Pandora's Box 10

The winners of Pandora's Box 10.

**Pandora's Box 10** is the tenth canon Pandora's Box event and the eleventh event overall. It will take place on December 3rd, 2023 at 2:30 PM EST. It will be the second themed Pandora's Box event, being themed after Christmas.

## Teams

### Substitutions

* Carrot Cakes: Kaizo subbed in for Noname4297.

### In-Game Substitutions

* Carrot Cakes: EpicFH subbed in for Standen05 after Game 3 for the remainder of the event as the latter was experiencing ping issues.

## Games and changes

### Games and map played

There are eight games in rotation in this event, as seen in the announcement image. Survival Games and Disco Fever have been subbed out, with Sky High returning and a brand new new game, Jumping Mad 2, a revamped version of Jumping Mad, joining the game roster.

* Chalice Chase was played on "Merry Marsh", a festive variant of Weeping Willows.
* The minigames played in Gauntlet 2 are Ice Breakers, Obstacles, Sand Surfers, Speed Sculptures, TNT Run, and a brand new minigame, Shear Mayhem. Sand Surfers received a new map.
* The Hyperdrive courses used are Big Canyon, Lunar, Catacombs, and Elysium. Big Canyon and Catacombs received festive decorations.
* Miner Mania was played on a new map, Workshop.
* Sky High was played on a festive themed version of Sanctuary.
* Speedrun was played on a new map, Bockriders.

To find out more about the new game, visit the Jumping Mad 2 page.

### General Changes

* The event is holiday themed, with new team icons and a themed hub. Several games and maps received their own festive themed dressup as well.

### Gameplay Changes

* In Gauntlet 2's Sand Surfers, the sands now spawn 10 blocks above the players instead of on the roof of the arena.
* In Miner Mania, the extraction rate in the later parts of the round has been reduced.

## Result Overview

### Game 1: Jumping Mad 2

Winning team:  Carrot Cakes - 1,474

Top 5 players this game:

1. Standen05,  Kaelan\_,  DONG\_FORTNITE - 481
3. SandwichLord\_ - 464
4. oGarfield - 463

### Game 2:  Miner Mania

Top 4 teams this game:

1. Saffron Stars - 1,740
2. Aqua Abominables - 1,724
3. Crimson Carolers - 1,668
4. Green Gifts - 1,616

### Game 3:  Speedrun

**(X1.25 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Purple Polar Bears - 1,760 (1,408 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. SandwichLord\_ - finished in 6:24.95
2. DONG\_FORTNITE - finished in 6:35.05
3. Kaelan\_ - finished in 6:38.20
4. oGarfield - finished in 6:40.55
5. MCmorganplayz - finished in 6:46.65

### Game 4:  Sky High

**(X1.50 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Crimson Carolers - 1,675 (1,117 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. Kaos21a - 820 (547 unmultiplied)
2. DONG\_FORTNITE - 806 (537 unmultiplied)
3. xShatter - 748 (499 unmultiplied)
4. MCmorganplayz - 696 (464 unmultiplied)
5. Awre\_ - 567 (378 unmultiplied)

### Game 5:  Hyperdrive

**(X1.75 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Purple Polar Bears - 2,299 (1,314 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. SandwichLord\_ - 934 (534 unmultiplied)
2. FireBreathMan - 830 (474 unmultiplied)
3. MCmorganplayz - 816 (466 unmultiplied)
4. Kaelan\_ - 805 (460 unmultiplied)
5. craftclan,  DONG\_FORTNITE - 763 (436 unmultiplied)

### Game 6:  Gauntlet 2

**(X2.00 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Aqua Abominables - 2,506 (1,253 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. SandwichLord\_ - 958 (479 unmultiplied)
2. Kaelan\_ - 854 (427 unmultiplied)
3. Antfrost - 776 (388 unmultiplied)
4. MCmorganplayz,  Awre\_ - 770 (385 unmultiplied)

### Game 7:  Chalice Chase

**(X2.25 Point Multiplier)**

Top 4 teams this game:

1. Green Gifts - 3,717 (1,652 unmultiplied)
2. Saffron Stars - 3,699 (1,644 unmultiplied)
3. Purple Polar Bears - 3,321 (1,476 unmultiplied)
4. Aqua Abominables - 2,898 (1,288 unmultiplied)

### Game 8:  Temple Lockout

**(X2.50 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Carrot Cakes - 3,697 (1,479 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. EpicFH - 1,145 (458 unmultiplied)
2. SandwichLord\_ - 965 (386 unmultiplied)
3. oGarfield - 952 (381 unmultiplied)
4. Kaelan\_ - 918 (367 unmultiplied)
5. ItzIgglesPiggles - 912 (365 unmultiplied)

### The Colosseum

 Purple Polar Bears VS.  Saffron Stars

* **Round 1**:  Purple Polar Bears win. (1-0)
* **Round 2**:  Saffron Stars win. (1-1)
* **Round 3**:  Purple Polar Bears win. (2-1)
* **Round 4**:  Purple Polar Bears win. (3-1)
* **Round 5**:  Saffron Stars win. (3-2)
* **Round 6**:  Saffron Stars win. (3-3)
* **Round 7**:  Saffron Stars win. (3-4)

 **SAFFRON STARS WIN PANDORA'S BOX 10!**

## Final Individual Leaderboard

\* EpicFH subbed in for Standen05 after Game 3 for the remainder of the event. Their combined points would be 2423, ranked at 17th place.

## Trivia

### Event

* This is the first Christmas themed Pandora's Box event, with the last Christmas themed event being FrostWar 7.

### Participation

* This event introduced four new players: xShatter, Fulham, Seapeekay and Kaizo.
* This event welcomes back Awre and Heliodor, who haven't played since Pandora's Box 6.

### Statistics

* MCmorganplayz and ItzIgglesPiggles became the first two players to win the event three times.

## References

1. ↑ @PandorasBoxMC on Twitter (November 12, 2023) Event Announcement