All about Goals ; FAQ

[Jen]

I just noticed that I failed to ask a question in my message 295. So here it is:

Since the Pretty Girls cover is blue water and a bronze locket, is it enough blue and bronze to count for the "read a book with a predominantly blue and bronze cover" goal?

[Vicky]

For "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as shelved - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable"

Would "on-my-shelf" or "on-my-bookshelf" work?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Erin (Paperback stash) *is juggle-reading* wrote: "Karen wrote: "K~Terror wrote: "Would this cover work for this goal:
Read a book that has a predominately blue and bronze cover

"

Isn't the locket bronze??..."

No, it's gold. The locket is described twice in the book as gold. The last reference in chapter 23, page 515

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Hi Vicky - I think that's ok

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Questions regarding Tower Teams IV goals
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The challenge has now been going for almost two weeks, and we think everyone now has the hang of the goals, so we are closing this thread. Captains and Co-Captains can still ask questions about goals in the threads in the Captains group.

If you have questions about a goal, or if a book will fit a goal:

1. Read the RULES
2. Read the Goals FAQ We keep the first posts regularly updated with questions and answers

Still have questions?

FOLLOW THE HIERARCHY
The communication chain is:

Member --> Team Leader --> Mentor --> All Mods

What does this mean?

It means that if you make a question that is on the rules or Goal FAQs you may get re-directed to those posts.

It also means that members cannot go over their team captains/co-captains (team leader for short) directly to the mods.

We over 300 players, and so our captains and co-captains help team members by:
- Answering members questions
- Make the bridge between members and mods
- Also, there are extra threads for taking care of team issues, goal doubts, and general questions on the captains group. So they have access to a lot more info than the members.

But my team captain is a mod and she said she needed to check with the others

Well, yes.

Mods are like mom and dad. If one of them makes a rule about an issue, the others don't say otherwise. We respect each other and don't step into each others toes. So. If something was said before, it will be checked if memory fails.

Also, mods are like doctors. Sometimes they need a second opinion before taking a decision.

Mods also "hire" external consultants. Some of the goals were suggested by members, so we need to check what was their original idea before making a ruling.

Mods are humans too. Meaning we make mistakes. But, we assume them, and try to fix it as quickly and painless as possible. Also, we have real lives and real live issues too. This is a very loved hobby, but just that. A hobby. Unfortunately we don't get paid for all this volunteer work! ;).

But my team is too chatty and info gets lost
Ask your team leaders to put it on a visible place. You can also PM your team leaders.

I ask a question and my team captain only answers it when I'm sleeping
Please remember that there are different time zones, and people have demanding schedules too. Relax. This is supposed to be fun. Not stressful. Is a hobby.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

New Goals FAQ

By now, I'm sure you captains have noticed that some of your goals have shown up as links. This is a new system we are trying out of the FAQ for a particular goal being linked. This will hopefully both decrease the repetition of questions asked about goals, as well as give you an immediate answer to some of the most common questions ask about goals.

This will in no means answer every single question about every single goal, but hopefully it will help with the Goals for TTIV and for future events using goals.

We encourage you to click on the link for new goals as they come up, if you have any questions about that goal at all. You can then post these short FAQs in your post with the goals, or be able to answer if they apply to questions asked.

Some Goal FAQ features you'll find in this new system ~

◈ definitions for uncommon terms (example: what is a tautogram or Imp?)
◈ all page counts for: pages adding up to a number, prime numbers & more
◈ link to the list of all NBRC BOTM
◈ a link to a Color Extraction site, so you can check colors of a cover
◈ answers to questions already asked in FAQs Q&A and more!


A few notes about the FAQs ~

- they will take a moment to load. Once it does, it should move you down to the goal you had clicked on and the 1st line of FAQ (not goal) will be highlighted in yellow
- the FAQs are alternating colors, so goals together in the same color will all have 1 FAQ, instead of the same one for each goal
- please let me know if any links go to the wrong goal. It shouldn't, and if it does, it should just be off by a place or two

If you have any comments, questions or concerns, feel free to leave a message in the Q&A sections here. Also, feel free to tell your teammates the info about the FAQ, in case they often go to the sheets as well.