MISH MASH GAME LIST (Old)

[JDGA]

So does everyone remember the ill-fated Mish Mash Olympics, which were commenced at the start of the year and promptly wiped out by the Crash?
Well... I still intend to follow through with my part of it. This means I shall be hosting two tournaments: One starting September 1, and one starting December 1.
September's game, for those that do not remember (aka all of you), is...


There shall be two games for everyone. The first game shall split the players up into tables randomly, and the second game shall be based on position in the last game. It'll be easier to explain when it actually starts, but what this means is that any square number will do. I intend to open signups properly in a week, but until then pre-/in slots are available.
(Oh, and because this isn't a perpetually ongoing thing like Hot Seat would have been, I'm pretty sure I won't end up flaking it)

[JDGA]

The resurrection has already begun...

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Over the course of this month, I've been running Liar's Dice as part of the Mish Mash Olympics, as I've been scheduled to do so even though the Olympics were wiped out in the Crash.
Then... there's not really much point in holding the Mish Mash Olympics if there isn't actually going to a tournament for it, is there?
As such, I've decided to take over and run October and November as well. The original hosts of those events haven't been seen in months, so starting October 1, we have the...



Originally run by diginova twice in 2011, the Decathlon is the ultimate test of strength, skill, determination, and luck. As the name suggests, it is a series of ten events involving various methods of rolling dice. Honours are awarded as bonus points to the top scorers in each event, and the top scorers overall win CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS towards the overall Olympics championship. (This will also happen in Liar's Dice)
Similarly to Liar's Dice, there'll be a week of pre-/ins, then a week of actual signups before it starts on the first of October. Signups are unlimited. In addition, anyone that is also in Liar's Dice will be entitled to claim a country for their own for the Olympics overall (on a first-come-first-serve basis). In future, everyone will be entitled to claim a country when they sign up for their second event (out of the four planned). Sound great? Feel free to /in then! Doesn't sound great? /in anyway so that I can prove you wrong!

[JDGA]

He's the guy that created the Decathlon format as we play it.
Also, a clarification: I don't care about the signups that were taken for the Olympics way back in January. If you want to play, you /in. If you play in more than one event, you get a country to your name as well.
Coming in the top X scores you points, most points overall wins the Games of the First Mish Mash Olympiad.

[JDGA]

The Decathon is officially open! One week for players to sign up.

[JDGA]

Adding to what ani said: My AIM is just "telnaior". I also got a multiplayer Jeopardy! working that will probably take slightly less long. But tl;dr, just drop me a hi over AIM on the weekend, and we'll see what we end up doing.
FYI, for me (AEDST/UTC+11), I usually run it on Saturday and Sunday, 11AM-6PM or so. Converted to UTC, that's Saturday and Sunday from midnight to 7AM. America subtracts 4/5/6/however many hours from that.
(Oh, and I don't use VASSAL for everything, but it's something I got working recently and it is pretty powerful, as all our Arkham Horror mods would know)

[JDGA]

The third phase of the Mish Mash Olympics,

COIN GAME

, will be opened tomorrow.

[JDGA]

RW/RR will still count towards Mish Mash Olympics Correct? And I can still run Rumble if needed.

RW/RR doesn't count towards the revived Mish Mash Olympics.

[JDGA]

And the Mish Mash Olympics Coin Game is now in signups over here.
Unlimited signups, but you only have until November 1. (Well, really November 3 since they'll probably stay open until the end of the first round)

[JDGA]

Random anon game from nowhere showed up in the way I usually pull random concepts out of nowhere and try to get people to run with them. You guys should go be cool people and sign up over here.

[JDGA]

It's a Survivor, and it's full now.

[JDGA]

The massive number of RPG threads annoy me somewhat, but they haven't been too difficult to skip (it just takes a little more time to open up all the threads I want to look at).
Still agree that there shouldn't be 10+ threads for a single game though.

[JDGA]

cough subforum cough

What I've been thinking since this started: Why don't we just designate subforums for each, a la Chess Games?

Sure, one would say that it's not worth the effort for some games especially if they flake, but what if we had an "incubation period" of 2 to 4 weeks?

Are you suggesting we give individual games their own forums? That's... radical. The issue, of course, is that only admins can create subforums, and I am most definitely not an admin. Also, game mods would presumably need proper mod powers within their subforum, which would necessitate extra usergroups. So nice idea, but I don't think it's workable.

[JDGA]

Too bad they all forgot to patent it, so now you're technically stealing

my

idea.
(read: the concept of stealing ideas is dumb, especially when it comes to this, so why is this even a point of discussion? Also, we should totes have the OP updated more often.)

[JDGA]

is just a hassle in general for players, Moderators,

and Administrators

^ is pretty much the only argument against subforums, other than that the subforum will likely be dead within six months. That said, I can't tell how much of a hassle it would actually be for the Admins (for obvious reasons). And if it was implemented, it'd also be my favourite solution.

[JDGA]

uh, that's not an argument against subforums, it's an argument against moving off-forum

lrn2read <3

I adapted it <_<

[JDGA]

TIL people play Survivor for the art

[JDGA]

Someone should convert their Survivor to a The List.

[JDGA]

Ran my first game of AIM/Skype

Australian Deal or No Deal

today, and I would call it a success.
Like with Wheel of Fortune, Cluedo, and all sorts of things besides, feel free to let me know either AIM, Skype, or PM if you're ever up for a game.

[JDGA]

Same. Doooo eeeeet

[JDGA]

I would certainly be in if I can devise a character.

[JDGA]

Zuiker told me

these are “motive-less crimes,”

and even he didn’t know which of the cast members was the murderer until late in the season.

D: Wiiiiiiiill, they're ignoring the heart v_v I mean geeeez why would you even have a murder without a motive in the first place? (I haven't actually seen it because the ABC we get in Australia is completely different and so we don't get it at all)
(Maybe it's on one of the pay-TV channels but I don't pay much attention to those)

[JDGA]

This also means PMS2 won't be happening

Also what SK said because RL issues tend to suck

[JDGA]

SPITFLY III is now in signups! Either 16 or 25 players, depending on :things:

We only need 5 more and we'll have a great 25-player game! Sign up now!

yes yes do this

[JDGA]

(this is MS I guess ._.)

[JDGA]

DEAT claims #1300 in order to inform you all that the last page of discussion has been entirely pointless and I feel dumber for having read it.

[JDGA]

(this is MS I guess ._.)

YOU CONTRIBUTED

I WAS TRYING TO STOP IT BEFORE IT REALLY STARTED

[JDGA]

...which is exactly what I said you do realise
What I was trying to stop was the off-topic waste of time. Anyways, this discussion is now even

more

pointless so I think I'll leave it here.

[JDGA]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

<3

There's no Wikipedia article for "How to Convey Tone on the Internet"

There seriously needs to be fonts for different tones tbh

This can

be done,

you know.

CUT: CURSE YOU RICHARDDDDD

[JDGA]

...
KBW have you never seen Teen Titans before

[JDGA]

omfg

yes

[JDGA]

starter Pokemon will be claimed in-thread until all 20 spots are filled.

Wait, aren't there only 18 starters? (19 if you count Pikachu, I guess, but still!)

[JDGA]

Umu, it's about time I gave one of these a proper shot. /in(terest)

[JDGA]

Since there's no Survivor running right now, I put up a thread for a quick mini-Survivor that we'll do over Skype. Go take a look!

[JDGA]

We haven't had a ferris wheel in a

long

time... probably worth it!

[JDGA]

Aha! We finally know it! Your name is pronounced "Val"!
(Also, obligatory reminder of proper date formats)

[JDGA]

There's a Skype Survivor coming up soon, hosted by gamsimbre and reviewed by JDGA.