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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dcpddc478 
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I have a couple: http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=347332 http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=347269 http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=346841 http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=346986 only 16 more to go...I can hear my coffee maker going into overdrive:) Reply #141. Apr 03 12, 4:14 PM |
WesleyCrusher
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Latest set verified and added to the grid. You can check the standings at http://www.krath.org/pangalactic.png (Kyle, please add this link to the first post, that way I have an easy way to always keep things current!) Reply #142. Apr 03 12, 5:23 PM |
guitargoddess
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It took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out that 'GK' stands for General Knowledge. I spent a few moments looking at it thinking, there's no K in 'Geography'! Reply #143. Apr 03 12, 7:08 PM |
shuehorn
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I am working on my first quiz for this one. Just wanted you to know that I am still in this thing! Reply #144. Apr 04 12, 4:24 PM |
| shuehorn
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Okay, I've submitted my quiz! Finally. Still has to go on line and then get rated, but at least I've done my part. on to the next one! Reply #145. Apr 05 12, 9:52 PM |
looney_tunes
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I'm planning some serious work on this one with a four-day holiday only a quarter gone. Today I wrote one quiz and made the outline plans for two more. If I can get them done tomorrow, I will have covered ten categories, and will be halfway there if the quizzes rate well enough in a month or so. Reply #146. Apr 06 12, 1:23 AM |
kyleisalive
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I'm hoping to get a couple of submissions wrapped up tomorrow as well. Reply #147. Apr 06 12, 1:24 AM |
rossian
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My quiz writing has juddered to a halt, and I'm going away later for a long weekend. Sitting writing quizzes might just be considered anti-social, so will have to wait for next week. Reply #148. Apr 06 12, 1:32 AM |
highfells
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My Sports quiz got a Sunny - I'm over the moon! http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Sports/Sun-And-Steroids-347473.html Reply #149. Apr 09 12, 8:09 AM |
reedy
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Here's my third: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Celebrities/Our-True-North-Celebrities-347403.html Reply #150. Apr 09 12, 8:40 AM |
| kyleisalive
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http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Religion/Take-Me-To-Your-Leader-347422.html My Religion one is done (phew). Reply #151. Apr 09 12, 9:14 AM |
tazman6619
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Literature for me: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/So-Many-Books-So-Little-Crime-347368.html Reply #152. Apr 09 12, 9:52 AM |
| rossian
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Another for me, please Wes, from Commission XXI: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Music/Music-Repeats-Itself-347577.html Reply #153. Apr 09 12, 10:30 AM |
| looney_tunes
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Two more this week. Next week there probably won't be any. World quiz from Scattergories - Danish Delights. http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=347571&edit=1 Science/Technology using a player-author challenge title - A Category of One's Own. http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=347541&edit=1 Reply #154. Apr 09 12, 1:15 PM |
leith90
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Leith90 is pleased to announce the arrival of a bouncing pair of sunnies to Jumping Jehosephats in the Scattegories challenge. http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Entertainment/Jumping-Jehosephats-and-Tarnation-347547.html Reply #155. Apr 09 12, 3:25 PM |
pollucci19
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number 2 for me ... this one is in People and came from the Change or Add One Word Commission http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=347496 Reply #156. Apr 09 12, 4:21 PM |
| shuehorn
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Well, my first possible quiz for this one is probably going to go online soon. I just got feedback from the editor and have made the tweaks needed. Hopefully it will go sunny in a few weeks, and I will finally be on the board with one! Reply #157. Apr 09 12, 8:41 PM |
Creedy
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My three People quizzes are all online with sunglasses now, but all in the one category. One has had more players than the other two. Also with sunglasses today: I Love a Souffle - Under Hobbies - for the Author Challenges Categories - online 8 March - Sunglasses 10 April Reply #158. Apr 09 12, 11:59 PM |
| Creedy
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Oops, I forgot to add the link: http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=347354 Reply #159. Apr 10 12, 12:00 AM |
| Creedy
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If those dark blue squares on the light blue spreadsheet are to signify quizzes online, Wes, I've now got four with snglasses that qualify for this challenge. Reply #160. Apr 10 12, 12:04 AM |
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