Archive through January 14, 2002

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Moondance

Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 10:01 pm Click here to edit this post
Good Advice Weinermr...

I just went with who I thought would be voted out without giving in to MB's editing... actions speak louder than editing

It was hard not voting for people I wanted to and just voting with who I thought would be voted out. Except of course in the last vote... I wanted Ethan to win so I was HAPPY to vote for him:) (I kind of voted with who I liked in the top 4 too... got them all)

Thanks Lance!

Spy... how do we contribute to the Deadpool... they did a GREAT job and I would like to give something:)

Tksoard

Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 10:34 pm Click here to edit this post
Moondance, when you go to the Dealpool site, it tells you right at first. Last time I checked only 32 people contributed. I think it is worth the $4 for the great time we had!! Congratulations to you and Britchik and Egbok!!

Tksoard

Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 10:40 pm Click here to edit this post
They are only taking contributions for a week. I just checked, and now only 34 people are contributing. I suggest we start a rally on contributions!!! Everyone go to Deadpool Site and give a little. It was fun, wasn't it???? Prove it!! They are only asking for $4 or even $1 if you want.

Moondance

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 08:52 am Click here to edit this post
Thanks Tk... I always went straight to the alliances and skipped the home page:)

Car54

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 09:24 am Click here to edit this post
Take a look at the top few alliances- most are very small- some have only 5 players, and if you look at the voting, they clearly voted in a block.

It would be fairly easy to get 5 people to agree to a strategy and if you pick right, everyone benefits.
We had over 70 players between out two alliances, and never tried to reach any sort of agreement- everyone voted as they wanted. I think we did really great considering the size and diversity of out group!

I think letting everyone vote their own ideas kept us afloat on the really hard weeks. If you look at the vote spread on the last week, we were pretty evenly distributed, so there was little chance of totally blowing it.

One thing I noticed too, was the best players did not always get the boot correct, but consistently racked up points on the challenge picks- that is where we could really improve, I think- it is much easier to get the team challenges right(only 2 choices)- so we could really gain points early on if we work on that area.

Moondance

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 09:33 am Click here to edit this post
You are right Car...I didn't get the boot right all the time... 10 out of 13 (all 4 places) trys but I did try to guess the challenges right and never got a negative score because of it ... also didn't get too crazy about the stay on vote... I voted for who I thought would definitely stay ... they always did. I guess I didn't take any big risks.

I thought our alliances did GREAT! Also for as many people we had in them!

Spygirl

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 10:05 am Click here to edit this post
I actually did the opposite -- I only got an IC right two times, I think, but I got the boot most every week. It worked until I blew it the last episode. Just think if we would have combined our scores.....wow....

Moondance

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 10:32 am Click here to edit this post
Hey Spy ... actually you got 6 out of 13 of the boots ... so we weren't opposite really the same up until the last 4 votes ... if you click on your name on the deadpool site you can see your voting history ... you did great, very consistent!

Egbok

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 10:39 am Click here to edit this post
Okay you guys, I do not have any concrete advise for why I got in the top 100. Basically as Weimermr stated above, I tried not to let the spoilers influence my vote but I must admit, it was hard to do sometimes. I just voted with my gut feeling and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.

As for our Alliance groups in the SDP, I also think we did most excellent for having such a large and diverse group. As Car had noted, many of the top Alliance winners had small numbers in their groups - I had noticed that about Week 7.

I'll certainly be participating with the SDP for S4 and I'm going to donate $$$ to them to help ensure this happens. This was a fun experience and being here with you guys made it FANTABULOUS!!

Lastly, I'd like to note that having a glass of Merlot before voting always gave me good points in the end!! Hee-hee!!

Moondance

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 10:42 am Click here to edit this post
>Lastly, I'd like to note that having a glass of Merlot before voting always gave me good points in the end!<

GREAT advice, MsBok!:) I will try this one!

Moondance

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 10:56 am Click here to edit this post
Ok I made my donation!:)

Car54

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 11:18 am Click here to edit this post
Hmmm, I think I will take a little of that advice right now. Can't get started too early!

Britchick

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 11:24 am Click here to edit this post
Hello everyone and thank you for the many congratulations. I think we should all feel proud of ourselves because we all did very well.
I was slightly amazed by my score so I had been assuming that the standings hadn't all been worked out yet. So I hadn't celebrated or anything - I have had my score change dramatically before and it can be really disappointing! I'm just hoping it's safe now :)
I definitely don't have any secret since I did not do consistently well - my final standing was very much helped by being right the final week. I got the immunity winner wrong (I guessed Ethan twice) but since he won in the end, those mistakes didn't lead to negative points. The last week, I totally voted with what I *wanted* rather than what I thought would happen. I just envisaged a situation where Ethan could win and went with that. I was very tense until the end because I was scared that MamaKim would win! But I'm definitely listening to the glass of Merlot advice! Sounds good to me...
I have loved it here since BB2 and had such fun with the Deadpool and the Amazing Race votes (thanks to Judy and Disco for setting that up and to everyone else for making it all such good fun). This is a bittersweet victory :) since I'm leaving the US in a couple of months - probably around week 4 or 5 of S4!! So believe me, I'll be back at these boards from my new home in the UK to catch up on what's going on though I don't know if I'll be able to carry on voting without being able to watch the show :( In case I never get round to saying it again, I want to thank everyone here for being so friendly, funny, entertaining and making me feel that loving Drew&Kevin or Ethan was not weird!
I'm off to contribute to the Deadpool...

Car54

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 11:37 am Click here to edit this post
For those who are trying to resist spoilers, you might want to consider registering as an unspoiled player- I did, and voting unspoiled (you have to vote by Monday, and there is generally NO good scoop out there til at least
Tuesdays) I finished 168, I was in the second alliance standard, and I guess I am a big sucker for all the gossip- voting standard, I am 1968!

On Mondays, I would just sort of wing it, and it worked much better. Maybe we could have a standard alliance and an unspoiled?

Weinermr

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 03:24 pm Click here to edit this post
Britchick - I have always enjoyed your posts, and wish you well in this new chapter of your life. We can say goodbye and good wishes, but not farewell - since you don't have to leave this group - we are all always only a mouse click away. Have a safe journey (when the time comes) and keep posting!

P.S. You were always so worried about how you were doing in the voting, and just look how well it turned out!

Egbok

Sunday, January 13, 2002 - 07:00 pm Click here to edit this post
<Egbok hands Britchick a glass of Merlot>

Congratulations once again for your final placement in the SDP!! I'm glad that you will still be with us as you move to the UK. I bet that you'll still figure out how you want to vote at the SDP just by reading all of our posts!! It's definitely worth a shot, don't you think?!!

Besides, you'll be into week 4 or 5 of S4 as you move to the UK and with that glass of Merlot, you'll have a pretty good idea how to vote!!

Kep421

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 03:42 am Click here to edit this post
Hey Britchick...why don't you make a deal with one of your US buddies to tape shows and mail them to you?

I don't know how expensive it is to mail tapes to and from the UK, but you could send the tape back for reuse. Or at the very least, someone could tape each show, but only send the ones where something unusual happens.

I think you would be pretty entrenched in the show by the 5th or 6th episode, so it would be terrible to go through withdrawal so suddenly without having a backup plan...

In any event, have a very safe trip back to the UK...

Weinermr

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 08:38 am Click here to edit this post
Britchick - If you would like, I'll be your designated Survivor taper. I've already gotten in the habit. Just let me know!

Car54

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 10:45 am Click here to edit this post
Awesome- that would keep one of our best players on our team!!!!!!

Britchick

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 11:59 am Click here to edit this post
Well, if you've been to the Deadpool recently you'll see that my misgivings were right and I'm out of the top 100 but I still think I did pretty well (130) and also the re-working of the scores means Moondance is in 2nd place overall, with several other TVCHers in the top 100. So it's still good news. Honest :)
Thanks for all your kind words - don't worry I'm not going anywhere just yet and hopefully I'll be interested enough in Survivor 4 to keep in touch when I get home.
The offer of tapes is very kind Weinermr - I may just take you up on it though I'll have to check what my VCR is like when I get back. US tapes and UK tapes use a different system so I'll need to get a VCR that plays both. (If I get this VCR then I'll also be looking for someone willing to tape Buffy and Angel but I'll wait before making such big requests and maybe make them in a more appropriate folder ;) )
Anyway, it's nice to know I'll still be in touch with all of you lovely people even when I'm soooo far away (and chilly).

Moondance

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 01:42 pm Click here to edit this post
The deadpool revised
TVCH ... the top 100!!!

02. Moondance
12. Egbok
61. Muse
63. TwiggyinAfrica
70. Chippy
75. Phrf
78. Karuuna
79. Fflur
89. TheSpyGirl

:)Congrats to all!!!:)Good Job!!:)

Karuuna

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 03:35 pm Click here to edit this post
Okay, I'm real confused. When I go there, the home page still says I'm 349. When I loaded the individual player standings, I'm still 349. And Spygirl is at the top of our alliance (altho I know Moon was at the top of our alliance a few days ago).

I tried hitting refresh, but that didn't change anything.

I think they're probably still updating? Or is there some place I'm not looking?

Moondance

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 03:39 pm Click here to edit this post
I think they are still updating... you are getting the scores from the last week before the last epi... keep trying to refresh... when I do I get the newest #s which I posted above:)

Tess

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 03:40 pm Click here to edit this post
Kar, I'm having the same problem you are although my standing reverted to what it was before Thursday's show. So have all the scores. I show Spy at the top with the same number of points she had last Wednesday. I'm boggled. Refreshing does nothing.

Karuuna

Monday, January 14, 2002 - 03:43 pm Click here to edit this post
whew, glad I'm not clueless alone! I'm staying away until the revolving scores problem is fixed. I'm dizzy enough already.