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Post by Kaez on Jan 1, 2014 2:48:51 GMT -5
What, er, uh, about it? Also, did we get a 12th writer? Well, are we going to leave it as is (which we probably will) or should we set up some sort of "you have to review at least one match to be allowed to progress to the next round even if you win your match"? And no. We need to hunt somebody down. I think we can leave it as it is. But there are definitely some ways to incentivize. A bonus point to the writer who reviews the most stories in a match, or making it a rule that the one who does wins ties, etc. But yeah, somewhat more importantly, we need a 12th writer. |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 2, 2014 14:56:08 GMT -5
This is way too late, but I just thought up a great twist on the Arena Concept.
The idea being that instead of the beginning being PMed to the authors, the beginnings are posted publicly and the authors get their choice of which they wish to write. The authors can choose whether or not to announce it publicly or keep it secret; do they choose to announce their presence in the Arena? Or wear a mask? Or perhaps, lie?
Once written, the submissions are still posted anonymously by the Moderator (for judging purposes) so that, though you may know who is writing, you don't know which is which or who advances?
The trick here is that still only one submission from each beginning advances; which could lead to a really long competition or a really short one depending on how many people write for each entry. Say we start with twelve people; we'll start with half as many beginnings for an ideal pairing. But it may not work out that way, three people may write for one, two for another, six on the third and the last participant writes solo with two beginnings remaining un-used.
We would have a total of four people advancing to the next round; the unchallenged solo writer, and the winner of each other round. Additionally, the beginnings that were un-used -also- advance effectively upping the difficulty by bringing forward the rather undesirable topics. If not enough beginnings advance, there will be a pool that the Moderator can pull from, as usual.
This, of course, becomes a strategy game. Do you choose the easy beginning figuring you can out-write whomever else also writes? Or do you choose the more difficult path hoping for an easy advance to the next round by going unchallenged? Do you choose the Sci-Fi beginning you've got a great idea for knowing that Taed is potentially writing against you? Or do you avoid it, and write out of your comfort zone in order to avoid a likely defeat? Or maybe he was eliminated the previous round and you'd be totally safe going with your great idea?
This approach, of course, could lead to a very short Arena if everyone writes the same topic, but it wouldn't run any longer than normal so long as the number of beginnings doesn't surpass half the number of participants.
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Post by Allya on Jan 2, 2014 16:22:32 GMT -5
Or, OR, first come-first serve. Only three can choose each one and they have to choose fast or take the left-overs.
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Post by Allya on Jan 2, 2014 16:23:45 GMT -5
That said, some of my best work has come from being forced to write for genres way out of my comfort zone. (Some of my worst too but whatevs.)
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jan 3, 2014 6:40:12 GMT -5
I like Z's idea! It would make it a bit dangerous and interesting. Coupled with Allya's input it would also make it super deadly.
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Post by Kaez on Jan 3, 2014 10:31:22 GMT -5
This is way too late, but I just thought up a great twist on the Arena Concept. The idea being that instead of the beginning being PMed to the authors, the beginnings are posted publicly and the authors get their choice of which they wish to write. The authors can choose whether or not to announce it publicly or keep it secret; do they choose to announce their presence in the Arena? Or wear a mask? Or perhaps, lie? Once written, the submissions are still posted anonymously by the Moderator (for judging purposes) so that, though you may know who is writing, you don't know which is which or who advances? The trick here is that still only one submission from each beginning advances; which could lead to a really long competition or a really short one depending on how many people write for each entry. Say we start with twelve people; we'll start with half as many beginnings for an ideal pairing. But it may not work out that way, three people may write for one, two for another, six on the third and the last participant writes solo with two beginnings remaining un-used. We would have a total of four people advancing to the next round; the unchallenged solo writer, and the winner of each other round. Additionally, the beginnings that were un-used -also- advance effectively upping the difficulty by bringing forward the rather undesirable topics. If not enough beginnings advance, there will be a pool that the Moderator can pull from, as usual. This, of course, becomes a strategy game. Do you choose the easy beginning figuring you can out-write whomever else also writes? Or do you choose the more difficult path hoping for an easy advance to the next round by going unchallenged? Do you choose the Sci-Fi beginning you've got a great idea for knowing that Taed is potentially writing against you? Or do you avoid it, and write out of your comfort zone in order to avoid a likely defeat? Or maybe he was eliminated the previous round and you'd be totally safe going with your great idea? This approach, of course, could lead to a very short Arena if everyone writes the same topic, but it wouldn't run any longer than normal so long as the number of beginnings doesn't surpass half the number of participants. I really like this, but I don't think it could work as insta-elimination. You'd have to, say, write three times and never win a round to be eliminated. Or win a round twice to advance. Otherwise, the risk of more-than-half of the writers being eliminated in the first round is too high. |
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Post by James on Jan 4, 2014 18:25:47 GMT -5
How many beginnings have you got so far, Kwan?
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jan 4, 2014 19:05:24 GMT -5
Oh right, I need to write one a dem.
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Post by Kaez on Jan 4, 2014 22:31:00 GMT -5
I'll crank out a few tomorrow.
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Post by Kwan on Jan 5, 2014 17:50:15 GMT -5
Only three, unfortunately. I'll probably try and write a couple myself, though it might be worth it to delay the start by a day or two (so Jan 7th or 8th), in order to give people more time to write some - at the moment we wouldn't even have enough to get the first round started, and we could also get our 12th person.
TBH that would also personally help me, since Downton is premiering tonight and I have to make a daytrip to College Station tomorrow.
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Post by Kaez on Jan 5, 2014 17:52:04 GMT -5
Only three, unfortunately. I'll probably try and write a couple myself, though it might be worth it to delay the start by a day or two (so Jan 7th or 8th), in order to give people more time to write some - at the moment we wouldn't even have enough to get the first round started, and we could also get our 12th person. TBH that would also personally help me, since Downton is premiering tonight and I have to make a daytrip to College Station tomorrow. I'm going to send you a few over. |
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Post by James on Jan 5, 2014 18:34:48 GMT -5
If we can start it off on the 6th that would be ideal, but a delay wouldn't be the worst thing.
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Post by Kaez on Jan 5, 2014 20:35:44 GMT -5
He had three. I just sent him four.
We officially now -can- start it on the 6th. Assuming we have 12 writers.
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Post by James on Jan 5, 2014 20:42:11 GMT -5
Peer pressure, Sekot?
Peer pressure, Sekot.
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Post by Allya on Jan 5, 2014 21:10:08 GMT -5
I told my cousin's writing group about this tonight on a whim. It might not net a 12th fish but I figured it was worth a shot.
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