I think no, contestants shouldn’t vote. Like you said, Flatline, it would just benefit each person to vote for their self.
It’s a little unusual this time around with three finalists because of the crazy tie; normally it’s just two people. Say if there was a rule you had to vote for another person, well, most of the time it would be the other contestant. (And I would think no one would want to be forced to vote for someone specific.)
Regarding bonus points: I noticed last month there were very few people voting in the final poll, so I figured, alright, how do we get more people voting? Okay, how about giving out bonus points! So sure, if we decided that finalists aren’t voting, then that means they wouldn’t be eligible for those points… but I think that may be a good thing. It at least gives the other people a slightly better chance to get to the finals the next month, and having newer people and a just little more diversity of finalists I think is going to be healthy.
Regardless, I’m excited that participation is up last month and this month. Hopefully the themes have been exciting for people thus far. I’m still rather new to this, so I’m not trying to change everything, but some smart tweaks may very well serve us better.
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Who says it must be rare or mythic? (Yet another reason to always specify rarity...)
I certainly didn’t pose a specific rarity requirement. I just said it’s unimportant here.
I didn’t explain the why very much as to the reason for not requesting people submit a rarity, but for the challenge this first round it’s more about the design based on the earlier card. Since the earlier card has a rarity, I feel it’s much less important defining the new rarity on it. I also don’t want players to get too hung up on that — the focus is simply a bigger and badder version of the original card.
bravelion83, unless you have someone else in mind (which would be absolutely cool), I’d be willing to host the CCL for July. I think it could be a lot of fun to do. I like the format and scoring that you use, so I would try to keep it as similar as possible to what you have.
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Looks like a few other people are being discounted about whether a keyword mechanic needs to have been new, and whether it later being evergreen is important.
In my case, two of the judges felt “deathtouch” wasn’t an eligible keyword ability. My chosen block was Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, and aside from a brief mention in Time Spiral (which again, you said didn’t count anyway), it debuted in Lorwyn as a non-evergreen mechanic (just as Scry or Prowess are now evergreen, but weren’t when they were introduced).
bravelion83, can you provide some helpful clarification?
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I just wanted to say it’s been fun so far! Thanks bravelion83 for spending the time and adjudicating the past few CCL’s! Hopefully I’ll be around for round 4.
It’s a little unusual this time around with three finalists because of the crazy tie; normally it’s just two people. Say if there was a rule you had to vote for another person, well, most of the time it would be the other contestant. (And I would think no one would want to be forced to vote for someone specific.)
Regarding bonus points: I noticed last month there were very few people voting in the final poll, so I figured, alright, how do we get more people voting? Okay, how about giving out bonus points! So sure, if we decided that finalists aren’t voting, then that means they wouldn’t be eligible for those points… but I think that may be a good thing. It at least gives the other people a slightly better chance to get to the finals the next month, and having newer people and a just little more diversity of finalists I think is going to be healthy.
Regardless, I’m excited that participation is up last month and this month. Hopefully the themes have been exciting for people thus far. I’m still rather new to this, so I’m not trying to change everything, but some smart tweaks may very well serve us better.
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I didn’t explain the why very much as to the reason for not requesting people submit a rarity, but for the challenge this first round it’s more about the design based on the earlier card. Since the earlier card has a rarity, I feel it’s much less important defining the new rarity on it. I also don’t want players to get too hung up on that — the focus is simply a bigger and badder version of the original card.
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I’ll revert it back to three rounds and we’ll see how it plays out this month.
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Don’t worry, the next round will be more interesting, I promise.
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I’m hosting my first CCL! Round 1 is open now so feel free to swing by and create a card! Let me know if you have questions or comments.
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In my case, two of the judges felt “deathtouch” wasn’t an eligible keyword ability. My chosen block was Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, and aside from a brief mention in Time Spiral (which again, you said didn’t count anyway), it debuted in Lorwyn as a non-evergreen mechanic (just as Scry or Prowess are now evergreen, but weren’t when they were introduced).
bravelion83, can you provide some helpful clarification?
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