Mmm, semi-finals. Our top eight in each division have been reduced to only five. Crunch time. …I’ll be completely honest, I haven’t been paying much attention to what’s been going on over the past week…so I’m going to make it up~

Tournament log, Day 42

I don’t know how much longer I can take this.  I think it’s been about six weeks, I’m not too sure.  It’s hard to keep track of time under these conditions.  I’ve been stuck in this jungle armed with only a keyboard, trying desperately to survive, and for what?  A chance to snag a cleverly gimmicked vibradump token?  Or a dumpstream file that’s borderline unplayable to almost everyone?  Or Vrofl?!  Sometimes I wonder if all of this was worth risking my life for…although a shiny badge that tells me I’m the best would be nice.

It’s been an absolute bloodbath.  We started out with around 700, and in only six weeks, we’re down to less than 50.  One might think that making alliances with other competitors could help increase your chances of survival.  But the reality is, out here, you can’t trust anyone. No one will hesitate to turn on your at a moment’s notice.  Four days ago, Zyphoror and subin were out looking for water.  The two of them had been going everywhere together.  Hunting together, starting fires together…sleeping together… That didn’t stop Zyph from shanking subin in the river when his back was turned.  That river still runs red with Korean blood.  Damn shame too, that was my main water source.

Each week, there’s been a new place in the jungle that will protect you from any and all danger.  A green zone.  A safe haven.  I’ve heard that competitors situated in the southeast end of the jungle, Region 1, found their green zone with relative ease this week.  Tournament hosts aren’t pleased about this. Not one bit.  Rumours say that they’re going up the hazards in that particular section of the jungle.  They’re probably in for a lot of trouble next week.  I’m praying for them.  DDRMXT and QueenChrysalis have fought well up until this point, but just couldn’t quite find their way to safety.  They were probably eaten by lions.  Or ravenous ponies. Let’s just say ponies, that’s a cooler way to go.

It’s evident that some competitors have completely lost their sanity.  I won’t lie, I’m almost at that point as well.  It was reported earlier this week that three competitors in eastern end of the jungle, Region 2, participated in a sick group suicide of sorts. jductape, Infinity., and Totakeke703 were found hanging from a soursop tree, suspended in the air by the wired ends of their keyboards.  I guess they just didn’t give a f*** anymore.

It’s been pretty nasty in the other regions as well.  I’ve seen things.  Gruesome things.  Just two days ago I was out looking for shelter (it was raining pretty damn hard) when I spotted Reshiram, probably looking for food.  He looked as if he hasn’t eaten in days.  No more than five seconds later, a monstrous two-frame minijack stormed out of the sky and crushed him dead on impact.  Made such a mess too.  Six weeks in this jungle and I’m still learning of new ways to die.  Findarian and Coolboyrulez0 were two other casualties during that brutal minijack storm.  Here’s hoping their ligaments weren’t thrown as horribly askew as Reshi’s…

The remaining competitors have acquired this…unquenchable thirst for blood.  But in a fight to the death, I suppose anything goes.  After already reaching the green zone this week, TC_Halogen left to find EzExZeRo7497, a fellow competitor in Region 6, the northwest end of the jungle.  Eze had been working his way to safety all week.  He saw the green from a distance, but his frail, malnourished body was making the trek quite difficult for him.  However, it seemed as though Eze had found his second wind when was only 8 miles or so from the green.  As he was picking up pace, the others grew quite worried, as he could definitely be a force to reckon with in these final two weeks.  So samurai7694 sent Halogen to go blindside him with a Razor Lycosa.  And he did.  I found Eze about 2 miles or so from the green.  Dead, with a slightly disfigured face and all of his teeth smacked straight out.  And I think some pirates might’ve peed on him afterwards. Yes, there are pirates in this jungle.  Deal with it.

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…this post is already pretty long, so instead of giving a full-fledged description for each file this round, I’ll post the most accurate image I can find that depicts my feelings towards each particular chart.  Also I swear to God I didn’t want that jungle crap to sound like The Hunger Games but it kinda just worked itself out like that ~_~

D1

D1 tiebreaker

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6