I am here to provide you a little bit more information about how Stars enrollment will work tomorrow. Tomorrow (Saturday, July 24th), Stars: Dynamic Duos will enroll. As soon as enrollment opens, 16 users (8 duos) will be automatically enrolled into the game. THIS REQUIRES NO ENROLLMENT ON YOUR END. YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PLACED IN THE GAME IF YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND IT IS COMPLETELY FREE.
Here is how it will work:
- The cast will be enrolled tomorrow at Stars enrollment. This will be the first time that the players are made aware that they have made it into the game. While I understand this creates some disappointment when people don't find out until then that they haven't made it, it's the best way to avoid premades. If we announce it in advance, the game would start right away.
- I will personally be contacting the frat seat winner and raffle winner to let them know how this will work. Because we will be putting 16 people into the cast, the raffle winner and the stars seat winner will automatically be carried over to next week. For an extra layer of precaution, both users will also be banned leading up to enrollment, but will be unbanned when the game has begun.
- In terms of identifying duos when the game starts, you can go to the first page of the game (where it says "Housemate X enrolled into Stars" and the price they paid). All duos will be enrolled right after each other. (AKA the first person enrolled and the second person enrolled are duos, so are the third/fourth person enrolled). Otherwise, the order of enrollment means nothing.
- PLEASE NOTE: If you did not make it into the cast, I am sorry and I understand that you are likely disappointed. The casting team will be willing to discuss our decision-making process (as we were with Winners at War), but this time around, there will be a 24-hour waiting rule in place for these discussions (at least for me personally). ANY MESSAGES I RECEIVE WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE CAST ENROLLING WILL BE IGNORED COMPLETELY. After 24 hours, when any lack of level-headedness is restored, I will be ready to discuss.
THANK YOU to everybody who applied. We received applications from approximately 40 duos and the quality of the applications was very strong. A huge thank you to turney1805, sjsoccer88, and KrisStory for helping with cast selection for this special game!
Discord House Chat
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The house chat will be able to be viewed publicly in the Official Tengaged Discord Server. This means that all people enrolled in the cast will be forced to use Discord for the house chat purposes (sorry Skype lovers!). You will all be assigned a special role in the server that will allow you to be able to speak on the House Call and type in the House chat. No viewer will be able to speak on call or type in the chat, but obviously they'll be able to see what you're saying in the chat or listen in on house calls for entertainment purposes.
PAYOUTS:
1st Place – An additional 1000T$.
2nd Place – An additional 600T$.
3rd Place – An additional 400T$.
4th Place – An additional 250T$.
5th Place – An additional 150T$.
If the additional prizes are not incentive enough to make it as far as you can with your duo, if any duo makes it to the final 3 together, their prizes will be doubled.
Hello and welcome to Special Stars!! This announcement is to inform you all of the two twists… which are… drumroll pleaseeeee…………………… TARGETS AND TRIOS!!!
Before we begin getting into the specifics of the game, please note that we recognize that the specifics of the game can get confusing depending on how things play out. As always, reach out if you have any questions and we will provide any clarification.
Momentarily, each player will receive the name of their target in Tengaged mails. This target will be random and will change every day.
Additionally, each player except for one of you will start out in a trio, which will be mailed to you shortly. You will know who is in your trio, but the other trios will not be announced publicly. It is your choice whether or not to tell the others about your trio.
The odd player out will be “The Snake,” who’s goal is to ensure that no trio gets 2 of their targets nominated.
REWARDS:
- If a player successfully nominates their target, they will receive an extra target (so they will target two people) the next day.
- If any trio gets two of their targets nominated, the whole trio will receive immunity the following day.
- If your trio wins immunity due to your target going up, you will get an extra target. Since you are immune, you also will not be targeted by anybody. This will publicly reveal your trio, but it also ensures your safety.
PUNISHMENTS:
- If a player in your trio is nominated, then you will be targeted twice (i.e. two separate people will target you) unless both of your other trio members are nominated, then you will be targeted 3 times (in both cases, you will still target one person)
- If you are nominated, you will not be able to target anyone, but also nobody will target you.
"THE SNAKE":
Because the Snake’s goal is to ensure that no trio gets 2/3 of their targets nominated, the number of people the Snake will target/number of people who will target the snake will be based on who is nominated and who successfully nominated their target. Rules are as follows:
- If the snake successfully gets their target nominated, the snake will be immune, which will reveal the snake.
- If a trio gets 2/3 of their targets nominated: snake gets 1 target, 1 person targets snake.
- If no trio gets 2/3 of their targets nominated: snake gets 3 targets, 1 person targets snake.
- If a player gets nominated from a broken-up trio: - 1 target for each eliminated member.
In very rare cases (depending on how the game plays out), the math may not always add up for # targets/# targeted. In this case, we will open a 30 minute Public Target poll where the x number of people with the most votes will be targeted an additional time.
PRIZES:
1ST PLACE: The winner of this Stars will receive an additional 1,000T$.
2ND PLACE: The winner of this Stars will receive an additional 500T$
3RD PLACE: The winner of this Stars will receive an additional 300T$.
TL;DR:
- If your trio succeeds in getting their individual targets up, your trio can get immunity.
- If members of your trio get nominated, you and have a higher chance at being targeted by others
- The snake is powerful, yet also at significant risk if they fail to achieve their goal.
Be sure to include me, 3pi14159, Typhlosion37, and KrisStory in your chats if you're comfortable. We’d love to see your strategies!
I want to personally thank 3pi14159 and nmh95 for their help in the planning of the race. I also want to thank Rebelman2227 for helping with the tracking of accounts for the rankingpurposes. Whether you enjoyed the Race, it was definitely a learning experience from an event-hosting perspective. Thank you to everybody who participated and to those who provided feedback.
Some final notes:
- Please let moderation know your choice regarding returning to your main account or staying on your Race to Gold account. The information on this can be found in this blog: https://tengaged.com/blog/brandonpinzu/9956854/mod-race-gold-accounts
- Any activity that is not approved by moderation (such as the above) on racing accounts going forward will result in a ban. This includes using your T$ from your Race to Gold in any prohibited way that was outlined in the sign-up blog (such as gifting your main account). See the sign-up blog for more details: https://tengaged.com/blog/brandonpinzu/9921077/mod-race-gold-sign-ups
- Bannings will come throughout the next couple of days. Any accounts that are clearly no longer being used will be permanently banned. After a few days, if we have not heard from you regarding your racing account, it will be permanently banned.
Below is the master list of accounts. I believe they are in alphabetical order. My apologies if there are any typos. If I've missed anybody, let me know and I will add them to the list.
