Season 2: Ocarina of Time

## Development

This was the second season of **Myka's VideORG Games** themed around **Zelda: Ocarina of Time**

## Twists/Changes

* **Duo Twist**: Each contestant would have a secret "duo" from the other tribe. They would have a chat in which they could share as much or as little as they wanted with each other. If both duo members were in at different checkpoints in the game, they would receive an advantage. The twist to this was that said advantage would only work if both contestants agreed to using it
* **Double tribal**: During the tribe swap, all cycles would hold two tribal councils with only one of the three tribes being immune
* **Three piece idol**: The idol would be comprised of three pieces. Each of the pieces had smaller advantages. Two pieces combined would give a half idol and all pieces combined would make a full idol.

## Season Summary

Where season 1 gave love in pure nostalgia, season 2 delivered, well, everywhere else. Season 2 cast was loaded, the gameplay was fluid from start to finish, and in truth, it was simply more exciting to watch. I admit I got nervous at the beginning of merge that we had lost too many big characters, but luckily that corrected itself quickly and we ended up with huge moves and exciting, well thought out gameplay. This cast may have made me wanna rip them few hairs I have left outta my head, but in the end, I have nothing but love for the season they just delivered, and they are going to be a TOUGH act to follow.

## Trivia

* No idol was played this season
* All finalists received votes this season
* The final immunity challenge was cancelled after Lank striked out
* Jenny was listed as the top contender in the edgic chart for every episode before the finale

## Episode Guide

**Episode 1: “The Time Has Come To Test Thy Courage.” - Goron Tribe**
Previously, on Survivor... Our cast of heroes were officially marooned, setting out to be the second ever winner of Myka's VideORG Games. Twenty-two competitors were split into two tribes, Goron and Zora, to compete for the ultimate goal. Goron was made up of Case, Ginge, Jake, Joe, Joey, JP, Moha, Pad, Poppy, Sensei, and Teo. In Zora's corner, Bam, G-Money, Hannah, Jenny, Keats, Luke, Mitch, Nick, Tim, Ty, and Xander. A wrinkle was introduced in the form of secret inter-tribe duos; a member of each tribe was paired with a member of the other, adding a new strategic element to their social games. These secret duos quickly became quite less-than-secret. As everyone became introduced with each other, many alliances started to form. Goron tribe was much more active in forming alliances than Zora; Case managed to find his way into nearly all of them. How will this affect his social game going forward? A challenge was presented to our heroes - Ocarina of Time trivia. Each tribe was to nominate two champions to represent them in the challenge; Goron sent forth Jake and Case, while Zora opted to have Hannah and Keats be their representatives. As the challenge began, Zora raced out to a significant lead on the back of Hannah, who demonstrated a superhuman ability to say the correct answer in a matter of seconds. Goron managed to bounce back to put on a respectable showing, but it was too little, too late. Hannah had dominated the game, and brought home a victory for her tribe. Will her dominance in the challenge put a target on her back? Throughout the day, members of both tribes raced to find and solve idol clues. The three pieces of the Triforce (Triforce of Courage, Triforce of Wisdom, and Triforce of Power) were hidden in the server, with secret clues around that would lead them to a piece of the Triforce.(edited)

Many pieces of the Triforce were quickly found. Three members of Goron found pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom, and claimed them in exchange for their vote in the upcoming tribal council. JP received each of the pieces of the Triforce, and combined the three to form an immunity idol. He chose to share the news that he had received all the Triforce pieces with his secret duo partner, and within his own alliances. How will this impact his gameplay in the coming episodes? How will his fellow heroes' knowledge of his advantage change the way they play? Finally, it was time for Tribal Council. After losing the day's trivia challenge, Goron needed to send home a tribe member. As a result of finding idol pieces, three members of their tribe were unable to submit votes. Only 8 votes remained, meaning it would only take 5 votes for someone to be the first member of Season 2 sent home. Five of the first six votes read were for Moha; this meant Moha would be the first to go. It was a wild and busy first episode of Season 2 - the stage is set for an incredible season. Tune in to the next episode to see what happens next!

Previously, on Survivor... After losing the previous episode's challenge and sending Moha home, Goron tribe had a chip on their shoulder. With many idol pieces discovered, alliances and duos were being tested; many rumors were floating around as to who had a target on their back. A challenge was presented to our heroes: they were to work together to create an original Ocarina song, to be tied into the story of Ocarina of Time. Both tribes immediately began brainstorming ideas, coming up with various backstories for what their song could be. As teams began to prepare for the challenge, many intriguing social dynamics were making themselves apparent - multiple cast members had entered numerous alliances, and had to find a way to balance their social game while putting themselves in the best position to win. Case used his network of alliances to figure out who had found each idol piece, and how they had found them. Will he play differently with this knowledge? Before songs had even been completed, members of Zora tribe had already started to theorize who they might vote for. Xander had failed to make a particularly active impression on his tribemates early in the game, which led to a perception of inactivity. This made him a popular name as to who might be the next tribe member to be voted out. Both tribes worked together to create wonderful entries for the challenge - Zora presented the Song of Foresight, which would allow Link to access information from future versions of himself. Goron came up with the Song of Kokiri Forest, which would fill Link with a feeling of nostalgia of being home, in the peaceful forest. This challenge was not without drama, as some Goron members were upset by Poppy submitting their song before everyone had agreed it was finished. Would this rogue move put a target on her back in Tribal Council?

Four judges were appointed to provide scores for each song. Tribe members would be awarded some number of points out of ten in each of the following categories: originality, functionality, and connection to the theme. This meant each judge could award a maximum of 30 points, meaning a total of 120 points were available to each tribe with there being four judges. Each judge interpreted the songs somewhat differently, but in the end, the scores were very close. Zora received a final score of 93.5 out of 120, while Goron scored 99 points. This meant Goron had won immunity, and Poppy didn't have to worry about how her move made people feel - just yet.

On the other hand, this meant Zora had a date with tribal council. With Xander's name having come up so much, tribe members quickly agreed that he would be this episode's target. But with so many alliances and the inter-tribe duos, word spread quickly that Xander would be going home unless he could make a big move fast, and the message was passed along to him. Cleverly, Xander strategically leaked that he had received a previously unknown idol. This idol did not exist - but he came up with a name and story for it that made it sound plausible, and threatening to anyone who might vote for him. Meanwhile in Goron tribe, something was brewing. Joey was trying to organize a future blindside of JP - something for which he found little support, but many members went along with it to see where he was going. Numerous members agreed to align with him in doing so. However, while Joey was trying to organize a blindside of JP, other members of the tribe were working to organize a blindside of Joey. How will these conflicting dealings impact the way Goron members interact among each other? Unfortunately for Xander, at Tribal Council his bluff was called. Zora members voted overwhelmingly to remove him, and as a result, Xander became the second member of Season 2 to go home. He graciously wished everyone the best of luck as he left. After much drama during the challenge, Zora ended up making the move they expected to: sending Xander home. But many new and surprising conversations started happening over the past two days. Will this lay the groundwork for shocking moves to come? Tune in to the next episode to find out!

**Episode 3: “Word Spreads”- JP**

Previously, on Survivor... Following a dramatic episode 2, only 20 heroes remained - 10 from Zora and 10 from Goron. Both of the members sent home so far had been relatively easy choices for their tribes, but now that those easy choices were gone, would there start to be more drama within each tribe? A challenge was presented to our tribes: Emojicon. A list of emojis sequences was given to each player, and their job was to decipher the phrase the each sequence represented in an accurate and timely manner. Tribe members were blindsided by the revelation that this challenge would send two heroes home - one from Zora, and one from Goron. The highest scoring participant from each tribe would receive immunity, and the rest would be susceptible to being voted out in Tribal Council. With the added pressure of an individual challenges, what had already been an alliance-heavy game took things to a new level. Goron was particularly active in forming new alliances; with only 10 remaining members in the tribe, they had created a remarkable 12 active alliances, including multiple that were similar to other alliances, but with an additional member or one fewer than another. Clearly, strategic moves were being made. JP alone had entered into two-thirds of the alliances Goron had formed. His tribe mates were starting to catch on to the social element of his game; will his prolific alliance-making combined with with the public knowledge of his advantage make him a potential target? As completed challenges continued to roll in, Goron members were preparing a plan for the upcoming Tribal Council. Many members felt Joey had been overplaying his hand, which made him a popular target in discussions. Ginge attempted to organize a movement to get votes against Joey, and his tribe members were receptive to his plan. Case was very much on board, and was happy to see Ginge taking credit for organizing the movement.

Meanwhile in Zora, Jenny was continuing to impress her fellow heroes with her aptitude for the game. Nearly everyone in both tribes was interested in working with her. Her popularity made her a natural leader in getting votes for a potential target, and she seemed to favor voting to send Luke home. Nick, who described himself as Jenny's "#1," found himself in a tough situation, as he had connected with Luke. Will this situation present a dilemma for Zora? Though many challenges were completed early, some members chose to wait. This left a lot of time for our heroes to discuss their plans amongst each other. Various alliances were given different stories about who was working with who, and who each participant was truly close with and trusted. Will these social games become clear to all soon, and if so will they cause a collapse of certain alliances?

Certain vote discussions in Goron took a back seat as tribe members realized that Pad's level of participation had lagged behind other members of the tribe. His name was mentioned as a potential voting target. Would his relative lack of activity make him a target in the upcoming tribal council, or would Goron target bigger threats first and come back to Pad in the future? After the final hero had completed the challenge, scores were tallied. In each tribe, a participant had won immunity in the upcoming Tribal Council. From Goron, Teo won immunity, while from Zora, Tim posted the highest score, and also received immunity. The remaining 18 heroes had a date with Tribal Council. Would their earlier plans come to fruition, or would there be any last minute surprises? Zora were the first tribe to submit all their votes. Multiple names had been floated as the potential target, but today the tribe followed Jenny's lead, and unanimously voted to send home Luke. On his way out, he was gracious to his fellow tribe members, but chose to share with everyone that Tim had sent someone else an advantage. Would his last-minute bomb shake up the dynamic in Zora? Goron were much more methodical in submitting their votes, and tribe members debated who to vote for for much longer than Zora members had. Joey, Pad, JP, and Sensei were popular targets going into Tribal Council, would one of them be the next to go? As the votes came in, JP, Pad, and Joey's names all came up. There would be no unanimous vote this time. After the 8th vote was read, enough had been heard to call the vote. Joey was going home, as some Goron members had planned earlier. With Luke and Joey heading home, the cast is now down to 18. What surprises might be in store for the remaining? Tune in to the next episode to find out!

**Episode 4: “You feel my Pain”- Poppy**

Previously, on Survivor... After being shocked by the news the two members would go home in the previous episode, the 18 remaining heroes were even more surprised to discover that a tribe swap awaited them. Three tribes, each comprised of 6 heroes, would be created, and Goron and Zora would be no more. The new tribes were called Kokiri, Kakariko, and Gerudo. In Kokiri, Ty, Ginge, JP, Nick, Jake, and Mitch would be working together. In Kakariko, Jenny, Hannah, G\_Money, Bam, Joe and Teo. Finally, in Gerudo, Case, Keats, Poppy, Pad, Sensei, and Tim. Our heroes were quick to note that the tribe swap was not equally unkind to everyone. Kokiri was made up of 3 former Zora members and 3 former Goron members, but Kakariko and Gerudo were imbalanced. Kakariko had 4 former Zora members and 2 former Goron members, while Gerudo had 4 former Goron and 2 former Zora. Would this leave the short side of the imbalanced tribes at a voting disadvantage? It was announced that in the upcoming challenge, each tribe would be sending forward representatives as opposed to everyone participating, so before everyone had a chance to start strategizing individually, they had to work together to come up with their representatives. Finally, the challenge was presented to our heroes: they would be playing Color Code. The representatives would be given a 12 by 12 grid, made up of colored squares, and marked with coordinates. A small segment of the grid would be shown, with one square in the segment marked, and each tribe's representatives would have to be the first to correctly name the grid coordinate of the marked square.

The tribes came up with their representatives, but struggled to come up with a time that worked for everyone for the challenge to begin. This gave plenty of time for tribe members to strategize and socialize, and realizing that 2 members would be voted out instead of 1 going forward, started to become even more aggressive in building ties. Secret duos became more important than ever before, as some ended up in the same tribe, while others did not. How will this difference affect duos' gameplay? Would duos in the same tribe be at an advantage or disadvantage? As the challenge began, no one tribe got out to a significant early lead. Each tribe scored at least one point. But Kakariko pulled away late, and secured themselves immunity in the upcoming Tribal Council. With there now being three tribes in the game, two tribes would be facing a vote at tribal council, so Kokiri and Gerudo heroes raced to make their voting plans.

Gerudo faced tribal council with two main targets: Pad and Tim. Pad had offput some of his tribe mates with a lack of participation, while Tim was perceived as a threat and at a disadvantage due to how the tribe swap went. With the two targets having very different reasoning, it was uncertain which reason would win out. Kokiri was less certain of who to vote, and numerous plans were floated. Nick and Ginge were popular targets. Ty was particularly active in playing his social game, and told various tribe members that he was voting for numerous different people. Will he get caught, and if so will there be a target on his back? Gerudo were the first to submit all their votes, and thus the first to enter Tribal Council. As expected, Pad and Tim were the names that were coming up as votes were read. After four of six votes were read, it was a tie between the two. But unfortunately for Tim, the final two votes were for him, and he would become the fifth competitor to go home in Season 2. Kokiri took much longer to submit their votes, and were second up for Tribal Council. As expected, as the votes were read, Nick and Ginge were the targets. However, there was a problem - after all the votes were read, there was a 3-3 tie. There would need to be a revote, with tribe members forced to do their strategizing publicly in Tribal Council. Would there be new social pressure with the public nature of discussions? As the revotes came in, Nick seemed sure that he would be the one going home, and was quite gracious to everyone. Unfortunately for Nick, he was correct, and became the 6th member voted out in Season 2. Everyone was appreciate of the way he handled himself on the way out, and had nothing but kind things to say. It was another dramatic episode of Season 2 - will the trend continue? Tune in to the next episode to find out!

**"I Bet It's Hard For Everyone" - Ty**

Previously, on Survivor... After the previous episode's dramatic Kokiri Tribal Council, it was clear that gameplay would soon be taken to the next level. Both Gerudo and Kakariko members had gone through higher profile, more public drama, and the stage was set for a tense episode. It was announced that the episode's challenge would be both as a group and individual, with each tribe member handling a different part of the overall challenge, and the group being graded as a whole. Tribe members were warned: this episode's challenge would not be easy. Would those warnings come to fruition? Tribe members were presented with more information about the challenge: they would be playing a Dungeon Gauntlet, with each member of each tribe having to handle a different dungeon. Before the challenge could start, tribes had to come up with a list of who would be tackling each dungeon, without knowing what comprised each dungeon, only knowing each dungeon's name. The tribes came together to decide who would be doing which dungeon. Handling the Forest Dungeon would be Ginge, Jenny, and Sensei from their respective tribes. For the Fire Dungeon, JP, Teo, and Poppy. Jake, Hannah, and Keats would take on the Water Dungeon, while the Shadow Dungeon would be challenged by Mitch, Bam, and Case. Finally, entering the Spirit Dungeon would be Ty, Joe, and Pad. The Forest Dungeon was simple but challenging: our heroes were to count from 1 to 1000 logs chopped, in proper order, as quickly as possible by saying the lines "1 log chopped," "2 logs chopped," etc. Any counting mistake would lead to a 5 minute time penalty.

In the Fire Dungeon, tribe members would be playing the game Dunkz, involving flaming basketballs, and needing to score at least 750 to complete the dungeon. They would be graded by the time it took them to complete the challenge. For the Water Dungeon, tribe members would have to get to level 50 in the game Water Rush, again graded by the time it took to complete. In the Spirit Dungeon, members would have to name the official religion of 75 different countries. Their score would be determined by the time it took to complete the challenge. Finally, in the Shadow Dungeon, our heroes were to play Chess against a computer, and beat it on levels 5 through 9. Again, the scoring would be by time. Tribe members quickly discovered why they had been warned that this challenge would not be easy - the games involved were extremely hard and time consuming. Multiple members became flustered and gave up early in the challenge, while others struggled with to complete their task as quickly as possible and made mistakes when cost them penalty time. With the challenge being graded across the tribe, there was added pressure to post a good score, and little room to throw the games. It would be pretty easy to figure out if someone lied about their times, so players knew that they had to bring their best to keep a good image within their tribe. Unfortunately, some members struggled mightily with the challenge, with one member unable to complete the challenge. A DNF meant they would be graded as having taken the full 48 hours, which would crush their tribe average.

The scores were tallied, and the first losing tribe was announced: Kakariko had a date with Tribal Council, after posting by far the lowest score. The other two tribes' scores were closer, but Kokiri had a slight edge. This meant Gerudo would also be going to Tribal Council. There was some frustration within Kakariko about Teo giving up on the challenge. If he had tried to complete the challenge and not taken the 48hr time for not finishing, his tribe would have had a shot. It seemed like he may be the next to go. Gerudo were the first tribe to submit all their votes, and subsequently to enter Tribal Council. The vote was split early, with Pad and exchanging votes. Unfortunately for Case, the last vote was read with his name on it, which meant he would be the 8th member of Season 2 to go home. Case was really emotional about being sent home, and ruffled some feathers on the way out, but his motion was understandable. At this point in the season, everyone has put in a tremendous amount of work and effort to get here. Kakariko were next up for Tribal Council. Unfortunately for Teo, giving up on the challenge had upset his fellow heroes, and they voted to send him home. Teo was gracious to his former tribe mates as he left the game. This episode featured the hardest challenges we've seen so far this season, and only the strongest could move forward. Only 14 remained - what surprises would be in store for them? Tune in to the next episode to find out!\

**"I'm Either Blessed or Screwed" -Ty**

Previously, on Survivor... After last episode's Dungeon Gauntlet, the 14 remaining heroes were exhausted and relieved to have moved on. Perhaps they hoped for a slower paced, more relaxing episode. They would not get it. Early on, a challenge was presented to our heroes - they would be playing Swordplay, a spin-off of Dodgeball. Each competitor would choose a certain order of 5 moves - stab, shield, or combo. Their choices would be made one set of 5 moves at a time, until a winner was decided. There was little room for strategizing, as there would be no way to know what order the other tribes' members would play their moves, so this challenge would largely come down to luck. With a numbers advantage, Kakariko and Kokiri were forced to choose one member to sit out of the challenge, so that each tribe had an equal number of participants as the other tribes. Once the rules were fully explained and the members who would be sitting out chosen, our heroes were free to begin the challenge...

...and they did not waste any time. Quickly, everyone's lists were submitted. And with that, we were off. In the first round, most participants' moves canceled each other's out, but unfortunately for Bam, his attempt to stab Ginge was countered by Ginge's combo, and Bam was the first participant to be eliminated. In the second round, Ginge got his comeuppance, as his stab attempt on G\_Money was negated by a combo, and he was the next to be eliminated. JP also lost as his attempt to stab Sensei was countered by Sensei's combo. Hannah attempted to stab Poppy; unfortunately for her, Poppy had blocked the attack. However, Pad used his turn to stab Hannah, and since she had attempted to stab Poppy, she was unable to defend herself and was the next contestant to lose. After 2 rounds, 4 members had been eliminated. In round 3, members' moves largely negated each other, but both Ty and Joe attempted to stab Keats. Unfortunately for them, Keats used his combo, and both Ty and Joe were the next to be eliminated. In the 4th round, G\_Money took a stab at Sensei, who had failed to block or counter, and G\_Money's stab worked. Sensei was the next to lose. In the 5th round, G\_Money again pulled off a surprise stab, as Keats was unprepared to defend himself, and would end up being next to be eliminated. Following the 5th round, only 4 participants remained: Mitch, G\_Money, Pad, and Poppy. The final 4 were forced to submit a new list of 5 moves. The final push was on. Once their lists were submitted, the second set of rounds commenced. In the first round, both Pad and G\_Money attempted to take down Mitch with a stab. Unfortunately for both, Mitch had blocked, and their attack was useless.

In the second round, G\_Money and Poppy each targeted each other with a stab. Unfortunately for both their stabs negated each other and both survived. In round 3, Pad took a shot at G\_Money with a stab. But G\_Money had put up his shield to block, and Pad's attack was useless. In the 4th round, Mitch took a stab at Poppy. However, Poppy had also tried to stab Mitch, and both survived the attack. In the 5th round, again Mitch went for Poppy, but this time she used her shield to block, and the attack was negated. After 5 rounds...nothing had happened. Another list would have to be submitted, and another set would commence. The lists were submitted, and the first round of the next set began. Pad attempted to take out Mitch early; Mitch put up his shield and deflected the attack. In the second round, nothing happened at all. In the third round, Pad once again went for an early stab, this time on G\_Money. But he wasn't so lucky as G\_Money had used a combo to return the attack, and Pad would be the next to go. Mitch had also used his stab on Pad, but unfortunately for him Poppy went to stab Mitch, and with his focus on Pad, the stab landed. Mitch was also eliminated. With Mitch and Pad eliminated, that meant Kokiri was the first tribe to have a date with Tribal Council. In the 4th, G\_Money went for the stab on Poppy, but she was prepared, and used her block to survive the attack.

In the 5th, both G\_Money and Poppy went to stab each other, and missed. After 15 rounds, both had made it. This meant ANOTHER list would have to be submitted, with only 2 participants remaining. Both members submitted their list, and the final set would begin. ...and again, nothing would happen. Through 5 more rounds, nobody was victorious. Which meant the challenge would have to go to a sudden death, tiebreaker question. While waiting for the tiebreaker question to be answered, Kokiri's tribal council began. Without a super clear target, the tribe were forced to eliminate a good player. The votes came in quickly, and unfortunately for Ty, his fellow tribe mates voted unanimously to send him home. By the time Kokiri's Tribal Council was done, the tiebreaker question had been answered. The question was how many posts in his confessional Case had made before going home - and neither of the remaining challengers were close to the real answer of 350 posts! But Poppy was closer, and that meant Gerudo had won immunity. Kakariko would be the second tribe to go to Tribal Council. Kakariko took longer than Kokiri to submit their votes, but finally, it was time for their Tribal Council. Just as Kokiri's tribal council was unanimous, so was Kakariko's. Despite G\_Money's success in the challenge, his social game had confounded all observers from day one, and it finally came back to bite him. He would become the 10th person voted out of Season 2. As has been the standard this season, it was another busy episode! Only 12 heroes remain - what might they be facing going forward? Tune in to the next episode to find out!

**"Always Take Care Of Each Other" - Myka**

Previously, on Survivor... They knew it was coming. The past couple cycles, our heroes were anxious to see when a merge would be coming. And, finally, it was here. Down to the final 12, the time had come. Kokiri, Kakariko, and Gerudo were no more - now there was only Lon Lon. Only 4 duos remained: Bam and Joe, Hannah and JP, Jenny and Sensei, and Mitch and Ginge. Would these connections prove to be an advantage for the individuals in them now that everyone was in the same tribe? Everyone mostly knew each other at this point. Thanks to the earlier swap and the duos, there was little need to get to know anyone new, and only a few members met for the first time. It was just time to get down to business. A challenge was presented to our new-look, fully grown heroes: Scattegories. Each participant would be presented a list of categories and a letter, and would have to come up with the most unique responses that began with the presented letter.

The categories our heroes needed to come up with names for were: type of car, occupation, article of clothing, famous video game character, type of accessory, country, means of communication, school subject, reason to laugh, amusement park ride, things to do at the beach, and music genre. The letter each response would have to begin with was S. As this was a fully individual challenge, there was little discussion or need for strategy. Everyone's lists were private, the challenge occurring in their submissions. Once each hero's challenge was complete, the scores would be added up and winners and losers determined. Most of the allotted challenge time was used, but finally all the answers were in... And there was a tie. A tiebreaker question was presented to the heroes: to guess what the total number of points scored in the challenge were. With no way for anyone to know how they or anyone else did yet, this was truly a wild guess. Once the tiebreaker answers were in, it was time to read the results. Sensei, having abstained from the challenge, came in last with 0 points. In 11th was Hannah with 15pts, in 10th Pad with 20, a tie in 8th between Jenny and Poppy with 21 points, a tie in 6th between Keats and Joe with 24, a tie in 4th between Bam and Mitch who each scored 26. JP finished 3rd with 27 points, which meant Ginge or Jake had won the challenge.

They had tied with a score of 28, hence the tiebreaker question being asked. The total number of points scored was 260, and Ginge's guess of 304 was much closer than Jake's 160. Ginge had won immunity in the upcoming Tribal Council. The remaining 11 heroes would go to Tribal Council to determine who would be the 11th competitor to be voted out of the game. Immediately, alliances began to discuss who they thought should be the next to go. There was some drama as JP worked hard to organize votes, and got caught playing games. Hannah, his duo, was frustrated with him for overplaying. Would he get his way this cycle, or would his aggressiveness come back to bite him? All of Pad, Sensei, and Keats' names came up early in the discussion process. It seemed like the remaining heroes didn't really know who to vote for, as there was no one clear target this time around. It looked like there might be a split vote, but Pad's name started to come up more and more. But suddenly, the episode took a major turn, as Poppy had to leave the game. There would be no Tribal Council, and the episode was over. Everyone was extremely supportive of Poppy's decision to focus on more important things. With the shocking news, the final 11 was decided. Everyone headed back to camp, and the episode was over. Where does this leave the remaining 11 heroes? Tune in to the next episode to find out!

**Episode 8: "Comedy Often Comes in the Form of Tragedy" - Keats**

Previously, on Survivor... After the last episode's shocking last-minute twist, our remaining heroes limped into this episode. There seemed to be a lower energy level coming in. Was this just because of the last episode's news, or was it the calm before the storm? In the aftermath of the previous episode, Pad and Sensei had made some strongly negative impressions on their tribe mates, and it seemed like no matter what happened, they would be on their way out soon. After some time off, a challenge was presented to our heroes: they would be playing Time Stamp, where various screenshots from Ocarina of Time, and a video in which those screenshots occurred. Our heroes would have to label each screenshot with the appropriate time stamp from the video, as quickly and accurately as possible. After a long waiting period, finally tribe members started to complete the challenge, and with little time left to submit, the last challenge was completed. It was time to tally and announce scores. Not one of the participants got every time stamp exactly right - but with some room for error in recognizing the frames, the judging was lenient enough to score answers as correct if they were within one second of the official correct response. Three heroes abstained from the challenge: Joe, Pad, and Sensei. After Pad and Sensei had angered their tribe mates entering the episode, would their refusal to participate in the challenge upset people further?

Keats was the first to be eliminated from contention, as even with the 1 second buffer range, he did not post a perfect score. Between the abstentions and Keats' score, only 7 heroes were left in contention. With 7 perfect scores, it would come down solely to the time it took to complete, and only two heroes posted times under 3 minutes: Jake and Bam. Only one could win immunity, and with his 2:23 time, it would be Jake, who was now guaranteed a top 10 spot in Season 2. The other 10 heroes had a date with Tribal Council, and quickly Sensei began attempting to organize a blindside of Keats. However, others were upset with Sensei. Would he be able to make a move with everyone not being particularly big fans of him right now? As the remaining heroes strategized their votes, it became clear that there was not genuine support for Sensei's plan, and that he or Pad would be the one to go home. As votes came in Sensei became extremely nervous that nobody was responding to his plan or telling him who they were voting for, and started asking around to find out who already voted without telling him. His fellow tribe mates could sense that he was paranoid. Finally, all the votes were submitted, and it was time to go to Tribal Council. 1 person voted for Sensei and 1 for JP, but ultimately it wouldn't matter, as Pad received a majority 6 votes, making him the 11th place finisher and first jury member of Season 2. In an episode filled with a lot of frustration, tribe members decided to remove one of the sources of that frustration. Will there be more to come? Tune in to the next episode to find out!(edited)

**Episode 9: "It's Called Touchy Subjects For a Reason" - Beaker**

Previously, on Survivor... After a somewhat frustrating last episode, the remaining heroes set out to make more progress in their goal to win Season 2. With fewer easy targets remaining, the game would continue to ramp up in competitiveness. With all members voted out serving on the jury going forward, a new strategic wrinkle was present, as our heroes would need to make moves to protect themselves without turning future jury members against them. At this point in the game, Sensei and Keats seemed to be the major targets. Sensei's cavalier style and Keats' occasional dryness had made both of them popular names in voting discussions. Would their performances in this episode's challenge make one of them the clear vote? Our heroes were presented with a challenge, and once they saw what it would be, fear was struck into their hearts. They would be playing Touchy Subjects - an org classic, and a brutal public exploration of how the competitors felt about each other. In the challenge, each hero would be given a list of superlatives - such as the season's biggest goat, the least self aware hero, etc. Tribe members would be answering who they thought the majority would vote for, not who they personally believed was most fitting for each title. Competitors thought long and hard about strategy for this challenge, and the entire time allotted to handle the challenge was used before all answers were in. Finally, it was time to reveal scores. The first question was who was the most trusted hero still in the game, and a clean majority chose Jake. Secondly, our heroes were asked who their least trusted competitor was, and the group unanimously answered Sensei.

Third up was who the season's biggest goat is - and there was no clean majority but a tie between Sensei and Mitch. The fourth question was which remaining competitor was least likely to reach FTC, and again Sensei took a majority of the votes. At this point, numerous heroes had scored 3 points out of 4 questions. Nobody was taking a big lead yet, and upcoming questions would be a major factor. The 5th question regarded who was best at challenges, and living up to her season-long reputation, Hannah received a majority of the votes. Sixth up, our heroes were asked who has made the best relationships, and keeping with the theme of everyone liking her, Jenny received the most votes. The seventh question was which hero has been most strategic. There was little consensus here; 4 heroes tied for the most votes here. Jake, Sensei, Hannah, and JP were the most popular responses. Eighth up, Jake received the most votes for who is currently running the game, while the 9th question regarded who was least self-aware about their game. Most participants named Sensei.

The next question was who would be most difficult to vote out, and the majority named Jenny, who seemed to be in pretty good position based on these responses. Meanwhile, when asked who least deserved to still be in the game, a majority voted for Sensei. For the 12th question, players were asked who they believed had the biggest secrets in the game. With a small majority, JP received the most votes. Next was who was flying most under the radar - and there was no clear winner here, as Jenny, Bam, Mitch, and Kate tied for the most votes. With the 14th question, players had to answer who the biggest threat remaining in the game was. Much to her dismay, fearing it would make her a target, Hannah received the most votes. Finally, for the 15th and final question, players were asked who the least engaging hero to talk to was. The majority answered Sensei and Joe.

Scores were tallied up, and winning the challenge and immunity in the upcoming TC was Joe. He was now guaranteed a top 9 spot in Season 2. But the rest of our heroes had a date with Tribal Council. Some longer-term strategies were discussed, but the discussions largely centered around which of Sensei or Keats to target this time around. Fears of an advantage led to some of our heroes attempting to organize a split. But Keats got paranoid and tried to make some moves, and may have overplayed his hand, as focus turned on getting him out. JP and Hannah got nervous about all the scrambling, and decided to play their duo advantage, where they got to see if anybody had submitted a vote for either of them. JP had an idol to play in the case that he discovered he was being voted for. Keats caused some frustration as a plan to vote elsewhere had come up, and he went around talking to everyone about it, blowing the plan up. Could this move turn his tribe mates' sights back on him? It seemed as if the attempts to make moves woke up some of the strategic minds in the game. Suddenly people were thinking about their long term security, and discussing moves a few cycles in advance. Finally, after many discussions, all votes were submitted and it was time to go to Tribal Council. And unfortunately for Keats, he had brought attention to himself, and was unanimously voted out as the 13th person to go home in Season 2. This vote ended up easier than it seemed it might, but the stage was set for a few dramatic cycles to come. Would high profile moves be made soon? Tune in to the next episode to find out!

**Episode 10: "I CANNOT TRUST ANYONE IN THIS GAME ANYMORE" - Jenny**

Previously, on Survivor... After last episode's unanimous vote, only 9 heroes remained in Season 2. With the level of competition rising, our heroes would have to be prepared for a difficult challenge. And today, they would get it. The challenge presented to our heroes this episode would be Geoguessr, where the contestants would be dropped into a map and have to determine where in the world they are based on the surroundings on the map. They would have 3 minutes to make their best guess regarding their location, and those who guessed most closely to the actual location would win. Even before the challenge, players had continued to strategize after last Tribal Council, and early in the episode the clear targets seemed to be Sensei and Joe. Would their performance in the challenge direct votes toward one of them? Most tribe members completed the challenge quickly. Within 12 hours of the challenge being posted, 7 out of 9 had completed it. The remaining 2 had 12 more hours to complete the challenge before time would run out.(edited)

The heroes who had already completed the challenge implored those who hadn't to submit before the full 24 hours were up, and one did, but unfortunately Sensei chose not to complete the challenge, and registered as an abstain as time ran out. Would his history of not participating in challenges make him an easy vote, or a shield for better players to drag along until the end? Meanwhile, vote discussions continued. Ginge's alliance was targeting Joe, and Jenny and Hannah tried to determine whether to go along with their plan, or come up with their own plan to blindside Ginge. Clearly the strategy level of the game was starting to ramp up. Once all the challenges were completed, scores were announced. With a nearly perfect score of 24,428, Hannah had won the challenge, and immunity in the upcoming Tribal Council.

Vote discussions and plans continued. Jenny tried to convince Joe to lie to Hannah in order to execute their plan to blindside Ginge, but Joe was apprehensive, despite knowing that he may be targeted at this Tribal Council. Would his hesitance to make a big move here be his downfall? JP also found himself a target as Mitch and Ginge attempted to come up with a plan to cover their bases. It was looking like we were due for a chaotic split vote.

An alliance between Sensei, Joe, Bam, Jenny, Ginge, and Mitch came together to construct a plan to flush idols. They would put in placeholder votes to protect against the radar advantage, and then once all but one vote were in, they would make sure their real votes were in and the last person would vote to lock their votes. Different members of the alliance would vote for different people to flush any idols. At the last minute, Mitch and Ginge used their extra vote. Finally, with all plans organized, all votes were submitted, and it was time for Tribal Council. After 9 votes were read, there was a 3-3-2-1 split, with Jake and JP tied for most. But Mitch and Ginge had used their extra vote. They used it on JP, making his vote total 4, and creating a 4-3-2-1 vote split, sending JP home as the 14th member of Season 2. That was... A lot. Easily the most chaotic and dramatic episode of Season 2 yet finished with an exciting conclusion...but could it have set the stage for more to come? Tune in next episode to find out!

**Episode 11: "The Best Lies Have Some Truth Sprinkled in Them" - Jenny**

Previously, on Survivor... After last episode's big finish at Tribal Council, it was clear that our heroes were ramping up their strategic games. Only 8 heroes remained. What would be in store for them this episode? While preparing and executing their plan for the last vote, some participants had begun to map out their ideal paths to FTC, and strategize their best way to stay along that path. At this point, everybody was a target, and there was no obvious vote. Even the weaker links had strategic value as shields, so there was no telling who would be the next to go. After some time off to collect their thoughts, a challenge was presented to our heroes: they would be playing Chain Reaction. A series of letters were presented, with a word at the start and finish, and their job was to link those words together using words that start with the presented letters. They were looking for a specific set of words, not just anything that fit, so this could be a real challenge. The correct sequence of words was as follows: Sword Fight Club Soda Pop Warner Brothers

Some participants did not understand the nature of the challenge. Some thought they could use any words that made logical sense, others thought they were supposed to string together a complete sentence as opposed to couplets. As has become the standard this season, nearly the full amount of allotted time was used to complete the challenge. It went down to the wire, but eventually all challenges were completed. With all scores tallied, it was time to announce them and the winner of immunity in the upcoming Tribal Council. Three of our heroes posted perfect scores - Bam, Hannah, and Mitch. With score the most important factor and time a tiebreaker, only these three were eligible for immunity. Mitch completed his challenge in 6m02s, while Hannah completed hers in 2m flat. Unfortunately for both, Bam had completed the challenge in 1m40s, making him the winner of this episode's immunity. With the challenge completed, the remaining heroes had a date with Tribal Council, and began to organize voting plans. Early targets in discussions seemed to be Ginge and Hannah, two of the stronger players of the season.

As discussions continued, it became clear there would be two different voting groups: one for Ginge and one for Hannah. Claiming to be on board with voting Ginge were Jenny, Sensei, Hannah, and Jake. For Hannah, Bam, Joe, Ginge, and Mitch. With extra vote advantages in play, each group had to play their cards carefully. Mitch and Ginge chose to use their radar advantage to find out if anybody was voting for them. Upon using this, they discovered that votes had been cast for them, and they scrambled to figure out what was happening. After protracted strategizing, and numerous versions of various plans, eventually all votes were in, and it was time to go to Tribal Council. Ginge knew there would be a fair amount of votes for him, as he had used his radar advantage. So it was no surprise when about half the early votes came in for Ginge, and half for Jenny, with one safety vote for Jake. But Jenny had played her steal a vote advantage, and took Ginge's vote away, while getting to play a second vote. And this was the difference maker, as the final vote tally was 5 Ginge-3 Jenny-1 Jake. Had Jenny not played her advantage, it may have been 4-4-1, leading to a revote. But Jenny and her allies' strategy had paid off, and she survived this cycle. Ginge, unfortunately, was going home. Yet again a major threat had been taken out of the game - things are starting to get pretty spicy. Will it set the stage for another great cycle? Tune in to the next episode to find out!

**Episode 12 - I'm playing the game I want to play - Sensei**

Previously on Survivor... The previous tribal council, with a 5-3-1 vote of Ginge, Jenny, and Jake, sent shockwaves through the game as a major threat and contender of the game, Ginge, was voted out by Jenny, Sensei, Jake, and Hannah. There were 9 votes in the final 8 tribal council? That’s right, because for the first time, the steal-a-vote advantage was used by Jenny, given to her by yours truly (Tim S2:18), after receiving the chance for a triforce piece for winning individual immunity in the F20 challenge. This was a shock to everyone, including her own partner, Sensei. Have these actions put an even larger target on her back? We’ll have to wait and see!

Prior to the immunity challenge, the castaways were asked about how the previous two tribal councils have influenced their perception of the game, who the front runners are, and about public perception in the endgame. The general consensus was that these two critical tribal councils have ramped the game up ten-fold, that Jenny was by far the biggest threat left in the game (with honorable mentions of Jake, Joe, and Hannah), and that perceptions are hard to change, but can be, with the right moves. With previous tribal councils and limited time left in the game, it was becoming apparent to most of tribe that Jenny should be next to go. The trio of Mitch, Joe, and Bam were on the bottom of the tribe after the vote out, but I wouldn’t count on people strictly sticking to alliances. They see Jenny as the biggest threat, but need more numbers. Fortunately for them, both Hannah and Jake were considering flipping on Jenny and Sensei, and voting Jenny out at the next tribal council. This episodes' immunity challenge was Timeline Trivia! The castaways were required to correctly order 10 in-game events, with unlimited guesses, with the individual with the fastest time winning immunity. The castaways were required to input the order as a !command, and would receive a congratulations message when completed correctly, only then would the time stop. The 10 events were: 1. First advantage is played 2. First double tribal 3. First triforce of courage is earned 4. Tribe swap 5. First time a player is voted out with an advantage on their pocket 6. Myka first mentions ganondorf in tree mail. 7. First time someone other than Myka runs a tribal council 8. First individual immunity is earned. 9. First duo is split up. 10. First female castaway is out of the game. The answer was: !69382745101

Easy enough right? Wrong! Although some castaways were very close to getting a correct answer, not a single person ever got that congratulations message. This challenge was too difficult for the castaways, as every single person eventually begrudgingly accepted a DNF. For the first time in VideORG history, everybody simultaneously won immunity, lost immunity, was not eligible for immunity, and was required to do a second immunity challenge. The second challenge was Timeline Trivia Take Two! This time, the castaways were required to correctly order 7 different in-game events. This challenge was also timed, but this time, the castaways were only given 1 guess. Whoever got the order of events the most correct, or the fastest in the event of a tie, wins immunity. The 7 events were: 1. A tied vote occurred 2. First Double Immunity 3. Ocarina Challenge 4. First unanimous vote 5. First drop out 6. Touchy Subjects 7. Time Stamp The correct answer was: 3241576 The castaways did considerably better on this challenge, although a low bar to surpass. There were no DNF’s, and two castaways achieved a perfect 7/7 score! Jenny and Hannah. The winner of this immunity challenge was…. Jenny! She completed the challenge only about 50 seconds faster than Hannah. The trio of Joe, Bam, and Mitch were understandably frustrated with Jenny winning immunity, as she was their ideal target for this tribal council. The group of Joe, Bam, Mitch, Hannah, and Jake considered voting for Sensei to weaken Jenny, but see him as a goat to take and beat at the final tribal council. Hannah and Jake wanted to weaken one of the two duos, and saw Sensei as somebody to keep around and obviously couldn’t vote for Jenny. So, Hannah and Jake worked with Jenny and Sensei to vote out Joe, a threat in the game and the bigger threat of the duo of Bam and Joe.

After learning of his eventual demise, and understanding that there was essentially nothing he could do, Joe raised the metaphorical white flag, and genuinely thanked every remaining castaway and wished them all well. He even contemplated abstaining from the vote so he wouldn’t have to vote for any of his friends. A short tribal council ensued; a rather heartwarming one for Survivor. As the dust settled, the votes were locked, and the votes came in. It was a unanimous vote off, 6 votes against Joe, and 1 vote (from Joe) voting for Sensei. We are now down to the Final 6 of Survivor: Ocarina of Time! Jenny and Sensei are the final duo remaining! What will be the final duo advantage they receive? Will they stick together, or split apart? Will old targets fall and new targets emerge? You’ll have to wait and find out! With more game to play and chaos sure to ensue, we’re in for a wild ride.

**Episode 13: "I Need That For My Ego" - Sensei**

Previously, on Survivor... With Joe having been voted out in a unanimous decision, only one duo remained in the game: Jenny and Sensei. For this, they earned a hidden immunity idol. The idol could only be played before the F5 Tribal Council, but could it save one of them from going home otherwise? At this point in the season, the pace had escalated rapidly, as most contenders had laid out their paths to FTC, and didn't need to strategize based on challenge outcomes beyond who won immunity. As such the discussions moved quickly; targets had already been decided. After a short break, our heroes were presented with a challenge: they would be playing Instrumental Shazam, where an instrumental version of a well known song would be played to everyone at once, and whoever correctly guessed the song first would score a point. The remaining heroes were given some time to determine a time that would work for all of them to do the challenge, as it would be done live. They discussed, came up with a time, and waited. Finally, it was time for the challenge. After testing the system to play the music, the first song was played: Gangnam Style. Hannah, with her magic challenge powers, immediately got the answer, scoring the first point. Next up was Hotel California. Jake was ready for this one, and got the answer immediately. The third song up was Before He Cheats, which Jenny quickly identified. After 3 songs, there was a 3-way tie.

The fourth song up was Butterfly Effect, and Jenny was the only one to even attempt to guess, giving her 2 points and the lead at the time. Next up was Havana, which Hannah got within seconds, tying Jenny at 2 points. The sixth song was Apologize; unfortunately for Jenny, she misspelled the title, and Hannah quickly got it correctly, giving her a third point and taking the challenge lead. The next song was Sorry. Hannah got it correctly right away, extending her lead. At this point the score was Hannah 4, Jenny 2, Jake 1. Eighth up was Losing My Religion. Yet again, Hannah immediately got it correct, bringing her lead even further. Next was Fly Away, which Jenny got, as nobody else even guessed. This closed the gap to Hannah a little, as she was now just 2 points behind. The 10th song was Smells Like Teen Spirit, which Hannah guessed immediately. The next song was Baby One More Time - multiple participants recognized the song but could not properly guess the title, making Jenny the winner of this one. At this point, scores were Hannah 6, Jenny 4, Jake 1.

The next song was What Does The Fox Say. Finally one Sensei had a shot at! But alas he did not get it, as Hannah was the first to guess correctly. By this point, Hannah had built a significant lead, and despite there being many more songs for others to catch up to her, they never would. After all songs were played, the final score of the challenge was Hannah 10, Jenny 6, Mitch 3, Bam 1, Jake 1, Sensei 0. This meant Hannah would have immunity in the upcoming Tribal Council, and a guaranteed top 5 spot in Season 2. Participants prepared their votes for Tribal Council, with Sensei using his steal a vote advantage to tip the scales in his favor, and all were submitted quickly...at first. At first because once the 6 votes were read, there was a 2 way tie, 3 votes for Jenny, and 3 votes for Bam. This meant there would be a revote.

In the case of a revote, all discussions have to be carried out publicly, in the Tribal Council chat. This made for some high drama, as some personal thoughts came out into the open. Another wrinkle was that, with Sensei having used his steal a vote advantage, that would carry over to the revote. This meant Mitch would not vote and Sensei would vote twice. On top of Jenny and Bam not being allowed to vote in the revote, this meant there would only be 4 votes: Sensei x2, Hannah, and Jake. Sensei took his position of power as an opportunity to overshare and belittle his fellow contestants, acting as if he would be in charge of all votes for the duration of the game. He did not seem to realize that he had no allies in this game. After some heated discussion, and some tone deaf Sensei "trolling," finally all revotes were in. This time, there was no tension, as every vote that was read held Bam's name, making him the 17th member of Season 2 to go home, and our 6th place finisher. Bam's final words were thoughtful, about his role as a jury member, and unafraid to express his distaste for Sensei. The episode had reached its conclusion, but the drama and tension in the revote discussions seemed to have the possibility to shape the rest of the season from here on out. Will Sensei be able to execute his "master" plan? Will the other heroes finally get tired of him and boot him? Tune in to the next episode to find out!

**Finale Part 1: "I Just Wanna Know What Will End Up Happening" - Hannah**

Previously, on Survivor... After a lightning-fast penultimate episode, our remaining heroes were in for quite a challenge. Down to the final 5, our heroes would be presented with their toughest task yet: the Puzzle Gauntlet. Competitors would have to complete a series of 8 puzzles, in order, aiming to complete them both correctly and quickly. The first puzzle would be a 120 piece jigsaw. The second, an Ocarina of Time themed word search. Third would be a 5x5 slide puzzle, while the fourth puzzle would be peg solitaire. Fifth up, they would be completing a drop word puzzle. Sixth, an Ocarina of Time themed crossword. Seventh would be a zebra puzzle, a form of logic puzzle. Lastly, the 8th puzzle would be a flow puzzle. Our heroes were warned that this would be extremely difficult, and to set aside plenty of time to complete their task. The first to attempt the challenge was Jenny. Clearly feeling some pressure, Jenny at first forgot to start the timer for her challenge. She managed to shake off some of the rust, completing the first two, but felt the need to skip the third puzzle in order to keep her time manageable. She then completed the fourth and fifth puzzles in a timely manner.

Unfortunately for Jenny, disaster struck, as she accidentally skipped from the 5th to the 7th puzzle. As she did not officially choose to skip the 6th, she had broken the challenge rules, and to her dismay was disqualified from the challenge. Second up was Mitch. Mitch stumbled a bit with the first puzzle, taking 31 minutes to move to the second, but like Jenny, Mitch made a crucial mistake. He started the second puzzle before officially submitting his results for the first; sadly this meant he had gone out of order, and would be disqualified from the challenge. The third hero to attempt the challenge was Jake. Jake came prepared, as he completed the first two puzzles in a total 34 minutes. For the third puzzle, the slide puzzle, he feared it would damage his time too much, and chose to skip. However he rebounded well, completing the 4th, 5th, and 6th puzzles in good time. Jake also chose to skip the 7th puzzle, the zebra puzzle. He completed the final puzzle in decent time, giving him the first completed challenge among contestants.

Fourth to start was Hannah, the challenge beast herself. And she lived up to her reputation, as she completed every single puzzle in a blisteringly fast time, with no speedbumps at all. Sensei did not attempt to participate in the challenge. Finally, with the challenge over, it was time to tally scores. With Sensei abstaining, he was placed in 5th of the 5 contestant. Jenny and Mitch, with their disqualifications, tied for third. This left Hannah and Jake's scores and times to be compared. Jake got all 6 puzzles he chose not to skip correct, for a 6/8 score, completing the gauntlet in 2hr47m, a highly respectable time. But Hannah had simply dominated. With a perfect 8/8 score and unfathomable 1hr32m time, she absolutely shattered the competition, and had won immunity in the first Tribal Council of the finale, guaranteeing her a top 4 finish in Season 2.

With that sorted out, it was time to go to Tribal Council, where one of Jenny, Mitch, Jake, or Sensei would be going home as the 5th place finisher. The alliance of Jake, Hannah, and Mitch set their sights on Jenny. However, Mitch put together that Jenny and Sensei had an idol at their disposal. Would this alter their voting strategy? Alas it would not matter, as Sensei refused to allow Jenny to play the idol to protect her, putting a new and ignominious feather in his cap. And unfortunately for Jenny, Mitch's suspicions did not impact the vote plan, as his alliance still all voted for her. Sensei was not present and did not submit a vote, and got a strike and a self vote as a result. Jenny also failed to submit a vote. But it would not matter, as all other votes were for Jenny, making her the next go home, as the 5th place finisher in Season 2. TO BE CONTINUED IN PT. 2

**Finale Part 2: "The winner of Season 2 of VideORGs, Survivor: Ocarina of Time..." - Myka**

Previously, on Survivor... After Sensei's betrayal of Jenny in the first half, only 4 heroes remained: Hannah, Jake, Mitch, and Sensei. The end of the game was rapidly approaching, and the contenders were prepared to defend themselves in the upcoming challenge. The heroes were asked to select a time where the four of them would be able to participate in a live challenge, and given significant time to decide. However, the game hit a speedbump, as while the other 3 heroes were all actively participating in trying to find a time to do the challenge, Sensei was nowhere to be found. He had intimated to Mitch that he had decided that he had no shot to win the game and as such had decided to stop paying attention, but nobody really knew whether he was ok or not. Two and a half days passed before it was decided that Sensei was not going to be showing up, and he received his third strike, removing him from the game. This made him the 4th place finisher in Season 2, but left a bitter taste in everyone's mouth as the challenge was no longer necessary and was cancelled.

The final 3 of Hannah, Jake, and Mitch were curious what the Final Immunity Challenge would have been. It was announced that the challenge would have been Hot Potato, where each player would have to "pass" a potato by saying "I pass the potato to \_\_" within 5 minutes of receiving the hot potato, or else they would be eliminated from the challenge. Surely it would have been an exciting challenge, but was not meant to be. But with the final 3 decided, there was still exciting news: they would be entering Final Tribal Council soon, and had most of a day to prepare their speeches for the jury. The final 3 heroes began to lay out the details of their speeches, and each came up with something they felt was adequate before the full allotted time was used.

Hannah began her speech with an apology, as real world pressures had been getting to her, and she admittedly had found it hard to put much focus into her speech. She did the best she could, and put forward a great speech, but she felt that she could have done better. She used the first part of her speech to lay out the moves she had made at each point in the season, and felt that despite her relatively under the radar gameplay, her moves behind the scenes made a strong case for her, and offered the names of some castmates who could vouch for her agency in each of the moves she mentioned. In the second part of her speech, she outlined the themes that she used to define her game. The first theme she mentioned was mutual self interest, where she based her strategic moves around both what worked for her and what worked for the people she was working with. She felt this had enabled her to make it far into the game, and to execute strategic moves without being perceived as a major threat. The second theme she outlined was threat level management, which tied into the first theme. She had been very conscious of how others perceived her, and strategically threw challenges to moderate the threat levels that her fellow competitors saw in her. The third and final theme was options. She took care not to burn bridges unnecessarily, and had managed to leave herself with multiple paths forward at various major moments in the season, ensuring that one misstep would not be the end of her season.

She wrapped up her speech by highlighting the bonds she made, the strategies she used, and her satisfaction with her overall game, leaving it in the hands of the jury to decide if they agreed. Jake began his final speech by thanking his fellow competitors, and saying how proud he was of the game he played. He then discussed how his perceived weaknesses were challenges and finding advantages. He mentioned that these had been conscious strategic decisions, though he did not go out of his way to lose challenges. He made sure to only win a couple challenges at most, as a means of managing his threat level. For the same reason, he did not push hard to win advantages, as he was wary of the target it would leave on his back.

He highlighted that his game was always going to have been based on the social connections he made, and pointed out that they had succeeded in getting him this far. He specifically mentioned Jenny, Hannah, JP, and Sensei as among the most important relationships he formed, pointing to specific moments in the season where those relationships made a significant difference in his game. Next, he pointed out that he had been somewhat of an underdog as the result of his partner, Xander, having been the first member of their tribe to go home. He felt this left him at a relationships disadvantage, and had to make up for it elsewhere. He also felt that the moves he made as a result ended up turning his disadvantage into an advantage, as he knew the duo twist would affect the perceived threat level of the competitors in the game. He pointed out that part of his strategy was to ensure that the last duo standing would work to his advantage, and he got his way. Jenny and Sensei had been the last duo standing, and among the most dysfunctional pairings throughout the course of the season, as demonstrated by the betrayal that sent Jenny home at Final 5. Jake also highlighted his adaptability, which he felt was an important part of his gameplay. His knowledge that this game can be cruel and unpredictable led him to stay on his toes, and he pointed out times during the season where this had worked to his advantage. Finally, Jake concluded his speech by summarizing all the strategic tools that went into his gameplay, and again thanking his castmates for a great season.

Mitch began his speech by thanking and complimenting his fellow castmates, and pointing out that he was honored to have made it to Final 3 out of all the talented participants. The first element of his strategy that Mitch highlighted was his target management. He pointed out that he had managed to only receive one vote for the duration of the game, and pointed out two main reasons he had been able to pull this off: he had aligned himself in alliances with some of the strongest players and biggest threats in the game, meaning that if his alliances were ever targeted, he'd be perceived as one of the lesser threats in the group. The second way he managed his threat level was by carefully selecting who and how he communicated with. This managed to keep his perceived social threat low. He then highlighted some of the major votes of the season, pointing out both his successes and failures, and how he navigated them. He specifically pointed to the Keats, JP, Ginge, Jenny, Joe, and Bam votes as key moments in his game.

He then focused on the three core values of Survivor: outwit, outplay, and outlast. He felt that his ability to outwit had been the strongest part of his game, as he managed to play up his perceived role as a goat of the season. He pointed out that his ability to outplay was another strong suit, but thanks to the presence of Hannah, the challenge beast herself, his ability to outplay was somewhat underrated. For outlast, he highlighted the success of his strategy in getting him to Final 3, and though he didn't have as strong individual challenge or social games as Hannah or Jake, he played a well rounded game to enable him to get past many competitors. Mitch concluded his speech by challenging the jury to ask him tough questions, as he felt he was prepared to answer anything and defend any faults they may have perceived. With all speeches submitted, the jury would now have 24 hours to ask questions, make statements, and submit their vote. Bam kept his questions to mostly about gameplay, focusing on his perceived shortcomings in each finalist. Ginge's questions were a little more abstract, asking each finalist which seasons of Survivor best reflected their paths here, and for their true thoughts on the nature of their relationships with him. Jenny asked more in-depth questions, focusing on individual moments and relationships in the season, and trying to get the truth behind various strategic moments in the game. Joe's questions were also more personal and in-depth, focusing on his perceived flaws in each of their games, but looking to figure out what their motivations were for those moves.

JP at first focused on the finalists' strategic moves. He put an individual spin on the question for each finalist. Then he moved into more fun questioning, such as the famed sandwich alignment chart. Keats asked each finalist what differentiated their games, and which aspects were based in strategy. Finally, Pad began with a significant amount of the usual inane memeing, but eventually he got serious, and asked good, in-depth questions, and laid out the criteria he would be voting on, offering the finalists transparency in the motives of his questioning. He focused largely on high-level gameplay concepts, and asked each finalist to defend their strategies. After each jury member's questioning was over, they submitted their votes. And with all votes submitted, all that was left to do was to wait for the reunion and FTC for the announcement of the winner of Season 2 of Myka's VideORG Games!

After some waiting, the time was finally here: all votes had been tallied, and it was time to read them and announce the WINNER of Season 2!!! The first vote read was for Mitch. Mitch 1, Jake 0, Hannah 0 The second vote was for Jake. Mitch 1, Jake 1, Hannah 0 Third was a vote for Hannah. Three way tie at 1! Fourth up, a vote for Jake. Jake 2, Mitch 1, Hannah 1 The fifth vote read was for Mitch. Jake 2, Mitch 2, Hannah 1 Sixth was a vote for Jake. Jake 3, Mitch 2, Hannah 1.

And the seventh and final vote was also for Jake, making him the winner of Season 2! Congratulations Jake!!! Next up it was time for season awards. The awards were given as follows: Fan Favorite - Jenny Hero - Hannah Villain - Sensei POTS - Jenny Black Horse/Underdog - Mitch Best Move - Jenny vote steal at Ginge's vote out Worst Move- Sensei blindsiding Case Best Blindside - JP blindside Most Robbed Pre-juror - Tim Most Robbed Juror - Ginge Best Duo- Hannah/JP Funniest Moment- seven DNFS Best Moment - 4-3-2-1 vote With the FTC and reunion over, it was a wrap on a REMARKABLE Season 2. Our heroes had worked so hard to compete this season, and they gave the specs a truly great time. It felt like it went by in the blink of an eye. But this isn't the end for Myka's VideORG Games - there's plenty more in store! Will a fantastic Season 2 set the stage for more phenomenal seasons to come? Tune in to the next season to find out!

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