User:Bwburke94/Proposed Change to Offer Process

The following text is modified from the original season 17 offer process.

GREEN text represents changes made for the season 19 offer process.

RED text represents the proposed changes for season 20 offer process.

BLUE text represents rules from the season 8-14 bidding process adapted for the season 17 offer process.

Glossary

 * Offer: the offer itself.
 * Seller / Bidder : the person making the offer.
 * Buyer: the person giving /  /
 * Closed Offer: An offer which has had its thread closed prior to the end of the offer process. This is generally due to a rule violation by the seller, but this can also be done at the seller's request. Closed offers cannot be chosen as Survivor: Wikia seasons.

Instead of posting your bid publicly, you will send your "offer" to survivorwiki@gmail.com, where the offers sent will be posted publicly by Bailey a Survivor ORG Wiki sysop, leaving the bidder's name anonymous.

Rules

 * You are not allowed to include co-hosts or logos in your bid. A separate nominations ceremony will be held regarding all of that when the offering is over.
 * You are allowed to include graphics and other external links, provided that all graphics relate to only the location and not the season itself.
 * Offers may be submitted in either plain text or wikicode. If the offer is submitted in wikicode, the seller is responsible for ensuring all internal and external links work properly. The person posting the offer is responsible for posting it in the correct format.
 * As offers are private, advertising your bid in anyway/form is strictly banned. You cannot send messages to people saying "Please support!" telling them to support or oppose an offer.
 * Any offer that has been linked to the buyers by a host (or people associated with the host) will result in expulsion be closed.
 * You are NOT, I repeat NOT allowed to reveal that you are the person behind the offer. Failure of doing so will result in expulsion the closure of your offer.
 * Once your offer is posted, YOU CANNOT CHANGE IT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST. So when you send in your offer, every detail must be explained and you must be 100% happy with it!
 * As Wes, Gerda, Bailey and [Alfons] certain people with access to the Survivor Wiki email address will know the identities of sellers, we they are NOT eligible to be 'buyers'.
 * Offers must include a number of contestants ranging from 16 to 21 22, inclusive. This total includes contestants eliminated as part of an opening Schoolyard Pick or other similar twist. This rule does not apply to seasons that do not go through an offer process.
 * No more than 3 four returning players are allowed to be included in an offer! If there are 1-3, Their identities must ALL be revealed or hinted at in some way. The number of returnees must be divisible by the number of initial tribes. If the game starts in an Anarchy stage, the number of contestants must be divisible by half the number of returnees.
 * The length of all offered seasons (in virtual days) must be 39 or 39.5 days. The Final Tribal Council must be held on Day 39, and no other game activity may take place on that day. The day limit does not apply to seasons that do not go through an offer process.
 * Sellers must not reveal the specific points where twists occur. This includes, but is not limited to, tribe switches, the merge, the start of the Jury stage, and how many contestants face the Jury. Twists that occur prior to the first official Tribal Council are excluded from this rule.
 * Revealing a Final Two and/or a seven-member Jury in a "Back to Basics" offer does not violate this rule, as the Final Two can be inferred from the premise of the season.
 * Each buyer must have a minimum of 15 20 words included as a justification, or their Support/Neutral/Oppose will not be accepted !
 * As we prefer quality over quantity, sellers will only be able to Support/Neutral/Oppose one bid sellers will not be allowed to rate offers. However, they are still allowed to comment on offer threads, provided they do not violate any other rules. Sellers whose offers have been closed are still bound by this restriction.