A fun new game went into effect last night at Shanahan’s in Vancouver — The Shanahan’s Streakies! Here’s how it works:

Overview

This is an ongoing program designed to reward teams for coming to consecutive weeks of Pub Quiz at Shanahan’s. The more consecutive weeks a team comes to Shanahan’s quiz, the more Streaky Points that team amasses. Teams can play their Streaky Points after the Challenge Round Scores are announced in order to vault their team into the Challenge Round in the event they do not make the cut.

Each week, teams receive 5 Streaky Points, but cannot use the points until the have amassed at least 10 Streaky Points (because that would mean they’ve been to Shanahan’s two weeks in a row, and therefore have amassed a streak).

Streaky Points are an ‘all-or-nothing’ venture, which means when the points are played, ALL of the points are played. But regardless of how many Streaky Points a team has amassed, using their points will only result in giving the team the lowest possible points needed to play in the Challenge Round. In other words, they will be in a tie for third or fifth place.

Rules and Regulations

1. Teams get 5 Streaky Points for each consecutive week they play, but cannot ‘play’ their Streaky Points until they have amassed at least 10 Streaky Points.
2. Streaky Points are played to vault a team into the Challenge Round.
3. Streaky Points do NOT bounce another team out of the Challenge Round. In fact, when you use your points, no matter how many you have, your new score will only be enough to TIE you with the lowest team eligible for the Challenge Round.
4. Streaky Points are collected week-to-week, but when they are played, they are played all at once. In other words, no partial usage.
5. If you miss a week, your Streaky Points are lost. Your team’s total goes back to zero.
6. Any number of players may play each week. So, if your team of 6 players can’t make it, only one person needs to come to continue to amass Streaky Points. Basically, you must represent!
7. Teams must use the same name (or some obvious variation of it) to amass Streaky Points.
8. No, you cannot play 5 Streaky Points the first week of a streak. One quiz does not a streak make. Nice try.

Example:
Let’s say these are the scores heading into the Challenge Round:
1. Team Awesome — 294
2. Team Pretty Good — 290
3. Team Alright — 260
4. Team Meh — 250

But what’s that? Team Meh has 15 Streaky Points? Well, if they play their points, they’ll have 265 points, and have propelled themselves into the Challenge Round! But, since the points only allow Team Meh to TIE with the lowest Challenge Round contender, Team Meh will need to use all 15 points in order to receive a score of 260 in the Challenge Round (tying them with Team Alright).

So come on down to Shanahan’s and keep coming every week. And in the meantime, be well, play hard, and try to remember everything you can.

**NOTE: The streaker in the photo above is being tackled for violating the Pub Quiz Rules. You cannot use your phone while playing Pub Quiz.