Eliminations, Tribal Immunity and Such Things

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Coming into this week, we had the possibility of *57* bye-outs. 57 contestants hanging on that edge of dropping off into the abyss.

Post by post I started ticking people off as their entries appeared, as they continued to fight during one of the toughest times of the year to try to make any sort of deadline.

Unfortunately we do have some folks leaving us. Some amazing folks who will be greatly missed.

The following contestants have gone on to that Great Home Game in the sky:


____hejira
blythe025
cindylou07
eggsnail
elderwoodpixie
es
eschatologies
lapis_lazuli615
lynxypoo
perrie
playmoby


Thank you so much to all of you for coming out and playing this season!!

And with that, it is now official that we have said goodbye to over 100 contestants so far this season.

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Now for the "good news" segment of this post - the Tribal Immunity.

It was another *close* one - but this time with different results!!

It actually came down to Bye Outs of all things!! But the tribe with Tribal Immunity this week, meaning that no one will be leaving us, is Tribe Pixie117!!! Congratulations!

Comments

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Yay to my tribe!!!

I'm sad to see those members go though...cindylou07 is a friend of mine and I'm going to miss her in this competition! I believe 7 of them were in my tribe so I'm sad to see them go :( we have a small tribe now...

[beeker121.livejournal.com]

Yay for immunity! b

But wow did our tribe get drastically smaller this week. That's a little bit scary going forward.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean...we have the smallest tribe I believe. Luckily we are immune this week...perhaps tribes will get re-shuffled soon so that we don;t have to compete with less people.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Wow... 7 of them were in your tribe? You're like the kiss o' death!!! :-p

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I know, I couldn't believe it! Our tribe is small, which is scary for the next few weeks (unless they get re-shuffled soon).

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm wondering what the next twist is going to be... lol...

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

Awww... Goodbye to my pals eschatologies and perrie. I loved reading your submssions and seeing where you'd go with the prompts.

Also, I'm going to miss blythe025! I didn't expect you'd be gone so soon.

[blythe025.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Thank you.
I didn't expect to be going today either. I got the times screwed up in my head and thought I had more time to post. Ah, well. It happens, I guess.

[eschatologies.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon. Real life consumed me, and I plum forgot. :(

[perrie.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Destiny. At least there's the Home Game! Things just got insane, you know how it is. (:

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

did you forget eggsnail? I see no entry from him and he's out of byes...

[blythe025.livejournal.com]

Damnit! For some reason I had it in my head that the deadline was 8 pm EST. So I've been working on this all day today and was about to post my link, only to see that I've been eliminated. Damn, and double damn!

Oh, well, it's my own damn fault. *sigh*

Anyway, since I spent the time writing it, here is the link to my entry, for anyone who wants to read it. It's titled: I Dated a Teenage Vampire (http://blythe025.livejournal.com/227326.html).

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

awh, I'm definitely going to miss your entries!

[blythe025.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Maybe I'll keep it up and play the home game.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Awwwww....! I'm definitely going to miss your entries!

[blythe025.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Maybe I'll keep it up and play the home game. :)

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

I hope so!

[elderwoodpixie.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the fun folks! I guess I just got stumped this week by the topic. I hope to continue to write to future topics for my own sake though. It's been fun!

[norda.livejournal.com]

So sorry to see all those who are leaving. Really.

[alephz.livejournal.com]

Man, I'm gonna miss some of those folks, too.

Home game your hearts out if you can, guys!

[cindylou07.livejournal.com]

this was super fun...real life just got the best of me! Best of luck to all of you guys still competing!

[teenagewitch.livejournal.com]

I am super excited to be in the team that has immunity!

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

I'm stunned at the number of bye-outs per week. Is this following trends from the first five LJ Idols?

And sorry to see y'all go!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Well the first few seasons didn't have "byes". Obviously you are looking at lower numbers in the ones that did, because there are more contestants this time around.

Also, some of them (like last season) only had *1* bye. Which plays out in a far different manner. You only have one "freebie" and you hold onto it like gold. You have *2* and suddenly it seems like you have them to spare. So you go "oh, I'm not feeling this topic. I'll take my pass. . ." and then something happens, and you have to take the other. . .

and suddenly there is no more net under you.

So, yes and no. No - because this specific situation has never played out before.

and Yes because this is always the roughest time period for bye outs and proportional wise to 2 bye seasons it seems about where I expected it to be at this point. Actually maybe a few *more* people still in the game if anything. :)

[drjeff.livejournal.com]

These still make me sad! Best of luck to everyone.

[lynxypoo.livejournal.com]

I will blame not having my entry up on time on the fact that my flight from France to the US was 3 hours late and I had to stay in Chicago overnight. But the fact that I didn't even write it was my own fault :P I'm pleased to have made it into the top 150, and will hopefully be playing the homegame as soon as I recover from the jetlag.

<3, me

[lapis-lazuli615.livejournal.com]

Well, I wish I hadn't missed a previous deadline and defaulted to bye, because this topic seriously had me flummoxed. I'll play the home game though, and maybe try again next "season".

[creature-girl08.livejournal.com]

There are yet more good folks leaving us this week. Hope you hang around for the home game club.

[quoting-mungo.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. That's a lot of people gone. I hope you will all stick around and play the Home Game!


-Alexandra

[sra33.livejournal.com]

1) grats pixie group! :D

2) Oh nooooooooo...... No more Byes?! Craaaaaaaaappppppp.....

3) WOOOOO!!!! *random arm flailing* :D

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Considering we are the smallest tribe (I believe), we really needed the immunity this week!

[http://users.livejournal.com/__rosieposie/]

I'll miss playmoby. :(

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

eggsnail, I never met you, but you almost have my name! :D