Congrats to Jason and Erik! I *really* enjoyed the top three placing games.
Disappointing turnout - how do we fix this "next time"?
I am glad that the quality of this Contest is perceived as very high - I
didn't think PtP was *that* bad. *grin* Looking forward to some feedback .
. .
My feedback (fwiw) for those who can't wait:
Favorite to least favorite:
1 - Logger
Clean rules, thematic, deep enough without being brain-burny. A genuine
Icehouse Euro - we'll be playing this one plenty more.
2 - Atom Smasher
Simple, active fun. Well written rules as usual, with a nicely tacked on
theme. An easy sell with most groups.
3 - Ambush
This is a classic Icehouse brain-burner. I look forward to an online
implementation . . .
4 - Albiorix
Might turn out to be a much better game than those I ranked higher, but
needs a lot more practice / study. A huge number of options on each turn,
and so far very little way to tell what is a good or a poor move. Tough to
find opponents for - another that might do well at SDG?
5 - Dog Eat Dog
I loved the idea of this one, but it didn't *quite* click. Not sure what we
missed, though the Volcano scoring didn't seem to fit. Would like to give
it another try with a different crowd.
6 - T-Minus
Another nicely written rule set, and an interesting game. (The quality was
incredibly high this Contest). Perhaps a little too simple, but seems like
it could be tense with the right crowd. Definitely not a bad game!
7 - Martian BattleSpires
Yet another interesting premise that we just didn't "get". A little fiddly?
No Rank - Pass The Pyramids
My own design.
No Rank - Tresurion
Too big a game to get to the table in this format. Looks like it may be an
interesting system, but brevity is King when it comes to judging these
contests. Can't in all fairness rank it with the games I did play.
No Rank - Virus Fight
Didn't enjoy it last time, seemed to be no changes to the rules between
Contests, so it didn't get back to the table. As I recall, we found it
fiddly and dry.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Sheldon" <dales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Icehouse Discussion List" <icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 7:55 PM
Subject: [Icehouse] IGDC results
I apologize for how long I'm taking. But I did just take an hour out of my
busy work day to bring you these results:
10 ballots (I was wrong about 11; one of those was a re-submital)
Judge AL AM AT D L M P T- Tr V
Scott M 3 2 9 6 1 10 8 7 4 5
Eric W - - 2 1 4 - 3 - - -
Avri K 4 3 2 5 1 7 - 6 - -
Mike D - 1 5 6 4 - - 2 - 3
Daniel - - 3 2 - - 4 - - 1
Jason D 3 1 8 - 4 2 4 9 7 6
Jason S 3 - 5 8 1 6 7 3 - 2
Sherri 4 2 3 1 5 7 5 8 8 8
Doug O 3 4 5 7 2 6 8 8 8 1
Don S - 1 5 6 4 2 3 8 9 7
Gives this marginal votes table (top-beats-side)
Game AL AM AT D L M P T- Tr V
AL x 3 -2 -3 2 -4 -5 -5 -4 -1
AM -3 x -5 -4 -1 -6 -5 -7 -3 -4
AT 2 5 x -1 5 -3 -2 -2 -1 4
D 3 4 1 x 4 0 -3 -3 -2 3
L -2 1 -5 -4 x -3 -1 -6 -5 -3
M 4 6 3 0 3 x -2 -1 -3 0
P 5 5 2 3 1 2 x -1 -2 1
T- 5 7 2 3 6 1 1 x -1 4
Tr 4 3 1 2 5 3 2 1 x 2
V 1 4 -4 -3 3 0 -1 -4 -2 x
Now for the Modified Condorcet Ranked Pairs method. Unlike the last few
contests, this one didn't have as many complicated cyclical ties (i.e.,
the aggregate opinion was much less divided); so the calculations are much
simpiler.
Ambush defeated all other entrants, and is therefore the winner of the
Summer 2008 IGDC. Congratulations to Jason Spears and Erik Oosterwal!
Excepting Ambush, Logger defeated all entrants, and is therefore the
runner up of the Summer 2008 IGDC. Well done Erik Dresner!
Excepting Ambush and Logger, Albiorix defeated all entrants, and is
therefore third place of the Summer 2008 IGDC. Good work Don Sheldon!
Things get a bit trickier from there on down, but Virus Fight (by Jorge
Arroyo) edges into fourth, followed by Atom Smasher (by David Artman) in
fifth. Sixth is a perfect tie between Dog Eat Dog (by Jason Darrah) and
Martian Battlespires (by Jonathan Hartshorn), with the tail end being
filled out by Pass the Pyramids (Avri Klemer) in 8th, T-Minus (Daniel
Cristofani) in 9th, and Tresurion (Patrick Cowden) in 10th.
Thank you to all the entrants and judges. I'll round up the big email
with all the feedback (and see if I can make the edits to the wiki)
hopefully this weekend, and please spread the word about the contest; 10
is barely enough people to get a good read on things.
Any questions about the voting, or anyone interested in running the
contest for the fall (I'm not against doing it again, but won't stand in
the way if someone else wants it), either reply to the list or contact me
at igdc.coordinator@xxxxxxxxx
--
Dale Sheldon
dales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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