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Happy to Help
United Kingdom
Redhill
Surrey
Support comes in many forms: community involvement, forum posts, submitting data, word-of-mouth advertising, financial donations... All of these are vital to this site, and you have my sincere thanks for participating in any of them.
Currently: off-line.
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Soon the individual files will be loaded into the database herer, but in the meantime I have compiled all of the entries into two zip files hosted externally (I'll delete these files once the voting period is over). You can download them now from:
 http://stelio.net/games/geek/2011A.zip (18.7 MB)
http://stelio.net/games/geek/2011B.zip (17.5 MB)
As such, voting can begin!
In order to vote:
 Download the files for all of the entries, and give them a good read.
 Decide on what order you think the games should be ranked, from best to worst.
 GeekMail your decision to me (quick link).
Voting algorithm
All registered users are eligible to vote. You can change your mind if you want by sending me an updated order of voting, but only if you do so before voting closes.
The contest will be decided by Single Transferable Vote (the same method as last year). This is a voting method that is not possible (yet) using the poll functionality on this site, which is why you need to send me your votes instead. I will then count up the results in order to determine the winner.
The only information I need for your vote is a list of the games in the order that you think they should end up. You do not need to list all entries in your vote, but please list at least three entries as there are places for three winners. Listing fourth/fifth/etc. choices helps when the voting is close.
For full disclosure, I will be using the Droop quota with surplus votes reallocated through proportional allocation similar to the Gregory method.
Timeline
First deadline: Wednesday 23 March 2011
Second deadline: Monday 28 March 2011
There are lots of games to read, but there were even more last year. The voting period is longer this year as well, so there shouldn't be any problems. Just in case, I'll extend the above deadline if I think that I haven't received enough votes. If it's close to the deadline and you still need more time, let me know (by posting here) as that will affect my decision to extend the deadline.
Questions
Please ask any questions in this thread.
The vote-counting mechanism is ideally suited to this type of contest, but is complex and so I won't be surprised if there are requests for further explanation.
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Teh Slipperboy
United States
Allen Park
Michigan
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Am I right in thinking that we should refrain from submitting any written reviews until the voting is over?
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The Man Unmasked
United States
Jackson
MS
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Hooray! They're up and I can print them before we let out for spring break, meaning I can use the work computer instead of the home computer!!!
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Erich Vereen
United States
Leland
North Carolina
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
sdonohue wrote: Am I right in thinking that we should refrain from submitting any written reviews until the voting is over?
That's what was requested last year, to keep from coloring anyone's perceptions of the game in question.
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Jason Carter
United States
Waldorf
Maryland
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Yeah, very excited! I can't wait to see what everyone else came up with!
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Steffan O'Sullivan
United States
Plymouth
NH
Her name is Noelle; I have a dream about her. She rings my bell; I got gym class in half an hour. Oh how she rocks In Keds and tube socks; But she doesn't know who I am, And she doesn't give a damn about me, 'cause ...
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
May I post the probabilities of success for Easy, Moderate and Hard tasks, or should I wait until voting is over?
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The Man Unmasked
United States
Jackson
MS
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Downloaded, and off to the printer! Finally!
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Eric Dodd
New Zealand
Martinborough
Wairarapa
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Ah, a couple of weeks of good reading while watching the Cricket World Cup.
Thanks Stelio.
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Barad The Dwarf
Belgium
De Haan
Got some sanity left?
Come over to the RPGG Tavern, I buy you a drink.
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Good luck you all.
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Trevor Christensen
United States
Idaho
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Indeed, Good Luck everyone!
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Steven Robert
United States
Altadena
California
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Good luck indeed! Looks like a lot of fascinating ideas here!
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Happy to Help
United Kingdom
Redhill
Surrey
Support comes in many forms: community involvement, forum posts, submitting data, word-of-mouth advertising, financial donations... All of these are vital to this site, and you have my sincere thanks for participating in any of them.
Currently: off-line.
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
sdonohue wrote: Am I right in thinking t61817hat we should refrain from submitting any written reviews until the voting is over?
As Erich says, please wait until after the voting period in order not to colour the opinions of other voters.  It'll be interesting to see how many of these games feature in the Iron Reviewer contest.
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Happy to Help
United Kingdom
Redhill
Surrey
Support comes in many forms: community involvement, forum posts, submitting data, word-of-mouth advertising, financial donations... All of these are vital to this site, and you have my sincere thanks for participating in any of them.
Currently: off-line.
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
sos1 wrote: May I post the probabilities of success for Easy, Moderate and Hard tasks, or should I wait until voting is over?
I don't see how that would change the votes of anyone, so go for it! 
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Steffan O'Sullivan
United States
Plymouth
NH
Her name is Noelle; I have a dream about her. She rings my bell; I got gym class in half an hour. Oh how she rocks In Keds and tube socks; But she doesn't know who I am, And she doesn't give a damn about me, 'cause ...
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Stelio wrote: sos1 wrote: May I post the probabilities of success for Easy, Moderate and Hard tasks, or should I wait until voting is over? I don't see how that would change the votes of anyone, so go for it!
Done, thanks! And Brian Leet has already answered my question on p.1 of my game, thanks, Brian!
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Barad The Dwarf
Belgium
De Haan
Got some sanity left?
Come over to the RPGG Tavern, I buy you a drink.
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Gave seven games already a look at. Steffan, do you make a geeklist again?
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Misfit Lily
United States
Belmont
Massachusetts
Starts game with cryokinesis. May freeze one vote per day. This power must be used while a vote is on a specific player time stamped in orders.
You're home early, ma'am. Another case cracked, I assume?
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I know. I didn't expect this to be the tough part. 8 done, mainly because I flew cross country yesterday...
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Steffan O'Sullivan
United States
Plymouth
NH
Her name is Noelle; I have a dream about her. She rings my bell; I got gym class in half an hour. Oh how she rocks In Keds and tube socks; But she doesn't know who I am, And she doesn't give a damn about me, 'cause ...
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Barad_the_dwarf wrote: Gave seven games already a look at. Steffan, do you make a geeklist again?
With the zipped files, I don't think it needs a geeklist this time. Last year, it was handy just to be able to find all the games together, but this year just download two files and you're done!
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Trevor Christensen
United States
Idaho
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It would still be nice for when the voting is over and the files are gone.. or for people who dont want to download them or vote but just want to skim through the different pages and see what was submitted.
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William Hostman
United States
Eagle River
Alaska
Gaming in Greater Anchorage area, Alaska since 1978. Looking for Indy-willing RPG players in Eagle River (or willing to drive to Eagle River). Geekmail me if interested.
Yes, this really is what I looked like when I uploaded that avatar. Not that it's quite current anymore.
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
nyriv wrote: I know. I didn't expect this to be the tough part. 8 done, mainly because I flew cross country yesterday...
Working my way through them. One crashed my PRS600...
about 10 read. Some people stretch the definition of RPG further than I do.
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Happy to Help
United Kingdom
Redhill
Surrey
Support comes in many forms: community involvement, forum posts, submitting data, word-of-mouth advertising, financial donations... All of these are vital to this site, and you have my sincere thanks for participating in any of them.
Currently: off-line.
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
Top Rope Games wrote: It would still be nice for when the voting is over and the files are gone.. or for people who dont want to download them or vote but just want to skim through the different pages and see what was submitted.
They're all listed under 2011 RPG Geek 24 Hour RPGs, if that helps.
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Eric Dodd
New Zealand
Martinborough
Wairarapa
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Half-way through... some great ideas, systems and design. It's going to be a tough choice.
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Trevor Christensen
United States
Idaho
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im gonna have to figure out how to find more time to catch up.. im only about 6 or 7 RPGs in.. gonna have to hurry up if i want to get to the end.
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Brian Leet
United States
Montpelier
Vermont
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Re: VOTING BEGINS!
I had a regular role play session cancel on Thursday, so that gave me three or four more hours for reading the entries. It probably took me a total of nine hours of review or so to sort my reactions to these, and I'm a fairly quick reader.
My votes are in! For me there were 10 clear entries I'd be glad to try, so I just ranked that many.
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Brian Cooksey
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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I've read six of them so far and I haven't run into a dud yet. I've got a pretty slow weekend coming up so once I've caught up on my PbF games, I'll be back to reading the rest of the entries.
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Oliver Graf
Germany
Weissenthurm
[Ø]
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Shouldn't this thread be pinned to the front to attract more voters?
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