[GDS] January 2012 "Back 2 Basics" - Comments and Questions

You've changed the nature of the writeup, but it seems like art is still allowed - is that the case?

Personally, I'm going to have less fun with a 200-word blurb than with more complete rules, but it's worth a trial run. When voting, I usually wish I had more information, not less. Just my take on it, though.

Thanks for running it -
Dave

I'm a scientist by training, so experimenting and iterating until you get to a better place fine with me. I think the theme and restrictions are going to provide more of a barrier than the length of rules, though, in any case.

It's tricky, because you're trying to solve two not entirely compatible problems simultaneously - how to get people to enter, and how to get people to vote. The motivations and challenges for each aren't the same for me at all.

I appreciate going back to the 200-word blurb, my entries actually were more like 800-word blurbs after all. I first saw the GDS more like an enriching (English?) public brainstorm than anything else, but competition turned out to be too serious for my liking. In any case, my entries usually failed misserably in terms of voting so we still need to see what the reception ends up being. Evidently, people submiting entries and voting then were more fond of complete rules (they were good games, really, it was the entry format!!! :P ). Anyways, thanks again Seth for hosting the showdown and I hope to manage to put something together before the deadline.