Hello, gamers, and welcome back to RPG Superstar 2014!
We've had a week of public voting for the Round 1 wondrous item submissions, and now we have enough data to evaluate which are the least popular items in the submission pool. In order to help focus the voters on evaluating the better items, today we culled many of the the lowest-ranked items. For your information:
- So far we've had nearly 200,000 votes cast.
- The culled items had 60% or more votes against them (in other words, 60% of the time, a voter voted for the other item it was paired against).
- The culling removed the bottom 20% from the pool of available submissions.
We greatly appreciate the hard work of all the voters. By removing the lowest-ranked items from the pool, you can look forward to seeing the better items paired against each other, and your votes are what jockey the best items into the top of the hierarchy. Remember, there's still plenty of time to earn a message board title for casting 100, 500, 1,000, or even 5,000 votes.
Voting closes at 2 p.m. PT on January 14th, at which time the judges will look at the highest-voted items and pick the Top 32, who will be revealed on January 21. Those 32 competitors advance to Round 2: Create a Bestiary Entry (the rules for which will be posted soon)!
Good luck, competitors! And thanks again, voters!
Sean K Reynolds
Host, Designer, Former RPG Superstar Judge