Survivor: Lupus Tribal Thread - Page 8

Abe Sargent · 02-07-2007, 10:27 PM

I do not like losing

I left thinking that we had the evening covered, popped back in at the 45 minute to confuse other teams, popped back out again, and wow, did we screw some pooch.

To be fair, I hit second twice when I might have been a half second faster or whatnot, and that extra point or two would have been worth soemthing. We all share blame on this one I guess.

hoopsguy · 02-07-2007, 10:54 PM

What an incredible roller-coaster ride today had to be for your team. After a torrid start it all came apart down the stretch. What do you think happened? Did the other teams rise to meet your level, or did you take your foot off the gas?

Swaggs · 02-07-2007, 11:22 PM

I actually think this is the second time in this game that we have been screwed by our lack of numbers.

And, I think it hurt us in two ways today:

First, only four players to cover a day when we had to be available for virtually the entire day. I know I have little to no internet access while at work and I know most, if not all, of our team works and/or goes to school full-time, so we were at a big disadvantage in that way.

Second, a one-in-four shot to negate our vote, since there are only four of us, as opposed to a one-in-five or one-in-six for the other teams, and it just clearly made sense, especially after we took the lead, for the other teams to key in on and try to disable us. The other teams figured this out early enough and then took advantage of it down the stretch to kill us.

hoopsguy · 02-07-2007, 11:44 PM

What are your thoughts on Swaggs ending up with the most votes? Are you concerned about "something bad" happening to him?

Swaggs · 02-07-2007, 11:45 PM

I am concerned, but also eager to find out what it is. Maybe it will somehow turn into a positive.

hoopsguy · 02-07-2007, 11:47 PM

How do the presence of the idols impact your decisions for voting?

hoopsguy · 02-08-2007, 12:00 AM

Also, there has been a lot of speculation about the presence of "werewolves" on this island. Do you believe that you would recognize one if you were to vote them off? After all, it isn't like voting them off means you cap them with a silver bullet ... our advertisers would never go for something like that.

Abe Sargent · 02-08-2007, 12:05 AM

hoops since you are around, how come we are in council when we got the second highest score, not secodn lowest? I don;t understand that

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 12:06 AM

Im not crazy when i say evil is manipulating things...the team with idols that can harm evil is the team being conspired against...im not crazy, people really are out to get us...

Swaggs · 02-08-2007, 12:07 AM

Right now, the idols are not a factor for me.

I'm probably going to see how tomorrow's challenge goes before deciding on who to vote for. It stinks in this game, because I really like all of the members of my tribe and like them outside the game, since I am very familiar with all of them as FOFC vets and I honestly don't think we have played a bad game up to this point. We have just been unfortunate with our numbers, as we need to run our games almost perfectly to win, whereas other teams can rely on their numbers to help them if they make mistakes.

I know I'll have to vote for one of three guys that I like and enjoy playing with and I am not ready to make the call on who yet.

Abe Sargent · 02-08-2007, 12:07 AM

Post 842 by Barkeep lists these as the final scores:

Tribal Scoreboard
Lupus 13
Oz 7
Howard 12
Helsing 16

Swaggs · 02-08-2007, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anxiety

Post 842 by Barkeep lists these as the final scores:

Tribal Scoreboard
Lupus 13
Oz 7
Howard 12
Helsing 16

BK didn't update it from the previous challenge.

You had me thinking we weren't going to have to vote, too.

Swaggs · 02-08-2007, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade6119

Im not crazy when i say evil is manipulating things...the team with idols that can harm evil is the team being conspired against...im not crazy, people really are out to get us...

Blade, I don't doubt that the werewolves may be manipulating their teams, but I think the bigger motivation for voting against us is that the odds were higher that they would block one of ours, since there are only four of us. They had a 1/4 shot in blocking us, as opposed to a 1/5 or 1/6.

hoopsguy · 02-08-2007, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anxiety

hoops since you are around, how come we are in council when we got the second highest score, not secodn lowest? I don;t understand that

OOC - I'm not entirely sure, as I read the post a couple of times to make sure I was talking with the right group and saw the same thing you cited with the scores. But I went with his text in both the thread and our AIM conversation from when I came back online post-deadline.

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 12:14 AM

This really sucks..im still stunned were going to tribal council again

hoopsguy · 02-08-2007, 12:15 AM

For the conspiracy-theory people out there - the two teams in tribal council are the team with the seer and the team who won the idols.

Do you think that the other teams should have soft-played against you based on this knowledge? If so, would reminding them of the idols during the daytime competition have helped or hindered your efforts?

Swaggs · 02-08-2007, 12:17 AM

Guys, what do you think about Tyrith's explanation of running another account because he is into statistics? I am leaning towards thinking he has some sort of ability to read other tribes' threads (and yes, I am aware that he could/will eventually see this), and just screwed up by not logging out first. Thoughts?

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swaggs

Guys, what do you think about Tyrith's explanation of running another account because he is into statistics? I am leaning towards thinking he has some sort of ability to read other tribes' threads (and yes, I am aware that he could/will eventually see this), and just screwed up by not logging out first. Thoughts?

I believe what he said. I can totally see someone clicking on the # of posts to see who was being active. And he probably didn't realize that it was wrong to do so. Borderline? Yes. But he probably thought to himself that he was okay because he wasn't reading their threads.

I'm sure he had no idea that when you do that it shows you as being in the thread. Which is why he got pissed off when AE started accusing him of cheating.

It is a crappy situation, but I tend to believe Tyrith.

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

For the conspiracy-theory people out there - the two teams in tribal council are the team with the seer and the team who won the idols.

Do you think that the other teams should have soft-played against you based on this knowledge? If so, would reminding them of the idols during the daytime competition have helped or hindered your efforts?

Nah. I think that since we haven't seen ANY evidence of wolves yet that players have just been trying to win challenges. At least to this point, a player is MUCH more likely to be voted off at tribal council than to be eaten by wolves.

So it is super important to win the challenges.

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Also, there has been a lot of speculation about the presence of "werewolves" on this island. Do you believe that you would recognize one if you were to vote them off? After all, it isn't like voting them off means you cap them with a silver bullet ... our advertisers would never go for something like that.

My concern is that once someone is voted off, they BECOME a wolf (or have a %chance to become a wolf). I don't have much to back that up, except that no wolf attacks have come yet, and I imagine they will now that we have voted some folks off the island.

Abe Sargent · 02-08-2007, 10:22 AM

Hello all. I;m glad that oday is the day I won't be around much because its a slow challenge. I'll be back 2-3 ish and then after 6 or 7.

We need to come up with a bidding strategy.

Thoughts?

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 11:11 AM

So swaggs.... Maybe we should do this riddle thing in THIS thread.

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 11:16 AM

So, is the acrostic guy AE?

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 11:17 AM

Does #367 refer to this statement:

Quote:

There also could possibly be more than one wolf per tribe if more than one volunteered...

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 11:21 AM

Ya swaggs, maybe for a bit we keep it in here.

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 11:22 AM

I wonder if he is unable to post in here. Maybe he was made to only post in the main thread.

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 11:23 AM

Swaggs....hello?

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 11:24 AM

HI LSG!!! *WAVES*

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 11:30 AM

Swaggs, are you able to post in this thread at all? If so, just post something.

LoneStarGirl · 02-08-2007, 11:31 AM

lol... its fun to see Blade sweat a little

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoneStarGirl

lol... its fun to see Blade sweat a little

I'm not sure, but I don't think you're supposed to be reading our thread.

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KWhit

I'm not sure, but I don't think you're supposed to be reading our thread.

Shes not, and barkeep has been notified...

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anxiety

Hello all. I;m glad that oday is the day I won't be around much because its a slow challenge. I'll be back 2-3 ish and then after 6 or 7.

We need to come up with a bidding strategy.

Thoughts?

this was his last post swaggs

LoneStarGirl · 02-08-2007, 11:50 AM

lol, Barkeep knows I am reading all the threads. I have told him I will not participate in WW, especially not this game, so its really not a problem. But I will not be posting anymore, just letting you guys know whats going on.

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 11:51 AM

You already did participate in WW? You quitting or something?

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 11:54 AM

Swaggs, Say yes if your referring to yourself...say no if your referring to anxiety

LoneStarGirl · 02-08-2007, 11:55 AM

Probably so. The last 4-5 games haven't been fun at all.

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:02 PM

Swaggs:

Are you saying that YOU are a wolf?

Post YES or NO please.

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:06 PM

The person we know wrote the acrostic. Is that Swaggs?

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:06 PM

I'm going to post a few Y or N questions for you.

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:06 PM

Quote:

cannot do what #2 mentioned in his first post.

Does that refer to:

Hello fellow survivors!

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:08 PM

OH! Just re-read some stuff.

You are going to have bidding advice for us today?!

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:10 PM

Okay. Does #2 refer to AlanT?

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 12:12 PM

Lupus
Swaggs
KWhit
Chief Run Voted out at Tribal Council
Anxiety
Blade

Quote:

Originally Posted by KWhit

Hey guys. Normal villager dude checking in. I don't think I need to post in blue in this thread, but I will just in case.

Kwhit is #2 on our list, and that was his first post...is that the post you mean?

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:12 PM

Blade, do you know what's going on?

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 12:13 PM

kwhit is also #2 in posts in our thread

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 12:13 PM

im working my way there kwhit, give it awhile and we will learn something im sure

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:14 PM

Swaggs was the #2 player to post in the thread. Is #2 you Swaggs?

Blade6119 · 02-08-2007, 12:15 PM

Swaggs, is #2 kwhit?

KWhit · 02-08-2007, 12:20 PM

The first part of the clue is just that Swaggs can't post in THIS thread.

We have that part solved now.

02-07-2007, 10:27 PM	#351
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	I do not like losing I left thinking that we had the evening covered, popped back in at the 45 minute to confuse other teams, popped back out again, and wow, did we screw some pooch. To be fair, I hit second twice when I might have been a half second faster or whatnot, and that extra point or two would have been worth soemthing. We all share blame on this one I guess. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

02-07-2007, 11:22 PM	#353
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I actually think this is the second time in this game that we have been screwed by our lack of numbers. And, I think it hurt us in two ways today: First, only four players to cover a day when we had to be available for virtually the entire day. I know I have little to no internet access while at work and I know most, if not all, of our team works and/or goes to school full-time, so we were at a big disadvantage in that way. Second, a one-in-four shot to negate our vote, since there are only four of us, as opposed to a one-in-five or one-in-six for the other teams, and it just clearly made sense, especially after we took the lead, for the other teams to key in on and try to disable us. The other teams figured this out early enough and then took advantage of it down the stretch to kill us. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-07-2007, 11:45 PM	#355
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I am concerned, but also eager to find out what it is. Maybe it will somehow turn into a positive. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-08-2007, 12:05 AM	#358
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	hoops since you are around, how come we are in council when we got the second highest score, not secodn lowest? I don;t understand that __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

02-08-2007, 12:06 AM	#359
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Im not crazy when i say evil is manipulating things...the team with idols that can harm evil is the team being conspired against...im not crazy, people really are out to get us... __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-07-2007, 10:54 PM	#352
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	What an incredible roller-coaster ride today had to be for your team. After a torrid start it all came apart down the stretch. What do you think happened? Did the other teams rise to meet your level, or did you take your foot off the gas?

02-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#354
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	What are your thoughts on Swaggs ending up with the most votes? Are you concerned about "something bad" happening to him?

02-07-2007, 11:47 PM	#356
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	How do the presence of the idols impact your decisions for voting?

02-08-2007, 12:00 AM	#357
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Also, there has been a lot of speculation about the presence of "werewolves" on this island. Do you believe that you would recognize one if you were to vote them off? After all, it isn't like voting them off means you cap them with a silver bullet ... our advertisers would never go for something like that.

02-08-2007, 12:07 AM	#360
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Right now, the idols are not a factor for me. I'm probably going to see how tomorrow's challenge goes before deciding on who to vote for. It stinks in this game, because I really like all of the members of my tribe and like them outside the game, since I am very familiar with all of them as FOFC vets and I honestly don't think we have played a bad game up to this point. We have just been unfortunate with our numbers, as we need to run our games almost perfectly to win, whereas other teams can rely on their numbers to help them if they make mistakes. I know I'll have to vote for one of three guys that I like and enjoy playing with and I am not ready to make the call on who yet. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-08-2007, 12:07 AM	#361
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	Post 842 by Barkeep lists these as the final scores: Tribal Scoreboard Lupus 13 Oz 7 Howard 12 Helsing 16 __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

02-08-2007, 12:14 AM	#365
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	This really sucks..im still stunned were going to tribal council again __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-08-2007, 12:15 AM	#366
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	For the conspiracy-theory people out there - the two teams in tribal council are the team with the seer and the team who won the idols. Do you think that the other teams should have soft-played against you based on this knowledge? If so, would reminding them of the idols during the daytime competition have helped or hindered your efforts?

02-08-2007, 12:17 AM	#367
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Guys, what do you think about Tyrith's explanation of running another account because he is into statistics? I am leaning towards thinking he has some sort of ability to read other tribes' threads (and yes, I am aware that he could/will eventually see this), and just screwed up by not logging out first. Thoughts? __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-08-2007, 10:22 AM	#371
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	Hello all. I;m glad that oday is the day I won't be around much because its a slow challenge. I'll be back 2-3 ish and then after 6 or 7. We need to come up with a bidding strategy. Thoughts? __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

02-08-2007, 11:11 AM	#372
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	So swaggs.... Maybe we should do this riddle thing in THIS thread.

02-08-2007, 11:16 AM	#373
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	So, is the acrostic guy AE?

02-08-2007, 11:21 AM	#375
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Ya swaggs, maybe for a bit we keep it in here. __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-08-2007, 11:22 AM	#376
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	I wonder if he is unable to post in here. Maybe he was made to only post in the main thread.

02-08-2007, 11:23 AM	#377
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Swaggs....hello? __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-08-2007, 11:24 AM	#378
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	HI LSG!!! WAVES __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-08-2007, 11:30 AM	#379
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Swaggs, are you able to post in this thread at all? If so, just post something.

02-08-2007, 11:31 AM	#380
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	lol... its fun to see Blade sweat a little

02-08-2007, 11:50 AM	#384
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	lol, Barkeep knows I am reading all the threads. I have told him I will not participate in WW, especially not this game, so its really not a problem. But I will not be posting anymore, just letting you guys know whats going on.

02-08-2007, 11:51 AM	#385
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	You already did participate in WW? You quitting or something? __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-08-2007, 11:54 AM	#386
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Swaggs, Say yes if your referring to yourself...say no if your referring to anxiety __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-08-2007, 11:55 AM	#387
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	Probably so. The last 4-5 games haven't been fun at all.

02-08-2007, 12:02 PM	#388
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Swaggs: Are you saying that YOU are a wolf? Post YES or NO please.

02-08-2007, 12:06 PM	#389
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	The person we know wrote the acrostic. Is that Swaggs?

02-08-2007, 12:06 PM	#390
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	I'm going to post a few Y or N questions for you.

02-08-2007, 12:08 PM	#392
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	OH! Just re-read some stuff. You are going to have bidding advice for us today?!

02-08-2007, 12:10 PM	#393
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Okay. Does #2 refer to AlanT?

02-08-2007, 12:12 PM	#395
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Blade, do you know what's going on?

02-08-2007, 12:13 PM	#396
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	kwhit is also #2 in posts in our thread __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-08-2007, 12:13 PM	#397
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	im working my way there kwhit, give it awhile and we will learn something im sure __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html