Night Shift Game 1

"Game 1" was the first installment of Night Shift. The game commenced on Saturday, March 14th, 2020 and continued into the early morning hours of Sunday, March 15th. 10 players competed to be crowned the first Night Shift winner and receive a prize of 300 U.S. Dollars. Sam Sugar won the title against Alec Boot-Handford in a 5-0 unanimous vote.

This inaugural game was hosted by DrTocan.

Production
Applications were released in early September of 2019. The first game was initially projected for the following winter, but was delayed until Spring 2020.

Twists/Changes
*Free Time: The first hour saw no challenges, nor ejections. Players instead were given time to get acquainted and given the opportunity to search for an advantage in the game.

*Override: A hidden advantage that could be played up until the final five. The player who found it could use it regardless of their current status in the game. The power of the advantage was the ability to either use it anonymously and save one person from the nomination block, or to use it publicly and not only save one person from the nomination block, but pick the replacement nominee as well. The advantage was rehidden once it was used by its first owner.

Gameplay
* Pre Merge: The 10 players were divided into two competing factions, and were pitted against each other in one challenge per each hour. Upon winning a challenge, the victorious faction (or Chief Faction) would be safe for the hour in question. In addition, they would collectively vote on which member of the Minor Faction would become the first nominee for ejection. This selected nominee then picked another member from the Minor Faction to join them on the chopping block. Once the two nominees had been decided, the rest of the Minor Faction voted on which to send home.

* Post Merge: After a certain amount of time being divided into factions, all remaining players were eventually merged into one collective unit. Only one person could win each challenge from this point forward. Winning a challenge now granted the victor the title of Chief for the hour. They would select one person to nominate for ejection. As with before, the said nominee would then pick someone to join them on the chopping block. Once both nominees had been decided, the rest of the unit voted on which to send to the Jury.

* Final Three: The Chief, by default, would choose both nominees for ejection.

* Jury Vote: Once only two remained, the Jury, consisting of those timed out during the post merge phase of the game, voted on which of the finalists they wanted to see win Night Shift.

Trivia
* Every player that made it to the final five won an individual challenge.

* The odd numbered hours saw the Chief/Chief Faction’s nominee timed out. The even numbered hours saw the second nominee timed out. This with the exception of hours 9 and 10, where the nominating process was changed and then retired respectively.

* Despite six rounds of multiple players voting, along with a five person jury vote, there was only one rogue vote cast all season. Ozzie voted for Keegan in the final pre merge hour when it was James that was timed out. This excludes Chief Faction votes to nominate a player that wasn’t timed out.