[FUN GAME] Swimmers and Points!

Okay, so this is a game I've played before, but not with swimmers. It was the major characters from the tv show LOST. It's a very democratic game that centers around the giving and taking away of points. For examples' sake, let's say we have five swimmers: Dara Torres Michael Phelps Rowdy Gaines Mark Spitz Mary T. Meagher Now, let's give each one 10 points. Dara Torres - 10 Michael Phelps - 10 Rowdy Gaines - 10 Mark Spitz - 10 Mary T. Meagher - 10 Next, let's say a player has two points. He can give these two points to someone, he can take two points away from someone, or he can give one point to someone and take one point from someone else. Let's say this player wants to take away 2 points from Phelps: Dara Torres - 10 Michael Phelps - 8 Rowdy Gaines - 10 Mark Spitz - 10 Mary T. Meagher - 10 Then let's say a bunch of players basically dogpile on Phelps. Eventually, Phelps gets down to this: Dara Torres - 10 Michael Phelps - 0 Rowdy Gaines - 10 Mark Spitz - 10 Mary T. Meagher - 10 Once a swimmer gets down to zero, he's out! He can't come back into the Points Game until the next game starts (if that ever happens). You can use any criteria you want for the giving or taking away of points. You can give or take based on simply liking a swimmer, or simply thinking he or she is the best of all time or better than others on the list, or whatever other criteria you want to use. But you have to play by the rules! The winner is the last swimmer standing! (or is that swimming?) Rules 1. After you give or take points, you may go again only after 4 other forum posters have taken their turn after you. Based on how active the game is, I may modify, with forewarning, this rule to 3 or 5 or other numbers if necessary. 2. You may add a swimmer to the list, but only if s/he has not already been in the game and eliminated. Adding a swimmer takes the place of playing points, so it's either/or, you can't do both in one turn. Once you have added a swimmer, you may not do so again until you have gone another 3 turns. 3. You may only use a total of 2 points in one turn, so you can use your points in one of 5 potential ways: 1.) +2 , 2.) -2 , 3.) +1 +1 , 4.) -1 -1 , 5.) or +1 -1 . 4. When you play points, please don't just repost the swimmer list with your change(s), but also say how you played your points at the bottom of your post. So, if you take 2 points from Dara Torres, change the swimmer list accordingly and post it anew, and then at the bottom, state, "-2 Dara." 5. Sometimes this game can get really hot and active, so I reserve the power, as game host, to PAUSE the game in the event that I feel the swimmer list is not accurately reflecting point changes. This usually happens because two or more players "stumble" over each other, posting and playing points at the same time. Once I have reviewed recent point-plays and made the sure the list is correct, I will RESUME the game. 6. Last but not least, you can't add anyone that posts here. Things would get nasty if points started getting subtracted from a fellow forumite. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound good? Alright! Let's get started. We will begin with these ten swimmers: Johnny Weissmuller - 10 Mark Spitz - 10 Matt Biondi - 10 Rowdy Gaines - 10 Michael Phelps - 10 Janet Evans - 10 Dara Torres - 10 Tracy Caulkins - 10 Natalie Coughlin - 10 Mary T. Meagher - 10 I will go first. Johnny Weissmuller - 8 Mark Spitz - 10 Matt Biondi - 10 Rowdy Gaines - 10 Michael Phelps - 10 Janet Evans - 10 Dara Torres - 10 Tracy Caulkins - 10 Natalie Coughlin - 10 Mary T. Meagher - 10 -2 Johnny. Your vine's getting short, Tarzan!