Originally Posted by marke09:
“if it were me and its not I would start it in September as many posters may be on their holidays during the last two weeks of August
Perhaps wizzy can get busy devising something along the lines of a competition for those who enter all weeks and a parallel one for those who want to or have to or forget to enter one week only with a lesser prize to the winner”
I'm not going to start the quiz in September. Simply because it would finish too close to the start of Claires_dad cover competition starting. It is only fair that there is enough time between my quiz ending and the start of claires_dad competition so that he can promote it in the way he wants to. Sorry to be blunt but I think starting it in August, just before the Bank Holiday weekend is the best time to start it in order to get the weeks in, then a decent break before the cover competition starts. I have also considered your proposal for a parallel quiz but unfortunately I would find it quite hard to manage, so whilst it isn't a bad idea, I won't be implementing it this year. However, I have taken on board both your suggestions and pedroks and have come up with a "bye" week solution. However, I think to be fair, it should be put out to our regular posters as to whether it becomes part of the rules. See below for details.
Originally Posted by pedrok:
“Is there the potential for building in some sort of 'bye week'?
The difficulty is that as much as we all enjoy participating, it is a bit of a commitment to ensure you put in an entry every week over the eight weeks. And if you miss one week then you have all but blown your chance to win a prize. And the prizes are worth competing for.
This is a bit of a personal plee, as I don't think I managed to enter every week in the last couple of years.
I don't wish to complicate things, but it may attract some more entrants?
What do others think?”
You raise a valid point. It's one I've spent a while considering this evening and I have come up with a "bye week" arrangement that could work. Here's my proposals:
Bye Week into the Quiz
1. On Sunday August 7th, I will post 10 questions. These questions will
not form part of the quiz.
2. Posters will have 48 hours (until 9th August) to answer these questions. I will issue the answers on Wednesday August 10th and anyone who answers these questions will be notified by PM as to their score.
3. The scores will be known only to the participants and will not be made public. In other words, no other entrant will know whether points of any entrant were gained as part of a bye or as an actual entry for any week. It is fairer and less controversial this way.
4. During the actual 8 week run of the quiz, these scores can be used as a bye into one week, or used across two weeks if you are unable to participate. For example, if you scored 10 points, you can either use all 10 points to cover your week away for one week, or use 5 points one week and 5 points in another week. But, you must notify me by midnight on the Thursday of any particular week you wish to use your bye so that I can add your score to the running total. I would prefer to calculate a persons score during their bye week seperately from the participating posters. IMPORTANT: You can not enter in any week
and use your bye week scores. If you want to use your bye week scores, then you can not enter the quiz for that week. Or, if you inform me that you want to use your bye week scores, but then enter after all, your bye week scores will be null and void and will no longer be available. It is strictly a matter of 'one or the other'.
5. The bye weeks are only available to those who participated in the "Bye Week" mini quiz on 7th August, but is available for anyone to enter.
6. If you enter and do not use the bye, the points gained in the "Bye Week" mini-quiz, will not be valid or relevant to your final score.
7. The person who has more points at the end of the 8 week quiz, whether or not a bye was used, is the winner. The maximum score is 86.
What do you think? I'm happy to proceed with this system, but only if I get support from the posters who frequent this thread. Let me know asap.
Cheers.