That would certainly be safe enough.

Or now. Now's good

It would be a safe and guaranteed means of losing your right.

It takes time to write these, and It requires time some people might not have right away having them submit is a poor idea, having a safe deadline is going to be better for everyone.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:02, Fri 27 May 2022.

Well, the rules state that the top 6 get in. I assume that means that each of our submissions is individual. I'm making mine linked, but that's a tactic. So, do we vote for the top 6 this time? Something like 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1 or 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1? Plus, having at least six sites would be nice. Also, is is possible, at any point, to stop and work on how this all combines into a cohesive whole?

Yes.



Understood.



I expected that 3, 2, and 1 would be sufficient.

(Thinks about the math of it)

I suppose you might have a point... It seems very unlikely to me, but what if, out of 10 submissions, only 5 got all the votes?

Perhaps we SHOULD each do 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1...?

I am open to other people's opinions about this... More opinions, anyone...?





That is the result which I expect-- have expected all along.



...How exactly do you propose that that might be... "worked on"?

I confess that I don't see the need as yet...

...What?

What does that mean?



You and I want two different things in regard to this matter.

I agree with you that a safe deadline is a good and fair thing.

However, you want it later, and I want it sooner.

We are in conflict in this way.

I feel like I want it soon, and you want it later, and the compromise I am willing to make is that we meet in the middle: "Before Tuesday."

I am working every single day aside from Monday which is when I intended to work a couple of hours on the project. To make it far better then my creature submission , hopefully, in quality.

The safe and guaranteed means of losing was more of a remark on how that wouldn't feasibly work in getting a quality submission out.
That was more a Mark of minor annoyance and saying if I submitted something immediately it wouldn't win because of a lack of time and the incredible likelihood it would be a quick and dirt submission.

Its also advisable to take your time on submissions as you might very well notice or think of something you might miss out later. And a higher quality submission will be more likely to win meaningless points.


I just dont want to send out crap again. Like my rush job of a creature.

Well, a discussion really. Just a chat OOC? I mean after this we'll have three unique creatures and six unique places, but how do they relate to one another? I am trying to integrate as I work, but it might be nice to stop and just discuss how we all see things fitting together at some convenient point.

For instance, the next round of voting is for the order we want "powerful being" and "cultures" to go in. We could all just chat about it during that voting process. Or we can discuss each round as we plan and write the next round.

Just tossing out ideas.

As for time to create, I expect that 3-4 days is plenty. Isn't that what we had this time? Fri-Mon? I mean, I do most my thinking while puttering about cleaning. That's what I did today, cleaned the house and thought about locations as I did. Then I just typed up my ideas. The typing process went fast. I did a couple read throughs to double check then submitted. But I was spring-boarding off the creature ideas a lot in mine.

Mm. Once we have the places in canon, I can see a little work being done in that respect. I'll worry about it then.




Specifically, I believe that the last span of submissions started on Sunday and finished Wednesday... But I was hoping that the only reason it took that long was because we had a participant go AWOL.

Indeed, this time, I believe that-- with the exception of one participant-- all submissions were turned in last night.

ROUND TWO: PLACES are up.

To help avoid the need for a runoff, give 3 points to two entries, and then 2 to two others, and then 1 to two others.

PM me your votes.

Do NOT vote for your own submission at all.



Any questions?

Hmm. I'm not surprised that there are two deserts, but I'm a tiny bit surprised that they're so similar.

Well, if they both get in canon, I'll let the two creators of them decide if there are TWO deserts, or if they should just be combined...

Hmmmmmmmmmm. And the same with the equator and the islands, too, I suppose...

I'm amazed about how the cannon taken form Round 1 has been used (often by others than their creators) in round 2..

Very nice places to everyone. A shame some must be discarded...

Voting is done... and yet...

Here's what ended up in the top 4 spots:

The Sandstone Desert
The Amerylith Coast
The Village of Nature's Chessboard

3-way tie, with each getting 8 points... which is fine.

Endless Mines came in fourth, with 7 points... which is Fine.

But there's a three-way tie for those that had 6 points, and one of them is mine.

I was not involved in any sort of tie in Round One, so/and the issue of tie-breaking didn't need to come up.

The rules say:



So I dunno, I want to tread carefully here.

The way the rules as already written say this gets resolved = what th' hell, we have 7 Places, fine, whatever.

HOWEVER. As I previously stated,

The Amerylith Coast, The Cursed Island, and The Ring of Light all seem to me like they could be folded into one another conceptually (very easily). (If you don't see how that's possible, let me know and I'll explain.) The Amerylith Coast is already in the top three, and The Cursed Island and The Ring of Light are involved in the tie for 6 points.

SO.

1. I want to make sure no one revolts at letting all three of the places involved in the 6-point-tie in just because one of them is one of mine.

2. If the answer to #1 is "nah it's cool," then discussion needs to happen between the creators of The Amerylith Coast, The Cursed Island, and The Ring of Light now about how cool they are or aren't with the idea of concept combination (NONE of those are mine). (Since I don't want a run-off, I think it's okay for you to reveal your identities as the creators of those Places now).

2a. If all three of those are combined, though, we'll have FIVE Places. Should we, IF that happens, allow in the Place that got 5 points...? Discuss, please. (We're not voting, just discussing.)

1-2c. I just don't want a run-off, is one of the things I'm saying.

(3. Note: I do NOT want to start discussing "let's talk about where the places are in relation to each other on a conceptual map" yet. I already have certain ideas about that... BUT let's get all of the above straightened out first.)

It occurs to me that an alternative way for me to settle the 3-way tie for the 6 points is for me to just throw one of them out. But I wouldn't choose to throw MINE out, so that seems... problematic as a solution. Unless the creators say "hey no, GM, it's your contest, it's up to you." But still.

What th' hell, we have 7 Places, fine, whatever.

That's got my vote.

Combining those three could work in a number of ways. I mean, the Cursed Island and Ring of Light work together in a limited sense, except one has been colonized on record and the other's a mystery. Those two could also easily be locations within or along the Coast.

But that's all second to the idea of just taking the seven and then sorting out stuff.

I'm going to be honest I don't see how the islands and coast could combine together.

I a gree. After all, those were the rules, weren't they?

with so few voters, I guess ties won't be so rare...
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 15:16, Tue 31 May 2022.

Well, for example:


The Amerylith Coast, the Ring of Light, and the Accursed Island

--Amerylith Beach is located along the eastern coastline of the eastern continent. It is notable for its length and the vast coral reef that extends along its length. In truth, the beach is a amalgam of various beaches broken up by cliffs, mangrove swamps, and other features. Still, it is considered as one place in minds: The Amerylith Coast.

--The coast teems with various forms of life native to the planet in both the water and along the various coastal features. This has attracted settlements, but these are sparse and distant from one another. The coastline is quite sparsely populated despite its bounty because a great deal of its native fauna is extremely dangerous, due to the leyline that runs along the coast between the beaches and the reef. One of the most potent on the planet, the Amerylith Leyline thrums with magical energies. Many of the local flora and fauna have developed synergies with and have latent magical abilities. And at the base of this ecosystem are the vast clouds of Archanaea that float along the leyline itself. It is also no surprise that there are several locations along the coast where smokeweed thrives. This does attract the occasional trader and spurs local communities to harvesting and cultivating the plant.

--Then, running east and west, is the Equatorial Leyline. Where it meets with the Amerylith Leyline lies a great congregation of Archanaea in a ring-like shape. The Archanaea consumes the massive permeating energy. However, few lights last for long inside the circle. Many myths abound about the islands that legends say lie within the ring, for few ever survive entering the ring for any time. Those that do tend to go missing for many months before reappearing with no memory of ever entering it.

--No Predators eat the Archanaea here, and they only flash those few boats that seek to enter near the waters.

--The Greatest myth or tale is of a island, which the Archanaea ward travelers away from, a cursed land that held great magic, at one point, long since forgotten.

--Some say that the island sank--reasons for the island sinking are myriad-- a wrathful god, hubris of the mortals that worked upon it, and so many more— none with any proof of the matter.

--Others say that the island sinks and rises occasionally for unknown and mysterious reasons.

--But then, some believe the island still rests on the surface, just hidden from the world, with only those wishing to leave ever returning, forgetting what happened on the island.

--This large island is seen as quite dangerous a place. In history, many countries, from many alignments, have established colonies on it, but none lasted.

--Mysterious creatures have wiped out any colony in less than a decade, though those sent to explore it have rarely encountered those mysterious creatures that have wiped one colony after another, and when an occasional colony has been attempted, either earthquakes, heavy storms or even wildfires have also destroyed them.

--Nonetheless, its fertile lands, mineral richness and strange plants and species (some with magical powers) seem to make sure more will always be ready to try (and fail)…
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:43, Tue 31 May 2022.

Yeah, I'll just vote for them being separate, considering how I didn't understand the conflation.

I vote for 7 places as well, and I agree with Daryus that merging them sounds feasible. Especially if magics involved, though I can believe if it was natural too.

Well to simplify:

--There's the long coast, which also has a beach running down it on a reef. The coast in question is on a magical leyline.

--There's also a magical leyline that goes around the equator.

--Where those two lines meet is a ring of magic krill (plankton, if you don't know that word. Make a Spongebob joke and I will yell at you).

--Inside that very wide ring is a magical accursed island that's very mysterious.


So... like that.

That wasn't hard, was it?

Actually that makes sense. Take aspects from the 3 don't take the whole of them.

I'll leave my vote to the other two.

I... don't really know what that means.

BUT THE VIBE I'M GETTING IS that we should let all of the 6-pointers in, especially since we can basically combine concepts somewhat. So:

The Sandstone Desert: 8
The Amerylith Coast: 8
The Village of Nature's Chessboard: 8
Endless Mines: 7
The Cursed Island: 6
Pendrell: 6 points
The Ring of Light: 6

So, I'm about to let these all into canon, as discussed above. Anyone wanna stop me?

IF not, then I'll move onto the next step, which will be discussing where everything is in relationship to one another. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, i want to be sure that there's no objections.

So let's have at least two people give me either an objection, or a "no objections, GM."

Then (and only then) I'll start talking about what's next.

No problems or objections, GM-sama!