RageWizard
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I am posting the rules as they are posted over at AIC, I have decided that the game will start with 24 contestants, and the first expected entry for participants is before 8:15 PM 2/25/10. Notice I give you all 15 minutes after the ellimination show starts to make you guesses. This is for the people who forget to enter, but when that crappy broadway style number comes on, you can still make your move.
American Idol Conspiracy/ Gamelive
$500 Idol Picker Contest
WTF? you say. Yeah it is true, this is a contest to see who is the King (or Queen) of all Idol Pickers. All you have to do watch the American Idol program. Then when the pool of contestants are selected for individual performance eliminations, log in and make a couple of American Idol contestants to be the running for the eventual winner, and every week, from then on, select who is getting the boot off the show for that week. If at the end of the season you have the most points, you get a FedEx man delivering $500 in cash direct to you.
The show starts next Tuesday 01.12.10, and I'm guessing that I have until around the middle of May to produce some cash, but in the meantime, I encourage everyone participate every week, regardless of the actual outcome from your selections. The scoring that is described below rewards participation very well, and it may be impossible to win by just missing 4 or 5 of the shows. Hey, on most days you have almost 48 hours to decide from seeing the performances, to seeing the eliminations.
Here are my rules:
1. 1 entry per person open to all American Idol Conspiracy registered posters; no "ghost" duplicates are tolerated. Posters with the same IP address location are allowed, but proof of life is required if requested by the referee.
2. As I (RageWizard) am the referee, I will then be disqualified to participate in the contest.
The term contestant will refer to actual American Idol Contestants who have been selected in a final pool for performance evaluation elimination competition.
The term participant refers to this contest participants.
3. All rulings can be subjected to appeal as long as the grievances are submitted within 1 week of the ruling in question, or before the next round of elimination episodes from American Idol. Generally, scores will be posted within a couple of days after the elimination, or point generating show. If points aren't posted 48 hours before the next eliminating show, the grievance acceptance period will be extented until the next elimination show. If the American Idol has been selected, distribution of the reward will then be delayed 1 week after the posting of the winning participant or until all grievances have been settled by the referee.
4. All participants must post their selections on this web site in the properly labeled thread. I realize that some people may have contractual obligations that would preclude them from participation, so in that instance, a surrogate may be used, but the entries must still be submitted in the correct thread so that transparency can be obtained and verified by all entrants.
5. Game play:
5a. Longevity of appearances: Each participant should submit 2 Idol contestants that they believe will last the longest or eventually win the contest. For every week that the idol contestant survives an elimination, or an elimination with a bye week provision attached, the participant who has selected that contestant shall receive 100 points multiplied by the number of weeks that contestant has been selected by the contest participant.
EX. Contestant A has been selected by Participant "5", and has made it through elimination for 5 weeks, so the total score for that selection is 100 points for the first week, 100 points x 2 for the second week, 100 points x 3 points for the 3rd week, etc...
If the contestant is voted off the show, the participant can make another selection but the points will reset as if it was the 1st week of play for that contestant.
5b. Eliminated Contestant: Every week, a participant shall make a selection or selections depending on how many idol contestants will be voted off of the show. If the participant's selected contestant is voted off the show, the participant will be awarded 100 points x the amount of contestants left to be eliminated from the beginning of the show.
EX. If there are 24 contestants at the beginning of the show, and 1 is voted off, and Participant "5" guesses the correct contestant voted off the show, He/She/Whatever is awarded 100 points x 24 contestants for 2400 points.
5c. All selections for the week must be made before the elimination show by each participant in order to receive participation points, or points for selecting the correct contestant to be voted off the show, or to change a contestant for the eventual American Idol. If a participant has a selected contestant already in play from a previous week, there is no need to reaffirm that selection. Upon satisfactory completion of selected contestants for various reasons by a participant, that participant will then be awarded 500 participation points for that elimination episode.
5d. If bye weeks are given, a participant may guess that a bye will be enacted. The participant can only use the "bye week" guess for as many times as a bye week provision is allowed by American Idol rules. If the participant is correct in guessing, an award of 500 points will be given. No points are awarded for a wrong guess, but at least 1 bye week provisional guess will have been used, and depending on how many bye weeks there are, the participant may be out of guesses for the remainder of the competition.
5e. For the final week, all participants will select their winner contestant, and if their winner contestant actually wins to become the next American Idol, they will receive a bonus of 1000 points towards their score. All other selections are still "live" and will be recorded, including the contestant to be eliminated, and the contestants remaining.
6. The participant with the most points at the end of the contest will be awarded the prize, but in the event of a tie, a tie breaker will be established with the following tie breakers:
1. Selection of the American Idol Winner
2. Greatest number of correctly guessed eliminated contestants
3. Greatest number of surviving contestants for consecutive weeks
4. If still tied the award will be split amongst all participants still tied.
7. At the end of the contest, a total award of $500 cash will be sent to the winner/winners via FedEx with a signature required for verification of receiving. Other payment terms may be used if requested and agreed to by the sponsor.
So if you have any questions, please post them here.
American Idol Conspiracy/ Gamelive
$500 Idol Picker Contest
WTF? you say. Yeah it is true, this is a contest to see who is the King (or Queen) of all Idol Pickers. All you have to do watch the American Idol program. Then when the pool of contestants are selected for individual performance eliminations, log in and make a couple of American Idol contestants to be the running for the eventual winner, and every week, from then on, select who is getting the boot off the show for that week. If at the end of the season you have the most points, you get a FedEx man delivering $500 in cash direct to you.
The show starts next Tuesday 01.12.10, and I'm guessing that I have until around the middle of May to produce some cash, but in the meantime, I encourage everyone participate every week, regardless of the actual outcome from your selections. The scoring that is described below rewards participation very well, and it may be impossible to win by just missing 4 or 5 of the shows. Hey, on most days you have almost 48 hours to decide from seeing the performances, to seeing the eliminations.
Here are my rules:
1. 1 entry per person open to all American Idol Conspiracy registered posters; no "ghost" duplicates are tolerated. Posters with the same IP address location are allowed, but proof of life is required if requested by the referee.
2. As I (RageWizard) am the referee, I will then be disqualified to participate in the contest.
The term contestant will refer to actual American Idol Contestants who have been selected in a final pool for performance evaluation elimination competition.
The term participant refers to this contest participants.
3. All rulings can be subjected to appeal as long as the grievances are submitted within 1 week of the ruling in question, or before the next round of elimination episodes from American Idol. Generally, scores will be posted within a couple of days after the elimination, or point generating show. If points aren't posted 48 hours before the next eliminating show, the grievance acceptance period will be extented until the next elimination show. If the American Idol has been selected, distribution of the reward will then be delayed 1 week after the posting of the winning participant or until all grievances have been settled by the referee.
4. All participants must post their selections on this web site in the properly labeled thread. I realize that some people may have contractual obligations that would preclude them from participation, so in that instance, a surrogate may be used, but the entries must still be submitted in the correct thread so that transparency can be obtained and verified by all entrants.
5. Game play:
5a. Longevity of appearances: Each participant should submit 2 Idol contestants that they believe will last the longest or eventually win the contest. For every week that the idol contestant survives an elimination, or an elimination with a bye week provision attached, the participant who has selected that contestant shall receive 100 points multiplied by the number of weeks that contestant has been selected by the contest participant.
EX. Contestant A has been selected by Participant "5", and has made it through elimination for 5 weeks, so the total score for that selection is 100 points for the first week, 100 points x 2 for the second week, 100 points x 3 points for the 3rd week, etc...
If the contestant is voted off the show, the participant can make another selection but the points will reset as if it was the 1st week of play for that contestant.
5b. Eliminated Contestant: Every week, a participant shall make a selection or selections depending on how many idol contestants will be voted off of the show. If the participant's selected contestant is voted off the show, the participant will be awarded 100 points x the amount of contestants left to be eliminated from the beginning of the show.
EX. If there are 24 contestants at the beginning of the show, and 1 is voted off, and Participant "5" guesses the correct contestant voted off the show, He/She/Whatever is awarded 100 points x 24 contestants for 2400 points.
5c. All selections for the week must be made before the elimination show by each participant in order to receive participation points, or points for selecting the correct contestant to be voted off the show, or to change a contestant for the eventual American Idol. If a participant has a selected contestant already in play from a previous week, there is no need to reaffirm that selection. Upon satisfactory completion of selected contestants for various reasons by a participant, that participant will then be awarded 500 participation points for that elimination episode.
5d. If bye weeks are given, a participant may guess that a bye will be enacted. The participant can only use the "bye week" guess for as many times as a bye week provision is allowed by American Idol rules. If the participant is correct in guessing, an award of 500 points will be given. No points are awarded for a wrong guess, but at least 1 bye week provisional guess will have been used, and depending on how many bye weeks there are, the participant may be out of guesses for the remainder of the competition.
5e. For the final week, all participants will select their winner contestant, and if their winner contestant actually wins to become the next American Idol, they will receive a bonus of 1000 points towards their score. All other selections are still "live" and will be recorded, including the contestant to be eliminated, and the contestants remaining.
6. The participant with the most points at the end of the contest will be awarded the prize, but in the event of a tie, a tie breaker will be established with the following tie breakers:
1. Selection of the American Idol Winner
2. Greatest number of correctly guessed eliminated contestants
3. Greatest number of surviving contestants for consecutive weeks
4. If still tied the award will be split amongst all participants still tied.
7. At the end of the contest, a total award of $500 cash will be sent to the winner/winners via FedEx with a signature required for verification of receiving. Other payment terms may be used if requested and agreed to by the sponsor.
So if you have any questions, please post them here.
