UncleSam
Leading this village
Hi all, I will be hosting a new version of The Genius Game!
This game will have general rules almost identical to the previous Genius Game, which was hosted by zorbees. The general structure and rules will be more or less the same, but I will c/p the general stuff from that thread here for those of you who are not aware what this game entails.
1. Game Basics:
-There will be 13 players in the game.
-Each round will have a Main Match and a Death Match. The Main Match determines the winner(s) and elimination candidate(s) of the round. The Death Match will pit 2 players against each other to determine who is eliminated.
-The Main Match will be a test of the players’ wit, tactics, cooperation, social skills, etc.
-The Death Match will be a one-on-one test of the players’ wit, tactics, cooperation, etc. Often times, the players not in the Death Match will still play a role in determining the winner of the Death Match.
-The winners of the Main Match will each receive a Token of Life. Players with a Token of Life cannot be chosen to participate in the Death Match. A sole winner will receive 2 Tokens of Life, and will have to give one to another player.
-The loser of the Main Match will be the elimination candidate of the round. This player will pick a player without a Token of Life to participate against in the Death Match.
2. Garnets:
-Garnets are the game currency of The Genius Game. Each player will begin the game with 1 Garnet.
-Garnets may be obtained during the Main Match, usually by winning, or sometimes via other means. The Main Match post will describe how to obtain Garnets during that Main Match.
-Garnets may be spent during the Main Match to obtain certain advantages. The Main Match post will describe how and for what to spend Garnets during that Main Match.
-The player who wins a Death Match will receive the Garnets held by the loser of the Death Match.
-Garnets may be given or traded to other players.
-After each Main Match and Death Match, each player’s Garnet count will be made public.
3. Inventory:
-Each player will have an inventory during the course of The Genius Game to hold all of their items, as well as their Garnets.
-At any time in the game, you may PM the host “Give/Take/Trade/Show [item/Garnets] to/from <user> (for [item/Garnets])”. Giving the item will remove the item or Garnets from your inventory and add the item or Garnets to the target’s inventory, as long as the other player Takes it from you. Trading will give the item or Garnets to the target in exchange for an item or Garnets from the target, as long as both players have the same trade agreement. Showing the item or Garnets will give the target confirmation from the host that the user is holding the item or Garnets.
-Most if not all items will only be held during the specific Main Match that they apply to, and will leave the inventory after that Main Match ends.
4. Winning the Game:
-The last player remaining in the game will be The Genius Game Champion.
-The players eliminated prior to the Final Match will still have something to do, so you may want to pay attention as the game goes on.
5. Various Other Rules:
-Activity will be very important to this game. If you are anticipating a period of inactivity, please let the host know. I’d prefer not to sub people in a game like this.
-IRC will be very important to this game. It will greatly help in streamlining the game and making it easier to communicate. If you cannot be at least somewhat active on IRC, you may have trouble in the game, and I would recommend not signing up.
-I will accept actions, etc, over IRC. The official game channel is #GeniusGame on synirc. However, note that there is a small chance that I may miss your action should you send it over IRC. If I do not respond, I likely missed your action.
-You may not quote/paste any information from the host. The Show Item command allows you to confirm certain things, but some host information will only be confirmed to the player it was originally given to.
-No deadtalking.
-I retain the right to prevent you from “gaming the system”. This will only be used in extreme measures.
-No anonymous nicks will be allowed for the purposes of this game. No impersonating as well.
-There will (hopefully) be a postgame, so any insight I have into the thoughts of the players will help.
-There will be 13 players in the game.
-Each round will have a Main Match and a Death Match. The Main Match determines the winner(s) and elimination candidate(s) of the round. The Death Match will pit 2 players against each other to determine who is eliminated.
-The Main Match will be a test of the players’ wit, tactics, cooperation, social skills, etc.
-The Death Match will be a one-on-one test of the players’ wit, tactics, cooperation, etc. Often times, the players not in the Death Match will still play a role in determining the winner of the Death Match.
-The winners of the Main Match will each receive a Token of Life. Players with a Token of Life cannot be chosen to participate in the Death Match. A sole winner will receive 2 Tokens of Life, and will have to give one to another player.
-The loser of the Main Match will be the elimination candidate of the round. This player will pick a player without a Token of Life to participate against in the Death Match.
2. Garnets:
-Garnets are the game currency of The Genius Game. Each player will begin the game with 1 Garnet.
-Garnets may be obtained during the Main Match, usually by winning, or sometimes via other means. The Main Match post will describe how to obtain Garnets during that Main Match.
-Garnets may be spent during the Main Match to obtain certain advantages. The Main Match post will describe how and for what to spend Garnets during that Main Match.
-The player who wins a Death Match will receive the Garnets held by the loser of the Death Match.
-Garnets may be given or traded to other players.
-After each Main Match and Death Match, each player’s Garnet count will be made public.
3. Inventory:
-Each player will have an inventory during the course of The Genius Game to hold all of their items, as well as their Garnets.
-At any time in the game, you may PM the host “Give/Take/Trade/Show [item/Garnets] to/from <user> (for [item/Garnets])”. Giving the item will remove the item or Garnets from your inventory and add the item or Garnets to the target’s inventory, as long as the other player Takes it from you. Trading will give the item or Garnets to the target in exchange for an item or Garnets from the target, as long as both players have the same trade agreement. Showing the item or Garnets will give the target confirmation from the host that the user is holding the item or Garnets.
-Most if not all items will only be held during the specific Main Match that they apply to, and will leave the inventory after that Main Match ends.
4. Winning the Game:
-The last player remaining in the game will be The Genius Game Champion.
-The players eliminated prior to the Final Match will still have something to do, so you may want to pay attention as the game goes on.
5. Various Other Rules:
-Activity will be very important to this game. If you are anticipating a period of inactivity, please let the host know. I’d prefer not to sub people in a game like this.
-IRC will be very important to this game. It will greatly help in streamlining the game and making it easier to communicate. If you cannot be at least somewhat active on IRC, you may have trouble in the game, and I would recommend not signing up.
-I will accept actions, etc, over IRC. The official game channel is #GeniusGame on synirc. However, note that there is a small chance that I may miss your action should you send it over IRC. If I do not respond, I likely missed your action.
-You may not quote/paste any information from the host. The Show Item command allows you to confirm certain things, but some host information will only be confirmed to the player it was originally given to.
-No deadtalking.
-I retain the right to prevent you from “gaming the system”. This will only be used in extreme measures.
-No anonymous nicks will be allowed for the purposes of this game. No impersonating as well.
-There will (hopefully) be a postgame, so any insight I have into the thoughts of the players will help.
In addition, note that for this iteration of The Genius Game, I will be conducting at least some of the Main Matches AND Death Matches directly over either Skype or Smogon Discord, using the Social Forums Discord channel in particular. I will generally try to schedule matches that will be conducted live for Saturday or Sunday afternoon - I do not anticipate most of the early Main Matches will be conducted this way, however, as getting everyone's schedules to align is always a challenge. I will try to get things going live as soon as possible, however, in order to keep this game moving along.
There is space for 13 people. I reserve the right to choose who plays in the game, but if you really want to play then shoot me a PM indicating as much and I will almost certainly be able to squeeze you in. Feel free to sign up as a sub as well - I was a sub for the first Genius Game and made it all the way to the Finals, so take it from me that this is a much easier and better game to sub in to than most games on Circus!
To sign up, just post 'in' in this thread. I'll put the first Main Match up either tomorrow or Sunday, depending on how much interest there is / how quickly signups come in.
For those of you who are veterans, you will recognize how I am doing the Death Matches to some extent: there will be a pool of 12 possible death matches, and each week, the participants will get to first discuss between the two of them which one they would like to play. If they can come to an agreement, I will let them play any game that is still in the pool. If they cannot come to an agreement, I will give each of them a varying numbers of 'bans' from within the pool based on how many death matches remain in the pool, and will then randomly select a match from the remainder.
The death match details can be found here.
Main Matches:
Main Match 13 - 1728 - Won by Thetwinmasters
Main Match 12 - Angels and Demons - Won by VigilanteVigoroth
Main Match 11 - Treasure Island - Won by LightWolf
Main Match 10 - Knowledge Olympiad - Won by Team zorbees
Main Match 9 - Pokemon Battle Royale - Won by itzviper482
Main Match 8 - Fantasy Baseball Auction - Won by Da Letter El
Main Match 7 - Tellius Brawl - Won by Da Letter El
Main Match 6 - Age of Circus - Won by Blazade
Main Match 5 - House of Circus - Won by Da Letter El
Main Match 4 - Circus Grandmasters - Won by Apricity
Main Match 3 - Draft Mafia
Players:
Da Letter El
Eliminated:
13th - Haruno - Lost to Da Letter El in Pass Code
12th - Thetwinmasters - Lost to Flyhn in Wishing Well
11th - shubaka17 - Lost to idiotfrommars in 1 Survives
10th - Flyhn - Lost to LightWolf in Treasure Map
9th - idiotfrommars - Lost to Blazade in Anaments
8th - ItzViper482 - Lost to Blazade in 9001 is Prime
7th - VigilanteVigoroth - Lost by Apricity in Wishing Well (Duplicate)
6th - zorbees - Lost to CaffeineBoost in 1 Survives (Duplicate)
5th - LightWolf - Lost to CaffeineBoost in DOG
4th - Blazade - Lost to CaffeineBoost in Animal Map
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