Round 10: SS How to Play, Help & Discussion

[Karen ♐]

Krissy, we’re waiting for a player to post also. I wonder if people forget because we went 2 weeks this round. I’ve sent her a message but no answer as of yet.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Karen ♐ wrote: "Krissy, we’re waiting for a player to post also. I wonder if people forget because we went 2 weeks this round. I’ve sent her a message but no answer as of yet."

;_; Please tell me you don't have yet another player missing...

[Mary X]

Team 7 is still waiting for 2 players. I messaged both this morning with a break's over reminder. I'm going out tonight and probably won't be on the computer this evening. Hoping I can do our roll in the morning.

I captain various games regularly and I've never had to send out so many reminders as I have had to do in this round of this game.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Looks like this will be the final week of this game after all, since Team 2 made it extra suspenseful by discovering a last minute bonus point they hadn't claimed yet, allowing them to move up to spot 101. :D

Nevertheless, as they say - It ain't over 'til it's over! You never know what unexpected obstacles might arise at the last second - especially since this round appears to have attracted more of them than usual... ;)

[Book Concierge]

All these "missing" players ... have they played before? I totally understand that real life sometimes gets in the way of our fun. But I just do not understand how someone can just abandon the game when the entire TEAM suffers the consequences. How much time does it take to post "I'm sorry guys, but I have to drop out" ... seriously.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Book Concierge wrote: "All these "missing" players ... have they played before? I totally understand that real life sometimes gets in the way of our fun. But I just do not understand how someone can just abandon the game..."

Mary and BC,
As I have done various challenges, the issue I find is when players overcommit to different challenges. You will see that many player are in SS and in other groups have challenges like Bingo or time sensitive challenges. They forget which group is due when and they get overwhelmed the week when one book won’t work for all challenges and they actually have to read 3-4 different books

People need to just ask themselves questions about their capabilities before signing up

[Carrie]

How many of the groups are missing players?

[Mary X]

Team 7 has one that hasn’t checked in yet. Do we get to roll? Not that it matters much with a team past 100.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Team 7 has one that hasn’t checked in yet. Do we get to roll? Not that it matters much with a team past 100."

Have you pm’d said player?
My aunt in Alaska has weather issues (earthquake) and some areas near me in Dallas have had tornadoes today. We are currently under Tornado watch and just showed our kids where to take cover. So make sure they aren’t in bad weather areas. I am so I won’t be surprised if I lose WiFi shortly

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Book Concierge wrote: "All these "missing" players ... have they played before? I totally understand that real life sometimes gets in the way of our fun. But I just do not understand how someone can just abandon the game..."

I agree with you 100% on that. If you're signing up for a team challenge, especially one where other team members can't pick up the slack for a player who can't keep up, it's a commitment and should be treated as such. There's always the option of dropping out if it really gets too much which won't harm the team. At the very least, players need to communicate, let the team know if they won't be making a deadline etc, that's only common courtesy. It's been extreme this round.

Both team 7 and 8 are missing a player this week, neither of whom have been in contact with their teams, so we have two teams sitting out this (probably) final roll of the game. :(

[Mary X]

The player we are missing shows Italy as her location on her profile page and looks like she was last on goodreads on the 28th.

It's not so annoying this week because it's the last week and we weren't going to catch up to the lead team anyway. But still...,

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "The player we are missing shows Italy as her location on her profile page and looks like she was last on goodreads on the 28th.

It's not so annoying this week because it's the last week and we we..."

I’m sorry as I know it has to be so frustrating

[Book Concierge]

Ezinwanyi wrote: "As I have done various challenges, the issue I find is when players overcommit to different challenges. You will see that many player are in SS and in other ..."


I totally get that some people have multiple challenges that have different time deadlines, etc. (I do that myself.) But if you get overwhelmed all you have to do is to drop a note saying, "Sorry, but I have to drop out."

It's common courtesy, and players have done this in the past (and at least one player did it this time around). It's the lack of communication that's so frustrating.

[Karen ♐]

Book Concierge wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "As I have done various challenges, the issue I find is when players overcommit to different challenges. You will see that many player are in SS and in other ..."


I totally get t..."

I totally agree. It was pretty frustrating for our team this time because we had issues happen with a few team members. I've been in this challenge a few times and never had anything happen to this extent. I wanted to say in my PM to them (but didn't, of course), can you just respond? Lol

[Karen ♐]

Denise wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "Krissy, we’re waiting for a player to post also. I wonder if people forget because we went 2 weeks this round. I’ve sent her a message but no answer as of yet."

;_; Please tell me ..."

Thanks for being so understanding with my bugging you, Denise. I really appreciate all your help.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!

Team 2 "Double the Pleasure ~ Double the Fun" have finished all their books for spot 101 on time and take the victory for this round. Congrats on the win!

Thank you everyone for playing! We've had a few troubles this round (some teams more than others), but I hope you all nevertheless had fun. :)

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Congrats team 2!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Way to go, Team 2!

[Allison Ann]

Congratulations Team 2!

[Karen ♐]

Congrats, Team 2!