#twist-info

hi you guys

you guys ready to get a sneak peek at your first twist of the season?

hii mike!

fio just rang my phone and asked me to do this so i will!

now it's nothing major right away but

at some point during the remainder of the marooning... something will be hidden... and all i can and will say is that it is less powerful than your typical hidden immunity idol

is it a puppy

sure dawg

now it's not hidden now, and the marooning is another 48 hours

omg yay :D

when is it going to be hidden? who knows. but stay on your toes everyone. have fun, praise jesus, play fiovivor!

ill tell you when and where and what it is if you venmo me one million dollars btw

has to be exactly one million, no more no less

Hello everyone!

hi fio!!!

omg

I'm here with your first twist of the season

holy shit im so excited

i cant breathe

hiii kelsey

hi fo

fio

Currently, you are situated in The Garden vs. The Undead.

You all have had a lot of theories on this and I can confirm that these...

...are indeed your tribe matchups!

But they're not your only tribe matchups.

In a season themed around PVZ2, more specifically the element of Time Travel, I thought it would be fitting to essentially turn back the clock every other round!

Of course this will involve the reappearence of twists from previous seasons in terms of a game design standpoint, but in terms of tribe structure...

You will have Garden vs. Undead rounds (Heroes vs. Villains)

You will have Old School vs. New School rounds.

The Old School and New School tribes are split perfectly down the middle in Garden/Undead split!

THE GIMMICK

When one round will be themed around Garden vs. Undead, the round following it will be themed around Old School vs. New School!

Well what are the New School vs. Old School tribe divisions looking like?

I more-so themed these tribes off of veteran ORG players vs. mid-school ORG players.

I also included elements of community status, the Old School tribe was definitely more leaned-into here with the theme, really getting together a group of people who have been involved in my side of the ORG community the longest, and pitting them against the "newcomers"!

On the OLD SCHOOL tribe...

@Bazz | @Bazz {S2; S5; S6; S8; S10}

@Brent | @Unknown User

@Cristen | @cristen

@Dallas | @Dallas {S1; S2; S5; S10}

@Drew | @Drew {S6; S8; S10}

@Griffin M.K. | @Griffin M.K. {S1; S2; S3; S10}

@Jiv | @Jiv {S3; S10}

@Neptune | @Neptune {S2; S10}

@Penelope | @Penelope {S1; S10}

@Saturn | @Deleted User

@Sylvia | @Sylvia {S1; S10}

and...

@Vini | @Vini {S1; S6; S10}

That means on the NEW SCHOOL tribe...

@Enya | @Enya {S7; S10}

@Evie | @Evie {S2; S6; S10}

@Katie | @Katie {S9; S10}

@Kebab | @-Kebab | {S8; S10}

@Kyle | @Kyle {S7; S10}

@Marionette | @Marionette {S4; S10}

@Riley | @Riley G. {S9; S10}

@Stephen | @Stephen {S5; S10}

@Tiff | @Tiff {S4; S10}

@Virgo | @Virgo {S9; S10}

@Woofley | @Woofley {S8; S10}

and...

@Ore | @Ore {S8; S10}

Unfortunately I was not able to get these divisions to be perfect. There are a few people on the New School tribe who have been around for just as, if not longer, than I have but are classified as "New School" due to being more recent additions to my community.

Any complaints... redirect them to your confessionals and make some content out of them!

You will know if you start the game on Garden/Undead or Old School/New School after the Marooning concludes. Be prepared for either/or, and be prepared to be switching back and forth across the whole Pre-Merge!

To give you guys some clarification about In-Server Hidden Immunity Idols:

Every hunt will begin with inside of this server, finding a command either directly or it will be some sort of word/phrase put together based on various things you may find in the server that you see fit together. To make the clarification I mentioned in Treemail earlier today OFFICIAL, you will not have to ever check Archives of previous seasons to find Idols pertaining to this season.

The only things you will find by searching this server are standard Hidden Immunity Idols. You may be able to earn other kinds of advantages through twists in the season, but never through randomly finding one in the server. In seasons past, there have usually been two Idols in circulation at a time. This time around, there will only be ONE. If the Idol is flushed from the game, it will be rehidden at a random point in the following episode.

Before we go over anything, there is one ground rule I have to set

-# please don't send any death threats to me or bomb threats to my house :(

...but I'm sure that won't be an issue! You all will LOVE these twists!

Throughout the Pre-Merge, we will be exploring two previous Fiovivor twists as a part of our game format.

The first twist comes from @S2 | Origins!

The OGs are probably asking, "what the hell is coming back from Origins of all seasons?"

The Legacy Extra Jury vo-

In Origins, we had a very simple 5x5 Safari grid. You could move once an episode and race to the corner spaces to claim Perks and Elemental Staffs.

This time around, we have an increased budget!

Here is your Safari Map! It explores six different worlds in Plants vs Zombies 2.

We do, once again, operate on a Grid System, but we are UPGRADING from a 5x5 to a 7x7.

You will have the chance to move ONCE EVERY EIGHT HOURS.

You can move Up ⬆️, Down ⬇️, Left ⬅️ or Right ➡️. You may not move diagonally.

WHY ARE TWO OF YOU ALREADY ASKING FOR MOVEMENTS

LET ME FINISH EXPLAINING THE TWIST JFC

ahem Anyways!

Remember when I said Idols will be in this server and Advantages will be found in other twists?

Welp!

Here's your chances to earn advantages in the game!

The way this works is that throughout random intervals, myself or other Co-Hosts may opt to fill an unvacant tile with a Task.

The first person to arrive at that space will have 24 hours to complete their task. It could be anything!

Complete the task, and you will earn an advantage.

The other unique part of the twist is that the Safari is interractive!

@-fishpog | {S1; S6} put a lot of work into this, you will all be invited to a seperate server.

When you arrive to a new space, you will gain access to a chat with everyone else who is currently in it.

Whenever a player leaves or enters, the chat is cleared.

This means that you may have a chance to privately communicate with players that you share no tribes with!

If you have any questions about how the Safari works, ask and myself or fishpog can clarify!

As for our second twist...

This one originates from one of our recent seasons, @S8 | Victory Road!

I think some of you know what this is just by the mere mention of a Victory Road twist.

https://tenor.com/view/giratina-distortion-world-mt-coronet-pokemon-gif-7395980

Upon being voted out, players will be given the chance to re-enter the game. They will be sent to the Distortion World where they must stay alive via survival challenges.

Players in the Distortion World will have both a public chat with everyone and private 1-1s with their fellow Distortion inhabitants.

Forming relationships in the Distortion World is important because of the big gimmick.

At the Final 12 of this game, any and all players who have survived the Distortion World all the way through, will experience a Distortion Tribal.

It's essentially the Outcasts twist from there! You must vote someone back into the game.

The Distortion player with the most votes will come back to the game and have another chance to win this game!

In Victory Road, there were three ways to come back from Distortion via different methods.

This time, the ONLY way you come back is via F12's Distortion Tribal.

Additionally, throughout the Safari there may be a few spaces called Distortion Spaces!

This will allow Alive Players to communicate with Distortion Players, so know that you can still have an impact on the game even through Distortion!

As for the Safari...

https://discord.gg/YMFJ6g7wFT

Spectators do NOT join the server or you're banned 💀

Players, you will see NOTHING when you join the server. That is intentional.

When every player in the game joins the server, you will all have access to your own individual Navigator channels.

for everyone asking me "when can i move?" please wait until everyone joins the safari server :)

is that all @-Fio‼️

okay

never mind

it is quite self explanatory

once you guys are able to view your channels it should all be self explanatory <3

on my end yes

if you have anything you must share with the class

share with the class

THE OUTCASTS TWIST

RYAN "SKINNY RYAN" SHOULDERS!!!!!!!!!!!

we're waiting for like idk how many of you

roughly half

i want to see the most vicious fight ever break ouot in tribne chat over not being able to see the safari channels

@Dallas {S1; S2; S5; S10}
@Enya {S7; S10}
@Evie {S2; S6; S10}
@Katie {S9; S10}
@-Kebab | {S8; S10}
@Kyle {S7; S10}
@Stephen {S5; S10}
@Sylvia {S1; S10}
@Vini {S1; S6; S10}
@Virgo {S9; S10}

join in the next 3hrs or so or whenever you’re online and see this

we cannot start until everyone joins

waiting for one person to join up

yay loading up safari now

@Alive Player you can all move now!!!

cooldown is 8hrs

i hope u guys like my safari...

i am probably a little too proud of it

@Alive Player you can say anything about the safari to anyone tbh i don’t rlly care

i’m going to bed.

GOOD night.

LAST BIT OF CLARIFICATION!!!!

The Coordinate channels clear every time someone leaves or joins it. (ie: a1; b1) The zone channels never clear (ie: Big Wave Beach) but they have VCs!

i will say right now that because of the way discord works, if you are in a vc for one area and then you move yourself to a new area, you will not be disconnected from the vc. you will see the new area's channels and the vc there, and when you leave the vc you're in that will disappear too, but you will not be automatically kicked. if you want to take advantage of that i will not stop you

-# i totally couldve made it so that it does kick you but who doesnt love a classic fiovivor loophole

it’s not a race to the corners btw LMFAOO

just what my lazy bum ass did in s2

The safari will have one final advantage hidden in it at some point this episode and then after this round it will officially conclude.

Additionally, while we are in the “Tribeless” (essentially Mergatory) section of the game, there will be a twist for that specific segment of the game which will be unveiled tomorrow.

You are not yet officially at the merge/jury stage, but when you are, there will be a twist or two from previous seasons coming back, identical to how we brought back Safari/Distortion World in the prejury section of the game.

You want a twist? I got you!!!

This upcoming Tribal Council is a very simple one.

There is no twist!

You will have a standard vote and that's it.

...until Tribal Council ends.

Before heading out to the Distortion World, the eliminated player tonight will make a decision in the game.

They will grant one player safety!

Safety from what, you may ask?

...

So far this season, we have brought back twists from previous Fiovivor seasons.

This time though, we are branching out a tad bit from the Fiovivor-realm of things and into the broader realm of Fio gameshows.

You may remember over the summer we had a great time playing Sequester over in the other server!

Dallas, Katie, Jiv and the forever-iconic Faith from Season 8 all played in that very season!

And what from Summer Sling is making a re-appearence?

The player who is granted safety will begin what is known as a "Safety Chain" and pass along safety to another player.

The process will rinse and repeat until there is ONE player left standing.

That player will be automatically eliminated and be sent to the Distortion World.

Unlike last Summer, this iteration of Safety Chain will NOT feature the ability to "Strip someone's safety".

Meaning that once you have been passed safety, you cannot have that safety taken away from you.

On top of a challenge submission, you MUST submit a Trust Ranking list in your submissions.

When safety is passed to you, you will have an hour to pass safety along to another player before your time is up.

When your time runs out, the player who is at the highest on your Trust Ranking list will be given safety.

Other things to note!

1. Advantage plays

If you have an advantage that can grant you safety of some sort, if it is played at the F14 Tribal, it does NOT carry over into granting you safety for the Safety Chain elimination.

You can, however, play either a full Hidden Immunity Idol or a Safety Without Power to grant you exemption from the Safety Chain seperate from the upcoming Tribal.

This would have to either be Pre-Played or played instantly after the conclusion of Tribal Council before the Chain begins.

2. Individual Immunity

This round, multiple people will win the @Individual Immunity necklace.

For everyone except for the player that takes home 1ST PLACE in the challenge, your immunity does not carry over to the Chain.

Meaning that this upcoming challenge has a lot of stakes to it, and let me be the first to tell you, it's a big challenge!

Again, only the person who takes home gold 🥇 in this upcoming Individual Immunity challenge will have that immunity carry over into the Safety Chain.

If you have any questions, please don't be afraid to ping me and ask!

Your challenge will release soon. I'll see you then!

Your Trust Rankings are due by the comp deadline.

Twists tonight, though!

At this point in time, the Safari is officially DONE! I will kick you all from the server at some point tomorrow.

The Distortion World is obviously done too 😭

As such, we transition to new twists!

Tonight, I will give you two twists.

One twist will last from the F13 through the F7!

The other twist is kind of a two-in-one deal. One part of the secondary twist will last from F13 through F11, and another part will strictly be related to how the F10 round is played out.

At the Final 9, the secondary twist concludes but there will be something else that I will call you back here for! But more on that later!

Let's start with the Merge's secondary twist.

This is a twist that goes back to SEASON THREE!

This is a twist that impacts what is up for grabs at Immunity Challenges!

Instead of playing for a traditional @Individual Immunity necklace, you will play for Exemption!

You will skip out on Tribal and bring ONE PERSON with you to The Cabin!

That means each round, two players will be gone from Tribal! One of these players will be the challenge winner and the other one is going to be who the winner decides to bring with them.

This is going to work a little bit differently than how it worked in Season 3!

Instead of demanding someone to be brought right at the challenge results, the winner of the competition will attend the first three hours of Tribal Council.

They will get to be involved with the first few hours of the round's vote-off and then dip. From there, they will choose one person to come with them to the Cabin!

NOOOOWWWWWW we can talk about our primary twist for the season's merge.

There is only one Season 5 rep left, and I think they're all going to be quite thrilled they don't have to experience this hell again.

Sorry @Bazz {S2; S5; S6; S8; S10}, please close your eyes and look the other way to potentially avoid PTSD when I say that...

...

As a reward for making it to the Jury, you will all be rewarded with three voting weapons!

These are...

- ZIGZAG

- NEWGROUNDS LOLIPOP

and..

- RIBEYE

And here they all are!

When casting a vote at Tribal Council, if you wish, you may opt to pair your vote up with one of these three voting weapons!

Similar to the secondary twist, this twist has been reworked from S5.

The META for early-merge in S5 was determined by which group could use what weapons at what time, it led to (for the most part) pretty lame gameplay.

As such, the rework here is that once you use a weapon, it is considered GONE from your inventory.

Two of our three voting weapons making a comeback here are paired with cooldowns. This is to prevent you guys from spamming a bunch of different weapons back-to-back-to-back!

So for instance, if at the F12 I opt to use the Ribeye, I would not be able to play any other weapons at the F11 & F10 Tribals due to the two-round cooldown.

The last time any of these weapons can be used is at the Final 7 of this game.

These weapons cannot be paired with advantages that you may have found in the Safari.

You, of course, may opt to play a weapon alongside playing a Hidden Immunity Idol! But you CANNOT play a weapon alongside an advantage.

...As for that F10 round twist, here's all I'll tease for now:

no its not another safety chain 💀

If it wasn't clear already, yes BOTH of these players are not eligible to be voted out, but of course they will not cast a vote.

@Alive Player The Safari officially ends TONIGHT at challenge results. There is still one advantage left up for grabs, if no one gets it by the time I do comp results it will be discarded.

aaaand with that means there is in fact a THIRD Fiovivor Bot we'll be announcing! more info tonight.

-# kidding

@Alive Player On a revote there are no voting weapons. These will only ever impact the initial vote.

In terms of other advantages, potentially some will carry into a revote and some wont. Depends on the advantage, and I cannot clarify that if it's not an advantage you are currently holding.

Hello, the Fluff-Puff Cabin has been notified that due to the meth lab in the garage, we are going to have to close it down until further notice.

So no more cabin :(

What did you miss in the cabin? Here are a few highlights!

- Live performances from Christina Aguilera and Fergie
- A bunch of snacks (lettuce, a potato, copper wires, hydrochloric acid)
- Noise complaints
- The secret meth lab in the garage

@Alive Player It seems it is time to talk about this round!

There is a second element that we have decided to bring back from Fluff-Puff Peaks and figured it would be fun to make it appear here!

We've seen you all speculate on what this round could potentially be, specifically seeing some of you call it "some fuck ass round is about to happen"

Introducing.....

While it may seem to be a normal round, this one will go rather faster than normal. In a few moments, we will open up the Final 10 Tribal BEFORE handing out @Individual Immunity

Meaning, you will not know who is safe!

We will then give you all a challenge to do within the 24 hour time period, which will be the same time you have to decide who to VOTE, as votes will also be due at the SAME TIME

How @Individual Immunity will work this round is it will act like a standard Immunity Idol, negating any votes that are casted to the winner.

You are still able to utilize all additional advantages/idols you may have during this time as well, as this is technically still a normal tribal!

We will open up the Tribal now and give you all your challenge shortly!

...And stay tuned for that second half twist

*You can utilize them but an important note about how these will be played

The advantage window will close BEFORE you know the results of the immunity challenge! So this round you may not reactionally play an advantage to counter immunity.

The order of operations here are;

Good evening!

Everyone's faaaavorite host here broadasting LIVE from my bedroom about your endgame twist(s)!

These are fairly simple, won't shake up the game too much aside from moving the pace along quicker.

me!

Here's how this is gonna work!

On Day 25, I let you all know the date of the game's conclusion, which is...

...How are we getting to April 17th so fast without any Double Eliminations or Live Challenges?

Here's our full schedule:

You may notice on days 33 and 34, there is a set of back-to-back Tribals.

That is because that round, there will be no formal Immunity Challenge winner.

...but someone will still be winning @Individual Immunity. They will win it by default.

I cannot disclose any more information at this time.

What I can disclose, however, is the set of back-to-back Tribals on days 36 and 37.

Similarly to Day 34 (F6), there will once again be a default winner of @Individual Immunity.

And this is through a twist from Season 6 making a comeback!

F5 will be your last standard Immunity challenge. This is treated as your traditional Gauntlet challenge that I always do at F4 of every season.

Immediately after the F5 Tribal, I will crown a winner of F4 Immunity and you will have a 24 hour Tribal.

The winner of this challenge will be through who fills up their Immunity Gauge the MOST!

An Immunity Gauge is a secondary Submissions Channel that you will receive at the start of this round's Tribal Council.

You've gotta spam it!... well kind of.

The Gauges operate on a six-hour slowmode.

The goal is simple! Check in whenever you can, send ANY message and wait for the cooldown to expire to send another one!

Any questions? Please let us know :3

If the F4 Immunity results are to TIE, then there will be a live firemaking showdown to determine the winner.

@Alive Player Also just as a reminder, the weapons twist has now officially concluded! Any weapons not used have now expired.

thank fuck that was doodoo to keep track of