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R2: ♬ 1, 2 Step or HOW TO PLAY
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The Timing:1. The game will last approximately 8 weeks from the first song being called. Sign-ups are now open. Sign-ups will close on the 15th December. You will be sent an event invite from the DJ asking you to confirm your place in the game. YOU NEED TO CLICK ON YES TO BE PLACED ON A TEAM. Cut-off for confirmations are the 20th December.
2. Teams will be formed and team threads will be up by the 22nd December. This will give you a couple of weeks to meet you other team members and nominate a team captain. You can also choose a team name if you wish. The first song will be posted on Friday 4th January 2013.
Now that we have the beat, get Your dancing shoes ready!!
The Venue:3. Once the sign-up thread is closed, we will randomly appoint teams based on the number of members who requested to play. Each team will be given their own team thread (aka The Venue) for general chatter, team strategy, choosing books, discussing links, and posting your review for each week. It is understood that ALL members will post AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK on your team's venue to keep your team updated on your reading progress.
4. Once all team members have signed into their venue, they will need to choose a team captain. The role of the captain is to keep track of the group's progress, scores and to communicate the weekly song for team members. Each team will be a different colour for scoring purposes, so choosing a team name is optional this round.
Once all members have visited their venues and decided on the captain, we can start...
The Music:5. From a shortlist of 4-6 popular songs, we will randomly choose ONE song each week. We will then post the title, artist, year of release, and a link to the lyrics and the YouTube video (if available), in the Now Playing thread. For the first two weeks only, the DJ will post a list of possible links between your book choice and that week's song. This will affect your individual score as outlined below. After week 2, only the shelf will be linked.
6. The weekly shortlist will be compiled by the team or players who finish first from the previous week. For the first week of play, the mods will submit song suggestions. Any songs that have been in the top 50 from the 60s to today can be used. Songs MUST be in English.
Now we're ready for...
The Score:7. Individual points that the players would accrue through the comp each week:
(by Link to song)
Shelf= 1 point - (only the shelf linked under that week's song counts for this)
Cover= 2 points - (item on the cover links to the title, video clip or lyrics)
Plot= 3 points - (one of the plot points links to the song)
Title= 4 points - (song title and book title have matching key words i.e. not a preposition)
Name= 5 points - (First or last name of author, artist or character matches)
Setting= 6 points - (first published date matches release date or place matches lyrics)
8. Team points accrued when ALL players finish Read,Rate,Review posts each week:
(by finish date)
1 Day after song post = 7 points
2 days after... = 6 pts
3 days after... = 5 pts
4 days after... = 4 pts
5 days after... = 3 pts
6 days after... = 2 pts
7 days after... = 1 pts
8 or more days after... = 0 pts
9. Bonus Mystery Word Points: 1 point per player
Some weeks(4 total), we will include a mystery word with the playlist. To earn an extra individual point for that week, find that word in your book and post the page number/ ebook location along with the quote, at the bottom of your review.
The Moves:10. Players must find a book that can link to the song and read it before the end of the week. Team members can all read the same book, all read different books, or somewhere in between. It's all good, as long as you can reference HOW the book links to the song. Book choices: Any genre is allowed. Re-reads older than 6 months only. Books must have more than 150 pages. If Goodreads does not have a page count for your book (eg. new ebooks with little publisher info), you must choose another book. Let your team know what book you will be reading and what the link is to the song.
11. If your book doesn't fit any of the above criteria, one of the bouncers will let you know in your team thread. Please assume you can start the book unless you get told otherwise.
12. When team members finish their book for the week, they must rate and give a minimum-2-sentence review saying what they liked or disliked about the book. See an example here.
13. When ALL team members have finished, Team Captains head to the Hey Mr DJ thread and request for the music to be turned up :-) When one of The Bouncers have verified the song completion, your team's Dance Card will be groovified with your team score for that week. The team with the highest score, WINS THE GAME and enters the Dance Party Hall-of-Fame!!!
Think you've got it? Oh, just one last thing...
HAVE FUN WITH IT, it's only a game!!*Psst! In case you're interested, the thread name refers to the song 1, 2 Step by Ciara. And if you think this game looks complicated, you should check out her dance moves!
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How To Play
Aim: Be the first team to finish with the highest points, to win.
Disclaimer: It is easier to play than it is to explain. Read ahead, but don't worry too much if it all seems complicated. You'll get the hang real quick!
The RLftCI mods (aka, The Bouncers :-p ) have made a few changes since the first round, so to get up to speed, here's How it works: