Opening Competition

[Deetster]

THIS COMPETITION IS FOR PRE-READING AND WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

Opening Challenge- The Bucket List

Welcome to the first challenge of Cops and Robbers 1! For this first challenge each of you will be taking turns doing exactly what you will be doing this entire game, taking gems from one place, and putting it where it is you desire, or at least where it is you were convinced to put it, as the case may be.

Before all of you are 8 buckets containing 2 gems, and 1 bucket containing 3 gems, and a trash can. Each turn a player must take a gem from one bucket and place into into another of the 8 buckets, or the trash can. The only rules are you may only do this once during your turn, once you miss your turn you are immediately out of the competition, and that you may never recover a gem that was placed in the trash can.

Bucket #1- 2
Bucket #2- 2
Bucket #3- 2
Bucket #4- 2
Bucket #5- 3
Bucket #6- 2
Bucket #7- 2
Bucket #8- 2
Bucket #9- 2
Trash Can- 0

Every turn you must copy the list posted by the last poster, and increase one value, and decrease another (keeping in mind you may not decrease the number of gems in the trash can).

Everytime you take the last gem out of a bucket, put the gem into either one of other buckets, or the trash can. The poster who does this will gain a point for removing one of the nine buckets.

You all will be playing alphabetically which means-

Ace -> Brandon
Brandon -> Brett
Brett -> Ethan
Ethan -> Jerri
Jerri -> Kelly
Kelly -> Marcus
Marcus -> Parvati
Parvati -> Rocky
Rocky -> Russel
Russel -> Shii Ann
Shii Ann -> Silas
Silas -> Stephenie
Stephenie -> Sugar
Sugar -> Tracy
Tracy -> Ace

This rotation is then repeated. Every player only has 2 minutes to make their post. This means if Ace posts at 8:01, Brandon must post at 8:01, 8:02, or 8:03. If Brandon does not do this, he will be immediately eliminated and Brett will have to make his post at 8:04, 8:05, or 8:06. In addition on the next rotations players will have to omit players who were eliminated, so Brett would have to go after Ace next time around. I will be updating you on when a player has been eliminated, and monitoring that only legal moves have been made.

At the end of one hour the players with the most points will be the winners, and based on who most recently had a turn the top two will be rewarded as winners. Players who turns start at 9:00 and onward will not be counted as turns that have occured, and posts made at these times will also be ignored. So this competition starts at 8:00 PM EST with Ace, and will conclude at 9:00 PM EST, with not posts or turns being counted starting exactly then.

Bucket #1- 2
Bucket #2- 2
Bucket #3- 2
Bucket #4- 2
Bucket #5- 3
Bucket #6- 2
Bucket #7- 2
Bucket #8- 2
Bucket #9- 2
Trash Can- 0

Ace you must post before it turns 8:03 to remain in this challenge. Remember to decrease one value, and increase another, and to never decrease the value of the Trash Can. Remove buckets when emptied, and make your time quota if you wish to remain in the game.

DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE POSTS, OR POST OUT OF TURN. THIS WILL CAUSE ELIMINATION FROM THE CHALLENGE.

This challenge will take place at 9PM instead of 8PM if 8 people state the prefer a time switch to 9PM due to the EST showing of survivor. If this isn't the case all times will stay the same, however if 8 people request this time change all times will apply to the 9 o'clock hour.

Make sure to PM, post, or IM any question you have regarding this challenge.

[Sugar]

So you are saying that if someone's turn starts at 8:59 they still have until 9:01 to finish, but if someone's turn starts at 9:00 they cannot start?

[Deetster]

If someones turn starts at 8:58 (the poster before them either didn't post and their turn expired at 8:57, or the poster before them posted at 8:58), that player would have to post at either 8:58 or 8:59. All posts made, and turns that begin at 9:00, or after 9:00 will be disregarded. It should be noted though, that if this player doesn't post at 8:59 they will be eliminated from the competition as well.

[Deetster]

If someones turn starts at 8:59, they will HAVE to post within that one minute if they wish to make a move. However they will not be eliminated if they don't post since the challenge ends at 9:00 and they weren't given two minutes.

However, if a players turn starts at 9:00, you are correct, they will not be able to make a move, and they indeed will also not be considered the person to have a final turn. It should be noted however that ones turn will only technically start at 9:00 if a player was eliminated at 8:59, since otherwise the person with a turn before them would either be posting at 9:00 at which case they were late, or would be posting at 8:59 in which case the next players turn would start then at 8:59.

[Russell]

Is this going to start at exactly 8PM or will we be waiting for you to say "on your mark... get set..." ??

[Kelly]

Besides emptying a bucket, how do you score points?
Also, if the person befores me posts at say 8:00, do I still have to wait two minutes to post or can I do it immediately after?

[Deetster]

To answer your question Russell, at 8:00 I will repost the list, so in a way I will be the first poster, and then Ace will just go on from there. (With Ace being able to post at 8:00, 8:01, and 8:02, and then Brandons turn starting at 8:03 if Ace doesn't post, or Brandons turn starting right when Ace does post.)

To answer your question Kelly, as that last answer up there did a bit, once someone posts, it is immediately the next persons turn. That player has the minute the last person posted, as well as the following two minutes to post. Keep in mind though that if a player misses their post, they will be eliminated from future cycles, and the player following them will only have the two minutes directly after they missed their turn to.

You never have to wait two minutes to post. If someone posted at 8:00, and it was your turn next you would have 8:00, 8:01, and 8:02 to post. If it turns 8:03 and you didn't, you would be eliminated.

[Russell]

So if Ace doesn't post at the 8- 8:02 time then Brandon would start then at 8:02? I'm guessing this is obvious but I'm still curious...

[Deetster]

No actually, since my post is the opening post, Ace has 8:00, 8:01, and 8:02 to post. That meast Brandons turn will start at 8:03, the minute after Ace's turn officially expired.

[Deetster]

Also, emptying buckets are the only way to score points, sorry I forgot to answer that portion of the question.