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Aug 24, 2002, 1:26pm

--Not that anyone listens, but as the usual disclaimer, SNIP GODDARNIT when
reply to this post--


Well, community, let's just get to the point. I'm quite disappointed in your
participation. So, I'm letting you decide the fate of the next Tribal
Council, sorta. :) We're giving you a vote! And we'll continue to give you
one at every 3rd Tribal Council. This was supposed to be started at the
first 3rd Tribal Council, but Maka resigned, so we've moved it to the 6th.
Anyways, all you have to do is log onto
http://www.myactiveworlds.com/~ngsurvivor/ and pick who you want to cast off
from Robego. Want to know how Robego is up for Tribal Council this week? You
can vote as many times as you want. The contestant with the most votes will
have a vote cast against him/her. Well, read on. :)

It was a quiet and mildy unpleasent day as our survivors pulled out their
hairs trying to find an illustrious deer. The sneakier ones used those hairs
to throw other contestants off the trail. Unfortunately, our survivors have
been mildly blind since they day I rounded them up (I must've pulled the
blindfolds too tight) and could barely spot a deer. For the few that had,
their unsharpened arrows did nothing but send a pack of angry elks after
them a minute later. Oh when will the torture end?

Well, no one, not even a non-participant, could wrangle back a dead deer, so
no one gets any prizes. Robego's oppurtunity to steal the camps and equalize
their camp supplies were futile. Nebewi's and Tiveac's oppurtunity to get
the object advantage didn't work either. And unfortunately, no one gets the
tee-shirt. Which is bad for our survivors, but good for you! Because if you
attend the taping of the Finale, you'll be automatically entered in a raffle
to win that tee-shirt, just out of my appreciation. More details in 10
weeks. :)

Now, the reason why this Reward Challenge was extremely difficult was
because an important Immunity Challenge was at stake. All the objects these
contestants had been working to save, destroy, or otherwise all culminated
in this week's IC. Their task? Build an SOS signal and ironically save
themselves by staying put. I'm sure you don't get that.

They were given little more than 24 hours to build something out of the
supplies they had. They could use plants and trees, but could not retexture
or alter them in any way. Robego was clearly at a disadvantage for this.
Once a tribe with endless objects, even after some inter-tribal devastation,
they managed to bring a handful of objects with them. Unlike the Nebewi
tribe, they didn't manage to win any Reward Challenges and claim some much
needed objects. But, with what they got, they used their sf-wires as a focal
point, with some fire to light the way. Add a giant corona and some Survivor
music, and Robego's ingenuity might score them enough points to stay out of
Council.

Nebewi, fresh with plenty of signs and hand-picked objects, seemed to be a
shoe-in to win. They used their various signs to create the large letters,
SOS. They painted their cabins bright red and also threw in a corona of
their own. Many of their objects that they won went to waste in this
challenge, as they laid scattered in their tiny camp area.

Tiveac, a fairly inactive tribe, had a good amount of objects, and also
managed "SOS" in bright red lettering by using their various beams and
crates. They put it under neon green floors, and lit the sign a bit. Other
than that, they didn't do much else.

Well, the flyby day has arrived, and I brought along my two trusted judges
along for the helicopter tour. On it was Robbie and Alphabit Phalpha, two
players that almost mastered the game of NG Survivor 1. Robbie made it to
the Final Three, Alphabit to the Final Five. Pretty impressive. :)) Among
knowing how to survive with only *gasp* Alphaworld objects in the newsgroup
environment, they also are great builders and worldowners outside the game.
So, with that said and a few hundred AWoleans, they gladly joined in to
judge the competition.

The first flyby was to Robego's camp.

AlphaBit Phalpha: Looks more to me like a celebration?
Robbie: i cant compare till I've see nthe other
Robbie: but it dosent spell "SOS" to me :)


The second flyby was to Nebewi's camp.

Robbie: thats a little more SOSesque :)
Robbie: i dont like the trees by the flag
AlphaBit Phalpha: I like the fact that they were limited on objects to make
an sos symbol...yet managed it

Nornny11: would you save this tribe?
Robbie: for a small fee ;)
AlphaBit Phalpha: definately

And the last flyby was to Tiveac's.

Robbie: resourceful, heh
Robbie: i tihn kthe SOS isnt as clear
AlphaBit Phalpha: oh...definately a sign that attracts the eye!
AlphaBit Phalpha: I would chose this one cause they look more desperate and
in need not only cause what they have in thier site but also this sign
screams "help":)


Nornny11: Out of these three camps, which one deserves immunity?
Robbie: i'll go for this one (the new tribe)
AlphaBit Phalpha: Agreed

Nornny11: now to pick a loser.
Robbie: hmmm...shall we say first bit?
AlphaBit Phalpha: The worse was the first


And there you have it, right out of the judges' mouths. It came down to not
the SOS, but what was around it. Nebewi's lavish campsite hurt them compared
to Robego's and Tiveac's bare neccessities. And therefore, I dropped the
Immunity Idol down into Tiveac. Their fortunes have just been reversed, from
the losing tribe to the winning tribe. Nebewi manages another second place
finish and face a tough Tribal Reckoning, but again, they will be 4 members
strong.

Robego, for the first time ever, will have to face Tribal Council. Their
perfect record finally has a stain as the tribes near the merge. How will
Robego handle their council? Let's break it down. :)

Builderz, BinaryBud, and maki were all Robego members from the start. It's
the first time they'll be facing Council. JerMe is a seasoned pro, having
been forced to Council because of his once-enemies.

JerMe is clearly an outcast. Compared to the other three, he's the one
that's online the least, and the person the tribe knows least about. But
what they do know is danger. JerMe, even after a weak first week, managed to
get himself in an alliance, and survived four councils with only one vote
cast against him. Overall, he's a good introspective guy with a lot of
strengths, connection-wise. However, he rarely shows up for challenges. he
does, however, prove strong in Reward Challenges.

BinaryBud could also be a Robego target. He's seldom online the same as his
tribemates, and he's extremely disgruntled. Everything he builds gets
changed around, he's always the scapegoat for much of camp troubles, and
this Willy is getting fed up. Is he bringing down the tribe's morale? Binary
also seldomly attends challenges, but also does well in Reward Challenges.
Lately however, Robego have not been strong finishers in rewards, as
apparent in their small camp.

maki is the clear threat. There's no one who's been overall strong than
maki, and that's dangerous. maki attends, participates, and wins almost all
the challenges. He's been savior to Robego many a times, taking much of the
slack of the lazy others. Unfortunately, that also leads to angry
tribemates, who sees his excellent performance as a threat and annoyance. If
he's continually able to perform such stupid challenges, it means Nornny
will continue to have them. Plus, as time draws closer to the merge, does
anyone want that strong of a performer to compete against? Shall they ditch
him early and quick before his true strengths come out? Who knows.

Someone who's been clearly under the radar has been Builderz. He comes to
enough challenges to have a standing in the tribe. He's very to himself when
it comes to camp, and works almost perfectly with his other tribemates. But
Builderz has yet to reveal what he's capable of, and if he continues to be
ignored, he's eventually cut a few throats off and poof, he's in the Final
Two. Who would want that? Builderz maybe, but isn't it time to point the gun
away from the obvious and towards the strategic? The guy is loyal, and
persistent. He won't go down without a long fight. Maybe it's time to start
hacking away.

And then there's you, the public. Vote against your worst, to keep your
favorites. Maybe JerMe DOES have an ally in this tribe? Or maybe the public
are pro-Robego. Who will the public vote off? It's definately a swing vote
that will be sure to rock the game.

There can only be 10 survivors next week. For once, you have the chance to
pick who out of Robego has to Robe-GOGO. And you'll continue to do so every
3rd Tribal Council, so happy pickings. :) In this crucial and trasitional
stage in the game, anything can happen. Tribal Council is tenatively to be
held live on Sunday, 5pm VRT! Be there, as we see one survivor get casted
off.

Tune in next week for some surprising news that will keep our survivors
desperately trying to stay in the game! And find out who's been voted off
and the new Reward Challenge. If you think you have NG Survivor figured out,
you best think again, we're playing by Nornny's rules!

--
From the Newbie's Guide to the AW NG:

"Nornny11 - The original wishy-washy man, this one can actually insult you
and compliment you in the same breath, and in the end say absolutely
nothing! What a talent!"

Aug 24, 2002, 2:16pm

Yet No Slaughter >_<


[View Quote] Ha! Bet you thought I was going to include it all didnt you? :P

- Mark

Aug 24, 2002, 3:28pm

That's lame...they said our's looked like a celebration? Lets see what they
would do with 5 objects. Just because we CAN'T spell SOS means we've
automatically lost, basically? I no likey robbie with his constipated av
faces and bit with her run-on smilies anymore:) And how fair is this public
vote crap? If this really counts against us .. how is it fair..the public
doesn't know us, or how we've been in the game (though I guess you'd like
that...) except from your stupid comments about us in your posts, suggesting
that the public actually reads every post. Oh well... more bullsh*t,
brought to you by the makers of ngsurvivor.


maki


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Aug 24, 2002, 3:29pm

I just wanted to say that I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to help much
with Robego's last challenge. When we all signed up for NGS, we could
select a certain week where we were allowed a period of absence from the
game. Well, this is my week.

Getting a telegram from BinaryBud, I just barely had enough time to see
what our SOS looked like, let alone ask other tribemates if we should
modify it, leave it alone, or what. I am moving this week and things
have been very hectic. I informed my other tribemates of my situation. I
won't be able to attend the Tribal Council, but Nornny contacted me and
told me that I can send him my vote, which I did.

This has been our first ever defeat in the game, and I'm a bit unhappy.
However, considering what objects we had and our time period, I can see
how we lost. I'll be back next week (unless I get voted off) and I'm
sure we will do better. Until then - long live Robego!

-Builderz

Aug 24, 2002, 5:05pm

hehehe, someone feeling threatened?? :)

Hey, the public vote was a STAPLE in the first season of NG Survivor, you're
lucky I paired the public down to every 3 weeks. This is a community game
after all. :) They are the 17th survivor and they're my favorite of them
all. The point of having a public vote is to keep you guys in check. This
isn't just a game played in ActiveWorlds, it's called Newsgroup Survivor,
and all your actions in the newsgroup are just as closely monitored here.
One bad flame war, or otherwise, will equally hurt you. ;) Also, it's a way
to make sure you guys keep writing those funny diary entries, and that they
actually have some substance to them. You're right, the public don't know
who you are and how you're playing except for the degrading information I
feed them. :) Diaries are your only means of defending yourself.

If I were anyone up for Tribal Council, I'd log onto the website, and vote
for the other survivors as much as possible to save your butt too. And I'd
get your friends to do it also. :)


--
From the Newbie's Guide to the AW NG:

"Nornny11 - The original wishy-washy man, this one can actually insult you
and compliment you in the same breath, and in the end say absolutely
nothing! What a talent!"

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Aug 25, 2002, 4:58pm

Dear Diary,

Well... Yet another loss... It seems I never make it onto the winning team.
:-/ I'm not too upset over it though. I share builderz's opinion. I got
short notice, and didn't even have a chance to look at it until the judging
was over. Take a look at the number of objects we had to work with... what
did you people expect?!?

In other news... I've got the odd feeling that this round I'm out.. I admit
i've not been online as much as usual. I'm 2 weeks into the new school year,
and I'm trying to be a little more dedicated to my grades this year. That
means the work is stacking up high.... I've also not even said a word to BB
or Builderz since the big 'switch'. I an never seem to catch them online.
I've gotten a few grams from them over the week informing me of the
challenge and of the council.... I don't have a single alliance within my
tribe, and I'm not sure if the pre-switch alliences are still around or
what... Like I said, I haven't talked to anyone. I also think the lack of
anyone else trying to get in touch with me, may be an indicator that
everyone else is teamed against me.

So, i'm feeling a lot like the odd-man-out. Maybe it's not so bad though.
I've known maki for a while now, and builderz and I are good friends. I host
maki's world, and OP for free... the least he could do is show a little
appreciation :o). I also know Builderz because he does some hosting for a
couple friends of mine. I'm not a complete stranger to either of them, yet I
don't know if that would prevent them from voting for me. BinaryBud is the
only one I don't know, and have never talked to.

About that last reward challenge. I hunted those damn deer for over an hour.
When, afer about 20 mins of hunting, I came upon a few deer... I let them
get as close as I thought they would, and shot my bow straight at the
nearest one. Couldn't hit crap. In the rest of my time playing, I never
managed to see another deer. Pick an easier game Norn.. We could have used
those objects for cryin out loud!

Well, that's my thoughts on that..... Until next week (maybe)...

-Jeremy


--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jeremy Booker - Owner
JTech Web Systems
www.JTechWebSystems.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about
itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Mathew 5-34
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Aug 25, 2002, 5:09pm

[View Quote] ha! you haven't even set up the billing system yet! :-)

maki www.awmaki.com

Aug 25, 2002, 6:09pm

That's not my fault... I'm still waiting on all the paperwork.....

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jeremy Booker - Owner
JTech Web Systems
www.JTechWebSystems.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about
itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Mathew 5-34
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