most of this section was stolen from NinjaPenguin. Thanks, NP!
General Rules and Competitions
- In this game, you will compete with other houseguests to win the game, and deem yourself the best of the best! This game will be divided into a number of in-game weeks. Each of these weeks contains a Head of Household (HOH) competition, Nomination Ceremony, a Power of Veto (POV) competition, and an Eviction. With one houseguest being evicted after each eviction, this cycle will repeat until there are only 2 houseguests remaining.
- Every week will start with a Head of Household competition. Everyone may compete except the winner of this competition from the previous week. Everyone else will participate, and the decided winner of this competition becomes the Head of the Household for the week and will be unable to be eliminated during that week.
- After this, the Head of Household chooses 2 players to nominate for eviction.
- Once the Head of Household has named their nominees, the Power of Veto competition will begin. The HOH, the 2 nominees, and 3 randomized houseguests will participate in this. The winner of this competition may choose to either save one of HOH’s nominees with this power or decide not to use it (thus keeping nominees the same).
- Finally, to end the week, once the nominees have been locked in, then the eviction phase begins. During this time, all players (except the HOH and the nominees) will be voting for whom they wish to be evicted from the house and lose their chances of victory. The nominees may also publicly plead their cases in this time, but whoever receives the most votes will be evicted, and out of the game.
Extra Information and Terminology
Weeks: This is a game term to encompass all the game’s key phases. Each week consists of a Head of Household competition, a Nomination Ceremony, a Power of Veto competition, and an Eviction. Each week, someone will be evicted from the house until just two houseguests remain.
The Finalists: Once there are only two houseguests left in the game, the jury will decide on who should win the game. The selected houseguest wins the game and the notoriety that comes with the title!
The Jury: Once a certain amount of houseguests have been evicted (this amount will be announced at the beginning of the game), houseguests evicted afterward will be put on the jury. This jury will decide who takes home victory at the end of the game. They may also ask each finalist one question to help decide whom they will vote for.
- In this game, you will compete with other houseguests to win the game, and deem yourself the best of the best! This game will be divided into a number of in-game weeks. Each of these weeks contains a Head of Household (HOH) competition, Nomination Ceremony, a Power of Veto (POV) competition, and an Eviction. With one houseguest being evicted after each eviction, this cycle will repeat until there are only 2 houseguests remaining.
- Every week will start with a Head of Household competition. Everyone may compete except the winner of this competition from the previous week. Everyone else will participate, and the decided winner of this competition becomes the Head of the Household for the week and will be unable to be eliminated during that week.
- After this, the Head of Household chooses 2 players to nominate for eviction.
- Once the Head of Household has named their nominees, the Power of Veto competition will begin. The HOH, the 2 nominees, and 3 randomized houseguests will participate in this. The winner of this competition may choose to either save one of HOH’s nominees with this power or decide not to use it (thus keeping nominees the same).
- Finally, to end the week, once the nominees have been locked in, then the eviction phase begins. During this time, all players (except the HOH and the nominees) will be voting for whom they wish to be evicted from the house and lose their chances of victory. The nominees may also publicly plead their cases in this time, but whoever receives the most votes will be evicted, and out of the game.
Extra Information and Terminology
Weeks: This is a game term to encompass all the game’s key phases. Each week consists of a Head of Household competition, a Nomination Ceremony, a Power of Veto competition, and an Eviction. Each week, someone will be evicted from the house until just two houseguests remain.
The Finalists: Once there are only two houseguests left in the game, the jury will decide on who should win the game. The selected houseguest wins the game and the notoriety that comes with the title!
The Jury: Once a certain amount of houseguests have been evicted (this amount will be announced at the beginning of the game), houseguests evicted afterward will be put on the jury. This jury will decide who takes home victory at the end of the game. They may also ask each finalist one question to help decide whom they will vote for.
- Alliances are of course permitted, and strongly encouraged. You may make as many alliances as you’d like to with other houseguests. This can be done through PokéBeach PMs, or through Discord servers. However, I must be added to the conversation.
- The game cannot be discussed with any evicted houseguests. If you have a Discord alliance with any evicted houseguests, please refrain from conversing about the game with them, or make a separate chat for general conversation as well. (If you are an audience member, the same is true; there is a very strict non-communication policy with houseguests in the game or on the jury.)
- In this game, screenshots will be necessary for challenge submissions. When signing up, make sure your device is able to submit these screenshots for your scores in various competitions throughout the game. When you submit a score, you must show proof the screenshot is yours. You must have at least two things to demonstrate this proof, which can be done by having your PokéBeach account in another tab, a tab of this game in another tab, your account name on a Notepad, or whatever else works to prove the screenshot was taken by you.
- Do not share screenshots of either your score in a competition or your conversations in alliance chats with other players.
- Please abide by the spirit of the rules, not just the exact words. Loopholing the rules is strictly prohibited. If you have any confusion about anything I’ve said ever, just act and I’ll clarify.
-Please ask me questions about whatever you’re confused about or if you’re ever unsure if something is okay or not. I will do my best to answer whatever you want to know and will be much more lenient on stuff as long as you’ve consulted me, so just ask and all will be good.
- The game cannot be discussed with any evicted houseguests. If you have a Discord alliance with any evicted houseguests, please refrain from conversing about the game with them, or make a separate chat for general conversation as well. (If you are an audience member, the same is true; there is a very strict non-communication policy with houseguests in the game or on the jury.)
- In this game, screenshots will be necessary for challenge submissions. When signing up, make sure your device is able to submit these screenshots for your scores in various competitions throughout the game. When you submit a score, you must show proof the screenshot is yours. You must have at least two things to demonstrate this proof, which can be done by having your PokéBeach account in another tab, a tab of this game in another tab, your account name on a Notepad, or whatever else works to prove the screenshot was taken by you.
- Do not share screenshots of either your score in a competition or your conversations in alliance chats with other players.
- Please abide by the spirit of the rules, not just the exact words. Loopholing the rules is strictly prohibited. If you have any confusion about anything I’ve said ever, just act and I’ll clarify.
-Please ask me questions about whatever you’re confused about or if you’re ever unsure if something is okay or not. I will do my best to answer whatever you want to know and will be much more lenient on stuff as long as you’ve consulted me, so just ask and all will be good.
There will be no competition bans for failing to submit for anything. However, that doesn't mean you won't be penalized. For every competition you fail to submit for (and also fail to tell me that you are unable to submit), you will receive a competition penalty on the next competition. If you fail to submit your nominations/veto usage/renomination on time, you will automatically be put on the block and be up for eviction. If you fail to submit a vote, you will receive a double competition penalty, but will not be given time to make up your vote.
The competition penalties are as follows:
1st Offense: 10% reduction in score in your next competition
2nd Offense: 25% reduction in score in your next competition
3rd Offense: Removed from the game
Let's not ever get to that last one. I'd really like to have a game without a modkill.
Please keep in mind that it is perfectly valid to submit scores or decisions on a provisional basis (e.g. "in case I don't get online to vote by deadline, my vote is for Celever, but don't lock that decision in") and you will not be given a competition penalty if you cannot get online by then (since I'll just be able to do what you told me to). It is also perfectly fine to tell me you can't submit for a comp or you want to submit a zero or something. Just make sure I know and it'll be cool. I'm perfectly willing to accommodate as long as you keep me informed.
The competition penalties are as follows:
1st Offense: 10% reduction in score in your next competition
2nd Offense: 25% reduction in score in your next competition
3rd Offense: Removed from the game
Let's not ever get to that last one. I'd really like to have a game without a modkill.
Please keep in mind that it is perfectly valid to submit scores or decisions on a provisional basis (e.g. "in case I don't get online to vote by deadline, my vote is for Celever, but don't lock that decision in") and you will not be given a competition penalty if you cannot get online by then (since I'll just be able to do what you told me to). It is also perfectly fine to tell me you can't submit for a comp or you want to submit a zero or something. Just make sure I know and it'll be cool. I'm perfectly willing to accommodate as long as you keep me informed.
Scramble & Conquer
This season will be separated into scramble phases and conquer phases. As a general rule, scramble phases are when there is no ongoing comp, such as during a vote, or when the comp is a social one. Conquer phases are when houseguests test their mettle in flash games and compete to dominate their competition by earning the best score. Are you a scrambler or a conqueror? This season, you’ll find out.
Throwing Competitions
During conquer phases, houseguests are permitted to throw competitions. There is a great deal of customisability with this feature. For instance, I could request that, if I get the highest score, it instead be somewhere between 2nd and 3rd places’ scores so that I come 2nd instead. It may also be done conditionally so, for instance, if I trust Jade and believe that he has the same plan for the week as I do, I could ask to be placed 2nd only if Jade gets the 2nd-highest score, meaning he wins instead of me and I get to keep my hands clean. This seems like a great option, and sometimes it is, but remember that no one will know for sure if you got the highest score originally even if you claim that you did, and that the only way to ensure 100% that the players who are put on the block or vetoed are who you want them to be is to do it yourself.
In order to throw a competition, you must still submit a verified screenshot and then request it to be thrown. This is to ensure houseguests are still actively involved in the game.
Diary Rooms
Diary rooms will once again return in this season, but will be entirely private from the audience and open only to myself. They are, basically, a place to lay out your thoughts and codify your strategy to return back to it later, without any of your other houseguests knowing the contents. From time to time, I may ask you questions in these diary rooms, but they will be vague prods at most and I will not be assisting players in any way. These diary rooms will be used for player rankings at the end of the season, so use of them is encouraged to better inform the writeups. If you play well, using your diary room increases your chances of earning notable, because I’ll be able to see the strength of your rationale.
Competition Details
Since the theme of this season is scramble and conquer, it goes without saying that there will be more scramble phases -- or social comps -- than in a traditional season. Some of these are played on the forum alone, but I would also like to attempt some live competitions over the course of the game. I’m fairly easy and will fit my schedule around the times that others are available, and none of these live comps should take more than an hour. If no mutual time between houseguests can be found then all social comps can be played on the forums, but it will prolong the game a little since rounds will have to be 24 hours long.
Additionally, the vast majority of flash games featured in this season will be brand new! I hope you see this as as exciting as I do, particularly because I’ve tried to diversify to the best of my ability which skills will be tested by which games, including in regards to social comps. This season will test your ability at shoot ‘em ups, platformers, endurance, precision, geometry, strategy, and musicality, to name a few. I also spent a long time testing games to see if they remain fun after repeated plays and personally I think they all do. We’re all here for a good time, after all!
Twists
This season will also stay true to the second meaning of scramble. There will be twists designed to really test your social chops, and the traditional formula of the game (one HOH, two nominations, one POV, one eviction) will be played with from time to time. However, please trust in me as a host that this game is balanced. Though assumptions will be played with, I will never outright lie, and houseguests are welcome to ask me about anything. Furthermore, with all of this having been said, the overwhelming majority of weeks will still follow the traditional formula, and this will still clearly be a season of Big Brother. Just think of it as a game that takes place in the modern era of the TV show, rather than one from earlier eras where the game was simpler.
Individual advantages are included in this season. As a general rule of thumb, recipients of advantages will be kept private, but once an advantage has been used it will be publicly revealed in-thread, alongside a description of its exact effects and terms of use. This is a demonstration of the overall hosting philosophy of this game: absolute transparency so long as this transparency does not advantage or disadvantage individual players.
Comebacks will feature in this season, but through a unique process of my own imagining. Just know that whatever player returns will have worked hard to make it happen.
Sportsmanship:
Big Brother is a game. This means that players should play to win and best their competitors, but it also means that the other players are just that: players. Big Brother is not personal. This isn't somewhere to take out your frustrations with people you don't like, and likewise if someone nominates or betrays you in this game, it's on you if you take it personally -- those things are encouraged here. If a player is aggressive or getting too personal with another player to the point where it's upsetting, I request that players message and let me know. I will provide warnings where appropriate, and if a houseguest refuses to stop being hateful or insulting, they will be removed from the house.
This season will be separated into scramble phases and conquer phases. As a general rule, scramble phases are when there is no ongoing comp, such as during a vote, or when the comp is a social one. Conquer phases are when houseguests test their mettle in flash games and compete to dominate their competition by earning the best score. Are you a scrambler or a conqueror? This season, you’ll find out.
Throwing Competitions
During conquer phases, houseguests are permitted to throw competitions. There is a great deal of customisability with this feature. For instance, I could request that, if I get the highest score, it instead be somewhere between 2nd and 3rd places’ scores so that I come 2nd instead. It may also be done conditionally so, for instance, if I trust Jade and believe that he has the same plan for the week as I do, I could ask to be placed 2nd only if Jade gets the 2nd-highest score, meaning he wins instead of me and I get to keep my hands clean. This seems like a great option, and sometimes it is, but remember that no one will know for sure if you got the highest score originally even if you claim that you did, and that the only way to ensure 100% that the players who are put on the block or vetoed are who you want them to be is to do it yourself.
In order to throw a competition, you must still submit a verified screenshot and then request it to be thrown. This is to ensure houseguests are still actively involved in the game.
Diary Rooms
Diary rooms will once again return in this season, but will be entirely private from the audience and open only to myself. They are, basically, a place to lay out your thoughts and codify your strategy to return back to it later, without any of your other houseguests knowing the contents. From time to time, I may ask you questions in these diary rooms, but they will be vague prods at most and I will not be assisting players in any way. These diary rooms will be used for player rankings at the end of the season, so use of them is encouraged to better inform the writeups. If you play well, using your diary room increases your chances of earning notable, because I’ll be able to see the strength of your rationale.
Competition Details
Since the theme of this season is scramble and conquer, it goes without saying that there will be more scramble phases -- or social comps -- than in a traditional season. Some of these are played on the forum alone, but I would also like to attempt some live competitions over the course of the game. I’m fairly easy and will fit my schedule around the times that others are available, and none of these live comps should take more than an hour. If no mutual time between houseguests can be found then all social comps can be played on the forums, but it will prolong the game a little since rounds will have to be 24 hours long.
Additionally, the vast majority of flash games featured in this season will be brand new! I hope you see this as as exciting as I do, particularly because I’ve tried to diversify to the best of my ability which skills will be tested by which games, including in regards to social comps. This season will test your ability at shoot ‘em ups, platformers, endurance, precision, geometry, strategy, and musicality, to name a few. I also spent a long time testing games to see if they remain fun after repeated plays and personally I think they all do. We’re all here for a good time, after all!
Twists
This season will also stay true to the second meaning of scramble. There will be twists designed to really test your social chops, and the traditional formula of the game (one HOH, two nominations, one POV, one eviction) will be played with from time to time. However, please trust in me as a host that this game is balanced. Though assumptions will be played with, I will never outright lie, and houseguests are welcome to ask me about anything. Furthermore, with all of this having been said, the overwhelming majority of weeks will still follow the traditional formula, and this will still clearly be a season of Big Brother. Just think of it as a game that takes place in the modern era of the TV show, rather than one from earlier eras where the game was simpler.
Individual advantages are included in this season. As a general rule of thumb, recipients of advantages will be kept private, but once an advantage has been used it will be publicly revealed in-thread, alongside a description of its exact effects and terms of use. This is a demonstration of the overall hosting philosophy of this game: absolute transparency so long as this transparency does not advantage or disadvantage individual players.
Comebacks will feature in this season, but through a unique process of my own imagining. Just know that whatever player returns will have worked hard to make it happen.
Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham because his publisher made a bet with him that he couldn’t write a best-seller that used less than 50 different words. He did, and proved him wrong, winning himself $50 and proving himself a conqueror. And eggs can be scrambled. In order for your signup to be valid, you must include “Do you like green eggs and ham?” in your google form somewhere, advisably but not compulsorily in the “is there anything else you would like me to know” question at the end. If you fail to do this the first time, I will press you to reread the OP because your signup was invalid. In this scenario, you must send the following to me:
As punishment for not reading the OP the first time, type this out in full. I’ll know. If Psycho Mantis can know your gaming history, I can know this.
I could not, would not, on a boat
I will not, will not, with a goat.
I will not eat them in the rain.
I will not eat them on a train.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not eat them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!
I will not, will not, with a goat.
I will not eat them in the rain.
I will not eat them on a train.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not eat them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!
Big Brother is a game. This means that players should play to win and best their competitors, but it also means that the other players are just that: players. Big Brother is not personal. This isn't somewhere to take out your frustrations with people you don't like, and likewise if someone nominates or betrays you in this game, it's on you if you take it personally -- those things are encouraged here. If a player is aggressive or getting too personal with another player to the point where it's upsetting, I request that players message and let me know. I will provide warnings where appropriate, and if a houseguest refuses to stop being hateful or insulting, they will be removed from the house.
Signing Up:
Before signing up, read this post. You wouldn’t want there to be anything you’ve missed that would help you with this google form!
Now that you’ve read the entire thread, fill the form out. This application is largely just a submission of interest, however it also tiebreaks like applicants so it’s advisable to put a small amount of effort in. It doesn’t have to be comprehensive, though. Applications are projected to last around 10 days, but I withhold the right to close them whenever I want if a cast signs up that I'm happy with, so get in quick. https://forms.gle/cMC3Z9o45iefAWX16
Cast:
@Ephemera
@EurekaTingz
@Fiery_Lugia
@FourteenAlmonds
@Jacklongkawaii
@mirdo
@Mora
@NinjaPenguin
@quakingpunch73
@scattered mind
@Senkun
@TeamAqua4Life #HEYNICK
@The Last Shaymin
@VioletValkyrie
@Vom
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