Template:Did you know nominations/Beasts of Balance

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:49, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Beasts of Balance

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• ... that tabletop game Beasts of Balance won the Technology Award at the 2015 Indiecade festival? Source: [1][2]
  • ALT1 ...that Warner Bros. did not want anyone RFID-tagging a Fabulous Beast? Source: [3]

• Reviewed: Eva Chamberlain
• Comment: Other possible hooks if a reviewer fancies an alt. The prototyping process using 3D printing and Arduino is interesting. The trademark dispute hook could draw readers in through the Harry Potter connection. - hahnchen 13:37, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Created by Hahnchen (talk). Self-nominated at 13:37, 6 May 2017 (UTC).

• New enough and long enough. The article is neutral and there are no obvious copyright violations. A fine read overall and it sounds fun to play. The hook fact is cited; the hook itself is long enough albeit a little mundane (as the nominator concedes), but I've had so many non-mundane hooks rejected for obscurity I think we'll have to allow it :). QPQ is done. I've suggested ALT1 if anyone's interested; it'll need to be reviewed, obviously. Mackensen (talk) 13:01, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
  • That's a clever Alt hook, I like it. - hahnchen 18:30, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

• @Mackensen: Per Rule H2, you cannot approve your own hook. Could another reviewer take a look at this? Yoninah (talk) 22:06, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: Which is why I approved the original hook and suggested an alternate. Mackensen (talk) 22:29, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

• But the nominator likes the ALT! Yoninah (talk) 22:30, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

• A happy occasion for all concerned. It's not up to the nominator to choose a hook, an uninvolved reviewer does that. As the original reviewer I reviewed the nomination and original hook and approved both. I also suggested an alternate because I thought of one. H2 isn't meant to stop reviewers from suggesting hooks. Mackensen (talk) 23:06, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
• I've added an explanatory note. Perhaps you'd like to review the hook? Mackensen (talk) 23:17, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

• @Mackensen: OK. But I don't understand what "RFID-tagging" means, and don't see it in the source. Yoninah (talk) 23:23, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: I think Each object is RFID tagged, with RFID linked, is pretty clear. This is in the first body paragraph. Mackensen (talk) 23:47, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

• OK, I read the article through and I still don't understand ALT1. I know nothing about these games. Calling on another reviewer to look at ALT1. Yoninah (talk) 23:52, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

• My two cents: the original hook isn't the most exciting thing in the world, but ALT1 is likely to be unintelligible to many readers. As a non-gamer whose knowledge of technology is probably on par with the average person, the only thing I understand in the alt hook is "Warner Bros." 97198 (talk) 11:27, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

• I'd just like to point out that Radio-frequency identification has nothing to do with gaming in particular; in fact, its application to gaming is somewhat innovative. As a technology it's in widespread use in a variety of fields. Just in everyday life you'll encounter it with library books. Cat owners often have their cats chipped. Passports have them. Anyway, if someone doesn't quite know what's meant then maybe they'll click the link. Mackensen (talk) 11:44, 27 May 2017 (UTC)