Eradication Format

**Eradication** is an Online Reality Game (ORG) format created by Luke D. (Discord: luke.d) during October 2019, and began being formally hosted in July 2022. It is currently hosted on the Eradication Discord to be played typically in a month-long format with 18-21 "Outlaws" competing for victory. There is also currently a live version of the format called  Eradication Live played in one night and released episodically to the Eradication Live Youtube page. The format revolves around players competing in two phases of each round: The Coalition Phase, and The Riot Phase, with every round culminating in one Outlaw being Eradicated and thus eliminated from the game. Eventually, a jury of eliminated players will begin to form, and the remaining two Outlaws in the game will be voted on by the jury to become the winner of the season.

## Text Explanation

### Coalition Phase

Each round begins with a Coalition Phase, where outlaws are tasked to join together in factions to garner safety for the round.

In each Coalition Phase, a faction mandate will be posted to the bulletin board. The mandate will specify an amount of factions required (quantity), as well as the faction size for the round (size). The parameters are both selected such that:
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quantity × size ≤ Number of Remaining outlaws - 1

Each outlaw will then be prompted to submit a faction request in their submissions channel. This request contains the outlaw's desired factionmates for the round. All requests are valid, unless:
The outlaw who submitted the request did not include themselves.
The number of outlaws named in the request does not equal the mandated size for the round. This count must include the outlaw themselves.
The outlaw has used names other than those of the outlaws which are still standing.

In addition, an outlaw may switch their faction request exactly once before the 24 hour deadline. When the time limit elapses, all successful factions are revealed. A faction succeeds if an amount of players equivalent to the faction size for the round all unanimously submit the same faction request. Otherwise, the faction fails, and everyone who requested a faction that inevitably failed must enter the riot. A player may also choose to "go berserk", which results in them not submitting a faction request whatsoever. Anyone who chooses to do so will be publicly revealed. The faction requests of rioters who submitted failed requests will not be revealed.

The amount of factions in a given round cannot exceed the round's quantity; if it does, there may be a consequence inflicted, which is usually a free-for-all riot amongst all remaining outlaws, including those in factions. The amount of factions can be fewer than the round's quantity, and can even reach 0. However, the minimum values for the quantity and size parameters are 1 & 2, respectively.

### Riot Phase

Riot Phases cover the 2nd half of every round. Every player who was unable to secure a faction for the round will be forced into the riot: a do-or-die challenge where finishing in last place is fatal. Riot challenges may be strength-based (using bot commands to do random tasks loosely related to the season's theme), social-based (where players will be influenced by other rioters), or memory-based (involving trivia).

A riot can consist of as little as 2 rioters, and as many as the cast size permits. The rules are the same for each size greater than 1: whoever ranks at the very bottom is eradicated, and out of the game.

However, survivors won't be revealed completely: the results of a challenge will be revealed using banners, but the surviving rioters will not be publicly matched to their respective times. Rioters will be informed what their time is with the use of a banner, but may not share their banner with any other outlaws until the season concludes.

Should there be only 2 rioters, times will not be publicly revealed.

If only 1 player is forced into the riot, they will be eradicated immediately.

### Final 03 and 04

The format of the game changes once there are only 4 outlaws alive. At the Final 04, all outlaws will be asked to request a faction of 3. Anyone who is left out of at least 1 other outlaw's faction request must enter the riot.

This process repeats at the Final 03, with the following changes:

1. Outlaws request a faction of 2, as opposed to 3.
2. If all 3 outlaws are forced into the riot, then they will play 2 challenges. The results of Challenge #1 will not be revealed until Challenge #2 is completed.
3. After both challenges conclude, their results are shown.
4. If the challenges were won by 2 separate rioters, both of them advance to the Juror's Deliberation, eliminating the remaining rioter in 3rd.
5. If 1 rioter wins both challenges, they choose 1 of the other 2 outlaws to advance with them to the Juror's Deliberation, eliminating the 1 who is not chosen in 3rd.

### Juror's Deliberation

Once there are only 2 outlaws remaining, a group of recently eradicated outlaws (usually between 5 and 9) will return to question the outlaws as a jury.

The Juror's Deliberation begins with a 24 hour writing phase. In this phase, jurors are tasked with writing questions to be posed to the finalists, and finalists are tasked with writing their speeches.

After the time elapses, an open Q&A will be held, where the previously written questions will be sent to the Finalists, and they must answer publicly. This period may last anywhere between 24 and 72 hours. During this new time period, all Jurors are required to vote in their submissions channel for the outlaw they believe has best exemplified the disciplines of the game: Deceive, Dupe, Delude. By doing so, they are voting for a winner of the season.

When the Q&A and voting period concludes, a time will be scheduled for the Reunion. During the reunion, the host will present The Verdict - that is, the Jury's votes cast during the Juror's Deliberation. Whichever outlaw receives more votes will be declared the season champion.