Just like last time, the Anti-Boot Contest will begin with episode 2 to let us get a feel for the survivors. Plus there could be an abnormality with the first episode that I won't spoil if you don't know about it. Here are the rules, partially stolen from MeMe...
Each participant will submit the following weekly:
* Anti-boot list - this is a list of survivors you think will not be booted this week. You must submit at least one name, but the list can have as many as you dare.
* An immunity pick - Name the tribe (or individual when we get to that point) you believe will win the immunity idol/necklace that week. If you think a merge is impending, feel free to send both a tribe and an individual and I will use the one that applies.
* A reward pick - just like the point above, but substitute reward where it says immunity....and, again, it's the winner, not anyone who may be chosen to share in the reward.
* If I do not receive a submission from a participant, I will use your choices from last week - dropping, of course, the booted player (if applicable). If I don't receive a submission for three subsequent weeks, you will be dropped from the game.
Deadline for each week's submissions will be 24 hours prior to the US's first airing of the episode (generally, by 8 p.m. EST Wednesday -- this will only change for special airings -- I'll warn you before any deadline change). Up until deadline, I will accept any changes to submissions. I'll just toss the old one, though, so no "change my immunity pick to George" -- I'll need the whole she-bang if you want to change anything.
Scoring:
* Anti-boot List: If every single survivor on your list is still in the game at the end of the episode, you score points equal to the number of names on your list. So if you submit 12 names for a particular week, you will score either 12 points or 0. For all episodes that start with 10 or fewer survivors, this score will be doubled. For all episodes that start with 6 or fewer players, this score will be tripled.
* Immunity Pick: If you pick the winner, you score one point for each of the teams or players who were competing, with a maximum score of 5. (For example if there are 3 teams and you pick the winner, score 3 points. If there are 8 players and you pick the winner, score 5 points.)
* Reward Pick: Same as above - stick "reward" where it says "immunity."
If there is a two-part finale, I'll count each part as a separate episode, and players can make a separate set of choices for each.
If nobody objects, I think I'd like to play too, I'll just have to be careful about making my own picks before I read anybody else's. So who wants to play along?
Players:
Coolbot
Iammars
inHimshallibe
MeMe
NanookTheWolf
Peachy
rajrhcpfreak
rolandofthewhite
SpeedyKQ
vikingfan
Sign-up deadline: Ideally you should sign up before the second episode but I'll take new people until the airing of the fourth.
Finale rules and info:
I will be away for a week starting on Saturday. This is unfortunate timing indeed, but the game must go on:
The finale will be Sunday night, so you all have until the moment the show airs, 8PM EDT, to make your picks.
Make your picks publicly
, in this thread, rather than PMing them to me. Once you have posted them, you can't change your mind. Make two sets of picks
: an anti-boot list, a reward winner, and an immunity winner, one set of choices for the final four, and one for the final three. There probably won't be two reward challenges, but make picks anyway, just in case.If anybody wants to try to figure out the scores while I'm away, be my guest. I'll declare an official winner when I return on May 21.
