[WotC] The Ten Thousand (no, not Xenophon)

[Yuan-Ti]

WotC has received more than 10,000 proposals in their open call for settings!?! Wow. I guess I lost in the thread about guessing how many there would be. That's pretty incredible. Raises the question, however. What should we call this? A "contest", an "open call" or a "lottery".

I vote for "lottery" as in "crap shoot".

On the other hand, I think it guarantees that the top 10 are going to be pretty great settings. But probably the top 100 are going to be indistinguishably great. (Is indigdfjhykjn a word?)

Good luck--again--to everyone who sent a proposal.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

I vote for "lottery" as in "crap shoot".

On the other hand, I think it guarantees that the top 10 are going to be pretty great settings. But probably the top 100 are going to be indistinguishably great. (Is indigdfjhykjn a word?)

Good luck--again--to everyone who sent a proposal.

I think it is still a contest, but I think the main first cross road will be that opening sentence- the one that describes you campeign.

With so many, I would imagine many being discarded just on the interest generated by that opening line.

I second the good luck to everyone- I wish I had more time then an hour before the post office closed to work on mine. heh.
FD

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Well, with the extended deadline they'll have time to review each page. They're putting in more time on this than I had originally ever expected. Frankly, I'm astounded.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Well, with the extended deadline they'll have time to review each page. They're putting in more time on this than I had originally ever expected. Frankly, I'm astounded.

Yeah, but how much more time is that?

I doubt these people are giving up their pre-contest duties to concentrate on these submissions.

Don't get me wrong, I have faith WOTC is going to do their best to select the best- there is a lot of money on the line. I just suspect many will be eliminated by that opening line.

FD

 

[Oni]

I would say with the large amount of time they have extended the deadline by, that this is more an open call than ever.

 

[Xeriar]

Well, with the extended deadline they'll have time to review each page. They're putting in more time on this than I had originally ever expected. Frankly, I'm astounded.

Indeed, I suspect that people who only focussed on the core ethos and what's different sections (*cough* Ryan Dancey *cough*) may find themselves in for a surprise in the 'tie breaker'.

Your words better be golden or better, they count now.

 

[Greatwyrm]

I vote for "lottery" as in "crap shoot".

No way, man. Your odds are a lot better in craps than any lottery.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

I suspect with that many submissions they will cut it down to a manageable four or five hundred just on the basis of the "core ethos" and "what is different" sections.

Just my guess.