Annonces
– To reward players who contribute to the beauty of Bicolline through the arts.
Opening of the office and allocation of mandates
The Patron’s office will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
The office will have four functions:
– Maintaining the artists’ directory: players will be able to submit their registrations here. Character name, guild, type of art and usual contract amounts will be recorded. Consequently, any player can consult the directory to find an artist to hire.
– Contract registration: players wishing to conclude a contract can come to the office to register it. Contracts can be registered for performances taking place on the same day or on subsequent days, but contracts taking place on the same day cannot be visited by a critic. In the case of artwork produced in advance (eg painting), the handover of the artwork to the applicant will be considered as the moment of completion of the contract, and may be visited in the days following the signing of the contract.
Please note: contracts will be assigned a reviewer’s visit based on the interest generated by the artist’s visit to the Patron’s Office. While any contract can be signed, players will need to demonstrate showmanship if they want to generate interest and possibly earn a critic’s visit. In practical terms, this means that your visit to the Patron’s Office is nothing less than a full-blown audition. You’ll be invited to take a seat on a promontory to peddle your products, in whatever medium you choose.
It’s possible to have a contract issued and carried out on the Monday of the Grande Bataille. To do so, please send an e-mail to the Second du Patron at pharmaphil@gmail.com to sell your salad and hope for a visit from a critic.
– Posting of contracts: contracts selected for a review visit will be posted the day after they are submitted. Players can then pick up their contracts and confirm the reviewer’s visit.
– Disagreement resolution: if a player has a disagreement with the other contracting party OR a disagreement with the Patron, they may ask the Patron or his Second to settle the matter.
The critic’s visit is a special occasion! That’s why the critic should arrive on time and be clearly identified. He/she should be received with a certain amount of deference, but it should be clear that any attempt at bribing will be rejected. The artist must be reasonably on time, while taking into account the realities of Bicolline. The critic will evaluate according to his or her judgment and the criteria mentioned below. If the performance meets or exceeds expectations, the artist will be awarded an Admirateur card. If the critic judges the performance to be exceptional, the artist may be awarded an Artiste card.
Please note: The function of the Artiste card in Bicolline’s game has yet to be defined at the time of writing. That said, it’s safe to say that the only way for a player to earn it will be through an outstanding performance on the field.
If the performance is particularly disappointing, the critic may postpone the judgement until the following day, in order to consult his peers. It is conceivable that no card will be handed out, and the Patron or his Second-in-Command can then go and talk to the players. If a performance deliberately falls short of expectations, and a critic has been unnecessarily dispatched, the artist should understand that his or her reputation with the Patron’s office will suffer, and that he or she will have little chance of being considered for future commissions.
The purpose of the evaluation grid is to support the critics in their assessment of the artwork. The objective is to qualify the work according to the objectives of the Patron’s Office. So, without becoming a popularity contest, the grid helps to assess whether the work in question meets the idea of entertaining other players and enriching Bicolline’s appearance in a medieval fantasy context.
The grid is based on 3 simple criteria:
– Authenticity of the performance in a medieval fantasy context
– Effort invested in creating the performance
– Exposure of the work to the community
The authenticity of the artwork refers to the tools, techniques and materials used. The more genuine they are, the more favorable the evaluation will be.
– Use of modern materials, techniques and tools: digital printing, 3D printing, pre-recorded music, etc.
– Mixed use of traditional materials, techniques or modern tools: use of amplifiers with musical instruments, cooking with BBQ, sculpture with modern tools, etc.
– Use of traditional materials, techniques and tools: historical instruments, oil painting on canvas or wood, cooking over a fire, traditional dance, etc.
– Bonus point: if a work was conceived and produced entirely or partially on the Bicolline site.
The effort invested gives credit to the time and experience a player has used in creating the artwork. For this criterion, it’s a good idea to award mandates to critics with a certain amount of knowledge themselves, if possible. The assessment will reflect the artist’s degree of investment.
– The artwork was conceived quickly or improvised
– The artwork required several hours’ work or the coordination of 2-3 players.
– The artwork is the result of solid experience, several months/years of work or the coordination of more than 2-3 players.
Community exposure.
– The artwork has been presented within the guild or benefits a restricted group of players: painting inside a camp, guild meal, music around a fire circle.
– The artwork has been presented to another guild, or shows evidence of a public exhibition: the artist travels to another camp, performs on a public stage but off the main roads, or offers a show by invitation, but with a large, diverse audience, etc.
– The artwork has been extensively promoted and has greatly benefited several players: the artist performs in the trollball arena, on a stage accessible to the general public, or across the Bicolline terrain.