What is Open Diary Survivor (OD Survivor)?
What if you were given the opportunity to meet 16 Strangers? On the internet, it's easy to meet just about anyone. What if you met 16 people and were forced to learn about them for 100 Days? What if you were given the opportunity to endure 100 Days of survival competition on the Web's only Open Diary? OD Survivor would be the Game.
The Premise:
The Open Diary is the Net's largest online diary with over half a million registered users, expressing your thoughts has never been easier.
What is Open Diary?
Open Diary is an online service that allows it's users to get an online diary. The diaries on this Website are hardly diaries, they are groups of individuals, expressing themselves in the most interactive way possible. Diarists can leave notes on other diaries offering everything from advice to friendship. They are like mini-websites. It's truly a unique community of individuals. They are everyday people, in a not-so-everyday environment. They can be mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, teachers, aunt's, uncles, lovers, the list in endless. They are re-shaping the way human interaction occurs online. They are a new generation of people.
What is Open Diary Survivor? (OD Survivor)
OD Survivor is a test of human interaction and human nature in a competitive environment. 16 People are chosen to compete against one another through rigorous Challenges each week. Challenges may range from writing in their diaries, to mind-boggling quizzes and internet games.
In the beginning, 16 people are split into two Tribes. Each Tribe contains 4 males and 4 females who are registered Open Diary users. Every 7 Days, they are assigned a Challenge to compete in, the winning Tribe receives Immunity for that Week. The losing Tribe must vote one of their own off at Tribal Council which occurs every Saturday. Votes are submitted via Email to the OD Survivor Team. Once the votes are tallied, the decision is final and the Member voted from the Tribe must leave the Game that Sunday. On Monday, the game begins again, and each week, the game is minus one more player as the weaker players are eliminated.
After 50 Days (7 Weeks), and 7 Tribal Councils, the remaining Members of each Tribe (9) Merge to form one complete Tribe. Over the course of the next 50 Days, they compete against one another in tougher, harder Challenges. The Challenges don't get any easier and can range from almost anything. Each Week, a member is voted off and each Week the Jury grows by one individual, who will in the end, decide who the Ultimate OD Survivor will be. The ultimate Survivor is the one who has outwritten, outnoted and outentried everyone else. This ultimate Survivor is deemed the best writer of the group.
Once the jury has reached 7 People, they determine who will walk away with the coveted OD Survivor Title. It can be anyone.
Each participant must write in their OD regularily or face expulsion and/or a stiff penalty. They must write a minimum of 5 times in their Open Diary per Week.
Summary (Before Week 8)
Every Wednesday, the Trbies are assigned a Challenge which is to be complete din 24 Hours.
On Thursday, the losing Tribe must visit Tribal Council on the coming Saturday whereas the winning Tribe receives Immunity for that Week and do not visit Tribal Council.
On Saturday, the Tribe must vote one of their members off.
Summary (Past Week 7)
Every Wednesday, the Tribe is assigned a Challenge, each person must fight to win. It is due in 24 hours.
On Thursday, the winning Member receives Immunity for his/herself and cannot be voted frm the Tribe at Tribal Council.
On Saturday, the Tribe votes somebody off (excluding the Person with Immunity).
The person voted off becomes a Member of the Jury, who will then become an integral part of the Game in the final Week.
The Jury grows every Week.
On Sunday, the person voted off can no longer participate in the game until the last week when the Jury is formed.
The game can take any route, it go from everyone being friends, to everyone turning on one another. Sometimes ruthless backstabbing gets the better of the players and sometimes the true spirit of the game comes through. It all depends. The dynamics change from week-to-week.
How do you become a Participant?
You need to submit the online application and you must be a registered Open Diary user with your own Open Diary(it's very simple to sign up).
See the eligibility rules for full details