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My game was rightly disqualified, and yet I find it a shame.

A topic by ROEGA™ created 88 days ago Views: 193 Replies: 6

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ROEGA™88 days ago(-3)

Hi everyone, my game RED KITE was disqualified. Since I’m not one for whining about how unfair things are, I’ll keep this brief and state the facts: on paper, the disqualification is completely justified—it was an "old" project, so the decision makes sense.

However, I do find it questionable to disqualify a game that was finished two days before the jam started—especially one I had long intended to enter into a platformer jam this spring. I doubt RED KITE stood even the slightest chance of winning, so no one could claim it had an unfair advantage; I’ve seen plenty of games here that were technically superior.

Disqualifying a game for being finished 48 hours too early is the moderators' prerogative and is correct according to the rules, but I still hope at least a few people had fun with it! If you haven't played it yet, feel free to give it a try—I’d really appreciate it. After all, it’s apparently "forbiddenly" good ;)

https://roega.itch.io/red-kite

typecast/roseSubmitted87 days ago(+2)

I don't think you understand the point of a game jam. A jam is a jam, its for making games on a time limit. I'm sure your game is great, but this submitting to a game jam and posting about the rightful disqualification, it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

ROEGA™87 days ago

Hey, as I said, I’m fine with the disqualification—and I certainly understand it, too.

I actually meant for this to be a fun post; it’s just that spinnyflame146 apparently felt so offended by it that he got drawn into an endless argument.

spinnyflame146Submitted87 days ago

i am not offended by by a single word , you just think ur the main character in this game jam , and u think that if i didnt report u wich is the the right thing n u would be the winner , stop yapping bro,or should i say the AI that wrote the response is YAPPING?RULES ARE RULES , now get lost or ill report u another time

ROEGA™87 days ago

You know, you only become the main character if the audience gives you attention.

Just look at our discussion—you’re the one adding fuel to the fire here; if you hadn't replied to my post at all, it would have just faded into obscurity anyway.

Reporting the game is totally fine, too, but it fits perfectly with the way you present yourself here. You feel compelled to report a game because you see yourself as a know-it-all cop, and you have to jump into every pointless argument because you apparently think you're always right.

I’m not even trying to claim I’m right in this whole discussion; I never even said the ruling was wrong. The only thing you keep saying in response is that "those are the rules"—well, Sherlock, that’s true, and I’d already realized that!

I just hope you aren't like this in real life, because accusing someone of using AI without any grounds—simply because you don't like the other side—isn't exactly classy behavior.

ElectricRamHost87 days ago

While you didnt say that your disqualification was wrong, you seem to undermine the advantage you had here, it does not matter the quality of your game, it could be godlike or dogshit, you said you finished the game 2 days before the jam, you FINISHED it, not even STARTED it 2 days before the jam, which is already violating the rules of the jam, the point of the jam is to make a game in the 7 day window of the jam, it is not "questionable".

Allowing a violation in the rules just because your game didnt have a chance at winning, is to set a precedent that the rules are malleable. I do not intend to demonise you in any way, just stating why you were disqualified, and to deter you from doing this same thing in the future

ROEGA™87 days ago

Thank you for the clarification, ElectricRamHost. You are absolutely right, and I see your point regarding the precedent it would set. The core idea of a 7-day window needs to be respected for the jam to stay fair for everyone. It was never my intention to undermine that, and I completely accept the decision. Thanks for hosting the event, and good luck to everyone still in the running!