As I have alluded elsewhere within this subforum recently, myself and @CGSwans have been in discussion over the past few months about his desire to bring the British Isles Zoochat Cup back - but starting afresh and scrapping the "bonus vote" mechanic. This is because he still wants to use this smaller contest as a testbed for the championship structure he introduced in the first iteration of this thread (collections proceeding through stages but not repeating matches against other collections from their initial "group", with the results of these matches carrying over into later states) and which - if successful - is intended to be used in the next global Zoochat Cup.
However, given the ongoing psychological and physical toll which merely existing in 2020 has been incurring on us all, he feels it would be best to delegate the task of managing this revived contest to me rather than attempting to do so himself and risking burn-out. He has given me scope to fiddle with details here and there, as long as I retain the main aspects from the first version of this contest: the collections involved, and the structure of the contest.
To save time, I will reproduce the relevant portions of his original summary of the contest below:
Given the fact that the last 9 months or so have seen many changes in the UK zoo world due to prolonged closures and the other pressures of the current situation - not least of all the permanant loss of Living Coasts - it is worth mentioning here that it is entirely permissible for people to judge the collections as of the pre-pandemic status quo. Choosing to judge the collections as they are now is also permitted. This means that it is entirely up to your own choice and conscience whether you include Living Coasts in your considerations where the Wild Planet Trust (which I will almost certainly just call Whitley going forward) is concerned. The same goes for judging collections - positively or negatively - on how their past (collection, exhibits, history, conservation efforts etc) pertains to the challenge.
However, as usual it will not be permitted for judgements to be made based on future or speculative developments. and I reserve the right to discount votes I suspect are being made on these grounds or based on other unfair motivations.
We will get underway in a few minutes
However, given the ongoing psychological and physical toll which merely existing in 2020 has been incurring on us all, he feels it would be best to delegate the task of managing this revived contest to me rather than attempting to do so himself and risking burn-out. He has given me scope to fiddle with details here and there, as long as I retain the main aspects from the first version of this contest: the collections involved, and the structure of the contest.
To save time, I will reproduce the relevant portions of his original summary of the contest below:
Given the fact that the last 9 months or so have seen many changes in the UK zoo world due to prolonged closures and the other pressures of the current situation - not least of all the permanant loss of Living Coasts - it is worth mentioning here that it is entirely permissible for people to judge the collections as of the pre-pandemic status quo. Choosing to judge the collections as they are now is also permitted. This means that it is entirely up to your own choice and conscience whether you include Living Coasts in your considerations where the Wild Planet Trust (which I will almost certainly just call Whitley going forward) is concerned. The same goes for judging collections - positively or negatively - on how their past (collection, exhibits, history, conservation efforts etc) pertains to the challenge.
However, as usual it will not be permitted for judgements to be made based on future or speculative developments. and I reserve the right to discount votes I suspect are being made on these grounds or based on other unfair motivations.
We will get underway in a few minutes
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