S3: Downpour

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**Cumulative Immunity: Downpour**, called **S3**"in most instances, was the 4th overall season and 3rd main season of Cumulative Immunity.  Downpour was created to officially introduce the Rainy Day Immunity and along with it came Storm Clouds and the Drown Out. Borto won the season and Mercury finished 3rd, becoming the first players in CI history to finish in the top 3 multiple times.

### Ep. 1 - Let the games begin!

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Title Author - Tan

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The true game began before it officially started. 3 rainy day immunities were hidden during the pregame. Mello found the first and weakest of these rainy days which was able to be used up through Round 8. Loy found the second which was valid through Round 12, and Jonny found *the big one* which was valid all the way through round 15.

The first challenge of the season was Taking Risks. Borto won the challenge and therefor the first immunity.

Mello found the first temperary immunity of the season, making only himself and Borto immune for the round.

During the vote, tr\_ was targeted early on for being the winner of Survivor: Atlantis, a separate ORG previously hosted by Hershy. However, the contestants began to realize that Lotion was not being thorough in their alliance chats with him. Through some cross referencing, they discovered that Lotion had likely created 1 on 1 alliance chats with every single other player. For this, he was eliminated first once again over tr\_ in a 12-5-1-1-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Lotion

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### Ep. 2 - I wish them the worst.

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Title Author - Lotion

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The challenge for Round 2 was Bidding War. Jonny won the challenge and secured himself cumulative immunity.

Toad found the Round 2 temperary immunity and made himself immune along with Borto and Jonny.

Former winners tr\_ and Otter were targeted for their winner status. Ryan found himself in the cross-hairs as well for being suspicious with his alliance chats much like Lotion the round before. As the vote became more muddled, many people saw Tan as a contestant who was inactive and would be an easy vote out. Because of this, Tan went out in a 9-5-4-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Tan

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### Ep. 3 - Ugh, I blew up my own game.

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Title Author - Ryan

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Round 3's challenge was CI:Spam-Off. Meter won the challenge by using a bot to spam for him.

When the challenge concluded, both temperary immunity and rainy day immunity were hidden. Mercury found the temperary immunity making himself, Borto, Jonny, and Meter all immune. Ryan found the hidden rainy day immunity, which was to be used by Round 8.

Unlike the last vote, this vote looked far less sporadic. It appeared that two sides of the game were showing. Those that supported Ryan and those that wanted him gone. Ryan wisely decided to play his rainy day. This made it so whoever Ryan's side's target was would likely be eliminated. Fearing that he was this target, Mello also played his rainy day. Unfortunately for Mello, Loy was the target instead. Because of the rainy day, Loy was voted out in a 6-1-1-1-~~9~~ vote.

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Eliminated - Loy

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### Ep. 4 - That was all luck.

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Title Author - Ryan

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The challenge for Round 4 was Know Your Helpers which Ryan won.

Temperary immunity this round was found by Brady, making Borto, Jonny, Meter, Ryan, and Brady immune.

As Ryan had secured himself immunity, and his number one adversary Meter was also immune, the vote fell between two of their allies Mello and Andrew. Between the two, Andrew was eliminated in a close 8-6-1-1-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Andrew

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### Ep. 5 - I wanna see a perfect split.

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Title Author - Amaji

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The immunity challenge during Round 5 was Pitchfork. Brady won the challenge and secured himself immunity.

Temperary immunity was found by Numbers. This meant that Borto, Jonny, Meter, Ryan, Brady, and Numbers were immune for the round.

During this round Mello once again found himself a target, as did tr\_. Unlike Mello, tr\_ wasn't able to shake the target this time, and was eliminated over Mello in a 7-5-1-1-1 vote.

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Eliminated -tr_

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### Ep. 6 - I gotta keep my eyes open now.

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Title Author - Otter

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Round 6's challenge was Deflect, Shield, Attack. Nobody won the challenge and thus no immunity was given out.

Temperary immunity was found by Henry, making Borto, Jonny, Meter, Ryan, Brady, and Henry immune.

At this point in the game, Numbers had made himself a big name by making his intentions and opinions well known to his fellow contestants. Despite his shot on Toad and Otter's returning target, Numbers found himself eliminated in a 6-3-3-1-1-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Numbers

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### Ep. 7 - I just have that feeling.

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Title Author - Otter

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The challenge for Round 7 was Cross Country which Mello won, making him immune.

Two temperary immunities were hidden this round. Toad found one of them, while Borto found the other. As he was already immune, Borto gave temperary immunity to Mercury. This meant that Borto, Jonny, Meter, Ryan, Brady, Mello, and Mercury were immune for the round.

When Loy was eliminated in Round 3, he was given the option to give his rainy day to a remaining contestant.He chose to give it to Otter. This choice ended up paying off during Round 7, where Otter played his rainy and blocked 6 votes, including a double vote from Amaji. In consequence, he caused Nic to be eliminated in a 4-3-1-1-~~6~~.

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Eliminated - Nic

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### Ep. 8 - I kinda took it too far.

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Title Author - Sans

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Round 8 was the first of many Storm Rounds. Storm Rounds were special rounds which marked the end of an immunity cycle. During one of these rounds, the contestant who comes in last place in the challenge would have their vote blocked. Additionally, the first two Storm Rounds were double elimination.

The challenge for this round was Territory which Otter won. Brady placed last and had his vote blocked.

No temperary immunity was hidden as it was the last round of an immunity cycle, so Borto, Jonny, Meter, Ryan, Brady, Mello, and Otter were immune.

Sans was a primary target due to his inactivity, having self voted in multiple rounds previously. Amaji was the next target as she had just wasted her double vote advantage. However, Amaji and her allies managed to gather a number of the votes on Henry, eliminating him alongside Sans in a 5-4-3 vote.

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Eliminated - Sans / Henry

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### Ep. 9 - You're gonna have to pull some strings.

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Title Author - trash

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Round 9 was a major turning-point in the game. It was the beginning of a new immunity cycle so all previous immunity was revoked. Additionally, all of the remaining contestants were split into two groups: Rainy and Sunny. On the rainy group was Borto, Mercury, Toad, Ryan, Meter, and Amaji. On the sunny group was Brady, Jonny, Dizzy, Mello, and Otter.

The challenge was CI:Auction. Meter won cumulative immunity and Toad won temperary immunity, making them both immune for the round. A number of advantages were also purchased. Brady bought himself a rainy day immunity and Borto purchased a sunny day unimmunity, which could block a rainy day.

Although Meter has ostracized himself on his group due to his defense of his ally Otter, he was immune and therefore safe from retaliation. Despite having a 6-5 numbers advantage, the rainy group imploded, leaving the sunny group open to strike. They decided to go for Amaji, with Mello using his auction double vote to make it a 7-3-1-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Amaji

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### Ep. 10 - We have a chance to kill the king.

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Title Author - Ryan

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Round 10's challenge was Minority Rules which Toad won.

Temperary immunity was found by Ryan, making Meter, Toad, and Ryan immune for the round.

Things weren't looking great for the rainy group after the previous round. Their primary target this round was once again Otter, but Meter was unwilling to vote with his group. Meter instead attempted to pin the vote on Mello, but was unsuccessful. The sunny group targeted Borto. It appeared that with their 5 votes and Meter not voting with the rainy group, it would be an easy 5-4-1 vote in favor of the sunny group. However, Borto wisely played his storm clouds which he won at the auction to block the votes of Otter and Jonny. To make matters worse, Mello self-voted. This all resulted in Otter finally being eliminated after rounds of being targeted in a 4-2-2 vote.

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Eliminated - Otter

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### Ep. 11 - Shine is mighty fine, but rain makes immunity all mine!

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Title Author - Brady

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The challenge during Round 11 was CI:TWOW which Brady won convincingly.

Ryan once again round temperary immunity, making Meter, Toad, Brady, and Ryan immune.

With the momentum now in favor of the rainy group, Jonny knew he needed to do something. With his vote blocked last round and Brady being immune, he figured that he would be the likely target. He decided to play his rainy day immunity to block all votes against him. However, Jonny didn't end up blocking a single vote... The rainy group instead decided to put all 5 votes on Mello, eliminating him in a 5-2-1-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Mello

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### Ep. 12 - I've taken control.

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Title Author - Borto

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Round 12 was the next Storm Round, and it was once again a double elimination. Round 12's challenge was 3 Lives. Dizzy was eliminated first and lost his vote. Toad won the challenge while already being immune, and he gifted the immunity to Ryan.

Temperary immunity *was* hidden although it was the final round of the immunity cycle, and Meter found immunity. As he was already immune, he gifted it to Borto. This meant that only Mercury, Jonny, and Dizzy were vulnerable.

Brady and Jonny decided to turn on Dizzy because Dizzy's vote was blocked. Brady played his rainy day for Jonny and they both voted Dizzy. This would ensure that Dizzy and Mercury would be eliminated. However, Borto played his sunny day on Jonny, negating the rain day immunity. This resulted in both Dizzy and Jonny being eliminated in a 4-3 vote.

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Eliminated - Dizzy / Jonny

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### Ep. 13 - He's just trying to save himself.

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Title Author - Ryan

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Round 13 marked the start of a new immunity cycle and all previous immunity was revoked. Additionally, the groups were dissolved. The challenge was Touchy Subjects, and Borto claimed victory and immunity.

No temperary immunity was hidden, meaning Borto was the only contestant immune.

Due to his actions the previous cycle, Meter had become a target for his previous rainy group mates as well as Brady, the sole surviving contestant from the sunny group. This led to Meter being eliminated in a unanimous 5-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Meter

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### Ep. 14 - I've won, it's clear.

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Title Author - Borto

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Round 14 was a Storm Round, but it was not double elimination. Ryan placed last in the challenge, Bullets, and lost his vote. Borto once again won the challenge, and gave immunity to Mercury. They were the only two contestants immune.

At this point, Borto has nearly full control over the game. Only Ryan and Toad stood up to him, and since Ryan had lost his vote, he was easily eliminated in a 3-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Ryan

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### Ep. 15 - I don't want to lie.

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Title Author - Mercury

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Round 15 once again marked the beginning of another immunity cycle. It was also the fourth and final Storm Round. The challenge was Picture Perfect which Mercury won. Borto placed last and had his vote blocked as consequence.

As the vote began, Toad recognized that Borto was very vulnerable. He had been at the top of the game with immunity and control, but now he had no immunity and no vote. Toad appealed to Mercury in an attempt to get him to vote Borto out. Mercury considered it, but instead remained loyal to Borto, eliminating Toad in a 2-1 vote.

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Eliminated - Toad

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### Ep. 16 - I'm probably gonna lose.

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Title Author - Brady

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Round 16 was the eliminated players' vote. All immunity was revoked, and a challenge was held to determine who would be immune for the vote. Borto won the challenge: I have an Idea. This left the vote between Brady and Mercury.

Between the two, Mercury was once again voted out in 3rd in an extremely close 9-8 vote.

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Eliminated - Mercury

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### Ep. 17 - Process of elimination won't help you here.

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Title Author - phi

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The finale challenge was Riddle Me This which tasked the finalists with solving riddles pertaining to the eliminated contestants.

Being in the driver's seat for most of the game, Borto appeared to have the upper hand going into the challenge. For possibly the first time all season, the outcome that seemed most likely occurred. Borto beat Brady in the finale challenge, closed out a dominant season, and became the winner of Cumulative Immunity Season 3: Downpour.

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Eliminated - Brady

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## Twists

**Pre-Game Rainy Day Immunities** - 3 Rainy Day Immunities were hidden before the season officially began, all 3 varied in expiration Rounds. One expired at Round 8, one at Round 12 and "The Big One" expired at the end of Round 14. "The Big One" required 3 clues to be found.

**Storm Rounds** - Rounds 8, 12, 14 and 15 were dubbed "Storm Rounds". The first 2 Storm Rounds had a double elimination. During all 4 Storm Rounds, the last place finisher in that round's challenge lost their vote.

**Group Split** - Group Split was designed to cut off communication.

**F3 Eliminated Players Vote** - During the Round of the Final 3, all Eliminated players would cast a vote against a current player. The player receiving the most votes would be eliminated and the other player went onto the finale. A challenge would take part before the vote. The winner advanced to the finale and the losers would be up for elimination.

## Items

**Team Swap** - Team Swap was sold at the auction. It allowed the winning bidder to swap the team of any 2 players, including themselves.

**Rainy Day Immunity** - A hidden/purchased item that would grant immunity for 1 round. It was able to be played during any round before its expiration and before the voting was complete. This item would block any votes received by the player using it, or the player it was used on.

**Sunny Day Immunity** - An item sold at the auction that would block a Rainy Day when used on a player in a specific round.

**Cross-Group Communication** - This item was sold at the auction. The winning bidder was allowed to create 1 alliance chat with a player from the opposite group.

**trash talk** - An item sold at the auction which allowed the highest bidder to have an alliance chat with trash for a round.

**Storm Cloud** - An item sold at the auction that would block any player's vote when used on them in a given round. This item came with 2.

**Double Vote** - An item sold at the auction that doubled the highest bidder's vote in the round it was played.

## Trivia

* In the first pitch of the season, a double elimination was to occur at the end of the round one challenge.  In this case, the two lowest finishers of the challenge were to be eliminated immediately.  Afterwards, a normal vote would commence.  This was replaced by the Storm Round double elimination upon the start of the season.
* Mercury became the first player to finish in 3rd twice.
* Borto and Mercury both became the first players to finish in the top 3 twice.
* Jonny became the first player to have multiple Rainy Days played on him in a single season, those being in consecutive rounds. The first was played by him in Round 11 and the second was played by Brady in Round 12, which was ultimately blocked by a Sunny Day Immunity.
* Borto became the first player to find and correctly play a Sunny Day Immunity, blocking Brady's Rainy Day that was played on Jonny in Round 12.