n00bz - n00b 14 needed

[Cenwulf]

Here's something you may have seen somewhere else, and it does resemble it in several ways. You will be pitted against your fellow Puzzlebrainiacs, and there will be plenty of chances to kill each other... or maybe kill yourself.
The first round is for one player, and for each successive round a new player is needed. I'll keep going as long as there are new players.
The first new poster in each case will be the new n00b.

Current players:
n00b 1 Bunnylump
n00b 2 LAT
n00b 3 fernando
n00b 4 kathlyn
n00b 5 Looby
n00b 6 kingsley
n00b 7 Scurra
n00b 8 Laura
n00b 9 MBH
n00b 10 evilkeen
n00b 11 gill216
n00b 12 clvrlad
n00b 13 SparkOut

So here's the first round:
First Past the Post
The first person to post following this post gets 1 point.

[Bunnylump]

Well I can do that!

[Scurra]

I thought you learned your lesson after last time...?

[Cenwulf]

So n00b 1 is Bunnylump.

To play Round 2, we need a second player.
First new person to post becomes n00b 2.

[Bunnylump]

I never learn my lesson. Otherwise why else would I have signed up to PAY to do your puzzles??

I've never been called a NOOB before.

[LAT]

Can I be NOOB 2

[Scurra]

I've never been called a NOOB before.

No, you're a n00b. There is a difference

[Bunnylump]

Oh, right.

[Cenwulf]

Can I be NOOB 2

Certainly. n00b 2 is LAT.

Round 2
A Modern Major-General
I've information Vegetable, Animal and Mineral, each consisting of three sub-categories with three members.
Send me a PM with one member of each sub-category.

Vegetable
Flower: Rose beats Lily, Lily beats Tulip, Tulip beats Rose.
Fruit: Apple beats Banana, Banana beats Orange, Orange beats Apple.
Tree: Oak beats Pine, Pine beats Willow, Willow beats Oak.

Animal
Beast: Lion beats Wolf, Wolf beats Bear, Bear beats Lion.
Bird: Eagle beats Crow, Crow beats Gull, Gull beats Eagle.
Bug: Spider beats Beetle, Beetle beats Moth, Moth beats Spider.

Mineral
Metal: Gold beats Silver, Silver beats Iron, Iron beats Gold.
Gem: Ruby beats Topaz, Topaz beats Opal, Opal beats Ruby.
Rock: Marble beats Granite, Granite beats Slate, Slate beats Marble.

N.B. these groups are figurative only: do not ask for explanations of how each element beats another, as they will not be given.

Scoring:
Winning a sub-category: 1 point
Winning most sub-categories in a category: 2 points, plus wins that category
Winning most categories: 3 points
Ties and losses score 0 points

[Bunnylump]

OOps I thought I'd pm'd and put it here by accident. Sorry!

[LAT]

And I missed it

[Scurra]

Do you want me to repost it for you? (Yes, I saw it before it went away..!)

[LAT]

Unfortunately I have just PMed Cenwulf with my selections.

[Cenwulf]

Result of Round 2:
These are the submissions:
Vegatable
Flower: Bunnylump Rose; LAT Rose: tie
Fruit: Bunnylump Apple; LAT Orange: LAT wins
Tree: Bunnylump Oak; LAT Pine: Bunnylump wins
Result: Bunnylump 1; LAT 1: tie.

Animal
Beast: Bunnylump Lion; LAT Bear: LAT wins
Bird: Bunnylump Eagle; LAT Eagle: tie
Bug: Bunnylump Moth; LAT Beetle: LAT wins
Result: Bunnylump 0; LAT 2: LAT wins category.

Mineral
Metal: Bunnylump Gold; LAT Gold: tie
Gem: Bunnylump Ruby; LAT Ruby: tie
Rock: Bunnylump Granite; LAT Granite: tie
Result: Bunnylump 0; LAT 0: tie.

End result:
Bunnylump 0 categories; LAT 1 Category

Bunnylump gets 1 point for winning 1 sub category.
LAT gets 3 points for winning 3 sub-categories, plus 2 points for winning 1 category, plus 3 points for winning most categories.

Current score:
LAT 8
Bunnylump 2

[Cenwulf]

To play round 3, we need another new player. Who wants to be n00b 3?

[Bunnylump]

Off to a great start, I see!

[LAT]

I think I only won 3 sub-categories.

[fernando]

Can i be n00b3, please?

[Cenwulf]

Serpently. n00b 3 is fernando. And I have adjusted LAT's score as I did indeed make an error.

Here's round 3.
Piggy-In-The-Middle
The three n00bz are to play six games of Piggy-In-The-Middle. Simply send me six numbers from 0 (low) to 9 (high).
The winner of each game is the n00b who sends in the middle value for that game. To prevent ties, LAT's values will be increased by 0.6, and fernando's by 0.3 (so if all three send in the same value, fernando wins).

Scoring
Winner of each game gets 1 point, and the n00b with the middle amount of wins gets 3 bonus points (the scores will be adjusted by 0.3 and 0.6 if necessary).

[fernando]

I've sent my numbers!