Post by pegasuswarrior on Feb 3, 2012 16:54:36 GMT -5
Well, folks, here comes your FAN IDOL off-season. Here comes maximum fandom at its “fandomiest.” Here comes …
As the Forum Games staple FAN Idol takes a rest of a few months, Scavenger: World Series of Pop Culture is here to see who is the most versatile of the versatile. The WSOPC will open the doors for a full-on onslaught of pop culture fan-ocity while Fan Idol enthusiasts have a chance to renew themselves and get revved up for Season VII beginning in the (Western Hemisphere or Northern Hemisphere, however that works) spring after this game concludes.
The game will feature round-by-round themes in which contestants find their own preferential choices that fit the theme and then the panel of judges ranks each pick in each round. Eliminations ensue until there is only one winner.
An example of a round's "theme" could be something like, "Monumental Kiss." The contestants would find their best example of this in any realm of pop culture (TV, Movie, Sports, Music Video, internet meme, whatever) and they send Cageking and me--the hosts--the video links. Like in the FAN Idol game, I (or he) will anonymously send the clips minus the competitors' names to the panel of judges and so on and so forth.
We're going to feed contestants themes in the realm of sports, music, movies, tv, general pop culture, technology, etc., and some themes don't have to be medium-specific; that is, they could come from any realm of pop culture. Then, on the flipside, we could have something like "Great Sports Broadcast Moments" and that, of course, would be something pop culture medium-specific (in this case, sports, obviously).
Our two judges so far are irontyger and MGH. If you swear upon your life that you are not overly biased and can hang with the versatility of this game, we can use another judge to kickstart things. Co-hosts are CageKing and myself (because there is so much typing and game management that has to go on in these games for just one person). As hosts, we can fill in from time-to-time to help out with judging if need be.
Other than that, we’ll just need contestant sign-ups and we’re off and running. Tell your Off-Topic friends on the boards to sign up for what should be some uber marking out for one another’s selections. A game like this is just a chance to showcase what makes the board’s members’ mark-bombs explode and the competition is just the vehicle to keep that moving forward. But as we’ve seen with FAN Idol, there is much much reward outside of just competing. It’s really a big community share session.
All contestants will have the opportunity to compete in three rounds of competition before any eliminations commence. After Round 3, we will announce our first set of eliminations and procede round-by-round from there. We had "sing offs" in FAN Idol, but we're going to try a different twist or two for gameplay here just to see how it works and how everyone likes it. This has potential to mega fun (and heck, I'm not even getting to play!) so I hope you all enjoy this. That's what I'm here to try to do as host.
Judges:
1. irontyger
2. MGH
3. Notorious
4. DSR
5. THE Baldy Kendrick
CONTESTANTS
1. Big Bad Brad
2. Sweet N Sour
3. J
4. stinger4christ
5. WolfHurricane
6. Funk Rulz
7. Bergman
8. Doc Sivana
9. Junkenstein
10. Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%h
11. Square (eliminated)
12. Brainbustaaah
13. Michael Hayden
14. DramaGuyCJM
15.
16.
Picks used so far this game:
As the Forum Games staple FAN Idol takes a rest of a few months, Scavenger: World Series of Pop Culture is here to see who is the most versatile of the versatile. The WSOPC will open the doors for a full-on onslaught of pop culture fan-ocity while Fan Idol enthusiasts have a chance to renew themselves and get revved up for Season VII beginning in the (Western Hemisphere or Northern Hemisphere, however that works) spring after this game concludes.
The game will feature round-by-round themes in which contestants find their own preferential choices that fit the theme and then the panel of judges ranks each pick in each round. Eliminations ensue until there is only one winner.
An example of a round's "theme" could be something like, "Monumental Kiss." The contestants would find their best example of this in any realm of pop culture (TV, Movie, Sports, Music Video, internet meme, whatever) and they send Cageking and me--the hosts--the video links. Like in the FAN Idol game, I (or he) will anonymously send the clips minus the competitors' names to the panel of judges and so on and so forth.
We're going to feed contestants themes in the realm of sports, music, movies, tv, general pop culture, technology, etc., and some themes don't have to be medium-specific; that is, they could come from any realm of pop culture. Then, on the flipside, we could have something like "Great Sports Broadcast Moments" and that, of course, would be something pop culture medium-specific (in this case, sports, obviously).
Our two judges so far are irontyger and MGH. If you swear upon your life that you are not overly biased and can hang with the versatility of this game, we can use another judge to kickstart things. Co-hosts are CageKing and myself (because there is so much typing and game management that has to go on in these games for just one person). As hosts, we can fill in from time-to-time to help out with judging if need be.
Other than that, we’ll just need contestant sign-ups and we’re off and running. Tell your Off-Topic friends on the boards to sign up for what should be some uber marking out for one another’s selections. A game like this is just a chance to showcase what makes the board’s members’ mark-bombs explode and the competition is just the vehicle to keep that moving forward. But as we’ve seen with FAN Idol, there is much much reward outside of just competing. It’s really a big community share session.
All contestants will have the opportunity to compete in three rounds of competition before any eliminations commence. After Round 3, we will announce our first set of eliminations and procede round-by-round from there. We had "sing offs" in FAN Idol, but we're going to try a different twist or two for gameplay here just to see how it works and how everyone likes it. This has potential to mega fun (and heck, I'm not even getting to play!) so I hope you all enjoy this. That's what I'm here to try to do as host.
Judges:
1. irontyger
2. MGH
3. Notorious
4. DSR
5. THE Baldy Kendrick
CONTESTANTS
1. Big Bad Brad
2. Sweet N Sour
3. J
4. stinger4christ
5. WolfHurricane
6. Funk Rulz
7. Bergman
8. Doc Sivana
9. Junkenstein
10. Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%h
12. Brainbustaaah
13. Michael Hayden
14. DramaGuyCJM
15.
16.
Picks used so far this game:
{Spoiler}2-Player Co-op (Player 2 Press Start)
Alien
Animaniacs
Animaniacs - Macbeth
Back to the Future - Marty McFly & Biff Tannen
Barenakedladies – One Week
Black Dynamite
Brian Collins - "And....Boom goes the dynamite"
Brian’s Song
Call of Duty 4 - Mile High Club Achievement
Celebrity Apprentice – Meatloaf Meltdown
Chicago Bulls - Bulls Win First Championship (1991)
Cledus T. Judd - Great Day to be a Guy
Coldplay – Fix You (Friday Nights Lights)
Community - Magnitude
Community - Timeline Continuum Party/Celebration
Die Hard - John McClain
Dragonball Z - Goku vs. Vegeta
Extras - Ray Stokes
Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy Victory Dance
G.I. Joe - G.I. Joe
Glengarry Glen Ross – “Always Be Closing”
Gran Torino - Walter Kowalski
Green Bay Packers – Brett Favre Super Bowl Victory
Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor
Happy Days -- Cast
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Trailer
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Huey Lewis - It's Hip to be Square (American Psycho)
Independence Day
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Jim Valvano - 1993 Espy's
Kill Bill
King of the Hill
Kingpin - Roy Munson vs. Ernie McCracken
Lethal Weapon - Roger Murtaugh
Looney Tunes - Bugs Bunny
Lupe Fiasco-Dumb It Down
MAD TV - Spy vs. Spy
Madonna - Vogue
Metroid - Ending
Mike Tyson's Punch Out - Beating Mike Tyson
Mortal Kombat - Shao Khan's Coming Through
My Little Pony - Gummy's After-Birthday Party
NCAA Basketball - Gus Johnson Tournament Montage
Network - "I"m as Mad as Hell!"
Numa Numa Guy
OneRepublic - Say [All I Need] (Doctor Who)
OSU Football - Mike Gundy "I'M A MAN" Press Conference
Pinky and the Brain
Pulp Fiction
REM - Man on the Moon
Rocky IV- Rocky (USA) vs. Drago (USSR)
Saints Row 2 - Death of Shogo Akuji
Scala & Kolacny Bros-With Or Without You (E.Sladen Tribute)
Seinfeld - Jerry vs. Newman
Shaq Rapping w/ the dancing of Mark Madsen
Shenmue - Intro
Six Feet Under - Nate Goes Down
Spiderman 2
Star Trek II - Buried Alive
Star Wars – Rebellion Victory (Yub Nub)
Suikoden V - Death of a Queen
Super Mario Bros. - Mario vs. Bowser
The Amazing Race -Watermelon Launcher
The Boondocks
The Boondocks
The Dark Knight
The Darkness - Jenny's Death
The Hobbit
The Jetsons Meet the Flinstones
The Larry Sanders Show - Hank Kingsley
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson -- Roger Peterson
The Mask of Zorro
The Nutty Professor
The Office - Michael Scott
The Other Guys - Allen Gamble & Terry Hoitz
The Princess Bride - Inigo Montoya vs Dread Pirate Roberts
The Rest of the Story -- Paul Harvey
The Room - You're tearing me apart Lisa!
The Surreal Life - Vanilla Ice Meltdown
The Terminator - The Terminator
The Tick
The Waterboy
The Who - Baba O'Reilly (John Hughes Montage)
Tom & Jerry- Tom vs. Jerry
Turtles Forever
UFC - Matt Serra and Matt Hughes
V for Vendetta
Wally Backman - Playing for Peanuts
WCW/nWo - Hogan vs. Sting
Weezer - In The Garage
Weird Al Yankovic - Gump
Winter Olympics - Miracle on Ice
WWE - CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy
WWE - Eddie Guerrero - Hurt
Yu-Gi-Oh -- Yugi Mutou
Alien
Animaniacs
Animaniacs - Macbeth
Back to the Future - Marty McFly & Biff Tannen
Barenakedladies – One Week
Black Dynamite
Brian Collins - "And....Boom goes the dynamite"
Brian’s Song
Call of Duty 4 - Mile High Club Achievement
Celebrity Apprentice – Meatloaf Meltdown
Chicago Bulls - Bulls Win First Championship (1991)
Cledus T. Judd - Great Day to be a Guy
Coldplay – Fix You (Friday Nights Lights)
Community - Magnitude
Community - Timeline Continuum Party/Celebration
Die Hard - John McClain
Dragonball Z - Goku vs. Vegeta
Extras - Ray Stokes
Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy Victory Dance
G.I. Joe - G.I. Joe
Glengarry Glen Ross – “Always Be Closing”
Gran Torino - Walter Kowalski
Green Bay Packers – Brett Favre Super Bowl Victory
Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor
Happy Days -- Cast
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Trailer
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Huey Lewis - It's Hip to be Square (American Psycho)
Independence Day
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Jim Valvano - 1993 Espy's
Kill Bill
King of the Hill
Kingpin - Roy Munson vs. Ernie McCracken
Lethal Weapon - Roger Murtaugh
Looney Tunes - Bugs Bunny
Lupe Fiasco-Dumb It Down
MAD TV - Spy vs. Spy
Madonna - Vogue
Metroid - Ending
Mike Tyson's Punch Out - Beating Mike Tyson
Mortal Kombat - Shao Khan's Coming Through
My Little Pony - Gummy's After-Birthday Party
NCAA Basketball - Gus Johnson Tournament Montage
Network - "I"m as Mad as Hell!"
Numa Numa Guy
OneRepublic - Say [All I Need] (Doctor Who)
OSU Football - Mike Gundy "I'M A MAN" Press Conference
Pinky and the Brain
Pulp Fiction
REM - Man on the Moon
Rocky IV- Rocky (USA) vs. Drago (USSR)
Saints Row 2 - Death of Shogo Akuji
Scala & Kolacny Bros-With Or Without You (E.Sladen Tribute)
Seinfeld - Jerry vs. Newman
Shaq Rapping w/ the dancing of Mark Madsen
Shenmue - Intro
Six Feet Under - Nate Goes Down
Spiderman 2
Star Trek II - Buried Alive
Star Wars – Rebellion Victory (Yub Nub)
Suikoden V - Death of a Queen
Super Mario Bros. - Mario vs. Bowser
The Amazing Race -Watermelon Launcher
The Boondocks
The Boondocks
The Dark Knight
The Darkness - Jenny's Death
The Hobbit
The Jetsons Meet the Flinstones
The Larry Sanders Show - Hank Kingsley
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson -- Roger Peterson
The Mask of Zorro
The Nutty Professor
The Office - Michael Scott
The Other Guys - Allen Gamble & Terry Hoitz
The Princess Bride - Inigo Montoya vs Dread Pirate Roberts
The Rest of the Story -- Paul Harvey
The Room - You're tearing me apart Lisa!
The Surreal Life - Vanilla Ice Meltdown
The Terminator - The Terminator
The Tick
The Waterboy
The Who - Baba O'Reilly (John Hughes Montage)
Tom & Jerry- Tom vs. Jerry
Turtles Forever
UFC - Matt Serra and Matt Hughes
V for Vendetta
Wally Backman - Playing for Peanuts
WCW/nWo - Hogan vs. Sting
Weezer - In The Garage
Weird Al Yankovic - Gump
Winter Olympics - Miracle on Ice
WWE - CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy
WWE - Eddie Guerrero - Hurt
Yu-Gi-Oh -- Yugi Mutou
