Formula For A Good Challenge

Challenge+Reward+Interest=Good Challenge.

More complexly, for fairness you need to have an accurate judgment system.

So really it’s Challenge+Reward+Interest+Judgment= Operating Challenge.

But what do all of these variables mean?

Well, we all know what Challenge is. Something that challenges our musical ability. Make sure the reward matches the challenge. Don’t make the challenge to put down the note C and follow and like all of that person’s scores ever. I know that’s a pretty dumb example, like no one’s going to be making that a challenge, but still. Vice versa, too: don’t make the reward too small for a really hard challenge. Like, remember Quote’s Chords Challenge and how it was really hard? Now imagine if he had just made the reward “I’ll like one of your scores.” Probably no one would be interested. So keep in mind the connection between Reward and Challenge.

You all probably also know what Judgment means, right? How you judge the scores in the challenge and decide who wins. The only thing I really think I need to say here is remember to keep the judgment system fair. No one wants to participate in a rigged competition.

What is Interest, though? Interest is what makes a person want to learn more about your challenge, and possibly join it. Interest can come from many places.

Now, remember that this variable is more kind of my opinion, since everyone is interested in different things, but I think my point still stands.

Anyways, like I was saying, Interest can come from all three parts of an operating Challenge: The Challenge itself, the Reward, and the Judgment.

The Challenge is, perhaps, the most common place to find interest. Floater’s challenges usually have Interest in the Challenge. Like that one time they made a challenge where we had to make a song super fast and then it was judged against everyone else’s. The Interest was “Oh I wonder if I can make a song really fast?”

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