- VFB: Votes For Bootee. The number of times the contestant has voted for the person who was ultimately voted out. Applies only to initial votes (no points for revotes in case of a tie). Special case: In a final three TC, where only one vote is cast (by the F3 IC winner), only that vote counts.
- VAP: Votes Against the Player. The total number of tribal council votes cast against the contestant. Again, only initial votes count (no penalty for revotes), and here a hidden immunity idol (if played) erases the votes. In the special case of a final three tribal council above, only the F3 bootee receives a vote against.
- TotV: Total votes cast during the tribal councils the player has attended (again, only initial votes count). Used to adjust for different vote totals as tribes shrink.
- TCA: Tribal council appearances. The number of times a contestant has attended tribal council (at which they voted).
- TC%: Tribal Council percent. Attempts to reward voting for the bootee (which players controlling the vote almost always do), while punishing receiving votes yourself. The formula is: TC% = [VFB - (VAP/TotV)] / TCA.
- wTCR: weighted Tribal Council Ratio. Very similar in intent to TC%, but calculated as a ratio of VFB to VAP, while also scaling to a uniform number of TC appearances. The formula is as follows: wTCR =2* [VFB / (4+VAP)] x (14/TCA). I originally tried (1+VAP) to avoid dividing by zero, but this overly rewarded getting zero votes against relative to just one vote against, which seemed silly. (4+VAP) scaled that effect back comfortably. 14 was used as the scaling factor for TC appearances because there are usually 14 episodes, then a final scaling factor of 2 to bring maximal scores up to roughly even with ChW and JV% high scores.
Survivor New Zealand: Nicaragua boxscores
Episode 17
Filmed: August 30 - September 1, 2016 | Aired: July 2, 2017
- Ep17 Reward Challenge: "Snare the Drum" - Avi and Nate win... a bag of nuts and cold water. Yay?
- Ep17 Duel: "Keep It Up" - Shay drops her poles, Mike & Jak get sent back to a now food-free Redemption Island.
- Ep17 Immunity Challenge: "Ram-Ball On" - Barb wins, ending Tom's streak!
Episode 17 scoring notes
Notes: With two duel winners again, Shay gets third place points in the duel. Also, the immunity challenge was incredibly close. When Barb scored her winning toss, Tom had one pole left, Avi just two. Even Nate was down to five left.
Vote count:
- Nobody received any votes.
| Contestant | ChW | ChA | % Fin | MPF-D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shay | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.33 | 33.0% |
| Jak | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 100.0% |
| Mike | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 100.0% |
| Reward Challenge | Immunity Challenge | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contestant | ChW | ChA | ChW | ChA | Plc | % Fin | MPF |
| Tom | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.75 | 68.1% |
| Barb | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 62.2% |
| Avi | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | 57.9% |
| Nate | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 41.5% |
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