Welcome to tonight's LIVE Pit.
Tonight you will be playing Water Wheel.
You will face off with your opponent in a battle of logic, spam and a bit of luck. As this Pit occurs, a wheel will be overhead pouring water down as the wheel spins. The water that flows from above will fall towards a junction with each path leading to one of two buckets, yours or your opponents. However, at the junction is a triangle which can be spun in order to alter how much water goes in each bucket. Your goal is to have the most water in your bucket at Pit's End. A crude visual example is shown in the link below.
https://imgur.com/a/kCRzI This Pit will occur in 2 parts. In the first part, players will have 20 minutes to have as many people as possible mail me their EXACT USERNAME. You are not allowed to have anyone who is or was on the season mail me and each individual can only assist ONE of the 4 players. Each person you get mailing me in that time period is worth 1 point which will come into play in Part 2.
In Part 2 each individual will start with 7 points PLUS however many points earned via spam. The game will then consist of 7 rounds. In each round you may use points you accumulated to alter the center triangle to adjust the flow of water to give you more. The triangle adjustment will be based on the wheel linked below:
https://imgur.com/a/tJvLS I will open a google drawing open during this to show you the current setting of each match up. It will cost 1 point to adjust the wheel 1 section in either direction (clockwise or counter clockwise). In a round both players can move the wheel, thus both moves are taken into account. For the sake of a round, you must make your move not knowing what your opponent will do. In a turn you are allowed to not do anything with the wheel and leave it as is but if your opponent moves it then that is all it will move, otherwise both moves are taken into account. There are also bonuses you can use.
For the cost of 3 points, you can elect to go SECOND in a round and know your opponent's move before making your own thus allowing you to change the wheel how you see fit. If both members use this bonus in the same round, the points are lost but neither gets it (you simply waste points).
For the cost of 6 points, you can PREVENT your opponent from making a move thus allowing yourself to be the only one to change the wheel/leave it the same. If both players use it in the same round then the wheel simply does not move.
After 7 rounds of play, the player in each match up with the most water in their bucket wins this Pit and will remain in the game while the loser is eliminated.
I know it may be a little complicated but I will do my best to explain.
Any questions?
