Newbie Guide to Survivor! (Questions + Tips Encouraged)

For large social games such as Survivor where the primary mechanic is social interaction.
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Post Post #275 (ISO) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:02 pm

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also
The Immunity Necklace can be given away, though this is extremely rare and dangerous.
to my knowledge is not true. the only time i recall someone trying is hyrule and mods didn't let them.
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Post Post #276 (ISO) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:24 pm

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In post 274, Vijarada wrote:there should be a meme section (no, there shouldn't) . also, wtf is travelling tribe. i know travelling tribes have been a thing in got/medivac but do people actually call them that and are they regular? i mean, i didn't hear anyone in nexus call them that at least lol.
Hey, I'm taking xof's word on this. Clearly people will call them that now!
In post 275, Vijarada wrote:also
The Immunity Necklace can be given away, though this is extremely rare and dangerous.
to my knowledge is not true. the only time i recall someone trying is hyrule and mods didn't let them.
This has happened multiple times! During Mass Effect and during Magic Kingdom.
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Post Post #277 (ISO) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:37 pm

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But can a whole tribe give up immunity?
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Post Post #278 (ISO) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:40 pm

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Uh, it wasn't any sort of official name, it was like "how the hell do I explain this one round tribe that is dissolved after?" Arkham City had one too, and I think that's what I remembered them being called during Game of Thrones so I just half called it that for my own purposes. They didn't have an actual name. But much like Shipwrecks are called that after Sky Pillar I guess it's stuck for some people?
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Post Post #279 (ISO) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:48 pm

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Speaking of Shipwrecks, there definitely were votes during the one in Sky Pillar, and I don't remember there ever being a distinction in fake merges on whether or not there are votes during it before.

And from what I can tell, alliances don't typically get names. The ones that do are in the minority.
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Post Post #280 (ISO) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:55 pm

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Usually they're just referred to by their tribe names, like the Brode Alliance. That's something I liked in Eon, on a tangent, they made you guys name all your pairs.
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Post Post #281 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:12 am

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In post 276, Shadoweh wrote: This has happened multiple times! During Mass Effect and during Magic Kingdom.
Are you sure it was an immunity necklace? I know during Mass Effect I gave my hidden immunity idol away to someone
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Post Post #282 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:34 am

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Pfft yes I'm sure, Harbinger and Liara traded the necklace to reset the game timer and give more time for a lurker to come back and vote.
The Immunity Necklace being something you can transfer led to one of the most infamous moments on the show too.
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Post Post #283 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:46 am

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I know this is a awful set of questions, but I've read this thread and poked around, and I'm still confused.

1. How does one observe games?
2. How would someone sign up to join a game?
3. Where would I find sample "tasks"? (to help me wrap my head around that concept).
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Post Post #284 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:50 am

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A thread will be posted in this forum whenever a game is ready to accept applications. In the application you express your preference for whether you want to be a player or a spectator. The mods choose who to play in the game from the pool of those who express interest in being a player.
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Post Post #285 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:56 am

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In post 283, boring wrote: 3. Where would I find sample "tasks"? (to help me wrap my head around that concept).
By this do you mean challenges? If you check out the wiki you can look up past survivor games and check out the challenges done there. here is one example site
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Post Post #286 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:58 am

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I wpuld have linked to something more rcent, but I'm on my phone and about to work so whatever.
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Post Post #287 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:06 am

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Post Post #288 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:20 am

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In post 282, Shadoweh wrote:Pfft yes I'm sure, Harbinger and Liara traded the necklace to reset the game timer and give more time for a lurker to come back and vote.
The Immunity Necklace being something you can transfer led to one of the most infamous moments on the show too.
The same kind of concept was done in Magical Kingdom, when Jason gave his to Cody to a) extend the timer to try and get more vote onto his side and b) give Cody a chance to progress in the game over him

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Post Post #289 (ISO) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:24 pm

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Thank you!
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Post Post #290 (ISO) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:43 pm

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In post 282, Shadoweh wrote:Pfft yes I'm sure, Harbinger and Liara traded the necklace to reset the game timer and give more time for a lurker to come back and vote.
The Immunity Necklace being something you can transfer led to one of the most infamous moments on the show too.
It's only been transferred twice on the show, and one of those times was a mistake.
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Post Post #291 (ISO) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:52 pm

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4 times and two were mistakes. Never forget Jenna Burton and Brandon.
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Post Post #292 (ISO) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:05 pm

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BROseidon opinions amirite
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Post Post #293 (ISO) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:20 pm

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I only remembered Erik and Jenna passes.
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Post Post #294 (ISO) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:20 pm

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The Jenna pass was the OG iconic pass.
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Post Post #295 (ISO) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:22 pm

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Burton pass wasn't really a pass (he still was immune) But brandons was even dumber than eriks.! I guess it doesn't fit any "lol men getting manipulated by hottie's" crap though...
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Post Post #296 (ISO) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:36 pm

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Brandon was instead manipulated by God
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Post Post #297 (ISO) » Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:45 pm

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In post 1, animorpherv1 wrote:1) Get a way to contact people over IM. Mafiascum tends to use Skype, but other things like site chat and Discord can work too.
2) Seriously. Do tip 1. It is that important.
Mafiascum doesn't use Skype anymore.
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Post Post #298 (ISO) » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:41 am

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