QUESTIONS?: UNO Team Challenge

[Carrie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Yes provided it has been six months since you last read it"

OK thank you.

[Caroline]

So I'm looking at reading a couple of anthologies during the challenge time and wondering what the rules are for those.

Can I use any of the author names or only the anthology editor? Then I'm assuming I can use any location/character used in any of the the stories. Anthologies can fit so many cards I'm actually wondering if they are even okay to read for this xD

On a related note, where is the cut off line for when a character's name can or cannot be used for a card? A few of my team members have asked and my answer has been "if you took the character out and the plot wouldn't change then that character can't be used." Is that about right?

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Caroline wrote: "So I'm looking at reading a couple of anthologies during the challenge time and wondering what the rules are for those.

Can I use any of the author names or only the anthology editor? Then I'm as..."

For anthologies, yes use the editor. We are ok for characters and settings in the anthologies - it does mean you can probably cover a lot, but we felt it would be too mean to ban them ;)

With characters, that's about right. We generally want them to have some dialogue and meaning to the story. Not just a hotel bellhop called Victor that opens a door, for example ;)

[Chava]

Question: are we allowed books that haven't yet been published? I have quite a few advance reader copies I'd like to tap into if possible. Thanks

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Chava wrote: "Question: are we allowed books that haven't yet been published? I have quite a few advance reader copies I'd like to tap into if possible. Thanks"

Yes

[Cathy]

When using locations, can we use country, state, or city names?

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Cathy wrote: "When using locations, can we use country, state, or city names?"

It depends on the book. If it is described as 'Los Angeles' in the book, for example, then that would be the location (not the state or the country).
If they start in LA and do a road trip to NY stopping along the way and there really is no main setting then you would use the country name.
Hopefully that makes sense!

[Emma]

Are audiobooks okay? I vaguely remember it not being allowed before unless I am thinking of something else.

[Annika]

Emma wrote: "Are audiobooks okay? I vaguely remember it not being allowed before unless I am thinking of something else."

Audiobooks are okay to use. You'll use the information from the default edition.

[Emma]

okay great thanks :)

[Nichole]

Are embedded words allowed?

For example, will Seer of Sevenwaters work for seven?

Also, how about this for location? Seven Gates Cemetery? I'm not sure what state or city that is yet but it's from The Sinner

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Nichole wrote: "Are embedded words allowed?

For example, will Seer of Sevenwaters work for seven?

Also, how about this for location? Seven Gates Cemetery? I'm not sure what state or city that is ..."

No for embedded words.

With the location I haven't read the book, so can't definitively say.
But if that is the setting that the book refers to then that is what you would use.
For example, I'm reading Pearl in a Cage at the moment and it is about a small town called Woody Creek. Although they refer to the town being in Victoria, in Australia at some point ; it is only ever "woody creek" so if I was deciding the setting for it then I would say the town name.
Or for an example where the setting is not a town, with the first Harry Potter book, I would consider that setting to be Hogwarts.

[Nichole]

I didn't think so for the Sevenwaters :P It was worth a shot though, lol!

Location, makes sense to me! Thanks!

[Carrie]

Is this a timezone based game? I don't know if I saw that anywhere.

[Eldarwen]

Reading this thread is usually a good idea for those kinds of questions.

Taken from there:

The challenge starts on Wednesday February 1, 2016 at 7pm AEDST (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time). To see when this is in your time zone, use this countdown

Main cities, FYI:
Tokyo: 5pm, 1st February
London: 8am, 1st February
New York: 3am, 1st February
San Francisco: Midnight, 1st February

[Annika]

And here is the Countdown to the start of the challenge as well.

[Carrie]

Thanks

[Andrea]

I just noticed that the UNO challenge is starting . Boo :( I don't know if its too late to join, but i sent in a form just in case !! :) Good luck to everyone !

[Christina]

Andrea wrote: "I just noticed that the UNO challenge is starting . Boo :( I don't know if its too late to join, but i sent in a form just in case !! :) Good luck to everyone !"

oh no Andrea, if I had known you didn't notice I would have reminded you! :( I'm sure you'll get into a team sooner or later though! I would love to welcome you in our team ofc, but others might need you more :)

[Andrea]

Christina wrote: "Andrea wrote: "I just noticed that the UNO challenge is starting . Boo :( I don't know if its too late to join, but i sent in a form just in case !! :) Good luck to everyone !"

oh no Andrea, if I ..."

haha thanks, thats sweet :) last year was so much fun !!

[Bebe20018]

I have a question about an author's name. The author is Raven St. Pierre Raven St. Pierre. Could I use this for name starting with S or P or both? Thanks

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Bebe20018 wrote: "I have a question about an author's name. The author is Raven St. Pierre Raven St. Pierre. Could I use this for name starting with S or P or both? Thanks"

That gets alphabetised as starting with S so it can work for 6
:)

[Laura]

I and reading a book with a character called Uncle Hugh. Could I use that character to cover a 3 card (H)?
TIA!

[UNO Pixie, Our UNO Helper]

Laura wrote: "I and reading a book with a character called Uncle Hugh. Could I use that character to cover a 3 card (H)?
TIA!"

Yes. Uncle isn't his name, but an honorific of sorts.

[Jammin Jenny]

are cookbooks allowed?

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Jenny wrote: "are cookbooks allowed?"

Usually they are full of pictures so would be like graphic novels where the word count would need to be verified

[Emma]

If someone is known as Princess of Professor is that allowed as P or is it just the name? Sorry if this has already been asked.

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Emma wrote: "If someone is known as Princess of Professor is that allowed as P or is it just the name? Sorry if this has already been asked."

It needs to be the characters name or nickname in the book. I'm not familiar with that name so i probably haven't read the book and I can't say definitively

[Emma]

Sorry That was my bad typing it was meant to be Princess or Professor, as in Professor Snape, would just be S then. Sorry for confusion.

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Ah, yes, same as above then - an honourific or title wouldn't count

[Emma]

That's cool :) But Princess of Professor would be a cool but strange knickname :)

[Jammin Jenny]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Jenny wrote: "are cookbooks allowed?"

Usually they are full of pictures so would be like graphic novels where the word count would need to be verified"

How do we verify the word count?

[Annika]

Jenny wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Jenny wrote: "are cookbooks allowed?"

Usually they are full of pictures so would be like graphic novels where the word count would need to be verified"

How do we verify the word ..."

Some books can't be verified unfortunately. But a couple of good sites to check are:

Reading Length
arbookfind

[Annika]

And this is the point where I admit to being human and vow to never find new tricks late at night. After some more searching I noticed that Reading Length don't have the accurate word count, only estimations from the page count. Which means that for cook books, graphic novels etc the word count can't be trusted.

So please only use arbookfind for verification.

[Carrie]

Does The count for title starting with T?

[Andrea]

im reading a non fiction novel, its not listed on arbookfind, does that mean i cant use it because the word count cant be verified ?

Do I Look Fat in This?: Life Doesn't Begin Five Pounds from Now

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Carrie wrote: "Does The count for title starting with T?"

From the rules:
"Note
For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used. So The Hiding Place, for example, could be used as title starting with T or H"

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Andrea wrote: "im reading a non fiction novel, its not listed on arbookfind, does that mean i cant use it because the word count cant be verified ?

[book:Do I Look Fat in This?: Life Doesn't Begin Five Pounds f..."

We ask Captains to verify wordcounts for books that are marked as children's, graphic novels, or poetry. So, for example, If your book has lots of images and isn't a book where the page count can be relied upon then it would need a word count to be used

[Andrea]

its a self help books , it doesn't have pictures but some pages have lists or letters, but most of its like a regular book. so I wasn't sure if it counted for page count or word count.

[Andrea]

also for chicken soup for the soul books, the stories are like 2-3 pages long. so im assuming characters arent allowed! haha . so i can do the editor or subtitle right? or is the title chicken soup ?

sorry about all my questions !! :)

[Carrie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Does The count for title starting with T?"

From the rules:
"Note
For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used. So The Hiding Place, for ex..."

Thanks

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Andrea wrote: "also for chicken soup for the soul books, the stories are like 2-3 pages long. so im assuming characters arent allowed! haha . so i can do the editor or subtitle right? or is the title chicken soup..."

Characters should have some dialogue and be meaningful to the story. So with Non fiction, it depends on the book.
For example, a memoir is non-fiction, but because it is told like a story you can use the characters as per the usual character rules. If the book is more like a factual account of something - let's say a battle during WWII, then Churchill wouldn't be a character as he is just mentioned as part of the facts, he isn't there as a character.

For titles, it is whatever the title is on Goodreads (not the subtitle) and we use the editor where there are multiple authors.
I hope that helps!

[Rachael]

For the March cards, can they include books that have been started in February?

[UNO Pixie, Our UNO Helper]

Rachael wrote: "For the March cards, can they include books that have been started in February?"

Yes, they can be started in February, but they need to be finished in March. :)

[Jonnie]

This one may be long:

The cover on the book below i would consider red by according to the color breakdown in the link for the march color scheme it is mostly brown. So does that mean that although most people would call this book red I can not use it as red because the color scheme?




Color Palette
Proportional Palette Hex
ColorAreaClosest Color Name(Base Color)




#a22726 32.7 %Brown(Brown)


#83747d 13.1 %Monsoon(Grey)


#1f1715 11.7 %Seal Brown(Black)


#651d20 10.7 %Pohutukawa(Red)


#46679e 10.2 %Mariner(Blue)


#f9f8f8 6.3 %White Smoke(White)


#40191e 5.7 %Rustic Red(Red)


#b07575 5.5 %Turkish Rose(Red)


#b2bfd8 3.5 %Spindle(Blue)


#44b2de 0.6 %Summer Sky(Blue)

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Jonnie wrote: "This one may be long:

The cover on the book below i would consider red by according to the color breakdown in the link for the march color scheme it is mostly brown. So does that mean that althou..."

There is a thread in the Captains group specifically for these kinds of things as sometimes the colour extractor is a bit off because of the difference with image colours.
But since you've asked the question here, this one has "mandarin orange" as the primary colour, which is actually red to a human eye and we accept it as red. :)

[Jonnie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Jonnie wrote: "This one may be long:

The cover on the book below i would consider red by according to the color breakdown in the link for the march color scheme it is mostly brown. So does that m..."

Ok thanks.

[Tammie]

I'm going to read an 'anthology'...can I utilize all of the authors names as possibles for UNO cards?

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Tammie wrote: "I'm going to read an 'anthology'...can I utilize all of the authors names as possibles for UNO cards?"

We use the name listed on Godreads as the editor in these instances

[Tammie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I'm going to read an 'anthology'...can I utilize all of the authors names as possibles for UNO cards?"

We use the name listed on Godreads as the editor in these instances"

Thank you