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Post by Hermit Crab on May 19, 2021 23:10:24 GMT
It's not enough to say why you deserve to win Survivor; the Jury is deciding who deserves to specifically win Survivor of the Fittest. In addition to the 23 other players in this game, each of you had to deal with the structure of the game itself. Challenges, fitness challenges, swaps, pacing, redemption, twists, and other factors that did not directly come from the other players all affected your journey here.
This thread is for the Jury to ask questions about how your ability to navigate the game itself stood out from your opponents.
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Post by Frog on May 21, 2021 3:29:54 GMT
So as you probably know l all know, I believe I found the most amount of acorns.
I know of one that still exists somewhere on this site, find it for points towards my vote.
(If it helps we didn't get access to it's location until after the acorn auction had already happened).
Did you all attempt every fitness challenge? Food you feel like there was ever a chance where you might have needed to rely on them for survival?
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Post by Cat on May 21, 2021 3:49:04 GMT
Hi Frog!! I can't link back to it, but I did find an acorn when we were doing the Jigsaw Jams challenge. This was the first acorn I ever found and was disappointed it didn't lead to anything. I would be grateful if this meant something to you! As for the fitness challenges, yes. I did attempt all of them because I liked participating in all the aspects of the game. I really did not do well on most of them so I knew that I couldn't really rely on them saving me.
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Post by Kestrel on May 21, 2021 3:52:48 GMT
I found the first idol clue by having a hand spasm. I thought I was going crazy for a second. I can't find the other acorns, it's a lost cause. Sorry.
For the ones I went to Tc to, I did. I'll post a picture of my art if you like. I know I did really well on the collective nouns round, and I even best dog on the flash game! I misunderstood the rules to how the wanted the names of fish posted, so was slower than I'd liked there - I think that was the one place j might have needed it, and although I didn't do as well as butterfly I think I came second on that tribe and would've won.
Talking more broadly about challenges, apart from the connections challenge (f5), which I had to sit out of because I was too ill, I threw myself into challenges (we talked about timezones), even in frustrating situations like doing the maze in order to save axol or dog, who....weren't there. (Typing our own death wishes in the spreadsheet felt like a bonding activity).
I think elements like acorns, or the idol map, are much more useful in terms of relationship building than the tangible rewards - in this game an item only really changed the f7 vote. There's always an element of luck to them. Wheras sharing my idol clue meant that I knew where the idol was on the map (sadly I was way too slow, but I got and then was given three bits of info about where to find it).
I'm not a challenge beast, but I'm really proud of the six puzzle challenge, where my average was consistent and I even won one! I also won final immunity, mainly due to the challenge being something I knew I was good at.
Challenges for me aren't the be all and end all at all. They don't work like they do on the show, and survivor games trying to replicate the show is a conversation I've bored enough people with. To me, using them to immunity run your way to the end is a valid path - but it's one of many.
(Oh, and I did find 9 acorns on the forum once! I was very proud).
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Post by Kestrel on May 21, 2021 3:55:28 GMT
gyazo.com/da288c6a6738fce0c5281dee72473ce0Art! I'd love to see everyone's art. I found my acorns at the bottom of the forum, after posting in my confessional there was noone else online. I felt like the mods had taken pity on me.
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Post by Capybara on May 21, 2021 4:01:16 GMT
Hey Frog!
Yes I did attempt every fitness challenge. Even though I was fairly certain nothing strange was going to happen on Aquatica you never know what might happen. Same thing on Herbivora though the last fitness challenge there was probably the most important, but we won immunity so it didn't end up mattering.
I did find acorns at the beginning in the banner but that was before I knew what they were and I was too slow to post that in my confessional :/
As an aside, Cat and I also knew about an idol clue thanks to Axol finding it and sharing it with us
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Post by Cat on May 21, 2021 4:06:09 GMT
In response to Kestrel, this is the image I created for that fitness challenge. This is the only one I felt like I did well at.
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Post by Capybara on May 21, 2021 4:07:58 GMT
Oh gosh mine was awful
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Post by Capybara on May 21, 2021 4:23:24 GMT
I'm going to be turning in for the night but I'll be back in the 'morrow
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Post by Frog on May 21, 2021 8:09:35 GMT
Cat wins points for the acorn find! (Now I need to go check if I told you about us after I found it, but if you got them during the challenge, that's irreverent as I didn't locate it until after we'd done the challenge) Points for Kestrel for the best drawing, I think because it was hand drawn? Much like my own. or maybe it's just that I feature it in.
Negative points for Axolotl for stealing my idol clue find though. I think she did actually tell me she was doing that though, so whatever.
Would your choices remain the same if any other jury member had won the redemption? (Include all of us as this is a what-if scenario, and circumstances being slightly different might have resulted in many other choices of return. Only Lion and then Sloth voluntarily left the edge)
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Post by Eagle on May 21, 2021 9:14:50 GMT
Hologram Eagle flickers as it turns to look at something the others cannot see.
"There is a child outside with a balloon, trying to get my attention. This is demeaning."
It sighs.
"I require a distraction. Let us talk."
"Cat; you mention your poor performance at challenges, and honestly it speaks volumes to the strength of your social game that even with the heavily challenge-focused F4, you did not need to win one to make it to the end."
"My questions are about that F4. First, how early did you begin considering the impact of the firemaking twist? Second, what did you do to ensure you were taken to the end and did not have to win a challenge?"
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Post by Eagle on May 21, 2021 9:23:27 GMT
"Kestrel, I believe you did need to win one of those two challenges to make it here, and congratulations on doing so."
"I know you were for a while considering what you needed to do to be in that 'taken to end' slot at firemaking. How important was that you? And do you feel there was a path you could have taken which would have given you this slot?"
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Post by Cat on May 21, 2021 14:29:02 GMT
Hey Frog!
From a very long time ago, I wanted to be final 3 with Capybara and Kestrel. I think if Leopard Seal had come back, I may have wanted to go with him to be in an Aquatica 3. I don't think the chances of that happening were very good. Even if you or Rat had come back, I would not have done anything differently.
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Post by Cat on May 21, 2021 14:32:00 GMT
Hologram Eagle flickers as it turns to look at something the others cannot see."There is a child outside with a balloon, trying to get my attention. This is demeaning." It sighs."I require a distraction. Let us talk." "Cat; you mention your poor performance at challenges, and honestly it speaks volumes to the strength of your social game that even with the heavily challenge-focused F4, you did not need to win one to make it to the end." "My questions are about that F4. First, how early did you begin considering the impact of the firemaking twist? Second, what did you do to ensure you were taken to the end and did not have to win a challenge?" I was not SO bad at the group challenges (I was never the reason Aquatica lost) but I never got relief from having to go to TC due to other people. This was not a good start. I had a couple scenarios planned out for the firemaking twist. Firstly, I knew that Capybara and Kestrel would most likely take me. I did not want to win it because I didn't want to have to choose between taking one or the other knowing that they both felt very close to me. I think in a scenario where you won, I'm really not sure who you would've taken but it probably wouldn't have been me. I was also okay sitting next you and Kestrel but obviously wouldn't have been as thrilled.
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Post by Kestrel on May 21, 2021 16:53:55 GMT
Cat wins points for the acorn find! (Now I need to go check if I told you about us after I found it, but if you got them during the challenge, that's irreverent as I didn't locate it until after we'd done the challenge) Points for Kestrel for the best drawing, I think because it was hand drawn? Much like my own. or maybe it's just that I feature it in. Negative points for Axolotl for stealing my idol clue find though. I think she did actually tell me she was doing that though, so whatever. Would your choices remain the same if any other jury member had won the redemption? (Include all of us as this is a what-if scenario, and circumstances being slightly different might have resulted in many other choices of return. Only Lion and then Sloth voluntarily left the edge) I think part of me was hoping for rat to come back, mainly because I think I had a chance of him taking me still. My biggest fear was you or lion coming back, as you had challenge ability and you had a stronger connection, obviously, to cat and capy. With anyone else I think I had a chance to pitch my case, or rely on f4 immunity or fire making.
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