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Based on the title and description, which adventure are you most likely to buy?


Wulf Ratbane said:
Do you guys really think the competition will be more "fun" if it is more "fair?"

Mmm... please make sure next time to disqualify entries before starting the poll. It certainly wan't fun to see my (thought-out) vote count nothing. It's just a little game so no big deal, but left me with a feeling "why did I bother?" :(

BTW I had no idea the winner would have got a prize...
 

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Li Shenron said:
Mmm... please make sure next time to disqualify entries before starting the poll. It certainly wan't fun to see my (thought-out) vote count nothing.

Don't you think your vote counted to the person for whom you voted?

It's just a little game so no big deal, but left me with a feeling "why did I bother?" :(

I apologize for making you feel disenfranchised. :(

BTW I had no idea the winner would have got a prize...

It was in the original contest thread. For the record, I will definitely do prizes again, when I run it again.
 


It was a toss-up between the Clockwork one, the Divine one and Sunless. Sunless had a great "fairy tale" setup. Had to go with that one.
 

Hi all -
I've been thinking since my last post about the DQ of the two highest vote getters.
To me the DQ's are unfair. With the author asking for the "Whore" part of the title and the other author being declared DQ'd because he didn't do anything with his first option. By saying the Rules are Rules, after the voting ends means that the Rules are new Rules. You permitted them to be entered, thus changing the rules. Had Wulf said that the Rules are Rules previously and said no, you can't have Whore and you must use the King random choice. By permitting them to be entered and later voted upon, you've modified your own rules.
And as another poster stated, he feels his vote was wasted. I don't know that my vote was wasted, as those two winners certainly "won" as they've gotten the kudo's of us voters. And the "Whore" writer already has all the rewards from Wulf as is.

To practice, I've used Amos's random generator. I think it brings up too much Rookery as well as too many X of the Y of X of the Z of A - I got somthing like The Orange Painting of the Elven Yellow Temple of the Cauldron. There is no way you can come up with a good background for a module with that kinda title. Plus it's not a title you'd ever see, even from Goodman Games. But again, as practice, its good because it's so difficult.
Again, I hope I can find the location of the next go around, as I figure, even if I loose, I'll get the PDF of Mythic Heroes! I already own the Elves and Halflings of Bad Axe books (a little strong on the flavor, but still excellent).
Be Well. Be Well Disqualified Early.
Theocrat Issak
 



Theocrat said:
To practice, I've used Amos's random generator.

While I appreciate the comparison, I'm not famous and you really don't want to eat my cookies.

I think it brings up too much Rookery as well as too many X of the Y of X of the Z of A - I got somthing like The Orange Painting of the Elven Yellow Temple of the Cauldron. There is no way you can come up with a good background for a module with that kinda title. Plus it's not a title you'd ever see, even from Goodman Games. But again, as practice, its good because it's so difficult.

It's worth noting that I spent a grand total of maybe an hour coming up with the (anemic) word list for that and an hour coding it, refining the code, and putting it on my website. It's also worth noting that that is NOT the generator wulf uses, he uses the one at http://www.tomeofhorrors.com/ranmod/ran_gen.php

Oh, and regarding the "too much rookery" thing, every word in a particular category is equally likely, so you're as likely to get Rookery as you are Cathedral or Fane or several others. Just like when you're rolling d20s, though, sometimes you get three 1s in a row. Randomness doesn't mean even distribution, particularly over a small sample.
 
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