The Book of One Surv1vor

### About

*This text accounts for the history and lore of the Online Reality Game, ORG, series One Surv1vor.*

## Chapter 1: Prologue

My name is Paul Diemer, but most in the ORG community know me as PAD. I have been in the ORG community since August 15th, 2019, almost three years. After half a year of competing and being involved in ORGs, on December 31st, 2019, I created my very first ORG series...**PadORGs**. Within the series, I created three different style ORGs within the ORG itself: The Battle, PadVIVOR, and PadORG's Big Brother. These 3 games were played out in a cycle, I started by hosting the first season of The Battle, followed by the first season of PadVIVOR, followed by the first season of Big Brother.

After the second cycle of ORGs finished, I hosted a special event that combined all 3 of the ORGs of the series. This event was called The Ultimate Brawl, which brought back 20 former players and each round of the game cycled from one of the three ORGs.

After The Ultimate Brawl, I tried casting for the third season of The Battle, but due to lack of interest and applications it was scrapped. However, hoping to keep The Battle alive in some fashion, I hosted a five-person mini season.

At nearly the one-year mark since the birth of PadORG's, I announced my intent on leaving the ORG community for good in hopes it will better my mental health. In doing so, I also announced that after the third season of PadVIVOR, the ORG series would end for good. So with the end of PadVIVOR season three, came the end of PadORG's as a whole.

Throughout the life of PadORG's, I had made a lot of long-term friends, there are too many to count but I'd like to pay homage to them and list as many as I can here:

**Lo4d/Nate, Jayden, Melody, Victor, Abby, Adam, Aiden, another Aiden, Bass, Blue/Malik, Bro/Brett, BT, Nathaniel, Combustion, CK, Dallas, Gavin, HiBye/Kyle (my brother), Jacob, Joseph, Juice, Lacey, Lily/Jessica,Nexus, Owen, Slug, Super, Wesin**, and so many others that I cannot begin to account for.

Before I officially left, I tied up some loose ends and said goodbye to long-term and new friends. However, I also left something behind that I hoped to return and pick back up if I came back...future ORG plans.

## Chapter 2: The Thought

Soon after I announced that PadORG's would be ending, I began thinking about the thrill I get from creating and hosting seasons. I could not imagine not being a host, so this led me down a rabbit hole of ideas. Then I realized, just because PadORG's is ending, doesn't mean I can't still do what I love. Drawing inspiration from one of the best ORGs I know, **Essential Survivor**, I began to formulate the potential for a brand new ORG series.

PadORG's failed due to little to no professionalism and inconsistency, it was not made to last. I wanted to succeed with a new ORG where PadORG's failed. I thought that by including more engaging and inventive formats to the overall format of the ORG, it would be irresistible to any who even considers applying. Things such as live tribal discussions, the survival system, and an overall sensation that leaves players feeling like they're actually playing Survivor, became my key focus on the potential of the ORG. I looked to many successful ORGs for inspiration and aid, which left me with endless options and opportunities. So by drawing key qualities of the more successful ORGs around, I had thought of my next venture...**One Surv1vor**.

When thinking of what the ORG would be called, I considered a name that would not only make sense but be appealing. In each season, only one person can win and "survive", so by combining *one* with *survivor*, I came up with *One Surv1vor*.

## Chapter 3: Construction

After departing from the ORG community, I immediately got to planning for One Surv1vor. Using my own personal server, "Pad's House", I began creating channels to store information on my plans and the server quickly became an office for the planning of One Surv1vor.

The first step was to establish a format for the series, in which it is primarily made up the traditional Survivor format. However, there are a few key pieces to the format I made sure to include:

•Survival System: players will have to maintain their hunger meters so they don't get medically evacuated due to "starvation". They also can "make fire" each day by completing a fire jigsaw puzzle. The more fires they made, the more they level up in skill at fire-making.

•Fire-making challenge after final immunity challenge: After the final immunity challenge, anyone not immune goes to a fire-making challenge. The last person to "make fire" is eliminated from the game.

•Live tribal council discussions: Before votes are read, the tribal council attendees and the host hosting tribal council discuss the game and the tribe.

Naturally the foundational format of the ORG will grow and change over time, but with this beginning format the series can begin with a stable foundation.

It was also important to establish a set of Rules for the ORG and community of One Surv1vor, these guidelines act as a way to enforce a healthy and positive community and ORG for all who join.

After the fundamental and foundational planning, it came time to put it into action. I created the sever in which the community and ORG would call home and begin to grow. I got to work on creating categories, channels, roles, etc. for the server.

All the while, I had been planning for future seasons by coming up with seasons one-by-one and making logos, formats, twists, themes, information, graphics, etc. for each season. I already had the first season planned out and ready before the ORG even went public.

Eventually, there was not much more construction of the ORG or server needed to be done, and with that, it was time to go public.

## Chapter 4: The Birth

On March 22nd of 2021, One Surv1vor went public and welcomed people into its community.