The Syndicate

LoRab wrote:

Opt_Outside wrote: Good game guys! Golden, Lorab, y'all are still homies, plates or no plates. Just wanted to spread the wealth. I actually misread and didn't realize I would CONTINUE to smash one persons plates until they were out- I thought it would cycle through the whole list. Crazy stuff tonight. Keeping us guessing, I guess...

Golden is much nicer than I am. I totally blame you.

And i'd like BTSC tomorrow. If I live that long.

Yeah for sure

I voted Opt for 'most likely to go on an immunity spree' too

Quin wrote:I voted Opt for 'most likely to go on an immunity spree' too

So did I!

Golden wrote:I'll admit I voted for you for 'who should have been voted off' df, because we were so shocked you survivedback on our old tribe after you slept through the challenge lol.

That happened the first day. It took like all day for the four person team to get their act together, too. The instructions were difficult and we had a 100% no show with zero posts

Congrats Quin and Opt! I was so close!

S~V~S wrote:

Golden wrote:I'll admit I voted for you for 'who should have been voted off' df, because we were so shocked you survivedback on our old tribe after you slept through the challenge lol.

That happened the first day. It took like all day for the four person team to get their act together, too. The instructions were difficult and we had a 100% no show with zero posts

Congrats Quin and Opt! I was so close!

Without that context, which we didn't have until much later, we just read he had fallen asleep. Which made us flabbergasted to read he wasn't the first voted off the island.

LOL, yeah, you did not realize sig had totally no showed. And as a group, we had a lot of keystone komedy nyuk nyuk nyuk with direction following on Day One. So it would have felt mean to single out one person for misinterpreting directions when we all had issues in that way.

Look forward to talking to you

So I am the nicest AND I am the one that should have been voted out a long time ago. I don't see how that adds up.

And what happened to my second BTSC partner?

So I'm the most dishonest. Would like some explanation for that one, pls and thx.

And man, Golden and SVS are out to get me. I suppose that's to be expected, considering that Golden has separate alliances with 80% of the playerbase, but still. Cold, bro.

Elohcin wrote:So I am the nicest AND I am the one that should have been voted out a long time ago. I don't see how that adds up.

I said you were nicest!! And most definitely not the other!!!!!

Elohcin wrote:And what happened to my second BTSC partner?

Not sure if I'm the first or the second, but I've been in and out of the chat. would love to talk.

speedchuck wrote:So I'm the most dishonest. Would like some explanation for that one, pls and thx.

And man, Golden and SVS are out to get me. I suppose that's to be expected, considering that Golden has separate alliances with 80% of the playerbase, but still. Cold, bro.

Especially on answers where 2 people tied for most, that logically means that it could be that only 2 people named either of those names. And we tied for that one. I'm not taking it personally, myself.

I think there were alot of hurt feelings over this, and I am sorry that that is the case. If I had any part in the hurt feelings (I am still not 100 sure how this game worked re the plate smashing; I was trying to win by guessing the answers most people would pick in my opinion) I am sorry.

If it makes anyone feel better, I named myself as the one who who thinks they are less popular than they are, and I named myself as the one most people would thinks as dishonest. I also named myself for another negative category. I viewed you all totally as competitors, and nothing personal was meant or intended, and I assume that is the case straight across the board for all of us.

We're playing a game

ebwop, MORE Popular, not less.

Scotty didn't want me to throw in the towel so I didn't self vote. But if people want to vote me out, I'm fine with it.

S~V~S wrote:I think there were alot of hurt feelings over this, and I am sorry that that is the case. If I had any part in the hurt feelings (I am still not 100 sure how this game worked re the plate smashing; I was trying to win by guessing the answers most people would pick in my opinion) I am sorry.

If it makes anyone feel better, I named myself as the one who who thinks they are less popular than they are, and I named myself as the one most people would thinks as dishonest. I also named myself for another negative category. I viewed you all totally as competitors, and nothing personal was meant or intended, and I assume that is the case straight across the board for all of us.

We're playing a game

Oh, I'm not taking it personally. I'm just trying to find out who voted me as most dishonest so I can vote for them tonight.

#honesty

Oh man, this challenge stirred some stuff up... I only did guesswork on what I thought the group would say and made that my vote as well because our own vote contributed to the majority. I don't believe the majority of the things I wrote- I was literally saying outloud things like "but no one is socially inept". I'm sorry lorab and Golden- it wasn't a malicious intent. I didn't expect to get so many answers right and be smashing plates so often.

So sounds like I've got Lorab and Speed for btsc tomorrow?

Opt_Outside wrote:So sounds like I've got Lorab and Speed for btsc tomorrow?

Okay.

It's important to realise that all of these questions were made completely in the spirit of the game. If you were voted to be dishonest, it's because people perceive you as dishonest in the game (and depending on how you interpret that, it could be a compliment). If you were voted to be unlikable, don't think for a second that it's because you're actually not liked. You're all my buddies. Everyone is friends here. Just in this game, maybe not so much.

speedchuck wrote:So I'm the most dishonest. Would like some explanation for that one, pls and thx.

And man, Golden and SVS are out to get me. I suppose that's to be expected, considering that Golden has separate alliances with 80% of the playerbase, but still. Cold, bro.

You came at me first, chucky boy. I could have voted you out when LC went out but I had your back instead. And I got repaid by you throwing my name out there. So when you go home don't forget - I didn't start the fire.

S~V~S wrote:I think there were alot of hurt feelings over this, and I am sorry that that is the case. If I had any part in the hurt feelings (I am still not 100 sure how this game worked re the plate smashing; I was trying to win by guessing the answers most people would pick in my opinion) I am sorry.

If it makes anyone feel better, I named myself as the one who who thinks they are less popular than they are, and I named myself as the one most people would thinks as dishonest. I also named myself for another negative category. I viewed you all totally as competitors, and nothing personal was meant or intended, and I assume that is the case straight across the board for all of us.

We're playing a game

Heh, I voted for myself in some of them too, and especially with the second half where I was guessing what everyone else would say.

Golden wrote:

speedchuck wrote:So I'm the most dishonest. Would like some explanation for that one, pls and thx.

And man, Golden and SVS are out to get me. I suppose that's to be expected, considering that Golden has separate alliances with 80% of the playerbase, but still. Cold, bro.

You came at me first, chucky boy. I could have voted you out when LC went out but I had your back instead. And I got repaid by you throwing my name out there. So when you go home don't forget - I didn't start the fire.

And where exactly did I come at you first?

I honestly don't know what you're talking about. 100%. But I may be misremembering.

Though, unrelately, I should congratulate you. You, of all the mafia player's I've ever played with, are the only one who's managed to find a nickname that I truly, utterly, despise.

I'll take that as a compliment!

I'm cool with everyone. I really do hope no feelings are hurt by that challenge. The only way I could answer them was by roleplaying my character within the context of the game instead of answering as 'myself, since otherwise many questions had no answer at all. I'm sure that's how it must be on the real show as well.

Lack of food makes me cranky, don't know about you guys. Why can't i fish in the rain?

Sorsha wrote:Lack of food makes me cranky, don't know about you guys. Why can't i fish in the rain?

Well, if it were my mother answering this question, she would tell you never to go near or in water during rain cause you will surely get struck by lightning and die.

She had a loooong list of things that, if you did them, you surely would die. I have done most of them and I have not died, but you never know.

S~V~S wrote:

Sorsha wrote:Lack of food makes me cranky, don't know about you guys. Why can't i fish in the rain?

Well, if it were my mother answering this question, she would tell you never to go near or in water during rain cause you will surely get struck by lightning and die.

She had a loooong list of things that, if you did them, you surely would die. I have done most of them and I have not died, but you never know.

Sounds like my mother

Speedchuck should probably be careful while swimming then.

Is the fishing pole metal? I can do some hillbilly handfishing if so... I prefer it really

Golden wrote:

S~V~S wrote:

Sorsha wrote:Lack of food makes me cranky, don't know about you guys. Why can't i fish in the rain?

Well, if it were my mother answering this question, she would tell you never to go near or in water during rain cause you will surely get struck by lightning and die.

She had a loooong list of things that, if you did them, you surely would die. I have done most of them and I have not died, but you never know.

Sounds like my mother

Plot twist: SVS and Golden are long lost siblings

Went hiking today and wore my survivor buff I'm a nerd

My mum yelled at me for drinking too much iced tea once. That's about the limit of her list of things she yelled at me about maybe doing some day.

Opt_Outside wrote:Went hiking today and wore my survivor buff I'm a nerd

I'm jealous that you have a survivor buff.

Opt_Outside wrote:Went hiking today and wore my survivor buff I'm a nerd

This is why I like you a lot already.

Quin wrote:

Opt_Outside wrote:Went hiking today and wore my survivor buff I'm a nerd

I'm jealous that you have a survivor buff.

They're like $20 online. Do it

Opt_Outside wrote:

Quin wrote:

Opt_Outside wrote:Went hiking today and wore my survivor buff I'm a nerd

I'm jealous that you have a survivor buff.

They're like $20 online. Do it

That's like half my bank account.

It's not the kind of buff I normally hear associated with hiking.

I just looked at a picture of one, what do you do with it? Is it like a bandana?

S~V~S wrote:I just looked at a picture of one, what do you do with it? Is it like a bandana?

I've seen more ways of wearing them in the show than I can count.

Quin wrote:

S~V~S wrote:I just looked at a picture of one, what do you do with it? Is it like a bandana?

I've seen more ways of wearing them in the show than I can count.

Quin lost a few fingers at birth.

Golden wrote:

Quin wrote:

S~V~S wrote:I just looked at a picture of one, what do you do with it? Is it like a bandana?

I've seen more ways of wearing them in the show than I can count.

Quin lost a few fingers at birth.

Yeah, because I was born with extra.

S~V~S wrote:I just looked at a picture of one, what do you do with it? Is it like a bandana?

It's a bandana around your neck, you can wear it as a headband, you can wear it as an eye mask when you're sleeping on an airplane... I literally wear it as a tube top too. Also you just feel cool, ya know?

The immunity challenge left it all out on the table.

Everyone had a general idea of what they thought of each other, and where people sat on the totem pole.

"I'm the eagle head on top of the totem pole, I hope!" beamed Quin, with an immunity necklace around his neck.

"I hope I go on an idol run!" said a bemused OptOut, also with an immunity idol affixed around the neck.

"I hope..." pondered a moping DF, "nevermind."

The rain in the night after the challenge started...and never let up. It was torrential, and several players saw that the fire was going to have a hard time lighting if it didn't get to a dry place. Opt, LoRab and Golden ran to the task, and lost an energy for their troubles. But they found a nice outcropping to build a serviceably dry pit for the fire to keep burning!
While they did that, DF and Quin decided staying in the dry shelter was the best thing for them.
But not speedchuck, Sorsha and SVS! The former went swimming, because why not! The latter decided to get some time to themselves exploring around camp.
It's a shame one of them came back sick.

With the nonstop rain, tribal couldn't come fast enough.

Scotty, wearing a large poncho from Disneyland, greeted each castaway with a peck on the cheek.

"Its been raining out here so long, it might as well be Orlando. Ya know what I mean?" Probst joked.

"No. I'm from Australia and don't understand that joke," Golden eyed.

"Oh. Shame," smiled Scotty, "well then enough small talk. Let's get down under with it!"

Players immediately went to vote.

"I'll get the votes," said Probst.

Probst made several bird calls and a brief flash of feathers flurried into the tribal area. Players began swatting and covering their faces. When the storm settled, Jeff stood holding a jar of votes.

"Wow! That was amazing!" chirped Sorsha.

"If anyone has the hidden immunity idol and you wish to play it, now would be the time to do so."

Golden immediately stood up and walked over with the hidden immunity idol around his neck. "Don't wanna take any chances, Probst."

“This is a hidden immunity idol. Any votes cast against Golden will not count.
Once the votes are read, the decision will be made and the players that acquire the highest and second-highest number of votes will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately. I’ll read the votes.

1st vote:
2nd vote:
3rd vote:
4th vote
5th vote:
6th vote:
7th vote:
8th vote:



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Please be advised that your normal actions of submitting 2 BTSC partners during the day phase has been suspended for this cycle. It's just too rainy to converse in private for too long!

[center]CHALLENGE #9: That’s a Wrap (Willpower Bonus)
7 Players: Individual Immunity Challenge[/center]
Outlast your competitors by holding onto a pole as long as you can!

RULES:
This challenge will occur over real time, starting at a previously determined time of 7PM EST
Every 10 minutes you stay in this challenge, you lose 1 energy. When you must lose energy but you no longer can, you will begin losing 1 hunger and 1 thirst when you would normally be losing 1 energy.

Last person holding onto their pole wins immunity and earns a 1 in 6 shot at becoming the Sole Survivor!

If you wish to compete you must say so in the thread at some point before the challenge starts- Bold it or underline it, please; otherwise you will will be removed from contention for this challenge and will incur no energy penalty. Once you have committed to taking part in this challenge, you cannot change your mind.

To manually pull out of the challenge, the player must let the host know by stating so in the thread (discrepancies of judgment will be settled via exact timestamping).
To pull out, simply underline {u}{/u} your post stating something to the effect of Im out or coming down.

If a player does fall off (posting as such) even mere seconds before the next increment, they incur no energy penalty from that next increment. If a player posts that they wish to be removed even a second after that new increment, they will still incur the energy penalty.
Players may die in this challenge, so there will be no ties in death.

Night 8:

It's pouring down rain! What will you do?

You may select 1 option


Move the fire to a dry place
3
Opt_Outside (3), LoRab (6), Golden (7) 27%
Stay under the shelter as best you can
2
Quin (4), DFaraday (5) 18%
Go swimming
1
speedchuck (9) 9%
Go exploring
2
S~V~S (8), Sorsha (11) 18%
Watch for double rainbows (Host/Non-player Option)
3
Scotty (1), Marmot (2), juliets (10) 27%
Total votes : 11

I'm gonna win fo' sho'.

Who got sick?

Darn, wasted idol! Better safe than sorry.

Golden wrote:Darn, wasted idol! Better safe than sorry.

No no, your line is: "Don't wanna take any chances, Probst"