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Tabbyking

Monday, March 24, 2003 - 11:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
okay, here's a different question....i am playing the fantasysurvivor game (a different one than the one cbs has) and one of the questions is about 'if' someone falls off their perch, then 'why' does that person fall off? they have things such as 'never got a good footing at the start' and 'tries to reposition foot', 'wind blows them off', a few other things and then 'another reason.' so if the girls 'drop trou' and one of the guys gets, shall we say 'excited' and that er, uh, middle leg pitches them forward, well, would that count as 'another reason'?

LOL just being silly...

gosh, now i see why this is called 'questions that don't need another thread'!

Frogichik

Monday, March 24, 2003 - 12:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Could someone please post a list of what each survivor makes for being on the show. I know someone posted it before, but I can't find it. THANKS!!

Csnog

Monday, March 24, 2003 - 12:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fees paid are in the archives March 8th in the "really great spoiler thread".

I knew I posted it somewhere in there.

Frogichik

Monday, March 24, 2003 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Csnog, that's exactly what I was looking for!

Micknrc

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 08:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I didn't feel like starting a thread for this, but....Wow, The NEW YORK TIMES!? (I didn't post the link as it's one where you need to register to see)


The Finale as Rerun When Trumping ‘Survivor’

March 27, 2003
By JOANNA PEARLSTEIN
New York Times




THEY collect evidence carefully, cultivating sources and
assessing their credibility. They survey locations with
satellite imagery and painstakingly analyze video clips
frame by frame for clues to help them find out who walked
away with $1 million.

But these detectives are not investigating a bank robbery
or a case of corporate embezzlement. The object of their
pursuit is the identity of the million-dollar winner of
"Survivor: The Amazon,'' the CBS reality program.

Even in cases when they are not excited by the program
itself, "Survivor" gumshoes enjoy the challenge of spoiling
the taped show's conclusion before it goes on the air.

"When I saw the first episode, I thought, this is a really
terrible show," said Stephen Turley, who works at a
financial services firm in Baltimore. But once Mr. Turley
visited Internet message boards where participants were
trying to determine how contestants were faring, he said,
"I was pretty hooked."

"Survivor," for those who have not seen the program, goes
something like this: 16 people are taken to a remote
location, provided with minimal supplies and divided into
two "tribes." The tribes participate in competitions, and
the losing tribe has to vote one of its members off the
show. Eventually evicted tribe members form a jury that
chooses which of the final two contestants wins $1 million.
The sixth season of "Survivor," filmed late last year in
the Amazon rain forest in northwestern Brazil, is on the
air now; previous seasons were filmed in such places as
Thailand, Kenya and the Marquesas Islands in French
Polynesia.

"Survivor" is filmed months before it is broadcast, so by
the time it reaches American living rooms, contestants and
film crews have come and gone. The winner is revealed in a
live broadcast of the show, but spoiler sites like
Acmebraintrust.com and Survivornews.net thrive on much more
than who is going to get the prize money. Each week, there
are predictions of who is going to be voted off the show,
and ultimately, of who the two finalists will be.

Among the more popular sleuthing techniques at the spoiler
sites is collecting tips on contestants' weight loss. Since
food in the game is scarce, the more weight "Survivor"
players lose, the better their chances of winning - or so
the theory goes.

"Weight-loss spoilers, almost all in press stories or posts
on message boards by casual acquaintances or co-workers of
the contestants, gave away the final five in 'Survivor:
Thailand,' " said Jeff Pitman, a research scientist in
Providence, R.I., who runs TrueDorkTimes.com, a satirical
Web site that attracts "Survivor" spoilers. Mr. Pitman said
that last year one enterprising spoiler traveled to a car
dealership that employed a contestant, Brian Heidik, and
took photographs of him. Mr. Heidik appeared fairly
emaciated, and it turned out that he had won the game.

In fact, predictions at the sites are sometimes so accurate
that reading them can make episodes seem almost like
reruns.

For this season, Survivornews.Net, run by Tim Gilman, had a
perfect track record as of last week's episode. Acme
Braintrust members - the site, which has about 100 members,
is made accessible by invitation only, in part to keep
costs down - have correctly picked four of six evicted
tribe members. "In Survivor 4, we got 15 of 16 picks
correct,'' said David Kathman, a stock analyst in Chicago
who is a member of the site. "Survivor 3 was not nearly as
good. There wasn't as good information available.'' The
various spoiler sites tend to be cooperative and
competitive in their quest to reveal which "Survivor"
players have outwitted, outlasted and outplayed their
competitors.

Other hints come straight from CBS: fans record promotions
for coming episodes and scan them frame by frame for clues.
These "vidcaps," as they are called, recently helped fans
correctly predict the specifics of a tribe swap. CBS will
neither confirm nor deny its use of red herrings, but some
believe that after the first vidcap revelation in the first
season, the show's executive producer, Mark Burnett,
inserted a digitally altered image into the credits to
sidetrack determined spoilers.

"I really have to tip my hat to him - that was a genius
move," Mr. Turley said.

Mr. Burnett said he appreciated the interest from spoiler
sites. "It's a natural expression of human nature," he
said. "With so much of our show shrouded in secrecy until
it's broadcast, it makes complete sense that many
individuals consider it a challenge to try to gain
information before it's officially revealed - sort of like
a code they are determined to crack.

"While it's my job to keep our fans on their toes and stay
one step ahead, it is fascinating to hear some of the
lengths these individuals are willing to go."

For fans of the Web sites, "the spoiling is the fun part,"
and Mr. Burnett said he did not mind. "If it keeps them
excited and interested in the show, then everybody wins."

While slimmer contestants and video captures can be
informative, sometimes the spoilers' level of detail
suggests inside connections. Dan Bollinger, an industrial
designer from West Lafayette, Ind., operates Survivor Maps
(www.claycritters.com /map/survivormaps.htm), which
publishes maps of "Survivor" filming locations, based
partly on satellite images.

"Our tips come from the people at the location," Mr.
Bollinger said. "Government officials, tourism chiefs,
resort managers, those sorts of sources. It is hard to hide
300 people."

But the site does not engage in spoiling. "We don't
investigate the winner,'' he said. "We'd rather watch and
be surprised."

Fruitbat

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 08:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Mick. I am glad to hear MB is aware and possibly trying to mislead. That makes it more fun. He can't control those who spy and leak info though. It would be a refreshing change if next season had tighter security and production took measures to confuse things.

Auntiemike

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 09:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Was Roger on the Morning Show today? I didn't get a chance to see it. I really miss that post-show interview the next morning....gives me a different insight to players every time.

Squaredsc

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 06:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
is the show on tonight or tomorrow?

Essence

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 06:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
tomorrow

Squaredsc

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 09:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks essence, that give me more time to think bout my votes.

Micknrc

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 06:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Is anyone else having trouble getting into Sucks/ezboard. or is it just me? egads, maybe I'm banned! (for not creating any obnoxious flamewars in the last two years!)

Fruitbat

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 06:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just got in with no trouble.

Micknrc

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 06:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Bat, I was afraid of that....

Car54

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 07:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mick, try clearing your cache. That happened to me a month or so ago and I almost fell out of my chair... could not get in, got a banned message...(why would they ban someone who never posts?).

I finally just cleared my cache, rebooted and tried again and got in no problem...it must have been a glitch or something.

Scared me tho.

Dipo

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 06:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
does someone know where the list of episode names is and when the finale is planned. I am trying to figure out how many shows are left. Thanks

Csnog

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 07:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There are 13 shows. April 10th will be episode 9.

If they want to stretch it farther into May sweeps they might have a recap week.

Seamonkey

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 09:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Car54!! Please check your folder.. I have a request..

Seamonkey

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nevermind.. you caught it and I thank you :)

Dogdoc

Friday, April 11, 2003 - 04:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
On the gross food competition last night,4/10/03, Jeff made the comment to Matt about the last item being alive. When they showed us the pan of larva they ate earlier they were wriggling. Were these not eaten alive too?

Dipo

Tuesday, May 13, 2003 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Can someone direct me to a really good transcript of the show. My friend's missed the finale (I knew I should have called them) so I told them I would try to find a transcript. Normally I would have a tape, but I was so annoyed by the winner that I didn't bother to tape it when it was shown on the west coast. Thanks.