100 Members Event

[Tara]

As stone55 has so kindly reminded me, we are very close to having 100 members in the Dastardly Deeds club. I want to make a very special event for this massive achievement, and I would love some help in planning out what we ought to do for the event.

I've been putting together a list of events that have been suggested by everyone, and I'll put up a list here to see what everyone would like to do for this 100 Members Event. I can update this list with new suggestions, so be mindful of that~.


Current Suggestions
Completely random giveaway. A thread is posted, and for each person who makes a post, they will receive a completely random retro from the massive store of retros we have "stolen". You CANNOT double post, and you must wait for three other people to post before you can make your next post. And it can't be blank, or gibberish, or keyboard smashing. It has to be at least a complete sentence. No "hi"s or "bye"s, it has to be a complete sentence. Heck, you could just tell us your latest achievement or so. But, there will be a maximum number of retro's given out, so be mindful of that. Maybe we do this in the middle of a questionnaire event? (Tara)

Questionnaire event. Where I post a list of questions, and everyone who plans to enter PMs me their list of answers. The topic will be locked to prevent people from posting the answers, because I don't doubt some people won't read the rules and will post the answers instead of pming me. I tally up how many people got which questions right, and for each one that you get correct, you receive a retro. The higher the number of questions correct, you receive a bonus in the rarity of the retro. The person with the most number of correct answers receives a bonus retro. The event would remain up for close to a week. (Tara)

You could do a variety of contests and give common retros/pokés as participation prizes and rarer ones as winning prizes. Like, we could have an rp contest and an art/spriting contest and a raffle and some themed contests. (NekoYami)

Your best plan to steal ____ pokemon. Write it down and submit it. It can be as elaborate or as simple as you want. Winner(s) get retros of their choice from the selection we have? (Aerliyana)

I knew someone who had an art raffle where each piece of art got you a ticket as long as you showed effort, regardless of artistic talent. You could do that instead of/as well as competitions for art and writing. (NekoYami)

There's always the option of a "box" giveaway too. Sort of a "Hey, this box is full. Choose a number. That decides the retro you get" And the box is just willy-nilly disorganized and people can buy as many slots (within reason) as they like. Would also help Tara get more fodder and such things for herself, since those can be a bother with all the donations she sometimes receives. (Karachan)

You could do a random sort of thing. Kind of like how some people do quests where you answer a bunch of questions and that determines what you get. (Karachan)

"What am I?" riddles based on a Pokemon/Pokemon related something? Maybe give a few clues, and depending how many clues are given, you get a different kind of retro. Or doing something like this, let people name the clues with their answer and the number of used clues determines what kind of retro. Harder clues could be worth rarer retros or more Pokes. (WardnPendrgn)

We each pick something from the "pot of steals" that we want, and if no one else wants that one then we get it. But if others do, we make a thread for everyone to vote on who gets it, by having all who want it post a few senteneces explaining why they do, and tr members can vote on the best reason. (stone55)

Submit your own team of Pokemon Team Rockets and why you think they would be the TR character you say they are. As in.. a Pokemon that you feel best matches an already existing Team Rocket character, such as Jessie, James, Butch, Cassidy, etc. (Aeri)

Your suggestion goes here! 8D <3


Any feedback, suggestions, opinions? I could definitely use them. xD;

[supermario]

i like the random one

[stone55]

i like the art contest one, but i think maybe we each pick something from the pot of steals that we want, and if noone else wants that one then we get it, and if others do, we make a thread for everyone to vote on who gets it by having all who want it post a few senteneces explaining why they do, and tr members can vote on the best reason

[Tara]

:o that's a nice suggestion~. I'll add that in. :3

[hurricanescrambles]

I vote for the "How would you steal?" one

[Tara]

I think we're going to do a whole "who likes which ones best" for now, and when I've narrowed the list down, I'll bring up a poll for us to decide which one we use. So for now, feel free to give feedback on all of them, and not just say which one you like best. :3

[minagi]

From what I'm seeing, I won't be able to narrow it down too much. As someone who's been practicing spriting a little bit, and has spend countless hrs doing nothing of significance on my tablet, the art related contests and raffles sound good. I also like the idea of the "pot of steals" and the "best plan to steal" ideas too.

While the giveaways are always a good deal for those of us getting things, it's a simple "first come, first serve" sorta thing....not to mention we've had one of those recently. The activities I listed sound fun, plus they'll get people active in the event, not just throwing numbers with the "gimme gimme" fingers

[Aeri]

I like the stealing Pokemon (obviously), What Pokemon Am I?, art raffle, or RP event. xP

Another one could be to submit your own team of Pokemon Team Rockets and why you think they would be the TR character you say they are. As in.. a Pokemon that you feel best matches an already existing Team Rocket character.

[minagi]

@aeri that sounds like it could be a pretty interesting idea too. For Team Rocket characters do you mean from here, or from the anime tho?

(if its from here I'm gonna be pinned as a slowpoke or a slakoth by sooo many people ;~; )

[Aeri]

I figured from the anime/manga/games. xD Not all the members in Dastardly Deeds are here anyway, so.

Jessie
James
Giovanni
Cassidy
Butch
Rocket Grunt.

-insert randoms I forgot-

[Marche]

I wanna art it up in here

[wardnpendragn]

I actually like the questionaire one, but I'm worried that a drawn out one like that would get weighed down by people's schedules. How fast the question slots are taken, or how long for a new question to be added.

I also liked the contest idea and How To Steal ___ Pokemon idea.

[minagi]

Wardn has a point there. Those of us that have the ability to be on all day would have an advantage over those who can only get on after work or school.

[Tara]

That's true... maybe I could make it so that everyone had the opportunity to answer the question within 12 or 24 hours of the question being posted, and then I post a new question after that time is up? We'd have to have a few less questions, though, and perhaps put up a new question sooner if everyone who is planning to participate has already answered. It might take longer, but it would be more fair to everyone who plans to participate.

[Aeri]

It'd be a TON of PMs, but maybe they could PM it to you? x.x Or assign people to officers to report to to split up the PMs? Then you could still do the timeframe thing, but people won't know the answer from the posts.

[GenepeOrgel]

reflecting from another club...
Holding an event which asks questions works quite well with the "PM answers within a reasonable time period" type of approach; that club had at least 20 active people who had sent PMs to one person within a timeframe of a week so that even people who can only be active once a week can join.

I like the sound of splitting up PMs, but since more than one person's getting answers, the people who're getting the PMs must be certain that all the PMs are counted for and not forgotten to be piled at the end, along with the markers all having the same "answer sheet" and such

In any case, if you do feel the need for reliable volunteers, I can help whenever~ just make sure to PM me beforehand XP

[Tara]

I do love the idea of the PMing answers. :o If I upload a bunch of the questions onto the topic's front page, and everyone pm's me all of the answers in one single pm, it wouldn't be too bad of a pm spam.

edit: .....FFFFFF. Is there any way of making the option "disable smilies" on at all times, without having to do it yourself all of the time? >_______>

[minagi]

I really like the idea of PMing answers. Not only does it give everyone a fair chance, but it also takes away the ability for people who don't know to just type the most common reply.

[wardnpendragn]

Agreed agreed on the PM-ing the answers to several questions at once. And it could still be stretched over several days or a week, like Genepe said, to give the people that don't have a lot of time a chance at the event. : D

@tara - lol I wish I kneww~ I just space my emotes to avoid the smileys oTL