Gameshow Marathon/Gameshow Marathon 2007

somestrangeflea's Gameshow Marathon is an annual event, in which MafiaScum players can take part in a tournament consisting of gameshows, some widely known, some not.

2007 Marathon

Status

Stage	Gameshow	Thread	Contestants	Start Date	End Date	Winner
Entry Round	Winning Lines	Winning Lines	Khelvaster, JDodge, The Fonz, YogurtBandit, Aimee, inHimshallibe, bethelmark, Brutal Assassin, BrazeGoesMoo, Honary Hitchhiker, JordanA24, ~N9V~ (12)	July 3	N/A	TBA
	TBA	N/A	Open to all	N/A	N/A	TBA
	TBA	N/A	Open to all	N/A	N/A	TBA
	TBA	N/A	Open to all	N/A	N/A	TBA
Semi-Finals	In The Grid	N/A	TBA	N/A	N/A	TBA
	TBA	N/A	TBA	N/A	N/A	TBA
Final	Blockbusters	N/A	Semi-Final 1 Winner, Semi-Final 2 Winner	N/A	N/A	TBA

Contestants

Contestant	Participated in...
~N9V~	Winning Lines
Aimee	Winning Lines
bethelmark	Winning Lines
brazegoesmoo	Winning Lines
Brutal Assassin	Winning Lines
Honary Hitchhiker	Winning Lines
inHimshallibe	Winning Lines
JDodge	Winning Lines
JordanA24	Winning Lines
Khelvaster	Winning Lines
The Fonz	Winning Lines
YogurtBandit	Winning Lines

Key:

Eliminated in Semi-Finals

Eliminated in Final

Winner

Games

Entry Round

The first games to be played. Players are free to enter any game via an open sign up. Winners progress to a Semi-Final.

Winning Lines

A game in which all the answers are numbers.

Round 1

Players are assigned a number. Players answer 6 number-based questions. First correct answer for each goes through to Round 2. All incorrect answers are immediately eliminated. 6 players go through to the next round.

Round 2

Players use their numbers from Round 1 to answer questions. The only possible answers are the players' numbers. Players answering incorrectly are eliminated. Also, if a player correctly answers with another player's number, that player is eliminated. Last player left wins.

Semi-Final

The winnners of the Entry Rounds play each other in a 1 on 1 game. Winners progress to the final.

In The Grid

A sample grid, containing 4 Cash, 4 Bonus, 4 Steal, 3 Penalty and 1 Bankrupt square

A simple game, in which players alternate choosing from a grid of 16 squares in an attempt to gain as much money as possible and win the round. Best of 3 wins. Players start with £1000. Squares can be:

• Gold, (Cash) giving the player a set cash amount.
• Green, (Bonus)increasing the player's current cash by a set percentage.
• Purple, (Steal) stealing a set percentage of the other players money.
• Red, (Penalty) reducing the player's current cash by a set percentage.
• Black, (Bankrupt) causing them to lose all their cash. There is always exactly one Bankrupt square in every grid.

Players also have 2 Reveals each, which can be used to privately see the color of a square, but not it's value.

Players will be told at the beginning of each game how many of each square are in the grid.

Final

The winners of the Semi-Finals play each other to determine the winner of the 2007 Marathon.

Blockbusters

The classic quiz where we tell you the first letter of each answer.

An empty Blockbusters grid

Round 1

Played on a grid of 20 interlocking hexagons, arranged in five columns of four. A random tile is chosen, and the players are asked a question, the answer of which begins with the letter found in the tile. Getting a question correct changes the tile to that player's color, and allows them to choose which tile is played for next. First player to create a path from left to right, or top to bottom, wins the round.

Round 2

Played the same way as Round 1, except the players swap colors. If the same player wins both rounds, they automatically win the game. If not, the game progresses to Round 3.

Round 3

Played the same way as the previous rounds, except played on a smaller four by four grid. Whoever wins this round wins the game.