Points, points, points! We must have points!
So, here are the points handed out this game. Should points even be handed out this game? Answering that moral and philosophical question could most likely last beyond the end of this humble forum and website, so who has the time? Better to just hand out the points and sort it out later. As mentioned in previous Safe Word games, the players are all ranked by the F-Zero GX racing point system based on their position. For Safe Words 11, here are the points awarded:
1. Nickmitch - 100
2. Khushrenada - 93
3. ShyGuy - 87
4. Mop it up - 81
5. Insanolord - 76
6. Stratos - 71
7. Silenced - 66
8. TOPHATANT123 - 62
9. Soren - 58
Now, some may read through this game and wonder why Nickmitch is listed as the winner in points and not Khushrenada? While it is true that this game was played differently than past games such as in the order selection and who got to choose the bomb word for a round and that there is no rule stating a player cannot change their selection before a host checks in and sends out their ruling on the choice and equally true that the host for the game ruled in favor of one being able to change their selection in keeping with their hosting this game in an odd manner and with strange rules, it turns out the very great Khushrenada does not take the game that seriously. And since Nickmitch was in a position where he lost a previous game in the final round and was very very sad to have ended up in the same position again this game and didn't think it was fair that Khushrenada should win a game of Safe Words before he did, the very great indeed Khushrenada has bestowed upon Nickmitch the title of Safe Words 11 Winner, a banner no one is truly able to hold proudly. (You saw this game, right? Soren was the real winner here.)
Moreover, much like how a running thread of this game is that Nickmitch is never blown up when eliminated, it seems fitting that there should be no grand ceremony when he wins either. Win or lose, it's always a dud for Nickmitch! Lolololololol *ahem* Well then, 3 cheers for Nickmitch. Hip hip... Moving on to what we all truly care about, here is the current All-Time Safe Words Leaderboard with the points from this game added in to get the cumulative totals for all players for all 11 games:
1. Stratos - 800 points (11 games played)
2. ShyGuy - 796 points (11 games played)
3. nickmitch - 735 points (10 games played)
4. Soren - 731 points (11 games played)
5. Insanolord - 725 points (11 games played)
6. Mop it up - 701 points (9 games played)
7. Lucario - 539 points (7 games played)
8. Silenced - 502 points (7 games played)
9. UncleBob - 478 points (6 games played)
10. Triforce Hermit - 430 points (6 games played)
11. oohhboy - 372 points (6 games played)
12. lolmonade - 360 points (6 games played)
13. TOPHATANT123 - 355 points (5 games played)
14. Nuclearspeed - 342 points (5 games played)
15. Khushrenada - 319 points (5 games played)
16. ObbyDent - 180 points (3 games played)
17. Evan_B - 118 points (2 games played)
18. Spak-Spang - 116 points (2 games played)
19. Ceric - 100 points (1 game played)
20. (tie) Phil - 93 points (1 game played)
20. (tie) Pokepal148 - 93 points (1 game played)
22. (tie) BlackNMild2k1 - 76 points (1 game played)
22. (tie) Zap - 76 points (1 game played)
24. TofuFury - 58 points (1 game played)
25. ejamer - 47 points (1 game played)
26. Hypotheliciously - 41 points (1 game played)
No major shake-ups occurred aside from Nickmitch jumping from 5th to 3rd over Soren and Insanolord. ShyGuy almost reclaimed the top spot on the leaderboard. Most likely, if he can just finish ahead of Stratos for at least one round next game, then he could be back on top. The heat is on for Stratos to keep defending his throne but Stratos is the first player to crack the 800 mark. The other bit of movement is Silenced moving ahead of Unclebob and taking the number 8 spot on the leaderboard. And that's all the news on that.
Well, the game started on Oct. 30, 2016 and ended on Jan. 7, 2017. That's about 70 days. For reference, Safe Words 5 started on June 17, 2015 and ended on Aug. 7, 2015 which is about 52 days. So, yes, Lucario wins the prize of longest Safe Words game ever. Now that he has triumphed in such glorious fashion, we never have to play this game again. (I'd suggest pretending it doesn't even exist.)
Good game, everyone.