The Syndicate

Sorsha wrote:So for this challenge we don't have to post every 10 minutes? We just lose 1 energy per 10 minutes, correct?

If you commit to the challenge, you will lose energy like everyone else starting at 7pm EST until you come into thread saying you're coming down from the pole

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

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

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

[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.

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!

Day 8:
Whatcha up to?

You may select 1 option

Stoke the fire
1
Golden (8) 9%
Go to water well
4
speedchuck (2), S~V~S (5), DFaraday (6), Elohcin (10)36%
Attempt to fish
2
Quin (3), Opt_Outside (11) 18%
Walk by the weeds near the camp
0
No votes
Walk in the tall grass beyond the hill
0
No votes
Walk out on the sandbar in the ocean
1
LoRab (4) 9%
Walk between the triangular rock formation
0
No votes
Walk beyond the shallow pond near treemail
0
No votes
Walk to the top of the nearby ridge
0
No votes
Take a nap
0
No votes
Take a tour of Studio City (Host/Non-player Option)
3
Scotty (1), Marmot (7), juliets (9) 27%
Total votes : 11

Night 8:
People were thirsty. That water well spell really did a number on a number of people.

"That water well spell really did a number on me!" Cried a thirsty Quin.

The main talk of camp was the desire to chat more, as if plexiglass were between every player.

Golden tried his hand at stoking the fire and kept it burning.
speedchuck, SVS, DF and Elo teamed up to retrieve the water. The tribe would not lose any water on their own accord today!
Quin and Opt went out to fish in the sea!
LoRab went out on an evening swim onto the sandbar.
Doodle taught an online webinar promoting synergy to young chicks on the other side of the world.

At the Individual Immunity Challenge, players were tasked to truthfully answer discomforting questions about the other castaways. The players that guessed correctly what the majority thought would be able to break a plate- a plate that stands for life in the challenge. The last 2 remaining would win immunities.


1. Which castaway is the most dishonest?
The majority of castaways said: speedchuck and LoRab. It was a tie!
Guessing correctly: Golden

Golden smashes speedchuck's plate. Speedchuck has 2 plates left.

2. Which castaway is the biggest villain?
The majority of castaways said: Quin
Guessing correctly: LoRab, speed, Quin, Opt

LoRab smashes DF's plate. DF has 2 plates left.
Speed smashes Golden's plate. Golden has 2 plates left.
Quin smashes Elo's plate. Elo has 2 plates left.
Opt smashes Golden's plate. Golden has 1 plate left.

3. Which castaway is under the false impression that people like them?
The majority of castaways said: DFaraday
Guessing correctly: LoRab, Opt

LoRab smashes DF's plate. DF has 1 plate left.
Opt smashes Golden's plate. GOLDEN IS ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE.

4. Which castaway probably possesses a hidden immunity idol?
The majority of castaways said: SVS
Guessing correctly: LoRab

LoRab smashes DF's plate. DF IS ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE.

5. Which castaway is the funniest?
The majority of castaways said: Quin
Guessing correctly: speed, SVS, Quin, Opt

Speed smashes SVS' plate. SVS has 2 plates left.
SVS smashes speedchuck's plate. Speed has 1 plate left.
Quin smashes Elo's plate. Elo has 1 plate left.
Opt smashes LoRab's plate. LoRab has 2 plates left.

6. Which castaway should've been voted off a long time ago?
The majority of castaways said: Elohcin and DFaraday. It was a tie!
Guessing correctly: SVS, Quin

SVS smashes speedchuck's plate. SPEED IS ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE.
Quin smashes Elo's plate. ELOHCIN IS ELIMINATES FROM THE CHALLENGE.

7. Which castaway is socially inept?
The majority of castaways said: DFaraday
Guessing correctly: SVS, Opt, LoRab

SVS smashes Sorsha's plate. Sorsha has 2 plates left.
Opt smashes LoRab's plate. LoRab has 1 plate left.
LoRab smashes Sorsha's plate. Sorsha has 1 plate left.

8. Which castaway is a genuinely good person?
The majority of castaways said: Elohcin
Guessing correctly: LoRab

LoRab smashes Sorsha's plate. SORSHA IS ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE.

9. Which castaway has too many alliances?
The majority of castaways said: Golden
Guessing correctly: Quin, LoRab, SVS, Opt

Quin smashes Opt's plate. Opt has 2 plates left
LoRab smashes Quin's plate. Quin has 2 plates left.
SVS smashes LoRab's plate. LORAB IS ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE.
Opt smashes SVS' plate. SVS has 1 plate left.

10. Which castaway has the best chance of winning?
The majority of castaways said: Golden
Guessing correctly: SVS, Opt, Quin

SVS smashes Opt's plate. Opt has 1 plate left.
Opt smashes SVS' plate. SVS IS ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE!


Quin and Opt_Outside are the last 2 remaining!

Opt_Outside and Quin have won individual immunity. You may not vote for OptOut tonight at Tribal Council.

For the rest of you, I've got some bad news. TWO of you will be voted out tonight and will be the 10th and 11th people voted out of Survivor: Mafia. Both the highest and second-highest vote-getters will be voted out.

Golden wrote:I've tried to do it in the spirit intended, which is the fun of the game, and take it with tongue firmly in cheek.

This is exactly the case. Some of these questions don't have a positive connotation, and your answers may not reflect your opinions as a human. You are playing a game, however, so none of these should be taken personally.

When I post the results of this challenge, I will post how the majority answered- not each individual. I will also post whose plates you end up smashing.

Break your opponents' plates before they break yours! Each player has 3 plates. When all 3 of a player's plates are smashed, that person is eliminated from the challenge, and they may not break any more plates. The last 2 people remaining will be awarded immunity!

That's right, there are 2 immunities to give out today.

Game moves in 3 rounds...You are to make three different lists:
Your first list is your honest answer to each question.
Your second list is how you think the majority of the group answered.
Your third list is a hitlist of the other castaways from 1-8. '1' being whose plate you want to smash first. Your answers to the questions must only include players still in the game (Jury members are not considered "in the game")

Players that guess correctly in their second list what the majority answered answered in their first lists will be eligible to break a target. If multiple people guess correctly for each question, the order will be randomized. Questions will resolve in the order presented.

Here are your questions:

1. Which castaway is the most dishonest?
2. Which castaway is the biggest villain?
3. Which castaway is under the false impression that people like them?
4. Which castaway probably possesses a hidden immunity idol?
5. Which castaway is the funniest?
6. Which castaway should've been voted off a long time ago?
7. Which castaway is socially inept?
8. Which castaway is a genuinely good person?
9. Which castaway has too many alliances?
10. Which castaway has the best chance of winning?
11. Which castaway has no chance of winning?
12. Which castaway will go on an Immunity run?
13. Which castaway has been riding coattails?
14. Which castaway shouldn't have been allowed to play?
15. Which castaway is most likely to hold grudges?
16. Which castaway has worked the hardest so far?
17. Which castaway has been flying under the radar?
18. Which castaway would bring entertainment on the real show?
19. Which castaway would get your Jury vote?
20. Which castaway will win this Challenge?

Send in your 3 lists by 11pm PST (2am EST). I will post the results at End of Day.

After a successful win, OptOut felt on the top of the world.

"I'm on top of the world!" screamed Opt.

At the camp, awaiting them, was a nice feast. With candles and all! Every player will receive +1 Hunger tonight!
However, they were horrified to learn that they also suffered from a tainted water well for the night and lost 2 thirst as well. Bummer.

Like usual, everyone was quiet leading up to tribal.

Then came tribal.

Scotty eyed everyone as they walked in, and without saying anything, pointed towards the voting dias. 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."

The tribe all looked in INH's direction, but INH just shrugged.

“Ok. Once the votes are read, the decision will be made and the person 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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Night 7:
What's better? (Pick 2!)

You may select up to 2 options


A night out drinking with friends
3
LoRab (1), insertnamehere (3), Quin (6) 14%
Having a lazy day off without responsibility
6
S~V~S (10), Golden (11), speedchuck (13), Sorsha (18), Opt_Outside (20), DFaraday (22) 27%
Trying tasty food you've been craving for weeks
9
LoRab (2), insertnamehere (4), Quin (5), S~V~S (9), speedchuck (14), Elohcin (15), Sorsha (17), Opt_Outside (19), DFaraday (21) 41%
Earning top ratings (Host/Non-player Option)
4
Scotty (7), Marmot (8), juliets (12), sprityo (16) 18%
Total votes : 22
Submit vote

speedchuck wrote:TELL ME WHAT THE 8 LETTER WORDS WERE

You were actually winning with 26 points 15 minutes before the deadline, and then DF added his list and removed about 4 of your words, propelling Opt to the win.

Notable 8-letter words that people found:
Reinsert, Kerosine, portends, prisoner, prisoned, poorish. All were canceled out.

Night 7:
Whatcha up to today?

You may select 1 option

Stoke the fire
1
DFaraday (11) 8%
Go to water well
3
LoRab (4), Golden (6), Opt_Outside (13) 23%
Attempt to fish
0
No votes
Walk by the weeds near the camp
0
No votes
Walk in the tall grass beyond the hill
1
insertnamehere (8) 8%
Walk out on the sandbar in the ocean
1
Sorsha (12) 8%
Walk between the triangular rock formation
1
S~V~S (5) 8%
Walk beyond the shallow pond near treemail
0
No votes
Walk to the top of the nearby ridge
0
No votes
Take a nap
3
Quin (2), speedchuck (7), Elohcin (10) 23%
Buy a Sprint Phone (Host/Non-player Option)
3
Scotty (1), notsawyer540 (3), juliets (9) 23%
Total votes : 13

Not a peep.

It was quiet around camp: no one wanted to talk about Epi's recent vote off, and with 4 different people attracting votes, it would seem not talking about things confused some people.

DF tried his hand at the fire and kept it burning.
LoRab, Golden and OptOut teamed up to retrieve the water. The tribe was once again quenched of thirst.
Resting in the nice shelter was Quin, speed and Elo.
INH, Sorsha and SVS went on pleasant strolls. Because they're worth it.
Doodle performed his namesake and doodled a self portrait like the natural Rembrandt he is.

At the Individual Immunity Challenge, players competed to find unique words from a letter grid.
On the surface, players figured just finding the longest words would suffice. But they soon found that many of them went that route, canceling each other out.
The final score is as follows:
OptOut: 23
DF: 21
speedchuck: 20
LoRab: 20
Golden: 17
Quin: 16
Sorsha: 14

Opt_Outside has won the challenge!
(5/7 of you found the secret Survivor-related word, 'Ponderosa')

Opt-Outside has won Individual Immunity. You may not vote for OptOut tonight at Tribal Council.
For the rest of you, one of you will be going home and will be the 9th person voted out of Survivor: Mafia.

Heads up that BTSC will be slightly delayed tonight. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Marmot wrote:

Scotty wrote:

speedchuck wrote:I don't need to know what it is, but has anyone else found an 8 letter word? I'm sitting here with 66 shorter words.

I found a 9-letter word and like 63 8-letter-words that aren't in the Merriam Webster Dictionary or any dictionary for that matter

Similarly, I have found a 15-letter word.

Amateur. Come back to me when you've found the elusive 17-letter word.

speedchuck wrote:I don't need to know what it is, but has anyone else found an 8 letter word? I'm sitting here with 66 shorter words.

I found a 9-letter word and like 63 8-letter-words that aren't in the Merriam Webster Dictionary or any dictionary for that matter

Night 6:
There was a noise in the jungle. Do you investigate?

You may select 1 option


Yea
5
Quin (2), LoRab (3), S~V~S (4), DFaraday (5), speedchuck (8) 50%
Hell no
3
Epignosis (7), Golden (9), Opt_Outside (10) 30%
Maybe (Host/Non-player Option)
2
Scotty (1), notsawyer540 (6) 20%
Total votes : 10

[center]CHALLENGE #7: It Boggles the Mind (Nimbleness Bonus)
Individual Immunity Challenge[/center][/size]
Your minds must be tired after the grueling days spent out here. Think it's savvy enough still to unscramble some words?

Given is a 4x4 grid of letters. In this challenge, players must list up to 20 words of 3 letters or more and PM them to me- BY 11PM EST

Words are formed from adjoining letters in the proper sequence. They may join horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to the left, right or up-and-down. No letter square, however, may be used more than once within a single word.

TYPES OF WORDS ALLOWED:
Any word (noun, adjective, adverb, etc.) plural of, form of, or tense is acceptable as long as it can be found in the Abridged Merriam-Webster English dictionary. There are no proper nouns or contractions allowed. Must be a standalone word.

Any word that appears on more than one player’s list will be crossed off all lists. We’re looking for unique words, people! All remaining words will be scored.

SCORING:
Number of Letters = Points
3 = 1
4 = 1
5 = 2
6 = 3
7 = 5
8 or more = 11

Additionally, if a player finds the special 9-letter Survivor-related word in the cube (adhering to all previous rules in word finding), he or she will receive 5 points (and not 11 points from the length itself), regardless of repeats. This word does not count toward your 20 word limit.

The player who has earned the most points wins immunity! Let's get started.

The tribe was awfully quiet, like a Scooby Doo ghost town. Things were lurking in the bushes. A pair of red eyes was looking at Quin in the night.

"Did anyone else see that?" he shrieked, jumping back and startling Doodle.

"What did I tell you about disturbing my beauty sleep?!" chastised Epi.

A ghostly noise came from the jungle. Very eerie.
Quin, LoRab, SVS, DF and speed went to investigate the strange noise.

"What if it's immunity?" pondered chuck.

"It's not," proffered Golden, "it's probably a death trap."

The brave ventured in, and after an hour, all came back unscathed.

"Coast is clear," shrugged SVS.

"Yep, nothing to see here," said LoRab.

The rest of the tribe wasn't so sure, but they all hunkered into bed anyway. Just happy to have a consistent shelter over their heads.

Then came tribal.

"So we meet again. I have a date with Alex Trebek tonight, so let's do this and do it snappy," glanced a put-off Scotty Probst.

Scotty cracked the whip and the tribe instantly scattered to write down their votes.

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

Probst put his finger down his throat and, making sure his audience was watching, regurgitated all the votes from the voting jar.

"Wow! That was amazing!" screamed OptOut.

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

The tribe collectively raised their eyebrows.

No one budged.

“Ok. Once the votes are read, the decision will be made and the person 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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Day 6:
What's going on today?

You may select 1 option

Stoke the fire
1
Quin (11) 7%
Attempt to build the shelter...again
3
S~V~S (2), Epignosis (12), Opt_Outside (14) 21%
Go to water well
1
speedchuck (4) 7%
Attempt to fish
1
Elohcin (10) 7%
Walk by the weeds near the camp
1
DFaraday (8) 7%
Walk in the tall grass beyond the hill

0
No votes
Walk between the triangular rock formation
0
No votes
Walk beyond the shallow pond near treemail
0
No votes
Walk to the top of the nearby ridge
1
Golden (9) 7%
Take a nap
2
Sorsha (5), LoRab (13) 14%
Pet the chicken (Host/Non-player Option)
4
Scotty (1), juliets (3), notsawyer540 (6), sprityo (7) 29%
Total votes : 14

After a night of restless sleep due to the boar invasion, the tribe woke up groggy but once again got to work.

"I'm getting too old for this shit," said DF.

SVS, Opt and Epi rebuilt the shelter, using gorilla glue this time. It was a good shelter. Had some pizzaz.
Stoking the fire was Quin, and taking naps were LoRab and Sorsha.
Speedchuck delivered water back from the water well to quench everyone's thirst.
Elo decided to try her hand out at fishing and came back with some fish.
Golden and DF had some energy to spare, and decided to explore their surroundings.
Doodle stayed on his leash and proceeded to do some calculus in his free time until the next egg came out its butt.

A gong sounded, and treemail arrived. It was to be the Survivor Auction!

"Ahhh I don't need an auction- I just bought a house!" Screamed Golden.

It was midday before the auction occurred, and everyone received money.

"I'm keeping my money," said Epi, going back to his diary.

Players bid as time allowed, some more aggressively than others. Some had terrible luck with the entire process. Some spent all their money on larvae. To each their own.

One player, INH, bought himself a ticket to Exile Island and was forbidden from talking. But he also bought himself immunity from tribal council.

Yep, tribal council.

It is now Night 6. You have 23 hours to get your actions in. Day will end at Midnight EST.

LoRab wrote:

LoRab wrote:400

No, she didn't.

I saw on my timestamp that you were over a minute after her, so I just gave it to her. I'm sorry for the confusion.


I probably should have done this via chatzy- woulda been less strenuous. Thanks for being patient, y'all.

And that'll do it! Thanks for joining me for the Survivor Auction(TM)! I hope you got what you paid for!

I will factor in everything gained from this challenge later tonight.

LoRab wrote:

Scotty wrote:

S~V~S wrote:$340

SOLD TO SVS

You bought a refreshing shower. This will totally refresh you, causing any sickness to go away, making you immune to sickness over the next cycle, and immediately gifting you +3 energy

Why didn't my bid count?

Because SVS Bid took over a minute before yours

S~V~S wrote:$340

SOLD TO SVS

You bought a refreshing shower. This will totally refresh you, causing any sickness to go away, making you immune to sickness over the next cycle, and immediately gifting you +3 energy

9. This item is a behind a curtain. It smells nice. Bidding will start at $20.

insertnamehere wrote:$400

SOLD TO INH.

You are to be immediately exiled to Exile Island.

You may no longer post until the end of Night 6, essentially silencing you from all BTSC during the night.

You also gain immunity from tribal tonight.

Elohcin wrote:this should definitely have been done in chatzy.

It was originally, but I changed my mind

8. This item up for bid is a one-way ticket to Exile Island! That’s all I’m going to say about this item. Bidding starts at $20.

Sorsha wrote:500

SOLD TO SORSHA.

You will gain an advantage in the next challenge, should you still be around. I will give you the advantage at Day

LoRab wrote:Can Golden and I pool money?

Sure

7. The next item up for bid is an advantage in the game. Bidding will start at $20.

Golden wrote:$500

SOLD TO GOLDEN
The covered item is a glass of wine and a rib-eye steak. +4 hunger and +2 thirst. You may share it with 1 other person if you wish, each of you gaining half the prize

5. Next up: This item will remain covered. It sits in a woven basket. Starting at $20.

Quin wrote:500

SOLD TO QUIN.

You got:
A scrumptious bowl of larvae. This will restore 1 hunger

5. Next up: This item will remain covered. It sits in a rickety bowl. Starting at $20.

No one bought the other letters.

LETTERS restore 4 energy after a long time on the island!

LAST CHANCE FOR OTHER 3!

Opt_Outside wrote:300

SOLD. 3 left

4. Next up: Letters from home. Receive a letter from home. $300 each, up to 4 total for auction. Buyout.

Each half will restore 2 hunger and 1 energy! You may not share.

Linki: he bid on right half

insertnamehere wrote:$80 for left half

SOLD TO INH!

speedchuck wrote:$40 for left half

SOLD

Quin wrote:Does it have pineapple?

Sure

3. Next is a large pizza. Split in half. Each half is up for auction. Each half starts at $20.

Opt_Outside wrote:20

SOLD! It will increase your hunger by 1

The M&M's are up for auction now. $20 gets it

S~V~S wrote:Keep it

The covered item is revealed to be a sheep brain. This has a 33% chance to make you sick, but has a 100% chance to refill 2 hunger immediately”