LAST EDITED ON 04-10-05 AT 12:55 PM (EST)

IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED THAT YOU READ ALL OF THE TEXT THIS WEEK – NO MATTER HOW LONG AND BORING IT MAY BE. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS POST IS VERY IMPORTANT AND VITAL TO THE WEEKS AHEAD.

First off, I will say, Oscirus has quit. He had other interferences and he could no longer stay in the game. However, his points will still affect the points of the “twist.” And his points (or lack of) will be counted this week because they are vital to the “twist.” I know you guys are probably tired of these stupid crap “twists” but there going to happen anyways...

As for my commentary this week, there is too much typing already and I want to finish this in under an hour – so there is no commentary.
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Now I will post the results from last round: (Once again, however, these are not the final scores for this round.)

1.) ARnutz: 8,375
2.) seahorse: 7,550
3.) Gracie_TAR: 6,950
4.) jae: 6,350
5.) Pepito: 5,275
(X) eriquito: 4,200 (FIRED)
(X) Oscirus: 4,025 (QUIT)
(X) jackandjill: 1,225 (FIRED)
(X) treena924: 1,000 (FIRED)
(X) ohmyheck: 325 (FIRED)
(X) Karragh: -550 (QUIT)
(X) djshiow: -950 (FIRED)
(X) M2K4: -1000 (FIRED)
(X) adricharlie: -1,000 (FIRED)
(X) Eureka: -1,450 (FIRED)
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The "Twist"

Okay, so now for the damn twist. First, because even though I requested Oscirus to post his predictions, he didn’t so I had to subtract 500 points from his score. You may wonder how this will affect anything? It will.

1. First, I will take the highest firee’s (eriquito) score and add the lowest firee’s (Eureka) score to it. Then I will add theses points onto Pepito’s score. He gets 2,750 points. After adding that onto his 5,275 and he has a total score of 8,025. Yes, that’s pretty evil. He got points handed to him while everyone had to work for theirs.

2. Next, I will take the second highest firee’s score (Oscirus) and add the second lowest firee’s score to it. Then I will add these points to jae’s score. Jae gets 3,025 points, making his score 9,375. Damn! That’s lucky.

3. Next, after adding the third highest firee's score (jackandjill) onto the third lowest (Karragh), Gracie_TAR gets 225 points added onto her 6,950 points. She now has 7,175 points. However, there is good news here. Because Gracie_TAR dropped some places due to an unfair event, she gets a free 1,000 points. Gracie_TAR now has 8,175 points.

4. Now, after doing the same thing with treena924’s points and djshiow’s points, seahorse gets 50 points. Seahorse now has 7,600 points. However, there is good news here, too. Because seahorse dropped some places due to an unfair event, he will also gain 1,000 points. He now has 8,600 points.

5. And finally, there is ARnutz. It really pains me to do it, but he will be the only person losing points on this lovely, Spring day. After adding Karragh’s score of -550 onto ohmyheck’s score of 325, there result is -225. Therefore, although ARnutz is very good at this game, he will lose 225 points. He is now at 8,150 points. It’s too bad that he got this bad luck. Oh well, he still is in 3rd place. However, there is good news here, too. Because ARnutz dropped some places due to an unfair event, he will also gain 1,000 points. He now has 9,150 points.

Yeah, that’s the twist for all of you. It really isn’t fair, and it was kinda confusing, but it works. And this is only a game. You guys will recover from it. Here are the new scores:

1.) jae: 9,375
2.) ARnutz: 9,150
3.) seahorse: 8,600
4.) Gracie_TAR: 8,175
5.) Pepito: 8,025
(X) Oscirus: 4,025 (QUIT)
(X) eriquito: 4,200 (FIRED)
(X) jackandjill: 1,225 (FIRED)
(X) treena924: 1,000 (FIRED)
(X) ohmyheck: 325 (FIRED)
(X) Karragh: -550 (QUIT)
(X) djshiow: -950 (FIRED)
(X) M2K4: -1000 (FIRED)
(X) adricharlie: -1,000 (FIRED)
(X) Eureka: -1,450 (FIRED)
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The 2nd "Twist": Exemptions

I reviewed previous weeks to find out who won each round, and these are the results:

ARnutz: 4
seahorse: 5
Gracie_TAR: 2

ARnutz won 4 rounds, seahorse won 5 rounds, and Gracie_TAR has won 2 rounds in these last 12 weeks. Because seahorse has won the most rounds, he is exempt this week. So, should he find himself in last place (doubtful) he will not be fired. Instead, the second lowest scorer will be fired. Next week, because ARnutz won 4 rounds, and is in second place when it comes to winning rounds, he will be exempt next week (should he last that long.) The week following, Gracie_TAR will be exempt from firing (again, this is only if she lasts that long.) After that, we will have only 2 people left, and so there will be no more exemptions. Just looking at their lack of exemptions and the scores, already I can see that it will be a lot harder for Pepito and jae to win. But nonetheless, keep up the good work you two!
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And finally, here is an outline for the next 5 final weeks:

Week #12: Seahorse is exempt and will not be fired. All contestants will pick which 3 candidates are safe. One person will be fired.

Week #13: ARnutz is exempt this week and will not be fired. All contestants will pick which 2 candidates are safe. One person will be fired. One last chance at bonus points will be given this week. Nothing major, however. It will just be “survey” about the next season of The Apprentice.

Week #14: Gracie_TAR is exempt this week and will not be fired. All remaining contestants will pick which 1 or 2 people will be FIRED. 1,000 points will be awarded for each correct answer. 1,000 points for each wrong candidate will be deducted from the player that guessed them. Although 2 people will be fired on the show, only 1 person will be fired here. There will be no teams to pick from this week, so nobody will be guessing on teams.

Week #15: There will be no exemption this week. On the actual show, it will be down to the final 2, and in this game, it will be down to the final 2 also. This week, contestants will guess on which candidate will be hired. 2,000 points will be awarded to the correct answer, while 500 points will be awarded to the wrong answer. Nobody will be losing points this week. After surviving through this whole big, long, stupid game with odd “twists” and getting down to the final 2, I feel that each person of the final 2 will deserve points. So, basically, if you guess the person that is hired, you will get 2,000 points. If you incorrectly guess the hired person, you will still gain 500 points. At the end of the night, whoever has the most points will be The Online Apprentice. What a great title to have.

Thanks to everyone that has played this long and to those who have stuck through it. I am sure that a couple of you will be annoyed by what happened this week with the “twist” and all , and so I thank you for sticking through this whole game and participating. I have had fun, even though typing all this crap up can get pretty boring. I hope you guys have all enjoyed my game, too.
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Teams:

~Magna

~Networth
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Candidates:

Magna: (4)

~Bren
~Kendra
~Tana
~Craig

Networth: (2)

~Chris
~Alex
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

~You will have until 8:00 P.M (EST) on Thursday, April 14, 2005 to post your predictions. If you haven't posted by that time, you're out of luck and you will lose 500 points. For this week, keep in mind that you will only pick the 3 safe people.

~Only pick 3 safe people.

~Remember NOT to edit your post after the deadline. Don't post after the deadline, either. You will lose points if you do either of these two things.

~Also, remember to post the number of people there are safe on each of the teams in your post.

~Remember to post your predictions. Or you’ll lose 500 points.

~Okay. That's all for now. See you next Friday where someone will be fired.