Luthervamplord
03-19-2008, 03:29 PM
The crowd settles as the lights in the theater each go out in turn, slowly descending the room into a deep blackness that hums with the whispers from those in the back rows.
Slowly, a single candle flame makes its way from far off in the distance to the front of the stage and slowly grows in brightness; until it reveals its bearer.
Ladies and Gentlemen; Boys and Girls; Assorted Demons and Angels; Those how have Fallen and Those that have Risen – Welcome to Fit the Flavor; Luther Style!
The crowd roars its approval.
First folks, a bit of history:
Way back in the dark ages of the net; When Yusuke was still an active writer and Tekk hadn’t discovered his fascination with animated ladies in scant clothing, there existed a contest of Legendary status, brought forth into creation by that Riftwalker of a Titan Streetz. Eons passed, and then the Elite Poster known to us all as Your Worst Nightmare brought it back from beyond the veil. But now; having seen off the stiff competition of my peers, it’s Luther’s time to bring forth this amazing event – Fit The Flavor!
Here’s how this contest works; I’m going to post three separate pieces of Flavor Text here, which you will then use to design and submit a card with. At which point the three judges (myself included) will do their thing. But here's the snag - The top three contestants of each round will become the next rounds judges.
Now your card can be of any design, use any existing mechanic and can utilize any creature type – it could be a Planeswalker, it could be a Legendary Enchantment, and it could even be a Split Card with one side creature, one side instant. The only rule is that it MUST FIT & FEATURE THE FLAVOR TEXT!
Exciting isn’t it? But having made the transition from player to judge, I can whole-heartedly agree with YWN: “It's not just pink bananas and dancing with toothbrushes.” by a very long way. Posting a flavor text for others to build cards around and having the power to judge them is quite the power trip (The fact I beat the [Order] makes it sweeter), but you'll need to do it with a certain level of seriousness and professionalism. I can only forewarn you that once you see how all the strings are pulled behind the curtain; this contest will never seem the same again…
So how are ‘We Judges Three’ going to be scoring your cards in a fair and balanced manner; by using the system laid down by those who passed before us:
The cards will be judged on a set rubric out of 25.
/10 pts - Adherence to Flavor
/5 pts - Card Balance (proper casting cost, power level, etc)
/5 pts - Design Fundamentals (color pie, tribe traits, etc)
/5 pts - Creativity
The judges that will score you this round are:
– Luthervamplord
– Ryuzaki
– Maleficent
Each judge will score each card based upon these results and the totals will then be added together and averaged out; so like last time this contest could level out to be a close call.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk about rules and regulations – you came here for flavor text and that is what I’m here to give you:
Flavor 1:
Time is like watching the tide: With enough patience, you can learn its ebbs and flows.
Flavor 2:
Honor is outdated; Love is Fleeting; Pride is the Mantle of the Smallest Man: War is Eternal.
Flavor 3:
Where I walk; I walk alone. Where I travel; none have traveled before me. I sleep with the living; and rise with the dead.
And now you ask why there are three flavor texts. Because YWN did it before me, and why ruin a perfectly good format when it works?
Rather important notes:
You can choose which flavor text to use, but you can only submit one card.
Specify which flavor text you are using; without it your card is invalid.
Submissions are posted here; all other comments are to be made in the provided thread only.
If you didn’t participate in the last round; don’t worry. All are welcome to join in at any time.
TEXT BASED ENTRIES ONLY: This means no images, no outside links to images and no mana cost images – 123WUBRGXYZ only.
The deadline is 28/03/08: Any cards submitted after this date will be ignored.
You will have until 30/03/08 to make alterations to your card; consider it a gift from my cold heart to yours.
But the single most important rule to this format:
HAVE FUN!!!!
EDIT:
This round of Fit the Flavor counts for the MSS; scoring works as follows:
[Contestants]*1.5 - ([Placement] - 1) * 1.5 = Points awarded.
So, if we have say Twenty people participate then the person who scores top will receive 30 points! (20*1.5 - 1.5(1-1) = 30)
So what does this mean to you? The more people you can get to join this contest - The more points that are up for grabs! So get your fellow clansmen and posters to join in now!
Slowly, a single candle flame makes its way from far off in the distance to the front of the stage and slowly grows in brightness; until it reveals its bearer.
Ladies and Gentlemen; Boys and Girls; Assorted Demons and Angels; Those how have Fallen and Those that have Risen – Welcome to Fit the Flavor; Luther Style!
The crowd roars its approval.
First folks, a bit of history:
Way back in the dark ages of the net; When Yusuke was still an active writer and Tekk hadn’t discovered his fascination with animated ladies in scant clothing, there existed a contest of Legendary status, brought forth into creation by that Riftwalker of a Titan Streetz. Eons passed, and then the Elite Poster known to us all as Your Worst Nightmare brought it back from beyond the veil. But now; having seen off the stiff competition of my peers, it’s Luther’s time to bring forth this amazing event – Fit The Flavor!
Here’s how this contest works; I’m going to post three separate pieces of Flavor Text here, which you will then use to design and submit a card with. At which point the three judges (myself included) will do their thing. But here's the snag - The top three contestants of each round will become the next rounds judges.
Now your card can be of any design, use any existing mechanic and can utilize any creature type – it could be a Planeswalker, it could be a Legendary Enchantment, and it could even be a Split Card with one side creature, one side instant. The only rule is that it MUST FIT & FEATURE THE FLAVOR TEXT!
Exciting isn’t it? But having made the transition from player to judge, I can whole-heartedly agree with YWN: “It's not just pink bananas and dancing with toothbrushes.” by a very long way. Posting a flavor text for others to build cards around and having the power to judge them is quite the power trip (The fact I beat the [Order] makes it sweeter), but you'll need to do it with a certain level of seriousness and professionalism. I can only forewarn you that once you see how all the strings are pulled behind the curtain; this contest will never seem the same again…
So how are ‘We Judges Three’ going to be scoring your cards in a fair and balanced manner; by using the system laid down by those who passed before us:
The cards will be judged on a set rubric out of 25.
/10 pts - Adherence to Flavor
/5 pts - Card Balance (proper casting cost, power level, etc)
/5 pts - Design Fundamentals (color pie, tribe traits, etc)
/5 pts - Creativity
The judges that will score you this round are:
– Luthervamplord
– Ryuzaki
– Maleficent
Each judge will score each card based upon these results and the totals will then be added together and averaged out; so like last time this contest could level out to be a close call.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk about rules and regulations – you came here for flavor text and that is what I’m here to give you:
Flavor 1:
Time is like watching the tide: With enough patience, you can learn its ebbs and flows.
Flavor 2:
Honor is outdated; Love is Fleeting; Pride is the Mantle of the Smallest Man: War is Eternal.
Flavor 3:
Where I walk; I walk alone. Where I travel; none have traveled before me. I sleep with the living; and rise with the dead.
And now you ask why there are three flavor texts. Because YWN did it before me, and why ruin a perfectly good format when it works?
Rather important notes:
You can choose which flavor text to use, but you can only submit one card.
Specify which flavor text you are using; without it your card is invalid.
Submissions are posted here; all other comments are to be made in the provided thread only.
If you didn’t participate in the last round; don’t worry. All are welcome to join in at any time.
TEXT BASED ENTRIES ONLY: This means no images, no outside links to images and no mana cost images – 123WUBRGXYZ only.
The deadline is 28/03/08: Any cards submitted after this date will be ignored.
You will have until 30/03/08 to make alterations to your card; consider it a gift from my cold heart to yours.
But the single most important rule to this format:
HAVE FUN!!!!
EDIT:
This round of Fit the Flavor counts for the MSS; scoring works as follows:
[Contestants]*1.5 - ([Placement] - 1) * 1.5 = Points awarded.
So, if we have say Twenty people participate then the person who scores top will receive 30 points! (20*1.5 - 1.5(1-1) = 30)
So what does this mean to you? The more people you can get to join this contest - The more points that are up for grabs! So get your fellow clansmen and posters to join in now!