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[MOD] Race to Gold - Interest?

1stAug 10, 2022 by brandonpinzu
Hi Tengaged!

I wanted to blog to see if there was any interest in the hosting of a variation of the previously known "Race to Black" event. I've put Race to Gold in the title as that seems like an appropriate jump, but I'm open to ideas.

The rules are simple. Anyone looking to participate in the Race will make a new account (when directed by moderation) and the first person to a determined color level/karma amount, wins the event (likely Gold to account for the increase in game payouts). Potential prizes may also be given to runner-up(s).

Rules would be fully ironed out later on this month (IF THERE IS ENOUGH INTEREST), but before going through with the planning, we wanted to see if there would be enough interest in the event overall.

Thoughts?

EDIT: Read my comments on this blog and give feedback as time goes on, if you'd like to see specific rules in play!

Comments

Sounds fun
Sent by Batya,Aug 10, 2022
Let's go!!!
Sent by nmh95,Aug 10, 2022
agreed
Sent by TheLightIsComing,Aug 10, 2022
can i host it
Sent by vansreborn,Aug 10, 2022
lovely
Sent by Mrkk,Aug 10, 2022
Hell no Goodluck to whoever 🤣
Sent by WannaBeeFriends,Aug 10, 2022
Would we have to abandon our normal accounts? Or could you have both as long as you didn't join the same game?
Sent by cheritaisdelicious,Aug 10, 2022
That’s a fun idea, but I’d like to see something new :)
Sent by tonym101101,Aug 10, 2022
i thought this couldnt happen.....
Sent by Eilish,Aug 10, 2022
i say there should be a new game Mode! would love to play the challenge!!
Sent by PenguinOwen126,Aug 10, 2022
Yesssss only problem would be rotation potentially being a challenge but still fun and worth doing!
Sent by Sam_Hamwich,Aug 10, 2022
That is something that would need to be ironed out. I personally was not a fan of the old requirement of having people logged out on their previous accounts because it disqualified people unnecessarily. Although these are solely my thoughts and I haven't run them by anyone, I think it makes it more appealing if we allow people to remain online on their main accounts, but restrict them from playing with their Race accounts. But details would need to be ironed out and it could be needed that they log out. cheritaisdelicious

Why couldn't it? Eilish
Sent by brandonpinzu,Aug 10, 2022
Brandonpinzu.....i will mail you i guess
Sent by Eilish,Aug 10, 2022
why can't we just do a totally spies totally party tourney instead?
Sent by HeavyRain,Aug 10, 2022
aw period
Sent by mathboy9,Aug 10, 2022
Omg yes
Sent by Malamente,Aug 10, 2022
Would the current accounts of the players be temporarily banned during the event?
Sent by NanoNerd,Aug 10, 2022
I touched on that in my comment a bit above, NanoNerd, but if this event were to happen, those details would be outlined. Mostly interested in whether or not there would be a preference on that front, too
Sent by brandonpinzu,Aug 10, 2022
YAASS lets do it
Sent by sk9ergal,Aug 10, 2022
Ya
Sent by Music,Aug 10, 2022
ew
Sent by Petro,Aug 10, 2022
I'll sign off if people have to stay off their main accounts for the duration.
Sent by koolness234,Aug 10, 2022
does the winner get karma transferred to their main account?
Sent by Symmetry888,Aug 10, 2022
Im down
Sent by danyyboy67,Aug 10, 2022
Can see the winner
Sent by Miarma,Aug 10, 2022
If one of the rules is forbidden charities, I think that would be an amazing event
Sent by Alex150498,Aug 10, 2022
Only if the rules were similar to the old version, where people cannot log into their main account, people could keep their new identities a secret until a winner is announced - at the end of the game, you can decide to keep your new account and ban your old one, or just stay on your original and ban the race account.

I personally would prefer if people stayed off their original accounts, as that could influence the outcome, especially if people start basically alligning with their normal friends

One of the best parts competing in Race to Black was that nobody knew that I was me, so I was able to work with those whom I normally wouldn't get along with, or go against friends, and it was a really fun dynamic that would be lost if people could just stay logged in. It would take the fun out.
Sent by BlueBarracuda,Aug 10, 2022
We've been discussing this now BlueBarracuda. I see two options:

Option 1: The original rules. Players cannot log onto their original account and doing so will cause them to be disqualified. Identities can be kept secret, but it is up to the users themselves if they disclose.

Option 2: Players may remain LOGGED IN on their original account, but CANNOT play games (it may entice more people, for whatever reason). If they are currently on a Survivor streak, they are able to maintain their streak on their original accounts but their Race account is unable to play Survivor at all. Any violation of the rules will result in a DQ.

My only reason for option 2 is because it allows for less of the disqualifications that occurred because people accidentally logged on their original accounts. That happened often to people who were doing well in the race, and because rules were rules, they were disqualified.

The purpose of this blog is to get ideas/feedback though, so happy to hear more thoughts on this
Sent by brandonpinzu,Aug 10, 2022
Yes gawd !
Sent by Whoa,Aug 10, 2022
option 2 plz brandonpinzu
Sent by Times_Places,Aug 10, 2022
I'd love to watch xx
Sent by melissakhurry,Aug 10, 2022
Let em stay on their account. Can I be Phil? The host or whatever that guys name was! Racers on your marks , get set, GOO
Sent by Tyler93,Aug 10, 2022
Ooh that’s fun
Sent by temponeptune,Aug 10, 2022
Sounds like fun! Nice to see some attempt to revive this site lmao
Sent by bbfanuk_reborn,Aug 10, 2022
This is so cool
Sent by girlinred,Aug 10, 2022
absolutely
Sent by Padfoot,Aug 10, 2022
I'd also like option 2 so I can continue to do my draft without people know who I am on my new account
Sent by girlinred,Aug 10, 2022
brandonpinzu That makes perfect sense for people in a merge streak and the stipulation about not joining seems fair. I can't recall if I selfishly enjoyed when my competitors accidentally logged back in (like if they went on their phone instead), so I could advance, but yeah, with people using different devices more often than they probably did back then, that would at least avoid that issue and would be fair....and with option 2, that could help keep identities a secret better in some ways, since if certain users went MIA cold turkey, I'd be suspicious and assume they were racing.
Sent by BlueBarracuda,Aug 10, 2022
And girlinred makes another great point for option two for those hosting ongoing group games/blog series. and those who are enrolled in stars when the game starts.

I also feel there should be some type of stipulation that star tickets can't be used on racing accounts
Sent by BlueBarracuda,Aug 10, 2022
YESSSSS!
Sent by Ratchett,Aug 10, 2022
LMAO! I’m ready to sheep ppl!
Sent by Colter,Aug 10, 2022
Yes let’s do it
Sent by rellizuraddixion,Aug 10, 2022
Yes even though I won get to yellow let alone gold
Sent by Sebbers,Aug 10, 2022
Queen Emmaleigh coming back for her title.
Sent by chameleoneyes,Aug 10, 2022
I’m in
Sent by RoughNightBro,Aug 10, 2022
Seems fun
Sent by DripTeejay,Aug 10, 2022
Would be fun. I agree with other comments, think we shouldn’t be allowed on our main account but I’d be down to play regardless what the rules are!
Sent by Gaiaphagee,Aug 10, 2022
I won't participate but I'd love to watch the ones who will participate.
Sent by Cromatique,Aug 10, 2022
Option 2!!
Sent by BrittBritt,Aug 10, 2022
Me
Sent by joey65409,Aug 10, 2022
Would we be considered a multi?
Sent by Scooby69,Aug 11, 2022
ParvatiS
Sent by systrix,Aug 11, 2022
This is absolutely sick and about a year too late for me to be interested in participating.

With that being said, in the purely hypothetical case where I'm interested and already picked out my RTB-now-G username, option 2 is so lame to me. I feel like at the very LEAST you should have to completely give up playing games on your main account if you wanna play. Like if your streak is more important than playing race to gold, that's tough, but I don't really get why you would want, or need, to have both.

Even if you make the stipulation where your RTB-now-G account can't join survivor, which is objectively the right call because you could very easily game the absolute shit out of it, why even play? Doesn't that like make no sense and make joining RTB-now-G a waste of time anyways because you miss out on probably the quickest and most consistent form of karma?

Ignoring like the REAL reasoning though, like whoever genuinely wants to play tengaged games on multiple accounts in 2022 needs some sort of psychosocial evaluation. I can barely see the argument for playing games consistently on ONE account at this point. If anyone actually wants to play survivor AND seriously push for a RTB-now-G win, you need to be sent to a farm very very far away to frolic and play forevermore.

Please continue listening to ABSOLBOT (me) when it comes to moderation decisions I have a nasty streak of being convincingly correct, and I'm still not really over the grudge that was formed over me missing the Social Media Manager position at the start of this year. Huge shoutout to HeavyRain and boyfriend though they're doing great stuff over there on the tengagedsocial twitter. Excited for the 1-year anniversary of not shit being posted.
Sent by Absol,Aug 11, 2022
yes please
Sent by Fezco,Aug 11, 2022
Absol I agree with everything you said except one. Users should be allowed to join Survivor. When this was first done in 2011, the winner Emmaleigh aka Ahava did it by playing every game, including Survivor.

With that being said, users should absolutely not be allowed to be on their main account. If their Survivor streak is more important to them, great! Don't join Race to Gold.
Sent by chameleoneyes,Aug 11, 2022
Yessssssssss
Sent by SeaViper,Aug 11, 2022
I’d raise an entirely different question and ask if buying T$ would be allowed. Getting the karma isn’t an issue with the new payouts, but in my opinion, holding onto your T$ and getting enough would make the challenge last longer. It’s also unfair to those who don’t have the ability to afford buying T$. I think the entire race should be as “natural” as possible.

Personally, I don’t care if you want to stay logged in on your other account, and agree with the opinion that only one of the accounts can be in Survivor.
Sent by itspipez,Aug 11, 2022
Race to my clunge
Sent by Jenii_Valenta,Aug 11, 2022
Yes I want to participate
Sent by danio,Aug 11, 2022
I joined in 2008 and i'm not even gold yet so I dont think i can win this
Sent by Simplyobsessed,Aug 11, 2022
Me
Sent by staymellow,Aug 11, 2022
chameleoneyes oh no i agree with you i was just like being really holistic and trying to explain why the whole "if you are in a survivor on your main you couldn't play survivor on your rtb-now-g account" thing made no sense. like considering emmaleigh HAD to play survivor to win i don't get why someone would wanna play rtb-now-g if they are forgoing playing survivor altogether JUST to keep their merge streak
Sent by Absol,Aug 11, 2022
negged
Sent by ak73,Aug 11, 2022
I would play that :)
Sent by Solitary,Aug 11, 2022
Race to Diamond
Sent by JayElVeeIsBack,Aug 11, 2022
I honestly don’t wanna see a bunch of white levels running around the site
Sent by NotNicky333,Aug 11, 2022

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