UTOPIA: Mount Olympus

Utopia: Mount Olympus

## DVD Cover

***UTOPIA: Mount Olympus*** is the first season of the *UTOPIA* series. The game began on March 6, 2020 and ended on April 10, 2020, when Felix was named the winner by a 7-1-0 vote over Alex and Nolan.

## Production

* The inception of UTOPIA began when Pat and Rory played another ORG, **Voyage**, together with the idea of trying their hand at hosting and giving back to the community. They shortly realized they had both had a similar conversation with Taylor and thus the beginning of the team.
* To flesh out the team, they brought in Jenn and by association, Molly.
* Finally, Rory brought in Devon to help design a twist for the season, which ended up being the bidding twist that has appeared in each season of Utopia.

## Tribes

### Starting Tribes

Calydon - Spencer, Cassidy, Nolan, Robbie, Natalie, and Nicholas

Leros - Alex, Teresa, Ryan, Danielle, Barrett, and Katie

Karavi - Austin, Abby, Felix, Amanda, Blake, and Gabby

### Swap Tribes

On **Day 9**, the castaways swapped from three tribes into two by selecting new buffs at random.

* nuLeros - Abby, Amanda, Barrett, Blake, Cassidy, Natalie, Nolan
* nuKaravi - Alex, Danielle, Felix, Gabby, Nicholas, Spencer, Teresa

* **Katie** was exiled during the Swap and later joined nuLeros after Amanda's elimination

### Merge Tribe

On **Day 14**, the castaways merged with 11 players remaining in the game

Kythira - Alex, Abby, Blake, Barrett, Cassidy, Felix, Gabby, Natalie, Nicholas, Nolan, and Spencer

## Twists and Advantages

### Hidden Immunity Idols

* **Tribe Idols**: each beginning tribe had access to find a hidden immunity idol using word filters on the NDIM board
	+ Karavi idol was found by Felix
		- Felix played this idol on himself in Round 2, negating 5 votes and subsequently eliminating Austin
	+ Leros & Calydon idols were never found
* **Swap Idol**: after the swap, there was 1 total idol available for the two tribes to discover
	+ Abby found the Swap Idol
	+ Abby gave this idol to Felix at Final 8, which he played on Spencer. This negated 4 votes and subsequently eliminated Blake.
* **Merge Idol**: at the merge, there was 1 idol available for the remaining castaways to discover
	+ Abby found the Merge Idol
	+ Abby went home with this idol in her pocket at Final 7
* **Exile Half-idol**: Katie found an idol on Exile that had two halves: one to keep, and one to give away. Both halves of the idol had to survive a tribal council in order for it to become a full-fledged idol
	+ Katie was voted out with her half in the next tribal council she attended and the other half of the idol became obsolete

### Drachma Coins

* Each player began the game with **20 drachma coins**, which were a piece of ancient Greek currency
* 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 **Ascend Mount Olympus**
	+ 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-transferable
	+ 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 ascend
	+ 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

### Mount Olympus

* one person from the losing tribe each round would be given the opportunity to ascend Mount Olympus 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**
	+ **Aletheia**: the person who enacted this twist got to select two people on their tribe to vote publicly at Tribal Council, before everyone else got to vote privately. It was represented by Aletheia, the Greek goddess of truth and disclosure.
		- this twist was enacted in Round 2 by Karavi
			* Amanda chose to vote publicly, along with making Austin vote publicly (both for Felix)
		- this twist was enacted in Round 6 by nuKaravi
			* Teresa made Spencer and Nicholas vote publically (both for Teresa)
		- this twist was enacted in Round 8
			* Nicholas made Abby and Natalie vote publicly (Natalie & Barrett, respectively)
	+ **Tyche**: the person who enacted this twist had the opportunity to guess how another player voted in the voting booth. If they were correct, they would steal that player's vote. It was represented by Tyche, the Greek god of fate of fortune.
		- this twist was enacted in Round 1 by Calydon
			* Spencer correctly guessed Cassidy's vote for Nolan and stole the vote
		- this twist was enacted in Round 5 by nuKaravi - the menu was reset for Round 5
			* Gabby correctly guessed Spencer's vote and stole it
		- this twist was enacted in Round 7
			* Abby incorrectly guess Nicholas' vote and did not successfully steal it
	+ **Orthrus**: 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 was represented by Orthrus, a two-headed, serpent-tailed dog who guarded the castle of Geryon.
		- this twist, by default, was enacted in Round 3 by Leros - the menu was reset for Round 4
			* Ryan enacted the twist, and the vote came down to a 5-5-2 tie (Ryan-Katie-Teresa), Ryan was eliminated 4-0 on the revote
		- this twist was enacted in Round 4 by nuLeros
			* Nolan enacted the twist, which resulted in a 6-3-2-1-1-1 vote, eliminating Amanda
		- this twist was removed from the menu beginning in Round 5
	+ **Erebus**: The vote count would not be revealed at Tribal Council. Instead, the names of players that were safe would be 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 is symbolized by Erebus, the Greek god that personified darkness and shadows.
		- this twist was added to the menu beginning in Round 5
		- this twist was enacted at Round 9
			* Natalie had the vote count revealed to her after the Tribal Council was over (5-4 for Cassidy over Spencer)
	+ at the merge, the menu did not reset again and the Drachma had no remaining use once all the twists were enacted

## Cast List

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## Highlights

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