Gothic Earth lives again! Here's a new Ravenloft setting!

[Le Noir Faineant]

Le Noir, this is an official moderator warning: Be nice to the new guy. You're a long time poster here, and well respected, but that doesn't make you the posting police. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but your last post comes off as extremely condescending and rude. (and after I'd just said "we're an easy-going lot.")

Well, my sincere apologies, then. I resent the "posting police" comment, though, because I am, indeed, at least trying to never posture up.
The reason why I reacted so sharply was that Abbot's comments were insulting to me, even if he didn't mean so.
- Anyway, glad that it seems that things calmed down in the meantime. AS seems legitimately interested in the topic, so no beef from my side.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Well, my sincere apologies, then. I resent the "posting police" comment, though, because I am, indeed, at least trying to never posture up.

What I was referring to there was your instructions to "post less and lurk more." I don't think we should be actively discouraging new users from posting, nor telling them how to post. Telling people who can post and how they should do so is the definition of a moderator's job, not the members at large, so I thought something needed to be said. If my language was too harsh, I apologize.

The reason why I reacted so sharply was that Abbot's comments were insulting to me, even if he didn't mean so.

In that case, in the future, I encourage you (or anyone else offended by a post) to report such posts to the moderators and let us deal with it.

Anyway, it is indeed good to have things settled down. onward and upward...

[Abbot Suger]

Ron,

I am not sure how you guys are rating the write ups that people send to you, but might I suggest that you guys perhaps consider a blind voting process, by the contributors of the write ups. For instance, if 10 people contribute a write up on say General Custer, you guys can send out those write ups to the contributors for them to vote on the ones they like the best. To make it interesting they cannot vote on their own submissions, they would have to select in order from 1-9 which entry was the best with first place receiving 10 or 100 points second received 8 or 80, etc etc. Then you guys tally up those totals and select from there. Since each contributor votes and no names are attached to their selections I think that would make for an interesting vetting process. Think of it as a Formula 1 or NASCAR type of process. It might not work for each instance but perhaps we could try it with at least on of the submission.

Another question, have all the Dark lord been lined up yet? Or are they spontaneous each month? How about General Custer? Or would that be too touchy?

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Thanks for the suggestions, Abbot Suger, but we're keeping all the decision-making "in-house" for now. Call us control freaks, if you want, but we like to keep a tight rein on the netbooks we put our name on.

(Announcement soon, I hope!)

[Abbot Suger]

I understand the situation. So the list of Dark Lords is set already? How did you guys come up with the list? I am interested to know how the creative comes up with their ideas.

I think that the Pirate Queen, Mangele and Caligula have been my favorites so far.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

I understand the situation. So the list of Dark Lords is set already? How did you guys come up with the list? I am interested to know how the creative comes up with their ideas.

I wouldn't say the list is completely set, but we've got several we'd like to get to. The actual choosing process involves a secret dark ritual with a ouija board, goat's blood, a demon sock puppet, and large amounts of rice pudding.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Drumroll please....................

The winning Caligula entry comes from newcomer Abbot Suger! Congrats, AS!

For the next darklord, we head to Central America. Xipe Totec, the flayed god, still lurks there in Gothic Earth Eternal. What's he up to in 2012? (Yes, this one's a little more obscure. If you haven't heard of this charming fellow, here's the wikipedia article to get you started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xipe_Totec)

The deadline will be 6/22!

[Nireck]

So awesome!

I just saw this, i wanted to Know if the time of the deadline.


Since I am from mexico I'd love to participate

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

I just saw this, i wanted to Know if the time of the deadline.

The deadline is 6/22.

Welcome aboard! looking forward to seeing what you (and others) come up with!

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

OK gang, the winning Xipe Totec is by the man himself, Rucht Lilavivat! (Once again, I'll point out that those among the FoS and Rucht who submit for the contest are excluded from voting on the winner for that month).


For the next month, we'll do something a little different: Choose your own Darklord! That's right, the floodgates are open. Let's see what you've got. Any historical, mythological, or fictional figure, living, dead, or undead is fair game. (Please try not to write anything too slanderous about real living folks, though. And fictional characters still under copyright are discouraged.) Remember, we're not looking for characters you've made up whole cloth. Part of the fun of Gothic Earth is mashing up all those existing characters out there in Earth real or imagined history.

Deadline set at August 7th.

[Abbot Suger]

Awesome great decision for the CYOD for next month. Also congratulations Rucht Lilavivat on the previous months.

[devilfox]

Perhaps a chance to inject some Gothic Australia into the mix...

Now to find someone suitably tragic.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Perhaps a chance to inject some Gothic Australia into the mix...

Now to find someone suitably tragic.

Please do, we'd be glad to see it!

[devilfox]

Perhaps a chance to inject some Gothic Australia into the mix...

Now to find someone suitably tragic.

Okay not quite as easy as it seems. How does one find the happy balance between describing why said individual deserves to be a darklord and what they're up to in 2012? With Mengele, for instance, there wouldn't have been much need to describe his history - it's all little different with someone who may not be (read: definitely is not) quite so well known.

Ah well... time for some creative editting methinks.

[HuManBing]

Ooh, a Gothic Australia could be lots of fun! Bunyips lurking in every waterway, requiring some sort of blood sacrifice. Half-golem half-gunslinger Ned Kelly, haunting the highways and badlands.