At the moment, the November AMSAP Challenge will just have a custom name of “Nodevember” instead of the usual “AMSAP November 2022” format. It also auto-enrolls everyone into the Challenge - similar to Global Running Day.
Other than that, it’s a typical monthly Challenge.
I think I’d like to have it stand out a bit more, so I figured I’d create this thread as a way of gathering ideas on how this can be done.
The most obvious idea would be to make it entirely node based, instead of revolving around completing streets. I don’t love this idea, because I don’t really like the fixation on nodes to begin with … but here we are … and it’s something I could get behind if that’s what everyone wants.
One reason not to change it from the other AMSAPs is that Challenges are otherwise a Supporter feature. This yearly Challenge is a nice introduction to them for non-Supporters.
Thoughts?
Update: The description/dashboard page is up now … Nodevember - CityStrides … very closely modeled after the Global Running Day page, with some additional live data display on the map (which I’ll be porting over into the Global Running Day page).
Throughout the month of November, that page will update live as activities are saved.
Given how little time there is before Novemeber 1, I’m not going to adjust anything for the Nodevember Challenge. The main difference from the monthly AMSAPs is that everyone is automatically joined up for this one.
Apart from the play on words, which I admit is nice, why would you call it Nodevember when it isn’t about nodes?
I like the idea of a node based challenge, just for one time. Why not change things up a bit every now and then.
It might be just the incentive I need to go after this 700 node street that’s been on my mind for a while.
If you think this strays too far from the usual format for challenges to function as teaser for non-supporters then you can always pick another month for that purpose, isn’t it?
If it is based on nodes then November '22 will the be an anomaly to the other AMSAP challenges which are based on streets and not nodes.
Unless…would you consider doing two challenges for that month: an “AMSAP November 2022” based on streets and a “Nodevember” based on nodes? If people registered for both it might be an interesting comparison.
If there is a special month for a challenge, I would think
(unless most of the other members are from south of the equator) June or July would be better. My global stats shrink when weather and daylight change for the winter months.
As Mark pointed out, there are a handful of special/featured Challenges & a monthly AMSAP (As Many Streets As Possible). Nodevember basically comes out of that AMSAP idea, playing on the name of the month.
This is something of an ulterior motive to Nodevember. It’s another motivation to keep yourself from slipping.
