Survivor followers and gamers alike will always remember the notorious Benefit-geddon.

All of us bear in mind the place we had been when the legendary Cirie Fields went dwelling with no single vote being forged — a real first for the franchise. The yr was 2017, and it was the Ultimate Six of Recreation Changers. 5 out of the remaining six gamers had been immune because of Idols and benefits. In order the one participant eligible to be voted out, Cirie's torch was snuffed robotically — and there was nothing she might do about it.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime stroke of unhealthy luck for Cirie again then, however the chance is at all times there for one thing much like occur once more. Take the New Period benefit of the Shot within the Darkish, for instance; gamers quit their vote to drag a scroll from the identical bag containing six in complete, with just one granting them security from that vote. If a number of gamers use their Shot within the Darkish on the similar Tribal Council, there's nonetheless just one in six scrolls that can give somebody security.

So what if seven gamers use their Shot within the Darkish on the similar Tribal Council? Will the seventh (and each remaining) contestant who tries to drag a scroll simply come up empty?

Don't fear, the Survivor producers are literally ready for this potential Shot within the Darkish-ageddon! Whereas it hasn't occurred (but), Jeff Probst addressed this actual hypothetical query on this week's episode of his On Fire with Jeff Probst podcast.

"How irritating would that be: 'What the heck?!'" Probst stated with fun. "No, it's truly a very good query, and a very easy reply."

The host went on to clarify that, irrespective of what number of gamers select to make use of their Shot within the Darkish on the similar time, there’ll at all times be sufficient scrolls within the bag, and the percentages will at all times be one-in-six.

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"If there are one to 6 gamers, then in that bag there can be six scrolls; one can be protected, 5 usually are not protected," Probst stated. "So you’ve a one-in-six shot. If there are seven to 12 gamers — anyplace in there — then we enhance it to 12 scrolls, so you should have two which can be protected, and 10 that aren’t. Nevertheless it's nonetheless one-in-six — that's two out of 12, that's one-in-six odds."

Within the very, very uncommon case the place a merge tribe has 13 or extra gamers, they usually all select to make use of their Shot within the Darkish on the similar time, the present continues to be ready for that.

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"In the event you had a state of affairs the place you’ve 13 or extra gamers, then we might enhance it to a few protected scrolls, and 15 not protected," Probst stated. "That's 18, however it’s nonetheless a one-in-six shot that if you attain in, you’ll seize a protected. Simply to present perspective, you might do any a number of you need of one-in-six, you might have an enormous bag with hundreds of scrolls, as long as the percentages are one-in-six, it's one-in-six. The one motive we simply use six when we have now six gamers is that's all we’d like."

So there you’ve it. No less than the long run Ciries of the world don't must worry Shot within the Darkish-ageddon — solely a tragic repeat of Benefit-geddon.

For extra from Probst on the episode, try the newest installment of On Fire.

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