Bluebell Family:
Haschel Cedricson, xofelf, Bellaphant, Shadoweh, hiplopDr. McRedDoglos Family:
RedCoyote, doctorwho, Mitillos, Cheery Dog, McMennoTABLE OF CONTENTS
- Setup Rules
- Gaining Control
- Finding the Answers
- Scoring
- Fast Money
- The Surveys Themselves
- Queue
- Leader Board by Family
- Leader Board by Individual
- Games So Far
SETUP RULES
To begin with, teams are set at five players each, and they select a rank order and name. Traditionally, the strongest player and/or best leader would likely want to be ranked first, second strongest at second, and so forth, but this is up to the team's discretion. The lead player should frequent the website as often as possible and will be given the most responsibilities for keeping his or her team competitive as the game goes on.
You should come up with teams on your own, but you're welcome to advertise yourself in the thread if you'd like. A team cannot be made with less than five players. The team aspect is a fundamental part of Family Feud. You'll ideally want a diverse group of people, but you may also want to consider things like who you'd work well with, who is reliable, and who will keep your team in high spirits. Substitutions are acceptable only when the team is not playing, if they're currently in a game it will have to wait until the game is over.
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GAINING CONTROL
To start, the lead players (Rank 1) of both teams will vie for control of the game. A survey question will be asked to both players. This survey question will be along the lines of, "In a survey of 100 Americans, the top 3 responses are on the board. What's the first shape that pops up in your mind?" Both players have 24 hours to answer this question, and since I can't be online 24/7, the second player may PM his or her answer to me as a precaution. This is to prevent the teams from inadvertently helping each other if the first player to answer gets the number one answer. Speed definitely plays a factor in this part!
If one of the players gets the number one answer, they're given two options. They will decide if they're going to play, meaning they'll keep the question and attempt to uncover the remaining responses to win the round, or they'll pass, meaning the other team must get all the responses to win the round. If neither player gets the number one answer, the player with the highest ranking answer will get to choose whether his or her team with play or pass. If neither players gets a correct answer, we'll go to the the second player (Rank 2), get responses from both of them, and so forth until one team gains control of the question.
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FINDING THE ANSWERS
Once a team has control of the survey question, they will attempt to uncover all the remaining responses on the board. The question starts off with the player ranked after the last player who participated in gaining control (e.g. if it went to the 2nd ranked players, the 3rd player would start). The player must answer within 24 hours with no help from his or her teammates. If 24 hours go by with no answer, I'll prod you; if you still haven't responded within 24 hours, you lose your turn. All answers must be in bold and submitted only from the player whose turn it is.
If the player answers correctly, we move onto the next ranked player, and continue until all the responses have been revealed. If the player answers incorrectly or runs out of time, the team gets a strike. If the team gets three strikes, control is passed over to the other team. The other team has to get one of the remaining answers on the board in order to steal the entire point total. All players on the team may participate (this is the only time in the game when all players may participate and discuss what their answer should be), but only the lead player (Rank 1), may submit the answer.
If a player's answer is too vague or misunderstood in any way, I'll ask the player for a clarification. There will be no time extension for this, so if you think your answer may be questionable, make sure to leave yourself some time.
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SCORING
Scoring is tallied by calculating how many surveyors actually choose the response. For example, using the previous example survey question, if 58 people responded "Square", then 58 points would be added to the pool. The total number of points available will not always be 100. This is on account of some answers being too unpopular to rank. As my surveys are unlikely to get 100 responses, I will be extrapolating based on percentages. For example, if a question has 30 responses and the top answer gets 15 responses, the score will be 50% of 100, or 50 points.
The third round will be a double point round, and the fourth and subsequent rounds, if they are necessary, will be a triple point round. This means that the point values will have a double or triple point multiplier respectively. If the game gets that far, the fifth and subsequent rounds will be played at sudden death with only the #1 answer on the board and the rules from the Gaining Control section; the team that gets that answer is credited with the points from that question.
The first team to 300 points wins the match and moves on to Fast Money. Both teams, win or lose, get $1 for every point earned in the main game. Champions retire after five matches.
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FAST MONEY
The team who advances to Fast Money will select two contestants to answer a series of five questions via PM. The questions must be answered within 24 hours with no help from anyone. If both players submit the same answer to the same question, the player who answered second will be told to change his or her answer to said question and given 24 hours to resubmit. If the players accumulate a total of 200 points or more, they will win $20,000; otherwise, they will earn $5 for each point they did get.
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THE SURVEYS THEMSELVES
All questions will be taken from the below surveys. Any survey linked below is open for answers; however, you may only take each survey once. If you take it multiple times, all answers you gave to that survey will be voided.
Survey #1 (taken December 4–7, 2016, questions used December 11, 2016—present)
Survey #2 (taken December 5, 2016—January 1, 2017)
Survey #3 (taken January 1, 2017—present)
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QUEUE
Charles510*
mallowgeno*
Save The Dragons*
yawetag*
*Looking for a family.
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LEADER BOARD BY FAMILY
- Bluebell Family (Haschel Cedricson, xofelf, Bellaphant, Shadoweh, and hiplop): $20,505, 1 win, 1 visit
- Dr. McRedDoglos Family (RedCoyote, doctorwho, Mitillos, Cheery Dog, McMenno): $1,427, 1 win, 1 visit
- Immunity Family (JDGA, Radja, Aronis, Realeo, and Tatsuya Kaname): $64, 0 wins, 1 visit
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LEADER BOARD BY INDIVIDUAL
To obtain the total amount of money won by all families a particular player has been in, multiply the score shown by 5.
- Haschel Cedricson: $4,101 in 1 game
- xofelf: $4,101 in 1 game
- Bellaphant: $4,101 in 1 game
- Shadoweh: $4,101 in 1 game
- hiplop: $4,101 in 1 game
- RedCoyote: $285.40 in 1 game
- doctorwho: $285.40 in 1 game
- Mitillos: $285.40 in 1 game
- Cheery Dog: $285.40 in 1 game
- McMenno: $285.40 in 1 game
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GAMES SO FAR
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