**ADDED ENTRY** 1. Survivor 1: Bouvet Island - This is where it all began on May 14th, 2011. The cast itself was great on paper, many from this season would go on to return to a later season(s). I however was a horrible host starting out. I was White level so the players had to add me as a friend, I didn't know there was a mail cap so throughout the season many players never even got notice of challenges. I had some pretty lame challenges and ultimately my poor hosting skill brought this season down. The merge was a great cast though, the people that were active made it exciting. My version of RI was in play which Benlinus returned from. He was later voted out again but this time with an idol in his pocket. The eventual winner Christian_ had a combination of 3 idols which were all played at one tribal council. The final 3 was amazing and I was content with any of them winning. If I was a more experienced host this, season could have been better but the cast did great with my poor skills. Notable players include Christian_, Benlinus, Ireks, Dolphinsoccer4, Downeaster (Peaccealexxa)
Hello Randomize. My name is Chris or Gaiaphagee, a Survivor Group Game Host and Player for 6 years. Like many users, group games are the only reason I am still on this website. (just realized how rude that is worded. I don't mean it because of the site itself, just mean it because I personally do not play karma games that much. This website is great of course, and anyone who complains is lying to themselves because tbh they are still on here! lol)
Group games typically last 3-4 weeks, sometimes even longer. A lot longer than any karma game! The effort you have to put in these games is so much more, in my opinion, than other games, including Stars and Hunger Games.
Anyways, I think group games need a change. We've had very minor tweaks here and there but not much. Group games have been getting a lot of attention over the last 6 months (see Tvivor, Tbrother, u-decide, carlyjordans game, etc. These games became big and even brought players from OUTSIDE the website, even when the website was "broken". These group games/orgs played a decently sized role in spreading tengaged to other communties. One reason I believe these are so popular are because of the recent prizes and the ability to bring the site together as a whole (people discuss on blogs their favorite contestants, etc. It seems group games are as popular as ever. I have even witnessed a growing number of people transitioning over to group games. Some of which have been on Tengaged for years and vowed to never play group games.
I think you took a great step when johneh was games coordinator. He had a few others, including myself, Aquamarine, Dane_Williams, and a few others host games for T$. This was pretty popular for the few weeks it was a legitimate thing. There are a handful of users who have been hosting for several years, some even hosting as long as I have been hosting. 6 years is a long time! The only issues is we cannot promise real life prizes to every single winner of the games. I personally have hosted 50 long term seasons. Do a 10 dollar prize for each, it's 500 dollars. I think a huge step for the group game community is to get a games coordinator, specifically for group games. There are a number of very qualified and unbiased people that have proven their integrity over the years of hosting. Some that would be thrilled and honored to give the group game community the recognition it deserves. T$ prizes for a select few professional hosts could also be an option. I like the people Johneh chose, but they were not actual hosts. There are people who have been hosting for years that would be more qualified.
I'm not sure the process this would take as you may not be familiar with the group game community, but I can say it is the one aspect of this season that has gotten the least amount of attention since they began. We all appreciate the updates throughout the years, such as the ability to write specific tribe names and make eliminated players' pictures black/white. However I just cannot see how it compares to the rest of this site.
I think this would be fairly easy to implement as you have done it before and it does not require much coding. Just a matter of funding the T$ prizes and finding responsible people (I have played nearly every host's game on this site. Ive played more than 200 group games so I know who is reliable and is not.)
ONE SOLUTION to the funding ts, is allow hosts to give their OWN ts out. i know a lot of hosts dont care for ts and are willing to give their own ts out as prizes.
Please just think about this. I know there is a whole group game community who feel similar. Thanks Randomize!
