Re: BTM Contests

> Very nice idea, sound like you have a solid workable system going.  
> I am not
> sure if a short time frame, such as a week, would work though.  
> Perhaps a
> month to two months. I am formulating my pitch for a contest right  
> now and
> should be ready to throw it online soon.

The week works better for the short story medium; a longer time frame  
is probably better for gaming material, so you're right there. A  
month sounds fair, maybe two months if people would rather.

> Also, even if it is someone revamping/rebooting their old data, it  
> is still
> new data to us. Quality should be the main concern.

True, but for my part I think the point of the contest should be to  
encourage the generation of fresh material. But then, you're right,  
if it's new to us who's to know? Myself, I think I'd prefer trying to  
draft something new.

> -Loki, who needs coffee and AC desperately

Maybe you could find a cup of coffee that tenders a decent Dex bonus.


> On 8/13/07, Matt Hoffman <manta928@?????.com> wrote:
>>
>> On the matter of an SJ contests... let's not just forget about it,
>> let's actually do it!
>>
>> Would it be possible to set up some kind of web-submission form? Or
>> to have someplace online where people can read and judge submissions
>> without having to download them all? (I don't know how you guys have
>> done this thing in the past, what file formats you prefer, or if  
>> text-
>> in-email is the preferred medium) And what's the criteria on judging?
>>
>> You know what might be fun? In a separate corner of the internet,
>> some friends of mine and I hold a semi-annual writing contest. The
>> way it works is, three people each select an "ingredient" (that is,
>> something that must go into the story: a plot element, a character
>> archetype, a narrative device, etc.) and those ingredients are only
>> unveiled at the start of the contest. From there, writers have one
>> week to craft a story using said ingredients, and at the end of that
>> week we all read, rate and critique each others' work (a process
>> which actually sometimes takes a couple months to complete). The
>> three top-scorers get to be the "ingredient" selectors at the next
>> contest.
>>
>> As I was thinking about BTM contests this morning, I wondered if
>> something similar might be workable here. Maybe not the exact
>> formula, but something like a unified theme that is only given at the
>> beginning of the contest (e.g. "design something involving a secret
>> Reigar plan to prank the Arcane"), or maybe multiple themes to keep
>> the contest diverse in the NPCs/Villains/ships and etc. that are
>> submitted.
>>
>> Then again, that might be more rules-heavy than people are used to
>> dealing with here, but it could turn the contest into a vehicle to
>> flesh out the kind of information that is currently up on BTM (that
>> is, a theme can be selected that helps the site to represent some
>> under-represented aspect of the SJ universe). I'm also not sure about
>> how you guys feel about the idea that this "theme"-based approach
>> would effectively keep packrats like me from dredging up years-old
>> text files from the bowels of my computer, polish them up and submit
>> them for a contest; it does sort of mandate something written
>> expressly for a given contest. Anyway. What does everybody think?
>>
>>
>> On Aug 6, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Terry Bigrigg wrote:
>>
>>> well i have an extra complete set of SJ comics I could donate to
>>> the list as
>>> a prize, at least i'm 98% positive that it's a complete set can't
>>> be 100
>>> until I pull them out of the box and double check. i would like to
>>> see them
>>> go to some SJ fans rather than let them continue to sit around.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/6/07, Blackmaer <cslundy@?????????.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ahh, Touche!!
>>>>
>>>> -Blackmaer
>>>>
>>>> ******************************************************************* 
>>>> *
>>>> The D&D Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd
>>>> The Spelljammer Homepage: http://www.spelljammer.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@??????.???????.com
>>>> with UNSUB SPELLJAMMER-L in the body of the message.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - A. Einstein
>>>
>>> ********************************************************************
>>> The D&D Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd
>>> The Spelljammer Homepage: http://www.spelljammer.org
>>> To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@??????.???????.com
>>> with UNSUB SPELLJAMMER-L in the body of the message.
>>
>> ********************************************************************
>> The D&D Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd
>> The Spelljammer Homepage: http://www.spelljammer.org
>> To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@??????.???????.com
>> with UNSUB SPELLJAMMER-L in the body of the message.
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> George "Loki" Williams, writing and other aberrations
>
> Humid City
> http://humidcity.com
>
> Defend New Orleans
> http://www.defendneworleans.com
>
> Consolidated Contact Info
> http://humidcity.com/more-humidity/contact/
>
> ********************************************************************
> The D&D Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd
> The Spelljammer Homepage: http://www.spelljammer.org
> To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@??????.???????.com
> with UNSUB SPELLJAMMER-L in the body of the message.