Quests & Challenges

[center][size=7][font=times new roman][b]WEEK 3 RESULTS![/b][/font][/size][/center] First, some stats: [list][*]18 entries for Agol, 19 entries for Algae-Bottom Slarg, and [b]20[/b] entries for Almandine Sturgeon [*]32 people voted overall [*]The first place winners won by a fair margin, but second and third places were often very close, sometimes even nearly tying![/list] What do winners get? What comes next? [list][*] You get bragging rights! We are currently in talks with an artist to provide some badges that you can use in your signature or profile. [*] The winning entries for each familiar become the canonical goal of the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2418613]Familiar Hatchery Club[/url] for that familiar! Do you want any of these winning dragons in your lair? Consider claiming them at the Hatchery Club! [*] This challenge gets listed on the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2406476]Familiar Scrying Club[/url] in perpetuity.[/list] Thanks to everyone who participated! And without further ado: the finalists! [center][size=5][b][font=times new roman]Agol[/font][/b][/size][/center] [b][size=4]1st place: Entry 13 by @Katastrophie[/size][/b] [columns=2] [img]http://flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=10&bodygene=22&breed=4&element=2&gender=1&tert=71&tertgene=17&winggene=22&wings=130&auth=5e48634f5c9005a4d018b2069fd76bab661a7756&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [nextcol] [item=Agol] pearlcatcher plague obsidian pinstripe radioactive trail sapphire opal[/columns] [b]2nd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2419044#post_32716863]Entry 4[/url][/u] by @Ithelweex [b]3rd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2409143#post_32489809]Entry 1[/url][/u] by @Pyromancy [center][size=5][b][font=times new roman]Algae-Bottom Slarg[/font][/b][/size][/center] [b][size=4]1st place: Entry 4 by @Ithelweex[/size][/b] [columns=2] [img]http://flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=39&bodygene=1&breed=14&element=8&gender=0&tert=37&tertgene=19&winggene=1&wings=37&auth=843205f29383b20e053a132a6fb65bb9d60d6e21&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [nextcol] [item=Algae-Bottom Slarg] bogsneak light leaf iridescent avocado shimmer avocado smirch[/columns] [b]2nd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2419044/2#post_32720746]Entry 10[/url][/u] by @Ketzexi [b]3rd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2419044/2#post_32717887]Entry 7[/url][/u] by @Offling (3rd place was very nearly tied with [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2419044/2#post_32722512]Entry 12[/u][/url] by @Ragnell - this is why we have you choose a second and third favorite in the voting process, so those can be tie breakers!) [center][size=5][b][font=times new roman]Almandine Sturgeon[/font][/b][/size][/center] [b][size=4]1st place: Entry 2 by @Pyromancy[/size][/b] [columns=2] [img]http://flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=36&bodygene=20&breed=8&element=8&gender=1&tert=72&tertgene=15&winggene=4&wings=72&auth=538089a561331482889f6db2bec3d1fb1b5ecc96&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [nextcol] [item=Almandine Sturgeon] imperial light swamp wasp wine freckle wine scales[/columns] [b]2nd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2419044/3#post_32729181]Entry 15[/url][/u] by @Ragnarok42 (Can I just say how impressed I am at the use of Clay for that paler purpley color on the fins?? I tried [i]every[/i] purple and red on the color wheel and couldn’t match it, but Clay hits it perfectly!) [b]3rd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2419044/2#post_32723071]Entry 12[/url][/u] by @Lela125

Week 4 is now open for submissions! In honor of the Wavecrest Saturnalia, we're looking for scries of the Bubble Nymph, Seawater Savior, and Water Sprite!

There are two days left to submit your scries for the Saturnalian Scrying Challenge! Scry your best interpretation of the Bubble Nymph, Seawater Savior, or Water Sprite!

Voting for Week 4 has begun! Vote for your favorite interpretations of the Bubble Nymph, Seawater Savior, and Water Sprite!

[center][size=7][font=times new roman][b]WEEK 4 RESULTS![/b][/font][/size][/center] First, some stats: [list][*] 19 Bubble Nymph entries, 19 Seawater Savior entries, and 18 Water Sprite entries [*] 32 people voted overall [*] Seawater Savior and Water Sprite won by a fair margin, but Bubble Nymph was nearly tied for first place, and the second and third places for the Seawater Savior and Water Sprite were very, very close[/list] What do winners get? What comes next? [list][*] You get bragging rights! We are currently in talks with an artist to provide some badges that you can use in your signature or profile. [*] The winning entries for each familiar become the canonical goal of the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2418613]Familiar Hatchery Club[/url] for that familiar! Do you want any of these winning dragons in your lair? Consider claiming them at the Hatchery Club! [*] This challenge gets listed on the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2406476]Familiar Scrying Club[/url] in perpetuity.[/list] Thanks to everyone who participated! And without further ado: the finalists! [center][size=5][b][font=times new roman]Bubble Nymph[/font][/b][/size][/center] [b][size=4]1st place: Entry 3 by @Persiflage[/size][/b] [columns=2] [img]http://flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=135&bodygene=1&breed=4&element=4&gender=1&tert=39&tertgene=21&winggene=18&wings=3&auth=82335f0ac9cf47f299d52cbfc8bde3cd91d77c07&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [nextcol] [item=Bubble Nymph] pearlcatcher water periwinkle iridescent ice safari leaf filigree[/columns] [b]2nd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2423653/1#post_32833846]Entry 1[/url][/u] by @Pyromancy [b]3rd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2423653/3#post_32858893]Entry 16[/url][/u] by @whopocalypse [center][size=5][b][font=times new roman]Seawater Savior[/font][/b][/size][/center] [b][size=4]1st place: Entry 1 by @Pyromancy[/size][/b] [columns=2] [img]http://flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=89&bodygene=7&breed=10&element=6&gender=0&tert=2&tertgene=13&winggene=21&wings=89&auth=61164f6018c2db137157fa697c9a8de5e3bddab7&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [nextcol] [item=Seawater Savior] wildclaw ice cyan crystal cyan striation white contour[/columns] [b]2nd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2423653/3#post_32857245]Entry 16[/url][/u] by @Emmie [b]3rd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2423653/2#post_32854028]Entry 12[/url][/u] by @ArcticFire [center][size=5][b][font=times new roman]Water Sprite[/font][/b][/size][/center] [b][size=4]1st place: Entry 4 by @Offling[/size][/b] [columns=2] [img]http://flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=174&bodygene=1&breed=11&element=6&gender=1&tert=174&tertgene=13&winggene=1&wings=3&auth=7e8a1d07a89a154de001623e5b11bb66bd9e62d4&dummyext=prev.png [/img] [nextcol] [item=Water Sprite] nocturne ice twilight iridescent ice shimmer twilight contour[/columns] [b]2nd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2423653/3#post_32860746]Entry 18[/url][/u] by @LucidFeathers [b]3rd place[/b]: [u][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2423653/2#post_32854518]Entry 13[/url][/u] by @Limanya ----- [center][size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2419044#post_2419044]Challenge[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2419044#post_32716127]Entries and Voting[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2406476]Familiar Scrying Club[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2418613]Familiar Hatchery Club[/url][/size][/center]

Week 5's scrying challenge is now open for submissions! Scry your best interpretation of the Alstroemeria Fox, Amaranth Moth, and Amber Gulper!

Additionally, I was wondering how people would feel about @GlassJungle or myself submitting scries as well? I'd like to also participate, but I've refrained as we're the ones running the challenges.

For transparency's sake, here's how we handle the voting and tallying process. I'm hoping that it removes bias sufficiently on the part of voters and organizers alike so that I could participate as well.

1. I go through the entries and save them in the order they were posted. So the very first Agol entry in the challenge (for example) is saved as "agol1" to my desktop, the second is "agol2", and so on.
2. I open the voting image file on my computer and replace the images of the past challenge with the images of the current challenge. So "agol1" goes in the spot previously occupied by "striker1" from the previous week, which is labeled "1", and so on, roughly clockwise around an image of the corresponding familiar.
3. I post the voting image to the challenge page and in the Google Forms survey. You can see an example of the voting images here.
4. I put together a Google Forms survey. Here is an example of the survey. It references each entry by its assigned number in the voting image file.
5. Once the survey closes on the Saturday of the challenge, I go through and make a list of the number of votes per each entry. (For example, 7/7/6 meaning 7 first place votes, 7 second place votes, 6 third place votes.)
6. If there is a clear winner in first place votes, ta-da, that's the winner. If it's really close, though, or if there's a tie (which is especially common in the 2nd/3rd places, or sometimes the 3rd/4th places), I use a Borda count system to calculate the winner.
7. I count my way back through the entries to figure out who actually submitted whichever entry won. (There has got to be a better way to do this. I probably ought to keep a running list of which entry number goes with which player. Still experimenting with the most efficient way to do this.)
8. I enter all the data into an announcement post on the thread.

There is one day left to submit your entries for Week 5: Alstroemeria Fox, Amaranth Moth, Amber Gulper. Scry your best interpretation of those and share it with us here!!

Voting for Week 5 has begun! Vote for your favorite interpretations of the Alstroemeria Fox, Amaranth Moth, and Amber Gulper!

@Meirya Can I join the pinglist too?