Originally posted by: ssttuuttii
@Bold If I had a problem with it, I would say so right when it was announced... before the challenge actually starts and the team starts claiming achievements using the benefit given to them. Uske baad complain karna is bad sportsmanspirit and feels like a case of sour grapes. Not that anyone has actually complained against this mind you... mujhe koi ek bhi post nahi dikhi kisi ki bhi.. jaha unko laga ho ki unke saath unfair hua and hume advantage dena galat tha. So I'm sorry for assuming that it's all in your head.. but until I find actual proof of people complaining.... it feels like that to me. The fact is that you (and probably a lot other people) expected ki Bingo aaram se pura mahina chalega.. but ended up against a team of competitive people who checked off half the card within 16-18 hours. Agar utna koi aur team karke dikhaye (16-18 hours from their starting point) to pata chal jayega... fair hai ya unfair.
Initially kisi ne kuch nahi kaha tha about the headstart... which means everyone agreed that it was a fair compensation for having one member less. How it turned out is not is not in anyone's hand.. and most people seem to be accepting that and focusing on their own reading. Also note that we have slow readers in our team too.. agar kisi ko jeetne ka itna man hai to hamara assigned task list front page par hai. Research karke wo bhi to target kar sakte hai na... jo pata hai ki hamara jaldi nahi ho payega? Instead of putting handicaps for us, the other teams need to step up their game if they really plan to compete.
At first it was the fact that fast readers of our team were swallowing up the tasks of slower readers. Jab uska clarification diya to it switched to how other teams had to wait for unresponsive members. Fir aaya 12 hr advantage par.... then daytime and nighttime. Next shayad aayegi ki we used discord to communicate isliye jaldi ho gai strategy planning.. and sticking to IF is what made others slow. Dhundne ho to 100 bahane mil jate hai... but the fact stands that the BIngo challenge was meant to motivate everyone to read faster and work together in groups. Very counter-productive to keep putting obstacles for the team that actually does it.
Nevertheless.. I won't waste more time arguing. It's better we both utilize this time and energy to read more for our respective teams. Good luck 🍀
@b : bolded statements.
Erm I know this is all water under the bridge or maybe even bridge under water (intentional hai), but damn I'm kinda offended. Sorry if I am rude, but no one has got any business shaming other teams or calling them complacent. You have a good team & are doing good ? Go ahead. Some people can afford to put a temporary pause on their daily routines, multitask for a game, but some cannot. I, as a captain, cannot demand people to be active ( Not insuinating WD did ) nor ask them to read faster.
You got a group that is active & has a bunch of fast readers, because of which you were able to finish everything much faster. Which is a natural advantage that you got, but the rest of the teams didnot afaik. But you also didn't see us cribbing about inactive players, did you ?
What Lizzie does or thinks is not upon us. When you know no one complained toh why at all take pot shots at the other teams ? We didn't crib when you guys were given the advantage, nor did we celebrate when the advantage was taken back. Toh yeh statements zaroori hi nahi tha imo.
Frankly we wouldn't have felt bad even if you guys had won because it's okay, ho jaata hai, kya karein. We would have just agreed that we needed a better strategy that's all, and moved on.
Stuti, you surely didn't except the captains to wage a mini Battle of Panipat with Lizzie as to why the 12 hr headstart was given, did you ? One it would have been extremely petty because I'm whining about a team getting an advantage, and two, I believe Lizzie to be fair, so questioning her decisions are counter productive to that notion.
. In fact, it helps us make things better for everyone involved... by having multiple PoVs and thoughts laid out. When the challenge was announced, it was supposed to be compulsory for everyone.. some members weren't interested and I pointed out to Lizzie how it was unfair towards them. She agreed and found a good enough arrangement, didn't she? She is fair, yes... and for that very reason, I'm sure she wouldn't have found your complaint petty or whiny... but instead taken it up and tried to modify things that made it something everyone could get behind. Maybe discuss ho sakta tha.. that headstart ki jagah kuch aur compensation diya jaay.. who knows.. a discussion like that could have brought out really good ideas! So next time... don't be so afraid to put your views out in front of the organizers. If you find something wrong - say it! it will make things more enjoyable for everyone involved... and further help us avoid such messes later. As an organizer myself, I would be very appreciative of anyone that helped me iron out the kinks in my rules... and from whatever little I've understood about Lizzie so far.. she would have been grateful too.
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