Hosting a Survivor-themed competition in FFXIV. (Sign-Ups and Interest topic)
Hello everyone!
I would like to host a competition in-game based on the reality TV show, Survivor. For those who don't know how this show works: The game begins with 16 people. Each episode, the players all vote to decide which player will be voted out, and whoever receives the most votes is eliminated. In addition to this, there are "challenges" (think mini-competitions and game) where the winners are able to receive voting immunity. This continues until there are only 2 players left, at which point the 7 most recently voted out players must decide together which of those 2 are crowned the winner. This is primarily a game of manipulation and strategy, focused on building trust with people, or lying to them.
I have some ideas about how to host a competition like this in FFXIV. While I would love to host this on my own server with lv50 characters, I wasn't sure if there would be enough interest, so I thought I would try this first. Players interested would have to create a character on a server of our choice. They would then have a week or so to level that character up to lv15 and complete a certain amount of the main story. (Everyone would receive a checklist of things to complete, to prepare for the game. Easy stuff. "Complete this main story quest, unlock these guildhests, access these Aetherytes, etc) After that, we would choose a time and date, most likely a weekend where people are able to commit to a few hours on each day, and the competition would begin. I believe it would be hard to sync up people's schedules over a longer period of time, however, I am open to suggestions, and we can decide on the schedule once the players have signed up. If players were available every night or could all commit to the same days each week (like a static), that would be ideal. Otherwise, one big block of time should work best.
Challenges would vary, but I'm sure you can all imagine the sort of things that would work. Gathering items, killing enemies, scavenger hunts, trivia, etc Ideally, these challenges wouldn't last very long (10-15 minutes max) in order to keep the game time as short as possible and focus more on the social/strategic game. Linkshells would be used to give the tribes a place to talk, tribal councils would be held at a designated secluded location, etc
And, yes, there would be a prize of some sort. Please post here if you are interested in playing, or if you have any questions! I am determined to make this work any way I can, so don't hesitate to offer suggestions.