The Game Concepts
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The Inter-Active Website Games of CrosswordPrizes.com are played for cash prizes.
CrosswordPrizes.com's aim is to generate wealth through facilitating exciting and stimulating products in a way which is equitable to all involved, and provides opportunities for knowledge sharing and personal development.
The greater the prize the more difficult the gameset. Each CrosswordPrizes.com Game is accessed through a playing Portal
Each Game has a pre-determined length of time called a Session. Each Session has a number of Gamerooms containing seats
Players buy access to the Game of their choice, and, requiring thought, strategy, research, daring, and steady nerve, Games are fought out in CyberSpace on a competitive basis for Prizes and Prestige
Once a game is Logged as 'completed', a seat in a Gameroom is allocated and the score worked out..
THE CrossWordPrizes.Com GAMES:
HIGHSPEED: $100 prize - 24 hour session - 60 seats per room - Fee $5.50
THINKER: $1,000 prize - 7 day session - 180 seats per room - Fee $11.00
TORNADO: $10,000 prize - 14 day session - 420 seats per room - Fee $33.00 CrosswordPrizes.com
MOONSHOT: $100,000 prize - calender month session - 600 seats per room - Fee $220.00 plus the
FIESTA ACCUMULATOR: an elimination game with prize pools and session running times determined by the number of entrants and geared toward Mobile Phone participation.
PLAYING:
A player may play as an individual or form a CrosswordPrizes.com TEAM of any number, with a maximum of up to 8 players available as simultaneous online players.
Playing Consoles have an inter-player communication panel
Each CrosswordPrizes.com Game is played inside a virtual landscape, through which the Pilot Player drives a virtual craft or ship by using a console (which may be standard or of their own design).
Getting Started:
Players select their level of difficulty Game and pay to load up and play.
Upon payment of the Load Up and Play Fee, a CrosswordPrizes.com Game Portal appears through which the players pilot their console into the Cyber-Space where the Game is contested. Players can save their game and leave the Cyber-Space, then later on can return and continue that game at any time, as often as they like for the duration of the Session.
As the Players pass through the Games Portal into the Cyber-Space, a CrosswordPrizes.com Crossword Board with Cryptic Clues appears in the console window. The board can be shrunk, or reduced to a single word with clue, or expanded to the full board with the touch of a console button.
The Landscape of each Game wil vary and may include a Rainforest journey, a Coral Reef experience, an Inter-Galactic journey etc.
Playing:
As Players navigate through the Landscape they work on their Crossword. The Crosswords have Cryptic Clues, Standard Clues, and URL Lookup Clues.
Navigation through the landscape can be challenging and there are plenty of parking spots avail;able for those who want to concentrate on their crossword only for a while, or have a rest to discuss strategy etc.
Each Landscape is dotted with Bonus opportunities which appear and disappear. The Bonus opportunities feature General Knowledge Questions which may require research via the search engine window.
Some Bonus Opportunities can be used to increase the scoring, some to multiply scoring for a period of time, some can be stored as credits to be cashed in, and some are multiple use. These Bonus Opportunities appear and disappear at points inside the Cyber-space and can be navigated to and investigated (once one is skillful enough to navigate within the space) and if desired, selected and attempted, or ignored.
Within the Landscape of each game there are also Crash spots and Slow Down spots where players are frustrated by time penalties and points loss if not avoided. Skilled Pilots are able to Maximise scoring opportunities from the Bonus array and to avoid pitfalls..
Players complete as much of their crossword and bonus knowledge questions as they choose, utilising bonus features and skills aids, (and avoiding pitfalls), to maximise their scoring. The longer a Player or Team is inside the Landscape space, the more chance they have of getting Bonus Opportunities, (although strategic logging and speed Logging bonuses need to be considered).
Once the Player or team feels they have a competitive score they Log their game at the moment they consider to be the most strategic. Tips and hints on Strategic Logging are available on the Trading Post, and change from game to game.
Games are scored in the Gamesroom. A scoring sliding scale accounts for a number of factors and a total score worked out.
A Logged Game is awarded a numbered position in it's gamesroom depending upon the order it was logged in. (All games saved to accounts and not logged, or still active and not logged will be automatically logged with their current score at the time of closure of their session).
According to the position awarded in the GamesRoom, extra points, bonuses and multipliers are awarded in addition to Bonuses already earned. Bonus logging windows will be advertised in the communications window during games.
Once a Session closes and scoring completed, all players are shown the scoreboard with a breakdown of the winning score and details of any special or bonus prizes awarded. The winner is formally notified and winnings credited immediately to their CrosswordPrizes.com Account. Likewise bonus prize and award winners are notified and paid out.
Rules of the CrosswordPrizes.com Inter-Active Website:
To play, players must have a Player Account and pay from that account a Load Up and Play Fee. No refunds will be given once a load and play fee is payed:
Each Game has a maximum number of players in a room.
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PRIZES:
- Prizes are awarded on points scored, and scoring is derived on merit from the crossword entry and from additional hyper-questions, plus from strategic positioning achieved in the session room.
- Prizes are funded by player entry fees.
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SCORING:
- Scoring is derived on merit from the Logged Game Entry, consisting of the crossword entry, the hyper-questions, Bonuses achieved, less demerits earned, and plus any allocated Bonuses. .Scoring allocations for each Game are available from the Information Panel of the relevant game and from the Trading Post.
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BONUSES:
- .All Bonuses earned in a game or as a result of a game are deemed to belong to the nominated 'Commander' for that Game. .Bonuses available are Skill Star Awards, Random Star Awards, and Room Position Bonuses.
- Skill Star Awards are made to the first ten correct Game Session entries received in order of receipt. .Skill Star Awards can be used as part of games scores or saved and redeemed in bundles for cash.
- Random Star Awards can also be won during games. These can also be cashed in.
- Game Bonuses are available throughout Games on an infrequent and irregular basis and may add points or provide multipliers.
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Room Position Bonuses (dependant upon where are game is logged in a session) will apply to every game, and once again these can be taken as points scored in the game or saved to add to any subsequent game, or else redeemed in bundles for cash.
LOGGING A GAME TO BE SCORED:
- .Players can enter their crossword and hyper questions entry at any time, even if incomplete, in order to get a score allocated. .Games incomplete at session closing time will be automatically deemed as 'logged' and entered for assessment in a session Gamesroom.
- Games still saved to accounts, and not logged at the expiration of a session, will be automatically logged to their session as if completed
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AFFILIATE COMMISSIONS:
- Affiliate Commissions are cash credits funded by player entry fees
- Affiliate Commissions are earned from the activity of introduced players
- Non-Aligned Affiliate Commissions are those arising from the playing activity of players who were not introduced to the site by existing account holders
CrosswordPrizes.com Trading Post
The Trading Post will not only be a Buy and Sell facility, but will be an important Communications Centre on the Inter-Active Website and will feature New Console Add-ons, Tricks and Tips, Strategy hints, Winners lists, Skills Awards, Prestige Status Awards, Charity Support Honour Board, as well as News about Bonus Features, and Competitions.
The Trading Post feature will be a place where players can buy and sell services, hire team members, hire themself out to other teams, buy and sell Bonus Awards for cash-in advantage, advertise wares, chat with other players, provide site feedback and make suggestions, form alliances and strategies, and generally communicate.
The Trading Post is also a place where you can sell or lease all or part of your Income Portals or advertise for, or purchase other Portals on the market, or any other products associated wioth the site
The Trading Post will be available for viewing by all site visitors, but only available for Registered Players to post on or trade in.
