Game-O-Rama

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'''Game-O-Rama''' is where a camper and a counselor face each other in a random competition. Could be athletic as pushups, or random like balancing a spoon on your nose.  The camper would first bid number of tickets within the limit, and then choose a counselor to face.  Then, the camper would randomly select a competition out of a cup.  Obviously, if the camper wins, he gets the amount of tickets he bid, and if he loses, he loses his tickets.
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'''Game-O-Rama''' is where a [[Night Market]] game where a camper and a counselor face each other in a random competition. The camper chooses the counselor he or she would like to challenge (out of 2-3 counselors manning the station), then randomly chooses one of several predetermined challanges. These challenges vary widely and could be athletic in nature, such as most pushups or sit-ups in 30 seconds, or could be random like balancing a spoon on your nose.  The camper first bets a number of tickets and then choose a counselor to face.  Then, the camper would randomly select a competition out of a cup.  If the camper wins, he/she gets the amount of tickets he bid, and if he loses, he loses his tickets.
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<br>The contests are/were: Situps. Pushups, Horsestance, Sitting Toe Reach, Hardboiled Egg Race, Categories, Staring Contest, Saltine Eating, Water Drinking, Flip Cup, Spoon On Nose Balancing, One Leg Balance, Karate Kid Stance, Dizzy Racing, 360˚ Shirt Turn
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<br>Previous challenges have included: Most Sit-ups in 30 seconds, Most Pushups in 30 seconds, Maintain the [[Horse Stance]] the longest (enforced by placing a saltine cracker on each participant's thigh), Sitting Toe Reach, Hardboiled Egg Race, Categories (the camper chooses a category and alternates with the counselor in naming words from that category; first to hesitate or repeat a word loses), Staring Contest, Saltine Cracker Eating (who can eat 6 the fastest), Water Drinking, Flip Cup, Spoon On Nose Balancing, One Leg Balance, Karate Kid Stance, Dizzy Racing, 360˚ Shirt Turn, Long Jump, Vertical Leap.
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In 2003, [[Stephen Liang]] mispelled the "Game-O-Rama" sign to say '''Game-O-Gama.''' His nickname for that year was henceforth "Stev-O-Gama," a play on his prior nickname, "Stevo."
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===Memorable Game-O-Rama Events:===
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[[Image:horsestance.jpg]]
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*<br>Camper [[April Kwan]] owning [[Kevin Fang]] in horse stance. 2005
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[[Category:Games]]

Current revision as of 02:44, 23 August 2006

Game-O-Rama is where a Night Market game where a camper and a counselor face each other in a random competition. The camper chooses the counselor he or she would like to challenge (out of 2-3 counselors manning the station), then randomly chooses one of several predetermined challanges. These challenges vary widely and could be athletic in nature, such as most pushups or sit-ups in 30 seconds, or could be random like balancing a spoon on your nose. The camper first bets a number of tickets and then choose a counselor to face. Then, the camper would randomly select a competition out of a cup. If the camper wins, he/she gets the amount of tickets he bid, and if he loses, he loses his tickets.


Previous challenges have included: Most Sit-ups in 30 seconds, Most Pushups in 30 seconds, Maintain the Horse Stance the longest (enforced by placing a saltine cracker on each participant's thigh), Sitting Toe Reach, Hardboiled Egg Race, Categories (the camper chooses a category and alternates with the counselor in naming words from that category; first to hesitate or repeat a word loses), Staring Contest, Saltine Cracker Eating (who can eat 6 the fastest), Water Drinking, Flip Cup, Spoon On Nose Balancing, One Leg Balance, Karate Kid Stance, Dizzy Racing, 360˚ Shirt Turn, Long Jump, Vertical Leap.

In 2003, Stephen Liang mispelled the "Game-O-Rama" sign to say Game-O-Gama. His nickname for that year was henceforth "Stev-O-Gama," a play on his prior nickname, "Stevo."


Memorable Game-O-Rama Events:

Image:horsestance.jpg

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