Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

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EDIT: IF you're new please put a note that you are and you need a hundred posts to join. Plenty of time to get them in.

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A 2 month break has me more inclined to participate in a Year 2... I was thinking about skipping next year... or not taking it as seriously...

Iain wrote: "A 2 month break has me more inclined to participate in a Year 2... I was thinking about skipping next year... or not taking it as seriously..."

I need the break as well so I hear ya. All the mods were unanimous in wanting the break. The only thing we debated was 2 or 3 months. If people want we would be amenable to rolling it back to September 30th.

I'm in whenever it happens. I'm just reading as usual now...I've stopped overloading myself with buddy reads.

I'm in.

I didn't join in last year because I was uncertain whether I would read enough to contribute significantly to the team score but based of what I have read this year I am now a bit more confident so I'd like to join in for year 2.

As I never filled in the "application form" for year one do I have to do anything besides state my interest in this thread?

The break is a great idea. At one point I was considering skipping year two but then, like Olivia, I just relaxed and scaled back on the number of BRs I was trying to cram into every month. I've been a much happier reader so I'm up for another go. I'm in.

IN! I think I'm going to end 2018 having read more books than 2017 and 2016 combined. The challenge is a great motivator for me.

In in in! Not only did that competition made me read more than ever, it helped me get to know the people in this group :)

I'm in for year two.

Hailee wrote: "I didn't join in last year because I was uncertain whether I would read enough to contribute significantly to the team score but based of what I have read this year I am now a bit more confident so..."

Goodreads says you've read 16000 pages and 40 books this year... + BR points and Challenge points, that's probably 200-300 points for a team... better than 33% of the participants... you should have joined... Ahdam did, and he's been busy film-making and reading slumped...

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "IN! I think I'm going to end 2018 having read more books than 2017 and 2016 combined. The challenge is a great motivator for me."

Me, too, almost... it's hard to double down on 60k-70k pages, tho... but I'm trying... 84k and counting...

In, for whenever, though I don't think I will be able to maintain this level of reading. As it is I think I will slacken my pace quite soon.

I'm in too :)

I am in too .!!

I'm in!

Arkadeb wrote: "In, for whenever, though I don't think I will be able to maintain this level of reading. As it is I think I will slacken my pace quite soon."

Quit trying to overtake me... I see your 14,000 pages this month...

<.< ... >.> (This is me watching you)

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Iain wrote: "Goodreads says you've read 16000 pages and 40 books this year... + BR points and Challenge points, that's probably 200-300 points for a team... better than 33% of the participants... you should have joined..."

Yeah I kind of regretted not joining once I realised I was reading a lot more than I was expecting to. But last year I read a lot less (I've read more this year already than I read over the whole of 2017) so I was kind of worried about being the weak link on the team. Still better late than never to jump in I suppose and hopefully 2019 will be a better reading year than even 2018 is turning out to be!!

Hailee, this is all you need. You definitely meet the criteria. :)

I"m in (and so is Julia)

Now that we have a baseline of how everyone who already participates reads, we'll be able to make the teams much more even (provided everyone re-ups again) and more competitive.

I took a hack at it a month or so back on the team scoreboard page.

Iain wrote: "Arkadeb wrote: "In, for whenever, though I don't think I will be able to maintain this level of reading. As it is I think I will slacken my pace quite soon."

Quit trying to overtake me... I see yo..."

Lol, you have an absolutely huge lead! :D

And besides, if we do the Kate Daniels books, we will be reading the same pages, so you will still be reading.

Though if I do get that vacation in October, it might be binge time...

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Hailee, this is all you need. You definitely meet the criteria. :)"

YAY!! Thanks Niki :-)

Rob wrote: "I"m in (and so is Julia)

Now that we have a baseline of how everyone who already participates reads, we'll be able to make the teams much more even (provided everyone re-ups again) and more compe..."

I imagine the team leaders will just use the leaderboards to make their "draft picks"...

If they do that tho, the picks will need to be:

Leader 1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1,1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1, etc... otherwise the person going first will always get the readers with the most points... and you end up with a Team Satan that's far ahead :)

Arkadeb wrote: "Iain wrote: "Arkadeb wrote: "In, for whenever, though I don't think I will be able to maintain this level of reading. As it is I think I will slacken my pace quite soon."

Quit trying to overtake m..."

I can't read much more than I already do... most of my fluctuation is in work getting in the way of reading, and in spending too much time on goodreads on my days off...

Also, thank you to all those who really helped us with the spreadsheet (especially Rob) and answering questions for others

Iain, I'm pretty sure that's how Scott is planning the draft picks to go.

Leaderboard only helps with people that participated this year, anyway... I think the Pages Read page will be the most useful leaderboards... they take into account the day people were added to the competition, so you can see an accurate average of their pages/points per day

I'm in

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To be honest I'm not sure if I read more during school or summer. I'm in.

To get a better look at pages read

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Slytherpuff wrote: "To be honest I'm not sure if I read more during school or summer. I'm in.

To get a better look at pages read (Message 373)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

If you click on the time and date: May 23, 2018 10:23AM, you can get a link to your exact comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Iain wrote: "Slytherpuff wrote: "To be honest I'm not sure if I read more during school or summer. I'm in.

To get a better look at pages read (Message 373)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

Thank you

That thread made me do a tally using the stats page, and I've read 505,000 pages since I started seriously reading again in February 2013... I joined Goodreads in July 2013 to start tracking everything...

In. Going to get my sister to join too.

Iain wrote: "Leader 1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1,1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1, etc... otherwise the person going first will always get the readers with the most points... and you end up with a Team Satan that's far ahead :) .."

We will do a snake draft for the reasons you suggested.

For new people joining read my edit in the top post.

Iain can be his own team.

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain can be his own team."

One of the suggestions thrown around was the top ten from this year take on everybody else. I think that would have been interesting but not really team (forum) building.

That could just be a secondary tab in next year's spreadsheet, for science... probably wouldn't be too hard to make... similar to how we tracked the top point score on each team this year as it's own 4 man team versus other teams...

Scott wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain can be his own team."

One of the suggestions thrown around was the top ten from this year take on everybody else. I think that would have been interesting but not r..."

Yeah, I don't think that would be as fun. I think the way we have it now, the teams mixed with readers of all levels, is def more fun.

Why not have the top ten readers become captains and have smaller teams. It would be fun to have more movement in the scoreboard.

Bill wrote: "Why not have the top ten readers become captains and have smaller teams. It would be fun to have more movement in the scoreboard."

Maybe just top 5? 10 teams seem like a lot. I like the feel of the bigger groups.

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Bill wrote: "Why not have the top ten readers become captains and have smaller teams. It would be fun to have more movement in the scoreboard."

Maybe just top 5? 10 teams seem like a lot. I like t..."

Bill wrote: "Why not have the top ten readers become captains and have smaller teams. It would be fun to have more movement in the scoreboard."

Maybe we'll consider this for year 3.

And I'm fine with NOT being a team captain... I have a hard enough time modifying the title/book link to the threads I'm in charge of, never mind a whole team to run...

@Scott: I did a little mock-up using the current year's sheet... looks like the Top 14 and the bottom 50 are within 100 points of one another, at just under 12,000 points each...

Iain wrote: "And I'm fine with NOT being a team captain... I have a hard enough time modifying the title/book link to the threads I'm in charge of, never mind a whole team to run...

@Scott: I did a little moc..."

I had done the same the other day. I was the one who suggested it and gave the pros and cons and we all agreed that although fun the cons far outweighed the pros.

In! :)

A bit of group art would be fun. Kind of like that telephone game. Everyone adds and passes it on. The end would be an unforgettable work of art, lol.

Margret wrote: "Also, thank you to all those who really helped us with the spreadsheet (especially Rob) and answering questions for others"

Thanks Marg and Kudos to Iain and Virginie for being fellow spreadsheet geeks.

And yes - definitely a snake draft if the captain's are drafting teams.