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== Voting History ==
{{Coming Soon|Ariel}}
== Synopsis ==
==== Episode 1: Radical Honesty ====
'''Animal Pen'''
The shipwrecked Human Child player's take on the Animal Pen Tribe is that they were the quieter tribe. And despite being the losing tribe, Aviary still seemed to outpace them on socializing at times during the TC. The top of the social pecking order early on appears to be Pika, Sand Cat, and Fennec Fox, all of whom seem to have good budding relationships with one another and overall seem well-liked by tribemates.
Red Panda and Elephant Shrew are other active socializers that are not quite as popular. While some critters express wariness that Red Panda might not like them, Red Panda comes across as an earnest newer player, which seems to earn the Panda some wiggle room to learn the ropes. Quokka and Slow Loris seem to make a fine initial impression, with Quokka seeming to be somewhat more popular, but with Slow Loris also coming across as an endearing newbie to some. Ermine is another understated presence, but seems to have earned some respect for effort put into the challenge.
This leaves Capybara and Gecko at the bottom. Gecko is particularly inactive at first due to their work schedule. Capybara, while more present, just doesn't make a good first impression on their tribemates.
Gecko is pretty quickly agreed upon as the easy vote after the challenge result. Red Panda is paranoid that it's all too unanimous, but tries to keep his cool. Human Child is eager to go with the flow and try to earn her tribe's trust. She's quiet due to anxiety, but after admitting to some tribemates that this is cramping her style, starts to ease into better conversation. Whether this will be enough to save her when she's not immune remains to be seen. Gecko floats Ermine and Slow Loris as possibilities, and tribemates seem more OK with Slow Loris as the fake vote.
Slow Loris is extremely afk until about two hours before TC ends due to a root canal. Due to Gecko showing up and being somewhat likeable, there's some vague interest in switching things up, but ultimately no one seems motivated enough to create that momentum. Pika specifically wanted a Capybara vote due to being offered a group alliance with Gecko, but felt she lacked time to push for it.
Upon arrival, Loris hears from Elephant Shrew that the vote is pretty locked on Gecko and that Gecko wanted to vote out Loris. Loris decides to approach Gecko with this info, including naming Elephant Shrew as the source. Gecko asks about Loris's comment in the group chat he made with Elephant Shrew, Red Panda and Pika. Red Panda and Pika feign that Slow Loris is trying to cause chaos. They both claim the vote's still on Slow Loris, but they're clearly not thrilled about Slow Loris's behavior. The vote still ends up unanimous for Gecko, with Gecko voting for Slow Loris.
''Sitting pretty:'' Sand Cat, Pika, Fennec Fox
''In the hot seat:'' Slow Loris, Human Child, Capybara
'''Aviary'''
The Aviary tribe is a mix of the social and less than social. There are three names that have come out as being the most social. Sugar Glider, Jerboa & Panda have come up the most in other players confessionals. Ferret and Seal are also in, though they aren't as favorable to everyone. Panda is seen as the "smartest" and Sugar Glider as "the most social". Maybe the most interesting animals thus far are rabbit and meerkat, who are getting in with the right people but aren't really being talked about or are in anyone's radar despite having good confessionals. Rabbit isn't liked by Jerboa, however it is doubtful Jerboa does anything about that anytime soon.

 Ferret is a hit or miss, maybe the animal to most embody the "roleplay" role of playing an investigative journalist which has some in love with them, and others not so much, definitely the most polarizing one of the bunch.
After a big win by this tribe, the unfortunate news came that Klipspringer (who was doing well) has removed themselves from the game and has been replaced by Dolphin. Initial discussion seemed to indicate that Lemur and Owl were the most in danger for a lack of activity. Panda was an MVP in the challenge, but is getting "smart" label thrown on as a result. Seal seems to be itching to destroy everyone and is very active in their confessional.


Per Sugar Glider, there are at least two groups that have formed, Sugar Glider/Ferret/Jerboa & Sugar Glider/Meerkat/Seal/Panda
''MVPs of the round'': Sugar Glider, Jerboa & Giant Panda, although all three have been noted as smart and social, so this probably won't last.
==== Episode 2: Forgone Conclusion ====
'''Animal Pen'''
After a very uneasy first tribal where Gecko was unceremoniously booted from Animal Pen, the rest of the tribe seemed to come together in the challenge and pulled enough of an average to stay immune.
Notable events that happened during this cycle, Loris found an idol after being in the hot seat during the first round, Red Panda formed an alliance with Ermine, Pika and Shrew, and three of the tribe members didn't post a confessional at all. Fennec has one of the most moment to moment confessionals I've seen in awhile and with the differing opinions in each post I feel like I'm getting whiplash. Capybara had a pragmatic approach to the last vote and has otherwise not been very active. According to Pika, she's aware Sand Cat and Fennec have a bond and is trying to figure out how to come between them.
Red Panda does not like Quokka who cannot stand Capybara. Shrew feels wary of Ermine. Ermine doesn't like Loris. Pika's read of the tribe right now is far and by far the best and given the lack of new groups forming and Pika being at the center of the action with seemingly no one going against or hating Pika, it seems like it's going to be pretty easy to see who gets MVP...
Last but not least, Loris seems to be making a social comeback since her bad first round and apparently is lying to Red Panda or feels like she is. We shall see if this keeps up.
''MVP:'' Pika and it's not even close for 2nd. Red Panda's doing okay, Shrew's doing okay, and Fennec clearly isn't in anyone's bad graces.
'''Aviary'''
While the Aviary Tribe was planning how to approach the Cuteness Raffle challenge, Jerboa publicly states that he doesn't think Lemur will show up in order to bet anything, and asks for opinions on how to plan around this. Some animals take this to mean that Jerboa thinks they may as well throw to save their points and get rid of the inactive Lemur.
Based on how Aviary raffled compared to Animal Pen, Animal Pen had an 80% chance of winning: Panda, Rabbit, Meerkat, Sugar Glider spent 3 cuteness points, while everyone else saved their points. Jerboa was also seen searching for the idol. Some players are put off by Jerboa's bluntness and confidence, but particularly Giant Panda, who starts floating the possibility of trying to boot Jerboa this round before he can actually nab the idol.
Harp Seal says he might be on board for a bigger move, but only if Lemur logs back in (spoiler: Lemur never does.) Word gets back to Jerboa about Giant Panda's plotting. Seal's confessional response is pretty classic villain: he's ready for the possibility of war and doesn't think Panda has the numbers, but thinks Panda's right to doubt his intentions. Sugar Glider's not necessarily thrilled about having to pick sides between two allies, but sees the budding Parent Alliance (Ferret, Dolphin, Sugar Glider) as gaining more power in the tribe as a result of this.
Dolphin seems to be integrating fairly well and displays good reads on tribal social dynamics in confessional. Meerkat confesses to seeing Aviary's biggest long-term threats as Dolphin, Ferret, and Giant Panda. It's a little unclear where Whet Owl and Rabbit stand with their tribemates. Rabbit is seen as inactive but somewhat endearing, and Whet Owl gains some positive SPV from tribemates referring to them as seeming honest.
Even Lemur votes for Lemur due to not logging in, except for Whet Owl. They voted for Dolphin "Just in case something weird happens" pretty early on in the tribal discussion phase.
''Most at War:'' Jerboa & Giant Panda
''Most Improved:'' Dolphin
''Most Positive SPV:'' Harp Seal
==== Episode 3: 8 gazillion alliances ====
'''Animal Pen'''
The Animal Pen tribe loses the seesaw challenge and has to get to work determining their weakest link. Some players are also speculating about when the swap will be. Red Panda and Elephant Shrew specifically discuss that they expect remaining Animal Pen players to be able to work together well on future tribes. The biggest changes from TC1 are that Human Child no longer has immunity and that Slow Loris has improved her social standing a lot.
Pika talks about how Pika's trying not to be overly connected, but is enjoying the budding connection with Loris and appreciates the idol info. Red Panda floats Quokka as an option a bit, but Capybara and Human Child remain the most unpopular.
Capybara gets more strategically active this episode, forming Fennec/Ermine and Pika/Shrew group alliances within 10 minutes of each other. This gets leaked quickly, of course, but Fennec and Pika almost seem to find it more amusing than worrying.
Quokka is clearly in favor of keeping the Human, while Ermine is clearly in favor of keeping Capy. Players like Red Panda and Sand Cat seem to find Human Child more threatening and absent. Quokka tries to push to keep HC and discuss numbers willing to keep Capy; some tribemates seem confused or suspicious of this given they've mostly heard people wanting to vote for HC. Human Child ends up being voted out 7-3, with Elephant Shrew swapping his vote to Capy as a "safety net."
''Most in "roughly 8 gazillion alliances" according to Fennec:'' Pika, Elephant Shrew
''Most improved:'' Slow Loris
''Most bold:'' Quokka, Capybara
'''Aviary'''
Though Aviary didn't go to tribal because of a great win that didn't mean that drama didn't happen nonetheless.
The aftermath of the Lemur vote has left the other members of the tribe in a bit of chaos. The stray Dolphin vote has the whole tribe talking and it's a very thin layer of ice they are all walking on. Least of all Jerboa and Giant Panda who outwardly dislike each other and it gets around. Had Aviary gone to tribal, this would have likely been the center of drama.
Dolphin now has a couple of rounds under their belt, and the connection they have made with Harp Seal is undeniable. Both of them are very high on each other and with Harp Seal also getting Whet Owl, Meerkat, and Rabbit on board, it would have been likely that harp seal would have called the shots this round. Harp and Sugar are both the main characters this round and it's debatable on who has more influence at this point though I'd argue Harp Seal is the more favored person.
Rabbit once again has a stellar round of being on no one's lips, yet having influence in the group. Harp, Owl and Meerkat all seem to really want to work with them. Jerboa on the other hand has REALLY tanked his game because people want him gone and would have likely gotten their way, and it wasn't like he did much after OPENLY calling the shots prior.
Owl and Ferret were probably the least interesting characters this round. Ferret hardly gave any content, despite actually being revered nicely by Dolphin after a bad first impression, while Owl at one point stated "Well apparently I've done enough to keep myself into an alliance..." which...does not feel like the words of someone who is actively in power.
Giant Panda is also someone who is going to need a good swap not to be a target, luckily Harp Seal likely would have protected him, but because of telling people what he was really thinking his name got out there and would have been a target. Luckily, he avoided tribal this round!
''MVPs this round'': Harp Seal gets the trophy for really being in the know and making strides to upset the power structure, Rabbit gets my kudos for being in power and doing well in the challenge, yet somehow avoiding the spotlight again, and finally I think Dolphin has done a good job with the limited time they had to make bonds.
==== Episode 4: Main characters get their head chopped off (Swap) ====
'''Paddock'''
Coming into Paddock, both Capybara and Quokka trust Sand Cat the most. In confessional, she's colder, weighing the strategic merits of losing either. Both Sand Cat and Quokka are open with their new tribemates about Capy having received votes last tribal for inactivity and imply not being close with him.
Former Aviary is more unified and have a group chat, though Meerkat and Ferret are closer with Seal than each other. Meerkat and Harp Seal are excited to hear the signs of dissension in former Animal Pen, but seem to especially like the prospect of getting Capy to flip. Meerkat is in the driver's seat on this manuever. On the other hand, Ferret bonds easily with Sand Cat and is interested in working closely with her and Harp Seal. They form a pirate group chat.
Paddock get last place in the challenge. Capy spent lots of cute points on a secret idol search and finds it! Quokka and Sand Cat are both comfortable with Meerkat or Capy as votes. Ferret sees Capy as the best compromise for everyone. Meerkat continues to try to get Capy on board for a Quokka vote. Harp Seal confesses his game plan is to end on voting Quokka, but tells Ferret he agrees a Capy vote is good.
Sand Cat admits to Quokka that she's disappointed that they haven't gotten more confirmation that Harp and Ferret are willing to vote Meerkat next TC. Capy feels like Meerkat may be conspiring to turn Animal Pen against each other, and has trouble believing it would really be smart for Sand Cat and Quokka to go against him. As such, he prefers a Meerkat boot, but will vote for Quokka to save himself. Capy trusts Seal more than he trusts Meerkat, and identifies Ferret as a swing vote.
Harp Seal is spooked by Capy's distrust of Meerkat, and discusses in the Aviary group as well with Meerkat individually how to fix this. He worries that AP is closer than they seemed and speculates that the safest play may be to put all the Aviary votes on Capy. "How do you save someone who doesn't think they need saving?" Muses Meerkat.
Quokka is unhappy to hear that Meerkat is pushing Quokka as a vote, and expresses openness to switching to Meerkat. Ferret, however, prefers to do this "later," not now.
With less than 30 minutes remaining, Seal approaches Capy with a pitch. He says voting Meerkat is just a decoy plan. If Capy is unwilling to vote Quokka, Seal says Capy will be voted out 5-1 because Quokka and Sand Cat are against Capy. Seal also asks Ferret last minute to trust him and switch to Quokka. Capy plays his idol; an initial mod error makes this appear to save him. However, Quokka is eliminated 4-2, with Sand Cat and Quokka being the Capy voters.
''Most large and in charge:'' Harp Seal
''Most blindsided:'' Sand Cat
'''Terrarium'''
Pika and Shrew from Animal Pen are happy to have swapped together with Lorry, being pretty good allies previously. Lorry feels great about Pika but is a little more suspicious of Shrew. Dolphin, Giant Panda, and Rabbit have much looser relationships; Rabbit claims to feel very good about Dolphin, Dolphin isn't sure why. Giant Panda comes in thinking that Dolphin is in a rough spot and kinda willing to let him go and sees this as an opportunity to bond with Rabbit.
Pika does a good job building relationships with all the former Aviary folks, particularly with Rabbit, to the point that Rabbit probably overestimates how close they've gotten and underestimates how close Pika's other relationships are. Giant Panda thinks if they go to TC, the vote will be Dolphin vs Lorry, and Rabbit thinks she can flip Pika on Lorry. Ultimately Dolphin appears to have the best read on the AP folks, realizing that Pika definitely will not cut Lorry and that there's a decent chance that the vote turns GP's way.
Pika initially is less high on GP than Rabbit/Dolphin but eventually lands in a spot where she really doesn't feel great about losing anyone and laments not being in a spot with someone she'd actively like to get rid of. Lorry tells Shrew about her idol, saying that she really trusts Shrew and implying Shrew is the only one she told. Shrew suspects (correctly) Lorry already went through this same spiel with Pika.
Post-challenge, GP and Rabbit initially want Loris out, GP isn't so sure they can do it and thinks they should prepare to turn on Dolphin if they can't get Shrew and/or Pika to vote out Loris. Rabbit is pretty set on Loris. Meanwhile, Loris tells GP that the people she's least close to on the tribe are Rabbit, Dolphin, and Pika, and expresses the idea that it's inevitable that someone from AP gets voted out.  While Loris is still loyal to the former AP, Loris's erratic behavior has dampened Pika's feelings for her. While Pika likes Lorry personally, she's wary of an ally who needs so much protection while acting so irrationally.
Dolphin tells Rabbit that he knows GP threw his name out this round and that he's tempted to vote GP for that. Rabbit doesn't seem to pay much attention, assuming that Dolphin would primarily prefer that a former AP member go home first. Dolphin tells all of the former AP folks that he's in on voting out GP, and continues to relay the Aviary plans to them. Rabbit doesn't realize just how reluctant Shrew and Pika are to vote Loris out, and thinks they're on board with booting Loris based on her challenge performance. Loris tells Rabbit and GP that she's be willing to sacrifice Pika or Shrew, leading Rabbit to try to put the vote on Shrew. GP creates a group chat of the former Aviary + Loris.
Rabbit doesn't tell Pika she is pushing to get Shrew out, which Pika knows from both Loris and GP, leading Pika to strongly consider making Rabbit the vote closer to the deadline. Despite a strong social connection with Pika at the beginning of the swap, Rabbit's relationship with Pika has really deteriorated over this TC. Ultimately the vote remains on Giant Panda with Dolphin siding with the former Animal Pen in voting him out 4-2, with Giant Panda and Rabbit voting Shrew.
''MVPs:'' Pika is really in the best position here, with good relationships with everyone without appearing too out in front. Dolphin deserves an honorable mention for sussing out the tribe dynamics really quickly and realizing what he needed to do to stick around.
'''Aquarium'''
Sugar Glider used the swap advantage to stay with Whet Owl, thinking that since Whet Owl was in almost all of his alliances, they could form a strong three with whoever the third person from Aviary is. That turns out to be Jerboa, and Sugar Glider, Owl and Jerboa are all happy to be swapped together. Sugar Glider lies to Jerboa and Owl, telling them that he used the advantage to swap with Jerboa.
Ermine, Fennec and Red Panda are also happy to be swapped together from Animal Pen. However, that means that no one is willing to flip and it's looking like it'll be a 3-3 vote whenever they go to Tribal Council.
Sugar Glider bonds with Red Panda over their shared love for Magic the Gathering. Sugar Glider tells Red Panda some information about the Aviary dynamics, which Red Panda relays to the Animal Pens. The main pairs on the tribe are Sugar Glider and Jerboa and Fennec Fox and Ermine. The Fennec/Ermine pair is called Hot & Cold and they are very cute.
Jerboa gives a pitch to Fennec about them being swing votes on this tribe. Fennec isn't impressed and finds him erratic but feels forced to work with him because they're the only Aviary willing to open up to them. Fennec expresses distrust towards Sugar Glider because he told them and Red Panda different stories, and they know that they're his least favorite Animal Pen.
Jerboa works hard on the maze and expresses frustration that the Animal Pens aren't pulling their weight in the challenge. Jerboa's maze, which forces the other tribes to visit every single square instead of solving an actual maze, is very easy but it's also very annoying. Aquarium wins immunity and buys themselves some time to figure out a way around the 3-3 split they find themselves in.
During the challenge, the former Aviaries searched openly while the former Animal Pens searched secretly. Seeing that the Aviaries all searched openly sketches the Animal Pens out. Jerboa finds the idol and doesn't tell anyone. Amusingly, because of Jerboa always searching openly for the idol and his general personality, the Animal Pens think it's unlikely that he has it.
After the challenge, everybody seems to realize that they could be the ones going home, so they all try to compromise with the other side. Sugar Glider tells Ermine all of the alliances he was in on Aviary and then pitches forming a four player group with them, Jerboa, and Red Panda to vote out either Fennec or Whet Owl by RNG (not sure what he means by that). That group was proposed partially because Sugar Glider and Red Panda have their Magic the Gathering connection and partially because Ermine told Glider she was working with Red Panda in order to hide her pair with Fennec. She tells Fennec anyway and Fennec is annoyed and considers going to rocks.
The group also seems unlikely to work because it includes both Ermine and Jerboa. Jerboa has a grudge against Ermine from the very first challenge, where Ermine made a comment about Animal Pen having a 52% chance to win. Ermine finds Jerboa annoying to talk to. The one player absent in all of this is Whet Owl, who will probably be in trouble if Aquarium loses.
''MVP:'' Jerboa. He finds an idol and nobody suspects that he has it. Even if he didn't have an idol, I'd say he's the least likely to leave at a TC because he has a good relationship with everyone on the tribe except for Ermine

Revision as of 03:57, 21 June 2022


In Adorable Critter Survivor, a group of inscrutable aliens invaded Earth and picked up 21 of the cutest animals to compete to see which is really the cutest on the planet. This Large Social Game took place between May 13, 2022 and June 20, 2022. It was moderated by zoraster and PrivateI. Klick (Dolphin) defeated Cephrir (Fennec Fox) and Ethel (Ermine) in a 5-3-0 vote.

This anonymous 21 player Survivor game had a Standard classification. The game took place on a Proboards forum (zoraster.freeforums.net) and was spectated primarily on a dedicated Discord server.

Some information about twists and game events were revealed prior to Signups, including the following:

  • The game used roughly half “regular” challenges and half determined via a “Cuteness Raffle.”
  • Players could spend Cute Points for tribal and individual immunity, as well as to earn certain advantages such as idols.
  • There was an optional pre-game challenge called the “Know Your Rules” challenge. The winner of that challenge would play as the Human Child character, spending the first part of the game sequestered but able to message any player in the game, and then joining the losing tribe with individual immunity for the first tribal council.
  • All PM conversations had to include ProductionBot, giving spectators greater insight into the "behind the scenes" portions of the game.

Players

Player Original Tribe Swap Tribe Merged Tribe Finish
Gecko
Grody
Animal Pen 1st Voted Out
21st Place
Lemur
ChannelDelibird
Aviary 2nd Voted Out
20th Place
Human Child
Mist7676
Human
Child
Animal Pen 3rd Voted Out
19th Place
Quokka
emrysmoonchild
Animal Pen Paddock 4th
17th Place
Giant Panda
Gypyx
Aviary Terrarium 4th Voted Out
17th Place
Rabbit
MeanTUREEN
Aviary Terrarium 5th Voted Out
16th Place
Ferret
Pine
Aviary Paddock 6th
14th Place
Elephant Shrew
Iprobablysuck
Animal Pen Terrarium 6th Voted Out
14th Place
Harp Seal
TheBreeze
Aviary Paddock 7th Voted Out
12th Place
Sugar Glider
SalTheBard
Aviary Aquarium 7th Voted Out
12th Place
Capybara
DuckContracts
Animal Pen Paddock Petting Zoo 11th Place
1st Juror
Whet Owl
mallowgeno
Aviary Aquarium Petting Zoo 10th Place
2nd Juror
Meerkat
DuckContracts
Aviary Paddock Petting Zoo 9th Place
3rd Juror
Pika
Skelda
Animal Pen Terrarium Petting Zoo 8th Place
4th Juror
Slow Loris
Khall76
Animal Pen Terrarium Petting Zoo 7th Place
5th Juror
Red Panda
Thestatusquo
Animal Pen Aquarium Petting Zoo 6th Place
6th Juror
Jerboa
ambic
Aviary Aquarium Petting Zoo 5th Place
7th Juror
Sand Cat
Paddock
Animal Pen Paddock Petting Zoo 4th Place
8th Juror
Ermine
Ethel
Animal Pen Aquarium Petting Zoo Runner-up
3rd place
Fennec Fox
Cephrir
Animal Pen Aquarium Petting Zoo Runner-up
2nd place
Dolphin
Klick
Aviary Terrarium Petting Zoo Sole Survivor
1st place

Voting History

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Synopsis

Episode 1: Radical Honesty

Animal Pen

The shipwrecked Human Child player's take on the Animal Pen Tribe is that they were the quieter tribe. And despite being the losing tribe, Aviary still seemed to outpace them on socializing at times during the TC. The top of the social pecking order early on appears to be Pika, Sand Cat, and Fennec Fox, all of whom seem to have good budding relationships with one another and overall seem well-liked by tribemates.

Red Panda and Elephant Shrew are other active socializers that are not quite as popular. While some critters express wariness that Red Panda might not like them, Red Panda comes across as an earnest newer player, which seems to earn the Panda some wiggle room to learn the ropes. Quokka and Slow Loris seem to make a fine initial impression, with Quokka seeming to be somewhat more popular, but with Slow Loris also coming across as an endearing newbie to some. Ermine is another understated presence, but seems to have earned some respect for effort put into the challenge.

This leaves Capybara and Gecko at the bottom. Gecko is particularly inactive at first due to their work schedule. Capybara, while more present, just doesn't make a good first impression on their tribemates.

Gecko is pretty quickly agreed upon as the easy vote after the challenge result. Red Panda is paranoid that it's all too unanimous, but tries to keep his cool. Human Child is eager to go with the flow and try to earn her tribe's trust. She's quiet due to anxiety, but after admitting to some tribemates that this is cramping her style, starts to ease into better conversation. Whether this will be enough to save her when she's not immune remains to be seen. Gecko floats Ermine and Slow Loris as possibilities, and tribemates seem more OK with Slow Loris as the fake vote.

Slow Loris is extremely afk until about two hours before TC ends due to a root canal. Due to Gecko showing up and being somewhat likeable, there's some vague interest in switching things up, but ultimately no one seems motivated enough to create that momentum. Pika specifically wanted a Capybara vote due to being offered a group alliance with Gecko, but felt she lacked time to push for it.

Upon arrival, Loris hears from Elephant Shrew that the vote is pretty locked on Gecko and that Gecko wanted to vote out Loris. Loris decides to approach Gecko with this info, including naming Elephant Shrew as the source. Gecko asks about Loris's comment in the group chat he made with Elephant Shrew, Red Panda and Pika. Red Panda and Pika feign that Slow Loris is trying to cause chaos. They both claim the vote's still on Slow Loris, but they're clearly not thrilled about Slow Loris's behavior. The vote still ends up unanimous for Gecko, with Gecko voting for Slow Loris.

Sitting pretty: Sand Cat, Pika, Fennec Fox In the hot seat: Slow Loris, Human Child, Capybara

Aviary

The Aviary tribe is a mix of the social and less than social. There are three names that have come out as being the most social. Sugar Glider, Jerboa & Panda have come up the most in other players confessionals. Ferret and Seal are also in, though they aren't as favorable to everyone. Panda is seen as the "smartest" and Sugar Glider as "the most social". Maybe the most interesting animals thus far are rabbit and meerkat, who are getting in with the right people but aren't really being talked about or are in anyone's radar despite having good confessionals. Rabbit isn't liked by Jerboa, however it is doubtful Jerboa does anything about that anytime soon.

 Ferret is a hit or miss, maybe the animal to most embody the "roleplay" role of playing an investigative journalist which has some in love with them, and others not so much, definitely the most polarizing one of the bunch.

After a big win by this tribe, the unfortunate news came that Klipspringer (who was doing well) has removed themselves from the game and has been replaced by Dolphin. Initial discussion seemed to indicate that Lemur and Owl were the most in danger for a lack of activity. Panda was an MVP in the challenge, but is getting "smart" label thrown on as a result. Seal seems to be itching to destroy everyone and is very active in their confessional.



Per Sugar Glider, there are at least two groups that have formed, Sugar Glider/Ferret/Jerboa & Sugar Glider/Meerkat/Seal/Panda

MVPs of the round: Sugar Glider, Jerboa & Giant Panda, although all three have been noted as smart and social, so this probably won't last.

Episode 2: Forgone Conclusion

Animal Pen

After a very uneasy first tribal where Gecko was unceremoniously booted from Animal Pen, the rest of the tribe seemed to come together in the challenge and pulled enough of an average to stay immune.

Notable events that happened during this cycle, Loris found an idol after being in the hot seat during the first round, Red Panda formed an alliance with Ermine, Pika and Shrew, and three of the tribe members didn't post a confessional at all. Fennec has one of the most moment to moment confessionals I've seen in awhile and with the differing opinions in each post I feel like I'm getting whiplash. Capybara had a pragmatic approach to the last vote and has otherwise not been very active. According to Pika, she's aware Sand Cat and Fennec have a bond and is trying to figure out how to come between them.

Red Panda does not like Quokka who cannot stand Capybara. Shrew feels wary of Ermine. Ermine doesn't like Loris. Pika's read of the tribe right now is far and by far the best and given the lack of new groups forming and Pika being at the center of the action with seemingly no one going against or hating Pika, it seems like it's going to be pretty easy to see who gets MVP...

Last but not least, Loris seems to be making a social comeback since her bad first round and apparently is lying to Red Panda or feels like she is. We shall see if this keeps up.

MVP: Pika and it's not even close for 2nd. Red Panda's doing okay, Shrew's doing okay, and Fennec clearly isn't in anyone's bad graces.

Aviary

While the Aviary Tribe was planning how to approach the Cuteness Raffle challenge, Jerboa publicly states that he doesn't think Lemur will show up in order to bet anything, and asks for opinions on how to plan around this. Some animals take this to mean that Jerboa thinks they may as well throw to save their points and get rid of the inactive Lemur.

Based on how Aviary raffled compared to Animal Pen, Animal Pen had an 80% chance of winning: Panda, Rabbit, Meerkat, Sugar Glider spent 3 cuteness points, while everyone else saved their points. Jerboa was also seen searching for the idol. Some players are put off by Jerboa's bluntness and confidence, but particularly Giant Panda, who starts floating the possibility of trying to boot Jerboa this round before he can actually nab the idol.

Harp Seal says he might be on board for a bigger move, but only if Lemur logs back in (spoiler: Lemur never does.) Word gets back to Jerboa about Giant Panda's plotting. Seal's confessional response is pretty classic villain: he's ready for the possibility of war and doesn't think Panda has the numbers, but thinks Panda's right to doubt his intentions. Sugar Glider's not necessarily thrilled about having to pick sides between two allies, but sees the budding Parent Alliance (Ferret, Dolphin, Sugar Glider) as gaining more power in the tribe as a result of this.

Dolphin seems to be integrating fairly well and displays good reads on tribal social dynamics in confessional. Meerkat confesses to seeing Aviary's biggest long-term threats as Dolphin, Ferret, and Giant Panda. It's a little unclear where Whet Owl and Rabbit stand with their tribemates. Rabbit is seen as inactive but somewhat endearing, and Whet Owl gains some positive SPV from tribemates referring to them as seeming honest.

Even Lemur votes for Lemur due to not logging in, except for Whet Owl. They voted for Dolphin "Just in case something weird happens" pretty early on in the tribal discussion phase.

Most at War: Jerboa & Giant Panda Most Improved: Dolphin Most Positive SPV: Harp Seal

Episode 3: 8 gazillion alliances

Animal Pen

The Animal Pen tribe loses the seesaw challenge and has to get to work determining their weakest link. Some players are also speculating about when the swap will be. Red Panda and Elephant Shrew specifically discuss that they expect remaining Animal Pen players to be able to work together well on future tribes. The biggest changes from TC1 are that Human Child no longer has immunity and that Slow Loris has improved her social standing a lot.

Pika talks about how Pika's trying not to be overly connected, but is enjoying the budding connection with Loris and appreciates the idol info. Red Panda floats Quokka as an option a bit, but Capybara and Human Child remain the most unpopular.

Capybara gets more strategically active this episode, forming Fennec/Ermine and Pika/Shrew group alliances within 10 minutes of each other. This gets leaked quickly, of course, but Fennec and Pika almost seem to find it more amusing than worrying.

Quokka is clearly in favor of keeping the Human, while Ermine is clearly in favor of keeping Capy. Players like Red Panda and Sand Cat seem to find Human Child more threatening and absent. Quokka tries to push to keep HC and discuss numbers willing to keep Capy; some tribemates seem confused or suspicious of this given they've mostly heard people wanting to vote for HC. Human Child ends up being voted out 7-3, with Elephant Shrew swapping his vote to Capy as a "safety net."

Most in "roughly 8 gazillion alliances" according to Fennec: Pika, Elephant Shrew Most improved: Slow Loris Most bold: Quokka, Capybara

Aviary

Though Aviary didn't go to tribal because of a great win that didn't mean that drama didn't happen nonetheless.

The aftermath of the Lemur vote has left the other members of the tribe in a bit of chaos. The stray Dolphin vote has the whole tribe talking and it's a very thin layer of ice they are all walking on. Least of all Jerboa and Giant Panda who outwardly dislike each other and it gets around. Had Aviary gone to tribal, this would have likely been the center of drama.

Dolphin now has a couple of rounds under their belt, and the connection they have made with Harp Seal is undeniable. Both of them are very high on each other and with Harp Seal also getting Whet Owl, Meerkat, and Rabbit on board, it would have been likely that harp seal would have called the shots this round. Harp and Sugar are both the main characters this round and it's debatable on who has more influence at this point though I'd argue Harp Seal is the more favored person.

Rabbit once again has a stellar round of being on no one's lips, yet having influence in the group. Harp, Owl and Meerkat all seem to really want to work with them. Jerboa on the other hand has REALLY tanked his game because people want him gone and would have likely gotten their way, and it wasn't like he did much after OPENLY calling the shots prior.

Owl and Ferret were probably the least interesting characters this round. Ferret hardly gave any content, despite actually being revered nicely by Dolphin after a bad first impression, while Owl at one point stated "Well apparently I've done enough to keep myself into an alliance..." which...does not feel like the words of someone who is actively in power.

Giant Panda is also someone who is going to need a good swap not to be a target, luckily Harp Seal likely would have protected him, but because of telling people what he was really thinking his name got out there and would have been a target. Luckily, he avoided tribal this round!

MVPs this round: Harp Seal gets the trophy for really being in the know and making strides to upset the power structure, Rabbit gets my kudos for being in power and doing well in the challenge, yet somehow avoiding the spotlight again, and finally I think Dolphin has done a good job with the limited time they had to make bonds.

Episode 4: Main characters get their head chopped off (Swap)

Paddock

Coming into Paddock, both Capybara and Quokka trust Sand Cat the most. In confessional, she's colder, weighing the strategic merits of losing either. Both Sand Cat and Quokka are open with their new tribemates about Capy having received votes last tribal for inactivity and imply not being close with him.

Former Aviary is more unified and have a group chat, though Meerkat and Ferret are closer with Seal than each other. Meerkat and Harp Seal are excited to hear the signs of dissension in former Animal Pen, but seem to especially like the prospect of getting Capy to flip. Meerkat is in the driver's seat on this manuever. On the other hand, Ferret bonds easily with Sand Cat and is interested in working closely with her and Harp Seal. They form a pirate group chat.

Paddock get last place in the challenge. Capy spent lots of cute points on a secret idol search and finds it! Quokka and Sand Cat are both comfortable with Meerkat or Capy as votes. Ferret sees Capy as the best compromise for everyone. Meerkat continues to try to get Capy on board for a Quokka vote. Harp Seal confesses his game plan is to end on voting Quokka, but tells Ferret he agrees a Capy vote is good.

Sand Cat admits to Quokka that she's disappointed that they haven't gotten more confirmation that Harp and Ferret are willing to vote Meerkat next TC. Capy feels like Meerkat may be conspiring to turn Animal Pen against each other, and has trouble believing it would really be smart for Sand Cat and Quokka to go against him. As such, he prefers a Meerkat boot, but will vote for Quokka to save himself. Capy trusts Seal more than he trusts Meerkat, and identifies Ferret as a swing vote.

Harp Seal is spooked by Capy's distrust of Meerkat, and discusses in the Aviary group as well with Meerkat individually how to fix this. He worries that AP is closer than they seemed and speculates that the safest play may be to put all the Aviary votes on Capy. "How do you save someone who doesn't think they need saving?" Muses Meerkat.

Quokka is unhappy to hear that Meerkat is pushing Quokka as a vote, and expresses openness to switching to Meerkat. Ferret, however, prefers to do this "later," not now.

With less than 30 minutes remaining, Seal approaches Capy with a pitch. He says voting Meerkat is just a decoy plan. If Capy is unwilling to vote Quokka, Seal says Capy will be voted out 5-1 because Quokka and Sand Cat are against Capy. Seal also asks Ferret last minute to trust him and switch to Quokka. Capy plays his idol; an initial mod error makes this appear to save him. However, Quokka is eliminated 4-2, with Sand Cat and Quokka being the Capy voters.

Most large and in charge: Harp Seal Most blindsided: Sand Cat

Terrarium

Pika and Shrew from Animal Pen are happy to have swapped together with Lorry, being pretty good allies previously. Lorry feels great about Pika but is a little more suspicious of Shrew. Dolphin, Giant Panda, and Rabbit have much looser relationships; Rabbit claims to feel very good about Dolphin, Dolphin isn't sure why. Giant Panda comes in thinking that Dolphin is in a rough spot and kinda willing to let him go and sees this as an opportunity to bond with Rabbit.

Pika does a good job building relationships with all the former Aviary folks, particularly with Rabbit, to the point that Rabbit probably overestimates how close they've gotten and underestimates how close Pika's other relationships are. Giant Panda thinks if they go to TC, the vote will be Dolphin vs Lorry, and Rabbit thinks she can flip Pika on Lorry. Ultimately Dolphin appears to have the best read on the AP folks, realizing that Pika definitely will not cut Lorry and that there's a decent chance that the vote turns GP's way.

Pika initially is less high on GP than Rabbit/Dolphin but eventually lands in a spot where she really doesn't feel great about losing anyone and laments not being in a spot with someone she'd actively like to get rid of. Lorry tells Shrew about her idol, saying that she really trusts Shrew and implying Shrew is the only one she told. Shrew suspects (correctly) Lorry already went through this same spiel with Pika.

Post-challenge, GP and Rabbit initially want Loris out, GP isn't so sure they can do it and thinks they should prepare to turn on Dolphin if they can't get Shrew and/or Pika to vote out Loris. Rabbit is pretty set on Loris. Meanwhile, Loris tells GP that the people she's least close to on the tribe are Rabbit, Dolphin, and Pika, and expresses the idea that it's inevitable that someone from AP gets voted out. While Loris is still loyal to the former AP, Loris's erratic behavior has dampened Pika's feelings for her. While Pika likes Lorry personally, she's wary of an ally who needs so much protection while acting so irrationally.

Dolphin tells Rabbit that he knows GP threw his name out this round and that he's tempted to vote GP for that. Rabbit doesn't seem to pay much attention, assuming that Dolphin would primarily prefer that a former AP member go home first. Dolphin tells all of the former AP folks that he's in on voting out GP, and continues to relay the Aviary plans to them. Rabbit doesn't realize just how reluctant Shrew and Pika are to vote Loris out, and thinks they're on board with booting Loris based on her challenge performance. Loris tells Rabbit and GP that she's be willing to sacrifice Pika or Shrew, leading Rabbit to try to put the vote on Shrew. GP creates a group chat of the former Aviary + Loris.

Rabbit doesn't tell Pika she is pushing to get Shrew out, which Pika knows from both Loris and GP, leading Pika to strongly consider making Rabbit the vote closer to the deadline. Despite a strong social connection with Pika at the beginning of the swap, Rabbit's relationship with Pika has really deteriorated over this TC. Ultimately the vote remains on Giant Panda with Dolphin siding with the former Animal Pen in voting him out 4-2, with Giant Panda and Rabbit voting Shrew.

MVPs: Pika is really in the best position here, with good relationships with everyone without appearing too out in front. Dolphin deserves an honorable mention for sussing out the tribe dynamics really quickly and realizing what he needed to do to stick around.

Aquarium

Sugar Glider used the swap advantage to stay with Whet Owl, thinking that since Whet Owl was in almost all of his alliances, they could form a strong three with whoever the third person from Aviary is. That turns out to be Jerboa, and Sugar Glider, Owl and Jerboa are all happy to be swapped together. Sugar Glider lies to Jerboa and Owl, telling them that he used the advantage to swap with Jerboa.

Ermine, Fennec and Red Panda are also happy to be swapped together from Animal Pen. However, that means that no one is willing to flip and it's looking like it'll be a 3-3 vote whenever they go to Tribal Council.

Sugar Glider bonds with Red Panda over their shared love for Magic the Gathering. Sugar Glider tells Red Panda some information about the Aviary dynamics, which Red Panda relays to the Animal Pens. The main pairs on the tribe are Sugar Glider and Jerboa and Fennec Fox and Ermine. The Fennec/Ermine pair is called Hot & Cold and they are very cute.

Jerboa gives a pitch to Fennec about them being swing votes on this tribe. Fennec isn't impressed and finds him erratic but feels forced to work with him because they're the only Aviary willing to open up to them. Fennec expresses distrust towards Sugar Glider because he told them and Red Panda different stories, and they know that they're his least favorite Animal Pen.

Jerboa works hard on the maze and expresses frustration that the Animal Pens aren't pulling their weight in the challenge. Jerboa's maze, which forces the other tribes to visit every single square instead of solving an actual maze, is very easy but it's also very annoying. Aquarium wins immunity and buys themselves some time to figure out a way around the 3-3 split they find themselves in.

During the challenge, the former Aviaries searched openly while the former Animal Pens searched secretly. Seeing that the Aviaries all searched openly sketches the Animal Pens out. Jerboa finds the idol and doesn't tell anyone. Amusingly, because of Jerboa always searching openly for the idol and his general personality, the Animal Pens think it's unlikely that he has it.

After the challenge, everybody seems to realize that they could be the ones going home, so they all try to compromise with the other side. Sugar Glider tells Ermine all of the alliances he was in on Aviary and then pitches forming a four player group with them, Jerboa, and Red Panda to vote out either Fennec or Whet Owl by RNG (not sure what he means by that). That group was proposed partially because Sugar Glider and Red Panda have their Magic the Gathering connection and partially because Ermine told Glider she was working with Red Panda in order to hide her pair with Fennec. She tells Fennec anyway and Fennec is annoyed and considers going to rocks.

The group also seems unlikely to work because it includes both Ermine and Jerboa. Jerboa has a grudge against Ermine from the very first challenge, where Ermine made a comment about Animal Pen having a 52% chance to win. Ermine finds Jerboa annoying to talk to. The one player absent in all of this is Whet Owl, who will probably be in trouble if Aquarium loses.

MVP: Jerboa. He finds an idol and nobody suspects that he has it. Even if he didn't have an idol, I'd say he's the least likely to leave at a TC because he has a good relationship with everyone on the tribe except for Ermine