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Subject: Wit's End Team Heroes Open Invitational

Posted by: JCSon
Date: Jan 23 13

This virtual blog will function as a meeting place for discussion centered around this Invitational so that facebook users and non-facebook users alike can enjoy the competition together. We already have over 100 players registered representing 24 FunTrivia teams. Please see the game details (originally included in our Wit's End facebook event posting):


Wit's End, a private tournament hosted by Funtrivia.com, invites you to our first Team Heroes Open Invitational.

DESCRIPTION:
This challenge is based on the Team Heroes game design at FunTrivia.com:
1. Your team does not score for the day unless a minimum of 5 team members post a score.
2. Your team score is the average of your top 5 scoring team players.
3. Your participation cannot lower your team score.

Team Heroes games will run every third day at Wit's End (link http://www.funtrivia.com/private/main.cfm?tid=37636) during the month of February and will include only pre-built categories (to ensure fair play). You will have nine opportunities to score for your team on Feb 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, and 27.

TEAM AFFILIATION:
Any players that are members of exisitng FunTrivia teams may represent those teams. Players who are not affiliated with an FT team, whose affiliation is unknown, or whose existing teams are not well represented will be assigned to a Free Agent team formed by the tournament administrator. Alternatively, players may request to form a team of their own.

REGISTRATION:
Players are asked to register participation or check in via the event posted by Wit's End on facebook (link https://www.facebook.com/events/570165523010826/) or by emailing the tournament administrator (JCSon1982@gmail.com). This will help the tournament administrator match names and usernames, determine your team affiliation, and establish a method of contact in case you should win one of the prizes.

PRIZES:
1) BEST TEAM: The team with the best record at the end of the month will receive a feature on the Wit's End facebook page. (VALUE: priceless)
2) BEST TEAM MVP: The MVP of the winning team at the end of the month will receive a 12 month FunTrivia.com gold membership to be used or transferred at the recipient's discretion. (VALUE: $38)
3) SUPERHERO: All players whose scores are in their team's top 5 scores for all nine Team Heroes games will be entered into a random drawing for one nifty trivia-related prize. (VALUE: $15-$25)
4) HERO: All players who make their team's top 5 at least once will be entered into a random drawing for one small trivia-related prize. (VALUE: $5-$15)

OUTREACH:
If you are a member of a FunTrivia team, please post to your team message boards (if it hasn't popped up there already) and invite your team members to participate! Remember, you need at least 5 players per team per day to register a team score. Also, feel free to use the "Invite Friends" button at the facebook event to share with your facebook friends.

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JCSon star


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Hi hermet! If your wife checked you in on facebook, she did not include your username, so I wouldn't know who it was. Feel free to private message me on FT or shoot me an email to tell me what your wife's facebook name is so I can match you up that way.
Otherwise, you can now consider yourself checked in. =)

Reply #41. Jan 29 13, 12:19 AM

JCSon star


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Hi ferfer. Not sure. I have a lot of unknowns for whom I have actual names (via facebook), and not usernames. So I do not have mbovary checked in. If he/she checked in via facebook, I just need to link the name to the username.

Reply #42. Jan 29 13, 12:21 AM

Blackdresss star


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Hi Kyle,

Yes, thank you, your answers to my questions definitely helped me, and I have also passed them along to my teammates.

Are you feeling completely overwhelmed yet? This is quite a task you've taken on! Don't forget to eat and drink plenty of fluids!

~Elle



Reply #43. Jan 29 13, 12:26 AM
JCSon star


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Hi Elle! Yes, my calves are getting bigger because I'm being kept on my toes. I wasn't expecting this to attract as much interest as it has, but I'm not complaining. My legs do need more definition anyway.

It's going to be super fun. It's going to be challenging. And I'm ready for it. Shoot, I've already learned some new Excel skills that are going to be especially handy for sorting and scoring!

I can't wait for it to get underway.

Reply #44. Jan 29 13, 1:04 PM

JCSon star


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Current Registrations (270):

50+ And Proud OF It (2)
All 50 States (7)
All Right! (5)
ANIMAL LOVERS!!! (1)
Australian Players (7)
Best of the West (5)
Bible Believers Brigade (5)
Bikers (4)
Calculators (2)
classicalmusic/mensan (14)
CLIQUE-KICKERS (15)
DC Team (4)
Dog Park (11)
Dream Weavers (2)
Faithful and True (8)
Indian Gang (3)
Joliettes (7)
les escargots (2)
Midwest USA Players (1)
Movie Buffs (8)
Phoenix Rising (12)
Pi in the Sky (8)
Poetic license (2)
Port Vale (1)
Quiz Makers Guild (7)
Revenge of the Llamas (12)
Scotland the Brains (2)
Senior Moments (4)
South African players (3)
StarStruck (7)
Terra Nova (6)
Tesla Coil (1)
The Avant-GardZ (1)
The Beeronians (7)
The Bees Knees (4)
The British (5)
The Cat People (9)
THE CONSERVATIVES (1)
The Devil's Advocates (1)
The Devious Demons (6)
The Full English (1)
The Homo Sapiens (1)
The Internationals (10)
The Moops (11)
The New England Alliance (2)
The Palmetto Players (2)
The Regal Beagles (1)
Trivia Geeks (1)
Triviamanic (1)
Ultimate Opportunists (3)
USA East Coast Players (3)
USA West Coast (1)
Wandering Quizzers (1)
Wisdom of the Fool(2)
Worldwide Wizards (2)

10 players of unknown affiliation
6 players assigned to Free Agents

Reply #45. Jan 29 13, 1:32 PM

JCSon star


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Let me know if you need an accoutning of which players have checked in from your team. There are still 10 players currently listed as unaffiliated because they have not provided a username at checkin.




Reply #46. Jan 29 13, 1:36 PM

mpkitty star


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Hi - I didn't see Thunder Chicken listed as a participating team, we are. So far it's mpkitty (me) and Tie-Dyed.

Reply #47. Jan 29 13, 2:30 PM
asawdust star


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The tournament states the start at 10:00 PST OR 7:00 EST, do you have to sign in at that exact time, or is there some leadway?

Reply #48. Jan 29 13, 2:38 PM
JCSon star


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Thanks, mpkitty. I have updated my records to include the two of you.

Reply #49. Jan 29 13, 3:05 PM

JCSon star


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Hi asawdust. For each day the Team Heroes Open Invitational is on (Feb 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27), the hours the game is open are midnight to midnight FunTrivia time. So for me in the PST time zone, that's 10pm PST Feb 2 through 10pm PST Feb 3 for the first game. If you're EST, that's 1am EST Feb 3 through 1am EST Feb 4. You can play any time during those 24 hours to register a score for your team.

Reply #50. Jan 29 13, 3:08 PM

scorpion1960 star


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I want to play :)

Reply #51. Jan 29 13, 5:00 PM
scorpion1960 star


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I'm sorry, I don't Facebook. Never mind. Good luck and good wishes!

Reply #52. Jan 29 13, 5:01 PM
gracie3 star


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Is this Heroes game played on here on your private tourney or on FB?

Reply #53. Jan 29 13, 5:12 PM
JCSon star


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Hi scorpion. Facebook is in no way required to participate. It's just one way players can check in to participate.

The game actually runs at Wit's End (http://www.funtrivia.com/private/main.cfm?tid=37636), a private tournament hosted by funtrivia.com and administered by me.

Reply #54. Jan 29 13, 5:12 PM

JCSon star


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Hi gracie3! The Team Heroes Open Invitational will run at Wit's End (http://www.funtrivia.com/private/main.cfm?tid=37636).

The facebook event is just one way for players to register for this Invitational, but it is not the only way. Players who don't use facebook may register by emailing me at JCSon1982@gmail.com or by messaging me here on FunTrivia.

Reply #55. Jan 29 13, 5:14 PM

gracie3 star


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Right...So I'm Gell then :)

Reply #56. Jan 29 13, 5:53 PM
JCSon star


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Just FYI, if your Wit's End user ID is different from your FT username, that's totally acceptable. I just need to know, because otherwise I have no way of knowing who that user ID belongs to, no way of knowing to which team you belong, and no way of contacting you if you should win a prize.

(Just pointing this out because it may be useful information to others).

Reply #57. Jan 29 13, 7:52 PM

jabb5076 star


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Another quick question: since only two people from my team have registered thus far, do we need to connect up with another group ourselves, or do you do it?
Linda (from Calculators)

Reply #58. Jan 29 13, 8:16 PM
JCSon star


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Hi Linda,

You're welcome to connect with another team yourself before the start of the tournament. I'll just need to know which teams are joining, and what the new team name will be. I probably won't have time enough to do the extra legwork.

However, if you don't have a specific team in mind, I can assign players to a Free Agents team. If there are enough Free Agents, I may do Free Agents UK, Free Agents USA, etc.

Reply #59. Jan 29 13, 8:22 PM

mpkitty star


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So far, Thunder Chicken only has two players too. Maybe
we could hook up with Linda, if she'd like.
Stephanie (mpkitty)



Reply #60. Jan 29 13, 10:56 PM


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