Possible improvement for "Starship Smackdown" for the future:
A randomized list of comparisons so you never know which TYPE of smackdown the ships will have: Prettiest, Overall Coolest, Deadliest, Best Commander/Pilot, Best Name, Funniest, etc.
If you use just those 6, each pairing has a d6 rolled to find out which type of battle they're in. Randomness to give every ship chance.
So, for example, Deathstar vs Gunstar ... Deadliest favors Death Star, Best C/P favors Gunstar, and the fans could override and choose the underdog, plus it would be interesting to see how the fans vote on the others.
And Gunstar vs Millennium Falcon, gives Gunstar a chance in Deadliest, Prettiest and maybe Funniest, so it's not just a pure popularity contest.
Please feel free to take that idea and do with it what you want. You don't even have to credit me. I just think it would make the smackdown better.
Hi - Thanks for the suggestions. This year we actually did talk through the choices from a "Deadliest - who would win in a head-to-head" fight perspective, but I like some of the ideas for future guidelines. - Hopefully we'll get a chance to do this again at DilloCon and test them out. - Alan
Possible improvement for "Starship Smackdown" for the future:
A randomized list of comparisons so you never know which TYPE of smackdown the ships will have: Prettiest, Overall Coolest, Deadliest, Best Commander/Pilot, Best Name, Funniest, etc.
If you use just those 6, each pairing has a d6 rolled to find out which type of battle they're in. Randomness to give every ship chance.
So, for example, Deathstar vs Gunstar ... Deadliest favors Death Star, Best C/P favors Gunstar, and the fans could override and choose the underdog, plus it would be interesting to see how the fans vote on the others.
And Gunstar vs Millennium Falcon, gives Gunstar a chance in Deadliest, Prettiest and maybe Funniest, so it's not just a pure popularity contest.
Please feel free to take that idea and do with it what you want. You don't even have to credit me. I just think it would make the smackdown better.
I hope I can make it to Austin next year.
Hi - Thanks for the suggestions. This year we actually did talk through the choices from a "Deadliest - who would win in a head-to-head" fight perspective, but I like some of the ideas for future guidelines. - Hopefully we'll get a chance to do this again at DilloCon and test them out. - Alan