MASQUERADE TOURNEY MARATHON

MASQUERADE TOURNAMENTS ARE BEST HOSTED BY ONE OR TWO TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS TO AVOID CONFUSION AND ANNOUNCED AT LEAST A WEEK IN ADVANCE TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO PREPARE. TOURNEYS SHOULD START WITH THE FIRST EVENING TOURNEY SAY 7:00 pm AND RUN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOURS ARE CONDUCTED ONLY IN ROOMS IN WHICH MEMBERS CAN CHAT. LOBBY TYPE TOURS ARE NOT COHESIVE TO THIS TYPE OF MARATHON, AS THEY DO NOT ALLOW FOR CHAT DURING TOURNAMENT PLAY. TOURNEYS AND ROUNDS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO INTERROGATE ONE ANOTHER. *BOWL EVERY OTHER GAME, SLOTS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO 15 MINUTE ROUNDS ETC.* YOU CAN AWARD PRIZES SUCH AS ADDITIONAL BUX AND OR MIX~N~MATCH BADGE/PREMIUM BADGE ALBUM TO ANY MEMBER WHO REMAINS MASKED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, AND TO THE MEMBER/MEMBERS WHO DOES/DO THE MOST UNMASKING.

PARTICIPATION RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

#1 MEMBERS MUST CREATE AN ALIAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST. MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE AND ANYONE CAN PLAY IN THE TOURS. MEMBERS REGISTER FOR THE TOURNAMENTS UNDER THEIR LEAGUE NAMES BUT PLAY IN THE TOURS UNDER THEIR ALIAS.

#2 CHOSE A THEME *IN HONOR OF SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, OUR THEME WILL BE IRISH. YOUR ALIAS MUST BE IRISH, INVITE MEMBERS TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION.

#3 MEMBERS MUST NOTIFY THE MARATHON HOST NO LATER THAN 2 DAYS PRIOR, AS TO THE MASQUERADE NAME THEY WILL BE USING FOR THE TOURNAMENTS, VIA POGO MAIL. THEY WILL USE THIS NAME UNTIL THEY ARE UNMASKED, AT WHICH TIME THEY RETURN TO THEIR LEAGUE NAME.

* CREATING AN ALIAS: MEMBERS SIMPLY CREATE A NEW NAME AND THEN GIFT THEM SELF A CLUB POGO PASS. IF THEY ARE A NON-CLUB POGO MEMBER AND WISH TO PARTICIPATE, THE MARATHON HOST CAN SEND THEM A PASS SO THAT THEY MAY PLAY IN ALL GAMES. THE MARATHON HOST WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING A LIST OF ALIAS'S.

#4 AT NO TIME DURING THE TOURNAMENTS MAY ANY MEMBER THAT IS PARTICIPATING IN THE MARATHON, GO TO THE LEAGUE PAGE, TOURNEY PAGES AND OR STANDINGS TO SEE MEMBERS CHECKED IN, TOURNEY STANDINGS AND OR WINNERS AS THIS WILL GIVE OTHER MEMBERS AWAY. THEREFORE, MEMBERS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE SHOULD JUMP ALL TOURS IN ADVANCE AND IF THEY LATER WISH TO WITHDRAW, THEY CAN BE REMOVED.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS:

#1 MEMBERS MUST ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS ASK BY OTHER MEMBERS IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO UNMASK ONE ANOTHER.

#2 MEMBERS MAY NOT ASK THE REAL NAME OR LOCATION OF THE PLAYER. ( IE... Wanda is the only person I know in Canada.)

EVERY THING ELSE GOES, AGE, SEX, MARITAL STATUS ETC.

#3 AT NO TIME DURING THE TOURNAMENTS MAY ANY MEMBER GO TO THE LEAGUE PAGE, TOURNEY PAGES AND OR STANDINGS TO SEE THE WINNERS. ONCE A MEMBERS IS UNMASKED, THEY MUST RETURN TO THEIR LEAGUE NAME BUT MAY CONTINUE TO PLAY AND INTERROGATE OTHERS.

WHILE THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE HOST/HOSTS, IT IS WELL WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT, LOADS OF FUN AND THE MEMBERS ENJOY THE ADDED GAMES. YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT HOW WELL YOUR MEMBERS KNOW ONE ANOTHER.

TRIVIA MARATHON TOURNAMENTS

LIKE THE MASQUERADE MARATHON THIS TYPE OF MARATHON SHOULD START WITH THE FIRST EVENING TOURNAMENT AND RUN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT OR UNTIL ALL TRIVIA QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. IT IS BEST TO STICK TO ONE TYPE OF TRIVIA DURING THESE TOURS. UNFORTUNATELY THIS TYPE OF MARATHON IS NOT COHESIVE TO LOBBY TYPE TOURNAMENTS, AS THEY DO NOT ALLOW FOR MEMBERS TO PLAY AND CHAT AT THE SAME TIME.

SELECT A TOPIC, MOVIE TRIVIA http://www.squidoo.com/movietrivia,STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTShttp://www.strangefacts.com/facts1.html , STUPID LAWShttp://www.stupidlaws.com/. ANNOUNCE THE UPCOMING TRIVIA MARATHON AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO GET THE MEMBERS EXCITED AND ALLOW THEM TO PREPARE. THE TOURNAMENT HOST CAN GOOGLE ANY OF THE ABOVE AND CREATE TRIVIA QUESTIONS.

AT THE START OF EACH ROUND THE HOST WILL ANNOUNCE THE TRIVIA QUESTION. EXAMPLES; MOVIE TRIVIA: IN WHAT MOVIE WAS JIM CARREY'S CHARACTER NAMED LLOYD CHRISTMAS?.... DUMB AND DUMBER. STRANGE FACTS: WHAT ANIMAL'S URINE GLOWS UNDER A BLACK LIGHT?... A CAT'S. STUPID LAWS: IN WHAT STATE ARE MEN NOT PERMITTED TO APPEAR IN PUBLIC IN ANY TYPE OF STRAPLESS GOWN? ...FLORIDA. MEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO POST THEIR ANSWERS IN THE CHAT AREA THROUGHOUT THE ROUND. ONCE A MEMBER HAS CORRECTLY ANSWERED A TRIVIA QUESTION THE HOST WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER IN CHAT. A NEW TRIVIA QUESTION SHOULD BE ASK WITH EACH ROUND.

YOU CAN AWARD WINNERS OF EACH TRIVIA QUESTION/ TRIVIA TOUR AND THE TRIVIA CHAMP OF THE NIGHT PRIZES SUCH AS EXTRA BUX, MIX~N~MATCH BADGES OR THE TOP PRIZE FOR THE MEMBER WHO ANSWERS THE MOST TRIVIA QUESTIONS CORRECTLY A PREMIUM BADGE ALBUM.

AGAIN, THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE HOSTS BUT IS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT AND MEMBERS APPRECIATE THE ADDED FUN AND PRIZES.

* MASQUERADE AND TRIVIA MARATHON TOURS ARE BEST HOSTED IN SWISS OR TRUE SWISS FORMAT AS THIS ALLOWS LONGER PLAY TIME FOR ALL MEMBERS PARTICIPATING.

FOLLOW THE LEADER

FOLLOW THE LEADER TOURNAMENTS BEGIN WITH A LEAD OFF TOURNEY IN A DESIGNATED ROOM/GAME IE... POGO BOWL. ALL TOURNAMENTS FOLLOWING THE LEAD OFF TOUR ARE SET AS TBA WITH FORTY-FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR BETWEEN TOURS ON THE CALENDAR.(THIS IS TO ALLOW THE HOST TO UPDATE LOCATION AND THE START TIME OF THE NEXT TOURNAMENT.) THIS TYPE OF MARATHON MAY BEGIN WITH YOUR FIRST TOUR OF THE DAY OR FIRST EVENING TOURNAMENT. THE TOURNEY INFORMATION SHOULD BE PUBLISHED WELL IN ADVANCE AND ON EACH TOURNAMENT PAGE, SO THAT THE MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THE TYPE OF TOURNAMENT AND RULES.

TO SET FOLLOW THE LEADER THE TOURNAMENTS FROM THE TOURNEY SET UP MENU ENTER THE FOLLOWING ON ALL TOURS AFTER THE LEAD OFF TOUR.

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THE WINNER OF EACH TOUR SELECTS THE LOCATION OF THE NEXT TOURNAMENT, WITH THE ONLY STIPULATION THAT THEY MAY NOT SELECT THE GAME IN WHICH THEY HAVE JUST WON. ONCE THE WINNER HAS SELECTED THE NEXT GAME/ROOM THE HOST SIMPLY GOES TO TOURNAMENT CENT AND SELECTS EDIT TOURNAMENT INFORMATION AND ENTERS THE CORRECT DATA. IN THE EVENT YOU RUN TRUE SWISS/THREE ROUND TOURNAMENTS AND THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WINNER, WINNERS MAY SELECT A NUMBER TO DETERMINE WHO WILL SELECT THE NEXT TOURNEY LOCATION.

TEAM TOURNAMENTS

TEAM TOURNAMENTS MAY BE RUN IN ANY WIN//LOSS TYPE TOURNAMENT, WHERE SCORES ARE USED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER. WHEN SETTING A TEAM TOUR BE SURE TO SELECT THE FOLLOWING FROM THE *TOURNAMENT SETUP CENTER*

Number of Players per Team: 2
Teams Competing per match: 2
Random Team Partners RANDOM TEAMS MUST BE SELECTED FOR CASES TO SET TEAMS.

MEMBERS MUST ENTER THE TOURNAMENT FROM THE TEAMS/CHECK IN MENU FROM THE TOURNAMENT PAGE, THEY CANNOT REGISTER FROM THE CASES PAGE.

TEAMS REMAIN THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE TOURNEY, YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT PLAYERS TO HOST A TEAM TOUR. THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS MUST BE EVEN, IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE AN ODD NUMBER OF REGISTERED PLAYERS, AND YOU HAVE THE TD PLAY OPTION YOU CAN JUMP THE TOURNEY.

AT THE END OF THE ROUND PLAYERS WILL POST THEIR SCORE IN THE CHAT AREA AND TEAM SCORES WILL BE ADDED TOGETHER TO DETERMINE THE WINNING TEAMS.

TRY TEAMS TOURNAMENTS IN BOWL, LOTTSO, DICE CITY OR ANY GAME THAT SCORES ARE USED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER. THESE TOURS CAN BE RUN IN ANY FORMAT FROM SINGLE ELIMINATION TO DOUBLE ELIMINATION AND MAKE FOR A GREAT MONTHLY SPECIAL. FOR TEAM TOURS THE ENTRY FEE IS DOUBLED FOR A LARGER PAYOUT.

CHAOS BOWL

CHAOS BOWL IS BEST SET IN SWISS/TRUE SWISS FORMAT WITH THREE TO FOUR ROUNDS. ROUNDS MAY BE MIXED UP TO SUIT YOU. RULES FOR EACH ROUND MUST BE POSTED ON THE TOURNEY PAGE AND ANNOUNCED IN CHAT PRIOR TO EACH ROUND.

ROUND ONE NO STRIKES: NO STRIKE ROUND, MEMBERS MAY NOT BOWL A STRIKE UNTIL THE 10th FRAME. FOR AVID BOWLERS WHO STRIKE OFTEN IT IS BEST TO GUTTER YOUR FIRST BALL. IF YOU THROW A STRIKE PRIOR TO FRAME 10, YOUR OPPONENT WINS THE MATCH. HIGH SCORE WINS THE MATCH.

ROUND TWO NO SPARES: NO SPARES, ALSO KNOWN AS 1-BALL BOWL. YOU MAY NOT PICK UP A SPARE UNTIL THE TENTH FRAME. IF YOU SPARE BEFORE THE 10th FRAME YOUR OPPONENT WINS THE MATCH. HIGH SCORE WINS THE MATCH.

ROUND THREE: REVERSE SCORE, PLAYERS BOWL AS NORMAL, AT THE END OF THE 10th FRAME PLAYERS WILL POST THEIR SCORE AND REVERSE SCORE IE... 276 // 672. HIGH SCORE WINS THE MATCH. YOU DO NOT WANT TO END WITH A SCORE LIKE 290 AS THIS WILL BECOME 92.

ANOTHER VERSION OF CHAOS IS SWAP SCORES, WHERE AT THE END OF THE TENTH FRAME YOU SWAP YOUR SCORE WITH YOUR OPPONENT. THIS IS NOT A POPULAR VERSION BECAUSE OF THE INSTANCE OF FOUL PLAY AND LOW SCORES MAKING YOUR OPPONENTS LOSE. IF YOU RUN A SWAP SCORE ROUND IT IS BEST TO DELAY ANNOUNCING PAIRS UNTIL THE 7th OR 8th FRAME.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW SPECIALS YOU CAN RUN IN ADDITION TO YOUR MONTHLY BOTS, BOA, MEMBERS VS STAFF AND TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS. **PLEASE REMEMBER TO POST SPECIAL RULES ON ALL OF THESE TOURNEYS SO THAT THE MEMBERS ARE NOT BLINDSIDED AND INSURE EACH MEMBER KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS THE RULES BEFORE THE START OF EACH TOUR. MY LEAGUE RUNS AT LEAST ONE OF THESE SPECIALS A MONTH, THE MEMBERS ENJOY AND TALK ABOUT THEM FOR WEEKS AFTER. HAVE FUN AND MIX THEM UP AND IF YOU NEED HELP SETTING THEM OR HAVE QUESTIONS YOU MAY CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU.