[Standard] Survivor: Barbie! (Full!)

[Firestormer]

Hi! I'm Firestorm, nice to meet you all! Is it tacky to host an org and post an ad before playing in a game here? Perhaps. But I am here with a Barbie and a DREAM. Right now my hyperfixation is on one of the few movies I've seen this year, Barbie! Barbie was one of the greatest movies I've seen in a long time and I can only hope it receives all the awards it absolutely deserves. America Ferreira's speech was iconic, it was so funny and really just nailed the brief and deserves every bit of acclaim it's gotten. But we've gone months in our lives and not ONE person has said Hi! to a Barbie board?

That changes today. Now YOU can be the Barbie of your dreams, or settle for the Ken of your day.



This will be SURVIVOR format! My last game was The Amazing Race and the one before that was Cluedo matches (it was a format where the 2 nominees were decided each round and then 6 people competed in a game of Cluedo, with the winner deciding the elim, it was cute!), and both were uh... a little outside the norm for formats. I'm ready to go back to a simplistic format. A simple Survivor game with reps you can make all your own!

There will be swaps and multiple elimination rounds in this game (never more than one vote per tribe a round though), but beyond that the game will be very simple!

However, I am going to be adapting a concept I saw while cohosting for Helissa's Animazing 2 in that challenges will be run concurrently this game. What that means is you'll do challenges during the 24 hour period for the vote before, and if a player from that tribe is voted out then their scores will be removed from the total time (exceptions will apply to challenges which require teamwork). So in Round 1 you'll receive the opening challenge immediately, it will be due by the Saturday (but only a few people will need to attempt it) and you'll learn which tribe lost then and receive the next challenge due by the Sunday vote. There will be challenges that require multiple team members online at once, but that can be discussed and done at whatever time suits you. It may feel a bit like two rounds are happening at once at times, but I think it's a good way to keep the pace going without requiring any live elements for this game.

I've been told from Haschel (co-mod) and xof (listmod) that this pacing is faster compared to regular games here and that you guys tend to have a day off for each challenge, but this method I'm using is considered slower compared to games where I host normally so we're gonna meet in the middle for this one and get this game done before Christmas.



I'm hoping for a cast of at least

21 players!

I've made avis of 30 different characters from the movie (24 from the promo posters, 3 I wanted to add, 3 I added to make it an even 30 options). I could do 30 if that somehow happened and I'd just add extra boots to 3 rounds, or I could make it work with less too. The goal is 27 players and I've scheduled the game around that to last 4 weeks, but I can make it work with less. I have posted this ad elsewhere before here because I was asked to wait until the other game started before posting this here, so I am about halfway cast atm.

This game will also be Closed-ID, meaning you can't reveal to other people that you're in the game or who you are, otherwise you will be removed from the game...



These are the 30 options for Barbie! These will be first come first served, so pick them up quickly! Give me a few options when you apply in case the one you want is already taken. Some of these ARE already taken as I advertise at multiple places, but I'm not going to reveal what's taken until later to avoid hinting at who is or isn't from this site.

Watching the movie is NOT required to understand most of these reps, like I am sure nobody will mind if "Executive" is not in character since he was only added because they made him one of the 24 posters for some reason. Growing Up Skipper also only appears for a few seconds to reference that her boobs grow when she lifts her arm, which was a real thing that Mattel made btw.

But if you haven't watched the movie and want just a brief summary of each character, look at the spoiler tag below for a very brief recap:

Spoiler: Rep Summaries

Aaron: Grunt level employee working at Mattel
Allan: Secretly in love with Ken, was a doll made as Ken's best friend but was discontinued immediately after
Artist Ken: He's an Artist!
Basketball Ken: He's a Basketballer! Beach Ken's best friend.
Beach Ken: The MAIN Ken, you need to watch the movie to play him sry
Bus Woman: She's a woman sitting at a bus stop!
Diplomat Barbie: She's a Diplomat!
Dr. Barbie: She's a Doctor!
Executive: He works for Mattel as some high level exec, legit only added because they made a poster of him, but he's fully irrelevant
Gloria: Feminist legend, accidentally causes the events of the movie to happen by designing imperfect Barbies
Growing Up Skipper: When you lift her arm her boobs grow! This is a real thing Mattel made in the past btw
Journalist Barbie: She's a Journalist!
Judge Barbie: She's a Judge!
Kenmaid: He's a Mermaid!
Lawyer Barbie: She's a Lawyer!
Mermaid Barbie: She's a Mermaid!
Midge: Barbie's Best Friend who is also pregnant, Midge was discontinued immediately because that's just weird...
Mr. Mattel: The CEO of Mattel! He is unnamed so I called him Mr. Mattel, sure.
Narrator: She narrates the movie! It does beg the question of why I didn't host as her instead, but hey you can be a Narrator of the game too if you desire
Physicist Barbie: She's a Physicist!
President Barbie: She's the President!
Ruth: Ruth Handler, INVENTOR of Barbie and also tax evader!
Sasha: Gloria's rude daughter who has a growth arc throughout the movie.
Stereotypical Barbie: The MAIN Barbie, you need to watch the movie to play her sry
Stereotypical Ken: He's a Ken! Idk they didn't give him any character, maybe he's a cowboy or a frat boy?
Teen Talk Barbie: A controversial Barbie who was discontinued after her catchphrase "Math Class Is Hard!", Malibu Stacy is a parody of this specific Barbie!
Tourist Ken: Beach Ken's RIVAL
Video Girl Barbie: She's a Barbie with a DVD player on her back! Very 80s.
Weird Barbie: One day a girl played with a Barbie too hard, and Weird Barbie was made. Always in the splits.
Writer Barbie: She's a Writer!

This game will last FOUR WEEKS! This game will be set to start on

Friday, November 17th!

The first challenge will be made available at that point and be due the next day, however only 4 people per team will need to complete it. This game WILL be over before Christmas dw.

This will be on EST time, with results happening at 10pm EST time each night. Again, this is entirely NON-LIVE, so you do not have to even be there for any live events! The votes will simply be due at that time, as well as challenges, but you'll have a full 24 hours for each challenge and tribal council to cast your votes and can change your vote as often as you like before the deadline.

If you'd like to sign up for this game, Haschel helped me create a form you can fill out! How fancy! Either fill that form out or just send me a message here or on Discord (my Discord is theghostoffirestorm)! You can also lurk via that form if that's your desire, but lurkers will be completely anonymous even to each other too and I have some lurkers from other sites as well.

https://forms.gle/VtkJxETpE5LcCQMt5



The signup deadline will be by November 14th with the game starting November 17th

[Haschel Cedricson]

Hello everyone, co-mod Haschel here. Some of you may be asking "Wait, didn't a game (Lights, Camera, Action!) just sign up?" or "Why is this game starting so close to the start of another game?" Those are excellent questions.

Firestorm has been a scummer for a long time but has done the bulk of his LSG modding in multiple other communities. He approached us about running a game that would include both scummers and regulars from his other sites, which are ORGyuniverse and Clubs That Suck. He agreed to follow the MS rules about comods, listmod oversight, and MS conduct rules, and as such we have greenlighted this game as a Community Crossover Event!

This game will not be starting until November 17th. The LCA mods have assured us that their game will be either in or near the merge at that point. That means if you are an LCA player who gets booted early, this game is available for you! If you are a spec who finds watching LCA has you itching to play again, this game is available for you. If you are an LCA player and you reach merge, well, probably don't split your focus. But in the past MafiaScum has staggered games just like this when we had the game supply to support it. This is intended to be sort of a return to that.

Now, while xof and I have reviewed the game and given it a thumbs-up, we do want to make it clear that Firestorm is bringing in some things that don't necessarily match the MS meta. First and foremost of these is the schedule. I know he already mentioned that above but it bears repeating:

This game will basically be double-time compared to what you are used to; the challenge for Round 2 will be happening at the same time as the Tribal Council for Round 1.

This will naturally be a bit of a shift. However, the non-scummer players will be used to live challenges with TC immediately afterwards, so they will be making adjustments too. If the schedule is a dealbreaker for you then we understand! But if you are willing to try it, we think you will find Firestorm's game rewarding.

One of our goals when we launched the Let's Start Games initiative was to spur innovation; this crossover game is designed to do the same. So come on, Survivor: Barbie player; let's go party, ah, ah, ah. Let's show the greater ORG community what MafiaScum brings to the table.

[Firestormer]

Another update, this game will start in 2 weeks from now! I did reach my minimum cast size of 21 so the game can run without issue in that regard, but if you want to play there are still slots to get up to either 24 or 27 people! 24 is probably the preferred size now, but 27 was the goal before I was reminded that Thanksgiving was a thing in America and that I'd need to set a day off for it so I can still do that too.

These are the remaining reps!



(and a few other reps that I'll add back in if the more relevant characters in Aaron, President Barbie and Judge Barbie are taken before that)

Beach Ken is technically already taken, but just kept in because I think the person playing them wants a different rep if I can get someone else to take him instead. So if you've seen the movie and feel bold enough to play the male lead, you can!

Also I currently have 10 lurkers for this game, but I am accepting more if people want to lurk! Most of the lurkers are from other places, but there's still a couple from here that I'll add to the lurker crew once the game begins.

[Firestormer]

I may have had a drop, not sure yet, so if you would like to join this let me know! This starts in about 10 days from now! These are the reps still available:



You do NOT need to know the movie to play these reps, but a quick summary of each:

Aaron: Intern at Mattel Headquarters. The first to learn of Barbie and Ken being in the real world.
Judge Barbie: She's a Judge!
President Barbie: She's the President of Barbieland! Also has a line says "That's because they're Dreamhouses, motherfuckers!" which was iconic.

If I get the drop filled and these reps taken too, then I can run it with 24 people which is very preferable. Otherwise, I at least need one to join to get my minimum of 21 people.

[Firestormer]

Turns out dreams CAN come true, and I have filled up my cast of 24 for this! Looking forward to a great game starting next week! Logins go out Friday the 17th, at 10pm EST!

However, we can dream bigger. It's BARBIE after all, you can be anything! You can cast anything! So I ended up having an extra signup beyond what I expected, and Haschel wanted me to try and reach for the stars, so I am still going to attempt to get 27 people if I can. If you want to be either of these two reps, they are the FINAL reps I am going to add to the game and after that it's done! No more dreamhouses after...



These are NOT relevant reps, I'll just say that upfront. They are the 25th and 26th most relevant characters in a movie that lasts under 2 hours. If you want to turn them into their actors then go for it, I do not mind if you decide to make Diplomat Barbie be her actress as Lady Whistledown/Penelope from Bridgerton, go for it. But they are all that is left.

[Firestormer]

Two angels came through and took the last spots, so we also have 27 Barbies and Kens ready to play! This starts in two days! I will also add lurkers and give them their accounts a few days in or during the weekend idk, I have like 12 of them atm. Here is the cast of BARBIE!