This game is an absolute beast to run!
In fact, it is almost a complete disaster. First off, although everyone who plays usually ends up dead in the end, I don't want to restrict the gameplay. This means that I will always do my best to allow as many players to sign up as want to. At the beginning of this season, we started out with 286 players. Of course not everyone makes it past the first few days, but still!
Trying to keep track of that many players is almost as horrifying as trying to herd cats (to borrow a phrase form @bluerthangreen.) For that reason, only players who actually reply to the sing up post will get to play. Also, to keep the gameplay moving along, each player must reply within 24 hours to the post.
NEW THIS SEASON
In Season 5, I increased the responsibility of the players. For me, if the players may win hundreds of dollars just for playing a game for a few minutes online each day, I think it is alright to require a little more from them. In this season players now have to reply with their inventory in order to not lose their supplies.
Additionally, players are now required to reply to an Option Comment posted by me on the post. This helps keep track of who chose what option and streamlines the process a little bit.
HELP!
Since @papa-pepper has always kept track of the gameplay, players, and choices manually, running this game can take hours out of my life on a daily basis. Tracking the gameplay only adds additional work to the already demanding task of creating scenarios, typing the posts, and providing my own original photos and images to match the scenarios.
Prior to the beginning of this season, @novaatebatman approached me and offered to help. Since I already have a family of seven to take care of, a house to build, a homestead to run, and some travelling to do, I welcomed the assistance. This is why you will see comments from @novaatebatman on my posts trying to help run this game.
ENTER THE SPREADSHEET!
A STEEM-Pocalypse spreadsheet is also now available for you to check out thanks to @novaatebatman. Check out the link below to see for yourself.
Of course it is the players responsibility to keep track of their own gameplay, but we need a way to prevent fraud when so much SBD is on the line. @novaatebatman has both created this spreadsheet and been keeping it up to date. For anyone who is curious about the data relating to the game, this is an excellent resource.
Obviously, this has taken a lot of effort to create this spreadsheet and keep it accurate, so please consider checking out the post from @novaatebatman and upvoting it too.
TIRED OF MISSING THE SIGNUP FOR STEEM-POCALYPSE?
Not only is @novaatebatman helping keep track of this game by creating and editing the spreadsheet, but now @novaatebatman has created this email notification service that is available for all to sign up on. By filling out a short form that includes a valid email address and your steemit username, you can automatically get an email sent to you when the signup for the next season starts! Now that is convenient!
To Register For Email Notification, Click on the Link Below
OTHER STEEM-POCALYPSE RELATED HAPPENINGS
For those of you who really enjoy the STEEM-Pocalypse game, there are a few other interesting and related things that you may want to be aware of. Here are just three.
@dwells & @essentialoilmom
This couple thought that it would be good to do a vlog of them discussing the STEEM-Pocalypse options. It has been interesting and entertaining, to say the least. Plus, sometimes, they are even correct about the outcome of certain options. Check out their latest STEEM-Pocalypse Round Table Discussion and Tribute to the Fallen by following this link: https://steemit.com/steem-pocalypse/@dwells/epidsode-5-steem-pocalypse-season-05-round-table-discussion-and-tribute-to-the-fallen
@simplewriter
@asimplewriter has been making a post each day documenting the choices that his player has been making. For those who enjoy a good read, check out this series from @asimplewriter. The latest one can be found here: https://steemit.com/steem-pocalypse/@asimplewriter/steem-pocalypse-day-4-round-1
@keepdoodling
@keepdoodling almost won the STEEM-Pocalypse last season, and certainly spiced things up with the drawings. This season, @keepdoodling has chosen to, well, keep doodling, not only adding the doodles to the STEEM-Pocalypse replies but also making posts out the doodles. Personally, I love them and am always impressed. To check out the latest one, follow this link: https://steemit.com/art/@keepdoodling/fear-of-the-bushes-my-doodle
CLOSER
Hopefully you are all still enjoying the STEEM-Pocalypse game. I know that it is not fun to die, but I hope that you all still have fun while it lasts. Please sign up to get the email notifications for the next season sign up from @novaatebatman too if you want to. The subject line of the email will mention STEEM-Pocalypse, so hopefully that will help.
I'm trying to make this game as interesting, educational, and fun as I can, so I appreciate the extra effort this season from the players and the help of @novaatebatman too. Thanks everyone and STEEM ON!
Until next time…
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