Well hello there, my furry friends. Scaly friends too, or slippery even.
Oh wait... you still think you're all
Actors? No no no! Human Actors are a scourge upon the natural world. Not any of you, I'm sure, just your species as a whole, you know. But just to be sure
we've assigned each of you an Animal role for the duration of this Episode! And one far more Endemic to our big Blue Planet than even the least problematic of humans. A member of your all-too-human Crew will be around shortly to your Confessional to let you know which Animal you're playing (but don't worry, the full Crew is now in captivity, under strict zoological supervision and cannot hurt you, we promise).
What should you do with these Animal roles? Well you probably shouldn't go around telling everybody what Animal you are, as your ability to camouflage your role might make all the difference to your survival. Because we'll be playing an entirely natural game of the
Food Chain! And will be breaking this Episode up into three separate sections, with different tasks and rules.
Right now is the start of the
Planning Phase, which will run for the next 12 hours (from the time of this post). During this time you may post on your Tribe Camp board. But
do not send any PMs until you have carefully read the instructions in the Miniature Parchment thread. We recommend that you work together to understand the intricacies of the Food Chain game, but warn you again to be careful about what information you share regarding the Animal roles. Everyone will need to submit a Decision about their starting Habitat, and some specific roles will also require that you make other Decisions too before the game begins.
The second part of the round is the
Food Chain game itself. It will take place in four rounds, across the next few days (though we're willing to help move through it faster than that if everybody is able to do so). All the details to read up on are in the Acting Workshop area, which is now completely flooded and so significantly safer than ever before. But in short, you'll be moving around different Habitats and trying to kill your prey, or avoid predators, or perhaps something entirely different depending on your place and aims within the oceanic ecosystem. Along the way you may be able to deduce the roles of your competitors, and use that knowledge to your own benefit. You may kill, or be killed, or perhaps both.
During these rounds, you will be able to communicate in two ways. There will be a thread within each Habitat which you may use for the duration of your stay there. It will be reset before the next round, so nobody who visits that Habitat in a later round will be able to see what was posted there earlier. And there will be more Miniature Parchments, subject to the limitations in that thread.
At the end of the Food Chain game, we will move into a
Voting Phase to finish off this round. Some of you will have met your 'victory condition' within the Food Chain game. These most prudent of Animals will be Safe from the upcoming Vote, and will in fact be the only players to cast Votes. However, those who lose at the Food Chain will become Endangered, and when the Votes against them are tallied, one of them shall become entirely Extinct, eliminating them from your unnatural ORG thing.
The Voting Phase will last 24 hours. During this time you will be able to
PM normally - but only
across the Food Chain results groups. Players who are Safe will be able to PM with players who are Endangered, and vice versa. However, if two players are both Safe they will not be able to communicate. And if two players are both Endangered they will also be unable to communicate.
By the end of the Voting Phase, all the Safe players will need to submit a Vote, and Endangered players will have a...
different task to complete instead. Whoever receives the most Votes against them will be eliminated. Everyone will also need to complete a new Challenge during this time, which will hopefully set up the Cornley team up for less failure when they return to run your next Episode... we'll see.
TL;DR - EPISODE SIX
Your format is Survivor, but Natural
- We're playing the Food Chain game, as set out in the Acting Workshop thread. Everyone is secretly receiving an Animal role.
- Before it begins you have 12 hours for a Planning Phase. Post at your Tribe Camp, familiarise yourself with the game, and submit necessary Decisions.
- Food Chain will then run in 4 rounds.
- During Food Chain every player will either meet or fail their victory conditions, which differ for each Animal role.
- PMs will be heavily limited based on the Miniature Parchment system, laid out in that thread.
- After the Food Chain game there will be a 24-hour Voting Phase.
- Only players who met their victory condition will Vote, and only players who failed at their victory condition will be eligible to receive Votes. Whichever player receives the most votes will be eliminated.
- During the Voting Phase, safe players may only PM with Endangered players, and vice versa. You'll also need to play a Challenge for next round.
If you want to ask questions about the Food Web game, do so in the Acting Workshops thread. If anything is unclear about the other Phases of the format, follow that up here.
The ecosystem is prepared, the ocean is set. Please enjoy: The Blue Planet!
