Alrighty, this is my last topic on the matter 
until I do another one, if I do 
another one.  I just want to get people's 
reactions while the experience is still fresh.

From the little feedback I've received, plus my 
own introspections, I've noticed two main 
problems, and that's that people with more free 
time & faster internet connections have a much 
bigger advantage, and I'd like to figure out some 
way to eliminate that problem if I do this again.

I've decided to divide the Scavenger Hunt options 
into the 'Qualification Round' and 
the 'Elimination Round'.  Still with me?  Here 
goes:

Qualification round
Option 1: "List 
Style"
This is what I call what we already did.  I give 
you a list, and you send me the urls of the cels 
after you find them.
Pros:tested.  works.
Cons:*really* big advantage to people with free 
time 'n fast connections.

Option 2: "Seek & Find 
Style"
In this version, I give ONE cel.  When you find 
the cel one someone's website, click it, and not 
only will you find a bigger version of the 
thumbnail, you'll also find a thumbnail of the 
cel you have to find next.  At the end of the 
list, you'll get a secret email addy I've set up 
that you send where you found all your cels to.
Pros: will take longer, since you have to 
find the first cel before you go onto the second 
cel etc.  More of a challenge ^_^
Cons: You might happen upon the last cel by 
accident while doing everyday browsing (which is 
why I'd still require a list) or even worse, if a 
site on the list goes down, you can't get past it 
like you could with the bonus cel option.  This 
also includes people actually updating their 
websites, instead of just saying 'sure, go ahead' 
and that means a)less people will offer and b) 
I'll have to get on everyone's back to actually 
DO it.

Option 3: "Show 
me..."
Everyone on the forum seems to love 'show me' 
threads.  So instead of a list of cels, I could 
give a list of descriptions, like 'a cel with a 
cat in it, a cel with someone getting hit by a 
mallet, etc'  Originality would count in this 
one, and overlap (two people sending me the same 
cels on their list) would lower their 'score'.  
The people with the highest scores would then be 
finalists.
Pros: Allows for a lot of originality, less of a 
time constraint/connection constraint.  
Cons: My mailbox will become flooded with the 
amount of images sent (unless people send URLs) 
and I will lose my email access and no one will 
know who won.


I think a main 
component of any of these is that I'll give a set 
time period or a week to let people do this more 
at leisure so slower people with fuller palettes 
will be able to catch up.  Therefore, I'll have 
more winners, which means more people have a 
chance to get pissed off if they don't get a 
prize

(elimination round options in next post)