The only problem I really see with that is that a lot of people have already gotten a Skype username, and having to sign up for Discord is just another thing that people have to go out of their way to do. That, plus Skype chats have literally been a community staple for so many years, it wouldn't make sense to randomly change it, especially for those that don't come here often but do poke in the chats.
I agree as well - 6 is too short. Two weeks seems to be a decent middle ground though.6 days is actually a little short, considering how long our get-togethers have been in the past. I like the rest of the idea though, seems like quite a few people are suggesting generation/region-based events.
One issue is that any sort of quiz is time-zone specific - not everyone can be on at the same time. I guess one way around it is for people to send the questions on request individually, but I then find that the questions not being publically viewable is a bit... less attractive. (Also, basing the main event on the quizzes means there's a lot ). Quizzes are a neat idea especially given the 20th anniversary deal; I'm just not quite sold yet on making them the main aspect or extending to being a 'champion' any more than other events (e.g. playing old games, creating art, etc).Had an idea.
The first six days there can be a region quiz everyday. Whoever answers the questions the fastest (correctly) becomes Champion for that region. These are sent via PM so no cheating. You'll place either first, second or third. First gives you 30 points, second 20 and third 10.
Every other event gives 15 points for 1st, 10 for 2nd and 5 for 3rd.
If you win a quiz you're Unova Champion for example, but unless you do well in the other events you can't become Pokémon Master.
For prizes, Pokémon Master can get a Mega Pokémon sprite in their postbit whereas the Champions get a starter of the region (their choice) in their postbit.
It's a cool way to make people want to get involved in the history of other regions and be involved in as many events as they can.
I'd also be happy to help organise this.
Oh just wanting to clarify all questions would be public for 24 hours, but they pm the answers rather than post in the thread. I don't mind I just think for a 20 years event quizzes should defs be involved somehow.I feel we could hold off on the Skype v Discord chat discussion for now. This thread is for figuring out the general theme, length and execution of the GT, rather than the specifics of events. I agree as well - 6 is too short. Two weeks seems to be a decent middle ground though.
One issue is that any sort of quiz is time-zone specific - not everyone can be on at the same time. I guess one way around it is for people to send the questions on request individually, but I then find that the questions not being publically viewable is a bit... less attractive. (Also, basing the main event on the quizzes means there's a lot ). Quizzes are a neat idea especially given the 20th anniversary deal; I'm just not quite sold yet on making them the main aspect or extending to being a 'champion' any more than other events (e.g. playing old games, creating art, etc).
Personally, we had a number of competitive GTs of late (regioned teams last year, then also the Survivor GT), so I wouldn't mind keeping the competitive elements to individual events this time around.
I feel we could hold off on the Skype v Discord chat discussion for now. This thread is for figuring out the general theme, length and execution of the GT, rather than the specifics of events.
I disagree - that is for a single event (the chatting one) from my understanding. What other individual events may use (if it's needed to have a separate chat off the forums) would be up the organisers of said event, but that's really an issue of only one event that doesn't really affect how the theme of the whole GT is decided imo. The theme is what we're considering right now rather than the execution or specific events not central to the GT, and I don't follow how using skype or discord for the off-forum chatting event affects that.I'm fairly certain that what platform the GT itself is hosted on is pretty important to the execution of the GT.
That's actually a great idea, but given the number of users on this Forum, we'll either have to do that in a big Arena or book a small island for it {XD}.when i read the title i thought you were talking about meeting each other in person, a real get together haha...
That would of been cool