LAST EDITED ON 06-07-01 AT 11:44 PM (EST)Well, things are really shaking over at that other site but it seems they finally came up with a major spoiler. I'll put it in the form of a story rather than go through all the rigamarole of how it was put together piece by piece:
It was a relatively normal evening at the tribal camps, both teams were sitting around the campfires listening to their tummies grumble while trading top 10 lists, example:
Top 10 reasons to say OMG (click):
10. Nobody woke me up.
9. That's an old saying that goes way back.
8. The rice is heavy.
7. We've got plenty of rocks here.
6. Watch it, I know an attorney in Chicago.
5. My parents would be so proud.
4. These go to eleven.
3. The bar is open.
2. It's a free DAW.
and --
1. The crew is playing Skynerd!
Anyway, suddenly Superman heard the signal from Jimmy Olson's watch and took off to save the world, Galactus had decided to eat the moon which would just ruin everything, returning the next morning to find a peeved shakes waiting to give him the bad news. Holding up the contract, shakes said:
"Leaving the playing area is not allowed, you disqualified yourself dumdum, you should have let the Fantastic Four take care of Galactus like they always do, rats you put me in a bad spot here!"
Superman attempted to proclaim his UN chartered worldwide citizenship with all its special priviledges, but to no avail, the clown was unmoved, a heavy argument ensued between the two, it finally concluded when Supes tricked clown into saying his name backwards, sending clown to the 90day penalty dimension and undoing all his shenanigans.
Realizing that a gap had now been created in a world where shakesvivor had been undone, Supes then pulled the timefix planet spin and reinvented the game with the remaining players and alternates, with vamps as the new host --
Yes, that's right, at some point shakesvivor will cease to exist to be replaced with supesvivor!
Now, I know what you're thinking: Prove It! Realizing that this needed to be confirmed I first tried to track down the prime source, QueenMary's cousin the girlfriend of the stripper girlfriend of the stunt double who is attempting to sue Superman for loss of revenue since he or she had a job when it was shakesvivor but no longer does thanks to shakesvivor being undone, but then I realized: Would that source even be believed, probably not. So, I did the smart thing and called the Planet for confirmation. Skipping the ammenities, here's a transcript:
Lois Lane: What is it you would like to know that you can't just buy the Planet and find out?
dabo: Well, I was wondering about the Planet's coverage of shakesvivor, I mean...
Lois Lane: We're not covering shakesvivor.
dabo: That's what I mean, the Planet usually has the best news available.
Lois Lane: shakesvivor isn't real, we don't cover things that aren't real.
dabo: Really?
Lois Lane: Yes, now if you don't mind, we're busy trying to find out why Combat Missions was moved to the fall schedule.
dabo: Great, I was wondering about that too, have a nice day.
Lois Lane: 'bye.
There, you see! Ah, but knowing you good folks so well, I even sent the tape of the phone call to a friend at Galaxy Broadcasting, just got back confirmation that it was indeed Lois Lane on the other end of the line, and you know she can be trusted to always tell the truth, nothing scheming or conniving about that lady, after all she's an investigative journalist with integrity! So, who wants to start a pool on how long it will take before Supesvivor takes over?
"If the race of man should be left naked upon a desert island, we should become extinct in six weeks. A few individuals might linger, but in a year would become worse than monkeys." (Samuel Butler, "Erewhon")
edited to correct spelling and make a few minor changes.
First, no running ... wait, wrong pool.Anyway, thanks to all who have responded, this is already more than I expected really. Sorry, Cher, I realized I had to change the pool to timebase, episodebase is just too limited for a serious pool. So, the pool:
Everyone can pick a date and hour, no duplications of previous picks, for the announcement by Superman about Supesvivor. One pick per poster, but if your t&d passes you can make a new pick as long as it doesn't duplicate someone else's pick. Don't know what the winner should get, ideas are welcomed, but if nothing else you can take pride in your picking abilities.
"If the race of man should be left naked upon a desert island, we should become extinct in six weeks. A few individuals might linger, but in a year would become worse than monkeys." (Samuel Butler, "Erewhon")