Season 16 ends on Sunday and I have a lot of feedback to go through to plan Season 17. But, I wanted to give a few updates. First, Season 17 is already being planned and is well under way. I can't reveal the theme or anything yet, but I can confirm that it will start sometime not too long after WrestleMania. I did get a few votes for an immediate start, with WrestleMania as the championship game, but I didn't want to leave everyone without something to do. So, I've planned out our next ACFW mini game... Road to WrestleMania!
Since the winner of our prediction mini game gets the 1st draft pick for Season 17, the winner of this mini game will get to take their pick of any other draft pick (2nd pick, last pick, whatever they'd like). This mini game has two parts:
To start, there will be a Royal Rumble mini game this Sunday. Everyone will get to choose three numbers. Those three entry numbers in the Men's and Women's Royal Rumble matches are your six wrestlers for the mini game. You score 1 point per elimination and 5 points if one of your wrestlers wins the match. (These points are only for the Rumble and don't count toward the standings for the full mini game)
Those wrestlers will remain your team for the rest of the mini game, which continues with Monday Night Raw on February 1st. Here is how the game will be scored:
- Points for the Royal Rumble (3 points for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd place, 1 point for 3rd and 4th place)
- 1 point per match won by any of your wrestlers
Wrestlers can be eliminated from the game also:
- If a wrestler loses a match (in any way), they are eliminated from the game.
- If a wrestler doesn’t appear on at least one show in a week, they are eliminated.
The last team standing wins the mini game. If more than one team reaches WrestleMania, the team with the most points wins.
There are also special abilities you can earn during the game. Beginning after the Royal Rumble, you:
- Gain a 'weapon' special ability if any of your wrestlers holds a weapon on Raw, Smackdown, or NXT
- Gain a 'promo' special ability if any of your wrestlers holds a microphone on Raw, Smackdown, or NXT
Here are the weapon special abilities:
- Steel Chair: Use before a week starts. Target one opposing wrestler. Those wrestler must win a match this week or be eliminated.
- Sledgehammer: Use after a week ends. If one of your wrestlers lost this week, they are not eliminated.
- Table: Use before a week starts. Target one opposing wrestler. If that wrestler doesn't win a match this week, you score 2 points.
- Ladder: Use before a week starts. Steal one 'promo' special ability from another player.
Here are the promo special abilities:
- Via Satellite: Use after a week ends. If one of your wrestlers didn't appear this week, they are not eliminated.
- Cheap Pop: Immediately gain 1 point.
- Interview: Use before a week starts. Steal one 'weapon' special ability from another player.
- Promo: Use before a week starts. Target one of your wrestlers. If they win a match this week, they score 3 points instead of 1.
Once a special ability is taken, it is gone. Once all 4 have been taken, all 4 become available to be chosen again. You can only gain one 'promo' and one 'weapon' special ability per week.
Since the Royal Rumble is random, some people are going to lose wrestlers early in the game (since surprise entrants don't usually stick around for long). So don't expect your 6 wrestler team to last very long. The key to the game will be using special abilities to keep your team alive as long as possible. Best of luck to everyone who decides to play. I'll automatically add everyone who plays to the Season 17 roster. If you'd like to play Season 17 but not the mini game, please let me know ASAP so you don't get left off the list.
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