| Immunity
Challenge One - The Frenzy
Welcome
to your first Immunity challenge
of Survivor Webcam 5.0 : The
Battle of the Seasons. This
is your first chance to covet
the all-important very critical
Immunity that will guarantee
your safety in this game. Every
week you will compete for this
very important position and
every week somebody will be
ousted from this game.
End
up in the lowest-scoring bracket
of this challenge, your tribe
alone will be visiting Tribal
Council Wednesday where somone
in that Tribe will become the
first person voted out of Survivor
Webcam All-Stars. With looming
fears of being the first person
evicted, I'm sure all of you
will work to do your best win
in this challenge.
So
before we get to the bulk of
the challenge, I ask all of
you - what does it take to be
successful in this game? What
should be maintained in order
to advance each week?
Well...
#1.
You need to be unified as a
tribe. Not being organized
is the single biggest factor
in self-destruction.
#2.
You need to know what the challenge
is asking for. Every season
so far, I have seen at least
one tribe make a silly mistake,
costing their tribe a large
number of points. Read everything
carefully, don't assume a quick
skim is enough to get by because
it's not. The instructions in
these challenges are specific
so you need to follow them precisely.
#3.
Work efficient, but not so efficient
that you miss things. Sure,
it's nice to be fast in these
non-timed challenges but is
it worth rushing through a challenge,
at the risk of missing a key
element? (#2 and #3 go hand-in-hand)
And
finally...
#4.
Remember that everything you
do is worth something. Even
if you think adding one more
item or doing one extra thing
may not make a difference, 9
times out of 10 it does (refer
to all the challenges in the
past, where a tribe beat another
by very, very, very small margin)
This
is the only advice I'm offering
you this season. Take my word
for it - challenges in
this game are going to be specific
and they are going to require
teamwork and effort. Without
either of the two, you're tribe
will fail. There's no question
about that. I wish you all the
very best in this game, so with
that said, here is tonight's
FIRST Immunity Challenge. It
is due in exactly 24 hours.
Background
Information:
This
challenge will have three distinct
sections. The sections can be
completed in any order your
tribe chooses. See what each
section is asking for, before
deciding what section to do
first. One section will be timed
(in the sense that the sooner
you submit things in, the more
points your tribe will get).
Two other sections will give
you the full 24-hours so plan
accordingly and don't panic.
The first section of this challenge
is all about testing your vocal
and organizational skills, as
a tribe. All tribes will be
given two songs to work with:
'Madonna - Like a Virgin' (only
because it would kill me to
see some of you sing it) and
'Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive'
(which is quite approipriate
for this game and at the same
time, a hilarious selection).
Everyone better have a working
mircrophone for this section
or something that can take sound
input as you will be fragmenting
each song into pieces and singing
it in a cycle. The more pieces
you decide to fragment the songs
into, the more points you will
earn, provided everything
is edited together (using a
video editing program) in a
organized and smoothly-flowing
fashion.
In
the second section of this challenge,
you will be constructing a brand-new
torch for this game, except
this time ,there is a twist
to this on-going traditional
challenge (that has made its'
appearance in every game from
1.0 - 4.0).
In
the third and final section
of this challenge, you will
submit a 2-3 second video clip
of yourself for the 'Survivor
Webcam 5.0 Intro Video' (opening
credits). This section will
be timed so the sooner you submit
your videos to me, the more
points your tribe will earn.
Of cose, the more you sit on
this section, the more points
you will lose (each and every
hour).
Now,
here are your instructions.
Follow these carefully and to
the tee.
Section
One Instructions: 'A Musical
Mosaic'
In
this section you will create
a music video, but not the kind
you are thinking. This video
will be the collaborative singing
effort of everyone in your tribe.
You will take two songs:
Madonna
- 'Like a Virgin' and Gloria
Gaynor - 'I Will Survive'
(ORIGINAL
VERSIONS, not REMIXES of ANY
SORT)
Your
tribe will take the songs (lyrics
will be helpful) and fragment
them into several parts. Each
fragment MUST be sung by a different
person in the tribe (meaning
no back-to-back fragments can
be sung by the same person).
This means you will create a
cycle, an order in which each
of you will sing. Once all four
of you have each sung a fragment,
you will cycle back to the first
person and go on in the same
order. You will repeat this
cycle until the song ends.
But,
there's a Twist - I will not
be telling your tribe how many
fragment the song must have,
nor will I be specifying how
long each fragment must be.
There is however a minimum -
each fragment must have at least
two words from the song. So
in theory, your tribe could
cut the song up into 100 pieces
and each of you would sing 25
fragments of the song.
Ex.
REM "Losing my Religion"
Person
#1: "That's me in the corner..."
Person #2: " that's me
in the spotlight..."
Person #3: "I'm losing
my religion..."
Person #4: "Trying to..."
After
Person #4, the cycle would then
go back to Person #1 and you'd
start over again. etc. etc.
etc.
And,
there's another Twist: You must
dance (in or out of your chair)
while you sing in every single
fragment. However, you define
dancing do it, as long as you're
"in motion." You must
also do your best to be in tune
(I would find it hard to believe
if none of you knew how these
songs go).
Once
you have all the fragments:
Someone in the tribe will have
to splice everything together
in a movie editing program (ie.
Window's Movie Maker). Once
all pieces are spliced together
and in the right order, you
will have the option of adding
the music in the background
(on very low volume) or not.
It would even be advantagous
to have the Karaoke versions
of both songs.
How
will you be evaluated: The more
you fragment your song (and
successfully splice together),
the more points your tribe will
earn. Each fragment in the correct
order is worth 100 points.
Possible
Penalty: For every person in
the tribe that does not participate
in this section (for whatever
reason - no mic, etc.), your
tribe will lose a quarter (25%)
of its' points from this section.
If you're desperate, and don't
want to lose valuable points,
you can get uber-cheap microphones
from Wal-Mart or any discount
store.
Ex.
If you take 'Like a Virgin'
and fragment it into 60 parts,
you'd get 6000 points for just
that video, provided everything
was in order, with all requirements
met (like dancing or staying
in motion).
You
will create two separate videos
for each song and if you want
maximum points, you will have
to do both songs. But, it's
up to your tribe (remember,
immunity is at stake).
Acceptable
Video Formats: .WMV, .MP4, .MPEG,
.AVI, .MOV, .RM
Label
your videos as: YourTribeNameMadonna.WMV
and YourTribeNameGloria.WMV
(or whatever format it is in)
(plase
refer to the GAME RULES in your
tribal forum when exporting
from Window's Movie Maker 2
ONLY - there's a certain codec
you must use in order for me
to see your videos)
Submit
both your videos to my IM screen
name (I will have 'auto-accept
files' turned on if I am not
at my desk).
Section
Two Instructions: 'Creating
a Torch'
Now,
you're probably assuming that
you'll be making a torch, taking
a few pictures and submitting
them, right?
WRONG!
For
this upgraded version of a traditional
Survivor Webcam Challenge, you
will create a torch on video!
You will have exactly three
minutes to take as many raw
materials as you've got handy
and put them together to create
something artistically resembling
a torch.
No
two items can already be assembled
before you put the torch together.
EACH
ITEM MUST BE UNIQUE
On
your webcam, hit record. In
order for each item to count,
you will have to hold it up
to the camera BEFORE you add
it to your torch. Once you start
assembling your torch I will
begin timing you. Everything
MUST be in view of the camera
and you may not assemble anything
off camera.
When three minutes is up, hold
your torch up to the camera,
in its' entirety.
You
will be evaluated based on how
many items you get assembled
within the three minutes.
Evaluation: Each item successfully
added within the three minutes
will be worth 50 points.
You may now submit your video.
Acceptable
Video Formats: .WMV, .MP4, .MPEG,
.AVI, .MOV, .RM
Label
your videos as: YourNameTorch.WMV
(or whatever format it is in)
(plase
refer to the GAME RULES in your
tribal forum when exporting
from Window's Movie Maker 2
ONLY - there's a certain codec
you must use in order for me
to see your videos)
Submit
your video to my IM screen name
(I will have 'auto-accept files'
turned on if I am not at my
desk).
Section
Three Instructions: 'Your Survivor
Intro Video'
For
Survivor Webcam 5.0, yet another
uber-cool intro video will be
made (very similar to the intro
video made for Survivor webcam
4.0).
In
order for this video to be successful,
I have decided to incorporate
it into your first challenge.
The only thing you have to do
is pose or do something for
5-seconds. Of those 5-seconds,
only 1.5 - 2 will be used for
the intro video.
Please
be creative when doing your
action pose - don't just sit
there or I won't accept it!
Your
intro video clip MUST be in
.AVI or .MPEG format ONLY. No
other format is acceptable.
Submit videos to me on AIM -
If I'm not around I will have
'auto-accept files' turned on.
This
section is timed in the sense
that you will be deducted 10
points for every hour that passes:
You will start with 240 points
in the first hour (or, 11pm-12am
EST). for every hour that passes,
your tribe will lose 10 points.
If you submit a video in the
last hour, you will get 10 points
only.
In
theory, if everyone in your
tribe submits an intro video
in the first hour, you could
get as many as 960 points!
This
concludes the First Immunity
Challenge...
And
now, for the first time in Survivor
Webcam 5.0...
IMMUNITY
IS NOW UP FOR GRABS!
FINAL
SCORES
Xingeri
- 20360 (FIRST PLACE IMMUNITY)
Mesohoni
- 17920 (2nd place immunity)
Utkata
- 13970 (3rd place immunity)
Tikipitu
- 12430 (4th place immunity)
Pahari
- 10270 (TRIBAL COUNCIL)
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