This week resulted in 10 eliminations, 5 from incorrect pick, and 5 from running out of picks, leaving us with 5 players remaining as we head into next week's finale. There was a huge change at the top, with the front-runner all season, ponyboy, as well as several others, eliminated by picking Kellyn. Of the top 4 players in the standings last week, only 1 correctly picked Kellyn prior to her elimination: VTChess (omg that's me!), who now suddenly sits in a very pretty position heading into the finale.

Week 12 Results

In the lead - 2 picks remaining

VTChess: Chris, Angela, Chelsea, Bradley, Libby, Desiree, Sebastian, Michael, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Laurel

Close behind - 1 pick remaining

ayuken: Morgan, Michael, Jenna, Chris, Angela, Kellyn, Desiree, Domenick, Chelsea, Sebastian, Donathan, Wendell
Eewert: Chris, Sebastian, James, Bradley, Angela, Libby, Jenna, Desiree, Michael, Domenick, Laurel, Donathan
plotty24: Angela, Brendan, James, Chelsea, Laurel, Chris, Desiree, Sebastian, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Wendell
supersplitz: Desiree, Domenick, Chris, Michael, Jenna, Libby, Sebastian, Kellyn, Chelsea, Wendell, Laurel, Donathan

Eliminated Week 12 due to running out of picks (T6th-10th place, each earns 37 SS points)

Didace: Kellyn, Bradley, Domenick, James, Michael, Chris, Chelsea, Wendell, Sebastian, Angela, Laurel, Donathan & is now out of picks
hammtown: Michael, Angela, Laurel, Libby, Chelsea, Desiree, Sebastian, Donathan, Jenna, Wendell, Kellyn, Domenick & is now out of picks
housenuts: Bradley, Laurel, Chris, Wendell, Libby, Jenna, Sebastian, Domenick, Michael, Donathan, Kellyn, Angela & is now out of picks
Monteroy: Michael, Domenick, Laurel, Wendell, Libby, Chris, Desiree, Angela, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Sebastian & is now out of picks
R_Webb18: Morgan, Donathan, Domenick, Bradley, Michael, Chris, Libby, Sebastian, Angela, Laurel, Kellyn, Wendell & is now out of picks

Eliminated Week 12 due to incorrect pick (T11th-15th place, each earns 32 SS points)

accobra_kid: Desiree, Laurel, Chris, James, Chelsea, Libby, Jenna, Michael, Sebastian, Donathan, Angela, Kellyn
King~of~Diamonds: Chris, Michael, Sebastian, Desiree, Wendell, Jenna, Donathan, Chelsea, Domenick, Laurel, Angela, Kellyn
ponyboy: Morgan, Stephanie, Chris, Bradley, Chelsea, Libby, Desiree, Jenna, Sebastian, Domenick, Donathan, Kellyn
Thingyman: Desiree, Michael, Stephanie, Angela, Chelsea, Chris, Wendell, Jenna, Domenick, Sebastian, Donathan, Kellyn
uganation: Brendan, Domenick, Sebastian, Laurel, Libby, Chris, Jenna, Chelsea, Donathan, Wendell, Angela, Kellyn

Finale breakdown

I will make my final 2 picks in order, with the first needing to survive the F6 tribal council, and the 2nd needing to survive the F5 tribal council.

Since everyone else only has 1 pick remaining, they will be eliminated either at the F6 tribal council (if their final pick goes home), or if not, then they will be eliminated immediately after the F6 tribal by running out of picks.

Since my final 2 picks are Dom and Wendell, if both of them survive the F6 tribal council, then at the end of the F6 tribal I will still have 1 available pick left, while everyone else has 0, and I will be the winner. If however, one of the 2 of them is voted out at F6, then things open up and other people have potential to win. In case of a multi-way tie, the final pick you made is considered your "winner pick", and whoever's winner picks goes deepest in the game is the winner.

Wow, everyone with 1 pick remaining has a different final pick

I think I've decided to go with my final 2 picks in this order:

Domenick
Wendell

So now scenarios are as follows:

Scenario #1:

Dom and Wendell both survive F6: VTChess wins

Scenario #2:

Dom gets voted out at F6: VTChess and plotty eliminated 4th-5th; the winner of the other 3 gets decided by whose "winner pick" makes the deepest run.

Winner picks would be:

ayuken: Laurel
Eewert: Wendell
supersplitz: Angela

Scenario #3:

Wendell gets voted out at F6 tribal council: Eewert eliminated in 5th place; VTChess runs out of picks and joins the others; the winner of the remaining 4 gets decided by whose "winner pick" makes the deepest run.

Winner picks would be:

ayuken: Laurel
VTChess: Domenick
plotty24: Domenick
supersplitz: Angela

If Domenick makes the deepest run of the 4, then the most recent non-matching pick would be considered the tiebreaker winner pick.

Tiebreaker winner pick:

VTChess: Laurel
plotty24: Wendell

In this scenario, Wendell would be going home in 6th place however, meaning Laurel would clearly outlast him.

Thus, sadly, it appears that plotty24 is drawing dead to actually become the official SS champion, although he can make claim to becoming co-champion in this scenario

Please go ahead and make your final picks in the thread.

Finale picks (Finale picks are marked in bold)

In the lead - 2 picks remaining

VTChess: Chris, Angela, Chelsea, Bradley, Libby, Desiree, Sebastian, Michael, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Laurel, Domenick (F6) and Wendell (F5)

Close behind - 1 pick remaining

ayuken: Morgan, Michael, Jenna, Chris, Angela, Kellyn, Desiree, Domenick, Chelsea, Sebastian, Donathan, Wendell, ?
Eewert: Chris, Sebastian, James, Bradley, Angela, Libby, Jenna, Desiree, Michael, Domenick, Laurel, Donathan, ?
plotty24: Angela, Brendan, James, Chelsea, Laurel, Chris, Desiree, Sebastian, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Wendell, ?
supersplitz: Desiree, Domenick, Chris, Michael, Jenna, Libby, Sebastian, Kellyn, Chelsea, Wendell, Laurel, Donathan, ?

Laurel

Arg. Knew I was taking a chance. Thanks for running as always VT.

Angela FTW! (Ha)

GG everyone and thanks for running VTChess!

Thanks VT! Happy with my 6-10 finish!

Finale picks (Finale picks are marked in bold)

In the lead - 2 picks remaining

VTChess: Chris, Angela, Chelsea, Bradley, Libby, Desiree, Sebastian, Michael, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Laurel, Domenick (F6) and Wendell (F5)

Close behind - 1 pick remaining

ayuken: Morgan, Michael, Jenna, Chris, Angela, Kellyn, Desiree, Domenick, Chelsea, Sebastian, Donathan, Wendell, Laurel
Eewert: Chris, Sebastian, James, Bradley, Angela, Libby, Jenna, Desiree, Michael, Domenick, Laurel, Donathan, ?
plotty24: Angela, Brendan, James, Chelsea, Laurel, Chris, Desiree, Sebastian, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Wendell, Domenick
supersplitz: Desiree, Domenick, Chris, Michael, Jenna, Libby, Sebastian, Kellyn, Chelsea, Wendell, Laurel, Donathan, Angela

Wendell

And we're set! Gl everyone, especially to my main men Dom and Wendell

Finale picks (Finale picks are marked in bold)

In the lead - 2 picks remaining

VTChess: Chris, Angela, Chelsea, Bradley, Libby, Desiree, Sebastian, Michael, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Laurel, Domenick (F6) and Wendell (F5)

Close behind - 1 pick remaining

ayuken: Morgan, Michael, Jenna, Chris, Angela, Kellyn, Desiree, Domenick, Chelsea, Sebastian, Donathan, Wendell, Laurel
Eewert: Chris, Sebastian, James, Bradley, Angela, Libby, Jenna, Desiree, Michael, Domenick, Laurel, Donathan, Wendell
plotty24: Angela, Brendan, James, Chelsea, Laurel, Chris, Desiree, Sebastian, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Wendell, Domenick
supersplitz: Desiree, Domenick, Chris, Michael, Jenna, Libby, Sebastian, Kellyn, Chelsea, Wendell, Laurel, Donathan, Angela

Wendell winning F6 immunity is sweet, now I just need Domenick to survive and it's all over baby!

congrats VT

Nicely done.

How can a snap call be a bluff (on the river so to speak)

Thanks for running vt and congrats on win.

nicely done VT

thanks again, see you next season

Grats VT.

Finally a win after all this work! Congrats VT.

Thanks everyone! Glad I was able to reverse the curse this season. I was behind most of the game but everything post-merge broke exactly perfectly for who I had left.

Finale results:

S36 SS Champion - 1 pick remaining after F6 TC (1st place, earns 44 SS points)

VTChess: Chris, Angela, Chelsea, Bradley, Libby, Desiree, Sebastian, Michael, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Laurel, Domenick

Eliminated after F6 TC due to running out of picks (T2nd-5th place, each earns 41.5 SS points)

ayuken: Morgan, Michael, Jenna, Chris, Angela, Kellyn, Desiree, Domenick, Chelsea, Sebastian, Donathan, Wendell, Laurel & is now out of picks
Eewert: Chris, Sebastian, James, Bradley, Angela, Libby, Jenna, Desiree, Michael, Domenick, Laurel, Donathan, Wendell & is now out of picks
plotty24: Angela, Brendan, James, Chelsea, Laurel, Chris, Desiree, Sebastian, Jenna, Donathan, Kellyn, Wendell, Domenick & is now out of picks
supersplitz: Desiree, Domenick, Chris, Michael, Jenna, Libby, Sebastian, Kellyn, Chelsea, Wendell, Laurel, Donathan, Angela & is now out of picks

Updated culumative SS standings coming in the next few days

Congrats VT on the win.

I lol'd at this too and posted about it in main thread.

Congrats VTC, well played thanks for running.