Raccoon City

***Raccoon City*** was the sixteenth Survivor Stings season. 18 castaways competed. The theme of this season was based on the *Resident Evil* series.

## Production

This season was hosted by Raffy and Amy T. The blog is https://survivorraccooncity2.tumblr.com

## Twists/Differences

* **One World:** In this game, all players were allowed to freely speak to each other despite tribal lines, though they were still competing on tribes.
* **The Summit:** Players could elect tribe representatives during the pre-merge who would distribute 10 coins across the whole cast. At merge, the winner and loser of the challenge will be the Summit leaders.
* **Coins/Item Shop:** Items and advantages could be bought through coins earned through challenges and given out through Summit.
* **Joint Tribal:** At Final 16, everyone who failed the challenge was sent to tribal council. MJ, as the tribe sit-out, was a Summit leader and could save two people from tribal. Everyone failed the challenge. MJ chose Navi and Ariel.
* **Tribe Swap:** Navi, MJ, and Ariel schoolyard picked new tribes, each acting as a tribe leader.
* **Mutiny:** Players were presented the option to mutiny from their tribes at the Final 14. Jinx mutinied to Golgotha. Ava mutinied to Tyrant.
* **Transparent Round:** Due to an error made by the hosts, everyone's votes at the Final 13 tribal council were exposed.
* **Pairs:** At Final 10, the cast was divided into pairs wherein they won immunity together and voted together at tribal council. If they did not agree on who to vote for, they would lose their vote.
* **Invisible Round:** At the Final 7 tribal council, all votes, advantage plays, and the immunity winner were kept anonymous.

## Season Overview

Strong alliances within original tribes were created. Notably, Els, Navi, and Julia became the core of Tricell and MJ, Zukiswa, and Clefford became the core in Umbrella. On BSAA, Jinx, Adeline, and Ariel made many important relationships outside of their tribes. Dom grew close with Ariel. Tony, Moth, and Hunter find themselves on the outs with the rest of the cast, resulting in their early boots.

During the Joint Tribal, Jinx calls out Ava and Clefford, causing tension between those three. Jinx and Clefford come out as big names to watch out for. At the tribe swap, Evangelina, Cliftone, Navi, and DJ become a strong alliance that bond greater here than in their original tribes. Right before merge, Jinx mutinies to save Julia, but Julia accidentally causes the vote to tie, leading to Jinx's vote-off.

At merge, the trio of MJ, Zukiswa, and Clefford establish their firm grip on the rest of the game by having solid allies in Ariel, Dom, Adeline, Els and Ava. Due to poor social positioning, the foursome of Evangelina, Cliftone, Navi, and DJ lose out on the majority. After Navi's vote-off, an error caused by Raffy resulted in everyone's votes being exposed. This led to Els being on the outs with the majority. Julia and Els join Evangelina, Cliftone, and DJ against MJ, Zukiswa, and Clefford. Despite using a vote steal, a rock draw results in Evangelina's elimination. This leads to Cliftone, DJ, Julia and Els being wiped out by the other side. Meanwhile, Adeline quits, cementing MJ's, Zukiswa's, and Clefford's power.

Near the endgame, Clefford's social and strategic positioning means that he has the control of Ariel's and Dom's votes. At Final 6, he is looking to turn against his closest allies MJ and Zukiswa for being threats to win. However, MJ and Zukiswa managed to buy the additional immunity necklace and a hidden immunity idol which protects them for one more round. The invisible round prevents Clefford's deception from being detected, meaning MJ and Zukiswa still trust him. Ava is voted out despite having a Safety Without Power.

At Final 5, Clefford successfully votes out Zukiswa, but hides his hand in it by voting for Dom who used an idol. At Final 4, Clefford votes out MJ, cementing his betrayal.

At Final Tribal Council, MJ and Zukiswa felt Clefford's deception made him unworthy of their vote. Ariel manages to showcase how he played from the shadows for most of the game, allowing people to underestimate him so that he can make the big moves undetected. Dom highlights her perseverance and strategic/loyal game. Clefford highlights his strategy and cutthroat attitude. In the end, Ariel wins 5-2-2.

**Hosting Chart:** https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Kn6mK23ncyZ2QkOAK-Wc6ZLW2gTHSPTcGvYTGQPjU-0/edit?usp=sharing

## Edgic

**The Edgic Chart Link:** https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Kn6mK23ncyZ2QkOAK-Wc6ZLW2gTHSPTcGvYTGQPjU-0/edit?usp=sharing

## Power Rankings

**Power Ranking Chart:** https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Kn6mK23ncyZ2QkOAK-Wc6ZLW2gTHSPTcGvYTGQPjU-0/edit?usp=sharing
## Buffs

Umbrella Tribe BuffBSAA Tribe BuffTricell Tribe BuffTyrant Tribe BuffGolgotha Tribe BuffProgenitor Tribe BuffSTARS Tribe Buff