Hi fellow xatters! I am back with another contest! This contest is called Chain Reaction based off of the original game show called "Chain Reaction." Prize information will be provided at the bottom of this post.
Location: xat.com/Game
Date & Time: Saturday May 21st @ 12PM PDT / 3PM EDT / 7PM GMT
Objective:
One by one, participants will have to guess the missing word that is adjacent to the word next to it to form a pair of words.
Sample Chain:
Liberty, Bell, Pepper, Corn, Bread, Winner.
The chain is read in format "word1 word2, word2 word3, word3 word4, etc." So in this sample chain, it would be read as "Liberty Bell, Bell Pepper, Pepper Corn, Corn Bread, Bread Winner"
Solving the Chain:
For each chain, the first and last words will be revealed with a number of blank slots where the missing words will go. When it is someone's turn, they will choose where they want to guess goes with the word next to it.
Sample Chain as new round:
Liberty, ____, ____, ____, ____, Winner.
First, player 1 would first say either "after liberty" or "before winner" to indicate where they want to guess the adjacent word. Let's assume they chose to guess the word after "Liberty."
Chain:
Liberty, B____, ____, ____, ____, Winner.
The first letter will be revealed hinting to what the missing word is. Now player 1 will have to guess what the word is with their only clues being that it starts with the letter "B" and goes after the word "Liberty."
If the word is guessed correctly, it will be revealed in the chain and the player who guessed the correct word will win some xats. Prizes will be awarded on a win1 skip1 basis, so if player 1 guessed the correct word which was "bell" they would win some xats, and the host will circle around the roster skipping player 1 once.
What happens if participants guess incorrectly?
There is no penalty for guessing incorrectly, although it may give an advantage to nearby players! Assuming player 1 does not guess "bell" the host will move onto player 2, and the chain will still be revealed as:
Liberty, B____, ____, ____, ____, Winner.
Next player:
Now it is player 2's turn, and first they must indicate where they want to guess the missing word, either "after liberty" or "before winner." If they choose to guess before "Winner" the first letter will be revealed and they must guess the word that goes with it. If they choose to guess after "Liberty" the next letter of the word will be revealed.
Chain (if they chose to guess before "Winner"):
Liberty, B____, ____, ____, B____, Winner.
Chain (if they chose to guess after "Liberty"):
Liberty, Be____, ____, ____, ____, Winner.
If player 2 guesses the word correctly, the word will be revealed in the chain, and they will win some xats and have to skip 1 turn. If they guess incorrectly, it may give an advantage to nearby players. After each guess, the host will move onto player 3, and after they guess, the host moves onto player 4, and so on.
What happens if there are too many wrong guesses?
The actual length of the words will not be revealed, but if nobody guesses the same one word correctly enough times, there will be an indication that there is 1 letter remaining with symbol: (?)
Example:
Liberty, Bell, Peppe(?), Co____, Bread, Winner.
In the sample chain above, there were too many incorrect guesses on the word after "Bell" and 2 wrong guesses on the word before "Bread." As a result, the symbol (?) indicates that there is 1 letter remaining in the missing word after "Bell." From there, the last letter will not be revealed if there are further incorrect guesses.
Completing the chain:
After a chain has been completed, it will be read out in main chat, and the next chain will be provided. Chains will start small with small prizes per correct guess and will gradually get harder with more words, but the prize will also gradually increase with each correct guess! And there will also be a bonus round of a 9-word chain worth big prizes!
Whoever guessed the final word on a previous chain correctly, the player directly after them will have the first guess on the new chain with the previous player skipping 1 turn.
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Prize Information:
Chains 1-5 (5-word chains): 100 xats per correct word (100 xats * 15 words = 1500 xats)
Chains 6-10 (6-word chains): 300 xats per correct word (300 xats * 20 words = 6000 xats)
Chains 11-15 (7-word chains): 500 xats per correct word (500 xats * 25 words = 12,500 xats)
Bonus Chain (9-word chain): 750 xats per correct word (750 xats * 7 words = 5250 xats)
Total prize budget: 25,250 xats
Chat promo: 200 xats
Grand total budget for event: 25,450 xats
I may be open to test runs before the event, so if I am online in Game chat room, I may be able to test run some games depending on my priorities and responsibilities. Test runs of contests also benefit me as a host as it is good practice for everyone involved before the main event, including the host.