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DIY Sport Olympics

There should be an olympics, like the super-pentathalon.

Participants

There are about 10 participants in each "event"

Each Participant will choose one "game" or "activity".

The participants will then all compete in this activity, and their scores ranked. First place will get 10 points, 2nd place 9 pts etc.

So everyone plays one game they invented, and nine games they are trying for the first time.

The games

Can be anything - board games, puzzles, or weird physical challenges. Or else, just normal physical challenges.

The Rules

The games need to have a scoring mechanism which doesn't have ties. It'd be great if they were designed in a way not to make the person the winner by default. (i.e. they couldn't be like, the winner is the person whose height is closest to my height) - they have to be real competitions. Hmm, perhaps award the game creator to get zero points for finishing first? require him to finish second or later?

The Timing

There are a few ways this could be done - the participants may have almost no warning - just go into the field and hear about the game then try it. Or, they could be isolated, and hear the rules description for all 10 first, and then have some time to prepare.

• With just a few minutes to prepare, and no coaching, it'd require some really smart people to compete it the more difficult events.
• If they had a week to prepare beforehand, it could be interesting to see them do it as an individual - isolated. If the week allows for outside coaching, they'd really be playing their country's strategy.
• If they had a year to prepare, it would be really neat to see different countries suddenly have to invent an infrastructure for this game. They'd recruit players and coaches from all sports, scientists, strategists, and create internal leagues. Some might field teams of refocused basketball players - another of soccer players because they understood the game differently. It would have a lot to say about the ways countries organize information - some countries may just adopt and practice a central strategy from the top. Others might make their own free internal league, and then just use the strategy of the winning team.

Games which had lots of strategy would be interesting, because it'd select for creative, smarter people.

Second Level

Second Level playing would be:

• all participants are brought into a room.
• a restriction / playing field / equipment set is listed.
• each player has 1 hour to come up with a game.
• they all play alone / in teams / one on one in a tournament

Calculate the results.

This game would require really smart, but also really able people, and a lot of study of the history of sports.

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