Topic: Contests organised by groups

Dear Sol:

In Scribophile, our competence, groups usually organise contests offering not money but points as prizes. I'm wondering if that could be done here. The trick in Scribophile is that points can be transferred from one member to another up to a certain amount. So, if you belong to a certain group and there's a contest---for example, a short story contest---you enroll by paying some points, transferring them to the contest organiser.  In due time, the organiser transfers all the points gathered to the winner, or winners if there's a second or third place.

It would be interesting to do something of the sort here. I mean, that groups organise writing contests on top of the "big" contests the site organises, paying as prize points gathered among the participants . I think it will be fun, it will strengthen the bonds between the writer belonging to certain groups, it will foster creativity (even more), and will bring life to the site, making it more attractive to outsiders. The more writers, the more interaction,  fun, and advantages for all the ones belonging to the site.

Of course, some infrastructure in the site would need to be created, like an easy way to transfer points.


What do you think?

Kiss,

Gacela

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2 Reply by Tom Oldman (edited by Tom Oldman 2016-07-08 20:22:53)

Re: Contests organised by groups

The only sticking point I can see is that points garnered here cannot be transferred to anyone else. If they could, I'd be standing in line as I have 850 points.

~Tom

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Re: Contests organised by groups

Hi Gacela,

I'm game to try anything. In the short term, let's try this. Anyone who wants to sponsor a points contest can, as long as they are willing to offer up some points. So, if you had an extra 100 points and wanted to sponsor a contest you could do so and put them in the pot. Then, when you determine the winner, we'll do the points transfer. If this proves popular, we can build the transfer functionality.

If you want to sponsor a contest, let me know and I can set it up for the group. If more people want to do it, we can also create the ability for groups to easily create their own contests.

Sol

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