Win By Default
by
Andy Zarowny

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It's Night 8 and Ravu Tribe return to camp after booting Sylvia.  Nobody is
weeping for her, but ill sentiments abound.  Earl suggests that after a fire
is built, they all have a pow-wow.  Rocky takes the opportunity to unload
about five tons of disrespect on Anthony.  Mookie had thrown in his opinion
of Anthony during Tribal Council, so Rocky didn't want to feel left out.  In
short, they simply can't stand Anthony.  They think his personality is too
whiny.  Anthony knows he's disliked.  It seems he's always had self-esteem
issues.  Looks like he's the next to go should Ravu continue their losing
ways.  There doesn't appear to be any reason why they would.  LOL!

Day 9 at the luxurious Moto Resort is another wonderful day.  It seems that
everyone here is getting along just fine, though some more than others.
We learn now that there is an alliance, the Moto Five, consisting of Alex,
Lisi, Stacey, Edgardo and Boo.  Gary is still feeling out of it, complaining
of a spinning head and nausea.  His tribemates are concerned.

Time for the Reward Challenge.  We've seen this one before, the cross the
balance-beam-gauntlet.  Both tribes are to line up on a narrow balance
beam and take turns maneuvering around the others to reach safety.  First
tribe to succeed wins lots of goodies.  Some nice fish, spices, rice, pillows
and blankets, and will be delivered a soft king-sized bed!  The winners will
also naturally send one from the losing tribe to Exile Island.  Ravu gets off
to an early lead as Michelle, then Yau-Man, get across without too much
trouble.  Moto is looking really bad, but they are testing a strategy, which
finally pays off.  While Anthony fouls up Ravu (go figure), Moto executes
their strategy in almost precision fashion.  A last ditch effort by Ravu fails
and Moto blows them away, AGAIN!  Yau-Man is selected for exile.

Moto takes their winnings back to camp and find the bed.  Another stun-
ning victory is celebrated.  Back at Ravu, things get stunning also, as
Rocky unloads another five tons of frustration.  His angry rants and raves
even shock his allies.  "Lets just call Jeff on the Jeff-phone and tell him
we're ready to do Tribal Council now and vote someone off."   LOL!  Earl
and Anthony leave the hostility to gather firewood.  Anthony voices his
concern about being the next to be voted off.  Earl is vaguely supportive,
he's undecided as to how to handle the situation.  Meanwhile, Yau-Man
gets a set of clues to the location of the hidden immunity idol.  He's
confident he knows where it is.  Just doesn't know how he'll dig it up
without raising suspicions. 

Night 9 at Moto Resort and Liliana is busy giving massages to the boys.
Lisi sees right through Liliana's cheap scheme.  Mmmeeeooowww!  Day
10 dawns and Gary is feeling worse.  The medics are called in and once
again find nothing wrong.  They tell Gary that he needs a more thorough
examination which can only happen in a hospital, which means Gary must
leave The Game.  Gary agrees and he's taken off the island on a stretcher.
Alex worries that if they should now lose an Immunity Challenge, both
tribes will be equal at seven a piece.

Day 11 and Rocky wants to win.  So badly, he's going naked!  I think he's
finally snapped.  LOL!  Tree-mail arrives and the girls try reading it while
not looking at Rocky's private parts.  When they arrive at Challenge Beach,
Rocky is clothed, but is now sporting one of the girl's bikini tops?!?!  He's
gone insane!  Even Jeff is amused by this.  After Moto shows up, Jeff lets
everyone know that Gary is gone but no details yet.  The Game continues.
It's a rescue challenge.  All but one member is locked in a cage, with the
last cage on shore suspended in mid-air.  The free player from each tribe
swims off shore to release the first caged member, then that player in turn
releases the next, and so on and so forth.  Once the last off-shore player
is freed, a boat is boarded and the rest are picked up on the way back to
shore.  Once there, the tribe must form a human pyramid to allow one to
free the last player.  First tribe to reach their mat with everyone wins immu-
nity AND a bottle containing a secret message!  Oooooooooh!  The event
begins with a swim-off between Rocky and Edgardo to reach the first cage.
Edgardo wins easily and Moto jumps off to an early lead.  It gets bigger
when Rita stumbles on the wooden lily pad connecting the cages off shore.
Ravu manages to catch up once on shore while Stacey fumbles with the
keys as she stands on top of Moto's pyramid.  But Moto wins anyway,
like Ravu had any chance.  Yawn!  But hold everything!  The message in
the bottle is a doozey!  If Moto wants to keep immunity, they must trade
camps with Ravu.  LOL!  A quick vote is taken and Moto decides to give
up immunity to Ravu to keep their comfy shelter. 

Back at the resort, Dre holds court wanting to openly discuss who should
be voted off.  The way he sees it, the only two logical choices are Lisi and
Cassandra, as they are the two oldest women and can be spared to keep
the tribe strong.  Edgardo pipes in that he will not vote off Lisi, so his ballot
will be cast against Cassandra.  Later, Stacey talks with Cassandra and
it seems that all may not be lost.  The Moto Five discuss who to boot off
and Lisi makes an argument for dumping Liliana.  Alex doesn't like the
idea of voting off someone who is athletic.

At Tribal Council, Dre goes on the defensive concerning his desire to have
an open vote prior to TC.  He just wants to keep the snakes out of the tribe
this early in The Game.  Liliana voices that she considers herself an asset
to the tribe.  Cassandra agrees and pays Liliana a compliment.  It's time to
vote.  Cassandra votes for Lisi, Liliana votes for Cassandra.  I didn't see
how Dre voted, but Lisi and, presumably, the rest of the Moto Five, give
Liliana the boot. 

SPOILERS:  Moto Tribe develops some fractures in their togetherness.  The
hunt for the hidden idol is on in earnest at Ravu Beach.  Rocky and Dre
exchange some trash-talk. 

Sir Linksalot
Survivor:  Fiji