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Moogle1 · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject: Gameathon

While thinking some comments made (and rightly so) about the deadness of the OHR community, a new idea for a contest struck me. I call it the Gameathon.

The premise is clean and simple. In a month, make as many games as you can. They can be long, short, team, or solo games. A panel of judges agrees to play at least the first ten minutes of every game (or until the ending, whichever is sooner) and gives it a score of zero (not worth the disk space), one (so-so), or two (good). The winner is the one with the highest total score at the end of the month.

To allow some time for preparation, I propose the contest run from May 10 to June 10. Games released during this period are eligible for the contest, whether or not they were produced before the contest start. A game that has been previously released is not eligible for the contest.

There is no need to sign up, but I am looking for contest judges. (The reason I'm going with judges rather than open voting is that voters tend not to play all of the games.)
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Mike Caron · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject:

1. Does being a judge disqualify your own entries?

2. Do re-releases count?
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Moogle1 · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject:

1. No, though I think I'll borrow from another contest and say that if you vote higher for your own game than anyone else, your vote is reduced to the highest vote given to that game.

2. I am trying very hard to say no, but a re-release is better than nothing. Let's compromise and say you can get up to one point for a re-release.
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Mike Caron · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject:

1. Ok. I volunteer to be a judge.

2. Ok, that's fair. 'Course, I don't have any games to re-release anyway.
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Iblis · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject:

I volunteer to be a judge and will try to come up with some short game ideas I can do.
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Me · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject:

I volunteer to be a judge.
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Artimus Bena · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject:

I volunteer as well, though I may not come up with any entries myself.
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TMC · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject:

I've been subconciously waiting for such a contest for a long time. The last couple of weeks, I've felt restless, and have wanted to blitz the community with tech demos if I could find myself some excuse. Well, that start date is a little after end of my exams, so it's perfect - I'm definitely in. I hope this contest makes a point and is the most productive contest (entry number wise) in OHR history.

I just hope we don't get 50 30 second RPGs.

PS: How does team scoring work? Or do we have to stay in the same team all month?
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Chenzi · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject:

Wait, wouldn't this encourage a bunch of people to release a bunch of really shitty games? IE: The thing that this community needs the least? Raspberry!

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jabbercat · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:11 am Post subject:

I volunteer to be a judge.

However, I will not be entering anything, I'm currently too busy with TMC and I's project.
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Linkmax · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:37 am Post subject:

I'll probably enter.

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Gizmog1 · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:40 am Post subject:

I volunteer to ENTER. This contest shall be a triumph for Gizmog's everywhere.

Moogle1 · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:47 am Post subject:

TMC: Team scoring is per game. Anyone who is credited for working on the game gets the same number of points. There is no penalty for teaming up.

Chenzi: What Jack said. That's why you can be awarded zero points for a game -- you shouldn't get anything if your game really does suck. Besides, I seem to remember most of the community's crappy games coming from the same era that produced the best ones.

Giz and TMC: Hooray! I hope we get as many entrants as judges.
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Mike Caron · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:24 am Post subject: