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FORUM FEUD--Game Started! Info in 1st post
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ophelia
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Date Posted:
6/28 4:20pm
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FORUM FEUD--Game Started! Info in 1st post
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DarthIntegral posted:
The game has been started! It has been placed in its own forum, under the JC Community category. I've so far posted only the first game, but later this morning I will get the other two opening round games started as well.
That's right, it's time to play . . .
What is that?
Well, it's basically like Family Feud. With forums.
Wut.
For those of you who are not up on your late-70's American game shows, you play Family Feud like this, only usually much, much more better:
Idiots Play Family Feud
Or, if you want a more local reference, it's pretty similar to GIMER's "Match Game."
Soo . . . two teams from different forums get together and see who can give the most common, stereotypical answers to a set of culture-specific questions?
That would be it, yes.
All right then. Off you go.
In that case, continue on for the tl;dr rules!
Who are we supposed to be matching answers with? GIMER had people trying to match answers with himself and two psychotic moderators. It's practically impossible to answer questions like that.
The host of Forum Feud, DarthIntegral, has a stats book that lists the most common answers to a whole bunch of questions. Players will be trying to match answers with a large group of strangers in some English-speaking country. No psychotic moderators are necessary. But you know they'll be there anyway.
What are these questions going to be about?
Stuff. A large variety of common-knowledge stuff . . . that Inty has in his book, aaand which I cannot precisely identify. Don't worry about whether you know enough trivia, though. The point isn't to get the "right answer," it's to get the most popular answer.
Since we're copying Family Feud, only with forums, I suppose we'll have the "JCC Family" playing against the "EUC Family" and the "Senate Family," etc.?
That's it exactly. Only you can make up team names that are less dumb.
And how do we sign up for this?
We have one of those ever-so-exciting "copy, paste, and add yourself" lists below.
Once you have a team put together, you need to choose a team captain, a set of colors: foreground and background, what forum you're representing, and your team nickname. Send all of this information in a PM to DarthIntegral.
Hey! There's only five slots on that list! What if I'm #6?
In that case you start all over again, with #1. There can only be 5 people on a team, but each forum can send multiple teams if they want.
Well, now there are two teams of five and one with three. I'm on the one with three. WTH do I do now?!
You can do one of three things.
A) We can find a team from another forum that only has two people, and we can combine you. You must choose the forum you are allied with, however. YOU MUST CHOOSE!!!
B) You can move yourself onto that thing labeled "Alternates List." This means that you think you would like to play, but you aren't sure you can commit to participating in the whole game. If someone from an established team disappears or quits, then that team may go hunting for a new member on the Alternates List. That could be you. If you are only available for certain dates, say, only after July 15 or only before August 1, it would help if you'd write those limitations next to your name.
C) Find two more friends of yours and force them to join up at gunpoint.
Speaking of committing to the whole game . . . how long is this supposed to last, anyway?
The tentative start date is July 7. The run time will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 to 2 months, depending on how many teams sign up, and whether Inty decides to run more than one round at a time. He figures a "round" should last about a week.
A "round" is what again . . . ?
A round is two teams facing off against each other. There are two bits of it. In the first bit, the two team captains compete to pick the most popular answer to a particular question. If both captains pick the #1 answer, the one who answered first wins. Speed and conformity are therefore your friends.
For people who do not like printed directions, a round opening is what is happening here, up until about 0:35. Only instead of buzzers, imagine PM's to the host.
The second bit happens after a team captain wins. Players answer questions one by one until they have either "cleared the board" or gotten three answers wrong. If they get three "strikes," the other team gets its turn, and can grab all the original team's points.
Basically, watch the rest of that "what is happening here" clip to see how it works.
Of course, we post our answers in the game thread instead of shouting them out, because only admins can hear every word you say through your monitor.
So . . . what do we win? Is it awesome?
Sorta kinda.
The team that wins a round gets their forum banner put up in the losing team's forum for either 24, 48, 72, or 96 hours, depending on just how completely the losing team has been annihilated. I say we give 'em all the Hoff, even if that one does say "Hoff Squad" on it! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ::laughs nefariously:: HAAAA!
The winning team will get their team colors, VIPship and title for varying lengths of time. The time will be the same as the amount of time the losing forum has to keep the winners' banner up.
For accumulating 50 or fewer points: 24 hours
For 51 to 99 points: 48 hours
For 100 to 149 points: 72 points
For 150 to 199 points, one week
After a round's over . . . then what?
The losing team is eliminated, and the winning team goes on to face other winning teams. The matches and eliminations are done in a similar way to the NBA playoffs, or the Hottie Wars thread, or this:
The ultimate Forum Feud winners will get custom colors, VIPship, and title for two weeks.
Is there any other stuff?
Yah, other forums known to be participating:
Games
EUC
SWC
Arena
Fanfiction
Census and Games
RPF
WNU
SFF
If you want to play, you have to choose just one forum. Obviously JCC is way more awesomer, but we'll understand if you want to represent a different forum. <font size=1>(Traitor!!) </font>
The game will probably take place in its own dedicated forum rather than traveling around.
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zacparis
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6/28 4:25pm
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RE: FORUM FEUD--a boardwide game. Sign up to represent JCC!
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GrandAdmiralStrife
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6/28 4:28pm
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6/28 4:35pm
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Was waiting for this.
1) zacparis
2) GrandAdmiralStrife
3) Suzuki_Akira
4) Boba_Fett_2001
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Date Posted:
6/28 4:37pm
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Maulfly
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solojones
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Date Posted:
6/28 4:43pm
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I would play, but I'm gonna be in Europe starting in August so I'll just have to watch sporatically from internet cafes 
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Date Posted:
6/28 4:58pm
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1) zacparis
2) GrandAdmiralStrife
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ophelia
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Date Posted:
6/28 5:05pm
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RE: FORUM FEUD--a boardwide game. Sign up to represent JCC!
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You guys don't have to be alternates if you don't want . .. you can just start another team of 5.
The "Alternates" list is for people who want to play, but don't think they can make a commitment for the whole length of the game.
(Of course, if that's what you had in mind, then no problem.) 
Here:
Team 1
1) zacparis
2) GrandAdmiralStrife
3) Suzuki_Akira
4) Boba_Fett_2001
5) Tom
Team 2
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Team 3
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Alternates List
1) Maulfly
2) Eethy
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(If the alternates want to move their names & have run out of editing time, I can move them for them.)
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6/28 5:07pm
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I'd play, but I have no idea what the rules of Family Feud are.
Scummy
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ophelia
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Date Posted:
6/28 5:08pm
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Scummy, read the first 500 words of the OP and watch the Youtube clip.
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6/28 5:12pm
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Team 1
1) zacparis
2) GrandAdmiralStrife
3) Suzuki_Akira
4) Boba_Fett_2001
5) Tom
Team 2
1) JediANGELA (will be away from July 5th-July 13th. Any time after that I can do)
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1) Maulfly
2) Eethy
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Eirtaé
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6/28 7:09pm
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Do you have to keep the same username the whole time you're playing? 1-2 months is a long time to stick with the same name...
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6/28 7:22pm
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Team 1
1) zacparis
2) GrandAdmiralStrife
3) Suzuki_Akira
4) Boba_Fett_2001
5) Tom
Team 2
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