https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTyA7zl0hVs
Survival of the Fittest: Unnatural Selection
Survivors!
Yesterday we held the finale of the Unnatural Selection tournament! It brought together the top 160 players throughout the preliminaries to duke it out in an epic 4 and a half hour fight to the death! Finalists went head to head to take home the grand prize of $20,000!
If you haven’t had a chance to catch the game yet, you can do so here!
http://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark/v/14104672
http://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark/v/14107676
http://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark/v/14112096
Pardon the technical difficulties at the beginning guys!
Spoilers beyond this point
For those not familiar with Survival of the Fittest, you may want to check out the last tournament held where we detailed what went the game-mode was about and how that general tournament faired:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/111814120376147147
http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/111814120376149584
However Survival of the Fittest: Unnatural Selection features some modifications to the traditional gamemode including;
The Dragon - At mid-way through the match, The Dragon becomes available for taming at the central platform! And boy is this guy a beast, survivors who successfully tame him can be sure to leave their footprint on the match.
Four Player Tribes! - We increased the default maximum size for tribes so players can stay in the competition longer as their skilled team will have more shots at making it to the big-times!
and the Gamemaker’s favourite… SIX NEW EVOLUTION EVENTS!
The Beast Within - A Red mist permeates the ARK, driving its creatures insane. Even Herbivores become rabid and aggressive.
Predator’s Night - Carnivore targeting ranges and aggro towards Survivors have been doubled! Better watch out ;)
Supply Overload - Supply crates are spawned at every potential location!
Double Taming - The ARK’s many creatures are cowed at the sight of the mighty Survivors! Taming speed is temporarily doubled!
Harvesting Bounty - Better stock up as it’s been a good year! Harvesting rates are doubled temporarily!
Harvesting Famine - Harvesting will barely yield anything. Hopefully you’ve got some reserves ;) - Harvesting rates are reduced temporarily.
and the introduction of two new creatures, the Gigantopithecus! and Doedicurus!
The tournament was definitely very entertaining to watch, a wide range of strategy and tactics were deployed by all participants to help ensure that they could compete for first! We hadn’t known what to expect with numbers like this, this would be the largest played game of Survival of the Fittest ever! And it was very fitting that it would hold the biggest creature ever!
And without further ado, our winners!
Third Place
Tribe: Paeness
Members: 187Ghost187 & Nero
Prize: $4,000
Second Place
Tribe: Coconut Bandits
Members: Fatty, Swift, Tribe & Futur
Prize: $10,000
First Place
Tribe: Hero’s
Members: Savior, PsYkO & IceBox
Prize: $20,000
MVP: Savior aka BOXGUY!
This game mode is pure chaos and survival. It just wants to see people perish. Your job as a participant? To survive - and you do whatever it takes!
You want to tame an army of Dinosaurs? You do that.
You want to camp the supply-drops and get the best loot to kill your opponents? You do that.
You want to parachute down from the mountains and snipe your opponents? You do that.
You want to tame the mighty Dragon and burn your enemies alive? You do that.
YOU WANT TO BUILD A 1 BY 1 STONE HOUSE AND COOK SOME MEAT AT A CAMP FIRE TIL THE VERY END? YOU VERY WELL CAN DO THAT!
Savior aka BoxGuy deployed a strategy (..which funnily enough also won the first ever play-test of SotF internally ;)..) where he avoided combat and focused purely on ensuring that he would survive until the very end. Doing so allowed him the opportunity to fight his injured opponent in many different skirmishes, despite his level disadvantage he was able to come out on top as he had the means he needed to survive! Congratulations Savior and to tribe Hero’s, great showing!
We’d like to give a huge shout out to everyone who tuned into and helped organize the event! It’s been a pretty busy period and we’re super thankful for all the support you’ve shown! It was a lot of fun and congratulations to everyone who made it to the finals and of course our 3-victorious tribes!
All the best,
Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team