Post by Host on Feb 14, 2011 19:54:06 GMT -5
Missions
Each mission generally has a cash reward towards the group pot for various levels of success. On occasion, a mission will have a cash penalty for failure. The missions comprise a wide variety of physical and/or mental challenges posed to the contestants. Most are straight-forward, and the rules are fully explained to all contestants. In some cases, however, a mission is not fully explained to all contestants, increasing its difficulty. In those cases, perhaps only selected contestants are informed of the full nature of the challenge, and must work towards a different goal than the rest. In rare instances, there are secret missions which only one, or none of the contestants are aware of.
Missions are sometimes entirely physical, or entirely mental, but usually have elements of both. Overcoming fear is a common challenge theme. Another common theme is the use of the locale as an obstacle (such as overcoming a language barrier).
Some missions require every member of the team to complete their task for the team to earn money, while other missions award money for each contestant that finished, regardless of the others. A common requirement is for the team to divide themselves into groups based on given attributes (e.g., "leaders" and "followers") before they learn what the task is.
Quizzes & Execution
Each quiz follows the same basic format, asking ten to twenty questions about the identity of the Mole. Questions are in multiple choice format with widely varying number of choices; some questions have only two options (e.g. yes/no answer). The questions reflect upon a variety of observations about the Mole. Some ask about personal information (i.e., physical attributes, personal history, likes/dislikes, all collected from the original game applications), while other questions are based on in-game information (i.e., how the Mole performed in that day's mission). The final question of each quiz is simply "Who is the Mole?", with all remaining players' names as options. The final question does not hold more weight than the others, and it is not unusual for players to miss that question, but still score well on the quiz.
After dinner, the players complete the quiz in private on a computer. The Mole completes the quiz as well, with the knowledge that they are answering about themself. Players that receive exemptions from execution also are still required to take the quiz. The player who has the lowest score on the quiz is eliminated from the game in an "execution" ceremony. Players are said to be "executed by the Mole." If there is a tie for lowest score amongst two or more players, the player who complete the quiz in the slowest elapsed time is the one executed.
The execution ceremony consists of the players sitting in rows of chairs before the host. In the first four seasons, the host had a laptop on which he typed each player's name, in random order, one at a time. This caused a large television display of the thumbprint logo to turn either green or red, with the latter signifying the player as eliminated. For the fifth season, the laptop and screen were replaced with a single touchscreen display, showing thumbnail images of each contestant. The host touched the players' images to bring up their results with the same green or red thumbprint method. The host is never informed of the identity of the Mole, therefore the order in which he choses to input the player's name is entirely random.
Exemptions
Contestants are sometimes offered exemptions from the quiz. An exempt contestant can not be eliminated, though they still take part in the quiz. In the first season, exemptions were an occasional twist, while in the second through fifth seasons, exemptions were offered in almost every episode.
Even after the first season, exemptions are usually twists in the game. Sometimes the exempted player is chosen by the group thinking they are choosing the player for something else; other times, the exemption comes in the form of a temptation to not complete a task and forfeit money or the pot.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mole_%28US_TV_series%29
Players
There will be 16-20 players in this game. If more want to join, there needs to be an even number for the game to start. Before the game begins, I will PM the person I choose as the mole. If the identity of the mole is leaked during the game and is clearly known by everyone, I will stop the game immediately.
Missions
There are two missions in each episode of the game. Each mission will be posted on this board and the players will have a certain time to complete it. A successful completion of a task will put a certain amount of money into the pot.
Journals
You will have a journal to hold your thoughts and observations from the game and will write in them to answer questions, submit missions, and take your quiz.
Quiz
After each dinner, there will be a quiz where each contestant will answer ten to twenty questions about the identity of the mole.
Executions
After the quiz, there will be an execution. The person who does the worst will be executed.
Exemptions
There will be opportunities for a contestant to be exempt from the execution. More information will come about these.
Each mission generally has a cash reward towards the group pot for various levels of success. On occasion, a mission will have a cash penalty for failure. The missions comprise a wide variety of physical and/or mental challenges posed to the contestants. Most are straight-forward, and the rules are fully explained to all contestants. In some cases, however, a mission is not fully explained to all contestants, increasing its difficulty. In those cases, perhaps only selected contestants are informed of the full nature of the challenge, and must work towards a different goal than the rest. In rare instances, there are secret missions which only one, or none of the contestants are aware of.
Missions are sometimes entirely physical, or entirely mental, but usually have elements of both. Overcoming fear is a common challenge theme. Another common theme is the use of the locale as an obstacle (such as overcoming a language barrier).
Some missions require every member of the team to complete their task for the team to earn money, while other missions award money for each contestant that finished, regardless of the others. A common requirement is for the team to divide themselves into groups based on given attributes (e.g., "leaders" and "followers") before they learn what the task is.
Quizzes & Execution
Each quiz follows the same basic format, asking ten to twenty questions about the identity of the Mole. Questions are in multiple choice format with widely varying number of choices; some questions have only two options (e.g. yes/no answer). The questions reflect upon a variety of observations about the Mole. Some ask about personal information (i.e., physical attributes, personal history, likes/dislikes, all collected from the original game applications), while other questions are based on in-game information (i.e., how the Mole performed in that day's mission). The final question of each quiz is simply "Who is the Mole?", with all remaining players' names as options. The final question does not hold more weight than the others, and it is not unusual for players to miss that question, but still score well on the quiz.
After dinner, the players complete the quiz in private on a computer. The Mole completes the quiz as well, with the knowledge that they are answering about themself. Players that receive exemptions from execution also are still required to take the quiz. The player who has the lowest score on the quiz is eliminated from the game in an "execution" ceremony. Players are said to be "executed by the Mole." If there is a tie for lowest score amongst two or more players, the player who complete the quiz in the slowest elapsed time is the one executed.
The execution ceremony consists of the players sitting in rows of chairs before the host. In the first four seasons, the host had a laptop on which he typed each player's name, in random order, one at a time. This caused a large television display of the thumbprint logo to turn either green or red, with the latter signifying the player as eliminated. For the fifth season, the laptop and screen were replaced with a single touchscreen display, showing thumbnail images of each contestant. The host touched the players' images to bring up their results with the same green or red thumbprint method. The host is never informed of the identity of the Mole, therefore the order in which he choses to input the player's name is entirely random.
Exemptions
Contestants are sometimes offered exemptions from the quiz. An exempt contestant can not be eliminated, though they still take part in the quiz. In the first season, exemptions were an occasional twist, while in the second through fifth seasons, exemptions were offered in almost every episode.
Even after the first season, exemptions are usually twists in the game. Sometimes the exempted player is chosen by the group thinking they are choosing the player for something else; other times, the exemption comes in the form of a temptation to not complete a task and forfeit money or the pot.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mole_%28US_TV_series%29
Players
There will be 16-20 players in this game. If more want to join, there needs to be an even number for the game to start. Before the game begins, I will PM the person I choose as the mole. If the identity of the mole is leaked during the game and is clearly known by everyone, I will stop the game immediately.
Missions
There are two missions in each episode of the game. Each mission will be posted on this board and the players will have a certain time to complete it. A successful completion of a task will put a certain amount of money into the pot.
Journals
You will have a journal to hold your thoughts and observations from the game and will write in them to answer questions, submit missions, and take your quiz.
Quiz
After each dinner, there will be a quiz where each contestant will answer ten to twenty questions about the identity of the mole.
Executions
After the quiz, there will be an execution. The person who does the worst will be executed.
Exemptions
There will be opportunities for a contestant to be exempt from the execution. More information will come about these.