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TT2-Mods' October Challenge for BAPs: Halloween READ-A-THON (4th - 19th)
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Couple of book questions please: Would this be ok for the "masters" category of Theme 2?
"Yes.
Is this as complicated as it sounds???? I dont' even know what a BAP it hink something to hit you with
No, Lindy, it's really simple. Event one, read lots of pages. Event two, have your team read 15 books that fit categories.BAPs are book advantage points - the things we trade cupcakes for and win from the monthly mod challenges since April - that count the same as books we actually read.
It's just a lot of words for descriptive and explanatory purposes, but the challenge is really just as simple as I said in my last post.So... READ LIKE A BANHEE! :)
Are the categories going to be some normal ones like romance and mysteriues?? I dont' go for vampires, shape shiftters, dont' even know what they are, can do ghosts tho
The categories listed provide options for those who don't do "Halloween" books.There are two spell out options and a color cover hunt that you can use your romances and mysteries Etc for, and your teammates can cover the Halloween type books!
Lindy wrote: "Are the categories going to be some normal ones like romance and mysteriues?? I dont' go for vampires, shape shiftters, dont' even know what they are, can do ghosts tho"If you don't feel comfortable with any halloween themes for your books, maybe they can fit yours into some of the themes.
Plus, event one, is all about pages read, so any of your books can be used to that.
But, since this one is a team challenge, you need to check in the options that cadet blue are planning on their thread. And also let them know you want in.
Happy readings !
Mod
ATTENTION, THE RULES FOR BAP's AWARDING HAVE CHANGED:
◈ Each event will have a book advantage awarding, as follows:
EVENT #1:
1st Place:10 BAP'sIn case of a tie, the full amount of book points will be granted to the tied teams.
2nd Place:8 BAP's
3rd Place:6 BAP's
4th Place:4 BAP's
5th Place:2 BAP's
EVENT #2:
Tasks 1 to 5: 1 BAP per task completed
Final task: 5 BAP's
Each team participating in the read-a-thon will receive 5 BAP's - and yes, it's cummulative
So second event isn't about speed anymore?
❀Tea❀ wrote: "So second event isn't about speed anymore?"It looks that way...
So am I correct in assuming that 4:00 pm BST converts to 9:00 a.m MST? I live in Arizona. I just want to know what time my books start counting.
I am sure that is right because I am Oregon and my time is 8 a.m. and in Arizona you are one hour ahead of me.
It starts at 11am in Massachusetts so 9am sounds right for Arizona.
Would Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs qualify for the classic horror or the Masters of Horror theme?
Hina wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "So second event isn't about speed anymore?"It looks that way..."
Yes. Is not about speed but completing all tasks.
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "It starts at 11am in Massachusetts so 9am sounds right for Arizona."Message #1 has a link to the start hour in all time zones.
You can see it here
Kate S wrote: "Would Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs qualify for the classic horror or the Masters of Horror theme?"It would be Masters of Horror.
Oh that's a fantastic time converter. I will be asleep for the first 8 or 9 hours of the challenge, but it's great to know that! :D
The read-a-thon starts in 2 hours and 23 minutes!!!!!Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
*grumble grumble grumble* *yawn*ugg 2 tired to read T_T i need to get back to normal ppl's schedules! but yay 45mins to go =D
Mod
The doors to theTower Teams Halloween Read-a-Thonare now OPEN!
SPOOKY READINGS!!!
Whoa and I'm actually awake at 1.06 am. Wonder if I can get in a couple of pages before bed.
ermhmmm i have a problem. i was gonna read
but there are some editions listed as having less then 160 pages. I know i have an actual copy of the book somewhere but sadly i can't find it to check the number of pages.. so i may or may not have made a totally legal dl of the book which is the one i'm going to use. So can i get a ruling? :|
ty Steven. *Sigh* been rly excited about reading this cause i've been totally hooked on the TvShow called Haven, which is based on this book :|
Yes, I want to read it AND watch that show! I've been waiting to watch it until I have a chance to read this! :D
oh apparently has less then 160 pages :( so i'll wait till read-a-thon ends :| but you should totally watch it! i've been in love with the show since episode 1! and of course Duke =D
I plan to :) I have a lot of shows to catch up on after the Tower Teams thing is done. LOL
I love Haven! I think they cancelled it. Very sad :-(( At least I still have my Nathan & Duke sandwich fantasies.
Let the games begin - belated by about 50 minutes.
oh boy Duke and Nathan sandwich *drools*well they have the contract for the 4th season.. and they only aired 3/13 episodes. So i dunno Mary
So there's hope! You aren't teasing me are you?
Sonia wrote: "She doesn't tease about haven"rofl xD
Mary i usually get my information about shows here. Doesn't say anything about being cancelled, as far as i'm aware. But i might be wrong.
When we do our page updates for the team do we have to show the books people are reading? (sorry if this was asked already)
Mod
Event #1 is on the left, Event #2 on the right (they are labeled at the bottom).
Team Members whose numbers are in light grey are not included in the Total.
If the numbers in a column are still in your Team's colors (as the example on the right), that means I do NOT have your info yet for that event... or I missed it!
Please double check - and let me know if you see any errors. Thanks!
If I finish a book for challenge 1 can I use it for challenge 2 when the topic is open or do I have to finish the book on the day the topic opens up?
Mod
You can keep record of the finish book in your team's thread. It will only count when the step is posted as complete, but it will help your team to know how many there are still to read to be able to complete the step.
Mod
Sonia and Lisa Kay have worked on the October Halloween R-a-T section of the SU again.
Please note your BAPs are totaled, as indicated by the red arrow in the screen shot below.
These now carry forward to the first and second pages (Summary and Summary Ranked in Order).
This is a dynamic spreadsheet, so we haven't updated pages just yet.
Does this work for a Halloween-ish cover?
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Does this work for a Halloween-ish cover?"Eep! Yes.
(Finally, a question I can answer.)
Yay! That means we are done with Task 2.
Quick question and its like 2 AM and I should be going to bed, but for spell it out themes, can we use the character or series name as well in addition to title and author?
Mod
Yup.
According to Sonia's post:
(*) For spell-it-outs: use the first letter in the book's title (if the book starts with 'the', 'a', 'an', etc, you may use the first letter in the second word of the title), the first letter of an author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first, last or nick name.
Her post doesn't say anything, though, about being able to use the series name. I'm guessing that's *not allowed?
I'll allow it. Give a few moments and I'll change it.
Mod
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Would this be ok for the "masters" category of Theme 2?