Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Danyeal De La Luna)
Subject: Adventure competition?
Date: Mon Jun 25 18:15:00 2001
> > 7321: Spring Break!
> [snip]
> > Description: What happens when a wealthy college student goes missing
> > during a Carib League vacation and his father turns to shadowrunners
> > to find him? PAAAAARTY!!! Hilarity and high-stakes drama ensue in
> > this taut, thrilling, beer-and-babe filled adventure where the crazy
> > hijinks never stop! Can the runners remain sober throughout the
> > weekend-long kegger? Can they avoid the attentions of the
> > suspiciously well-informed Dutch swimsuit team? Pack the battle van,
> > bring your kevlar swim trunks and head down south for Spring Break!
>
> This actually sounds too cool not to have as an adventure... Boondocker's
> old joke post just gave me an idea for a competition somewhat like the
> story contests Rat used to hold: write a full-length adventure that fits
> the
> above description. As a prize for the best entry, I'm thinking of a copy
> of
> Year of the Comet.
>
> Anyone interested?
>

Sounds like the new "Reality Based" show on Fox...is Tori Spelling staring
in this one?

Lunatec
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Tue Jun 26 08:30:01 2001
The Plastic Warriors First Non-Annual Shadowrun Adventure Competition is
here! If you want to win a copy of Year of the Comet (once it's released,
of course :) ) head on over to
http://plastic.dumpshock.com/adventurecompetition.html for more information.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
Conformity is our tragedy
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (BD)
Subject: Adventure competition?
Date: Tue Jun 26 10:20:01 2001
> Sounds like the new "Reality Based" show on Fox...is Tori Spelling
> staring in this one?
>
> Lunatec

Yes. In fact, you get 14 karma for killing her, or any other 90210 cast
member. 20 for killing them slowly :)

====-Boondocker

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Damion Milliken)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Tue Jun 26 11:05:01 2001
Gurth writes:

> The Plastic Warriors First Non-Annual Shadowrun Adventure Competition is
> here! If you want to win a copy of Year of the Comet (once it's released,
> of course :) ) head on over to
> http://plastic.dumpshock.com/adventurecompetition.html for more information.

I've got a spare copy of Harlequin that I'm willing to donate to the prize
pool for this.

--
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong
Unofficial Shadowrun Guru E-mail: dam01@***.edu.au
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GE d- s++:-- a25 C++ US++>+++ P+ L+>++ E- W+ N++ o@ K- w+(--) O-@ M--
V- PS+ PE- Y+ PGP-@>++ t+ 5 X+>+++ R++ !tv(--) b+ DI+++@ D G+
e++>++++$ h- r++>+++ y->+++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
Message no. 5
From: shadowrn@*********.com (BD)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Tue Jun 26 11:30:05 2001
--- Gurth <Gurth@******.nl> wrote:
> The Plastic Warriors First Non-Annual Shadowrun Adventure Competition is
> here! If you want to win a copy of Year of the Comet (once it's released,
> of course :) ) head on over to
> http://plastic.dumpshock.com/adventurecompetition.html for more
> information.

Gurth, I'll go ahead and post this on the SR Writer's Forum, okay? Okay.

====-Boondocker

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Message no. 6
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Tue Jun 26 14:00:01 2001
According to BD, on Tue, 26 Jun 2001 the word on the street was...

> Gurth, I'll go ahead and post this on the SR Writer's Forum, okay? Okay.

By all means, go ahead.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
Conformity is our tragedy
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 7
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Wed Jun 27 03:50:02 2001
> --- Gurth <Gurth@******.nl> wrote:
> > The Plastic Warriors First Non-Annual Shadowrun Adventure Competition is
> > here! If you want to win a copy of Year of the Comet (once it's
> released,
> > of course :) ) head on over to
> > http://plastic.dumpshock.com/adventurecompetition.html for more
> > information.
>
> Gurth, I'll go ahead and post this on the SR Writer's Forum, okay?
> Okay.
>
> ====> -Boondocker
>
>
[Valeu John EMFA]
How's about posting the rules for those of us without web access?
Message no. 8
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Wed Jun 27 05:40:01 2001
According to Valeu John EMFA, on Wed, 27 Jun 2001 the word on the street
was...

> How's about posting the rules for those of us without web access?

Sorry, I forgot about that :) Here's what's on the web page:

-----

PLASTIC WARRIORS FIRST NON-ANNUAL SHADOWRUN ADVENTURE COMPETITION

In response to a question about a "missing" title in FASA's publication
schedule, Boondocker posted the following to the ShadowRN mailing list on
31 January 2001:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7321: Spring Break!
Price: $12.00
Status: Coming Soon
ISBN: 1-5S5&0-323-56
Description: What happens when a wealthy college student goes missing
during a Carib League vacation and his father turns to shadowrunners to
find him? PAAAAARTY!!! Hilarity and high-stakes drama ensue in this taut,
thrilling, beer-and-babe filled adventure where the crazy hijinks never
stop! Can the runners remain sober throughout the weekend-long kegger? Can
they avoid the attentions of the suspiciously well-informed Dutch swimsuit
team? Pack the battle van, bring your kevlar swim trunks and head down
south for Spring Break!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Obviously a joke, but when it was reposted recently because someone
remembered it as a serious post, it gave me the idea for a little
competition intended to actually write this adventure.


PRIZE

The author of the winning adventure will receive a copy of Year of the
Comet, as well as one of Harlequin (courtesy of Damion Milliken --
thanks!). Furthermore, the adventure will be published on the Plastic
Warriors web site (http://plastic.dumpshock.com).

There's only a first prize, though -- no reward for coming in second :)


RULES

The following rules apply to the competition:

* Every participant may only submit a single adventure. No one is excluded
from this competition, except for anyone involved in judging it (so far,
that's only me, Gurth <gurth@******.nl>, but I'm looking for additional
judges as well).
* The adventure must unfold in such a way that it fits the text quoted
above exactly -- that text should be usable as the back cover blurb for the
adventure, were it to be published as an actual book.
* The adventure should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length. It
should be written up as a full adventure, describing and giving game stats
for all important NPCs and all scenes the player characters are likely to
find themselves in; a good guide for the format are the older adventure
books FASA used to publish, such as DNA/DOA, Mercurial, Dreamchipper, and
so on. Basically, what that means is that it has to be ready-to-run for a
gamemaster who has only read it a couple of times.
* References to existing rule- and sourcebooks (either published by FASA
or available on the net) can be made, but should be kept sensible.
Referring to books hardly anyone will own, or requiring an extensive
Shadowrun library in order to run the adventure, are not good ideas.
* Include your name (and/or nick) as well as your e-mail and snail-mail
addresses at the start of the adventure.
* The judge's decision is final; correspondence about the decision may be
entered into, but only if you don't appear to be whining about not winning
:)


WHERE & HOW

First up: entries that do not conform to the rules in this section will
NOT be accepted!

The finished adventure should be e-mailed, in either plain text or rich
text format (RTF), to <Gurth@******.nl>. The text for the entire adventure
should be contained in one file, and be compressed using either gzip or zip
(PKZip, WinZip, etc.), in order to save the judge(s) some downloading time.

Maps and other necessary pictures may be separate files, but should be
GIFs, JPEGs or TIFFs of good quality and not overly large file size. These
must be included in the same compressed file (zip can compress multiple
files into one zip file, but if using gzip please tar all the files first,
then gzip the tarfile).

If RTF format is used, the pictures can be included in the RTF file.
Please do not also include the same picture separately, as that will only
needlessly enlarge the eventual file size.


DEADLINE

The deadline for submitting adventures is Friday, 31 August 2001. Any
adventure received after that date may be included in the competition
anyway, but don't count on that happening -- make sure your entry is early
rather than late.


ENQUIRIES

Any questions about this competition can be addressed to Gurth at
<Gurth@******.nl>, who will do his best to answer them.

-----

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
Conformity is our tragedy
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 9
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Shiro BsquLadat)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Wed Jun 27 06:35:01 2001
Question:Does the adventure has to be comical or is it
ok if it's like a real shadowrun?Or both?

====-It didn't look so big in paper!!!!
-Ideas grow,Shiro.Sometimes bigger than life!

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Message no. 10
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Graht)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Wed Jun 27 09:50:01 2001
At 03:40 AM 6/27/2001 -0700, Shiro BsquLadat wrote:

>Question:Does the adventure has to be comical or is it
>ok if it's like a real shadowrun?Or both?

That depends on what you and the players want. There are no set rules
about how anyone has to GM or roleplay.

To Life,
-Graht
ShadowRN Assistant Fearless Leader II
--
Message no. 11
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Wed Jun 27 13:40:18 2001
According to Shiro BsquLadat, on Wed, 27 Jun 2001 the word on the street
was...

> Question:Does the adventure has to be comical or is it
> ok if it's like a real shadowrun?Or both?

Whatever you want, as long as it fits the "advertising" blurb. How exactly
you make that work is entirely up to you.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
A bad day fishing is still better than a good day dying.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 12
From: shadowrn@*********.com (BD)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Wed Jun 27 23:35:01 2001
>> Question:Does the adventure has to be comical or is it
>> ok if it's like a real shadowrun?Or both?

> Whatever you want, as long as it fits the "advertising" blurb. How
> exactly you make that work is entirely up to you.
> Gurth@******.nl


I'm really interested as to how everyone will fit the Dutch Swimsuit Team
into it :)

I suspect that was the main reason Gurth started the contest ;)

====-Boondocker

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Message no. 13
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Rand Ratinac)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Thu Jun 28 03:30:01 2001
> >> Question:Does the adventure has to be comical or
is it ok if it's like a real shadowrun?Or both?
>
> > Whatever you want, as long as it fits the
"advertising" blurb. How exactly you make that work is
entirely up to you. Gurth@******.nl
>
> I'm really interested as to how everyone will fit
the Dutch Swimsuit Team into it :)
>
> I suspect that was the main reason Gurth started
the contest ;)
> -Boondocker

I'm really interested to see if anyone CAN make this
into a dreadfully serious adventure. :)

====Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow, aka Doc'booner, aka Doc' Vader)

.sig Sauer

If you SMELL what THE DOC' is COOKIN'!!!

____________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @*****.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk
or your free @*****.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
Message no. 14
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Thu Jun 28 05:35:37 2001
According to BD, on Thu, 28 Jun 2001 the word on the street was...

> I'm really interested as to how everyone will fit the Dutch Swimsuit Team
> into it :)

I can think of a number of reasons how or why they may be involved, but
it'll certainly be interesting to see what everyone else makes of it...

> I suspect that was the main reason Gurth started the contest ;)

Well, no... The whole thing put together sounds so plausible, even though
it's obviously a joke, that I felt it screamed out to be written up as a
real adventure.


According to Rand Ratinac, on Thu, 28 Jun 2001 the word on the street was...

> I'm really interested to see if anyone CAN make this
> into a dreadfully serious adventure. :)

You're not the only one :) But still, it'd be good if someone tried to take
the serious route.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
A bad day fishing is still better than a good day dying.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 15
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Thu Jun 28 09:20:00 2001
> >> Question:Does the adventure has to be comical or
is it ok if it's like a real shadowrun?Or both?
>
> > Whatever you want, as long as it fits the
"advertising" blurb. How exactly you make that work is
entirely up to you. Gurth@******.nl
>
> I'm really interested as to how everyone will fit
the Dutch Swimsuit Team into it :)
>
> I suspect that was the main reason Gurth started
the contest ;)
> -Boondocker

I'm really interested to see if anyone CAN make this
into a dreadfully serious adventure. :)

-Doc


Heck, I'm willing to try anything twice.
Especially when it involves free (good) stuff.

The question is, to make the Dutch Swimsuit Team a group of runners, or a
group of 'information specialists'.

EMFA John Valeu
-AKA- TimeKeeper
Message no. 16
From: shadowrn@*********.com (BD)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Thu Jun 28 12:40:01 2001
Gurth wrote:
> Well, no... The whole thing put together sounds so plausible, even though
> it's obviously a joke, that I felt it screamed out to be written up as a
> real adventure.

Maybe I should submit this sucker to FanPro? Huh, Rob, what of it? ;)

>> I'm really interested to see if anyone CAN make this
>> into a dreadfully serious adventure. :)
>
> You're not the only one :) But still, it'd be good if someone tried to
> take the serious route.

Yeah, right. I'll take a little of column A, and a little of column B...

====-Boondocker

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Message no. 17
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Arclight)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Thu Jun 28 12:50:04 2001
Von Boondocker :

>Gurth wrote:
> > Well, no... The whole thing put together sounds so plausible, even though
> > it's obviously a joke, that I felt it screamed out to be written up as a
> > real adventure.
>
> Maybe I should submit this sucker to FanPro? Huh, Rob, what of it? ;)

:) Crazy (the Fanpro-Line Developer) loves strange/funny adventures. Last
Ratcon (the real german gencon ;) the multi-user adventure (multiple teams
of runners working on different objektives in one area) took place in an
old adventure theme park (Warner Bros MovieWorld, something like
Disneyland) with a go gang looking like the loonie tunes... quite strange
and funny (for those who like it, of course).

Arclight
Message no. 18
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Fri Jun 29 01:05:19 2001
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:31:38 +0200 Gurth <Gurth@******.nl> writes:
> According to Rand Ratinac, on Thu, 28 Jun 2001 the word on the
> street was...

> > I'm really interested to see if anyone CAN make this
> > into a dreadfully serious adventure. :)

> You're not the only one :) But still, it'd be good if someone tried
> to take
> the serious route.

It'd be kind of cool if there could be two competitions. One serious only
and one humor only.

--
D. Ghost
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best
- Troutman's 6th programming postulate.
________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Message no. 19
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Fri Jun 29 05:46:32 2001
According to dghost@****.com, on Fri, 29 Jun 2001 the word on the street
was...

> It'd be kind of cool if there could be two competitions. One serious only
> and one humor only.

I'm still adopting a wait-and-see attitude as to whether or not there will
be enough entries for even a single competition...

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
A bad day fishing is still better than a good day dying.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 20
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Fri Jun 29 19:25:02 2001
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:29:05 +0200 Gurth <Gurth@******.nl> writes:
> I'm still adopting a wait-and-see attitude as to whether or not
> there will
> be enough entries for even a single competition...

I'll be happy to attempt a humorous entry ... I can't garuntee one,
though ... :)

--
D. Ghost
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best
- Troutman's 6th programming postulate.
________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Message no. 21
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Patrick Goodman)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Sat Jun 30 11:30:01 2001
From: Gurth
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:29 AM

> > It'd be kind of cool if there could be two competitions. One
> > serious only and one humor only.
>
> I'm still adopting a wait-and-see attitude as to whether or not there will
> be enough entries for even a single competition...

Well, you had the unfortunate privilege of starting a competition just
before two major conventions, and some of us are majorly strapped for time
(I, for instance, should not be replying to emails right now, I should be
working on fiction). But if the deadline can get extended for a little
while, until after Gen-Con, I'd love to take a whack at this. It looks like
much, much fun....
Message no. 22
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Sat Jun 30 11:55:01 2001
> From: Gurth
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:29 AM
>
> > > It'd be kind of cool if there could be two competitions. One
> > > serious only and one humor only.
> >
> > I'm still adopting a wait-and-see attitude as to whether or not there
> will
> > be enough entries for even a single competition...
>
> Well, you had the unfortunate privilege of starting a competition just
> before two major conventions, and some of us are majorly strapped for time
> (I, for instance, should not be replying to emails right now, I should be
> working on fiction). But if the deadline can get extended for a little
> while, until after Gen-Con, I'd love to take a whack at this. It looks
> like
> much, much fun....
>
[Valeu John EMFA]
Heh, heh... looks like it's in the bag... I'll be the only
participant...
Message no. 23
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Sat Jun 30 13:10:24 2001
According to Patrick Goodman, on Sat, 30 Jun 2001 the word on the street
was...

> Well, you had the unfortunate privilege of starting a competition just
> before two major conventions, and some of us are majorly strapped for time
> (I, for instance, should not be replying to emails right now, I should be
> working on fiction). But if the deadline can get extended for a little
> while, until after Gen-Con, I'd love to take a whack at this.

Would the 31st of August work for you? ;)

> It looks like much, much fun....

Hopefully, that's exactly what it will be. Although I am getting doubts
whether it'll be as much fun refereeing this thing I started... :)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
A bad day fishing is still better than a good day dying.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 24
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Sat Jun 30 15:00:01 2001
>According to Patrick Goodman, on Sat, 30 Jun 2001 the word on the street
>was...

>> Well, you had the unfortunate privilege of starting a competition just
>> before two major conventions, and some of us are majorly strapped for
time
>> (I, for instance, should not be replying to emails right now, I should be
>> working on fiction). But if the deadline can get extended for a little
>> while, until after Gen-Con, I'd love to take a whack at this.

>Would the 31st of August work for you? ;)

>> It looks like much, much fun....

>Hopefully, that's exactly what it will be. Although I am getting doubts
>whether it'll be as much fun refereeing this thing I started... :)


Gurth, if you need any help judging these things, let me know.
I will help, even if means disqualifying myself. But please, only if
necessary, alright? ;)

EMFA John Valeu
-AKA- TimeKeeper
"There's an old saying, 'White water at morning...'"
"And?"
"That's it. 'White water at morning...'"
Message no. 25
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Patrick Goodman)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Sat Jun 30 15:40:01 2001
From: Gurth
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 12:09 PM

> > But if the deadline can get extended for a little
> > while, until after Gen-Con, I'd love to take a whack at this.
>
> Would the 31st of August work for you? ;)

::goes and looks at the rules again::

How the hell did I get July out of that...? ::pounds head on desk a little
bit:: I really am stressing out after all this crap.

Yes, 31 August should be sufficient....

> > It looks like much, much fun....
>
> Hopefully, that's exactly what it will be. Although I am getting doubts
> whether it'll be as much fun refereeing this thing I started... :)

Better you than me, amigo, better you than me....
Message no. 26
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Sun Jul 1 06:15:10 2001
According to Valeu John EMFA, on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 the word on the street
was...

> Gurth, if you need any help judging these things, let me know.
> I will help, even if means disqualifying myself. But please, only if
> necessary, alright? ;)

Thanks for the offer :) But since I have no idea how many people are
thinking about entering, let alone how many actually will, there's no need
to take you up on it yet. Anyone who doesn't intend to enter the
competition, but is interested in judging it (yeah, right :) please contact
me off-list...

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
A bad day fishing is still better than a good day dying.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 27
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Sun Jul 1 06:15:23 2001
According to Patrick Goodman, on Sat, 30 Jun 2001 the word on the street
was...

> > Would the 31st of August work for you? ;)
>
> ::goes and looks at the rules again::
>
> How the hell did I get July out of that...? ::pounds head on desk a little
> bit:: I really am stressing out after all this crap.

You need to take a break, I think... Of course, odds are you don't have
time for that :)

> Yes, 31 August should be sufficient....

That's what I figured as well. I'd prefer to get it over with sooner, but I
decided giving it about two months would give everyone enough time even if
they have other things to do as well.

> > Hopefully, that's exactly what it will be. Although I am getting doubts
> > whether it'll be as much fun refereeing this thing I started... :)
>
> Better you than me, amigo, better you than me....

I hope I'm not going to be saying that in two months time...

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
A bad day fishing is still better than a good day dying.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 28
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Wed Jul 4 14:55:04 2001
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:01:42 +0200 Gurth <Gurth@******.nl> writes:
<SNIP>
> The finished adventure should be e-mailed, in either plain text or
> rich
> text format (RTF), to <Gurth@******.nl>.
<SNIP>

Hey, some of us can swing PDF files. Is that acceptable? :)

--
D. Ghost
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best
- Troutman's 6th programming postulate.
________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Message no. 29
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Thu Jul 5 06:40:01 2001
According to dghost@****.com, on Wed, 04 Jul 2001 the word on the street
was...

> > The finished adventure should be e-mailed, in either plain text or
> > rich text format (RTF), to <Gurth@******.nl>.
>
> Hey, some of us can swing PDF files. Is that acceptable? :)

If you want your adventure to be rejected the moment I open the message,
sure :)

The format rules may sound harsh, but I decided on them mainly because I
don't want to get adventures in all kinds of different formats, and am
aiming for cross-platform compatibility, seeing as how I'm using a Linux
system while most people submitting articles probably will not be. (I was
thinking of also allowing HTML, but given the piss-poor HTML many programs
generate I decided against that.)

The line about immediate rejection if the format rules aren't adhered to is
mostly there so that I don't get a file I can't read, and have to ask the
person to re-send it in another format. Thus, plain text or RTF, gzipped or
zipped, is the only way to go.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
A bad day fishing is still better than a good day dying.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 30
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Keith Duthie)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Thu Jul 5 08:25:01 2001
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Gurth wrote:

> The format rules may sound harsh, but I decided on them mainly because I
> don't want to get adventures in all kinds of different formats, and am
> aiming for cross-platform compatibility, seeing as how I'm using a Linux
> system while most people submitting articles probably will not be. (I was
> thinking of also allowing HTML, but given the piss-poor HTML many programs
> generate I decided against that.)

Linux isn't a good reason not to allow PDF. The fact that you don't want
to receive PDFs /is/, but...

Even if you don't like the adobe PDF reader, try something like
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

--
Understanding is a three edged sword. Do you *want* to get the point?
http://www.albatross.co.nz/~psycho/ O- -><-
Standard disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this message are unlikely to
be mine, let alone anybody elses...
Message no. 31
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure competition
Date: Thu Jul 5 14:00:00 2001
According to Keith Duthie, on Thu, 05 Jul 2001 the word on the street was...

> Linux isn't a good reason not to allow PDF.

I didn't say that -- you are reading things in my post that aren't there :)
I'm well aware that you can read PDFs on Linux, and probably on more
viewers than are available for Windows.

> The fact that you don't want to receive PDFs /is/, but...

Exactly. One of my major concerns here is file size, because if there's one
thing I don't like when getting my e-mail it's unexpected, large downloads.
RTF may be fairly large, but it compresses well, unlike most PDFs. I don't
dislike PDFs (quite the opposite, in fact) but I don't want to use them for
this competition.

> Even if you don't like the adobe PDF reader, try something like
> http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

A better way of putting it would be: "If you can't get Acrobat Reader to
work..." Anyway, this is not relevant to this thread; if I outlaw anything
other than ASCII and RTF for the competition I set up, then that's what
happens ;)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
A bad day fishing is still better than a good day dying.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 32
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure Competition
Date: Wed Oct 3 06:45:10 2001
I know not to overestimate the efforts typical ShadowRN listmembers put
into net.projects, but still, I had expected a bit more...

Two and a half months ago, I started a little adventure competition (those
with short memory spans, see
http://plastic.dumpshock.com/adventurecompetition.html) with a deadline for
31 August, 2001. Since that was during my vacation, I extended it by about
a week, thinking this should give everyone who'd expressed an interest in
entering enough time to complete their adventure and send it to me.

When I got back home, I had exactly _one_ entry waiting for me. So I
decided to give it some more time, but still, nothing. With one adventure,
there's obviously no competition -- which would save me and two others a
lot of work judging this, I'll grant you that, but it is disappointing
nonetheless.

So here's the deal: the deadline has been extended until 10 October 2001.
That's exactly one week from now; I think that should give anyone who's
started writing an adventure but not finished it (a syndrome I know all too
well, but still) time to complete it and send it to me. We might still have
a competition after all...

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
If only it were almost easy.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 33
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Holly Feray)
Subject: Adventure Competition
Date: Wed Oct 3 15:45:00 2001
I would love to compete. I, however, do not have enough computer savvy
to include everything that is need for the adventure.
"Maps and other necessary pictures may be separate files, but should be
GIFs, JPEGs or TIFFs of good
quality and not overly large file size. These
must be included in the same
compressed file (zip can compress multiple
files into one zip file, but if
using gzip please tar all the files first,
then gzip the tarfile).
If RTF format is used, the pictures
can be included in the RTF file. Please
do not also include the same
picture separately, as that will only
needlessly enlarge the eventual
file size. "
I do not understand all the lingo here.

I have multiple original stories and runs to my credit and am a published
writer, so the writing is a cinch.

Any suggestions?
Holly


________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
Message no. 34
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Jonathan)
Subject: Adventure Competition
Date: Wed Oct 3 16:00:00 2001
> GIFs, JPEGs or TIFFs of good
> quality and not overly large file size.

Naming graphic file extensions. Paint uses BMP and tends to get large in
size when detailed. JPG and GIF etc are higher quality images without taking
up as much room.

These
> must be included in the same
> compressed file (zip can compress multiple
> files into one zip file, but if
> using gzip please tar all the files first,
> then gzip the tarfile).

Zip file. Just go to say winzip.com Download and install winzip. Now select
a bunch of files you want to put in a zip. Once selected right click and
choose add to zip :)

> If RTF format is used, the pictures
> can be included in the RTF file.

RTF I imagine is like a word document which unlike wordpad/notepad allows
you to place images onto the page alongside text.


Please
> do not also include the same
> picture separately, as that will only
> needlessly enlarge the eventual
> file size. "

Basically If you embed the image into say a word document there's no need to
send the actual image file as well (it's in the page after all) simply a
request that if an image is placed into the page do not send it as well
seperately (the image file that is)

> I do not understand all the lingo here.
>
> I have multiple original stories and runs to my credit and am a published
> writer, so the writing is a cinch.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Holly
>

This help any? Or did I go off on my techno babble again?
Message no. 35
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Holly Feray)
Subject: Adventure Competition
Date: Wed Oct 3 16:50:01 2001
On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:29:50 -0230 "Jonathan" <jhogan@**********.nf.net>
writes:
> > GIFs, JPEGs or TIFFs of good
> > ...
>
> This help any? Or did I go off on my techno babble again?
>

No the explanations are fine. I just do not have the know how to create
on computer images of maps, which are essential to the contest.

Holly
________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
Message no. 36
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Jonathan)
Subject: Adventure Competition
Date: Wed Oct 3 17:40:01 2001
>
> No the explanations are fine. I just do not have the know how to create
> on computer images of maps, which are essential to the contest.
>

Don't suppose you live in an area where stores allow you to scan pictures to
files on a drive? If so buy some graph paper do up your maps then get them
scanned. Or look for the cracked version of Paint Shop Pro v.4.12 (or
better) and try to re-create the maps as best as possible.

Somehow I think they're looking more for the guts of the adventure more so
than your ability to draw scale room drawings ;)

So don't be afraid to crack open paint and try your hand that way :)
Message no. 37
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Adventure Competition
Date: Thu Oct 4 05:25:01 2001
According to Holly Feray, on Wed, 03 Oct 2001 the word on the street was...

> No the explanations are fine. I just do not have the know how to create
> on computer images of maps, which are essential to the contest.

You don't _need_ maps at all -- if you write the adventure so that it
doesn't require specific maps, you're OK. I mean, there's no real need to
give a map of, for example, a bar, an alley or a beach if an encounter is
set in those, because when/if it becomes necessary the GM can easily
improvise them.

If you do need a map, you can draw one in any image editor, even Windows
Paint if you're desperate. The contest won't be judged on the presentation
but on the content, so if you've got a rough and basic, but functional, map
that shows everything the GM needs to know, that's fine.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
If only it were almost easy.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about Adventure competition, you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.

Thwap!