The House Cup
Welcome ladies and gents to a new feature of Aeipathy! Introducing: The House Cup! Every 6 months, our community will be divided into friendly, competitive teams. These could be just two teams, maybe more as and when our social group expands. These teams will always be along a certain theme - usually connected with our bi-annual OOC event (another new addition to the site). Here's how it works...
The RankingsEvery member on the site will have their post counts recorded at the end of each month. This helps to inform our custom
Activity System but also our House Cup statistics. Each member is ranked on how many IC posts they have created and an appropriate number of points assigned. I.e. if we have 100 writers on the forum, the person to have posted the most will be awarded 100 points, the one to post the least 1 point. It doesn't matter how many extra posts you do (this is not an exercise is spam posting) but where in the 'rankings' you fall.
Each team's score is the sum of their members' ranking points. At the end of each calendar month, we'll update our Discord ranking channels (top left on our Discord server) to show you exactly who is winning and by how much! Remember: this is a six month competition so anything can happen, no matter who is in the lead at any one time!
What Counts?Any post in our normal IC boards, our AU board, our Pre-Roleplay board and our bi-annual OOC Event will count. All 'countable' posts must be
over 100 words in length. Missives and Letters also count if they are equally long.
The Monthly CycleEvery month, the calculations begin again. The rankings are
only calculated based on the number of posts created
in the last calendar month, not overall. So, stealing the lead early on can help in the long-run but it's not an automatic defeat for the other side!
Winner PrizesThe winning team of the House Cup are in for some serious treats! Not only do you receive a
House Cup Winner Profile Badge for your character profiles (these are permanent) to show you were on the winning team, you also receive
100 Member Points.
MVP PrizesAs a bonus! The highest posting members in each team (not just the winners) will receive a bonus
50 Member Points. The leading posters of each team will also each be given the opportunity to work with our staff team and
create their own Event/Provincial Story/Quest (their choice) for the site!
Ready to Get Started?Sounding like fun? Here's how to join in... You're in! There's
no sign up, no shout out - nothing to do to get your name onto a team. This contest is entered into automatically every six months, with members of different posting rates split evenly across the teams. If you don't want to be a part, you don't have to worry - just post in your own time and in your own way. But anything you do post will contribute for those who
are eager to play.
Current TeamsAs some of you have already noticed, our teams for this next six month span are
Vampires vs. Zombies, to tie in with our bi-annual event
Fright Night (watch this space - announcement coming soon). You can find out which team you're on by checking your profile badges (situated at the top of any post). All accepted and near-accepted characters have been categorised. These are the icons you're looking for:
Let's Go Team!Best of luck to everyone and we hope this is an added bit of fun to an already exciting forum! Don't stress and don't worry about posting any more or less than you want to - the House Cup will continue on either way! We hope you're excited to get stuck into your posts!