And now for the
Rules of the HDC Battle Royale.
1 - Once you are drafted into a team, you are a
binding member of it till announced otherwise or your team stands
disbanded.
2 - If you hold your team back in the
first Challenge itself, your team is free to take a
final decision for you, which may include
killing you off.
3 - If someone has to
sit out a Challenge or a Hunt, the
team in question decides it on their own. You
cannot sit out a Challenge or a Hunt
two times in a row.
4 - We start off with
2 teams this time, unlike the previous iterations which had
3 teams. If attendance increases by the time the 1st Challenge is posted,
a third team may be formed, depending on the larger number of participants.
5 - If your team
loses a Challenge, don't fret. The losing team will also
have a chance to win a special something for themselves.
6 - As opposed to having only 1-2
Stalkers like the previous iterations, there will be
an entire line-up of Stalkers for this year's Battle Royale. We have had
the Predator,
the Chainer and
the Alien doing duty before, but this year there will be some
other HUGE names joining them. Stalkers will
not target members of the winning team
ONLY, but
BOTH (or all 3) teams in the Zone. Better keep that shotgun handy, and your eyes open. If you are unarmed... good luck.
7 - Not every initial Challenge
ends with a Hunt this time. A Challenge may end with
only rewards or only punishment, but as we progress beyond the first 6 Challenges, Hunting Zone outings will become
compulsory.
8 - If you confirm your participation and take part in the first few (
less than 6) Challenges, then suddenly don't show up for a Challenge, you will be given a grace period for
ONE more Challenge ONLY. Your failure to turn up in the
2nd Challenge in a row will put you in your group's firing line for deciding your fate.
9 - Likewise, if you participate in the first 6 Challenges and beyond, then don't show up for a Challenge, you will get a grace period for
TWO more Challenges. Failure to turn up in the
3rd straight Challenge will make your team sit up and decide your fate. (Sorry, but we have had issues with this before, and
your team cannot be left hanging because of your no-show)
10 - For Word-Search, Crossword, Picture-Search based Challenges, each team member
must upload their answers to their own photobucket (or similar image-hosting site)
and send the link to me.
Sharing the same link between members will count in
disqualified answers.
11 - The
total points you score in a Challenge help you win
Healthpacks, 5 points = 1 Health Pack. When you are targeted in a Hunt, 1 Health Pack (or 1 HP, as is commonly referred to in Battle Royale terms)
will negate the injury caused by 1 Bullet/Hack.
12 -
FOUR Bullets/Hacks will kill you. These will be your statuses at the end of a Hunt -
ONE Bullet/Hack =
Wounded,
TWO Bullets/Hacks =
Bleeding,
THREE Bullets/Hacks =
Critical, and
FOUR Bullets/Hacks =
DEAD (fatal).
13 - Depending on the Hunts,
you are free to DONATE your HPs to a member in your team to
ensure their survival in the hunt, if you consider them to be
valuable enough to be targetted by the opposing team. This can be done by
conferring amongst yourselves. In case you aren't sure of whom to donate your HPs, you can send a PM to me saying "
I donate (all/"a fixed number") of my HPs to whoever needs them the most."
14 - Be very careful while donating
ALL of your HPs however, in case
YOU happen to be the target,
your own HPs won't be able to save you, unless the person whom you chose to be the recipient of your HPs is
not targetted.
15 - Relax, and
enjoy the HDC Battle Royale. All you need to do is be a
good team member,
keep constant communication with your team members through PMs,
interact regularly through this official thread, and
help your team out in finding the answers/planning the Hunts. Senior team members who have already been a part of HDC BR before are requested to
maintain this between team members, and help them
ease into this Survival Program.
In addition,
individual rules of Challenges will be posted with the Challenge itself. Same goes for the Hunts, and the reward/punishment outings.
I will
constantly update all important posts in this thread
by linking it through my Signature. Watch my Signature keenly for that.
Good luck, everyone!
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Welcome onboard, gentlemen! I trust you both won't be gentle. ;)
- 1) Roshiq
2) The Villain
3) Straker
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