I & N's Survivor: Egypt (Season 2)

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I & N's Survivor: Egypt is the second season of Bob and Nasty's first series of a Survivor group game on Tengaged. Credit for the season logo goes to Bennett a friend of Bob and Nasty. The season began on April 2, 2016. The original tribes were Sphinx wearing Gold buffs, and Giza wearing Blue buffs. The tribes merged into the Cleopatra tribe wearing black buffs on Day 7. The finale was hosted in two parts with Nasty taking the final five and Bob the final four on April 21, 2016. The votes for the winner were read on April 24, 2016 where Brandon beat out Mikey and Megan in a 4-2-1 vote. Mikey was named Player of the Season.

Twists
Returning Players: Due to the lack of active applicants for the season, Bob and Nasty decided to invite back two players from Brazil to participate as well as pick the starting tribes. The two selected back were Sam and Pika. (Spicoli was originally asked back, but declined due to other commitments.)

Mummy Tribe: Based off the Outcast Twist from Survivor: Pearl Islands, the Mummy tribe was composed of the active pre-merge eliminated contestants. They were hidden in secret on the island at Ponderosa and were given a second chance to reenter the game once the merge hit. The four members competed against four merge members in a team competition, if they won they would vote one member back into the game, but if the merge four won nothing would change and the mummies would be automatically eliminated from the game. Swagger was the person who ended up reentering the game from this twist after being voted off in Episode 1.

Contestants
This season featured fourteen new contestants to the series, as well as two returners from Season 1.

Episode 1 "This is Going to Be All-Out War"
The season kicked off with fourteen new players arriving in the Egyptian desert to begin the journey of a lifetime. They were soon surprised to found out that two players from season one would be returning for a second shot of winning the game, those returners were Pika and Sam. Pika won the right to pick his tribe members first and ended up picking Kolby, Emmett, Harry B., Nathan, Brandon, Tiffany and Jordan to make up the Sphinx tribe wearing gold buffs. Sam picked Jay, Harry W., Swagger, Megan, Natasha, Coyle and Mikey to join the Giza tribe wearing blue buffs. Following the team assignment, the tribes competed in the "Pass the Torch Relay Race" where Swagger cost his tribe the victory allowing Sphinx to be immune from tribal. The vibe around camp was to initially vote off one of the players who didn't show up to the challenge, but Swagger tried too hard to control the vote and the others ganged up on him sans Sam and he was eliminated by a 6-2 vote. Following his elimination, Swagger was told the second twist of the season involving a tribe of eliminated players, (Mummies), that would come back at the merge to earn the right to get back in the game. He was enthusiastic about the whole ordeal and went off to Ponderosa to await his time to come back.

Episode 2 "I have Vengeance for the Bird!"
Back at the Giza camp, Harry W. was happy that his successful campaigning got Swagger booted off and was looking forward to running his tribe moving forward. Before the challenge, the hosts decided to Medically Evacuate Jordan from the game due to the fact he failed to show up for any of the challenges or even join the group in the first place. At the challenge that evening, the tribes participated in "Survivor Golf" where they would have a certain probability of making a shot, with more difficult shots being worth more points. Giza initially ran away with the challenge, until Sphinx started making a comeback behind Nathan, but a bird cost them a chance to win the challenge as Jay scored the winning shot saving Giza from back to back tribals. At the Sphinx camp, Kolby revealed to the hosts that he'd accidentally discovered the second twist but agreed to keep it a secret to not ruin the game. He then went into detail about how he planned on causing chaos back at camp by voting for Pika while the rest of the tribe agreed to vote for Emmett since he failed to show up to either of the first two challenges. At tribal Emmett was indeed the second person voted out in a 4-1-1-1 vote making him the second member of the Mummy tribe. Emmett voted for Kolby, while Kolby kept his word and voted Pika to try and stir up drama back at camp, and Tiffany voted for Nathan on Kolby's orders for more drama.

Episode 3 "You Seem Cool Yaidyayayda"
Back at camp, Kolby was perplexed as to where the vote against him came from and incorrectly blamed Brandon for it when in actuality it was Emmett who was no longer in the game. He then thought about his tribemates and was torn between eliminating Brandon or threat Nathan and decided to wait until after the challenge to deliberate further. The challenge that awaited the contestants was "Popularity Contest" where one member of each tribe would face off in a poll to get the most votes. The one that got the most votes in 24 hours would win a point for their tribe. First tribe to four points would win the challenge. After the 24 hours, it was Giza that won the challenge in a 5-1 landslide with only Kolby winning his poll against Megan. After the challenge, Harry W. was happy that Giza won again, but he wanted to lose again and eliminate Sam since she was a returner and needed to go as soon as possible. Over at Sphinx, Kolby was upset that he wasn't consulted when the other three active members of his alliance decided to vote out Tiffany at the upcoming tribal. Realizing it was Nathan's doing, he contacted Pika to try and take him out, but Pika wasn't willing to go against one of the tribe's stronger members. At tribal that night, Kolby decided to go with the majority and helped vote out Tiffany in a 4-1-1 vote becoming the third member of the Mummy tribe. Tiffany voted against Brandon for his lack of participation, while Harry B. self-voted.

Episode 4 "I'm Basically a Badass"
After tribal, the Sphinx tribe was unusually quiet as no one wanted to discuss the game at that point and decided they would focus their efforts towards the next challenge. At the challenge it was revealed that a tribe swap would be occurring and after it was over the new tribes were: Sphinx - Harry W., Brandon, Megan, Kolby, Mikey, and Harry B. Giza - Cole, Pika, Jay, Natasha, Sam, and Nathan The tribes then competed in "21 Flags" where the goal was to end up with the last flag on the board while only taking 1, 2, or 3 flags on their turns. Only Jay and Natasha were present for New Giza, and after Natasha disappeared Jay was overmatched by the combined efforts of New Sphinx led by a desperate Harry W. who realized he could be turned on for his overbearing attitude and leadership of Old Giza. After the challenge, Jay was furious with Natasha for bailing on him, and the two butted heads over who should go home. Jay wanted Cole gone because he refused to work with him earlier, while Natasha wanted to remain Giza strong and take out the hot-headed Nathan. Cole knowing that he could get rid of Jay at a later date, decided to work on Pika and Sam to help him blindside Nathan who would be a challenge threat later in the game. At tribal, Cole's campaigning worked as Nathan was voted off in a 4-2 vote over himself. Afterwards, Nathan blew up and revealed the entire plan he had concocted to blindside Cole and implicated Jay, Sam, and Pika in it sending discourse throughout the entire tribe before accepting the white buff to become the Mummy tribe's fourth and final member.

Episode 5 "Did You Miss Me?"
At the Sphinx tribe, Kolby began getting information from Megan and realized that she was thinking of blindsiding Harry W. when they lost their next challenge due to his overbearing leadership at Old Giza. Realizing that he and Brandon could use this to their advantage the two agreed to align with her and Mikey. Before the next challenge, it was announced that Harry B. was walking from the game due to his life becoming too busy for him to compete anymore. He was allowed to have his torch snuffed, and he departed the game immediately.

It was then revealed that the tribes had merged and would be wearing black buffs under the name of Cleopatra as suggested by Cole. The castaways were then asked to vote in secret for four people who they thought were the strongest in their tribe. The four chosen were Harry W., Megan, Kolby, and Pika. The castaways were then shocked when they saw the four voted out members of the game returned wearing white buffs with the word "Mummy" written on them. The four would be competing against the selected merge competitors to try and return to the game. The challenge that the teams were given was "Survivor Trivia" where the first team to answer four questions about the real show correctly would win immunity. It was close, but Nathan and Tiffany's combined efforts won the challenge 4-3 for the Mummy tribe allowing them to vote one person back into the game after the four merge competitors voted someone out.

At tribal, it was revealed that Harry W. had actually being planning to throw the challenge to eliminate Pika since he was a returner and a threat to go far. Not only that, but Kolby also was trying to throw the challenge so he could vote out Harry W. thinking that either his ally Nathan or his follower Tiffany would return due to their efforts in winning the challenge. With this belief he convinced Pika and Megan to vote against Harry W. and blindside him out of the game by a 3-1 vote.

At the Mummy tribe's tribal Nathan and Tiffany both made a verbal agreement to vote for each other to return since they were the only ones to try at the challenge. However, both of them tried to pull a fast one on one another and voted for the person whom they least expected to get a vote. This turned out to be their downfalls as both of them along with Emmett voted for Swagger to return to the game by a 3-1 vote over Emmett. Swagger was given immunity at the first merge tribal council since he was newly returned to the game while the other three were eliminated totally from the game.

Episode 6 "They're Pulling Some Masterful Blindside"
Swagger was ecstatic to be back in the game, and doubly excited that Harry W. who was responsible for his exit was voted out at the same time. He knew that he'd have next to no chance to winning, so he decided to get back at Sam because he believed that she was also responsible for his vote out by telling all his old Giza tribe members that he wanted her gone, he looked forward to screwing with everyone except Jay since he was the only person from the Old Giza that he didn't hate.

The challenge that the tribe were given was making a flag for the newly created merge tribe and have it judged by the VL on a 1-10 scale. Only Swagger, Megan, and Cole submitted a flag and Cole ended up winning the challenge with an average score of 8 compared to Swagger and Megan's 4s. The members then began trying to decide whom to vote out.

Knowing that Kolby was a threat despite being in minority, Cole, Sam and Mikey all agreed to get him out first so they rallied the old Giza members to support their cause. Meanwhile, Kolby saw the writing on the wall and rallied Pika and Brandon to try and help blindside Mikey while also speaking to Sam and Swagger about it. Sam was initially torn but stayed loyal and in the end Kolby became the first jury member in a 6-3-1 vote over Mikey and Sam. Swagger decided to vote against Sam as per his plan to start messing with people's heads.

Episode 7 "ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE SUCH IDIOTS!"
Swagger was furious that no one else decided to get rid of Sam despite her being a huge threat to everybody's game. So to cause more trouble, he posted a forum topic with the title "Alliances" listing all of the alliances that he either knew about or he believed to be present in the game at that point in time. Needless to say his actions made him public enemy number one. Pika was depressed that he was in minority at merge once again, but was happy that he wouldn't be going next due to Swagger's actions but he was simultaneously worried about how Swagger knew all of this information about the game he didn't. Meanwhile, Sam was feeling good because she now felt in control of the game where as in Season 1 she never had this much power.

This good feeling for Sam continued when she won the immunity challenge "Who the Hell is ___?" in a 5-3-1 score over Natasha and Megan. Back at camp, Natasha and Sam became fed up with one another based off the alliances revealed by Swagger and their actions towards one another at the challenge. With this crack becoming more visible the bottom three, Swagger, Brandon, and Pika convinced Natasha to work with them and target Cole since he's already proven himself a threat with the immunity win last challenge. Believing she could convince Jay to flip with her, Natasha told him about the plan leaving Jay in a compromising position. However, Jay knowing that Natasha would become more dangerous later in the game remained loyal to his fellow Giza members and Natasha was voted out over Cole in a 5-4 vote becoming the second jury member.

Episode 8 "I'm Ready to Draw Rocks"
After tribal, Sam was ecstatic that she got the flipper out and credited Megan with telling her the information as Natasha also tried to pull her in, but failed to do so. Pika was depressed that he was still on the bottom, but he was happy to have made it past his previous position of ninth last season before stating that either Sam or Mikey would be his target tonight since they were the apparent leaders of the opposite alliance. Megan was confident with her position as she, Mikey, and Cole were running the game contrary to Sam's thinking as she was just a shield for them at this point.

At the challenge entitled "It's the Little Things", the competitors were assigned to do a certain task by Bob with the last person to do it being eliminated from the challenge. This would continue until one person remained who would then be given immunity. In the end it came down to Cole and Megan, and Cole was the winner of the challenge giving him safety to the final seven.

At camp, Cole was ecstatic to not only have survived the vote but also secured immunity again. Believing he had trust in his allies he decided to target Swagger due to his constant planning against him ever since returning at the merge. Knowing he was in danger, Swagger and his allies began working on Jay since they believed him to be on the bottom of the Giza fivesome and told him to target Sam since she was a huge threat. Despite his personal feelings to getting rid of Mikey, Jay relented knowing that Sam had the best chance to win moving forward so he agreed and at tribal in was a 4-4 tied vote between Swagger and Sam.

During the revote, Sam made a desperate plea to flip Brandon and Jay by promising Brandon safety until the final four and by intimidating Jay that he'd go next if he didn't revote with them. Brandon for his part told Sam to promptly "I'm a crazy bitch! LMFAO! If you don't promise me the world and give me information because I can't trust someone whose never talked to me until now." and Jay believed that flipping back would be stupid because he'd be targeted anyway so the re-vote was still tied 3-3. According to I & N's Survivor rules a rock draw would now occur to determine the eliminated person with Swagger, Sam and Cole not having to draw rocks. In the end Jay drew the first purple rock in I & N's Survivor history and became the third member of the jury.

Episode 9 "The Biggest Move This Season"
Pika was once again upset that another of his allies had fallen in the game, but he was happy to still be alive nonetheless, knowing that it was getting closer to the end he had to step up his game to avoid getting booted next. Cole wasn't surprised that someone flipped, but he was surprised that it was Jay, but he was unconcerned as he was confident that he, Sam, Megan, and Mikey were tight and would easily cruise to the final four. However, Mikey was playing both sides and had made a final four deal with the bottom three because he knew that Swagger was a great source of information and Swagger told Mikey that Sam wanted Mikey gone after Pika and Brandon by showing him screenshot proof of the exchange.

In the challenge that night, the contestants would begin building a pile of blocks by placing one at a time on the pile in half-hour intervals. After 24 hours, the person with the most blocks would win immunity. Mikey ended up building the highest pile and was the recipient of immunity. Knowing that he needed to make a move to avoid going home as Swagger detailed, Mikey approached Sam and Megan to vote out Cole who was a jury threat due to his nice personality and challenge prowess. Sam quickly agreed, while Megan was more torn since she liked Cole a lot more than the others but eventually joined them as well. Cole believe the target to be Pika and voted for him, but was worried about the possible blindside but he convinced himself that he would be fine. However, that was not the case as he was voted out 5-1-1 that night becoming the fourth jury member. Brandon ended up forgetting to vote and as such was given a self-vote according to I & N's Survivor rules.

Episode 10 "I Could Very Well Go Home Tonight"
Happy to have made it to the final 6, Pika became even more determined to try and make what he perceived to be the finale episode. Sam was now torn between the two alliances she had formed between her old Giza members and the underdog alliance headed by Swagger.

That night, the remaining players were quizzed on their ability to remember events that happened earlier in the game regarding their eliminated competitors in the "Fallen Comrades" challenge. Sam easily cruised to victory getting all four points immediately for a clean sweep guaranteeing her spot in the finale episode. Now came the decision of the game as it appeared to be an even 3-3 split between the Giza members and the underdogs. However, Pika became untrustworthy of his allies at the worst possible time and tried to vote out Swagger thinking the others would target him. However, they decided to target Pika who became the fifth jury member in a 3-2-1 vote over Mikey and Swagger.

Episode 11 "It Has to Be Done For Me to Win"
Knowing that he was in serious trouble coming into the next challenge, Swagger would do anything in his power to try and prevent Sam from winning the next challenge since he figured that she would be more of a threat and eliminated over him. The final five competed in the "Obstacle Course" challenge which had the contestants run up a pyramid to unscramble three words. Once unscrambled they would be able to get fire making supplies that would be used to make a fire back at the bottom of the pyramid. Once done, they would light a torch and climb up their own tower to light a mannequin of their likeness on fire to win immunity. The challenge was initially close between Sam, Mikey, Megan, and Swagger but Sam and Megan pulled ahead at the world unscrambling. Both began trying to light their fires, but Sam got hers on the first try which allowed her to pull away and claim victory guaranteeing her a spot in the final four. With no other moves to make, Swagger was voted out in a 3-1-1 vote over Megan and Brandon. Swagger voted for Brandon thinking he could convince the others to do so, while Brandon voted for Megan under Swagger's orders.

The final four then competed in the "Tower Endurance" challenge. In this challenge, the contestants would have to build three towers of three block high each. The catch was the contestants could only put up another piece after five minutes had passed between pieces being placed. Also, sporadically throughout the challenge Bob would shake the towers and the contestants would have two minutes to steady their towers before placing their next blocks. Failing to steady the towers would result in them falling and they would have to restart the one they were currently working on. In a close battle between Megan and Mikey, Mikey managed to win immunity guaranteeing him a spot at the FTC. In the ensuing vote, Mikey and Megan decided to vote out Sam since she was a bigger threat and Brandon was voting for her anyway, this lead to Sam becoming the seventh and final jury member in a 3-1 vote over Brandon.

At the FTC, the final three were blasted by different people for their various play styles. Brandon was criticized openly by Mikey for his floating and coattail riding, while Mikey and Megan were criticized by mainly Sam and Cole for betraying them when they were really close allies for the majority of the game. Sam also then went into the same campaign mode from season one and offered gifts to people who voted Brandon to win, much like she did for Tim despite not offering gifts that time. This pissed off Kolby to no end and the two almost came to blows before having to be separated by Nasty and Bob. Despite this, Brandon won the title of Sole Survivor over Mikey and Megan by a 4-2-1 vote because he didn't upset as many people had some friends on the jury, and being a minor benefactor of Sam's campaigning. Brandon received votes from Kolby, Natasha, Jay, and Sam. Mikey received votes from Pika and Swagger due to his strong gameplay, while Megan received only Cole's vote because he was more upset with Mikey's betrayal than hers.