Post by Night Howl on Aug 17, 2023 16:47:26 GMT
Jury and Finalist Rules and Timeline:
1) Finalists now have 24 hours to write up their opening speeches and post them in their confessionals, at the end of this time we will post all introductions here for the Jury to see. The Speeches must be 2500 words or less total. Once the introductions are posted, the spectators will lose access to the Jury forum and confessionals of the Jury and Finalists.
2) Each finalist will have their own thread, we have done this so that they can focus their attention on their own threads but they do have access to other finalist threads and may make comments in said threads.
3) Each Jury member may ask up to 10 questions in total across all 3 finalist threads, they must ask at least 1 question to each finalist, but no more than 4 per finalist.
4) The Jury/Finalists will have 72 hours (3 days) to ask and answer questions. At the end of the 72 hours, we will remove access to the Jury subforum.
5) After this time finalists will have a further 24 hours to write up closing statements (also a 2500 word limit) & respond to outstanding questions.
6) After closing statements have been posted, jurors will have a final 24 hours to make their vote. Feel free to add any reasoning you wish, it will be revealed along with your vote
7a) The Jury must give a primary and secondary vote when voting, the secondary vote will only be used in tie-breaker situations.
7b) We also ask that all Finalists make a vote during this voting period, again this will only be used in certain tie-breaker situations.
8) During the Final Council of Four Houses, Jury confessionals will be made hidden from Spectators. The Jury subforum and access to Finalist confessionals will stay.
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The Live Reveal will take place in the MS Discord (Click Here) at [Date/Time]. An hour beforehand we will open up a new subforum for everyone to post in as well. Expect the live reveal to take about an hour and a half overall.
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Tentative Timeline:
Now - Final Council of Four Houses begins.
[Day] at 9:00pm Eastern - Opening Speeches are due. When posted, the spectators will lose access to the Jury's confessionals. Once posted, the Jury and our Finalists will be allowed to post.
[Day] at 9:00pm Eastern - Jury Questioning ends, and the Jury will lose the ability to post. Finalists will have 24 hours to answer remaining questions before losing posting access.
[Day] at 9:00pm Eastern - Closing Speeches are due. Voting begins. The Jury places a vote for 'winner' and a vote for 'backup winner'. The Finalists vote for 'backup winner'.
[Day] at 8:00pm Eastern - A new subforum for the Live Reveal will be posted, with the Player Reveal Thread opened.
[Day] at 8:50pm Eastern - Votes are due. We are cutting the deadline 10 minutes early for better communication on the moderation team.
[Day] at 9:00pm Eastern - The live reveal begins.
1) Finalists now have 24 hours to write up their opening speeches and post them in their confessionals, at the end of this time we will post all introductions here for the Jury to see. The Speeches must be 2500 words or less total. Once the introductions are posted, the spectators will lose access to the Jury forum and confessionals of the Jury and Finalists.
2) Each finalist will have their own thread, we have done this so that they can focus their attention on their own threads but they do have access to other finalist threads and may make comments in said threads.
3) Each Jury member may ask up to 10 questions in total across all 3 finalist threads, they must ask at least 1 question to each finalist, but no more than 4 per finalist.
4) The Jury/Finalists will have 72 hours (3 days) to ask and answer questions. At the end of the 72 hours, we will remove access to the Jury subforum.
5) After this time finalists will have a further 24 hours to write up closing statements (also a 2500 word limit) & respond to outstanding questions.
6) After closing statements have been posted, jurors will have a final 24 hours to make their vote. Feel free to add any reasoning you wish, it will be revealed along with your vote
7a) The Jury must give a primary and secondary vote when voting, the secondary vote will only be used in tie-breaker situations.
7b) We also ask that all Finalists make a vote during this voting period, again this will only be used in certain tie-breaker situations.
8) During the Final Council of Four Houses, Jury confessionals will be made hidden from Spectators. The Jury subforum and access to Finalist confessionals will stay.
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The Live Reveal will take place in the MS Discord (Click Here) at [Date/Time]. An hour beforehand we will open up a new subforum for everyone to post in as well. Expect the live reveal to take about an hour and a half overall.
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Tentative Timeline:
Now - Final Council of Four Houses begins.
[Day] at 9:00pm Eastern - Opening Speeches are due. When posted, the spectators will lose access to the Jury's confessionals. Once posted, the Jury and our Finalists will be allowed to post.
[Day] at 9:00pm Eastern - Jury Questioning ends, and the Jury will lose the ability to post. Finalists will have 24 hours to answer remaining questions before losing posting access.
[Day] at 9:00pm Eastern - Closing Speeches are due. Voting begins. The Jury places a vote for 'winner' and a vote for 'backup winner'. The Finalists vote for 'backup winner'.
[Day] at 8:00pm Eastern - A new subforum for the Live Reveal will be posted, with the Player Reveal Thread opened.
[Day] at 8:50pm Eastern - Votes are due. We are cutting the deadline 10 minutes early for better communication on the moderation team.
[Day] at 9:00pm Eastern - The live reveal begins.
