Ascendance Live

**Ascendance LIVE** was the first in-person installment of Ascendance.

Ascendance LIVE Season 1 can be found on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/@AscendanceLIVE

Ascendance LIVE merch can be found at Teespring. All proceeds go towards producing the series which includes [cameras, food, housing, etc]:

https://teespring.com/ascendance-live-merch

### **Production**

* The concept for Ascendance LIVE would be created by Nicole in the Fall of 2019. She sought out Papa, Dylan, and Slade to join her on production for the first installment of Ascendance LIVE.
* Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, production for Ascendance LIVE was stopped and forced to be pushed back until the Summer of 2021.

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### **Key Terms**

* Captain(s) - Player(s) who win the individual competition at the beginning of the round in both the team phase and individual phase. They are safe unless said otherwise.
* Co-Captain - Player who is selected by the Captain in the individual phase of the game to receive safety at the elimination.
* Team Phase - Beginning of the game where the Captain(s) split the teams that compete against each other for safety.
* Individual Phase - Similar to the "Merge" phase of the game in 'Survivor'. There is one winner of the Captain's Challenge in this phase.
* Random Draw - Similar to a "rock draw" in 'Survivor'. If a vote ties twice in one elimination, we will go to a random draw.
* Face Off - Similar to "firemaking" in 'Survivor'. If at the Final 4 the vote ties twice, the two players tied on will go to a challenge to determine who stays.

### **Format**

* The 16 Challengers would be cast as individuals and came into the game on June 18th.
* Each round, there would be a pre-determined number of Captain Competition Winners. The Captain's duties were as followed:
	+ Divide the Challengers into pre-determined number of Teams.
		- These Teams would then compete in a Team Competition, where the winning Team(s) would win safety for the round and not attend Elimination.
	+ Captain Competition Winners would vote at all Eliminations.
		- Captain Competition Winners would be safe from the vote.
* At the Final 8, the format of the game would switch to individuals, where winning a Captain's Competition would give the person safety for the round, along with assigning a Co-Captain, who would also receive safety. This twist would go on until the Final 6.
* At The Final 3, the format of the game would switch to one similar of the show 'Big Brother' where there would be 3 competitions to determine the Final Captain of the season. The winner of Part 1 moved on to Part 3 of the Final Challenge. The 2 losers then faced off in Part 2 to determine who moved on to Part 3. The winner of Part 3 had the sole vote to eliminate either of the 2 remaining Challengers.
* In the end, a jury of the eliminated Challengers will hear the cases of the Final 2 and determine who deserves to win the game!

### **Powers**

* Pendant Of Power - Eliminate ALL votes cast against the person it is used on. Last time to use is the Final 5 Elimination.
* 1/2 Pendant Of Power - Combine two halves to make a full pendant. Pendants eliminate ALL votes cast against the person it is used on. Last time to use is the Final 5 Elimination.
* Benched - Sit two Challengers out of a Captain's Competition.
* Captain's Choice - Overthrow one Captain and pick the team for that Captain. Whatever team you pick, you will join. You do not get the safety of the Captain's role.
* Swap Teams - You can swap teams with one challenger before the Team Competition begins.
* Join A Vote - You may join a vote of an elimination you are not at.
* Steal A Vote - Steal the vote of any player at elimination.