User blog:Captain Ned Edgewalker/2018 Wiki Olympics



i promise that i probably won’t leave for the 10th time during the middle of the olympics again, ok?

probably.

This is the 2018 Wiki Olympics (even though it's starting in 2017), the sequel to the only moderately cancerous 2016 Wiki Olympics. In this competition, there will be six competitions held on four different games. The rankings system will be exactly the same as they were in the 2016 Wiki Olympics, but to refresh everyone, a Gold medal is worth 3 points, Silver is worth 2, Bronze is worth 1 and anything below that does not net points. If there is a tie for first place following the final event, a tiebreaker will be held.

Unlike the 2016 Wiki Olympics, I strongly considered not putting a prize up whatsoever. But, to add something pretty gr8 for everyone to work towards and compete for, I have decided that a prize will be put up for the 2018 Wiki Olympics. The largest prize is a (CAD) $50 gift card for a platform of your choosing (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch or Steam) for the person who finishes in first. The prize for whoever comes in second is a $25 gift card and the prize for whoever finishes in third is a $10 gift card.

The 2018 Wiki Olympics will run from December 23nd to Jaunary 6th. To sign up for the Olympics, comment below or message me on Discord at Ned Edgewalker#9839.

Events
Events are listed in order

Minecraft - Mob Waves
December 20, 2017 - 7:30 EST - 4:30 PST

About
Players will attempt to survive various mobs (including some custom mobs), spawned in waves. If a player dies, they are eliminated. The last player alive is the victor.

Cards Against Humanity
Date TBD - Time TBD

About
In Cards Against Humanity, players will play an unknown number of games until someone wins two games of Cards Against Humanity to claim Gold. Silver and Bronze will be determined by a players' total score accumulated throughout all of the games played at the end of the tournament.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cards_Against_Humanity

The Legend of Pirates Online
Date TBD - Time TBD

About
This event will be almost exactly the same to the classic Feats of Strength Competitions held from 2009 to 2013 (particualrly the ones from 2009 - 2011). The person who comes in first for the race gets Gold, second gets Silver and so on.

Town of Salem
Date TBD - Time TBD

About
Competitors will join and play a single game of Town of Salem. The person, or persons (I'll get to that) who win the game claim Gold. The last two people to die will claim Silver and Bronze.

Should a specific role be victorious in the game (I.E. Mafia), it would require that, if you were a member of said role, that you would have to remain alive in order for them to share Gold as a team.

To learn how to play Town of Salem, click here.

Minecraft - Capture the Flag
Date TBD - Time TBD

About
In Capture the Flag, teams will face off in a Capture the Flag tournament. Depending on the number of competitors present, there will either be 4 teams of up to 4 randomized competitors or 2 teams of up to 5 randomized competitors. Teams will be randomized using the greatest machine ever created by mankind, the fruit machine.

If it is the former, the teams will be matched with an opponent and will face off on separate maps simultaneously in a Best of 3 opening round. The two winning teams in the opening round will move on to the final, but before the final the two losing teams will fight in a Best of 5 round for Bronze. The final will be a Best of 7.

Capture the Flag Rules
 * Players must attempt to capture the opposing teams’ flag and return it safely to their base to win. A team, theoretically, does not have to possess their own flag in order to win the game.
 * A player can die only three times in a match. If a player dies three times, they are eliminated from the match and must watch as a spectator until the next matchup. If, somehow, all players on both teams die three times, the match is ruled a No-Contest and will be restarted.

Minecraft - Cactice
January 6, 2018 - Time TBD

About
Cactice is a minigame in Minecraft where the objective is to knock your opponent(s) off of a platform made out of ice, surrounded by cactus. There are 3 cactice platforms in play for the tournament: two original cactice platforms that are simply a round platform surrounded by cactus, one large and one small. The third is the new cactice platform that is a large square platform consisting of two levels. The lower level is surrounded by cactus and lava pits, while the upper level is surrounded by cactus, pits of TNT and pits of slime blocks. Players are given "cactice sticks" enchanted with Knockback IV to knock each other off of the platform with.

The cactice tournament will open with an opening scrimmage, where all players attempt to knock each other off at once. The winner(s) (depending on the number of competitors) of the scrimmage will bypass up to two rounds of the tournament. The rest of the tournament will consist of 1v1 matches in a playoff format. The first round will be a Best of 5, the second a Best of 7 and so on.

Photos
 * Original cactice
 * New cactice (taken during the finals of the 2016 Olympics)

Rules

 * 1) the point of doing this to have a supr friendly competition, so don't be an asshole
 * 2) that's it