Comments | wip_it_good: Y'all might want to read this one.

svmadelyn in wip_it_good

Y'all might want to read this one.

Jul 06, 2005 13:43

ETA: All teams have reported in, thank you! *g* I'll mess around with formulas and word counts this weekend and see where we end up with each option, and then go from there and get it figured out. *g ( Read more... )

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out_there July 6 2005, 21:57:29 UTC

Heya. I just wanted to check that for those of us who are/were writing extra credit stories that week, the word count refers to the total word count for that extra credit story, right?

Not the word count for the main fic, or a scary, weird combined word count?

svmadelyn July 6 2005, 22:10:10 UTC

Whatever you wrote in both would count--like, if you finished your main story, then went on to start on your extra credit story, you can count both. But your main story *has* to be finished before anyone can count anything on their extra credit stories. If you, for instance, finished your main story the 25th, you'd count those words, and then whatever words you did on your extra credit for the rest of the duration. Make sense?

out_there July 6 2005, 23:29:10 UTC

Okay. So if I'd written both bits of the main story (with a total word count of, say, 9000 words) and bits of my extra credit story (with a total word count of, say, 3000 words), I'd work out the points by saying:

I wrote 2000 words in total.
My total word count was 12,000.

So, my points are:
2000/12,000 = 16% (16 points)
Plus 1 point per thousand = 12

Total points = 28.

...But what happens if I've finished my main story but didn't actually write anything for it during the team week period? ie. I'd already finished it and only worked on my extra credit story?

Using the above figures, do I ignore the word count for the main story because I didn't write it?

ie. 2000/3000 = 66 points + 3 points = 69 points

Or do I still count the main story word count towards my total? (which would be the 28 points above.)

I used the example for ease of calculation, because I need numbers and examples to work through maths theories. *g*

dragonsinger July 7 2005, 01:32:07 UTC

*Deer in headlights look* I honestly couldn't tell you which one was fairer. The percentage seems to favor shorter stories while the word count seems to favor longer. And I don't understand the percentage option (I have a learning disability in math). So basically, I don't know which to vote for.

mahaliem July 7 2005, 06:54:40 UTC

Although Option A might work better for our team, after running some numbers through the two formulas, I think that option B is fairer.

lastscorpion July 7 2005, 19:23:01 UTC

Can I vote for option B because I don't understand what you mean by option A? I have no idea if it's fairer or favors our team.

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svmadelyn July 7 2005, 22:12:04 UTC

To clarify the--for the second challenge, the team effort, I had said we were going to try a formula to make it more fair for people because the people with shorter stories were upset. This was the best we could come up with so that both people with shorter and longer stories would benefit equally. I've been saying/asking for weeks for solutions to this problem, and that's all we could figure out. That is why I am presenting *both* options rather than simply saying hey, we're doing this. We will go with whatever most people think is the fairest for everyone concerned; that's all I can do. If the formula proves to be unwieldy toward those with longer stories, (which it shouldn't), then people can simply vote to *not do it*. The point isn't to "handicap", the point is to finish the stories across the board and make it as level a playing field as possible ( ... )

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svmadelyn July 7 2005, 22:26:16 UTC

I have spent more time on this community than I have on my own story so--um, yeah, I'm kind of in awe over that component and the thing is--

*whispers* See, the thing is--I don't know what works best here. I honestly--think they both even out, in the end. I just want people to have the opportunity to point out flaws here since we're all guinea pigs in this thing. I *do not care* what people go with here, so long as people are satisfied that we're doing this in the fairest way humanly possible. I think I said at one point we'd do one week of straight word count and one week of the formula, but I've come to realize that's just logistically unsound, unless I'd structured it a different way in the beginning.

People just have to start realizing I know nothing. And then tell me what to do, because at this point, I am v. v. impressionable.

*wanders around eating candy*

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