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Nominate Some Nitpickers
« on: February 08, 2011, 06:15:05 PM »
Hey, folks --

We could use some volunteer rules-nitpickers to look over our next free one-shot adventure before it goes public.

Here's the catch, though: you can't volunteer yourself. So I'm looking for folks who reply to this thread to nominate (and second/third/etc) other forum members that they recognize as having a deep understanding of the rules and a good eye for detail. I'd like to pick about half a dozen folks from the nominees when it's all said and done to take an early look at the adventure & send us feedback & corrections on the stats.

So: who's your favorite "nitpicker" from around these parts?
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2011, 06:22:58 PM »
I guess I will start.

I am going to be fair and nominate both people I agree with and tend not to agree with, but all of whom tend to know what they are talking about.

Drachasor
crusher_bob
Moriden
Shecky
MijRai
devonapple


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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 08:10:16 PM »
bibliophile20 (He's generally helpful)
BumblingBear (I often disagree with him, but that doesn't mean he isn't good at this sort of thing)
devonapple (Seconded)

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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2011, 11:38:18 PM »
I would suggest:

Mal Luck
KOFFEYKID
HobbitGuy1420

Mal and KOFFEY know the rules well, and Hobbit has a good head for flavor. They have the idea behind making their own powers pretty well too.
« Last Edit: February 08, 2011, 11:40:28 PM by MijRai »
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2011, 04:03:16 AM »
Not to form a mutual admiration society, but I have to second

Mal Luck,
Devonapple &
MijRai,

all three of whom I've bounced ideas off in the past in Chat.  They've got good heads on their shoulders.

Edit:  Can't believe I forgot Sanctaphrax!  If anyone deserves to be nitpicking, he does.
« Last Edit: February 09, 2011, 04:17:57 AM by HobbitGuy1420 »

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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2011, 04:20:18 AM »
Nominate/Second these guys:

Sanctaphrax
MijRai
HobbitGuy1420
KOFFEYKID
Ala Alba
Amelia Crane

Hobb has been in several games and made a couple decent original concepts. Koffey has ran a game or two off site and is very knowledgeable, Mij makes pretty good builds (though he can be stubborn ;) ), Sancta works his ass off making sample NPCs. Ala is a fantastic writer in my opinion and good a build making. Amelia is GM of the Miami game and also a great builder of characters.
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2011, 06:28:55 AM »
My nitpicker nominees are:

BumblingBear
crusher_bob
Drachasor
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2011, 06:35:52 AM »
I would opt to second the following folks who I've found to be a great help:

Amelia Crane
bibliophile20
HobbitGuy1420
Mal_Luck
MijRai
Sanctaphrax
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2011, 11:25:42 AM »
Yeah, please take my name out of there (thanks for the nomination anyway, BB). I still haven't studied the rules enough to consider myself truly well-versed; what commentary I offer is 1) focused more on external consistency and 2) usually tied in to the novels' text. But I've seen plenty of folks nominated already who obviously know the rules inside and out. It's a good pool, Fred.
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2011, 02:39:03 PM »
I nominate:

Mal_Luck
MijRai
Amelia Crane
HobbitGuy1420
Sanctaphrax
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2011, 05:06:40 PM »
Off the top of my head here on the guys that I have bounced ideas around with and read good feedback from.

Sanctaphrax
Drachasor
Devonapple
bibliophile20
BumblingBear (and I'm with Sanctaphrax; I'm often on the other side of an debate with him, but that is not a bad thing at all!)

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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2011, 05:46:38 PM »
Sanctaphrax, Bibliophile20, and HobbitGuy1420.

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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2011, 05:53:00 PM »
Hey folks,

Keep 'em coming, but we think we're going to need to do another pass before I can hand stuff over to a nitpicker squad to dig deep (it ain't to our standard yet), so we're looking at a few weeks out, I think.
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2011, 07:39:12 PM »
bibliophile20, MijRai, and Devonapple are my picks
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Re: Nominate Some Nitpickers
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2011, 07:40:57 PM »
AmeliaCrane, MijRai, and cgodfrey7 are my votes.