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Campaign Elements and Design (Archived) / HELP! Where to post Reviews?
September 26, 2006, 05:05:36 PM #2
Campaign Elements and Design (Archived) / HELP! Where to post Reviews?
September 26, 2006, 04:27:52 PM
Hello All,
The title of this little post should be self evident but let me explain just in case. I have been looking over the campaign settings and I would like to give some critiques but I don't really see where they go. Do you post them at the end of the current thread for the setting or is there a separate thread somewhere when you put it? I want to start contributing to things but I want to avoid the mistake I made when made when first coming here. So if someone could direct me I would very grateful.
Peace
Jester.
The title of this little post should be self evident but let me explain just in case. I have been looking over the campaign settings and I would like to give some critiques but I don't really see where they go. Do you post them at the end of the current thread for the setting or is there a separate thread somewhere when you put it? I want to start contributing to things but I want to avoid the mistake I made when made when first coming here. So if someone could direct me I would very grateful.
Peace
Jester.
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The Dragon's Den (Archived) / International World Creation Month
September 23, 2006, 05:01:09 PM
Hello All,
I would like to thank everyone for the welcome to the site and taking the time to explain their position on the world creation month. I can see all of the points of view being valid for the individual that posted them. If you aren't interested in taking part in it, that is cool. Believe me I understand. I was very dubious about posting my 50k setting to the site too. I'm taking it as a personal challenge to get my butt in the seat and write till it is done. If it takes 31 days or 6 months it will be done, damn it. :soap:
I have had an idea for a setting in my head ever since I started playing Role-Playing games. As a matter of fact that is one of things that drew me to the games in the first place. While I have grown so has the world idea and now it needs to either come out or something. Gaming and Writing are the only places where building a world from starch is cool.
So, I will be spending January working on the world but before I do that I would like to be able to come to this community to kick around ideas and the like. With that in mind let me clear some things up. I was not offended at the responses that I got, but I was surprised that not many others felt the way I did. Of course that is because I can only see things from my perspective. It wasn't until I got the feedback that I started to understand that unlike me others may not need an external motivator to get started. Let me apologize for the assumption here. I understand that this entire forum is for the express purpose of creating, critiquing and refining topics related to world building. I would like to join and help with this and in the process tighten up my own concepts at the same time. So when January comes around I have some ideas and a better fleshed out concept of what is going to go into that "First Draft".
Ok, I need to clear something up real quick before I go explore other topics on the boards here. I do NOT work for or am in anyway affiliated with the harping monkey crew. Much like this board I just happen to be a guy that posts there and that is it. They didn't request me to do this; I did it on my own accord for the reasons stated before. If you think they are asking anything of this board, let me clearify, they are not. Also I don't even think they know I have posted anything on this board so if you go over there don't expect them to know what you are talking about. I do post over there under the same screen name though so it is easy enough to track me down.
Ok everyone, nice meeting you all, even the ones that disagreed with the idea. I hope we can agree to disagree and take it from there to make better worlds for all. :D
Thanks for your time in advance.
Jester
I would like to thank everyone for the welcome to the site and taking the time to explain their position on the world creation month. I can see all of the points of view being valid for the individual that posted them. If you aren't interested in taking part in it, that is cool. Believe me I understand. I was very dubious about posting my 50k setting to the site too. I'm taking it as a personal challenge to get my butt in the seat and write till it is done. If it takes 31 days or 6 months it will be done, damn it. :soap:
I have had an idea for a setting in my head ever since I started playing Role-Playing games. As a matter of fact that is one of things that drew me to the games in the first place. While I have grown so has the world idea and now it needs to either come out or something. Gaming and Writing are the only places where building a world from starch is cool.
So, I will be spending January working on the world but before I do that I would like to be able to come to this community to kick around ideas and the like. With that in mind let me clear some things up. I was not offended at the responses that I got, but I was surprised that not many others felt the way I did. Of course that is because I can only see things from my perspective. It wasn't until I got the feedback that I started to understand that unlike me others may not need an external motivator to get started. Let me apologize for the assumption here. I understand that this entire forum is for the express purpose of creating, critiquing and refining topics related to world building. I would like to join and help with this and in the process tighten up my own concepts at the same time. So when January comes around I have some ideas and a better fleshed out concept of what is going to go into that "First Draft".
Ok, I need to clear something up real quick before I go explore other topics on the boards here. I do NOT work for or am in anyway affiliated with the harping monkey crew. Much like this board I just happen to be a guy that posts there and that is it. They didn't request me to do this; I did it on my own accord for the reasons stated before. If you think they are asking anything of this board, let me clearify, they are not. Also I don't even think they know I have posted anything on this board so if you go over there don't expect them to know what you are talking about. I do post over there under the same screen name though so it is easy enough to track me down.
Ok everyone, nice meeting you all, even the ones that disagreed with the idea. I hope we can agree to disagree and take it from there to make better worlds for all. :D
Thanks for your time in advance.
Jester
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The Dragon's Den (Archived) / International World Creation Month
September 22, 2006, 11:17:44 AM
Someone was asking about what the Harping Monkey board was, or what it was about. The board is to support the listeners of their podcast strangely enough called ... the round table. Ok, so it doesn't make sense but that is what they decided to call it. Their podcast if free, so if you are of a mind just download a few of season 3's episodes. Their theme for this season is World Building. I thought that this community would be particularly interested in what they were talking about or at least mildly amused. If I made an error please forgive me as I'm still sort of new and not really sure about what is acceptable or not.
I have enjoyed listening to the guys and gal in the round table podcast and wanted to bring a new resource to the community. Once again if I have made an error then feel free to ignore it.
Thanks for your time in advance
Jester.
I have enjoyed listening to the guys and gal in the round table podcast and wanted to bring a new resource to the community. Once again if I have made an error then feel free to ignore it.
Thanks for your time in advance
Jester.
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The Dragon's Den (Archived) / International World Creation Month
September 20, 2006, 08:52:03 PM
Reprinted from here http://harpingmonkey.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=129 Without permission by the way. Because so many people were having issuse find it.
Enjoy.
The main idea behind International World Creation Month (IntWoCreMo) is pretty simple. You have 31 days to write 50,000 words original campaign world. For those keeping score, that's about 1,612 words per day. It's no small feat, and yes, I know many of you creative folks out there can do it.
Here are the basic guidelines:
1) Registgration will open on December 1, 2006. There will be a new section of the website, or a new website altogether, and we'll post the address here when it is ready.
2) Start writing on Jan 1, 2006.
3) Hit 50,000 words of *original* content by January 31st, 2007.
...and that's it.
Here are some of the FAQs I can answer:
Q: Is this a rip-off of NaNoWriMo?
A: We prefer to say it was inspired by NaNoWriMo. But...yes. It is.
Q: Is there a prize?
A: Tremendous personal satisfaction at a job well done.
Q: Who will read my world when its done?
A: Whomever you give it to. It's yours.
Q: Does the Harping Monkey own the right to anything submitted?
A: Hell, no. You own everything. Worlds uploaded at the end of the month for word count verification are deleted, unread, after being verified.
Q: Will you be publishing any of the work submitted?
A: We're not a publishing house. That being said, there is talk of creating a library of worlds, npcs, etc at the Harping Monkey. If we do that, it will be a seperate process.
Q: How do you win? Are there judges? What are the prizes?
A: The way to win IntWoCreMo is by writing 50,000 words by midnight on January 31. Every year, there are many, many winners. There are no "Best World" or "Quickest-Written World" awards given out. All winners will get an official "Winner" web icon and certificate.
No doubt there will be more questions and discussion. Please, visit our forums, which is where we will post the most recent information.
Enjoy.
The main idea behind International World Creation Month (IntWoCreMo) is pretty simple. You have 31 days to write 50,000 words original campaign world. For those keeping score, that's about 1,612 words per day. It's no small feat, and yes, I know many of you creative folks out there can do it.
Here are the basic guidelines:
1) Registgration will open on December 1, 2006. There will be a new section of the website, or a new website altogether, and we'll post the address here when it is ready.
2) Start writing on Jan 1, 2006.
3) Hit 50,000 words of *original* content by January 31st, 2007.
...and that's it.
Here are some of the FAQs I can answer:
Q: Is this a rip-off of NaNoWriMo?
A: We prefer to say it was inspired by NaNoWriMo. But...yes. It is.
Q: Is there a prize?
A: Tremendous personal satisfaction at a job well done.
Q: Who will read my world when its done?
A: Whomever you give it to. It's yours.
Q: Does the Harping Monkey own the right to anything submitted?
A: Hell, no. You own everything. Worlds uploaded at the end of the month for word count verification are deleted, unread, after being verified.
Q: Will you be publishing any of the work submitted?
A: We're not a publishing house. That being said, there is talk of creating a library of worlds, npcs, etc at the Harping Monkey. If we do that, it will be a seperate process.
Q: How do you win? Are there judges? What are the prizes?
A: The way to win IntWoCreMo is by writing 50,000 words by midnight on January 31. Every year, there are many, many winners. There are no "Best World" or "Quickest-Written World" awards given out. All winners will get an official "Winner" web icon and certificate.
No doubt there will be more questions and discussion. Please, visit our forums, which is where we will post the most recent information.
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The Dragon's Den (Archived) / International World Creation Month
September 20, 2006, 05:05:57 PM
Hello All,
The crew over at the harpingmonkey.com are gearing up for InWoCreMo. It is much like NoNoWriMo but instead of creating a novel you are trying to get 50,000 words down about a campaign setting. You will retain all rights to your material just like NaNoWriMo. I thought this may be of interest to some of the people on this board.
Have fun.
Jester
The crew over at the harpingmonkey.com are gearing up for InWoCreMo. It is much like NoNoWriMo but instead of creating a novel you are trying to get 50,000 words down about a campaign setting. You will retain all rights to your material just like NaNoWriMo. I thought this may be of interest to some of the people on this board.
Have fun.
Jester
#7
The Dragon's Den (Archived) / [poll] Another 4E thread!
August 12, 2006, 04:55:00 PM
I'm not really all that worried about the whole 4th Ed thing. Because if that does happen I will probably just stick with either 3.5 or just convert everything over to the Hero System and go from there. If I do convert over to the hero system at least I can get rid of that Fire and Forget spell system that makes magic seem so vanilla, to me.
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