SmackDown: MadMike's Revenge!

MadMike's Revenge

There I was... Bloodied, bruised, beaten. My ass bones shattered. Rips in my favourite yellow shirt. Snot running down my chin. Urine trickling down my leg. I cried out for help but all of you passed me by—driving, walking, hitchhiking with your tongue hanging out the window of the car that picked you up. Some of you were drunk and/or stoned and you laughed at me (HardeeBurger, that's you). You said I was nuts and that I was better off in a zoo.

You thought I was dead.

But I'm stronger now. And all full of vengeance. All I want to do is let it out. All over your big, stupid faces.

And I've got a game to play with all of you. I call it... SMACKDOWN: MADMIKE'S REVENGE!

Here's my game: It's a Sci-Fi SmackDown. You daring individuals will compete in prompted rounds, to write the very best Science-Fiction shorts and eliminate all others and claim the title of SmackDown Champion! There will be—I hope—16–24 competitors and 4–6 judges.

You will not be versing each other one-on-one, but everybody will fight it out together. The people with the lowest scores for each round will be eliminated, with the number of people eliminated varying with each round. Yes, you will be scored, and scoring criteria will be adhered to by the team of judges—if it isn't adhered to, MadMikeMarsbergen gives himself permission to overrule their judgement. This ain't no democracy, gang—not unless I say so.

Anyway, the scoring criteria:

Prompt Adherence
Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation
Story Enjoyability

Each category has a maximum possible score of five points, meaning a grand total of fifteen points for a "perfect" story. Ties will be determined by MadMike himself. Myself. Yes, me.

BUT... This isn't quite a SmackDown as you know it. There will be twists. What kinds of twists? Shut the fuck up, put the carrot back in your ass, give your ears a good pull, and I'll tell you.

Twist 1: Here and there we'll be doing non-elimination bonus rounds. When announced, you will have a given number of hours to write a story of so many words with the given prompts. Anyone who succeeds will be given an advantage in the next round—or pieces of an advantage. The advantage is: Your highest score will be bumped to a perfect 5/5—if you've already got a 5, your next-highest score will go up to a 5/5; if you've got a 15/15, you'll get a +1 to your total, making it 16/15. You do not need to take part in these. If you feel confident enough in your own abilities, then by all means do not take part.

Twist 2: There will be two Redemption Idols hidden at the beginning of Round 1. They can be found in any story located on my—MadMikeMarsbergen's—page. Clues will be given at the beginning of Round 1. When you find the image, the first person to PM MadMikeMarsbergen with the accompanying keywords gets the idol. The idol will be used automatically if you're eliminated, and you will rejoin the SmackDown to compete in the next round.

Twist 3: Starting with Round 5, those eliminated from the SmackDown will have the opportunity of joining the Jury—just like the jury in Survivor. This is a lot like being a judge, except you're a former competitor and you're pissed off like I was when I was dying in that ditch back in paragraph 1. In the Grand Final, you will get to vote for the competitor you think should win SmackDown: MadMike's Revenge!

Twist 4: I can make up more twists whenever I want. That's right. Be scared. 'Cause they're gonna happen, peeps.

Understood? Any questions—post them in the comments, or you can PM MadMikeMarsbergen, and I should be able to answer them.

But that isn't all, folks. To enter this SmackDown, you need to write up a little entry tale. Check the next part for the details on that...

If you dare.