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SURVIVOR: PALAU - Official Thread
none | 18 January, 2005 | Cuz_it_aint_their_money

Posted on 01/18/2005 3:55:31 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money

SURVIVOR: PALAU

premiering Thursday, February 17 at 8 pm ET/PT.

Greetings Survivor FReeks!

Its time once again for a new season of Survivor!

“Twenty Americans are stranded in Palau, the South Pacific paradise some call the 8th natural wonder of the world, where colorful wildlife, dense jungles and an underwater world beyond belief are haunted by the wreckage and remnants of World War II.
From the beginning, the game will be changed in a dramatic way: everything the Survivors have come to expect will be wiped out in the first 10 minutes.
Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all others in Palau?”

According to the official website, there will only be one tribe (at least for starters) and three contestants will get the boot during the first show.

Should be interesting!


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To: mystery-ak
Indeed. Is it just me or is there definitely a sadistic streak this time?

That fly over really rubbed their noses in it.

601 posted on 03/31/2005 5:29:14 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.)
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To: mystery-ak

I wonder if they go down to 2 or 1 before being merged, or better yet, move some players to Koror to rebuild the team!


602 posted on 03/31/2005 5:29:28 PM PST by NYTexan (......Back to the Bunker....)
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To: mystery-ak

That Ulong has sure figured out the most creative ways to lose.


603 posted on 03/31/2005 5:29:37 PM PST by HighWheeler ("Would I turn on the gas if my pal Mugsy were in there?" "Ehhh, ye might rabbit, ye might." ~ Bugs)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

just checked my tv guide...5pm here...I'd have to give up Brit Hume...


604 posted on 03/31/2005 5:30:06 PM PST by mystery-ak (Im twitterpatted)
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To: mystery-ak

Good for emergencies! Stock'n 'em up?


605 posted on 03/31/2005 5:31:12 PM PST by NYTexan (......Back to the Bunker....)
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To: HighWheeler; All

Koror really didn't need the food...they just ate a huge clam and a shark...


606 posted on 03/31/2005 5:31:58 PM PST by mystery-ak (Im twitterpatted)
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To: mystery-ak

I think Bobby Jon goes tonight.


607 posted on 03/31/2005 5:31:59 PM PST by rintense
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To: rintense

that's what I think, but cuz says Ibrehim


608 posted on 03/31/2005 5:33:33 PM PST by mystery-ak (Im twitterpatted)
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To: HighWheeler

they caught a little pathetic fish....these three are hopeless


609 posted on 03/31/2005 5:35:01 PM PST by mystery-ak (Im twitterpatted)
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To: rintense

OMG...they can't do the puzzle...all three should be voted off!


610 posted on 03/31/2005 5:38:59 PM PST by mystery-ak (Im twitterpatted)
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To: rintense

He was being taunted by Probst a couple of times, too! I was just sitting here LMAO.

BTW, that one woman (Jenn?) on Koror who is dating the other guy has some upper arms that most guys don't have.


611 posted on 03/31/2005 5:45:46 PM PST by HighWheeler ("Would I turn on the gas if my pal Mugsy were in there?" "Ehhh, ye might rabbit, ye might." ~ Bugs)
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To: HighWheeler

buh bye Ibrehim...then there was two....they have to merge..


612 posted on 03/31/2005 5:56:14 PM PST by mystery-ak (Im twitterpatted)
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To: mystery-ak

I think in an earlier post, cuz said these two lose again next week and the "vote" comes down to a several question quiz to stay at Tribal Council. The winner is then absorbed into the other tribe.


613 posted on 03/31/2005 5:59:46 PM PST by HighWheeler (A chainsaw don't know the difference between a laig and a lawg.)
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

Reward Challenge winner – Koror ~yep
Immunity Challenge winner - Koror ~yep
Bootee(s) - Ibrehem ~yep

Well you are back to your usual perfection
100% tonight
87% overall

Good Job!


614 posted on 03/31/2005 6:01:17 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.)
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To: mystery-ak
Steph would have been a much better choice as a caller.

I don't know about that tribe.

615 posted on 03/31/2005 6:03:01 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Good episode. I'm glad Bobby John is still in. He would've been smarter to vote with Ibrahim and get rid of Stephanie. If Bobby John can make it to the other tribe he has a shot at winning individual immunity. If Steph is the one who goes over she'll be voted off next. Koror is well fed and rested, not like any other tribe we have seen at this stage of the game. They are usually starving and worn out. Cuz, I wonder if you know who were the real volunteers for this Survivor and who were recruited by CBS. I would be curious. Good job Cuz as usual.


616 posted on 03/31/2005 7:11:38 PM PST by MomwithHope
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To: HighWheeler
The winner is then absorbed into the other tribe.

And likely would be promptly spat back out.:)

Although if Steph makes it Tom and the rest might be wise to offer her a place on their team.

She is a very strong player.

617 posted on 03/31/2005 7:49:55 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear; MomwithHope; cuz_it_aint_their_money

Doesn't compute...all of the jury will be Ulong..except possibly one..I can't believe Ulongis would vote to give the piurze to one who is NOT a tribemate, and indeed, they might resent those who formed alliances with an "outsider"..Tom is waaaay too high profile..he'll be picked off like the FBI agent last season..because he's perceived as a threat...The group dynamic sof Ulong are faascinating..the whole tribe has been togetherr so long.. they've all bonded. Normally, the annoying personalities..the weak, get voted out early..it hasn't happened yet...so you'd look for a "coalition of the weak" to form...saftey in numbers, and try and take out the top players..and this grouip might, just might, recruit Steph...If the producers uses more cerebral immunity challanges in the future, it's a sign they are trying to achieve this end..


618 posted on 04/01/2005 5:22:27 AM PST by ken5050 (The Dem party is as dead as the NHL)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Although if Steph makes it Tom and the rest might be wise to offer her a place on their team.

Especially since we have suspicions that the 2 lovebirds (greg and whatshername?) are gonna pull a coup with Coby, maybe. Although it's the kiss of death normally.....go Steph! ;)

619 posted on 04/03/2005 11:07:24 PM PDT by Chani (If it isn't in Texas, you probably don't need it.)
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To: 24Karet; alisasny; agarrett; Amore; A knight without armor; Anitius Severinus Boethius; Artist; ...

The Koror Tribe: Caryn, Coby, Gregg, Ian, Janu, Jennifer, Katie, Tom

The Ulong Tribe: Bobby Jon, Stephenie

The Losers: Angie, Ashlee, Ibrehem, James, Jeff, Jolanda, Jonathan, Kim, Wanda, Willard

I guess the producers are as tired as we are, because they opened the show with something different. Ulong isn’t returning from Tribal Council, they’re already back and sitting around in the cave, discussing how weird the situation is. Ibrehem and Stephenie are actually talking about how one of them could still win the game. Yeah Right!

Ibrehem leaves the cave and Stephenie immediately starts in on Bobby Jon. Ibrehem is next right? We’re still an alliance right? Stephenie is getting worried and Bobby Jon has the “haggard hubby” routine down pat. What’s the “haggard hubby” routine you ask? That is the nodding of the head mixed with the non-committal “yes Dear”, which we all know is hubby-speak for “I’ll say anything you want to hear if you’ll just shut up and let me be.”

The next morning at Koror, everyone is lazing about camp. Everyone, that is except Tom, who is doing crunches on the beach. And Ian, who is lugging a huge clam ashore.

After prying the calm open and cooking it up, Ian states to the camera that everyone had about a half pound of meat. (Is clam considered meat? Wouldn’t it be considered seafood? Wouldn’t someone who works at an aquarium and swims with dolphins know this? Am I just being too durn picky?)

Anyway, Ian then admits to polluting the ocean by leaving the clam shell full of blood in the water which naturally attracts a shark. Everyone runs around like chickens with their heads cut off, trying to spear the shark with dull, blunt sticks. The camera cuts to Tom who nonchalantly walks up to the floundering shark, and whacks it in two with the machete. Actually, we don’t see Tom whacking the shark, we see the aftermath. Guess that would have been too much for the “politically correct sensitivities” of the SeeBS producers. Can’t offend PETA and all that don’t-cha-know.

Tom then provides more details stating “he jumped into the water, stabbed the shark, grabbed its tail, and pulled it out of the water.”

After another belly stuffing meal, the green envy flows freely at Koror. Ian comments about how Tom just upstaged him, by challenging his role of “food provider”, and Coby commenting about how it’s going to be a little harder to vote Tom out now.

The next day, Gregg and Jenn collect the Treemail. The Challenge is to build an S.O.S. type signal on your beach to be seen from a plane in the air. If your signal wins, you will receive a reward of food. Over at Ulong, the remaining three decide to burn their own shelter and tear apart the bathroom. (Ha! Take that James!) They then write their tribe name “ULONG” in huge letters on the beach, and burn that for their signal. (Question: If you were stranded on a desolate beach, and had to build a signal fire, would you waste time and energy spelling out a five letter word that only made sense to you? Or would you conserve your time, energy and resources and simply spell out S. O. S.? Or even a simple H. E. L. P? Yeah, I thought so too.)

Back at Koror, the group decides that since only three can build this signal, those three would be Gregg, Caryn, and Katie. This decision meets with Coby’s personal approval since “Gregg has the muscle, Katie has the creativity, and Caryn is a hard worker.” Thank you for pointing that out to us Coby. I’m sure we couldn’t figure that out without your approval and information. < /sarcasm>

Since they don’t have much of a shoreline there at camp, the Koror three decide to move their signal about 200 yards down the beach. Of course this means spending precious time lugging everything for the signal fire to the new location. They decide that instead of writing their tribe’s name they’ll write “Got food?” on the beach. OK, maybe I was wrong about Ulong using their name, instead of a simple S O S.

Anyway, the plane flies over Ulong’s first and Mark (the official judge for this challenge) comments about Ulong’s signal being far up on the beach, almost to the treeline. Unless you were flying directly overhead, you probably would not notice it.

The plane then flies over Koror’s beach, just as Koror’s fire sputters and goes out. Coby does what any mincing fairy would do, he freaks out. Mark comments on Koror’s signal saying pretty much the same thing he did about Ulong’s except Koror’s was set further away from the trees and closer to the shoreline. Koror wins and received the reward of MREs. (Meals, Ready to Eat! for those in Rio Linda)

Meanwhile, over at Ulong, the depressing threesome is yet again depressed.

Next morning at Koror, Gregg and Jenn are cuddling together in the shelter, while Coby tries to convince himself (and us I guess) that “he doesn’t care as long as he gets them on his side to vote.” Um, wasn’t it Gregg who first floated the idea about an alliance between himself, Jenn, Coby and another female to be named later? Yeah, I thought so too.

Anyway, it’s pretty much like any other day in paradise at Koror, Jenn tries to get Gregg to commit to their relationship and can’t understand why he would put “focusing on the game” over her wants and needs. While Tom comments to the camera about the two love birds and wonders “how one will react when told it is time for the other to go.” Coby just acts like typical Coby.

Over at Ulong, the depressing threesome is out fishing and Bobby Jon not only catches a pretty large clam, but the most disgusting looking fish, I’ve ever seen. They’re (of course) all excited cuz they get to eat and think all this protein will help them in the next challenge. (Did anyone else catch that ominous note of impending doom in the background.)

Anyway, the scene cuts to Bobby Jon walking back to camp with Treemail. It’s on of those slider puzzles that we all loved when we were kids. Of course, most of us gave up on the puzzle after a few attempts and just busted the pieces out of the frame and reassembled them that way. I don’t think however Jeff will let them get away with that.

Jeff welcomes the tribes to the Immunity Challenge and proceeds to humiliate Ulong by asking them about fishing. They brag about their clam and (single, puny) fish feast. Bobby Jon comments about how he is glad he didn’t come across a shark because he’s afraid of them. Koror just snickers when Jeff then asks Koror about their fishing. Katie calls Tom “The Beastmaster” and explains how Tom killed a shark. Bobby Jon just looks around for a rock to crawl under.

Jeff explains the challenge. Tribes are to unscramble a “life size” version of the puzzle which is floating in the water. One person will be the caller while the other two will be in the water pushing the pieces. It is decided that Coby, Jenn and Janu would be the three from Koror with Coby being the caller. Bobby Jon is the caller for Ulong and Stephenie and Ibrehem are the swimmers.

Jeff says go, and Coby clearly takes a commanding lead, instructing Jenn and Janu on how to “slide” the pieces. Bobby Jon however, is totally clueless as a caller and halfway through, switches places with Stephenie. But it’s too little, to late, as Koror wins the Ugly Idol, sending Ulong to Tribal Council for the seventh consecutive time.

I wont bore you with a description of the dismal threesomes’ time back at camp or their humiliation at Tribal Council. Let’s just say, it was pretty much the same thing we have experienced for the last 6 tribal councils.

Probst says “It’s time to vote.”

Stephenie (votes for Ibrehem): Ibrehem, you're awesome. I'm just trying to stick with... uh... stick with my word. Hopefully, Bobby Jon stuck with his. Good luck whatever happens.

Bobby Jon (votes for Ibrehem): If this game was based on the quality of the individual, you'd be the winner of the million dollars, but I... cause you're top-notch. But, she's out-performed you and me both... she still deserves to stay. See you later, man.

Ibrehem (votes for Stephenie): Sorry, Stephenie.

Probst reads the votes and Ibrehem’s torch is snuffed. He takes that long walk of shame and makes the following parting words to the camera.

Ibrehem's Final Words
Uh what can I say, I totally didn't expect to be voted out tonight, so it's a big surprise for me. I thought me and Bobby Jon had something, a little loyalty thing going, but I guess I was wrong and anything can happen, and it happened to me tonight.
My experience playing this game is probably one of the best experience of my life, just being able to experience being in an area or in a situation where I pretty much had to fend for myself, you can't go out and purchase food, or buy water. You have to find it yourself, and prepare it yourself, just pretty much do everything. I don't know. Maybe one area that I guess I pride myself in is that I stay loyal, I say what I say and I do what I do, and I kinda stick to it. So I am glad I stayed that way through the game, even though, I guess, it kinda worked against me this time, but I figured I was doing the right thing because it worked out for me a lot of other times, but I guess in this situation it didn't work out.
I think I was really playing the game in my own personal way, I don't think anyone is supposed to play the game the same way, I think you play the game in a way where you think it is actually working for you. As far as I knew, it was working for me. And other people are playing it differently and they can be voted out the next week. It's kind of the luck of the draw too, you know, it's going to be in other people's hands and you do what you can do, what you feel is the best for you. I felt like I was performing well in all of the areas, and you know, I don't think it would have came down to this like it did, unless we have loss so much as a tribe, then it came down to who maybe could beat them in the future.
I feel like I gave it my all, but everything you do, that you don't toally, I'm not going to say I didn't succeed at it, but you don't just totally go through with it and win, you are always going to wonder and second guess if you can do it this way or that way.
Like I said, I'm a pretty honest person, and I played the game the best way I felt I knew how. I wasn't going to change my character to play the game because I just felt it was fake. So I played the game, I picked the best way I knew how, I competed as hard as I could, I did everything I think I could do without compromising my character. So I mean, I honestly have no regrets.
From this experience, I walk away with a whole new respect for life, not taking things for granite. I also maybe uh I don't know, not to be as trusting. Other than that, it was an experience I definitely enjoyed. I hate, with all of my @#%$, that it is over. I mean, I am still in shock because I expected to be on. I honestly did not expect to be the person leaving tonight, but hey, nothing I can do anything about it now, I guess.
I think I have learned that I am just a genuine person, I stick by my word. You know, aside from playing the game, I think it is important to do that. I think I just uh reiterated to myself that you know, i need to be who I am and not necessarily be who anyone else thinks I need to be, no matter if I am playing a game or whatever it is. I think the main thing that I got from this is just a lot of lessons about life, a lot of lessons about people, a big lesson about hard work, which I never did mind ::whistles::. I never expected, I never worked this hard. I worked in a steel mill, I worked all over, doing different stuff, I never worked this hard to stay alive.
The only final words to my ex-tribemates is uh good luck, I mean, I wish you well, no hard feelings. I just wish that Bobby Jon would have been more honest with me, that is about it, I'm straight up, I am a man about things, you know, I guess, like I said, I am not going to say something and don't do it. But a lot of times, people do that, forget it and it comes back and bites them in the ass. I beat myself and whoever else they need to beat, they beat themselves too.

Take care,

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body,
but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up,
totally worn out,
and loudly proclaiming....
Wow, what a ride!"

Freepmail me if you want added to or removed from the Survivor Ping List.

620 posted on 04/04/2005 6:56:46 AM PDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money (The difference between Scott Peterson & M. Schiavo - Schiavo got away with murdering his wife.)
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