Pandora's Box 8

The winners of Pandora's Box 8.

**Pandora's Box 8** is the eighth canon Pandora's Box event and the ninth event overall. It took place on August 13th, 2023 at 2:30 PM ET.

## Games and changes

### Games and maps played

The game pool remained the same from Pandora's Box Unsealed. No games were swapped out.

* Chalice Chase continue to be played on Stony Field.
* The courses played on Hyperdrive are Big Canyon, Lunar, Nether, and a brand new course, Elysium. Lunar was reversed.
* The minigames played in Gauntlet 2 remained the same, with Ice Breakers, Obstacles, One in the Chamber, Sand Surfers, Speed Sculptures and TNT Run being played. Sand Surfers received a larger arena.
* Sky High is played on a new map, Sanctuary, a revamped version of an old map.
* Speedrun is played on Mount Olympus. The map received many major changes.
* Survival Games continue to be played on Cor Vitae.
* Temple Lockout received some new map layout changes.
* The Colosseum received a new layout.

### Gameplay changes

* At the start of each voting phase in The Wheel, there is now a 4 seconds delay until the powerup items is given back to the players, making it harder to target players right away.
* Removed survival points from all PvP games.
* Introduced a "Double Time" segment to Survival Games, during which points gained from kills and damage is doubled. The Gulag also returned to it's original layout from Pandora's Box 6, but now with more layers added to host multiple fights at the same time.
* In Sky High, identical islands (i.e. spawn islands or side islands) will contain identical loots in each corresponding chest. This does not apply to the middle island.
* Disco Fever now uses only 4 colors instead of 7, and each round a different set of color is used. Tinted Glass is also introduced, which disappear regardless of which color is displayed.
* Added a new lime speed pads in Speedrun, which gives lower speed boost than yellow pads. The game also received a visual update, with arrows on the grounds marking where to go. Additionally, players can now toggle visibility of other players.
* Some Gauntlet 2 minigames received changes:
	+ Players' health in Sand Surfers is increased.
	+ Speed Sculptures now feature both breaking and placing ice to complete the objective.

## Result Overview

### Game 1:  Survival Games

Winning team:  Mint Mermaids - 1,948

Top 5 players this game:

1. craftclan - 786
2. EpicFH - 668
3. SandwichLord\_ - 497
4. Standen05 - 460
5. MCmorganplayz - 409

### Game 2:  Sky High

Winning team:  Mint Mermaids - 1,289

Top 5 players this game:

1. Kelawesome - 761
2. craftclan - 667
3. CGQ\_ - 467
4. ItzIgglesPiggles - 406
5. EpicFH - 397

### Game 3:  Chalice Chase

**(X1.25 Point Multiplier)**

Top 4 teams this game:

1. Mint Mermaids - 1,570 (1,256 unmultiplied)
2. Purple Phoenixes - 1,545 (1,236 unmultiplied)
3. Golden Griffins - 1,480 (1,184 unmultiplied)
4. Pink Pegasi - 1,465 (1,172 unmultiplied)

### Game 4:  Hyperdrive

**(X1.50 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Purple Phoenixes - 1,923 (1,282 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. ubhi - 816 (544 unmultiplied)
2. Kelawesome - 723 (482 unmultiplied)
3. FireBreathMan - 690 (460 unmultiplied)
4. EpicFH - 624 (416 unmultiplied)
5. MCmorganplayz - 591 (394 unmultiplied)

### Game 5:  Gauntlet 2

**(X1.75 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Diamond Dragons - 2,199 (1,257 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. Kelawesome - 824 (471 unmultiplied)
2. ItzIgglesPiggles - 808 (462 unmultiplied)
3. FireBreathMan - 722 (413 unmultiplied)
4. CGQ\_ - 721 (412 unmultiplied)
5. Loefy - 719 (411 unmultiplied)

### Game 6:  Temple Lockout

**(X2.00 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Diamond Dragons - 3,218 (1,609 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. Standen05 - 932 (466 unmultiplied)
2. EpicFH - 844 (422 unmultiplied)
3. MCmorganplayz - 836 (418 unmultiplied)
4. FireBreathMan - 826 (413 unmultiplied)
5. NotSouls - 788 (394 unmultiplied)

### Game 7:  Speedrun

**(X2.25 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Diamond Dragons - 3,289 (1,462 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. Kelawesome - finished in 6:05.25
2. ubhi - finished in 6:05.40
3. Standen05 - finished in 6:14.05
4. craftclan - finished in 6:16.85
5. SandwichLord\_ - finished in 6:18.05

### Game 8:  Disco Fever

**(X2.50 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Purple Phoenixes - 3,675 (1,470 unmultiplied)

Top 5 players this game:

1. Kelawesome - 1,547 (619 unmultiplied)
2. Loefy - 1,277 (511 unmultiplied)
3. CGQ\_,  Standen05 - 1,065 (426 unmultiplied)
5. ItzIgglesPiggles - 1,047 (419 unmultiplied)

### The Colosseum

 Diamond Dragons VS.  Mint Mermaids

* **Round 1**:  Diamond Dragons win. (1-0)
* **Round 2**:  Mint Mermaids win. (1-1)
* **Round 3**:  Diamond Dragons win. (2-1)
* **Round 4**:  Diamond Dragons win. (3-1)
* **Round 5**:  Diamond Dragons win. (4-1)

 **DIAMOND DRAGONS WIN PANDORA'S BOX 8!**

## Trivia

### Participation

* This event introduced two new players: SandwichLord and Anthos.
* This event welcomed back Lihzahrd who hasn't played since Pandora's Box 3, Pixelcraftian who hasn't played since Pandora's Box 4, ActuallyNarwhal, CGQ, Loefars, LucyHexes, RyanBurger, MCmorganplayz, and SMK64 who haven't played since Pandora's Box 5.
* This is Loefars and LucyHexes' second time in a row teaming with each other. The last time being on the Cobalt Centaurs in Pandora's Box 5
* This is 5up's second time in a row on the Pink Pegasi.

### Statistics

* Kelawesome broke the point record during this event. Earning 3,873 individual points.