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reismark
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Paragon of Virtue
Jan 1970
time: 00:13
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After exhausting all possible sources of information, including Encyclopedia Britannica, Poor Richard's Almanac, and of course, the Zodiac (not forgetting of course, the ballots we sent out) the SDC staff has arrived at a decision for the two topics that will comprise the Third Scenario Design Contest!
Fantastic Worlds Platform: Dracula
Test of Time Platform: The Argonauts
Not to my complete surprise, these were the two most popular topics. We selected Dracula over the Argonauts for the Fantastic Worlds contest for a couple of important reasons:
1. Dracula was the most popular theme among the balloters (just barely ahead of the Argonauts). We feel that this is an accurate reflection of the community's desires, and so by making Dracula FW instead of ToT, we will be giving more Civers an opportunity to pursue Dracula as a topic (since there is a proportional amount more of people who own FW versus owning ToT).
2. A number of prominent Civers in the community had expressed their desire of pursuing a historical topic, while others wanted to pursue another fantasy topic. Dracula just happens to kill two birds with one stone. We will allow entries that depict both the fantasy world of vampires threaded in literature and media, but we will also allow entries based on the actual life and times of the count whom this myth is supposedly based upon.
3. We saw more substantial opportunities for the newer aspects of ToT (such as linked maps and the like) to be utilized with the Argonauts theme. For example, one doing an Argonauts ToT scenario could create four maps: one each of heaven, earth, the seas, and the underworld. (If you have read classical Greek and Roman mythology, you know what I'm talking about).
That's a few reasons, but who the hell cares? 
We are targeting Christmas Day as the opening day for codename distribution. At that time, the official rules for the contest will be posted, and all other issues will be dealt with before that time.
Welcome to the Third Scenario Design Contest! This has been a public service message brought to you by HAC and the Scenario League.
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"The worst lies are those left unsaid." - ghen
The Millennium is Coming! Run For Your Lives!
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benedetti
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My excuses, Mr. Hendrick the Great.
If the decision is not changed and Easter Island does not make it as a contest topic and you decide to do the scenario anyway, I would be glad to help.
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reismark
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Paragon of Virtue
Jan 1970
time: 00:13
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quote:
Originally posted by reismark on 12-03-1999 01:54 PM
2. A number of prominent Civers in the community had expressed their desire of pursuing a historical topic, while others wanted to pursue another fantasy topic. Dracula just happens to kill two birds with one stone. We will allow entries that depict both the fantasy world of vampires threaded in literature and media, but we will also allow entries based on the actual life and times of the count whom this myth is supposedly based upon.
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In other words, it'll be the choice of the entrant whether to do a vampiric Dracula scenario or a historical Vlad the Impaler scenario. Your choice.
Unfortunately for you Easter Island folk, on the off-side chance that we would replace one of the topics (that one would probably be Argonauts), the next-in-line would be the Raj, not Easter Island. It's a longshot to see that topic in. Personally, I don't see either topic getting replaced, but probably getting switched. In that event, Techumseh would help you, Hendrik, figure out ToT so you could submit an entry.
I am still waiting to hear from Blackclove...
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Hodadian Award Central- hac@apolyton.net
"The worst lies are those left unsaid." - ghen
The Millennium is Coming! Run For Your Lives!
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benedetti
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Scusi, forgot to add the signature to my previous post
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Well the Quebec girls really knock me out
they leave the US behind
And Toronto girls make me sing and shout
that Victoria's always on my mind
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Cam
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Australia
Jan 1970
time: 14:43
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I'm just wanting to restate my earlier question as to why both ToT and FW can't be Dracula? It is my impression from Reismark's post; quote:
We saw more substantial opportunities for the newer aspects of ToT (such as linked maps and the like) to be utilized with the Argonauts theme. For example, one doing an Argonauts ToT scenario could create four maps: one each of heaven, earth, the seas, and the underworld. (If you have read classical Greek and Roman mythology, you know what I'm talking about). |
.... that the reason The Argonauts was selected was because it was envisaged to suit ToT well. Now that's not happening, why are we stuck with an arguably inappropriate (for Fantastic Worlds) second-choice theme?
Apologies to benedetti, but I'm not sure why the 'maze-like' theme of The Argonauts will translate well to FW, and I would be interested in getting some advice on this.
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blackclove
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Cam, a lot of people liked the Argonauts idea, and it was pretty much a toss-up between it and Dracula. It looks as though we will leave the parameters pretty open as far as what Argonauts is about, with the caveat that it should be a bronze age fantasy or bronze age quasi-historical scenario. We'll also provide lots of thoughts on the "real" Argonauts and possibly some icons for you to use. I think the key thing will be for it to be a "quest-like" scenario of some kind. However, Reismark and I are in deliberation about the actual rules right now, so we are open to suggestions.
The scenario seems quite appropriate for either FW or ToT, in my opinion, and leaves room for a lot of interpretation. Plus, if you want to do Dracula, you can always get ToT
I think we should NOT provide a map for this contest for either Dracula or Argonauts, though for the latter we may provide an optional Aegean map.
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Cam
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Australia
Jan 1970
time: 14:43
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Just wondering....
Blackclove's going away for Christmas - is the site still going to be launched on Christmas as planned?
Will there be some advice on how The Argonauts theme can be done any other way than as a quest? Will there be a guide on how closely this theme needs to be followed, or can a participant create 'any old Bronze Age fantasy game' with occasional references to Jason and The Argonauts?
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Cam (edited December 19, 1999).]</font>
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