RPG Superstar 2013 Top 4, RPG Superstar 2011 Top 16
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Dedicated Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7
aka primemover003
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Yep mums the word on any and all ideas you have, had, or submitted until the voting is OVER! A good piece of advice from Neil is to start thinking about your Adventure proposal as you're waiting for the next cut. I feel like I was scrambling this round and though I do like the challenge under pressure I'm gonna get to work on the next round... right after I finish prepping for gaming on Saturday!
Maps, monsters, moolah, Mt. Dew, check.
--Between a Vrock and a hard place
I just submitted as well. Looking at the RPG 2011 page...was it due at 8PM tonight, or tomorrow night? I could have sworn I saw it say Friday night a day ago... Now it just says 8:00 PM.
Has it turned past midnight in your timezone?
Nope, it's only 9:18 GMT here.
To clarify it says Due 10:00 GMT for me when I switch it to my time zone. I still thought it said Friday beforehand, but...better safe than sorry and there's really nothing else I could have changed.
Done, finished, finito, kaput. My co-workers thought I was nuts as I brought in the core book and APG over the last two days. But, lunch is an extra hour I can be reviewing the rules, tweaking grammar and word choice, etc. Reviewing the rules is never a bad thing, as I have been reminded in my item's thread. ;) I've done my best, so we shall see what everyone else thinks.
Good luck to all.
I just submitted mine too. I thought I'd feel better with it out of my hands, but now I'm super paranoid that I missed something or I have one word too many! :)
Same here. Tuesday seems so far away.
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RPG Superstar 2013 Top 4, RPG Superstar 2011 Top 16
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Dedicated Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7
aka primemover003
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I just submitted mine too. I thought I'd feel better with it out of my hands, but now I'm super paranoid that I missed something or I have one word too many! :)Same here. Tuesday seems so far away.
Word.
Submitted! Coming in at 445 words, I was pretty stressed to hit "Submit". Now I worry that somewhere between checking the word count preview and submitting, I made a typo and threw in an extra 5 words. Kind of wish that it told us the word count here just so I don't have to be paranoid.
Well mine is off and away. Good luck to everyone.
I lied, I'm going to submit mine early in the morning. I have until 5pm on East Coast. I know I'm pushing it but I still have one thing I need to look into that suddenly bothered me and I'm so very tired now.
Going to sleep once more on mine, tighten the last nut and bolt and submit in the morn :) Good luck all!
RPG Superstar 2011 Top 32
aka Bats Kabber
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Yep mums the word on any and all ideas you have, had, or submitted until the voting is OVER! A good piece of advice from Neil is to start thinking about your Adventure proposal as you're waiting for the next cut. I feel like I was scrambling this round and though I do like the challenge under pressure I'm gonna get to work on the next round... right after I finish prepping for gaming on Saturday!
Maps, monsters, moolah, Mt. Dew, check.
--Between a Vrock and a hard place
Hmmm. I had planned on posting a rewrite of my wondrous item. You know correct it and clean it up based on the feedback I received. Maybe I shouldn't.
RPG Superstar 2011 Top 32
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Star Voter Season 8
aka Sect
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Hmmm. I had planned on posting a rewrite of my wondrous item. You know correct it and clean it up based on the feedback I received. Maybe I shouldn't.Yep mums the word on any and all ideas you have, had, or submitted until the voting is OVER! A good piece of advice from Neil is to start thinking about your Adventure proposal as you're waiting for the next cut. I feel like I was scrambling this round and though I do like the challenge under pressure I'm gonna get to work on the next round... right after I finish prepping for gaming on Saturday!
Maps, monsters, moolah, Mt. Dew, check.
--Between a Vrock and a hard place
Go ahead and do it: I'm going to be taking a second look at my item as well.
I submitted mine last night. Now I'm anxiously awaiting next week. Good luck all!
Hit the button on mine a little bit ago, and then had the shimmy shakes as the nerves hit ::chuckle:: But it is done and now up to the voters. Good luck all!
Just submitted. The fait is accompli. Which, of course, means that no more than five minutes from now I'll realize a vastly better and more word efficient way to have phrased paragraph 2 of ability replacement x, but that's how it goes. :-)
Okay, I submitted my round 2 entry last night and I have to know if anyone else was dumb like me...
(Wavy lines as we go to flashback~~~)
(~~~end flashback.)
*SPUTTER* Make a quick change?!? You moron, why would make a quick change at the last second? And in the submit window no less?!? Did you even keep track of the change you made? Go stand in the corner!
Arrrgghhh!
Hit the button on mine a little bit ago, and then had the shimmy shakes as the nerves hit ::chuckle::
You think you've got the shimmy shakes now? Just wait until the exit polls start going up and the actual voting public chimes in on your design decisions. You have no idea what kind of anxiety that's going to start inside you. ;-)
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RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16
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(nods) Neil speaks wisdom.
Last year, I made the mistake of looking in on the exit poll thread. Yeesh. (In each case, my entries were right in the middle of the pack, neither in the top third, nor in the bottom.) My advice would be to ignore that thread: no good can come of it.
RPG Superstar 2009 Top 4
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Star Voter Season 6
aka raidou
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Hit the button on mine a little bit ago, and then had the shimmy shakes as the nerves hit ::chuckle::You think you've got the shimmy shakes now? Just wait until the exit polls start going up and the actual voting public chimes in on your design decisions. You have no idea what kind of anxiety that's going to start inside you. ;-)
He's not even a little bit kidding. But it's completely worth it. If the wondrous item round is any indication of future performance, you guys are in for a great contest. I am really, really impressed with what I've seen so far. I wish you all the best of luck!
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RPG Superstar 2013 Top 4, RPG Superstar 2011 Top 16
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Dedicated Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7
aka primemover003
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Hmmm. I had planned on posting a rewrite of my wondrous item. You know correct it and clean it up based on the feedback I received. Maybe I shouldn't.Yep mums the word on any and all ideas you have, had, or submitted until the voting is OVER! A good piece of advice from Neil is to start thinking about your Adventure proposal as you're waiting for the next cut. I feel like I was scrambling this round and though I do like the challenge under pressure I'm gonna get to work on the next round... right after I finish prepping for gaming on Saturday!
Maps, monsters, moolah, Mt. Dew, check.
--Between a Vrock and a hard place
Well I meant this more for the current round and later. Our wondrous items are fair game, probably the only thing we could comment on.
--Vrock it to 'em
Done and Done. I'm probably the last one to enter, but I think it was worth it pushing it close to tweak those last few words. I can honestly say I did my best and I'm proud of what I accomplished.
Okay, I submitted my round 2 entry last night and I have to know if anyone else was dumb like me...
(Wavy lines as we go to flashback~~~)
(~~~end flashback.)
*SPUTTER* Make a quick change?!? You moron, why would make a quick change at the last second? And in the submit window no less?!? Did you even keep track of the change you made? Go stand in the corner!
Arrrgghhh!
Did the exact same thing, so you're not standing in the corner alone. I mean, it was a MINOR change, but it's bugging me that I didn't copy and paste it first.
Done and Done. I'm probably the last one to enter, but I think it was worth it pushing it close to tweak those last few words. I can honestly say I did my best and I'm proud of what I accomplished.
No. You're not the last. :-/
Hit the button on mine a little bit ago, and then had the shimmy shakes as the nerves hit ::chuckle::You think you've got the shimmy shakes now? Just wait until the exit polls start going up and the actual voting public chimes in on your design decisions. You have no idea what kind of anxiety that's going to start inside you. ;-)
I have a slight idea :) I think the hardest part for me is that even though my job is only part time, I leave for work at 2pm PST ... so it's always that moment of can I get the page to load before I have to run out the door LOL!
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RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32, 2011 Top 16
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Star Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9
aka JoelF847
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Okay, I submitted my round 2 entry last night and I have to know if anyone else was dumb like me...
(Wavy lines as we go to flashback~~~)
(~~~end flashback.)
*SPUTTER* Make a quick change?!? You moron, why would make a quick change at the last second? And in the submit window no less?!? Did you even keep track of the change you made? Go stand in the corner!
Arrrgghhh!
I made a small change in the submission window also, you're not alone. But I did update my word doc first and make sure spellcheck didn't red wavy line it before I clicked submit. My version and the submitted version should match.
I did the same thing with my wondrous item. I think that, for whatever reason, reading through it in a different format is just different enough that you catch things that you gloss over subconsciously when you're re-reading your word doc version for the 15th time.
Hit the button on mine a little bit ago, and then had the shimmy shakes as the nerves hit ::chuckle::You think you've got the shimmy shakes now? Just wait until the exit polls start going up and the actual voting public chimes in on your design decisions. You have no idea what kind of anxiety that's going to start inside you. ;-)
Eh. You call it anxiety. I call it slow, soul-crushing, alcoholism-inducing despair. To-may-to, to-mah-to.
I also took a screenshot of my submission, so I know exactly what was submitted.
Whew.
Okay, round 2 entry submitted. Now, to go find an avatar...
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Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9
aka Boxhead
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Hit the button on mine a little bit ago, and then had the shimmy shakes as the nerves hit ::chuckle::You think you've got the shimmy shakes now? Just wait until the exit polls start going up and the actual voting public chimes in on your design decisions. You have no idea what kind of anxiety that's going to start inside you. ;-)He's not even a little bit kidding. But it's completely worth it. If the wondrous item round is any indication of future performance, you guys are in for a great contest. I am really, really impressed with what I've seen so far. I wish you all the best of luck!
Yep, all that they said. Especially when you end up doing really badly in every measure on the boards. It doesn't really get easier the second time, either.
Still waiting on three more submissions (we have 33 so far)!
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RPG Superstar 2011 Top 32
aka Bats Kabber
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Still waiting on three more submissions (we have 33 so far)!
Somebody is cutting it close.
Is anyone else worried about the "twist"? I'm reluctant to put too much time into a villain, for example, if the twist is going to be that we have to use one of the archetypes submitted by another contestant. Or am I over thinking it?
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Dedicated Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8
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Still waiting on three more submissions (we have 33 so far)!
Well, mine got in about the time you posted this, so that's perhaps one more! I was done last night but decided to sleep on it. Glad the submission went smoothly.
Now I get to wait 'til Tuesday to see if I'm even going to be in the competition. Better start practicing my Craft (Villain) skill anyway!
My guess is that the twist is to make a villain that would oppose one of the archetypes we made in some interesting way, rather than be built using one of them. That's what I would make it were I to run the contest, though it does seem a bit more challenging.
Eh. You call it anxiety. I call it slow, soul-crushing, alcoholism-inducing despair. To-may-to, to-mah-to.
That sounds like the process of writing my Thesis, and then the twenty minutes spent pacing outside of the room while the committee went over it. :)
About two minutes to go now. Everybody get theirs in?
Looking over the previous year's locations is interesting. If I get that far I think I've got a good idea for it.
About two minutes to go now. Everybody get theirs in?
It's still telling me I submitted. Now, did my actual archetype get submitted or did it get eaten along the way and I only submitted a blank white page? I guess I will find out soon.
Good luck everyone!
Still waiting on three more submissions (we have 33 so far)!Somebody is cutting it close.
Is anyone else worried about the "twist"? I'm reluctant to put too much time into a villain, for example, if the twist is going to be that we have to use one of the archetypes submitted by another contestant. Or am I over thinking it?
I know, it's hard without seeing what the rules will be. I'm just try to compile various monsters/races that interest me. Looking at villian entries from previous years, some of things you can start thinking about now are motivation for your villian and various plot hooks.
I got mine in a few hours ago, but then I just had to step away from the computer for a bit.
I have to say I felt a heck of a lot better going through this thread and realizing everyone else also spent the last day having to finesse the word count.
Still, in the end I think I managed to squeeze pretty much everything I wanted in.
Good luck everybody! I don't imagine I'll get much sleep on the 25th...
At this very moment, someone is looking at their submission, about to throw a computer off a high-rise because they hit the 'preview' button rather than submit.
I do hope everyone got their submission in.
How's everyone going to relax this weekend? Anyone planning on playing Pathfinder? I was hoping too but one of my main player's is going out on a date on Sunday, our usual day (can you believe he would choose a girl over his Top 32 RPG Superstar GM?). So with that, I'll probably be catching up on neglected homework. I have to work on a self reflection speech about myself as a leader plus work on a leadership presentation about a moral leader (and it can't be my old paladin with the leadership feat). But, the good news is that I just got the Bestiary 2 to paw through and "The Town" came in today from Netflix. Oh, and Sam Adams Noble Pilsner is out in stores, so that's good too. I would go to the Meat House the next town over to pick up some of their steak tips but it's supposed to be in the negative degrees this weekend in NH.
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Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9
aka Boxhead
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Putting my feet up, having a glass of wine, probably trying to brainstorm villain ideas and put some background reading in. Trying to build villains without having any idea if there's a twist next round is slightly off-putting, but I'm keeping them intentionally vague at the moment.
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RPG Superstar 2013 Top 4, RPG Superstar 2011 Top 16
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Dedicated Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7
aka primemover003
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I will definitely be playing some Pathfinder. My groups been on holiday hiatus since the begining of december! Saturday morning will be all about mapping the circus of a celebrity bard, building an encounter against the resident lion tamer and his pets (thank you Chronicles Pathfinder Podcast), and a chase through Kaer Maga's market with a Red Mantis assassin.
--Vrock Salt
How's everyone going to relax this weekend?
I'm going back to school! So I'll get to see my friends, enjoy the wonderful cafeteria food, and probably play some Little Big Planet!
But really, who is going to relax when the Packers vs. Bears game is on?
Go PACK go! :D
My weekend is beginning with Catan, but it will end with me catching up on my accounting homework.
I will definitely be playing some Pathfinder. My groups been on holiday hiatus since the begining of december! Saturday morning will be all about mapping the circus of a celebrity bard, building an encounter against the resident lion tamer and his pets (thank you Chronicles Pathfinder Podcast), and a chase through Kaer Maga's market with a Red Mantis assassin.
--Vrock Salt
I'd love to hear some more about your circus adventure! My group played through one when the Carnival of Shadows rolled through Sharn in our Eberron game a few years back!
Our half-elf sorcerer decided to seduce the resident Elephant Trainer .. hey! She was a looker with her elven features and Mark of Shadow!
