The Car Shopping Round (Round 9)
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 4:05 am
This will hopefully be a little ongoing entertainment in which different people can take the reins of the thread, a la 'Guess That Car', or VicVictory's 'Pay It Forward', except with a difference. Think of it as similar to pyrlix's 'Car Theme Challenge' except the premise is, um, 'individualised'.
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One day, for whatever reason, you find yourself in need of a vehicle. You know a certain degree about what it is you would like in a car, but you're not entirely sure what your options are, or which one you're going to buy.
It's time to go shopping!
(come to think of it I could do with a bit of a Roald Dahl binge right about now...)
How It Works:
The Round Master's role:
Competitors:
Troubleshooting:
Righto, that's the rules. I'm just shooting for some light, not-too-involved fun that can keep us ticking over. I'll be the first Round Master, starting in precisely 19 hours, unless anybody has any questions?
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Previous Winners:
Current Roundmaster: koolkei
Current Round Rules: viewtopic.php?f=39&t=9081&start=555#p105219
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One day, for whatever reason, you find yourself in need of a vehicle. You know a certain degree about what it is you would like in a car, but you're not entirely sure what your options are, or which one you're going to buy.
It's time to go shopping!
(come to think of it I could do with a bit of a Roald Dahl binge right about now...)
How It Works:
- Each round is controlled by a Round Master. They're the one who sets the challenge. It's like being the Card Czar of Cards Against Humanity.
- Everybody else enters a car and posts the relevant pictures and stats on this thread
- Currently, each round will last for 7 days, unless the Round Master specifies otherwise (e.g. because they will be away on a certain day)
- At the end of the deadline, the Round Master declares their top three picks (assuming sufficient entries). The winner becomes the new Round Master
The Round Master's role:
- (Optional) Describe who you are and why you need a car. It can be as true to life or as fictional as you want it to be. Or you can skip this step entirely
- Specify a sale year. You do not have to specify a model or trim year, only the sale year. This applies especially if you're, say, buying second hand, or you're willing to look at slightly older models.
- Describe the kind of car you want, or the function it has to perform. You can be as vague or as specific as you like about the conditions, but try to be reasonable
- Also give a list of the aspects you consider important in the car, be it price, reliability, looks, etc. Since you're shopping, it's your choice, and it's inherently subjective
- Specify a budget. And by budget, we mean here the car's sale price
- May not change the conditions of the round once the first car has been posted
- Once the deadline has passed, declare the winner, and pass the crown of Round Master onto the next user
Competitors:
- May ask questions of the Round Master to their satisfaction. In fact they may find it pertinent to clarify everything before making their car
- Should make one post to present their car on the thread
- May talk up their car if they so wish, or explain how it fits in with their company's brand etc. etc. (optional)
- Must post a screenshot of their car's appearance
- Must post a screenshot of the Market tab clearly displaying the car's sale price and appropriate sale year (and trim year if specified)
- Must post a screenshot with any of the relevant criteria as specified by the Round Master
- May submit ONE car only. Once you have submitted your screenshots, you may not change your car
Troubleshooting:
- Obviously don't cheat. If anybody calls you out for stats that don't make sense, you must either amend the figures, attach your car to the thread, or send your car to the Round Master for perusal. If this does not resolve the conflict before the deadline, I will ask you to PM the car to me directly. If the conflict is still not resolved by that point, or I rule unfavourably, you will be disqualified from that round and the subsequent round.
- If the Round Master does not declare a winner within 48 hours of the deadline, they will be assumed absent, and the winner will be decided by a 48-hour thread poll.
- If the deadline passes and no cars have been received, the Round Master may elect to extend the round by a few days, or declare the round bust. In this case registrations of interest to be Round Master will be taken and we can negotiate from there.
- If the round winner has not come up with a new shopping list within 48 hours of notification, the runner up becomes the Round Master, and so forth. If none of the top 3 places show up, we'll go to registrations of interest.
Righto, that's the rules. I'm just shooting for some light, not-too-involved fun that can keep us ticking over. I'll be the first Round Master, starting in precisely 19 hours, unless anybody has any questions?
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Previous Winners:
- nialloftara
- 8bs
- Dragawn
- Leonardo9613
- titleguy1
- asdren
- Sebesseg
- koolkei
Current Roundmaster: koolkei
Current Round Rules: viewtopic.php?f=39&t=9081&start=555#p105219