Virtual DC Contest #3 - The Return of the King (Starting the FINAL ROUND!)

[Not a Zombie]

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[Cw0rk]

I guess the results are going to be revealed soon.

[Thranduil]

I guess the results are going to be revealed soon.

Yes indeed - as soon as I get my act together, which will be later today!

1) 4
2) 6
3) 7

Thranduil

[TelTura]

rats.  missed noticing this thread, and thus voting, by one day.  Oh well.

[Thranduil]

Sorry for the delay - been rather busy. But I'm now ready to show the results from last round and post the next!

1) c10ckw0rk (#7)
2) Anvar (#4)
3) Sweet_Stuff (#9)

Honourable mention to TheJord (#2) who was 1 behind Sweet_Stuff.

So let's give a those fantastic people, as we move onto the next slightly different round.

Now I've never tried this before, but I think it has the possibility to be very cool. We're going to do a site!

Which site I was not sure about. I wanted it not to be one that has a new version (like Pelennor Flat*) but had to be cool enough to make some great cards. But I was also worried that just having 1 site would make it seriously limited as I was not sure how much new design space there could be found with just 1 - maybe not enough for 10 DCs. So I am going to offer a choice of 4, which are any of the Siege of Gondor sites. So make 1 of the following:



Let me restate the rules for this contest, though they will be slightly different. Any particular comments I have will be underlined below.

1) Have the same title (with a (V) attached to the end)
2) Shadow number and site number are now completely up for grabs! I would prefer you to make a Shadows site (ie. of the format from Shadows onwards) but if you want to make a King block site then fair enough. The Dimholt, though silver, will function as a normal site if you make a post-Shadows version of it.
3) Have a different text, maybe similar, but could also be on completely different lines. I think there's a key point to remember here: bear in mind that you are making a VIRTUAL CARD, not an updated version of an old card. This is not like changing Pelennor Flat* into Pelennor Flat and so on, this is taking the same flavour starting point and taking it in a different direction. Key points to consider is the picture, the action that takes place there, the atmosphere your site should create, the characters that appear there and so on.

So you're card should look quite a lot like this (I'll use the white mana symbol to indicate site):

(Site #) •Site Name (V)
Keywords.
Text.
8 V XXX

I like to leave a week for entries to come in, and so the deadline should be midnight GMT on Monday 8th February. A few days before, if you've said that you want to participate and haven't given me an entry, I will be pestering you via PM, so do get them in as quickly as possible!

Entries should be submitted to me by PM (or email if you prefer).

So all that remains for me to say now is, good luck!

Thranduil

[Cw0rk]

Nice! I won. I had no idea my love for discard was shared by others. ;P

[legolas3333]

for the record, i think crashed gate is fine as is.

[Anvar]

It isn't a matter of whether it's fine as is, but using cards already made as inspiration for new cards. It isn't about fixing cards.

There is no reason why we couldn't make a Greenleaf (V), for example.

Anvar

[Thranduil]

It isn't a matter of whether it's fine as is, but using cards already made as inspiration for new cards. It isn't about fixing cards.

100%.

It does, however, make sense to produce virtual versions of cards are either broken or do nothing in their original versions simply because it allows players to use otherwise useless cards. But that is NOT the purpose of virtual cards, it's just a happy by-product.

Thranduil

[legolas3333]

well then why don't we do the weight of a legacy
besides the fact it's fotr...

[Witchkingx5]

well then why don't we do the weight of a legacy
besides the fact it's fotr...

It's a classic, and btw, this rotK DC Contest, so just cards from 7,8 and 10 are made in here, but I'd like to do some others of TWoaL.

[Thranduil]

well then why don't we do the weight of a legacy
besides the fact it's fotr...

We did, in the FotR version of this contest! In fact, it was the first round!

These sorts of obviously useless rares are not as prevalent in RotK as they were in earlier sets because Decipher had got the hang of the game by then. But I think we have done some of them, such as Elven Lord (round 1), King's Blade (round 3) to give some examples. This round also falls into this category of making new use of old cards you no longer use, if you are making a standard site.

Thranduil

[MR. Lurtzy]

Yeah, pretty much.

[Witchkingx5]

well then why don't we do the weight of a legacy
besides the fact it's fotr...

We did, in the FotR version of this contest! In fact, it was the first round!

These sorts of obviously useless rares are not as prevalent in RotK as they were in earlier sets because Decipher had got the hang of the game by then. But I think we have done some of them, such as Elven Lord (round 1), King's Blade (round 3) to give some examples. This round also falls into this category of making new use of old cards you no longer use, if you are making a standard site.

Thranduil

And that's why I like t!

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

Just out of curiosity, what was the winning entry for TWoaL?