Dec Swim Challenge Rules/Terms
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Reposting here. Participants are expected to know and agree to abide by the terms (that means no welching on the losers' terms!). December Swim Challenges Rules & Terms If your 2006 Calendar includes a Spring triathlon, now is the time to resume and/or kickstart your swim fitness training. Rules/Guidelines
Determining Winning Team(s) Calculations for determining winning team will be done a little different than in the past. It will be a combination of % of team members who reached their goal + final percentage of aggregrate team goal attainment. In this way, both individual goal attainment and team effort both carry weight. It also levels the playing field (for teams with fewer team members). It will work like this:
Terms for Losing Teams As much as I enjoyed all the spanky-butt avatars after the girls whooped the boys in the Original Swim Challenge, this non-gender-specific challenge does not offer the same kind of enticements. Besides, we’ve already done that, we need to do something more clever, original,
Other Legally Binding Stuff:
The ultimate goal is for you to meet your goal. That’s what it’s all about. That, and a little smack talking. Have a cookie? |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() 2 questions Renee (you know, just for perfect clarity. And don't we all want that???) 1. When you say 'blog', I assume you mean in our training logs, yes? 2. What is the end time for (others, as surely this will not be me...) to have their signature line changed... also the end of January? My thanks, Captain Administrator Queen-of-the-Forum Renee. Dana |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() dhlundblad - 2005-11-18 12:18 PM 2 questions Renee (you know, just for perfect clarity. And don't we all want that???) 1. When you say 'blog', I assume you mean in our training logs, yes? Yes. 2. What is the end time for (others, as surely this will not be me...) to have their signature line changed... also the end of January? Same as avatar change - January 1 to January 31. My thanks, Captain Administrator Queen-of-the-Forum Renee. Dana You're quite welcome! |
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Elite![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() dhlundblad - 2005-11-18 9:18 AM My thanks, Captain Administrator Queen-of-the-Forum Renee. Good job sucking up, not that our team needs that ![]() |
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![]() | ![]() Just a suggestion... Could any avatar penalties provide some kind of alternative for those of us without access to a digital camera? Not that I expect to have to meet any penalties, of course. ![]() Edited by Micawber 2005-11-18 6:40 PM |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() We should actually have an avatar picked out for all the losers to change their avatar to, so you won't need a digi. |
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Queen BTich ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() What will the avatar be? I liked the swimsuit one from last time. |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Thank you, Morey1, for providing this jewel. If your team loses, you agree to change your signature line to the following for the period of January 1 through January 31.
And no Animal House "Insert Winning Team Name" literal antics either! Winning team's name is inserted (like I don't know this crowd). Edited by Renee 2005-11-21 3:39 PM |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Only thing wrong with Morey1's sig line is that it will say TEAM UTAH! |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() UTTriman - 2005-11-21 9:23 PM Only thing wrong with Morey1's sig line is that it will say TEAM UTAH! Oh Please!!! Your swimming is so bad, you couldn't catch the Crabs. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Question: can we increase our totals after say week 1/2 if we underestimated? I can't estimate my training with two weeks of exams. It could be +/- 10k those weeks. And depending on whether I'm fit enough to train with the club, my christmas training could be anywhere from 30-60km Question: Can a team member give total in hours or should they try and give it in Meters/yards? Thanks Renee? |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Renee - Let the team captians know when and what to turn in for goals. Thanks. |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Crabs are NOT a fast moving animal -- they just pinch a lot! NO way UTAH is losing to the crabs! |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Final roster WITH goals for your team members are due end of day Nov 30. Please email to triathlon dot chickiepoo at gmail dot com because PM fills up to quickly. THANKS! |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Florida will take Vonholt unless the Gamecockers want to beef up their bench. Also, we still have just one Gulf Coaster. Rosters as of this moment:
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I'll update the rosters when I return to Tampa. Captains, please email to me the goals of your respective team members by end of day tomorrow. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I am still a team of one. Put all the orphans together and we can be the Misfits (along the lines of that fabulous holiday special "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".....) |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() VonHolt can swim with us, I saw Texas on there. |
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Expert![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Can I still get on a squad? Illinois. |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() TripleThreat - 2005-11-30 1:26 PM Can I still get on a squad? Illinois. Yup. Midwest Blizzards? Yardage? |
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Elite ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I am in all you suckas..... I just raised the staus of the gamecock wahoos to CHAMPION!!!!!!! |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Calculate the percentage of team members who reached their goal. Calculate the aggregrate team goal attainment average (throwing out anything over 100%). Average these 2 numbers. The team with the highest average of these two numbers wins.
According to the above rules, there is no benefit to swimming/logging more than 100%. In fact, if >100% results are thrown out, it is detrimental to swim/log beyond your stated goal. I know I should have brought this up earlier, say November, but I would suggest that if you swim >100%, your results are not thrown out, but rather just counted as 100%. I understand the rationale of discounting >100%ers, to avoid sandbagging, but for those who set the bar high, and over-achieve, it seems wrong to eliminate them from the results. Plus if a person is apt to sandbag, given the current rules, they will simply stop logging at 100%, so their results count. |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Maybe this is a misunderstanding on my part, but my understanding of the rules is that if a swimmer does say 125% of goal, only the excess 25% would be discounted. The original 100% would be awarded to that swimmer. Is my understanding incorrect? Thanks for any clairification. |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() After re-reading, I think you are correct, Brett. My brain must have gotten water-logged ![]() |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() The max you can contribute towards your team's aggregrate is 100%. If you reach 150% of your goal, your contribution will be counted as 100%. |
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