Yeah, I was reading through the archive and found these old competitions earlier today, so I decided to start a new one up. It would be a good idea to look at previous decathlons to get an idea for what they were like, and possibly some inspiration if you get stuck on something.
Here is the breakdown of how I will run this,
Entries
I'll release each event usually on a Sunday, unless I can't get to a computer, in which the event will either be posted early or late. all contestants will either PM me or E-Mail me their entry, which I will collect. I will reply to you saying I got your entry. If you don't get a reply, resend the entry, because I may overlook it by accident at 2AM or something. If I catch any plagiarism in this contest, you will be immediately kicked out of this contest, and any future contests I hold.
Voting
When the deadline comes around, I will post the what I received and anybody can PM to me which entry they voted for. Contestants may vote, but not for themselves. After voting I'll tally up the scores and say which entry belong to whom. Repeat 10 times and we have a winner.
Sign ups will start now, and are now closed. Simply state you want to play in this thread and your in. If I get at least 12 contestants before that, and it looks like nobody else will sign up, I'll start this early. If any contestant misses more than 5 rounds, or 3 in a row, they will be kicked out of the competition. No exceptions.
Score Table. Green means the contestant gave an entry for that round and the round is finished. Blue Means that the contestant "Won" the round by getting the most votes. Yellow Means the round is in Progress. Red means the round has ended and there was no entry submitted. Also I'll add a total score box after this round ends
<table border="1"><tr><td align="center">Contestant</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">Round 1</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">Round 2</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">Round 3</td><td align="center">Round 4</td><td align="center">Round 5</td><td align="center">Round 6</td><td align="center">Round 7</td><td align="center">Round 8</td><td align="center">Round 9</td><td align="center">Round 10</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">Total</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Rantzien </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">1</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">1</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">
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</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">2</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Levian</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#00ffff">2</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ff0000">X</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">
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</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">2</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Momiji</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ff0000">X</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">3</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">
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</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">3</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Del Murder</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">1</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#00ffff">4</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">
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</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#00ffff">5</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Goldenboko</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ff0000">X</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">3</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">
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</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">3</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Old Manus</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">1</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#00ffff">4</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">
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</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#00ffff">5</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Jiro</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">1</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">1</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">
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</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">2</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Cz</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#00ffff">2</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#4cc417">3</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00">
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