Spirit points are extra points you can earn for doing fun and interesting tasks that make you feel more a part of this team and the the Webleagues. They also award you X-tra points that may make the difference between victory and defeat at the team levels. Spirit tasks make use of your creativity, ingenuity, and intelligenceY. There are tasks that make use of various talents and which pose various levels of challenge. The more work involved in a task, the more points it brings.

On this team you generally (There are exceptions for victory and defeat in the upper levels.) do not get points for fighting or voting or having a birthday. If you are in a web site competition fighting and voting are what you should be doing. Spirit points are for something extra, and we have lots extra.

Also spirit point totals on this team will run low. This is to prevent fighters who are not self voting (a possibility) or who have no campaigns from being swamped by a fighter who has "gotten lucky." Because spirit points here are low, I multiply them by three (3) before handing them to the competition. This means our spirit points compare evenly with those from other teams. Conversely, I devalue any competition wide spirit point awards to one third (1/3) their original value when translating them into Artistic points. In the chart, you will see two values for your spirit points. One is the Artistic value. The other with a "c" after it is the competition wide value.

And yes you can earn spirit points while you are on hold, over the weekend, during the last week of the month when there is no fighting etc... During long holds, you do not accumulate spirit points. On this team the spirit point clock will start ticking again in late August/early September. Should a member leave the competition, his/her spirit points will be divided evenly among the rest of the team unless he/she states otherwise. Spirit points may be transferred or willed like money.

Let's take a look at all the ways you can earn spirit points:

Have a spirit page on your web site: A spirit page gives both the ArtLeagues and Webleagues free advertising but it is also an opportunity to display your pride in your team and this competition. A spirit page brings you five (5) spirit points per week whether you are fighting or not.
Cut and Paste Cheering: This is one I don't like but have to include. Eessentially it is going through the motions. Each cut and paste cheer you put in the Cheer Board is worth one (1) spirit point.
Original Contribution: There are a lot of very good alternatives to cut and paste cheering. You can write your own cheers. You can draw on the team group board, participate in team chats, post to the chat section of the forum, or send e-mail to art@thewebleagues.com, the team's email community discussion and news list. Each of these activities is worth five (5) spirit points and you can do them as often as you like.
Donate Something: Group board drawings are all considered donations, but you can also send either of the coJanitors, Haldis or Thadea, original graphics, midi, cheers, or suggestions. Cheers, midi, and images will find their way to the team's main page and they are worth ten (10) spirit points per creation. You can create as many things as often as you choose. This is a very good way to earn spirit points.
Take a Challenge: Challenges are especially difficult spirit tasks. You can currently write a sonnet or sestina and there may be a ArtLeagues trivia question as well. Challenges are not easy. They are not meant to be. Each challenge correctly or even reasonably completed (and some can be completed several times)is worth twenty-five (25) spirit points. Also if you find a glitch or problem with anything on the Art Leagues site and report it to me, it is worth twenty-five (25) spirit points.
Special Awards: These are spirit point awards given mainly by the competition. You receive a 110, 210, or 410 points for winning or losing at the upper levels.

You also receive seventeen (17) spirit points for registering for the forum, seventeen (17) points for entering the spirit page topsite contest, and seventeen (17) spirit points for entering the fighter of the month top site contest or jointing any Webleagues related web rings.

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Spirit and Self Vote Activity Report Form

To obtain your spirit points, you need to alert me by filling out the Activity Report below. You can visit it as many times a day as you need to each day. I don't mind duplicate forms and I will verify the information you give me to the best of my meager ability. This team has an as-needed and daily form and no weekly form, since I check for spirit activity daily and update this page when I score the team. If you have any questions about the form or about spirit points in general. Please email me.

Haldis K. Guerrin
August 22, 2008

I used a cut and paste cheer:
I cheered with an ORIGINAL cheer:
I would like to DONATE that cheer:

I will be sending other donations via email :
I drew on the Easel: Please remember to send me a copy of your drawing.
I registered for the Cheer Forum:
I joined the Spirit Pages topsite:
I joined the Fighter of the Month topsite:

I have a spirit page at (please write the URL):

I did something else not listed here.

Your Spirit Points

Fighter

Spirit Page

Cut and Paste

Orig. Contrib.

Donation

Challenge

Special

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