Back Up and Smell Grass

**Back Up and Smell Grass** is the ninth episode of *The Circus*.

## Description

After the final redemption, a mini final continues one team's bad luck streak.

## Redemption Challenge

**Challenge:** *Down To The Second*

For this challenge, when you're ready you will post "STARTS MY TIMER" in your submissions, which will then be your starting post for this challenge. From that message, you must post every 5 minutes as close to the time that you started as possible, down to the milliseconds. For example, if you start at 5:00:00.00 PM, you must post as close as you can to 5:05:00.00 PM. The contents of the message can be anything you'd like. The closer you are to the exact 5 minutes away, the better. When we check the results, whoever was the furthest away from exactly 5 minutes will be eliminated from this challenge, and the game officially. Then, whoever is the furthest away from exactly 10 minutes from the original post will be eliminated in the next round, etc. You will always be going in 5 minute increments from the original post, not the ones after you begin. After you've done 6 posts (competed for 30 minutes), you are finished with this challenge. At the end of 6 rounds, the two players left will return to the game. Any ties will be broken by performance in the previous round. Additionally, there will be a 30 second slow mode for your submissions so you cannot spam messages. You have until 4 PM EST tomorrow (26 hours) to finish this challenge.

**Results:**

* After winning, Charmese and Stef were able to join the team of their choice. Charmese chose Team Clubs, while Stef chose Team Spades.

## Challenge

**Challenge Type:** 4 Teams

**Challenge:** *The Death Path*

For this challenge, your team will need to have at least 3 members present, but more will be beneficial. Your team will be competing in a mini final, with mini versions of stages from finals that your coaches have done in the past. When ready to compete, head to your challenges channel and start by posting "TAKES STEP X DOWN THE PATH", with X replacing what post you are on. The trick is, only TWO team members can participate in the counting portion, and they must be alternating posts. Your goal will be to get to 100 steps, then use the command `!checkpoint1`, which will give you one of the checkpoints. Once finished with the task you are given, continue counting, but this time you must choose a different combination of players to count than the last time (which is why you need at least 3 players). Once you get to 200, use the command `!checkpoint2`. This process will repeat, counting to 300, checkpoint 3, 400, checkpoint 4, then counting to 500. Once you've got to 500, someone on your team can stop your stopwatch. For each incorrect counting post, your team will get a 1 minute penalty. Any incomplete checkpoints will be a DNF for the challenge entirely. For the coaches, you will complete a stage from a final none of you have done before, and your command is `!coaches9`. Coaches will not need to count, just do their command. You have until 4 PM EST tomorrow (25.5 hours) to finish this challenge.

## Elimination

**Circus:** *Sleight of Hand*

For this elimination, you'll need to schedule a time with the person you're against. When it's time to compete, I will post the location of a ball hidden under one of three cups, named the 1st Cup (leftmost), 2nd Cup (middle), and 3rd Cup (rightmost). I will then post instructions on how the cups are shuffled. Each time a shuffle happens, the cups take place of the position they are CURRENTLY in. For example, if I switch the 2nd and 3rd Cup, they switch places and the 3rd Cup is now the 2nd Cup for the next shuffle and vice versa. Each shuffle will be posted one at a time, and after the last shuffle I will ask which cup the ball is under. Each person only has one attempt to answer. The person who answers correctly will score the point. The first player to 4 points will win this elimination.

**Results:**

## Trivia

* The episode title is a quote from Stef.