Poets Dungeon Maker Contest

[Vashte]

<p>I'm on pins and needles here wondering how goes the judging, if the judging has started, or if they are waiting for the flavor text fix to go through before judging begins. Do the judges go server by server, or in order of submission? Oh the suspense! LOL</p><p>*bounces in chair* <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p><p>How goes it? The submission thread got locked, is there another thread elsewhere that I missed that has update info?</p>

[Cyliena]

<p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=518736" target="_blank">From the OP</a>:</p><blockquote>The winners will be announced on June 26th, 2012!</blockquote><p>I assume we'll find out then. I doubt any other details will be released.</p>

[msgnomer]

<p>Yep, not expecting to hear anything until the June 26th announcement.  (Now stop bouncing!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" />&nbsp<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Looking through the entries made me realize a couple of things....</p><p>(1) I wish the 100 word description and the multiple pictures were part of the Dungeon Maker selection window in the game.</p><p>(2) I wish Dungeon Maker was cross-server.  I'd love to sameple some of the dungeons on other servers.</p>

[Vashte]

<p>Yeah, cross server would be SO very nice! I do have a free slot, but the hours it would take to level an alt to 20 on another server multiple times is daunting when you wanna try more than one server's dungeon.</p><p>June 26th, eh? Ok, I can hold off bouncing until then I suppose.. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p>

[msgnomer]

<p>The thing I've been curious about is whether the judges go through as regular players where the designer gets dungeon marks (and potentially likes) if someone completes their dungeon.</p>

[intoXILE]

<p>I've wondered the same thing. I haven't even seen any play on mine (which is discouraging to say the least). Unfortunately for my server, most players only play "grind" dungeons, which I find kinda sad and boring.</p><p>I had someone try my contest entry, and they sent me a nasty letter saying I didn't put an exit. However, I do have an exit. In the final room, I altered the tilt of some misty tiles to create at walkway going up into a cavern system, which is where the final encounter occurs and the exit. I hope the Dev's didn't try mine and fail to see the walkway as well lol.</p><p>If anyone is on Oasis and wants to give it a try, it's "The Lovely Bones". Moderate solo difficulty, takes roughly 15 minutes to complete (give or take 5 minutes depending on how efficient you are with your mana and play style/avatar chosen).</p><p><img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[msgnomer]

<p><cite>intoXILE wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I've wondered the same thing. I haven't even seen any play on mine (which is discouraging to say the least). Unfortunately for my server, most players only play "grind" dungeons, which I find kinda sad and boring...</p></blockquote><p>LOL, well I guess that should have told us something early on.  I'm sure all the winners are fantastic though, based on some of the losers dungeons I've been through.  I'm still sorry the text feature was never reactivated for dungeons. </p><p>I worked so hard to have only two people play mine through in all this time.  My first dungeon saw at least 43 people go through and like it.  Enough to make me try another one.  Two people definiteley isn't enough to try for a third.  I was able to solo mine easily, but perhaps it was too hard for what most players look for.  Timing and strategy were key.  Maybe someday I'll unpublish and make it easier, but I actually enjoy it the way it is, so maybe not. </p><p>One good thing that came out of the contest is that after I finished working on the dungoen I was motivated to gain enough favor in Maj'Dul to get a little apartment.  I decorated it and love how it came out.  I also like exiting the apartment and being in an exotic and slightly dangerous locale. </p>

[intoXILE]

<p>I posted a new thread stating they announced the finalists here:</p><p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=519584�" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...84�</a></p><p>In case anyone missed it <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[msgnomer]

<p><cite>intoXILE wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I posted a new thread stating they announced the finalists here:</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=519584�" target="_blank">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...84?</a></p><p>In case anyone missed it <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>That's why I made my post.  It has become clear that the fact no one was going through a particular dungeon was meaningful.  They posted the winners in the Community Forum.  I expect most people who are looking for it will see it. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p>