Immunity Challenge
Tree MailYou may get hungry out in the jungle
And the food around is rare
The search is long and hard
To find 8 bananas to share
Description:
I'll put up a forum called "Hide the Banana". In the forum are 400 posts. Somewhere in those posts are 8 bananas for your tribe. Your mission is to tell me which # post count the bananas are in. You will designate one person in your tribe to be the "caller". That person will not search. The others will search for the bananas, giving the searcher the post number. After the searcher has the 8 post numbers, they must IM me them. First caller to give me all 8 post numbers IN ORDER FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST wins immunity for their tribe.
Post Numbers:
1. 53
2. 134
3. 184
4. 258
5. 297
6. 326
7. 360
8. 400
Macaw wins Immunity!As a twist, Macaw was then asked to bestow individual immunity on one member of the other tribes, keeping them safe at the first Tribal Council.
For Parrot, they chose Erin
For Tucan, they chose Emma
Laurie (Macaw) confesses…That was SWEET!
I like this tribe - I think we really pulled together and won this thing pretty quickly. I hope not TOO quickly............. I mean, we're already saying it would suck to be split up already, when we all seem to get along so well.
But of course, it's still early. teehee (cue organ music)
Matt (Parrot) confesses…So, within about 5 minutes, we lost the first Immunity Challenge. What a bummer! And, to top it off, the uber-genius Macaw tribe decides to give immunity to Erin, our one absent player and therefore easy target.
Although, it's just as well - nobody wants to come off as "unbeatable" in a three-tribe game right from the very start (at least, they shouldn't, anyway.) What Macaw did tonight was create two powerful enemies - the other two tribes with their seemingly weakest players immuned. I can totally see Parrot and Tucan ganging up on Macaw if/when we get the opportunity to do so. I think they made the smart decision, and I don't fault them for it - but I feel it was selfish and shortsighted, and it will hopefully cost them at some point down the road.
I spoke with everyone available tonight, and it seems to be the consensus that Jack will be leaving us tomorrow. While I like him and appreciate the character he brings to the game, I can't say he has proven himself to be the most helpful or reliable tribemate. At this point, if it were an option to deep six Erin and keep Jack, I might consider it - but since it isn't, I don't really feel like there's another possibility. At least, not one that I see right now as a plausible alternative
Matt and Jack…Jack: I haven't heard anything, no one's really been on or it's like, "it's such a hard decision"
Matt: Yeah, exactly.
Matt: Which either means "I genuinely don't know" or "I'm voting for you and don't want to tell you."
Jack: Personally, having been comparitively inactive as compared to everyone else,
Jack: I feel kinda vulnerable, so all this "I don't know" is making me nervous.
Matt: Yeah, I know what you mean.
Matt: I have heard that brought up, to be honest with you.
Jack: and that, my friend, is why I'm trying to find those italicised words.
Matt: That wouldn't be a bad idea.
Matt: Let me see if I can help ya.
Jack: You find many?
Matt: Three, right now.
Matt: But I didn't look for very long before I got busy with other things.
Jack: hm..
Matt: How many do you have?
Jack: I have 4.
Jack: and I've been looking for a good while.
Jack: I don't quite suppose you'd tell me who was saying my name?
Matt: Well...
Matt: More than one person pointed out that you've perhaps been around the least.
Matt: It wasn't anyone saying "let's vote out Jack for xyz reasons," but it came up.
Jack: Hm. I guess I'll have to make up for my poor IC performance on Tuesday, assuming I'm there.
Matt: I would like to see you there.
Jack: I jerk around a lot in challenge chats, and I'm not real awesome, but I'm solid and I usually don't miss challenges.
Jack: So hopefully that'll get me past this stage, anyhow.
Matt: Yeah, I hear you - I honestly wish we didn't have that stupid "fuck the other tribes over" twist.
Jack: Hm.
Matt: Because I don't think this would have been an issue at all if we could just boot Erin.
Jack: If I can just get past this round, I think a swap will put more inactives/people bad at challenges around me who are juicier targets.
Matt: Yeah, it seems like some of those people are really annoying.
Jack: I asked around a little about the people on our tribe, which is something I usually do, but the problem here is that only three people out of six are experienced much at all, or play aim orgs a lot.
Matt: Did you research me? :-P
Jack: Of course I did.
Matt: What did you find out? haha.
Jack: Basically, I got "He's a player". Ricky got "Asshole". I got "very bad at these sorts of things". Everybody else just popped out of the earth, so..
Matt: Who called me a player?
Matt: I'm kind of touched.
Jack: Er, I don't think they meant it in a touching way, but whatever works.
Matt: I know, I'm teasing.
Matt: It really depends who you ask on me, I think.
Jack: hm...
Jack: It's better to be a player than "asshole" or "very bad", I suppose.
Meanwhile, the Tribes had a puzzle waiting for them at camp…Somewhere on the forums during the game, I will "hide" words. They will be in italic. There will be 10 words for you to find. Once you have all the words, mix them to create a question in the form of a riddle. When you think you have solved the riddle, IM me with your answer. NOTE* You can only guess once in a 24 hr period.
The person that gives me the correct answer will receive an immunity idol which can keep them from being voted off. It will work the same as it does in Survivor: Exile Island.
The person that receives the idol will be able to use their immunity up until F4. For example, you have the immunity. You're voted out at Tribal Council. Your immunity then goes into effect and the person with the next highest votes will be voted out instead.
BEWARE: If you win the immunity idol, you cannot tell anyone! Doing so will result in the idol being lost forever, never being able to be used.
Good luck Survivors!
Everyone scrambled to solve to puzzle, but one person was the fastest… MattG from Macaw received the immunity for correctly answering the riddle the fastest!
Riddle: What grows when it eats but dies when it drinks?
Answer: Fire
MattG…I just found the individual immunity idol. Um...YA! I'm not gonna lie here, I just stumbled upon the riddle, thinking everyone else must have seen it as they put their votes in etc. But um...apparently not. Well I'm certainly happy with that, but I really hope I don't have to use it. But boy does that make me feel better heading in to the game now. This could be a pretty big difference maker come to think about it...or just keep me around for a couple extra days, either way, rather have it than not have it. I guess I may end up lying to people about it, but c'mon, I'm sure I'll lie my fair share before this game is over. I'm sorry I'm not more excited...ha, I'll save a big WOOHOO for later
On the Parrot Tribe, they were getting ready to vote out one of their own… Jack confesses…So, I've met my new tribe. All pretty fun, though Ricky is a bit too...I dunno, ORG playerish for my taste. All active, except me. Usually, I'm on the upper medium of activity, here I'm pretty near the bottom, which is a bit of an adjustment. So I'm pretty sure that I'm the first mark. Maybe because of my comparitive inactivity, but maybe because I annoy people. Whatever, even if I go, I'm used to 18th place. No biggie.
Tucan were also deciding who would go first… Karen and Sara… Sara (8:27:19 PM): this blows
Karen (8:28:10 PM): yeah it does.
Karen (8:28:16 PM): and emma didnt particpate so we cant blame her. LOL
Sara (8:28:59 PM): lmao yes
Karen (8:30:04 PM): uuuugh
Sara (8:30:08 PM): fuckkk
Karen (8:30:14 PM): Aaron?
Sara (8:30:19 PM): yep!
Karen (8:30:40 PM): im going to talk to alex
Sara (8:30:53 PM): okay, i can bring it up with luke
Karen (8:33:41 PM): Aaron is the only person to go for, right.
Sara (8:34:07 PM): it doesn't matter to me, as long as we're ok
Karen (8:36:35 PM): whats luke saying?
Sara (8:36:59 PM): he said he wasn't sure and I'm afraid to throw aaron's name out there. what if they have an alliance or something?
Karen (8:37:35 PM): wasnt sure about what
Sara (8:37:52 PM): sure about who to vote for
Sara (8:46:29 PM): hm I bet I get voted out
Karen (8:46:57 PM): im doing my best.
Sara (8:47:20 PM): who else would you be willing to vote out besides aaron?
Karen (8:47:23 PM): im using the edge that it's your first game and its terrible to vote someone out when its their first challenge on their first game
Karen (8:49:08 PM): but..i dont know
Sara (8:49:18 PM): yeah, who is bringing up my name?
Sara (8:50:37 PM): Luke said he'd vote for Aaron
Karen (8:50:49 PM): alex said emma's voting for you
Sara (8:51:19 PM): eh, her vote doesn't matter... we just need 4. what does alex want to do?
Karen (8:51:48 PM): i think aaron
Sara (8:51:58 PM): should we make a chat with the 4 of us?
Karen (8:52:09 PM): im wondering. i havent said anything to luke about us 4
Karen (8:53:56 PM): ok just mentioned something
Karen (8:53:58 PM): let's see.
Sara (8:57:04 PM): what did he say?
Karen (8:59:54 PM): we're discussing
Sara (9:00:03 PM): ok
Karen (9:01:23 PM): you want to start a chat with us 4? maybe that'll help?
Sara (9:01:36 PM): sure, I can do that.
Sara (9:15:13 PM): hmm, this didn't go well.
Karen (9:15:40 PM): lol no it didnt
Sara (9:15:55 PM): so are you going to vote for me too?
Karen (9:17:13 PM): i dont know, it depends what everyone is doing. i dont WANT you out, but if there's nothing i can do to change that, then i have to go with them.
Karen (9:17:20 PM): i mean im trying.
Sara (9:17:53 PM): yeah, well thanks for trying! it means a lot to me.
Karen (9:17:55 PM): Luke is on the fence, he is..and if we get him, i think you're fine. you jsut need to talk to him i guess
Karen (9:21:16 PM): ill talk to you later. best i can say is just to try and bond with him and alex
Karen (9:21:28 PM): see ya.
Sara confesses… My tribe consists of Karen, Luke, Alex, Emma, and Aaron. All of us are very active which everyone keeps saying is such a good thing. However, I could see it causing some problems in the future.
Personally, I get bad vibes from Aaron and Emma. Aaron does not seem like my type of person. He seems so dull and boring. Emma, while very sweet, is a wee bit confused I'd say. She is not all there. Meaning she's not very intelligent. But again, she's a sweet girl.
Everyone else is pretty cool, especially Karen. We actually have an alliance and we want to extend it to Luke and Alex. I, however, haven't had much of a chance to talk to either of them but I hope it works out.
That's all for now. I can't wait to see how the first challenge plays out!
Aaron, Emma, Alex, and Luke… Aaron: So, I like you all bunches and stuff. Not gonna vote for any of y'all.
Emma: yeah, same.
Aaron: I was wondering if you all would be interested in doing either a vote-collaboration for this one or just a full-fledged alliance or something?
Luke: i dont think i'd be comfortable with a full-fledged Final 4 alliance with anyone just yet, to be perfectly honest.
Aaron: Well, it's not necessarily F4, but I'm not sure if I'm too comfortable with it either.
Aaron: Family Guy = distraction. Anyways, how would everyone feel about voting Sara?
Luke: i dont mind it, if this is her first game and it's gonna be hugely active, i dont know if she's up fo rit ya know
Emma: that'd be okay with me
Alex: sry i was cleaning up
Emma: haha thats okay
Aaron: So, I guess that's that.
Aaron: Sorry for the extreme awkwardness and such.
Emma: hahaha
Alex: lol no worries
Alex: no awkwardness here
Aaron: Kinda felt like I was teaching sex-ed or something.
Luke: ya no awkwardness, its just ... a lot of thinking to go through
Luke: cuz we're all so active
Luke: so, we're all voting sara?
Luke: i am
Aaron: I, obviously.am.
Emma: yeah, i am
Alex: yeah
Emma confesses… Since noone else offered to sit out this challenge, I did it. Overall, I think this was a pretty smart move. I was able to sit back and watch how my tribe worked together, and no one could possibly blame me for screwing up. Luke and Aaron really impressed me tonight. They were the first ones to figure a strategy to complete the challenge. I’m pretty sure Alex offered some input too, but I can’t remember exactly what Karen and Sara were doing. I guess I should’ve paid more attention. I’m not sure why we lost, I guess we just weren’t fast enough? From what I could tell it was pretty close between the tribes, and it was definitely a super quick challenge.
Getting immunity definitely put me in a position of power – something that I was never originally expecting/hoping for. Who knows if I’ll keep this position in the upcoming challenges, but it seems like no one else on my tribe wants it either. Luke and Aaron approached me individually right after the challenge to form alliances and ask me who I was voting for. I took a chance and said Sara, and that seemed to go over pretty well with them. She’s the one that us three have talked to the least. Alex messaged me a little later with the same question, and I told him the same thing. He seemed to be a little less eager to do this, and said that it was between Aaron and Sara. I didn’t tell Aaron what Alex said, I don’t want to give either of them a reason not to trust me. Aaron made a group chat with me, luke and alex to discuss who we were voting for. Everyone said sara, but in the end, who knows if they’re telling the truth.
Karen and Alex… Alex (8:31:35 PM): so what do u think we should do? lol
Karen (8:31:48 PM): hey i talked to sara
Karen (8:31:52 PM): she wants to go with us
Alex (8:32:01 PM): oh okay
Karen (8:32:09 PM): sound good?
Alex (8:32:20 PM): who does she want to vote out?
Karen (8:33:28 PM): i dont know yet
Alex (8:33:45 PM): lol i wanted to vote for sarah dont tell her
Karen (8:34:19 PM): i'd feel so bad voting her out when this is her first game and for her to on the first challenge..i dont know, im not a fan of that when she didnt do anything wrong ya know?
Alex (8:34:31 PM): right
Alex (8:34:34 PM): but none of us did anything wrong
Alex (8:34:49 PM): ugh, this is her first game?
Alex (8:34:53 PM): now that's REALLY making me feel bad
Karen (8:34:57 PM): yeah she was so excited for it
Karen (8:35:07 PM): i mean i want to give her a chance
Alex (8:35:16 PM): yeah, true dat
Alex (8:35:21 PM): but whenever i try talking with her
Alex (8:35:24 PM): it's so...empty
Karen (8:36:00 PM): well she's going to vote with us if we keep her around. that makes both of our lives easier, after this tc it's majority.
Alex (8:36:12 PM): true
Karen (8:37:01 PM): i feel like aaron is our next best guess, if we cant get emma out and if we stick with sara
Karen (8:38:10 PM): what do you think about that?
Alex (8:38:37 PM): definitely thought about that
Karen (8:41:31 PM): i just dont know if we'll have the votes for it. trying t talk to luke
Alex (8:49:49 PM): seems like emma's voting for sara
Karen (8:51:16 PM): i wonder if i should try talking to luke about us 4
Alex (8:51:31 PM): yeah, i think u need to talk to him
Alex (8:51:35 PM): aaron and emma seem set on sara
Alex (8:51:39 PM): luke is wavering, i can tell
Karen (8:51:43 PM): yeah he is
Alex (8:57:53 PM): has luke said anything to u yet?
Karen (9:00:22 PM): we're discussing us 4
Alex (9:01:38 PM): okay
Alex (9:13:34 PM): did luke say anything regarding the F4 to u yet?
Karen (9:13:51 PM): no he didnt really say anything either way.
Karen tries to sway Luke… Luke (8:30:40 PM): Iuno ... the people I talk to least are emma and sara
Karen (8:33:13 PM): well ive talked to sara a bit..i'd feel so bad voting her out when this is her first game and for her to on the first challenge..i dont know, im not a fan of that when she didnt do anything wrong ya know?
Luke (8:33:30 PM): True, that's fair
Luke (8:33:38 PM): The only thing that sucks is no one did anything wrong, ya know?
Karen (8:34:28 PM): yeah.
Karen (8:34:36 PM): ive talked to aaron and emma the least. but emma's immune
Luke (8:34:59 PM): i've talked to emma the least of anyone
Luke (8:35:03 PM): and then sara 2nd least
Luke (8:35:12 PM): i've actually talked to aaron the most next to you
Karen (8:37:27 PM): really? yeah he doesnt really say much when we talk
Luke (8:38:47 PM): weird 0_o lol
Luke (8:38:48 PM): man
Karen (8:38:51 PM): the first vote is supposed to be easy, lol, but this isnt.
Luke (8:38:53 PM): someone just needs to tell me what to do
Luke (8:38:56 PM): this is SO hard
Karen (8:40:23 PM): i just have such a guilty conscience about voting someone out the first tc whose first game it is and when she was so excited too
Karen (8:40:30 PM): so im really not wanting to do that.
Luke (8:40:45 PM): ya, thats fair
Luke (8:40:53 PM): well, im taking it your leaning to aaron?
Luke (8:40:55 PM): thats my vibe anyways
Karen (8:42:15 PM): to be honest, i am. there's just something..missing there, i dont know what it is or why i feel like that
Luke (8:42:36 PM): thats fair
Luke (8:42:48 PM): my mind is bouncing from aaron to sara
Karen (8:44:56 PM): well i know sara likes you. i mean i guess aaron does too if you talk to him a lot but she mentioned when we all first met that she liked us 2 the most
Karen (8:45:24 PM): naturally she picked me because im just that wonderful. but you saw something in you i guess ;-)
Luke (8:47:39 PM): truthfully i would have prefered emma to not have immunity
Karen (8:47:55 PM): yeah, i know. me too.
Luke (8:50:26 PM): fuck, this is difficult
Karen (8:50:39 PM): yeah, it really is.
Karen (8:53:48 PM): so this is odd timing since we're at TC so soon, but i wanted to wait until at least the first challenge happened to say this..but sara had mentioned something about an alliance of me, you, and alex as majority, and then every tc is ours. i dont really hate the idea. i mean an alliance of 4 could do damage.
Karen (8:55:53 PM): which ill admit is partly why i kind of want sara to stay in addition to what i said before. if it means she'll help us get farther, ya know?
Luke (8:56:07 PM): Ya true, have you talked to alex about it?
Karen (8:56:41 PM): i mentioned it to him, he wants in.
Luke (8:58:56 PM): blah, i dont know, from early on me and aaron got kinda tight and i kinda see it the other way with sara ... if its her first game, will she really be an asset?
Karen (9:10:13 PM): so what're you thinking man? i can tell you're wavering lol
Luke (9:11:45 PM): oh i am for sure, lol
Luke (9:12:34 PM): its just that i've talked to Aaron SOOOO much more then sara
Luke (9:12:50 PM): and it might be her first game and all ... but that just rings in my head, in such an active game, we might need more experience
Karen (9:14:02 PM): yeah i know what you mean
Luke (9:15:18 PM): to be honest with you, im leaning towards the voting sara now ...
Karen (9:16:12 PM): but keep me updated on how you want to vote. in the end, ill probably go with you, because i trust you and remember how good of a team we made up back in the day.
Luke (9:16:53 PM): true, like i just wanna be completely honest with you, i can still change to aaron but ... i dont know, i dont know whats going on in my head
Karen (9:19:50 PM): yeah i know, its hard. how you feel about aaron is how i feel about sara, so while i have my doubts i want to give her that chance. i mean im willing to change if i absolutely have to, but of course i feel like she would only help us stick around longer
Karen (9:20:41 PM): think of how much she'll owe us if we save her, cause she knows she's in danger. and that's definitely something that can be used later on, in addition to her voting with us.
Luke (9:22:11 PM): true true, perhaps we should discuss it tomorrow further? like i dont know where everyones head is at exactly ... i just dont want a tie
Alex and Aaron… Aaron: I'ma not gonna be voting for you, man.
Alex: same here
Alex: i feel like we at least connected in some way
Aaron: Well, you can't vote for yourself.
Aaron: But that's besides the point.
Alex: meant the other way around
Aaron: Haha. Yeah, I do to.
Aaron: You will be voting for yourself? xD
Alex: lol maybe i am shhhh
Aaron: I'm not too sure what to do.
Aaron: I haven't talked to a couple people as much as others, but whose to say I'm the only one who hasn't talked to them? Everyone is so active.
Alex: yeah!
Alex: everyone's sooo active and laid back
Alex: it's hard to pick one weak link or pairs or stuff like that
Aaron: I've actually kind felt like I'm a bit.. I don't know.. just kinda alone haha.
Alex: naw, dont feel alone
Alex: i feel alone too, man
Aaron: We should align xD
Aaron: You down?
Aaron: Or up.. or sideways?
Alex: sideways would be cool
Aaron: I'm confuzzled.
Alex: lmfao!
Aaron: I think I just confused myself with that one.
Aaron: Meh.
Alex: lol it's alright we can be confuzzled together
Aaron: Sweetness.
Aaron: I have no idea what's gonna go down.
Alex: me neither
Alex: trying to get something out of people
Alex: but nothing is coming out of em
Aaron: Same.
Aaron: It's like talking to a bunch of brick walls, lmfao.
Aaron: Anyhoo.
Aaron: Any ideas?
Alex: who else do u think u can get?
Aaron: I don't know who I can 'get'.
Aaron: But I'm thinking that trying to get out Sara would be -our- best bet.
Alex: oh okay
Aaron: What do you think?
Alex: that would probably be the safest thing to do
Aaron: Hmm.
Aaron: Idk, this is gonna be stressfull.
Alex: lol it is!
Aaron: You down with voting out Sara?
Alex: that seems to be the thing right now
Aaron confesses… Everyone on my tribe is nice and all, but these aren't the type of people who I usually talk to. I haven't been able to find a specific niche in the tribe yet and I've not been able to discuss strategy with anyone. Am I worried? A bit. But as long as I keep acting happy and competing hard in the Immunity Challenge, I should be able to stick around.
Sara confesses… It looks as though my time is up here in the jungle. And I really hate that I'm going so early.
It's me vs. Aaron this TC. It's pretty obvious, to me at least, that I'm going to be the voted out. Had Emma not been granted immunity I'm sure she would have gone. Afterall, that girl is about worthless.
The only reason I'm leaving is because I didn't bond with my tribemates as well as I should have. All of five of us [minus Emma] were on equal footing.. except the only person I really clicked with and got to know was Karen. So I have no one to blame for this but myself.
I have no regrets though. Aside from Karen, I have nothing in common with these other people on my tribe. They all seem so sheltered and mainstream. That's not who I am. Talking to some of them was so boring and part of me wanted to leave the game anyways. However, I do wish I could have stayed. I guess that's the competitor in me.
I hope to see Luke, Alex, and Emma in loser lodge with me VERY soon. As for Karen, well, I hope she can make it very far. And surprisingly, even though I don't personally care for the guy, Aaron seems to have a good head on his shoulders in regards to the game. I hope to see him make it far too.
Luke confesses… So we lost Immunity ... and oh how quickly everything can change.
So Macaw tribe gives Emma immunity. Emma was the one target I think everyone in our tribe could have agreed upon to vote out. She wasn't particularly close to anyone, she wasn't a huge asset to the tribe. Would have made things easy.
But then she gets Immunity.
So it's scramble like mad time.
It turns out Karen and Sara have an alliance. Or some sort of agreement. It could be the standard "I don't vote you, you don't vote me". But Karen was pushing HARD for Sara to stay. On the other hand, Emma and Aaron seem to be on the same page about voting Sara out.
So me and Alex are in the middle. We can vote with Emma and Aaron to take out Sara, or with Karen and Sara to take out Aaron.
We discussed it and ... it will probably be Sara leaving tomorrow. She seems really inexperienced in these games ... and theres enough bad blood between Karen and Aaron now that next round me and Alex could go with one to vote the other out.
I'm surprised that earlier today I was all about getting an alliance going between Karen, Aaron and I ... and Karen and Aaron don't even like each other.
So because of the drama I feel a lot closer to Alex because we kind of had to made a power choise so early on.
It scares me ... theres NOTHING stopping Aaron, Karen, Sara and whoever else from turning the tide and voting me out. Hopefully that doesn't happen ...