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@Taube:

We're still working out whether or not we can use word counts as an option to make more than one update, I've sent PM's to Teresa asking about it. This year's rules will have a few different ways to achieve the same goals for those who write longer.
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Hello,

I'm a bit confused about what is going on with the rules right now. Are we doing levels? Are we allowing for longer writing lengths? Are we getting mod approval? What are we exactly getting mod approval for? Can't we just put an amount of words that need to be achieved in a set month for each level and then do an and/or with picture count?
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@Mpart:

All of the questions are being asked and I've sent the PM's to the mods who can help finalize them all. So right now it's a sit and wait game.
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@Ani-Mei

Ah, okay. Thank you! Was just a bit confused there.
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Like I said to Livie, it's a racquetball game and we're still batting things around.
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Re: SimNaNoWriMo 2017 General Chat

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Sorry for not jumping in earlier. I've been working all week and on my days off I just sleep :lol:

Last year we decided what constituted an update was:
Teresa wrote:20 slides/pictures
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1000 words
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10 slides/pictures + 500 words
Whatever you reach in your update first. This was to account for people's different writing styles.

If you publish an update, and it reaches 40 slides/pictures, or 2000 words, or 20 slides/pictures + 1000 words first, it would count as two updates, and so on.

Our benchmarks for the medals were:
Heather wrote: Image Medal Name: Bronze Writing Award / Medal Description: For posting 3 updates during SimNaWriMo 2016!
Image Name: Silver Writing Award / Description: For posting 7 updates during SimNaWriMo 2016!
Image Name: Gold Writing Award / Description: For posting 10 updates during SimNaWriMo 2016!
Does everyone think this is okay? :)

Also, full disclosure: I haven't read the whole thread because it's late and I'm tired :lol: If I missed anything, please tell me.
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I've also updated the medal descriptions so we can use the same medals this year that we used last year.
If someone meets the requirements for the same medal they won next year, I'll create a ~new~ medal for having won 2 SimNaWriMos to the same extent when the time comes. :party:
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There was discussion about writing longer and having it count the same as an individual update. In other words, doing five long updates and have them equate to 10 smaller ones and still be able to earn the Gold medal. The question was posed that if the longer writers want to use this option as another means to earn the Gold medal for having longer updates to equal 10 smaller ones. Would it still be allowed? I believe that is the simplest way to put that, Livie and Mpart can add to it if I've missed anything.

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I've found three new medals this year to use, and Teresa will get around to adding them to the medals list soon.
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I think what Thai suggested is fine.
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With the tier system we created, a long writer could feasibly write one 10,000 word update and have it count for 10 as one way of defining an update was a post with 1,000 words - does that make sense? So if someone wrote two updates in August, but both of them were 5,000 words long, they would qualify for the top tier medal. Similarly if someone wrote a post with 200 pictures (somehow :lol:) their post would count for 10 updates and they could win the gold tier medal. I specifically like this one because my own updates tend to be picture heavy and word light, and I can only really write them once a month because of the editing on the pictures etc. & time constraints.

Also awesome with the new medals. I'll edit the old ones back to how they were.
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I'm going to add a new rules post and I think we've reached and agreement for the longer writers. So is everyone happy with what Thai suggested as the rules?
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We had worked out an individual word count and picture total for each level, and I'm sure we can include it as an option as well. I was just about to gather all the information together to make a new rules post.
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As long as you're confident in monitoring that. I always try to keep it as simple as possible with events because I know I can't handle anything but :lol:
I'm signing up though! :party:
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I'm more than happy to help with monitoring!

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Re: SimNaNoWriMo 2017 General Chat

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Posted the rules post. I believe it covers everything we've been working on for the last two days.
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Sorry to sound like a dummy, but option 2 on the rules post is essentially what the guidelines were last year, correct? So those follow the same rules to achieve the medals as last year, correct?

Just trying plan accordingly.
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Julie is going to fix the rules up so it's clearer for everyone. But yes, Option 2 is the same as last year's.
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Thanks a bunch!! You should get organizer medal for your hard work! I apologize if I've added any undue stress onto you.
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