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Sep 1, 2002, 11:26pm

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The pressure is on for these 10 poor poor souls, as the heat in the
newsgroup turns up a few hundred degrees.

When last we met, BinaryBud narrowly escaped his castoff thanks to Builderz
and the public. Maki tried his best to save his friend, and server host,
JerMe from being whisked off the newsgroup cliffs, but in the end, JerMe was
the victim of old Tribal Lines. Maki is in danger of backlash from his
tribemates as he breaks loyalties. And the public seems to be rooting for
the remaining 7 original Robego members more so than the dwindling 3 Nebewi
members.

This week, our survivors are told that they will NOT merge yet, as been done
in past Survivor series. it is in fact next week that they will become 1
tribe. So far, Robego and Tiveac are down one member, while Nebewi stays
strong with 4, if somewhat disconnected and bitter between themselves from
all those Reckonings.

And they are told that this week's Reward Challenge holds something special
in store for the winning tribe. The challenge was for each tribe to control
their monkeys enough and each other. The highest scorer and the lowest
scorer in each tribe will be compared, and the tribe with the least
difference over 0 would win Immunity. All it could've taken was one person
scoring 1 point and the rest of the tribe doing nothing to win. But alas, a
teeshirt for the highest scorer is also at stake.

So, most of our survivors are too worn and rugged to even bother to
participate in this challenge, even with hidden incentive. But a few of them
did churn out scores.

Lioness, a consistently phenominal scorer (and threat), managed to pull out
147 points for Nebewi. Ambient managed a 109. Mod blows both away with a
301. So, let's tally up the score. :))

Robego's members didn't participate at all, meaning their difference is 0,
so they are disqualified.

For Nebewi, Mod's score of 301 is subtracted from Eric's or Mongo's score of
0, meaning they have an excrutiatingly high difference of 301. :)) Mod does
receive a tee shirt for his high score, however.

It's Tiveac who manages to pull out another win, with a difference of 147.
:)


So, at this week's Immunity Challenge, held last night, Ambient Spirit, the
representative for Tiveac (the person from the tribe that showed up for the
challenge), was faced with their reward, a choice.

I presented them with two options:

1) Participate in the Immunity Challenge and try to win Immunity.

2) DON'T participate in the Challenge, and automatically advance to the
Merge, at a price. They would have to face Tribal Reckoning.

Basically, it was try for first and possibly fail or settle for second
place. Should she choose the second choice, she would leave Nebewi and
Robego members fighting out one last battle for Immunity as Tiveac members
fight within themselves. A reckoning means they will cast votes against each
other that could hurt them later on. if they choose choice one, they risk
going to Council, but could also win Immunity and breeze through this week
untouched.

Ambient, after much inner torment, and to the anxiousness of Mongo, Lioness,
and maki, who attended the challenge, chose to go ahead and choose to face
Reckoning to save her tribemates.

So, Robego and Nebewi had to face off in a one on one battle to save their
tribe. Since there were two Nebewi members and one Robego member, Mongo
chose to sit out of the challenge and cheer Lioness on. The challenge was a
giant maze built in the southern part of the world. Halfway through the
maze, are survival trivia questions, with answers posted on the walls. Going
through the correct wall means the answer is correct, and the survivor will
find another question. If he/she goes through the wrong wall, he/she must
figure that out and retrace his/her steps and/or get very very lost. :) The
race was off, with Lioness bolting out in front. But as Lioness lost herself
in the first half of the maze, maki managed to quickly get to the trivia
area of the maze. He answered the first two questions correctly before
getting lost on the last question. As he got lost in the trivia area of the
maze, Lioness had a chance to catch up, as maki had brought himself all the
way back to the begining of the maze. However, he recovered. And back at the
last question which was "What color are mosquitoes attracted to", he
correctly guess his tribe's color of blue and made it out the exit. Nebewi
faces their first Tribal Council as a new tribe for the first and last time,
as Robego bounces back from last week's lost and goes on to the merge.

After this Tribal Council, three members from each of the three tribes will
advance to the merge, so it's pretty even. However, by old lines, it's not.
Old Nebewi is outnumbered greatly 3-7. And, with Mongo on the chopping
block, the odds could be go farther away.

Let's first go to Reckoning. Gandalf did not fill out his form, so a vote is
automatically casted towards himself unless he gives it to me before the
merge tommorow (more on that below).

Gamecube feels that Ambient has done a lot to the tribe while Gandalf
hasn't. Ambie adds that "what we have here is a lack of communication."

Gamecube feels that his position in his tribe is "ok", and adds again that
Ambient is doing ALL the work.

As for Ambient's choice, Ambie defends her decision. "I made the choice to
go to Tribal Reckoning because, not being good at mazes at all...i would
either have ended up facing Tribal Council again.. and I have faced that
enough times for now. This was the best option available!"

Who do they think will be voted off Nebewi tonight? Ambie and Gamecube both
hope that Eric will. They both don't feel Eric's castoff would affect the
outcome of their games. "My strategy is to be myself...nothing can affect
that," Ambie states.

As for the Tribal Lines question, Ambient is also going against her current
tribe and past tribe and will try to get with opposing members (Lioness,
Eric, maki, Builderz, Binary). Gamecube is sticking to Robego lines. :) Is
Ambie wise to switch sides? Is she leaving Gandalf and Mongo out as sitting
ducks?

Anyways, let's see who these two voted for. Gandalf, as you know, votes for
himself. Gamecube also votes for Gandalf. Ambie votes for Gamecube.

So that's 2 Gandalf, 1 Gamecube. Will this affect the two later on as we get
into the merge? How about other votes casted during D a n's castoff? We'll
have to watch and see.




Now onto the big show. :) Tribal Council.

We've followed Nebewi for two weeks now and we see that no one in there is
safe. Eric and Mongo have their differences between each other. Lioness has
consistently voted against her old Robego ties. And Mod is seems like the
swinger when it comes to voting. So what's going on? Everyone is on pins and
needles.

"My nails are all gone," exclaimed Mod.

Mongo notes that the tribe has been a little vague to him, which makes him
apprehensive.

Let's just get straight to voting, shall we?


Lioness is up first: (draws a name out of a bowl to be
fair)...(cringes)...sorry ;-"<

Mod goes next: first time at tribal council is tough, but its better to wit
the devil I know, then the devil I don't. I wish I didn't have to vote
anyone out, we are all strong together. I vote ...

Eric votes.

Then Mongo: I vote off... - I've hardly seen him around to help the tribe at
all.



Okay...I'll go tally the votes.








First vote...Mongo.









Second vote...Mongo.








.....





Mod. That's two votes Mongo, one vote Mod.



.....




....


....



Eric.


Mongo, you have the most votes, please hand me your torch. :( The tribe has
spoken...*extinguishes flame* *tribal council climax* Unfortunately, you do
not move on to the merge. Please grace us with your final words on the game
and so forth. You can say ANYTHING you'd like to the players, the newsgroup,
whatever.


And with that, we're down to the Final 9.

Builderz - the quiet, under-the-radar threat.

BinaryBud - the disgruntled, semi-blind, oldie.

Ambient Spirit - the breadgiving gardener.

maki - the 50/50 competitor.

Gamecube - the lazy, invisible one.

Lioness e - the sassy, wild one.

Gandalf - the wizard with no magic (or strategy).

Eric - all-talk, no action.

Mod - the annoying, watchful birdie.

On Monday, at 3:30 VRT (15:30), the remaining members of the three tribes,
Robego, Nebewi, and Tiveac will merge into one tribe. And from now on, it's
one avatar for itself. Reward and Immunity challenges are played for
personal gain, not for the good of the tribe. And the public, that's you,
the average reader, will play a larger role in the fate of these nine.
September is just starting, and we only have two months left, before someone
will emerge as Ultimate Survivor!

Join us Monday for the merging ceremony, and for the tribe's first Immunity
Challenge! And join us again midweek for another update and recap of the
first half of the game (don't you just love retrospectives?), and this
weekend for the results of this new tribe's first Tribal Council.

Will the ladies team up? Are the lazy AWTeeners inactive, or strategic. Will
the strongest fall first? Can Nebewi get Robego members to change sides? Is
it 3 vs 3 vs 3? How will past actions hurt these lying, deceptive, posters?
All your questions will be answered as we officially kick off the second
half of the game!! YAY!!!!! 8 will fall, 1 will win a P-50 world! More
surprises to come, kids. :)


PRODUCTION NOTE: Website is slowly being updated. :) Please check back on it
often, as profiles and pages are constantly changing. And don't forget the
minipoll! http://www.myactiveworlds.com/~ngsurvivor

--
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!"

Sep 1, 2002, 11:50pm

No comment - you don't want to hear what I honestly think of this whole
Survivor series. I'm trying my damnedest to leave with my dignity intact,
and what I have to say right now would make Eep look like Miss Manners. I
have met some nice people in the contest, and I hope these friendships
continue. It was good for laughs occasionally - I wish all the remaining
contestants the best of luck - except for the two schmucks that voted me off
the contest, of course.

Sep 1, 2002, 11:57pm

`Dear diary
Wow, Mental trauma is setting in. Finally the merge. This game takes a
lot out of me, and my first tribal council was a horrible expierience. I
voted Mongo, he now hates me out of the game, and blocked all t-grams. I
guess thats the game. Never the less I am here, barely. This birdie is but
feathers and hollow bone. I dont feel like writing anymore, my beak hurts,
and eric is snoring >.<

-Mod

Sep 2, 2002, 12:20am

Awww, suck it up, trooper - you'll get over it. I'm mad - I'll be pretty
much over it when I wake up tomorrow. My getting voted off wasn't because of
my worthiness, or my performance - it was a freaking popularity contest.
Well - now you know me a little better. Good luck to you and your AWTeen
buddies, and try not to vote off those outside your circle of friends too
quickly.

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Sep 2, 2002, 1:18am

Dear Diary

A note to Mongo:

I'll be open about this, mongo I voted for you, and you know why? Because
as much as I didn't want to believe it all i could see in you is what i see
right now, anger and mistrust. I'm sorry it had to be like this.


-Eric
PS. Had you voted against mod, it would have tied and most likely the
reckoning vote would have been used to cast me out. I never really got to
know you well, and I don't think you'd like me to, but I hope some day we
can both get over this and work something out.



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Sep 2, 2002, 3:13pm

I believe my last words will be the same as Mongo's. "No Comment".

I'd also like to send this post with the feeling that I have some sort of
dignity remaning. I don't want to make myself look like a fool, unlike the
numerous other people that feel the need to grace us with their needless
posts and flames.

I also share Mongo's opinion of the game. This whole round of NGS has been a
crock. From people cheating, times changing..... For example: (not to whine
or anything) I would still be in the game if it wern't for that public
voting thing. Since when does the public get to vote? And who set up the
vote so that anyone could vote as many times as you want? All the other
survivors had mabye 10 votes at the most for them.... Number of votes for
me: over 1000. Some little shit got his jollies the other day by clicking
that damn button a thousand times or so. ....What a load of crap. *rolls
eyes and shakes his head*

Looking back, it's all pretty funny.... It is indeed good for laughs.

-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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Sep 5, 2002, 12:09am

Hey guys, sorry for the late post, but here's Gandalf's Reckoning form for
anyone who's interested. :)

He says of Ambi, "Ambi as always is a great team member, and both her and I
are in constant contact about the tribe. I can't find fault in her.

He says of Gamecube "Gamecube is everything Ambi isn't. I have received no
answer from any telegrams I send, and I have rarely seen him.

He believed he was safe, having a "strong alliance with one of them."

He thinks Gamecube is the weakest link and that Ambi made the right choice
in choosing to go to Reckoning. He will try to align himself with people
from the opposing tribe, almost everyone from Robego left.

Because he did not pick a person to vote for, he casts a vote for himself.
:)

--
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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