Summergate Survivor

## Victors

* Gimpley (x3)
* Ky
* Tox
* Print
* Dolphin

**Summergate Survivor**, also known as **Top Survivor**, was a monthly series of Survivor competitions taking place in the Summerlands during Dragonhollow's Fourth Era.

Prizes were awarded to three residents who survived the most consecutive days without dying.

# Rules and Prizes

   The contest was only open to residents who had achieved the rank of citizen or higher.

The top five residents who had survived the most consecutive days without a death were displayed on a leaderboard always visible in Dragonhollow. However, only the top *three* were awarded a prize.

At the end of each month, prizes were awarded and the statistics were reset.

Only one record was permitted per resident, so those wishing to move up on the leaderboard had to first eclipse their own personal best, regardless of the current standings.

Idling was permitted, giving rise to a curious phenomenon among some players wherein they would stand absolutely motionless for hours, even if slapped in the face.

Though it was designed to be a monthly event, it occasionally ran longer according to the whims of Eris and her Archpriest HyperSilence.

The following prizes were available:

#### 1st Place

* x1 Enchanting Tome for the Snowcrest Token Underground
* x500 tokens
* x2500 XP

#### 2nd Place

* x250 tokens
* x1000 XP

#### 3rd Place

* x100 tokens
* x500 XP

# History

With the Fourth Era well underway and the Summerlands thriving with fresh activity, Eris decided to reward those rare residents who had proved especially difficult to kill in deadly Dragonhollow.

On 4E:80 she created the Top Survivor competition.

Initially, the leaderboard was reset every week and there were no prizes. However, after being amused at how fiercely her subjects fought to survive, she turned into a monthly event and rewarded prizes to the three individuals who lived the longest.

It had a profound effect on the world. Many people now carefully weighed the risk of each death against the promise of prizes. Some chose to stay close to home more often while still others ignored the contest altogether. There were residents who felt obligated to play it safe in order to accrue more days. Few braved the more dangerous of the parkours, such as the Lava Cave and Dragon Temple.

There was also new motivation to create traps and hunt fellow residents.

A frequent complaint heard worldwide pointed out that there was too much incentive to "play it safe" and remain home, turning the Summerlands into an empty landscape devoid of any exciting adventures. Others criticized prominent idlers like The McClellans, but several including Sprankles and Panda defended the practice. None were more outspoken in their belief that idling was ruining the entire contest than Gimpley, who frequently mentioned his distaste for those who hid at home and never moved.

Eris would eventually put in place some magical safeguards to deter idlers, including a limit on how long they could do so. HyperSilence would later take a more aggressive approach, destroying specialized machines designed to counteract her safeguards and killing their creators with lava.

After Eris vanished on 4E:182, the competition was extended until it stretched many months, turning into an epic, desperate struggle to remain the last adventurer standing. In the end, it was Gimpley who did so, in turn setting the all-time record of 728 consecutive days that would never be broken.

With the advent of the Hyperhollow era and HyperSilence's ascension as a demigod, the contest returned to normal operation.

No prizes were awarded for the final contest due to the catastrophic Fall of Summer on 4E:412.

# Results

The top three survivors received prizes. For more information on a specific resident, click their face.

### First Contest

 2nd
 3rd
 4th
 5th

### Second Contest

 2nd
 3rd
 4th
 5th

### Third Contest

 2nd
 3rd
 3rd
 5th

### Fourth Contest

 2nd
 3rd
 4th
 5th

### Fifth Contest

 2nd
 3rd
 4th
 5th

### Sixth Contest

 2nd
 3rd
 4th
 5th

### Seventh Contest

 2nd
 3rd
 4th
 5th

# Behind the Scenes

*The following is out-of-universe information about the real world Dragonhollow.*

The competition used the Top Survivor plugin designed by Acey herself.

Survivor time was measured in Minecraft days, but the duration of the contest lasted an actual month, with statistics resetting on the first day of every month.