Green Room - Week 32 - Day 11

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What do you deserve?

I wrote out a couple paragraphs going into the background of why I'm asking that question and giving it parameters before deleting them - because, fuck it, TELL ME WHAT YOU DESERVE.

However you want to interpret that question.

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One thing that the contestants DESERVE is for you to read, and vote on, their entries: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/822267.html So make sure to do that before the poll closes tonight!

Results - Week 32

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The results this week may require a flow chart. But hopefully not a very intense one.

At any rate, I will explain things step by step as we go.

There were *two* sacrifices this week. Most people knew about them in advance, but in case you didn't - we lost alephz and rattsu who violate the rule that there is only supposed to be a limited amount of talent in one relationship. ;)

Since we were losing four people total, two from each poll - I took one of them from one poll and the other from the second - so that the polls would lose only 1 more person each.

As you know, there are TWO ways to get immunity these days - there is the Jury and there is participating in the Killing Floor. KF activity was *severely* limited this week, and no one qualified to cast a vote. Which means that no one was eligible.

You can only receive immunity *once* (from each body of voters) - and that fact ended up coming into play this week, because the voting from the Jury was *tight*. BY ONE VOTE they ended up giving it to someone who had it from the KF before, but never from the jury... and absolutely saved them. Fortunately, the person with the second most votes was actually safe this week anyway. So it worked out. Well, except for the person leaving us....

The contestant WHO RECEIVED IMMUNITY FROM THE JURY of their peers this week was: swirlsofblue! Congratulations.

All of this means that the two people leaving us this week are:
grunge
and
reckless_blues

Two remarkably talented people who have put out incredible work this season. I hope that we will be seeing them in the Home Game, and I *know* that I will dealing with them as members of the Jury, helping to shape how this season is going to end!

Topic - Week 33

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The topic this week is one of those that as soon as I saw someone posting about it, I had to look it up - and as soon as I did, I knew it was going to be a Topic during Season 9!

I'll post a definition in the Work Room, for your amusement and/or confusion. But in the meantime, I'll just post the topic:

musth

You have until Thursday Jan 15th at 8pm EST to link your entries back to this thread!

Have fun!

Quick Fire - Week 33

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You weren't expecting this post. But here it is anyway!

Those of you that follow Top Chef know what a "quick fire" is already, those who do not - it is a short competition that they have before the elimination challege, to test their chefs and to determine who gets immunity for the week.

Our Quick Fire is the same thing.

The difference is that ours is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL.

It's only open to current contestants (although of course non-contestants can Home Game it, posting to the HG thread)

This week it is an

OPEN TOPIC

and you have until Tuesday, Jan 13th at 10pm EST to post your links here!

24 hours. For a chance at immunity.

Are you up for it?

Work Room - Week 33

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You have both the required topic, and an optional Quick Fire on your plates. One has a deadline several days away http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/823231.html, and the other is 24-hours from now. http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/823503.html

Which should be fun to see how your brains come to a conclusion on how to handle both of these tasks, and re-adjust afterward.

I did say that I would have the definition to your topic for the week in the Work Room - and so here it is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musth

It's specifically about elephants, but I don't think that I have to tell you to twist things around and make them your own. Or rather, at this point in the competition I should have to... but in case you don't - yeah, do that! :)

Congratulations to you, our Top 17! Now it's time to get back to work!