The RULES
The Specifics:
* Game lasts three weeks; it begins June 27th 2005.
* Monday/Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday sometime between 10:00 PM - midnight are the TKO days. At this time a prompt will be posed to stimulate conversation. All contestants should respond to the question. This should be complete before the next voting day.
*Voting days are Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. I will open the online polls at noon these afternoons and close them at 10:00 PM (Central) those evenings. I understand this is a small time slot but you must be on your toes.
*These timings are chosen so you will have two days to post the answer to the TKO day question BEFORE the polling begins.
*The public and the contestants will be given the opportunity to vote for their LEAST FAVORITE bloggers on voting days. For each vote (both public and contestant), the blogger will earn one point. The public will get to vote for their single least favorite blogger while the contestants will vote for a larger amount based on the number that need to be removed from the game. These results will NOT be announced until the game is over.
* If you are a contestant and you do NOT vote, you will gain one point to your total. Therefore, it is to your advantage to vote on each voting day.
* At the end of the week, Sunday after 10:00 PM, I will tally the points for each contestant. The least favorite (those with the most points) will be removed.
* This process will continue for three weeks. This means there will be a total of nine prompts as posting opportunities and nine voting periods.
* The final week all previous contestants and current contestants will rank the remaining six people from favorite (1) to least favorite (6). The audience will be able to pick their favorite blogger which subtracts (1) from their score and their least favorite which adds (1) to their score. The blogger with the lowest score will be the winner.
* Week One: 6 people will be removed Week Two: 8 people will be removed Week Three: 6 people will be remaining; at the end of the week, the winner is announced
* If a contestant fails to post for a prompt, s/he will not be removed from the game automatically. However, s/he will recieve votes from one-half of everyone during the next voting period. For example, if I am going to remove five contestants at the end of the week, during each voting period contestants will vote for their least favorite five. However, if two people did not vote during that TKO question, then contestants will only vote for three and those two people will automatically recieve the vote of half of the contestants (so in the first week, ten). This does not mean you automatically lose, however, because it is the total of all three voting periods per week so do a good job later if you miss a TKO question.
* The schedule will look like this:
Monday June 27th -- TKO Day #1
Wednesday June 29th -- Voting Day begins at noon and closes at 10:00 PM; at 10:00 PM TKO Day #2
Friday July 1st -- Voting Day begins at noon and closes at 10:00 PM; at 10:00 PM TKO Day #3
Sunday July 3rd -- Voting Day begins at noon and closes at 10:00 PM; at 10:00 PM I will announce which contestants with the lowest scores are removed. I will also announce the TKO Day #4 at this time (instead of on Monday) to give the contestants more time.
Wednesday July 6th -- Voting Day begins at noon and closes at 10:00 PM; at 10:00 PM TKO Day #5
ETC ETC ETC
***Additions/Clarifications to the rules***
Voting by contestants will be done by email so I am able to verify which contestants have voted. I will send everyone an email indicating when the polls open so you can respond to that email to vote. Voting by audience will be done by an online poll that prevents duplicate voting.
I will never ever tell anyone who voted for who. So even if you think you've identified a given contestant, don't worry about voting for them if you feel they deserve it because no one will ever know.
All time deadlines are in CENTRAL time zone. This means to be sure to adjust accordingly if need be to be sure that you meet them.
If someone misses posting, they automatically recieve ten votes. However, if they post after the deadline and before the next TKO deadline, I will subtract two points. You are still very much in the game if you miss a post because for example there were ten public votes last time which means that some people could have a lot of votes at this point.
Being unsportsmanlike in the comments/posts to other players is reason for removal from the game.
One of the players quit because of time commitments, so this week only five people will be removed.
The points reset at the end of every week (after people are booted). So if you feel that you are behind after the first week but you stay in, don't worry! It's all cleared.
Lastly, I do not intend for the TKO's to be strictly upheld. This is your game and your writing. However, if you want to judge based on that (or any other standard) that's fine. Just remember, the goal of this game isn't to win per sa but instead encourage creative and interesting writers.
* Game lasts three weeks; it begins June 27th 2005.
* Monday/Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday sometime between 10:00 PM - midnight are the TKO days. At this time a prompt will be posed to stimulate conversation. All contestants should respond to the question. This should be complete before the next voting day.
*Voting days are Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. I will open the online polls at noon these afternoons and close them at 10:00 PM (Central) those evenings. I understand this is a small time slot but you must be on your toes.
*These timings are chosen so you will have two days to post the answer to the TKO day question BEFORE the polling begins.
*The public and the contestants will be given the opportunity to vote for their LEAST FAVORITE bloggers on voting days. For each vote (both public and contestant), the blogger will earn one point. The public will get to vote for their single least favorite blogger while the contestants will vote for a larger amount based on the number that need to be removed from the game. These results will NOT be announced until the game is over.
* If you are a contestant and you do NOT vote, you will gain one point to your total. Therefore, it is to your advantage to vote on each voting day.
* At the end of the week, Sunday after 10:00 PM, I will tally the points for each contestant. The least favorite (those with the most points) will be removed.
* This process will continue for three weeks. This means there will be a total of nine prompts as posting opportunities and nine voting periods.
* The final week all previous contestants and current contestants will rank the remaining six people from favorite (1) to least favorite (6). The audience will be able to pick their favorite blogger which subtracts (1) from their score and their least favorite which adds (1) to their score. The blogger with the lowest score will be the winner.
* Week One: 6 people will be removed Week Two: 8 people will be removed Week Three: 6 people will be remaining; at the end of the week, the winner is announced
* If a contestant fails to post for a prompt, s/he will not be removed from the game automatically. However, s/he will recieve votes from one-half of everyone during the next voting period. For example, if I am going to remove five contestants at the end of the week, during each voting period contestants will vote for their least favorite five. However, if two people did not vote during that TKO question, then contestants will only vote for three and those two people will automatically recieve the vote of half of the contestants (so in the first week, ten). This does not mean you automatically lose, however, because it is the total of all three voting periods per week so do a good job later if you miss a TKO question.
* The schedule will look like this:
Monday June 27th -- TKO Day #1
Wednesday June 29th -- Voting Day begins at noon and closes at 10:00 PM; at 10:00 PM TKO Day #2
Friday July 1st -- Voting Day begins at noon and closes at 10:00 PM; at 10:00 PM TKO Day #3
Sunday July 3rd -- Voting Day begins at noon and closes at 10:00 PM; at 10:00 PM I will announce which contestants with the lowest scores are removed. I will also announce the TKO Day #4 at this time (instead of on Monday) to give the contestants more time.
Wednesday July 6th -- Voting Day begins at noon and closes at 10:00 PM; at 10:00 PM TKO Day #5
ETC ETC ETC
***Additions/Clarifications to the rules***
Voting by contestants will be done by email so I am able to verify which contestants have voted. I will send everyone an email indicating when the polls open so you can respond to that email to vote. Voting by audience will be done by an online poll that prevents duplicate voting.
I will never ever tell anyone who voted for who. So even if you think you've identified a given contestant, don't worry about voting for them if you feel they deserve it because no one will ever know.
All time deadlines are in CENTRAL time zone. This means to be sure to adjust accordingly if need be to be sure that you meet them.
If someone misses posting, they automatically recieve ten votes. However, if they post after the deadline and before the next TKO deadline, I will subtract two points. You are still very much in the game if you miss a post because for example there were ten public votes last time which means that some people could have a lot of votes at this point.
Being unsportsmanlike in the comments/posts to other players is reason for removal from the game.
One of the players quit because of time commitments, so this week only five people will be removed.
The points reset at the end of every week (after people are booted). So if you feel that you are behind after the first week but you stay in, don't worry! It's all cleared.
Lastly, I do not intend for the TKO's to be strictly upheld. This is your game and your writing. However, if you want to judge based on that (or any other standard) that's fine. Just remember, the goal of this game isn't to win per sa but instead encourage creative and interesting writers.
posted by Marie Ann at 4:29 PM
4 Comments:
And now it's like golf
I have NO idea what that means re: golf :)
I made the changes because if I was going to vote out eight people for example and ten people got zero favorite votes thru out the week then I would not know how to break that tie breaker. This way, the right amount of people will be removed.
Based on the recent disappearance of the Giraffe post it seems pertinent to ask. Can we continue to edit up until voting or are we locked in once we post?
I'd rather you not, but there's no way to control that. It sort of ruins the point to be able to edit it but there is no way that I can lock it.
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