Tournament of Liars [Awaiting Approval - 2/8]

RULES SUMMARY


BATTLE TOURNAMENT

There are 7 Rounds. In the first four rounds, you will fight with another mission member against an NPC. The environment will be different depending on the NPC and you will be able to choose your partner for each round. You may not battle with the same person in two consecutive rounds.If there are clashes over pair choices, I will assign them myself but as one of the elements is trust and forming alliances, the ability to pick your partners is important in my opinion. In the last three rounds, the battles will be player-on-player.

Match structure will be as follows:
Vs NPC
      First Match: You will be paired with another person and survive an NPC
      Second Match: You will be paired with another person and survive an NPC
      Third Match: You will be paired with another person and survive an NPC
      Fourth Match: You will be paired with another person and survive an NPC

Vs Player
      Fifth Match: You will be split into pairs and you must fight another pair to get into the next round.
      Sixth Match: The two remaining pairs must swap members and fight each other.
      Seventh Match: The members of the last standing pair must fight each other.

NPC battles are over a set period of days and require survival by the player until the time is up. There will be a unique NPC in each battle and levels will be capped at ultimate for player characters during these rounds. Each battle field will also be different and adjusted to the NPC.  Player on player matches are death matches and the winner will be determined by myself.

You must reply to a match within 48 hours. Any delays will result in termination from the tournament unless you specifically contact me and inform me of the delay. If the delay is going to be more than a week, it may be wise to retire from the tournament. I have to adhere to the 48 hour rule too, however if all posts are made same day, I am allowed to take an extra day to reply if needed (as a sanity clause considering I'm going to have four NPC fight threads ongoing).

LIAR GAME

Liar games will be held in the breaks between matches 1-6. Players will vote to either ally or betray.

All votes in the Liar Game must be submitted anonymously via private message to me. You may wish to discuss voting choices with other members via PM. If you do so, I must be copied into the message. As the organiser, I need to keep track of voting.

Both allying results in an Enable and 3000 bits to be given to each. Both betraying results in a Disable being given to each and 3000 bits being deducted. If one person betrays and the other allies, the betrayer will get two enables and 6000 bits. The betrayed will get one disable and lose 6000 bits.

An Enable gives a positive effect such as boosts and new items, whilst a Disable gives a negative effect such as debuffs and inhibits. Details of Enables and Disables will be anonymously sent to players. If you wish to inform others of your prize by PM, either to form strategies, to trade or to attempt bribery, please copy me into the message as I need to know how items are being moved around. Enables and Disables may be used at any time on any target deemed fit. I must be informed via PM and if it is used on another player, I will inform them. Anonymity of the enable/disable user will be maintained unless the person wishes for me to spill the beans. Enables will vary in power and I will randomise who gets what.

Voting results will be publically announced and the front page of the main mission thread will be updated with results when a vote is finished as well as a listing of all enables given in that round. The voting period is 24 hours and failure to vote for whatever reason is assumed as an automatic ally.

BITS AND ITEMS

You start with 12,000 bits.

Your bits function both as a method of purchase and as your life bar. If you lose all your bits, you are terminated. End of. To be blunt, if you do not win a single Liar Game, you will be terminated by the fourth round. End of. Quicker if you ally and the other betrays. End of. Liar Game Success and your ability to form alliances is therefore fundamental to your progression and I would recommend using any strategy you can think of to achieve this.

You may use your bits to purchase items from shops on DFRP for the purpose of the mission. No external items, mercs or other purchases may be used in the mission. You are limited to yourself and the abilities and attacks of your digimon/spirit/yourself.

ANONYMITY

Per discussion with Sove, Anu and Random on previous occasions, I will be able to set up 8 blank accounts for exclusive tournament use. You will be given access to these accounts when your application is approved. This is to prevent OOC bias and is specifically to prevent people from researching who you are and using that to influence their game decisions. Because let's face it, if you knew the other guy was an arrogant arsehole ooc, you'd probably play your character as more suspicious of them without even thinking about it. In this mission, you all start as unknown quantities. Isn't that great?

You will also be allowed to pick a holosuit to use to hide your characters appearance when rping. You may use anything you like as long as it walks and has means of communicating. Basically, you could use the Brave Little Toaster and I wouldn't blink an eyelid, but if you use a rock, it's a no go. Your holosuit may influence how people perceive you.

PAGER

The pager application is conducted through PMs. All PMS are considered and should be sent in-character and I must be privy to all communication in order to keep track of significant movements and events in the game, as the Game Master. If I find out I am not being copied into Pms, you will be terminated. Simple as.

You may contact another player for any reason you deem fit, be it to discuss strategy, trade, bribe, manipulate, threaten. Trades and bribes may happen instantly or conditions may be applied – this is upto the parties involved. I will not intervene in any trades made through PM and will not enforce the terms of a trade. This is a liar game. All items are tradeable in the game, including Digimon, bits and bought items.

Equipment purchases must be made between rounds.

LAST WILL AND TESTEMENT

If you feel you will be terminated, you may email me to request how your items are distributed. You must specify which items go to which person and who you have chosen to enact your will. Once you are terminated, your testement will be sent to your chosen enactor, who may enact it on behalf. I am not responsible for enforcing this.

Failure to provide a testement before termination will result in all of your items being split between your team partner and the person with the lowest remaining bit count.

DIGIMON
Each player character will be given a mercenary with access from rookie to ultimate levels. In later rounds, this may be extended to mega or supermega.In Digimon tradition, the 8 original partners will be used! There will be no choice given and I will assign in order of application. To make it a little difficult, the traditional lines must also be used and I will determine the actual personality of the digimon that will act as your 'partner' for this mission.

You are however able to customise attacks. There will be leniency in the moves your digimon are able to have, you do not have to use cannon attacks and I strongly encourage thinking outside the box, outside the battle field and around the rules. This is a game as much about manipulation and trust as it is brute force and I would consider your strategy when devising your moveset for this mission. Also remember that my digimon will also have leniancy in their moveset. You are allowed two abilities and move number limits still apply.

All attacks will be approved by myself. You are not allowed moves that heal yourself. Moves that involve significant power play and/or autokills will also be refused or adjustments will be suggested by myself. You do not have to fill all the attack slots for each level but once you have sent finalised attacks back to me, any changes to your moves will be considered a revision.

You will be able to revise and change your moves once during the tournament. Revisions must be submitted between rounds. Again, I would suggest being strategic about this and consider that the tournament is split into two types of battle.

You can also use your own digimon, but the level will be restricted for each match to ultimate (Unless otherwise specified). As it reveals very clearly who you are, I would recommend waiting until later matches to choose this option.


HEALING
Any damage suffered during a round will carry forward to the next round. If you lose an arm, that arm is lost until the end of the tournament. The purpose of the game is to survive to the end. However, you will have access to a limited number of healing items to help improve your chances. At the start of the mission, you will be given two silver healing orbs. These are one time use healing objects which will heal all damage to yourself and your digimon when used between rounds. They may not be used during a match. Some enables may also allow healing. These are rare. If you use a healing orb or an enable, you must either roleplay it or PM me and inform me that you have used the orb. Finally, you are not allowed to have moves that heal yourself.

OOC INFORMATION

COMMUNICATION
For the sake of the game, I politely ask that you do not talk about the mission on any accounts other than the IC ones. To aid this, I will create a chatango for anonymous chat relating to the mission so that you can talk ooc while maintaining anonymity. If you reveal yourself ooc, it will be a bit of a disadvantage in an rp that encourages subterfuge.

POSTS
All posts earned on the anonymous accounts will be transferred to your actual DFRP ones. I would recommend waiting until the end as it may reveal your identity.

LEAVING THE MISSION
If you can no longer keep up with the mission please let me know. I will note the number of posts you have earned as of that point and will offer the position to a person in reserve if there is one.

QUESTIONS
Any additional questions should be privately messaged to me and I will update here accordingly.