Family Feud! (Game 1, Signups Open)

[Xalxe]

Ladies and gentlemen and variations thereupon, it's time for...

Hosted by

Xalxe

Rules stolen as blatantly as possible from

RedCoyote

Families/Rankings

Rank	Team Name	Players	W/L	Point Total

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.

GAME RULES

NOTE: These rules will be written as though the player has never seen the game played. The rules for the final round have changed somewhat, please read all the rules carefully. I reserve the right to alter the rules should the need arise, but rest assured everything I change or add will be documented and the fundamental mechanics of the game won't change.

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.

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. 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'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.
  
• If the player answers incorrectly, 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.
  
• If the player doesn't answer at all, the lead player (
  Rank 1
  ) is allowed to submit an answer within the next 12 hours (after the 24 hours window). The original player is no longer allowed to answer, the lead player is the only one who may answer at this point. If he or she doesn't answer, the team automatically gets a
  strike
  .
  
• The other team must come up with one of the remaining responses on the board to win the round. 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.

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.
  
• This score will not always be 100. This is on account of some answers being too unpopular to rank.
  
• The second round will be a double point round, and the third round will be a triple point round. This means that the point values will have a double or triple point multiplier respectively.
  
• The team with the most points after three rounds moves onto the final round.
  
• 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.

Final Round

• The winning team gets a final
  survey question
  all to themselves for the final round. They get 24 hours from the time it's posted to get as many answers as they can, but they must make an important decision about scoring the round.
  
• The question may give them normal, double, or triple the amount of points... depending on how confident the team feels. If they choose to play for normal points, it will play just like a normal question. If they choose to play for double points, the team is only allowed two
  strikes
  . If they play for triple points, the team may only get one
  strike
  before play ends! Normal points will be assigned by default if nothing is chosen.
  
• Any player may answer, and they may answer as many times as they like during this round. All answers will be counted in the order with which they are posted.
  
• After the 24 hours are up, I'll tally all the submitted answers until either the team reaches their
  strike
  limit, or the team correctly gets all the answers on the board.

[Xalxe]

SURVEYS

This space will be used to keep track of the Surveys. I encourage all players and spectators to not only respond to the surveys, but get your friends to respond as well! The more responses, the better the games will be. I will make a post every time I post a new Survey.

SURVEY 1 - Closed (8/7 - 8/18)

SURVEY 2 - OPEN (8/12)

SURVEY 3 - OPEN (8/19)

[Xalxe]

Current Families

Oddballs

: Radja, StrangerCoug, racefan12, randomidget and N

Skywalkers

: xofelf, RedCoyote, Aronis, Frozen Angel, and Cheery Dog

Upcoming Families

Orphans (Looking for Families)

kdowns
xRECKONERx

[Radja]

/in

[StrangerCoug]

/in

[Randomnamechange]

/in

[McMenno]

/if I die it's your fault

[Radja]

Our family: Radja-Coug-racefan-rando-menno

[Frozen Angel]

/in

[racefan12]

/in

[Xalxe]

Our family: Radja-Coug-racefan-rando-menno

Are you the captain?

[Frozen Angel]

I don't trsut my abilities in doing this >.>

[StrangerCoug]

Our family: Radja-Coug-racefan-rando-menno

Are you the captain?

I trust him to be

[RedCoyote]

/in, but I'd rather be Rank 2 or lower. I don't check the site enough to be an effectively captain.

[RedCoyote]

Filling in the survey now. I hope this method works out, Xalxe. I look forward to trying it!

[Radja]

Our family: Radja-Coug-racefan-rando-menno

Are you the captain?

Sure.

[Aronis]

/innnnn

[Xalxe]

Our family: Radja-Coug-racefan-rando-menno

Are you the captain?

Sure.

I suggest you come up with a family name by the time the game starts or else I'll name you and you won't like it.

[Radja]

Our family: Radja-Coug-racefan-rando-menno

Are you the captain?

Sure.

I suggest you come up with a family name by the time the game starts or else I'll name you and you won't like it.

Challenge accepted.

[RedCoyote]

I don't trsut my abilities in doing this >.>

I'd love to have you on my team, Frozen! Me, you and Aronis?

[Frozen Angel]

sure!

[StrangerCoug]

How's "The Oddballs" for our family?

[xofelf]

I'll definitely play, so who wants me?

[RedCoyote]

I do! Omg, our family will be unstoppable with xofelf.

[xofelf]

<3 I'm down