Post by bundybastard on Aug 18, 2014 6:50:48 GMT
Bringing this up because I dont think many of the new GMs know much about this feature and also Im bumping it because I believe it's one of the best ways for GMs to bring some cash in.
Some GMs who aint big on creating an Article usually are because they don't have an idea on what to discuss or they just ain't confident creating one, the Q & A feature imo makes it easier for GMs in this situation.
so Im encouraging GMs to start up their own team Q & A, follow the rules below and enjoy the benefits. Also the rules below were created by our always smiling and cheerful former Pacers GM, malice.
Q&A columns…
Question and Answer columns are another way to improve your team. The rewards they garner are every 10 questions earns $50, and if you get 50 questions answered that gets you a +2.
There are a variety of ways to take this on. You can write a narrative in role, much as BoshtrichBurger does with his Kevin Durant column (formerly a Chris Bosh Q&A), you can write it as a GM of a team… or simply answer it as yourself. The choice is yours – but questions should only be about the teams/league/players/strategy.
Some basic pointers
- do not ‘bump’ your Q&A. You want it to head to the top of the list, then ask a question of someone, and hope they do the same of you. It should be obvious by now who the guys are in this forum who are very active in the Q&As.
- be clear about who you're responding to, the best way to do this is to quote the question you're answering...
- make it easy to count how many questions you've answered. Some kind of continual count in your response is the best idea.
- try and keep on top of answering. If it gets to 5 or so answered questions, I'll probably put a hold on more questions being asked until those unanswered have been responded to.
- be creative with your answers. Short sentences as an answer (or more so: single word answers) won't be counted as a "countable answer" in regards to the 10-Qs-equals-$50. Unless they're incredibly pithy short sentences...
- no continual back-and-forths between two managers. Don’t abuse the system.
- Most questions have an implicit 'use-by' date. With all questions: if you don't answer 'em within a week, I'll cut them from being answerable.
- If your Q&A goes 2 weeks with unanswered questions, I'll reset your 'answer' count to the last 10-count (10, 20, 30 et al).
- and a tip: if you ask questions of others, you'll get more questions yourself.
I cannot stress the last point enough. IF YOU WANT TO BE QUESTIONED, ASK QUESTIONS. At the moment, about 25% of those using the Q&A are very active with their questioning, 35%ish are somewhat lackadaisical about it… and 40% seem to think that people are asking them questions because they truly want to know about that user’s team.
NEWSFLASH: for the most part, no-one really cares about *your* team (well… not THAT much - and certainly not enough to continually ask *you* questions about it). The main reason someone asks you a question in your Q&A is in the hope that you will return the favour. This system works BEST when people ask a question back.
Some GMs who aint big on creating an Article usually are because they don't have an idea on what to discuss or they just ain't confident creating one, the Q & A feature imo makes it easier for GMs in this situation.
so Im encouraging GMs to start up their own team Q & A, follow the rules below and enjoy the benefits. Also the rules below were created by our always smiling and cheerful former Pacers GM, malice.
Q&A columns…
Question and Answer columns are another way to improve your team. The rewards they garner are every 10 questions earns $50, and if you get 50 questions answered that gets you a +2.
There are a variety of ways to take this on. You can write a narrative in role, much as BoshtrichBurger does with his Kevin Durant column (formerly a Chris Bosh Q&A), you can write it as a GM of a team… or simply answer it as yourself. The choice is yours – but questions should only be about the teams/league/players/strategy.
Some basic pointers
- do not ‘bump’ your Q&A. You want it to head to the top of the list, then ask a question of someone, and hope they do the same of you. It should be obvious by now who the guys are in this forum who are very active in the Q&As.
- be clear about who you're responding to, the best way to do this is to quote the question you're answering...
- make it easy to count how many questions you've answered. Some kind of continual count in your response is the best idea.
- try and keep on top of answering. If it gets to 5 or so answered questions, I'll probably put a hold on more questions being asked until those unanswered have been responded to.
- be creative with your answers. Short sentences as an answer (or more so: single word answers) won't be counted as a "countable answer" in regards to the 10-Qs-equals-$50. Unless they're incredibly pithy short sentences...
- no continual back-and-forths between two managers. Don’t abuse the system.
- Most questions have an implicit 'use-by' date. With all questions: if you don't answer 'em within a week, I'll cut them from being answerable.
- If your Q&A goes 2 weeks with unanswered questions, I'll reset your 'answer' count to the last 10-count (10, 20, 30 et al).
- and a tip: if you ask questions of others, you'll get more questions yourself.
I cannot stress the last point enough. IF YOU WANT TO BE QUESTIONED, ASK QUESTIONS. At the moment, about 25% of those using the Q&A are very active with their questioning, 35%ish are somewhat lackadaisical about it… and 40% seem to think that people are asking them questions because they truly want to know about that user’s team.
NEWSFLASH: for the most part, no-one really cares about *your* team (well… not THAT much - and certainly not enough to continually ask *you* questions about it). The main reason someone asks you a question in your Q&A is in the hope that you will return the favour. This system works BEST when people ask a question back.
