Ready for Survivor and Amazing Race???

[cinifini]

I vote for a random drawing at the end too...if your choice for the ultimate survivor got booted, what would be the point of voting anymore? You wouldn't have a prayer if someone got lucky and went all the way through with the final pick from the beginning!

Random drawings make it fair and equal for all...just get all your picks right so you have lots and lots of chances! Good enough for me!

[pandybat]

OK....how's this??

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT STARTING THIS CONTEST UNTIL AFTER WE WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE, SO PLEASE DON'T START EMAILING ME AS SOON AS YOU SEE THIS....LOL

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RULES:
Players may start playing this game with us at any time during the season. Even a person with one chance has the chance to win! YOU MUST BE A REGISTERED DEAL OF DAY MEMBER TO PLAY.
Each week, players must email me ( [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now] ) with their picks for this weeks questions. Please put SURVIVOR in the subject of your email. Your DOD member name would help too.
This must be done before midnight CST on March 6th.

Answer these 3 Questions:
**1. Who do you think will be voted off Survivor in the upcoming episode (March 7th)?

**2. Which tribe member do you think will win the immunity challenge in the upcoming episode (March 7th)?

**3. Tell me which tribe member you think will become the ultimate Survivor at the end of the season. This answer cannot be changed once submitted for the duration of the game unless they are booted off. Only after your pick is booted off the show will you lose 10 points and have to pick again. (No one will ever go into the negative numbers, just back to 0 if they don't have enough points to equal the 10 being taken away.)

SCORING:
Question #1: This question is worth 3 points for correctly guessing who gets booted off this week. (Only guess one tribe member.)

Question #2: This question is worth 2 points for correctly guessing which tribe member will win the immunity challenge for this week. (Only guess one tribe member.)

Question #3: This question is worth 5 points for *each week* your Ultimate Survivor pick stayed in the game without getting booted off.

I will keep track of everyones picks and points in each weeks thread.
(10 total chances available per week.)

PRIZE DRAWING:
There will be a random drawing at the end of the season for a $50 Amazon gift certificate. Each point you accumulate during the game, earns you one chance in the pot for the drawing.
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Taking a set amount of points away each time someones pick gets the boot should eliminate me having to go back and figure out how many weeks each persons ultimate Survivor pick stayed in the game. That's gonna be a big time saver for me. Is 10 points too much?

And I'm gonna go with the suggestion of posting everyone who has emailed me with their picks for the week but not going to post what they picked until the morning of the next show. So it's very, very important that you get your picks to me on time before midnight the night before the show. That should throw a little twist into the game.

If this sounds satisfactory and fair to everyone, I will post a new thread to start the game after tomorrow nights show. I'm still open for changes so let me know.

Thanks for all the input guys!!! Let's have some fun!!

[cinifini]

Sounds like a GOOD plan, Sandy!!!

10 points isn't too much (unless I lose them, lol).

Sounds fair all the way around...sounds like fun (AGAIN)...and I for one am ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Later, Cindy

[wss4]

That sounds like a great plan to me. Can't wait to see the show tonite!!

[Pennywise]

Sounds great to me. I cant wait until tonight!

[chippers21]

Pandy you are a gem....the rules you are proposing really take into account the comments and concerns of everyone here... I love the minus 10 concept with no negative possible. This will save you a great deal of checking/and allows us to maximize our points...Random drawing does seem the best solution for keeping everyone active in the game...Thanks so much, Liz
TODAY IS THE DAY! LEAVING A SEMINAR EARLY SO I DO NOT MISS A MINUTE....LOL

[hattielee]

Sounds Great! Thanks for all your hard work! You're the best!

[busyness]

Sounds Great! Thanks for all your hard work! You're the best!

Hattielee

That's what I was going to say!

Truly, Sandy, you are awesome the way you get this all organized and under control. Thanks again!

Let the games begin!

Tamara

[pandybat]

Aww shucks, guys! You make me smile!

Ok....so tonights the night! YAHOO!!!! Don't miss a minute of it so you can really get a feel for who you think might make it all the way to the end.

I love Survivor night!! Pizza, pop and the family all watching. No dishes afterwards.....gotta love it! Hubby can't believe it's on again.

So, I'll post the start of the contest as soon as I can after the show.

GO ETHAN!!! oh.... wait a minute............

[pandybat]

02/28/02
TODAY'S TV NEWSLETTER
What's happening on TV today?


THE BEACH IS BACK
Survivor: Marquesas 8 pm ET/PT, CBS

Survivor hits the beach again for this fourth edition as the 16 latest castaways are marooned in French Polynesia on Nuku Hiva, the largest of the 12 Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific. Executive producer Mark Burnett promises "a much more uplifting, fun series" this time around. "It reminds me of Survivor 1," says Burnett. "It'll make you laugh a lot and you're going to love the cast. You can take that to the bank."

Speaking of the bank, the producers recently paid two of its Survivor: Africa players, Lex and Tom, $100,000 apiece (second-place money) because of a major error in the penultimate challenge that could have altered the outcome. One of the answers they gave in an immunity quiz was judged incorrect when it was actually a correct response. "An honest, human error was made," says Burnett. "It's done and we just have to move on."

And S4 is a good way to move on. While the island setting may be familiar, the conditions and rules are slightly different. This time out the players aren't given any food or fresh water. They also are given minimal supplies.

"I always wanted to do that," says Burnett, of the lack of provisions. But this was the first time it was feasible. Burnett sent some of his producers to the island and made them fend for themselves. They discovered that fish, fruit, vegetables and water could be found if you just went looking for them. "The only question then was fire -- so we provided them with a magnifying glass, which meant that fire could definitely be achieved during the daytime," says Burnett. "It became like a real bunch of people marooned who had to actually make a world."

Another wrinkle in this edition is that previous votes no longer count against a player in the event of a tie vote at Tribal Council. "It became a bit too mathematical," says Burnett. "It got so annoying to me." He says he's made at least two other changes to the game, but declines to elaborate on them at this time.

Of course, the big twist in Africa was having three players from each tribe switch teams. The surprise not only affected the game there but also in Marquesas. "The players saw the switch episode while in their hotel rooms the night before leaving America," says Burnett. "The reaction was, 'Oh, my God!' Jeff [Probst, the host] and I spoke with them afterward and told them if you learned anything from seeing the episode it should be, 'Don't assume anything.' You don't know if there will be a switch tomorrow. You don't know if there are going to be four tribes, three tribes, two tribes. You don't know if there is ever going to be a merge. Don't assume anything." The result was a more "freethinking, freewheeling" approach to the game.

There also is "more of a romance this time around," confirms Burnett, but he's quick to add that "it's not Temptation Island. We've got very, very smelly people." While the players' hygiene may not be conducive to romance, Nuku Hiva's lush backdrop certainly is. Its towering waterfalls and green rolling hills are a stark contrast to Kenya's flat, dusty terrain.

Amazingly, S4 wasn't supposed to take place here. It was scheduled for Jordan. "I had about 30 people working in Jordan -- and construction was underway on 9/11," says Burnett. "On 9/12 Leslie [Moonves, CBS president and CEO] and I spoke. We realized it was impossible to go forward even though we were only five and a half weeks from filming. So we brought forward the location we had for Survivor 5. We had to reinvent everything. I had to get my people out of Jordan. We were on the first international flights that left Los Angeles following 9/11 and we went straight to the Marquesas and started working immediately. CBS stepped up. We stepped up. And my crew, miraculously, did seven months' work in five and a half weeks."

And judging from tonight's initial episode, all of the hard work paid off. The location is simply gorgeous and draws you in right away. From the moment the 16 contestants abandon ship and begin rowing to shore, Nuku Hiva looks like an ideal spot to be marooned. The diverse cast, too, looks promising, as some strong personalities emerge in the opener. They range from handsome Hunter, a former jet-fighter pilot, who takes charge right away, to prima donna Sarah, a busty account manager who makes friends and enemies from the get-go. There is also no-nonsense Kathy, a real estate agent who ruffles a few feathers with her aggressiveness; goofy Rob, a construction company foreman who is the definition of a fish out of water; and jokester Sean, an inner-city schoolteacher who should bring much-needed comic relief.

So who will be the ultimate survivor, and who will be the first cast off? My pick for the first to go is Rob. He just doesn't seem to fit in. The big winner: "Lobster Lady" Zoe. She's a commercial fisherman and charter-boat captain from Maine. She's the only one who actually lives on an island and lives off the sea. I'd sure want to keep her around.

Viewers should find that S4 is reminiscent of the original Survivor -- and that's a good thing, since the first is still by far the best. "Returning to an island was very nostalgic," says Burnett. "It was a real good feeling for the crew." Chances are it will be for faithful viewers, too. -- Tim Holland

[kayemjay]

Your rules for the game sound fine to me. Thanks for all the hard work you will be doing and for all the info you've provided.
Is it time yet???

[Pennywise]

5 and a half hours to go!

[cinifini]

I am really looking forward to tonights show...ahhhh a tropical isle...what I wouldn't give right now for a tropical isle...

cause, it's SNOWING, AGAIN, right now...it will be a great escape tonight...

Low tonight or tomorrow is supposed to be -2 (that's MINUS 2)

Hurry springtime..........................

[pandybat]

How funky is your chicken?
How loose is your caboose?
Come on everybody,
Let's play SURVIVOR!!!!

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Aaaaand they're off!

[Trace30]

Another wrinkle in this edition is that previous votes no longer count against a player in the event of a tie vote at Tribal Council. "It became a bit too mathematical," says Burnett. "It got so annoying to me." He says he's made at least two other changes to the game, but declines to elaborate on them at this time.





oooooooooooooo...That'll be different!!