Skatevivor: Beach City

***Skatevivor: Beach City*** is the second season of Skatevivor. Its theme is based off the animated TV show *Steven Universe*.

Final Tribal Council resulted in a close 5-4 vote in favor of Vivi, making her *Skatevivor*'s second Sole Survivor.

## Hosts

This season was hosted by Dio, Grim, Ninja, Isabel, and Christine.

## Twists

**Marooning Vote***: Beach City* featured an extended marooning, where the Castaways were asked to "vote out" a player on Day 2 without alliances or DMs. Flava received 17 votes and was exiled to the Lunar Sea Spire for the first cycle, joining the Amethyst tribe after they attended Tribal Council.

**The Kindergarten**: During the three-tribe phase of the game, the top scoring tribe in the Immunity Challenge chose one player from their tribe and one player from the second place tribe to go to the Kindergarten until after Tribal Council. While there, each player selected a Gem Bubble. Inside one Gem Bubble was nothing, inside the other was a scroll with instructions to play Mastermind, with only one guess per player per hour allowed. Players could choose to work together, and whoever solved Mastermind first received an Idol Clue.

## Idols

Tribal immunity idol.Individual immunity idol.
### Hidden Immunity Idols

There was one hidden immunity idol hidden at each of the starting tribe's camps, as well as one hidden at the Rose Quartz camp.

Garnet Tribe hidden immunity idol.Amethyst Tribe hidden immunity idol. It was never found.Pearl Tribe hidden immunity idol.Rose Quartz Tribe hidden immunity idol.

## Season summary

*Skatevivor*’s second season was universally beloved by specs thanks to its memorable characters, dynamic narrators, competitive gameplay, and an unpredictable merge.

On the first day of the game, the 19 castaways faced an extended marooning twist and were asked to "vote out" a player on Day 2 without alliances or DMs. This potentially chaotic twist was made easier by Flava’s inactivity during the first 24 hours of the game. He got online about 15 minutes before the deadline, but the vote did not change. Flava received 17 votes, exiling him to the Lunar Sea Spire for the first cycle.

The three starting tribes were Amethyst, Garnet, and Pearl.  Amethyst went on to lose the first three immunity challenge, sending them to all three pre-swap Tribals. An alliance of Isabella, Kham, Jamal, and Nate called Early Birds dominated the tribe, sending Mason, Pebbles, and Flava out of the game unanimously. Pearl was relatively quiet with no clear power dynamics due to never attending Tribal pre-swap. However, a lack of Tribal Council didn’t stop the Garnet Tribe from being the most chaotic and active of the three starting tribes. Vivi and Simone immediately emerged as major players on Garnet, and they aligned themselves closely with Joey and Lindsey early on.

Olly and Vivi found the Pearl and Garnet idols respectively, while the Amethyst idol was never found. Vivi told Lindsey and Simone about her idol shortly after she found it, a choice which would come back to haunt her when Lindsey later spread news of Vivi’s idol post-swap.

After the third Tribal Council, the castaways were swapped to two tribes of eight called Ruby and Sapphire. Isabella, Kham, and Nate all swapped to Ruby together and began spreading lies about what happened on Amethyst, saying that Flava idoled Pebbles out and that Kham and Nate were feuding. On Sapphire, the split was 3 Pearl, 3 Garnet, and Jamal from Amethyst. Ruby attended the next two tribals, resulting in AP and Pixiel’s eliminations.

After a second swap to two tribes of seven at Final 14, OG Garnets Lindsey and Treavor fell victim to the Greed curse when no one grabbed the necklace. Jamal and Rhone were completely blindsided by Treavor’s boot, with Rhone being voted out unanimously at the following Tribal just before the merge. Both Treavor and Rhone called Vivi out for having an idol on their way out of the game, making her a massive target coming into the merge.

The various swaps, extended marooning, and socialization at the Kindergarten created complex game dynamics on the merge tribe, Rose Quartz. Vivi found the merge idol and won a crucial immunity. The Final 11 vote ended up being the most chaotic vote of the season after Dumpy leaked a plan to blindside Olly to Brandon, Vivi, and Olly. Vivi transferred her merge idol to Olly to play on himself and played her Garnet idol on Brandon, resulting in a 5-4-1-~~1~~ vote that sent Kham to the Jury.

Nate soon joined his Amethyst ally on the Jury after Brandon turned the vote against him to save Dumpy. At the Final 9, Brandon turned on his ally Olly and tried to blindside him, leaving Isabella and Vivi in the dark. However, Olly grew suspicious that he was being lied to, and successfully played his idol, negating five votes against him and eliminating Ant. Brandon was blindsided the following round, despite his best efforts to shift the target onto Dumpy in the aftermath of Olly's idol play.

An alliance of Jamal, Simone, Dumpy, and Joey seemed poised to dominate the endgame after Olly and Isabella were eliminated in 7th and 6th place as Jury threats. When Dumpy won Final Five immunity, Vivi emerged as the obvious target due to her threat level and challenge strength. However, Vivi managed to convince Joey that Jamal was a bigger Jury threat than her, making Simone the swing vote. Allied with both Jamal and Vivi, Simone ultimately decided to save her Day 2 ally Vivi and blindside Jamal 3-2.

At the Final Four, the Castaways learned that it would be a Final Two. Vivi won immunity and gave it to Simone, hoping for the chance to make fire against one of Dumpy or Joey. Simone stayed loyal to Vivi and voted Dumpy with her, sending Dumpy and Vivi to fire. Vivi was victorious, eliminating Dumpy. Simone won the Final Immunity Challenge, and quickly chose to take Vivi to the end with her over Joey, making him the final Juror.

At Final Tribal Council, Simone defended her decision to go to the end with Vivi, saying that she knew she played a strong game and wanted to go to the end with her close ally and have a competitive Final Tribal. Vivi highlighted her impressive endgame gameplay and her ability to save herself despite her threat level. FTC was highly competitive and upbeat, with Vivi ultimately being crowned the winner over her close ally Simone in a 5-4 Jury vote.