Survivor 26 - should we do it and how could we improve it?

[secretLace]

The title pretty much sums it up. I did survivor 25 as a salute to Boxlicker who did it last time. I wanted to revisit it and see if it was as fun as my memory told me. To a certain extent it was.

But lets look forward and dream about what next year could bring. I'm hosting it next year as well if the site will let me but I'm thinking about how we can change it and what would be a good change. this is where you "all" come in.

How could we improve the concept? The only thing set in stone is that you write stories all year and in the end you get awarded points for your effort. Would gamification and participation be something that would improve the "game" or just distract from it? Maybe both so you could do it either way?

Any ideas?

 

[talemestories]

Looking forward to trying this one out next year.

 

[secretLace]

Glad to hear that @talemestories

Any ideas of whaat you would like to see? Have you looked it over to get a view of what the friendly competition is about?

 

[secretLace]

I have reached out to Manu to see if we can get images turned on for this sub-forum so we can go more graphical. Always nice to have a more graphical UI for the little event

 

[talemestories]

Glad to hear that @talemestories

Any ideas of whaat you would like to see? Have you looked it over to get a view of what the friendly competition is about?

I am seeing it more as a personal challenge to write in many of the categories I might not have tried (other than novel which I will not be taking on yet). I hope to have a few more comments over the next couple of weeks as I probe more deeply.

 

[BryanRichardson]

I am almost certain to complete at least one story in every category this year. One will publish tomorrow and the other three remaining are all at least halfway done. Once those are done I’ll only have two story sparks missing from the Bingo card, so I might even finish that.

I’m planning to do it again next year, but I’m not going to try as hard. Certain categories are just too hard for me to write in.

I did like the bingo card, but even with those bonuses I’m not likely to be able to get any second level points.

 

[dirk2024]

I have reached out to Manu to see if we can get images turned on for this sub-forum so we can go more graphical. Always nice to have a more graphical UI for the little event

A leader board might be an interesting thing to have.

 

[BryanRichardson]

A leader board might be an interesting thing to have.

There is a written leader board:

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/survivor-25-official-scoreboard-and-immunities-board.1625490/

I would like to be able to update the bingo card where other people can see it…

 

[BryanRichardson]

Dirk - you’ve written stories in five different categories, that is an already 15 points. If any of them were in contests you would even get bonus points.

If you join this years Survivor challenge you would already be in 4th or 5th place. Maybe better if you can get additional stories out by the end of the year…

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

Just pipping in my two cents, though I am not skilled in some genres, I am going to try the 2026 Survivor challenge. @BryanRichardson, you have convinced me to at least give it a shot.

My question, and forgive me, but if we post for another contest or challenge, does that count, or do we submit for dual categories?

Thanks

 

[BryanRichardson]

Just pipping in my two cents, though I am not skilled in some genres, I am going to try the 2026 Survivor challenge. @BryanRichardson, you have convinced me to at least give it a shot.

My question, and forgive me, but if we post for another contest or challenge, does that count, or do we submit for dual categories?

Thanks

You post in whatever category you want for the contests and challenges. When you go to the score card you get bonus points for each contest/challenge in addition to the points for the story.

You can see my scorecard at:
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/survivor-25-scorecard-bryanrichardson.1630523/

Because I am posting my story names in the scorecard it got too large and I had to split it up, so the bonus points are further down the thread.

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

You post in whatever category you want for the contests and challenges. When you go to the score card you get bonus points for each contest/challenge in addition to the points for the story.

You can see my scorecard at:
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/survivor-25-scorecard-bryanrichardson.1630523/

Because I am posting my story names in the scorecard it got too large and I had to split it up, so the bonus points are further down the thread.

Okay thanks my friend. So I just write and enjoy and strain about those categories I have not yet attempted

 

[secretLace]

As brian said. You get normal points for the category and then the contest bonus on top.

Glad you want to oin us Aoife, we are a happy little group here in the Survivor 25 challenge. We callenge ourselves mostly.

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