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lesser_minion
2009-02-28, 10:48 AM
This thread is an index of the VUAx contests currently running on the board, and all of the VUAx results.

If anybody has a contest that they would like added, hates the format and would like it changed, has an important update that I've missed, or would like to add any comments of their own, then please PM me.

You can link to the index using the following code:
Past and Present Vote-up Contests (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5832833&postcount=1)

[hr]Contests In Voting or with Results Pending:

Vote Up A Monster (3.5) by InaVegt

In Voting

The Spellswarm -- Discussion|Monster (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9927960&postcount=154)

Vote Up A Campaign Setting by afroakuma, Zeta Kai and Shadow Elf

Pending.

Vote Up A Campaign Setting Contest and Discussion


Original Contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96183)
Discussion Thread I
Discussion Thread II
Discussion Thread III (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6247851#post6247851)
Discussion Thread IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125099)
Discussion Thread V (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9593947#post9593947)


Hourglass of Zihaja Campaign Setting


Chapter 0: How it all began (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177072)
Chapter 1: Zihaja and his Universe (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177086)
Chapter 2: The World of Siraaj (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177515)
Chapter 3: The World of Namjah



[hr]Past Contests

Feel free to use any of the homebrew linked in this section, but please note that all of these threads are well past the cutoff point for thread necromancy.

Vote up an Aberration by Drogorn

Concluded

The Mistwalker - Contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153267)|Monster (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8570898&postcount=134)


Vote Up A Monster(3.X) by Zeta Kai (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4810754&postcount=29)

Concluded


The Gatekeeper - Contest|Monster
The Deus Ex Machina - Contest|Monster
The Ectoplasmic Swarm - Contest|Monster
The Polymental - Contest|Monster
The Spirit Dragon - Contest|Monster
The Changeling - Contest|Monster
The Ethereal Shrieker - Contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105699)|monster (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5873644#post5873644)
The Ymir - contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5877707#post5877707)|Monster (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5927683#post5927683)
The Harbinger - Contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5932556#post5932556)|Monster (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6008927#post6008927)
The Ice Fang - Contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6021012#post6021012)|Monster (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6095600#post6095600)


Vote Up A Monster(4e) by Shadow Elf (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5001941&postcount=39)

Concluded


The Pandora's Paradox - Contest|Monster
The Songbird Spirit - Contest|Monster


Don't Vote Up A Monster(3.X) by Kellus (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3509035&postcount=16)
On hold

The Zeppelos - Contest|Monster
Latest Contest (Appears Dead) - Link


Vote Up A Villain(3.X) by afroakuma (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5281866&postcount=45)

Concluded


The Maiden's Weeping/Swain of Varrone - Contest|Villain
The Caillteanas - Contest|Villain
Dandag the Quiet - Contest|Villain
The Augmoha - Contest|Villain
The Silver Hellstar - Contest|Villain
Prince Meridius - Contest|Villain
The Theif King's Palace - Contest|Villain
The Omenwrath - Contest|Villain
Tsartajius - Contest|Villain


Vote Up A Race(3.X) by Lord_Gareth (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78903)

Appears Dead


First Contest - Link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105652)|Latest News (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105652&goto=newpost)


Vote-up a Base Class (3.X) by Llama231

Complete


The Deludist - Contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104335)|Class (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5855474)
The Indigenist - Class (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118526)


Vote Up A Discipline by The Demented One (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3865485&postcount=2)

Concluded


The Army of One - Discipline (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103406)|Contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101243)


Vote Up A Charm (Exalted) by The Demented One

Concluded


Haunting the Hen House - Vote up thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127076)|Charms (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7227463#post7227463)
Stitched Flesh Panoply - Thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130289)|Charm (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7275096#post7275096)


Vote Up A Dungeon(4e) by Mercenary Pen

First Contest - Link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98865)|Latest News (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98865&goto=newpost)


Vote Up A Magic Item (3.X) by watsyurname529 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103384)

Concluded


Nox Mirror - Contest|Magic Item
Current Contest - Link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105192)|Latest News (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105192&goto=newpost)


Vote Up A Vote Up by thegurullamen (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5459913&postcount=46)

Concluded


The Warmelder (class) - Contest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95507)|Class (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98298)



Vote Up A Tavern by Thane of Fife

Concluded


The Last Gasp - Contest|Tavern


Humorous Contests:

Vote Up An Acid Class by DracoDei

On hold


Current Contest: Link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105836)|Latest News (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105836&goto=newpost)

Zeta Kai
2009-02-28, 11:17 AM
Ah, good. Now I can stop putting links to each past contest into post#1 of each new VUAM thread. Thank you.

afroakuma
2009-02-28, 11:20 AM
I've noticed a distinct need for my own, so I'll retain them. Also, you missed Vote Up A Tavern and Vote Up A Vote Up.

lesser_minion
2009-02-28, 11:27 AM
Vote Up A Tavern? I haven't seen that one.

Vote Up A Vote Up I'll add in soon.

Does anyone mind the new format?

I can kind of see why there seems to be a bit of voter burnout after doing this though.

afroakuma
2009-02-28, 11:37 AM
I can kind of see why there seems to be a bit of voter burnout after doing this though.

Yes, well, that's why I've put mine on hold. Every time the meme's originators start running hard again, a whole whack of imitators spring up. Which is fun, but it crowds the front page and people stop voting.

Hopefully everyone will get a taste for it again soon.

lesser_minion
2009-02-28, 11:46 AM
Yeah... sorry about that.

One big problem I've noticed is that people seem to avoid general brainstorming threads in favour of going to the Vote Up threads - although I have seen a few people say that they aren't really too into homebrew and come to the forum mainly for the VUAx threads.

watsyurname529
2009-02-28, 12:05 PM
You took my idea! I was going to do this eventually, oh well. Now you get the responsibility to update this.

Anyway, yeah, I have noticed the kinda drop in the voting and I'm planning to hold off on my VUA Magic Item when I get the current one finished.

Also, lesser_minion, my name is spelled watsyurname529. You made a typo when you typed my username.

lesser_minion
2009-02-28, 12:07 PM
Got it.

I wouldn't mind if people posted any updates they had here, in case I miss them - it makes my job a little bit easier.

Vadin
2009-02-28, 12:24 PM
I vote for adding in Vote Up A Tavern!

lesser_minion
2009-02-28, 12:36 PM
*Reels in shock at discovering that neither of you were joking*

I'm more surprised than anything. It was actually quite an interesting idea.

I'm considering whether or not to include Vote Up An Acid Class*

*explanation (bear in mind that this kills the joke):
A Base accepts protons (unipositive hydrogen ions), whereas an acid donates them (according to the Brønstead-Löwry theory).

Because water is amphoteric, and acid-base reactions form a dynamic chemical equilibrium (which will shift so as to oppose any change made to it), mixing an acid class with water will cause less of it to dissociate, and more of it to accept protons, forming H3O+ ions.

Adding a base class to water, on the other hand, would result in fewer H3O+ ions forming, as the water instead dissociates into OH- ions and protons in order to replace the ones being removed. It will achieve an equilibrium with a much lower H3O+ concentration than before.

The pH of a solution is calculated by taking the common (base 10) logarithm of the reciprocal concentration of the solution (thus, it increases as the hydrogen ion concentration drops) - DracoDei's concern is that the pH of this forum may be growing too high because everyone posts base classes. Groan now, please.

Bear in mind, however, that I only did A-level chemistry, so my understanding of this might not be spot on.

Llama231
2009-02-28, 01:04 PM
Ther sure are an awful lot of these...

afroakuma
2009-02-28, 01:07 PM
Yes indeed. As I said, that's why I'm holding off on the big VUAV X.

Zeta Kai
2009-02-28, 01:41 PM
What have I done to my beloved homebrew forum? :smalleek:

Thane of Fife
2009-02-28, 07:05 PM
Yeah, I did the Vote up a Tavern. It should have been interesting, but a series of crazy votes turned it into not much of a tavern (seriously, a tavern in a dungeon in the sky? Run by Troglodytes?).

I have considered doing another, but can't find the original. I think the forum might have eaten it, or something.

Also, I can't get to the first Vote up a Campaign Setting discussion thread (the one you have listed as #2).

Zeta Kai
2009-02-28, 07:42 PM
I have considered doing another, but can't find the original. I think the forum might have eaten it, or something.

Here is your VUAT (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95493). You can click on your name, search for all threads started by yourself, just like you can for anyone else.

ErrantX
2009-02-28, 07:55 PM
Perhaps this should get a sticky?

-X

Thane of Fife
2009-02-28, 07:57 PM
Here is your VUAT. You can click on your name, search for all threads started by yourself, just like you can for anyone else.

I had no idea I could do that. Thank you.

And where is a smiley with widened eyes when you need one?

lesser_minion
2009-02-28, 08:30 PM
Erm... I actually dropped it in the humorous section by mistake - sorry.

On a related note, according to Opera, the error in the URL was basically a PEBKAC on my part. I've changed it now.

Lappy9000
2009-03-01, 12:21 AM
What have I done to my beloved homebrew forum? :smalleek:http://webzoom.freewebs.com/lego12340/Heck_Yes.jpg
You Blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!!!

Juhn
2009-03-01, 12:28 AM
There are actually several others - a lot of them were abandoned, however. I wrote up a comprehensive list a while ago and sent it to afro.

Off the top of my head, of the ones that were completed you're missing the Don't Vote Up A Monster contests - the first major reaction to the VUAx meme.

lesser_minion
2009-03-01, 12:36 AM
Don't Vote Up A Monster(3.X) by Kellus (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3509035&postcount=16)

The Zeppelos - Contest|Monster
Latest Contest (Result Pending)


You mean those?

Hey wait... did that photo always have an afro?

Lappy9000
2009-03-01, 12:38 AM
You mean those?

Hey wait... did that photo always have an afro?Maaaaaaaaaaybe not :D

Although I imagine that Charlton Heston would have approved.

Juhn
2009-03-01, 12:50 AM
Were those links already there?

If so, I blame my lack of observance on sleep deprivation, and I'll be going to bed now to rectify this.

lesser_minion
2009-03-01, 12:51 AM
Yes, yes they were.

Equally, I really need to get some sleep as well, so you aren't alone there.

Mercenary Pen
2009-03-01, 03:23 PM
Hang on, where are the indexes we're supposed to be voting for?:smalltongue:

On a more serious note, I would like to apologise for the lack of progress on Vote up a Dungeon (4e), which has been plagued with issues including more urgent issues in the real world and a bit of writer's block. I hope to get back to work on it soon, but I can't yet offer any timescale in which it will be finished.

thegurullamen
2009-03-01, 04:27 PM
I updated the VUAVUA Class so it links to the winner. Stupid of me not to have done that a lot earlier.

VUAVUA sequels are going to be held until the meta dies down long enough for it to become retro (probably indefinitely.) That and there's no reason to add to the list above unless you're more devoted to it than I am right now.

LordZarth
2009-03-01, 04:49 PM
I updated the VUAVUA Class so it links to the winner. Stupid of me not to have done that a lot earlier.

VUAVUA sequels are going to be held until the meta dies down long enough for it to become retro (probably indefinitely.) That and there's no reason to add to the list above unless you're more devoted to it than I am right now.

Hey, thegurullamen, I had an even meta-er idea a while back. Basically, it starts as a VUAVUA. Then, over a period of a few days, anyone who wants to try their hand at it submits an x, according to what we voted. Then, we vote on which are the best. And give awards. And then do it again. What do you think?

thegurullamen
2009-03-01, 05:18 PM
So a VUAVUAxContest? Might be fun BUT hold off. The forum seems to be in a massive state of VUA burn out right now. I'd say wait until there's less than 4 VUAx on the front page at once. I know afro'd agree.

LordZarth
2009-03-01, 05:22 PM
So a VUAVUAxContest? Might be fun BUT hold off. The forum seems to be in a massive state of VUA burn out right now. I'd say wait until there's less than 4 VUAx on the front page at once. I know afro'd agree.

Yes, oh yes. That's why it's not there right now. Have talked to Afro already, earlier. Just mentioned to you because you did a VUAVUAx.

Hmm... what do you think about it stepping, potentially, on the toes of the already-contests we have? I don't think it would be a problem, but it's a consideration...

afroakuma
2009-03-01, 05:54 PM
At this time, there are seven active VUAs on the first page, and two related threads. That's 18% of the front page's capacity.

This seems to have ballooned out of proportion. I'm going to hold off on VUAV X until the air clears a bit.

The Bookworm
2009-03-01, 06:28 PM
Does Conjure Up A Villain count as a VUAx? Also, there is now Vote up an Epic Destiny to add to the list.

afroakuma
2009-03-01, 06:38 PM
No; if I counted that, we'd hit 20%. However, that's an independent contest with no voting, and actually should probably have gone in the main d20 Gaming board.

DracoDei
2009-03-02, 12:53 PM
I say go ahead and put in Vote Up an Acid Class... it its own "special" section at the very end...

lesser_minion
2009-03-02, 01:47 PM
Humorous contests


Already done. Hope you don't mind the disclaimer, it didn't work as well as I hoped.

DracoDei
2009-03-02, 02:12 PM
Ah, that works well enough...