The Syndicate

Sorsha wrote:

Long Con wrote:

S~V~S wrote:

Long Con wrote:On the surface, yes. Barring some twists. What do you think the likelihood of the twist is in this situation, is it within usual Survivor lure for such a Twist to happen as, I don't know, something that will make us regret being selfish?

What kind of twist?

A bonus for unselfish people in the next Immunity Challenge.

Epi: I only HATE to lose an Immunity Challenge. Losing here would be just inconvenient.

notsawyer540 wrote:

Long Con wrote:Did anyone get a result from the night poll?

What do you mean? All I got was a PM with my updated stats and another with the info about being able to see my opponent's choice in the challenge.

S~V~S and I both chose "Trust", and we have been in BTSC today... I assume because of it. I thought perhaps other options had yielded results.

Did you send her name in yesterday for the btsc thing?

No. We think it is from both voting Trust.

And MP, thanks for the update! That is super good to know, they are doing basically the same thing there that we are doing. So I will wait as long as possible to change my rock color.

I did yellows all the way, I'm not really following unfortunately so if you want me doing something else then let me know

It sounds like you all want to go black?

If you can't be back by the end of the night, yeah go black. If you can change it later on.

Ugh, when is midnight from right now? I'm pretty sure I wont be around so if I change my rocks to black it'll have to be early

About 6.5 hours

Also thank you for the food Sorsha, I have a PM that isn't actually appearing in my inbox but I'm assuming its about that

You're welcome

Well, I will be back to move my rock to the black rock.

If we meet with the other tribe tonight, lets keep our thoughts close to our vests.

I moved my rock. My family is driving me nuts.

Don't forget to switch to black rocks, OK?

I am here, locked and loaded. Sober too.

Keeping mine as a black rock.

Going to try to fish as well.

Good luck with fishing. I thought I was cut out for that and I got one. There's two fellas working on the shelter. I'm going to give them a hand.

I'm here, and you can count on my rock-switching.

Hey guys. I was on my way out the door earlier when I got the email saying that I had a new PM from Scotty. I ran back to my computer and checked it and Eloh had changed to black around the same time as speedchuck. I responded saying that I was switching to black, but I was running late so I didn't really have time to post it in here. Mine is currently on black, and I'm assuming that the timing means that they all went black in the other tribe.

notsawyer540 wrote:Hey guys. I was on my way out the door earlier when I got the email saying that I had a new PM from Scotty. I ran back to my computer and checked it and Eloh had changed to black around the same time as speedchuck. I responded saying that I was switching to black, but I was running late so I didn't really have time to post it in here. Mine is currently on black, and I'm assuming that the timing means that they all went black in the other tribe.

Yeah, if they have any sense, they'll be going all black. It was apparent to me first thing this morning, even before coffee, that all black is the only way to go.

Speaking of which:

Quin wrote:Ugh, when is midnight from right now? I'm pretty sure I wont be around so if I change my rocks to black it'll have to be early

DFaraday wrote:I will do yellow for now, but if you guys insist that we all do black I'll change later.

Uh, guys?

I also hope people saw this and didn't assume bolding or enlarging a post in the thread was sufficient.

Scotty wrote:Please PM me your choice of rock.

If we can't have the fishing gear, nobody can!

I did black dw k

I also almost posted this in blue vs red k

We have three people building the shelter. Should we move one to the fire or water?

Here is where we're at:

Quin - black
notsawyer540 - black
DFaraday - yellow
S~V~S - black
Long Con - yellow
Epignosis - black
MovingPictures07 - black
Sorsha - black

I will switch before midnight.

What is DFaraday's status?

Has everyone PMed their black?

I feel better about changing now that I see the other team's treachery. I'm switching to black now.

Online:
Golden
DharmaHelper
speedchuck
Opt_Outside

Not online:
insertnamehere
LoRab
Boomslang
DrWilgy
Elohcin

Ideally, they will have at least one person who messes up and stays yellow.

I have switched to black.

Traipsing back to camp after tribal, it was clear Atamai was in it to win it. Voting out sig seemed to be the best option for tribe unity.

“I didn’t even know he was on the tribe! He was out drinking all day and night with the gorillas in the jungle,” bemoaned notsawyer.

“Don’t talk to me about gorillas,” smirked Epi.

The next day at camp, the tribe went about trying to correct their mistakes from the day prior.
DF stared longingly at some bamboo shoots for a while, and, channeling his inner Frank Lloyd Wright, built a structure with the insight of notsawyer and Epignosis that rivaled even the most premium cat scratching post.
Sorsha retrieved more water for the tribe, fulfilling another day of quenched thirst.
The fire pit lay in a ruinous heap, however, even though LC tried his darndest. This would have made it easier to cook the food that SVS and MP brought back from fishing. They came back with 1 fish for themselves.

Treemail was left ominously empty today. The tribe would learn that there would be no immunity challenge for either tribe, and both would have to go to Tribal Council.

“Well, could be worse, I suppose,” said LC in between a rousing verse of ‘Call Me Maybe’ on his harmonica, “At least they lose someone tonight too.”

The challenge was a form of the Prisoners dilemma, which luckily was written out for them on a scroll Epi found in a bottle washed up on shore. “How convenient,” said the viewer, “I knew this show was fucking scripted!”

The challenge could accumulate food for the tribe even if they lost. As a basis, the group went through several strategies before determining that they wanted to punish the other team more than anything.

At the challenge, the players all lined up against one another and went in order to the bucket. First came Quin and Boomslang. Quin dropped in a black rock, and so did Boomslang.
Sorsha and OptOut went toe to toe. Black and black- clunk clunk.
SVS and Wilgy created a show of throwing their rocks from afar- both black, of course.
LC and DH both went up to the bucket confidently, started to drop a colored rock in, and then both suddenly changed their minds and dropped the other one instead. Black across the board. It was seeming like no one would win this reward.
Epi and INH extended their fists. And released. Black and black.
Notsawyer and Elo went in, after Elo placed hers in, notsawyer grinned and placed his in, thinking he had the upper hand. Nope. Black rocks.
MP and speedchuck had what was supposed to be a pleasant gentleman’s handshake, then after revealing rocks, MP broke into some weird form of breakdance in victory. But that was short-lived because they, too, tied with black rocks.
Quin went up again, and this time with LoRab. Not wanting to spoil his double participation, Quin looked for a point this time, and got...nothing. 2 black rocks.
Last but not least was DF and Golden. Looked to be more of the same...
and it was. At the very last second, DF changed his mind to a black rock to match Golden's. It was a stalemate.

No one wins the challenge, food, or the reward
But the tribes will not go back to camp empty handed. I will give each tribe a one-use flint to use tomorrow.

Having experienced all the things in the poll, I would say food poisoning.

I'm arachnophobic and you guys were right.

Exactly. They knew what they were doing. One yellow stone from us would've spelled disaster.

Well played, Amatai.

Now we just need to pick one player to kill.

notsawyer540 wrote:Having experienced all the things in the poll, I would say food poisoning.

Worse than a torrential downpour?

Black Rock says Spiders in the Bed is worse than anything, but I'm going with Food Poisoning. At least you can fight the spiders.

I don't know if we have a banging shelter or not.

fuck me I forgot to send in my btsc requests

Quin wrote:fuck me I forgot to send in my btsc requests

Shit, me too! Too focused on the stones.

Why should we be secretive about our BTSC requests anyway? I am comfortable telling who I had BTSC with.

I've told all three of my BTSC partners who I had BTSC with so far. I see no reason to keep it secret. I'm not plotting. I have no plots to plot. I don't know what secrets I should keep, or why. Spoiler alert: I am willing to make an alliance with everyone. I can only assume you all feel the same way. Who is stupid enough to say "No thanks, no alliance - I'm already with someone else!"

Right? I don't see the point of this nightly BTSC right now. There's no place in the game right now for deception and betrayal. Am I wrong? Do I not watch Survivor, so I don't understand? Are you all making backdoor deals and scheming?

Seriously, someone tell me.

No one failed today. How are we going to decide who to vote out? It's just going to be based on alliances made in BTSC, isn't it? I assume that my three BTSC partners will not vote me out. I'm hoping so, at least. The rest of you, I have no idea.

I do have massive Strength to offer the Tribe though. If an Immunity Challenge involves Strength, you want me there. I don't lose those.

You all should keep me around in case anyone gets sick. I'll heal you.

I haven't had bts with anyone yet. I didn't send in names the first day though.

I'm the fisherman. If I fish on a day the fire is going I'll get three fish.

So I assume they are ALSO lynching someone?

My hunger level after not eating two days will still be higher than others start with so I will give my fish away. I will decide to whom later.

My BTS did not go through apparently as I got no PMs this AM.

I know who I won't vote for, which is not based solely on BTS, although that comes into it.

Long Con wrote:Why should we be secretive about our BTSC requests anyway? I am comfortable telling who I had BTSC with.

I've told all three of my BTSC partners who I had BTSC with so far. I see no reason to keep it secret. I'm not plotting. I have no plots to plot. I don't know what secrets I should keep, or why. Spoiler alert: I am willing to make an alliance with everyone. I can only assume you all feel the same way. Who is stupid enough to say "No thanks, no alliance - I'm already with someone else!"

Right? I don't see the point of this nightly BTSC right now. There's no place in the game right now for deception and betrayal. Am I wrong? Do I not watch Survivor, so I don't understand? Are you all making backdoor deals and scheming?

Seriously, someone tell me.

I like private discussion since it can be a little more real and you get a better sense *sometimes* of how a person feels. While I always am a little paranoid of the that i know is lurking within you, I know I feel about a million percent better about you after BTS. So I think it still serves a purpose, but yeah, this whole thread is kinda like that.

I have been thinking about this food business.

DFaraday
Epignosis
Long Con
MovingPictures07
notsawyer540
Quin
Sorsha
SVS

OK this is all of us.Those who have eaten are in blue.

So, assuming Sorsha only got two fishes since we had no fire Day 1, DFaraday, LC me & Sorsha have not eaten. So going alphabetically I am giving my fish to Faraday.

Tomorrow, lighting a fire is paramount so Sorsha can get more fish. As of yesterday, I was at 14 hunger, so I can go four more days before I even hit the point everyone else (as far as I know) started at.

So I propose that I fish every day, keep the fish every fourth day, and give it away the other days. I also propose (if it is OK with her, and since she volunteered the info, I think it likely is) that Sorsha fish every day, and keep one every other day. This way we will have at least three fish a day, some days 4, to keep everyone fed so no one dies of hunger, or even gets below a level 8 or so.

Any flaws here?

Sounds good S~V~S. Sorsha, why didn't you come forward earlier about being the Fisherman?

Guess I should have coordinated my BTSC picks, but I wasn't sure how that was being handled. I didn't send anything in the first day because I hadn't replaced in quite yet. Today I sent in S~V~S and Epi, but I'm guessing neither of them picked me because I got nothing.

Long Con wrote:Sounds good S~V~S. Sorsha, why didn't you come forward earlier about being the Fisherman?

I was thinking she had to be that role based on what she said, she got two fish. She did not have to tell us that at all. She could have kept one, given one away for brownie points and not said anything.

You keep looking for reasons to suspect people, but then don't understand when people don't want to come clean when you ask them to.

Based on this:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Dammit.

I apologize for my inactivity. It's going to be hard for me to be around much, frankly, just due to how busy I am right now, which is why I didn't sign up for this originally. I'll at least try to pop in during five or ten-minute bursts throughout the day going forward though; I think that's doable.

I wonder in MP would be OK with volunteering to be voted off. Sounds like he might prefer not to be on the island.

MP, do you feel someone other than you is less valuable?

I receive a Willpower bonus in all challenges, but other than that, I think the rest of my role powers aren't particularly helpful. I'm not even sure how they would be effectively used.

I might be willing to be voted out, based on that. This is a really neat game, but I replaced in to help out Scotty, and my Willpower bonus is cool but other than that I'm not sure how much help I can be. So if any of you all want to vote me out, don't feel bad about doing so.

S~V~S wrote:

Long Con wrote:Sounds good S~V~S. Sorsha, why didn't you come forward earlier about being the Fisherman?

I was thinking she had to be that role based on what she said, she got two fish. She did not have to tell us that at all. She could have kept one, given one away for brownie points and not said anything.

You keep looking for reasons to suspect people, but then don't understand when people don't want to come clean when you ask them to.

Based on this:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Dammit.

I apologize for my inactivity. It's going to be hard for me to be around much, frankly, just due to how busy I am right now, which is why I didn't sign up for this originally. I'll at least try to pop in during five or ten-minute bursts throughout the day going forward though; I think that's doable.

I wonder in MP would be OK with volunteering to be voted off. Sounds like he might prefer not to be on the island.

MP, do you feel someone other than you is less valuable?

LOL, not sure why this didn't pop up in linki. Great minds, right?

Yeah, if you all don't identify anyone else who should go instead of me, then my inability to help beyond Willpower bonuses and my RL schedule make me a good candidate. I won't take it personally.

OK, thanks for not freaking out, lol. When I got your post in linki, I was like, "oh crap" ha ha

I was mainly asking becasue I was hoping to avoid hostility since we had no chance to not lynch today.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Guess I should have coordinated my BTSC picks, but I wasn't sure how that was being handled. I didn't send anything in the first day because I hadn't replaced in quite yet. Today I sent in S~V~S and Epi, but I'm guessing neither of them picked me because I got nothing.

I didn't pick anybody.

While BTSC is a great thing to have when you are a civilian in a Mafia game (which this, properly speaking, is not), I completely forgot about it here with everything else that was going on.

Thanks MP,

We will try our hardest for a member of Atamai to bring it home.

Actually, Epi, I tried for you last night. Both people I tried said they did not send names in ha ha

S~V~S wrote:Thanks MP,

We will try our hardest for a member of Atamai to bring it home.

Actually, Epi, I tried for you last night. Both people I tried said they did not send names in ha ha

I'm just enjoying trying to get a dub for the group.

S~V~S wrote:Thanks MP,

We will try our hardest for a member of Atamai to bring it home.

Actually, Epi, I tried for you last night. Both people I tried said they did not send names in ha ha