[SURVIVOR2]: [Introduction]

In the spirit of our new [wired] age, [Survivor2] has hand-picked its next group of contestants from the denizens of a [web site] where the people known to the rest of us as "[geeks]" hang out. The website (recommended to us by an [intern] whom we have sadly had to let go) has a similar name to Survivor2: [Everything2]. We here at [CBS], even after several weeks of monitoring this site, have not figured out what the heck it is. The people who run it say it is a [collaboratively filtered data base]. Well, as the [kids] these days say, "Whatever."

It is clear, however, that the folks who hang out here are very serious about the place and do not seem to have a [life] outside of this Everything2, a place complete with its own cultural [mores] and [hip lingo].

These [contestant]s will have to learn to work together and overcome their differences, while simultaneously submitting to massive invasions of their [privacy], material deprivation, and a [system] which may or may not favor [popularity] over [survival skills]. Can so-called geeks hold their own? Are there [non-violent] [answers] to these questions? The answers to this, plus [high drama], are expected. So tune in.

Now, let's meet our newest sixteen contestants.* Our TV group picture shows the following:

On row one, from left to right:

[Saige], [knifegirl], [icicle], [jessicapierce], [ideath], [Deborah909], [juliet].

Row two, from left to right:

[moJoe], [dem bones], [dannye], [Pseudo-Intellectual], [DMan], [theFez], [nate], [Uberfetus].

Row three, from left to right:

[Jet Poop].

Our policy will be to probe the day-to-day lives of these [noders], (a pet name they have given the members of their [club]), thrill to their conflicts and relations, and wonder with [suspense] at which one person will be voted off the island - each week. The final survivor will receive ONE MILLION DOLLARS**.

As a special service for the folks at Everything2, who were so nice to lend their support and their [noder]s, we will give a [summary] of who was ejected each week, along with a [quote] from an [anonymous] survivor still left on the island. The quote will be the best [pull quote] we could find as to the reason that particular contestant was ejected.

Are you ready?

Let's play Survivor2!

* For those of you on Everything2 who were not chosen for this round, let us see how this goes and we'll get back to you for a follow-up. OK?

** Or, in lieu of the money, a place on the "[Page of Cool]." This is an Everything2 thing, apparently. Our viewing audience would not understand. Or care.

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