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Apr 15, 2016 11:17AM
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I love this!!! I'll now finally have the incentive to read the longer books on my shelf! :) I'm in for serious and could I please be on a team with Megan this month? :)
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not to ruffles anyone feathers but i dont think its really fair to ask to be on teams with other people. the whole point is to meet new people and branch out and i feel like if your asking to be paired with someone, its an unfair advantage. just my opinion thou.
I see your point, but what makes this challenge a lot more fun with me is getting to do it with my best friend (allison), since we see each other every day and therefore discuss it constantly with each other, whether it be books to read or new strategies. To me, it just makes it so much more fun
Also, for me personally this isn't necessarily to meet new people, but to persuade me to read my books. Meeting new people is definitely a caused benefit, but not my main reason for being here /:
Brooke wrote: "not to ruffles anyone feathers but i dont think its really fair to ask to be on teams with other people. the whole point is to meet new people and branch out and i feel like if your asking to be pa..."I completely agree. If everyone asked to be with a friend, it'd be a huge mess and exceptions shouldn't be made for anyone who asks.
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Well with the fast reader thing, there are enough fast readers to balance each other out. And with being on the same team as my friend when discussing strategy and books, it gives everything a different edge when you're competitive together, and fighting for the same goal
meaghan that kinda proves my point, you have an unfair advantage of being on a personal level with them and being able to work better together because of that.
Not really though? Everything we discuss we would've otherwise discussed in the group chat. It just makes it more fun for me to discuss in person, and another fun thing my friend and I can do together
I just don't think it's causing enough of a problem or advantage that can't be nullified to remove it
it's the discussing in person and being able to read side by side and egg each other on that makes it kind of unfair. Other teams are struggling with time zones and wonky internet access, for instance
I think the problem is you girls are going to have been on the winning team the last two months, and I think there is an obvious advantage to seen somebody on your team every day, rather than just communicating with them online.Maybe it would be fun for you girls to compete against one another next month ;-)
I'm just saying I knew at the beginning of this month that team Los Angeles was going to dominate the rest of us, and it happened, and honestly it has not motivated me at all, so yes you want to be motivated, but everyone else does as well, to be completely honest :-)
the way I see it (otherwise I'll get too unmotivated to keep reading), the serious teams are only NY and Chicago, that is a thrilling scoreboard! they were tied for two days in a row, then Chicago was ahead by 2 measly points and who knows what the situation will be tomorrow? And that is what makes the whole thing exciting for me
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I don't think us winning has anything to do with that though. Both Allison and I read average books for a serious member last month, and this month my excessive reading isn't caused by being in the same team as her. I would've read the same being on her team or not, but being on the same team has made it more fun. And I don't know what happened this month, but I don't think us being so many points ahead is because of Allison and I
@Tati that is the best way to look at it! I can't believe we've actually been tied, that really never happens :-)
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Berit wrote: "@Tati that is the best way to look at it! I can't believe we've actually been tied, that really never happens :-)"Especially with their only being three teams for each level this month it makes it even more exciting and challenging! :D
I honestly see what you guys are all saying, but it's really not affecting how much Allison and I area reading as it seems I guess. Our lead this time isn't because I asked to be on the same team as Allison, but because almost everyone in our team is turning in a book a day or every two days, often over 450 pages and with buddy reads. It's also not like Allison and I both read a book or two books a day, because in that sense, it might be a little unfair. I just happened to be having a good month this month, but I know Allison hasn't been reading as much as she'd like, and is reading a book every 2 to 3 days.
We're not exactly choosing teams though, just one mem ever we want to be with. If people were asking more than 2 people to be in the same team, that's more unfair because then half or more of the team is being decided by the players. In the case of two, there can still be tons of possibilities, and reading skills can be evened out
yah but if everybody's asking for one person that messes up how sara figures out the teams. i think it should be 100% random for teams.
I have to side with Meaghan. I don't think it's unfair at all -- it's just one person and isn't this whole challenge supposed to be for fun? If having a friend on your team makes it more fun and motivates you to read more, what's the big deal? And regarding being the leading team two months in a row -- we never would have been that if it wouldn't have been for the whole team. It's rarely just one or two people.
Yea Melanie said it perfectly. I did one challenge without Allison (my first one), and even though we won and I did have fun, I was less involved just because we weren't discussing it everyday. There's a huge difference between competing and working together, and if we were competing, it just wouldn't be as fun for me. I don't think it's having a huge effect on the competition, if any at all. If everyone started pairing up then maybe a change would be needed, but it's only be 3 or 4 people doing it every challenge, even though everyone has always had the option too. A lot of people might do this to meet people, and for them going solo is perfect, but some of us are using it as motivation, and having my friend on my team just makes it more fun. (I know it helps her too, because she's not the most talkative with those she doesn't know online all the time, and her notifications are wonky so I keep her updated too. I don't think that's negatively affecting anyone though, me being able to help her or her helping me)
its not just one person thou, its been getting worse each month, there is 4 people asking for a friend. if i read 40 books and my bf in my group reads the same 40 books and we buddy read together, that makes a big difference. i didnt want to start a fight, it was just something ive notice and see that its getting worse as we go. maybe im just PMSing and am upset that no one asks to be on my team, haha. it just irks me a bit and doesn't give me a lot of motivation when i see people asking and getting paired up.
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for me, the whole principle of it is just wrong. Teams are not supposed to be pick and choose, even if you're choosing just one member.
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A lot of people BR within teams though, and in the case of BRing with a friend that's the same thing. The amount of BRs I do with her doesn't change if we're in the same team or not, and it's not affected by the fact we're friends, because we only BR books we both wanted to read, not forcing each other to try books just because we're friends. And I haven't really been noticing it getting worse, I could've sworn February had more people buddying up, but I could just be remembering it wrong
Yea I get the whole idea of not picking your teams, I really do. I just don't think this is really hurting anyone, and it's not excessive, so I thought that if it's not hurting anyone or giving huge advantages, but still makes the challenges more fun for people, I don't see any harm in it /:
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to be quite blunt, I don't care if it's harmful or not, it doesn't make it less wrong
I guess we can all agree to disagree!But, in my opinion, there is a clear advantage especially when it comes to BR points when you are with a close friend, especially a close RL friend.
And I've been doing these monthly challenges for over a year, and just recently I've seen people asked to be on the same team as others, and it has gotten a little worse this month.
Having said that, if I had a close friend that was involved in this group in RL I would also love for her to be on my team.
Having Allison (or any friend for that matter) doesn't make me take any challenge easier though. I've read books I wasn't planning too and maybe didn't even end up liking while on her team. It's just the fact that we're being challenged together, and then can talk about it afterwards that makes it fun. I'm pushing myself every month, and that doesn't change just because I have a friend with me
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