The Lurkiest Lurkers will Lurk the Lurkiest Season Here

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My favourites getting a second chance hooray

It is so different following a programme behind the scenes like this. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happens next...

Crocodile's room is amazing and I'm rooting for him, Suchet and Ebenezer the most right now. But everyone has been delivering hard here and I'm most upset that this is being run on aussie time and I care too much about my sleeping habits at my old age to have played in this

Is it the best idea for us to be able to see their dressing rooms? What if they are naked with no clothes on?

I am...overwhelmed! But there's a treasure trove of things to read, that's for sure.

For sure. I've been meaning to pop in and help curate the reading experience, so here's an update of sorts now that the 'first' set of Tribes are done with:


In Episode 2 the format was Survivor, but Overwrought. There was a long hike to the camps (a bonding challenge, that 'broke' and was 'cancelled') like in the Survivor S11 premiere, we added Tribe captains (but only two of the three showed up) like S11/S22 and began a kind of RI bracket like in S22, plus an excess of (pointless, defanged) Advantages like S33 and S44, given out in the Gifts along the way in the flight/hike, and (a stubborn insistence even when it made no sense to always have) three Tribes like S44.

Team Harris came to an uneasy consensus and voted out Trevor over Tootles, and it would have been unanimous had Richard not accidentally forgotten to Vote and self-voted (no comment, can't relate). Team Suchet voted out Smythe but split their Votes onto Plate for fear of their (misunderstood, and so actually not so fearsome) Advantages. And Team Rigg kind of didn't talk beyond the immediate Vote, simply recognised John/Smee's commitment to the (brilliantly in character, but rather unhelpful) shtick made him an easy loss. From this round the best reading will be the Challenge threads, which are found in the 'Team X' boards under the 'Not the Pilot Tribe' header; Tea, Suchet's is the longest but also the funniest.



In Episode 3 they couldn't PM, only use Rooms to which they were unable to invite any of their actual Tribemates. They also voted to decide which Tribe should gain Immunity, and had weighted votes based on how many players from the other Tribes named you to gain more Voting Power. Trevor returned to the Game (check out how in the Edge of Redemption board, though it's now archived in a sub-board there) and was Immune for the round. His Tribe asked for the Tribal Immunity and that seemed to be the consensus, because people were afraid of what Trevor might do if given too much Voting Power... but as the only way for Tribemates to communicate was through conduits in multiple Rooms, most of the machinations laid down quickly leaked back to their targets, and before long players on the other Tribes had good reason to actively deprive Team Harris of Immunity, so that they could get if for themselves.

So Team Harris had to Vote, and theirs was the simplest one because Tootles hadn't been so active in any of their Rooms, though again there were a bunch of self-votes even from Trevor who was technically Immune from receiving Votes (absolutely cannot relate). Team Suchet didn't vote in the end, thanks in part to the bonds they built as a whole, and in part due to Plate recognising he was the target and hustling to get people wanting to protect him. Neighbour stole Plate's (annoyingly auto-rolling) Shot in the Dark with his Knowledge is Power (which required understanding the full mechanics of the SitD, which he found out from Trumpeter who had the Team Rigg version). But then they didn't have to Vote and there is a whole lot of tension still

Team Rigg was a mess, with almost all of them suggested as potential targets in different rooms. Deer Head seemed like he was in danger first, until Justice asked about targeting Crocodile and so people started aiming at Justice instead. Then Trumpeter made a late push to get Diana out and spare Justice (they're both Robert and had bonded better than Justice had with anyone else early on) so it looked like it might come down to how their Votes were all weighted. But then news got back to Diana and she used her (only for use on others) Safety Without Power to remove Trumpeter from the Tribal Council, Justice played his (only for use on others and also - to his chagrin - non-transferable) 50-50 coin and won safety for Crocodile. But in the end it didn't make a difference to the outcome, and Justice was eliminated. But the team Rigg TC thread in the 'It's An Air Raid' board is easily the best thread of the Round, with crazed reactions and blatant lies being called out even while the Votes were being tallied.


All the boards with long titles under 'The Lodge' heading are the Rooms, so you can also see the sum total of all that was said in this round, and it's worth clicking around to get a feel for some of the players and their shticks. The longer threads (you can see the number of posts on the home page) will have the most action and scrambling, but some of the shorter ones are hilariously awkward or dense, like everyone trying to magic away Trevor's bitterness in his room.

Right now Justice and Tootles are awaiting the next two boots to join them as Understudies before another player returns to the Game. And we have new trial-themed Tribes, about to be split into tiny mystery Voting Rooms come Thursday night. You can also check out the 'broken' Flow Free in the Acting Workshop, which only two players managed to solve before timing out. (I'll urge you all once again to try Triggering the opening Make It Count Challenge, for a laugh.) And of course the 'leaked' blogs are, surprisingly, still leaking.

If skipping around this much in the episode order is a shock... umm... well let's just say we haven't even jumped the shark yet

In Episode 4 we switched Tribes by having the cast select numbers, then ordering those in alphabetical order and alternating which Tribe they'd be sent to. They were split into five teensy Voting Rooms of only 3 or 4 players, and made to Vote in front of the others. Attempts to game the Rankings and procure safety for players' rooms were not particularly thorough; Diana and Deer Head won the power to save one room each and chose the two highest Ranked rooms which would have been safe regardless. Deer Head's attempt to weaponise his power is in The Prosecution's Tribe board if you want to try and understand the detail... most of his Tribemates did not.

All five Voting Rooms are under the 'A Tribal to Watch' heading on the main page, and they're short enough to be a fun and easy read, except for the essays of indecision in the Gym which are still a gem in their own right; Trevor was cut loose by his closest friend Richard, who knew everyone else expected him to side with Diana. Other highlights are Camille's indecision and acquiescence to force a tie in the Living Room, the (NSFW) banter in the Morgue, and the dawning realisation that Mick was doomed in the Livgym Roomorgue. Then check out the Edge of Redemption Archive to find the three rounds of voting that was the next return task, which saw Trumpeter win his way back into the Game - and he's already given a solid account of that on the Defence Tribe board.


At the moment we're working our way through three simultaneous Safety Chains - one for each Tribe, and a Joint one for everyone. The three people left at the bottom of a Chain will be eligible for elimination based on the money-counting Challenge... which required everyone to try and count out half of the average sum everyone would count. Nobody's entirely certain what that is (except perhaps Richard, whose winning score was perfectly spot on) so there are at least five people right now who are convinced they'll be leaving this round. Of course, there shall only be two.

I can also tease that something very exciting is coming some time tomorrow, for Episode 6, and you might want to look in throughout the week - it's something else that you'll be able to witness in its entirety.

I mean, *tweeting*

What I aspire to be when I grow up.