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Rewards of the Challenge: Effective Spring 2015
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THE REWARDS: CREATE A TASK
1. Everyone who plays gets the pleasure of finding books to fit the tasks, discovering new genres and authors and clearing books off that TBR shelf. In addition, during each challenge some players will earn a chance to create a task for the next challenge.
2. To be eligible to create a task, the player’s profile must be set up to accept messages.
3. Players may pass their task to another player.
4. The players who get to create 25/30 point tasks are NOT eligible for the 20 point tasks or the Midpoint 50 point task (one task per person per challenge).
5. THE 50 POINT MIDPOINT TASK � The player with the highest score on the Midpoint Readerboard will get to create the 50 point task.
6. THE 30 POINT TASKS � Players who complete the challenge before the scheduled date for posting the new 5/10/15 point tasks get the opportunity to create a 30 point task for the next challenge.
NOTE: If no one completes a challenge by the posting deadline there will be no 30 point tasks in the next challenge.
7. THE 25 POINT TASKS � Players who complete the challenge after the scheduled date for posting the new 5/10/15 point tasks get the opportunity to create a 25 point task for the next challenge.
NOTE: If no one completes the challenge then the 3 top point earners get to create a 25 point task for the next challenge.
8. THE 20 POINT TASKS � To be eligible to create a 20 point task a player must have earned 100 points in the qualifying challenge.
Specific conditions:
20.1 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER � The player who has improved the most based on the difference in Readerboard points between the current challenge and the previous challenge. To be eligible for this task the player must have scored at least 100 points in the previous challenge.
20.2 ROOKIE AT THE TOP � The first-time player with the highest Readerboard score.
20.3 BEST REVIEW CONTEST � Each player may submit one review for a book read to fulfill a current challenge task. Reviews must be submitted by the posted dates in the appropriate Review Contest thread. A poll will be created and the person whose review earns the most votes will get to design a task. To be eligible the player must have scored 100 points on the Readerboard by the review submission deadline.
20.4 AUTHOR! AUTHOR! â€� Players may earn a ticket for each book read by a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author. Players must specifically mention in the post that the book was written by a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author. Multiple books by the same author are okay. See the current season's posting requirements and Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author and Big Book Tickets for more details.
A random ticket will be drawn to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing.
20.5 BIGGER IS BETTER â€� Players may earn a ticket for each Big Book read: One ticket for reading a book of 500 pages or more; two tickets for reading a book of 750 pages or more; three tickets for reading a book of 1000 pages or more. See the current season's posting requirements and Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author and Big Book Tickets for more details.
A random ticket will be drawn to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing.
20.6 SEASONED READER � Each player who has never created a task for any challenge earns one ticket for each challenge they have participated in the SRC. For example, if this is your first challenge you would be awarded one ticket. If this is your third challenge, you would get 3 tickets.
A random ticket will be drawn to determine who creates this task.
Players selected for this task will not be eligible to be selected for this task again.
20.7 SHORTER IS SWEETER � The names of players who earn more than half the possible points in a challenge will be entered in a random drawing.
Players selected for this task will not be eligible to be selected for this task again.
20.8 NICKELS & DIMES � The names of players who complete all the 5 and 10 point tasks without completing the challenge will be entered into a random drawing.
20.9 MODERATOR'S PET � One player on the current Readerboard who has not made a posting error by failing to follow the "Posting Requirements" or to include task "Required" elements in their Completed Task postings will be chosen at random to create a task in the upcoming challenge.
20.10 GROUP READS � To be eligible for this task, a player must not have nominated a book in the current challenge's Group Reads process. A player may not nominate books in two successive challenges. The three eligible players with the highest scores on the Midpoint Readerboard will choose the Group Reads categories.
The top 30 eligible players on the Midpoint Readerboard will nominate books that fit the three categories. Players tied with the person in 30th place will be included.
A pool of 5 eligible alternate nominators will be selected from the next highest scoring players on the Readerboard. Their nominations will only be included if a top 30 player elects to pass or misses a response deadline.
A poll will be created for each category.
Books selected as a Group Read in any past challenge will not be included in future polls.
Categories may only be used once per year cycle (4 seasons)
Category nominators MUST respond with category nominations within 3 days of notification. Two additional days may be used to nominate a specific book title. Book nominators must respond within 5 days.
9. THE 5, 10 & 15 POINT TASKS � Moderators select tasks from ideas submitted by participants or their own ideas.
10. See the current GUIDELINES FOR TASK CREATORS to learn more.