Make It So 2011

The second iteration of Make It So: The Search for the Next Assistant Game Designer opened up applications on 22 August 2011 and accepted applications until 9 September 2011. The competition was reversed this year, with two groups of applicants participating in team-based challenges during Phase I and then switching to individual challenges for Phase II. Weekly eliminations were dropped, but only one (1) team advanced to Phase II and the other team was "cut." As in the original, The Final Challenge saw the top contestants manage their own design team as they build a fifteen (15) card boutique expansion.

Roster

Here is the master list of participants for Make it So 2011. You can click on each participant's name to see their application. Participants marked with an asterisk (*) are previous participants in Make it So. Those in bold are players that received automatic positions in this year's game.

#	Contestant	trekcc.org Handle	Location	Age	Phase 1 Team
1	Jonathan Engel	Triumph	Texas, USA	25	Delta
2*	Daniel Giddings	Danny	Cambridge, UK	30	Gamma
3*	Matthew Hayes	karonofborg13	North Dakota, USA	41	Delta
4*	Conno Hendriksen	WeyounsLastClone	Zwolle, The Netherlands	30	Delta
5	William Hoskin	Gumbo	London, UK	30	Gamma
6*	Ben Hosp	bhosp	Virginia, USA	30	Delta
7	Nate Kirton	Nate Jeezy	Minnesota, USA	28	Delta
8*	Blake Mandalis	Devoras	Ohio, USA	29	Gamma
9*	Nathan Miracle	GooeyChewie	North Carolina, USA	27	Gamma
10	Mark Morris	BaronMorrath	Edmonton, Canada	30	Delta
11*	Ian Parmenter	Peers	Minnesota, USA	33	Delta
12*	Josh Sheets	prylardurden	Ohio, USA	30	Gamma
13	Nate Wineinger	Naetor	Alabama, USA	28	Gamma

In Phase I, the players on each team of six (6) had to work together to create cycles or series of cards in order to meet to goals of each challenge. After all six (6) challenges in Phase I, the team with the highest combined score advanced to the individual competitions of Phase II, while the team with the lower score was eliminated.

Team Delta
Contestant	trekcc.org Handle	Location	Age	Most Favorite Affiliation	Least Favorite Affiliation
1	Triumph	Texas, USA	25	[TN]	[TNG]
2*	karonofborg13	North Dakota, USA	41	[SF]	[Voy]
3*	WeyounsLastClone	Zwolle, The Netherlands	30	[Fer]	[Maq]
4*	bhosp	Virginia, USA	30	[Kli]	[Maq]
5	Nate Jeezy	Minnesota, USA	28	[Voy]	[Dom]
6	BaronMorrath	Edmonton, Canada	30	[DS9]	[Maq]
7*	Peers	Minnesota, USA	33	[Dom]	[TN]

Team Gamma
Contestant	trekcc.org Handle	Age	Hometown	Most Favorite Affiliation	Least Favorite Affiliation
1*	Danny	Cambridge, UK	30	[SF]	[TN]
2	Gumbo	London, UK	30	[Rom]	[Bor]
3*	Devoras	Ohio, USA	29	[DS9-E]	[TN]
4*	GooeyChewie	North Carolina, USA	27	[TOS]	[Car]
5*	prylardurden	Ohio, USA	30	[Dom]	[TNG]
6	Naetor	Alabama, USA	28	[Rom]	[Baj]

Challenges

The challenges for Make It So 2011 were designed to test the contestant's knowledge of the rules, the strengths and weaknesses of each affiliation, and their understanding of how the game works and should develop. In addition, challenges were about teamwork, time management, and communication. Challenges often were designed to test or illustrate the understanding of specific game concepts, both in general and specific to Second Edition.

#	Challenge Name	Entries	Winner	Overall Results
1	Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall	Team Delta   |   Team Gamma	Team Delta (67.8 - 64.4)	Team Delta (67.8 - 64.4)
2	Eventful	Team Delta   |   Team Gamma	Team Gamma (68.5 - 65.7)	Team Delta (134 - 133)
3	The Future is NOW!	Team Delta   |   Team Gamma
4	Booster Gold	Team Delta   |   Team Gamma
5	Designus Interruptus	Team Delta   |   Team Gamma
6	Fill the Gap	Team Delta   |   Team Gamma
7	Anti-Shenanigans	All Submissions
8	Make Us Go	All Submissions
9	Image (Again)	All Submissions
10	All-In	All Submissions
Final	Final Challenge	The Most Toys   |   Paradise Lost