Post by Wycco on Oct 10, 2002 11:23:20 GMT -5
Since We had several new members- I thought this might be of interest if you're wondering what FPOTM is!
FPOTM, or First Post Of The Month, is a competition that sprung up from the old "Live" forum on F1-Live... (Frank disabled that forum the end of last year).
The old Live forum used to refresh at the beginning of each month- people used to brag if they got the first post after the forum refreshed- soon people were competing to see who could get First Post Of The Month- and then they started keeping score (using F1-scoring) to keep a running tally of who was winning.
It got to the point where it was very competitive- several people would be within a second of each other for the win. When F1-Live disabled the Live forum it essentially killed off FPOTM- The same people who are at Shamu Croaks used to do FPOTM- so I stepped in and created the FPOTM website- dedicated to FPOTM to continue the tradition on (even though I never seriously competed in FPOTM before then).
Currently the scoring system is down (I upgraded the code about 6 weeks ago- and haven't fixed the scoring yet) but- I can say fairly confidently that OT and Dream Power are way in the lead.
Objectives:
Basically the goal is to try and post the FPOTM (timer starts from the moment you click "Post") ...The clock runs in the French Time Zone (GMT +1) to mimic the old live forum.
Scores are same as F1- both individuals and teams compete- there is a limit of 3 people per team- and only the top 2 scorers from each team per round counts towards the team score.
FPOTM is very competitive- if you're late by 2 or 3 seconds you can kiss a podium good bye- usually all 6 points positions are taken within the first 5-10 seconds of the month- so most people practice by checking against a stopwatch- setting the stop watch the day before- by practicing to hit a target within a second.
FPOTM, or First Post Of The Month, is a competition that sprung up from the old "Live" forum on F1-Live... (Frank disabled that forum the end of last year).
The old Live forum used to refresh at the beginning of each month- people used to brag if they got the first post after the forum refreshed- soon people were competing to see who could get First Post Of The Month- and then they started keeping score (using F1-scoring) to keep a running tally of who was winning.
It got to the point where it was very competitive- several people would be within a second of each other for the win. When F1-Live disabled the Live forum it essentially killed off FPOTM- The same people who are at Shamu Croaks used to do FPOTM- so I stepped in and created the FPOTM website- dedicated to FPOTM to continue the tradition on (even though I never seriously competed in FPOTM before then).
Currently the scoring system is down (I upgraded the code about 6 weeks ago- and haven't fixed the scoring yet) but- I can say fairly confidently that OT and Dream Power are way in the lead.
Objectives:
Basically the goal is to try and post the FPOTM (timer starts from the moment you click "Post") ...The clock runs in the French Time Zone (GMT +1) to mimic the old live forum.
Scores are same as F1- both individuals and teams compete- there is a limit of 3 people per team- and only the top 2 scorers from each team per round counts towards the team score.
FPOTM is very competitive- if you're late by 2 or 3 seconds you can kiss a podium good bye- usually all 6 points positions are taken within the first 5-10 seconds of the month- so most people practice by checking against a stopwatch- setting the stop watch the day before- by practicing to hit a target within a second.
