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2013-05-10, 07:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
From what I've seen, if you have to have it, judges generally don't dock Originality. You have to have it, after all.
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2013-05-10, 07:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
That's always a balancing act in IC - using know tactics (or known cheese) will often get you a boost in Power but possibly a hit in Originality.
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My winning competition entries: Kinvig Arrumskor | The Great Pumpkinhead | Wynfrith d'Acker
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2013-05-10, 07:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
okay then.
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2013-05-10, 07:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
During the last competition, nearly every (if not every) entry used Arcane Strike for Bladesinger, and all the judges commented that it was a standard tactic that all gishes use, so it was an obvious exception to the rule.
So for must-have feats, Arcane Strike appears to be one for a Gish Dish.
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2013-05-10, 07:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
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2013-05-10, 07:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
I'll never dock originality for a required feat. Darkstalker on a stealth character, Craven or penetrating strike on a sneak attack build, Power Attack on a two-handed fighter, Natural Spell on a druid - those kinds of things will never see an originality penalty from me.
Darkstalker in particular is a big one because you sort of need it to make the whole hiding schtick work in the first place. You can make a decent melee build without Power Attack or an SA-focused build without Craven, especially if you've got other sources of bonus damage. But stealth without Darkstalker just doesn't work under any DM who is actually paying attention to his monster's abilities.
(That being said, while I'll never dock originality for something required like that, you might see a bonus if you've found a way around needing it. Show me a clever way to negate concealment or SA-immune enemies without penetrating strike and weapon crystals, or a way of avoiding common "auto-detection" on a stealth build without Darkstalker, and I'll almost certainly give you a bonus.)Optimization Showcase in the Playground
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IC LXXVI: Talos
IC LXXV: Alphonse Louise Constant
IC XLIX: Babalon, Queen of Bones
IC XLV: Dead Mists
IC XL: Lycus Blackbeak
IC XXXIX: AM-1468
IC XXXV: Parsifal the Fool
IC XXX: Jal Filius
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2013-05-10, 07:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
nother question. After all the judgin is done is it then ok to say who's build was who's or should that be done in the next IC thread?
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2013-05-10, 08:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
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2013-05-10, 08:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Optimization Showcase in the Playground
Former projects:
Shadowcaster Handbook
Archer Build Compendium
Iron Chef Awards!
Spoiler
GOLD
IC LXXVI: Talos
IC LXXV: Alphonse Louise Constant
IC XLIX: Babalon, Queen of Bones
IC XLV: Dead Mists
IC XL: Lycus Blackbeak
IC XXXIX: AM-1468
IC XXXV: Parsifal the Fool
IC XXX: Jal Filius
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2013-05-10, 08:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
thank ya thank ya
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2013-05-10, 10:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
I have good news, bad news, and worse news
Good news: I finished judging!
Bad news: My computer crashed
Worse News: I lost the word document I was keeping my judgings on.Got a couch, now for a dining room table.
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2013-05-10, 11:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-05-10, 11:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Terrible news! I would be insanely frustrated if that happened.
I try to do as much as possible in Google Docs for this very reason - everything is pretty much 100% recoverable for ages. I will sometimes switch to offline mode if I want to take my laptop to work with me, but if I'm somewhere with an internet connection I try to work that way.
Hope you can find a way to recover the file. Good luck!Optimization Showcase in the Playground
Former projects:
Shadowcaster Handbook
Archer Build Compendium
Iron Chef Awards!
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IC LXXVI: Talos
IC LXXV: Alphonse Louise Constant
IC XLIX: Babalon, Queen of Bones
IC XLV: Dead Mists
IC XL: Lycus Blackbeak
IC XXXIX: AM-1468
IC XXXV: Parsifal the Fool
IC XXX: Jal Filius
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2013-05-10, 11:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Yeah, I'm glad Text Edit does autosave. So much easier. I still make it a habit to save periodically anyway. I've lost too many files to accidental quits and rogue deletes.
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"We are Legion. … Our numbers will darken the sky of every world." - Sovereign/Nazara, Mass Effect
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2013-05-10, 11:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm trying to find it, but signs are currently pointing to it being gone, alone with a few other things as well.
Got a couch, now for a dining room table.
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2013-05-10, 11:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
If you saved an earlier version of the judging and the files seem to have been deleted, see if Recuva can find anything. It's an undeleter.
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2013-05-11, 12:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well, that worked is the good news.
The bad news is that I had only done about 5 the last time I saved.Got a couch, now for a dining room table.
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2013-05-11, 05:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
OMG Dude that sucks! If you can find it then ya can. If not then I still appreciate the time ya spent on it.
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2013-05-11, 08:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Maybe you can find the temporary file leftover from when you were working? Those are hidden files that require you to allow hidden files to be displayed. Sometimes they don't get deleted, such as in the event of a crash. The temporary files have $~ as their first two characters, replacing the first two of the file name.
Thanks for trying, anyway. We appreciate it!
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2013-05-11, 10:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Re-reading my scores and some of the responses to the scoring, I don't know that I got something clear with my judging when I posted my rubric.
I consider "12" to be the ideal baseline scores. 12 means that you've got a pretty solid build - it may not win any awards for originality but it has its own feel and avoids known cheese, it can hold its own in a party, it would be playable at most tables, and it makes decent use of at least half of the SI's abilities.
This contest was actually pretty stunning because almost every single build was well above average. 16 out of 22 builds were above 12, which again, I consider to be a pretty good build. And the fact that there are fully four builds that are 15 or above is fantastic. The highest score I've given a build in the previous judgings I've done was 14.5. It's not a result of disliking the builds, it's more a result of scoring philosophy.
(Nor does that mean that if you got below 12, you should feel bad! It just means there were maybe some issues that need to be tightened up.)
The builds in this contest were across the board excellent, especially considering how difficult many of the SI's class features were to use, and the big drawbacks inherent in the class.Last edited by Piggy Knowles; 2013-05-11 at 10:19 AM.
Optimization Showcase in the Playground
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Shadowcaster Handbook
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Iron Chef Awards!
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IC LXXVI: Talos
IC LXXV: Alphonse Louise Constant
IC XLIX: Babalon, Queen of Bones
IC XLV: Dead Mists
IC XL: Lycus Blackbeak
IC XXXIX: AM-1468
IC XXXV: Parsifal the Fool
IC XXX: Jal Filius
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2013-05-11, 10:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Thanks for the "clarification" Piggy.
I think there's been a pretty high standard of entries, with what is in some ways quite a lackluster ingredient, and to have so many entries that are deemed as playable (or at least can serious contribute to a game/party) shows some pretty mad chefing skills around here!Avatar(that seems to have disappeared) by Darwin
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2013-05-11, 10:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Piggy starts to raise my spirits and then dashes them against the rocks...
(nah im kidding)
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2013-05-11, 11:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Ah man, I'm so sorry Overlord. I hate the feeling of losing progress. I hope you didn't lose anything else important to you on the computer. And thank you for putting in all the time for judging and whatnot. It takes so much dedication.
Hmm very interesting thought Piggy. Makes me feel somewhat confident about how my character went. And makes me really kinda wish I had tried my second idea, just to see what people here would think.
So when does the next one start now? Today or tomorrow?
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2013-05-11, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
All 3 of my choices for HM have placed. Heh. I'll go for Atlas, i liked the Atlantis theme. I think choosing your own is bad form?
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2013-05-11, 06:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
I was always under the impression that voting yourself for HM was frowned on. And yeah, I had a lot of trouble picking HM. I had it down to a choice between Atlas and St. Poive, and finally more or less flipped a coin and went with giving it to Atlas.
Less than an hour now. Unless any stealth judges sneak in some scores last minute, this looks like a one-judger...Optimization Showcase in the Playground
Former projects:
Shadowcaster Handbook
Archer Build Compendium
Iron Chef Awards!
Spoiler
GOLD
IC LXXVI: Talos
IC LXXV: Alphonse Louise Constant
IC XLIX: Babalon, Queen of Bones
IC XLV: Dead Mists
IC XL: Lycus Blackbeak
IC XXXIX: AM-1468
IC XXXV: Parsifal the Fool
IC XXX: Jal Filius
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2013-05-11, 08:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Damn - looks like I was off by an hour. No matter - I believe that you guys are waiting for something...
Final Tallies After One Judge
{table=head]Entry|Place|Score
The Custodian, by Deadline|Gold|16
Dorn Cratermaker, by Gotterdammerung|Silver|15.5
Rashid Abd al-Haqq, by The Viscount|Bronze|15.25
St Poive, by Kayzan|Fourth|15
Nekaph, by Vaz|Fifth|14.75
Robin, by Venger|Fifth|14.5
Atlas, by lazers etcetera|Fifth|14.5
Mehka DoHickie, by Macabaret|Eighth|14
Miron Teos, by Fyrebyrd|Ninth|13.75
Dorian the Gray, by Venger|Ninth|13.75
The Sea Tiger, by Kayzan|Eleventh|13.5
Walter Penstapho, by dysprosium|Eleventh|13.5
Cornan, by yugi24862|Eleventh|13.5
Kylar Antilles, by Phippster|Eleventh|13.5
Lady Eboshi, by The Viscount|Fourteenth|13
Randal Ras, Amphetryon|Fifteenth|12.75
Oscar Twinkle, by Haluesen|Seventeenth|11.75
Master of None, by Deadline|Eighteenth|11
Lord Dorian, by Callin|Nineteenth|10.5
Judge Dee, by 8wGremlin|Twentieth|10.25
Kaladin, by nedz|Twenty-First|9.25
Deitoreth, by Warkan|Twenty-Second|7.75[/table]
One more time, a hearty round of applause for all competitors and our fabulous judge!
Iron Chef XLV will be up momentarily.Last edited by Kuulvheysoon; 2013-05-11 at 08:10 PM.
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2013-05-11, 08:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Vaz told you I would do worse than you!
edit: Congrats to the winners!Last edited by Callin; 2013-05-11 at 08:12 PM.
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2013-05-11, 08:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Nice job, all.
Thurbane, thanks for the nod you gave Randal Ras for HM. Hopefully you'll be able to compete next round.
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2013-05-11, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Great competition this time everyone! Many thanks to Piggy for judging all of our entries; I know it can't have been easy.
I couldn't resist doing Lady Eboshi this time around. It called to me too strongly to resist. The result isn't exactly good, but it was pretty fun.Kolyarut Avatar by Potatocubed.
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2013-05-11, 08:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge In The Playground XLIV
Applause for everyone!
I'll be throwing my hat in the ring next time, so don't rest on your laurels!