Good Contest Ideas For This Season

[Thomas LeBlanc]

So many negative things have been said about the contest this year (including by me), that I think we need somewhere to point out what we like about what has been announced so far.

BIG THUMBS UP:

1) Limited to PRD only. Will make looking up spells easier and less Golarion specific knowledge of setting for voters. Proper nouns mentioned one time are hard to get excited about...

2) No Technology Guide. I know lots of people like it, but it doesn't have universal appeal.

3) No preview of upcoming rounds! Makes pre-designing much harder.

4) Item categories are much better than last year. I like the change up of not just doing Wondrous Items last year and glad to see it continue.

5) Return of the Owen

[Isaac Volynskiy]

6) No Bee incidents (as of yet)

[Jacob W. Michaels]

7) I like the shared maps for the encounter round. I loved the shared mug shots from the villain round in 2011 and I don't think we needed to see competitors do two maps.

[Rose Stack]

Petty Alchemy wrote:

6) No Bee incidents (as of yet)

???

[Curaigh]

8) Eight... eight.... I forget what eight is for.

9) Nine is for a Blazing cause.

10) Ten is for Halloween Halloween Halloween! winner announce date :)

[Matt Morris]

Though I was surprised by the timeframe, I also prefer it to the old one.

I think the expanded categories for round 1 are great. It should give a little better variety during voting.

[The black raven]

I argued for several small cullings rather than a single huge one. I never thought I would see it come true.

YES !!!

Though I guess the post-cull items sightings will become harder to follow :-/

[Brigg]

If anything, multiple small culls are a great way to keep all the contestants in constant suspense during the voting process. ^.^

Contestant: "Another cull happened!"
*Prays frantically to see his/her item again while casting votes.*
*Sees own item*
"Whew!"

[The black raven]

Brigg wrote:

If anything, multiple small culls are a great way to keep all the contestants in constant suspense during the voting process. ^.^

Contestant: "Another cull happened!"
*Prays frantically to see his/her item again while casting votes.*
*Sees own item*
"Whew!"

But ... I was really hoping to get some sleep this time around ; ;

[Brigg]

Last year was my first RPGSS. And during the voting, I was very pleased with how the process worked! Pitting two items up against each other in a 60-second battle for the heart and mind of the reader.

And to be able to see how diverse the ideas of the community-at-large are. So much fun!