Or maybe they would just give them some water off camera.

Or maybe they would just give them some water off camera.

Nope, this they don't do.

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LAST EDITED ON 03-05-07 AT 02:50 PM (EST)

This is speculation, not a discussion of what they have done in the past. Would they do it if Survivors were in danger of dying from dehydration is the question.

I think that would be lower impact to the game than giving them fire, which they also have never done because a tribe's health was in danger.

ETA: But it's anybody's guess.

Let me rephrase that, no they wouldn't do that.

In Australia when the merge tribe was lethargic at challenges due to lack of nutrition because they had eaten up their food supply, Jeff came to camp and traded a bucket of rice and some fish hooks for the tribes shelter. In all stars when tribes couldn't get fire before it got to the point of dehydration, they made the deal at the RC that all could get flint for fire. The producers would figure out some trade or some way to get Ravu flint/fire rather than give them water off camera.

Because how would it look if Ravu never got fire and never won reward nor never won immunity and never died of dehydration? The viewing audience would know that something was rotten in Denmark. Even though this is season 14, one thing remains true: they don't slip you food off camera, they don't slip you water off camera.

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While you may be right that this hasn't happened in the past, there has been medical treatment, including hydrating IVs, given off camera and I don't think water would be that different. (It was in Guatelmala and also S1 or S3 that the cast talked about it afterwards.)

Food is another matter, in part because it takes a lot longer to die of starvation than dehydration. Ravu, btw, was drinking a lot of coconut milk, so the viewers saw how they were staying alive.

Maybe the producers would figure out a way to get a cast fire or maybe they would have to intercede more quickly if there truly were an emergency, that's my point.

Since this is all speculative about what might happen if conditions got worse than they ever have, though, I think it is rather pointless to continue to debate.

Coconut milk is a laxative and not a good thing to drink when you need to stay hydrated.

Your point in post 10 was that maybe they would slip them some water off-camera, they wouldn't. While everything else is speculation on what they would do to remedy the situation (a trade, give flint to both tribes etc), this is not.

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In the early seasons the losing tribe was able to take their lit torches back to camp after tribal council. I always wondered if the torches stayed lit all the way back to camp. I'm wondering if maybe the surviors actually drank some of the water even though it couldn't be boiled. In All Stars Rudy and Susan drank the water before they were able to get fire. I remember hearing somewhere that the unboiled water isn't as dangerous as the show makes it out to be.

Coconut milk (or coconut water) has been widely used by people in real life survival situations to stay alive. It might not be the best choice, but if you have no other options, it’ll do the, at least for a while. Green coconuts in particular have more water and less oil.

No one can say definitively what may or may not happen in the future. Both sides of this discussion are speculation. You are speculating as much as I am about a hypothetical situation. We are having a difference in opinion. We have both supported our opinions with past examples from the game. I have no problem respecting your opinion about what you think could happen in the future, but I am not so sure that you can say the same.

Have you read the guidelines lately?

I think the point that is trying to be made (if I may interject) is that EPMB and others involved have said things in interviews or behind the scenes shows that indicate there are some rules they have made that they don't seem likely to change for any reason.

They've been pretty good to date at working within those rules and still making sure no one dies because they don't have fire before the merge.

Thanks, Snidget, for making an excellent point.

Have you read the guidelines lately?

Yes, and your point is?

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I've heard the new rule is that if a tribe hasn't made fire by Episode 6, Becky or Sundra is called in to help them.

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