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.
"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
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
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
Prizes for the challenge circuit have now been given out for
The Challenge: Cutthroat
. The link to the full spreadsheet is given in the first post of this thread, but individual winnings are laid out below.
TOTAL PRIZE POOL: $600,000
racefan12: $94,000
randyknup: $94,000
TheWayItEnds: $94,000
Flameaxe: $37,500
JDGA: $37,500
pickemgenius: $37,500
Save The Dragons: $37,500
Cheery Dog: $24,900
McMenno: $24,900
D3f3nd3r: $19,200
kdowns: $15,000
Haschel Cedricson: $12,000
PrivateI: $12,000
Xalxe: $12,000
BROseidon: $9,000
grumpy: $7,200
SummerInWonderland: $7,200
Aurathebirb: $5,400
KingdomAces: $5,400
Adorabebs: $4,200
Radical Rat: $3,000
SensFan: $2,400
Shrek: $2,400
DisplayName: $1,800
After this game, racefan jumps up to the #4 spot on the lifetime winnings leaderboard! TheWayItEnds jumps up to #14, and randyknup debuts at #18, right below Save The Dragons who jumped to #17. JDGA reaches #9, pickemgenius reaches #27, and Flameaxe hits #31 after his second game in the circuit. Despite missing out on the final, D3f3nd3r earned enough cash to surpass xofelf and several others to reach #20. For the rest of the leaderboard, click the link in the OP!
"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