RE: [piecepack] Re: Next Design Competition

[Michael Schoessow <mschoessow@...>]

I too am coming to the conclusion that two per year would be more
appropriate. Keep in mind that this doesn't mean that each competition is
six months long. There will be some time used up for judging (say 6 weeks)
and for designating and starting the next competition (say 2 weeks). So the
time between  the opening of a competition (the day when everyone finds out
the rules and new theme, etc.) and the closing (the last day when games may
be submitted) would be about four months if the numbers I have used are
reasonable. 
 
Assuming we do go with two competitions a year, I suggest that good closing
dates would be the last day in July and the last day in January, although
there are obviously lots of possibilities. 
 
Lastly, how should this be decided? (majority opinion among those who
post?). I would appreciate hearing James's opinions since he came up with
the whole idea in the first place.
 
 
-Mike
 
 
 
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: Ron Hale-Evans [mailto:rwhe@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:43 AM
To: piecepack@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [piecepack] Re: Next Design Competition



On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 05:26:16PM -0000, king_toren_l wrote:
> I like the idea of allowing more time, thus allowing for more 
> refining and more people the oppertunity to enter.  Personally i 
> would like to see the contests dropped to twice a year instead of 
> four times. My problem with Icehouse right now is that so many games 
> are developed that many good ones are being passed over without so 
> much as a glance, I'd hate to see that happen to the piecepack.  If 
> the contests are going to be a major push for people to develop 
> games, I'd rather have quality tested games then 200 games that 
> people never get to playtest.
> 
> Ken "toren" Leyhe 

The more I think about it, the more I agree with Ken.  When we held
the contest, it felt a little rushed.  Doing a contest every six
months rather than every three months would probably help with that.
It could mean not only more time for games to be developed, but
proportionally more time for judging the games.

Ron H-E

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