Round 13: SS How to Play, Help & Discussion

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

I'm not friends with either of them, so... mod privileges, maybe? Well, who knows.

[Apoorv]

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "I still don't get it... I mean u get its the players initials but I don't get how it's relevant with the times. "

Haha! Just something that the world has been talking about for the last 2 years! :P

[Karen ♐]

We have one team member missing in Team 12. I tried to send a message but it would not go through. Suggestions?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I've seen other people on other groups have messaging issues. Some folks can; others can't. It must be a Goodreads problem.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Karen ♐ wrote: "We have one team member missing in Team 12. I tried to send a message but it would not go through. Suggestions?"

I got a message through... dunno what's going on with messaging lately, someone had trouble sending me a message too while it's working fine for others.

[Meg]

Hello, Denise: I believe one has to be GR friends to be able to send messages. I did try anyway, but was rejected.

We're waiting for Jammin' Jenny; if you could message her for us that would be great.

In the meantime, do we go ahead and roll tomorrow? Thanks!

[Meg]

Team Thirteen is now 13 Going To 1st!

I've volunteered to be the Captain.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Meg wrote: "Hello, Denise: I believe one has to be GR friends to be able to send messages. I did try anyway, but was rejected.

We're waiting for Jammin' Jenny; if you could message her for us that would be gr..."

I've been messaging a bunch of people I'm not friends with on GR, so that can't be it... Anyway, I've messaged her, hopefully she'll turn up.

Absolutely, go ahead and roll! In case you don't hear from her by the time the first set of reviews is due next week, just mark her as "didn't check in" and I'll remove her from the team.
I put this note in the sign ups for cases like this: "Please note: Players who sign up but fail to check in with their team by the time the first set of reviews is due will be removed from the team. Teams will not be penalized in these cases."

[Meg]

Thanks, Denise!

I'm wondering if moderators of groups are able to message members without actually being friends, while we that are not moderators can't.

This has happened to me a couple times, where I've interacted with moderators via message that aren't on my friends list. On the flip side, someone on another group [who doesn't own or moderate that group] asked me to send her a message and I was blocked until I requested her to be a friend and was accepted.

[Karen ♐]

Team 12 is now Librarians of the Galaxy and I'll be captain.

[Melanie]

Team 3 is going to be called Shelf Indulgence and I'll be captain.

[Kayla]

I volunteered to be team captain for team 11... We are still trying to fully decide on a name..

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Team Nine's name is going to be Adventures in Bookland and I will be the Captain.

[Michelle]

Team 6 will be "Watch Your Six"

Michelle & Suzanne will captain together

[Mamacita aka MawMaw]

I think it also has to do with their settings. Some people may have their message setting to friends only. If it is Mod's can still get thru.

[Mamacita aka MawMaw]

Team 5 name ~ High 5

Michelle (2) & Mamacita will be Co-Captaining

[Janeylou]

For this bonus
" One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series. There must be at least 4 books in that series"
Do they have to be read in order to claim the bonus

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

No, as long as you read all of them as part of this challenge the order doesn't matter.

[Janeylou]

Great..that makes it easier

[Kayla]

Team 11 Will be the Electric Eleven

thank you

[Celia]

For the alternative prompts when it's a color one does it need to be a specific percentage of color? for instance would either of these work for red even though they're not all red?

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Answered in team thread, but I'll put it here too in case someone else is wondering: For cover colours, it needs to be 50% that colour.

[Mamacita aka MawMaw]

Denise wrote: "Looks like it's Coral and Ketutar you're missing. Dunno what's going on if you're not able to message them - I just gave it a try and got messages through to both. So hopefully you'll hear from the..."

They still haven't cked in. So do we get back up players?

[Wolf (Alpha)]

So if we rolled an 11 is that both #1 in a series and #11?

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "They still haven't cked in. So do we get back up players?"

Give it till Friday.
If neither of them has shown up by then, your team definitely has dibs on our one and only currently signed up back-up player as you're the only team missing two members. (Several other teams are still waiting for one.)

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "So if we rolled an 11 is that both #1 in a series and #11?"

Your options for spot 11 are #1, #11, standalone (those can be used for 1 and 0), or the alternate option for that spot: Author 'N'

[Sha]

What if the edition you're reading has a cover different from the required cover for an alternate post? But the book DOES have that cover requirement just not the edition.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

The rules say you can use any edition of the book you read, and who am I to argue with the rules? :D Just make sure you link the edition with the right cover for the alternate in your completion post.

[Sha]

Thanks. ^_^ Sorry I didn't catch that in my rules read-through, oops.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Teams still missing members who haven't checked in:
Once all your checked in team members have posted their reviews, you can roll on Friday without having to wait and see whether the no-shows still turn up. Please mark them as "didn't check in" when you post the team's reviews.

[Michelle]

In msg 5 above you posted what is an acceptable post.

When I gather all of the completion posts in our team thread to put on one post, can I copy and paste or do I need to post the link for author and book title like the player did in their original post?

[Michelle]

And my second question of the evening...



Is this ok to use for a standalone book?

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Michelle wrote: "In msg 5 above you posted what is an acceptable post.

When I gather all of the completion posts in our team thread to put on one post, can I copy and paste or do I need to post the link for author..."

Usually people just collect links to each individual completion post in a single team post, though you can also go the copy/paste route if you prefer. In that case, a link to the book would be helpful so I can quickly doublecheck that all is in order instead of having to go find right book first. No need to add the author link though.

Michelle wrote: "Is this ok to use for a standalone book?"

Sure!

[Michelle]

Denise wrote: "Michelle wrote: "In msg 5 above you posted what is an acceptable post.

When I gather all of the completion posts in our team thread to put on one post, can I copy and paste or do I need to post th..."

Thank you!

[Stacey]

Sorry we are a little late -- its my fault. Team Seven would like to be called Serial Seven and I will be attempting to do a better job of Captaining from here on out. :)

[Katelyn]

Team Eight would like to be called Reading 8 Days a Week. Jade and I are co-captaining.

[Katelyn]

I'm having trouble figuring out how to make a post that links to each person on my team's reviews.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Katelyn wrote: "I'm having trouble figuring out how to make a post that links to each person on my team's reviews."

If you are on a web browser and not the app this might help.
On a existing post hold your finger down or right click where the time or date is. It shoiuld give you the option to "copy link address"
That is what you need for each of the players reviews.
You can then use it with the html to make a nice text link or just paste each as the are if you do not know how to use the html.
Hope that helps, and good luck.

[Katelyn]

thank you! this is very helpful :)

[Mamacita aka MawMaw]

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Denise wrote: "Looks like it's Coral and Ketutar you're missing. Dunno what's going on if you're not able to message them - I just gave it a try and got messages through to both. So hopefully you'l..."

Denise wrote: "Teams still missing members who haven't checked in:
Once all your checked in team members have posted their reviews, you can roll on Friday without having to wait and see whether the no-shows still..."

Coral never checked in. Can we have a backup player.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Denise wrote: "Looks like it's Coral and Ketutar you're missing. Dunno what's going on if you're not able to message them - I just gave it a try and got messages through..."

Thing is, I've got three missing players and only two on the back-up list, but since you're so keen on reinforcements I guess you can have one. ;) Contacting them now, so hopefully you'll have company soon.

[Meg]

Would love your opinion on something, Denise. Do you consider this cover to be orange: ? Thanks!

[Melanie]

Question, can I use the same book for SS & SSS if it works for both rolls?

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Meg wrote: "Would love your opinion on something, Denise. Do you consider this cover to be orange: ? Thanks!"

Looks more red to me. I ran it through TinEye too, which also says it's red. Sorry. :(

Melanie wrote: "Question, can I use the same book for SS & SSS if it works for both rolls?"

Sure.

[Meg]

Thanks, Denise. I felt it bordered on red yet looked orange. Our team member has picked something else.

[Meg]

Here is another one that we hope is orange (fingers crossed):

[Michelle]

That one I think looks orange.

[Meg]

Michelle wrote: "That one I think looks orange."

Thanks, I thought so, too. I wanted Denise to give the okay, tho, before our team member starts reading it.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Yep, I'd call that orange. :)

[Meg]

Denise wrote: "Yep, I'd call that orange. :)"

Yay! Thanks!

[Mamacita aka MawMaw]

Questions...

For this...
NOTE:
✸ Each point can only be earned once per team.
✸ The series-specific bonus points (3 or more books/ starting and finishing a series) must be two different series.

So does that mean for every series we read of at least 3 books we get a point as long as they are different series & a different series and not part of the start & complete series?

Or can this one also be used only once in the team?


Also for the Valentine bonus is that only once per team or is that each individual player? Does only 1 person need to read romance or all team members reading romance that day?