I Did It On My Own

**I Did It On My Own** is the season finale of *Vendettas 2*.

## Description

When two season-long enemies make the final, their rivalry is put to the ultimate test.

## Final Challenge

For the final challenge players will compete as teams, duos, and individuals.

### Part 1

At the end of the first three stages, the team who performs better will advance. One of the 3 stages will be randomly selected, and the worst performers in that stage on the losing team will go into one final elimination.

**Team selection *(in order)*:**

#### Stage 1

For this stage, split your team into two duos. For the team of three, that means one player will need to play twice. Once you've got the duos settled, ping production to set up your channels. When you're ready to begin, use the command `!stage1pairX`, with X replacing either 1 or 2. You will be given two boards, each with 16 different words each on them. On each board, you must group the 16 words into 4 groups of 4 based on a common characteristic that they share. Some words may fall into multiple categories, but there will only be one perfect solution. Once you think you have grouped both groups of 16 words correctly, lock in your time with `!finish`. You will first be judged based on how many of the words are grouped together correctly, then time. Both duos' performances will be judged together for this stage. You have until 4 PM EST on Tuesday (47 hours) to finish this stage.

**Results:**

#### Stage 2

For this stage, schedule a time where most of your team can be online to compete. Your entire team isn't required, but the more people you have competing will be beneficial. You will be completing a game that is only available on computer, and your goal is to get as high of a score as possible in the span of an hour. When you're ready to begin, use the command `!stage2` in your team chat for this stage. From the message containing the game, you will have 1 hour to submit your final score. At the end of the hour, only the highest score that your team got within the time will be used as your final score. You have until 4 PM EST on Tuesday (47 hours) to finish this stage.

**Results:**

#### Stage 3

For this stage, split your team into two duos. For the team of three, that means one player will need to play twice. Once you've got the duos settled, ping production to set up your channels. When you and your partner are ready to begin, you will begin counting one message at a time in your duo channel. You will have 10 minutes from your first message to count as high as possible in separate messages, with each partner alternating posting. The trick with this stage is, if you mess up at all in this stage (post anything other than the next number, accidentally post out of order, need to edit or delete a message) then your run is over and whatever you messed up at will be your final score. You have until 4 PM EST on Tuesday (47 hours) to finish this stage.

**Results:**

* After Stage 2 was selected as the deciding stage, Kyoko & Nosh were sent into elimination as the worst performers.

**Ring:** *Alphabet Soup*

For this elimination, when you're ready to begin use the command `!elim10` in your submissions channel. You will then be given an answer key containing 26 different flags, and a different letter of the alphabet each flag stands for. You will then be given various flags in a row and will need to use your flag key to figure out the word these flags spell out. When you think you have it, type the word as a command (i.e. `!word`). Incorrect command guesses will add 1 minute to your time. After a few flags, you will receive further instructions. The player who completes this in the fastest time will advance to the next part of the finale with the loser being cut short. You have until 4 PM EST tomorrow (24.5 hours) to finish this elimination.

**Results:**

### Part 2

At the end of the fourth stage, the duo with the worst performance will be purged. Afterwards, the four remaining players would compete individually in the fifth stage for the win.

**Team selection *(in order)*:**

#### Stage 4

For this stage, when you and your partner are ready to compete use the command `!stage4` in your duo channel. You will be given an image with several sequences of emojis that represent different words based on the first letter of the emoji name, i.e. :apple: is A, :bee: is B, etc. Once you and your partner have finished decoding all of the words, lock in your time with `!finish`. You will be judged on the amount of correct words. Ties will be broken by the amount of correct letters in any incorrect words, then by time. The duo with the worst performance in this stage will be purged from this finale just short of being able to finish. You have until 4 PM EST on Thursday (41.5 hours) to finish this stage.

**Results:**

#### Stage 5

For this stage you will be competing solo and it will the sole stage used to determine the top four's placements. When you are ready to compete, use the command `!stage5` in your submissions channel. You will be given two grids, each containing a money bag square (light blue), an ending square (yellow), black squares, and white squares. Your goal is to move the bags from the start square to the ending square on both grids. You can move bags up, down, left, or right. You have solved the puzzle if both of the moneybags are on the yellow squares at the same time. HOWEVER, you control both bags at the same time, so BOTH bags are always moving when you move in any direction, meaning it will get tricky. To submit your final answer for a grid, you can either write out the directions or abbreviations of them ('Up Down Left Right Up Down' and 'UDLRUD' are both accepted). For each set of grids you complete successfully, you will receive one point. If you cannot solve a grid or solve a grid incorrectly, you will not gain a point for that set. The player who has the most points will be crowned the winner of this season. In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will be whoever solved the more difficult grid. If both players completed the same grids, the next tiebreaker will be total time spent. You have until 4 PM EST tomorrow (24 hours) to finish this stage. White Squares: You may travel on and through them. Black Squares: Treat these squares as walls. You may NOT travel through them. If you move a bag in the direction of an adjacent black square, the bag will not move. This is very important, so keep that in mind. Yellow Square: The square both bags need to end up on at the same time in order for the puzzle to be complete. You may walk over it or through it.
Light Blue Square: The starting square. You may walk over it or through it.

**Final Results:**

## Trivia

* The episode title is a quote from Nota.