The EN World IRON DM 2019 Tournament Scheduling Thread

[Gradine]

It's look like I can be good to go Monday evening. Let's say 7pm EST?

 

[Rune]

Yes, although I do want to remind/inform all parties (self included) that daylight savings time ends this weekend and, thus, before the start of this match. Just to make sure everyone’s on the same schedule!

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I've got to get my little ones to bed since they are not convinced by my demands to go to sleep. I plan to grade the entries tomorrow night. Sorry for the delay.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

My final scoring is here:

2019 IRON DM Tournament

Ingredients Laconic Sphynx Thieving Caravan Astral Jaunt Last Crownbearer Affluent Troll Crystal Seal Fountain of Love Pendragon: Love Eternal Royal Brat During the war on the continent, the party is assigned by their liege to guard a minor Frankish prince who is to be betrothed to a more...

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[Wisdom Seeker]

Spoiler: Redacted

I strongly agree with the overall judgment, even if I don't agree with some of the reasoning. In my opinion, Iron Sky made extremely good use of most of the ingredients, though the formatting deserves revision. His adventure's flexibility also gave him a well-deserved edge. I don't usually write anything stronger than five-room dungeons (I rely tremendously on improvisation), so most of the feedback here is extremely useful for me in terms of designing written adventures rather than writing settings and hastily adjusting on the fly to player action.

 

[Rune]

Congratulations @Iron Sky!
I strongly agree with the overall judgment, even if I don't agree with some of the reasoning. In my opinion, Iron Sky made extremely good use of most of the ingredients, though the formatting deserves revision. His adventure's flexibility also gave him a well-deserved edge. I don't usually write anything stronger than five-room dungeons (I rely tremendously on improvisation), so most of the feedback here is extremely useful for me in terms of designing written adventures rather than writing settings and hastily adjusting on the fly to player action.

The other two judges haven’t weighed in, yet, though. Until they do, you might want to hide any commentary on the match behind spoiler tags. And when you do, the other thread is the better place for it, since this one will fade into obscurity after the tournament ends.

 

[Wisdom Seeker]

The other two judges haven’t weighed in, yet, though. Until they do, you might want to hide any commentary on the match behind spoiler tags. And when you do, the other thread is the better place for it, since this one will fade into obscurity after the tournament ends.

Understood.

 

[Gradine]

I have read both entries and my judgment is written. I will wait for Radiating Gnome's judgment before posting my own and announcing the results. I will say that I enjoyed both entries quite a bit.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

@Wisdom Seeker , I see what you mean. When I looked them up I found references that stated how different gems and crystals are. It seems that google took us in different interpretations.

 

[Gradine]

Final judgment for Round 2 Match 1 has been posted.

 

[Gradine]

@lowkey13 and @Rune

Your ingredients have been posted

 

[lowkey13]

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[Rune]

70s disco Cthulhu

I’ll bite. What was that going to look like? And does the answer require a sanity check?

 

[Iron Sky]

Apparently it's actually kind of a thing?

 

[Rune]

So...yes to the sanity check.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Rune]

@lowkey13:

Spoiler

That...actually looks pretty great. I hope you repost it to the other thread at some point. I’m gonna want to read that again someday.

 

[Wisdom Seeker]

I got swamped this week, so I wasn't able to respond, and I definitely don't want to jump into the middle of the new judgment. I still think @Iron Sky had the better adventure: He had a more unique setting and used the elements in a way I thought was very innovative (I'm sorry for using a buzzword here, but the word fits). Thank you all for hosting me, I appreciate the feedback, and I'm definitely going to be taking notes on adventure design. I don't usually design adventures in a traditional sense, but this kind of exercise helped me think on my feet. I have a ton of ideas bubbling up for a different kind of challenge, so while I don't think I'll make a return for IronDM, I'll definitely be keeping tabs on this contest and future iterations.

 

[tglassy]

Oh no! I didn't notice this had started! I was moving when it was announced, and haven't been in the General Thread very much. I assume it's too late to join, if y'all are already in round 2?

 

[Rune]

Oh no! I didn't notice this had started! I was moving when it was announced, and haven't been in the General Thread very much. I assume it's too late to join, if y'all are already in round 2?

I’m afraid so. I think the new boards messed up notifications, too, so you might want to check your settings and verify you get them for next year.

Although I still can’t figure out a way to get email notification from an @ summons. Which is, of course, the feature that needs it most.