No Longer Just a Game

No Longer Just a Game was the twelth episode of.

Day 31
At Barramundi's camp, the tribe is just barely scraping by with the rice they received from Jeff. Meanwhile, Elisabeth is trying to manage in the game. She hopes to convince Colby, Keith, and Tina to vote out Amber, who has been despondent ever since Jerri was booted.

Day 32
The reward challenge is a jungle rope maze, and the winner will receive a dinner, an overnight stay, and a breakfast with cowboys at a nearby ranch. Amber has a strong showing, but she's no match for Colby, who wins quite easily. With other cowboys leading the way, Colby rides to his reward on horseback. As the other tribe members head back to camp, a huge storm hits the area. They hope that the river hasn't overflowed. But they return to find that their fears have been realized: the camp has been flooded, and many supplies have been washed away. Rodger says it looked like a "small hurricane" came through. Amber and Elisabeth are in tears as they see the destruction.

Worst of all, the tribe finds that their jar of rice is missing. Tina and Keith go searching for the rice and find it floating in the river, caught under a log. Tina jumps in the water and swims to retrieve the canister. Oblivious to the chaos back at camp, Colby has a relaxing time on his reward. He enjoys a beer with Jeff Probst and then digs in for dinner and a restful night&apos;s sleep.

Day 33
The next morning, Colby is treated to peanut butter and jelly before finally heading back to camp. He returns to find the ruined camp. Colby tries to reassure his tribemates, but he feels a bit guilty about being away at the reward while his tribemates suffered. For the immunity challenge, each castaway must use a slingshot to break several hanging plates. Colby proves most adept with the slingshot and finishes off Elisabeth to win his third straight challenge.

At Tribal Council, the Barramundis recap the flood damage for Jeff and the jury. Rodger gets in a dig at Jerri by saying they should have built camp on higher ground like he suggested when the tribes merged.

The tribe then votes. For the first time, Colby is on a different page with his alliance mates, as he votes for Rodger, while Keith and Tina vote for Amber. Ultimately, it's Amber who gets the boot in a 4-2 decision. She becomes the fourth member of the jury.

Reward
Challenge: End of the Line

Each Survivor must follow a rope that will lead to 4 checkpoints. The Survivors will use 2 carabiners to traverse the rope course. One must be attached at all times. Survivors must clip onto a rope before they unclip to proceed through the race. The first Survivor to reach each checkpoint and cross the finish line first wins. Reward: A horseback ride, food, Budweiser, and an overnight stay on a cot, followed by breakfast at an Outback Cowboy Camp. Winner: Colby Donaldson

Immunity
Challenge: Blue Plate Special

Each person has three plates with his or her name on them hanging from a tree. Using a slingshot with macadamia nuts as the ammunition, each Survivor must try to break everyone's plates before his or hers are entirely broken. The person with a plate still hanging at the end wins immunity. Winner: Colby Donaldson

Voting Confessionals
"barramundi"

- Amber, this is my toughest vote yet. It has to be done. Nothing personal. "barramundi"

- Really a sweet girl. Very tough decision for me to make "barramundi"

- Rodger, just sticking with the bstting order. "barramundi"

- Rodger just wanna thank you for all the comfort that you brought into camp. It was like having a dad around. I'm gonna hate to see you go, I'm gonna miss you a lot. "barramundi"

- You're a really tough competitor and at this stage of the game it's, it's hard to beat

Final Words
"barramundi"

- I don't hold anything against anybody. You guys were the best five people I could have spent my last couple of nights with. I am actually kind of relieved. Those last couple of nights were really, really rough. I am very proud of myself to make it this far and I am going to be thinking about you guys a lot. You are going to be in my prayers and thoughts. I would never ever, ever regret anything that's happened here.

Trivia

 * The reward challenge is the same challenge used on the second individual immunity challenge from the previous season.
 * This is the first time the tribal camp got ransacked by a calamity.