WotC Seeking Your Setting Proposals (was "Big Wizard announcement")

[EarthsShadow]

after the contest is over

When this is over and the ten 2nd rounders are finalized, we all need to come on here and discuss some of what makes our worlds unique and perhaps a different gaming company will see us and pick up on some of them. At least this way some of us can see what we were thinking of and how similar some of us are in retrospect.

We can also congratulate the ten 2nd rounders in their endeavors and we shall see what happens.

I mean, just becasuse WOTC doesn't pick us, doesn't mean a different company won't either. Who knows what the future holds?

 

[Oracular Vision]

One half of a form

I have to read documentation for a living. So, after completing my entries, I noticed that the first three questions are pretty useless. In fact, most of what is special about your setting is question #6. It's the only place you can actually talk about what makes your setting different and therefore interesting. I don't think the other five are of much use. If I was reviewing them, I'd only read your answer to #6, and then I'd read the other five. If your answer to #6 is not much different from the standard setting, I'd say that your entry will be deselected without being read further. Just thought I'd help those who aren't finished.

Experiment: Cover over your sheet and only read question #6. Does it say everything you needed saying? This may be your only chance to sell your words. They are NOT going to be reading it all. How many answers to #1 do you think you'd have to read before you lost all interest in "A world where...."

 

[Zulkir]

Folks,
The flood has well and truly begun. Don't expect to see too much of us in the next two to three weeks.

AV

 

[EricNoah]

*waves*

Bye, Anthony. It was nice knowing you!

 

[Ghostwind]

I can just see the headlines now...

"Wizards of the Coast's Renton facility crumbles due to deluge of mail."
AP- Renton, Wa
Games publisher Wizards of the Coast had a major setback today when their main office facility's walls disintegrated causing the collapse of the building. The cause is believed to be a very large influx of mail recently due to a contest sponsored by Wizards that led to the submission of tens of thousands of letters.
"Apparently, the building was not built to handle the excessive bulk and weight of all that mail." Anthony Valterra, Business Manage of Wizards was heard to say. "We never dreamed that we would receive so much mail. We are currently digging through the rubble in order to find people who were buried under the paperwork."
Although many people were able to flee, Valterra confirmed that three employees are still unaccounted for. "We are still searching for Don Williams, Peter Archer, and my admin Christine who were all near the epicenter of the hall closet where the mail was being stored when it exploded." The setback is expected to only delay business operations for a single day due to Wizards invoking of a secret contractual clause with several fantasy deities that will instantly rebuild the facility and heal anyone injured. Valterra has issued assurances that all contest submissions will still be read and a winner selected before the initial deadline since they now plan to use those same deities to simplify the process of selection.

Isn't the thought just hysterical...

 

[mythusmage]

Folks,
The flood has well and truly begun. Don't expect to see too much of us in the next two to three weeks.

AV

Is it true you'll be using the first round rejects to make a life sized papier mache model of an ancient gold dragon?

 

[Tallow]

Re: One half of a form

I have to read documentation for a living. So, after completing my entries, I noticed that the first three questions are pretty useless. In fact, most of what is special about your setting is question #6. It's the only place you can actually talk about what makes your setting different and therefore interesting. I don't think the other five are of much use. If I was reviewing them, I'd only read your answer to #6, and then I'd read the other five. If your answer to #6 is not much different from the standard setting, I'd say that your entry will be deselected without being read further. Just thought I'd help those who aren't finished.

Experiment: Cover over your sheet and only read question #6. Does it say everything you needed saying? This may be your only chance to sell your words. They are NOT going to be reading it all. How many answers to #1 do you think you'd have to read before you lost all interest in "A world where...."

Question 1, I'd almost agree with you that it is useless. Except that it is the shocker. Its like a newspaper headline. Do you read an article first or last, if the headline is boring.

If you can't portray what you would put in answer #6, in answers 2 through 5, then you really don't have much to put in #6. In 2 and 3, the best things to do is tell them who your heroe's are, and what they do, by portraying your heroes as something outside the norm. Same thing with villains and conflicts.

You should be able to answer #6 before you get there, and then use #6 as a summarization of your paper.

Andy Christian

 

[Mercule]

I can just see the headlines now...

...

Isn't the thought just hysterical...

ROTFLMAO

It wouldn't be so funny if I didn't think it was so close to the truth.

 

[Duncan Haldane]

Folks,
The flood has well and truly begun. Don't expect to see too much of us in the next two to three weeks.

AV

Inspired by the name of Eric Noah, I've been preparing just for this eventuality. Now, I need WotC to send me TWO copies of all published works and works in progress, and I will make sure they survive the flood...

Hey, it's worth a try!

Duncan

 

[reddist]

whew

Finally. Two proposals... one based on a game I've been running for 1.5 years, and another I whipped up last week. I'm going to try and hammer one more out tomorrow night, just as an exercise in creativity. Doubt I'll send it in.

We should all send Christina thank you cards. Or sympathy cards. One or the other, just to let her know we care.

'luck, all


-Reddist