Rules
Eligibility
You must live within the UK or Ireland, and be relatively close to
the city or region you
wish to represent.
Sign-ups
Your ML will provide a "Word War Sign Up” thread on your local forum
to track word
count. Participants will post ONCE in the Word War Sign Up thread by
8pm on 10th
November stating that they wish to participate.
The Regional Word War
You must update your word count every two days, on the even numbered
days of the
month, by 8pm. If you are unable to update your count, contact your
ML.
During the last partial week (26th –– 29th Nov), you must update your
word count daily, by 8pm. If this isn't possible, contact your ML
immediately.
If you do not update your word count on four consecutive occasions it
will be assumed that you have given up and you will be removed from
the war (unless you already have more than 50k) If you know that
you’re going to be away and won’t be able to update, let your ML know
so that we can prevent this.
You must input your final (verified) word count by midnight on 30th
November. After
midnight, you will no longer be able to update your count.
Scoring
You may drop out of the Regional Word War at any time up to 8pm on
20th November without affecting your region's count. If you do not
drop out by messaging either myself or your ML, you will be in for
the remainder of the competition, NO MATTER WHAT!
During the Regional Word War there will be a regularly updated leader
board in the
Cambridge forum.
Only the official word count from the "Word War Sign Up" threads on
the NaNoWriMo web site will be considered when computing the final
score.
After midnight on 30th November, I will compute the final score for
the participating
regions and will ask the other MLs from those regions (or their
designated representatives) to verify the figures before declaring a
winner.
Results
There will be two prizes:
The city/region with the highest average word count.
The city/region with the highest proportion of winners from the
starting participants.
The MLs will compare results, and when all regions agree, the results
will be posted on the NaNo boards.
Banter
Participants are encouraged to engage in good natured banter with
participants from other regions in the various Word War Banter
threads. Banter should remain good natured and within the bounds of
good sportsmanship.
Our God-like powers
MLs decide what "good sportsmanship" means.
We reserve the right to remove folks from the competition for any
violation of the rules and guidelines listed above.
MLs are the final authority in any dispute or question about the
rules.
Trophies
To be determined...
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Mutability is our tragedy, but it is also our hope -Boethius
