Calcumniation [It is a Gameshow!] Mixed Motifs

[Solaris]

A man sits. He is calm, contemplating an event like no other, larger than any before it. He twirls his wrist straightens his tie, waiting for inspiration to strike.

And so it does.

The man has a thought, of what would happen if he were to take either 17 or 23 exceptional personages, and invite them to a game? Sure, it had been done before, time and time again, but that is only the set-up! They wouldn't compete on a ship, an island, or a mansion. He wouldn't take them far away, no, all he would need is a facility. A single building, with enough living space for them and the staff that will set up their challenges. He had just the place too, at the center of the city, surrounding the many people who will soon follow him and his friends on an adventure unlike any other. BUT, that wasn't the twist.

The twist would be the manner of recruitment, how he would get these exceptional people to start on their quest, the style of the game, focusing on money and growth and loss, what the contestants would do, their moments of leisure and rest and planning, and finally... his final twist. Somewhere, hiding among the other contestants, there would be someone with an edge. One person, more exceptional than the rest, would have knowledge that no others did. Who he was would never be mentioned. If he was still in play would never be said. It would be a secret, an ever-present paranoia lurking around their mind.

Yes. The man was pleased with this. As was his studio and his producers and his sponsors. It was perfect. All it needed was a name.

There were many names that he could take, focusing on the money or the mole or the locale, but in the end he had an epiphany.

"How about we call it..."



Well, this looks neat, what is it?
Calcumniation has three root words.
-Calculation - the act or process of calculating, usually with numbers such as in money
-Illumination - the act or process of enlightening, usually with regard to knowledge
-Calumniation - the act or process of making false and malicious statements about, usually with words
So, as alluded by our mysterious host's musings, this is a game involving these three things in different capacities.

Can you answer that in a less smug manner?
Sure I guess.

Now, if you've been paying attention (or stalking), you'll notices that I've been a little lovesick puppy over an old friend of mine, Niall. Now, this guy, he's gone now, for a buncha reasons that are out of his control that suck. Before that though, he ran a game called Shank-A-Bitch (2). And before that, he started up a game called Tontine.

Along with the Brain Trust (which included me and a few other wonderful people yet to be introduced), he planned a plethora of games that would test the skills of twenty-three lucky people. With the exception of the first Pauper game and the first Privileged game, all of this was unused. Now that it's summer and that I've got more time coming up on my hands, I thought that it would be time that it stopped being that. What this means is that this game will be functionally similar to Tontine except for two significant changes which will be outlined soon.

Rules of Play.
There are two aspects to Calcumniation, the first of which is virtually completely ripped from Tontine with almost no changes.

The first is The Challenges. ---

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The Challenges are a gameshow-style forum game played in weekly-ish rounds. Each round is comprised of two challenges: the Priviledged's Challenge and the Paupers' Challenge, in that order. Every player begins as one of the Privileged and they will gradually become Paupers as the game progresses.

The Privileged's Challenge: All remaining Privileged players compete in a ranked challenge. The higher they rank, the more money they earn. This will go into their kitty, whch will carry across the entire game, increasing every time they participate in a Privileged's Challenge. At the end of this challenge, the three players who earned the least amount of money that round will become a Pauper and go on to play in the following Paupers' Challenge.

The Paupers' Challenge: All the Paupers will participate in an elimination challenge where the loser of that challenge will be eliminated from the competition entirely. Inversely, the winner of this challenge will gain the reward of being able to return to the Privileged. Unlike the Privileged's Challenges, the Paupers' Challenges do not earn the Paupers any money.

These rounds will continue until there are only two Privileged players left. At that point, the third finalist will be the Pauper who has the most money in their kitty and the fourth and last finalist will be the Pauper who can survive a Gauntlet of challenges to be the last Pauper remaining.

After that, the Final Four contestants will participate in the last round of challenges of which one and only one will emerge victorious.

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The Challenges will be both new and old, anything and everything that me and the Brain Trust can think of and throw at you. There's going to be a lot going on and that's why I'll need help along with players.

The second is the issue of The Informed. ---

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Calcumniation will have a slightly more complex application process than Tontine. This is because I have lifted from another game-show forum-game, and introduced revolutionary mechanic involving an informed minority. While the challenges are going on you the players will be able to speak in the guise of the character that you will submit to play! There are two reasons for this, the first being that it would hypothetically keep things fresh and going if a challenge gets much longer than it should have. The second is in order to facilitate a new mechanic, The Informed, a player who before each Privileged's Challenge is given some sort of edge, like extra points, a secret tip, or knowledge that they should not have! Who they are will not be revealed and there will only be one solid way of figuring out if they are still among you...
CHARIOTS CHARIOTS
Towards the end of each Paupers' Challenge, while the next Privileged's Challenge is being set up, there will be a poll in which you players describe who you think is The Informed. The poll will focus on physical and mental description and on biography, with questions like "What color eyes do you think they have". After the poll, the three most agreed upon answers will be revealed to be true or false. So, if on the poll, everyone thinks that The Informed has blue eyes, when they really have brown, before the Privileged's Challenge, everyone will be informed that The Informed does not have blue eyes!

None of the individual items on the poll will ever point to just one player, and for the most part the only information that others can get on you is what you share in the thread and your Physical Description, which will be shared before the first Privileged's Challenge. The only exception to this is the player who places in first during The Challenges, who will be able to get some information on the player of their choice, of which they can choose only one thing to publicly share, if they want to.

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Game Timeline
A) The Challenges and the "Day" begin
Aa)Players are informed of results of the Informed Poll
Ab)Informed receives edge
Ac)Privileged's Challenge Begins and Ends
Ad)Demotion to Pauper Occurs
B) Paupers' Challenge begins
Ba)Paupers' Challenge is Judged
Bb)Player Elimination Occurs
C) Informed Poll begins
Ca)First Place Winner of "Day's" challenge receives information
Cb)Preparation for next set of challenges
Cc)"Day" ends

Wow, that was a lot of words, anything else I should know?

Oh yes, Participation in Calcumniation, like in Tontine, comes in three flavors. Judge, Brain Trust, and Contestant.

Judge - By Invitation Only. These people will participate as deciders in some of the competitions to come. They will do so impartially and with the final say in their respective challenge.

Brain Trust - Exactly like Tontine, anyone who sends me a PM shall enter a realm beyond, where they are to do to me what I did to Niall. Reign me in, remind me of what matters, keep me on target. They are to keep this she-bang going should I unfortunately fail to do so and they will each have as much power over you all as I will. Together, we will determine the challenges, keep that quality of play as high as possible, and make sure that I don't do something Balls Stupid. They are all the best people possible and they can join but asking me via IRC, Skype, a forum PM, or anything. If they are anonymous or public in their Brain Trustery is up to them.

Contestant -These guys are the stars of the show, you, YOU READER, this is what You Want. If you read all of the above then You Know that this is the place to be! Contestants will participate in the various challenges that the game will offer for the chance to be crowned winner and take home $1,000,000 hypothetical dollars. This game will take A While so if you could devote a good amount of time to it, that'd be great! You won't have to do something every day, but be sure to check for new developments as often as possible. The Challenges are made to be as accessible as possible and will have appropriate time limits to them. Stuff's going to be fun and intense and I really hope that you join in on the fun!

Is... is it over yet?
Yeap, the gist is that this is going to be an online game-show similar to Niall's Tontine only with an added twist of a Slightly Informed Party. There will be prizes and fun and you should join and have a good time if you promise to devote the time for it! Good luck!

[Solaris]

=Table of Contents=

00:1 - Cold Open & Beginning
00:2 - Table of Contents & Player List
00:3 - Flavor Introduction to Calcumniation

01:1 - Mixed Motifs
01:2 - ????

=Player List=

The Priviledged
1st Doofaeus - Monsieur Froufrou - M
1st feralFantom - Carson Narsol - M
1st Blue Yoshi - William Talabot - M
1st MasterBlade - Alex Martin - M
1st Jacquerel - Steve Surname - M
1st El Ninja Monkey - Nathan McTanenes - M
1st Dragonpaul - Kenneth Blackwell - M
1st An Invisible User - Antonio Stradivari - M
1st youdont12know - M.P.Mcnolastnamegiventon - M
1st Mister Visceral - Frank "Vlad" Heathers - M
1st MathGirl277 - Pravi - M
1st ~ATH - Bitches McGee - M
1st Palamedes - Manfred Manson - M
1st InoxFy - Justin Case - M
1st whoosh! - Shadow - M
1st causticlyOptimitious - William H. Lotta II - M
1st seastormjt - Marion Schaggen - M
1st Paranoia - Ol' Tex Revish - M
1st acerbicAves - Miri Nova - M
1st Rhyme - Mallory Fortune - M
1st curiousCat - Tomoko Ryuga - M
1st Cyber95 - Arnold Schlitzer - M
1st MIRDINI - Kenji Ryu - M

The Paupers
NONE

The Eliminated
NONE

[pikajens]

I'm interested

pikajens- Damien - #0000FF - Male

[Doofaeus]

Since I have died in most of my mafias I think I can pull this off! JOINING.

Username: Doofaeus
Name: Monsieur Froufrou
Color: #e00707 (Dave Strider's colour)
Gender: Male

[BlueYoshi]

SQUEEEE (alternatively, insert a gif of someone squeeing, but Mirdini is the gif master around here).

I've been paying attention (to the Games Chat thread), I'm so happy Calcumniation is here! All the games I'm playing or watching are on hiatus/dead, hence the excitement.

Username: BlueYoshi
Name: William Talabot
Color: Jade (#00A86B)
Gender: Male

[Shailsnic]

Interesting... I'm in.

Username: Shailsnic
Name: Carson Narsol
Color: Orange (#FF7538)
Gender: Male

[MasterBlade]

Userame: MasterBlade
Name: Alex Martin
Color: #54FF9F
Gender: Male

[Paranoia]

Username: Paranoia
Name: Ol' Tex Revish
Color: #99ffff
Gender: Male

[dragonpaul99]

Userham: Dragonpaul
Name: Kenneth Blackwell
Color: #BF0000
Gender: Male

[WateryHell]

Username: WateryHell
Name: Alex Samuel Jones
Color:#FF8C00
Gender: Male

[El Ninja Monkey]

Userame: El Ninja Monkey
Name: Nathan McTanenes
Color: #cccccc
Gender:Male

[Jacquerel]

Userame: Jacquerel
Name: Steve Surname
Color: BBCode green
Gender: Male

(You can tell who just copied and pasted from Solaris because they all spelt username wrong)

[curiousCat]

Username: curiousCat
Name: Tomoko Ryuga
Color: #d437c0
Gender: Female

[Mirdini]

I'll get around to this in a minute. a day or two

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[AnInvisibleUser]

Userame: AnInvisibleUser
Name: Antonio Stradivari
Color: #CC0099
Gender: Male

[konec0]

o man can i reserve a spot
i'll edit this post in the morning

also when is this starting though?? i am having finals very soon soooo....

[youdont12know]

Userame: Youdont12know/yd12k if that doesn't fit
Name: M. P. McNolastnamegiventon
Color: #00FFFF (that's red, right?)
Gender: He/him/that guy

[Solaris]

also when is this starting though?? i am having finals very soon soooo....

Sometime this week if we get to 17 or 23, I'll wait a bit longer if we get to like, 20 so that hopefully the last 23 spots fill.
Finals are A Thing, but I don't foresee this getting too time intensive bar a few games. Worst that happens is that you don't get TOO IN to the first few games which I don't think should involve Too Much DEVOTION.
It may be a bit longer depending on the circumstances though.

[Mister Visceral]

TO BE POSTED IN THREAD
Userame: Mister Visceral
Name: Frank Heathers
Color: 66CD00
Gender: Him.

[causticlyOptimitious]

This... looks awesome. So in.

Userame: causticlyOptimitious
Name: King William H. Lotta II, Sovereign Ruler of the Eight And A Half Planets, Ambassador to the Sun, and Protector of Mexico
Color: #F73C88
Gender: Lotta is to be referred to with "Sovereign" (or shortened to "Sov.") Lotta is too regal for your common pronouns.

[MathGirl277]

Username: MathGirl277
Name: Pravi
Color: Dark Green #227428
Gender: Feminine Set of Pronouns

Totally not a self-insert here.

[acerbicAves]

Userame: acerbicAves
Name: Miri Nova
Color: #00b0ee
Gender: Lady

I've never actually played in a forum game before and will probably fail horribly, but what the hell. Every game needs an idiot to get knocked out at the first available opportunity, right?

[~ATH]

Username: ~ATH
Name: Bitches McGee
Color: #b12c43
Gender: Manly

[InoxFy]

Fff all right hopefuly there's still room here

Userame: InoxFy.
Name: Justin Case
Color: #2d1414
Gender: XY-chromosome

[seastormjt]

Username: Seastorm
Name: Marion Schaggen
Color: A07EB5
Gender: Female
(PM coming soon)