Monster Mash: Medusa vs. Sphinx
There’s a scent on the wind. It smells like… bonuses. It also smells… bestial. Big, bad, nasty bonuses and beasties. Could it be VS time again? It sure is. And here at HQ, we can probably think of enough monsters to fill, well, a monster manual, but we have it on good authority that the Dungeons & Dragons folks already wrote that, so here we are, giving you monsters two at a time to fight for supremacy. How about some favorites from antiquity?
Medusa
- Powers: turning the unfortunate viewer into stone
- Distinguishing characteristic: snakes for hair… they tend to make a creepy impresssssssion
- Weakness: ludicrously patient folks who feel like running around backwards with a mirror in hand
Sphinx
- Powers: asking lethally tough questions
- Distinguishing characteristic: a human head on a lion’s body, also sometimes a bird’s wings
- Weakness: ludicrously smart folks, presumably
So: would Medusa be clever enough to defeat the Sphinx? Or would the Sphinx be sneaky enough to defeat Medusa? This mythical madness will commence at 11:00 AM EDT on 6/2 and run for 24 hours.
The usual bonuses
Earn 5,000 points – 2,500 bonus
Earn 15,000 points – 5,000 bonus
Earn 25,000 points – 10,000 bonus
For every 25,000 points above 25,000 – 5,000 bonus
Member of winning team (if you’ve scored at least 2,500 points) – 10,000 bonus
Highest scorer on each team – 5,000 bonus
Player with #1 overall score – 10,000 bonus
Player with #2 overall score – 5,000 bonus
Player with #3 overall score – 2,500 bonus