EO Info Thread
Hey Event Organisers and welcome to Get-Together 2021!In this thread will be some information for those who are new to the Get-Together and organising events for it, so that hopefully you too throw your hat into the ring. We'll tackle some potential issues/questions you may have and detail a few things about the event itself, so hopefully coming up with your event goes as smoothly as it can.
FAQs
What is this shiny new forum section I'm in?
For those new to the Get-Together and/or hosting their first event, this is the section where you will make a thread for your event, so that the GT Management team can check it out and provide advice about it. Think of it as the place where you can draft your event, ready to then be posted into the Get-Together Stage (where the events will be hosted).Feel free to post whatever is required, however we do ask that as much information about the event, how it works and the such is included in it, to make our lives a bit easier! If you're super stuck, as an EO veteran myself (along with all of the Management team!), we are more than happy to help put stuff together for you if needed!
How long is the Get-Together?
The Get-Together runs for approximately two weeks. This year's GT will be running from July 5th - July 19th.Does my event need to run throughout the whole thing?
No! Your event can mostly run when you want it to. If you want it to run daily (so like Video Games Trivia, Who's That Pokémon etc.) or over the whole 2 weeks (like Cutest Profile Challenge, Arcade, etc.) then it's entirely up to you, just make sure to specify in your event post.Can my Event be hosted on the Discord server?
Yes! If you wish to use the Discord server, just let us know if your event will utilise the server and require a role to ping people and we can then get this organised for you.That said, you can run it on both the server and the forums!
So my events requires multiple hosts (judges, etc.), how do I go about this?
So some events will require more than one host to run, and that's ok! Just post in the thread if you need some and generally other EOs will fill the spots. If however that doesn't look like that's the case, or you have specific people in mind to co-host with you, that's ok too! As long as they are specified within the post, let one of the GT Management Team know and we can then add that person to this forum section (and #event-organisers channel on Discord), so you can all plan together etc.What determines if an Event is OK or not?
That will be us in GT Management! We'll have a set of guidelines to determine if anything needs changing, which will include things such as:- Does the event seem feasible in its timeframe (for example, having someone answer 10 questions a day is OK, having them answer 100 a day is not).
- Does the event look like something people will want to partake in (for example, hosting an event for a popular game such as Smash Bros. or Mario Kart will be OK, hosting an event for an obscure game such as Devil Dice will not be OK).
- Is the event accessible for users (for example, an event that requires users to get specific programs/emulators/ROMs will not be suitable, whereas something that can be easily accessed via a browser etc. will be OK)
- How will points be distributed for the event and does this tally up with things such as the duration/difficulty/complexity of the event
Throughout the next 2 weeks or so we will then poke you to advise if changes need to be made and if all is well, the event is then fixed to a point it can go ahead!
Points? No one said about points, how do they work?!
Relaaaxxxxx, we've mostly done the hard work here for you, this is mostly making sure that your event will contribute to the global cause, which is teams earning points to win. In terms of assigning points to your events, please try to stick to the following as best as you can:Daily Games/Short Events:
Third/Participation (depending): 5pt
Second: 10pt
First: 15pt
Long Events:
Participation: 50pt
Third: 100pt
Second: 200pt
First: 300pt
If you're stuck on what qualifies for the above, we're more than happy to help, just pose the question in your post and a member of GT Management will get back to you.
This concludes the Event Organiser Info Thread, anything else I've missed just message one of the GT Management Team (we'll show up at the top of the section).
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