Sean K Reynolds wrote:
Because otherwise contestants with an unpopular villain concept who managed to squeak into the Top 16 would be at a huge disadvantage to those who had a popular villain concept.
Unfortunately this attempt to "level the playing field" put the front runners from the previous round at a disadvantage. If they don't grow enough in the public's eyes, they lose to someone who screwed up the previous round, but got a second chance to get their entry right.
Take Gulga, Neil didn't change his description much and is getting hammered for it. The problem is that his description was great from the previous round so it didn't NEED to be improved on. Lots of people were clamouring for his stat block, so he'd have disappointed them if he had chosen to do a different villian. I'd love to see Gulga's lair, but not if that means putting Neil at a handicap again.
I guess I'm just thinking that "squeaking" by shouldn't be rewarded.
Rant over. Now off to vote for Gulga and 3 others! :)