A Winner in My Own Right

**A Winner in My Own Right** is the season finale of *War of the Worlds*.

## Description

The remaining players compete in a grueling finale to be the sole champion.

## Final Challenge

For the final challenge players will compete entirely as individuals.

### Stage 1

This challenge is a test of attention and focus. You must be able to juggle multiple tasks if you want to win this game. Whenever you are ready to begin @Production in your chat and confirm a member is ready to begin. Once they confirm, type a.stopwatch in your submissions chat. You are encouraged to start your stopwatch as close to xx:xx:00 as possible (but not before it). Once you do so, your time will begin. You will have exactly 30 minutes for this challenge. For the purposes of this challenge, a minute will be composed of the time running from xx:xx:00 to xx:xx:59. This means that if an action says you must perform it "every minute" you can do so at xx:01:58 and then again at xx:02:03. Even though they are only 5 seconds apart, they are technically within 2 different minutes. The goal of this challenge is to juggle multiple balls, each with their own set of rules. The challenge will get increasingly more difficult as it progresses. To juggle a ball, simply post: "I juggle Ball [x]" at pre-determined intervals. If you miss a ball, you must juggle it as soon as you notice that it is missed. This will still be counted as a successful juggle, but you will of course lose time on this juggle. Then the same time constraints exist. If you miss a ball and juggle it late, you do not juggle it again early to catch up. You must wait the specified time to juggle it again. The winner of this challenge will be the player that completes the most valid juggles. If there is a tie, the player that started closer to xx:xx:00 will win (exactly on the minute). If there is still a tie the player who juggled Ball A the most will win. If there is still a tie, the player that juggled Ball A the closest to 1 minute apart each time will win. If there is still a tie after that, both players will share a placement.

**Results:**

### Stage 2

For this stage, when you're ready to begin, in your submissions chat use the command `!stage2`. You will be given a browser based game that can be done on mobile or PC, and you will have 30 minutes to get the highest score possible. Stopwatch is not required for this stage, however you must keep track of your time yourself, and any submissions past the 30-minute mark of you doing the starting command will not be valid. Your submissions channel MUST be in the screenshot to prove that it's you getting the score or it will not be counted. Your score will be taken as the score you most recently got in the event you've played the game prior. You can submit as many times as you like. In the event of a tie, the player who submitted their highest score first will get the higher placement for this stage. You have until 4 PM EST tomorrow (24 hours) to finish this stage.

**Results:**

* For being the top three for the first two stages, DLS, Ian, & Izel formed the final Tribunal of the season, responsible for sending one player into the final elimination, and that player can choose their opponent. The loser goes home in sixth place.

### Elimination

**Killing Floor:** *Sushi Go Party!*

In this challenge, you will organize a time to compete with your opponent. You will be playing live. You will be playing a modified version of Sushi Go Party! We'll be playing with the "My First Meal" deck. Essentially, to start the game, both players will receive 10 cards to start. the cards will be posted in your submissions chat and secret from your opponent. You will keep a single card and pass the rest of your cards to your opponent. The card that you kept will be played. When you receive the 9 cards from your opponent you will be able to choose one and play it then pass the remaining cards. This will continue until all cards have been played. After cards have been played points will be totaled from the cards that you played. This will be done three times. There will be 10 cards in each round. After three rounds, the scores will be summed up and totaled and the player with the most points will stay in the game.

**Results:**

### Stage 3

For this stage, when you're ready to begin, in your submissions chat start your stopwatch with `a.stopwatch` and use the command `!stage3`. You will be given a list of various descriptions, and your task will be to assign a song to each description. For example, if the description is "A song that was released in 2022", you would have to list a song that was released in 2022 by typing out the song's name and artist(s). You must list all artists, including features, and spelling must be correct in order for you to earn the point. You cannot use the same song or artist for multiple descriptions, which includes features and if they are part of any groups. Placement will be based off of the most correct songs, and time will be the tiebreaker. You have until 4 PM EST on Thursday (41 hours) to finish this stage.

**Results:**

### Stage 4

For this stage, when you're ready to begin, in your submissions chat start your stopwatch with `a.stopwatch` and use the command `!stage4`. You will receive an image with a certain number of letters hidden throughout it. Your task is to find all the letters and unscramble them into a word. If you think you know what the word is, make a guess in command form: `!word`, replacing word with your guess. If you are correct, you will receive your next image. If you are incorrect, you will receive no prompt from the bot. There are five images in total. After unscrambling the fifth word, you will receive a dropquote puzzle which you must solve. Once you think you have solved the puzzle, put the phrase into command form with each word separated by a dash. For example, if I think the phrase is "Otto is the best host", I would type `!otto-is-the-best-host`. Once you have input the correct command, the bot will prompt you to stop your stopwatch. Any incorrect guesses in either part will result in a 30-second penalty. Placement will be determined by time. You have until 4 PM EST on Thursday (41 hours) to finish this stage.

**Results:**

### Stage 5

For this stage, when you're ready to begin, in your submissions chat use the command `a.stopwatch` to start your time and then use the command `!stage5`. You will be given a list of clues that pertain to your current opponents in the finale. You will be trying to form a chain with the clues where each clue contains to two players. There is only one configuration that works for each chain. Your goal is to find that configuration in the fastest time possible. Once you have found the configuration that works, you will enter in a command to give you another chain with the same rules. **Entering in an incorrect command will cost you a penalty of 3 minutes.** You will do 3 such chains throughout this challenge. If there is a tie in time, the player that completed Chain 1 faster will win. If there is still a tie, the player that completed Chain 2 faster will win. You have until 4 PM EST on Friday (39 hours) to finish this stage.

**Results:**

Upon completion of this stage, Issy announced that the player in last place would be purged from the finale.

**Standings:**

### Stage 6

In this live finale, you will be competing against each other in a game of taking up space. Each player will receive 21 pieces, each of a different size and shape, that they must place on the board. The board is a 20x20 and the pieces range from 1 to 5 blocks per piece. The goal of the game is to use up all of your pieces as quickly as possible. The pieces must be placed corner to corner with no pieces touching the edge of another piece of the same color (you can touch edges of other pieces though). We will keep going until players run out of space. At the end of the game, we'll count up any pieces that players have left. For every block that you still hold, you will gain a point. We'll be playing by golf rules so **the lower your score the better**. The player that is able to more effectively place their pieces down to maximize usage will win!

**Results:**

Upon completion of the final stage, Issy totaled the points and announced the final results.

**Final Results:**

## Trivia

* The episode title is a quote from Tristan.