SLAM!

I’ll pre-read it too

@Agafin @Alex SciChannel @Asyulus @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @DetectiveAl @elcaballero @Ethan Hunt @Goldenhour36 @Jack Sparrow @JJ-8 @Morieris @Reddroast @Rorschach @Roxanne @Wrath WELCOME TO SURVIVOR MUSHROOM KINGDOM *A bus drops all players off at the grassy exterior of Peach’s Castle.* SLAM!: This will be an exciting season of BOT Survivor! Do you have what it takes to predict your way to box office victory, evade elimination, and become the last one standing? *Everyone claps in excitement.* SLAM!: Technically, we’re still recruiting players, especially since we have 17 players and are one player shy of that 18-player goal, but even if it’s over 18 by next Sunday, that’s a-ok! *Everyone claps in excitement.* SLAM!: There are two optional things due by Thursday at 11:59 PST. To explain more, we’re bringing out Princess Peach’s mustachioed steward, Toadsworth! *Toadsworth walks out of the castle, walking up to the castaways with his cane. The castaways stay silent because they’re not sure what to make of this wobbly old man. Suddenly, Toadsworth drops the cane and does a somersault, just like Willy Wonka. Everyone claps in excitement.* Toadsworth: I still have some pep in my step! A-hem. Anyways… The first optional activity is a PRACTICE PREDICTION If you want to practice submitting weekend predictions, which constitute the entirety of this game’s weekend challenges, please predict the domestic weekend grosses of the following four films: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves A Thousand and One John Wick: Chapter 4 Creed III The second optional activity is a TRIBE LEADER TUSSLE Through this special event, players have the unique opportunity to compete for a team captain position. This will not effect the game itself beyond these two things: - You will help determine which players play on which tribes. - In the season’s story, other players will sometimes refer to you as the Tribe Leader, and they will react to your character accordingly. So earning a Tribe Leader role may affect how the story plays out. There are three tribes this season: THE GOOMBA SQUAD THE KOOPA SQUAD THE POKEY SQUAD In addition, six castaways are ineligible for Tribe Leader Tussle because of the way the applications played out: - @DetectiveAl, @Reddroast, and @Rorschach all answered Yoshi as their favorite Mario character, meaning they will each play on separate tribes. - @Asyulus, @DAJK and @JJ-8 joined the game through expressing interest in the thread but did not fill out the application form, meaning they will each play on separate tribes. - These ineligibilities ensure that these players play on separate tribes. This event’s challenge rewards players who get First, Second, and Third place. The first place winner: - picks their preferred squad name - picks one of the Yoshi Devotees - picks one of the Survey Skippers - picks one player of their choosing - and I (SLAM) will fill in the rest The second place winner: - picks one of the two squad names left - picks one of the two Yoshi Devotees left - picks one of the two Survey Skippers left - picks one player of their choosing - and I (SLAM) will fill in the rest The third place winner: - receives the leftover squad name - receives the leftover Yoshi Devotee - receives the leftover Survey Skipper - picks one player of their choosing - and I (SLAM) will fill in the rest *I will PM the winners in secret, and the winners and their decisions will be kept secret unless the winners choose to reveal it.* HERE’S HOW TO PLAY TRIBE LEADER TUSSLE: Fourteen players have filled out the form: - Agafin - Alex SciChannel - Cap - The Dark Alfred - DetectiveAI - elcaballero - Ethan Hunt - Goldenhour36 - Jack Sparrow - Morieris - Reddroast - Rorschach - Roxanne - Wrath And these are the fourteen answers I received for Most Anticipated film of Summer 2023: - Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer - Across the Spider-Verse - Across the Spider-Verse - Barbie - The Flash - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Mission: Impossible Part VII - Renfield - The Super Mario Bros. Movie Your goal is to match each player with what you think their most anticipated movie is, based solely on first impressions. Yes, you will also match yourself with your own answer so that everyone playing Tribe Leader Tussle guesses the same number of matches (14). I will warn you against asking around for other players’ answers because if players are like, “why does so and so want Tribe Leader so bad,” you might become an early target. That takes the fun out of it anyway—treat it like a low-stakes guessing game! The Practice Prediction and your answers for Tribe Leader Tussle are both due by Thursday March 30th at 11:59 PM PST, and I’m not a stickler for exact hard deadlines but at least send them in before the Thursday preview number of Dungeons & Dragons is announced on Friday morning. Please send your predictions and answers (and basically everything game-related) to me via forum PM (private-message), or via Telegram message if you prefer. Thank you and good luck!

No problem! That was just the early-bird deadline.

@CayomMagazine An executive of Studio Groundswell has issued a statement regarding recent news about actor Jonathan Majors.

Survivor: Mushroom Kingdom Tag Frenzy Hello! Tomorrow is the early-bird deadline to sign up to play Survivor: Mushroom Kingdom! After that, the late deadlines will be Thursday, March 30th if you want to play the Special Practice Event (more info on Monday, and then Sunday April 2nd as the Absolute Final Deadline.) You may see in the title that I ideally want 18 players for this season, and I’m three away from that, but I won’t turn anyone away if the amount of players who apply goes over 18. In other words, the final player count could be more than 18! This will be the last time I tag multiple forum users. Thank you for your interest! @raulbalarezo @dylanmorris @mkostrzewa99 @Alexander @Xavier @JMock56 @patsfan12 @deniima @interiorgatordecorator @Fancyarcher @ZeeSoh @AN9815 @Gokai Red @NannerManCan @YM! @kirtley99 @Rageofthegods @Viper @TheFlatLannister @wildphantom @Blaze Heatnix @vafrow @BadOlCatSylvester @MCKillswitch123 @AJG @Firepower @charlie Jatinder @picolandia @Sir Tiki @nox @Biggestgeekever @Kyriacos @ZackM @Starrow5722 @MarvelKing @JustLurking @Fox20 @Brainbug @kirtley99 @Youngstar @Unfitclock @nelmsey @Reed121 @SureWhyNot23 @TPS1983 @Carlangonz @Kliib @Hawk @MovieMan89 @Warmaster506 @CaptNathanBrittles @cannastop @DC Rich @Squire @spizzer @Yollten @DisposedData @ThatWaluigiDude @thajdikt @kirby64 @Elessar @pepsa @nevermore @AGlitchGnome @annhilation @Sophia Jane @Lucas @Asyulus @glassfairy @RexTheMan14 @BrJank @Durden @Eric Wick @ringedmortality @4815162342 @MovieMan89 @TRISTAN @TMP @datpepper @TwoMisfits @Boxofficerules @Napoleon @WrathOfHan @Krissykins @John Marston @Flip @PlatnumRoyce @grey ghost @JWR @kayumanggi @KGPatt2 @RamblinRed @Welcbr12 @dxmatrixdt @kswiston @WorkingonaName @keysersoze123 @Ryan Reynolds @Favorite Fearless Legion @MightyDargon @filmnerdjamie @Dragoncaine @dudalb @ChipDerby @Potiki @SpiderByte @Spidey Freak @OncomingStorm93 @Noctis @jedijake @George Parr @Kalo @Impact @lilmac @baumer @mldardy @Daxtreme

Maybe The Little Mermaid

Hi JJ-8! There’s totally spots available! Welcome!

English-Language Japanese anime adaptation listed as releasing wide on firstshowing.net

This film #seemsprettyneat

Probably Mario. That gives marketing about three months to swing into a higher gear. That or Evil Dead Rise because that’s the next Warner Bros. film, but I don’t know why the heck they’d debut it with that.

Five days until early deadline! Don’t forget to apply!

I’m going boring for my predictions: Cooper, Maestro Gerwig, Barbie Mann, Ferrari Nolan, Oppenheimer Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon watch out for: Nichols, The Bikeriders

I still think Murphy has a good chance despite Nolan films not getting any actors nominated before. Cilian Murphy is a clear lead in a film that all of the voters are going to see, and he has a narrative of having never been nominated before. This is Universal’s first time distributing a Nolan film and they know better than to just not campaign Murphy. He’s at least a top ten candidate.

Watch out for The Peasants to get nominated. It's the next film from the folks who made Loving Vincent, and it uses a similar painting style. Google says it's dated to release in September. https://variety.com/2023/film/global/the-peasants-loving-vincent-1235525075/

Listed as releasing wide on firstshowing.net

https://deadline.com/2023/03/ben-affleck-robert-rodriguez-hypnotic-release-date-sxsw-screening-1235298193/amp/ Dates for a wide-release on May 12th after a surprise work-in-progress screening at SXSW. Rodriguez has been wanting to make this film for over two decades. The film was delayed by the pandemic and spent two years in post-production lingo after its initial distributor Solstice Studio imploded during its production. The synopsis: “Affleck stars as a detective who finds himself spiraling down a rabbit hole while investigating a series of reality-bending crimes mysteriously connected to his missing daughter. Aided by a gifted psychic, he is pursued by a lethal specter who he believes holds the key to finding his daughter.”

Awesome! I still have plenty of spots left.

They might not release it on 6/30 because Harold and the Purple Crayon is currently dated there. This definitely feels like a Summer movie though, so they'll have to try and fit this in somewhere.

Best Actress feels weaker than Best Actor at this time. Actor has an abundance of heavy hitters in play, including Cooper, DiCaprio, Majors, and Murphy, while there’s a smaller amount of actress contenders we know about going into this year. But there are enough contenders to make this category interesting to predict. Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) and Carey Mulligan (Maestro) are co-starring with their films’ big stars, but we don’t know if they’re campaigning for lead or supporting, so I’ve decided not to predict them yet. As of now, I’m going with: Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple - lead in a big musical Annette Bening, Nyad - she plays a woman who swims from Cuba to Florida, and the film is directed by the people who did Free Solo and The Rescue Greta Lee, Past Lives - potentially a big push from A24 Margot Robbie, Barbie - she’s about to elevate an already great film Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun - she plays an alcoholic; the film is from the director of The Unforgivable with Sandra Bullock

One thing to think about is that Super Mario comes out during the second weekend, but after that, the rest of April is very weak until the release of GotG 3 in May. So this film is going to have its first weekend and then the whole of April to attract audiences through word of mouth as the marquee “fun” action blockbuster that everyone can see. The overall weakness of April will definitely help this movie at the box office, because Renfield’s not gonna “do it,” Evil Dead Rise’s not gonna “do it,” Big George Foreman’s not gonna “do it”—but this film could.

Cayom Magazine Release Date Shakeups - Roxie will now release without IMAX on August 14th, Y10. - Studio Groundswell will release an adaptation of a novel called The Shadow Glass (from Attack the Block director Joe Cornish) on May 15th, Y10. The story follows the son of a deceased filmmaker who made a puppet fantasy film (i.e. Dark Crystal) during the 80s, with the film’s adventure kickstarting after the puppets come to life. Daniel Radcliffe stars as the son while Emilia Clarke voices one of the puppets.

The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning

SURVIVOR MUSHROOM KINGDOM’S ITEM SHOP ITEMS It’s time to tease THIS SEASON’S ITEMS SUPER MUSHROOM The classic red mushroom; players can use this item to add +3% to yours or another player’s prediction average. POISON MUSHROOM This mushroom subtracts -3% from another player’s prediction average. WARP PIPE This season’s “Copy Machine”; play this item to “warp” to another player’s prediction average and make it your average as well. DOUBLE CHERRY This season’s “popcorn bucket”; doubles your vote at tribal council. INVINCIBILITY STAR This season’s “immunity idol”; a rare item that grants you immunity from elimination before the tribal council votes are read. These are just the items returning to the game from last season! There’s also a lot of new items that I won’t be revealing until after the game begins. Have fun guessing what other classic Mario items might make an appearance in the game!

That’s all right! Each player is allowed to miss one weekend challenge.