Fifth Quest Planning and Discussion

[Gleeok]

Actually the rules need a minor facelift. They need to offer more freedom with what you can do, but at the same time place more restrictions on the NES side of it. This sounds kind of stupid, I know, but what's most likely to happen is some otherwise great entries (possibly winners) that just don't "feel" like an NES quest so its score drops considerably.

I'm going to quickly run through the 4th with cheats on first, though.

Second, should we include a memorial room for DarkNation in the quest, and if so what should the string say?

We probably should. We could reserve a room on the OW for secrets which no entrants can use, except for writing "RESERVED".

Will we be able to use certain passive equipment that is unusual, like the flippers?
I've been considering what I would do if I were to participate in this contest, and one of my ideas was to keep to the 'eight item' setup of the inventory but switch out some of the items in play (like replacing the boomerang with the hookshot and the raft with the flippers).

This is a good reason why the rules need to save people from themselves. :/ ...Removal of the boomerang is certain to make people not like this quest, and technically the hookshot doesn't add much except a lame "you need item to cross" gimmick. The flippers....erm,,might be nice....or not. On a tactical level they are extremely annoying since instead of otherwise using the ladder you are now in water and cannot attack...

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I started the 4th quest contest and attempted to judge it but I wasn't up to the task. I *think* either _L_ or DarkDragon ultimately decided the winner of the contest, but my memory is hazy.

Actually thinking about it now I should still have all the entries archived somewhere on this PC...

Sup.
It was _L_. DarkDragon and I both voted the same for "most fun" which coincided with _L_'s 2nd pick. None of the quests were able to win all across the board making it a rather difficult affair. Thank you for disappearing btw.

To remedy this I'm thinking of a possible joint judging process. The entrants are publicly released and after a period of months, are voted by the community as well as official judges. In order for this to be fair, there needs to be options for: "Completed", "Played Most Of", "Played Some", "Didn't Play", as well as various categories relevant to the 5th.