I think a lot of changes need to be made to the games here on tengaged. This is going to be a long blog so stop reading if you are bored of these. I have suggestions for all 4 of the games here and there are
**NEW IDEAS THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS MENTIONED**. Here it goes:
Castings:
I am glad to see the new changes with Castings. I agree that activity should be part of it because otherwise people are way too quiet and never talk. However, I don't like the idea of the keys. It puts too much luck into the game and gives the people who get even one, especially 2 too much of an advantage. If they are somewhat active and bad at challenges they will still not be put up because people without keys have no chance. I know that from personal experience I have been put up every time in the end of games because I didn't have a key. I was definitely in the top 3 of being active and probably in the top 3 of the challenges. I was lucky to have good allies to bring me to the end, but other people will not always have this advantage. I think that keys need to be taken out of the game. Or perhaps they could just help people for the day they find it. Giving some a 30% advantage over someone by just being on at the right time is not fair and is not like a real game. I would be happiest if the keys were taken out and activity was 50% and the challenge was 50% of who the noms are. But if people like them too much then they should only be about 10% total and carry on each day, or they just just be 30% for the day that it is found.
Rookies:
People know that as soon as one side or one premade gets power in the house that they get to the finals. It is very hard to turn it around unless there is a traitor who will backstab his/her alliance. What needs to be changed is that everyone should have an equal chance at getting HoH. I am not exactly sure how this could be implemented but it could be like the real BB house where there are 'weeks' and days inside those. There could be 2, maybe 3 days that are inside each week. Maybe Day 1 the HoH is chosen and does noms. Day 2 is the eviction where the PoV could still use their power secretly if they wanted. What I am saying is the HoH still noms 2 people and the least active is algo-nommed but that the HoH will be chosen differently. Though it is nice to have the protection of always have HoH on one side, it makes it not really a game but just a thing to pass the time by while you make it to the finals. HoH should truly be the most active, not just the most active that is not nommed by the previous HoH. PoV could still be random but HoH should be free for all.
Survivor:
I don't like the idea of it always continuing on. I go on vacations and other trips where internet is not always available every 12 hours. It is hard to sign up for a game where you have to commit to possibly 3 months with always being by a computer every 12 hours. I know a lot of people do it but I don't get how. By having it like a real Survivor I think it would a lot more enjoyable. 20 start out, 2 tribes of 10 and then the merge when there are 10 people. Then there is just individual immunity where it is acted out like the real game. Then at the Final 3. Whoever gets immunity will be the sole vote and give one person 3rd. And instead of a jury, the algo just picks whoever was best during the whole game to give to 1st and the other 2nd. That way no popularity will play into it at all. Having the real Survivor game would be a lot more fun. Possibly keep both since some people like to play it so much?
Stars:
The only problem I have with stars is that the people who joined earlier are the ones who get out of a tie. By giving the vets a better chance at not being nommed, we are not really welcoming the newer community which we should be. Either ties should be decided differently, maybe by the number of plusses given inside the public comments, or have some secret thing like how the orange checkmark is decided in Castings. Or my idea is to be like the real BB UK. We could have more than 2 noms go up at a time. Then instead of choosing who to evict, you can just choose who to save. And whoever gets the least amount is evicted. If this idea is not liked, there could be 2 polls where one is to evict and one is save. I did this in a group game and it worked out perfectly. Each could count as 50% and whoever has the least amount of saved votes and most evicted votes would be evicted.
I know a lot of people may neg this and not like it. But take a second and think about it. We all signed up for this site and were looking for the rules of the real games, not alterations. Please leave comments and give me feedback. I am definitely open to changing some of the rules.
the FONZ loves my new castings.. active and a top bunch of people :D