[Locke.]

Sounds a bit **** that one

[Benjamin]

FINAL PRODUCT:

Spoiler:

TiBB's Amazing Race is a forum game (based on the reality show) in which ten teams of two people, compete against each other in a race 'around the world'. Teams strive to arrive first at the end of each round of a race by completing tasks to avoid coming in the bottom two. Being in the bottom two carries the possibility of elimination or a significant disadvantage in the following leg, as the safe teams have to decide who to send home.

The tasks will be related directly or loosely to the country or continent of location or its culture. Teams are progressively eliminated until three are left; at that point, the team that arrives first in the final leg is awarded the crown.


Below are the tasks that we have planned for the game, each will take place within one main thread so as the whole race, from the very start to the bitter end, is all nice and neatly in one place. Teams that finish first in a round will have an advantage in the following round by getting a half an hour head start with the task. Those that finish in the bottom two will then be put against the remaining teams who will cast one vote to eliminate between each team (both team members must agree on their choice).

If at any point more than two teams fail to complete a race the two teams who were furthest behind will be the teams who face the bottom two. And if votes between bottom two are tied the slower of the teams will be sent home.




Round 1: Eritrea - Eritreating me right?

40 questions about Eritrea will be posted, the teams must find all correct answers and return them to us. If any answers are incorrect/missing the team will be told and they must try again. The last two teams to get the correct answers will face the first elimination.


Round 2: Japan - This is so Japaneasy!

Photos of 50 Japanese characters will be posted. The teams must name 35 of them in the quickest time possible to avoid being in the bottom two. The first team to reach 20 will be able to put a 'U-turn' onto one team which will see the chosen team lose five of their answers which they cannot use at all and have to in turn get another five answers.


Round 3: Fiji - Island Hopping

Being an island nation like Fiji is great as they were some of the last places to be discovered. So for this round you will be discovering the islands yourselves. Flags of all island nations will be hidden some where across the forum on members wall as a wall message. The aim is to find 10 of these flags and to avoid being the last two to do so.


Round 4: Antarctica - My balls are a tad chilly

The teams will have a snowball each and must throw it to each other over the course of 24 hours. The teams need to achieve catching the snowball 100 times between them, however they must be holding the snowball for at least 5 minutes before throwing it and they must not hold it for longer than 15 minutes or the snowball will melt and they must start again from 0.
To throw the snowball to their team mate they must post a photo of their snowball.


Round 5: Chile - Sacar la mugre

1. Cazuela de Vacuno
2. Pastel de Choclo
3. Palta Reina
4. Cola de Mono
5. Chancho en Piedra
6. Empanadas Fritas de Queso
7. Cazuela de Vaca
8. Pisco Sour II
9. Pebre
10. Arrollado de Chancho

The teams have to search for the ingredients for these meals (we will provide the exact recipe), with the team spending the least money in the quickest time winning. The team which finds the ingredients the quickest will have £8.50 deducted from the figure they spent, thus putting them at an advantage. Ingredients bought for one recipe cannot be used a subsidiary for another, ingredients can only be bought from somewhere once and all links to where they found these ingredients and the cost.

During this round the first team to find all ingredients for Cola de Mono will be given a detour card. They may choose at the time to detour one team by giving them ten new meals to find ingredients for (meaning that team will have to start all over again).


Round 6: Mexico - Tequila Mockingbird

The players are to make a lethal tequila cocktail (tequila mockingbird), but to do so need to know how many bottles of each tequila to place in the pot. They will be presented with six soduku puzzles which they must complete for each type of tequila. Each puzzle will have one square highlighted yellow, the correct number that goes there will be the answer for the amount of that tequila.


Round 7: Denmark - Catching The Bacon

Over the course of the next 24 hours teams will be required to catch the bacon. Each hour 10 pigs will be released into the 'wild' at ten points in time of that hour.

To catch their bacon the teams will post 'catching me some bacon' at the time they think a pig will be released (so if Team A thinks a pig will be released at 7.05am, they must post 'Catching me some bacon' when the time is 7.05am). If two teams go for the same time, the team who posted first will earn the pig.

The times that the pig will be released will be pre-determined, and the pigs will not be released in sight, so the players are having to pick their times carefully.

The aim is to get 30 pigs. The slowest two teams to achieve this will face the bottom two.


Round 8: Italy+Greece - Acta est fabula

The remaining three teams will compete in two legs of the final race. The first leg will see the teams given a document in Latin which they must translate to find five clues about five Italian works of art. They must then locate where these works of art are in Italy. The last team to do so will be automatically eliminated from the race. The final two teams will then be given a manuscript in Greek which they must translate and work out the 6 ancient gods that are described from the clues. The first team to get all six correct answers is the overall winners of the game!


An example of what the player results grid would look like:

[Munchkins]

So the opposing team just used an existing idea :l
What?

[Benjamin]

No rules against that.

[Munchkins]

We should blatantly win for putting more effort in

[Benjamin]

Plus it would be a popular game for the forum and one that would actually work.

[Apple202]

we weren't allowed to use my Exile idea which hasn't even been done yet, so i dont get why you can copy a tv show and what i think is an existing forum game

[DrunkerThanMoses]

Sounds like a good game, tough pick for winner I think

I thought of suggesting to do something like the amazing race but I think I saw in the upcoming games thread the amazing race was a upcoming game

[Benjamin]

It's an adaption not a copy.

[Benjamin]

And rather than slag our game off, you should try upselling yours.

[Jamie585]

We have the win

[Roy Mars III]

I knew you were going to do the Amazing Race

[Brother Leon]

Odds spot on as usual.


Jamie & Apple doing me proud. Good work gentleman.

[Apple202]

Leon d'you have access to the team rooms?

[Brother Leon]

Originally Posted by Apple202

Leon d'you have access to the team rooms?

Nope. I go off what Shaun & Kate say every end of Task

[Apple202]

Oh right, well then thanks Kate and Shaun

[Kate!]

Candidates....

MTVN has asked the following..

"I'd like to suggest that before the firing takes place the two nominated candidates are given a chance to present a defence to the judges."

Official Response

Hmmmm...if you want to do this I am not averse to it, but it will have to be under the following conditions...

A candidate who suspects they may face the Boardroom can post a plea in the main thread, preferably before I close the poll at 5pm. Pushed for time as it is, so can't really factor it in afterwards, as I want to get the new task up today.

[Kate!]

Task 4 Summations:

Team Pioneer - Kate Brady

I'll keep this short and sweet, as Lord ShuGrr has provided a detailed critique for this task, just my own off the cuff impressions.

It appears that ukturtle did the lions' share of the work on this task, however I am aware that team members were all allocated individual jobs to do, it's just that evidence to show exactly who did what is thin on the ground?

Salman showed great enthusiasm by putting forward ideas straightaway, and I noted both Vanessa and Locke make some contribution and acknowledge their allocated tasks, so assume they helped in this way?

Lee made mention of working on tasks also, so again I assume that means she made her contribution?

MTVN posted once only to my knowledge (edit : apparently it is three times )

Team Prospect - Mollie Mountford

The team decided to, at the beginning of the task, not start work on it until 12pm the following day, something I was worried would put them at a disadvantage to begin with.

However throughout the weekend, they all put a substantial amount of effort into it. The team collectively came up with an idea for a zombie survival style game called "The Living Dead".

I was exceptionally impressed with the effort DrunkerThanMoses and Munchkins put into the whole plot of the game. As well as this they and Roy Mars III all worked together on ideas for the game concept, logo and pitching. Apple202 and Jamie585 helped along the way with their additional suggestions, as well as an award icon courtesy of Jamie585

I didn't see any input from Kazanne in this task however, which was a slight disappointment, but the team still worked impressively using all the resources they had.

Lord ShuGrr - Summation

Prospect:
I like the whole zombie theme and it's obviously all quite creative and interesting and everything, but I was keeping updated by reading your thread every now and again and just facepalming at the similarities to my own game :/ In the end you shifted away from this... but then came up with, I apologise, but a very confusing and muddled format. I honestly can't make a head or tail of your "how players are eliminated" section... there's something about points and battles and redemption?

It just all felt like a bit of a tribute to some of DrunkerThanMoses' favourite movies. I'm also a bit embarrassed and saddened by some of your attempts to rubbish the other team's efforts... it was pretty cheap of you.

One thing I will say in your defence is that I liked that you went to the effort of designing a forum award, application form and signature - even if the font on the signature is one of the most garish and disgusting fonts that exist.

Pioneer:
Clearly, a lot of effort has been put into coming up with tasks and at the end of the day these are the crucial factor in a forum game. The graphics were also quite nice, and I like the idea of a TIBB game where members partner up for a change.

I went into this task pretty much believing Ben would be able to pull off this task single-handedly given his history, and I've got to say he met expectations and surpassed them, pretty much doing the entire task by himself... I'm really disappointed by the efforts of some of the other team members, and am tempted to fail them for this, but at the end of the day I just have to pick which game I think I would be more interested in, and that's this one.

[Apple202]

Kazanne is on Prospect Kate

[Maia]

Task 4 Summation - Team Prospect

The team decided to, at the beginning of the task, not start work on it until 12pm the following day, something I was worried would put them at a disadvantage to begin with.

However throughout the weekend, they all put a substantial amount of effort into it. The team collectively came up with an idea for a zombie survival style game called "The Living Dead".

I was exceptionally impressed with the effort DrunkerThanMoses and Munchkins put into the whole plot of the game. As well as this they and Roy Mars III all worked together on ideas for the game concept, logo and pitching. Apple202 and Jamie585 helped along the way with their additional suggestions, as well as an award icon courtesy of Jamie585

I didn't see any input from Kazanne in this task however, which was a slight disappointment, but the team still worked impressively using all the resources they had.

[Jake.]

Good conclusions

[Kate!]

ok, lets have your noms in asap please Candidates.

THANKS.

[King Gizzard]

Well

[Maia]

Omg the most convincing one by far

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Well

close the poll please Nathan