AO Survivor II: R1 Reward - Axiom of Choice

[Jeff Probst]

Round 1 Reward Challenge -- The Axiom of Choice
This challenge will serve two purposes. First, it will be used to set the initial teams. Second, your team will earn a reward which will help you in the round 1 Immunity challenge, Invertigo.

The challenge is quite simple. I would like you to choose a non-integral number between 0 and 100.

Your score for the challenge will be SUM{sqrt[abs(X - Xi)]}, where X is your chosen number and {Xi} are all numbers chosen by all players.

If you choose a number which another player has already chosen, I will move your number half the distance toward the mean (the mean before I move any numbers).

If you do not choose a number, I will set it equal to the third quartile of all other numbers chosen. If more than one person does not choose a number, I will randomly order the names and assign the third quartile, third quartile + 0.1, third quartile - 0.1, third quartile + 0.2, etc, to those players.

You may choose your number by sending a PM to me. Once you have chosen your number, you may NOT change it. You may choose your number anytime after this challenge is posted, but you must choose no later than 11:00a ET on June 1. Teams will be announced the morning of June 1, or once all players have chosen their number if earlier, and the first immunity challenge will run the afternoon of June 1.

This is the only time in the game I will explicitly point out something like this...despite initial appearances, this is NOT merely a game of chance nor is their one ideal strategy to picking a good number.

I will also use those scores to rank you and assign you to teams. The five players with the highest scores will be on Team A; the five players with the next highest scores will be on Team B; the six players with the lowest scores will be on Team C.

Team A will win the Reward. The actual Reward will be announced along with the description of the Invertigo challenge and will give Team A an edge in that challenge.

So you could say Axiom of Choice has no real winners. But there are losers. And those losers will be on Team B.