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Gravity trivia - game rules
1. How to play the game ?
| 1. In Gravity trivia there are 20 game boards and every player has a game board of 34 balls at his/her disposal . |
| 2. Every player has 26 letters + 2 blancs + 5 red balls + 1 yellow ball , and a reset-button. |
| 3. If you click upon a ball , you will see (and hear) that the ball drops down into a funnel, and finally into a transparent tube |
| 4. During the game questions , each player can also press upon the reset button |
| 5. This reset button can be used to cancel the word you have started with, and you can restart clicking the balls. |
| 6. The red balls are used for identical letters. Use a red ball for the 2nd or 3rd or 4th identical letter. |
| 7. The blanc balls are used as blanc spaces between 2 words |
| 8. The yellow ball is used if you are <ready> with the answer, and you will see that this will be mentioned in the chat window. |
| 9. The player which appears as first and which has also the correct answer will have extra points .(see 4. points and scores) |
2. How do we play each question ?
| 1. The quiz master shows the question in the chat window. Often with a picture (in front of your game board ). There are also midi songs. |
| 2. At the same moment , you can start to click upon the balls and if you are wrong, you can also click upon the reset-button. |
| 3. After having clicked the answer, you can click upon the yellow ball, in the chat window you will see that you are ready with the answer. |
| 4. The answer needs to be clicked within a limited time : 60 seconds , and for midi songs : 120 seconds. |
| 5. Each question time will be stopped manually : the quiz master will click upon a stop-button : a clock is used to see when time is up. |
| 6. < time has expired , now we will look for the scores> : now the balls can't fall into the tube anymore , also the reset-button can't be used |
| 7. The quiz master clicks <game pause> : you can leave your box and look at the results yourself |
| 8. During this time, the game master will analyse who will get 1 point for the question. |
| 9. <Please teleport to your game board box, game will restart soon> |
10. <reset 1-8 , reset 9-16 > : the quiz master resets all game boards so that everyone is ready to play again
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| 11. <get ready for the next question> |
3. Game levels
| There are 2 game levels for there are 40 questions in total. |
| Normal level : You just play the letters. For identical letters you play the red balls. And play the blank balls for a space between 2 words. |
| Speedy level : You finish with the yellow ball. This will appear in the chat window.The first player with a correct answer wins extra points. |
| Difficult level : You click the answer backwards, so that the answer does not appear upsidedown in the transparent tube. |
| You can choose yourself the game level you want, for the difficult level, you get more points. |
4. Points and scores
| 1. If your answer is "almost" correct : 1 point , when is the word "almost" correct ? |
| * if you got letters in wrong order |
| * if there is 1 letter too much |
| * if there is 1 letter missing |
| * if the game time had expired before you could finish the word |
| * if you used a wrong spelling for the word |
| * if you forgot the blank balls (for 2 or 3 letter words) |
| * if you used a red ball, when you could still use a normal letter |
| * we always indicate how many letters are used (e.g. : (3+7) for The Shining : if you only played "shining" , then you only get 1 point.) |
| * if it is obvious that the answer consists of 2 words (e.g. name + surname) , then you will only get 1 point if you only played for the name. |
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| 2. If your answer is totally correct : 2 points |
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| 3. If your totally correct answer has been played in reversed order : 4 points |
| * there is no rule for using the red ball first or last , the choice is free |
| * if the reversed answer is "almost" correct then you get 1 point |
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| 4. If you are the first one with a correct answer : 2 extra points. |
| * if you used the yellow ball too soon , you cannot get the 2 extra points |
| * if you have clicked twice the yellow ball (after a reset), then it's the second time that counts in the chat windows. |
| * if the answer is correct , but there is only a yellow ball in between : then you get 2 points anyway. |
| badges |
| * you get a Silver Trophy if you get a score of 50 points |
| * you get a Gold Trophy if you win a trivia game. |
5. Game rules
| 1. Visibility :With a visibility of 180 meters you can see the game boards of all the players . |
| If your computer can not handle 180m, then you can put a lower visibility , but then don't walk or fly too far away from your game board. |
| This is because the gravity command of the balls will disappear if your game board gets out of the visibilty of your computer. |
| But don't bother : the gravity command is global : all other players and the quiz master will see what you have clicked. |
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| 2. Boxes : The boxes are made to prevent from cheating , so that other players can't click on your game board |
| And to prevent that other avatars fly in front of your game board and tease you that way. |
| A player can enter or leave his gameboard box clicking upon the players number : you can teleport inside the box , or teleport back . |
| The player can also teleport during the question time, to view if the word is correct. |
| Other players can't enter inside your game box, because the teleport command contains the lock owner command as well. |
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| 3. Buttons: the reset-button is inactive after each question, because the quiz master needs time to see the results and give points. |
| The reset-button remains inactive in order to prevent that someone clicks too soon (by mistake or on purpose) upon the reset-button |
| All buttons in the middle of the game field have the clickowner command and can be clicked by the quiz master only. |
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| 4. Teasing : People can spoil the game by typing the answer in the chat or by voip during the question time. |
| This person will be disqualified or can even be ejected. But it is allowed to type the answer when the question time is over. |
| Clicking constantly on the reset-button and yellow ball , or causing flooding in the chat, can also be answered by an eject. |
6. World settings
| There are also some world settings to prevent cheating : |
| Pass-through is desactivated . No other player can enter your gameboard box by using shift. |
| Object selection is desactivated : the players can't view the questions in advance and the trivia balls won't reset by right-clicking. |
| Local Teleports/Invites is desactivated. No other player can teleport or come into your gameboard box |
| Camera Collision is enabled. No other player can look through the walls and click upon your game board in 3rd person view |
| But there remains fun : you can whisper to eachother, you can see what the other players have clicked, and you can use google. |
| The world's minimum visibility is 150 meters : this is the distance from the questions area in the center to the gameboard boxes. |
| If you go outside the game area, then the game will be reset. |
| With a lower visibility , you wouldn't see the questions and instructions in the chat window. |
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