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I posted a random challenge to a few friends in a chit-chat thread about matching mile for mile on daily exercise as a motivator to get some of them off the couch. What was a simple, one time idea quickly took form for a potential ongoing challenge to encourage new ADBBers to jump on the exercise bandwagon. I'm calling this ongoing challenge
but to pull it off I would need lots of help and plenty of dedicated Sharks.
Initially, the veterans could be hand-picked by a moderator or some other impartial panel. Anyone could play whenever they wanted, but Sharks would need to commit to exercising at least 3X per week (or more) in order to take on all incoming challenges. A Shark should consider her position as a rare honor and work to keep her team as small as possible. After all, if there are too many Sharks, there won't be enough Minnows to feed on and the Sharks will die by default.
A Minnow would be anyone who issued a challenge in the assigned thread. The Minnow would post the amount of miles (s)he had ALREADY COMPLETED in that day for one exercise session. Miles can come from any form of exercise that can realistically be accounted for in mileage (walking, jogging, elliptical, treadmill, biking, etc). For a Minnow to become a Shark, he would need to issue a challenge that was not covered by a Shark. Explanation follows:
Sharks would need to check into the thread and make a post saying they are covering a specific Minnow's challenge. A Shark would have 24 hours from the Minnow's post to match the miles and repost their accomplishment. If the Shark was unsuccessful, or didn't post in the allotted time, or no one accepted the Minnow's challenge in a 24 hour period, the Minnow would become a Shark. Also, if there was a challenging Shark who failed to meet the challenge, he would revert to a Minnow.
The hard part would be finding the moderator(s) to make sure everyone was following the rules and things were working smoothly. I'm thinking we would need a new thread every day with Minnows logging miles on the day of the new thread and Sharks having until the following day to respond (within the 24 hour time frame of the Minnow's post). The moderators (who might be responsible Sharks, Minnows or non-participants) would need to keep up with the challenges to determine who the current Sharks were at any given time. Perhaps a separate thread could be posted with a weekly list of current Shark players, and the list could be maintained as a shared Google Docs spreadsheet among the assigned moderator's of the challenge.
I could create logos for the Sharks which would include a time frame (say number of weeks) on each graphic. People on the Sharks team would have the option of posting a graphic in their siggy showing how long they have stayed on the Shark's (veteran) team. In order to stay a Shark, one would have to participate at least 3X per week. After all, sharks have to keep moving to stay alive in the wild so it stands to reason that a lazy shark is a dead shark!
Would this work? Is it worthwhile? Are there additional aspects that need to be fleshed out before rolling out this new, ongoing challenge? Do any mods want to help coordinate and pick out the initial team of Sharks? Does anyone even care? Bueller?
SHARKS vs MINNOWS
but to pull it off I would need lots of help and plenty of dedicated Sharks.
Initially, the veterans could be hand-picked by a moderator or some other impartial panel. Anyone could play whenever they wanted, but Sharks would need to commit to exercising at least 3X per week (or more) in order to take on all incoming challenges. A Shark should consider her position as a rare honor and work to keep her team as small as possible. After all, if there are too many Sharks, there won't be enough Minnows to feed on and the Sharks will die by default.
A Minnow would be anyone who issued a challenge in the assigned thread. The Minnow would post the amount of miles (s)he had ALREADY COMPLETED in that day for one exercise session. Miles can come from any form of exercise that can realistically be accounted for in mileage (walking, jogging, elliptical, treadmill, biking, etc). For a Minnow to become a Shark, he would need to issue a challenge that was not covered by a Shark. Explanation follows:
Sharks would need to check into the thread and make a post saying they are covering a specific Minnow's challenge. A Shark would have 24 hours from the Minnow's post to match the miles and repost their accomplishment. If the Shark was unsuccessful, or didn't post in the allotted time, or no one accepted the Minnow's challenge in a 24 hour period, the Minnow would become a Shark. Also, if there was a challenging Shark who failed to meet the challenge, he would revert to a Minnow.
The hard part would be finding the moderator(s) to make sure everyone was following the rules and things were working smoothly. I'm thinking we would need a new thread every day with Minnows logging miles on the day of the new thread and Sharks having until the following day to respond (within the 24 hour time frame of the Minnow's post). The moderators (who might be responsible Sharks, Minnows or non-participants) would need to keep up with the challenges to determine who the current Sharks were at any given time. Perhaps a separate thread could be posted with a weekly list of current Shark players, and the list could be maintained as a shared Google Docs spreadsheet among the assigned moderator's of the challenge.
I could create logos for the Sharks which would include a time frame (say number of weeks) on each graphic. People on the Sharks team would have the option of posting a graphic in their siggy showing how long they have stayed on the Shark's (veteran) team. In order to stay a Shark, one would have to participate at least 3X per week. After all, sharks have to keep moving to stay alive in the wild so it stands to reason that a lazy shark is a dead shark!
Would this work? Is it worthwhile? Are there additional aspects that need to be fleshed out before rolling out this new, ongoing challenge? Do any mods want to help coordinate and pick out the initial team of Sharks? Does anyone even care? Bueller?
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