This thread is just so everyone knows the rules.
There will be a sign up thread as well as a Banter Thread.
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 on an external web site. I'll post a link to this board to each competing region as soon as I've confirmed it myself!
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 ask the other MLs from competing 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. The use of 'smileys' in messages is actively encouraged.
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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Important things to remember during NaNoWriMo:
You can still do this! Trust me, I know you can.
You don’t have to spell check
Grammar is optional
Editing comes later
And a plot is used for gardening
