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The contest is officially closed! I'd like to thank all of the participants for their entries and their efforts. For my first time running one of these, I feel it was very successful, but it couldn't be done without the help of my dA friends, artists, and watchers who helped favorite the link, promoted it on their pages, and spread the word. To all of you, thank you very much for that! I'm grateful and humbled by your support!
Here are the contestants of the contest! Please visit their pages and give them a hand!
1. Bagera3005 bagera3005.deviantart.com
2. Tank50us tank50us.deviantart.com
3. Pixel-pencil pixel-pencil.deviantart.com
4. Maidz maidz.deviantart.com
5. wbyrd wbyrd.deviantart.com
6. Colourbrand colourbrand.deviantart.com
7. itsukiichiyuu itsukiichiyuu.deviantart.com
8. Arrevanthas arrevanthas.deviantart.com
9. HallowGazer hallowgazer.deviantart.com
10. Kvlticon kvlticon.deviantart.com
11. Pells-art pells-art.deviantart.com
For review, here are the prizes to be distributed after judging has concluded. I will notify the winners by note.
1st Place: $150.00 USD or foreign equivalent based on exchange rate
2nd Place: $100.00 USD as above, or a Wacom Bamboo tablet + $20.00 USD (recipient's choice)
3rd Place: $80.00 USD as above
Honorable Mention: $60.00 USD as above
For all others, watch this space! Thanks again!
Here are the contestants of the contest! Please visit their pages and give them a hand!
1. Bagera3005 bagera3005.deviantart.com
2. Tank50us tank50us.deviantart.com
3. Pixel-pencil pixel-pencil.deviantart.com
4. Maidz maidz.deviantart.com
5. wbyrd wbyrd.deviantart.com
6. Colourbrand colourbrand.deviantart.com
7. itsukiichiyuu itsukiichiyuu.deviantart.com
8. Arrevanthas arrevanthas.deviantart.com
9. HallowGazer hallowgazer.deviantart.com
10. Kvlticon kvlticon.deviantart.com
11. Pells-art pells-art.deviantart.com
For review, here are the prizes to be distributed after judging has concluded. I will notify the winners by note.
1st Place: $150.00 USD or foreign equivalent based on exchange rate
2nd Place: $100.00 USD as above, or a Wacom Bamboo tablet + $20.00 USD (recipient's choice)
3rd Place: $80.00 USD as above
Honorable Mention: $60.00 USD as above
For all others, watch this space! Thanks again!
A response to an irrational lamentation
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Republicated Rejuvenator!
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The worst thing one can receive isn't hate
... it's apathy. Twenty-five years ago, if you told a teenaged me that one day, someone would make Heir to the Empire and bring Thrawn to the big screen, I doubt I’d believe it. First thing I’d probably mention would be the age of the actors and it would make much more sense to make movies oriented around Jacen and Jaina, and set it 25 years after Endor. Most every Star Wars fan accepted these movies wouldn’t be made unless recasting was involved, and no one wanted that. It wouldn’t feel the same. Now, if time traveling, world-weary and forty-something year-old me popped in and explain what we did get, I doubt I’d believe that either. I’d question the Disney acquisition; wonder what in the hell Rebels is, and ask why Han, Luke, Leia, Mara Jade, Talon Karrde, and various other minor, but memorable characters aren’t involved in some capacity. I’d probably be more concerned in finding out why the world is cheering on a war between Russia and Ukraine when the Cold War ended a mere
My OSR Dilemma
Following my fallout once the final nail in WOTC's coffin was hammered in (my own stance regarding their greed, ineptitude, and clearly demonstrated ill-will towards their customer base), I caught the Old School Roleplaying bug. I bought into crowdfunding campaigns for Shadowdark and Knave 2nd Edition, picked up the Old School Essentials basic set from my local gaming store, and ordered both of the Dungeon Crawl Classics and Mutant Crawl Classics rulebooks from Goodman Games. Each has its own charm, unique feel, and particular game mechanics. The stripping down of most of D&D 3.5/4/5E's crunch and harkening back to an arguably simpler time appeals to me, and player characters lose most of their borderline superhuman abilities in favor of a grittier, and potentially more lethal style of play. I've begun writing a mostly sandbox setting called the Shimmering Peak, where the players start locally, and via exploration and dungeon-delving, reveal more and more of the world around them.
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I was happy with the winners, they did a great job, now back to the drawing board and get better for the next one