Team Contest VI - Tag Team

**Kong** · 09-20-2010, 04:05 PM

If you cheat then your entire team will be disqualified and you will not be allowed to compete in any future contests.

Each team captain must divide their team into 4 pairs and post those pairings here before 11PM EST, Thursday, September 23. Each team will have an odd man out that must sit on the bench and not play.

Your post will look something like this

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Originally Posted by Team Captain

John & Joe
Billy & Bob
Charles & David
Todd & Bret
Carl on bench

Replace the names with users from your team.

If you do not post that list by the deadline then bad unspeakable things will happen to your team.

The contest will start at the equinox, 11:09 PM EST, Wednesday, September 22.
Tenser and I will log into chat at that time and start Round 1.
The website will randomly pick a score enabled non-Flash game.
Everyone in chat at that time will have a few minutes to debate if the randomly chosen game should be kept or replaced. Tenser and I will make the final decision.
A new game will only be chosen if the first random game is agreed to not be very competitive (lots of tied scores or just an endurance test), extremely boring, buggy or broken.
If we decide to replace the game then go back to step 3 and repeat until we accept a game.
Tenser or I will then post the selected game here.
Your team captain will have 24 hours from the time we post the game to post which pair from their team will compete this round.
Scores will only count if submitted by the pair that the team captain posts and after the captain posts the pair and before the round is over.
If you do not post a pair on time then the other 3 teams will pick your pair for you.
Pairs can not play again until all other pairs on their team have played. Each live pair on your team must get an equal number of rounds.
Each day Tenser or I or both will log into chat at a random time. We will roll a 4 sided die.
If the die is a 2, 3 or 4 then nothing happens. We go back to step 11.
If the die is a 1 then the current round is over.
When the round is over we will go to the score board and combine each pairs scores.
The team with the lowest combined score will bench their player with highest score.
The team with the second lowest combined score will bench their player with lowest score.
We start the next round and go back to step 3.
When your team has benched all members you are out.
Last team standing wins.

2 people will be benched every round even if there are only 2 or 3 teams left.
If a pair is broken up by benching a player then the remaining player must play by themselves. So instead of combining two scores it is just his score + zero. He can not be skipped and must play in the same number of rounds as your other pairs.
If a solo player survives a round or gets first place then they can call in a benched player.
If your team has two solo players then they can join as a new pair.

Round 1
Retro Uprising - Arcade - Detana!! Twinbee

Round 2
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/5998/

Round 3
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/2573/

Round 4
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/7892/

Round 5
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/1055/scores/

Round 6
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/3813/

Round 7
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/6520/scores/

Round 8
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/5688/scores/

Round 9
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/6309/

Round 10
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/5277/

Roound 11
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/6021/

Round 12
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/4434/

Round 13
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/2674/

Round 14
http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/5762/

Eternal Champions:
Game & Bagel
Bluej & Jojo
TMT [Benched]
Smitty [Benched]
Tails [Benched]
Oasis [Benched]
Davidman [Benched]

Grumpy Old Men:
\Dudebro (Playing)
Sabby [Benched]
Seahawk [Benched]
TNT [Benched]
Ten [Benched]
Billy [Benched]
Tanc [Benched]
Brody [Benched]
Count [Benched]

Mega Men:
Brawl [Benched]
Cam [Benched]
Joz [Benched]
Kong [Benched]
Crispy [Benched]
Fogey [Benched]
Timber [Benched]
Timh [Benched]

Vicious Breed:
Steven (Playing)
Elrod [Benched]
Jim [Benched]
Dojah [Benched]
EnemyAce [Benched]
Silver [Benched]
Fungus [Benched]
Wolfman [Benched]

**Winnebagel** · 09-20-2010, 04:21 PM

Quick question, you say we have until 11PM EST on Thu, Sept 23 to announce the teams, but the contest starts on Wed, Sept 22. Is this a typo or am I missing something here?

**joz** · 09-20-2010, 04:24 PM

@ WB: I believe we are going to be deciding on the randomly selected game for competition on the first day.

**CrispyChicken** · 09-20-2010, 06:45 PM

Do we all have to be in chat at the time the contest starts?

**pieman124** · 09-20-2010, 06:54 PM

And who are the team captins?

**Winnebagel** · 09-20-2010, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by pieman124

And who are the team captins?

The Captains are as follows:

Mega Men: Jozman3000

Grumpy Old Men: Tanc24

Vicious Breed: Essie (Stevencassidy13)

Eternal Champions: Winnebagel

**Kong** · 09-20-2010, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Winnebagel

Quick question, you say we have until 11PM EST on Thu, Sept 23 to announce the teams, but the contest starts on Wed, Sept 22. Is this a typo or am I missing something here?

Not a typo. You will know what the first game is for 24 hours before you have to have your pairings submitted.

But a round can randomly close at any time after 24 hours so waiting until the deadline might not be smart.

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Originally Posted by ChrisP

Do we all have to be in chat at the time the contest starts?

Being in chat is not required but it does give you an advantage because the people in chat will have some influence over which game is selected - they will get to argue that the randomly selected game should be skipped or kept.

**Seahawk** · 09-20-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Kong

If a solo player does not get last or second to last place or if they get first place then they can call in a benched player.

So, getting second place wouldn't count? It'd be easier to write "If a solo player survives a round without getting eliminated..." for clarity.

**Kugyince** · 09-20-2010, 07:29 PM

Rule simplification:

If a solo player gets first place they may call back a member who was kicked off.

**CrispyChicken** · 09-20-2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kong

Being in chat is not required but it does give you an advantage because the people in chat will have some influence over which game is selected - they will get to argue that the randomly selected game should be skipped or kept.

Ok, thanks Kong. I'll try to be in chat. Shouldnt have a problem getting on at 11:00 PM on Wednesday (correct date right?)

**Kong** · 09-22-2010, 12:31 PM

I reworded a rule

"If a solo player survives a round or gets first place then they can call in a benched player."

That means if there are 4 teams left then a solo player needs first or second place to call someone in. If there are 3 or less teams then the solo player needs first place. If there are only two left then both teams will lose a player but the first place team (if they are solo) will get to call someone else in to replace them.

We will start in about 9 and a half hours. Log into chat at 11:09 EST tonight to be part of the excitement! I added a new challenge feature to chat that selects a random game. To see it correctly you will need to go to the chat page and press Control + F5. That forces your browser to get the newest version of the page instead of using your browsers temp files.

**tanc24** · 09-22-2010, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Kong

We will start in about 9 and a half hours. Log into chat at 11:09 EST tonight to be part of the excitement! I added a new challenge feature to chat that selects a random game. To see it correctly you will need to go to the chat page and press Control + F5. That forces your browser to get the newest version of the page instead of using your browsers temp files.

I will try to be there. Great idea to add the random game feature on chat!

**Winnebagel** · 09-22-2010, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kong

I added a new challenge feature to chat that selects a random game. To see it correctly you will need to go to the chat page and press Control + F5. That forces your browser to get the newest version of the page instead of using your browsers temp files.

How does this work in chat? I pushed Ctrl+F5, but it didn't seem to do anything.

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Originally Posted by Winnebagel

How does this work in chat? I pushed Ctrl+F5, but it didn't seem to do anything.

Nevermind. I tried it again and it worked.

**tanc24** · 09-22-2010, 01:15 PM

I pushed CTRL+F5 and nothing happened. Should it generate an automatic "Random Challenge". I see Jozman's and WB's challenge.

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Perhaps you need multiple people logged in to activate the challenge?

**Winnebagel** · 09-22-2010, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tanc24

I pushed CTRL+F5 and nothing happened. Should it generate an automatic "Random Challenge". I see Jozman's and WB's challenge.

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Perhaps you need multiple people logged in to activate the challenge?

I have the same problem then I clicked on the "Challenge" button and pressed ENTER. It immediately worked after that.

**tanc24** · 09-22-2010, 01:16 PM

Nevermind. The "Challenge" icon appears under our usernames on the right hand side of the screen. Click on 'challenge' and press Enter.

**Kong** · 09-22-2010, 02:26 PM

Control + F5 just refreshes the page and makes sure you get the latest copy from the server instead of your browser temp files. It does not issue a challenge. To do that you click challenge under your name to the right of that page.

**CrispyChicken** · 09-22-2010, 09:53 PM

Less than 20 mins until the game is announced. Lot of people in chat.

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I like the new Challenge feature. Its good for getting high scores. Nice job Kong!

**Kong** · 09-22-2010, 10:20 PM

Round 1
Retro Uprising - Arcade - Detana!! Twinbee

Ok. All Team Captains. You have until 11PM EST Tomorrow, Thursday, September 23 to post your 4 pairs + 1 bench.

Also by the same time you have to post the pair that will play round 1.

After that 24 hours is up, Tenser or I or both will randomly log into Chat once a day. We will roll a 4 sided dice. If it is a 1 then the round is over and only scores submitted during the round will count.

It may not have been clear before - for a score to count it must be submitted by the pair that is playing and it must be submitted after your captain posts which pair is playing and it must be submitted before the round is over. Only one pair per team per round.

Good Luck and Happy First Day of Autumn Everyone!

**elrod21** · 09-23-2010, 12:36 AM

Kong,

Not sure if I missed it or not, but what skill level should we be playing this game at? Default settings which is Normal with 3 lives or should it be Hard or Pro?

**Seahawk** · 09-23-2010, 12:43 AM

Since this is just for the highest score you can tweak the settings to your heart's content.

The rule for default or harder settings is for game mastery.

**Slime Slayer** · 09-23-2010, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

Since this is just for the highest score you can tweak the settings to your heart's content.

The rule for default or harder settings is for game mastery.

Jeeze, thanks for the heads up.