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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I prefer if you leave a note on the clue thread, it makes it easier for me to track quizzes. Of course you can also leave one here - just make sure that you don't spoil anything when you do here. While our most famous and successful evaluator of clues of the past hasn't signed up this time, you still don't want to hand anyone else a 1 minute time on a silver platter :) Reply #41. Feb 29 20, 1:54 PM |
bernie73 
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My quiz, based on your challenge for round one, is posted. Reply #42. Feb 29 20, 1:58 PM |
Rowena8482
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Thanks Wes. :-) Gracious, that's the point lol! That said,I joined in to try and get my writing mojo back, maybe finish off some of the templates I've had hanging around for AGES, and so far so good :-D I even, without giving anything away, wrote in a category I usually avoid! Reply #43. Feb 29 20, 2:07 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Sprints tend to make you write in the categories you avoid. If you get more than half of them in categories you actually prefer writing for, we did something wrong in setting up :) Reply #44. Feb 29 20, 3:41 PM |
gracious1
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Quick questions: (1) "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." This means no T/F or FITB, I gather. But if format is not stated, then some T/F or FITB would be allowed, in accordance with guidelines for the particular category? (2) "To be credited with a finishing time on this Sprint, your entries will have to contain at least one photo quiz .... You will also need to have at least one match quiz. " I gather for Team level that just one photo quiz between us and one match quiz between us would suffice? Reply #45. Mar 01 20, 11:54 AM |
| WesleyCrusher
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(1) If the round or bonus does not stipulate any specific format, you can choose whatever you want, including mixes. (2) Yes, teams not competing under the Brace format are treated just as one player for purposes of meeting restrictions. Reply #46. Mar 01 20, 1:04 PM |
| gracious1
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Thanks, Wes! Reply #47. Mar 01 20, 3:32 PM |
pollucci19
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Apologies Wes, the Two Bears... are working as a Brace and will be completing both quizzes each round... separate authors of course Reply #48. Mar 01 20, 4:52 PM |
| gracious1
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My partner finished her quiz in a shorter time than mine, so I'm stopping to take a break since my time is now irrelevant. If I turned this into a photo quiz, as now I have the luxury of time, then this would take care of a photo requirement, and then it's all done early. Reply #49. Mar 01 20, 5:39 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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The photo quiz (and the mandatory match quiz) has to be one that actually counts for the timer - you can't just write one as an extra. That would be too easy (and I already mentioned that part...) If your team ends up having multiple options for the photo quiz and neither of them is the best option in its round, I'll try to automatically score the best combination for you, but you have to have one in the nine that actually count towards your final time. Reply #50. Mar 02 20, 12:59 AM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Please remember that when you submit your quiz, you include any *relevant* information to the editor - that it is a Sprint quiz and any parameters you need to remain unchanged for it to count, but please *do not* paste or paraphrase entire task descriptions. Remember that quite a few editors do play and they want to be able to work quizzes quickly, even before writing their own. As an example, if a hypothetical task were to require that prompts be in alphabetical order on a match quiz, a good editor prompt would be "Question order must remain as is". You're stating the important part, but not exactly what the task was. Criteria the editor can't affect (such as the subject matter of your quiz), shouldn't be in the editor box at all - only mention items that the editor might actually change, such as category or title wordings. Thanks! Reply #51. Mar 04 20, 10:21 AM |
kyleisalive
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Nothing like an ominous hint as to what’s to come. ;) Reply #52. Mar 04 20, 11:52 AM |
rossian
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My Round Two requirements have been posted. Don't click if you're not ready to write! Reply #53. Mar 04 20, 12:01 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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As if I would ever hint at an actual task :) My second clue is up. Good luck, and may you find out why it's called "Rivals". The hard way. Reply #54. Mar 04 20, 12:02 PM |
| gracious1
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I finally submitted my quiz for the first task (Rossian's). I'm not ready for the second, so I am posting it here. Reply #55. Mar 05 20, 11:02 PM |
| Rowena8482
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urgh! I can no longer submit more than one quiz at a time! nooo It must be because I haven't written any for so long :-( What happens now Wes? my second task one is ready to go but my first one is still in the queue... Reply #56. Mar 06 20, 8:59 AM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Sorry, can't help you there. It'll be a problem of course at least for this round if you already started the second, you'll need to wait for the first one to go online. For further rounds, you can of course wait until a quiz is on before starting the next task. Reply #57. Mar 06 20, 9:09 AM |
| Rowena8482
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Thanks Wes. To add insult to injury :-D I then accidentally clicked on the wrong thread and started the other timer so this round is going to be a slooow time. Never mind, I am here for the mojo so to speak and two quizzes written in five days is pretty good going so I'm happy Reply #58. Mar 06 20, 1:10 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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First round standings are up - still a tight field with no major breakaways. Given that some of those listed in the middle of the pack did quite well getting that pesky photo requirement done without losing much time, we can expect a close race. Of course this was merely the warmup round. You can expect more fiendish requirements down the line and then all bets are off anyway... Reply #59. Mar 06 20, 1:18 PM |
| kyleisalive
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Got my mandos done on Wes' side, which is a bit surprising to be honest. Keeping my Sunday relatively free for round 3. Reply #60. Mar 06 20, 3:02 PM |
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