Post by Julie Chen on Jul 3, 2010 11:18:02 GMT -5
Rules
Competitions
You will be notified of competition times in the news fader. You will also have a deadline in which challenges are due, there will be little exceptions. Also, you may only submit challenges once, unless told otherwise. Some competitions will be held live on AIM and you will be told the time before hand. It is up to you to be able to make it to the competitions.
Head of Household
Each week, houseguests will compete for the title of Head of Household. Usually you are given 24 hours to compete competitions unless otherwise stated, but if all houseguest complete competitions sooner then results will be posted sooner. Free from the threat of eviction, the HOH is responsible for nominating two houseguests for eviction. All nominations are final once made. The outgoing HoH will not be able to win HoH in the following week except the Final 4/Final 3 HoH.
Power of Veto
The Power of Veto winner can choose to remove one of the HoH's nominations from the block, including themselves. The winner is also protected from becoming a replacement nominee for the week. If the veto holder chooses to remove a nominee, the HOH must choose a replacement nominee.
Diary Room
The Diary Room is where houseguests will talk about anything they want about the game in privacy. Only you and me will have access to your DR, so feel free to speak your mind. Please post at least one Diary Room entry per week (come on, that's not that much to ask!) If you fail to do so, you will not be allowed to participate in the following HOH competition. We make episodes at the end of the season, so the more you vent, the more likely you will show up in the episodes and it'll just make the episodes better in general.
Voting
Voting will also take place in your Diary Room. You will be asked to give goodbye messages to BOTH nominees before stating your vote. If you don't give goodbye messages to both nominees, your vote WILL NOT count. The nominated houseguests will not vote, and neither will the Head of Household, except if there is a tie, in which the HoH will break it.
Once a vote is cast, it can be changed, you just need to notify me of the change. If you fail to vote three times total over the course of the game, you will be removed from the game. If you know you are going to be offline for a long period of time, leave a list of the people remaining in the game in order from the person you would most like to evict to the person you would least like to evict.
Evicted Players
If evicted from the game, please do not give information to players still in the game that could alter the outcome of the game in any way. You are also not allowed to discuss things that have been said in the Pre-Jury or Jury Houses with remaining houseguests.
Accounts
Houseguests are forbidden from giving their AIM or board passwords to other players. During the duration of the game, you are not permitted to give another player access to your account or to log onto another player's account. This will lead to expulsion from the game.
Also, when creating your account, please make your username be the first name of the houseguest you are playing as.
Cheating
We like to believe that all houseguests are playing fairly meaning that there is no discussion about competition in anyway until after the winner has been crowned. That means no helping others by giving answers, doing competitions for them, or anything in the form of cheating. If you have to ask if it's cheating, then it's probably cheating.
Quitting
If a houseguest decides to quit the game or has to be removed for breaking the rules, that houseguest will forfeit their jury spot. If a houseguest who is not nominated for eviction quits or is expelled, the eviction will still take place and 2 people will leave that week. If a nominated houseguest quits or has to be expelled, that will be considered the eviction for the week and that week will be done. The HOH's duties will be considered over and a new HOH competition will be played. If the HOH quits or has to be removed from the game, the eviction will also be canceled.
Competitions
You will be notified of competition times in the news fader. You will also have a deadline in which challenges are due, there will be little exceptions. Also, you may only submit challenges once, unless told otherwise. Some competitions will be held live on AIM and you will be told the time before hand. It is up to you to be able to make it to the competitions.
Head of Household
Each week, houseguests will compete for the title of Head of Household. Usually you are given 24 hours to compete competitions unless otherwise stated, but if all houseguest complete competitions sooner then results will be posted sooner. Free from the threat of eviction, the HOH is responsible for nominating two houseguests for eviction. All nominations are final once made. The outgoing HoH will not be able to win HoH in the following week except the Final 4/Final 3 HoH.
Power of Veto
The Power of Veto winner can choose to remove one of the HoH's nominations from the block, including themselves. The winner is also protected from becoming a replacement nominee for the week. If the veto holder chooses to remove a nominee, the HOH must choose a replacement nominee.
Diary Room
The Diary Room is where houseguests will talk about anything they want about the game in privacy. Only you and me will have access to your DR, so feel free to speak your mind. Please post at least one Diary Room entry per week (come on, that's not that much to ask!) If you fail to do so, you will not be allowed to participate in the following HOH competition. We make episodes at the end of the season, so the more you vent, the more likely you will show up in the episodes and it'll just make the episodes better in general.
Voting
Voting will also take place in your Diary Room. You will be asked to give goodbye messages to BOTH nominees before stating your vote. If you don't give goodbye messages to both nominees, your vote WILL NOT count. The nominated houseguests will not vote, and neither will the Head of Household, except if there is a tie, in which the HoH will break it.
Once a vote is cast, it can be changed, you just need to notify me of the change. If you fail to vote three times total over the course of the game, you will be removed from the game. If you know you are going to be offline for a long period of time, leave a list of the people remaining in the game in order from the person you would most like to evict to the person you would least like to evict.
Evicted Players
If evicted from the game, please do not give information to players still in the game that could alter the outcome of the game in any way. You are also not allowed to discuss things that have been said in the Pre-Jury or Jury Houses with remaining houseguests.
Accounts
Houseguests are forbidden from giving their AIM or board passwords to other players. During the duration of the game, you are not permitted to give another player access to your account or to log onto another player's account. This will lead to expulsion from the game.
Also, when creating your account, please make your username be the first name of the houseguest you are playing as.
Cheating
We like to believe that all houseguests are playing fairly meaning that there is no discussion about competition in anyway until after the winner has been crowned. That means no helping others by giving answers, doing competitions for them, or anything in the form of cheating. If you have to ask if it's cheating, then it's probably cheating.
Quitting
If a houseguest decides to quit the game or has to be removed for breaking the rules, that houseguest will forfeit their jury spot. If a houseguest who is not nominated for eviction quits or is expelled, the eviction will still take place and 2 people will leave that week. If a nominated houseguest quits or has to be expelled, that will be considered the eviction for the week and that week will be done. The HOH's duties will be considered over and a new HOH competition will be played. If the HOH quits or has to be removed from the game, the eviction will also be canceled.