Read #4750 last night

Tuerny · Jul 22, 2002

Are you still going to be making your announcement the first week of August?

Chrysoula · Jul 23, 2002

Yay!

Sounds like good news! I still wonder if the quality will support more than 10 proposal requests, and what we'll end up hearing from WotC on the matter. Just a press release saying 'responses have gone out, good work, kids, you'll hear about the final winner in October'?

Mouseferatu · Jul 23, 2002

Zulkir said:
Folks,

Just wanted to say a few words about the submissions.

1) The number of "unreadable" submissions is very low (less than 1%).

2) The vast majority (probably 80%) are very solid and are equal to most of the settings already on the market.

Well, this isn't good. I was counting on a huge chunk of the competition being knocked out of the running for these exact reasons.

Darn. Now I have to hope that my ideas actually get by on merit...

mmadsen · Jul 23, 2002

1) The number of "unreadable" submissions is very low (less than 1%).

2) The vast majority (probably 80%) are very solid and are equal to most of the settings already on the market.

Sturgeon's Law doesn't hold? I am honestly shocked! (Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crap.) I was worried about the 10%, the works of people with real talent. Now I find out 80% of the entries are solid! The pros aren't the only competition!

hong · Jul 23, 2002

Zulkir said:
2) The vast majority (probably 80%) are very solid and are equal to most of the settings already on the market.

That bad, huh?

trix · Jul 23, 2002

Re: Re: Read #4750 last night

mmadsen said:
Sturgeon's Law doesn't hold? I am honestly shocked! (Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crap.) I was worried about the 10%, the works of people with real talent. Now I find out 80% of the entries are solid! The pros aren't the only competition!

Hehe, lol@ hong.

Combining:

2) The vast majority (probably 80%) are very solid and are equal to most of the settings already on the market.

Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crap.

Implies:

a) Most of the settings already on the market are crap.
b) We as consumers cant tell the difference.
b) Crap sells.

This is actually good since, it implies that we might get something that are better than the settings on the market which implies that we should get something other than crap. Also, The winner should be 'brilliant' and fly off the shelves.

-Tim

Dirt · Jul 23, 2002

Will my submission be overlooked?

I was running to the last minute sending out my submission. In a flurry of productivity, I condensed my campaign ideas into the prescribed format, and rushed it out the door (it left the Cincinnati airport post office a little before midnight).

It wasn't until I arrived at the post office, that I realized it had been printed on used paper that had been in my printer *groan*.

I have plenty of excuses why it was late (not learning about the competition until the last minute, attending a funeral 8 hours away, and then rushing back to perform my function as a groomsman in a friend's wedding)...but I'm fairly confident that the judges aren't interested in excuses.

What I was wondering was this:

Will my mistake cause my submission to be overlooked?

isirga eth · Jul 24, 2002

bump

bump

ToddSchumacher · Jul 24, 2002

Zulkir said:
2) The vast majority (probably 80%) are very solid and are equal to most of the settings already on the market.

AV

This is the reason I didn't enter my Campaign setting. For years and years I ran my little D&D group, without reading ANY of the novels or published settings beforehand, just going with what was in my head. Then about a year or two ago I broke down and read the two main Dragonlance books, I nearly cried.

A great Cataclysm.

A powerful group of Wizards with tests to join.

Ect. Ect.

As I read more fantasy, the more I realized how cliche and derivitive my world was. So when I saw the open call, I thought "cool" but NO WAY was my world original enough to compete effectivly.

I am looking forward to see what comes out of this little contest, should be interesting.