AWTeen's AW Survivor Challenge II: Frozen Desert

Courtesy of Brant

I would like to invite the community to attend the AW SURVIVOR Challenge II: Frozen Desert, the latest event sponsored by AWTeen. While the AWTeen core has held many events in the past, the AW SURVIVOR Challenge is unique both in its conception and in its scope.

Scheduled to kick off at 2PM VRT on Saturday, March 10, 2001, the challenge will pit citizens against not only their worst enemies, but also their most trusted friends. The premise of the game is simple: to survive as long as you can. However, like the CBS television show, surviving to win the grand prize isn't always as easy as it seems. Participants will have to deal with convincing their tribe that they've got what it takes to stay in the game, winning immunity challenges, and, worst of all, dealing with real life problems so they can stay online to win the challenge!

The Grand Prize for the event is a free P-10 world with 5 users, along with runner-up prizes such as a permanent block of billboards near Ground Zero for your personal use, and even your specifying a 100-character advertisement to be added to the immigration officer's message (displayed as many as 3500 times per day on weekends) for three days (language and content - no for-profit messages - is subject to approval by the core before posting).

Fun events are planned for all, including chess, paintball, tic-tac-toe, trivia, the famous "wacky races" that were held at our Millennium Party, scavenger hunts, and more. Although anyone can sign up to win the grand prize, everyone, even spectators, can participate in most of the events just for fun.

All of the contestants are separated into four tribes (the exact number of tribes depends on the number of participants). Each tribe is assigned a leader, who is responsible for making sure that tribe members are not idle or away from their keyboards (disconnections, of course, are allowed up to seven minutes per hour). After the opening ceremonies, tribes will split up and begin to build their shelter on the picturesque SURVIVOR mountain, built specifically for the competition by Kmissile583K and TheCheese, who have labored over the build for the past four months. During this time, contestants will forge alliances, participate in the building contest (that will be held simultaneously for contestants), and prepare for immunity challenges.

Every half hour, a challenge between tribes is held, and the winner of the event (see above for some examples of events) is immune from being removed by a tribal vote at the next Council. The process will repeat every half hour until there are less than eight members left, at which time the tribes will combine. Therefore, it is imperative for a team to win as many immunity challenges as possible so their tribe's members can support them after the merger.

Throughout the competition, a building contest will be held. The theme is a winter hideaway, and the contest will be held adjacent to the challenge property. Those who choose to participate in the building contest are encouraged to take advantage of the new objects that AWTeen will be adding to its registry shortly. In addition, they may use light sources in conjunction with AWTeen's lighted walks and floors and 3.1 move and rotate commands that are always enabled for all users.

The tribal leaders will judge the building contest prior to the final tribal council meeting, when the participants who finished third through ninth will return to decide the fate of the final two survivors.

Even though the event is sponsored by AWTeen's core, citizens and tourists of all ages are invited to attend. The last SURVIVOR Challenge (held in September, 2000) attracted a wide range of participants and spectators, and the format of the game has been improved so as to make the event more enjoyable the second time. (The previous challenge lasted for 7 hours and 15 minutes.) At the AWTeen Millennium party on December 30, 61 avatars were in attendance simultaneously, including AW celebrities such as Mauz, XelaG, and Lucrezia Borgia. We need your help to beat this previous record during the upcoming event.

Those who are interested in participating can visit the challenge's website at http://yourdock.co.uk/awteen/survivor.html to sign up to be eligible to win prizes. Even if you haven't signed up, come out on March 10 and join the fun as fellow citizens battle it out in a quest to become the ultimate survivor!

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