LAST EDITED ON 10-08-05 AT 10:51 PM (EST)Another captivating episode....another captivating round of...
Let me start off by saying this week was completely F*CKED UP beyond belief...kind of like me on Homecoming weekend after I get smashed in my girlfriend's garage...
J/K.
It wasn't that f*cked up Nor am I...
Anyway, let's get to those results shall we?
First off, for those of you that didn't know, GARY was the actual star...there was a hidden message in the results post that told you to click the last dot in the post, the final period, which led you to a picture of the actual star. Not to mention the fact that I pretty much said it in the invisible ink message itself...
Now for the Weekly Awards Ceremony:
This week's HIGHEST SCORER was Snidget, with a score of 29. On the other hand, our LOWEST SCORER was a RedInker, alwaysintruble1 with a horrific score of +24...yikes. The BIGGEST JUMPERS were oz4ever and alwaysintruble1, each moving up 7 spots...the BIGGEST PLUNGE was whoami, falling 9 spots and into the red.
Also, allow me to give two extremely HONORABLE MENTIONS, here. My first HONORABLE MENTION is oz4ever, who did not know (to my knowledge) that Morgan was a "decoy" star, but still managed to get a great score of +22. oz also managed to move up to Step 2 in the Pyramid Climb with 11 points leftover, meaning a 2-step jump. Well done!
My second HONORABLE MENTION is mckelviej, who got Brooke's placing off by exactly 7 and got -20 points...I don't know if that was because of an expected win or an expected 15th place, but nevertheless, it's -20 points
Our leader is still the amazing kingfish, everybody! Congrats!
---LEADERBOARD---
1. (1) kingfish - 12/78
2. (7) Snidget* - 29/54
3. (4) Kermit the Vixen - 15/51
4. (2) Ontheroadagain* - -4/43
5. (3) agressionx* - -4/38
6. (9) dreamerbeliever* - 27/38
7. (14) alwaysintruble1* - 24/31
8. (13) bystander* - 21/28
9. (16) oz4ever** - 22/27
10. (6) Molaholic** - 0/26
11. (5) MJewel* - -9/25
12. (17) Mo0** - 18/21
13. (11) CutsyTootsy* - NE-1/9
14. (15) coolbluepig** - NE-1/6
15. (10) Flowerpower** - -6/4
16. (19) taffnic** - 10/4
17. (8) whoami** - -18/-7
18. (18) Scarlett O Hara* - -8/-7
19. (20) tribephyl - 1/-13
20. (22) mckelviej* - 2/-22
21. (21) LibraRising* - -10/-25
Some important points to note-
Tokens - 5 people used a token this week, giving them all +14 or -14 apiece and giving everyone else +5 or -5 each.
Eliminees - I'm terribly sorry, but this week we had two eliminees, one from each "side of the PQM fence" - alwaysintruble1 with a score of +24 and whoami with a score of -18. I hate to do it, but I'm afraid I have to send both of you packing to LoserLodge. Have fun!
Now for our Pyramid Climb Standings. Again, token usage points don't count towards this:
Player: Step, Points towards next step
Mo0: 2, 7
oz4ever: 3, 0
Molaholic: 2, 4
agressionx: 2, 8
Kermit the Vixen: 1, 12
dreamerbeliever: 2,0
Snidget: 3, 3
kingfish: 2, 13
Ontheroadagain: 2, 5
MJewel: 1, 10
bystander: 1, 14
CutsyTootsy: 1, 0
Flowerpower: 1, 9
coolbluepig: 1, 7
mckelviej: 1, -1
tribephyl: 1, 0
LibraRising: 1, -13
Scarlett O Hara: 1, -10
taffnic: 2, 0
Our current leader for the Pyramid Climb is Snidget at 3,3. Second place is oz4ever at 3,0 with kingfish at 2,13 in a close third. Good job to all you guys.
Here are the correct answers to the questions from last week, with the real star's name in them:
1. How many times will Gary's face be shown? 74
2. How many words will Gary say? 185
3. How many votes will Gary receive at TC? 0
4. Which challenges will Gary win? RC and IC
P. What place will Gary finish in in the entire game? ???
B1. Will Gary say either "alligator" or "crocodile"? No
B2. Will Gary do at least 3 confessionals? No
B3. Will Gary cast an elimination vote at TC? No
For Question 4 - I considered Gary to win the RC seeing how he "won" a shower and "won" a picnic, as opposed to let's say...Lydia, who didn't "win" any of the votes.
Also, last week's star, Brooke, got the boot, much to my dismay (and/or demise in one game). Last season the first time a star got booted was when Janu left, which was I believe 4 weeks after she was the star...5 weeks into the entire PQM (since it started after Week 3). A somewhat shocking vote, but it was beneficial to a few of you. The people that got points from her boot were Mo0-(+8), oz4ever-(+10), mckelviej-(-20), and Snidget-(+8). Good job to all of those people
Here's next week's Star:
No joke this time, I promise
Here are your questions:
1. How many times will Jamie's face be shown?
2. How many words will Jamie say?
3. How many votes will Jamie get at TC?
4. Which challenge will Jamie win?
P. What place will Jamie finish in in the entire game?
B1. Will Jamie be shown sitting/standing on one of the Mayan Pyramids?
B2. Will Jamie mention the name of anyone on Yaxha?
B3. Will Jamie be shown enjoying the reward or reaping its benefits?
Your deadline is Thursday at 7:59 PM EST.
Sorry about this being so late again, you guys...I'm slippin. No actually, the mouse for my comp wasn't frickin working for the last 3 days, so...yeah. In case you're wondering how I've posted at all...I use the computers at school.
Anyway...have fun
Scoring
Question 1- 10 for ±0, 8 for ±1, 5 for ±2, 3 for ±3, 2 for ±4, 1 for ±5||Question 2- 20 if you have it right on, 15 points minus half a point for every word under you are, nothing if you go over||Question 3- 5 points for ±0, 3 for ±1, 1 for ±2||Question 4- (-1) point for every challenge you say they'll win that they don't. No points for saying that won't win a challenge that they do. (+2) points for every challenge you say they'll win and they do.||Question P- This stays the same for the duration of the game, if you get it right on, you get 20 points, off by one is 10 points, off by two is 8 points, and off by three is 6 points||BONUS QUESTIONS are always worth 4 pts. for correct, -2 pts. for incorrect unless stated otherwise. The superbonus is not applicable to any bonus questions that do not follow the standard bonus question scoring.||There is a (-3) Penalty for each mandatory question you do not answer, (+3) for RedInkers.
RedInk Scoring
Question 1 - (-1) for ±5, (-2) for ±6, (-3) for ±7, (-5) for ±8, (-8) for ±9, (-10) for ±10||Question 2- (-20) if you have it right on, (-15) points plus half a point for every word over you are, nothing if you go under||Question 3- (-5) points for ±4, (-3) points for ±3, (-1) points for ±2||Question P- (-6) for ±4, (-8) for ±5, (-10) for ±6, (-20) for ±7||Questions 4 and B1-B3 are all graded the same as in regular play.
Superbonus
For BONUS questions, you may choose to do the "Superbonus"- place a 'SB(x2)' or 'SB(x3)' next to the question, your choice. If you answer a question incorrectly and you've gone for the superbonus, you get either a (-4) or a (-6) for getting it wrong, (-6) for choosing the x2 and (-8) for choosing the x3. By choosing the x2, you get 6 points for every bonus you answer correctly, and in choosing the x3, you get 8 points for every one you answer incorrectly, but keep the penalties in mind.
Tokens
Each player is alotted 2 tokens at the beginning of the game. If you use a token, you move everybody else's score closer to zero by one point, while you gain however many points you adjusted in total. By Climbing your Pyramid (see next section), you can earn yourself more tokens.
Climbing the Pyramid
For every 15 points you get (disincluding points received from using your token), you climb one step on your pyramid, which has three steps to get to the top. Any points "left over" after the 15 go towards your next step. If, however, you have 10 or more points left over, you will climb two steps instead. If you climb two steps because of this, you do not get the left over from the left over towards your third step-you must begin the third step at zero. Once you complete the third step, you receive one more token. You then start again at Step 1 with zero points.