Since people take the Survivor ELOs seriously for some reason, I decided to come up with a new system to honor a different type of Large Social Game that probably shouldn't be included with Survivor: challenge-based games. The criteria for a game to fit into this system are loosely as follows:
The game qualifies as a Large Social Game. Usually some social element is involved, whether that means voting people into elimination, choosing who is safe from elimination, or multiple challenges with social politicking as a primary skill.
The primary method of elimination is through challenges, rather than being voted out.
There are generally 2 or more challenges every round of play, but this doesn't necessarily need to be true.
The winner(s) at the end of the game is determined through a challenge.
At the moment, the games included in the player ranking are
Kingdom Clash
,
Pokemon Colosseum
, and
Clash of the Mash 2016
. Players are given dollar amounts in each game based on how many rounds they lasted, with larger prize pools for larger games, and poker distributions of prizes, generally.
If there are any games I left out, please let me know! I feel that challenge-based games are underrepresented in the queue, and I would love to see an increase in them.
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I think Mario Endurance should also be on the list of games this fits
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I was very back-and-forth about Mario Endurance, considering how the elimination "challenges" are all just rock paper scissors. I guess they don't have to be skill-based challenges though?
"CC is very [whatever the equivalent of photogenic as it applies to videos]" - racefan12
"CC is an objectively attractive person." - Crazy
"You look like a happy version of Trent Reznor." - LicketyQuickety
"Do you practice sounding like you're high all the time?" - xofelf
you're that high becauseyou're one of 2 people that played in all 3 games that have been listed there.
and the majority of players have also only done 1.
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It was a long time ago, but wouldn't Gypsy technically count here? I remember the end was a challenge, but I don't remember how it worked. It was Ani's game so I'm sure he can explain better.
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It was Monty's first game while he was still Monty
Xalxe: this is xofelf sometimes we call each other names and other times we share emotions
MattyP: Ur an enigma tho when it comes to circadian rhythm and the traditions we hold dear when it comes to the sun and the moon Get to reknow a xofelf here
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Yeah I think Endurance qualifies, my only gripe was the Temple of Fate being essentially rock-paper-scissors, but I think Endurance fits the rest of the criteria well enough to make up for that.
"CC is very [whatever the equivalent of photogenic as it applies to videos]" - racefan12
"CC is an objectively attractive person." - Crazy
"You look like a happy version of Trent Reznor." - LicketyQuickety
"Do you practice sounding like you're high all the time?" - xofelf