Contestant (no ontology)

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MazeWorld player characters are referred to as Contestant, which may also be referred to (your) character(s).

Physical traits

The Contestant may be a human, a halfling, or a youkai, either male or female, and may have any one appearance possible for those species. The wiki uses "his/her" instead of "they", in order to reinforce the fact that this character is supposed to be unique and singular.

Upon his/her arrival in the Mazes, the Contestant begins with no magical, innate, or acquired powers and abilities he/she might have had or enjoyed during their past lives. The only special abilities available from the start are natural ones, those granted by their species' natural physical traits.

Statistics and abilities

Please refer yourself to statistics and abilities for more information.

Purposes and origin of the term

When first introduced to the world, the Contestant is informed by the Administrator that he/she has died, but his/her soul has been collected and inserted into an identical body, with any and all supernatural or superhuman features and powers he/she had in their previous life removed as needed. The Contestant is informed that his/her objective is to roam through the Mazes to find the Cardinal Amulets, which are divine artifacts capable of sending the Contestant back to the world they came from, provided he/she can survive the Mazes' dangers and challenges. In other words, the Contestant is told that he/she can earn a sort of "second chance" at life in whatever world they previously died in.

In appearance, if the Contestant simply sticks to the objective of collecting the Amulets and returning home, it would seem that this is his/her entire purpose in the Mazes, and the most reasonable assumption for the term "Contestant" is that he/she is essentially playing a very deadly game where the prize is a second life in their homeworld, and the risk being permanent death.

In reality, the Administrator has conceived the idea of a Contestant to seek out skilled beings from other worlds to potentially become Admins on their own. Hebizuka Jinkou, currently the sole Administrator of the Mazes, has chosen to pick from the souls of people with great potential who had recently died for a good reason; there is in her opinion, "nothing more exceptional than a chance to avoid death, and nothing more symbolic than the promise of returning from what seemed like certain death". With these factors in mind, Hebizuka wanted the Contestant to have a reason to fight for his/her life in the Mazes and overcome any and all challenges, as deadly and as numerous as they may be; a sort of unwavering driving force.

Naturally, the Admin has also predicted that the Contestant might get accustomed to the life in the Mazes, and may even prefer it to his/her previous life. If it were to be the case, then the real plan can be set in motion: to pit the Contestant against one last few challenges and choices to test his/her worthiness for the role. If the Contestant were to overcome these challenges, then he or she can then be elevated to the status of Administrator on Hebizuka's side.

Again, in an effort to predict all possible situations, in case the Contestant wants to be an Administrator without Hebizuka around - essentially, to replace her rather than join her, Hebizuka has also planned a few things, just to show she isn't going to give up her position easily...

Known Contestants

Every Contestant was assigned an ID number to distinguish between every iteration of every player character more easily, by giving each of them a unique identifier.

From the beginning of the game and until version 3, Contestant ID numbers officially started at number 346.
From version OP2 onwards, the numbering system was reset; even Contestants that existed before will be assigned a new number.
- For OP2 and OP3, all Contestant ID numbers were prefixed with a "B" and will start with "B01" onwards.
- For the Transitional Period, all Contestant ID numbers were prefixed with a "C", starting at "C01" onwards.
Since version 4, Contestant ID numbers will be reset again, this time simply starting from 001 onwards. The username of the player owning the Contestant is also listed next to the Contestant name, between parentheses. Contestants also no longer have their own wiki page, so as to reduce wiki clutter.

Previous versions

List of Contestants from previous eras

Version 4

001: Jessica Definta (Definta) KIA
002: Morrigan Edelman (Groovy Smoothy)
003: Tiffany (Apologue)
004: Yumiko "Hibana" Imagawa (Darkenend)
005: Suzume (Sunhorse9) Canned
006: Jude Mustaine (Voltaire Jordans) Canned
007: Tabitha Matsuyama (C27) KIA
008: Parra (UrbanWitch)
009: Edward Teach (Link)
010: Damian Pigeon (SirPigeon)
011: Prismatic Iris (antoligy)
012: Mable "Maple" Barrett (Hyps)
013: Reina Miyako-Knight (Twib)
014: Marko Kapor (Catwithawatermelon)
015: Sean "Seanie" McGee (Seanie)
016: Marian Meeks (Marian)
017: Nagisa Ashigaru (JadedPencil) KIA
018: Shizo "Zo" Chou (Degenerate)
019: Selisona (Selisona) Canned
020: Moxie Conrad (Breezy)
021: Mint Leaf (Mint Leaf)
022: Kohaku Hayabusa (C27)
023: Alastor Fulminate (Zero)
024: Kiva Beowulfe (Rocketgal)
025: Adam Hiruman (Auro)
026: Vitaliy Klimov (Asriel / Азриэль)
027: Thadeus James Calamity (Cosmic Jester)
028: Pinkamena Dianne Pie (NDDina)
029: Tamako Han (Tama-chan)
030: Aria Angelus (NS7271)
031: Elaine F. Attwood (JadedPencil)
032: Ithiri (Zeal)

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-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.
+[[MazeWorld]] player characters are referred to as '''Contestant''', which may also be referred to '''(your) character(s)'''.
 === Physical traits ===
-Contestants may be one of the [[four genders]] that exist in the Mazes. They may be either '''male ♂''', '''female ♀''', '''X-male ☿''', or '''X-female ⚥'''. 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.
+The Contestant may be a '''human''', a '''halfling''', or a '''youkai''', either male or female, and may have any one appearance possible for those species. The wiki uses "his/her" instead of "they", in order to reinforce the fact that this character is supposed to be unique and singular.
-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]].
+Upon his/her arrival in the Mazes, the Contestant begins with no magical, innate, or acquired powers and abilities he/she might have had or enjoyed during their past lives. The only special abilities available from the start are natural ones, those granted by their species' natural physical traits.
 === Statistics and abilities ===
 ''Please refer yourself to [[Statistics|statistics]] and [[Abilities|abilities]] for more information.''
-=== Differences of play between genders ===
+=== Purposes and origin of the term ===
-There is almost no sizable practical differences between genders, only slight differences in play which offer no significant advantage for any gender over any other.
-Certain disguises work only on certain genders; disguising as a [[Maid|maid]] for example, can only be done by females and X-females, though males can easily achieve a similar disguise by simply attempting to impersonate a [[butler]] instead. The [[shrine maiden]] is the only NPC that is particularly difficult to impersonate, as the disguise can only be strictly worn by females, and none else.<br />
+When first introduced to the world, the Contestant is informed by the [[Administrator]] that he/she has died, but his/her soul has been collected and inserted into an identical body, with any and all supernatural or superhuman features and powers he/she had in their previous life removed as needed. The Contestant is informed that his/her objective is to roam through the Mazes to find the [[Cardinal Amulets]], which are divine artifacts capable of sending the Contestant back to the world they came from, provided he/she can survive the Mazes' dangers and challenges. In other words, the Contestant is told that he/she can earn a sort of "second chance" at life in whatever world they previously died in.
-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.
-=== Life of a contestant ===
+In appearance, if the Contestant simply sticks to the objective of collecting the Amulets and returning home, it would seem that this is his/her entire purpose in the Mazes, and the most reasonable assumption for the term "Contestant" is that he/she is essentially playing a very deadly game where the prize is a second life in their homeworld, and the risk being permanent death.
-''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]].
+In reality, the Administrator has conceived the idea of a Contestant to [[Endgame|seek out skilled beings from other worlds]] to potentially become Admins on their own. Hebizuka Jinkou, currently the sole Administrator of the Mazes, has chosen to pick from the souls of people with great potential who had recently died for a good reason; there is in her opinion, "nothing more exceptional than a chance to avoid death, and nothing more symbolic than the promise of returning from what seemed like certain death". With these factors in mind, Hebizuka wanted the Contestant to have a reason to fight for his/her life in the Mazes and overcome any and all challenges, as deadly and as numerous as they may be; a sort of unwavering driving force.
-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..
+Naturally, the Admin has also predicted that the Contestant might get accustomed to the life in the Mazes, and may even prefer it to his/her previous life. If it were to be the case, then the real plan can be set in motion: to pit the Contestant against one last few challenges and choices to test his/her worthiness for the role. If the Contestant were to overcome these challenges, then he or she can then be elevated to the status of Administrator on Hebizuka's side.
-[[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.
+Again, in an effort to predict all possible situations, in case the Contestant wants to be an Administrator '''without''' Hebizuka around - essentially, to replace her rather than join her, Hebizuka has also planned a few things, just to show she isn't going to give up her position easily...
-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 ====
+Every Contestant was assigned an ID number to distinguish between every iteration of every player character more easily, by giving each of them a unique identifier.
-*346: [[Datenko]] ♀
-*347: [[Seikai Taiyoukiko]] ♀
+* From the beginning of the game and until version 3, Contestant ID numbers officially started at number '''346'''.
-*348: [[Kik]] ⚥
+* From version OP2 onwards, the numbering system was reset; even Contestants that existed before will be assigned a new number.
-*349: [[Alexandra]] ♀
+** For OP2 and OP3, all Contestant ID numbers were prefixed with a "B" and will start with "B01" onwards.
-*350: [[Arriah Winterbled]] ♀
+** For the Transitional Period, all Contestant ID numbers were prefixed with a "C", starting at "C01" onwards.
-*351: [[Hana Crosswise]] ♀
+* Since version 4, Contestant ID numbers will be reset again, this time simply starting from '''001''' onwards. The username of the player owning the Contestant is also listed next to the Contestant name, between parentheses. Contestants also no longer have their own wiki page, so as to reduce wiki clutter.
-*352: [[Reiko Tsukade]] ♀
-*353: [[Aiden Rosengard]] ♂
+=== Previous versions ===
-*354: [[Seraphine]] ⚥
+* [[List of Contestants from previous eras]]
-*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 contestants (version 3) ====
+=== Version 4 ===
-*387: [[Maria Sanders]] ♀ aka '''Mari'''
+* 001: '''Jessica Definta''' (Definta) <span style="color: red">KIA</span>
-*390: [[Eris Lilium]] ♂
+* 002: '''Morrigan Edelman''' (Groovy Smoothy)
-*397: [[Selis]] ♀
+* 003: '''Tiffany''' (Apologue)
-*404: [[Adam Bailey]] ♂ aka '''Auro'''
+* 004: '''Yumiko "Hibana" Imagawa''' (Darkenend)
-*405: [[Reisen Udongein Inaba]] ♀ aka '''Udonge'''
+* 005: '''Suzume''' (Sunhorse9) <span style="color: red">Canned</span>
-*407: [[Dana Love]] ⚥
+* 006: '''Jude Mustaine''' (Voltaire Jordans) <span style="color: red">Canned</span>
-*408: [[Renko Usami]] ♀
+* 007: '''Tabitha Matsuyama''' (C27) <span style="color: red">KIA</span>
-*409: [[Jonah]] ⚥
+* 008: '''Parra''' (UrbanWitch)
-*410: [[Gaeddal McYuulmersen]] ♂
+* 009: '''Edward Teach''' (Link)
-*411: [[Rikairchy Albright]] ♂
+* 010: '''Damian Pigeon''' (SirPigeon)
-*412: [[Anastasia Kirsi Vakilaainen]] ♀ aka '''Tasia'''
+* 011: '''Prismatic Iris''' (antoligy)
-*413: [[Vladimir Nobolov]] ♂ aka '''Vlad'''
+* 012: '''Mable "Maple" Barrett''' (Hyps)
-*414: [[Thidran Brisbane]] ♂
+* 013: '''Reina Miyako-Knight''' (Twib)
-*415: [[Richard Matthew Stallman]] ♂
+* 014: '''Marko Kapor''' (Catwithawatermelon)
-*416: [[Anya Petrenko]] ♀
+* 015: '''Sean "Seanie" McGee''' (Seanie)
-*417: [[Kari Sitari Karski]] ♀
+* 016: '''Marian Meeks''' (Marian)
-*418: [[Derya Levni]] ♀
+* 017: '''Nagisa Ashigaru''' (JadedPencil) <span style="color: red">KIA</span>
-*419: [[Alexander Mills-Pretter]] ♂ aka '''Alex'''
+* 018: '''Shizo "Zo" Chou''' (Degenerate)
-*420: [[Emrys Lailoken]] ♂ aka '''"Olo"'''
+* 019: '''Selisona''' (Selisona) <span style="color: red">Canned</span>
-*421: [[Ashlyn May Fairbrook]] ⚥
+* 020: '''Moxie Conrad''' (Breezy)
-*422: Not attributed yet
+* 021: '''Mint Leaf''' (Mint Leaf)
+* 022: '''Kohaku Hayabusa''' (C27)
+* 023: '''Alastor Fulminate''' (Zero)
+* 024: '''Kiva Beowulfe''' (Rocketgal)
+* 025: '''Adam Hiruman''' (Auro)
+* 026: '''Vitaliy Klimov''' (Asriel / Азриэль)
+* 027: '''Thadeus James Calamity''' (Cosmic Jester)
+* 028: '''Pinkamena Dianne Pie''' (NDDina)
+* 029: '''Tamako Han''' (Tama-chan)
+* 030: '''Aria Angelus''' (NS7271)
+* 031: '''Elaine F. Attwood''' (JadedPencil)
+* 032: '''Ithiri''' (Zeal)
 == See also ==
 *[[Statistics]]
 *[[Encounters]]