Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground LXXXII

[ZamielVanWeber]

Sorry about the delay! I will have my official reply up Monday.

[ZamielVanWeber]

Okay, here we go: The big difference was in that Gripp made some use of the mobility abilities of the elocator in his divide and conquer type strategy with grappling. Ardatha did not as much. Even then it felt like the defensive abilities and better BAB of slayer was just the patently better choice. The biggest reason you got a cut, though, is because what you do well you do regardless of elocator and it utterly outshines everything elocator gives. That being said, Ardatha's penalty compared to Gripp's is a bit off. I will revise the UoSI score to 2.5, up from 2.0.

[Muggins]

What's rocking, bubs?

The judging deadline was four days ago. Are we keeping things on hold for now in the hopes of getting another judge, or is it time to wrap things up and start the next round? We could always just give it another day or two so that it lines up closer with the Villainous Competition.

[Venger]

What's rocking, bubs?

The judging deadline was four days ago. Are we keeping things on hold for now in the hopes of getting another judge, or is it time to wrap things up and start the next round? We could always just give it another day or two so that it lines up closer with the Villainous Competition.

I would be absolutely fine with moving on. One-judgers are hardly unprecedented, and I have no real complaints about the judging. We had a good round and a lot of the dishes are just first among equals.

[Inevitability]

One-judgers are hardly unprecedented [...]

One-judgers with a four-way tie are, as far as I know. I say we wait for Troacctid to inform us whether she's still working on the judgings.

[KrimsonNekros]

One-judgers with a four-way tie are, as far as I know. I say we wait for Troacctid to inform us whether she's still working on the judgings.

I agree here. If we can at least break up the tie a bit i'd be good.

[ZamielVanWeber]

One-judgers with a four-way tie are, as far as I know. I say we wait for Troacctid to inform us whether she's still working on the judgings.

If Troacttid does get get back soon my offer to break up the tie stands.

[Troacctid]

I'm not dead, I just got guilted into catching up on homework this week instead.

If I can't hack it out tomorrow, I'll probably get it on Thursday after my finals are done, unless I find myself with enough hours to spare before then. (I'm not doing it today cuz I'm busy working on my Villainous Competition entry and prepping for my 5e game.)

[ZamielVanWeber]

Thanks for the help player formerly known as Pi.

[Inevitability]

Good to know; I say we wait until Thursday.

[Heliomance]

Thursday it is.

[Sian]

And Thursday have come and pretty much passed

[ZamielVanWeber]

It is only 5 PM EST. Troacctid needs time to come home, get settled and work on this, assuming she is East Coast US. If she is farther out west it will take longer still. Be patient.

[Venger]

Thursday it is.

And Thursday have come and pretty much passed

So can we move on then chair? It's been almost a month since the builds were posted.

[Darrin]

And Thursday have come and pretty much passed

It is, of course, important to note that *which* Thursday was not explicitly specified.

[KrimsonNekros]

It is, of course, important to note that *which* Thursday was not explicitly specified.

You're right! She's two weeks past due!

[Troacctid]

I'm partway through, but I got invited to go caroling tonight, so I might not be done until tomorrow, maybe the day after. If I'm not finished by Hanukkah, the most likely explanation is that I was mugged by a Zerth Cenobite who punched me out of the time stream.

[Inevitability]

I'm partway through, but I got invited to go caroling tonight, so I might not be done until tomorrow, maybe the day after. If I'm not finished by Hanukkah, the most likely explanation is that I was mugged by a Zerth Cenobite who punched me out of the time stream.

Shouldn't that only delay you by a minute?

[Troacctid]

It's very disorienting!

[Heliomance]

And yesterday was manically busy for me, sorry I didn't get a chance to post here. Hopefully I'll get a chance to properly deal with this tonight - I'm on my phone waiting for a train at the moment. Would you prefer I close the contrast as is tonight, open the new thread and leave this one open to be judged, or leave this open without starting the new thread?

[WhamBamSam]

Seems unfair to Troacctid to leave this for her to judge while we move on to a new contest. I'd just as soon close this one as is and move on, but I don't have a build in here, so it should perhaps not be up to me.

[Troacctid]

I have like half my judging done already FYI.

[Sian]

In the same boat as WBS ... I'd say close it down and move on, but as I don't exactly have a dog in the race (and to be frank haven't gotten around racing for the last several contests), I'm not certain if my opinion is worth much

[KrimsonNekros]

I say we wait, and chefs get one round of disputes before we move on.

[Temotei]

Since Troacctid is actively working on judging, I'd say let her finish.

[Venger]

As a chef, I say close it down and start the new one.

[Thurbane]

I vote to wait so we can get ties resolved.

Alternatively, maybe let honourable mentions break the ties?

[Venger]

I vote to wait so we can get ties resolved.

Alternatively, maybe let honourable mentions break the ties?

I think that's a great compromise. If we do that, I'll vote for Marg.

[Korahir]

I'll vote wait. I don't see the point of moving on when someone is already judging.

[Zaq]

I'm neither cooking nor judging this round, but I'm about to head out on vacation for the holidays, and I'd be surprised if I'm the only one who's got demands on my attention above and beyond the usual right now. If a new round is posted now, I'm even less likely than usual to contribute to it (and again, I doubt I'm alone in that regard). I have absolutely zero problem waiting, especially if Troacctid is half done judging (and if she's willing to stick it out until the end).

That said, I'm not going to flounce out of here and swear off IC forever or anything if we kick off the new round this week. Just thought I'd throw that in there, though.

(Speaking of, happy holidays, everyone, whatever you do or don't observe.)