Green Room - Week .5 - Day 1

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Good morning.

I've been taking a look at the topics you've been sending in, and there are definitely some interesting trends.  (and some near duplicates. Fortunately, I asked for three and not all of them are the same!)

I think we have some really cool ones though - so hopefully there will some you will really enjoy, If not - just remember these came from your fellow contestants! ;)

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Speaking of "your fellow contestants" - we have a week left for Sign Ups: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/861191.html

If we *don't* get to 100, I may have to change the maximum number of people allowed on a team. Just because that might shift the balance a little too much being where it is and being under 100... if we move that bar up though, I think it should be fine.

Again, thinking in terms of playability... and yes, I know that no one else cares about that. But I do so I'm rambling at you about it!

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There's a .5 Topic available for those who are interested: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/865490.html
and yes, it's not manadatory.  But it's highly recommended - both from the sense of "you showed up to write something" as well as "it's good to get into the practice".

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I was asked when people will be able to form teams. (for those who want to do that)  Honestly - as soon as you want to do it. Line them up if you want to play in one this season. Just know that if the numbers don't come in sign-up wise, I may have to shift some things around before we get started!

Once we hit Week 1, I'll let everyone know how I need to receive the information - but stuff to be thinking about:

- Who are the members of your team?
- Team name?
- Do you want an "open bye" pool for your team?
- Select a representative who will have the responsibility of getting this information to me.

I don't need any of this now. I don't *want* any of this now. But it's something to start thinking about.

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NATO is calling an emergency meeting to discuss the start of LJ Idol - so make sure to get on board before the bombing begins!!

Comments

[majesticarky.livejournal.com]

Fiiirst? Oh look it helps staying up all night! I can be first in the green room!

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I hope that being First was worth the all-nighter.

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

How was it sitting here alone? Had a fairy set up coffee and donuts?

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

Coffee is ready in the bunker - just in case there are any sleepy people!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Someone said they were interested in being on a team with me but my brain has not retained the info, sadly... Back at work today, bowling tonight, still waiting for the coffee to kick in!

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

I'm still not fully wrapping my head around how the teams work, I guess? Are they like each member writes an entry for that week and they get voted on as a team? Or do they have to co-write stuff? Or does at least one member have to submit something each week?

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

I don't understand it either. AW

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Everyone will be writing entries.

There will be separate polls for Teams and Individuals.

The scores of the team members will be calculated - and of the team with the lowest overall score, the person with the fewest votes will be eliminated.

It sounds a lot more complicated than it is going to be once you actually see it at work. (hopefully)

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

Okay, I think that makes sense. :)

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

So it's kind of like on Biggest Loser?

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I'm not as familiar with the Biggest Loser - but from what I know, yes.

Kind of like Hell's Kitchen - but with votes determining who goes instead of some irate British guy.

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

Basically whichever team loses the most weight is safe, and someone from the other team gets voted off.

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

If it was done by weight... I'd be out of luck...especially on Biggest Loser because they use inaccurate BMI and never take bone structure or muscle into the equation.

I'd do damn well on Hell's Kitchen though. Gordon Ramsay would give me shit about being slightly messy... and I'd slap him and tell him "Where's the nice motherfucker I see on that Masterchef Junior? Snap out of it man, be yourself, not this caricature".... and he'd be amazed. Then he'd remember I slapped him. Maybe I won't slap him.

Oh and I still don't understand the team concept. I think it means Gary gets cookies.

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

Lol, I'M not as familiar with Hell's Kitchen. ;)

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Looking very forward to seeing how it works!

[misfitmanor.livejournal.com]

Not sure about the whole team thing, either... I'll have to ask Minion if he wants to expand our team to include being on additional teams, but I think that might be fun.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

In other words, something like this?

A, B, C, and D decide to form a team.

They each write on the week's topic.

When the poll goes up (and this is where I'm a bit confuzzled, btw), they each get their own votes, correct?

When poll closes you, Gary, calculate their individual votes altogether so there's one single score for their team. You compare their overall score to those of the other teams. The person with the fewest votes on the team with the fewest votes is eliminated.

Yes? No?

(I can see why people might be confuzzled. I just confuzzled myself writing this!)

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

Basically. If I'm understanding it, it would be something like...

Abigail got 10 votes, Betty got 15, Cathy got 15, and Denise got 8.

Their team score would be 48 (10 + 15 + 15 + 8).

Every other team has a combined score of 49 or above, so they're the team in "last place", and Denise is eliminated.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

But if Bubba was on a team that had 49 votes, and his entry only received four, he'd still be in, even though Denise got twice the votes.

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

Yup, which is why teams could be dangerous. :)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

and if the other teams got pissed that Bubba was still in (or the team itself was sick of carrying Bubba)- they could disband for a round and become individuals, making sure that Bubba couldn't coast.

*I* have twists as well. But this is the first time where contestants are going to be able to stage twists of their own.

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

That levels it a bit. I have to admit, I was worried that "coasting" was going to be something that happened this go-around...

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, there isn't much that could be done if every single member of the team -and the other teams just really loved Bubba and wanted to see him go further.

Well, from the contestant end at least. But then again, if everyone loves Bubba that much there's a good chance he'll do well in the early stages of the game anyway. But who wants to be sitting next to him in the finals? ;)

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

Well, I mean, that happens to some extent without teams anyway—there's enough entries that it's hard to remember people, so if you participate in the Green Rooms or comment on entries, you get more attention and are more likely to get votes. It's a social game as well as a writing game. :)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Life is a social game. :)

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

...that might explain some things.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Almost. Because Team Supreme might have 5 members and Team Gary Sucks might have 3, so the score would be averaged. (otherwise Supreme would crush everyone else)

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

I was wondering about how that would work—good to know. :)

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. that's how I'm understanding it.

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

Does that mean everyone has to be in a team? If not, what happens to individuals who are not in any team?

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Morning all! Quiet day at work today because so many kids are absent. Many left for Tgiving Break. Some schools give the whole week off. This is going to become the next " Spring Break" type week before too long.

At home I'm super busy.
Got my painting done. Gotta clean the floor next. Yay for redone rooms! AW

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

If ANYONE sent in topics like mine you tell me who they are because obviously that person and I need to be friends!

Not that I actually understand how the team concept works in LJI. I'm just here to write a bunch of crazy rigmarole or even intelligent missives or maybe quick wit and people will maybe read it, maybe enjoy it.

Btw, I just spoke to NATO about the situation of al-Qaeda wanting to have proper representatives this year in Idol and they said we have to also accept ISIS and the IRA and and at least one Non Anonymous member of the KKK because of the fact that the Treaty doesn't cover online contests for fun and they weren't sure what to tell anyone. So I told them..."You should talk to Gary" and they said "Look, we dialed at random and somehow got you and now you have to respond because we don't have time for this" and so I just stated "Well, they can if they're willing to bring brownies and write good stories" and they hung up. So I think we're safe for one more day.

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

If they will be bringing good brownies, they can be on my Green Room Hospitality team!
But...not if the brownies are dry or hard. we don't need those...

[prog-schlock.livejournal.com]

I think I'm too old fashioned for teams. I'll take my chances in the blender.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I am running on both fumes and adrenaline right now. This is the first time I've sat down for more than 5 minutes since I came home from work! If I had any sense I'd try taking a nap. It's not going to happen.