LAST EDITED ON 02-06-15 AT 11:06 PM (EST)

Welcome to another season of the SOTS, The State Of The Spoiling!
A weekly compilation of the info, from the various threads, condensed and concise-d into believable predict-atory prose.
At this time I have nothing other than a logo...

and some passion.
Yet... I know that I can't (and won't) do this alone so if anyone is interested in picking up a SOTS writing assignment, I would be grateful.
Other than the small (and mutable) rule of getting it posted by Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, there are no rules.
No format absolutes. No tenure favoring.
No threshold maintenance other than accepting the local forbidden-words list.
Which if I'm correct still means no to ##### and #####.

An opening calendar follows...

• RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,michel2, 06:06 PM, 02-03-15
  • RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,tribephyl, 01:30 AM, 02-04-15
    • RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,michel2, 05:32 PM, 02-04-15
      • RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,tribephyl, 05:45 PM, 02-04-15
• RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,Outsider32, 03:29 AM, 02-04-15
• RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,PepeLePew13, 09:44 PM, 02-04-15
  • RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,tribephyl, 10:41 PM, 02-04-15
• RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,Corvis7, 11:09 AM, 02-06-15
  • RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,tribephyl, 10:52 PM, 02-06-15
• Social media,Outsider32, 09:55 PM, 02-08-15
  • RE: Social media,tribephyl, 02:32 AM, 02-09-15
    • RE: Social media,Outsider32, 02:34 AM, 02-12-15
      • RE: Social media,tribephyl, 01:28 PM, 02-12-15
• RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,PepeLePew13, 05:40 PM, 02-11-15
  • RE: S30 | The SOTS | From the beginning...,tribephyl, 01:32 PM, 02-12-15
• Starting Calendar,tribephyl, 01:52 PM, 02-12-15
  • RE: Starting Calendar,CTgirl, 11:51 AM, 02-22-15
    • RE: Starting Calendar,tribephyl, 01:14 PM, 02-22-15
      • RE: Starting Calendar,michel2, 02:06 PM, 02-22-15
        • RE: Starting Calendar,CTgirl, 04:29 PM, 02-22-15
• sign me up!,Flowerpower1, 08:08 PM, 02-21-15
  • RE: sign me up!,tribephyl, 11:51 PM, 02-21-15
  • RE: sign me up!,Corvis7, 11:10 AM, 02-23-15
• Related to Edit,Outsider32, 08:04 PM, 03-20-15
  • RE: Related to Edit,PepeLePew13, 05:10 PM, 03-23-15
• Updated Calendar,tribephyl, 00:21 AM, 03-23-15
  • RE: Updated Calendar,michel2, 06:28 PM, 03-23-15
    • RE: Updated Calendar,tribephyl, 02:16 AM, 03-24-15
      • RE: Updated Calendar,Georganna, 08:48 AM, 03-24-15
      • RE: Updated Calendar,suzzee, 10:30 AM, 03-24-15
      • RE: Updated Calendar,CTgirl, 11:35 AM, 03-24-15
      • RE: Updated Calendar,dabo, 03:00 PM, 03-24-15
      • rock of jello,Agman2, 04:27 PM, 03-24-15
      • RE: Updated Calendar,michel2, 05:15 PM, 03-24-15
  • RE: Updated Calendar,Corvis7, 01:34 PM, 03-26-15
    • RE: Updated Calendar,CTgirl, 03:56 PM, 03-26-15
  • RE: Updated Calendar,PepeLePew13, 12:02 PM, 04-20-15
    • RE: Updated Calendar,tribephyl, 12:35 PM, 04-20-15
      • OMG...,Flowerpower1, 07:43 PM, 05-14-15
  • RE: Updated Calendar,Flowerpower1, 08:23 AM, 05-14-15
    • RE: Updated Calendar,PepeLePew13, 08:55 AM, 05-14-15
      • RE: Updated Calendar,tribephyl, 11:10 PM, 05-14-15
• Regarding Joaqin's exit interview,Outsider32, 02:13 AM, 03-29-15
  • RE: Regarding Joaqin's exit interview,PepeLePew13, 02:00 PM, 03-29-15

I want to help so I'll do a few. Maybe not the early ones though.

Thanks, michel.
I'm usually good until about episode 7, then I start feeling the fatigue.
You up for, say perhaps, 7 and 8? 8 & 9? Or you can space them out too. 8 and 10? 7 and 12?
You can even do more... 7 through 10?

How about E5 E7 and E9?

Sounds good. Just let me know if something comes up or you need to change dates.

I'm going to say based on first looks So wins.

How about March 18?

I could do more later in the season, but can't commit at the moment until closer to the time when I know how my schedule unfolds.

Sounds good, Pepe!
And you just let me know about later editions/availability.

I'll take April 15.

Weee!!!! Love me some Corvis!
Glad to have you back!

Unlike last year, it appears JP has no problem with them tweeting during the season this time. And there are a lot of alliances seemingly to be revealed. From what I gathered from SS:

Joaquin and So
Joaquin and Rodney clubbing together
Carolyn posting a picture about unity and So sending <3 smilies back.
Jen and Shirin. Jen talked about how much she missed Shirin.
Jen and Joe. They arrived at the same airport from filming
Jen, Joe, and Mike

Then there's the superfan connection on twitter with Nina and Max but that may not pertain to if they aligned in the game or not.

From what I am gathering here, Jen and Joe are not on Mike's tribe. Rodney and Joaquin are not tribemates either and neither are Jen and Shirin.

I'm going to assume that Joaquin, So, Rodney, Carolyn, Jen, Shirin, and Joe all make the merge here. Though I think with So's two alliances, it would appear that they already have half the tribe so they look to be going to the merge. And then take in Rodney and Joaq pulls him in. Jen and Shirin seeming to be that close meant they had to spend more than 6 days together so they either spent a lot of time at Ponderosa and/or were close on the island so I'm penciling them post merge as well. And given the airport tweet that should put Joe in as well. Mike could still be out pre-merge as he, Jen, and Joe(or one of them) could have ended up on the same tribe post-swap.

It would appear these are the alliances for each tribe
So, Joaquin, and Carolyn
Jen, Joe, Hali, and Vince
Rodney and Kelly(he wants to align with the older women), but I see him on the outs after Dan(who clearly looks like a early boot) and avoiding TC until the swap, which probably saves him.

Thank you very much for sharing your information but if you wouldn't mind doing me one favor, please.

I will start a new thread dedicated to the new findings regarding "spoilers" for the season, but for now, let's try to keep this info in the Pre-Season Spoiling thread.

As a help, for possible ideas for new thread names, should it be called S30 Social Media Spoiling? Or something more innocuous as S30 Spoiling?

I could not find the sources thread that I would usually post it in for this season. They are not exactly spoilers just some social media tidbits that really appear to be giving away alliances.

Yeah, social media clues are certainly not sources. But they/it aren't really spoiling in the traditional sense either. So I think I'll just start a social media thread. We can house all the activity and speculation regarding social media contacts/friends/followers etc AND house the interviews from cast members as they end their run on this season. Look for it to open in the next couple of days.

I'm free for Episode 2 (March 4) if you still need someone.

I'll take it.

You now have Ep2 and Ep4.

LAST EDITED ON 02-22-15 AT 01:14 PM (EST)

As of this moment, I have secured 3 alternate authors and have most of the earliest episodes covered.
I am still looking to fill approximately half the season (6 episodes), so if you have the desire to chip in and help with an episode, just let me know.
Thank you,

Episode	DueDate	Author
Ep. 01	Feb. 25	tribe
Ep. 02	Mar. 4	Pepe
Ep. 03	Mar. 11	tribe
Ep. 04	Mar. 18	Pepe
Ep. 05	Mar. 25	michel
Ep. 06	Apr. 1	CTgirl
Ep. 07	Apr. 8	michel
Ep. 08	Apr. 15	Corvis
Ep. 09	Apr. 22	michel
Ep. 10	Apr. 29	Open
Ep. 11	May 6	Open
Ep. 12	May 13	Flowerpower
Ep. 13	May 20	Flowerpower
Ep. 14	May 27	Flowerpower & tribe (2 Authors)

The gang's all here! I will do April 1!

Excellent choice, CT.

You can't go wrong with an April fool's SOTS!

LAST EDITED ON 02-21-15 AT 08:09 PM (EST)

Let the games begin! YES, YES, and YES! I see you have a few blank spaces, Tribey, and you can write my name! Anywhere you want. I'll take as many as you want as well! <3
*waves* to Corvis, back in the fold, where he belongs...

With the use of the symbolic 3 within the <3, I gave you 3 episodes.
The finale, with me, so we can attack the he says/she says the right way. Episode 13, because it has a 3 in it. And Episode 12 because 1 + 2 = 3.

*waves back*

I've still been here, reading all of the wonderful work you folks have been doing. Figure I ought to try and contribute some more.

At sucks, Mike is the predicted winners edit by Baseballforever aka Ghostie's Homie.

Why is this post placed here??

Up next?
michel with a trio of SOTS intermixed with CT and Corvis.
We still have a couple of episodes available if ANYONE is interested in taking a stab at the cyber-dais. Whether repeaters or new to the genre... Sheldor? suzzee?

Episode	DueDate	Author
Ep. 01	Feb. 25	tribe
Ep. 02	Mar. 4	Pepe
Ep. 03	Mar. 11	tribe
Ep. 04/05	Mar. 18	Pepe
Ep. 06	Mar. 25	michel
Ep. 07	Apr. 1	CTgirl
Ep. 08	Apr. 8	michel
Ep. 09	Apr. 15	Corvis
Ep. 10	Apr. 22	michel
Ep. 11	Apr. 29	Open
Ep. 12	May 6	Open
Ep. 13	May 13	Flowerpower
Ep. 14	May 20	Flowerpower
Ep. 14	May 27	Flowerpower & tribe (2 Authors)

Yes, I am hard at work on that SOTS. I just need you to tell me who goes home!

I'm particularly fond of "Will's a goner".
Then again, Carolyn and Kelly have been choices of mine for weeks now... so what do I know.

And if we work backwards, all three of them are safe and either Shirin, Jenn or Hali are in trouble.

Wait.
New meme: Shirin's a goner!

Wait.
Production has altered the order of the challenges in order to switch up the bootee order.
So Shirin is safe?
Yup.

How?

Do you remember her ability to remember? Guess what? It's a memory challenge. And Shirin NEVER forgets (an opportunity to toot her own whistle).

Oh.

Well, if Nu-Escameca goes to TC...
then it's Sierra? Right? The Odd Woman Out?
Wait, no, Joaquin?
Or his Brofriend, Rodney?
Gotta be the Powerhouse Mike, right?

Wait.

Taking it from the perspective of Tyler making the decisions... (as I have lately been apt to do) Tyler has Joaquin, and now he has Rodney too. Tyler, Joe and Joaquin have all been wooed by Sierra. This leaves Rodney, Dan and Mike on the outside. But wait...
Rodney and Joaquin are getting bromantic.
Sierra was the swing vote as both groups of guys wanted to rid the tribe of the other guys.
Targeting Rodney, for Dan/Mike/Sierra, is stupid. Targeting Joaquin, by the same three, is another story. Assuming the Old-Escameca will stay cohesive Joaquin will be the target. Rodney's trust will be tested.
OR
This causes either Rodney or Sierra or both to flee to Tyler/Joe/Joaquin.

Tyler, Joaquin, Rodney, Joe
VS.
Mike, Dan, Sierra

Wait.

Did he even ask you for a prediction?

'I just need you to tell me who goes home!'

Oh.

Well then, Dan.

Of course, this claim will go on to belong to either the 50% correct or 50% incorrect pile. Improving or ... Unimproving my ability to correctly pick the bootee percentage. Which at this point in my career is better than most other seasons. So do with it what you will. Including but not limited to, ridicule, derision, partying, or ignoring.

speed sots, lol

I ♥ Tribe!

I love the way you make a decision and stick by it!

You know, I could copy/paste this in the new SOTS thread and be done with it...

LAST EDITED ON 03-26-15 AT 01:36 PM (EST)

CTGirl - Any chance we can switch SOTSs? I am now going to a work conference in New Orleans the week of April 15 and won't be able to do it. But I could do this week, unless you've already deep into it...

No problem, I can switch.

I think its going to be a fun one but hopefully they all will be post-merge! I have only gotten so far as thinking of using a picture from Dumb and Dumber to illustrate the failed bromance, LOL!

Hey Tribe...

On here, it shows that the season finale will be on May 20th (not the 27th) http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-good-wife/cbs-sets-2015-season-finale-da-56106.aspx

Do you still need someone for April 29th? I could do it.

I'd assume that the two for FloPo scheduled for the 13th and 20th would be bumped up to the 6th and 13th, with you and her co-writing for the 20th.

Yes, sounds great.

The last three SOTS move up and then with only one SOTS to fill, which you've graciously offered, this season is officially full.
Quick thanks to all whom have done a SOTS this season. Very thankful to you all for helping a very busy tribe. And really giving BLOWS some pull/sway around the interwebs.
Let's finish strong!

Next up, michel.
Then Pepe takes the dais.
Then for the next three episodes, the last three episodes, Flowerpower will be giving her say. With a small interjection by me for the fianle.
Love it! Let's do this.

So sorry guys! Didn't see this and so I didn't realize I was supposed to do the SOTS last week....

I will be ready this week though! Thanks for all you do, Tribe!

Bumping.

Tribey, so I take it that the next episode is the final episode, FTC, followed by the Reunion, to air on May 20?

Yes, see the link in post #39, two posts above yours.

Thanks, Pepe.
Yup, sorry, FP. I guess I shoulda added a red wavy flag to your already waving red flaggy thing. but...

We're all good.
However, we do have the last ep. to do.

I'll try to be faster with the results.

He said that when they got back to the states, someone on the opposite tribe said it was not Rodney that voted him out it was Sierra.

Okay, now I feel stupid because that person will be reunited at the merge with his/her old tribe and can still miss the jury. So I was thinkng how could he/she have possibly known who how it happened if he/she was on the other tribe? I was not thinking too clearly. I think some may hint who I am talking about.

However, they are not allowed to discuss the game on the trip? They can in Ponderosa, where they would be first so maybe its not all really spoilerish and in no way can I see that person going anyway at the merge.

This does NOT belong in this thread. This thread is about setting up the SOTS calendar. Keep it in the exit interviews thread - it's a spoiler forum and spoiler info was released in the exit interviews, so that's the proper place to put it.