For the third season of Dono's Survivor, you are all in for quite the treat. It is through this journey that one of you will earn the title of sole survivor, but it is not the only title you will be carrying. Through forty-two seasons, we saw countless legends emerge from the shadows. The likes of thedarkpassanger, MMAjunkieX, AshlynArehart, LoganWorm, Timster, smiley20, Leli14, 01Gohan, Jonofthefunk... Some of these famous tengaged players first steps were with bingo. Some stuck to their heroic roots, and seeded the lands with stories of righteous underdogs and unlikely defeats. Others blurred the line between right and wrong, never afraid to sever ties with whomever held them back. Here, we aim to add another to the hall of greats. This is an amalgamation of two seasons of bingo21's Survivor Series! As you know, the third season will commemorate bingo21, and his incredibly long-lasting series. What you don't know is that Haiti is not the only season of Bingo's that we are honoring.
In the nineteenth season of bingo's series, sixteen players were marooned at Haiti. There, they were pitted against the black vote, where the person voted out would cast an additional vote as they left the game that would be placed into the urn at the time the player whose name was on the parchment next went to tribal council. There were no tribe swaps, and the early phase of the game saw a very one-sided battle. Going into the merge, there was a six-four split in old tribal division, but the majority six couldn't keep it together and four were eliminated before one of the opposing four was taken out. After that, the underdogs finished the comeback, destroying the two remaining that stood in their way. One of those was me, and I ended up winning that season in a 6-1-0 vote. Outlasting the others, and outplaying the black vote and the uphill battle, Dono carved his name in the Bingo Book of Legends.
Two seasons later, an all-star cast was put together under the title Rogues vs Righteous. In the Greek Isles, "ten of the most dastardly, cunning players to play bingo's survivor" faced off against "ten of the most valiant, loyal tengagers to compete in bingo's survivor". In this season, we saw a similar structure, void of any swaps, and a similar merge split. The Righteous tribe (my tribe) had dominated the pre-merge stage of the game this time. Losing only two members early, there was an 8-4 split in favor of the original Righteous members. Two Rogues quickly left at the merge (with a Righteous in between), but then, just like Haiti, the majority alliance began to crumble. Six of them went in a row and the final four was a two-two split. Ultimately the two Rogues in the minority prevailed, as both made final tribal council and one of them won the game. Of course, I had no part in any of this, because I was the first voted out of the game.
Now, the third season of Dono's Survivor is a nod to both of these seasons, and a nod to Dono's journey in Bingo's Survivor as a whole. My two seasons are highlighted above. 1st and 20th. From first to last. Have your laughs, but you better be paying attention! Much of what you will face will draw from those experiences, and the experiences you have undoubtedly had in other tengaged group games as well. Prepare for a battle!