New Emotional Support Systems Announced

Affirmation Mirror

In an attempt to make the potentially devastating psychological toll of the Quadrathlon more bearable to competitors, multiple new systems are being implemented in 2013 to help reduce the emotional grind.

1) Affirmation Mirror: On-site at all events, allowing competitors to remind themselves that they are good enough, smart enough, and that (doggone it!) people like them.

Stress Card

2) Stress Cards: After a particularly bad throw or roll, competitors sometimes need a little time alone.  Each competitor will now be issued a card for use once per event (cards to be provided from unspecified competitors' workplace).

 3) New Odds / Ranking System: Rather than expressing competitors odds of winning numerically, under the new system competitors chances will be expressed using a system of family-favorite emoticons.
For example, where Des Carroll may have previously been upset by discovering his odds of winning were placed at 25:1, he can now rest easy seeing his odds expressed as:  

Who could be upset with smiley face telephone odds?