benefit, I have carefully <s>plagiarized,</s> <s>cut-and-pasted</s> arranged and edited the following well written introduction.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>What is <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">IRON DM</span></strong></span>?</strong></p><p></p><p>The founder says it best:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's the basic structure, but times change and the rules evolve. A more accurate and detailed set of this current tournament's rules will appear later in a different post. </p><p></p><p>First though, some history of this tournament, one of EN World's oldest traditions: </p><p></p><p><strong>The history of this tournament!</strong></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Waaay back in the day...]Back in 2001, before the current incarnation of these boards, Nemmerle threw together the first EN World Iron DM tournament. Contestants each had one hour for each entry. By the next year, it was 24 hours, which remained the case for several years [<span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Editor's Note:</strong> Kids today have it way too easy.</span>] </p><p></p><p>Soon after the first EN World tourney, tournaments were being held at other sites, as well. The now defunct Nutkinland held a few. And, as Nemmerle was a founding member of the semi-secretive Rat Bastard DM's Club, it was only natural that tournaments happen there, as well. The judges for the EN World tournaments have <em>almost</em> all come out of that club, as well (I can think of only one exception). [<span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Editor's Note:</strong> As noted in the first post, the rules of the IRBIDMA allow some exceptions if <s>the money is good enough</s> there is sufficient cause</span>]</p><p></p><p>Anyway, back on topic: there were a few years (2006 through 2008) when EN World saw no tournaments, simply because the RBDM Club had a public forum for a while, and nobody ever started them up over here. But the RBDM Club moved and became private again and in 2009, IRON DM returned to EN World. </p><p></p><p>And here we are. [/sblock]</p><p></p><p><strong>How can you find the old tournaments?</strong></p><p></p><p>[sblock=An Excellent Question!]</p><p>For your convenience, here are all the surviving <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 12px">IRON DM</span></u></strong></span> tournaments we can find...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?469034-IRON-DM-2015-Tournament" target="_blank">Iron DM 2015</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?404441-IRON-DM-2014-Tournament" target="_blank">IRON DM 2014</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?338164-IRON-DM-2013-Entries-Judgements-Commentary-amp-Trash-Talk" target="_blank">IRON DM 2013</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?323193-Iron-DM-2012-R2-complete-Finals-in-Progress" target="_blank">IRON DM 2012</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?308494-IRON-DM-2011-Rules-Entries-Judgements-amp-Commentary" target="_blank">IRON DM 2011</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/277580-iron-dm-2010-all-submissions-judgments.html" target="_blank">IRON DM 2010</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/266192-iron-dm-2009-all-matches.html" target="_blank">IRON DM 2009</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/133606-irondm-iron-dm-returns-winner-announced.html" target="_blank">IRON DM 2005</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?85571-IRON-DM-Spring-2004-Contest-Thread-FINAL-JUDGMENT-POSTED-CHAMPION-ANNOUNCED!" target="_blank">IRON DM SPRING 2004</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/76873-iron-dm-winter-04-tournament-iron-dm-announced.html" target="_blank">IRON DM WINTER 2004</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/66259-fall-03-iron-dm-tournament-wulf-ratbane-iron-dm.html" target="_blank">IRON DM FALL 2003</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/53894-iron-dm-summer-champion-announced.html" target="_blank">IRON DM SUMMER 2003</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?38786-Winter-IrondDM-(Winner)!" target="_blank">IRON DM WINTER 2003</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/33639-holiday-iron-dm-final-judgment-posted.html" target="_blank">IRON DM WINTER (HOLIDAY) 2002</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?28400-IRON-DM-revival!" target="_blank">IRON DM FALL 2002</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/13851-time-another-round-iron-dm.html" target="_blank">IRON DM SPRING 2002</a></p><p></p><p>There is also the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?322277-Iron-DM-Anthology" target="_blank">IRON DM Anthology</a>. This is a collection of entries from the above tournaments that are particularly usable and/or inspiring. Note that many of them did not win the matches that they appeared in and should not necessarily be used as models for a winning entry. Still worth a look, though, especially if you've got a game coming up on short notice.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>So there you go. Hope that helps. Do, if you haven't give some of those old contests a look. There's a lot of good ideas packed into them. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">IRON DM</span></strong></span> is not only for the participants, but has a long track record of providing inspiration to GMs everywhere. It even spawned a GenCon spin off which is still going to this day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 6898879, member: 221"] [I]Perhaps not everyone knows what[/I] [FONT=Arial Black][B][SIZE=3]IRON DM[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][I] is. Perhaps you are new to EN World, or you simply missed it over the years. For your benefit, I have carefully [s]plagiarized,[/s] [s]cut-and-pasted[/s] arranged and edited the following well written introduction. [/I] [b]What is [FONT=Arial Black][B][SIZE=3]IRON DM[/SIZE][/B][/FONT]?[/b] The founder says it best: That's the basic structure, but times change and the rules evolve. A more accurate and detailed set of this current tournament's rules will appear later in a different post. First though, some history of this tournament, one of EN World's oldest traditions: [b]The history of this tournament![/b] [sblock=Waaay back in the day...]Back in 2001, before the current incarnation of these boards, Nemmerle threw together the first EN World Iron DM tournament. Contestants each had one hour for each entry. By the next year, it was 24 hours, which remained the case for several years [[size=1][b]Editor's Note:[/b] Kids today have it way too easy.[/size]] Soon after the first EN World tourney, tournaments were being held at other sites, as well. The now defunct Nutkinland held a few. And, as Nemmerle was a founding member of the semi-secretive Rat Bastard DM's Club, it was only natural that tournaments happen there, as well. The judges for the EN World tournaments have [i]almost[/i] all come out of that club, as well (I can think of only one exception). [[SIZE=1][b]Editor's Note:[/b] As noted in the first post, the rules of the IRBIDMA allow some exceptions if [s]the money is good enough[/s] there is sufficient cause[/SIZE]] Anyway, back on topic: there were a few years (2006 through 2008) when EN World saw no tournaments, simply because the RBDM Club had a public forum for a while, and nobody ever started them up over here. But the RBDM Club moved and became private again and in 2009, IRON DM returned to EN World. And here we are. [/sblock] [b]How can you find the old tournaments?[/b] [sblock=An Excellent Question!] For your convenience, here are all the surviving [FONT=Arial Black][B][U][SIZE=3]IRON DM[/SIZE][/U][/B][/FONT] tournaments we can find... [URL=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?469034-IRON-DM-2015-Tournament]Iron DM 2015[/URL] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?404441-IRON-DM-2014-Tournament]IRON DM 2014[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?338164-IRON-DM-2013-Entries-Judgements-Commentary-amp-Trash-Talk]IRON DM 2013[/URL] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?323193-Iron-DM-2012-R2-complete-Finals-in-Progress]IRON DM 2012[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?308494-IRON-DM-2011-Rules-Entries-Judgements-amp-Commentary]IRON DM 2011[/URL] [URL=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/277580-iron-dm-2010-all-submissions-judgments.html]IRON DM 2010[/URL] [URL=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/266192-iron-dm-2009-all-matches.html]IRON DM 2009[/URL] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/133606-irondm-iron-dm-returns-winner-announced.html]IRON DM 2005[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?85571-IRON-DM-Spring-2004-Contest-Thread-FINAL-JUDGMENT-POSTED-CHAMPION-ANNOUNCED!]IRON DM SPRING 2004[/url] [Url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/76873-iron-dm-winter-04-tournament-iron-dm-announced.html]IRON DM WINTER 2004[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/66259-fall-03-iron-dm-tournament-wulf-ratbane-iron-dm.html]IRON DM FALL 2003[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/53894-iron-dm-summer-champion-announced.html]IRON DM SUMMER 2003[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?38786-Winter-IrondDM-(Winner)!]IRON DM WINTER 2003[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/33639-holiday-iron-dm-final-judgment-posted.html]IRON DM WINTER (HOLIDAY) 2002[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?28400-IRON-DM-revival!]IRON DM FALL 2002[/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/13851-time-another-round-iron-dm.html]IRON DM SPRING 2002[/url] There is also the [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?322277-Iron-DM-Anthology]IRON DM Anthology[/url]. This is a collection of entries from the above tournaments that are particularly usable and/or inspiring. Note that many of them did not win the matches that they appeared in and should not necessarily be used as models for a winning entry. Still worth a look, though, especially if you've got a game coming up on short notice.[/sblock] So there you go. Hope that helps. Do, if you haven't give some of those old contests a look. There's a lot of good ideas packed into them. [FONT=Arial Black][B][SIZE=3]IRON DM[/SIZE][/B][/FONT] is not only for the participants, but has a long track record of providing inspiration to GMs everywhere. It even spawned a GenCon spin off which is still going to this day. [/QUOTE]
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