I came up with this contest idea while thinking.
Many of us are architects. Many of us play DROD. Many contests are based around these themes. But competition has been limited to high scores, for the most part, and there really hasn't been any one-on-one competition.
This will change that.
Dueling Drodders.
This will be set up in single-elimination tournament style. This requires a power of two to play. I think 8 is the likely number, but hopefully we will get 16 or more players.
Each round, you will make a one-room hold, based on a theme of my choosing. You must submit a demo to me, along with your hold. My email is (my username, yes that thing with the numbers)@yahoo.com. I did it like that for spam. If you can't figure it out, you will quickly lose this contest.
You must have "DROD" in the subject line. This is just so I can keep this organized.
To keep it fair and balanced, I will not be playing. You will be paired off in sign-up order, with 1 playing 8, 2 playing 7, and so on. Each round, the seeding will be reset using the same ordering, but eliminating those who lost. Each pair will play each other's holds. The winner of each round will be determined by completion, then deathcount, then movecount, then democount, then time taken. This means that if you both complete it, and both players have the same deathcount, I look at the overall movecount. Golf scores here--fewer is better in all cases.
New Rules! You may not use scripting to cause any sort of delay. This includes cutscenes, open door on move..., or anything that resembles a delay, with scripting. I will make this subjective. If you think it might break this rule, don't do it. Other elements are perfectly valid. I just don't want a "
guess which turn the door opens!"
contest.
"
Cheating"
is possible. You are on an honor code to give an accurate account of your playing the hold. Karma will come back to bite you if you don't.
You must take a screenshot of your "
Hold Totals"
image, for completion to be granted. If you do not complete the hold, you lose. If both of you fail to complete the hold, you are both eliminated, and somebody will get a bye.
Things you must submit to be eligible for each next round:
1. A screenshot of your Hold Totals, for your opponent's hold.
2. A demo of your solution to your opponent's hold.
3. Your new hold for the next round. Whether it will be used or not depends upon your survival in the previous round.
4. A demo of your new hold, showing it is possible.
If even one of those is missing by the time the next round starts, you lose automatically.
For this first round, you will have until the end of June 14th to sign up and submit a hold with a demo (no need for #s 1 and 2.) Each round after the first will last one week.
At the end of each round, I will post all relevant information in one file.
This round's theme is: Disconnected Gel and Gel Mothers.
Oh, and the winnings.
1st place: +40
2nd place: +20
3rd and 4th place: +10
All units are in mod points. Happy dueling! (Feel free to ask questions as well.)
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First Delver! (I was the first non-tester/dev
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[Last edited by zex20913 at 06-05-2007 03:41 PM]