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[Steven]

I'm really excited about it too, Amanda. Meeting great people, reading more, finding new books!

[Maria]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages) 72
✔ How many books you plan to read 2015? 130
✔ The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones) Venezuela, South America
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain? no
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC? Yes

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[Greta]

Can you take me off as being captain, please? I am thinking I will not have the time to be captain, but I will be fine playing! Thanks so much!

[Danielle Book Boss]

books in 2014: 50
books in 2015: 75
I'm in the US east coast
I'm not interested in being captain.
yes this is my first tower teams

[Nathalie]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages)
29
✔ How many books you plan to read 2015?
Around 35
✔ The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones)
U.S. Hawaii Standard Time [will be moving to Eastern Time at some point in 2015]
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain?
I'm not currently interested in being captain.
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?
No, I have participated in the 2014 Wheel-a-Thon Challenge

[Ezi]

Danielle Book Boss wrote: "books in 2014: 50
books in 2015: 75
I'm in the US east coast
I'm not interested in being captain.
yes this is my first tower teams"

BOSSSSSSSS!

[Alex]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages): 56
✔ How many books you plan to read 2015?: 60
✔ The continent you live in: UK, GMT
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain?: Not for my first challenge
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?: Yes, be gentle!

[Saphirablue]

This looks like fun. :)

How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages)
59 (my "read in 2014" shelf says more due to some Mangas and Graphic Novels and my reading challenge widget has yet another count due to some re-reads)

How many books you plan to read 2015?
60

The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones)
Europe, CET

Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain?
No, sorry since it's my first challenge.

Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?
Yes.


Note: Most of the time, I'm not able to go online during the week. So, if this is a problem, please let me know so that I'll withdraw my participation.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Greta wrote: "Can you take me off as being captain, please? I am thinking I will not have the time to be captain, but I will be fine playing! Thanks so much!"

No worries

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Saphirablue wrote: "Note: Most of the time, I'm not able to go online during the week. So, if this is a problem, please let me know so that I'll withdraw my participation. ..."

That's fine, you just need to check in with your team at some point once a week

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[✩Tiffany✩]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages)
180+ (still have more books to read!), about 15-20 of them were less than 100 pages

✔ How many books you plan to read 2015?
About the same 150-200? Maybe more :)

✔ The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones)
Australia

✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain?
I'm quite new to all of this and I'm not completely confident but I can try doing Co-Captain.

✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?
Yes

[Mary X]

I usually end up bumping up my reading during these challenges. I don't want to let my team down by slacking off.

Although I don't know how much time I'll have when my classes start next month.

[Saphirablue]

The Red Baron wrote: "Saphirablue wrote: "Note: Most of the time, I'm not able to go online during the week. So, if this is a problem, please let me know so that I'll withdraw my participation. ..."

That's fine, you ju..."

*phew* Thank you. :)

[Shan ~A~]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages)
119 books read thus far, 10<100 pages
✔ How many books you plan to read 2015?
150-200
✔ The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones)
North America, Central Time
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain?
No and No
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?
I believe not

[Logan]

If we're still allowed to give teammate preferences, I'd love you all forever if ~Melissa~ and Ezi were on my team. :)

[Logan]

Also, you can put me down for captain or co-captain duties.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

I don't think ~Melissa~ has signed up yet!

Changed your preferences Logan in the spreadsheet

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[Amanda]

She signed up in message 30 but I think we missed putting her on the spreadsheet!

Sorry ~Melissa~!

[Kishore Ragav]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages)
37(Extremely late start - from July)
✔ How many books you plan to read 2015?
100
✔ The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones)
Asia - Saudi Arabia
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain?
No,never been a good leader.
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?
Yes.

[Logan]

Amanda wrote: "She signed up in message 30 but I think we missed putting her on the spreadsheet!

Sorry ~Melissa~!"

Thanks Mods! I guess it's a good thing I asked about her then! ;)

[Rebecca NJ]

Hi Mods! I'm looking at what all is going on for me later this year and I hate to do this but I cannot be a co-captain. I'm going to be traveling a lot and may only have access to GR via my phone.

I will have plenty of time to read - probably audiobooks since it looks like a lot of travel time for me.

Thanks!

[Wishbear]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages) 58
✔ How many books you plan to read 2015? 70
✔ The continent you live(so we can try and match time zones) Saskatchewan, Canada. I should fall in the Central Standard time zone for the challenge
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain? No, thank you.
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?This will be my 2nd ever team challenge

[Michelle]

If you could put Lesley (#10 on the spreadsheet) as my co-captain, that would be fantastic.

[Kari]

I would like to join.
total books so far this yr is 37
books for 2014 is 50
I do not want to be a captain
I was in the tower team 2 and miss it.

[Kari]

oh and I am in the Usa, in arizona

[Beth]

How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages) 103 so far
How many books you plan to read 2015? 150-200
The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones) North America
Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain? No, this is my first time
Is this your first team challenge with NBRC? Yes it is

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Kimberley and I asked a while ago if we could request being on the same team but it was never put on the on the spreedsheet, i just wanted to make sure it was, it will probably not happen but i just wanna make sure that it's there just in case. thanks

[Stacie]

Wow, lots of people. Exciting! Tower Teams is so fun.

[Jen]

Maybe I am just being over excited, but I am really looking forward to this. Are there any ideas for when it might start?

[❀Tea❀]

Jennifer wrote: "Maybe I am just being over excited, but I am really looking forward to this. Are there any ideas for when it might start?"

We are starting on November 8th.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Rebecca NJ wrote: "Hi Mods! I'm looking at what all is going on for me later this year and I hate to do this but I cannot be a co-captain. I'm going to be traveling a lot and may only have access to GR via my phone..."

No problems :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Malkom Slaineღ♥ღ wrote: "Kimberley and I asked a while ago if we could request being on the same team but it was never put on the on the spreedsheet, i just wanted to make sure it was, it will probably not happen but i jus..."

Updated :)

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[Lesley]

Michelle wrote: "If you could put Lesley (#10 on the spreadsheet) as my co-captain, that would be fantastic."

I second this!!! If you could put me as co-captain with Michelle (#89 on the spreadsheet), you'd make my day! :)

[Beth]

I already signed up, but if you want to put my location as Michigan, USA on the spreadsheet that would be better. I didn't realize how vague North America was :D sorry this is my first time doing this so I'm still a tad confused

[~Leslie~]

I realized that I didn't answer two of the questions -

How many books have I read in 2014: 222 so far
How many do I expect to read in 2015: 250

So sorry!!

[Marla]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages) 93
✔ How many books you plan to read 2015? 100
✔ The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones) North America - CST
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain? - sorry, no
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC? no, love them

May I make some suggestions...

I've noticed that teams win when people on them read way more than their average. I've been on high and low ranking teams. Could there be a way that you can only read double your stated pages or something?

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way for a low ranking team to ever catch up...yes, I'm very competitive, but if this is truly a challenge rather than a team bonding event...to that end, we could just not post any rankings until the end of the challenge and then teams would just do as they do. Or you could post only the weekly totals or maybe weekly team ranking is by # of books read/# of books pledged per week.

Thanks for running these challenges. I've had great fun and met some really nice GR friends playing.

[Kelly]

Marla wrote: "I've noticed that teams win when people on them read way more than their average. I've been on high and low ranking teams. Could there be a way that you can only read double your stated pages or something? "

I noticed that in the wheel-a-thon one as well. I think that a lot of people have skewed reading schedules due to seasonal differences in their job requirements (like teachers being off in the summer). It does seem like the teams that did the best had everyone read at slightly above average rather than one person who stuck way out so I'm not sure if capping individual readers would help. I think it's just the difference between seasonal readers and consistent readers.

There are additional ways to earn points during this challenge for book of the month and buddy reads that should help strategic readers.

[Cait S]

Kelly wrote: " Marla wrote: "I've noticed that teams win when people on them read way more than their average. I've been on high and low ranking teams. Could there be a way that you can only read double your sta..."

I agree that I don't think capping individual people would help or, really, be fair. I know for me, just discovering reading challenges this summer has more than doubled my reading speed because now I'm having more fun. If that had happened during this challenge and all of a sudden I didn't even count or matter for my team anymore, that would be really disappointing. I think one of the main points of challenges, while it is a bonding and competitive event, is to encourage having fun while reading. Limiting the amount of reading seems sort of backwards to me.

[Amanda]

Marla wrote: "I've noticed that teams win when people on them read way more than their average. I've been on high and low ranking teams. Could there be a way that you can only read double your stated pages or something?"

I think it worked pretty well in the last tower team challenge, because if someone looked like they were going to read way over or way under their goal then their goal was re-evaluated. That made it possible to add members to a team that was falling behind.
I'm assuming we'll be doing that again this round.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Thanks Marla.
Yes thats right Amanda. We will alter member's goals in our team spreadsheets if they go well over/under to keep teams around even.

Also, Tower Teams is a long team challenge so, unlike the wheelathon, you'll find people are unlikely to keep reading well over their average for too long (unless they are seasonal readers and it happens to be that time of year)

Although TT does have a compteitive element, we describe it as a "challenge" rather than a "competition" because it really is about challenging yourself and your team mates to read more and, potentially more varied books. We have also changed the points structure this time so it isn't just about the number of books read. Hopefully that can assist those teams who are slower to start to 'catch up'

[Marla]

Thanks everyone for listening to my suggestions...

[Mary X]

I know I tend to up my reading when I do these types of challenges. It's why I join them because reading for a team makes me keep the TV off and read instead. But you also get people who sign up thinking they'll have lots of time to read and then something happens and they drop out or lag way behind.

If a lot of members on a team are reading way above their average, they will be less likely to get new players even when someone leaves the team.

eta: as one of those readers that wants to read every book at once and has a habit of having too many going at once: these team challenges really help me to focus more on finishing them up instead of having an ever growing currently reading list.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

We appreciate the input Marla - it really helps us to try and think of new ways to structure these challenges!

I'm the same Mary, I get motivated to finish a book rather than starting a new one ; and I tend to read everyday rather than just on weekends :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Judy wrote: "Could you take my name off the sign-up list, please? I'm not sure I can commit to this challenge now. Thanks!"

Sure, thanks for letting us know

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[Nicole]

✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages) --80 books so far.
✔ How many books you plan to read 2015?-- 90 books
✔ The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones) --Melbourne, Australia.
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain? --I work full time so I don't think I'd have time, no.
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?-- Second team challenge. Loved the last one and all the people I met!