Board Thread:Season 38 - The Ganges/@comment-5098907-20161231040344







Brahma


"brahma"

- Due to the historical and religious importance of the Ganges river in the Hindu religion, the by far most predominant religion in India, we have, as a tribe, decreed that our journey (gif) should be undertaken along a smaller portion of the river.

Traveling along this river, most of our tribe members have been washed downstream in the heavy currents in what is one of the largest rivers in the world, and as such you can see them floating around along the shores of the Ganges.

While most of us are, observantly, indeed neck deep in water, one of us, Jonathan, managed to avoid the horrific currants of the Ganges river, and took to the air in his roflcoptr. The, according to Hindu tradition, sacred cows along the shores of the densely populated Ganges river, proved indeed their blessing by forming in a formation that reads "S.O.S", calling for assistance from outsiders.

Jonathan, being the silly little Swede he is, of course misunderstood this acronym for "Send outraging sketches", and naturally mistook this for 'send nudes plz', and began air dropping porn magazines through his roflcopters to his fellow team mates.

The destiny of this silly Swede, who probably forgot to put enough petrol in his roflcoptr, and the rest of his team mates, is very much in doubt. This even in spite of the fact that the Ganges, and the sacred cows who so devotedly graze upon its shores, tried all they could to rescue this truly amazing tribe from an untimely death.

Vishnu


"vishnu"

- The new Vishnu tribe has elected to display our SOS signal in a variety of ways that will optimize not only the creativity but also the realism and effectiveness of the signal.

First and foremost, our SOS sign is made of bamboo and is floating in the water. This was done as bamboo is buoyant enough to stay afloat and not rot like most wood does, and is placed over the water for greater contrast as bamboo would blend into the colour of sand far more. The bamboo pieces are tied together to stay in position, however instead of using rope that would provide no additional impact, it is tied with cut off pieces of the tribe’s clothing (in red, purple and yellow of course) in order to give the same effect as rope whilst also providing far more visual appeal and create something easier to see from the sky. For the same reason, the SOS is over water as any nearby helicopters or planes are far more likely to see it from any direction, whereas placing it on the shore means trees could get in the way and be obstructive to the visibility. Moreover, we elected to make the sign very large so that there is a higher chance of visibility from above.

For a similar reason to the SOS sign being in the water, the tribe members all positioned in a formation to create a pattern between their colours and danced and splashed around in the water, as movement is often more captured by the human eye, making rescue much easier, and the pattern between clothing colours gives off a similar cognitive response to that of a neon sign flashing different colours, which is a technique often used in advertising to draw in attention.

Next the tribe decided to light several hardwood fires around the camp, choosing hardwood as it has a larger and more long lasting effect, as well as producing a high amount of smoke. The fires effectively will both let off smoke signals during the day, and also provide a large source of light for both aerial and nautical vehicles to see, heavily improving the chances of being rescued.

Next the tribe decided to lay out clothing and the tribe flag on the shore, as the bright vibrant colours are ones not otherwise found easily in nature, and provide contrasting colours so that they will easily be seen. The t-shirts also represent the three tribes’ colours in The Ganges. Finally, the grand finale piece, the tribe decided to recreate the Ganges logo using the different materials available around the island, for both creativity, representation of the season, and also high visibility to attract in any possible people in choppers or planes to see. This was made using bamboo chutes for the outline, cut up pieces of the Vishnu tribe flag for the purple border of the Ganges logo, green palm fronds laid out to form the crocodiles on the logo, rocks to be the mountains, small pools of water dug into the sand for the water in the logo, large wood planks for the center and finally the word survivor made out of white sea shells with black ash from the fire around them to create a bright and bold font, as humans are far more likely to cognitively recognize words as opposed to anything else that could be made with the SOS signal.

 