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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Joepetz 
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I have an Entertainment quiz in post #1535 that hasn't been added to the Chart yet. Not that it matters since that tricky Brain Teasers is still MIA. I'm having a hard enough time trying to get my other quizzes sunnies (many have been getting just awful ratings lately) never mind BT. Reply #1661. May 01 19, 11:31 AM |
tiffanyram
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I don’t think Wes has updated it in a while, and I’m sure he’s been super busy. I still have two categories that haven’t been updated—Celebrities and World. But, I’m still missing VG anyway. Reply #1662. May 01 19, 11:34 AM |
spanishliz
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The last update was around the time I got my crown, which is still showing. Since then I've posted several for my second go-round, but I'm quite happy to keep seeing the crown :) Reply #1663. May 01 19, 11:42 AM |
| spanishliz
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Newly spotted: From the Team Task Challenge: Music: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Music/Memories-of-Childhood-397224.html From Commission 55 & Sprint: World: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Man-I-Feel-Like-a-Woman-396112.html Reply #1664. May 07 19, 8:25 PM |
mlcmlc
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From the team challenge for Hobbies http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Hobbies/Eating-your-Greens-397137.html Reply #1665. May 08 19, 3:54 AM |
WesleyCrusher
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I guess after today's little surprise, I should probably run an update next week. I'm expecting a few reports to trickle in over those next days... Reply #1666. May 08 19, 4:35 AM |
JanIQ
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Let's start with updated sunnies: Religion, QuiWriMo2017 : http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Religion/National-Patron-Saints-390242.html Movies, commission 53: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Movies/School-Days-of-Set-Squares-Compasses-and-Rulers-394689.html Reply #1667. May 08 19, 10:46 AM |
| JanIQ
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And one brand new offering. History, Team Task Challenge: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Where-Did-It-Happen-1900s-Edition-397076.html So if I counted correctly, I have 14 categories covered. Still needing BT, Celebrities, Entertainment, For Children, Hobbies and Video Games. Reply #1668. May 08 19, 10:50 AM |
Fifiona81
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Ok, the new rankings mean that I can now claim: Video Games - from QuiWriMo (10th claim from maximum of 15): http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/VideoGames/Some-Foxy-Characters-395152.html General - from Sprint: Revolutions (Task 7): http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/A-Lot-of-Faith-395836.html Movies - from Sprint: Revolutions (Task 4): http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Movies/World-Capitals-395869.html Reply #1669. May 08 19, 12:57 PM |
gracious1
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Okay, I spotted a new one, written for QuiWroMo: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Its-a-Jolly-Holiday-in-November-395278.html That brings me to a total of 12. (There were some other surprises, but they were TRIC or otherwise non-qualifying). Congratulations to all of you who got big gains with the changeover. I'm sure that everyone is going to be much happier now! :D Reply #1670. May 08 19, 6:53 PM |
Kankurette
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I've got some since I last posted in here: - Welcome to the Celebrity Zoo (Celebrities): http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Celebrities/Welcome-to-the-Celebrity-Zoo-397227.html - Red, Gold & Green: The Land of Guinea-Bissau (Geography): http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Red-Gold--Green-The-Land-of-Guinea-Bissau-397131.html - A Faster Way to Travel (People): http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/People/A-Faster-Way-to-Travel-397105.html Reply #1671. May 09 19, 3:36 PM |
| Kankurette
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They were all from the Team Task Challenge, btw. Reply #1672. May 09 19, 3:37 PM |
| gracious1
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Way to go, Kankurette! Reply #1673. May 09 19, 11:46 PM |
| mlcmlc
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World, from the Team Challenge http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=397269 Reply #1674. May 14 19, 2:21 AM |
| gracious1
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Here's one from the Team Task Challenge http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Under-the-Volcano-397298.html Reply #1675. May 14 19, 3:09 AM |
bernie73
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I've had sunnies for: I've Been Everywhere [Geography] http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz3955662d48298.html The Sun Never Sets on the Wars of the British [History] http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz3966482d67dc8.html and LIfe In Slavery, also but that was a second History quiz. Reply #1676. May 14 19, 11:08 AM |
| Kankurette
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New Sunnies for Literature, Italo Calvino's Italian Folktales: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/Italo-Calvinos-Italian-Folktales-397261.html A couple of my quizzes have lost their Sunny status since I posted here, though. Reply #1677. May 15 19, 3:21 PM |
| Kankurette
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(that was another Team Task Challenge quiz) Reply #1678. May 15 19, 3:21 PM |
looney_tunes
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Kankurette: A couple of my quizzes have lost their Sunny status since I posted here, though. That doesn't matter, they only have to have had them when you posted. Reply #1679. May 15 19, 5:30 PM |
| bernie73
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I need to issue a correction to my last post. "Life in Slavery" was part of Commission 56, but "I've Been Everywhere" was not part of a lounge challenge or any other challenge. Reply #1680. May 17 19, 6:40 AM |
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