The Syndicate

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:26 pm**

I'll do B and dig two increments and then try as long as it takes to get through (for the first hole)

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:27 pm**

Part one option a: build five sections and try, adding one section each time it fails until I finish

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:01 pm**

Quin wrote:I'll do B and dig two increments and then try as long as it takes to get through (for the first hole)

You dig twice costing you 4 energy. It took 3 tries, but you finally fit, retrieved your bag and got back through. The whole ordeal took you 90 seconds

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:04 pm**

Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:I'll do B and dig two increments and then try as long as it takes to get through (for the first hole)
You dig twice costing you 4 energy. It took 3 tries, but you finally fit, retrieved your bag and got back through. The whole ordeal took you 90 seconds

For the second hole, dig one increment and try at most three times.

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:07 pm**

Sorsha wrote:Part one option a: build five sections and try, adding one section each time it fails until I finish

You wrap 5 segments together and attempt to reach the key. You do so, and it doesn't wilt at all! You retrieve the first key! That took you 1 minute 40 seconds

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:59 pm**

ATTENTION: due to my limited availability, I have to extend this phase by 24 hours. I'm sorry if this screws up people's schedules but I'm not close to finishing this challenge

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:00 am**

Scotty wrote:ATTENTION: due to my limited availability, I have to extend this phase by 24 hours. I'm sorry if this screws up people's schedules but I'm not close to finishing this challenge

Thank god, I was thinking about asking you the same thing.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:28 am**

Scotty wrote:ATTENTION: due to my limited availability, I have to extend this phase by 24 hours. I'm sorry if this screws up people's schedules but I'm not close to finishing this challenge

Thank you, Scottyjeff!

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:08 am**

Scotty wrote:ATTENTION: due to my limited availability, I have to extend this phase by 24 hours. I'm sorry if this screws up people's schedules but I'm not close to finishing this challenge

Oh thank god. I was going to have to try to do it all in an hour

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:09 am**

Opt_Outside wrote:
Scotty wrote:ATTENTION: due to my limited availability, I have to extend this phase by 24 hours. I'm sorry if this screws up people's schedules but I'm not close to finishing this challenge
Oh thank god. I was going to have to try to do it all in an hour

You won't be able to. I've been doing the balancing act thing for the past 5 hours.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:15 pm**

Scotty wrote:
Sorsha wrote:Part one option a: build five sections and try, adding one section each time it fails until I finish
You wrap 5 segments together and attempt to reach the key. You do so, and it doesn't wilt at all! You retrieve the first key! That took you 1 minute 40 seconds

So the instructions say I only need to build the pole once, do I need to do anything threadwise to get the second key?

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:22 pm**

Sorsha wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Sorsha wrote:Part one option a: build five sections and try, adding one section each time it fails until I finish
You wrap 5 segments together and attempt to reach the key. You do so, and it doesn't wilt at all! You retrieve the first key! That took you 1 minute 40 seconds
So the instructions say I only need to build the pole once, do I need to do anything threadwise to get the second key?

Since you have built the pole, im assuming you are looking to use the same technique to get the other key.

You reach through the bars with the pole, but fail to reach it, so you add another segment. This takes you 25 seconds. You reach through the bars again and reach the 2nd key! That looked relatively easy.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:27 pm**

Okay I'm going to build a pole 5 segments long and reach for the first key. I'll try a max of three times if it fails to reach and see how that goes.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:05 pm**

Opt_Outside wrote:Okay I'm going to build a pole 5 segments long and reach for the first key. I'll try a max of three times if it fails to reach and see how that goes.

You fasten 5 segments together, taking 1 minute & 40 seconds, then reach through the bars for the 1st key. It fails to reach all 3 times, costing you 15 seconds.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:06 pm**

Scotty wrote:
Opt_Outside wrote:Okay I'm going to build a pole 5 segments long and reach for the first key. I'll try a max of three times if it fails to reach and see how that goes.
You fasten 5 segments together, taking 1 minute & 40 seconds, then reach through the bars for the 1st key. It fails to reach all 3 times, costing you 15 seconds.

Try one more time.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:07 pm**

Opt_Outside wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Opt_Outside wrote:Okay I'm going to build a pole 5 segments long and reach for the first key. I'll try a max of three times if it fails to reach and see how that goes.
You fasten 5 segments together, taking 1 minute & 40 seconds, then reach through the bars for the 1st key. It fails to reach all 3 times, costing you 15 seconds.
Try one more time.

You reach it! You pull it back carefully and retrieve your first key!

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:09 pm**

Okay now I'll try for the second key with the same five segment pole a max of three times

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:12 pm**

Opt_Outside wrote:Okay now I'll try for the second key with the same five segment pole a max of three times

You reach through and fail to reach the key all 3 times.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:13 pm**

Scotty wrote:
Opt_Outside wrote:Okay now I'll try for the second key with the same five segment pole a max of three times
You reach through and fail to reach the key all 3 times.

Are you kidding me

Try two more times

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:14 pm**

Opt_Outside wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Opt_Outside wrote:Okay now I'll try for the second key with the same five segment pole a max of three times
You reach through and fail to reach the key all 3 times.
Are you kidding me

Try two more times

You quickly try again- fail, and then once more, and reach it! You bring it back and open the box of puzzle pieces. A little bit of trouble there, but you got it in the end!

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:43 pm**

Quin wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:I'll do B and dig two increments and then try as long as it takes to get through (for the first hole)
You dig twice costing you 4 energy. It took 3 tries, but you finally fit, retrieved your bag and got back through. The whole ordeal took you 90 seconds
For the second hole, dig one increment and try at most three times.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:37 pm**

Scotty I think I'm done right? Just want to make sure

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:29 pm**

Quin wrote:
Quin wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:I'll do B and dig two increments and then try as long as it takes to get through (for the first hole)
You dig twice costing you 4 energy. It took 3 tries, but you finally fit, retrieved your bag and got back through. The whole ordeal took you 90 seconds
For the second hole, dig one increment and try at most three times.

You dig one increment, and fail to fit under all 3 times. Try slimming down a bit

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:37 pm**

Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:
Quin wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:I'll do B and dig two increments and then try as long as it takes to get through (for the first hole)
You dig twice costing you 4 energy. It took 3 tries, but you finally fit, retrieved your bag and got back through. The whole ordeal took you 90 seconds
For the second hole, dig one increment and try at most three times.
You dig one increment, and fail to fit under all 3 times. Try slimming down a bit

I think we found who ate the chicken....

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:43 pm**

Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:
Quin wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:I'll do B and dig two increments and then try as long as it takes to get through (for the first hole)
You dig twice costing you 4 energy. It took 3 tries, but you finally fit, retrieved your bag and got back through. The whole ordeal took you 90 seconds
For the second hole, dig one increment and try at most three times.
You dig one increment, and fail to fit under all 3 times. Try slimming down a bit

Keep going until I fit.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:48 pm**

I just did my puzzle answers without reading that if I'm wrong I get docked time

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:17 pm**

Quin wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:
Quin wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Quin wrote:I'll do B and dig two increments and then try as long as it takes to get through (for the first hole)
You dig twice costing you 4 energy. It took 3 tries, but you finally fit, retrieved your bag and got back through. The whole ordeal took you 90 seconds
For the second hole, dig one increment and try at most three times.
You dig one increment, and fail to fit under all 3 times. Try slimming down a bit
Keep going until I fit.

You try once more and fit through and retrieve your second key! On your way back, you struggle to get through once, but then make it on your second try. This room took you 1 minute and 10 seconds.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:01 am**

Just realized that I was so caught up in the challenge that I never congratulated all of us on making it to the final 4! Seriously, it hasn't been easy, and I think we all deserve to be here. Whoever of us makes it to the final 3 will deserve to be there and it will be a fair race to the end. Whichever of us is eliminated will be a difficult choice and it will suck, but whoever that person is (and if that is me), there is honor in having made it this far. And whoever is eliminated does have the power of the jury, which is not a power to be underestimated.

Well played to you all. You have my respect. High fives all around.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:17 am**

LoRab wrote:Just realized that I was so caught up in the challenge that I never congratulated all of us on making it to the final 4! Seriously, it hasn't been easy, and I think we all deserve to be here. Whoever of us makes it to the final 3 will deserve to be there and it will be a fair race to the end. Whichever of us is eliminated will be a difficult choice and it will suck, but whoever that person is (and if that is me), there is honor in having made it this far. And whoever is eliminated does have the power of the jury, which is not a power to be underestimated.

Well played to you all. You have my respect. High fives all around.

Well said! I'm really glad to be here with all of you- you're all great players. And you've all saved my neck in this game at some point. I respect you all enough to say that I know we have to vote against each other after this challenge, but whatever the vote is I won't be blindsiding or lying to anyone. I think you all deserve that. Good luck everyone!

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:18 am**

Quin- if lorab and sorsha are already talking then you and me for btsc?

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:46 am**

Opt_Outside wrote:Quin- if lorab and sorsha are already talking then you and me for btsc?

Alright.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:54 am**

Good luck everyone. I'm pretty sure I'm out of this one but

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:07 am**

Night 12: "High Fives All Around"

It was no picnic getting to this spot. 4 competitors left: it was a showdown, to be sure.

All players did as they pleased at camp. It was the last day, after all, so as long as they had a relaxed day, they were probably going to be ok.

The big story today was the final immunity challenge. Players knew that only one player would be able to win and secure their spot for the following day.

This immunity challenge had 3 parts: retrieving keys from rooms, walking a maze with their puzzle pieces, and then completing their puzzle to raise their flag.

2 players, Quin and LoRab, began digging furiously to get to their keys. OptOutside and Sorsha chose to fasten a pole together out of reeds and bamboo. It wasn't long before both Opt and Sorsha created a pole just long enough to start reaching for their key. LoRab didn't have too long to spend on her hole, and quickly got her key. Sorsha wasn't far behind, and pulled hers back. Quin finally got through and snatched his key up. Right after came OptOut, who started reaching for her 2nd key at the same time as Sorsha. LoRab and Quin used their brute forces to keep up, and were lagging behind only slightly. OptOut reached her key after a few tries, and she and Sorsha wrestled with the lock of their cage and made their way to the balance beam maze. Quin was huffing and puffing because he had a hard time trying to jam his body under his cage. LoRab didn't, and so she hustled to keep up with Sorsha and Opt. Quin finally fit, snatched up his last bag and headed for the maze.

In the maze, it was clear Sorsha knew where to go. She only took a few wrong turns, and ultimately found the exit. Seeing this, OptOut buckled down and picked her turns better and finished less than a minute after Sorsha. LoRab was getting frustrated and almost gave up, but she made a pact with her steadfast feet and made it to the end not half a minute after Opt. Quin, bringing up the rear, had far more trouble getting through the maze. After falling twice and getting turned around, he was falling farther and farther out of this challenge. You'd think he would have dropped a pound or two after almost a month out here.

"Like that Hurley guy in that docu-drama Lost?" Asked little Chelsea, a viewer at home.

"No, because that was explained in Season 2, Chelsea. Now do the dishes," said her mother.

Back at the challenge, Sorsha and Opt were carefully examining the Symbol Puzzle. It was taking a while for both of them. LoRab stepped up and peeked over their shoulder, but the ladies weren't sharing anything. It was clear that both OptOut and Sorsha were neck and neck, but one moved ahead of the other...

Sorsha completed her puzzle not 30 seconds before OptOut.

Sorsha has won the immunity challenge!

Sorsha has won Individual Immunity and has reserved a spot in the final tribal council, where she will plead her case as to why she deserves to be Sole Survivor. You may not vote for Sorsha tonight at Tribal Council.
For the rest of you, someone will be going home and will be the 15th and last person voted out of Survivor: Mafia.

It is now Night 12. You have 24 hours to vote someone out at Tribal Council. Night will end at Midnight, PST (3am EST). I ask that you send all Votes and Actions to me by 11PM PST.

FINAL TRIBAL COUNCIL WILL IMMEDIATELY BEGIN AFTER THIS NIGHT PHASE.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:14 am**

Congrats, Sorsha!

I have my fingers crossed that you'll bring me with you, but if you want me to make a case for myself I'm glad to do it.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:18 am**

Phew, what a close race!!! Nicely done, Sorsha.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:23 am**

Final times from that challenge:
Sorsha: 450 seconds
OptOut: 480 seconds
LoRab: 590 seconds
Quin: 730 seconds

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:29 am**

Scotty wrote:Final times from that challenge:
Sorsha: 450 seconds
OptOut: 480 seconds
LoRab: 590 seconds
Quin: 730 seconds

lmao so even if I hadn't messed up the puzzle, I'd barely have made 3rd place

Yeah, I was doomed.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:38 am**

Quin wrote:
Scotty wrote:Final times from that challenge:
Sorsha: 450 seconds
OptOut: 480 seconds
LoRab: 590 seconds
Quin: 730 seconds
lmao so even if I hadn't messed up the puzzle, I'd barely have made 3rd place

Yeah, I was doomed.

Never give up, never surrender.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:04 am**

Yeah, I should have just given up on the maze. Alas. Good job, Sorsha!

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:54 am**

Quin, based on several different factors, you seem the most likely candidate to have poisoned Golden and me. Did you do this? And if so, why? If not, then who do you think did it?

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:12 am**

LoRab wrote:Quin, based on several different factors, you seem the most likely candidate to have poisoned Golden and me. Did you do this? And if so, why? If not, then who do you think did it?

I didn't poison either of you. I think it was a game mechanic, because I don't see how one person could target both of you in one night, especially when there was already a role that could do that.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:17 am**

Want to tell me what those factors are?

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:23 am**

Quin wrote:Want to tell me what those factors are?

Process of elimination.

And I reject the idea that it was a game mechanic. The PM said "you were poisoned," which is an active thing, and exactly what was said in the PM when I was poisoned last time. It was not, "you got sick," which is something completely different. I assume someone found an item which allowed them to target people with poison. The only other possibility is that Golden poisoned me and was faking it himself, and that is not something I believe is in his character to do.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:00 pm**

LoRab wrote:
Quin wrote:Want to tell me what those factors are?
Process of elimination.

And I reject the idea that it was a game mechanic. The PM said "you were poisoned," which is an active thing, and exactly what was said in the PM when I was poisoned last time. It was not, "you got sick," which is something completely different. I assume someone found an item which allowed them to target people with poison. The only other possibility is that Golden poisoned me and was faking it himself, and that is not something I believe is in his character to do.

I thought based on Elo's revealed role that she was the one who poisoned you guys? After she was voted out one of her abilities was like "can poison the food twice"

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:26 pm**

First off, totally not in her character to do that and then lie about it. I think she is capable of doing so--I'm not underestimating her--but I don't think it is in her values to do so. Nor do I think she'd stab me in the back like that. It's not who she is.

Also, my poisoning takes away an extra point of each per night, not saps everything twice as fast--so it doesn't match what the role says.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:34 pm**

I find it more likely that Golden did it by using a role (even though the result doesn't match up) than that Elo did it, in terms of personal character and values. Although I hold that I think it unlikely that either of them would do that to someone to whom they made promises. It's just not who either of them are.

Also, still not the same result.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:48 pm**

So, are any of us leaning towards voting off a particular other of us? Do we want to think about making general pleas to each other? How do we want to do this? Quin addressed Sorsha about making a case for himself, but that sort of ignored the fact that we all have a vote this round. It's not just Sorsha's decision. (however easier this might be if it were...well, not for sorsha)

Hey, ScottyJeff: How are ties decided?

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:09 pm**

LoRab wrote:So, are any of us leaning towards voting off a particular other of us? Do we want to think about making general pleas to each other? How do we want to do this? Quin addressed Sorsha about making a case for himself, but that sort of ignored the fact that we all have a vote this round. It's not just Sorsha's decision. (however easier this might be if it were...well, not for sorsha)

Hey, ScottyJeff: How are ties decided?

3. Night phases, should the team not win immunity, will consist of Tribal Council, where one player will be voted out of the tribe at the end of the phase via privately-messaged votes. All ties are to be randomly decided among the tied players.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:59 pm**

LoRab wrote:So, are any of us leaning towards voting off a particular other of us? Do we want to think about making general pleas to each other? How do we want to do this? Quin addressed Sorsha about making a case for himself, but that sort of ignored the fact that we all have a vote this round. It's not just Sorsha's decision. (however easier this might be if it were...well, not for sorsha)

Hey, ScottyJeff: How are ties decided?

I'd love to have an open discussion about it and see where everyone is at. Everyone but sorsha only has two options. I don't know what to do between quin and lorab- I feel a lot of loyalty to both of you.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:02 pm**

At this point don't we have to discard loyalty and vote out who we see as the biggest threat to our own win? That's how I see it.

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