New game: Survivor FOFC

[stkelly52]

With all of the survivor posts lately, I thought that it would be fun to have our own real version of survivor. Here are the rules.

We will start with 10-15 volunteers. We will not use anyone who does not volunteer to be part of the game. You cannot volunteer someone else. If we get more than 15 volunteers then we will only use the first 15 who signed up.

Each weekday we will have an immunity challenge. The nature of this challenge will vary from day to day. The challenge may come at any time of the day, or night. Whoever wins this challenge will not be eligible for elimination.

I will post the current list of which members of the FOFC are still alive in the game. Each surviving member should PM me with their vote as to who should be the next member voted off of the “Island”. You will have 24 hours after the immunity challenge has been completed to cast your vote. Please do not forget to vote. If I feel like one of the contestants has ceased participating in the game, he will be eliminated. The game will pause over weekends as there are some who do not spend much time on the board on the weekends. You can cast your ballots any time during the weekend, even if it is past the 24 hour mark, but make sure your vote is cast 9:00 AM (eastern) Monday morning.

In addition, there will be an audience poll as to who should be the next one voted off. Whoever gets the most votes in that poll will receive 1 additional vote. This will allow the rest of the FOFC community a chance to get involved in the game.

In the event of a tie, whoever wins immunity will decide among the tied contestants as to who will be eliminated.

If you are interested in playing this game please post to this thread now.

[JeeberD]

I'll probably be the first to go, but sure, I'll play..

[Kodos]

Kodos is all over this.

[Coffee Warlord]

He Who Drinks Coffee says sure.

[McSweeny]

sounds like fun

[Blade]

I am in!

[heybrad]

I would like to join in.

[vex]

I thought I posted here already???

Anyways, I'm in!

[Kodos]

No tribes to start off with?

[vex]

Yeah, we need tribes.

[heybrad]

Just a thought, but I think it would be funny to have a Survivor Thread topic where you give a subject of the day and the Survivors must give their opinions on it. This would help us to decide who we want to vote out based on their level of participation and how they interact with each other within that thread. That gives the added drama to the Immunity Challenge if somebody really pisses everybody off and they know they're likely to go. You could have serious or cheeseball topics. I think right now we're looking at a popularity contest where as this could help to create heros and villians and give people better reasons on who to vote for.

Just a thought. I'm sure you have it under control.

[stkelly52]

I supose we could go with tribes. In that case though we should have an even number to start with, so I'll bump it up to 16 contestants.

[Schmidty]

I'm in, but I'm definitely going to be the first or second to go because of my big mouth.

[Kodos]

I actually proposed something like this on the old board, but could never figure out good enough challenges to make it work. Good luck, stkelly. This could be really fun. :)

[stkelly52]

Good idea Hey Brad. I think that would be a nice touch.

[stkelly52]

Originally posted by Kodos
I actually proposed something like this on the old board, but could never figure out good enough challenges to make it work. Good luck, stkelly. This could be really fun. :)

I think that you are going to see some very creative challenges to start out with, becuase I do have some good ideas, but I think soon it may just turn into a bunch of trivia questions. We will have to see.

[Raven]

ooh...I want in.


I think Brad was on to something. You do need a reason to vote someone off. So maybe go with discussions about certain topics?

And instead of allowing just the survivors to vote someone off, why not allow the whole board to vote?

[Marmel]

OK, count me in on this.

[stkelly52]

Originally posted by Raven
And instead of allowing just the survivors to vote someone off, why not allow the whole board to vote?

I did add an element of that, there will be a poll to give one more vote as decided on by the whole FOFC, but one of the things that is best about Survivor is the alliances. Can you really trust that person to vote for who he said he was going to? Which alliances will hold strong, and which ones will fall apart. I really want to keep that aspect of the game.

[stkelly52]

We have reached the minimum number, but there is still room for 6 more.

[Draft Dodger]

sounds like good old embarassing fun. I'm in.

[Radii]

Why the hell not, I have nothing to do but monitor this board during work, I'm in

[Draft Dodger]

however, I refuse to appear in Playboy 3 months after this contests ends.

[rkmsuf]

If you agree to go live with Hammer and Vince Neil for a bit you are in...

[John Galt]

I'll play - only because we all know the cranky gay man always wins. ;-)

[Kodos]

I was thinking. Maybe we should each adopt an alter-ego for the contest so that existing relative popularity does not come in to play so much.

[John Galt]

Originally posted by Kodos
I was thinking. Maybe we should each adopt an alter-ego for the contest so that existing relative popularity does not come in to play so much.

I was thinking the same thing. However, my experience with games like Diplomacy is that prior popularity and relationships would probably only affect the first round or two. After that, people are into the game and past trust doesn't mean much. I also think it would it be hard to interact with people completely anonymously - you would have no sense of trust or engagement.

[Poli]

If there's room, I'm game.

[SplitPersonality1]

If there is still room available, I am all over this.

To go up against Kodos and Marmel - I can't wait.

[Kodos]

I tend to think that Marmel and I are going to be handicapped by being prolific posters. It will put a big old target on our backs.

[heybrad]

Actually I think high profile will help you in the beginning.

[Kodos]

Yeah, I think it will help in the beginning, but be a handicap if we get further into the game.

[Kodos]

P.S. It'd be cool if QuikSand decided to join! *hint hint*

[SplitPersonality1]

Originally posted by Kodos
I tend to think that Marmel and I are going to be handicapped by being prolific posters. It will put a big old target on our backs.

I don't know about that. It depends. Although you too have been posting for a long time, several of the other contesteants have developed a following in the last few months. Maybe the "tribes" could be grizzed veterans vs. Waterboys. Who knows.

The only reason I mentioned you two guys is that I seem to respond to many of the same threads as you do. Plus the fact that I have failed miserably in past competitions with Marmel. (FFFL & the original Fight Club)

[vex]

Hattrickers vs. non-Hattrickers:)

[Swaggs]

I'll play if there is still space. Sounds fun...

[tucker342]

If there's still room, I would like to play

[CamEdwards]

I'll play if there's still room as well.

[Chief Rum]

I would play if there is room as well, but my guess is that we have already reached the limit. But stkelly could find a way to include all of us who are interested, I would be down with that. :)

Chief Rum

[heybrad]

This should be interesting. We've got some heavy hitters in this game.

[vex]

And then there's me:)

[heybrad]

If it makes you feel better, I'm not including myself as a heavy hitter.

[McSweeny]

i think i'm more of a contact/slap hitter when compared to kodos' might

[stkelly52]

Well we are now full. I am sorry that there isn't room for everyone, but this is going to wind up taking almost a month as it is. The fianl contestant is SplitPersonality1...I think. Was rkmsuf signing up when he posted? I am not sure.

[Kodos]

I hit like a girl.

Kodos sits back and waits for his quote to appear in the QOTM

[Coffee Warlord]

I think I qualify as....a pitcher.

For the AL.

[JeeberD]

Well, I think I'm the most recent to sign up to play...

Of course, I've been around since the first board, but was gone for a long time when my old roommate moved out and took his computer..

[vex]

He take your username and password with him? :D

[stkelly52]

After reading over rkmsuf's post, I don't think he was vollenteering, so Swaggs will be the final player

Here are the tribes:

First we have the Dolamite tribe
Kodos
Draft Dodger
Marmel
Radii
ardent enthusiast
SplitPersonality1
McSweeny
vexroid


And on the other side we have the Dean Houston tribe
JeeberD
Cofee Warlord
Blade
heybrad
Schmidty
Raven
John Galt
Swaggs


May the best man win

Edit to put McSweeny on just one team. woops

[McSweeny]

oh great! i'm on the grumpy team! sheeeesh ;)

[McSweeny]

actually... i'm on both teams! rock on! double the chance or winning! plus all the fun spying and deciet! muahahahahahahah

[stkelly52]

A few more rules:

Yes you may PM other players to set up alliances and discuss statagy. However, you should not PM or email your tribe members to give answers for the immunity challenges. For example if the challenge is to have 4 team members name a member of the 1999 Rams, you are not to email or PM your tribe members and tell them some of the players. Each player is to figure it out for themselves. This is done on the honor system, but please play fair.

Second, this is a game intended to be fun. People are going to be conniving, and they are going to lie and stab you in the back. Please don’t take it personal. Someone will have to be voted off, and it will likely happen to you.

Every day there will be a question that everyone should answer and discuss to help everyone decide who they think should be voted off, but you may also consider other threads when deciding who to vote for.

When we get down to the final 2 players, the 14 others plus a FOFC poll will vote for the winner.

The first challenge will be here shortly

[Kodos]

May the best man win

Or alien... :D

[Kodos]

but you may also consider other threads when deciding who to vote for.



Time to lay off of the polls for a while...

[stkelly52]

Sorry about that, the teams have been fixed

[Coffee Warlord]

Note to self. If you schedule a match vs a FOFC hattricker also in this little competition...lose. :)

[Vince]

Man, too bad I was a little late in finding this. I'm probably not around enough lately anyhow. Good luck guys :)

[vex]

fixed as in???

[stkelly52]

Originally posted by vexroid
fixed as in???
As in repared. McSweeny was originally listed as being part of both teams. I didn't think that would be fair, so I edited the list

[JeeberD]

Cool, school's been cancelled for tomorrow, so I should be around most of the day to keep an eye out for challenges...

[vex]

This will be my 3rd day out of school in a row:)

[CamEdwards]

fine... I'll just wait for the I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here thread to start up.

[Poli]

Originally posted by McSweeny
oh great! i'm on the grumpy team! sheeeesh ;)

You would actually want to be on a Dean Houston team? :)

[EagleFan]

Damn you stkelly, cue the kung fu music and sub titles... :D

I was thinking of starting up one of these over in the dynasty section. Started coming up with ideas for the challenges and stuff and then I see I've been beaten to the punch.

The only problem with the FOFC survivor is that we need to have the survivor hot chick. This season's survivor has a couple of them.

[stkelly52]

If you have already come up with challenges PM some of them to me. I have a few early ones, but I would like more. I will make sure to give you credit.