Bookmarked.

My wife has binged something close to 15 seasons since the end of 48. She has been prepping for 50

Excited for a new season. Always a good thread.
If you don't listen, I can't endorse Probst's "On Fire" podcast after each episode enough.

Him, the Survivor fan who is a podcast producer, and a former player.

It's usually from the previous season, but this year they've got outside the box and it's Jeremy Collins who won Cambodia.



This thread has been home to a very fun pickem game over the years that I'd like to resurrect for this year. Will post rules after the first episode. I'll put to put up some $$ for the winner to up the ante on participation.


Looking at the cast bios, there are at least 2-3 people who have a TX connection, a "chick" who is definitely really a dude, and the clear favorite Uli Tribe featuring Sage and Savannah

Tonight!

In

I feel like everyone on the show are Uber fans of the series and it's over the top a bit

Logos Stick said:

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The DEI garbage is over the top now with this show.

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wtf are you talking about?

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a "chick" who is definitely really a dude

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who? what?

Mozart Paintings said:

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Well I don't care who wins as long as Sage and Savannah make it far

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Savannah is on Season 50

Rudyjax said:

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Gotta love the steroid belly on the former stripper.

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Is that what that is? Is that a known thing for steroids? Looks bizarre like he is pregnant.

"If you want a picnic, go to the park... THIS IS SURVIVOR!"

Has to be one of the most bizarre lines Jeff has yelled during a challenge! Lol

Damn, we used to love Survivor but it nose dived about 4 years ago.

Now it so fakey and contrived. Blah

Tabasco said:

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Rudyjax said:

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Gotta love the steroid belly on the former stripper.

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Is that what that is? Is that a known thing for steroids? Looks bizarre like he is pregnant.

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It is. Google it. The examples you'll see are more extreme but it's probably from roids.

Here's a good example.

Check out Annie's band "Trashy Annie"...she's from Austin...def fits the Keep Austin Weird vibe

Something tells me she won't be around long though (and if she is first out, i'm watching on Thursday evening)

AlwaysNextYear89 said:

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Check out Annie's band "Trashy Annie"...she's from Austin...def fits the Keep Austin Weird vibe

Something tells me she won't be around long though (and if she is first out, i'm watching on Thursday evening)

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Her eye makeup. Is that permanent?

Here's the pick-em. It's a long post. I hope it's fun. I'll pay the winner $50. I broke it into sections to make it fairly simple. You really just need to read "The Basics" and "How it Works".

THE BASICS
Pick 4 contestants - any gender, any tribe

SUBMIT them on this thread or to me via DM before 7 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, October 1.

I'll keep the standings via a viewable Google Spreadsheet.

Winner gets $50 from me (if anyone else wants to contribute that would be great).


HOW IT WORKS
You get points based on what your players accomplish / don't accomplish through the tribe and then individual parts of the game. Points are tabulated each week and the standings updated. I made up a **** ton of categories to try to make it as fun, silly, and engaging as possible.

The people you pick at the beginning that make the merge get a 0.5-point bonus on their achievements during the individual part of the game. So if it's 5 points for winning an Individual Immunity Challenge, you'd get 5.5.

If you have people voted out before the merge, you can redraft from the remaining players after the merge. But they don't get the 0.5-point bonus.




ALL THE WAYS TO GET POINTS

PRE-MERGE

Your team finishes the challenge 1st (reward or immunity): 2 points

Your team finished the challenge 2nd (reward or immunity) : 1 point

You make the merge: 5 points

BOTH PHASES

IDOL TALK

You find a hidden immunity idol: 3 points

You find any other sort of advantage: 2 points

Some dummy gives you their advantage or idol anytime before Tribal Council: 2 points

You give away your advantage or idol to someone else anytime before Tribal Council: -2 points

You find an advantage note or HII clue, but you're too dumb to retrieve it by yourself / at all: - 2 points


INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES
You win: 5 points

You're the first one out: -1 point

You sit out because you think you're safe or you want to eat: - 2 points


REWARD CHALLENGES
You win: 3 points

You're the first one out: -1 point


AT TRIBAL COUNCIL

You play the Shot in the Dark and save your ass: 3 points

You play your HII at Tribal Council and it saves you from getting voted off: 5 points

You play your HII at Tribal Council and it saves someone else, or you give it someone else and they save themselves: 3 points

You go home with an advantage in your pocket: -2 points

You go home with a HII in your pocket: -5 points

You get voted off at TC: - 2 points

You get medically evacuated: -2 points

You quit the game for any reason beyond your health: -10 points

You play a fake idol at tribal and get voted off: - 5 points

You play a fake idol at tribal but don't get voted off: -2 points

You spell the name of the person you're voting for wrong: - 1 point (EVERY TIME)

You survive Tribal Council: 0.5 points pre-merge, 1 point post-merge.


RANDOM MOMENTS

You make a fake immunity idol and some idiot falls for it: 3 points

You're the idiot that finds the fake immunity idol and celebrates that it's real: -3 points

You are shown on TV smashing your crotch into an obstacle while blindfolded: -1 point (EVERY TIME SHOWN)

You start crying back at camp (tears must be shed on TV) because you didn't get invited on the reward challenge: - 1 point (every challenge this happens)

You lose any piece of your team's vital equipment for more than 30 minutes of the show (fishing gear, flint, machete): -2 points

You fake any sort of injury to bail out of a challenge: -2 points

Somebody has to save you from drowning: -2 points

You admit on the second to last day that you've never made fire: -3 points

You have a breakdown about how unfair life is based on your race, gender, sexual orientation, anything political, or COVID-19: -3 points


FINAL TRIBAL


You are the Sole Survivor: 10 points

You finish second: 6 points

You finish third: 4 points

You finish fourth: 2 points

You win the Fire Competition: 2 points

Rizo
Savannah
Nate
Jason

I'll get my picks in before Thursday. A suggestion for another point.
If you get volunteered for the individual challenge after a reward challenge (I can't remember what it's called), and you win: 1 point. If you lose, -1 point.

Jake
Savannah
Jawan
Michelle "MC"

Savannah
Jake
Rizo
Alex

I'm reposting the rules to the PICKEM for Survivor 49. For some reason I thought posting it at 630 pm on a Friday before a football game was a good idea.

Here's the pick-em. It's a long post. I hope it's fun. I'll pay the winner $50. I broke it into sections to make it fairly simple. You really just need to read "The Basics" and "How it Works".

THE BASICS
Pick 4 contestants - any gender, any tribe

SUBMIT them on this thread or to me via DM before 7 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, October 1.

I'll keep the standings via a viewable Google Spreadsheet.

Winner gets $50 from me (if anyone else wants to contribute that would be great).


HOW IT WORKS
You get points based on what your players accomplish / don't accomplish through the tribe and then individual parts of the game. Points are tabulated each week and the standings updated. I made up a **** ton of categories to try to make it as fun, silly, and engaging as possible.

The people you pick at the beginning that make the merge get a 0.5-point bonus on their achievements during the individual part of the game. So if it's 5 points for winning an Individual Immunity Challenge, you'd get 5.5.

If you have people voted out before the merge, you can redraft from the remaining players after the merge. But they don't get the 0.5-point bonus.




ALL THE WAYS TO GET POINTS

PRE-MERGE

Your team finishes the challenge 1st (reward or immunity): 2 points

Your team finished the challenge 2nd (reward or immunity) : 1 point

You make the merge: 5 points

BOTH PHASES

IDOL TALK

You find a hidden immunity idol: 3 points

You find any other sort of advantage: 2 points

Some dummy gives you their advantage or idol anytime before Tribal Council: 2 points

You give away your advantage or idol to someone else anytime before Tribal Council: -2 points

You find an advantage note or HII clue, but you're too dumb to retrieve it by yourself / at all: - 2 points


INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES
You win: 5 points

You're the first one out: -1 point

You sit out because you think you're safe or you want to eat: - 2 points


REWARD CHALLENGES
You win: 3 points

You're the first one out: -1 point


AT TRIBAL COUNCIL

You play the Shot in the Dark and save your ass: 3 points

You play your HII at Tribal Council and it saves you from getting voted off: 5 points

You play your HII at Tribal Council and it saves someone else, or you give it someone else and they save themselves: 3 points

You go home with an advantage in your pocket: -2 points

You go home with a HII in your pocket: -5 points

You get voted off at TC: - 2 points

You get medically evacuated: -2 points

You quit the game for any reason beyond your health: -10 points

You play a fake idol at tribal and get voted off: - 5 points

You play a fake idol at tribal but don't get voted off: -2 points

You spell the name of the person you're voting for wrong: - 1 point (EVERY TIME)

You survive Tribal Council: 0.5 points pre-merge, 1 point post-merge.


RANDOM MOMENTS

You make a fake immunity idol and some idiot falls for it: 3 points

You're the idiot that finds the fake immunity idol and celebrates that it's real: -3 points

You are shown on TV smashing your crotch into an obstacle while blindfolded: -1 point (EVERY TIME SHOWN)

You start crying back at camp (tears must be shed on TV) because you didn't get invited on the reward challenge: - 1 point (every challenge this happens)

You lose any piece of your team's vital equipment for more than 30 minutes of the show (fishing gear, flint, machete): -2 points

You fake any sort of injury to bail out of a challenge: -2 points

Somebody has to save you from drowning: -2 points

You admit on the second to last day that you've never made fire: -3 points

You have a breakdown about how unfair life is based on your race, gender, sexual orientation, anything political, or COVID-19: -3 points


FINAL TRIBAL


You are the Sole Survivor: 10 points

You finish second: 6 points

You finish third: 4 points

You finish fourth: 2 points

You win the Fire Competition: 2 points

Nate
Jason
Savannah
Rizo

Savannah
Steven
Jake
Michelle

ETA: if I happen to win, I'd ask that you donate the money to the Williamson County Animal Shelter. And I'll match the $50.

Jake
Matt
Nate
Michelle

Nate
Steven
MC
Savannah

HTownAg98 said:

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Savannah
Steven
Jake
Michelle

ETA: if I happen to win, I'd ask that you donate the money to the Williamson County Animal Shelter. And I'll match the $50.

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That's awesome, and I definitely will! Thank you.