Hello everyone! Here's the part where I announce which community members will be guests on the PWA 2018 Results Live Stream! Before I get into who will represent the community, I want to discuss a bit of the criterion used to determine who will receive the spots.
First and foremost, I gauged how well each member discusses in groups, including how adventurous they are when discussing a more unpopular opinion or highlights points that people normally don't highlight. The good news: all of the people who auditioned demonstrated this ability. I'm confident that all are able to prompt questions to the group and bring up their unique perspectives.
Secondly, people who auditioned for the spot selected entries that they promised they would read off the agenda. Whether or not you promised you would read a book nobody else auditioning wanted to read is a big factor in the selection process. We want a sufficient number of people to be able to contribute to each and every entry on the agenda.
Thirdly, I wanted a variety of popular and unpopular authors. So really, popularity wasn't a huge factor unless we severely lacked popular authors in our lineup.
Lastly, your role in the PWA and the community contributes to your success in the selection process. If you're a judge in the PWA for this year, you contribute a lot to the live stream by being able to give feedback to some entries as a person who directly determined that entry's placement in the results. If you're a member who entered this year and is placed on the agenda, you can give information on how that entry was conceived. If you're a member of a group account like the GRA or the PWL, it speaks to your credibility on being able to access entries and come to conclusions on what you do or don't like about it.
With all of that said, when announcing who will be guests on the PWA 2018 Results Live Stream, I will be detailing why that person obtained that spot over others. These members are listed in no particular order.
L I V E S T R E A M
G U E S T S
1. Dragons_Rose
+ Effective critic
+ Fills a prominent gap in our agenda (Pokémon: Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon: Kalos Journey)
+ Has an entry that is on the agenda (Lost in Reality)
+ > 1.5k followers
+ Past Watties Winner
2. blue___22
+ Pioneers discussions
+ Has an entry that is on the agenda (The Flying Ranger)
+ > 400 followers
+ Member of the GRA
+ Past Watties Winner
3. ImberLapis
+ Bright personality
+ Has an entry on the agenda ("The One Nobody Wanted")
+ > 200 followers
+ Member of GRA and PWD
+ Past Watties Winner
+ Insightful criticism
+ PWA Judge (Short Story and Miscellaneous)
+ > 400 followers
+ Fills slight gaps in our agenda (The Void She Filled and Anonymous)
W A I T L I S T
+ Faithful contributor
+ > 100 followers
- Doesn't fill gaps in the agenda
+ Energetic
+ 200 followers
- Doesn't fill gaps in the agenda
Also, shoutout to Doppelgengar and glaceon346 for entering but unfortunately not making the cut-off for the waitlist. But I also wanted to point out that both of those community members are amazing as well.
All and all, members were determined by very small nuisances. I wouldn't mind having any of these members on the live stream. I simply just needed to make decisions.
If you're on the waitlist, don't lose hope! These are the other members of the live stream and their RSVP status.
Sheare (CONFIRMED)
UnisonRaider (CONFIRMED)
d_s_t_e (CONFIRMED)
Dictator-Chan (UNCONFIRMED)
PumpknHead (UNCONFIRMED)
SGMijumaru (UNCONFIRMED)
Notice that three out of the six invited are unconfirmed to attend the live stream date and time. There is a chance that one may be unable to make it, so in that case, I will draw from the waitlist to satisfy a vacant spot. As soon as I can, I will contact waitlist members about whether or not a seat is available.
But for those people that didn't make the cut off (those on the waitlist and not), I'm offering chat moderator positions. A part in our Live Stream Book will be posted as soon as we confirm who will be available for the live stream, including chat moderators.
Congratulations to your community representatives!
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