The G(r)eek Olympics
How the Scoring Works
All Stream attendees will be randomly assigned to one of 10 teams (approx 20 per team), and given a sticker at registration indicating their team affiliation.
You can start participate in challenges from the time of the orientation meeting on Thursday evening through to Friday, 6pm, when the games offiicially close.
For each challange you participate in, you should record your name and score on the clipboards provided near to the challenge station. You may complete a challenge more than once, and only their highest score will be counted...but try to give others a chance, too!
Each TEAM may enter as many individual competitors for each challenge as they wish.
In general, the highest individual scorer will be awarded 7 points, the second highest scorer 5 points, and the third highest scorer 3 points. Total points will be tallied, and both individual and team prizes will be awarded at the Extravaganza.
Fine print: The Olympic committee reserves the right to weight certain challenges by the number of overall participants. So, if you came in first out of 100 contestants in Guitar Hero you may get more points attributed for that victory than if you came in first out of three contestants in some other challenge. (We think you deserve it!)
In addition, team points will be awarded for certain group activities, such as the Treasure Hunt and Buzzer Trivia - each worth 30 points!!!
Events
Here are a few of the events that will feature in the G(r)eek Olympics. Please check the board in the Xstream arcade area to see what events are running at any given time.
| Event | Challenge | How the Scoring Works |
Guitar Hero Ongoing @ Xstream | Play a guitar hero duet with a member of your team | Record your scores on the clipboard provided |
The Biggest Winner/Loser Ongoing @ Xstream | How many Facebook/MySpace/Bebo friends do you have? | Record your total on the clipboard in Xstream; points will be awarded both for the highest and the lowest number of friends |
Blackberry Showdown Judges will be roaming around the main bar following the Gadgethon | See how fast you can type a poem into your Blackberry, and click send. The judge will time your score | You must find a member of the Olympic Committee to judge this competition; network speed IS included in the challenge |
Wii Boxing / Tennis / Golf Ongoing @ Xstream | | |
White Board Darts Ongoing @ Xstream | | |
(Hard)Discuss Throw Ongoing @ Xstream | Throw a hard disc as far a su can
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Spear (Javelin) Trow Ongoing @ Xstream | Throw a spear made of magic markers as far as possible | |
