S5C13 - The Climax

Penguin874 woke up on a toilet seat, holding a beat up notebook and a mechanical pencil. Once he got the chance to realize what was going on, Matbolabc opened up the stall door. "Peng, I know you're feeling sick from those chicken fingers you had last night at that Chinese buffet, but you need to get out here. Everyone's ready to fight for their spot in the finale."

Peng shook his head and slowly rose from the seat. He stumbled through the bathroom all the way to the door. Once he exited the foul-smelling room, he realized that he needed to look good for the cameras...which always resulted in a hard workout involving 35-pound weights.

"Peng, we need to head out," Mat announced, flipping through a paper-filled clipboard. "We'll be live in about two minutes."

The two hosts headed for the room where the challenge would take place. Andre was not being legite a mite, Bumble was eating nail polish, and Lew needed to use the loo. It was the normal routine for the finalists, and they were basically only doing that while desperately waiting for the chance to actually compete after two weeks of pure nothing.

A cameraman signaled over to Peng, letting him know that he was ready to start broadcasting the challenge to the world. Mat patted him on the back, and motioned for him to step onto the stage. The two gulped as they were about to announce the beginning of a new challenge. After today...one of these finalists would definitely be in the finale and choose who their opponent is.

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Hello, everyone! This week, we had a tense challenge filled with suspense and heated feelings. Some of the contestants felt like their heart was going to beat out of their chest. Either way, we were able to keep track of what was asked and who got the PC sent to Mat first. 

Who will be deciding the finale? 

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TL;DR

• Bumble has earned 10 tickets for participating, answering the questions right 3 times in a row first, and winning. She now has to leave a comment saying who she wants with her in the finale.

• Andre and Lew are at Bumble's mercy after earning just 1 ticket.

Congratulations, everyone who has made it this far. Even if you do not get chosen by Bumble, hopefully you realize that you've made it farther than more than 3/4 of the competitors.

Bumble, please leave a comment telling us who you want with you in the finale. The results will be posted tomorrow in the Elimination Ceremony.

-Penguin874

Host of CPSkool

S5C13 - AYSTAP Part II

Hey everybody, Peng and Mat here! We've finally made it, after the last 14 weeks, to this moment: the Final 3.

Remember when the season started all the way back in December? Look where you contestants are now. You are forever memorialized on the Hall of Fame, even if you are chosen to be eliminated this week.

Yes, I said it. This week, the winner decides who will be in the finale with them. This is because if Person A won the challenge and immunity, Person B could only vote for Person C, and Person C could only vote Person B. So by default, the winner is the only vote that counts.

What is the actual challenge itself, you ask? Well, as the title of the post infers, we will be having another round of AYSTAP, except this time it is focused entirely on this season, which should make it an easy battlefield for everyone playing.

HOW TO PLAY AND WIN THE CHALLENGE

We will have a trivia game on an external chat room. One by one, Mat and I will ask questions about this season to the finalists. In order to win that question, you must be the first person to private message us the correct answer. We WILL NOT tell the contestants the results.

The winner will be revealed on the challenge post, where they will cast their sole vote for elimination.

This is it people! If you want to be in the finals you have to fight harder than ever before.

TICKETS

TIMES AND DATES

The results for this challenge will be revealed on March 24th (25th in Australia), 2012.

The times will be:

11 AM - Pacific

12 PM - Mountain

1 PM - Central

2 PM - Eastern

6 AM - Melbourne, Australia

MAKE SURE TO LET US KNOW IF THIS TIME WILL WORK FOR YOU!

Remember to study up on this season; don't overlook anything. Winning this challenge is the greatest thing you can ever do besides winning the season.

If you are chosen by the winner, the 2 of you will earn your next spot in the CPSkool Hall of Fame as the final 2...

(Remember, both of the final 2 will also become permanent moderators on the chat.)

-CPSkool Team

S5C12 - WHICH WIRE?

"GET ME THE WIRE CUTTER!" 


"I CAN'T MAKE IT BACK IN TIME...WE'VE ONLY GOT TWO MINUTES!"


"THE CARGO DOOR'S STUCK! WE CAN'T EVEN GET OU---"

(20 minutes earlier)

The finalists went about their normal, everyday activities. Wake up, get something to eat, watch the TV, go on the computer, all the usual. No one suspected that there was something completely wrong that day. They didn't know that had they made one mistake, there would be no more second chances.

Bumble poured herself a box of Frostyflakes while Wii sat on the couch watching "Shark-o-Mania", which was all the TV played for some reason. Mat sat alongside him, a puddle of urine on the ground and a bottle of milk to keep him from going insane from fear.

Suddenly, Penguin874 walked into the room with complete fear on his face.

"What's wrong, dude?" Lew asked, turning away from his "Little Pony" marathon.

"...There's a problem, everyone," Peng replied, taking a seat, making sure to dodge Mat's puddle. "Apparently, when we were in Italy, a crazed fan sneaked onto the ship and placed an improvised explosive. It's going to go off in...21 minutes."

"Wow...it would be terrible storytelling if this was all a challenge results post that was written by in a third person omniscient point of view that started off 20 minutes from now and then flashed back to now," Andre said.

Andre was taken out of the room by security guards and did not participate in the challenge.

"Ok...how about this? We could have a challenge where you three have to find the bomb and defuse it! If you do, I'll put you in the Final 3..."

Bumble, Lew, and Wii looked at each other and nodded.

"NOW, WADDLE ON!"

The contestants looked around the cruise ship, filled with anxiety. After 15 minutes, they were about to give up hope...until Wii heard a ticking noise...

"The bomb is in the cargo!"

"Good job, Wii...I'll give you props for finding the bomb, but we need to actually DEFUSE IT!" Mat yelled.

Bumble ran into the door, trying to break it down. It broke off the hinges immediately and flew about 30 feet  away. "Wow...that messed up my nail polish." She rolled her eyes and lead the way inside.

"If I were a possible terrorist who wanted to blow up a cruise ship, where would I put the bomb..." Lew wondered. "OH! I'd hide it in that suitcase over there..."

Lew walked over to the suitcase he indicated above, and sure enough, it was inside.

"Ok...is it time for us to say exactly what was said at the beginning of the post?"

"Yep."

"GET ME THE WIRE CUTTER!" 


"I CAN'T MAKE IT BACK IN TIME...WE'VE ONLY GOT TWO MINUTES!"


"THE CARGO DOOR'S STUCK! WE CAN'T EVEN GET OU---"

"You're the one who broke the cargo door open, Bumble..."

"Oh. Yeah. Right."

Lew opened his mouth and bit the blue wire with his tooth. The bomb ticked all the way to 2 seconds...and stopped.

"Ok, Lew, since you saved our lives, you once again win a challenge in the finals. You've won every single one since you got into the Final 5."

Everyone jumped in the air filled with happiness. They picked Lew up and used him as means of opening the cargo door.

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TL;DR:

• Lew has won 5 tickets for participating and winning!
• Bumble and Wii have earned 1 ticket for participating.
• Andre has earned his second strike of the season.

BE SURE TO LEAVE YOUR VOTE FOR EITHER BUMBLE, WII, OR ANDRE!

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Well, everyone, we are at a critical point in the season. Next week will be one of the most important challenges of the season. 

We are willing to reschedule if a contestant cannot make it.

Hope your skills will be honed enough to win the challenge!

-Penguin874

S5C12 - Which Challenge Won?

Welcome back everyone to the following up of the Monday post. Because of the results of the poll we held over the week, the contestants will now have to face the challenge that has brought up extreme negativity. 

However, I think that some of the finalists have warmed up to it, which I see as a very positive change from the usual.

The point of this post right here is to explain to you the basic rundown of the challenge that we will be having tomorrow. I am hoping that all the contestants will be able to see this and make it to the challenge.

HOW TO WIN THIS CHALLENGE

In case you haven't been following the millions of game ban challenges we've held over the months, then here is an explanation of how one works:

We have the contestants do a certain number of rounds of the game. Whoever gets the highest time (like golf, the lower the better) gets kicked out of the challenge for the time being. The contestant who lasts the longest gets immunity and glory.

HOW TICKETS WILL BE GIVEN OUT

THE TIMES AND DATES

The results for this challenge will be revealed on March 10th (11th in Australia), 2012.

The times will be:

4 PM - Pacific

5 PM - Mountain

6 PM - Central

7 PM - Eastern

11 AM - Melbourne, Australia

MAKE SURE TO LET US KNOW IF THIS TIME WILL WORK FOR YOU!

That's all for now. I'll see you in the Final 3!

-CPSkool Team

S5C10 - Who Let the Ghosts Out?

An eery moaning spread across the cruise ship on the night of the challenge. They docked in Ireland at one of the darkest hours of the night...three. Everyone was still in bed except for Lewis. He couldn't sleep because of Andy's amazingly loud snoring. He stood at the edge of the deck, staring out into the sea.

Suddenly, he felt like something was touching his shoulder... but there was nothing behind him. "Must have been my imagination," he shrugged.

Bumble walked out in a bathrobe and looked over at him. "What are you still doing up?"

"Can't sleep...hey, did you see that?" questioned Lewis.

"See what?"

Lew looked over at the forest near the dock. He saw a white figure fly by very fast before turning invisible.

"Do you believe in ghosts?"

"Where did that come from?'' Bumble looked puzzled.

"Come over here...I saw something over there..."

Lewis motioned for Bumble to come over, and then he pointed his flipper over at the strange part of the forest. "I'm gonna head over there...I may need backup. Alert the others...we need to investigate."

Bumble hesitated before rushing over to the dorms. Lewis sprinted over the ledge of the cruise ship and swam to the forest.

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Hello everyone, this week I (Mat) took on Peng's role of challenge host.

This week the top 6 contestants had to capture ghosts! This was a very fast-paced challenge but thankfully it ran extremely smooth.

(RIP Season 4 contestant, Fluffy54605)

The contestants present at the challenge were Bumble, Spoil, Andy, Andre, and Lewis. We met up on Pandanda and waited patiently for the ghostly game to trigger. There were a total of 3 rounds, below are the results of each:

Round 1:

Round 2:

Round 3:

The total points scored by each contestant are as followed:

Lewis - 72 ghosts

Andy - 58 ghosts

Bumble - 55 ghosts

Spoil - 37 ghosts

Andre - 34 ghosts

Meaning...

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TL;DR:

• Lewis has earned 5 tickets, plus immunity!
• Andy has earned 4 tickets.
• Spoil, Bumble, and Andre have earned 1 ticket.
• Wii has gotten 1 strike.

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Thanks for the great challenge everyone, and congratulations Lewis, you have successfully made it into the FINAL 5 of CPSKOOL FOREVER! Not only do you now have a 1 in 5 shot at winning the competition, you have secured a spot in the CPSkool Hall of Fame!

Who will join Lewis in the semi-finals of 'CPSkool Forever' and who will leave the competition tomorrow night?

• Andre
• Andy
• Bumble
• Spoil
• or Wii

All contestants must cast their vote before 7 PM EST tomorrow night.

Good luck!

-Matbolabc

S5C9 - Poetry Slam

(Quick Note: I've decided to start having weekly polls about random things. Be sure to give us your opinion!)

Valentine's Day love filled the air as the contestants woke up and made their way down to the cafeteria to get some breakfast. There were seven of them left, so they wanted their time together to last longer. 

Every week from now on was like a week for them to get to know each other more, to realize who they want to take with them farther, and who smelled like crap in the morning, whom they all agreed was all of them, even with fancy perfumes.

At the cafeteria, Penguin874 was on the stage, going over some paperwork with Mat. He looked over and saw everyone walk in, and he waddled over as fast as he could.

"Hey, everybody! This week, we're going to have all of you read your stories and poems as if we're having a poetry slam. But, first, let's have you guys get some lunch. Plus, if you want to dress like a hipster, I'll leave time for that afterwards."

Everyone smiled at each other, and once they nodded, they rushed to the front of the line. Today's menu consisted of Andre's Mom's hair lasagna and macaroni without the cheese. It was something they couldn't afford to miss.

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Hey, everybody! This week, the post is mainly just the story and the results. Usually when we have a post that has the results of stories and poems, we just paste the whole thing into the post.

This time, we decided to change things up.

I've spent the last four days working on a website that has all seven stories/poems on it. In every story and poem, there is a book with a unique cover. Inside, there are pictures that match the story you are reading!

In order to stop skimmers from being successful, I will put the results of the challenge on the front page of the link you can check out here. Click on the "RESULTS" button to obviously see the results. 

For the people who skim to the bottom of the site instead of reading the post, here's a picture of someone who did not win:

I'll be sure to watch chat to see who says "OMG DRAKE WON" or something like that when the post is released. (Just a test, I won't be doing this every week).

After you're done viewing the results, please send your vote. Remember, you can only vote for whoever did not win. 

Sorry for the wordy post, but I think the story site makes up for it. 

The elimination post will be out MONDAY, because Mat cannot be on until that day. I will publish the Monday post on Tuesday.

-Penguin874

S5C8 - CODEBAN!

(Souvenir Shop will be open from February 6th to the 10th)

Hey everybody, Peng here once again for a Monday post explaining how this week's challenge is going to work. Last week, we had a lot of negative feelings towards the games Snakeban and Codeban. Since we love you guys so much, we decided to go with the popular decision...

We will be having Codeban this week!

HOW TO PLAY CODEBAN

Codeban, if you don't know, is a game that involves guessing, but investigative guessing. You have to pick a certain order of smileys, and if you keep getting the order right, you move onto the next set of smileys. In order to make sure you are confused, here is a scientific explanation of potassium: The last two species, especially the superoxide, are rare and are formed only in reaction with very electropositive metals; these species contain oxygen—oxygen bonds. All potassium—oxygen binary compounds are known to react with water violently, forming potassium hydroxide. This compound is a very strong alkali, and 1.21 kg of it can dissolve as much as a liter of water.

TICKETS

Ok, so now that you completely understand how Codeban works, here are the tickets:

CHALLENGE DATE AND TIMES

This week's challenge will take place some point this month, I haven't decided yet.

I don't know what time it will be, just be on chat some point during the month ok?

WELP THAT'S THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE, HOPE YOU ENJOY!

Don't comment your suggestions or questions, we don't need them.

-Penguin874 and Matbolabc

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Just kidding, everybody! This week's challenge will actually take place on the online game called MiniMonos! We've decided not to do Codeban...yet.

HOW TO SIGN UP AND GET STARTED ON PLAYING MONKEY FIST!

Log onto http://minimonos.com/ and just click on the yellow/orange colored button with the words "NEW MONKEY" on it. It has a black square around it in the picture.

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NOTE (VERY, VERY IMPORTANT): Before you confirm your settings for your new monkey, BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR OPTIONS TO THE LEFT OF THE GO BUTTON LOOK LIKE THIS:

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Once you've confirmed your account with the email provided, go back to the site and go to PLAY NOW! Do the obvious signing in, and choose the server that we tell you at the challenge.

You'll spawn in your treehouse.

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There's a bunch of crap all over the place. Just click on the map surrounded by the black square in this picture at the bottom right.

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Click on the area at the bottom left of the map (it's rolled over in this picture).

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Run over to the stones surrounded by a black square in the picture, and you will be brought to a screen that lets you play!

HOW TO PLAY MONKEYFIST!

Up to 10 monkeys can join this game. Basically, there is a master monkey who does one of four poses that you have choose each round. If you or any other monkey chooses the same pose as the master, they are out. The game keeps going until there is only one monkey left.

HOW TO WIN THIS CHALLENGE!

On challenge day, we will get all the contestants on the CPSkoolForever chat and tell them the server. Once we all log in, we will go to Master Wu Lee and do the game. We will keep doing games until the same person wins twice. 

As it shows in the ticket chart below, if you win one game but you don't win twice, you will still be rewarded!

HOW TICKETS WILL BE GIVEN OUT!

CHALLENGE TIMES AND DATE!

The challenge date is Saturday, February 11th (12th in Australia), 2012.

This challenge times are:

4 PM - Pacific

5 PM - Mountain

6 PM - Central

7 PM - Eastern

11 AM - Melbourne

BE SURE TO TELL US IF THE TIME IS GOOD FOR YOU.

Ok, I think that's all for now. Thanks for reading the post, and please comment any of your questions about the challenge so we can fix it by Saturday!

-Penguin874 & Matbolabc

S5C7 - Finally Getting Somewhere!

NEW POLL ON THE RIGHT!

The sound of a horn awoke the contestants, causing them to run to the elevator like usual and check out the scene. On the main deck, the movers were able to be seen inland driving away with their possessions. Penguin874 and Matbolabc walked towards the group, holding paperwork and clipboards.

"Nice to see you all again...today, we are finally leaving the docks of Japan!"

Everyone cheered with extreme joy. Even though Japan was a fun country to be at, they really wished they could just leave and head out. There's a humongous world out there, filled with adventure and excitement.

"Now, because it's early in the morning, we should be able to get to our next country by around late afternoon. Who wants to watch some movies? I've rented a few of them from the market."

After a couple hours passed, the contestants landed to the homeland of the Soviet Union. Just like the Space Race in Russia, the contestants were going to compete for whoever could complete the challenge in the shortest amount of time. If they didn't, one of them would be out one by one as the rounds went by.

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Hey, everybody! Here are the results of how the challenge went:

ROUND 1

Lew - 5 seconds

Bumble - 4 seconds

Wii - 4 seconds

Andre - 5 seconds

Andy - 7 seconds

Lion - 9 seconds

Powder - 9 seconds

Drake - 28 seconds

ROUND 2

Lew - 4 seconds

Andre - 6 seconds

Wii - 7 seconds

Lion - 8 seconds

Powder - 10 seconds

Andy - 11 seconds

Bumble - 11 seconds

Andre had to go, so no one was eliminated this round.

ROUND 3

Andy - 6 seconds

Bumble - 10 seconds

Wii - 10 seconds

Lew - 12 seconds

Lion - 15 seconds

Powder - 22 seconds

ROUND 4

Lew - 19 seconds

Bumble - 33 seconds

Andy - 37 seconds

Wii - 38 seconds

Lion - 52 seconds

ROUND 5

Lew - 46 seconds

Wii - 49 seconds

Bumble - 52 seconds

Andy - 52 seconds

ROUND 5.5 (REMATCH)

Andy - 25 seconds

Bumble - 32 seconds

ROUND 6

Lew - 56 seconds

Wii - 62 seconds

Andy - 81 seconds

ROUND 7

This round, whoever finished first would be the winner because of how long the ban was.

In this case, Wii finished first. 

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TL;DR:

• Wii earns 5 tickets (4 for winning, 1 for participating).
• Bumble, Andre, Drake, Lion, Powder, Wii, Lew, and Andy all have earned 1 ticket.
• Spoil has 1 strike for leaving right before the challenge.

Since we are now in a merge, everyone in the season has the right to vote for anyone but Wii, since he has immunity this week. Send your votes ASAP. 

Thanks for reading the post, and I'll see you on Monday with a new challenge post!

-Penguin874

S5C7 - To Infinity...AND BEYOND!

(Souvenir Shop will be open from Jan. 29 - Feb.3rd)

Wii threw a bottle of soda to Lew as he floated in the zero gravity room. Bumble flew in and did a back flip, which almost caused her to hit Spoil in the face. Lion and Powder looked over at the boys and laughed when they saw Andy spill his drink, which caused it to float as if it were gas. Drake started to drink it like it were water coming from a water fountain, and Andre pushed him out of the way to make him stop.

Peng stared outside and gazed at the Earth. They were a few miles from their home planet in a spaceship. It was amazing to get off the cruise and reflect on accomplishments made over the years. He looked over at Mat, who was trying to tell him something. It sounded like beeps.

Why was he beeping?

Suddenly, Peng woke up to the sound of his buzzing alarm clock. He made it shut up with the slam of his flipper. It was the start of another day, another challenge...

Downstairs, Mat was rounding up all the contestants in order to start a speech.

"Welcome, everyone! It's nice to see you all in the same place to learn some exciting news about this week...it may not be a surprise for most of you, but we're going to have the...

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Everyone cheered and looked at each other. Instead of being separated by gender, they could have alliances   no matter what they were born as. After the excitement in the room was transformed into relaxation, Mat continued.

"You will keep your ticket amount, whatever it was before the Merge, and now, the challenges are more high stakes. A boy can vote for a boy, and vice versa..."

The meeting finished, with curiosity and anxiety spread all over like the spilled soda in zero gravity.

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How this challenge will work:

This week's challenge will be just like last week, except it will be played with Spaceban. If you don't remember: We will be having a certain amount of rounds based on how many people show up. As we get to higher rounds, the hour count will rise until we get to the final 2. Whoever gets the lowest number every round will be kicked out of the challenge. When we get to the final 2, whoever gets the lowest time wins.

How many tickets will be given out:

There is a new souvenir! It is a panda bear that will let you learn the challenge early!

The times and dates:

The challenge date is Saturday, February 4th (3rd in Australia), 2012.

This challenge times are:

4 PM - Pacific

5 PM - Mountain

6 PM - Central

7 PM - Eastern

11 AM - Melbourne

BE SURE TO TELL US IF THE TIME IS GOOD FOR YOU.

Ok, I think that's all for now. Thanks for reading the post, and please comment any of your questions about the challenge so we can fix it by Saturday! 

SEE YOU IN FEBRUARY!

-Penguin874 & Matbolabc