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DAWS

MERICA(sic) TRIBE

HII up for grabs?
Carolyn MNM
Mike EEM
Rodney EEM
Sierra EEM
Will NNM

JURY
Hali NNM
Joe NEM
Jenn NNM
Shirin MNM
Tyler MEM
Dan EEM

ELIMINATED
So M
Vince N
Nina N
Lindsey E
Max MN
Joaquin ME
Kelly ENM

"It's A Fickle, Fickle Game"
After 39 days, one castaway will be crowned sole Survivor and take home the million dollar prize.
Also, emotions run deep when castaways receive a surprise visit from their loved ones, on the two-hour season finale of SURVIVOR.
And Jeff says:

RULES

This week the rules are different. This week you want to vote for the finish order of the five remaining players. Erase where it says "Re: SurvivorBlowsTribe, Time to Vote..." and replace with your votes. Your votes will take this form:

5th/4th/3rd/2nd/1st (winner!)

So, using
C for Carolyn
M for Mike
R for Rodney
S for Sierra
W for Will
if you think Carolyn will finish in 5th place, Mike will finish in fourth place, Rodney will finish in third place, Sierra will be runner-up, and Will will win the game, your vote should read:

C/M/R/S/W

All the other standard rules apply, and as always..

• S/C/W/R/Mike wins,michel2, 08:36 PM, 05-18-15
• R/M/W/S/Carolyn,__Corea, 00:59 AM, 05-19-15
• C/W/R/S/M,Round Robin, 01:00 AM, 05-19-15
• S/C/W/R/M,coldbrewer, 02:07 AM, 05-19-15
  • Vote Change: R/W/S/C/M,coldbrewer, 12:25 PM, 05-20-15
• R/C/S/W/M,kingfish, 10:46 AM, 05-19-15
  • Vote Change - R/W/S/C/M,kingfish, 09:16 AM, 05-20-15
• S/C/W/R/M,Corvis7, 02:21 PM, 05-19-15
• R/W/S/C/M,Flowerpower1, 04:23 PM, 05-19-15
• S / W / C / R / M,Murphy3126, 09:55 PM, 05-19-15
• S/C/W/R/M,Outsider32, 10:57 PM, 05-19-15
• S / M / W / R / C ,Brownroach, 00:22 AM, 05-20-15
• R/W/S/C/M,dabo, 11:03 AM, 05-20-15
• S/C/W/R/Mike,CTgirl, 12:10 PM, 05-20-15
• S | R | W | C | Mike,Georganna, 04:42 PM, 05-20-15
• Vote Tally #1,dabo, 06:13 PM, 05-20-15
• RE: SurvivorBlowsTribe, Time To Vote: S30 Finale!,Puffy, 07:19 PM, 05-20-15
  • R/W/S/M/C,Puffy, 07:21 PM, 05-20-15
• Vote Tally #2,dabo, 07:29 PM, 05-20-15
• R/W/C/S/M,SuperGr0ver, 07:29 PM, 05-20-15
• Oops forgot to vote ,Sheldor, 09:35 PM, 05-20-15

Carolyn and Mike survive F5 TC probably because Mike won and Will decided to vote with him and Carolyn over Sierra. Then, at F4, Mike wins again and they get rid of Carolyn, the other jury threat. Will gets no votes, "Roid" gets one from Dan, Mike sweeps the rest.

Carolyn has outwitted everyone and outplayed almost everyone. But I'm biased. I just like her style.

And another badly overhyped season comes to a merciful conclusion.

Mike wins 7-1 with sole vote from Dan for Rodney.

Maybe

Out on my usual limb logic-wise, but here is the reasoning:

- Mike wins another IC. Sierra finally teams with Mike and Carolyn and votes either Rod or Will out. This seems illogical, and Sierra would like to end up with Rod and Will at F3, but when faced with having to vote C (her only confidant) out, and the seeming inevitability that Mike is going to be in F3, she joins C and M to vote out Rod. Otherwise, if C goes this time and Mike wins the last IC, she would be voted out. This way she will probably at least be in the F3, and at least one goat (Will) may be there too.

- Mike wins IC again. And Carolyn has to be the one to go. Will is a definite F3 goat, Mike has IC win, so either Sierra or Carolyn are left, and Carolyn is more likely than Sierra to win the last challenge (often an endurance contest), so she has to go.

- F3=Sierra (0 votes), (Will 1 vote), and Mike (the rest of the votes). Mike has the jury votes with his story, his challenge wins, his non-laid back strategy, and big moves. There is at least one jury vote that he doesn't get (my money is on Will getting Rod's vote).

To Shirin's (and my) great chagrin, Will comes in second. Thus my votes for Shirin to return.

The final three torches vid-cap indicates that two BC's and one WC go to F3, so that leaves Will out at F5 or F4, and Carolyn in at F3.

So, I'm guessing that Mike wins the next IC, Sierra jumps into his alliance for self preservation to bounce Rod, and Will doesn't win F4 IC (not really much of a guess here) and is booted by the final alliance of Mike, Carolyn, and Sierra.

Sierra still gets no final votes, Carolyn gets Rod-the-tool man's vote, and Mike gets the rest.

And in this scenario, Shirin is jubilant that Will didn't get into F3 with a chance of coming in second. As am I. Also, she is at least in the running for returning next season, so suck that, Will!

Sierra is gone next per vidcaps. Either Mike or Carolyn is gone next and since I think Mike wins based on the editing, it must be Carolyn. Mike against Rodney and Will in the F3? Ohmyheck, talk about an easy final TC. Mike can't lose against those two morons. I think Mike gets all of the votes.

I think Rodney will get to go on Reward with his dad, thus a nice ending to his story arc. Mike and Carolyn swing in Sierra, for good.

Mike wins Reward at F5
Mike wins IC at F5
Carolyn wins IC at F4

They stick together and vote out Will, he doesn't deserve to be there.

Mike wins.

Rodney gets a vote from Dan aka "Flippers Never Win" & Dan still hasn't realized Rodney flipped & formed an alliance of 4, which did not include Dan.

Sierra goes next to still try to keep Mike from winning the last IC. But Mike does, and while she doesn't really have to go for Mike to win, Carolyn goes next. Final three is Mike, Will, and Rodney with Mike receiving all but 1 vote(Dan for Rodney).

another reason is the confessionals. Rodney saying he dominated socially and Will talking about did he lie and backstab are major FTC signals.

LAST EDITED ON 05-20-15 AT 10:40 AM (EST)

I just have a feeling Mike is not going to the end. There's been sufficient talk about getting him out from Rodney and Carolyn, but not to the extreme where you know it won't happen, imo. So I will guess they do get rid of him at F4. (Partially because it will be SO boring if he wins -- so of course he may.)

ETA: looking at the sneak peeks, they are overplaying the "Mike needs to go" hype. So he will probably win. But I'm leaving my vote as is, just in case.

Sticking my neck out and going with the SOTS!

Going with vidcap evidence that Sierra goes out 5th. It could be Rodney but at this point it seems like the Rodney vs. Mike showdown comes to fruition at final tribal. Mike wins F4 immunity. It would be awesome if he votes with Carolyn and forces a fire making challenge between Carolyn and Rodney (which Rodney would win)! Mike gets 7 votes, Dan shows that once again, he doesn't know how to do math, and votes for Rodney. Will gets nada.

LAST EDITED ON 05-20-15 AT 04:43 PM (EST)

Damn the Torches! Full Sheldor Ahead!

This is post #16 compiling 13 votes and 2 vote changes.

R/W/S/C/M - 4
S/C/W/R/M - 4
C/W/R/S/M - 1
R/M/W/S/C - 1
S/M/W/R/C - 1
S/R/W/C/M - 1
S/W/R/C/M - 1

5th Place
Sierra - 7
Rodney - 5
Carolyn - 1
Mike - 0
Will - 0

4th Place
Will - 6
Carolyn - 4
Mike - 2
Rodney - 1
Sierra - 0

3rd Place
Will - 7
Sierra - 4
Rodney - 2
Carolyn - 0
Mike - 0

Runner Up
Carolyn - 6
Rodney - 5
Sierra - 2
Mike - 0
Will - 0

Winner
Mike - 11
Carolyn - 2
Rodney - 0
Sierra - 0
Will - 0

R/W/S/M/C

This is because I didn't follow the rules in my previous post.

LAST EDITED ON 05-20-15 AT 07:33 PM (EST)

This is post #19 compiling 14 votes, 2 vote changes, 1 correction, and 1 previous tally. Reedited to include 1 more vote for 15.

R/W/S/C/M - 4
S/C/W/R/M - 4
C/W/R/S/M - 1
R/M/W/S/C - 1
R/W/C/S/M - 1
R/W/S/M/C - 1
S/M/W/R/C - 1
S/R/W/C/M - 1
S/W/R/C/M - 1

5th Place
Sierra - 7
Rodney - 7
Carolyn - 1
Mike - 0
Will - 0

4th Place
Will - 7
Carolyn - 4
Mike - 2
Rodney - 1
Sierra - 0

3rd Place
Will - 8
Sierra - 5
Rodney - 2
Carolyn - 1
Mike - 0

Runner Up
Carolyn - 6
Rodney - 5
Sierra - 3
Mike - 1
Will - 0

Winner
Mike - 12
Carolyn - 3
Rodney - 0
Sierra - 0
Will - 0

Rodney 5th, Will 4th, Carolyn 3rd, Sierra runner-up, Mike winner

Alt C/W/S/R/M for a misguided all blue final 3.

I forgot to vote
S/R/W/C/M
but no way to prove it!