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

[Mouseferatu]

Well, WOTC *does* pay the 2nd and 3rd-place entries $20,000 each. I'm not familiar with the pay rates of the gaming industries, but I would think that 20 grand is quite a big payout for 100 pages... so I would certainly not consider WOTC greedy or anything for holding on to them if they do.

Heh. I've been freelancing for about a year and a half now, and I'll tell you straight up that if I'm ever in a position where someone will pay me $20K for 100 pages of work, I'll take the job but quick and try to have it finished and get my check before their medication kicks in and they get a sudden rush of brains to the head.

My guess is that they're paying the $20K because they want the option of doing something with the material at a later date.

 

[realmprotector]

This is a great opportunity!

I wish you all the best of luck!

 

[TalonComics]

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to how many entries there will be? I'm guessing something like 2500 to 7500 entries.

~Derek

 

[realmprotector]

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to how many entries there will be? I'm guessing something like 2500 to 7500 entries.

~Derek

Well, with over 50,000 registered users on the WotC message boards that number may be much higher.

 

[mythusmage]

Well, WOTC *does* pay the 2nd and 3rd-place entries $20,000 each. I'm not familiar with the pay rates of the gaming industries, but I would think that 20 grand is quite a big payout for 100 pages... so I would certainly not consider WOTC greedy or anything for holding on to them if they do.

It may be that Wizards will want to develop those proposals later. Maybe as RPGA Living Campaigns.

At the very least, allow the original authors to further develop their proposed settings for "Official ----" websites.

 

[Ywain]

I'd like to see EN World host a new forum for one-pagers so people can send them in on June 22nd. Each submission in it's own thread so people can comment on each one.

Not until the winners are announced! Publishing the one pagers before judging is complete might compromise (or give the impression of compromising, raise the suspicion of compromising, etc.) the blind judging process.

I would suggest opening the forum for the one pagers on August 7th at the earliest, after the second cut has been made. By then it will be down to the 100 page proposals and the one pagers will be either owned by WotC or irrelevant to the contest.

 

[wdodd]

Not until the winners are announced! Publishing the one pagers before judging is complete might compromise (or give the impression of compromising, raise the suspicion of compromising, etc.) the blind judging process.

Good point. I agree that it would be better to wait.

I would suggest opening the forum for the one pagers on August 7th at the earliest, after the second cut has been made. By then it will be down to the 100 page proposals and the one pagers will be either owned by WotC or irrelevant to the contest.

July 4th might be a better date. The 10 lucky souls that are asked to do 10-page writeups can always abstain until later. And I don't see that the second and third rounds will be blind.

 

[GralTok]

Well... That is what I call luck or something... Last me and a friend decided that we will create a world ... and I wake up and come make my morning reading on EnWorld and see the contest.. Well count me in!

But I got a question as we are 2 on the project do I put only 1 name or do I put the 2 names?

And if I put the 2 names so i include 2 ISA sheet in the envellope?
And again, if I have to put 2 I am 18 and my friend is under that? So I put is mother or father?

That is the only point I need clarification.

But I also see in the faq:

Q. Can I submit a proposal as part of a team?

A. Yes. You can submit as an individual or as part of a team.

So I think this mean 1 person is submitting for agroup ...

Thanks
Gral'Tok

 

[Umbran]

Interesting thought, here...

Consider the amount of thought and attention this competition will generate. Considered as an advertisement, might that attention alone be worth the $160K in prize money?

 

[CrusaderX]

Go, SHARK, go!