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[GasparLewis]

[OOG] Card Idea Submission

[duckiemonster]

[fretty]

I'm interested in getting some ideas sent off but do I need a cover page if it's just a one off entry. I don't really want to enter for a job.

[European Chris]

Where did the 'puzzle brief' come from? Did you construct it yourself or did Mind Candy ask us to do it in this format?

[skenmy]

Just a couple of pointers:

Do *not* flood the poor guy with requests. It may take a day or two for him to respond to you - and I was under the impression they wanted to keep their freelancer base quite low-key, so this may not have been exactly what they wanted.

Sending it in the above puzzle brief is what will get your request processed the quickest. Attach any images you design to the e-mail.

You don't need to send a cover page / resume / CV or whatnot. A freelancer is exactly that - free to do as much or as little work as they wish and get paid on a case-by-case basis. You will be asked to invoice them - but I have had a few designs accepted and a few pending, and not yet have I been asked for a cover page or resume.

Check, double check, and triple check your submissions. If you send in a puzzle that has a good idea but is full of mistakes in the puzzle itself - you will most likely get rejected. At the best you will be asked to tidy it up - but that just delays everyone. Check, double check, and triple check. And repeat.

[Juxta]

That'd be Doctor Paul McCormick...Er. Unless they've replaced him (which would explain the change to "Phil") with this fella.

It's something of a departure from his television career which has allowed him to "...galvanized millions of people to "get real" about their own behavior and create more positive lives. " I for one fear change however, and hope that Moley retakes his position from this usurper sharpish.

J

P.S. Poster campaign anyone? "FREE THE CLAPHAM ONE!", "A MOLE IS NOT JUST FOR XMAS, SLICE IT THIN ENOUGH AND IT'LL LAST WELL INTO THE NEW YEAR".

P.P.S. What's the difference between golf and helicopters?

[European Chris]

Jesus wept.

[idlemichael]

I fear that Juxta's post-birthday celebrations are affecting his mind. This is NOT GOOD. I think I just saw a pig flying outside my window... The end is nigh!

[Tintintin]

*wince*

[fretty]

Let me just dispell a few myths:

1. No resume is needed
2. It's not for Wave 4 Season 1 but for Wave 1 Season 2. Wave 4 is already being printed
3. Paul prefers if you don't use the puzzle brief first as the ideas could have been used/proposed already. It is better to just ask first then you'll be told if the idea has been used. Then the puzzle brief can be used.

I sent some ideas today in the form of the puzzle brief and was told that the ideas have already been used for some wave 4 cards. It would have been better to have just asked if the idea would have been useful first.

[GasparLewis]

Something told me this would be a can of worms I might have done better not to open, let alone proving my ignorance about the finer details of exactly what the [BLEEP] it is I'm doing.

1. Yes, that was a miserable and shameful typo.
2. Paul sent the Puzzle Brief directly; those were his exacted typed words.
3. Everyone else is right, in addition to where I'm not wrong.

Now, to elaborate on (3), using things everyone else has said.

Like I said, don't waste Paul's time and send half-arsed goods.
Do multiple checks to make sure you've got it down pat.
Send it to the right address.
Be sure your idea isn't old hat.
I just went by the cover page the first time I went around; not necessary for freelancers.
My response took several days, but then again it was because I was re-routed for being a ninny.
Use the Puzzle Brief only if your idea is accepted.
Keep submission nice and low; don't put all the nice Mind Candy designers out of jobs.
Card will appear in Wave 2, Season 1; Wave 4 is done.

You see, this is what happens when people actually listen to me; trouble happens.

But, then again, this is something (I assumed) people wanted to know.
Just so happens I made a big 'ol mess of it.

[Bakers_12]

I sent a puzzle to SubmissionsSPLATperplexcity.com like it says on the help page and got a reply with the breif and pauls e-mail address. I want a card with my Name on it

[Bakers_12]

Sent and now got a replay from Mind Candy about my puzzle card idea. This is the brief I sent, I have removed the reply at the request of Mind Candy ( sorry Mind Candy)

> NAME: Directing Numbers
> PUZZLE ARCHITECT: Martin Baker
> DIFFICULTY: Blue
> BACKGROUND: Movies and maths
>
> DESIGN: Could have a sequence of the count down they use before old films .
>
> TEXT: Solve this equition : ((Billy Crystal + Mark Christopher) * David
> Fincher) ((Catherine Hardwicke - Tom O'Hara) * Blake Edwards) = ?
>>
>
> SOLUTION:

[duckiemonster]

Could you please edit to remove the spoiler in Paul's email? I really don't want to know what's coming in season 2. - edit. Thanks.

I also fail to see the point in posting all of the above. Sorry.

[Bakers_12]