Well first of all, how many people here watch Survivor? I do, and got thinking: This would be interesting as an online game. But could it work? I don't know.
It would be fairly easy to replicate everything about the game except the physical challenges, stranded on an island, and hunger pains. Everything else should be easy to model.
Here's what I'm envisioning how they game would work: (rough outline)
16 players, divided into 2 teams of 8 people each. Each team (called 'tribe' in Survivor) is given a QT that only members of the team have access to (and spectators). All members of the QT can post freely in it, and will need to converse with one another to figure out challenges, etc.
Each 'game day' is broken up into 5 phases:
Morning Chat Session: Players can talk as much as they want in-thread OR they can privately communicate with other players.
Challenge: Since physical challenges are impossible to do online, a mental challenge will be posted in both the threads for the members to solve. First tribe to solve it, does not have to kick a member of their team off. Private Communication is shut off in this phase.
Afternoon Chat Session: Players can, once again, talk freely in thread or privately communicate with other players to make plans.
Tribal Council: The members who lost the challenge will visit 'Tribal Council'. Private Communication will be shut off. Players are required to speak in-thread about opinions for a little bit. Then I will 'lock the thread' and voting will commence. The player with the most votes is out of the game. Winning team will skip this phase and go directly to night.
Night: All forms of communication are shutoff. I'll be doing some bookkeeping stuff/talk with co-mods.
Cycle will continue until there are 8 players left between the 2 groups. Then the 2 groups will merge to one central thread. Same cycle as above, except with the following tweaks:
-Only a single person can win Challenges. No votes can be put on them.
-Tribal Council is required. Someone will be out each game. This player will NOT be out of the game though. They'll be put in the 'Jury' QT where they can talk with fellow members who've died during the 8 player merge. These players will decide the winner.
Cycle with the tweaks will continue until there are 3 players left. Then, we decide the winner.
-Active players post 1 last time, anything they want to say to the Jury in-thread. This is sent to the mod first, and then they post each player's final words in succession.
-Jury members then vote for who they want to win the game. Whoever gets the most votes, wins the game!
And then the game's over.
Some Mechanics in detail:
Private Communication: Players can communicate with other players in their tribe outside the thread by PMing them. They must send PMs to both that player, and the mod (for both bookkeeping and lol moments post-game). Players can talk about whatever they want, but can only talk after during chat sessions.
Voting: Votes will be sent privately to the mod. Once all votes are collected, they will be posted in-thread (not who voted for who, just the total votes). Whoever has the most votes is out of the game (pre-Jury) or wins (post-Jury).
Players that are out of the game: Players are considered 'Dead' when they are voted out during the 2 tribe period. They cannot post in any other thread other than the Spectator QT. Players that die when there are 8 players left, are sent to the Jury QT where they can talk with other Jury members. They cannot talk in thread either.
There is also another mechanic I want to implement that should make this even more like the real game:
Each player that actually plays Survivor on the TV show has actual skills, right? So players here should have some 'skills' too.
Searching Skill: 1/6 chance of finding Hidden Immunity Idol each night(most fans should know what this is)
Whispering Skill: Can send 1 message during no-chat periods.
Spying Skill: Choose a player. You'll overhear one of their conversations and be sent one of the messages they sent during Chat Periods.
Investigative Skill: Choose a player. You'll be told what 'skills' they possess.
etc, etc.
Each team would have 1 of each of the skills. They can claim at the beginning, or choose to keep their skills secret.
Skills thing may or may not work, but I feel it would make the game more interesting.
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Anyway, just a random idea I had. Wondering if we could implement it/enough interest in it. There would of course need to be 1, 2 or even 3 mods to keep everything under control. But it would be fun, just take a while.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Let me know what you guys think!
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