The next Iron Modder will be held

JUNE 5, 2005

commencing at 12 noon Central US time (6 PM UK, 7 PM Europe, 10 AM Pacific US, 1 PM Eastern US.) Mark your calendars.

For those of you new to the Iron Modder concept, here's how it works:

The TV show Iron Chef depicts world-class chefs in an hour-long battle of wits and will at Kitchen Stadium. At the top of the hour, an insane overlord announces a secret theme ingredient, around which the Iron Chefs must design and prepare a multi-course meal.

Things are very similar in Infinity Stadium.

- I am the insane overlord.

- At an appointed time, I announce a secret theme for a mod. (Past Iron Modder themes: "A Hero For All the Wrong Reasons", "The Price Of Friendship", "A Broken Promise," "A Kiss Before Dying", "Some of My Best Friends Are Slimes" and "The Last Mug of Ale In Amn.")

- Iron Modders have four hours to design, prepare, and submit a functioning mod for BG2: SOA or TOB that exhibits the theme.

- Iron Mods are judged by an arbitrarily assembled panel on a 25 point scale:

EXposition of the Theme (1-10)
Originality (1-5)
Innovation (1-5)
ENtertainment (1-5)

- Entries are only credited to one author, although it is permitted to work with anonymous sous-chefs.

- Entries may contain prefabricated content, for instance pieces of another mod the modder is working on, or the use of community AI scripting, if that content is disclosed to the judges. It has been my observation that the use of prefab content has very little positive impact on scoring, however.

- It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that Iron Modders allocate a block of time for testing before the 4-hour period expires. Iron Modders are also encouraged to use an external tester if possible.

- The winner earns the right to be known as IRON MODDER!

The complete history of Iron Modder, including download packs of submitted mods, is available at http://www.pocketplane.net/ironmod

ALLEZ MODDING!

[ 03-25-2005, 10:55 AM: Message edited by: jcompton ]

so did anyone go then?

Yep.

More info is in
this thread.

I've updated this thread with information for Iron Modder 4 in July. Thanks, moderator types, for your continuing stickying consideration. [img]smile.gif[/img]

...and updated again with info for Iron Modder 5 in September. Standing stickies are grand!

Its tommorrow its tommorrow!! Heh, sorry, Im just really excited. Maybe one of these days Ill figure out how to code and join in the fun, but being a spectator rawks my sawks as well!

Good luck everyone!

Now updated for Iron Modder 6...

Updated for Iron Tutu and IM7.

There will be a special twist for IM7. I am temporarily stepping down as Insane Overlord in order to compete. CamDawg will run the contest.

I'll be announcing the IM8 date very soon, just need to get my travel schedule worked out and check availability with some of the usual suspects.