Subject: The Pangalactic Sunnies Challenge
Posted by: WesleyCrusher
Date: Mar 02 12
With Kyle's permission, I am going to launch an activity of my own, especially created for those of you who just never seem to have enough options to stretch your authoring skills to the limits and beyond.
At its heart, this is a new marathon quiz authoring race requiring a combination of speed, persistence, quality and variance. While you could win up to six badges(*) for finishing, those are standard awards you'll just happen to pick up on the way (unless you already have them). Essentially, you are thus competing for the love of authoring and for the bragging rights to have completed one of the most demanding authoring quests that will ever hit the site.
The race is open to every FT author and will run for as long as people wish to continue working on it. You can start the race at any time by signing up. Then, your goal is to write one sunglassed quiz per category, begun after the signup date (those you wrote before don't count). Each of these must be for an author challenge or for an author lounge activity (lounge challenge, commission). Report your finished works here once they have received their Sunnies to be added to the leaderboard. Finishers will be sorted by the time needed from signup to their 20th set of shades (so late starters will never be penalized). If anyone does this under a year, they're a master author, but anyone seeing this to the end will be a champion in their own right.
Oh yes, should you finish this and want to try again to improve your time, feel free to reenter. We'll keep your best time and your number of completions!
A few answers before you ask the corresponding questions:
In order not to penalize those who have taken an early jump at "Stepping Up XII", you *may* count a quiz you've done for that challenge even if you have already begun it. If you wish to do so, just notify me with your signup that you wish to retroactively sign up as of yesterday (March 1).
Quizzes written for The Amazing Trivia Race by those not yet arrived do count only if they are also author challenges and have been begun on March 1 or later.
If you still have to create a work in any other challenge or commission you entered before your signup date which you have never yet submitted to an editor, you CAN finish, submit and count it. This would be a good time to catch up on your commissions!
If you get an Editor's Choice on a quiz, it will qualify even if does not get actual Sunnies. This is also a great way to avoid the wait for ratings and shave several weeks off your score!
Once a quiz has been crosschecked and marked off on your grid, it does not matter whether it does retain its Sunny status later on. Once qualified, it remains qualified.
You are responsible for reporting your quizzes yourself in this thread once they do qualify (please provide a link for quick checking). It's best to check on Monday afternoon or Tuesday, that way you will always catch those newly awarded Sunnies early.
If you have added no new quizzes to your score for three months, your name will be dropped from the public listing of racers. However, you will remain in the internal database and once you do submit another qualifying quiz, you will be back in the list. This is just to weed out those who abandoned the game.
I will provide regular updates to the standings once the first quizzes start rolling in (which will obviously take 3-4 weeks). Kyle will be using his magical mod powers to add them to this post.
To make things easy for me, please do not link to your quizzes in this thread until they qualify.
If you have any further questions, just ask away. Good luck!
WesleyCrusher
(*) The 5, 10, 15 categories, Cool Quizzes, Author Challenges and one badge from the "Author" series.
Current Standings:
http://www.krath.org/pangalactic.png
***HALL OF FAME***
Looney_Tunes has finished the Pangalactic course TWICE! First time it took 181 days, the second time 361 days. Incredible!
Dcpddc478 has finished the Pangalactic course in the record time of 94 days! Amazing!
Rossian has finished the course in 143 days.
Reedy has finished the course in 150 days.
Kyleisalive has finished the course in 242 days.
Creedy has finished the course in 429 days.
Gracious1 has finished the course in 272 days.
Cellardoor has finished the course in 627 days.
Suomy has finished the course in 396 days.
WesleyCrusher has finished the course in 1,026 days.
JanIQ has finished the course in 1,005 days.
Pollucci19 has finished the course in 1,151 days.
Fifiona81 has finished the course in 533 days.
1nn1 has finished the course in 1,767 days.
spanishliz has finished the course in 1,989 days.
Posted by: WesleyCrusher
Date: Mar 02 12
With Kyle's permission, I am going to launch an activity of my own, especially created for those of you who just never seem to have enough options to stretch your authoring skills to the limits and beyond.
At its heart, this is a new marathon quiz authoring race requiring a combination of speed, persistence, quality and variance. While you could win up to six badges(*) for finishing, those are standard awards you'll just happen to pick up on the way (unless you already have them). Essentially, you are thus competing for the love of authoring and for the bragging rights to have completed one of the most demanding authoring quests that will ever hit the site.
The race is open to every FT author and will run for as long as people wish to continue working on it. You can start the race at any time by signing up. Then, your goal is to write one sunglassed quiz per category, begun after the signup date (those you wrote before don't count). Each of these must be for an author challenge or for an author lounge activity (lounge challenge, commission). Report your finished works here once they have received their Sunnies to be added to the leaderboard. Finishers will be sorted by the time needed from signup to their 20th set of shades (so late starters will never be penalized). If anyone does this under a year, they're a master author, but anyone seeing this to the end will be a champion in their own right.
Oh yes, should you finish this and want to try again to improve your time, feel free to reenter. We'll keep your best time and your number of completions!
A few answers before you ask the corresponding questions:
If you have any further questions, just ask away. Good luck!
WesleyCrusher
(*) The 5, 10, 15 categories, Cool Quizzes, Author Challenges and one badge from the "Author" series.
Current Standings:
http://www.krath.org/pangalactic.png***HALL OF FAME***
Looney_Tunes has finished the Pangalactic course TWICE! First time it took 181 days, the second time 361 days. Incredible!
Dcpddc478 has finished the Pangalactic course in the record time of 94 days! Amazing!
Rossian has finished the course in 143 days.
Reedy has finished the course in 150 days.
Kyleisalive has finished the course in 242 days.
Creedy has finished the course in 429 days.
Gracious1 has finished the course in 272 days.
Cellardoor has finished the course in 627 days.
Suomy has finished the course in 396 days.
WesleyCrusher has finished the course in 1,026 days.
JanIQ has finished the course in 1,005 days.
Pollucci19 has finished the course in 1,151 days.
Fifiona81 has finished the course in 533 days.
1nn1 has finished the course in 1,767 days.
spanishliz has finished the course in 1,989 days.
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tazman6619 
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What the heck I'll give it a go and set me up retroactively please to include Stepping Up XII. Reply #1. Mar 02 12, 1:54 PM |
WesleyCrusher
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Registered. Oh, I'll try myself as well of course. Same thing - even though I doubt my Stepping Up XII will be a Sunny, I'll risk it. Reply #2. Mar 02 12, 2:04 PM |
dcpddc478
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I will be a glutton for punishment also:) Reply #3. Mar 02 12, 2:08 PM |
| tazman6619
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I have the same doubts about mine but decided I might get lucky. Reply #4. Mar 02 12, 2:36 PM |
CellarDoor
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I'll sign up, retroactively. I'm not usually a sprinter, so I really like the flexibility here. I read your intro to say that I can also count my Setlist title, even though I've already written one whole question -- is that correct? Reply #5. Mar 02 12, 3:22 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Yes, if you have never previously submitted it for review, you may finish and count it. I don't want anyone to start copying questions over to new templates just so they can say they've started a new quiz :) Reply #6. Mar 02 12, 3:40 PM |
looney_tunes
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And I thought I'd never have to write a VG or Celebrities quiz again, now that I have sunnies in all 20 categories. The first time took me several years, I'll see if I can do it again more quickly. Sign me up, and I'll start with the current Stepping Up title. Reply #7. Mar 02 12, 3:47 PM |
malik24
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Assuming /any author/ really is allowed to try, I will join (plus Stepping Up). I don't have 20 categories, let alone the sunglasses, but I have had a really interesting foray into areas I wouldn't visit before, some of which have gone down well. Reply #8. Mar 02 12, 4:25 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Malik, of course any author is allowed to try. There is no time limit and you're not holding anyone up - any progress towards the ever elusive 20 is its own reward! Reply #9. Mar 02 12, 4:40 PM |
pollucci19
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Count me in as well thanks Wes ... it would be appreciated if I could include my Setlist one as well ... set up the template yesterday, have a road map for the quiz but no questions as yet Reply #10. Mar 02 12, 4:50 PM |
| looney_tunes
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How about a quiz inspired by the quiz meter, but which was still only an idea heading towards a closed category by the time the meter moved on? The quiz will be written sometime, anyway, just don't know whether I can count it towards this. (bats eyelids fetchingly, and whips chocolate out from behind back) Reply #11. Mar 02 12, 5:02 PM |
highfells
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Well, I'll give it a go if I may, although at the rate I progress I could probably be outstripped by an arthritic sloth on Mogadon! Reply #12. Mar 02 12, 5:02 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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looney, sorry that one wouldn't work - it has to be an actual qualifying part of a lounge activity. A quiz accepted by the meter, bucket or other inanimate quiz-eating object will however count! Reply #13. Mar 02 12, 5:07 PM |
| dcpddc478
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Is there any chance that the powers that be would make a badglet for this endeavour, just like they did for the race...it might entice some of us badge bunnies to join this difficult game...may of us already have those 6 badges listed...maybe something like a badglet for sunnies in each category within in one year. Reply #14. Mar 02 12, 5:17 PM |
reedy
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I'll sign up. Reply #15. Mar 02 12, 5:24 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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You know that there are always chances and never guarantees. You should do this for the thrill of trying the almost impossible - if the end result is a badgelet or even badge, that would be a pure bonus. Reply #16. Mar 02 12, 5:33 PM |
kyleisalive
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It's a given I'll join (at least until the point I get to my highly-disliked categories). My stepping up title hasn't been claimed yet so it will count I assume. Reply #17. Mar 02 12, 5:44 PM |
eburge
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I'm going to pass on this one. The thought of writing a quiz in a certain category puts me right off. ;p Reply #18. Mar 02 12, 5:59 PM |
| tazman6619
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Is it Video Games? ;) Reply #19. Mar 02 12, 6:03 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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We all have that category. Mine is Celebrities. But that doesn't mean it can't be done :) Reply #20. Mar 02 12, 6:10 PM |
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