Welcome to
the first update of the year! For those
of you who played Big Brother, you know how this works. I hop on my soapbox and write a long-winded screed
whose narrative sways somewhere between TMI and STFU.
In between
bad jokes, I tell the story leading to the points we all scored. At the bottom, I include the current
standings, our weekly point totals, and the point totals earned by the
Survivors.
Why
should you read this?
First,
because reading is cool
Second,
because it’s funny
Third, when
it’s not funny you can mock me (and who doesn’t enjoy that?)
Fourth, I
hide ways to earn bonus points in the text.
Fifth, what,
you got something better to do? Put down TikTok for 5 minutes and enjoy it
Ok, intro
over! Let’s dive in with a look at this week’s rosters:
|
Scott |
Jake |
Savannah |
|
Jay |
Rizo |
Sophi |
|
Carol |
Jake |
MC |
|
Roberta |
Jake |
Nate |
|
Iyasah |
Steven |
Savannah |
|
Dalphyne |
Jake |
Sage |
|
Ricky |
MC |
Nate |
|
Marissa |
Jeremiah |
MC |
|
Brian |
Savannah |
Rizo |
|
Kristyn |
Steven |
Savannah |
|
Gloria |
Alex |
Savannah |
Savannah was the most popular pick (5) followed by shoe-stealing Jake (4). No one had faith in Annie, Jason, Jawan, Kristina, Matt, or Shannon. Were these wise choices? Let’s see how it played out.
We kick off
at Kele (Blue) following Nicole’s early elimination. Sophi thinks tribal
council was a success but wishes Annie could have followed her. As they suffer,
Jeremiah decides to dig out and eat worms, and somehow, it’s grosser than it
sounds.
Annie wants to see Jake gone because come merge time, he’ll beat them all. There are 17 people left, so that’s around 8 Tribal Councils from now. I get planning for the future but come on! She thinks she's the puppet master.
She tries to
recruit Jeremiah and Sophi against Jake, and they yes-her to death, but they
tell Jake everything and laugh at the idea of voting him out over Annie.
Over at Uli
(Red) they are ecstatic when they find the biggest crab in Fiji to eat, but
tribe-dad Nate knows he needs to adopt the language of the tribe youth if he
wants to stick around. I’ll try not to
laugh when he starts whipping out Rizz, Vibe, Fire and calling things Cinema (5
points for “Say the title of the episode” [Nate] to Roberta and Ricky to!). His
attempts to adapt pay off when Rizo starts wanting to work with him (1 point
for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Rizo] to Jay and Brian!). The two lock in
Savannah and Shannon, and all seem genuinely into it. This foursome leaves
Jawan on the outs, and he spends a good deal of time away from camp idol
hunting but comes up empty.
Finally, at
Hina, winning creates good vibes for Steven, but he sees the game moving and
locks in with Kristina and Matt. They
bring in MC, who follows Rule #7: Always Say Yes, but doesn’t like the idea that
she’s the fourth of three, and tells Sophie she could be the target. (1
point for “Mention ‘in this game’”[Sophie] to no one!)
Boats arrive
at the camps and Matt, Jawan and Jake go on the Journey.
(3 points
for “Chosen to go on a journey” [Matt] no one!)
(3 points
for “Chosen to go on a journey” [Jawan] to no one no one!)
(3 points
for "Chosen to go on a journey” [Jake] to Scott, Carol, Roberta and
Dalphyne!)
In this
competition, they have to sink coconut basketballs into each other’s nets until
the basket falls. Last person standing wins a choice of advantages. Jawan was
confident on the way over, but seeing the size of Matt and Jake has him worried,
and Jake is playing for keeps (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Jake]
to Scott, Carol, Roberta and Dalphyne!)
Jake sees
Matt as old, and Jawan as uncoordinated, making him feel confident. Normally in
competitions like this, two people would gang up on one but that doesn’t happen
here. Five points if you text or message me the word overconfidence. Matt puts
on a good performance, but he’s taken out first. Jawan and Jake look close, but
in the end Jawan overcomes Jake’s confidence and sends him back to Kele
empty-handed. (7 points for “Obtain secret advantage”[Jawan] to no one!)
Jawan’s
choice is between stealing a Jake or Matt’s vote, or disadvantaging Hina or
Kele in the upcoming tribal council.
Being on the outs with his tribe, I absolutely would have stolen
the vote to protect myself, but Jawan chooses to disadvantage one of the other
tribes, a move that might have influenced Savannah. Shows what I know!
Back at Kele
(Blue) Jake’s shoe stealing has its baffling effect on Annie and Alex. Annie is domineering, telling Sophi to vote
out Jake. Sophi yes’s Annie but Jake’s her #1 and would rather break up the
bromance by voting out Alex.
Meanwhile,
Alex and Jake’s hunt in the woods proves fruitful as Alex finds and opens a
Beware advantage! (4 points (2 each) for “Find Beware Advantage” and “Open
Beware Advantage” [Alex] to Gloria!) but he can’t do anything with it until
after his tribe loses an immunity challenge, and if he doesn’t open it the Idol
becomes dead.
At the
immunity challenge, the tribes have to race over an elevated cargo net, then
cross a wide step log obstacle. Then they need to dig up a key and use it to
unlock a rope gate. After they’re through the gate, they need to climb a ramp
and solve a 2-person Survivor logo puzzle. First two tribes win immunity and
reward. Hina and Uli choose Kristina and Sage to sit out
(2 points
for “Volunteer to sit out a challenge”[Sage] to Dalphyne!)
Before they
start, Jeff asks Jawan to publicly
disadvantage another tribe. I imagine he thought that would be secret. Sucks for you, Jawan! He doesn’t have the heart to disadvantage Kele
and chooses Hina (Yellow) instead.
For their
disadvantage, Hina will race wearing 20 pounds of coconuts (!) and will have 10
keys to try at the rope gate instead of just one. That’s a pretty serious disadvantage, and
Hina takes it as a personal affront.
The elevated
rope crawl is new and looks really difficult until Rizo somersaults through it.
The coconuts are unwieldy and continually smack Hina members in the head.
Kele takes a
big lead, their first of the season, and is through the rope gate and up the
wall before anyone else has dug up their ladder. Sophi and Alex have several
minutes to work on the puzzle as Uli and Hina finally get to the ramp, but
they’ve made no progress at all! Disadvantaged Hina’s Jason takes over the
puzzle and makes short work of it, earning Immunity and Reward for Hina!
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[Matt] to no one!)
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[MC] to Carol, Ricky
and Marissa!)
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[Steven] Iyasah and
Kristyn!)
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[Jason] no one!)
And Kele STILL
hasn’t made any progress at all!
Uli
completes a Comeback For The Ages, sending Kele back to tribal council
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[Nate] to Roberta and
Ricky!)
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[Savannah] to Scott,
Iyasah, Brian, Kristyn and Gloria!)
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[Rizo] to Jay and Brian!)
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[Sage] to Dalphyne!)
(6 points
(3 each) for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward”[Jawan] to no one!)
This is the 5th time Kele has lost, Jeff! (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Sophi] to Jay!). In the post-game interview, Jeff notes that Sophi looks down.
Back at Kele
(Blue), they are operating on starvation and fatigue which has Annie shifting
her target from Jake, who’s great in the competitions, to Sophi who failed on
the puzzle. Jake fakes agreeing with
her, but he’s voting Annie, along with Alex and Sophie.
Alex heads to the location shown on the map and runs into Sophi on the way. Trapped, he shows her the Beware Advantage and along with Jake, they dig until they find a chain with a cannonball on one end and a key on the other. (2 points for “Complete Stage 1 of a Beware Advantage”[Alex] to Gloria!). On their way to find the lockbox, Alex says he doesn’t want anyone else to know about the idol.
These arcane
words act as a summoning spell, and Jeremiah appears in their path. With no
choice but to share, Alex enlists Jeremiah in the search. Sophi finds the box but quickly hides it so
she can come back and open it herself later. Did she not hear the part about it
becoming dead if Alex doesn’t open it? Unfortunately for Sophi, her plan fails
as Alex finally finds and opens the box! (5 points for “Find a hidden
immunity idol”[Alex] to Gloria!)
Sensing he
could be in trouble, Jeremiah pitches voting for Sophi to Alex. As both he and
Sophi are competing for Jake, Alex considers it. He tells Annie about his idol
and considers using his idol to protect Annie while voting out Sophi. It’s game
talk but I can’t see him actually doing this.
At tribal council, Sophi feels like she’s
about to get expelled from school, while Jake looks to shift things to the
positive. Jeff notes that Survivors who make it out of struggling tribes tend
to do well later in the game. Sophi thinks this is because losing forces you to
play earlier.
At the vote,
Sophi is chosen to go first (2 points for “First person chosen to vote” [Sophi] to Jay!). As the votes come in, Alex chooses not to play his
idol and his under-the-radar pairing with Annie comes to an end, as the wanna-be puppet master is voted
out 4-1
(1 point
for “Received vote against” [Sophi] to Jay!)
(4 points
for “Received vote against” [Annie] to no one!)
(-1 point
for “The Tribe Has Spoken” [Annie] against no one!)
Annie thinks the blindside was unbelievable, and I believe she believes that.
So, how does
this affect our scores?
Journey
winner Jawan was the week’s high scorer with 16 points, followed by idol-finder
Alex and lingo-learner Nate at 11. Jeremiah
put up a big, fat zero and is the low scorer for the week.
Ricky jumps
out to the lead of our 11-person game thanks to Uli and Hina’s competition
dominance. He’s followed in 2nd closely by newcomer Gloria, who’s
just a point behind. Roberta debuts at #3, Brian at #4. They outpace a 4-way tie for 5th
between Jay, Iyasah, Dalphyne and Kristyn.
Carol opens in 9th place, just a point behind the tie, and
I’m a point behind her (a fact which I’m sure to hear about) which leaves poor
Marissa to start in the cellar.
Overall
scores
|
Name |
Scores |
|
Ricky |
18 |
|
Gloria |
17 |
|
Roberta |
15 |
|
Brian |
13 |
|
Jay |
12 |
|
Iyasah |
12 |
|
Dalphyne |
12 |
|
Kristyn |
12 |
|
Carol |
11 |
|
Scott |
10 |
|
Marissa |
7 |
Weekly
Survivor scores
|
Name |
Scores |
|
Jawan |
16 |
|
Alex |
11 |
|
Nate |
11 |
|
Matt |
9 |
|
Kristina |
8 |
|
Sage |
8 |
|
MC |
7 |
|
Rizo |
7 |
|
Jason |
6 |
|
Steven |
6 |
|
Sophie |
6 |
|
Savannah |
6 |
|
Shannon |
6 |
|
Sophi |
5 |
|
Annie |
4 |
|
Jake |
4 |
|
Jeremiah |
0 |
|
Nicole |
0 |
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