Re: Dreamcasting 2009
Dreamcasting!
Ok, so here's what I'm thinking…I think the current revamped rules that ourchair put in place are still valid.
To be honest, you can't really control the "he stole my pick" situation. There's nothing wrong with people having the same person in mind for a role. And just because someone "stole" a pick doesn't mean that you have to change your choice. The only time there'd be a problem is if people had multiple same choices (ex.—Mole and McCheese both chose Michael Hall for Batman, Kate Beckinsale for Catwoman and the kid from
Sarah Connor Chronicles as Robin). Well ok….obviously we'd have a problem. And personally, in my ruling style—it'd be a first come/first serve…but there's nothing saying that they couldn't both have the same. I think in terms of picking a winner in that case, folks would have to look at the supporting cast and pick the better between the 2.
In terms of property choices, since this is just Dreamcasting there isn't anything saying that you only have to pick a comic property (it just happens to have been all comic choices). Whoever wins the round could pick a comic, a TV remake, a book, a videogame, etc. So it's all open.
As far as what you present, you must at least produce a cast. Whether you want to give just a cast…or a cast with reasoning…or a an actual cast with a pitch…whatever. So long as you have a cast. Just understand that if you choose to do a cast and write out a full pitch and someone else just does a cast with no explanation---both are still eligible and hold the same weight. Just because you put more effort into your entry doesn't mean you automatically deserve to win over someone who just listed a cast.
And my opinion on the vague "super groups" is that we should stay away from vague properties like that. Reason being that you can't really judge 2 completely different casts fairly. You can't properly compare
X-Men to
Outsiders…
Avengers to
Exiles…and so on and so on. So I don't think we should do that. If the round is
Avengers and you don't want to compete in it…then don't. If you have an
Exiles cast but don't think it's ever gonna be a viable round property---then go ahead post it to the general Dreamcasting thread (this one
). Now there is no rule against taking a cast you've posted here in the general Dreamcasting thread and using it in a future round (ex.—I make a
Gears of War cast and post it in the general thread, then a couple months later
Gears of War becomes a round option---I can take the cast that I've already made and submit it). But overall, I think we should stay away from general properties. You wanna do a cast…you can either do the one presented or do your own.
Another rule based on a suggestion is a "grace period". Something that prevents someone from posting a cast within the first 24-48 hours of a round being initially posted. What this does is allow members to see the property suggested, but not have their hopes of participating dashed by someone else who sees the round and posts a cast within the first 45 minutes or so…meanwhile someone else is just now seeing the new round like the day after it's posted only to find that 4 people have already put in a cast and "stole their picks" and now they don't wanna play. But if we have a no casting policy for the first 24 hours, then that give people a small chance in seeing the round and getting something together. Let's face it, not everyone is on the internet all day. Some of us have lives outside the internet. So the way the rule would work would go something like this: Zombiepanda posts a new round on Monday night. But nobody is allowed to post a cast until Wednesday night. This gives someone like Bluebeast an opportunity to see the new round on Tuesday afternoon without having to see 6 casts posted within the first 2 hours and thus taking away multiple choices from his casting pool. So come Wednesday night…casting is open season and it's first come/first serve.
So there are my supposed rules/ideas. No need to fix what ain't broken. Just tweak it a bit so everyone has their fair share of say so…while still having some sort of solid guidelines. What say you?
