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

[Ashtal]

You're chances are exactly the same - I'm sending it AGAIN, thank you very much.

I thought I had gone through all the documentation, quite honestly. I was going over it again out of boredom's sake. Glad I did.

[I've removed my rant/freakout. And off I go to the post office!]

 

[Undead Pete]

Re: Luck

Did anyone else kiss their envelope for luck?

(If none of you did then mine will win for sure)

You don't want to know what I did to my envelope

 

[Writer@Large]

You don't want to know what I did to my envelope

As long as it didn't involve blood rites to the Elder Gods, I don't think WotC wil mind ...

--Brian P. Hudson, OneShots.com Guy

 

[Taren Nighteyes]

WOO WOO!

Well, after much discussion and editing, my partner and I have finally sent our submission out.

Good luck to everyone, and may the "best" entries win!

Taren Nighteyes

P.S. And we DID place our names in the lower lefthand corner, as stated in the instructions - unlike some other unnamed board moderator *cough* Ashtal *cough*

 

[ghettognome]

My final edit came to 666 words. I don't know how I should take that. If I had thought the check word count before printing it, I might have done something to change that.

 

[Weeble]

While I'll admit some aspects of this promotion have seemed to have been a little hasty, let's not pick on Wizards just because you failed to read the material properly.

The fact that you had to have your name at the bottom left corner was very explicit from the beginning, and was documented on the Proposal Template that people were supposed to be following ("3. be structured in accord with the initial proposal template").

The version of the Template on the WotC website states very clearly: "7. Entrant [That's you. Your name must be typed in the lower left corner of the page and nowhere else.]"

And on the .doc file that was initially sent out by Wizards to sites such as ENWorld and others, on it's copy of the Template it also states clearly: "[Proposals should be no more than one page in length, typewritten. Please put the name of the entrant in the LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER of the page and nowhere else.]" (original emphasis retained)

So it was there from the beginning, and very clear to boot. I don't see how you missed it, frankly.

Actually, I don't think it was very clear, or at least mixed messages were sent out. Should you put #7 in with your name after it, following suit with the other numbers with the exact same indentation, or should you put your name in the lower left hand corner farther to the left and separate from the other 6#'s? The template I downloaded (I think from the main ENWorld site) didn't have a #7 on it. Now, I know we need the original PDF from the Wizards site, but I think it is still vague. On top of this, the #7 would have nothing to do with the setting, leaving one to think that your name should be separate, so that Wizards could separate it from the proposal.

 

[Jon F. Zeigler]

Two proposals, going out today. At least we won't have to wait long for the next stage. . .

 

[SteveMND]

I don't see where it could have been any clearer, Weeble. Lower left-hand corner means lower left-hand corner, any way you look at it.

I think many of us are overanalyzing this whole thing. I'm surprised no-one has asked exactly how far from the bottom left corner "lower left-hand" means. An eighth-of-an-inch? A quarter-of-an-inch? Inline with the left margin, but all the way to bottom? Etc., etc.

People, it's just the lower left-hand corner. Zulkir has already stated that the earlier oddities that are not the fault of the submitters (such as not using the PDF version of the agreement) would not be counted against them. Let's keep a little faith here that the folks at Wizards aren't complete zombies and have a little common sense, eh? Following instructions is important, but I guarantee you that they are not going over the submissions with a little plastic ruler or anything measuring how far from the edge your name is printed.

Steve M

 

[Tallow]

Professionalism

I don't see where it could have been any clearer, Weeble. Lower left-hand corner means lower left-hand corner, any way you look at it.

I think many of us are overanalyzing this whole thing. I'm surprised no-one has asked exactly how far from the bottom left corner "lower left-hand" means. An eighth-of-an-inch? A quarter-of-an-inch? Inline with the left margin, but all the way to bottom? Etc., etc.

Steve M

I remember seeing AV posting specifically that the paragraphs should be clearly labeled as the Template says. However, he did say, he doesn't care if they are numbered, lettered, Titled without numbers, numbered without Titles, as long as its clear what section you are answering, and that they are in order.

I personally did a bullet numbering with bold faced titles for each section. I also justified my alignment. The reason I did that, is I think it makes for a more professional appearance, and I wasn't struggling for space to put words. I went with the standard word 2000 margins too and 10 pt font.

But the main issue is professional appearance and readability. They don't expect us to all be zombies and use an exact formulae for turning lead into gold here. If it looks professional and its readable, its going to be ok.

Andy Christian

 

[Jamie44]

I did one entry last week and another this week. Everyone started talking about the # of words so i went back and checked.

They were both 460 exactly. Not sure what to make of that...they were both different and covered different things.

Clearly there is a supernatural force at work here.


Anyway, I wish everyone good luck! =)