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@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh I figured that I could roll in some general game announcements with today's "get those Tuesday tribal council predictions in" reminder! Nothing too too major, but it's some things you'll be interested to know: The Dark Alfred actually picked "Rearviewmirror" by Pearl Jam as his song, but I I missed it for some reason. I have edited the story to have him sing that song instead. On a similar note, I will admit that I picked "Walking On Sunshine" for AN9815 due to thematic reasons. All other songs were hand-selected by the player! The manager of Coinsterdam has increased the coin prize from 3 coins to 5 coins after seeing how hard it is to predict chart placements. "5% price, 5 correct guesses, 5 coins to win—it's a perfect balance," he says. Yesterday I was asked about items, and the question came up, "are you allowed to stack items on the same person." After doing some thinking and consulting the previous host, I've made a decision regarding items: No limits on buying [unless noted] No limits on using [when applicable] So you can stack multiple items on a player during a single weekend/tribal council if you want to. That's all for today! For the Weeping Willows, Tuesday predictions are due around 11:59 PM PST, and your votes are due on Wednesday (tomorrow) by 7 PM EST.

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Eric the Crocodile @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh As you know, the losing tribe sends me Tuesday predictions that are due on Tuesday nights, with votes that are due by Wednesday around 7 PM EST. That's not changing... But for this week, there's going to be something that's due for everyone. It's part of an event called: DESERTION (Part One of a "Spooky Surprise") This event asks every player the same question: Would you like to abandon your tribe and join the other tribe? I need your answer by Wednesday at 7 PM EST, the same time votes are due. If you don't provide an answer, I'll interpret your answer as "no," so don't panic if you forget. I will announce the tribe desertions and the new tribes after Wednesday's tribal council. If after all desertions have been made there's a tribe that has more players than the other, I will spin the wheel to send players from the bigger tribe to the smaller tribe. I will reveal the Second Part of the spooky surprise after announcing the Desertions. But I cannot tell you the second part before you send your answer. You must make the decision, and the wheel must do its job, before I tell you exactly how the second part will make things... How do I put it... Oh yeah... SPOOKY. Important Information Dossier (Concession Stand | Tribal | Weekend Challenge)

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Eric the Crocodile @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh We begin our episode in the Angry Arnolds barracks. After two straight tribal councils, they’re frustrated and wondering where to go from there… (Btw everyone’s human for this episode.) ZeeSoh: I’m not gonna lie, guys… Losing Morieris has me down in the dumps. Fancyarcher: I’m scared now! We can’t be going to tribal council over and over like this, or all our long-term survivability will be kaput! KAPUT, I tell you! Reddroast: Relax, man. No one changes the world by yelling about how bad it is. AN9815: I agree with Reddroast! Less talking, more doing! We gotta come up with, you know, some sort a game plan! A methodology of sorts! YM!: I wish it were that simple. But we can’t predict what challenges we’ll play or what skills we’ll have to use. That’s the hard part… Confessional – YM!: This season, especially, is hard to predict. Like, what’s SLAM! really up to? This game’s felt less Survivor and more like Mario Party each passing week! All these coins, all these items… This is not the Survivor that I’m used to, I’ll say that. While the others talk, Agafin looks around for The Dark Alfred, who’s missing. He sneaks away from the others and finds The Dark Alfred leaning against a tree, smoking and staring out with a serious expression on his face. Confessional – The Dark Alfred: Dudes, I was this close to biting the dust. Sure, you could say I would’ve survived either way with Morieris’s low score… But those votes weren’t just against my partner. They were against me, too. And man… I will not be letting that happen again! Cut back to Agafin, who peeks out from the door frame. He watches The Dark Alfred, who tosses down the joint and snuffs it with his foot. The Dark Alfred: No more mister weed guy. Agafin sneaks back inside the barracks… Confessional – Agafin: …I better keep an eye on him. *** Meanwhile, in the Weeping Willows barracks, they’re celebrating yet another win! Cap: We just keep winning! How’s that for ya? Ethan Hunt: I wouldn’t have anything less. Gokai Red: Guys… I want to raise a toast. (Gokai Red raises a literal piece of toast. Everyone laughs.) M37: A toast to our Jamtastic winning streak! Ha ha! Meanwhile, Goldenhour36 is looking for chances to make friends with his tribemates. He sees DAJK sitting alone and tries to talk to him, but Eric the Crocodile pulls him to the side. Eric the Crocodile: Hey, can do me a favor? Goldenhour36: It’s you! I wanted to talk to you about something. Eric the Crocodile: Favor first, chit-chat second. Goldenhour36: But Ethan Hunt said that there’s no such thing as friends in Survivor, and I know you changed your last name to “the Crocodile”, but I was wondering if you wanted to maybe be my friend! Eric the Crocodile: Oh! Well, in that case, you can earn my friendship by doing this. Eric hands Goldenhour36 the free pass to Coinsterdam. Eric the Crocodile: Tear it up for me. Goldenhour36: What? Why? Eric the Crocodile: I want to catch the other players off guard, is all. But I can’t bring myself to tear it up on my own. You’re a nice guy, so why don’t you do it for me? Confessional – Eric the Crocodile: Psst. I want him to tear it up so I can make him look bad. “He tore up my pass, what a meanie!” I’d say. That’ll anger the others for sure—and his heart’s too big to not admit to it. Then he’ll become the social pariah and, thus, the easy vote-out. That way if anyone else is trying to get me out, my trickery can delay their plans! Mwa ha ha ha! Goldenhour36 considers, but hands back the pass. Goldenhour36: No can do, Eric. That pass belongs to you. And it’d be wrong of me to destroy it! Eric the Crocodile: Hmmm… Very well. I guess we can’t be friends, then. Goldenhour36 frowns and trudges away. Eric the Crocodile: I guess it’s back to Plan B… Which is to let this pass expire so everyone thinks I’m a weak player… Eric lips over the pass, and his jaw drops. On the pass, it says addendum: this pass is good from now until Coinsterdam closes. Eric falls to his knees and shouts “NOOOOOO!” Meanwhile, Goldenhour36 sits next to DAJK. Goldenhour36: Hey DAJK. What’s wrong? DAJK: Golden? Am I really a villain? Goldenhour36: Well… Not to me, at least. DAJK: Thanks. Hopefully I don’t become one this season. DAJK leans on Golden, while Golden stares daggers at Eric (who doesn’t notice). Confessional – Goldenhour36: Ethan was saying there wasn’t much room for friendship in Survivor. And from my experience with Eric, I think Ethan was onto something. And that fills me with anger, and frustration, and disappointment, and… I need to let it out somehow! But how? *** M37 walks through the military base, looking for Coinsterdam. He hears footsteps from behind. M37: NannerManCan?! You’re going to Coinsterdam too? NannerManCan: Yeah! I saw you heading out and thought I should tag along, you know? M37: I appreciate it! But be advised, if there’s any competition aspect to this twist thing, I’m gonna try to win it. NannerManCan: That’s fair. Game’s game after all. M37: You’re Olaf levels of chill! That’s cool! NannerManCan: Cool—I see what you did there! They find a strange machine tucked in an alleyway. It looks like a slot machine! And standing next to it is a tuxedoed man in a suit and tie! Manager: Welcome to Coinsterdam! Step right up! Predict the chart placements of a list of films for a chance to win three coins! M37: I’d like to use the free pass, please. Manager: Alrighty! NannerManCan: I’d like play too, please. Manager: For you, that’ll be -5% off the average! One transaction later… Manager: Alright, folks! Please enter your placement predictions in the Coinsterdam machine! One at a time, they insert their predictions and pull a giant lever. The slots start to spin.... Manager: Let's reveal your results: *** Everyone meets up in what looks like a comedy longue, with a smattering of tables and a stage in the back. SLAM! takes the stage. SLAM!: This week’s challenge, inspired by the singing reptile in Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, is called: 💽 Karaoke 'Splosion 💽 SLAM!: Here’s how it works. Each singer will get a certain amount of points depending on how well they sing. Whichever tribe gets the most points becomes the winner! Let’s spin the wheel to decide who goes first… And the wheel lands on… DAJK! Let’s hear it for DAJK! DAJK: Oh gosh… I’m first?! Uh… Okay. (takes the stage—and a deep breath, too) And offscreen crew member tosses DAJK a cowboy hat. He wear it and sings “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” by Shania Twain! He’s shy at first but gets into it with some fun honky-tonk dancing. Ethan Hunt: Well if anything, I feel like a woman just watching this performance. I dunno what that means though. Gokai Red: This makes me wanna yell HOWDY! YM!: … Confessional – DAJK: I was hoping my song would help bury the hatchet with YM!, but he was not amused at all. Uh, this tribe split… I can't explain myself until merge, and it's killing me! 😞 Next up is M37. He boldly declares his return to making predictions by sings “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor. He gets into it! AN9817: (sings along) I will survive! Hey, hey! Eric the Crocodile: (under his breath) But not longer than I will… Heh heh heh! Then it’s Goldenhour36’s turn. He channels his frustrations from the “no such thing as friendship” stuff into a passionate performance of “Ain’t It Fun” by Paramore. His energy practically brings the house down! Cap: Cool, I didn’t know you liked Paramore! Fancyarcher: (gulps) They’re 3 and 0, guys, the Arnolds better come out swinging. YM!: Hold my beer. YM! takes the stage and sings “Got To Be Real” by Cheryl Lynn, complete with proper 80s style dance moves. He does a “spin move” at one point. And he hits some big notes at the end! The Dark Alfred: Narly, dude! DAJK: YM!... If only you knew I’m trying to being real, too… (Agafin lightly elbows AN9815.) AN9815: Oh! It’s my turn! AN9815 sings “Walking On Sunshine” by Katrina And The Waves. A somewhat corny song, but AN9815 puts his whole heart into it! ZeeSoh: We’ll be walking on sunshine if we manage to win! Ethan Hunt: And you’ll be weeping on sunshine if we win… Hold on, I got a phone call. Hello? Ethan Hunt puts his phone to his ear. He says “hello?” over and over because the other guy’s not answering. He goes up to the stage, still trying to talk to the other guy. The caller hangs up, and Ethan grins as “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen begins playing. He sings vigorously! DAJK: That was quite the creative buildup! Gokai Red: That’s what she said. (Gokai Red and M37 high-five.) NannerManCan: My turn. NannerManCan slows things down a little with a cover of “Vienna” by Billy Joel, a beautiful coming-of-age song. NannerManCan even plays the piano! Goldenhour36: Piano! Where’d you learn to play? NannerManCan: If you can drive a forklift, you can play the piano! Next is Agafin who sings “Wavin’ Flag” by K’NAAN. He’s a little clammy but he does a good job! M37: I remember the 2010 World Cup like it was yesterday! Ah, the memories! (Fancyarcher starts to sweat. He peers to the row of stone-faced judges as they jot down notes.) Eric the Crocodile: Allllll right. (cracks knuckles) I have something special for you guys! Eric sings the “Pokérap” from Pokémon. He correctly pronounces every single Pokémon! Reddroast: That’s what I call catching ‘em all. Cap: I think I have some trauma from all those Cheep-Cheeps, because I flinched when Eric got to “Magikarp.” Next is Gokai Red. He takes the stage. Gokai Red: If you like rap… You’ll like this! Gokai Red performs “Industry Baby” by Lil Nas X, jumping side to side with the beat and operating in what I call “full confidence mode!” M37’s jaw drops. Confessional – M37: The man’s got some talent! The way he sang the Lil Nas X song… It lives in my head rent free. Remind me to compliment him! ZeeSoh takes the stage and breathes out. Confessional – ZeeSoh: I want to leave myself open to a showmance. I know game’s more important than love, but I still want love! I gotta sing a song that tells them I’m ready to mingle! ZeeSoh’s song is “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys, but he sings the lyrics from the parody version “Boy Is A Bottom” by the YouTuber william belli. Everyone watches the performance. Ethan Hunt: Well I learned something new today. Reddroast brings out the big guns with “Great Pretender” by Freddie Mercury. He sings it in a Frank Sinatra swing/jazz style. YM!: Someone’s a fan of a certain anime! (Gokai Red side-eyes YM!) Confessional – Gokai Red: Not just any anime. Great Pretender. A heist show, with con artists. I don’t know what’s going on at the Angry Arnolds tribe, but I know Survivor players are ruthless from how M37 dropped that banana peel. So if I were an Arnold, I’d watch out for Redd. Then The Dark Alfred goes up and sings "Rearviewmirror" by Pearl Jam, a growl-y song that displays his frustration from getting so many votes last week! Agafin: Well, as for the Arnolds, that leaves you, Fancyarcher. Fancyarcher: Uhhhhhh… (gulps) Fancyarcher takes the stage and sings “Fantasy” by Earth, Wind & Fire. It takes everyone a minute to get into it, but they end up liking it! AN9815: Wow! What a falsetto! Goldenhour36: That’ll be a tough act to follow. Are you up to the task, Cap? Cap: I know I am. Cap rises to her feet and sashays onto stage. She starts lip-syncing “Come Rain or Come Shine” by Judy Garland. Fancyarcher: What?! She’s LIP-SYNCING! Reddroast: She is nailing it though. Fancyarcher: She’s on the other team!! Whose side are you on?!?! Cap shuffles around the stage in typical Judy Garland fashion. She finishes performing and takes a breath. Confessional – Cap: I’ve always wanted to lip-sync Judy Garland on a karaoke stage! That’s one thing I can scratch off my bucket list! *** SLAM! retakes the stage. SLAM!: All right! Let’s see how you did! THE WEEPING WILLOWS THE ANGRY ARNOLDS SLAM!: That means the Angry Arnolds have conquered Karaoke 'Splosion, so they've all won their first ever immunity from tribal! Fancyarcher: Oh my goodness! We actually won! ZeeSoh: Thanks in part to you, of course. 😉 Agafin: Phew... Crisis averted. SLAM!: And that also means the Weeping Willows are headed to their first ever tribal council, where someone will become the third person voted out of this game! (Eric the Crocodile earned tribal immunity this week though.) (The Weeping Willow tribemates look around at each other, wondering about their futures.) Confessional - Eric the Crocodile: Hopefully I can make my move against Ethan Hunt now that I'm immune... Mwa ha ha ha! Stay tuned for individual messages about your new coin totals—or the "special happenstance if you got the best prediction for Avatar! Plus, the "important information dossier," with shop, council, and weekend challenge info **in addition to information about a Big Twist**, will be posted directly below this first post in just a few minutes!

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Eric the Crocodile @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Updates - I’m doing some thinking out loud, and depending on how the weekend turns out, I might split the story thing in two parts and post the first part earlier and the second part later; I have finished writing the story part though and the second half of the next episode might be shorter than I’m expecting. We shall see! - For the Rewards Membership twist, I have decided to refrain from making those “dilemmas” exclusive to the rewards members. The bonus coin feels fair, and the chance to win a percentage boost feels fair, but the “dilemmas” thing doesn’t; it’s best that I don’t lock that kind of content behind a “paywall” of sorts. Look forward to messages about dilemmas coming to you individually during the coming weeks! - Oh, and NEXT TIME ON SURVIVOR… Agafin peeks from a hiding place and watches as The Dark Alfred throws his joint down and snuffs it under his foot. The Dark Alfred: No more mister weed guy. Goldenhour36 sits next to DAJK. Goldenhour36: Hey, DAJK. What’s the matter? DAJK: …Am I really a villain? SLAM! takes the stage. SLAM!: Welcome to Karaoke ’Splosion! - YM! does a “spin move.” - Gokai Red jumps side to side. - Reddroast belts out lyrics. - Cap finishes performing and catches a breath. Confessional - M37: The man’s got some talent! SURVIVOR: PANDORA EPISODE THREE— “SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR”

https://www.firstshowing.net/schedule2022/ Listed as releasing wide on November 4th, 2022. They might as well because for the most part that date's pretty vacant.

Who’s the dummy? That’s right! I’M the dummy. I should have added Terrifier 2 to the predictions list, I just didn’t understand how big of a release it was. 🤦‍♂️

BREAKING NEWS Linklater’s Apollo 10(1/2) was rejected as animation by the Academy. It’s out of the race. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/apollo-10-1-2-oscars-rotoscope-linklater-222019.html

BREAKING NEWS Linklater’s Apollo 10(1/2) was rejected as animation by the Academy. It’s out of the race. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/apollo-10-1-2-oscars-rotoscope-linklater-222019.html

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Eric the Crocodile @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Heyo! Getting one last reminder in before I hit the hay. Make sure you get those predictions in at least before Thursday preview numbers are announced! Don’t Worry Darling’s previews were announced around 10 AM EST so I’d shoot for around that if you need some extra time.

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Eric the Crocodile @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Quick, before you get too excited about the Mario movie trailer—read this reminder! Three-day weekend predictions are due tonight by 11:59 PM PST! So make sure you get them in! The next challenge is a karaoke contest, and if you submit the predictions, you get to pick your own song! Optional things such as buying items, using the card, and playing Coinsterdam are also due tonight at 11:59 PM PST!

1) Columbus Day weekend completely slipped my mind... Uh... I think that due to the timing of the announcements and deadlines, I will go ahead and confirm that players will predict the three-day grosses for every film. 2) 5% is the entry fee regardless of whether you win or lose. But: during the pre-merge where everyone's still in teams, players will have an opportunity to barter with Coinsterdam's manager to lower the fee [since 5% might admittedly be too big during the season's teams portion]. The fee can never be lowered to 0% though.

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Eric the Crocodile @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Time to reveal some 🍀 Really Exciting Twists 🍀 All right. So. Here’s some optional twists. You may have noticed that an item was added to the Concession Stand last week. The item was the 💳REWARDS PROGRAM MEMBERSHIP CARD💳 When you buy this card, you will become eligible for bonus coins and occasional percentage boosts through a new thing that I call... 🎞️ THE REWARDS PROGRAM 🎞️ I will now list the program's perks: 1) Bonus Coins: With the rewards card in your possession, you receive +1 bonus coin for every "event" you participate in. This can be Weekend Challenges, Tribal Councils, Banishment, "events within events" such as Sudden Death scenarios, and more. 2) Deposit System: Now, the Rewards Program functions like a bank. Each week from now until the Final Five, card owners can choose to shave off whole numbers of their prediction percentages for specific films they predict each week. (That'd be #% off of how accurate your prediction was for, say, Bullet Train.) You take everything you've shaved off of your scores for specific films and deposit it into the Rewards Program's percentage reserve. And you’ll tell me how many percentages you're depositing when you submit predictions before the deadlines for weekend challenges and tribal councils! 2.5) Deposit System (breaking up the paragraph) : There will be two twists involving the Deposit System, one during the weekend challenge of October 28th, and one during the Final Five weekend challenge taking place on December 2nd. On both of those weekends, card owners will have opportunities to earn the entire percentage amount that all players have deposited into the reserve. That would be your average score's percentage boost for the weekend challenge, giving you a better shot at winning immunity that week! You must have deposited 1% or more to be eligible for the October 28th percentage boost. You must have deposited 4% or more to be eligible for the December 2nd percentage boost. This twist is as exciting and impactful as you make it; you can deposit many points throughout the season to inflate the percentage boosts to a ludicrous level... Or, you can do more reserved approach where the percentage isn’t too big. I will adapt to your play-style! 😉 If you're throwing your hands in the air saying "this is too confusing," that's completely fine. You can skip the Rewards Program by deciding not to buy the Rewards Program Membership Card. (Or you can buy the card, skip the deposit system, and enjoy its other perks!) I will make certain as the game's host that the Rewards Program doesn't make it harder for players without the card to do well in the game! 3) Exclusive "Dilemmas": I have some "dilemmas" in store for members. They're more than simple decisions. They're "dilemmas!" High risk, high reward! And they will not tamper directly with non-members' chances at doing well. Who owns and doesn't own the Rewards Card will not be revealed publicly... Card or no card, I wish you good luck! **** Now, I felt bad for @Eric the Crocodile and @M37 because they both missed out on a lot of coins last week. So I'm giving them an opportunity to catch up with everyone else. Ladies and Gentlemen, I will now reveal: 🪙 COINSTERDAM 🪙 This is a special place in the military base called Coinsterdam where you can try and earn coins for a fee of 5% off your weekend prediction average score. For a chance to earn three coins, you take the films you're already predicting weekend grosses for— Amsterdam Avatar (re-release) Bros Don't Worry Darling Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Smile Top Gun: Maverick are the films this week, for example— —and you predict *weekend chart placements* of these films in addition to weekend grosses. If you're going to Coinsterdam (and it's optional, but if you do want to go), please tell me in your weekend prediction submission that you're going to Coinsterdam, and after that, please order and number the films according to chart placements you're predicting each film will receive. For example, you'd order films like... 1. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile 2. Smile 4. Don't Worry Darling 7. Bros and so on. Out of the seven weekend challenge films, you need to correctly predict the weekend chart placements of at least five films to earn yourself three coins from Coinsterdam. Fall short of five and you earn 0 coins! High risk, high reward... 🤪 Coinsterdam remains open for anyone to play (whenever they want) until there's Nine Players left in the game. @Eric the Crocodile and @M37 will get a Free Pass to Coinsterdam that's good for this weekend only if they want to use it. And one last thing... Rewards Program members get a 20% discount and only lose 4% of their average score instead of 5% whenever they go to Coinsterdam! Anyways, good luck with Coinsterdam! *** If you have any questions about either of these twists, please don't hesitate to ask. Have a good night! And please, please, PLEASE don't forget to submit weekend predictions by tomorrow night at 11:59 PST! (or at least before Thursday preview numbers are announced)

@Agafin @AN9815 @The Dark Alfred @Fancyarcher @Morieris @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh TRIBAL COUNCIL #2 The Angry Arnolds enter tribal council. SLAM! waits for them to sit down. Then the council begins! SLAM!: Welcome, Angry Arnolds, to Tribal Council, where another player will be eliminated from the game! As you know, everyone had to vote for a duo rather than an individual, and the duo with the most votes against them with send its lowest-scoring member out of the game. Fancyarcher, you're up first. *One by one, the Angry Arnolds go to the voting booth...* Fancyarcher: Another member gone! Aaaaaaaaah! Reddroast: Not the end of the world. Into the vote box you go... Morieris: Ugh, I think I'm in trouble this time... 😫 AN9815: Uhhhhh... UHHHHHHH... The Dark Alfred: I choose... The choice! Yes! ZeeSoh: Love or game, love or game... YM!: I have made the best possible decision! Agafin: (says nothing, simply votes...) SLAM!: Cue the more appropriate music accompaniment! SLAM!: If anybody has an advantage or immunity idol and they would like to play it, now would be the time to do so. Morieris: (side-eyes the people beside her) YM!: (pushes up his glasses) AN9815: ... SLAM!: All right! So the time to play advantages is now over. Let's reveal which duo won the Second Immunity Challenge... SLAM!: Let's reveal the votes! First vote: Second vote: Third vote: Fourth vote: Fifth vote: Sixth vote: The duo headed to sudden death is... **** (Stay tuned for some important game information after I distribute some coins...)

@Agafin @AN9815 @The Dark Alfred @Fancyarcher @Morieris @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Please send in your elimination vote if you haven't already! It will be due in twenty-five minutes!

This might benefit from being *the Christmas movie* in this year’s Holiday landscape. Avatar will be a massive blockbuster, Strange World and Puss in Boots will be there for kids, the Whitney Houston biopic has an audience, there’s no way Black Panther loses too many theaters, there’s a random Tom Hanks film, there’s an awards film here, there’s an awards film there… But what if moviegoers want a Christmas movie? None of the other films are strictly about Christmas or concerning Christmas. And that leaves Violent Night as the only Christmas movie in theaters this Holiday season! In short, there’s strong audience overlap across the board for this film—people who like action films, people who like comedies, people who like “edgier films,” and people looking to celebrate Christmas will all consider seeing this film. So I’m very excited to see how this grosses!

@The Dark Alfred @Fancyarcher @Morieris @AN9815 @Reddroast @YM! Heyo; I will grant you a little bit more time to send in those Tuesday predictions if you haven’t done so already. Let’s say… Hmm… 7:00 AM PST / 10:00 AM EST (hard deadline) Good luck! Don’t forget to submit predictions because it’s extra important during the Bros twist! Immunity for you and your partner is on the line! 😎

- The winner is indeed secret; I sent the winners a private message. - The winner of the Railway Children special event from last week was also sent a private message in secret. - When someone wins the upcoming Avatar rerelease special event, that player will also receive a secret message. In my opinion, this is something that's very exciting! Also, the secret winners essentially choose when the thing they won gets revealed to everyone else. But I won't spoil how those players reveal it!

@Agafin @AN9815 @Fancyarcher@The Dark Alfred @Morieris @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh I’m busy later today so I’m posting today’s obligatory reminder earlier than usual! Please remember to send in Tuesday predictions for the second immunity challenge by 11:59 PST tonight! Again, the films are: Bros Bullet Train Minions: The Rise of Gru Top Gun: Maverick And votes are due tomorrow (Wed. October 5th) by 7 PM EST! (that’s about 4 PM PST)

It’ll get more intense as it goes along 😅

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Eric Smiley @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @Morieris @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Eight kayaks wait at a starting line—the top of a long, winding river! In each kayak sits a pair of Na’vi Avatars. It’s our survivors, and they’re gearing up for a kayak race! The camera sweeps across the lanes (as per usual in sporting events) to reveal the Survivors. (First player in front, second player in back.) LANE 1: Cap and NannerManCan LANE 2: Goldenhour36 and Ethan Hunt LANE 3: Gokai Red and DAJK LANE 4: M37 and Eric Smiley LANE 5: Reddroast and YM! LANE 6: ZeeSoh and Agafin LANE 7: Morieris and The Dark Alfred LANE 8: AN9815 and Fancyarcher SLAM!: Today’s challenge is a treacherous kayak race! Each duo will paddle down this river, and your scores will be evaluated by how fast you reach the finish line! There’s multiple paths to the mouth of this river—but be advised, some paths are more difficult than others! Are you ready? AN9815: Born ready! Gokai Red: Let’s do this! Ethan Hunt: (cracks knuckles) The Dark Alfred: Yeah, we’re gonna wreck this river, man! SLAM!: Three… two… one… GO! The racers splash away with inspiring vigor… Well, all except for Eric Smiley and M37. SLAM!: Huh? What’s going on? M37: Uh… We seem to have lost our oars, SLAM!. (Zoom in on Eric Smiley, who smiles.) We get a flashback of Eric Smiley stealing the oars and throwing them deep into the jungle! Confessional – Eric Smiley: No oars? That’s because I disposed of the oars while no one was looking! Now the score goes down, we go to tribal council, and I can vote Ethan Hunt out of this game. With that shrewd swindler gone, the Weeping Willows tribe will be mine—all mine! Cut back to SLAM!, who takes some notes. SLAM!: Welp. With your duo out of the race, you’ll have to hope your tribe’s three duos can outrace the other tribe’s four duos. Since you’re not racing, it also means you’re ineligible to earn concession stand coins for this challenge even if the Weeping Willows win. M37 hangs his head in sadness. Confessional – M37: This is a hurricane and a half… I really wanted to race today because I have pretty good forearm strength. Hopefully the other Weeping Willows can be Winning Willows… Meanwhile, the racers begin journeying down different tributaries. ZeeSoh and Agafin paddle down one tributary, when ZeeSoh, seeing that they’re alone, asks Agafin a question. ZeeSoh: You know Morieris, the new Angry Arnold? Agafin: Yeah. ZeeSoh: I, uh… I think I might have a crush on her. Agafin: Uh-huh. ZeeSoh: I think it’s personality, you know. She has this radiant vibe, and I think I’m drawn to it. Agafin: That’s nice. ZeeSoh: Do you think she’d like me back by any chance? Agafin: Well, I think anything’s possible… ZeeSoh: This game demands a lot, so one hand, love can be a distraction… Agafin: Up ahead… ZeeSoh: But I shouldn’t just focus on the game, I should also focus on being happy. Agafin: Up ahead. ZeeSoh: Because you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Agafin: UP AHEAD! ZeeSoh sees a big rock right in front of the kayak. ZeeSoh and Agafin swerve out of the way, only to discover that their river is littered with giant rocks. ZeeSoh: Shoot! Let’s stay in focus mode! Agafin: Alive, awake, alert, alive, awake, alert… *** Meanwhile, Cap and NannerManCan row down another river. Cap: Dang, Nanner. You’re a natural at canoeing! NannerManCan: You know what they say: if you can drive a forklift, you can row a kayak! Just then, a Cheep-Cheep (from the Mario video games) jump out and lands on the kayak, right in front of Cap! Cap: Goodness me! NannerManCan: That’s… a Cheep-Cheep, like from the Mario games! Cap: Fish are disgusting, like with the scales, and slimy textures, and… Blegh! Cap shoves the Cheep-Cheep off with her oar. Up ahead, more Cheep-Cheeps start jumping out of the water, obstructing their path down the river! Cap: More fish! This is a nightmare! NannerManCan: Paddle around them! Cap and NannerManCan dodge the fish… *** Meanwhile, Reddroast speeds down a chute with the help of YM!’s instructions. YM!: Paddle right. Reddroast paddles past a bulge in the river. YM!: Stay with the current. Reddroast veers toward the current. YM!: Straighten us out, and we’ll head through the gate! Reddroast does so and glides past two obstacles. Reddroast: Thanks, YM! You have great management skills! Confessional – YM!: You might be thinking, who would take the back of the canoe? Well, I took it. I wanted to see what’s ahead of us from a distance so I could help Reddroast anticipate what to do. That, and there’s some social gains from letting Reddroast “lead the way,” so to speak. Confessional – Reddroast: Remind me to go white water rafting when I’m back on Earth. I don’t know about YM!, but I for one am having a blast! *** Meanwhile, Goldenhour36 and Ethan Hunt travel down a river. They picked an easy river to maneuver, so they have an opportunity to talk… Goldenhour36: Hey Ethan. In that helicopter thing, you tried to stop me from befriending Agafin. Why? What gives? Ethan Hunt: I’ll tell you why. In Survivor, there’s no such thing as friends. It’s ‘eat’ or ‘be eaten.’ Goldenhour36: Sure it’s a game, but I believe in friendship! Ethan Hunt: Hey, how do you like your eggs? Goldenhour36: What? Ethan Hunt: You like them sunny side up? Goldenhour36: Well, yeah… Hey, wait a minute! Ethan Hunt laughs. Goldenhour36: You know what, I’m making friends with all our tribemates to prove you wrong! Ethan Hunt: Well, in that case, you should start with Eric Smiley. Goldenhour36: Maybe I will! Hmph! Ethan Hunt smirks at the camera. Confessional – Ethan Hunt: Of course, I mentioned Eric because if Golden befriends him, I could eventually get information about Eric out of him. That way, I can stay one step ahead of Eric, pin some sort of blame on Golden, and come out clean. All in all, this season remains easy! *** Meanwhile, AN9815 come across a fork in their path. One leads to a rough and narrow (but passable) river, and the other leads to a dark cavern. Fancyarcher: Take the cavern path. AN9815: What? But it looks dangerous. Fancyarcher: You heard Morieris talk about her run-in with a Thanator, right? I’m not taking any chances with predators. AN9815: But… We don’t exactly know what’s in that cavern. Fancyarcher: I don’t care what’s in the cavern. I just know that whatever’s in there can’t be worse than what’s out here. AN9815: Welp. Alrighty! They paddle into the cavern, but… Oh no. A giant eel starts following them. AN9815: A giant eel! Hurry! They paddle away from the eel, and the eel keeps chasing them. They go further into the cavern, where the river gets faster, there’s rockier obstacles, and the darkness makes it harder to see. Fancyarcher: I’m beginning to think we should have taken the other route! AN9815: And what’s more, all this water’s probably softening the cave wall, which means… Rock break off from the ceiling and fall down to the river. AN9815: I see the exit! Keep rowing! Fancyarcher: Not the head, not the head! *** Meanwhile, Gokai Red and DAJK are also in some action, as they’re going down a fast chute! DAJK: Why’d we take this path again?! Gokai Red: This is the extreme path, for extreme kayakers! I wouldn’t take no for an answer! DAJK: We have to avoid the rocks or we’ll crash into them! Gokai Red: Don’t worry, I’m the master avoider! They avoid the rocks. But there’s a bigger obstacle ahead. DAJK: Uh… Why’s the river getting faster? Gokai Red: You see what’s up ahead, right? DAJK: Oh, I see, uh, OH, um, OH MY GOSH. It’s a waterfall! A high one, too! DAJK: This is karma for whatever I did last season! I’m sorry, YM! Aah, someone help me! They sail over the waterfall! Gokai Red: EXTREEEEEEEEEME! The kayak falls through a foggy cloud… *** Meanwhile, Morieris and The Dark Alfred paddle down a chute. The Dark Alfred’s zoned out. Morieris: What’s gotten into you, Alfred? I need your help! The Dark Alfred: Nah, I’m just chillin’. Morieris: Less chilling, more paddling buddy! What, are you high or something? The Dark Alfred: Eh heh heh heh. Morieris: Great, Alfred. Just great. Up ahead, the path ahead is entirely blocked off by rocks, ensuring an imminent crash! Morieris: I don’t think there’s a way around those rocks, Alfred! The Dark Alfred: Groovy… Eh heh heh… Morieris: Aah! We’re gonna crash! Just then, something rustles in the bushes. Morieris peers over to the jungle. All of a sudden, Minions in tribal outfits jump out of the bushes! Morieris: Look, Alfred! It’s Kevin, Stuart, and Bob from the Minions movies! Hi you guys! The Minions immediately get to work in cartoon-like fashion, chiseling away at the rocks until the path’s cleared up. They wave goodbye and retreat into the bushes. Morieris: See, I befriended those guys during my banishment! Hey, TELL GRU I SAID HELLO! Yeah Alfred, those guys are great. I made Thanksgiving plans with them and everything. The Dark Alfred: Woah… Best… Trip… Ever… *** Meanwhile, SLAM!, Eric Smiley, and M37 all stand on a floating dock at the river’s mouth, waiting to see who crosses the finish line first. Slam! looks through a pair of binoculars and gasps at the sight! SLAM!: Our first finishers have arrived! It's Cap and NannerManCan, who have channeled their adrenaline from the Cheep-Cheep onslaught by sprinting to the finish! Cap: Did we get away from those fish yet? NannerManCan: Oh shoot, there's some behind us. Cap: Aaaaaaaah! (paddles harder) Confessional - NannerManCan: Between you and me, those fish were long gone. I was just giving Cap a boost for that last leg. They cross the finish line. SLAM!: Wow! They're followed by DAJK/Gokai Red and Ethan Hunt/Goldenhour36 respectively! The Weeping Willows's other duos cross the finish line too. The Weeping Willows jump up and down on the floating dock in celebration. SLAM!: And here come the Angry Arnolds! ZeeSoh/Agafin cross first, followed by Fancyarcher/AN9815 and YM!/Reddroast. Morieris/The Dark Alfred row in—though they dropped their oars in the river, Morieris has fallen asleep at the front, and The Dark Alfred is using his hands to steer the kayak from the backseat. SLAM!: Here's the weekend prediction scores! THE WEEPING WILLOWS THE ANGRY ARNOLDS SLAM!: Since the three Weeping Willows pairs not only had the higher average but also managed to out predict all of the Angry Arnolds duos, I'm declaring that The Weeping Willows have won immunity for the week! But—M37 and Eric Smiley, since you did not predict this week, you won't be receiving concession stand coins, and I must stress that players are eliminated by default the second time they miss weekend immunity predictions. For the Angry Arnolds, you'll be going to tribal council, where one of you will be voted out. Yes, just one of you, even though this is duos week. The duos still play a factor in the tribal council, however, and I explain more about it in the dossier! Speaking of which: IMPORTANT INFORMATION DOSSIER (concession stand info/tribal council info/next weekend challenge)

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My picks for Super Boffy rankings: 2012 Best Voice Performance 1. Kelly Macdonald, Brave 2. John C. Reilly, Wreck-it Ralph 3. Seth MacFarlane, Ted Best Editing 1. Skyfall 2. Django Unchained 3. Life of Pi Best Original Song 1. “Skyfall” (Skyfall) 2. “Freedom” (Django Unchained) 3. “Suddenly” (Les Miserables) Best Soundtrack 1. Les Miserables 2. Django Unchained 3. Joyful Noise Best Sound Design 1. The Dark Knight Rises 2. Django Unchained 3. Pitch Perfect Best Production Design 1. Les Miserables 2. The Dark Knight Rises 3. Django Unchained Best Costume Design 1. Les Miserables 2. Django Unchained 3. Snow White and the Huntsman Best Hair and Makeup 1. Snow White and the Huntsman 2. Django Unchained 3. Lincoln Best International Feature 1. Kon-Tiki Best Documentary Feature 1. Indie Game: The Movie Best Overlooked Feature 1. Robot & Frank 2. Crooked Arrows 3. Promised Land Best Hero 1. Django 2. Jean Valjean 3. Bruce Wayne Best Villain 1. Queen Ravenna, Snow White and the Huntsman 2. Raoul Silva, Skyfall 3. Captain Chantel DuBois, Madagascar 3 2013 Best Voice Performance 1. Idina Menzel, Frozen 2. John C. Reilly, Wreck-it Ralph 3. Billy Crystal, Monsters University Best Editing 1. 12 Years a Slave 2. Captain Phillips 3. Rush Best Original Song 1. “Let It Go” (Frozen) 2. “Stay Alive” (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) 3. “Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) Best Soundtrack 1. Frozen 2. The Great Gatsby 3. We’re the Millers Best Sound Design 1. Pacific Rim 2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3. Star Trek: Into Darkness Best Costume Design 1. The Great Gatsby 2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Best Hair and Makeup Design 1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2. The Great Gatsby 3. World War Z Best Hero 1. Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2. Tony Stark, Iron Man 3 3. Gerry Lane, World War Z Best Villain 1. Abduwali Muse, Captain Phillips 2. Epps, 12 Years a Slave 3. Khan, Star Trek: Into Darkness Worst Feature 1. The Starving Games 2. Grown Ups 2 3. The Host (2013) 2014 Best Ensemble 1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2. The Grand Budapest Hotel 3. The Imitation Game Best Voice Performance 1. Scott Adsit, Big Hero 6 2. Chris Pratt, The LEGO Movie 3. Brendan Gleeson, Song of the Sea Best Soundtrack 1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Whiplash 3. Boyhood Best Sound Design 1. Whiplash 2. Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Interstellar Best Hair and Makeup 1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2. X-Men: Days of Future Past 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Visual Effects 1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2. Guardians of the Galaxy 3. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Best Overlooked Feature 1. Belle (2014) Best Hero 1. Hiro Hamada, Big Hero 6 2. Steve Rogers, Captain America: Winter Soldier 3. Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay, Belle Best Villain 1. Robert Callaghan, Big Hero 6 2. Alexander Pierce, Captain America: Winter Soldier 3. Ronan the Accuser, Guardians of the Galaxy 2015 Best Sound Design 1. Love & Mercy 2. Mad Max: Fury Road 3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best International Feature 1. Son of Saul 2. Girlhood 3. Phoenix Best Horror Feature 1. Bone Tomahawk 2017 Best Voice Performance 1. Gael García Bernal, Coco 2. Anthony Gonzalez, Coco 3. Alanna Ubach, Coco Best Original Song 1. “Remember Me” (Coco) 2. “This Is Me” (The Greatest Showman) 3. “Rain” (Mary and the Witch’s Flower) Best Animated Feature 1. A Silent Voice 2. In This Corner of the World 3. The Girl Without Hands Best Horror Feature 1. Get Out 2. It 3. Split Best Comedy Feature 1. Logan Lucky 2. The Disaster Artist 3. Brigsby Bear 2018 Best International Feature 1. Roma 2. The Guilty 3. 24 Frames Best Horror Feature 1. A Quiet Place 2. Annihilation 3. Hereditary 2019 Best Horror Feature 1. Us 2. Tigers are Not Afraid 3. Crawl 2020 Best Horror Feature 1. Koko-di Koko-da 2. Blood Quantum 3. His House

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @The Dark Alfred @DAJK @Eric Smiley @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @Morieris @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh NEXT TIME ON SURVIVOR… THIS MONDAY NannerManCan: If you can drive a forklift, you can row a kayak! WITNESS THE AVATAR-THEMED KAYAK RACE Fancyarcher: I’m beginning to think we should have taken the other route! OF EPIC PROPORTIONS Eric Smiley: The tribe will be mine! All mine! Mwa ha ha ha! SURVIVOR PANDORA EPISODE TWO: ”BROS BEFORE ROWS”

Can the women and children come out now?