Read #4750 last night
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I spoke with AV at GenCon (in passing, in the WOTC Booth, without actually pressing the case for my own specific setting) about the setting consideration process. His comments and my own opinions are mixed throughout the following.
First, he continued to make his comment that people were literally "suffering" through the process of reading all the entries. He said sitting in a chair and reading 500 entries at a time was giving people back problems.
That says that WOTC was being serious about considering each entry... having a responsible person read it thoroughly and conceivably take notes.
Second, AV isn't the only one doing the reading. So the "committee" will meet sometime after GenCon [this week?] and decide on The Ten. I suppose that means that all of the committee members will bring their best entries to the table, and some sort of voting procedure will take place.
Theoretically, once they decide on The Ten, notifications should be fairly quick. If I remember the cover legal piece, there was no space for a phone number (I put mine in anyway), so notifications will probably be by mail, with perhaps phone calls to those who gave phone numbers.
I theorize they have Monday and Tuesday to get back to work, then Wednesday and Thursday to discuss and reread candidate entries. Depending on lots of things, maybe some decisions Friday, but more likely decisions and notifications next week.
Norris
I spoke with AV at GenCon (in passing, in the WOTC Booth, without actually pressing the case for my own specific setting) about the setting consideration process. His comments and my own opinions are mixed throughout the following.
First, he continued to make his comment that people were literally "suffering" through the process of reading all the entries. He said sitting in a chair and reading 500 entries at a time was giving people back problems.
That says that WOTC was being serious about considering each entry... having a responsible person read it thoroughly and conceivably take notes.
Second, AV isn't the only one doing the reading. So the "committee" will meet sometime after GenCon [this week?] and decide on The Ten. I suppose that means that all of the committee members will bring their best entries to the table, and some sort of voting procedure will take place.
Theoretically, once they decide on The Ten, notifications should be fairly quick. If I remember the cover legal piece, there was no space for a phone number (I put mine in anyway), so notifications will probably be by mail, with perhaps phone calls to those who gave phone numbers.
I theorize they have Monday and Tuesday to get back to work, then Wednesday and Thursday to discuss and reread candidate entries. Depending on lots of things, maybe some decisions Friday, but more likely decisions and notifications next week.
Norris
Well from the looks of things reading this thread and the various GenCon reports, it sounds like they got about 10-11,000 entries, which means that each judge is reading each entry (or at least AV read them all). That certainly puts to rest some of the concerns about having a judge read your submission after a fight with a significant other etc. that were voiced earlier.
Execellent work, folks at WotC.
Eagerly awaiting results,
Alan
Execellent work, folks at WotC.
Eagerly awaiting results,
Alan
*sigh*
I can't remember from the actual rules, and can't find them: is there something about how if you're chosen for the second stage, you aren't allowed to tell anybody? That's been my latest thing to think about-- in a way, it'll be kind of frustrating to have the contest drop off the map after the first stage is over. It's been nice having the enthusiasm of wanting to see the contest move on, but if it's just a post saying, "We all got our rejection letters, somebody else out there is darn lucky," that kind of feels like an anticlimax.
On the other hand, people have made noises about it being bad somehow to reveal if one makes it to the second stage.
I suppose it sort of depends on if WotC is doing this as a publicity stunt or not.
I sort of assumed they were glad of the publicity even as they looked for a new setting (those who believe this is JUST a publicity stunt with no substance to it, your opinions are noted. ... but I don't know if they'll want to let it die down.
I can't remember from the actual rules, and can't find them: is there something about how if you're chosen for the second stage, you aren't allowed to tell anybody? That's been my latest thing to think about-- in a way, it'll be kind of frustrating to have the contest drop off the map after the first stage is over. It's been nice having the enthusiasm of wanting to see the contest move on, but if it's just a post saying, "We all got our rejection letters, somebody else out there is darn lucky," that kind of feels like an anticlimax.
On the other hand, people have made noises about it being bad somehow to reveal if one makes it to the second stage.
I suppose it sort of depends on if WotC is doing this as a publicity stunt or not.
I sort of assumed they were glad of the publicity even as they looked for a new setting (those who believe this is JUST a publicity stunt with no substance to it, your opinions are noted. ... but I don't know if they'll want to let it die down.
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My understanding is that you are free to reveal the fact that you are one of the final ten, but out of respect for your privacy WotC will not announce all ten, but will confirm (or perhaps deny) anyone's claim to being in the final ten. Whether it's a good or a bad idea to announce that you're one of the ten is a dilemma I would happily grapple with, for obvious reasons...
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