The Syndicate

I think it would be very interesting to see DH go. I wonder how his "King of the Island" schtick is going.

Epignosis wrote:The felled pine tree has a divot at the base that has been scratched up. I don't know if that is significant.

Someone buried something and retrieved it? Palm tree, right?

Do we have to divide up all the fish manually?

Messed up the quotes in those later comments, sorry.

Scotty wrote:

"C-C-C-COMBOOOOOOO"

Another day, another challenge, another virus.

Another virus? What the shit?

It seems that the rice wasn't fully cooked or something, because some, if not most of the tribe was reeling from a bad case of food poisoning. What horrid luck!

First of all, what rice? Did I miss when we got rice? And food poisoning isn't contagious, so that's a relief. Did you guys know about eating rice?

Around camp, the tribe still persevered.
DF poked the fire that was started last night, thanks to their flint.

Totally missed us getting the flint. I forgot to read the Day 2 post.

Quin retrieved more water for the tribe, fulfilling another day of quenched thirst.

Thank you Quin.

SVS, Sorsha and Long Con went out on a fishing expedition, bringing back 2, 3, and 3 fish, respectively. Thank goodness that fire was lit today!

Ooh la la, Sorsha. I guess I'm a fast learner! This is a nice fish boon, and now we have fishing gear as well! I imagine the ideal scenario tomorrow would be for Sorsha alone to use the fishing gear while someone stokes the fire. MAXIMUM FISH!!

While camp went about their chores, Epi and notsawyer went exploring around the island.

I suppose if you guys just take note of your stats and what they look like tomorrow morning, then we'll at least have a better idea of what those options do.

At the challenge, the players were designated to set up in bouts of mud wrestling with pads. Players strategized the best way to go about it, and decided to send their strongest first.

OptOut is their Strength person, let's take note. Maybe others. Am I our only Strength person?

OptOut for Mamana and LC for Atamai. An imposing matchup. Both went at it fast and loose early, and seemed pretty evenly matched. LC never slowed down, however, and kept pummeling OptOut until she was inches from the edge. OptOut pushed right back with a low jab to trip up Long Con. As Long Con fell, he whipped one last high attack and barely knicked OptOut, making her lose her balance. Both combatants fell into the mud, but OptOut fell first. That was a close match. Atamai was up 1.

Sounds like OptOut might have used a similar strategy, hits early. Also sounds like we both hit 20 in the same round, and I narrowly edged her out: ("If both players reach/exceed 20 in the same round, win goes to higher number") I would like to know the numerical dice roll results of this one after the game Scotty! Save it please!

Next came SVS and INH. INH immediately swung high and caught SVS in the upper lip. It was all downhill for her, as she was pushed out rather suddenly. Score for Mamana! It was tied 1-1

Ouch. Maybe they have two Strength folks.

speedchuck and Sorsha was a more measured fight. No one seemed to really have the edge, and no one was really landing any hits. After an exhausting bout, speedchuck swung low for a last attack, and Sorsha deftly stepped out of the way for speedchuck to fall into the mud.Atamai was up 2-1.

Sweet match, sounds close. Love it!

But that didn't stop LoRab from unleashing her fury on a stupefied DF. DF fell into the mud in dirty defeat. Tied again, 2-2./quote]
Sounds brutal. I wanna see ALL these dice rolls after the game, please. Scotty, this was cool.

DH put on his crown...

Excuse me?

...and stepped up to Quin. The arena was quite covered in mud at this point. DH covered himself in excess mud to appear more imposing. He was not more imposing. Without warning, Quin lunged at DH and pushed him back-first into the mud. Atamai is up 3-2! One more would win it!

Crown goes to Quin...?

Wilgy knew it was up to him to salvage the fight, up against notsawyer. But notsawyer had other plans. He took a few hits from wilgy right off, but Wilgy became worn down and while he gave it his all, it wasn't enough. He slipped and fell face first in the mud.
Atamai scores their 4th point and WINS THE CHALLENGE!

Atamai wins immunity, and will be safe from the vote tonight. They also won the reward offered yesterday in the form of fishing gear. Use it well, fellas!

It is now Night 3. Night will end at Midnight, EST.

Again, great job team, so happy for us!!

Damn hell yeah Atamai!!! YES! We got it.

Atamai, I am hoping so hard that we win this thing! COME ON WE NEED IT!!!!!

Epignosis wrote:I'll get my blankets in at halftime.

And by halftime I mean when...half the time is...left.

I totally don't have a TV and electricity and the Magic game on in a secret part of the woods.

Also, I'm such a nerd that my first thought was "Oh, cool, he plays Magic?"

Epignosis wrote:HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER

BLOCK
HIGH HIT
LOW HIT
BLOCK
BLOCK
HIGH HIT
LOW HIT
BLOCK

Shit dude I thought you were feeling sick... that was a HUGE C-C-C-COMBOOOOOOO!!!!

It's like giving them smallpox-infected blankets.

I wonder if our sickies can infect their opponent? I mean, looking at the muddy picture of the fights... if your opponent is contagious, you would 100% definitely get sick.

We seem to be having plenty of water, so I'm going to fish today, to get some extra food in the mix.

I'm assuming one person is enough to stoke the fire... is this sensible? Should we put two people on, to avoid waking up tomorrow morning to a "Sorry, your fire-stoker fell asleep in the night, and your fire went out!"

Maybe I should switch to fire.

Opt_Outside is gonna get my "Newbie Welcome" uppercut!

Why did people get sick? Was it random? Did they do something wrong?

I already have ideas for a sickness-based baddie in A World Asunder. Thanks Scotty!

One of them is sitting out.

I thought it made sense.

I don't think anyone is participating twice, Quin. And unless you have a Strength bonus like me... well, I would be the one participating twice, if such a thing were possible.

Scotty wrote:I foolishly copy/pasted Mamana's clarifications in here.

On a side note, we now have the other tribe's name: Mamana!

I don't know if the official order is somethign we PM or something we post. I haven't PMed anything, but as of now, my official order will be:

Hit Low
Hit High
Hit Low
Hit High
Block
Block
Block
Block

Long Con wrote:Wait - the first to 20 points wins. So maybe it makes more sense to use the hits first, and then block four times?

I know Epi is the Logic Master, but I tried a little bit with my inferior brain.

I'm at 18 Energy, 10 Thirst, and 8 Hunger. I think Epi should take a nap today... or at least stoke the fire if he doesn't want to do that.

I'd really like to know the effects of each choice. Does a nap replenish energy? Does it take away energy to stoke the fire? DFaraday, did your walk in the wading pool affect your stats at all? Quin, how about the felled palm tree - stats effect? Did you get anything out of it?

We need information!

Wait - the first to 20 points wins. So maybe it makes more sense to use the hits first, and then block four times?

S~V~S wrote:OK I think I may have to sit this one out. Not sure. I got sick during the night. So not sure if that would affect my ability to participate? Or if Faraday can heal me during the phase.

If not my energy is at 19.

Epi says his energy is depleted by half. I would say that he has a better reason to sit out than you, if you still have 19.

Epignosis wrote:

S~V~S wrote:Bye MP thanks for your sacrifice

OK I think I may have to sit this one out. Not sure. I got sick during the night. So not sure if that would affect my ability to participate? Or if Faraday can heal me during the phase.

If not my energy is at 19.

Per what I said yesterday I am going to go fishing. But fyi apparently being sick makes your thirst level decrease so I need water and hope someone goes to the well.

I've got the crud too. If I don't get help, there won't ever be any need to vote me off the island.

I think I will not choose you for BTSC tonight, out of fear of getting sick. I hope you understand. Maybe tomorrow night, if you feel better.

Epignosis wrote:

Long Con wrote:I think I will not block at all, or maybe just block for the first time. I might just hit Low 8 times in a row.

Mr. host man says you have to block four times.

Oh, I see. I think I'll just randomize it then:

Block
Hit high
Block
Hit low
Block
Hit low
Block
Hit high

Ended up looking patterned, but it was generated on random.org.

Host:

Do our sick people have a disadvantage in today's challenge?

If they get healed by DFaraday, are they instantly better?

What are the effects of sickness?

How do we regain energy?

What are the effects of shelter?

What are the effects of fire?

How much water do we have? How much food do we have?

How much water do we need to drink each day? Does one fish equal one hunger point, or does fish-eating put us right back up to maximum?

Did our shelter get finished? Did our fire get started?

I want to stop guessing.

I think I will not block at all, or maybe just block for the first time. I might just hit Low 8 times in a row.

Sorry to hear that, guys. Time for DFaraday to earn his keep. DF, can you tell us all the details about healing?

I will sign up for as many slots in this challenge as I can. My Strength bonus means I roll d10 and d8, instead of d8 and d6.

notsawyer540 wrote:

Long Con wrote:In the future, if anyone wants me to pick them for BTSC, feel free to ask. I don't think it needs to be secret.

Does it? I'm interested in opinions.

Haha, I've put you down days.

Day 1 it was LC and MP
Day 2 it was LC and SVS

Even though I didn't put down SVS the first time, we got BTSC on night 1. It didn't amount to anything though cause we were both busy.

Sorry dude, I'll choose you tomorrow.

In the future, if anyone wants me to pick them for BTSC, feel free to ask. I don't think it needs to be secret.

Does it? I'm interested in opinions.

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.

I'm not looking for reasons to suspect people. I don't believe suspicion is a concept in the game right now, I know this isn't a Mafia game.

I was just asking Sorsha a question whose answer I'm interested in. I don't want to create suspicion, I want to better understand how people are approaching the game, what secrets are good to reveal, and what secrets are better kept hidden. And why.

Sorsha didn't let us know that she is the Fisherman yesterday when I asked...

Long Con wrote:Hey, is that Fisherman guy on our tribe? Maybe if he fishes, we'll get a better yield.

... but today, she volunteered the information. This isn't "suspicious", it's just something I don't understand, so I asked her about it.

And you say I "keep" looking for reasons to suspect people. I think maybe you're misunderstanding the intent of my questions. Off the top of my head - maybe you're referring to asking Quin about why he spent the day "walking on a felled palm tree"? Well, I think his time would have been better spent helping me build a fire. It's not a suspicion - I don't believe that any of us want to work against the tribe. If I question or criticize, it might be because I think we could do better and be stronger. Maybe if Quin had chosen 'fire', I would be eating right now.

Thank you for volunteering, MP. I hate this.

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

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.

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.

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

Shit, me too! Too focused on the stones.

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.

Well played, Amatai.

Now we just need to pick one player to kill.

I have switched to black.

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.

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

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.

I'm leaving my rock yellow, and then switching it as close to midnight as possible.

@S~V~S: Right, but they could change at 11:59, and we'd be too late once the word got through.

notsawyer540 wrote:

DFaraday wrote:

notsawyer540 wrote:Elo has selected the yellow rock

I think you should choose yellow to gain food for our entire group, since MP already gave us a leg up with his black rock.

That was my original plan, but LC brings up a good point about choosing yellow and switching to black at the last minute. What if that's what the other team is doing? We've already seen two yellows from them. Do I play it safe and go black or do I go with my original idea and choose yellow so the rest of you get food?

Go yellow now, and switch to black (if you choose to) at the latest possible time.

Epignosis wrote:

Long Con wrote:Ok, what we do know is that it's really likely that their team will have Willpower players on it as well. Our ideal plan is to choose yellow until the last possible second, and then switch to black, to trick their Seers.

Aren't you assuming that you're allowed to switch?

No, it is no assumption. I started with black, and I switched to yellow.

Remember:

If you do not submit a PM in time, you forfeit your turn, and point automatically goes to the opponent.

Question: What is the time limit? When is the deadline?

Another question: Will all rocks be made public in the end?

Did anyone get a result from the night poll?

Ok, what we do know is that it's really likely that their team will have Willpower players on it as well. Our ideal plan is to choose yellow until the last possible second, and then switch to black, to trick their Seers.

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?

That means they are not going with an all-black plan. If we go with an all-black plan, we will get fishing gear. If we go all yellow, they will get the fishing gear and hopefully we will all benefit. Another thing to consider, is that the game is designed with a Twist that will punish us if we go all black.

I'm going to switch to Yellow right now, and I will switch back if that's the consensus.

notsawyer540 wrote:My willpower advantage tells me which one my opponent has before I make my choice, and I haven't gotten anything back yet.

Shit, that means that they probably have a similar spying advantage over some of us.

Is the all-black plan still viable?