Ahhh... here we go!

<walk over to Snuff-o-matic 3000> <Click> <WhirrrrrRRRRRRR>
<yelling over the sound>
Welcome Back! It seems that this season of Survivor has many suprises in store for our ABCplayers, not the least of which is the bootees.
Alas now is the time to pay for all indisgressions when it comes to your chosen safe-survivors.
Sorry to say, but it's time for our 1st ABC TribalCouncil!
<cue lighting> <light fire><relight fire><relight fire><leave fire unlit> Boy this thing really works!!!
Sorry, I have to yell. This thing is really loud!
Dear Survivor Maniac, mckelviej, byoffer and oz4ever, you had Brianna on your safe-list, please bring me your torches.
<Whoooosh.....Fffffthooomp> <Whoooosh.....Fffffthooomp> <Whoooosh.....Fffffthooomp> <Whoooosh.....Fffffthooomp>
Thanks for playing. You can still catch the boat going to LoserLodge if you so desire. There's even a 5 point bonus coming to you, if you do.

This should serve as a warning to all players and especially to those who had a Hero Twin Extension. The game is really on.
HeroTwin ProbationExtention:

coolbluepig ~ Yes
kingfish ~ Yes
Das Mole ~ Yes
DearAbby ~ Yes
You 4 are still in the game because of the extension, but just barely. Try to not put a bootee on your safe-list from now on.

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Wk 3 Results

Boot: Brianna, -21
Votes: Lydia, -3
Immunity: Nakum, +3; Yaxha, -2

SecretWord: "Terrible",
Jims, one of the HeroTwins, left a very cryptic message in last weeks thread.
If you could decipher his clues you would've found the secret word hidden in there.
Here's the clue I dropped ... I also have a little bit of pull with the spirit twins, believe me when I tell you, they are on my side. *Click on the he

After seeing some of the scores these past few weeks, I'm frankly suprised more of you didn't inadvertantly post the secret word.
However, only 7 of you could figure out the Clues that Jims, our HeroTwin, had left behind.
Congrats to JohnMC, LookeeLoo, Kermit the Vixen, tvgeek, kingfish, sisyphus and DearAbby for figuring out such a terribly difficult (and nefarious) bonus.

MayaBonusResults:
The 4 runes of importance this week were monkey, night, offering and earth. Add to that the previous 4 of transformation, jaguar, star and seed and those were the 8 special runes.
Which, suprisingly enough, could each be found in the story I started each previous entry thread with...
By the light of a bright star the young group of castaways trudges their way through jaguar infested forests.
The only clue they've been given...?
"Make an offering of a single maize seed to the monkey god."
But where is the monkey god? Which direction is his house? Does he even have a house?
Just then, the god of transformation appears and with a single clap of his hands the earth raises up, pushing trees and brush aside and revealing a long path leading off into the horizon. When the dust finally settles the castaways set out in the night to do their duty.
From the heavens the HeroTwins smile.
Remember it now?
Anyway, that was the last week to pick the secret Runes and now is the time to find out what they were worth.

Firstly, only four players correctly guessed all 8 runes and as a special bonus have collected a great prize because of it.
Congratulations LookeeLoo, kingfish, lvoetulips and mimo you four have finished the the task completely and as payment for your amazing choices you will receive a ...

It's a "bootee button".
This button can be attached to your sigline, if you so desire.
It entitles you to get off scott free for having a bootee on your safelists.
This is a one-time use button and I will take it back as soon as you commit the infraction. If you do.
Of course, your score will be negatively affected by the votes but you'll still be alive and in the game.
Now, as to what each and every rune was worth:
star = 20 chits
seed = 20 chits
transformation = 10 chits
jaguar = 10 chits
monkey = 5 chits
night = 5 chits
earth = 5 chits
offering = 5 chits

I bet now you're asking..."What the heck am I gonna do with a bunch of crappy chits?!"

Well, for that revelation you will have to wait for just a moment.

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Scoreboard Synopsis:

Movers and Shakers:
Only 8 points away from the maximum possible weekly score of 38 points are 3 players. JohnMC, tvgeek and LookeeLoo all got 30 points. This pushes my "alliance partner", JohnMC into the top spot for week 3. Scarlett O Hara holds on during the maelstorm and slips a spot to 2nd place. RudyRules holds at 3rd with a score of 25 points. LookeeLoo, with her top scoring week, shoots up 3 spots to grasp onto 4th. Kermit the Nefarious rounds out the top 5. Some other big jumps up the scoreboard are MJewel moving up 5 spots, tvgeek up 9 and whoami up 10.

On the RedEnd...
Emydi once again shows her Redink Authority and recaptures the bottom spot. Her and alwaysintruble just keep going back and forth. It's making for a very tense RedInk battle this season. However, the big weekly RedInk winner is DasMole who managed to name the bootee on his ProbationExtension safe-list and makes up some sorely needed points. -24 to be exact. Excellent work Das! Meanwhile, molaholic, unfortunately goes the wrong direction this week. Hey moley, you might try easing back on the number of safe-listed survivors.

Scores:
Rank (previous rank) Player ~ weekly score (previous score) = Total Score
1. (2) JohnMc ~ 30 (59) = 89

2. (1)Scarlett O Hara ~ 25 (62) = 87

3. (3)RudyRules ~ 25 (55) = 80

4. (7)LookeeLoo ~ 30 (36) = 66

5. (7)Kermit the Vixen ~ 25 (36) = 61

6. (6)smokedog ~ 22 (38) = 60

7. (12)MJewel ~ 25 (34) = 59
7. (16)tvgeek ~ 30 (29) = 59

9. (5)GuessItRains ~ 19 (39) = 58
9. (10)Higgs ~ 23 (35) = 58

11. (4)kingfish ~ 7 (50) = 57
11. (7)dreamerbeliever ~ 21 (36) = 57

13. (23)whoami ~ 29 (26) = 55

14. (16)Flowerpower ~ 25 (29) = 54
14. (16)yensid ~ 25 (29) = 54

16. (14)Kobrien_fan ~ 22 (31) = 53

17. (16)lvoetulips ~ 16 (29) = 45

18. (26)Lolly ~ 21 (22) = 43

19. (21)Rebel Crown ~ 13 (27) = 40
19. (26)sisyphus ~ 18 (22) = 40

21. (24)LibraRising ~ 15 (24) = 39

22. (16)DearAbby ~ -1 (29) = 28

23. (29)Ontheroadagain ~ 14 (11) = 25

24. (28)mimo ~ 12 (12) = 24

25. (21)coolbluepig ~ -6 (27) = 21 ~ No Entry

26. (32)adricharlie ~ 18 (0) = 18 ~ No Entry

27. (34)MacabreMasquerade ~ 17 (-1) = 16

28. (31)Mo0 ~ 6 (7) = 13

29. (30)kircon ~ -1 (10) = 9

30. (32)Femme ~ 0 (0) = 0 ~ No Entry

31. (36)Molaholic ~ 10 (-19) = -9

32. (35)Das Mole ~ -24 (-12) = -36

33. (38)alwaysintruble ~ -3 (-35) = -38

34. (37)emydi ~ -10 (-31) = -41

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Wk 4 Entry

Alrighty, that was it. The last week of probation for EVERYONE. From now on if you have the bootee on your safe-list you, yourself, will be booted from the ABC.
You will also be allowed to name as many Survivors on your safe lists as you want to. NO limits!
Keep in mind every vote counts.

Safe-List: mandatory
Your list of Survivors who will not get a vote at TribalCouncil.

TribalImmunity: non-mandatory
Which tribe wins the Immunity challenge.

SecretWord: non-mandatory
What is written in Mayaglyphs?

MayaBonus: non-mandatory
For those wondering what the heck the chits are for? ...
Well, they are for the Wk 4 MayaBonus, which is the return of the infamous ABCAuction.
Grab your chits and meet me at the ... ABCAuction!!!
The auction is a challenge which will be held in a different thread in Fanatics. Starting on Saturday afternoon I will open the Auction thread and begin to take bids for special items.
Use your chits to outbid the others to collect these prizes.
As an incentive I like to highlight a couple of Auction Items to peak interest.
How does "Double your Weekly Score" sound
or perhaps "20 points"
maybe even a "Free Bootee Pass"
All can be won during the auction and many more prizes as well.
Also if the Saturday session is unsuccessful in giving away the total amount of prizes I may open another ABCAuction session on Wednesday.

In addition to all of your rune choices I have added 50 chits to each and every players total to encourage even more folks to join in on the fun.
Rune Tally a.k.a. ChitCount:
lvoetulips ~ 130
mimo ~ 130
kingfish ~ 130
LookeeLoo ~ 130
smokedog ~ 110
GuessItRains ~ 110
dreamerbeliever ~ 110
tvgeek ~ 110
DearAbby ~ 110
kircon ~ 110
Das Mole ~ 100
MJewel ~ 100
sisyphus ~ 100
Flowerpower ~ 100
Molaholic ~ 95
RudyRules ~ 90
Scarlett O Hara ~ 90
Kermit the Vixen ~ 90
Higgs ~ 90
Kobrien_fan ~ 90
whoami ~ 90
Lolly ~ 90
LibraRising ~ 90
Mo0 ~ 90
Ontheroadagain ~ 90
emydi ~ 90
alwaysintruble ~ 85
yensid ~ 80
adricharlie ~ 70
MacabreMasquerade ~ 70
JohnMc ~ 70
Rebel Crown ~ 60
coolbluepig ~ 50
Femme ~ 50

So try to come and meet me on Saturday from 3pm to 7pm boardtime then again at 9pm to Midnight boardtime.
Or maybe on Wednesday from 3pm to around 10pm boardtime. (Have to watch Lost, you know.)
Now, if for some reason you can't make the auction, or take part in the auction but don't win any items, or still have chits left at the end of the auction, you will be allowed to exchange your chits for points but I'm only willing to trade in 10 chits for 1 point. In other words if you have 59, I will give you 5 points and the remaining 9 chits will be useless. Them's the breaks!

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Tribes: Nakum and Yaxha
:
Amy / Blake / Brandon / Brian / Brooke / BobbyJon / Cindy / Danni / Gary / Jamie / Judd / Lydia / Margaret / Rafe / Stephenie

Sample Entry:
SafeList:
Amy / Danni / Gary / Lydia / Rafe / Cindy / Brandon / Blake / Jamie / Brian
Immunity:
Yaxha
SecretWordBonus:
kissmyass
MayaBonus:
No auction for me, but I'd like to trade-in my 80 chits in for 8 points.

the tribe has spoken
* I have a severely abnormal attraction to messages hidden with the use of "invisible ink". Please note that this feature will be used at any time. Adjust strategies accordingly.

* I have the ability to hide things in current threads that are only relevant in next weeks thread. Again, adjust your strategies accordingly.

* Allrighty Femme, I think I'm finally getting the message. However, I can't kick you out just yet. So please consider making an entry this week.

* If you are planning on coming to the ABCAuction make sure to come siggieless. The thread gets fast and furious, very quickly, and it would help our dial-up friends if you show up "naked".

* The S11 ABC is brought to you by Extra-Strength Excedrin.

* lvoetulips, hey girl, you have got the hook-up. You were so worried over no more probation and you end up getting a bootee button. Safe for another week.

* mimo, similar note to you. You had no probation this week and felt the need to be reserved in your choices. Yet you end up getting a booteebutton this week. Things are shaping up for you. Next stop, the top 10.

* Cooper lvoes his auntie Rebel.

* The secret word will never be nefarious! I promise!

* One BJ for Libra, coming up.

* Vix, I lvoed your entry. Yet, I have to wonder where all the hostility is coming from. Or is that just ... "sexual tension".

* DearAbby, I can see how you were unsure of why you didn't get the secretword last week, but NO!

* Sorry, Emydi, I actually hate it when people go away quietly, so no bonus for you this week.

* Oh kircon, I lvoed your attempt at the secret word for week 3. Just add about 52 or more words and you might get it.

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Da Rules:
Objective:
Every week you will post a "safe list" of survivors still in the game.
How many is up to you. Pick as few or as many as you want. Just know, your flirting with disaster the more survivors you include.
For each survivor who does not get votes you will get points.
If you happen to name a survivor who gets votes I will take away points for every vote cast.
Anytime after the 2nd week and you list a bootee. I will boot you from the game.
I will also pose, in each new entry thread, up to 3 non-mandatory questions. Each question will be worth a different value and will vary in difficulty. They are not mandatory though.
Non-Mandatory questions:
Immunity:
Each week, if you choose to do so, you can take a guess at who will win Immunity. For every episode with tribes I will ask that you name a tribe to win. When the survivors merge I will begin asking for individual immunity. Point values will change when this happens.
SecretWord Bonus:
Each week a secret word will be chosen. Your duty is to include the word in your entry. Wk 5's secretword will be taken from the 8th post of the Wk 4 thread. I'll choose the word from that entry. Your duty will be to put it in your Wk 5 entry.
MayaBonus:
Every week I will post an extra bonus question. When, where, why, how, what will be up to me. I like to suprise people so I suggest staying vigilant and alert. The nature of these questions will change all the time, so will the point values.

Basic Point Values:
Each survivor who does not receive votes will be worth 2 points.
Each survivor who receives votes will be be worth -3 points per vote. This includes the booted survivor. This does not include quitters or people who do not receive votes but leave the show anyway.
Tribal Immunity will be worth 3 points if correct. -2 if incorrect.
Individual Immunity will be worth 6 points if corrrect. -3 if incorrect.
SecretWordBonus will be worth 5 points. 0 if incorrect. (-5 for RedInk)
MayaBonus:
Maya Discretion

Deadlines:
Game Deadline:
Anyone can enter the game but only during the first 3 weeks. Week 4 the game will be closed to new entrants.
ProbationaryPeriod lasts for only the first 2 weeks. After that I will boot you if you have a bootee on your safe-list.
Entry Deadline:
Pre-Snews/On-Time entries are accepted until Wednesday at 11:59pm et. and will get 2 free point if no edits are made after the wednesday deadline.
Grace Period entries are accepted between the Wednesday deadline and Thursdays showtime. 7:59pm et. Anyone entering during GracePeriod will automatically receive a penalty of -5 points.
Any Entries made (or edited) after the Thursday showtime will not be counted.
If a player misses making an entry. I will use their previous weeks "safe list" as their new entry. (No Immunity or Bonuses)

REDINK subtleties:
If you decide to answer the bonus questions, they should come with messages of intention for negative points. If you don't verify your intentions I will "assume" you wanted positive points.
If you want to enter early, don't want to edit and still want the -5 points for posting late, simply title your post as "AutomaticPenalty" or "GracePeriodEntry"