Contestant (no ontology)

When playing [[Mazeworld]], you are in control of a '''contestant''', which may also be referred to '''(your) character(s)'''. The contestant is essentially the one you play as and is meant to represent you, but can look like anything you please.

=== Physical traits ===
Contestants may be one of the [[Four genders|four genders]] that exist in the Mazes. They may be either '''male ♂''', '''female ♀''', '''otoko ☿''', or '''futanari ⚥'''. All humans and many other creatures, such as non-wicked youkai, are typically one of four genders, and the contestant itself is no exception to this.

In almost all cases, contestants are '''humans''', but about any roughly humanoid creature can be played, such as '''hybrids''' (anthropomorphic animals), so long as they don't have any advantages over a regular human. Upon their arrival in Mazeworld, every contestant is stripped of whatever magical, innate, or acquired powers they've had during their past lives, giving them human-like strength, so all contestants start on an equal foot. More information about what and what isn't ok is available [[Newcomer's Guide|here]].

=== Statistics and abilities ===
''Please refer yourself to [[Statistics|statistics]] and [[Abilities|abilities]] for more information.''

=== Differences of play between genders ===
Technically, characters with female genitalia, and those with male genitalia, have almost no differences, except for their sexual [[Statistics|statistics]]. Certain disguises work only on certain genders; disguising as a [[Maid|maid]] for example, can only be done by females and futanari.<br />
Contestants will encounter human NPCs that are, 2/3 of the time (100% for ''perverted'' encounters), of the opposite of their technical gender, except during special cases such as during [[Missions|missions]] where most characters encountered in those situations have a fixed, scripted appearance. Rarely, named mission characters which are encountered CAN be different according to the gender of the contestant (such as during [[Mission 1]]).

The only difference between the four available genders for contestants is the sexual statistic.
Females and otokos must concentrate on keeping their [[Impregnation]] meter as low as possible, while males and futanari must keep their [[Potency]] meter as high as possible.

As a rule of thumb, any [[Sexual encounter|sexual encounter]] is potentially dangerous to the contestant if not properly prepared to prevent it (or at least, to cure it).

One could argue that either gender is easier to play than the other, but in the end, it's just one difference of play among the universally threatening dangers of the game - [[Tempest|my]] recommendation would be to choose whichever gender you like most; as far as I am concerned, there is no gender particularly above any other.

=== Life of a contestant ===
''You may also want to check information about the [[Startgame]] and the [[Endgame]] for more specific information.''

Depending on their performance in the game, on their ability of managing their [[Backpack|equipment]] and [[Statistics|physical condition]], as well as a good bit of luck, a contestant can, statistically, die as soon as [[Room|room]] 1, or live an epic adventure all the way to the four [[Cardinal Amulet|Cardinal Amulets]].

Most of the time, contestants are resistant and do not die easily - they are not willing to give up, and are often determined to some kind of goal, the most common of which is going back home, as promised by the [[Game Master|Game Masters]] were they to complete the tasked challenge of collecting the Amulets..

[[Mazeworld]] is known to be very harsh both physically and mentally. Before the advent of contestants chosen after their death, the Game Masters used genetically-engineered, or kidnapped humans and creatures of many kinds, and used them as testing contestants to test the effectiveness of every room, and their effects on their physical and mental condition. Those were the era of what is informally called ''Mazeworld Beta''. A total of 345 contestants were enrolled or engineered into testing every bit, nook and cranny of the game, and only a few of them survived, albeit with severe physical ailments and a variety of mental conditions, ranging from mindlessness to complete insanity. The survivors were called the [[Failed]], and now reside inside Mazeworld as enemy encounters to the contestants of nowadays.

Every contestant was assigned a number: this is where every contestant's ID number comes from, and why it officially starts at number '''346'''.

=== '''Known Contestants''' ===
==== ''Beta'' era ====
*1-345: The [[Failed]]

==== Existed up until version 2.5 ====
*346: [[Datenko]] ♀
*347: [[Seikai Taiyoukiko]] ♀
*348: [[Kik]] ⚥
*349: [[Alexandra]] ♀
*350: [[Arriah Winterbled]] ♀
*351: [[Hana Crosswise]] ♀
*352: [[Reiko Tsukade]] ♀
*353: [[Aiden Rosengard]] ♂
*354: [[Seraphine]] ⚥
*355: [[Aria Fujisaki]] ☿
*356: [[Yuu Kisaragi]] ♀
*357: [[Thanael Merchtcherski]] ♀
*358: [[Matthew Kethys]] ♂
*359: [[River Dreng]] ☿
*360: [[Banagher Links]] ♂
*361: [[Sayuri Kiriha]] ♀
*362: [[Yuuthy Tolo]] ♂
*363: [[Jonathan Loke]] ♂
*364: [[Malus Cypher]] ♂
*365: [[Heather]] ♀
*366: [[Rin Miru]] ♀
*367: [[Kiyo]] ☿
*368: [[Nieve]] ♀
*369: [[Ursino Giovanni]] ♂ aka '''Bearhug'''
*370: [[Jeral Grant]] ♂
*371: [[Zhao Xi Yi]] ⚥
*372: [[Lucca Serehnal]] ⚥
*373: [[Anthony]] ♂
*374: [[Mina Kichida]] ♀
*375: [[Dillyn Kelstern]] ♀
*376: [[Sardon Reichart]] ♂
*377: [[Alice Hawke]] ♀
*378: [[Snow Winters]] ♀
*379: [[Eleanor Black]] ♀
*380: [[Saya Hatou]] ⚥
*381: [[Kliff Williams]] ♂
*382: [[Utsuho Reiuji]] ♀
*383: [[Yukiko Kurokami]] ♀
*384: [[Nanako]] ♀
*385: [[Nikolay Romance]] ♂
*386: [[Kaguya Houraisan]] ♀
*387: [[Maria Sanders]] ♀ aka '''Mari'''
*388: [[Aoi Kikuchi]] ♀
*389: [[Luna Belle]] ♀
*390: [[Eris Lilium]] ♂
*391: [[Zei Akabane]] ♂
*392: [[Alexander Raikov]] ♂
*393: [[Alexander Joseph Niten]] ♂ aka '''Alec Ito'''
*394: [[Stellar Blackscale]] ⚥
*395: [[Mia Tsukiyoko]] ♀
*396: [[Kallen]] ⚥
*397: [[Selis]] ♀
*398: [[Team MikoSpark|Reimu Hakurei]] ♀
*399: [[Team MikoSpark|Marisa Kirisame]] ♀
*400: [[Cirnya]] ⚥
*401: [[Kerrigan Azelius Gallichotte]] ☿ aka '''Noisia'''
*402: [[Jackson Ryan Kane]] ♂ aka '''Jack'''
*403: [[Serenla Lorelei]] ♀
*404: [[Adam Bailey]] ♂ aka '''Auro'''
*405: [[Reisen Udongein Inaba]] ♀ aka '''Udonge'''
*406: [[Phillip Burnell]] ♂ aka '''DSP'''
*407: [[Dana Love]] ⚥

==== Current contestant (version 3) ====
*387: [[Maria Sanders]] ♀ aka '''Mari'''
*390: [[Eris Lilium]] ♂
*397: [[Selis]] ♀
*404: [[Adam Bailey]] ♂ aka '''Auro'''
*405: [[Reisen Udongein Inaba]] ♀ aka '''Udonge'''
*407: [[Dana Love]] ⚥
*408: [[Renko Usami]] ♀
*409: Not attributed yet

== See also ==
*[[Statistics]]
*[[Encounters]]