Semi-Finals, Round 1: Twenty's Team

[Bardock]

Originally posted by Zarbon
Let's see if I can tweak my idea a bit here.

Originally posted by Bardock
Zarbon's idea (structurally), is great. I am a little uneasy with the similarity to Apprentice. I would feel better if you dumped the term "fired."

Task One: Like Cargo said, it doesn't test the applicants equally. We all know the hot spots of Flubbs is going to be the OOC Forum, the QSU forum, the Joining forum, and the Artist's forum. There is a need to put people through individual tasks. I thought about some kind of rotation, but with not enough forums and too many people, it would be a hard idea to execute. But then it hit me: in "fix-it contests," each contestant has to fix the same thing, and whoever does it correctly in the fastest times wins. We could set up a "simulation" of the aforementioned forums, making multiple ones on a "tester site" and filling them with the type of posts that would normally go in them. Each person could have a go at moderating them, and whoever does it efficiently in less time would advance to the next round.

Planning: Planning isn't just about a saga. It is also about creating new things. I say that, to up the challenge, that not only do they have to plan a saga and moderate, that they need to come up with other things as well, such as techs, modifying the site, and creating ways to keep the members involved outside of roleplaying. Whatever we do, I think it should be more than just a saga.

Leadership: Good as is. Leadership is also about being able to cooperate with other people.


EDIT: Also, I thought of a wrench. Throughout these three tasks, each and every participant could be given a fake PM, saying something along the lines of: "for this round, we have randomly chosen a single Idol contestant to be given a free immunity. No matter how you do on this task, you will be safe from dismissal." That way, everyone thinks that they're guaranteed another round, so we see who actually works hard and who doesn't based off of this "knowledge."

For the first one, I don't think that would work. As realistic as we could possibly get with fake posts, it wouldn't be the test I'm looking for. I'm going for complete realism. Nothing 'created' for the sole purpose of moderation. We could, however, group people into certain OOC forums so they could work together to moderate it as the real staff covers the IC forums until the second part where they are put into IC group forums as well, and then the third part would be the same as it is now. It would be a bit more slowing to a climax. It would be a bit of a rough fit, but I think it would work.

I agree with your planning one. As an added instruction, maybe we can add a side note that you have to keep the members entertained with a couple of new quests leading up to the saga. Or maybe something else. Quests would require some planning to design, however. So, it would probably work out.

As for the last one, since you wanted to add to the other one, I want to set this one to 'Overheat.' Just to balance the rise to the top approach. I can't really think of anything suitable for it, however.

EDIT: I forgot about your edit. That's a good idea, though some people might figure it out. Only for the first round would be the best way to go, to shrink the possibly of that.

I was just trying to toss out an idea. It did sound a little difficult even in my head, but that was the only thing I could think of to neutralize the possibility of people getting pushed out of opportunity by a grouping for OOC forums. Since it is a competition, it would be understandable to see it as a test for who is able to get the most done (correctly) out of the group. The only thing I was worried about was the one or two people that have nothing to do and are on the board all day long and bumping off any opportunity for anyone else. So, if we promoted a team theme, it would help reduce that and test the ability to work together at the same time, which is something we go for anyway.

Since we both agree on the second one, let's get an opinion from at least one more person to make it unanimous. Keeping the members entertained would be a good idea.

So, all that's left for now is a little more input, and then we can work out structurally how we are going to put this together. Since the three of us are most active, we could each take a section and then merge it into a rough outline and work on it as a team from there. Sound good?