Post by Ellen Degeneres on Feb 12, 2014 0:51:21 GMT
Gameplay
This game will follow the format of the U.S. version of the hit television show Survivor. To begin the game, the contestants will be split into two tribes that will compete against each other in immunity challenges. These immunity challenges will be posted on the forum and details regarding each challenge will be given to the contestants in the "Treemail" board. The winning tribe will be immune while the losing tribe will be forced to trek to Tribal Council and vote off one of their own. This format will continue until a predetermined time when the two tribes will merge into one. The game will then become individual. All challenges will be individual and contestants will all attend Tribal Council. At the end, the final 2 or 3 contestants must answer to a jury of their peers, who will vote for the winner of the game.
Twists
All twists will be planned in advance by the members of production. Tribe switches may or may not occur over the course of the game. This would include shuffling up the members of each tribe to form new teams. There will be three hidden immunity idols hidden over the course of the game. There will be one hidden at each tribe camp and one hidden at the merge. These idols will not be rehidden once they are used. If contestant plays one of the hidden immunity idols, all votes cast against them will be void, and the person with the next highest amount of votes would then be eliminated.
Ties at Tribal Council will be treated just as they are in the show. If there is a tie, there will be a revote. If the revote is still deadlocked, the two contestants who are involved in the tie will then be immune. All other contestants must then draw a rock. The person who draws the white rock will be eliminated from the game. The only exception is at the final 4 Tribal Council, where a tie-breaker challenge will occur.
If you quit during the Jury stage of the game, your Jury position may be revoked and you may be replaced by someone from Pre-Jury.
If you quit in the middle of a Tribal Council, you will leave but the votes will STILL be read. The person with the most votes will still be voted out of the game.
----Ties at Tribal Council----
Ties at Tribal Council will be treated just as they are in the show. If there is a tie, there will be a revote. If the revote is still deadlocked, the two contestants who are involved in the tie will then be immune. All other contestants must then draw a rock. The person who draws the white rock will be eliminated from the game. The only exception is at the final 4 Tribal Council, where a tie-breaker challenge will occur.
----Quitting----
If you quit during the Jury stage of the game, your Jury position may be revoked and you may be replaced by someone from Pre-Jury.
If you quit in the middle of a Tribal Council, you will leave but the votes will STILL be read. The person with the most votes will still be voted out of the game.
Communication
It is the player's responsibility to remain active and communicate with other contestants. Players may use the board's Private Messaging feature; however, it is strongly encouraged that each contestant creates an AIM username to socialize and communicate with the other contestants.
Once you are out of this game, you are out of this game!! NO communication with players that are still currently in the game, especially if you are on the jury. If it found out that you are still communication/helping those still currently playing you will be banned from future seasons. You also risk having the player you are speaking to banned.
Once you are out of this game, you are out of this game!! NO communication with players that are still currently in the game, especially if you are on the jury. If it found out that you are still communication/helping those still currently playing you will be banned from future seasons. You also risk having the player you are speaking to banned.
Respect
Respecting the hosts and staff members is expected of all contestants. Any disrespectful comments made towards the hosts will not be tolerated. Consequences could result in removal from the game and being banned from the forum.
Deadlines
Deadlines for votes and challenges will be explained when they are assigned. The deadline will always be 24 hours unless otherwise stated by the hosts. All players will be required to form a bootlist to post in their confessionals to avoid self-voting. This bootlist must include ALL other players in the game. Each contestant may update their bootlist at any time.
