Official Las Vegas Septathalon Rules

All rules subject to change. As always, the official scorekeeper will be Kristin Cahill (whether or not she's here this year). Once the Septathalon begins, all decisions regarding points, finishes, ties, etc. will be made by her. Before the event, she'll be briefed by Scott Dogg and vinnardo on all rules written here, and some others.

For entry confirmation or rule clarification, send email to madfigs@hotmail.com

SCORING

Major Events
1st place: 900 points
2nd place: 800 points
3rd place: 700 points
4th place: 600 points
5th place: 500 points
6th place: 400 points
7th and beyond: 300 points

Supplementary Events
1st place: 350 points
2nd place: 325 points
3rd place: 300 points
4th place: 275 points
5th place: 250 points
6th place: 225 points
7th and beyond: 200 points

SCHEDULE

Due to extremely important (but optional) Saturday night events, we need to be fairly strict at certain points in the schedule to keep things running smoothly. All events will begin as scheduled, and anyone not present and ready to start will be penalized or excluded as need be.
Most importantly: since we will almost certainly be relying on carpools for transportation to most events, anyone who delays their vehicle from leaving on time faces the very real risk of being left behind and/or being stabbed in the face by Scott Dogg. LITERALLY.

GENERAL RULES

The Las Vegas Septathalon easily has the potential to become the most exciting, enjoyable, and memorable event to date! While we can't make it a requirement, we'd like to request that anyone who has a digital camera and/or cameraphone please bring it along for the trip. Our normal photographer will be doing his best, but having multiple people working on the task will certainly help greatly.

EVENT RULES

Frisbee Golf: Everyone will be on equal footing while competing on this never-before-seen course - both skill and split-second decision making will be required for success.
Location: Sunset Park.
Tie breakers: 1st - Score on 7th hole. 2nd - Score on 14th hole. 3rd - Accuracy competition. 4th - Distance competition.

Ultimate Frisbee: Each person gets 5 games, size of teams depends on total number of participants. Rankings based on win/loss record of the first 5 games. The Animal will win this.
Location: Sunset Park
Tie Breakers: 1st - Total points scored. 2nd - Total points scored against (lowest wins). 3rd - "Guts" competition (to 5 points). 4th - 1 on 1 Ultimate (to 3 points).

Ping Pong: Run according to Fresno tournament rules (double elimination, no Paul's Rules). The Draw will be preset and RANDOM. The best will rise to the top anyway. Main bracket and semi-final games will always be played to 21. First round and down-bracket games will be to 21 if time permits, or otherwise to 11.
Location: Las Vegas Table Tennis Club
Tie Breakers: 1st - Tournament history (if the competitors played each other, whoever won). 2nd - Obstacle ping pong (to 11).

Miniature Golf: An exhausting round of 18 holes of mini golf. Cheating = DQ. The official scorer will carry the pirate flag at all times to make her presence known.
Location: The Adventuredome at Circus Circus.
Tie Breakers: 1st - Score on 7th hole. 2nd - Score on 14th hole. 3rd - Love Test Machine. 4th - Dancing Game

Bowling: Combined total of two games. Easy.
Location: The Orleans Casino.
Tie Breakers: 1st - Scores in 7th frame. 2nd - One frame bowl-off (repeated in case of further ties).

The Barefoot Mile: Perhaps the truest Septathalon event. The 'FIGS came together because of running, and hopefully this event will determine the winner. 4 laps, BAREFOOT.
Location: TBA.
Tie Breakers: 1st - 100 meter dash. 2nd - 200 meter dash. 3rd - 400 meter dash. 4th - 800 meter dash. 5th - Battle against The Machine (whoever lives).

Vegas Adventure Race: CLASSIFIED
Location: CLASSIFIED
Tie Breakers: CLASSIFIED

Supplementary Event #1: CLASSIFIED
Location: CLASSIFIED
Tie Breakers: CLASSIFIED
Bonus Points: CLASSIFIED

Supplementary Event #2: Gambling Competition. A required event for Las Vegas! Each person has 30 minutes to earn as much as they can, starting with only $20 cash. Cheating at the competition = DQ, cheating at gambling = broken kneecaps.
Location: Circus Circus Casino
Tie Breakers: tba, Final - Sudden death poker.

Overall Tiebreakers:

1st - Presence at awards ceremony (whoever shows up wins)
2nd - Events completed (most events wins)
3rd - Barefoot running (most events completed barefoot wins)
4th - Special heroics (If any special feats were achieved during the competition)
5th - Mutually agreed-upon test of skill (example: hot oil wrestling)
6th - Little Ceaser's Pizza machine
7th - Pole Vault
8th - Risk
9th - Axis and Allies
10th - Stratego
11th - Gettysburg
12th - You Don't Know Jack
13th - Battle to the death.

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