Hey guys. We need to brainstorm or at least post group chat brainstorms in here. Why?

Cuz we're being judged on teamwork and how are the PW's and Hosts gonna see our teamwork if we don't share it with them ;)

^might be worth it for someone to post the chat from when we picked items initially... I don't have it saved but we were all there for that and contributing.

Yeah and if anyone finds pictures, post them in here so judges can see teamwork.

Here's my creative thoughts:

HOST, correct me if I'm wrong, but nowhere in the rules does it say we need only ONE image. I suggest we make one "master image" with everything it it (the challenge), but then make a few more "close up images" to really highlight the use of our items. And I think we should get FUN with it baby! FUN and FUNNY :)

For example,

An image of Rory and Kelley in the jeep. Rory's hook dragging through the sand. Kelley at the wheel, she's got ROAD RAGE lol.

Text beneath the image says "Rory has trained himself to be immune from snake bites, making him an ideal candidate to fend off wild snakes from the campsite."

"Kelley was a Nascar driver back home, so she's always got the wheel!"


^ Fun and silly stuff like that. IF we can make it look good, be funny, and be PRACTICAL then we win.

To clarify also, cuz I was a little confused..

We are building the WALL surrounding the shelter. The stuff necessary to survive, keep us safe, fend off animals, etc.. None of the items go towards building our shelter or hut, but I do think we should have an image of a hut in our photo somewhere, which is allowed says the rules.

Our items:

- Matches
- Fire wood (Cannot light without matches)
- Jeep
- Rope
- Shovel
- Rocks (9)
- Spears (2)
- Pots and Pans (3)
- Sandbags (10)
- Animal skull
- Fishing wire
- Bananas (4 bunches)
- Bucket (2)
- Crate
- Sandbags (5)

Alright well the "Matches" and "Fire Wood" make us FIRE. So that would be used to be near our shelter, keep us warm, and that also scares off wildlife. So we're off to a good start there :P

Pots and Pans would be next to the fireplace I imagine...

We have 2 spears and a shovel for immediate protection. But maybe we could also use the shovel to dig some stuff. Make dirt walls? Make an outhouse area..?

I'm stumped on these 9 rocks... so there's no mention of the SIZE of these niggas. 9 little rocks doesn't do us much good unless we throw them at fuckin coyotes and shit, and still, that's kinda silly..

We've got a rope and a Jeep... what if we dragged in big rocks to help with the shelter? Is that too out there and not practical?

I definitely picture two of us being IN the Jeep so I will start working on that...

It's been a while since I picked up the brush... this is getting kinda fun lol

Actually Crusher the original idea behind getting the rocks, sandbags, and shovel was to establish a perimeter, like they had in Surv: Africa. The shovel can be used to dig out a trench, with the sandbags and rocks forming a wall as best as sandbags and rocks can (the thornbushes got snaked from me).

Caryn Groedel 9:05 pm
Well not me obviously.
And remember, you aren't making a shelter, the goal is to make a safe tribe camp surrounding your shelter.
Worth noting.
You may find or create a hut image to add to your final image if you wish, no items are necessary to build the shelter.

Erik Huffman 9:08 pm
it seems like safety is a big part
practicality

Boston Rob 9:08 pm
the jeep maybe?

Caryn Groedel 9:08 pm
I got stuff to make a fire.
We're the only ones with a fire. Big plus.

Boston Rob 9:08 pm
fire good

Caryn Groedel 9:09 pm
Thorn bush (10) seems like a good item. Thoughts?
Jeep is good too maybe.
esp those two in conjunction

Erik Huffman 9:10 pm
yeah that sounds good

Caryn Groedel 9:14 pm
Fairplay took the thorn bushes.
Jeep?

Boston Rob 9:14 pm
ya I think so

Erik Huffman 9:14 pm
yeah do the jeep

Caryn Groedel 9:15 pm
Done and done. Got it for my boys. :)

Boston Rob 9:15 pm
We can get spears to attach to it!

Caryn Groedel 9:16 pm
Yee-haw

Erik Huffman 9:16 pm
hahahaha

Erik Huffman 9:16 pm
yaw

Caryn Groedel 9:16 pm
The death machine omg

Erik Huffman 9:16 pm
wait so just to clarify, we aren't making a shelter?
But there has to be a shelter in the picture?

Caryn Groedel 9:16 pm
Nope. We have a hut.

Boston Rob 9:16 pm
naw a safe camp

Caryn Groedel 9:16 pm
Exactly.

Erik Huffman 9:17 pm
ok

Caryn Groedel 9:17 pm
What are we thinking next?

Boston Rob 9:18 pm
Rope maybe? We can think of a use for that.

Caryn Groedel 9:18 pm
Smart. Done and done.

Boston Rob 9:18 pm
fishing net for like a trap too

Caryn Groedel 9:19 pm
Fishing net got taken by Taj

Caryn Groedel 9:20 pm
We need something to establish a perimeter at this point I think.

Erik Huffman 9:21 pm
rocks?
sandbags?

Boston Rob 9:21 pm
A shovel. We can dig a moat

Caryn Groedel 9:21 pm
Ooh the shovel. I like that. One of rocks/sandbags and a shovel is a decent combo

Erik Huffman 9:23 pm
lol
we need to get an animal skull for our death machine at some point

Caryn Groedel 9:24 pm
You know what Erik? I think the animal skull might be up there for a while lmao
Rocks or sandbags?

Erik Huffman 9:24 pm
haha I know just sayin

Caryn Groedel 9:24 pm
No I get you.

Erik Huffman 9:24 pm
I feel like rocks look better imo

Boston Rob 9:25 pm
ya ocks i think

Caryn Groedel 9:27 pm
We should have just committed to full-on death machine. Jeep + Spears + Animal Skull + Flag

Boston Rob 9:28 pm
oh god yes

Erik Huffman 9:28 pm
hahaha

Caryn Groedel 9:28 pm
Fuck they took spears (6)
Spears (2)?

Boston Rob 9:28 pm
yes

Erik Huffman 9:30 pm
should we get some pots and pans or something? or the water jug?
are those important?

Boston Rob 9:30 pm
pots andpan for armor

Erik Huffman 9:30 pm
LOL

Caryn Groedel 9:30 pm
YASS
It's only 3 pots and pans though.

Erik Huffman 9:31 pm
true
hmmm idk do we need them? would they increase our safety/practicality points?

Caryn Groedel 9:32 pm
I mean ... we do have fire. We can be like "Oh look, we can actually get water and not-die"

Erik Huffman 9:32 pm
haha true

Caryn Groedel 9:33 pm
Oh my goodness also, I mean, we have fire so we can have a flaming death machine.

Boston Rob 9:33 pm
yeeeeesssssssss

Erik Huffman 9:33 pm
hahaha

Caryn Groedel 9:34 pm
This is a contest to see who can make the best heavy metal album cover, right?

Erik Huffman 9:34 pm
yep it's a for heavy metal band with some african influences
lol what would that sound like

Boston Rob 9:35 pm
luxury iem - ozzy osbourn

Erik Huffman 9:36 pm
luxury item: death machine
we can have 2

Caryn Groedel 9:38 pm
Luxury item: One (1) camp

Boston Rob 9:39 pm
bananas. we can leave the peels for lions to slip on

Erik Huffman 9:39 pm
our death machine can shoot banana peels
after we eat them
haha

Caryn Groedel 9:39 pm
I'm dying.

Erik Huffman 9:40 pm
lol ok is there anything important that we're overlooking?

Boston Rob 9:41 pm
i dont think so

Caryn Groedel 9:41 pm
Um ... Mud pit could be useful? But we have a lot of perimeter stuff already.
Death machine is the priority.

Erik Huffman 9:41 pm
I think a mud pit would be hard to not make look ugly
maybe blankets?
buckets?

Boston Rob 9:42 pm
Blankets yes
for capes

Caryn Groedel 9:42 pm
^
Important
So important

Erik Huffman 9:42 pm
haha

Boston Rob 9:43 pm
3 people in pot armor, 2 with capes

Caryn Groedel 9:43 pm
One wearing the animal skull

Boston Rob 9:43 pm
yessss

Erik Huffman 9:43 pm
hahaha oh my god
get the skulllll

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:49 pm
Hey sorry! What did I miss?

Boston Rob 9:49 pm
everything

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:50 pm
Lol

Caryn Groedel 9:50 pm
Kim! We have 5 items left to get.

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:50 pm
Is the challenge what we thought?
Driving so I can't look!

Boston Rob 9:50 pm
kinda sorta
We need to ake a "safe camp"

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:50 pm
Oh

Caryn Groedel 9:51 pm
They keep taking the things we want.

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:51 pm
I'm okay with whatever :)
What do we want?

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:51 pm
Those bitches

Caryn Groedel 9:51 pm
Buckets/bananas/fishing wire I think are good. Somebody decide.

Boston Rob 9:52 pm
Wire

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:52 pm
Fishing wire
Oh

Boston Rob 9:52 pm
ya srry

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:52 pm
So in sync

Caryn Groedel 9:52 pm
Cuties

Boston Rob 9:52 pm
As long as I'm Justin

Boston Rob 9:53 pm
Also we still need a sit out. >_> Should we just tell them rory?

VernonInfernon 9:54 pm
:)

Boston Rob 9:54 pm
Hey buddy:-$

VernonInfernon 9:54 pm
Dam sucka

Caryn Groedel 9:54 pm
Anyone talked to Kelley today?

Erik Huffman 9:54 pm
seems like she hasn't been online all day

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:54 pm
Right on cue

VernonInfernon 9:54 pm
Yo what's most important is someone good as fuck at photoshop

Caryn Groedel 9:55 pm
I am okay-as-fuck at photoshop.

VernonInfernon 9:55 pm
I'm creative but photoshop I'm only good not great

Erik Huffman 9:55 pm
I took two semesters of photoshop

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:55 pm
I'm decent

Boston Rob 9:55 pm
I suck
and also don't have photoshop

Caryn Groedel 9:56 pm
Next item, what do we think?

Boston Rob 9:56 pm
Nanners
or mud pit.

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:56 pm
When do we have to sit someone out by?

Boston Rob 9:56 pm
for camoflage

Caryn Groedel 9:56 pm
There's two mud pits.
We can get one of them for sure.

kimmyxxsurvqueen 9:57 pm
I'm fine with bananas or buckets
Doesn't matter to me

Boston Rob 9:57 pm
tbh buckets gives other people helmets

Erik Huffman 9:57 pm
I personally say we don't go for the mud pit, because I think it's gonna look ugly af

Caryn Groedel 9:57 pm
There's also a spears (2) still there js

Boston Rob 9:58 pm
imo more spears then

Caryn Groedel 9:58 pm
Fairplay is taking them shit.

Erik Huffman 9:59 pm
i think buckets would be good
or a crate?

Caryn Groedel 9:59 pm
I'll go for buckets.

VernonInfernon 10:00 pm
I've taken years of photoshop classes but I'm no pro

Caryn Groedel 10:04 pm
There's, like, nothing good left.
Crate?

Erik Huffman 10:05 pm
yea we could do something with that

Caryn Groedel 10:05 pm
Okay and we have one more after that.
MORE ROCKS?!

Boston Rob 10:06 pm
RAWKS

Erik Huffman 10:06 pm
ROX

Boston Rob 10:06 pm
for throwing

Caryn Groedel 10:07 pm
Brob is playing Mario Kart

Erik Huffman 10:07 pm
hahaha

Boston Rob 10:08 pm
ya

Caryn Groedel 10:09 pm
Fairplay trying to steal our animal skull
I can pick Fishing rod, Mud Pit, Flashlight, or 5 sandbags

Boston Rob 10:10 pm
Sandbags imo

Caryn Groedel 10:10 pm
I already had that typed up. :)

Boston Rob 10:11 pm
*Boston Rob Likes This Post*

Caryn Groedel 10:12 pm
Oh, and who's our sitout?

Boston Rob 10:12 pm
Kelly I guess!
Since she isn't around today

Erik Huffman 10:12 pm
yeah that makes the most sense

Caryn Groedel 10:12 pm
Posted
You know, for as silly as the death machine idea was ... this is actually a good set of stuff.

Boston Rob 10:13 pm
Ya I agree

Caryn Groedel 10:13 pm
Fire + perimeter stuff + food + things to boil water ... I mean armor + Death Machine

VernonInfernon 10:21 pm
Good job yall

Kelley Wentworth 10:28 pm
Hey guys! Sorry, I've been with family all day, thanks for sitting me out

Erik Huffman 10:31 pm
hey Kelley don't worry about it
I found some potential background pics, anyone like any of these?
https://terrydarc.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/serengeti-ii-30.jpg
http://www.travellermade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Four-Seasons-Serengeti-11.jpg
http://www.heleninwonderlust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Serengeti-459.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Serengeti,Sunset_Mbalageti.jpg

Boston Rob 10:33 pm
First is my favorite. Feels like it has the most room to work with stuff. nice and wide

Erik Huffman 10:34 pm
that's what I was thinking too

Caryn Groedel 10:34 pm
^^

Caryn Groedel 10:38 pm
Okay guys. I'm gonna head out. Thanks for all the help!
Let me know if you need something from me.

Erik Huffman 10:40 pm
thanks for being our rep!

Caryn Groedel 10:40 pm
Anytime <3

VernonInfernon 11:14 pm
im back yall

VernonInfernon 11:29 pm
so i like them images, BUT, that grassy one goin make it tough to photoshop around despite it lookin pretty as fuck!

kimmyxxsurvqueen 12:04 am
hey guys! im here now
sorry!!
i havent even read the rules yet so brb

(We assumed they were like boulder-sized rocks)

LOL, yaw yaw yaw yaw!!!! GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!!