Send a BBSer to the Weekend of Wonder

[OtherMichael]

@jlw

I’m disappointed you haven’t organized Thunderdome yet.

If we can put this off for 7 months I’m sure @Donald_Petersen will take care of it.

@gwwar

If the sponsored regular is supposed to blog about the event, wouldn’t a writing prompt contest make the most sense?

Yeeeessss… the trouble there is that the choice can be so personally biased.

However, what if we had a prompt writing contest, and chose the winner by poll?

[anon63496581]

@OtherMichael

If we can put this off for 7 months I’m sure @Donald_Petersen will take care of it.

Buuuuurrrrrrn.

[anon67050589]

@jlw

I’m disappointed you haven’t organized Thunderdome yet.

Do NOT give that man ideas!

[jlw]

@anon67050589

Do NOT give that man ideas!

Seems like he needs some. He is practically begging The Donald to step in.

[OtherMichael]

I have performance anxiety.

[OtherMichael]

Writing prompt contest – the writing samples will be PM’d to me.

I will post them anonymously, and provide a poll for voting.

that or see who can get the closest to a large number provided by @discbot

(I’m working on a game-post related to this idea, but unrelated to selecting the scholarship winner)

[jlw]

Here is my recommendation:

Take a time stamped photo of the contents of:

a) the top of your desk at home
b) the butter shelf of your refrigerator
c) your junk drawer

You have 90 minutes to build a working kinetic sculpture, using only objects found in those locations, and send a video of it to OtherMichael

attempt to keep you and identifiying marks out of the photos and video

A panel of 5 non-entrants will review the photos and videos, stripped of personal info by OM.

A discussion will ensue wherein the 5 entrants decide, in BBS conversation fashion, which video was most meritorious.

[Donald_Petersen]

@monkeyoh

If we can put this off for 7 months I’m sure @Donald_Petersen will take care of it.

Buuuuurrrrrrn.

(shrug) He’s not wrong.

[OtherMichael]

@jlw

A discussion will ensue wherein the 5 entrants decide, in BBS conversation fashion, which video was most meritorious.

That should go smoothly.

[jlw]

@OtherMichael

That should go smoothly.

I’m looking for entertainment value here.

[miasm]

Do we actually have any more than one current entrant anyway?

[Donald_Petersen]

@jlw

A panel of 5 non-entrants will review the photos and videos, stripped of personal info by OM.

A discussion will ensue wherein the 5 entrants decide, in BBS conversation fashion, which video was most meritorious.

I’d happily volunteer for that panel, since I kinda shrink from the idea of live-blogging the event itself (and don’t think I’d be available to go anyway). I assume you mean the panel of 5 **non-**entrants does the discussing and deciding?

[miasm]

We’ll need a game to select the panel of judges, of course.

[OtherMichael]

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[Donald_Petersen]

@miasm

We’ll need a game to select the panel of judges, of course.

We’ve only got 4 1/2 months to pick a weiner. I move that we streamline this exploratory subcommittee’s factfinding junket and entrust the victor’s fate to whomever are the first five people to return with chocolate shakes from Bob’s Big Boy today.

Ready, steady, go!