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Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

Aug-28-2016 07:10

So it looks like some of those who received PMs regarding the proposed fix haven't forwarded it to their teammates.
In the interest on everyone having the same information I'm sharing it here. Riza wants to know if we go through with this plan or handle it a different way. First, her message:

"So here's the plan. I'm going to survey all the teams. If at least 3 of them say they are willing to revise and resubmit their pieces, then we'll scrap the original entries and use the new ones. Except this time, there will be explicitly stated word limits and content guidelines. And I will be running it."


Here are my thoughts:

The proposed "fix" of a rewrite is no fix at all.
the contestants all put a LOT of work into their submissions. we shouldn't have to do that work over again, while trying to do this week's events as well.

Here's my suggestion:

Maybe those who were within the stated limit should be given the chance to submit their ORIGINAL entries (as long as it's under 5000 characters and those who went over shouldn't.

That way, the event would count so the work put into them wouldn't be disregarded.

Those who wrote according to the stated rules wouldn't have to do a complete rewrite. And those who went over wouldn't be penalized.

If three teams agree to Riza's suggestion, it will be implemented. If at least three teams do not vote yes, I hope they will implement my suggestion. It seems the most fair way to deal with this.

I am getting to get at play two teams to vote no.

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BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Aug-28-2016 10:43

Okay, Autumn :)

And sorry Rick's for not calling you Rick's.

Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

Aug-28-2016 10:44

The poster of the post before me is a gentleman.

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Aug-28-2016 10:46

Why, thanks ;)

DevilishWings
DevilishWings
Charioteer

Aug-28-2016 11:37

Was that a judgemental whale, Molly? :))

Listen, I spent enough time writing that RP and going over it and over it and over it, that I do want it to get scored. I agree with.. it's on the other page and I read it earlier so can't remember who it was .. that I would feel like it was a total slap on the face for it to be tossed to the trash because we were given different rules or because said rules weren't made public following the first addressed question.

I'm not sure what the best option is, but I don't want our work to just get dumped.

What I am going to say is that it shouldn't really have been part of the Olympics in the first place. As fun as this all has been, giving creative tasks will only lead to a lot of fighting on the boards. Now the issues are with the way it was all organized, but wait until we get the scoring. Handing out scores for creative writing is subjective and therefore will cause issues among the players. It's not straightforward as to who collected what items and so on and there's plenty of room for interpretation.

Yeti Face
Yeti Face
Pinball Amateur

Aug-28-2016 11:51

Score all the work, but give those who stayed within the limits some bonus points to account for the potential disadvantage in using less words.

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Aug-28-2016 11:54

I think there was some misinterpretation about what Sultry and I meant to say - Yes, we want all the stories to be scored, however, we don't want those scores to be added to the total amount of points each team has gained.

This way, we can ensure that the teams stay on the same points as they were and that everyone still has a fair shot at winning the Olympics.

Also, it would still give you the satisfaction and recognition you all so desperately crave for after putting all that hard work into your wonderful RP's :)

Again, I understand this isn't THE best solution out there, but I get the feeling we're moving into circles here...

Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

Aug-28-2016 12:06

Judgemental whale? Eh?

Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

Aug-28-2016 12:06

OH YES.

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Aug-28-2016 12:06

***addendum* - I phrased something wrong and I would like to rectify this. Where it says "desperately crave", it should say "rightfully deserve". I just realised that after posting.

What's this? *sees Devi approaching the ice cream cart I left unattended* NO DEVI, DON'T FLIP OVER MY ICE CREAM CART!!!

Yeti Face
Yeti Face
Pinball Amateur

Aug-28-2016 12:18

I'll specify that they should be scored AND added to the actual tallies. Else the scoring doesn't really count, does it? No one should have to rewrite anything, everyone worked to the rules as they understood them. Just give the people who weren't told they could go over the limit and so stayed under it some bonus points to equal things out then proceed with the scoring as usual.

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