S17 Seasonal Bounties

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Seasonal Bounties

A seasonal bounty is a term we will use to define a specific task that any user can complete (even Academy players) that rewards the user with money at the time of completion and/or grading. The bounties are announced every season.

What bounties are there?
Bounties are split into two groups, graphic and written tasks. If we hear a larger request to open up the bounties for other forms of media (video or podcast) we might see an addition to the bounty list next season.

Graphic Bounties

Bounty	Recurrence	Requirements	Rewards
Championship Banner	Once per season	A 300x900 (w x h) image depicting the championship team from the minor, major or SSL Cup from the previous season.	Submission: $800k, Winner: $1.5m
Player Graphics	4 per season	A graphic depicting a player in the SSL, either a player signature or a 300x900 (w x h) banner image for one of the banner series (see below).	Submission: $800k, (only banners) Winner: $1.5m
HoF Banner (NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE)	Once per season	A 300x900 (w x h) image depicting a newly elected member in the SSL Hall of Fame.	Submission: $800k, Winner: $1.5m

Any graphics submission will receive the submission reward if it fulfills the requirements of the submission. Note that we will not accept any submissions that are created in its entirety using AI-tools. We do allow the use of some AI-generated assets if they have been processed by you. Graphics that have the "Winner" reward are tasks where one submission per season is chosen by the BoD to be added to the banner rotation on the front page of the forum. The user of a winning submission will receive the higher reward payout.

For the Player Graphics task, there are two types of graphics you can submit; one being the "regular" player graphics as you would see in signatures for a user, and the other being player graphics in one of two new banner series that we will add to the banner rotation. The new series are Rivals and Dynamic Duos.

@High Stick King has provided examples of each series:

Rivals	Dynamic Duos

Written Bounties

Bounty	Recurrence	Requirements	Rewards
League History	Once per season	Minimum 500 words that talks about some aspect of league history, maybe a recap of a championship run back in S1 or a history of a team/organization.	$500k x Grading Factor
Matchday Recaps	Once per week	Minimum 300 words that recaps a matchday happening that week.	$300k x Grading Factor
Season Prediction	Once per season (before MD1)	Minimum 500 words that talks about the season predictions, either standings or statistics for one or both leagues.	$500k x Grading Factor
Season Recap	Once per season (after MD14)	Minimum 500 words that talks about the season that passed, any interesting storylines or the road to the championship for one or both leagues.	$500k x Grading Factor
Draft Predictions	Once per season (before draft)	Minimum 500 words that talks about the upcoming draft, the eligible player's Academy season, potential draft picks to each organization etc.	$500k x Grading Factor
Draft Recap	Once per season (after draft)	Minimum 500 words that talks about the draft results, the potential impact of the picks for each organization, the surprises etc.	$500k x Grading Factor

The base payment for any written submission is the minimum wordcount for the task multiplied by a grading factor. The BoD will grade all written submissions on a three tiered scale provided they fulfill the minimum requirements. The grades and factors are:

Grade	Description	Factor
OK	Meets word requirement and is legible with no use of AI-tools.	x1
Good	OK + uses/analyzes existing results/data provided on the Index or from some other source.	x2
Excellent	Good + adapts and creates new data/graphics/tables/figures to illustrate points made.	x4

This article by @FuriousChicken is a great example of fulfilling the League History bounty.

What are the limitations?
The main limitation are the recurrences of each task, for instance you may not submit more than one championship banner during a season. The second limitation is the total maximum payout for a single user during a season. Similar to how job pay have a maximum earning of 5 million (if you hold multiple jobs), bounties will also be maxed to $5 million per season. Bounties will also count towards the same max as job pay, so if you have a Tier 3 job earning you $3.5 million per season, you may only receive bounty rewards of at most $1.5 million during the same season.

For a "regular" user that does not hold any job, a season of bounties may look as follows:
You submit 2 player signatures that fulfill the requirements earning you $1.6 million (2 x $0.8m). You also submit 5 matchday recaps that are graded as OK earning you an additional $1.5 million (5 x $0.3m) and one season recap that is graded as Excellent earning you $2 million more. The total sum of the season earnings would be $5.1 million and as that surpasses the max, you will receive $5 million submitted to your bank account.

We do not limit the use of these bounties for the weekly Point Tasks, so you may claim a bounty graphic or bounty article as 6TPE using the same old procedure the league has had since its start.

How do I submit a bounty?
Whenever you have created a graphic or article that you want to submit for a bounty, first you will have to post it on the relevant subforum: Graphics or Articles.

Next you fill out THIS FORM selecting which bounty you want to submit for and link the forum post you created in the step above. Write a verification word in the form and post that as a reply to this announcement post and you have then completed a bounty submission!

Final words
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, about Seasonal Bounties, don't hesitate to reach out to any one of us in the BoD.

/Commissioner Canadice on behalf of the entire BoD

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