To clarify things for new and old players alike, I think it's time for a new rules thread.
What is a Survivor?
A game conducted by polls, the goal of which is to find (and fight over) the best songs by various bands. The name comes from the TV show, because we use the same method: vote off the worst, and the best are left standing. The idea was taken from DreamTheaterForums.org, but I have heavily modified their rules.
How do you play?
Vote for your three LEAST favorite songs in the poll. Yes, sometimes they're all good songs and it's a painful choice - that's the whole point.
At the end of each 2-day round, I'll take out the top 2 or 3 "winners" of the poll, and the vote count is reset.
After a few rounds, we'll get down to 10 songs left. That's when the next album from the band joins the continuing top ten songs. We go back up to about 20 songs and whittle it down to 10 again, when the next album joins...
When there's only two songs left from a single album, those songs are removed from the poll and promoted to later rounds: the Quarterfinals and Semifinals. After we've run through all the band's albums, those rounds are next.
If we've done a band before, the top ten songs from the last game are held out until the Finals. Thus the Finals become the reigning regime vs. the best of the rest. When we're finally into the Top Ten, I only remove one song per round (to induce maximum pain and collateral damage).
How do you win?
You don't. Songs win or lose; you can care or not as you please.
Of course, most players back their favorite songs for survival. Everyone here knows I have a deep interest in seeing Paschendale win, because it's not possible to not care about a song that awesome.
A quick technical point: the tiebreaker.
If songs are tied and I need to break that tie, then I go back to previous rounds and compare the tied songs until I find a winner. If the vote history is identical all the way back, the tie is not broken; both songs survive.
How many games are there?
This season it's only 4 games at a time. Two will update every day, so each game has 2-day rounds.
What bands will we be doing in the future?
I will no longer be running low-voter games. Thus I'm aiming for some well-known and popular bands this season.
We'll be doing some repeats, when the time is right. Sabbath, Rush and Zeppelin are always fun. Bruce will follow Maiden, but we're going to skip Blaze this year.
New bands: Van Halen and Foo Fighters, perhaps more. (Queen is happening right now...
)
And something that I think will be enjoyed: the big 4 of thrash all at once. We'll start Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax together.
If there's anything about the rules I forgot to mention or you don't understand, ask here. This is also a good place to post requests for upcoming bands.
What is a Survivor?
A game conducted by polls, the goal of which is to find (and fight over) the best songs by various bands. The name comes from the TV show, because we use the same method: vote off the worst, and the best are left standing. The idea was taken from DreamTheaterForums.org, but I have heavily modified their rules.
How do you play?
Vote for your three LEAST favorite songs in the poll. Yes, sometimes they're all good songs and it's a painful choice - that's the whole point.
At the end of each 2-day round, I'll take out the top 2 or 3 "winners" of the poll, and the vote count is reset.After a few rounds, we'll get down to 10 songs left. That's when the next album from the band joins the continuing top ten songs. We go back up to about 20 songs and whittle it down to 10 again, when the next album joins...
When there's only two songs left from a single album, those songs are removed from the poll and promoted to later rounds: the Quarterfinals and Semifinals. After we've run through all the band's albums, those rounds are next.
If we've done a band before, the top ten songs from the last game are held out until the Finals. Thus the Finals become the reigning regime vs. the best of the rest. When we're finally into the Top Ten, I only remove one song per round (to induce maximum pain and collateral damage).
How do you win?
You don't. Songs win or lose; you can care or not as you please.
Of course, most players back their favorite songs for survival. Everyone here knows I have a deep interest in seeing Paschendale win, because it's not possible to not care about a song that awesome.
A quick technical point: the tiebreaker.
If songs are tied and I need to break that tie, then I go back to previous rounds and compare the tied songs until I find a winner. If the vote history is identical all the way back, the tie is not broken; both songs survive.
How many games are there?
This season it's only 4 games at a time. Two will update every day, so each game has 2-day rounds.
What bands will we be doing in the future?
I will no longer be running low-voter games. Thus I'm aiming for some well-known and popular bands this season.
We'll be doing some repeats, when the time is right. Sabbath, Rush and Zeppelin are always fun. Bruce will follow Maiden, but we're going to skip Blaze this year.
New bands: Van Halen and Foo Fighters, perhaps more. (Queen is happening right now...
)And something that I think will be enjoyed: the big 4 of thrash all at once. We'll start Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax together.
If there's anything about the rules I forgot to mention or you don't understand, ask here. This is also a good place to post requests for upcoming bands.
