The FtA! Random Chart Design Contest Commentary Thread

Skyrock · September 30, 2007, 04:41:13 PM

Quote from: JamesVI think some cool stuff definitely came out of it.

Indeed. It would be really tough for me to decide the best three charts... I'm really happy that I'm not a judge.

sithson · October 01, 2007, 03:14:18 PM

I'm bumbed that I didn't get to post two other charts I had done about half way, last week was killer for work and other real life problems, and as such I didn't get a chance to finish in time =( Damn deadlines!

joewolz · October 01, 2007, 03:59:52 PM

I feel so...upstaged.

zircher · October 02, 2007, 10:42:22 PM

So, do we have an official count of how many tables were submitted (minus edits)? I'm a tad curious as to how successful it was in terms of bringing in new people as well as a guesstimate as to how long the judging will take.
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flyingmice · October 03, 2007, 12:18:09 PM

Yep! Judges? When will you be announcing the results? THere have been some awesome posts!

-clash

jrients · October 03, 2007, 02:32:50 PM

I'm hoping we'll have results we can report either today or tomorrow.

sithson · October 03, 2007, 07:17:29 PM

Neato. Were all waiting in virtual suspence.

RPGPundit · October 04, 2007, 01:05:55 AM

Voting is still in process. Its sort of like voting for a new Pope; we've on our second round right now.

We'll let you guys know when the time comes, watch for a column of white tobacco smoke billowing out of the Grand Lodge of Uruguayan Masonry building.

RPGPundit

joewolz · October 05, 2007, 02:22:35 AM

Hey Judges, any news?

RPGPundit · October 05, 2007, 05:21:11 AM

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

1. Chaos Creature Generator by Nicephorus
2. Random Human Village Determination by Estar
3. Non-magical Scroll Contents by JongWK

RPGPundit

PS: Sometime soon I'll post the complete list of charts that will receive the "honorable mention" of being included in the upcoming FtA!GN! sourcebook, with credit given of course.

estar · October 05, 2007, 08:07:52 AM

Congrats to Nicephorus and JongWK.

And thanks to the judges for rating my chart as #2!

For what it worth, I did finally put together a program to test the chart and it worked pretty good. The main influence is how dense you make your settlements. A roll of 2 or less on a d6 seems to make a good mix of low and high population settlements. 3 or less, or 4 or less makes for a LOT of low population settlements. Surprisingly the population modifiers I have original posted seem to make for the best spread.

Skyrock · October 05, 2007, 08:25:40 AM

Congrats to all of the three winners!

Nicephorus · October 05, 2007, 09:14:11 AM

Yay me! And congrats to the others.

There were many cool tables. I hope most of them become content.

jrients · October 05, 2007, 09:28:08 AM

I'd like to personally thank everyone who contributed. Nearly every chart submitted is something that I could use.

JamesV · October 05, 2007, 09:39:36 AM

:cheers:

To the top three! Your stuff really was great.