Survival Scores

**Survival Scores** are a numerical assessment of the performances of individual castaways. The score takes into account their achievements in challenges, success at Tribal Council, and votes from the Jury for those who make it to the Final Tribal Council. Our process to determine Survival Scores follows that of True Dork Times.

## Policy

**SurvSc**, or Survival Score, is a general statistical assessment of the way each castaway has played the game. It takes into account the number of challenges won by each castaway, and their performance at Tribal Councils throughout the season. For those lucky enough to make it all the way to the Final Tribal Council, it also includes their jury management performance.

### Challenges

**TribWin** + **IndivWin** = **ChW**

When a tribe wins immunity, players receive a fractional amount of points using the formula (1 / the number of tribe members). This means that the smaller tribes yield more points, while larger tribes receive less. Players who manage to win Individual Immunity always earn 0.5 points for every individual win.

All of these points from each challenge win are added together, in order to decide every player's ChW score.

### Tribal Council

2 (**VFB** / (4 + **VAP**)) \* (14 / **TCA**) = **wTCR**

In order to determine a player's weighted Tribal Council ratio, or wTCR, a more complex formula is utilized. This formula takes into account three main factors - correctly voting, votes against, and the number of tribals attended.

Votes against a player, or VAP, is a straightforward factor. Every vote against a player is included in this total, including votes that are negated by a idol or other advantage. The number of Tribal Councils attended by a player, or TCA, is also a straightforward number.

Correctly voting at Tribal Council, or VFB, requires a player to cast a vote against the person who is eliminated at that specific Tribal Council. It is not about voting in the majority. Re-votes also do not count, so players must cast a vote for the person who is eliminated in the initial round of voting.

### Jury Vote

(**JVF** / **TotJ**) \* 6 = **wJV%**

For most castaways, their Survival Score only takes into account their challenge wins and Tribal Council performances. However, those lucky enough to make it to the Final Tribal Council receive a third bonus element - a weighted Jury Vote percentage, or wJV%.

The number of jury votes received by a finalist is divided by the number of possible jury votes they could've gotten, in order to create a percentage. This jury vote percentage, or JV%, is then weighted by multiplying it by six.

The wJV% is an extra bonus that is only given to finalists. As a result, it usually pushes finalists Survival Score to be greater than the rest of the castaways on each season. To balance things, there is also a leaderboard that excludes wJV% outright.

## Glossary of Terms

* **SurvSc:** Survival Score. Calculated by the formula SurvSc = ChW + wTCR + wJV%. Also known as the Survival Average on *True Dork Times*.
* **ChW:** Total Challenge Wins.
* **wTCR:** Weighted Tribal Council Ratio.
* **wJV%:** Weighted Jury Vote Percentage.
* **TribWin:** Tribal Immunity Wins.
* **IndivWin:** Individual Immunity Wins.
* **VFB:** Votes for Bootee.
* **VAP:** Votes Against Player.
* **TCA:** Tribal Councils Attended.
* **JVF:** Jury Votes For.
* **TotJ:** Total Jury Votes.
* **JV%:** Jury Vote Percentage.