There Games! There hosts Winter and Summer Games.  The Summer games run for two weeks in August and the competing teams are determined by name tag color.  Join your name tag team here:  Official_TeamAvi There are many types of games such as races, quests, puzzles, parties, paintball, and many more.  There is something for everyone.  Find the list of events here:  List Scoring:  Each host has a way to determine team winners.  Basically a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place team will be determined for each event.  The first place team gets 3 points toward the There Games total.  Second place gets 2 and Third place gets 1.  Prizes:  The There Games do not have prizes at each event.  However, there is a participation skill ladder which will grant you prizes when you reach Casual, Avid, and Expert levels.  Also, the top 3 teams at the end of the event get Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal shirts to show off their win. Some There Games and Rules Josette's Mystery Quests Gloree's Event Qualifying procedures Race placement Guidelines Race procedures Aug 13 Qualifying Aug 13 Races Aug 14 Qualifying Aug 14 Races Josette's Mystery Quest:  This quest starts Aug 11 and runs through Aug 18.  People who finish on the first day will be counted toward the Aug. 11 event.  Josie will add up the number of finishers who belong to each name tag team.  The name tag team with the most finishers will win 1st place, second most, 2nd place, 3rd most will be 3rd place. People who finish the quest by Aug 18, will be tallied up in the same way to determine winners for the Aug 18 event.  Yes, people who count on Aug 11 will also count on Aug 18.  Josie could remove them after the 11th, but some would run the quest again and some not.  She had decided to go with non removal. Gloree's Qualifying Laps and Races There are two sets of these events.  One set on Aug 13 and one on Aug 14. Each set has an hour with 3 qualifying events followed by an hour of 2 races.  The qualifying events will determine who will be invited to the races.  The reason for 3 sets of qualiyfing events is to allow people to qualify without lagging the track.  The reason for invitation only races is to keep the track from being overcrowded and to give some control for fair participation by each team.  The reason for two sets of events is to allow for participation from various time zones.  The Aug 13 events are better suited for European times.  The Aug 14 events are better suited for Pacific times. How it works:  Qualifying.  The track will be open for 20 min of qualifying.  The qualifiers will be the 8 names on the lap board at the end of the event. If a person qualifies in one event in the hour, they will not be allowed in the events to follow.  People standing by and not lapping will be removed.  At the end of the events, there could be as many as 24 names to invite to the races, and there could be a variety of possibilities for teams. Qualifying Scoring for There Games:  The top 8 teams on the board will be awarded qualifying points by position.  1st place, 8 pts, 2nd place 7 and so on with the 8th place scoring 1.  After points are tallied, the team winners will be determined for reporting to There Games for THAT qualifying event.  The 3 qualifying sessions are independently reported as separate events. Since there are 3 qualifying sessions, up to 24 players will be invited to one or the other of the race sessions Here are the guidelines gloree will use in inviting the teams to the races. No more than 2 players will be invited to a race from the same team.  It is possible that due to the number of qualifiers, a team will be invited to both race sessions.  If this is the case the 2 players from session 1 will be different from the 2 players invited to session 2.  Here is a hypothetical case.  Suppose team A has six qualifiers and all the other 18 qualifiers are from 15 different teams.  In this case, team A would only be invited to ONE of the racing sessions.  The priority will go to inviting the maximum number of teams.  However, these qualifiers will have already scored for their team by being qualifiers. No more that 8 teams of 2 will be invited to each race session.  If fewer than 16 name tag teams qualify, they will be divided equally between the two race sessions to the extent possible.  If there is an odd number of qualifying teams such that one race session must have more teams invited than the other, the balance will be achieved through considering numbers of racers per team. Team placement will be done in the interest in equalizing teams numbers and player numbers.  There is no way to give a description of every possible scenario, but the following example may be useful. Example: Team A has 5 qualifiers Team B has 4 qualifiers Team C has 4 qualifiers Team D has 3 qualifiers Team E has 3 qualifiers Team F has 2 qualifiers Team G has 2 qualifiers Team H has 1 Team I has 1 Since Team A has 5 qualifiers, only 4 will be invited.  The team will be allowed to pick the racers.  If they cannot do this, the four with the best lap times will be chosen. If there is a tie between the last 2 places, the invitied member will be determined by either listing on the board if in the same event, or by which ever one was in the earlier event.  Team A: Of the four chosen, the best and worst lap time will be in race I and the other two in race II. Team B: Best and worst lap time in race I, other two in race II. Team C: Same as team B Team D: Best and worst lap time in Race I, middle lap time in Race II Team E:  To balance numbers with team D, Best and worst lap time in Race II, middle lap time in Race I. Team F: Both racers in Race I Team G: Both racers in Race II Team H: in race I Team I in race II That will leave 12 racers from teams A,B,C,D,E and F in race I and 12 racers from teams A,B,C,D,E,G in race II Races The first 5-8 minutes will be for lapping.  Races will be by lap time from this five minute session.  This will be followed by four races in which one racer from each team will join.  If the team has two players, they must alternate races.  If the team has one player, he may run in each race. In each race, the teams will be awarded race points of 8-1 points depending on finish position.  8 for first place, 7 for 2nd, etc.  At the end of the four races, points will be tallied to determine the team winners. Session I and II are independent of each other and will have separate sets of winners. Aug 13 Qualifying Session I Pos Name Team Time Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aug 13 Qualifying Session II Pos Name Team Time Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aug 13 Qualifying Session III Pos Name Team Time Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aug 13 Race I Racer Team Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aug 13 Race II Racer Team Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aug 14 Qualifying Session I Pos Name Team Time Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aug 14 Qualifying Session II Pos Name Team Time Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aug 14 Qualifying Session III Pos Name Team Time Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aug 14 Race I Racer Team Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aug 14 Race II Racer Team Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12