(Read all the above sections first)
To win you get people to donate time, money or things.
The Atlanta Volunteers is a 501 C 3 nonprofit. We list other 501 C 3 nonprofits that PayPal verifies.
PayPal sends the donor a donation receipt for 100% of their donation. PayPal charges the nonprofit about 1.99%. The Atlanta Volunteers does not handle your donation or charge fees to any nonprofit.
For every 25 cents that is donated PayPal signals us to add one volunteer reward coin called a "Loony" into the donors account. Think of each loony as a receipt for the good cheer and good deeds it creates.
Loony coupons describe time spent volunteering and what things were donated.
Loony coupons let PayPal donors trade for volunteer time and things donated.
GAMEPLAY
Loonies are 100% worthless with less value than plastic poker chips. Can you trade loonies for time, money or things?
There are three types of traders.
Sailors - almost 100% honest
Landlubbers - about 50% honest
Pirates - Well, we know about them
Each time "Purchase" is pressed on a loony coupon an entry is made on a public ledger. There is also a public ledger for every donation made through PayPal. Your public ledger (called your "Booty History") is the only tool you have to determine if you are making a deal with a Sailor, Landlubber or Pirate.
There is only one rule "You lose." It is your decision to press the purchase button and transfer loonies so there are no mistakes, do overs, or "doesn't count that Pirate cheated me." (You are at a carnival at a place called the "Pirate Dive Bar", if you think you will be fooled or cheated by Pirates, come on in! Take a seat!)
The games are rigged with more cunning than any carnival you have ever been to, even the one just down the street, run by the county at the fair grounds. Can you do a better job rigging games at your carnival booth than the government can? The carnival barkers are the most skilled snake oil salesmen known to man. Okay, then can you at least sell snake oil to the women, like the beauty store does? There is so much corruption, rigged games, gambling, catfishing, whoremongering and gambling on the whoremongering that sometimes pirates have to pretend to be sailors and make a string of honest deals just so they can mutiny and catch the big one.
STRATEGY
Benchmark
1 loony = 25 cents = 1 minute
Loony coupons change any value in the benchmark to make a deal.
If you are playing darts for 10 loonies it could take longer than 10 minutes to volunteer for that game.
If you are offering left over wings on your plate at a restaurant to your buddy for 20 loonies (to get back the loonies you lost playing darts) he could buy wings for more than the $5 in donations 20 loonies represent. But he already has 10 of your loonies. So in real money, if he donates $2.50 through PayPal he gets a deal on your left over wings that probably cost you a lot more. You don't get any money but you get 20 loonies and you were going to throw out those left over wings your buddy ate. This deal makes your booty bigger and the biggest booty wins.
How skilled are you at the "Art of The Deal."
RECYCLING
From the section "Feeding Mermaids at the Petting Zoo" you know that recycling is trading cash for loonies and why we want everyone to recycle with Mermaids. Anyone that is not a Mermaid is a shark. Think of recycling as how we pay fund raisers without using our money to pay them. We want to make you as rich as possible from recycling especially since our money isn't being used to make you successful! Good luck trying to explain fiat cash flow speed for recyclable altruistic currency! Just grab them by the booty!
If you recycle your loony booty with a shark, expect to follow our one and only rule.
That being said. I have dove with sharks a fair number of times. I like sharks! What would a pirate ship be without a lot of sharks waiting for somebody to walk the plank. How many times can the same shark fool you? If you have ever pointed to somebodies chest then flicked them in the nose when they look down, you know how much fun it is to fool them over and over again.
If you have mastered your carnival barking and catfishing skills to become an apex predator you can list your cash app information at your country. Everyone knows to beware of sharks and what our only rule is. They also know how to use a public ledger to look at your booty history. If you have soiled your booty you will be known for having a dirty booty and who wants to deal with that?
If there are no Mermaids available at your nearest restaurant, create a venue and a petting zoo and start feeding the Mermaids. Their booty will get bigger and you can get your hands on their treasure chest. Best of all, they can recycle their loony booty for cash!
Each question needs a category, subject and a topic.
You can use categories, subjects and topics already built or add something new.
Optional. Make your answer interesting! This will be shown on the answer page for your question. It can be anything!
A link to your carnival booth is also shown on the answer page, so get it ready!
Banks
Mutiny!
If you own a boat, you should post a picture of it here!
If you want to be cast or crew for a skit, scheme or lesson plan for boating and water safety post picture for that role. Scuba diver, sailor, jet ski, Mermaid, bow bunny, musician, rescue swimmer, professional rescuer, photographer, Pirate, Uncle Sam, George Washington or whatever fits.
Practice how to crowd source live streams that exchange loonies during trivia so you will be ready for the boat parade. Create clips for trivia, Pirate school, Special Heroes and the July 4, boat parade called "Yo Ho Extravaganza."
(There is a spot for photos and video links on each trivia question you create.)
Cast and crew on a boat for the July 4 boat parade could be a Pirate, uncle Sam, George Washington, Mermaid, bow bunny, scurvy dog, photographer, musician and any crew member or character you want. (Each team has a task to create one line for the "Drunken Sailor" song and perform that as your karaoke challenge or initiation into the team)
Online players called "Assistant Bootymasters" (take a wild guess for the short form of that name) can login to the Bootymaster account and manage and direct the action on the boat and be the carnival barkers for the online crowd. Having an online team member create bets and dares for people online is a great way for live players on a boat to put their phone down and have fun.
It will take a half dozen meetings or so to develop and rehearse skits and schemes and here is where you start.
After your team gets up to speed and are having fun together, think about producing lesson plans for trivia questions, pirate school or comedy and production blocks for Special heroes.
If you are really having a lot of fun with your team, maybe you could volunteer to spread good cheer and good deeds with the community around your venue. Post B roll clips of your team being role models for the Atlanta Volunteers!
These are your search engine values. If you don't see anything, you are not checked in and won't be found. You should check in first, before submitting this form.
You can check in to as many locations as you want. To be fair to your team you should only check in to actual locations that are close enough so you can show up as a live volunteer.
Sailor - Broadcast friendly. No copyrights, logo's or mention of adult topics. Borderline PG is not acceptable. Appropriate for education.
Landlubber - Anything acceptable in a sports bar.
Pirate - Free speech, raw comedy, character development and experiments for plots, schemes, mutiny, rigging bets, games and carnival barking skills
Use moderation to let people know what to expect. If you are learning, doing or teaching rescue, boating or scuba this should be sailor as drinking, smoking and cussing of landlubber or the comedy of Pirates doesn't match the activity.