Merk
September 30, 2008, 4:57pm
#1
The IFComp 2008 set should be released today or tomorrow.
Here’s a re-post of the announcement to rec.games.int-fiction about this year’s discussion board:
Last year’s 2007 IFComp discussion was fairly successful (being the first year the rules were changed to allow for public reviews and discussions prior to the end of the voting period), so we’ve set up a 2008 discussion board for the forthcoming games:
viewforum.php?f=32
To the new, this isn’t an IFComp-sponsored forum or anything. Just a discussion board visited by a few authors and players if Interactive Fiction, and with room for more!
The official rules for public discussion are at the IFComp website:
ifcomp.org/comp08/rules.html
Rules specific for the IntFiction.org IFComp 2008 board are pretty much the same. I’m hoping to play and review all the games this year, and always prefer going into a game as blindly as possible. I like to assume that any game can be the best one yet, so I personally try not to join in discussions until I’ve played and voted on a particular game. Others are either less prone to having their opinions affected by game chatter and reviews, or prefer knowing other opinions before judging a game. To be safe, please use topic titles that indicate which game(s) the discussion is about, avoid topic titles that could force an opinion onto somebody who doesn’t yet want to open the topic (for instance: “Game X is wonderful!!” or “Game Y is too buggy to even play!”), use [ spoiler ] … [ /spoiler ] tags in the text where appropriate, and just… well… enjoy!
Merk
September 30, 2008, 5:17pm
#2
Oh, and like last year, reviews are welcome too. I used a topic like “Merk’s Review: Game XYX” on mine.
After voting ends and the discussion dies down, the individual topics will be moved to the appropriate forums - game reviews, general game discussion, etc. The 2008 board will be emptied as a result, then hidden until next year, when it’ll become the 2009 discussion.
Merk
October 1, 2008, 4:11am
#3
Looks like they’re out! 35 games this year:
ifcomp.org/comp08/download.html
Pacian
October 1, 2008, 12:06pm
#4
And here I am at work and unable to start playing.
The intfiction forum phoenix…
