Open Call

[Mothman]

Mike McArtor wrote:

I have reason to believe that at least one of you who have posted on this thread might be happy at some point in the near future.

Or you'll get hit by a bus in the parking lot.

*shrug*

I'm putting money on the Scribe.

(For the happiness, not the bus thing).

[Cosmo]

Mike McArtor wrote:

*hopes nobody actually gets hit by a bus*

*hits Mike with a bus*

[Moff Rimmer]

Mike McArtor wrote:

Rambling Scribe wrote:

I suspect that they will email everyone, despite jokes to the contrary.

That's the plan, Stan.

I do not envy you guys. While writing 10 acceptance letters would be fun, I would hate sending out 140 rejection letters.

[Small Attention Span]

Uhhhh......problem...On my entry, one of my emails is missing a letter. It says jschut@(rest of email address).org and it should be "jschutt." Just to clear that up if you used that email. You could also use the one for this alias or the jrander4 address...

I feel silly

[Mike McArtor]

Jason is about to start sending out acceptance emails.

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

[Mike McArtor]

Cosmo wrote:

*hits Mike with a bus*

Ow... my edity bits.

[Sebastian]

Keep waiting...

Keep waiting...

[Kelvar Silvermace]

And now I won't be able to check my (work) email until tomorrow. Ah, well...a few more hours of wishful thinking never hurt anyone, I suppose...

[Mike McArtor]

All acceptance emails have been sent.

[Mothman]

Mike McArtor wrote:

All acceptance emails have been sent.

Are the rest of us getting some love? Rejection emails also being sent today?

[Mike McArtor]

Mothman wrote:

Are the rest of us getting some love? Rejection emails also being sent today?

Check your inbox.

[Lilith]

Mothman wrote:

Rejection emails also being sent today?

Yes (I got mine). Congrats to all the winners! :D

[Mike McArtor]

Oh, and by the way, in case any of you think YOU have stress...

My girlfriend sent in a submission (and didn't make the cut). Because we did blindly, though, I might be the person who rejected her submission.

Talk about stress...

[Eyebite]

Mike McArtor wrote:

Oh, and by the way, in case any of you think YOU have stress...

My girlfriend sent in a submission (and didn't make the cut). Because we did blindly, though, I might be the person who rejected her submission.

Talk about stress...

I would uh...not cop to that.

Blame it on Walker.

. . . Always, blame it on Walker.

[Koldoon]

At least some of the rejection letters have gone out... some folks in the DMTools chat have indicated receiving them.

- Ashavan

[Louis Agresta]

Mike McArtor wrote:

Mothman wrote:

Are the rest of us getting some love? Rejection emails also being sent today?

Check your inbox.

I have received neither acceptance nor rejection; so I'm guessing its rejection, and it will just take a while.

[Mothman]

Mike McArtor wrote:

Oh, and by the way, in case any of you think YOU have stress...

My girlfriend sent in a submission (and didn't make the cut). Because we did blindly, though, I might be the person who rejected her submission.

Talk about stress...

Yeah, that sounds like stress you don't need ... best that she never tells you what was in her submission!

[Koldoon]

Louis Agresta wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

Mothman wrote:

Are the rest of us getting some love? Rejection emails also being sent today?

Check your inbox.

I have received neither acceptance nor rejection; so I'm guessing its rejection, and it will just take a while.

Lou -

Email is not always the instantaneous medium we think of it as... it could take an hour or more to get to you either way. Good luck man.

- Ashavan

[Louis Agresta]

Koldoon wrote:

Louis Agresta wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

Mothman wrote:

Are the rest of us getting some love? Rejection emails also being sent today?

Check your inbox.

I have received neither acceptance nor rejection; so I'm guessing its rejection, and it will just take a while.

Lou -

Email is not always the instantaneous medium we think of it as... it could take an hour or more to get to you either way. Good luck man.

- Ashavan

You're a sweet man, Ashavan. Thanks for the pick me up.

[Jeremy Walker]

Eyebite wrote:

Blame it on Walker.

. . . Always, blame it on Walker.

Well, I do feast on broken dreams.

Thanks for submitting everyone, this really brought back the days of the Black Hole thread and the Dungeon submissions meetings. Quite like old times.

[Sean, Minister of KtSP]

REJECTED!

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to the guys for what was surely a difficult winnowing process.

[Louis Agresta]

Louis Agresta wrote:

Koldoon wrote:

Louis Agresta wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

Mothman wrote:

Are the rest of us getting some love? Rejection emails also being sent today?

Check your inbox.

I have received neither acceptance nor rejection; so I'm guessing its rejection, and it will just take a while.

Lou -

Email is not always the instantaneous medium we think of it as... it could take an hour or more to get to you either way. Good luck man.

- Ashavan

You're a sweet man, Ashavan. Thanks for the pick me up.

Ok, I'm out. Good luck to the winners!

- Lou

[Koldoon]

You know we love it Jeremy. Hope you're feeling better!

- Ashavan

[Eyebite]

No dice. Ah well, maybe next time.

I encourage those that similarly didn't make it to share their ideas. I would be interested in reading them tonight.

Dragonmann just openend a thread . . .

[Sir Pavel]

What about people who did a joint submission? Would the email only be sent to the first listed email address?

[Jason Bulmahn]

All acceptance and rejection letters have now been sent.. for real this time.

Check your inbox.

Congratulations to all those who advanced. Better luck next time to those that did not make it. There were a lot of really good ideas in the pile and it was quite tough narrowing it down.

And no.. a dart board was never used.

Jason Bulmahn
GameMastery Brand Manager

[Mothman]

Ok, now I feel kinda silly. But in a good way. I got selected to advance to the next stage. Unless I’m the victim of an elaborate hoax or a mistake… that was honestly my first thought, but it seems genuine.

Thanks guys – I know this must have been a tough selection process, because I know I was up against some VERY talented people that I greatly respect – I highly suspect that it must have come down to some tough choices and possibly a few random dice rolls at the end.

Now to try not to think about the next stage and concentrate on this deadline I have for work this afternoon … (ha, yeah right).

[Eyebite]

Mothman wrote:

Ok, now I feel kinda silly. But in a good way. I got selected to advance to the next stage. Unless I’m the victim of an elaborate hoax or a mistake… that was honestly my first thought, but it seems genuine.

Congrats Moth!

[Sean, Minister of KtSP]

Congratulations, Mothy. Good job.

[Adam Daigle]

Guess who's writing schedule is pretty free through the end of the year?

Yep. Me and 157 other people.

[Sebastian]

If I may break character for a moment, I'd just like to say congratulations to everyone who submitted. Those proposals are painful to write, and even if you didn't get accepted, you most likely sharpened your skills and will be in a better position for the next Open Call.

[Small Attention Span]

For those of us who still want to contribute, how would we do so outside of these open calls? i.e. How did some other people become contributors? And if we can't make the modules, how can we help otherwise?

EDIT: And congrats, Moth.

[Mothman]

Thanks guys.

[Ross Byers]

Well, I didn't make it (Now my question is if I was one of the 120 or one of the 20).

I'll post my proposal on the boards tomorrow. Tonight, I am tired.

[Koldoon]

Grats Moth, and best of luck.

- Ashavan

[damnitall22]

While I am not expecting much but I still have nothing in the inbox.

[Craig Shackleton]

No email yet... But my email address changed since my submission. I notified Jason and Jeremy of my new address, but not Mike.

Did mine get sent to the right address? (Or did it go to Jason Bull, Man!'s?)

[Evil Genius]

I also have the great honor to have been selected as one of the 10. Thank you, Paizo :)

[Sean, Minister of KtSP]

Congratulations, Evil Genius. Good job. And way to live up to your board name, I suspect.

[Nighthunter]

This time I fail, but next time I shall triumph and then I'll show that accursed RICHARDS!!!

Wait... Is this the open call for super-villains, bad guys and ne'er-do-wells?

OH! The Open Call for adventure writers...

Damn, rejected in that too. Ah well. Could be worse. I could be one of those currently under the pressure to bedazzle with their outlines in the second round. Those guys are going to have it tough.

[Evil Genius]

Yes... My evil plan is coming to fruition.. mwa ha ha ha!

Alas, no evil geniuses in my submission. Or Baby Geniuses...

[Whimsy Chris]

I still have received an email yet...this is painful, painful!

Although, after I submitted (at 2 am mind you), I noticed a couple grammatical errors the next day. I'm not expecting much really. But it would still be nice to know.

[David Schwartz]

I got to the second stage!

How the heck did that happen?

[Sean, Minister of KtSP]

Here's a question I'd like to see answered about the submission process, if Mike, Jason and Jeremy are amenable to answering:

Did you have a preference for submissions that gave simple (but creative) bullet point answers to the questions you asked in the guidlines, or submissions that tried to frame the answers in a narrative, or something sort of in between?

(Also, congrats, Hill Giant)

[Koldoon]

Hill Giant wrote:

I got to the second stage!

How the heck did that happen?

Congrats! Good luck on stage 2!

- Ashavan

[damnitall22]

Ok I hadn't even thought about when results were until last night. Now I am still going nuts cause I have no new mail!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Also congrats to everyone.

[Evil Genius]

If it answers your question, Sean, my query was done in a numbered list format, with each number addressing a different question.

[Mike McArtor]

Small Attention Span wrote:

For those of us who still want to contribute, how would we do so outside of these open calls? i.e. How did some other people become contributors? And if we can't make the modules, how can we help otherwise?

Right now, we have no other means. I hear the Pathfinder team plans on opening up bestiary submissions eventually, but I don't know if that timeline will occur in 3.5 or after we switch to 4e (assuming we switch).

We don't have other contributors right now. We have writers we've worked with for many years who we commission to do work.

Sean, Minister of KtSP wrote:

Did you have a preference for submissions that gave simple (but creative) bullet point answers to the questions you asked in the guidlines, or submissions that tried to frame the answers in a narrative, or something sort of in between?

No preference. Just as long as you answered the questions we asked, we didn't care if you used haiku (but see the spoiler).

Spoiler:

That's a lie. You would be rejected if you sent your answers in haiku form.

[Evil Genius]

Mike McArtor wrote:

Yes, we would care if you used haiku. You would be rejected if you sent your answers in haiku form.

Snow falls so lightly

Winter comes quickly this year
You are rejected

This is what being an English major gets you... A love for haiku.

[Mike McArtor]

Evil Genius wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

Yes, we would care if you used haiku. You would be rejected if you sent your answers in haiku form.

Snow falls so lightly

Winter comes quickly this year
You are rejected

This is what being an English major gets you... A love for haiku.

You, sir, get a cookie.

But only if you don't win this whole thing in the end, because that would be better than a cookie I would think.