ErikH2000 wrote:
Okay, peoples! Here's what you gotta do before voting:

1. Play all seven of the holds to completion.
2. If you can't finish a hold, post here for help so you can get past it. If for some reason it is impossible to finish the hold, we will disqualify that entry.

When voting, you should consider the following:

1. Think of the ratings this way: 5 = Perfect, 4 = Excellent, 3 = Good, 2 = Neutral opinion, 1 = Negative opinion. The scale is skewed so you have more expression of positive opinions.
2. You are judging how well the author has interpreted the I Ching reading he was given and how fun the hold is for you to play. I would suggest these two factors be given equal weight. When in doubt, just go with the hold you like best for whatever reasons.
3. Please, don't consider who the author is when voting. (I apologize that I didn't have time to make the holds anonymous.)
4. There is one hold I know of that has more than eight rooms, apparently in violation of the contest rules. However, two of those rooms just contain simple connecting passages, so I would ask that you not hold this against the author when voting.
5. It's quite alright to publicly discuss holds before voting is concluded--more fun that way. Just keep your own counsel when you vote.

Even if you don't end up voting, this is a nice little collection of mini-holds to try out. I've tried some of them out and the quality is good. Like short stories versus novels, there is an elegance to them you won't find in large holds. So definitely, you want to download these and play through them.

The poll is going to close (automatically!) at the end of April. My original contest announcement is found here.

-Erik

agaricus5 wrote:
Please update the file with the one you have in your e-mail if you can.

ErikH2000 wrote:

agaricus5 wrote:
Please update the file with the one you have in your e-mail if you can.

I've removed the attachment for now. Please send that e-mail soon!

-Erik

agaricus5 wrote:

ErikH2000 wrote:
I've removed the attachment for now. Please send that e-mail soon!
Thank you. I sent it to you this morning.

Could you please send it again? I don't have it for some reason.

-Erik

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agaricus5 wrote:
I really wish there were in-between numbers.

I really wanted to give 3.5s to one or two instead of 3s, but there was no option for it, so I had to round down.

Is it alright to give my thoughts on the holds here, or should I wait until the contest is over?

gds wrote:
DiMono,

Click here to view the secret text

×...the mimic room has a sort of trivial solution, i've done it in 289 moves and could have done it in a lot less.

DiMono wrote:
Wow, I just realized what your method is, and it was all just a simple oversight. Erik, are you cool with me updating this room to remove the trivial solution? I'll email it to you regardless, and if you feel like letting the update go through then bully for me.

Drizzo wrote:
Ag: You're the devil, aren't you?

I'd heard that Bavato's was the hardest hold around.
If it's anything like your I Ching hold, I believe it.

However, if I do ever manage to complete it (and I'm still only on the first room) it's darn near everything I could want out of an I Ching hold so far. Good interpretation (extremely good), interesting puzzle, and challenging (so much so that I'm going to move on to another hold, until my brain stops hurting)

But you are the devil, right?

agaricus5 wrote:

It's "Anyone Edit", so you should be able to view it in the Editor. I think only the Entrance and 1S 1W are very difficult.

gds wrote:
However, I'm stuck in the exit room. I don't see how to completely destroy the biggest of the two tar blobs at the bottom right.