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Survivor is a free optional comp in AE15, as it's being run as a trial replacement for 3XKO.
The Survivor comp should be on the AE Website, making your picks there. So all 80 AE subscribers should be participating -- especially as you're all going to be playing 3XKO for prizemoney, and Survivor is being trialed as a possible replacement for it, then it would be good if all 80 people did play it so you can provide feedback end of the season.
Those who do play Survivor, Woodson is offering to the winner of this comp a Gold Pass for AE16...a free entry. Just to make sure everyone really does play it properly.
What is Survivor? How does it differ from 3XKO?
In 3XKO, you have to pick 3 teams you think will win in week 1. If you get any wrong, you are given a strike. You only have 3 strikes to last the entire season. So you could get knocked out week 1 if you get all three wrong. In 3XKO tho, essentially you can choose the same teams over and over thruout the season. There is a clause there, but essentially that's what happens. The clause is....if a team you pick loses, you can pick them again the following week. If a team you pick wins, you can't pick them again the following week, but can pick them again, the week after that. Essentially tho, over 16 weeks of the regular season, you could choose the top few teams in the NFL over and over.
In Survivor, tho, it's exactly the same as 3XKO in that you only have three lives, but once you pick a team, win or lose, you cannot pick them again the rest of the season. This makes it really challenging then, as you have to really plan ahead....what week do you choose the Patriots? Broncos? Seahawks? It's like a poker game...which Aces you hold up your sleeve as the season progresses. Do you blow early picks on the favorites and then run into trouble trying to pick winners out of lesser teams? Do you take some calculated risks early, taking teams like the Jaguars, Raiders, etc, and save the better teams till later? Especially as when the comp progresses, and more and more people get knocked out, you could have the upperhand against the remaining survivors -- they've all got bad teams left to pick, but you're holding some Aces.
Originally, I envisioned Survivor as you HAVE TO pick two teams every week, and you only have four lives. That way, you end up picking all 32 teams, if the comp lasted all the way into week 16.
But thanks to Sven contributing a tweak, then the way Survivor will be played is...
From week 1 to week 8, everyone only has to pick one team per week. And you only have three lives to last that eight weeks. Then....starting week 9, whoever is still in the comp, hasn't been knocked out, now has to start picking two teams per week, and you earn an extra life if you reach week 9.
So, as an example....
Week 1 you choose say Patriots to beat Steelers. If the Patriots win or lose, you cannot pick them again rest of the season. Let's say they lose. You now only have TWO lives left. Let's say you manage to get thru to week 8 with those two lives intact....then starting week 9, you would earn a life (so back to three lives), and have to start picking two winners per week. Despite the comp changing up at week 9, all the teams you selected from week 1 to 8 still get grayed out, can't be selected week 9 onwards.
In the end, the person who survives the longest with a life intact, will win the comp. If by end of week 16, two or more people are still alive...then week 17 a tie-breaker will be conducted. First up, who has the most lives still intact will be declared the winner. But if the remaining survivors all have the same lives intact, then something like each person having to choose 8 winners per round, and whomever gets the most right for that week, will win the comp.
If by week 17, there are say 3 people left, one of them has 1 life left, and the other two have 2 lives left, then only the people with the most lives remaining will conduct the finale to determine the winner.
If you have any questions about this comp, please post below and I will answer.
The Survivor comp should be on the AE Website, making your picks there. So all 80 AE subscribers should be participating -- especially as you're all going to be playing 3XKO for prizemoney, and Survivor is being trialed as a possible replacement for it, then it would be good if all 80 people did play it so you can provide feedback end of the season.
Those who do play Survivor, Woodson is offering to the winner of this comp a Gold Pass for AE16...a free entry. Just to make sure everyone really does play it properly.
What is Survivor? How does it differ from 3XKO?
In 3XKO, you have to pick 3 teams you think will win in week 1. If you get any wrong, you are given a strike. You only have 3 strikes to last the entire season. So you could get knocked out week 1 if you get all three wrong. In 3XKO tho, essentially you can choose the same teams over and over thruout the season. There is a clause there, but essentially that's what happens. The clause is....if a team you pick loses, you can pick them again the following week. If a team you pick wins, you can't pick them again the following week, but can pick them again, the week after that. Essentially tho, over 16 weeks of the regular season, you could choose the top few teams in the NFL over and over.
In Survivor, tho, it's exactly the same as 3XKO in that you only have three lives, but once you pick a team, win or lose, you cannot pick them again the rest of the season. This makes it really challenging then, as you have to really plan ahead....what week do you choose the Patriots? Broncos? Seahawks? It's like a poker game...which Aces you hold up your sleeve as the season progresses. Do you blow early picks on the favorites and then run into trouble trying to pick winners out of lesser teams? Do you take some calculated risks early, taking teams like the Jaguars, Raiders, etc, and save the better teams till later? Especially as when the comp progresses, and more and more people get knocked out, you could have the upperhand against the remaining survivors -- they've all got bad teams left to pick, but you're holding some Aces.
Originally, I envisioned Survivor as you HAVE TO pick two teams every week, and you only have four lives. That way, you end up picking all 32 teams, if the comp lasted all the way into week 16.
But thanks to Sven contributing a tweak, then the way Survivor will be played is...
From week 1 to week 8, everyone only has to pick one team per week. And you only have three lives to last that eight weeks. Then....starting week 9, whoever is still in the comp, hasn't been knocked out, now has to start picking two teams per week, and you earn an extra life if you reach week 9.
So, as an example....
Week 1 you choose say Patriots to beat Steelers. If the Patriots win or lose, you cannot pick them again rest of the season. Let's say they lose. You now only have TWO lives left. Let's say you manage to get thru to week 8 with those two lives intact....then starting week 9, you would earn a life (so back to three lives), and have to start picking two winners per week. Despite the comp changing up at week 9, all the teams you selected from week 1 to 8 still get grayed out, can't be selected week 9 onwards.
In the end, the person who survives the longest with a life intact, will win the comp. If by end of week 16, two or more people are still alive...then week 17 a tie-breaker will be conducted. First up, who has the most lives still intact will be declared the winner. But if the remaining survivors all have the same lives intact, then something like each person having to choose 8 winners per round, and whomever gets the most right for that week, will win the comp.
If by week 17, there are say 3 people left, one of them has 1 life left, and the other two have 2 lives left, then only the people with the most lives remaining will conduct the finale to determine the winner.
If you have any questions about this comp, please post below and I will answer.
