Week Three

Second Margani Tribal Council

So after accumulating secondary votes for either Greg Beurling OR Siobhan Wilson, I ended up with 7 of a possible 8 votes. 3 people switched their vote from Greg to Siobhan or vice versa. This tribe is a mess, hopefully they can work together and heal their trust issues. Without further ado, here are the votes…

1st Vote: Greg
2nd vote: Siobhan
3rd Vote: Greg
4th Vote: Greg
5th Vote: Siobhan
6th Vote: Siobhan
7th Vote: Siobhan

And with the seventh and final vote, the first person voted out of Margani and the fourth out of Survivor Hamilton Two is…

Siobhan Wilson


Post and congratulate Siobhan for a tough, hard-fought battle. It was definitely a close one.

And Now… Week Three

Kichanga Tribe

Not having to go to Tribal Council was a pretty nice feeling. Some members of the tribe knew how tough it was to try to convince others to join their alliance without being bossy, or seeming too untrustworthy. Just like last week, things between Damien and Hackett had not improved, but at least they were trying to make sure it did not affect the moods of the rest of the tribe. Lauren spent the last week trying to convince the boys in the tribe of her strengths, and that they could really use her in the challenges. For the most part, people believed her, but Elliott, Binny and Scott didn’t really think that she was necessary. Tyler and Kyle spent a lot of time talking, because they were pretty close, and they began to put together some strategies for later on in the game. After winning last week, Kichanga was very confident that they would not be back to Tribal Council in some time.

Margani Tribe

After the double Tribal Council vote, Margani was tired. Half of the tribe had tried to get rid of Greg and failed. The other half, was pleased to get their way with the elimination of Siobhan, but it took its toll on tribe life. Nobody trusted eachother any longer because there had been backstabbing already, and everyone had their own ideas of who it was. Jill decided that this was not good for the tribe at such an early point in the game, when they needed to win challenges. So she brought the tribe together to have a discussion about how the tribe should function from now on. Dirks thought that it would be good to just eliminate the weak links from now on, which got the instant approval of James. Steve suggested that the tribe focus on keeping tribe mates who have each attribute that is necessary to the challenges. This idea worked better, but the problem was... Who decided who to vote out? Hinton thought that the same thing would happen all over again, and Jones agreed with him.

Hartolo Tribe

As expected, the majority of the tribe had come together to vote Michelle out at Tribal Council. While some people had voted for Cowin and German, those people really had not made any effort to make a strong alliance and put together some votes. It really seemed like there were no surprises in store for Hartolo. Pitman felt pretty confident in his alliance with all the Mini-Yo-We guys, as well as Cowin, and the only questions he felt he had to answer were about who would go next. His problem was that he liked everybody in the tribe, and wanted to be allied with all of them. But that simply could not happen. Laura was a little perplexed that there wasn’t as many votes for Cowin as she thought there was going to be. I guess she hadn’t thought that the other alliance would come together so quickly, or that some of the girls would vote another girl out. It was certainly a surprise. Clements began to focus on making sure Pitman and company knew he was useful in the tribe.

Breema Tribe

Avoiding Tribal Council had been a welcome break as Breema followed up a poor showing with a very convincing win. The whole team stepped up and filled their roles with hard work, especially Bryant, Silas, Fournie, Nathalie and Mandy. The other guys in the tribe were no slouches however, and it really has to be said that no tribe mate was too weak in weak two. Micah spent a lot of time this last week getting to know the other guys in his tribe. His close friend Pat was voted out in week one, so he knew that it was up to him to secure his spot going into the next couple weeks. He had some really good strengths, and his tribe needed to know that. Gerry, who has many strengths n this game felt fairly confident that his tribe would not vote out all 6”8 of him. The three girls had become pretty close with Silas, Fournie most of all, and were fairly comfortable with him. Jord, Barry and Trotman also spent some time fishing, happy that they didn’t have to worry about voting anybody out soon.

The Immunity Challenge

Today, the venue for the challenge is a giant platform suspended over the water. It is in the shape of a very large circle. All the members from all four tribes will begin on top of this platform. The object of this challenge is to knock all the members from the other tribes off of the platform. Anything goes, as this will be a very rough challenge. The attribute weightings are as follows:

Speed: 30%
Strength: 50%
Problem-Solving: 0%
Strategizing: 0%
Teamwork: 20%

So all four tribes begin separated on the platform and the game begins. Most of the larger guys from all four tribes run into the middle and clash, while some of the girls and the smaller guys stay on the outskirts and try to just speed around avoiding falling off. Here’s who falls off when (this is based on individuals’ statistics and team stats):
After Five Minutes: Lauren, Nathalie, Laura, Chelsea, Amanda
After Fifteen Minutes: Jill, Mandy, Micah, Greg, Tyla, Cait, Millar, Steve, Binny
After Twenty Minutes: Damien, Elliot, Kyle, Cam, Hinton, James, Graham, Silas, Gerry

So here’s who is left after Twenty Minutes: Heidman, Hackett, Tyler, Beckie, Dirks, Jones, Pitman, Cowin, Clements, German, Jord, Trotman, Barry.

Step by step, here is the finale of the Immunity Challenge…

With four people left, the members of Kichanga decided to stick close to eachother and let the others fight it out. Cowin and Pitman from Hartolo were menacing and kept running at people. Barry and Jones were duking it out, while Dirks tried and succeeded in knocking Jord into the water. Hackett tried to grab Clements who was running around trying to avoid people, and German knocked Hackett off the platform. Tyler was able to knock Trotman off. Barry and Jones decided to work together and were able to get rid of German. But then Jones turned on Barry and was able to shove him into the water, which officially eliminated Breema. With just Dirks and Jones left, Margani was in rough shape, and it got even worse for them when Pitman and Cowin grabbed Dirks, lifted him into the air and hurled him out into the water. Tyler eliminated Clements. Soon, Beckie was able to trip up Jones, and Heidman delivered the final blow to Margani, jumping at Jones, knocking both of them off the platform into the water.

This means that surviving the challenge was Tyler, Beckie, Pitman and Cowin. It also means that Kichanga and Hartolo are Immune, while Margani and Breema must go to Tribal Council this week.

Keys to Victory (defeat):

Kichanga: Their speed and strength were just too much for the other tribes. While their teamwork is still low, their amazing athleticism is able to overshadow that weakness. Beckie, Tyler and Heidman were very strong in this challenge. As long as the challenges continue to involve mainly athleticism, Kichanga will be in very good shape.

Hartolo: It was really their strength and teamwork that pulled off this victory. Hartolo’s speed is poor, but other skills make up for it. As stated, Cowin and Pitman were very good in this challenge, but German was also very effective. Clements also lasted a while based on his ability to avoid trouble.

(Margani): While they had a few people who lasted, there really was no one on this tribe that excelled in this challenge. While they have some high attributes, Margani still lacks in speed and strength. While their teamwork is adequate, it is not the best of the tribes. Jones and Dirks did very well in the challenge, and Cam, Hinton and James did alright. Jill also did surprisingly well. Don’t get carried away, this was almost purely a physical challenge. Many of the other ones will be intellectually based.

(Breema): Their speed really is not high, at best all three attributes used in this challenge are average on Breema. Their strengths lie in other areas. Barry, Trotman and Jord did very well. Silas and Gerry both did not do as well as expected. Their girls were nowhere to be found on the scoresheet. It is alright to be weak at these challenges, because Breema will be very good in the more intellectual ones. Back to Tribal Council again…

So here is how I am going to compile votes. I have told you guys in the past that you can change your votes any time up until I post the Tribal Council on Wednesday or Thursday. Here is what I am going to change about that: You can change your votes up until I have ALL the votes from your tribe. So if you need to wait, wait. If you want to gimme a vote, you risk not being able to change it. If everyone votes quickly, I can get this game moving more smoothly. So, here are the people who need to email me their votes this week.

Margani:
Dirks
Jones
James
Steve
Jill
Greg
Hinton
Chelsea
Cam

Breema:
Silas
Mandy
Gerry
Micah
Fournie
Nathalie
Barry
Jord
Trotman