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I got a little tired of waiting & watching people complain about Judges with lives, so I went ahead & threw this together. I am convinced there is no problem whatsoever with starting a new Contest while we wait for the old one to die off finish.
NOTE: This is just my idea. If you think we should have a Poll with a bunch more ideas, go right ahead & make it so (hopefully including my suggestion in there as "Race-Off Face-Off", with a link to this thread).
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Basically the Theme is "racial spells"; simple, cool, fun. However, I know from experience that can be kind of frustrating, limited, and even boring: "oh look, everyone picked Demonic!..." *two dozen entries with fiery pentagrams*. It just can be. So INSTEAD, I thought "why not pick 2, generally 'opposite' races, and each Contestant can pick which race they make; at the end it's like a 'battle royale'; did Team Troll or Team Elf win**?
So you pick a "race pair" in the Poll, and that way we all have some choices. Make a spell for either one of the chosen race... Or perhaps make one spell each for both... Or make a pair of racial abilities that are, like, complementary/opposites/homonyms (however you interpret that)... Etc
Thoughts?
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*"Feykin" is meant to be understood as "woodland beasts & spirits", as aligned with the Night Elf Sentinels. Mountain Giant, Faerie Dragon, Keeper of the Grove, Dryad, Hippogryph, Chimaera, Panther/Tiger... Basically the Night Elves' "sub-race" similar to how Nerubians are sort of a "sub-race" in the Undead Scourge.
**Actually, that could even be part of it; add up all the scores of those that did Troll spells & Elf spells, weight them for the # of entrants in each, then compare the two & everyone on the winning side gets Rep/award. Lol, I've never heard of that before but it would be quite interesting methinks. Like a "team-battle", giving you a 'side' to root for.
This would probably work best with the "pick one side, make one spell" option.
***By "Elves" in "Trolls vs. Elves", I mean "High/Blood Elves"
BTW I'm totally not Hosting this one (much as I'd like to), so I'm not really gonna be hurt either way, if we go with this or with something else. Just make sure to find someone to Host.
NOTE: This is just my idea. If you think we should have a Poll with a bunch more ideas, go right ahead & make it so (hopefully including my suggestion in there as "Race-Off Face-Off", with a link to this thread).
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Basically the Theme is "racial spells"; simple, cool, fun. However, I know from experience that can be kind of frustrating, limited, and even boring: "oh look, everyone picked Demonic!..." *two dozen entries with fiery pentagrams*. It just can be. So INSTEAD, I thought "why not pick 2, generally 'opposite' races, and each Contestant can pick which race they make; at the end it's like a 'battle royale'; did Team Troll or Team Elf win**?
So you pick a "race pair" in the Poll, and that way we all have some choices. Make a spell for either one of the chosen race... Or perhaps make one spell each for both... Or make a pair of racial abilities that are, like, complementary/opposites/homonyms (however you interpret that)... Etc
Thoughts?
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*"Feykin" is meant to be understood as "woodland beasts & spirits", as aligned with the Night Elf Sentinels. Mountain Giant, Faerie Dragon, Keeper of the Grove, Dryad, Hippogryph, Chimaera, Panther/Tiger... Basically the Night Elves' "sub-race" similar to how Nerubians are sort of a "sub-race" in the Undead Scourge.
**Actually, that could even be part of it; add up all the scores of those that did Troll spells & Elf spells, weight them for the # of entrants in each, then compare the two & everyone on the winning side gets Rep/award. Lol, I've never heard of that before but it would be quite interesting methinks. Like a "team-battle", giving you a 'side' to root for.
This would probably work best with the "pick one side, make one spell" option.
***By "Elves" in "Trolls vs. Elves", I mean "High/Blood Elves"
BTW I'm totally not Hosting this one (much as I'd like to), so I'm not really gonna be hurt either way, if we go with this or with something else. Just make sure to find someone to Host.
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