Rome: Game Setup and Rules

Guys, I’m thinking about starting Rome today, perhaps even marking tonight as the first deadline.

Play works this way:

On the first day, everyone votes someone out. You’ll do that part via email, but I’m willing to do discussion in an open forum (you know, like it was in Rome). Nobody’s commented on that yet.

The first guy to die will get 5 contender points.

On day two, everyone who voted for the victim will be up for elimination, and like on every day, everyone votes. So, the trick to getting farther is to either avoid voting for the victim, or have an idea in place if you do.

Everyone who’s eliminated after the first one will get their five participation points, plus five for everyone he outlasts. The final two will advance to the September event, where they’ll face off in a one-on-one and the winner will immediately face the champion (either Erik or Neil). The person who loses the preliminary match will drop to 20 points, which is a drop but not all the way. The person who challenges for the championship will lose all his points, win or lose.

I have, though, decided to allow the champion to play games and build up points for when he inevitably loses his title. Erik is playing this, so it’ll come into play if he wins.

If you want to play, now’s the time to let me know. I’m still considering a deadline tonight, if everyone’s cool with that. I’ll be sure one way or another by noon Central.

I’ve decided to lock the roster at 6pm Central today. At that time I’ll put up the first post, where you can talk all you want, although votes all come to me via email. I’ll run it like Survivor…you can change votes if you want, but once all votes are in, your vote is locked. Also, people who miss votes will be assassinated and will not get additional points on top of what they’ve already earned in the challenge.

AMR
Beau
bhiggum
daneekasghost
Dread Pirate
freealonzo
Geoff
Grey
kg2005 (if he doesn’t win the championship)
mbnovak
MelissaD
nibbish
punmanbowler
Rhubarb_Runner
todahshy
uberminz