Posted by muddapucka on 7/22/2011 6:04:00 PM (view original):
Now that it's past 6:00, I think it'll be 5-2 for pola.

That is correct.


Congratulations polabonez

Posted by bfkfraser on 7/22/2011 6:15:00 PM (view original):

Posted by muddapucka on 7/22/2011 6:04:00 PM (view original):
Now that it's past 6:00, I think it'll be 5-2 for pola.

That is correct.


Congratulations polabonez

I'll be honest, that was pretty anticlimactic.

Now, for the epilogue.    I have received several thank yous for running this and I do appreciate all of them.   I  enjoyed coming up with the challenges, but was out of the loop on what was being discussed between the intertwined alliances, other than what was disclosed to me.    

I have 2 stories that come to mind.  We had a challenge involving Over/under in MLB games.    It was a similar challenge to one done in Survivor VII.     During the challenge, one tribe erroneously posted their submission in the thread.  They did sitemail to me later unchanged.   I was told that the Arfy led tribe had joked they should change one tie-breaker and guarantee that they will not finish last.    Arfy, running late, forwarded the "joke" submission to me, instead of a different one.   He had sent me a second sitemail an hour and a half after the start of the 7:00 games asking if he could change it.    My decision was it would have been unfair to other tribes.    He, then sitemailed me a complaint about the timing of my challenge announcement.    ironically, in Survivor VII's similar challenge, Arfy submitted his entry late and posted nearly the same complaint in the thread.    Must be something about Over/Under on MLB games.

atcchris found the idol at the Cumberland Gap.    He passed it to da_goat at the same time that da_goat played the fake idol.    If da_goat would have just said an idol, i would have had to accept it.    Polabonez's fake idol could have backfired if da-goat would have worded it differently.   Incidently, da_goat also guessed the correct location of the idol, but his post immediately followed atcchris's.    da_goat's post was edited, but the time changes with editing, but not the placement in the thread.

Congrats, pola.  You da man...!!

Feel free to discuss or ask questions.   This game started when I was attending a Bob Sege concert.  And appropriately, this weekend I will be at a Paul McCartney concert

muddapucka

To:

bfkfraser

Received:

6/29/2011 1:26:00 PM

Subject:

my idol clue letter

Message: (Edited)

cc: BFK, pola, awags

Before the game even started, I thought I'd missed out. There were already 30 people signed up, but awags asked if we could have 32. He sitemailed me and asked if I wanted to play and work together. He got me in the game, so I thank him for that.

Before tribes were announced, awags, polabonez, and I formed a super-secret alliance. We would bring in others as needed, but the Core 3 of us would try to make it to the end without having to tell anyone else about us.

Along the way, we got the nickname Prom Queen Bangers. I think it came from pola. Losers go home alone, winners bang the prom queen. Something like that. There are now 11 people left, 10 after today's vote. The PQBs have been doing well.

There have been a couple of times that one of us could've been voted out, but awags and pola made sure that didn't happen.

Poor arfy. He wanted me out so badly at the beginning. I targeted him last game since he helped vote me out a time before. I was over it, but he asked that I be the first one gone when our tribe had to vote. He didn't know I was protected by the people he was asking help from.

I've played a very passive role this game, something out of the ordinary for me. It's much easier when you don't have lots of alliances, real or not, to keep track of.

If the PQBs all make the final merge, we should be able to control things. As it stands right now, we have 2 idols. Hopefully, we can get the third and run with it all the way to the final vote.

polabonez

To:

bfkfraser

Received:

6/29/2011 1:57:00 PM

Subject:

A Letter from Home

Message:

DEAR BFK

I just wanted to let you know that I'm really enjoying my stay here on the island.

When I first showed up, I instantly jumped into an alliance with muddapucka and awags. I felt like they would be the strongest of the veterans in the game, and I didn't trust either of them... So keep your friends close, but your enemies closer sort of thing.

Since, we have gotten along great... It's been a hell of a 3-some. I'll admit that Awags scares me a bit because he has ties in a few places that I'm unaware of, and in a few places that I am aware of that wasn't told about from him.

For instance -

Everyone knows csudak and peanutjets are tied at the hip. However, csudak believes he is a part of a 3 man alliance with awags.

I believe I am a part of a 3 man alliance with awags and mudda.

So, Awags holds the key to TWO three man alliances. While I would like to believe that I am his true alliance (the Prom Queen Bangers, as we like to call ourselves), I can't help but wonder why csudak constantly knows things that only awags knows and vice versa.

I haven't told this information to anyone, and I'm keeping it close for now. awags is connected at the hip also to acres1971 (who he has met in real life), and onside is on board with me I believe, since I have only been saving his life this whole time while he was away helping at camp.

When it comes down to it, I will use this information where needed and turn anyone I have to against anyone... and bring who I need with me.

For now, I have just been messing with all of the soon to be dead people. atcchris thinks we are having a 3-3 stand with him, csudak, and katzphang.

We aren't.

I have been sitemailing him preparing to offer the fake "Idol of Bumpy Tallwacker" and the "Idol of Donkey Punch" trying to get him to play it in the thread for my (and your) amusement.

Anyways, To sum it up. I am your Survivor champion.

If you do it like years past where the top two give a speech, or change it to the current Survivor where 3 give speeches, it doesn't matter.

I got runner up the last time I played 3 Survivors ago. I hosted the last two. And It's my turn to get my name on Victory lane.

Your soon to be champion,

PolaBonez.

onside

To:

bfkfraser

Received:

6/29/2011 4:26:00 PM

Subject:

Letters to the President

Message:

Dear Mr. President,

Well, I don't even know what to say. All logic points to that I should have gotten voted off when I decided to go intern at a camp for two weeks with limited internet access. Thank goodness I aligned myself with the right people. Now the game is finally getting started.

I feel like I have no clue what is actually going on. I've just been the voting buddy of numerous groups (ok, just awags and acres), as polabonez continues to run the show. But, he's the experienced veteran and I'm the "fake" veteran who got voted off in the first 5 tribals of the last game.

If everything goes according to plan, Tyson, csudak, and me will make the final three. After that, I'm probably screwed, because I haven't done much in this game except vote while Tyson has practically ran the whole thing. And I'm sure people will come up with reasons to vote for Casey over me. Basically, I like my chances to make it to the top 6 or so, just because I haven't given people a reason to vote for me. After that, who the hell knows?

Also, that a-hole da_goat has to go and guess 15,000 times for an idol when he knows he's a goner. Thanks for making things complicated, buddy.

Peace.

csudak

To:

bfkfraser

Received:

6/29/2011 4:53:00 PM

Subject:

Letter Home

Message:

This is crazy! I came into this trusting very few. From the get go myself, peanutjets, and awags agreed to have each others backs. My goal is always to just get to the merge and hope that my knowledge gets me to the end. I wasn't really worried about anyother alliances or pecking order as in the end it was just a game.

Once tribes were formed polabonez was nice enough to reach out and bring me in with a few of his guys, which in a circular way included awags. I was allowed to keep peanut in the loop. We had a solid group of 6 or 7 depending on who we really trust and who we were bringing along for the right. I'll tell you this game really plays with your mind.

The DQs really hurt the game as it made it tougher to not have to vote against your own alliances and we had to do alot more work to keep people on other tribes safe.

In the new tribe, had to make new alliances to keep myself safe. I hate making promises I can't keep, but I told them I would work as long as we were together.

Once Adams came together, atcchris, katzphang were planning on me sticking with them. I did for the first vote, but that was because we wanted to flush out any idols and try to gain info, but now we hit the point where I must make a turn against katz.

Nothing personal, just a game.
Hopefully I have my sanity when this is over.

awags

To:

bfkfraser

Received:

6/29/2011 9:38:00 PM

Subject:

Letter

Message:

I really enjoy playing this game. As soon as it was announced I let as many of my GD friends know and several signed up. That created an effective network of operatives at my disposal. Right away I joined up with Pola and Mudda and formed a super secret alliance the likes of which the world has never known. It was a perfect match for me because both Mudda and Pola are extremely clever, something I am not. In fact I am dumber than a bag of wet mice. You will send me a clue for this letter and by the time I say duh and the drool hits my keyboard either Pola or Mudda will have found the idol. Then they'll probably even give it to me out of pity. My master plan is to ride their coat tails until the finish and then somehow convince the jury that I deserve to win. Any ideas on how to do that?

chris