Survivor Tocantins Upgraded
Brant 
The Survivor Tocantins Update has been released.
Survivor Tocantins is the next Survivor season to be updated. This season once again includes exile island, along with introducing a new mutiny twist.
The next season to be released for Survivor will be Gabon. The seasons of Samoa, Heroes vs. Villains, and beyond will introduce more of the profile attributes along with explained jury reasoning.
Thank you to everyone who has been testing and reporting bugs. I’m also gathering feedback in the following Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y1lgf1F9ApYuwSUQV9aLH0SNT-yYLSYMKO6z4Y2UiIo/
Big Brother 23 Cast Photos Added
Two sets of cast photos for the upcoming Big Brother 23 reality television show have been added to all of the simulators. One of these sets has a consistent background, and the other set varies per photo. There were issues with the quality of both sets, but it’s likely that CBS will release better cast photos in the days ahead. If so, these will replace the current photos and be default if and when a simulator is made.
Big Brother 23 premieres Wednesday, July 7th at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
Hell’s Kitchen Season 20 (Young Guns) Cast Photos Added
Cast photos for Hell’s Kitchen season 20 have been added to the BrantSteele.com simulators. This season is called Young Guns and began airing May 31st on FOX.
Thank you to Mira for editing these cast photos.
Survivor Micronesia Upgraded & Saved Simulation Reminder
The Survivor Micronesia Update has been released.
This season features 2 tribes of 10 along with an Immunity Idol hidden on Exile Island. If this idol is rehidden after the episode 13 tribal council, it will instead be hidden at the merge tribe camp. Thank you for those who tested the season and provided feedback. New features are gradually being introduced to Survivor such as stamina adjustments and the ability for players to join existing alliances in events, and all feedback on these changes is welcome.
Reminder: For those of you who want to preserve your existing saved simulations, here is a description of the current deletion policies. These policies will be more strictly enforced in the near future. Please ask if you have any questions.
– Saved simulations will be cleared 3 months after the last view by default.
– Saved simulations will remain available for 1 year after the last view if the ‘Keep Longer’ option is selected in the Advanced Options page.
– Once a saved simulation is deleted, it is not possible to recover it.
– Just because your code isn’t listed on the ‘Your Seasons’ page, it does not necessarily mean your saved simulation was deleted. Your internet connection may have changed, and it could still be possible to recover it.
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 Cast Photos Added
Cast photos for season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars have been added to the BrantSteele.com simulators. The season will premiere Thursday, June 24, on Paramount+.
Thank you to Mira for editing these cast photos and Albino and MizAshhh for informing us that these were available.
Survivor China Upgraded & Big Brother AU 13 Cast Photos Updated
The Survivor China Update has been released.
The Big Brother Australia 13 cast photos have been updated to include all of the housemates. In addition, Lillian’s last name has been added.
Survivor Fiji Upgraded & Stamina Added to All .com Survivor Seasons
The Survivor Fiji Update has been released.
Survivor Fiji is the next Survivor season to be updated. This season features a Have and a Have Not camp twist, and the idols function differently based on the twist.
In addition, all .com Survivor seasons now have the new Profile attribute called Stamina activated. Stamina controls how well a player maintains their energy level throughout a season, which can range from 0% to 100%. Energy allows a player to do well on challenges and perform other actions such as finding idols. Merge feasts and winning reward challenges can increase a player’s energy while exile island and poor camp conditions can decrease it. A player with low energy is more likely to be medically evacuated. There are new stamina-based events, but these are only enabled by default for Fiji and China until more testing is done to make sure the balance is correct.
Thank you to everyone who has been testing and reporting bugs. I’m also gathering feedback in the following Google Doc: Feedback Survey
Edit: The following bugs were also fixed with AU Survivor 2018:
– Beggar’s table auction winner can no longer bid on more items
– Tribe history colors spoiled colors the Save/Send twist
– Merge idol was being hidden a round late
You can keep reading for more details on Fiji’s idol.
Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders (2018) Released
Taking a break from the US seasons of Survivor, the 2018 Australian version is the next to be released.
Thanks to bwburke for planning a way to incorporate the different twists into the season, Brandon for testing the season, and countless others here on Discord for testing and reporting bugs. I attempted to resolve all of the reported bugs, but please let me know if I missed any.
Australian Survivor Champions v. Contenders (2018)
Survivor Fiji is close to being finalized with the new “stamina” attribute, and Survivor China is also in development.
You can keep reading for a list of the twists in the season. These may contain format spoilers if you have not already seen it.
Big Brother Australia 13 Cast Photos & Survivor Advantages
Cast photos for season 13 of Big Brother Australia have also been added to the BrantSteele.com simulators. The season will premiere Monday, April 26, on Seven. Thank you to Mira for editing these cast photos and Jono98 for informing us that these were available.
Many of the missing secret advantages have been added for the .com Survivor seasons. You can keep reading for more details.
The next update will likely include Survivor Fiji and some of the new statistics that recently were added to the Profiles page, including stamina.
A Proper Introduction & Our Plans
Hello again! For those who don’t know me, my name is Jacob and I used to work alongside Brant on BrantSteele roughly from 2012 until my departure in 2017. In this post I’ll be recounting my work during that period, why I’ve come back, and where my knowledge currently lies in regards to the website and related information. I will also be lightly talking about how we plan to move forward for, at least, the next six months. So, if you’re mainly interested in what’s coming up, scroll down and look for the relevant header.
For those who do remember me, hi! It’s been upwards of four years and, understandably, a lot has changed. I may not remember everybody, and even for those I do recognize I may not have the best memory of our interactions, but it’s been great to see familiar users on Discord.
Speaking of, if anybody wants to chat or ask me anything (within reason), I recently joined the BrantSteele Discord server! If you decide to join, please make sure you respect the rules and be friendly. I’m also planning on popping into our subreddit soon.
With that, let’s jump in!
My Previous Work
Back in 2013, I discovered BrantSteele when a user of another website shared a link to the Big Brother 10 simulator. At the time, that was the only simulator and it had no logic. The specifics are gone to the wind but, being over-enthusiastic, I started to send Brant email after email about how fun it was and ideas I had to make it better.
Skipping ahead to a more established time, my main focus was on support- creating blog posts, bug-hunting, and so forth. As time went on, I continued to have more involvement with most aspects of the BrantSteele. In no particular order, I created the still current BrantSteele logo, started our subreddit, increased activity on Twitter, and created/ran Community Simulations and the Prediction Game. On top of helping Brant on internal things, I made myself very busy. Eventually, I took more of an interested in the actual creation of the simulators.
While I was always talking with Brant about potential simulators, I found myself starting to plan how certain shows would function myself. I believe the first result of this was The Hunger Games, designed by me, programmed by Brant, and virtually every event made by me. Releasing it on Christmas Day (2014) was an idea we agreed on because, at the time, there was no simulator of this scale and we both felt it would be a cool surprise. I don’t want to derail this post by getting too into the aftermath of THG, but it’s needless to say that it was jaw-dropping (I was still in high school by this point). We later added in several features, specifically to the core loop we added The Feast and Arena Events, prior credits applying.
Other shows I designed since then (including transcription of challenges and other necessary text): Dog Eat Dog, Total Drama Island, The Circle, and The Challenge (The Duel). The automated voting charts, which were introduced in TDI, were conceptualized by me and brought to life by Brant.
That is the extent of my contributions to the point I left, unless I’ve missed something. Now, the question is why did I leave?
I recall making a goodbye post at the time that has since been deleted, but the answer is that life was catching up to me. There were several pressing matters stacking up in my offline life, and on top of pressure I was putting on myself to finish The Duel, I hit a point where anything that wasn’t a top priority had to be put aside. Unfortunately, BrantSteele was one of the few things that wasn’t a necessity. In hindsight, I would have tried to reduce my presence instead of leaving, but it is what it is. I continued to watch shows like Big Brother for a period but, by the end of Episode 2 of Millennials vs. Gen X (Survivor), I decided to to stop. I haven’t seen a single episode of any current reality show since, and until recently had not been on BrantSteele.
It was toward the end of Q3 2020 that I started to consider returning. After seeing a wave of BrantSteele videos, the thought of returning didn’t bring hesitation like it typically did. By November (possibly earlier), I was back in contact.
Our original plan was for me to formerly return on the release a certain simulator I’m working on, but with April approaching, we made a quick decision to pull an April Fools joke.
What’s Next?
We’ve got some fun stuff in the works. The current plan is, while Brant continues to push out updated Survivor seasons, I will be preparing other content. When I finish content on my end, he will come in and create a simulator, so there will be other things to break up the chain of Survivor updates. As well, we recently decided that we will be doing an event in the coming months. There is one simulator on my end that we need to release prior to this, and we ideally want all 40 seasons of Survivor to be complete, but we are ultimately aiming for this event to take place during the summer. It will mainly take place on Discord, but the actual content will be on the website. We’re very excited to see how it shapes up. Beyond that, Brant will likely move to upgrading Big Brother and I will move to my next BrantSteele project.
Hopefully this post has given you an idea of my time with BrantSteele and what we’re aiming to do with the remainder of the 2021. Whether you read everything or just about our plans, thank you for your time!
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