So far only four people have been hardy enough souls to sign up without seeing a finalized field!
I’ve run some more trials on sample field selection at various top N% levels, and the results are… inconclusive. It seems to me that the best method of choosing a field is to make it democratic. I’ve pulled a sample from each eligibility pool (top 10%, top 12.5% and top 15%), as follows:
key to option A
A1 31st March, Midnight. Prof. Lily and Kastel and Nitori 2024
A2 Spring Gothic Prof. Lily and Kastel and Lacunova and N 2025
A3 Rescue at Quickenheath Mo Farr 2024
A4 the sea god christine mi 2024
A5 Trouble in Sector 471 Arthur DiBianca 2022
A6 The Temple of Shorgil Arthur DiBianca 2018
A7 Heretic's Hope G. C. Baccaris 2019
A8 Known Unknowns Brendan Patrick Hennessy 2016
A9 Hansel et Gretel - La Revanche Corax 2018
B1 Vespers Jason Devlin 2005
B2 Midnight. Swordfight. Chandler Groover 2015
B3 Heroes Sean Barrett 2001
B4 So Far Andrew Plotkin 1996
B5 The Mulldoon Legacy Jon Ingold 1999
B6 The Wand Arthur DiBianca 2017
B7 Sub Rosa Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy 2015
B8 Ataraxia Lauren O'Donoghue 2022
B9 Dark and Deep Amanda Walker 2024
C1 Delightful Wallpaper Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd') 2006
C2 Lost Pig Admiral Jota 2007
C3 Textfire Golf Adam Cadre 2001
C4 Off-Season at the Dream Factory B.J. Best (writing as “Carroll Lewis") 2021
C5 Risorgimento Represso Michael J. Coyne 2003
C6 Worldsmith Ade McT 2016
C7 Chuk and the Arena Agnieszka Trzaska 2019
C8 4x4 Archipelago Agnieszka Trzaska 2021
C9 Nested Orteil 2011
D1 Death By Powerpoint Jack Welch 2018
D2 Metamorphoses Emily Short 2000
D3 Tethered Linus Åkesson 2018
D4 I Am Prey Joey Tanden 2023
D5 Blighted Isle Eric Eve 2007
D6 The Elysium Enigma Eric Eve 2006
D7 Forsaken Denizen C.E.J. Pacian 2024
D8 A Dark Room Michael Townsend 2013
D9 Summit Phantom Williams 2015
E1 Social Democracy: Petrograd 1917 Autumn Chen 2025
E2 Firebird Bonnie Montgomery 1998
E3 Babel Ian Finley 1997
E4 Cannery Vale Hanon Ondricek (as Keanhid Connor) 2018
E5 The Cursèd Pickle of Shireton Hanon Ondricek 2020
E6 Assembly Ben Kirwin 2023
E7 Neon Haze Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie 2015
E8 Price of Freedom: Innocence Lost (expanded 2019 version) Briar Rose 2019
E9 Lost in time Gerardo Adesso 2017
F1 Turandot Victor Gijsbers 2019
F2 The Fairy Woods rosencrantz 2014
F3 Bronze Emily Short 2006
F4 Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom S. John Ross 2007
F5 One King to Loot them All Lancelot 2023
F6 Delve! BerkaZerka 2017
F7 Day of the Dead--One Soul's All Souls Procession Shadowdrake27 2019
F8 The Little Four Allyson Gray (as 'Captain Arthur Hasting 2025
F9 Murderworld Austin Auclair 2025
key to option B
A1 Hibernated 1 - This place is death Stefan Vogt 2018
A2 Plasmorphosis Agnieszka Trzaska 2022
A3 Gaia, Živa, Jarilo Harkness (as Formless) 2020
A4 Spring Gothic Prof. Lily and Kastel and Lacunova and N 2025
A5 Lore Distance Relationship Naomi "Bez" Norbez 2020
A6 Yes, Another Game with a Dragon! John Kean 2000
A7 Color the Truth mathbrush 2016
A8 Pirate's Plunder! Tiberius Thingamus 2010
A9 Humbug Graham Cluley 1991
B1 En Garde Jack Welch 2018
B2 The Axolotl Project Samantha Vick 2013
B3 Cactus Blue Motel Astrid Dalmady 2016
B4 Making dumplings Autumn Chen 2024
B5 A Paradox Between Worlds Autumn Chen 2021
B6 The Edifice Lucian P. Smith 1997
B7 A Rope of Chalk Ryan Veeder 2020
B8 Honk! Alex Harby 2023
B9 Fallacy of Dawn Robb Sherwin 2001
C1 One Eye Open Caelyn Sandel (as Colin Sandel) and Caro 2010
C2 Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! Steph Cherrywell 2015
C3 Birdland Brendan Patrick Hennessy 2015
C4 Invisible Parties Sam Kabo Ashwell (as Psychopup) 2014
C5 Rover's Day Out Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman 2009
C6 Fail-Safe Jon Ingold 2000
C7 Metamorphoses Emily Short 2000
C8 Violet Jeremy Freese 2008
C9 Forsaken Denizen C.E.J. Pacian 2024
D1 Nightfall Eric Eve 2008
D2 Draculaland Robin Johnson 2016
D3 Walker & Silhouette C.E.J. Pacian 2009
D4 Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Carolyn VanEseltine 2013
D5 Nested Orteil 2011
D6 Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home Andrew Plotkin 2010
D7 The Dreamhold Andrew Plotkin 2004
D8 Lost Pig Admiral Jota 2007
D9 Gestures Towards Divinity Charm Cochran 2023
E1 DOL-OS manonamora 2023
E2 Bogeyman Elizabeth Smyth 2018
E3 A Murder in Fairyland Abigail Corfman 2020
E4 HUNTING UNICORN Chandler Groover 2014
E5 Epitaph Max Kreminski 2016
E6 EYE Arthur DiBianca 2025
E7 The Wand Arthur DiBianca 2017
E8 Lady Thalia and the Masterpiece of Moldavia Emery Joyce and N. Cormier 2023
E9 Final Selection Sam Gordon 2006
F1 LIDO Elizabeth Smyth 2021
F2 The Saltcast Adventure Beth Carpenter 2024
F3 An Account of Your Visit to the Enchanted House & What You F Mandy Benanav 2024
F4 The Chinese Room Harry Josephine Giles and Joey Jones 2007
F5 Stay? E. Jade Lomax 2020
F6 Ascension of Limbs AKheon 2020
F7 The Vambrace of Destiny Arthur DiBianca 2023
F8 Delve! BerkaZerka 2017
F9 The Ebb and Flow of the Tide Peter Nepstad 2006
key to option C
A1 Cat Petting Simulator 2014 neongrey 2014
A2 Draculaland Robin Johnson 2016
A3 Raising the Flag on Mount Yo Momma Juhana Leinonen 2010
A4 Miss Gosling's Last Case Daniel M. Stelzer 2024
A5 Social Democracy: Petrograd 1917 Autumn Chen 2025
A6 Swigian Mathbrush (as Rainbus North) 2017
A7 Tales of the Traveling Swordsman Mike Snyder 2006
A8 Moon-Shaped Jason Ermer 2006
A9 The Plant Michael J. Roberts 1998
B1 Fingertips: Fingertips Michael D. Hilborn 2012
B2 His Majesty's Royal Space Navy Service Handbook Austin Auclair 2023
B3 Reflections Tristin Grizel Dean 2021
B4 The Little Match Girl 5: The Hunter's Vow Ryan Veeder 2024
B5 New Year's Eve, 2019 Autumn Chen 2022
B6 Pageant Autumn Chen 2020
B7 Turandot Victor Gijsbers 2019
B8 A Murder in Fairyland Abigail Corfman 2020
B9 Moondrop Isle Ryan Veeder, Nils Fagerburg, Joey Jones, 2024
C1 Save the Date Chris Cornell 2013
C2 A Witch's Word RainbowStarbird 2017
C3 Future Threads Xavid 2017
C4 The Bones of Rosalinda Agnieszka Trzaska 2022
C5 First Draft of the Revolution Emily Short, Liza Daly and inkle 2012
C6 The Kuolema Ben Jackson 2023
C7 Messages From the Universe Graveyard KADW 2024
C8 The Missing Ring Felicity Drake 2019
C9 You Carter X Gwertzman 2024
D1 KING OF BEES IN FANTASY LAND Brendan Patrick Hennessy 2013
D2 Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom S. John Ross 2007
D3 4x4 Archipelago Agnieszka Trzaska 2021
D4 The Mary Jane of Tomorrow Emily Short 2016
D5 Pytho's Mask Emily Short 2001
D6 Starry Seeksorrow Caleb Wilson (as Ayla Rose) 2015
D7 To Spring Open Peter Berman and Yoon Ha Lee (as Two-Bit 2015
D8 CYBERQUEEN Porpentine 2012
D9 The Axolotl Project Samantha Vick 2013
E1 The Kidnapping of a Tokyo Game Developer P.B. Parjeter 2025
E2 Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Sem Ryan Veeder 2016
E3 Xanthippe's Last Night with Socrates Victor Gijsbers 2023
E4 The Anachronist Peter Levine 2016
E5 Worlds Apart Suzanne Britton 1999
E6 Junior Arithmancer Mike Spivey 2018
E7 The Curse of the Scarab Nils Fagerburg 2020
E8 Ravine Joanna Berry 2018
E9 Lore Distance Relationship Naomi "Bez" Norbez 2020
F1 Good Bones: A Haunted Housewarming Leon Lin 2023
F2 Dragon Fate Kris Schnee 2016
F3 The Saltcast Adventure Beth Carpenter 2024
F4 Faute De Servo Jack Welch 2018
F5 Der Angstbaum Jens Bojaryn 2002
F6 The Owl Consults Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, and Cidney 2017
F7 18 Rooms to Home Carolyn VanEseltine 2015
F8 Filaments FibreTigre 2003
F9 Bill Belichick Offseason Simulator Jon Bois 2015
Look them over carefully, and vote for whichever one(s) offer one or more workable paths to you. (Note that you can vote for one, two or all three.) Whichever one wins the vote will become the official field. Voting for a field implies that you’ll be registering if that field wins, so be sure to pick out a color code for your runner’s icon if you’re voting.
I’m ready to be a runner for field(s)…
- A - drawn from the top 10%
- B - drawn from the top 12.5%
- C - drawn from the top 15%
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