Would you be interested in seeing the revival of the Adventure Building Challenge?

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

I strongly feel that thresholds is a better way to handle stuff like this  -- can go into the details more if you want but as you say you're not deeply committed it might be superfluous.

 

I think something like 10 points for 3 days early and a further 10 points for 7 days early (so 20 for 7 days) would work well, to use the general range of numbers you've suggested.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               

Either method I am fine with, but want to stress that a very simple point system is better than a complicated one. Just keep it to a few factors so as not to confuse potential participants. We want them to be focusing on the module itself, not the game of earning points.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

Also what henesua said.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rogueknight333]

               

Revised point system has been posted for anyone who wishes to further critique it:

 

POINT SYSTEM:

 

Participants will be awarded points based on how well they complete the challenge while observing the various rules. This allows us to enforce the rules rather loosely (since it is hopefully all in fun) while also not ignoring them completely (since some structure is needed). Points will be kept track of and can accumulate over multiple cycles. Awards and penalties are as follows:

 

+100 points for releasing a module as part of the challenge

+10 points for using one of the proposed themes

+15 points for using at least one theme from each list

+5 points for using 3 or more themes (note this is +5 total for any number of additional themes used, not 5 per theme)

+25 for releasing on time

+25 for respecting CC restrictions

+25 for a submission free of game-breaking bugs

+15 for releasing a submission at least 3 days early

-20 for releasing a submission that is seriously buggy

-1 per day for submitting late

-1 per mebabyte used in excess of the CC limit.

 

The cycle organizer (me) reserves the right to award further bonuses and penalties beyond those listed here as additional reasons for them occur to him, as well as to generally revise the system in response to feedback from the community.

 

In the interest of simplicity there is only a single early reward and no direct cancellation of it for buggyness (the buggyness penalty is simply larger).

 

In reference to other possibly stupid ideas of mine,  we might also want to consider if there is a better way to handle the choosing of themes. What I did for this cycle was obviously very ad hoc. Not an urgent matter, since we do not need to worry about it until a future cycle, but something we probably want to give a bit more thought to at some point.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<trolling...>

 

Assuming the Vault is working (and it will be), you can put up polls there. If you don't see the option under "add content" PM me for permissions. I could also create an ABC specific forum, as I rather want to do for the CCC, CPP and any other large community shindigs...

 

<...for polls>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rogueknight333]

               

Thanks, Rolo. Just checked and it seems I do not currently have the ability to create polls on the new vault. Of course we first need to decide whether we want to use a poll, and how. At such time as that is settled, I may get back to you about that.