UTOPIA: Neverland

Utopia: Neverland

## DVD Cover

***UTOPIA: Neverland*** is the third season of the *UTOPIA* series. The game began on January 8, 2021 and ended on February 13, 2021, when Gaston was named the winner by a 5-3-0 vote over Angelica and Polo.

## Production

* Molly, Jenn, Spencer and Pat all returned for production team for U3
* Micky (U2) joined the production team

## Tribes

### Starting Tribes

Stoughton - Cooper, Gaston, Grace, Hannah, Jackie, J80, Oscar, Polo, Tony

Hodder - Adam, Aisha, Angelica, Ben, Devon, Julia, Kelly, Rachel, Sean

### Swap Tribes

On **Day 10**, the castaways swapped from two tribes into three based on each players reputation on the NDIM board during the posting challenge (5 highest, 5 lowest, and the 5 in the middle)

* nuStoughton - Angelica, Grace, Polo, Rachel, Tony
* nuHodder - Ben, Cooper, Devon, Jackie, Kelly
* Maurier - Aisha, Sean, Hannah, Gaston, J80

### Shadow Round

On **Day 16,** six total castaways merged, while the remaining six participated in the 24-hour **Shadow Round**.

* the six castaways were determined by the three remaining players with previous votes, and three castaways that were voted on by the pre-jury
	+ previous votes: Devon, Kelly, and Ben
	+ pre-jury vote: J80, Sean, and Aisha

### Merge Tribe

On **Day 17,** the remaining five castaways from the Shadow Round joined the six players who had merged on Day 16.

Aeternus - Aisha, Angelica, Ben, Gaston, Grace, J80, Kelly, Polo, Rachel, Sean, Tony

## Twists and Advantages

### The Map

The map acted as a sort of 'choose your own adventure' journey to finding the idols. Choose the wrong direction, and you could literally drown.

#### Disadvantages

* Tony landed on an extortion disadvantage
* Gaston landed on a forfeit-a-vote (also literally drowned)

#### Advantages

* **Finite Idol:** was found by Grace, who gave it to Angelica to play in the first round of the merge
* **Spyglass:** was found by Angelica, which allowed her to "look" into another players bag to see what, if any, advantages or idols they might have in their possession. She used it on Gaston, who did not have anything in his possession at the time
* **Risk and Reward Idol:** this was found by Devon, and he had to vote in the minority, otherwise it would not be useable until the Final 6
	+ he voted with the minority in Round 4, then played the idol in Round 5 and negated 0 votes

#### Hidden Immunity Idols

* **Tribe Idols**:
	+ Hodder was found by Kelly
	+ Stoughton was found by Grace

* **Swap Idol**: after the swap, there was a new idol available for Maurier beach
	+ Maurier idol was left unfound
* **Merge Idol**: a new idol was made available at the merge
	+ one of the key steps was speaking a specific phrase during a tribal council
		- the phrase spoken was: *"All the world is made of faither, and trust, and pixie dust."*
	+ the merge idol was found by Gaston

### Pieces O'Eight

* Each player began the game with **20 pieces o'eight**, which were a historical pirate currency stemming from the Spanish dollar. In those days, damaging currency wasn’t illegal and as a result coins would be literally cut to make change.
* Each round, the player would privately bid a certain amount of coins anytime before competing in the Immunity Challenge. Amongst those on the losing tribe, whoever had bid the most coins will win the opportunity to **Arrive at the Home Under the Ground**
	+ the earliest a bid could be placed was when the new round Immunity Challenge was posted, the latest was just before you competed in that rounds challenge
	+ coins were non-transferrable
	+ any bids from players on the winning tribes were refunded
	+ all bids from players on the losing tribe were debited from their accounts, including those who did not win the opportunity to arrive
	+ in the event of a tie for the highest bid, the person who bid the second-highest amount of coins would win the opportunity. If each person on the losing tribe bid 0, the person who submitted their 0 bid first would win the opportunity
	+ there was no limit to the amount of opportunities you could win

### Home Under the Ground

* one person from the losing tribe each round would be given the opportunity to arrive at the Home Under the Ground and *determine the fate of their tribe*
* this opportunity was the ability to select a twist from a predetermined list to be enacted at Tribal Council
	+ the person's identity would not be revealed and they would also receive a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol
* **Twists**
	+ *Phase 1*
		- **The Twins:** the person who enacted this twist would be allowed to cast two votes at their next Tribal Council. Both votes must be cast, but they could be for different people if the power holder so choose. It was represented by The Twins, two Lost Boys who knew very little about themselves.
			* this twist was enacted in Round 2 by Stoughton
				+ Grace voted twice for Oscar
		- **Mr. Smee:** the person who enacted this twist would be given a mystery power… and a choice. Before Tribal Council, they had to inform production on whom they wanted to play this power. They could pick a tribemate or themselves. The effects of this power would not be revealed until it was time to vote. It was represented by Mr. Smee, Captain Hook’s bumbling right-hand man whose desire for treasure was matched only by his thorough ineptitude.
			* *Also, since this power could be played on someone else if the holder choose, Pat encouraged them to inform the power’s target by saying “It’s not you, it’s Smee.”*
			* this twist was enacted in Round 1 by Hodder
				+ Devon enacted this twist and played in on Julia, who was *yeeted* from Tribal Council
		- **Jolly Roger:** The person who enacted this twist would have the opportunity to guess how another player voted in the voting booth. If they were correct, they would steal that player’s vote and be able to cast it however they would like. It was represented by the Jolly Roger, the traditional name for the skull-and-crossbones pirate flag.
			* this twist was enacted in Round 3 by Hodder
				+ Angelica correctly guessed Julia's vote and stole it
	+ *Phase 2*
		- **Cubby:** the person who enacted this twist got to select one person on their tribe to vote publicly at Tribal Council, before everyone else voted privately. It was represented by Cubby, the toughest and strongest of the Lost Boys who constantly got into fights with the others.
			* this twist was enacted in Round 5 by nuHodder
				+ Cooper enacted this and chose Ben to vote publically
		- **Bobbie and Clank:** when this twist was enacted, each person at Tribal Council got two votes - but had to cast them against two different players. The person who enacted this twist was the only one who could cast both of their votes against the same player. It is represented by Bobbie and Clank, two intelligent yet bumbling tinker sparrow men.
			* this twist was enacted in Round 4 by nuHodder
				+ Kelly enacted this and voted twice for Jackie
		- **Nibs:** the person who enacted this twist was given the option of not voting at their upcoming tribal council. If the option was accepted, whoever enacted the twist would "bank" this vote and be allowed a second vote at any future tribal council they attend. This twist was represented by Nibs, who was described as "possibly the bravest Lost Boy."
			* this twist was enacted in Round 5 by Maurier
				+ Hannah enacted this, banking her vote, but was ultimately voted out
	+ *Phase 3*
		- **Cubby** was reset for Phase 3
		- **Sink or Swim:** when this twist is enacted, it must be played publicly at the following tribal council. Its winner will flip a coin. If the coin lands on heads, they will receive an extra vote for that tribal council. If it lands on tails, they will lose their vote for that tribal council. It is represented by the concept of Sink or Swim, which calls to mind survival instinct... and maybe a little bit of luck.
		- **Eclipse:** the vote count was not revealed at Tribal Council. Instead, the names of players that were safe were revealed one by one - in whatever order the host decided - until the eliminated player was revealed. The person who enacted this twist would get the privilege of being told the vote count (just the number, i.e.: 6-3-1) after the fact. It was represented by an eclipse, which we are sure is maybe probably definitely involved in some point of Peter Pan lore. *Hey, coming up with twist names isn't easy.*

## Cast List

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*votes negated by an idol

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## Highlights

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