From: Kenshoto Subject: Quals start! Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:58:12 -0400 Game Mechanics -------------- The game will start off with one opened question (the lead question). Everyone will be able to select and work on that one. As soon as someone gets it right, they'll be able to open the next one (the new lead question). People still working on the original question will be able to continue their work on the lead question or jump over to any other question that has been 'opened'. As the game progresses, the team that answers the lead question first will be able to select the next one that gets opened up to the field. As time goes on, if you're not answering questions as fast as everyone else, you'll see more opened question and have more choices for what you wanna work on. You get the idea (hopefully). Like we said, the first team to answer the lead question will be able to select the next question...the game will continue like this until all questions have been answered or until time For each question, the first team to answer the question will receive 100% of the points for that question. The second team will receive 95% of the points available for that question. The remaining teams will receive 90% of the points for that question. What this all means is trying to be the first or second team to answer the lead question will be advantageous as you will gain a slight advantage over the other teams. Answers ------- Teams will not fail a question for submitting an incorrect answer. Essentially, every team has an unlimited number of tries to answer a question however attempting to brute the scoreboard with answers will trigger our ninja assassins to come and kill you (and result in immediate disqualification from the game). Additionally, services are meant for pwning. Don't DoS cuz that shit's weak and we'll punt you from the game. Colors ------ Green = you managed to squeak past it already Blue = you could punt on what you're on now and work on this one (open question) Purple = the question that's currently breaking your head open Yellow = the guy that's kicking your ass is on this question (lead question) Black = you (and everyone else) isn't fast enough to get to this yet.