Frequently Asked Questions

What is Tengaged?
Tengaged is a Social site embeded in an Online Multiplayer game, where you have to discover and communicate with other participants in order to win while following some special "rules". One by one, the ten participants will vote each other out of the game until at the end of seven days, the last remaining participant will win the game.
Rules?
Yes.. :) This is a game, and like every game there are some rules. If you know "Big Brother" TV show, you will find out that there are similarities which will make you understand much faster what Tengaged is all about. Basically you enroll in a game and once 9 more people enroll just as you did, the game starts.
Each day you interact with the other 9 housemates by sending comments or private messages which all of them may be rated positively or negatively by the other contestants. At the end of each day an algorithm calculates who are the 3 worst participants which will be on the nomination list.
If you are not among the nominated guys you should give 3,2 and 1 points to each of them and the one with more votes is evicted from the game. The game last for 7 days and at the end the system will select who is the winner and increase the karma of each participant depending on his/her final position.
What kind of games there are?
Mostly all the different games follow the same rules, although there are some small differences. You basically start playing on the "Casting" and once you get the needed karma you continue with the "Rookies". While you may play on both it is recommended to be on "Rookies" as any participant enrolled on this game knows the rules and wont just be trying out, as it may happen on the "Castings". There are also some other special games, like the "Love" game, where the participants are always in same proportion between girls and boys (5 and 5). New variations will shortly be available.
What's the difference between Casting and Rookies?
Besides you need higher amount of Karma to play in Rookies there are also differences on the rules. Casting games are more similar to European Big Brother game while the Rookies games are similar to Big Brother USA, basically we added the Head of Household and Power of Veto on Rookies.
Why I can only enroll to Casting?
You need to earn some Karma to enroll into Rookies.
How do I get some Karma?
Initially you only can earn Karma by entering to the "Casting". Inside the casting you may earn enough karma to enroll into a game. You may invite your friends into Tengaged and once they start playing and earning Karma you will more Karma too.
How many games can I play?
You may enroll initially only into 1 game simultaneously, once you get more karma you may enroll into more games, i.e. when reaching 5 your limit will go to 2 games at the same time, but remember that is fun to know your housemates well and is more about quality than quantity, and you only have 7 days to do so,....
I was evicted from a game but I can not enroll into a new game
Even if you are evicted, the game continues until it ends up on the 7th day. If you are evicted early you will have to wait until the game ends.
Can I contact a housemate out of a game
You can send messages thru the internal mailing system in Tengaged. However if your karma is below 20 you only can send messages to your reciprocal friends. Once your karma reach the needed level you will get the "Gold Mail Card" and you will be able to mail anybody on Tengaged.
Is there any video I can see about Tengaged?
Yeah, this is our first demo video about our favorite site ;)
How may I help?
We will appreciate any help we can get. Do you blog? or have a MySpace or Facebook account?. Please help us spread Tengaged among your friends or readers ;)
Is it free?
Of course!
What are the color levels?
Color levels show the strength of a player. For example a top "black" card holder has 10 times more power than a "white" level. The higher the power the more value than certain actions will have, i.e. when voting a user's post.
Which are the color levels?
There are 10 basic color levels, which follow the color belts in some martial arts. Depending on the Karma you get you are eligible to get a new level. Initially an algorithm will upgrade your level automatically although shortly we will introduce a virtual shop where you have to buy the color belts with your "virtual" money once you get enough karma for each of the different levels.
ColorKarma neededPrice in T$Strengh
001
15302x
30403x
60504x
90805x
120906x
1801007x
2001208x
2401409x
35020010x
How do I earn T$?
T$ is the virtual currency on Tengaged. It will allow you to upgrade your "color level", enroll into games, bet and buy lots of new stuff (shortly).
You may earn T$ by:
- Winning games. See below to get exact prices.
- Writting posts. By writting in your blog, you are eligible to get money depending on number of comments and votes obtained.
- Betting on Rookies games.
- Daily active games. If you are active in a game you get a fixed daily ammount (depends on your color level)
- Daily blog's post voting. If you are active voting other people's post you get a fixed daily ammount (depending on your color level)
Game enroll prices
Enrolling in "Casting": 6 T$
Enrolling in "Rookies": 15 T$
How much karma and T$ do I win per game?
PosCastingRookiesStars
1st12K-20T$20K-60T$200T$
2nd8K-15T$12K-40T$100T$
3rd7K-10T$10K-30T$80T$
4th6K-8T$5K-20T$20T$
5th5k-5T$4K-15T$15T$
6th4k-4T$3K-10T$10T$
7th3K-3T$2K-8T$8T$
8th2K-2T$1K-5T$5T$
9th1K-1T$0K-4T$4T$
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Betting on games
You can only bet in a game if you are level "yellow" or up.
You won't loose your T$ on those bets among those reaching final day (5th position) and wins will increase up till 1st position where your wager is doubled.
If you are a participant you can't bet on your game, but you may get tons of money out of people betting on you. If you reach 5th position or higher you will get a percentage of money bet on you.