Welcome to tonight's Evolution.

Today you are playing Hold Your Own Weight.

In this Evolution, each team have 5 platforms with each team member having 1 platform.  The Red and Yellow Team have a 5th platform despite having 4 members and that 5th Platform represents the Cadre.

Each individual has 6 sandbags they must allocate to any other platforms.  Players will place 1 sandbag at a time by mailing me the phrase:

PLACES SANDBAG ON THE PLATFORM BELONGING TO (EXACT USERNAME OF PLAYER YOU PLACE IT ON)

Once you place a sandbag you must wait AT LEAST 1 HOUR before placing another sandbag.  When an individual has placed all 6 sandbags they are done.  Now since the teams of 4 have 1 less person they would have 6 less sandbags to give so to counterbalance that the Cadres of Red and Yellow (the 4 person teams) will pick one player from their team who on their turns can give away 2 sandbags (either to the same platform or 2 different platforms).  They must post their decision publicly.  If they choose someone who has already started placing sandbags, the chosen player will NOT have to wait the extra time and can place the bags immediately.

Players will have until TOMORROW (Thursday) at 9:30 pm est which is a little over 24 hours from now to place their 6 sandbags.  If a player still has sandbags left over by the deadline then the leftover sandbags will be placed on their own platform.

Here is how scoring will work.  Each team will have its members ranked from 1st to 5th based on the weights of the platforms (how many sandbags were placed on it) with the lightest platform (least sandbags) being ranked 1st and the heaviest platform (most sandbags) being ranked 5th.  Then all the 1st place players' sandbag totals will be compared and that will determine the ranking order of this Evolution from 1st to 5th.  In the event of any tie it goes to the next lightest platform and so on with the heaviest platforms factoring in the least, if at all.

The 2 teams who have the player with the least sandbags will win this Evolution and earn safety from the Circus and elimination.  They will also earn the right to both save a player from elimination and choose the Circus type (1 team gets each).  The 3 bottom teams will have to face the Circus where either the team or the Cadre (depending on placement) will choose who will face the Circus.

I can reveal this round is a normal single elimination round so only 1 of the 3 in the Circus will be eliminated.

If you have any questions you can mail me.

Good luck.

You may begin whenever.