I think I have a decent shot of getting in this year - much more than in previous years, but if not, I'm really looking foreward to cheering on my favorites. I wont feel the stress until tomorrow when I am unable to log on due to server traffic or have to wait until after work to see if I'm in.
I wasn't expecting to qualify last year, and I honestly think I have a better entry this year. We shall see. I saw it twice pre-cut, and none post-cut. But there were a lot of truly lousy items I saw multiple times post-cut (sometimes in successive pairings!), so that's no indicator.
Ah, well, can only wait! best of luck to everyone!
==Bob D.
RPG Superstar 2012 Top 16
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I think I have a decent shot of getting in this year - much more than in previous years, but if not, I'm really looking foreward to cheering on my favorites. I wont feel the stress until tomorrow when I am unable to log on due to server traffic or have to wait until after work to see if I'm in.
I have to start work an hour before the announcement and will not have internet while I'm there.
I have to start work an hour before the announcement and will not have internet while I'm there.I think I have a decent shot of getting in this year - much more than in previous years, but if not, I'm really looking foreward to cheering on my favorites. I wont feel the stress until tomorrow when I am unable to log on due to server traffic or have to wait until after work to see if I'm in.
That rots! Hopefully someone can phone you at work and let you know. That's just torture.
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RPG Superstar 2012 Top 16
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I have to start work an hour before the announcement and will not have internet while I'm there.I think I have a decent shot of getting in this year - much more than in previous years, but if not, I'm really looking foreward to cheering on my favorites. I wont feel the stress until tomorrow when I am unable to log on due to server traffic or have to wait until after work to see if I'm in.
That rots! Hopefully someone can phone you at work and let you know. That's just torture.
Yeah...I have that covered. I might even borrow my daughter's kindle to check the boards.
I finish work at 5:30 PM EST. Should I:
A) Check the site on my cellphone as soon as possible, get all flustered, attempt unsuccessfully to carry on with my day, and anger clients, coworkers, and bosses
B) Drive like a mad man as soon as I punch out, as if getting home earlier would improve my chances
C) Go to the gym (right next to my office) to work off nerves first, then return home, take a shower, eat and relax a bit, then calmly check the site
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You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.
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You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.
As long as you didn't bash my item as bad this year as you did last year. :)
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>_>
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You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.
We made your job this year for round one easier and you take pleasure from torturing us? Man, that's not Orcus evil: that's Nick Logue evil!
;)
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You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.
Nah, that's not evil...that's just plain old good fun.
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I'll probably check my email and the forums tomorrow like everyone else but after five years I know better than to get my hopes up. I still wish everyone that does make it the best of luck and good job. There were a lot of very interesting items this year, a lot of potential, and a lot of things that made me think--while I wouldn't use it as was in my games I certainly liked the ideas behind them enough to do some tweaking. So thank you all for that as well.
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You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.
My routine for the last two years has been to look at my inbox, wait patiently until 5 past the hour, drop the head slightly, then go look at the Top 32. You can start laughing now Clark.
Best Regards
Herremann the Wise
You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.
If you were truly evil it would have sounded like ... Muhahahahaha
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I'm having this weird feeling all of a sudden.... For some reason I want to write an adventure proposal to add paladin levels to a tarrasque and give him an awakened tyrannosaurus fighter as a cohort. The followers of the tarrasque would be awakened deinonychus ninjas. The adventure would be a journey to the Abyss to visit a certain demon lord. Hmmm.... wonder where that came from....
You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.My routine for the last two years has been to look at my inbox, wait patiently until 5 past the hour, drop the head slightly, then go look at the Top 32. You can start laughing now Clark.
Best Regards
Herremann the Wise
Oh crap. You just made me realize that if I make it I'll get notice via email on my phone whether I wanted to wait to see it or not. That's gonna ruin my last half hour of work either way...
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You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.We made your job this year for round one easier and you take pleasure from torturing us? Man, that's not Orcus evil: that's Nick Logue evil!
;)
Hey whoa whoa whoa man. Let's not get hasty here. It's evil, but it's not Logue evil.
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Typos, formatting errors, and other small issues were not grounds for disqualifitation.While that's mostly true, if your formatting error was the only thing preventing you from going over 300 words (i.e. leaving out a word from the template or no space between the price/cost and "gp"), it could get you disqualified.
I reported quite a few where spacing or leaving out template bits brought the count over 300. Didn't see a single one I reported afterwords.
I'm having this weird feeling all of a sudden.... For some reason I want to write an adventure proposal to add paladin levels to a tarrasque and give him an awakened tyrannosaurus fighter as a cohort. The followers of the tarrasque would be awakened deinonychus ninjas. The adventure would be a journey to the Abyss to visit a certain demon lord. Hmmm.... wonder where that came from....
BB, don't worry. Since you are a marathon voter and, based on my prior post that marathon voters are either surprisingly well represented or surprisingly poorly represented, then there is a strong likelihood you are either in or you are out. See?
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Hey whoa whoa whoa man. Let's not get hasty here. It's evil, but it's not Logue evil.
Even I have to agree with that.
I know I'm a little late into this thread. I'm very nervous. I ended up being very busy after the first week or so of voting, so I don't have a particularly strong frame-of-reference for how my item stacks up. I saw many items that were worse than mine...but I now don't feel that my item has alot of that "pow WHAM SHAZZAAAAM" that a contest-oriented submission should have.
It is weird. I've never done anything like this before. I've had close friends have great success with RPG Superstar...indeed who quote it as a turning point in their lives. I guess this leaves me feeling like I'm about to make a jump off a precipice, looking to land on the classic "rpg life-saving getaway ship", but I think I'm bad at jumping, at least in this god-awful metaphor.
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I kind of wish that post top 32 announcements there was a list of maybe 10 items that the voters could fan favorite 1 back into the pool (might be weird but it would also let us defend or fight out for our favorites.)
It's weird, normally I would be looking forward to reveal with great excitement and trepidation, whereas this year, it's more, "I wonder if my picks made it" rather than "I wonder if I made it" excitement.
Ever hear of Fantasy Football? I believe you're reeling from a case of Fantasy RPG Superstar.
You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.
OHH... The demonity of it all!
I did not expect it at all in my first year and was caught off guard. I thought I would make it last year and didn't quite make it. I am somewhere between those places this year, acknowledging that my item was slightly hasty in its creation, and competition was quite stiff. I did create an archetype to be prepared - but am in no expectation that I will be there, and will be happy to be pleasantly surprised.
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Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. I've entered all six years now and, though I feel this year was by best entry yet, I'm not getting my hopes up. Each year of disappointment was less difficult than previous letdown and this one should be even easier. Except this year I've already sunk a ton of time into an entry for the second round, creating 5 archetypes (only two of which I'm really considering now), when in previous years I had only done some note taking and brainstorming. That might make it harder this year. Of course, if I don't make the top 32 I will post all five of them on the "What I would have entered" thread.
Good luck, everyone. Don't get too stressed out about it. There is always next year.
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I can honestly say I feel calm. There is a little bit of excitement for the race begiining tomorrow & excitment of the top 32's great work. But after 6 entries & dozens of practice items I feel calm about my personal chances.
Not many six timers left, but lots of practice at eating humble pie. So I'm calm, let's have fun :)
I had gone back to Zen-Contestant mode... ...Until Clark started taunting us again. *fist shake*
Though, to be quite honest, I'm getting more and more of a sinking feeling that I won't be breaking the Top 32 this year, so right now I'm mostly curious how many of items that made it are ones I saw during voting.
Though, the results go up at 4PM tomorrow, here...so work is gonna draaaaaaaaaaaaaag...
I wonder if any of the 32 voted less than 100 times? That would seem kinda weird in some ways, but it's not impossible...
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Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. I've entered all six years now and, though I feel this year was by best entry yet, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Phloid. Hmmm. Marathon voter, I see. Hmmm. Sorry I can't tell you what I know. I guess you'll just have to wait 'till tomorrow to know if your "best entry yet" was good enough. :) Sleep tight my good sir!
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I had gone back to Zen-Contestant mode... ...Until Clark started taunting us again. *fist shake*
Though, to be quite honest, I'm getting more and more of a sinking feeling that I won't be breaking the Top 32 this year, so right now I'm mostly curious how many of items that made it are ones I saw during voting.
Though, the results go up at 4PM tomorrow, here...so work is gonna draaaaaaaaaaaaaag...
Stay Zen Bob.
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Listen, this year was really good. Will it, in the end, yield a Neil or a Boomer or Jason or any of the many others who have gone on to finish high (not even necessarily win) and parley that into more freelance work, that remains to be seen. But I have to admit I am impressed with the field this year from top to bottom. So if you don't make the cut, don't hang your head. Keep at it. And those of you who just missed, submit your item for discussion and as you know we will all help.
Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. I've entered all six years now and, though I feel this year was by best entry yet, I'm not getting my hopes up.Phloid. Hmmm. Marathon voter, I see. Hmmm. Sorry I can't tell you what I know. I guess you'll just have to wait 'till tomorrow to know if your "best entry yet" was good enough. :) Sleep tight my good sir!
...i'll mostly likely crush you in the morning.
(i think you forgot to finish that para-quote)
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Listen, this year was really good. Will it, in the end, yield a Neil or a Boomer or Jason or any of the many others who have gone on to finish high (not even necessarily win) and parley that into more freelance work, that remains to be seen. But I have to admit I am impressed with the field this year from top to bottom. So if you don't make the cut, don't hang your head. Keep at it. And those of you who just missed, submit your item for discussion and as you know we will all help.
My first introduction to the Paizo Boards was the first RPGSS and because of the encouragement, the suggestions, the advice, and the dedication from the likes of Clark, Neil, SKR, and the community as a whole over the years, I keep coming back. It is wonderful to see that the people behind the industry of the game are so dedicated to the core of what RPG's are...a creative outlet to share with friends. The fact that they want to encourage all of us to be creative and succeed at the dream of being "in the business" only shows they know that the game is more than just business.
OK, fine...I'll post. I am excited and trepid. Not unusually so. I think and hope my design skills are chosen. Although I saw some things I would correct, one or two trifling and idiotic errors.
Edit...
Also, I succeed on my will save against Clark's Marathon voter comment. I am determined not to let it get me more excited or depressed.
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I'm feeling nervous and kind of jittery, but excited and wishing well to all. May the best designers win! :)
I can honestly say I feel calm. There is a little bit of excitement for the race begiining tomorrow & excitment of the top 32's great work. But after 6 entries & dozens of practice items I feel calm about my personal chances.
Not many six timers left, but lots of practice at eating humble pie. So I'm calm, let's have fun :)
Right with you here :)
I am...
...certain I survived the cull.
...confident I'm in the top 50%.
...optimistic I'm in the top 100.
...skeptical I'm in the top 32.
I'm in about this area. A small formatting mistake aside, I thought that my item was in the better half, but comparing it to many of its close contemporaries I realized that there were a lot of things I could have done better.
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Right with you here :)I can honestly say I feel calm. There is a little bit of excitement for the race begiining tomorrow & excitment of the top 32's great work. But after 6 entries & dozens of practice items I feel calm about my personal chances.
Not many six timers left, but lots of practice at eating humble pie. So I'm calm, let's have fun :)
This is my sixth year, too. Just so you know. There's success, and there's success. I have learned every year from the process...
This is my sixth year, too. Just so you know. There's success, and there's success. I have learned every year from the process...Right with you here :)I can honestly say I feel calm. There is a little bit of excitement for the race begiining tomorrow & excitment of the top 32's great work. But after 6 entries & dozens of practice items I feel calm about my personal chances.
Not many six timers left, but lots of practice at eating humble pie. So I'm calm, let's have fun :)
Me too - and scary thing is I have learnt again from seeing all the entries ( or most of them anyway, my list is mapless :( ) - as in bringing sharper focus on the 27 even more.
You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.
This teasing post gave rise to me making a list of everyone in the list prior to this post.
Why?
Because dear friends, everyone on this list could now be described as having a 1 in 36 chance of being "in" :)
List is purely alphabetical, no ranking implied or otherwise:
+2 Draino
Agirlnamedbob
Andrew Marlowe
Anthony Adam
Bob Drouin
Chris Shaeffer
Clouds Without Water
Coridan
Correlon
DeathQuaker
DM_Aka_Dudemeister
Doug Bailey
Eric Hindley
Eric Morton
Feros
GM_Solspiral
Herremann the Wise
Jacob Kellog
Jacob Trier
Jacob W Michaels
Jamsus
Jerett Schaufele
Mikko Kallio
Pedro Coelho
Reckless
Shadowborn
Spahrep
Sporge
Steven T. Helt
Sulaco
Swashbuckler
Thomas LeBlanc
Trialbyfireent
Turin the Mad (Old Man Fu)
Warfteiner
Woodengolem
I just realized that I will probably be very busy around the time that the announcement is made and likely won't get a chance to find out if I am in the top 32 or not until some hours later.
You know what is truly evil? Reading your posts and knowing which of you made it and which of you didn't. Hehehehe.This teasing post gave rise to me making a list of everyone in the list prior to this post.
Why?
Because dear friends, everyone on this list could now be described as having a 1 in 36 chance of being "in" :)
*Glances at her Marathon tag*
Part of me wishes I'd posted before that... and the rest of me is satisfied to wait until tomorrow and just make sure I have my cherry wine handy in case of disappointment.
make sure I have my cherry wine handy in case of disappointment.
(homer voice) mmmmm, cherry wine... (/homer voice)
Listen, this year was really good. Will it, in the end, yield a Neil or a Boomer or Jason or any of the many others who have gone on to finish high (not even necessarily win) and parley that into more freelance work, that remains to be seen. But I have to admit I am impressed with the field this year from top to bottom. So if you don't make the cut, don't hang your head. Keep at it. And those of you who just missed, submit your item for discussion and as you know we will all help.My first introduction to the Paizo Boards was the first RPGSS and because of the encouragement, the suggestions, the advice, and the dedication from the likes of Clark, Neil, SKR, and the community as a whole over the years, I keep coming back. It is wonderful to see that the people behind the industry of the game are so dedicated to the core of what RPG's are...a creative outlet to share with friends. The fact that they want to encourage all of us to be creative and succeed at the dream of being "in the business" only shows they know that the game is more than just business.
+1