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| From: Guitarfreak86 | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:20:27 PM | Message Detail |
| Hello all, As some of you may have already heard, The 2004 Non-Prolific FAQ Writer's Tournament will be overseen by yours truly. I still have to make some final decisions over the format and operation of the competition, and I am in the process of constructing the accompanying web site, but everything looks prime for a March 01 start date. This is where you guys become important. I am going to need the help of a few people when it comes to the logistics of the tourney. If you are interested in being involved in the running of possibly the most eagerly anticipated competition on the FCB, then declare your interest in the form of a post in this topic, accompanied by your AIM Screen Name (compulsory for all candidates) and should you be the sort of person I'm looking for, I'll get in touch with you within the next 24 hours. Thanks for your time; I'll make further announcements after a little discussion with my "helpers" ;) -Rich --- In Soviet Russia, windows jump out of N-Gage executives! |
| From: supernova54321 | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:22:46 PM | Message Detail |
| It's great to hear that the NPFWT is back. I would like to help, if possible. --- Super Nova | FAQs: 15 - 1386KB The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. - Alucard |
| From: Phoenix 1911 | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:24:41 PM | Message Detail |
| ok post phoenix himself omg |
| From: Warhawk | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:26:12 PM | Message Detail |
| I may be interested in helping. --- Fighting was the only thing, the only thing I was good at, but at least I always fought for what I believed in. -Grey Fox |
| From: Guitarfreak86 | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:26:46 PM | Message Detail |
| I'd just like to point out that the "compulsory" AIM ownership does not apply to potential tournament entrants, rather I need a medium to communicate with people involved in running the tourney with me. Thanks again, -Rich --- In Soviet Russia, windows jump out of N-Gage executives! |
| From: StarFighters76 | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:28:12 PM | Message Detail |
| My only question is how will this tourney be handled? Will it be like Devin's tourney only with non-prolific (and by that I mean based off of the CRP and not a single FAQ)? --- Just say I'm right or prove me wrong which is it? If you're gonna make a joke topic, atleast make it a funny one. |
| From: Pidgeotto | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:29:09 PM | Message Detail |
| Since I wasn't around during the Third, and never read into any of the prolifics tourneys, I'd be interested in acquiring a rulebook of some sort as I have no idea how this'll be run. --- "...since Greece is in Western Europe, right?"- peach freak http://www.geocities.com/paffkabg/paffkcarp.gif - 5kg Common carp |
| From: Guitarfreak86 | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:35:37 PM | Message Detail |
| Rules will be officially posted on the date of the draft. Part of the grand plan is that people who I select to help me will have a part in finalising the intricacies of the rules of the tournament. However, Mike, it is safe to say that I will not be attempting to emulate Devin's tournament style, as I do not consider it appropriate for the sort of author's I am expecting to enter. Plus, Devin's tourney creates very little interest among board members, it seems. I want to rock the boat a little here on the FCB and use this tournament as a showcase for each NP writer's best work. Can I assume that all who have posted here are interested in assisting at some level? -Rich --- In Soviet Russia, windows jump out of N-Gage executives! |
| From: SubSane | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:40:10 PM | Message Detail |
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| From: SubSane | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:42:37 PM | Message Detail |
| [bloody typos...] I was curious as to the changes from Morgan's tourney. SubSane0. --- ........SERENITY NOW!!!........ ::Elite Rogue:: {//=|RDoN|=\\} |
| From: kenb215 | Posted: 1/24/2004 1:53:18 PM | Message Detail |
| I don't have AOL, but I will be involved in the Tournament when it begins. --- I need a new sig. |
| From: gobicamel | Posted: 1/24/2004 2:46:13 PM | Message Detail |
| I'd like to help; you already know my SN. --- Will my Easy Bake Oven run Doom 3? DuneMan: No, but if you stick your fingers inside it'll open up a bonus level called Third Degree Burns. |
| From: Crazyreyn | Posted: 1/24/2004 3:06:08 PM | Message Detail |
| Crazyreyn ;) --- Crazyreyn | AVFC | CRP: 27600 IGN FAQ Writer of the Week - http://faqs.ign.com/articles/474/474820p1.html |
| From: Michael Tyler | Posted: 1/24/2004 3:48:34 PM | Message Detail |
I'd be greatly interested in helping you out with the tournament Rich, so please contact me at any time on AIM. I'm on AIM right now, and I'll probably be on again sometime later tonight. My AIM name is Reptile2626. Thanks. --- •— Reptile | Codes: 46 | FAQs: 16 | Total Kb: 1562 —• In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is his sanctum. |
| From: nintendomaster14 | Posted: 1/24/2004 5:12:27 PM | Message Detail |
| ill help...and enter the tourney. Bijan Salari is my aim sn. --- FAQs: 12 (11=1230KB) | Non-Prolific |FFX-2 | BSalari |
| From: nintendomaster14 | Posted: 1/24/2004 5:21:05 PM | Message Detail |
| I have a MAJOR SUGGESTION! Last tourney needs to be changed by comparing writers, and not the a writer's specific FAQ. I think we should take Devin's approach by giving reasons and such. Just thought you could thing about this Rich, as if you dont have enough to think about. Tank ya. --- FAQs: 12 (11=1230KB) | Non-Prolific |FFX-2 | BSalari |
| From: The Admiral | Posted: 1/24/2004 8:19:15 PM | Message Detail |
| ^ I disagree wholeheartedly. The NPFWT has always been about showcasing an author's best work. It has always involved submitting a single guide and evaluating that one alone. If you base the contest on a users entire profile, it is tremendously unfair to writers with one guide and favorable to writers with many. You might say "so what," but this is a non-prolific tournament, meaning the name itself implies it should not take quantity into account. --- How does an Advanced Meta-Mod feature sound? Take a sample tour: http://free.hostdepartment.com/A/Admiral1018/AMMS/AMMS_Intro.htm |
| From: djg40 | Posted: 1/24/2004 8:21:52 PM | Message Detail |
| I'm interested. gordo1dj --- Psycho Penguin: "I don't know how I got so high." Current Project(s): Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PS2) |
| From: nintendomaster14 | Posted: 1/24/2004 8:24:44 PM | Message Detail |
| Admiral, I see what you are saying. I guess it would be unfair to the newer writers. Sorry about my comment. --- FAQs: 12 (11=1230KB) | Non-Prolific |FFX-2 | BSalari |
| From: StarFighters76 | Posted: 1/24/2004 9:26:28 PM | Message Detail |
| ^ I disagree wholeheartedly. The NPFWT has always been about showcasing an author's best work. It has always involved submitting a single guide and evaluating that one alone. If you base the contest on a users entire profile, it is tremendously unfair to writers with one guide and favorable to writers with many. You might say "so what," but this is a non-prolific tournament, meaning the name itself implies it should not take quantity into account. Not to disagree with your statement, but the same could of been said about the prolific tourney, example being Chad's CRP. He's only got a couple FAQs, even though he's prolific, and he was voted on based off the two FAQs he has up (if he has more I don't know). Not saying that you should disregard him because of it, but just pointing out that notion ^_^ --- Just say I'm right or prove me wrong which is it? If you're gonna make a joke topic, atleast make it a funny one. |
| From: The Admiral | Posted: 1/24/2004 10:25:08 PM | Message Detail |
| Chad gets most of his votes because people here know him, not because his guides are that much better than his opponents. But that's besides the point. The prolific tournament makes sense to include a user's entire profile. That's partly what prolific means. Non-prolifics have, by definition, not written as much. It doesn't make sense to then factor total contributions into the mix. If a non-prolific is a good writer AND has written multiple guides, surely his or her best work should be better than the best work of a new author with one guide. --- How does an Advanced Meta-Mod feature sound? Take a sample tour: http://free.hostdepartment.com/A/Admiral1018/AMMS/AMMS_Intro.htm |
| From: StarFighters76 | Posted: 1/24/2004 11:29:00 PM | Message Detail |
| I guess so :-) --- Just say I'm right or prove me wrong which is it? If you're gonna make a joke topic, atleast make it a funny one. |
| From: Guitarfreak86 | Posted: 1/25/2004 1:31:22 AM | Message Detail |
| Can we save this sort of discussion for when I see fit, gentlemen? ;) What I can say for definite is that it will be a show-case for the best work from Non-Prolific FAQ authors, not an overall impression of the person's CRP. For one, I doubt that many voters will bother to read an entire CRP, and therefore it becomes the popularity contest that is the Prolific's Tourney. As for the "justification" argument, I am thinking of a slightly more clear-cut method of discriminating the better author's work. Stay tuned, folks. --- In Soviet Russia, windows jump out of N-Gage executives! |
| From: Guitarfreak86 | Posted: 1/25/2004 1:35:03 AM | Message Detail |
| For now, I'd like this topic to be devoted to the people who actively want to help. We'll have a question-and-answer session once rules have been decided overall. Thanks, -Rich --- In Soviet Russia, windows jump out of N-Gage executives! |
| From: Masamune3 | Posted: 1/25/2004 2:50:08 AM | Message Detail |
| Sure, I'd love to help. Too bad my FFX guide won't be ready in time. It would give me a much better chance. :( --- "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." --Edmund Burke R.I.P. David "Hookesy" Hookes |
| From: bmtaylor | Posted: 1/25/2004 8:44:53 AM | Message Detail |
| As long as I can still enter, then I don't mind lending a hand. AIM = bmtaylor75 --- A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Pass. Motorists are asked to be on the lookout for sixteen hardened criminals. |
| From: SinirothX | Posted: 1/25/2004 10:09:59 AM | Message Detail |
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| From: SqS | Posted: 1/25/2004 11:42:31 AM | Message Detail |
| When will details be given? |