Sometime in the next 24 hours, I am going to post a contest thread called "Barzoo's Botcheck Madness - The Definitions". It will list 12 numbered "captions". This is your key to identifying the botchecks. I have already asked a friendly admin to close it as soon as I post it, so it can't be bumped. Once it falls off the "Active" list, you'll have to remember where to find it in order to win any rounds.
Then, at random, anytime between now and Halloween (October 31), I will post the botchecks that correspond to the "captions", one at a time - these are the "rounds". It is your job to be the first to
1. Identify the 2 words in the botcheck (in order)
2. List the "caption" that applies to that botcheck. An example is below.
What do you win? Well, that's the fun (and complicated) part.
If you win a round, you automatically win 100k CB$ - but it doesn't end there. Once you are identified as the winner of a round, I will ask you, "Would you like to hold, or go on?" If you post that you would like to hold, then on "PayDay", you will win 100k CB$.
Payday is Halloween!
If you say, "Barzoo, I want to go on", then you are eligible to try to win another round!
If at any time you choose to "Hold", and then try to answer another round, you will forfeit anything you've already won - no PayDay for you!!!!
If you go on and win a second round, I will ask you again if you would like to hold or go on. If you choose to hold, you will get 200K CB$ on PayDay. If you choose to go on, but don't win another round, you will get 250K on PayDay!
Again, if you choose to "Hold", and then try to answer another round, you will forfeit anything you've already won - no PayDay for you!!!!
The maximum rounds any single player can win is 3. If you win a third round, the choice is a little different. I will ask you "Do you want to hold, or do you want to gamble that you have the Super Secret Bonus Botcheck?" If you choose to hold, you will win 500k CB$ on Payday! If you choose to gamble, and the "SSBB" was actually one of the rounds that you won, you win 1 million CB$ on PayDay!
However, if you choose to gamble, and the "SSBB" wasn't one of your rounds, you will only win 300k CB$.
Also, anyone who tries to win a 4th round will forfeit anything they've already won - no PayDay for you!!!!
novice, who is very kindly hosting the botchecks for me, has already been given the identity of the "SSBB", and will be the one to verify it on PayDay!
Okay, here's the example: You see a contest thread called "Barzoo's Botcheck Madness I" (or II, III, IV, etc., up to XII). When you open it, all you'll see is a botcheck, like this:
Then your response post should look like this:
tank year
13. What 2006 has become in CBLand...
Then, I will acknowledge the winner and ask for the decision(s) described in the rules above. Of course, the order will be random...
Oh, there's one last way to forfeit "payday" - answer "13. What 2006 etc..." to one of the 12 actual contest botchecks - we'll call it the "get a clue" rule :P
That's it - watch for "Barzoo's Botcheck Madness - The Definitions" in the next 24 hours, and "Barzoo's Botcheck Madness" will begin!
Game on!!!
