I present to you, Contraption Survivor
A true survivor needs to accomplish his goals using as few of his/her resources as possible.
The Rules: Solve the level with the required badge(s) AND try to minimize your pieces. Every round, half of the remaining contestants will be eliminated, and the half that solved the level with the fewest pieces will move on to the next round. If you do not submit a solution or do not solve with the required badge(s) you are automatically eliminated. If there are ties near the middle of the rankings it is possible that more than half of the contestants will advance (i.e. if there are 10 contestants, and ranks #4 through #7 tie, all top 7 will advance and only 8, 9 and 10 will be eliminated).
The Twist: If you WIN a round by having the fewest pieces, you gain a sort of immunity for the next round. You must only solve the next round's level with the required badges to advance, you may ignore the piece count elimination process. I will specify a tiebreaker to be used if more than one person have the smallest piece count. The tiebreaker will be level specific and subject to change in future rounds. Note that this tiebreaker will not be used for anything other than deciding who gets immunity if there are ties for 1st place.
No immunity will be at stake in rounds with 6 or fewer contestants.
The qualifier is due on Wednesday, Nov 3rd, at 3pm Central Time. Each additional round will have at least a 48 hour deadline to accommodate time zone differences and busy schedules. While subject to change, I plan to have deadlines on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3pm, with each round's challenge posted immediately when the deadline passes for the previous one. That's just how I roll.
There will be no elimination with the qualifier, however, immunity in Round 1 IS indeed at stake!
CHAMPIONSHIP
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=569128
Required Badge(s):
Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Fewest Ticks
Deadline: Whenever the Survivors lock in
Note: The tiebreaker will only be used to settle a potential tie between 2nd and 3rd place. The winner must win on piece count alone to be crowned Survivor
ROUND 7
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=568525
Required Badge(s):
Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Fewest Ticks
Deadline: Monday, Nov. 22th, 3:00pm Central Time (USA)
Note: There is no more immunity to be won.
ROUND 6
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=568171
Required Badge(s):
Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Fewest Ticks
Deadline: Friday, Nov. 19th, 3:00pm Central Time (USA)
Note: There is no more immunity to be won.
ROUND 5
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=567215
Required Badge(s):
Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Fewest Ticks
Deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 17th, 3:00pm Central Time (USA)
Note: This week we resume the Mon-Wed-Fri schedule.
ROUND 4
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=567103
Required Badge(s):
Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Least Mass
Deadline: Monday, Nov. 15th, 3:00pm Central Time (USA)
Note: The deadline is MONDAY, not FRIDAY. I'm out of town Fri-Sun, so we're just doing two rounds this week.
ROUND 3
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=566800
Required Badge(s):
Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Fewest Ticks
Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 11th, 3:00pm Central Time (USA)
Note: The deadline is THURSDAY, not WEDNESDAY. I'm out of town Fri-Sun, so we're just doing two rounds this week.
ROUND 2
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=566300
Required Badge(s):
(<=300 Ticks)Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Fewest Ticks
2nd Tiebreaker: Least Mass
Deadline: Monday, Nov. 8th, 3:00pm Central Time (USA)
Note: There is a "2nd tiebreaker" for this round. If multiple people tie with optimal pieces -and have the same number of ticks- total mass will be used to decide who gets immunity for R3
ROUND 1
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=566025
Required Badge(s):
Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Fewest Ticks
Deadline: Friday, Nov. 5th, 3:00pm Central Time (USA)
QUALIFIER
Level: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=565231
Required Badge(s):
Scoring: Fewest Pieces (will be the case on EVERY level)
Tiebreaker: Fewest Ticks
Deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 3rd, 3:00pm Central Time (USA)
Note: You only have to solve the level with the required
badge to enter the competition. There will be NO elimination in this qualifying round, but there WILL be immunity awarded to the contraption with the fewest pieces, with ties broken by ticks.PM solutions to me in he following format
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[name]
[url to design]
[piece count]
The Last One Standing
ID36 - Congrats ID36. I have two rules when it comes to FC comps... Never bet against Cruiser40, and never bet against ID36. I don't know if I was hoping for a tie or for bsking to run away with it
Either way, congratulations, you earned it, what a truly inspirational run to the title. Look out FC, ID36 is back in a big way.The Fallen
References for newbies:
Survivor I
Survivor II
Survivor III
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Survivor Ring Of Honor
Let us take a walk down memory lane and honor the winners of past survivor competitions, and take a look at the roads that got them there:
Survivor I Champion: patacoman (2nd place: GaminKWB)
--Qualifier: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6212713
--R1: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6318506
--R2: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6352232
--R3: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6431771
--R4: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6472752
--R5: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6488868
--Championship: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6628589
Survivor 2 Champion: jonnychoob (2nd place: jkhouw1)
--Qualifier: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=7994546
--R1: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=8068102
--R2: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=8095782
--R3: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=8113885
--R4: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=8143835 (*** my favorite)
--R5: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=8182334
--Championship: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=8225020
Survivor III Champion: Cruiser40 (2nd place: patacoman)
--Qualifier: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9843530
--R1: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9875419
--R2: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9897140
--R3: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9911735
--R4: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9946738
--R5: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9950443
--R6: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9998587
--Championship: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10044572
