Hello castaways! Below I have outlined the basic rules that Survivor Hong Kong will follow, and it is required that every player reads the rules so that there is no confusion or disputes regarding them as the game progresses.

-Voting: A Tribal Council forum will be created immediately after the conclusion of the Immunity Challenge. You will have twenty-four hours to send in your vote to both Newz and I after the Tribal Council forum is created, unless specified otherwise. If there is a tied vote, everyone except for the people who received votes in the tied vote will re-vote. If the re-vote results in a tie, the castaways who received votes in the tie will become immune, and everyone else will draw rocks. If there is a tie at final four, everyone except the immunity necklace holder will have to draw rocks. If you self-vote two times in a row you will be medically evacuated or if you self-vote three times in general you are also evacuated. Self votes will be revealed as a self vote at Tribal Council. You're allowed to change your vote as many times as you want as long as you get it in before the deadline. NOTE: If we receive all of the votes before the deadline, votes may be read early.

-Challenges will consist of a mix of live, non-live and semi-live challenges.  These challenges will range from 6pm EST-10pm EST. Challenges will be hosted by either Newz I, or both of us.
NOTE: Most challenge times will be at 7 PM Est, but depending on everyone's availability may be subject to change.

-Hidden Immunity Idols: There will be hidden immunity idols this season. You can either play them during the tribal where we allow anyone with an idol to play their idol, or mail us prior to the votes being read. They will be hidden in the oldest blog of a user. To claim an idol, you must mail Newz or I the link of the blog, and we'll tell you if you found it or if someone found it before you. No premerge idols will be rehidden and the merge idol will only be rehidden ONCE.

-Confessionals: Confessionals are a REQUIREMENT! Each castaway must send AT LEAST one confessional per TWO Tribal Councils. There is no restriction on the length or amount of confessionals that you send, so we implore you to send a lot! Failure to respect this rule will result in you sitting out of challenges until you comply. We are not going to pull people from the game if they don't send confessionals, however, not following this rule will hurt your chances for potentially returning again. Also you will all be given the option on whether you want your confessionals posted in a private group we only have access to or that you don't want us to post them at all. Please private message us where you want your confessionals!  If you do not mail me I will assume you want them in the private group.
NOTE: Send your confessionals to both Newz and I!

If you have any further questions please ask us here or in mails, and remember to post here or mail us where you want your confessionals!

*IMPORTANT*

When finished reading please post the following phrase:

I (Name/Username) have read and understand the rules.