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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 29, 2014 13:53:26 GMT -5
I'm seeing three to four players taking a game way too seriously, one guy who's not super into it, and a frustrated DM.
Assuming they're all separate people you're looking at:
Bard -> Player
Dwarf -> Player
Elf -> Player
Spirit Healer -> Player
Barbarian -> Player
DM
Minimum:
Elven Bard -> Player (singing whilst oiling bow)
Dwarven Barbarian -> Alex (barely paying attention)
Spirit Healer -> Player
DM
The environment is perplexing though.... The dwarf was able to slam his tankard down which implies a barroom or tavern of some sort, but the elf was oiling his/her bow and having weapons drawn (even if not actively brandished) seems improper for a tavern type setting. Perhaps the characters are staying at an inn and are in their room? But that leaves the Dwarf drinking up in his room which has odd implications of its own considering most inns would have a tavern either downstairs or close by where he wouldn't have to dip into his private reserves.
Or, I suppose, they could be outdoors; a campfire type setting perhaps? But then what did the mug get slammed on? A rock? A log?
Questions....
Also, the use of quotes is odd. If this was three people sitting around a table, you'd think they'd have to narrate their own actions, ie:
Or it seems like their would be some separation between in-game narration and out of game narration:
Hmmm...
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jan 29, 2014 14:34:05 GMT -5
>.> ...
heh ...
Did Zovo just review the starter?
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 29, 2014 14:41:03 GMT -5
>.> ... heh ... Did Zovo just review the starter? Just my thought process when I read it. It seemed a little lack-luster after the hype... But there's a -lot- to work with there. |
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Post by James on Jan 29, 2014 17:36:31 GMT -5
The beginning is the one I submitted. James does not approve. That's a bit unfair. I agree with Zovo that there's a lot to work with from the beginning. It's just a combination of the hype about the beginning before hand and, if I'm picking Pete's beginnings correctly, that wasn't even his best one. |
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Post by Kaez on Jan 29, 2014 17:58:08 GMT -5
That's a bit unfair. I agree with Zovo that there's a lot to work with from the beginning. It's just a combination of the hype about the beginning before hand and, if I'm picking Pete's beginnings correctly, that wasn't even his best one. I agree with. |
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Post by Kwan on Jan 29, 2014 18:26:15 GMT -5
That's a bit unfair. I agree with Zovo that there's a lot to work with from the beginning. It's just a combination of the hype about the beginning before hand and, if I'm picking Pete's beginnings correctly, that wasn't even his best one. I'd actually agree with that - I think the one I used for [Admin Censored] was arguably his best - but I wanted to use something particularly different for the Thunderdome. I still kind of regret not using Chip Mannington for the Thunderdome two years back. |
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Post by James on Jan 31, 2014 18:27:46 GMT -5
So are we going to attempt to do more competitions this year, AWR? Because we made the most minor of recoveries last year on the number of competitions front:
2009 - 7
2010 - 9
2011 - 5
2012 - 2
2013 - 3
And it's not like we don't have a deficit of competition ideas (and the MegaChallenge worked well, I thought). It's just up to how much we all want to write/be writing things for competitions.
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Post by Injin on Jan 31, 2014 19:07:41 GMT -5
So are we going to attempt to do more competitions this year, AWR? Because we made the most minor of recoveries last year on the number of competitions front: 2009 - 7 2010 - 9 2011 - 5 2012 - 2 2013 - 3 And it's not like we don't have a deficit of competition ideas (and the MegaChallenge worked well, I thought). It's just up to how much we all want to write/be writing things for competitions. I think people have been a little busier the last few years, but I might be wrong. We might want to try something we've never tried before. If that means anything. |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 31, 2014 19:14:33 GMT -5
Naw, we just got lazy about the monthly competitions.
I'd be curious how those numbers correlate to the actual numbers of participants in those competitions.
I mean, one Arena with 13 participants outshines 3 monthlies with four each. Especially if it's the same four people every time.
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Post by James on Jan 31, 2014 19:19:25 GMT -5
Yeah, 2011's Monthly Competitions (four) were quite low turnout, I think.
But 2009 used to regularly get 8-15 people writing monthly. Obviously we're not going to be able to do that anymore, but I think we can probably beat 3 competitions for the year with good turnout.
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Post by Inkdrinker on Jan 31, 2014 19:35:32 GMT -5
I'm no good at organizing, but I'll enter every competition. I don't seem to get much writing done without a deadline, and self made ones are so bendable when one lacks willpower..
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Post by JMDavis ((Silver)) on Jan 31, 2014 22:00:16 GMT -5
I'd definitely be down for more competitions!
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Feb 1, 2014 14:52:34 GMT -5
I'd definitely be down for more competitions! Ditto :3 I miss the monthly's but they were difficult to keep up and a lot of people had stuff to do regarding college/school/etc. |
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Post by James on Feb 1, 2014 16:38:07 GMT -5
Well, the current big competitions we have:
The Arena
The AWR Cup/MegaChallenge.
If we keep The Arena on an every January cycle and the MegaChallenge on a July/August Cycle that gives us say five to seven competitions (considering there may be times where no one wants to write and competitions should go on a break).
Smaller competitions that don't need so many people to make them work:
The Monthly Challenge.
So really, we need to design competitions where we don't need as many people to write so they don't fall apart if some people just need a break. Like the Challenge.
What ideas have we had over the last year? A Team Competition? A backward Arena where the ending is already written? Spot the Taed/Reffy?
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Post by Injin on Feb 2, 2014 1:21:11 GMT -5
Well, the current big competitions we have: The Arena The AWR Cup/MegaChallenge. If we keep The Arena on an every January cycle and the MegaChallenge on a July/August Cycle that gives us say five to seven competitions (considering there may be times where no one wants to write and competitions should go on a break). Smaller competitions that don't need so many people to make them work: The Monthly Challenge. So really, we need to design competitions where we don't need as many people to write so they don't fall apart if some people just need a break. Like the Challenge. What ideas have we had over the last year? A Team Competition? A backward Arena where the ending is already written? Spot the Taed/Reffy? What about the Preferential Melee? You vote on which are your favorites in numerical order and each round two or one person is dropped, depending on the amount of people. |
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