An Idea..(The Great Soccer Forum Write Off)

5starpool

I'm just glad my article got more than 0 votes.

Are the authors of each article going to be revealed after voting finishes? I think they should be.

thusspakeblixa

Congratulations to all involved, I was really impressed at the overall standard!
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GuanYin

With the extremely mixed views on which group has better standards, the final should be very interesting indeed.

ziggy

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carlop

I really enjoyed the CM article, there's so many other names you could add to the list!

Great idea Dub13, if I didn't already have so much college work to be doing I'd like to have given it a go, maybe next time if there's a plan to do it again.

DmanDmythDledge

Is there going to be another group?

Dub13

5starpool wrote: »

Are the authors of each article going to be revealed after voting finishes? I think they should be.

Yes when the both polls close I will post up the names of all authors.

GuanYin wrote: »

With the extremely mixed views on which group has better standards, the final should be very interesting indeed.

Yes the final should be good.

DmanDmythDledge wrote: »

Is there going to be another group?

The 4 finalist's will do another story,1000 words max and we will have a final group.

DmanDmythDledge

Dub13 wrote: »

The 4 finalist's will do another story,1000 words max and we will have a final group.

Cheers. Was hoping I hadn't missed the deadline, only noticed this today.

Dub13

DmanDmythDledge wrote: »

Cheers. Was hoping I hadn't missed the deadline, only noticed this today.

I think you misunderstood my post (sorry I have a few beers taken),the competition is closed and we will have another group with the two winners from each group.

DmanDmythDledge

Dub13 wrote: »

I think you misunderstood my post (sorry I have a few beers taken),the competition is closed and we will have another group with the two winners from each group.

Sorry, I did understand- just left out a smiley

Eirebear

Massive apologies guys, real life got the better of me again this week.

I was really looking forward to this too.


Anyway ill have a read at the article from the people who managed to keep their promise tomorrow, but well done you guys for actually managing to do it.

Sorry.

bigstar

got another vote woo-hoo

Dub13

Group one now closed,and it was a tie.

Xavi6

So what happens now?

Dub13

I GuanYin wrote: »

So what happens now?

I am going to reveal the identity's of the author's now,the the 4 winners will have a week or so to do up another article.

Dub13

Group one

Iago Article 1
PHB Article 2
Bounty Hunter Article 3
~Rebel~ Article 4
Neil1984 Article 5 Qualified
bigstar Article 6
Xavi6 Article 7 Qualified



Group Two

Hobart Article 8
5starpool Article 9
GuanYin Article 10 Qualified
Des Article 11
thusspakeblixa Article 12 Qualified
Green Giant Article 13

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Well done Neil, GY, I GY and thusspakeblixa

Excellent pieces.

Dub13

PM sent to the winners,we should have the final up by next weekend as I want to get this wrapped up by Xmas.

ziggy

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Dub13

ziggy wrote: »

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New articles.

Xavi6

Is there any reason why it's new articles and not the ones that were good enough to get to the final?

Racing Flat

If it was the same ones, having the two 2nds from the first rounds go through might be a bit pointless (although I know there was a draw...).

ziggy

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Dub13

I GuanYin wrote: »

Is there any reason why it's new articles and not the ones that were good enough to get to the final?

I am just going by what was agreed,Given the time of year I would be open to this.I will PM the 4 finalists and if they are up for using the same article's I will go ahead with them.

Dub13

We are going to use the same article's,I will do a thread up now.

Dub13

The Final is up.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=151

pickarooney

FFS, stupid decision. The whole purpose of this thing was to encourage more substantial content. Two of the finalists have already been beaten so it makes no sense to run them again.

thusspakeblixa

Is this going to be a weekly/monthly thing or is it a one-off?

Frisbee

Hmmm a shock there with the authors for me. *cough* Neil *cough*

As I said before I though group 1 was a higher standard than Group 2 aside from one article.
Gone with my group one pick for the final though.

Dub13

pickarooney wrote: »

FFS, stupid decision. The whole purpose of this thing was to encourage more substantial content. Two of the finalists have already been beaten so it makes no sense to run them again.

I think we ran it to late in the year,most people will be way to busy this time of year to commit to a 1000 word article.I think all we can do is learn from this and next time have the full detail's worked out before we get going,all you need to do is read over this thread and you will see it was just put together as we went along.

In saying that I think most people will agree its a good idea and has 'legs' so we can just learn from this inaugural event.

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

Is this going to be a weekly/monthly thing or is it a one-off?

I would think a yearly thing would be about right,anything more frequent would be overkill IMO.

PHB

pickarooney wrote: »

FFS, stupid decision. The whole purpose of this thing was to encourage more substantial content. Two of the finalists have already been beaten so it makes no sense to run them again.

For a football fan, that's a pretty absurd statement

pickarooney

PHB wrote: »

For a football fan, that's a pretty absurd statement

In football, generally, the teams are required to play a further game in the final rather than sit down and wait while the crowd watches DVDs of the group stages.

I just don't understand why there's such a mad rush to finish this off before the end of the calendar year. Why not run the final in January?

Xavi6

Personally I think once a year is too infrequent for something like this. There is clearly a lot of interest from those that weren't directly involved. The amount of votes would give a clear indication of that.

I also think that the next round will see more people interested in contributing. I'd put forward the idea of running the competition quarterly and going from there.

With regard to the issue of the same articles in the final, I think it would be unfair, and also quite difficult, to force those involved to research and write up a 1000 word article two weeks after they've just done one.

thusspakeblixa

I GuanYin wrote: »

Personally I think once a year is too infrequent for something like this.

I also think that the next round will see more people interested in contributing. I'd put forward the idea of running the competition quarterly and going from there.

I'd agree with ya there
+1 for it being more regular

Dub13

Here is an idea and again I am just thinking out loud.How about having one quarterly with the 4 winners going up against each other to come up with the winner for that year..?

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Dub13 wrote: »

Here is an idea and again I am just thinking out loud.How about having one quarterly with the 4 winners going up against each other to come up with the winner for that year..?

I like it.

But, the four finalists would have to do a different peice.

Dub13

Des wrote: »

But, the four finalists would have to do a different peice.

Yes I think thats fair,it would also give you an initiative to win the first one as you would have longer to prepare for the final.

Iago

Dub13 wrote: »

Yes I think thats fair,it would also give you an initiative to win the first one as you would have longer to prepare for the final.

What if the same person wins more than 1? We could have all 4 pieces from the same contributor...I like it.

Either way I'm definitely interested in having another go, maybe next time my PC won't crash/I'll backup my work and not have to do a rush job at the last minute!

I'd also agree with Xavis assessment, I think we'll have a lot more contributors next time around.

Dub13

Iago wrote: »

What if the same person wins more than 1? We could have all 4 pieces from the same contributor...I like it.

If you win a place in the final you will not be allowed to enter again as you already have a spot in the final,so this will not be a problem.

thusspakeblixa

That's a great idea.
You could do Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter finals, with the winners going through to the "grand final" in December

Iago

Hah! Looks like Viera agrees with me

Sky Sports News wrote:

Patrick Vieira believes Arsenal must address their lack of midfield bite if they are to challenge for honours.

The former Gunners favourite, now at Inter Milan, admits to being impressed by the club's free-flowing style when in possession, but feels they are often found wanting when put on the back foot.

With the days when he helped the club claim silverware on a regular basis long gone, the Frenchman concedes that the modern Arsenal are suffering the consequences of not possessing enough steel in vital areas.

of course a blind man could point out the same thing, but I'll take the little victories where I can get them.

Dub13

I dont believe it we have a draw....

Bateman

I didn't vote, I could have swung it had I logged on before tonight

An Citeog

Dub13 wrote: »

I dont believe it we have a draw....

Casting vote either to yourself or the soccer mods?

Chardee MacDennis

Bateman wrote: »

I didn't vote, I could have swung it had I logged on before tonight

+1 but i dont know if i'd have voted for GuanYin or thusspakeblixa!

thusspakeblixa

Heh...
What happens now?

Dub13

What do you lot think about opening the poll for a couple more days..?its the only fair way I can think of to come up with a winner.

thusspakeblixa

I don't mind anyway

Jesus I hadnt looked at that in days. Last time I checked I was coming last!

Dub13

Ok I will open the voting for another 48 hours.