Subject: The Fun Trivia Sprint Rivals (aka IV)
Posted by: WesleyCrusher
Date: Feb 10 20
FINAL SCORES
1. Joepetz (Standard) 9:00 h
2. kyleisalive (Ironman) 10:36 h
3. WesleyCrusher (Hardcore) 12:42 h
4. rossian (Hardcore) 15:23 h
5. malik24 (Ironman) 17:29 h
6. Blowing in the Wind (Team) 20:09 h
7. The Cataphonics (Team) 21:46 h
8. LeMoNracers (Team) 23:03 h
9. Fifiona81 (Standard) 23:43 h
10. Two Bears and a Packet of Chips (Brace) 36:16 h
11. Kankurette (Standard) 77:15 h
12. bernie73 (Standard) 78:51 h
13. spanishliz (Standard) 272:50 h
Tasks were posted around noon FT time, on Feb 29, March 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and Apr 1.
It's that time once more: We're looking for some overly dedicated authors who wish to experience race craze with even more fiendish and outlandish tasks while exploring the final depths of quiz-writing on a tight timer.
The rules are just the same as last time - including the option to participate solo, in pairs and in threes. And it starts on February 29, because that's a nice date and it's a Saturday too. Just like last round, it will last 36 days - nine legs of four days each - and you can start each of your tasks at any time during the leg's running time.
Depending on the level of challenge you want to have, there are several signup options:
TEAM (mild): You form a team of two or three authors. One of you must complete one of the two options on each of the nine tasks. Each member can submit a quiz; your best time will count. You will need to have at least three quizzes written yourself (regardless of whether they will count as being the fastest, so a 3-person team won't have to exactly split 3/3/3) at the end to receive finisher credit.
3-person teams can choose to play in "trace" mode, which is a 3-author brace (see under that entry). It's still listed with the regular team setup, since it's only 6 quizzes average per team member, less than the full 9 you need to author with any other mode.
STANDARD (challenging): You are on your own, completing one of the two options of your choice on each task. You can do both if you want, your better time counts.
BRACE (more challenging): You work in a team of two, completing both sides of each task - each of you needs to do one. Your time is the average of the two times.
HARDCORE (nasty): Choices are for wimps. You pick one of the two taskmasters before the game starts and you only do their tasks. No excuses just because the other guy had a less evil idea.
IRONMAN (extreme): You are not happy with just nine quizzes, so you do all eighteen. Your time per leg is the average of your two times.
If you receive a rejection on a quiz, you will get a 30 minute penalty. If you should get an Editor's Choice award, your time will be halved or reduced by one hour, whichever gives the better result. There are also two special bonuses available throughout the game; you will discover them on their respective task. Bonuses or penalties will each apply to the quiz they were earned on.
The worst time you can receive on any quiz actually submitted within the main game time plus a 6 day grace period at the end is 42 hours (even if you take longer). If you miss a leg for any reason, you can thus choose to do it at the end (and take the maximum on that one quiz) instead of having to do them in order and accumulating several high times.
rossian will be this round's Evil Twin Apprentice. As always, you won't really do better with one or the other taskmaster - the theme and difficulty level of each task will be very similar. It's just those details that will make one or the other option more preferable...
Some rules addenda for everyone's benefit:
- You are allowed and encouraged to use and repurpose old templates for the Sprint. You are even allowed to finish up half-done quizzes if they fit your task (lucky!) as long as they had never been submitted before. Do some cleaning up while racking up great scores!
- The two task alternatives' timers are entirely separate. If you are playing in Standard or team mode, you can check out and complete one task, then look at the second and see if you can improve your time. Of course if you check out both at the start and cherry-pick, the second one is unlikely to improve your score as you've already set off both timers.
- Braces and Traces must have different submitters on the two sides. You cannot have the same person submit both quizzes - but, of course, you CAN work together and communicate within your teams/braces. No roadblocks, but of course any tasks that depend on the player (e.g. "Write a quiz that includes your FT name in the title") must match the actual submitter.
- When you've submitted a quiz, please post a note in the respective task thread so I can check and score it, but make sure not to publicly disclose information that could help others identify the task anywhere else. Remember others might not have started!
- Scoring will take place near the end of every 4-day round. Round scores might of course change later in case of rejections or Editor's Choices.
SPECIAL SPRINT IV RULE
To be credited with a finishing time on this Sprint, your entries will have to contain at least one photo quiz (if you have that capability) or one 20 or 25 question quiz (if you don't - you cannot use this option if you have photo quiz privileges). You will also need to have at least one match quiz. Which round you use to fill these requirements is entirely up to you, but you may not wish to wait until the last moment, as it could catch you off guard - also, be aware from the start that the round 9 task *cannot* work with the Match format or 20+ questions and will be very difficult to do as a photo task, so you need to effectively be done with the two specials by round 8.
If a round or bonus asks for a multiple choice quiz, all questions must be multiple choice; a photo quiz meeting this requirement does of course count.
Ironman players or Braces will have to meet these criteria once per taskmaster; it is however legit for a Brace to have both photo quizzes or both match quizzes by the same author (as long as they are for different taskmasters).
Please also note that you need to make the requirement with a quiz that actually counts for your timer, so if you're Standard, submit a photo quiz and then try to improve your time with the second task, you'd need to also do a photo quiz (or redo that option later). If anything like this happens, we'll try to find the best setup for you in terms of total time :)
All mandatory requirements have been met. No adjustment of times was required to accommodate them.
Signups (14):
IRONMAN
Kyleisalive
malik24
HARDCORE
WesleyCrusher (rossian's tasks)
rossian (Wes' tasks)
BRACE
Two Bears and a Packet of Chips (VegemiteKid and pollucci19)
STANDARD
spanishliz
Joepetz
Kankurette
bernie73
Fifiona81
Rowena8482 (withdrawn)
TEAM
The Cataphonics (gracious1 and LadyNym)
Blowing in the Wind (JanIQ and zorba_scank)
LeMoNracers (Leith90, MikeMaster99 and 1nn1)
Posted by: WesleyCrusher
Date: Feb 10 20
FINAL SCORES
1. Joepetz (Standard) 9:00 h
2. kyleisalive (Ironman) 10:36 h
3. WesleyCrusher (Hardcore) 12:42 h
4. rossian (Hardcore) 15:23 h
5. malik24 (Ironman) 17:29 h
6. Blowing in the Wind (Team) 20:09 h
7. The Cataphonics (Team) 21:46 h
8. LeMoNracers (Team) 23:03 h
9. Fifiona81 (Standard) 23:43 h
10. Two Bears and a Packet of Chips (Brace) 36:16 h
11. Kankurette (Standard) 77:15 h
12. bernie73 (Standard) 78:51 h
13. spanishliz (Standard) 272:50 h
Tasks were posted around noon FT time, on Feb 29, March 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and Apr 1.
It's that time once more: We're looking for some overly dedicated authors who wish to experience race craze with even more fiendish and outlandish tasks while exploring the final depths of quiz-writing on a tight timer.
The rules are just the same as last time - including the option to participate solo, in pairs and in threes. And it starts on February 29, because that's a nice date and it's a Saturday too. Just like last round, it will last 36 days - nine legs of four days each - and you can start each of your tasks at any time during the leg's running time.
Depending on the level of challenge you want to have, there are several signup options:
TEAM (mild): You form a team of two or three authors. One of you must complete one of the two options on each of the nine tasks. Each member can submit a quiz; your best time will count. You will need to have at least three quizzes written yourself (regardless of whether they will count as being the fastest, so a 3-person team won't have to exactly split 3/3/3) at the end to receive finisher credit.
3-person teams can choose to play in "trace" mode, which is a 3-author brace (see under that entry). It's still listed with the regular team setup, since it's only 6 quizzes average per team member, less than the full 9 you need to author with any other mode.
STANDARD (challenging): You are on your own, completing one of the two options of your choice on each task. You can do both if you want, your better time counts.
BRACE (more challenging): You work in a team of two, completing both sides of each task - each of you needs to do one. Your time is the average of the two times.
HARDCORE (nasty): Choices are for wimps. You pick one of the two taskmasters before the game starts and you only do their tasks. No excuses just because the other guy had a less evil idea.
IRONMAN (extreme): You are not happy with just nine quizzes, so you do all eighteen. Your time per leg is the average of your two times.
If you receive a rejection on a quiz, you will get a 30 minute penalty. If you should get an Editor's Choice award, your time will be halved or reduced by one hour, whichever gives the better result. There are also two special bonuses available throughout the game; you will discover them on their respective task. Bonuses or penalties will each apply to the quiz they were earned on.
The worst time you can receive on any quiz actually submitted within the main game time plus a 6 day grace period at the end is 42 hours (even if you take longer). If you miss a leg for any reason, you can thus choose to do it at the end (and take the maximum on that one quiz) instead of having to do them in order and accumulating several high times.
rossian will be this round's Evil Twin Apprentice. As always, you won't really do better with one or the other taskmaster - the theme and difficulty level of each task will be very similar. It's just those details that will make one or the other option more preferable...
Some rules addenda for everyone's benefit:
- You are allowed and encouraged to use and repurpose old templates for the Sprint. You are even allowed to finish up half-done quizzes if they fit your task (lucky!) as long as they had never been submitted before. Do some cleaning up while racking up great scores!
- The two task alternatives' timers are entirely separate. If you are playing in Standard or team mode, you can check out and complete one task, then look at the second and see if you can improve your time. Of course if you check out both at the start and cherry-pick, the second one is unlikely to improve your score as you've already set off both timers.
- Braces and Traces must have different submitters on the two sides. You cannot have the same person submit both quizzes - but, of course, you CAN work together and communicate within your teams/braces. No roadblocks, but of course any tasks that depend on the player (e.g. "Write a quiz that includes your FT name in the title") must match the actual submitter.
- When you've submitted a quiz, please post a note in the respective task thread so I can check and score it, but make sure not to publicly disclose information that could help others identify the task anywhere else. Remember others might not have started!
- Scoring will take place near the end of every 4-day round. Round scores might of course change later in case of rejections or Editor's Choices.
SPECIAL SPRINT IV RULE
To be credited with a finishing time on this Sprint, your entries will have to contain at least one photo quiz (if you have that capability) or one 20 or 25 question quiz (if you don't - you cannot use this option if you have photo quiz privileges). You will also need to have at least one match quiz. Which round you use to fill these requirements is entirely up to you, but you may not wish to wait until the last moment, as it could catch you off guard - also, be aware from the start that the round 9 task *cannot* work with the Match format or 20+ questions and will be very difficult to do as a photo task, so you need to effectively be done with the two specials by round 8.
If a round or bonus asks for a multiple choice quiz, all questions must be multiple choice; a photo quiz meeting this requirement does of course count.
Ironman players or Braces will have to meet these criteria once per taskmaster; it is however legit for a Brace to have both photo quizzes or both match quizzes by the same author (as long as they are for different taskmasters).
Please also note that you need to make the requirement with a quiz that actually counts for your timer, so if you're Standard, submit a photo quiz and then try to improve your time with the second task, you'd need to also do a photo quiz (or redo that option later). If anything like this happens, we'll try to find the best setup for you in terms of total time :)
All mandatory requirements have been met. No adjustment of times was required to accommodate them.
Signups (14):
IRONMAN
Kyleisalive
malik24
HARDCORE
WesleyCrusher (rossian's tasks)
rossian (Wes' tasks)
BRACE
Two Bears and a Packet of Chips (VegemiteKid and pollucci19)
STANDARD
spanishliz
Joepetz
Kankurette
bernie73
Fifiona81
Rowena8482 (withdrawn)
TEAM
The Cataphonics (gracious1 and LadyNym)
Blowing in the Wind (JanIQ and zorba_scank)
LeMoNracers (Leith90, MikeMaster99 and 1nn1)
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WesleyCrusher
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Leith, you can find the answer to what you've been asking for in the clue thread it's relevant to. Reply #101. Mar 18 20, 2:13 AM |
malik24 
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If you got 'Which Movie - Average 10' as a category, I'd presume you couldn't submit directly to that subcategory. If the task sent you that way, would you be able to submit to 'Which Movie' instead? Reply #102. Mar 18 20, 8:58 AM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Yes, however you have to write a 10 question quiz so it could fit there (so you would not be able to use that task as a photo alternate). And you should at least make an effort to roughly hit the difficulty, although that part will obviously not be checked. This analogously applies to other such categories. You submit to the lowest level you can, but you need to meet any prerequisites that it could at least theoretically wind up where you should be. (I think that would only ever be the right question count). Reply #103. Mar 18 20, 9:19 AM |
Rowena8482
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Hi Wes. I'm going to have to drop out I'm afraid. I have been called into work for several extra shifts - I'm a HCP and one of my team has had to go into isolation. See you all on the other side! Row xx Reply #104. Mar 18 20, 3:30 PM |
kyleisalive
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Row, thank you for doing what you do. :) Reply #105. Mar 18 20, 3:51 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Leg 4 Timers: 1. Joepetz 0:32 h 2. The Cataphonics 0:46 h 3. WesleyCrusher 0:49 h 3. Two Bears and a Packet of Chips 0:49 h 5. Rowena8482 0:57h 6. kyleisalive 1:11 h 7. Blowing in the Wind 1:17 h 8. rossian 1:24 h 9. malik24 1:42 h 10. LeMoNracers 1:53 h 11. Fifiona81 2:02 h 12. bernie73 2:27 h 13. Kankurette 3:57 h 14. spanishliz 42:00 h Note that for standings above, I have flipped around the list for the mandatories. The list is now the relatively few who have NOT met the respective prerequisite (that makes things much easier to check). Reply #106. Mar 19 20, 11:58 AM |
rossian
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Task 6 has been posted in my thread. Reply #107. Mar 20 20, 12:14 PM |
Kankurette
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Are you allowed to do another match/photo quiz if you've already done one? Reply #108. Mar 20 20, 1:16 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Of course you are - you just need to have each mandatory type at least once. Reply #109. Mar 20 20, 1:23 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Folks, be careful with the criteria on this one! The first two attempts on my side both missed the target (although it's likely they can be fixed at the cost of a CN at most) Reply #110. Mar 20 20, 5:27 PM |
| rossian
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Looks like a miss on my side too. Read carefully. Double check. Reply #111. Mar 20 20, 5:44 PM |
gracious1
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How is everybody doing with the game so far? I'm having fun writing new quizzes, though I'm a little disappointed that I haven't been able to use as many old templates as I'd hoped. But it's still great fun. Reply #112. Mar 23 20, 3:22 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Round 6 wasn't friendly to me, but I managed to do some damage control and keep third, I hope. One of my entries is doing very well on the ratings front, let's hope it stays that way. I'm inching closer to the 200 authored mark and will reach it with round 8, unless I write something else in between. Reply #113. Mar 23 20, 3:28 PM |
LadyNym
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I am very grateful to this challenge for having kickstarted my quiz writing once again. In these troubled times, having something fun to do is a great help. I am also trying to write as many single questions as I can. Looking forward to tomorrow's task! Reply #114. Mar 23 20, 3:34 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Let's see if you are still so happy after seeing it... we're approaching the really INTERESTING ones :) Reply #115. Mar 23 20, 3:41 PM |
| gracious1
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More "interesting" than the last one? :-O Reply #116. Mar 23 20, 4:12 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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How many games have you seen where levels 7, 8 and 9 are easier than level 6? :) Reply #117. Mar 23 20, 4:23 PM |
| kyleisalive
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Super Mario 64. ;) Reply #118. Mar 23 20, 6:55 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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LEG 5 SCORES "A" means the easy option was chosen (50% penalty), "B" means intermediate (no change), "C" hard (50% bonus) 1. Joepetz (C) 0:22 h 2. WesleyCrusher (C) 0:26 h 3. rossian (C) 0:39 h 4. kyleisalive (C/B) 0:36 h 5. Blowing in the Wind (B) 0:48 h 6. LeMoNracers (C) 0:58 h 7. bernie73 (C) 1:23 h 8. The Cataphonics (C) 1:36 h 9. malik24 (C/C) 1:42 h 10. Two Bears and a Packet of Chips (B/A) 2:00 h 11. Kankurette (B) 2:05 h 12. Fifiona81 (C) 2:18 h 13. spanishliz (A) 18:07 h LEG 6 SCORES 1. Joepetz 1:04 h 2. kyleisalive 1:08 h 3. Blowing in the Wind 1:17 h 4. WesleyCrusher 1:37 h 5. Two Bears and a Packet of Chips 2:04 h 6. Fifiona81 2:07 h 6. LeMoNracers 2:07 h 8. rossian 2:08 h 9. The Cataphonics 2:24 h 10. malik24 2:36 h 11. Kankurette 18:19 h 12. bernie73 20:26 h 13. spanishliz 42:00 h Reply #119. Mar 24 20, 11:19 AM |
| WesleyCrusher
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1nn1, I will ask here as well (so you won't have to click the task thread to answer) - what work did you base your task 6 quiz on? (You can answer openly, everyone has written for 6). Reply #120. Mar 24 20, 11:23 AM |
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