Post by Host JD Roth on Dec 20, 2011 19:47:03 GMT -5
The Right To Stay Challenge
Shortly after you arrive, the group of contestants will compete in the first Endurance game, called the Right To Stay Challenge. As the name implies, this game eliminates a group of contestants from continuing any further in the game. The game is normally a test of endurance. An equal amount of female & male contestants will be eliminated during this challenge, and will not continue on in the game.
Choosing teams
After the Right To Stay Challenge, the remaining players compete in another game to determine teams. Each team consists of one male and one female. The team colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and grey & brown.
After the teams are decided, they each receive one pyramid piece of the Endurance Pyramid. To win the game one team must possess all of the pieces. (14 Pieces).
Endurance Mission
With the teams now assigned, they begin competing in Endurance Missions. This is usually a test of skill. The team that wins an Endurance Mission will typically earn another piece of the Endurance Pyramid and the Samahdi. The Samadhi contains something that will have a negative effect on one team during the Temple Mission, and the winners of the Endurance Mission get to choose which team has to play with its effect. However, it is customary, that when three teams remain, the winners of the Samadhi have the right to not give its effect to a team, leaving a level playing field for the final Temple Mission.
Temple mission
This mission is usually one of endurance (hence the show's title). The team that wins a Temple Mission earns the right to choose two other teams to send to the "Temple of Fate", the elimination challenge.
Temple of Fate
The two teams sent to the Temple of Fate bring with them all pyramid pieces they have won up to that point. In a variant of the Rock, Paper, Scissors intransitive game, the teams select fire, wood, or water to defeat one another in a best 2 out of 3 match, e.g.,
water puts out fire (water wins)
fire burns wood (fire wins)
wood floats on water (wood wins)
The first team to win two rounds wins the challenge and the right to stay in the game. The losers are immediately eliminated. The losing team will give their pyramid pieces to any team of their choice, with a farewell note read to the remaining contestants.
Final Challenge
For the Final Challenge, both teams go to the Temple of Fate with all the pieces they have won. These pieces are now used as chips to play a shell game type challenge.
The team with fewer pieces starts by placing pieces by a group of pyramids, one of which has the gold pyramid under it. That team may claim as many as it wishes but must leave at least one pyramid unclaimed. The team with more pieces must claim the pyramids that its opponent did not claim. At this point, the gold pyramid is revealed, and the team that has claimed it wins all the pieces that were played on the board. If teams have the same number of pieces the team that had fewer pieces the round before places first. If teams are tied in first round, the team that won the final mission places their pieces first
There are three pyramids to start the game, and one more is added every round thereafter. The team that gets all the pyramid pieces wins the challenge, the game and the grand prize trip.
Shortly after you arrive, the group of contestants will compete in the first Endurance game, called the Right To Stay Challenge. As the name implies, this game eliminates a group of contestants from continuing any further in the game. The game is normally a test of endurance. An equal amount of female & male contestants will be eliminated during this challenge, and will not continue on in the game.
Choosing teams
After the Right To Stay Challenge, the remaining players compete in another game to determine teams. Each team consists of one male and one female. The team colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and grey & brown.
After the teams are decided, they each receive one pyramid piece of the Endurance Pyramid. To win the game one team must possess all of the pieces. (14 Pieces).
Endurance Mission
With the teams now assigned, they begin competing in Endurance Missions. This is usually a test of skill. The team that wins an Endurance Mission will typically earn another piece of the Endurance Pyramid and the Samahdi. The Samadhi contains something that will have a negative effect on one team during the Temple Mission, and the winners of the Endurance Mission get to choose which team has to play with its effect. However, it is customary, that when three teams remain, the winners of the Samadhi have the right to not give its effect to a team, leaving a level playing field for the final Temple Mission.
Temple mission
This mission is usually one of endurance (hence the show's title). The team that wins a Temple Mission earns the right to choose two other teams to send to the "Temple of Fate", the elimination challenge.
Temple of Fate
The two teams sent to the Temple of Fate bring with them all pyramid pieces they have won up to that point. In a variant of the Rock, Paper, Scissors intransitive game, the teams select fire, wood, or water to defeat one another in a best 2 out of 3 match, e.g.,
water puts out fire (water wins)
fire burns wood (fire wins)
wood floats on water (wood wins)
The first team to win two rounds wins the challenge and the right to stay in the game. The losers are immediately eliminated. The losing team will give their pyramid pieces to any team of their choice, with a farewell note read to the remaining contestants.
Final Challenge
For the Final Challenge, both teams go to the Temple of Fate with all the pieces they have won. These pieces are now used as chips to play a shell game type challenge.
The team with fewer pieces starts by placing pieces by a group of pyramids, one of which has the gold pyramid under it. That team may claim as many as it wishes but must leave at least one pyramid unclaimed. The team with more pieces must claim the pyramids that its opponent did not claim. At this point, the gold pyramid is revealed, and the team that has claimed it wins all the pieces that were played on the board. If teams have the same number of pieces the team that had fewer pieces the round before places first. If teams are tied in first round, the team that won the final mission places their pieces first
There are three pyramids to start the game, and one more is added every round thereafter. The team that gets all the pyramid pieces wins the challenge, the game and the grand prize trip.