This is the last round of Stage 1.  So for the 8 of you without Key Cards, this is the last change to earn 1 of the 5 remaining KEY CARDS available.

This round will be similar to the previous ones with a change as already announced.

The challenge runs as normal with the 1 of the 8 without a KEY CARD winning 3 KEY CARDS.  They keep one and will give away another.  The vote will then occur with 2 of the 6 vulnerable voted in then 2 more joining them.

The change then occurs where the 2 remaining will immediately participate in the Final Auction.  The winner earns a KEY CARD and the loser will be thrown into Elimination.  They will choose one of the 2 match-ups to join and that 3 person elimination will result in 2 of the 3 out with a total of 3 eliminated this round.

This challenge will be known as You've Got Mail.

In this challenge, you will participate in several rounds.  In each round you must simply mail me the most number of mails as you possibly can in a row.

When you are ready to play simply mail me the phrase:

STARTS ROUND #

Then any mail you send after that will count towards your tally and you may put whatever you want in the mail and they may be titled whatever you want.  You must continue to do so for as long as you choose to but whenever you are done you MUST end your round by mailing me the phrase:

END ROUND #

If you do not mail me the finish phrase and do have a period of more than 5 minutes where you do not mail me, your round is over and you will receive a 10% penalty in TWO ASPECTS (number of mails and time) with 10% of your mails being deducted and your time having 10% added on.

At the end of each round players will be eliminated 1 of 2 ways:

1. You send the LEAST total number of mails
2. You play for the LONGEST amount of time

Your challenge placements will be in that order by eliminating least mails first then longest times.

Round 1: 23 players; 8 eliminated (5 with least mails, 3 who play for the most time)
Round 2: 15 players ; 7 eliminated (4 with least mails, 3 who play for the most time)
Round 3: 8 players; 5 eliminated (3 with least mails, 2 who play for the most time)
Round 4: 3 players; 2 eliminated (1 with least mails, 1 who play for the most time)

If players do not attempt, they will be eliminated as 1 of those with the least mails with 0.  If more than the required people do not play as those eliminated for least mails then they are eliminated as those who play for the longest times.  If more people do not play than those eliminated in a round then all are out and later rounds will adjust as necessary.

Each round will last 24 hours but if all involved finish before the deadline I will post results ASAP.  If the KEY CARD WINNER is determined before the Final Round we continue for points.

The last player left standing without a KEY CARD will win this challenge and earn THREE KEY CARDS to Stage 2 (1 they keep, 1 they give away and 1 put up for auction).  They will earn 50 bonus points as well as points for their placement.  The rest of the players will earn points proportional to their performance.

Round 1 begins now.

You have until TOMORROW (Monday) at 11:30 pm est (24 hours from now) to participate.

Good luck.