An offer (re: gift byes)
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therealljidolI posted this in today's Green Room, but just in case people missed it:
m going to channel this season's Jeff Probst who has been doing something interesting.
He's been negotiating. Or at least hearing people out in negotiations.
So I'll tell you what - gift byes are gone. BUT I'm going to allow them to come back - because someone specifically asked - under these conditions: Two for One.
Two byes from someone else (or 1 from 2 people, which is more likely) will equal one gift bye that can be given to someone in need. This offer is on the table from now until the Top 50.
It puts two other contestants on the line. But it's their choice to do it. Which introduces a new wrinkle into things... if people *really* want to see someone continue, enough to put themselves on the hot seat... well, we will see what happens.
m going to channel this season's Jeff Probst who has been doing something interesting.
He's been negotiating. Or at least hearing people out in negotiations.
So I'll tell you what - gift byes are gone. BUT I'm going to allow them to come back - because someone specifically asked - under these conditions: Two for One.
Two byes from someone else (or 1 from 2 people, which is more likely) will equal one gift bye that can be given to someone in need. This offer is on the table from now until the Top 50.
It puts two other contestants on the line. But it's their choice to do it. Which introduces a new wrinkle into things... if people *really* want to see someone continue, enough to put themselves on the hot seat... well, we will see what happens.
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Date: 2014-10-29 03:52 am (UTC)(the last one was Fiji, Season 14)
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Date: 2014-10-29 04:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-29 04:40 am (UTC)Possible reasons for it no longer being in existence:
Season 13 was the "divided by race" season where they lost a lot of sponsors.
Season 14's car challenge featured the car being used as a bargaining chip between players, where someone ended up betraying the "fan favorite" player over the car. Not exactly the best PR move.
Players need to pay taxes on their cars by April 15th. The prizes weren't officially being awarded until May. Which caused problems for a lot of people including Dreamz (from Season 14) who ended up having to sell the truck to pay the taxes he owed from winning it.
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Date: 2014-10-29 05:09 am (UTC)i did forget all those shenanigans. Now they just make people screw people over with the "you can eat or the tribe can eat" kind of stuff.