Challenge 000: Bonus Points
Challenge 000: Bonus Points
Activity: Bonus points!
Deadline: End of phase
Points: Various
Summary: Who doesn't love free points?
Just like last phase, there are going to be a variety of ways to get bonus points for your teams in addition to participating in challenges. In case you forgot what they are I have them detailed below.
1. Referring someone to shonda_land: You get 5 points for everyone who says you referred them (or, if they just put a comm and I can tell it was you, that counts too). No limit on points you can earn. If someone who joins says you referred them AND they go on to complete at least 5 challenges, you will get 5 more points.
2. Using your sigtag or a team icon: You'll earn a minimum of 1 bonus point (see No. 4) every time you enter a challenge and use your sigtag or a team icon.
3. Winning Kristine and Aly's Points: Because we love shonda_land so incredibly much and want to play too, we'll also play along (only in challenges where we don't have an advantage. So, for instance, Aly won't participate in a fallen phrase where she obviously know what the phrase is) and earn points. Toward the end of the phase, there will be a team activity where you can win all our points and have them added to your team totals. If we're awesome at participating, it could be a lot!
4. Moving up the Seattle Grace pecking order!: The idea behind this is to hopefully encourage more participation and let you earn more points for your team. Starting today, everyone here is considered an Intern and the new Intern tags will be made (by you) soon. When you use your sigtag or team icon as an Intern, you get 1 bonus point per challenge. Once you have earned a total of 150 points, you move up the ranks to become a Resident. When you use your sigtag or team icon as a Resident, you get 2 bonus points per challenge. Moving along, the next stop is Attending, which you reach when you've earned 300 points. When you use your sigtag or team icon as an Attending, you get 3 bonus points per challenge. Finally, if you manage to earn 600 points, you become the Head of Your Department and earn 4 bonus points for using a sigtag or team icon. At the end of the phase, the person with the most overall points will be crowned Chief of Staff for Phase 4. No bonus points, but they will get a very special prize!
5. Bonus commenting! A lot of hard work goes into the creations we make here at shonda_land, whether it be making picspams or writing fics or making elaborate projects such as last phase's I Ship It (10 Reasons Why). And what is the point of making them if not to share them with other people? So, to encourage people to look at/read/comment on other people's works, there are going to be bonus points for commenting. For every challenge where members are making something, you can earn 5 points for commenting on someone else's entry. (A real comment. Not a 'nice job'. Say something meaningful please.) You can only earn 5 points for each challenge, but obviously I encourage you to look at as many people's as you can. You will have one week after the challenge closes to leave your comments to count for the bonus points. All comment points will be included in a separate tally (and not in the results for that specific challenge), so that way results won't be held up.
If you have any questions about any of these bonus point options, please ask!
Activity: Bonus points!
Deadline: End of phase
Points: Various
Summary: Who doesn't love free points?
Just like last phase, there are going to be a variety of ways to get bonus points for your teams in addition to participating in challenges. In case you forgot what they are I have them detailed below.
1. Referring someone to shonda_land: You get 5 points for everyone who says you referred them (or, if they just put a comm and I can tell it was you, that counts too). No limit on points you can earn. If someone who joins says you referred them AND they go on to complete at least 5 challenges, you will get 5 more points.
2. Using your sigtag or a team icon: You'll earn a minimum of 1 bonus point (see No. 4) every time you enter a challenge and use your sigtag or a team icon.
3. Winning Kristine and Aly's Points: Because we love shonda_land so incredibly much and want to play too, we'll also play along (only in challenges where we don't have an advantage. So, for instance, Aly won't participate in a fallen phrase where she obviously know what the phrase is) and earn points. Toward the end of the phase, there will be a team activity where you can win all our points and have them added to your team totals. If we're awesome at participating, it could be a lot!
4. Moving up the Seattle Grace pecking order!: The idea behind this is to hopefully encourage more participation and let you earn more points for your team. Starting today, everyone here is considered an Intern and the new Intern tags will be made (by you) soon. When you use your sigtag or team icon as an Intern, you get 1 bonus point per challenge. Once you have earned a total of 150 points, you move up the ranks to become a Resident. When you use your sigtag or team icon as a Resident, you get 2 bonus points per challenge. Moving along, the next stop is Attending, which you reach when you've earned 300 points. When you use your sigtag or team icon as an Attending, you get 3 bonus points per challenge. Finally, if you manage to earn 600 points, you become the Head of Your Department and earn 4 bonus points for using a sigtag or team icon. At the end of the phase, the person with the most overall points will be crowned Chief of Staff for Phase 4. No bonus points, but they will get a very special prize!
5. Bonus commenting! A lot of hard work goes into the creations we make here at shonda_land, whether it be making picspams or writing fics or making elaborate projects such as last phase's I Ship It (10 Reasons Why). And what is the point of making them if not to share them with other people? So, to encourage people to look at/read/comment on other people's works, there are going to be bonus points for commenting. For every challenge where members are making something, you can earn 5 points for commenting on someone else's entry. (A real comment. Not a 'nice job'. Say something meaningful please.) You can only earn 5 points for each challenge, but obviously I encourage you to look at as many people's as you can. You will have one week after the challenge closes to leave your comments to count for the bonus points. All comment points will be included in a separate tally (and not in the results for that specific challenge), so that way results won't be held up.
If you have any questions about any of these bonus point options, please ask!