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[Tom]

Day 3:

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For future references

[Tom]

I honestly don't know how much longer I can keep this shtick up. Its literally draining all the power from my brain.

[Tom]

Without giving too much away, I am really fucking tired of playing with Chelseas. Please people pick a different rep and stop triggering my PTSD. That being said, this Chelsea has started to grow on me.

[Tom]

Yeesh. Am I stuck on the mute tribe? Why does no one talk whatsoever? I thought this game was about fucking talking to people. I mean I know people can't talk constantly 24x7. That's not what I am asking. But I have to initiate nearly EVERY chat, which fizzles out without warning in about 5 minutes. Has the quality of players gone to the dogs? Is my shtick THAT grating? Whats the deal here. I am fucking annoyed.

[Tom]

Its a shame Shane is in a different time zone. He is the bright spot on this dud of a tribe. Short and sweet chat but flowed smoothly.
We talked about what to do if we lose and its awesome that he and I are of the same opinion that Chelsea is the better option to keep around.
Speaking of, I dropped the shtick with her because she told me how she was so frustrated with constantly being reminded of the personal stuff she is going through IRL and just needed an escape. I had a very good chat with her about silly stuff like swimming, hiking, TV shows. It felt good to just talk and be candid. We have a lot of common interests and like a lot of the same stuff. Additionally she is actually aware of the conversation and knows how to contribute to it, keep it going. Its pretty refreshing when compared to these other dolts. What is about people who play as Chelsea that makes me like them so much??? It can't be a coincidence. I hope I can go back to shticking and it won't make it awkward between her and I. Maybe I can use this as like a way to solidify our bond where I can tell her she can ask me to speak normally at any time if she is feeling down and wants to talk about stuff. IDK. But these 2 talks I had really ended my day on a high note. G'night.

[Tom]

Day 4:

Slow day. Only had one very brief convo with Chelsea.
Dreading this challenge. IDR if I ever even tried to participate in this one in the past. And LIVE on top of that. Gonna have to make sure my poor performance in this challenge won't be held against me and/or put me in jeopardy of being voted out.

[Tom]

I debated whether or not to do this but why not. I am gonna play the alias guessing game. So far here are my thoughts on who is who.

Osten - Frank.
Amber - Nevid.
Debbie - Keri.
Cirie or Matty - Chris. Chris playing as a guy is weird to me for some reason.

NOTE: This is purely speculation. There has been no alias breaking nor will there be on my end. This is more for post game to see how wrong I was.

[Tom]

Osten would rather keep Chelsea over Varner as well. Sweet!

[Tom]

Might as well make another gut-feeling based prediction for this IC. Ya know I am feeling rather good today. So I am gonna say we come in second.

[Tom]

Yeaaaahhhhhhhh. I suck way too much at this challenge. Gonna have to make sure I don't go. Sadly Varner is killing it which means unless Chelsea has an idol, its her. Though in all honesty I wanna vote off Osten. But ehhhh. Gotta go into self preservation mode.

[Tom]

Jun 5, 2015 0:31:59 GMT Tom said:

Might as well make another gut-feeling based prediction for this IC. Ya know I am feeling rather good today. So I am gonna say we come in second.

2 for 2. DAAAAAAAMN!! Gonna make this a regular feature.

[Tom]

Also. I FOUND 2 IMAGES WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS DONE SEARCHING. V proud of myself for that tbh.
AND CHELSEA HAS THE IDOL. Honestly I'd love it if she idols out Osten. Working on it. Gonna have to do some manipulation.

[Tom]

It could be possible to switch the vote on Osten after all. Sierra seems open to it. But IDK if I should. Varner is not only good at challenges but really perceptive, well spoken, funny, smart. That's a deadly combination of attributes. Would make for a fucking awesome ally tho. I mean whats the fun in playing with duds. Hmmmmm. Gonna have to really think it through. I just know Chelsea aint going home this round. Cause worst comes to worst I will tell her to play the idol last minute. Wait. Does JW do early results??? I am gonna need clarification on this. Early results have screwed me once already in another game. Gonna have to make sure.

[Tom]

ETA: Day 5:

Oh mannnnnn. I am really tempted to do something crazy. I am totally 100% overplaying because as of right now I am throwing Osten under the bus hardcore to everyone. At the same time I have lead him on about how it has to be between Varner and Chelsea and a 2-2 split and what not. Which tbh is the safe and expected thing to do. I mean we formed a nice 4-some on Day 1. Nobody has done anything to rock the boat. We can just stay the course. Do a 2-2. If Chelsea uses the idol, we vote Varner. If not, well we can decide if that happens. It gives us safety for next round too when Chelsea cant get it again. But I like Chelsea a lot. And its rough to hear the stuff she is going through IRL. Yet she wants to stay in and fight in this game. sigh I have a real problem with my white-knighting tendencies. Can't help myself. And the rep is a Chelsea lol. Its like a perfect storm. So no I won't be giving up on trying to save Chelsea. Now between Varner and Osten I honestly vibe with Varner better but I just know he is too smart to actually stick with us at a swap. Like he knows he is on the outs of an alliance and here I am breaking up that alliance to save him. Well more to save Chelsea but him too. Osten will be a lot more ... tame in a swap. So IDRK. I know I don't want Chelsea gone. That's the only thing I am sure. I am still loyal to Shane because I "gave him my word and I am a man of my word" and all that crap. I like Sierra a lot. So Varner or Osten? Hmmm. DAMN dude. I got to think this through carefully. I mean I am sure I am making a bigger deal of this than it actually is. But I like to at least try and think about future rounds. Especially with a random HII in the mix. JW needs to answer my question about whether or not he does early reading of the votes. I PMed him but haven't heard back yet :\

I also for a very short while in my head thought that maybe I should blindside Shane for a.) my own personal shits and giggles and b.) almost poetic justice for what he did in Tuvalu to my boy Frank. Which btw sounds totally messed up because I think Osten is Frank LOL. I mean realistically I could do it. MAAAAAYBE?? I feel like I can steer Varner's and Chelsea's votes whichever way I want to between Osten and Shane. But I am afraid of overplaying my hand (more than I already have) with Sierra. IDT Osten will be up for it unless I reveal to him that Shane is on board to take him out. Its funny because if they all just talk to each other openly about where they heard all these names floating around they will easily be able to put together that I am playing all sides. And I will get 19th place if that happens which will still be a better performance than the one I put in as Hatch in Palawan -_- Oh well. Gonna see how the rest of the day plays out. I am having more fun than I expected though. 

[Tom]

Looks like an Osten vote. Apparently Shane won't be around to change it and he already cast it for Osten before he left for the day. Just checking with Sierra real quick and she said she would be comfortable in voting against Osten. Both Varner and Chelsea said they are alright with booting Osten. I COULD have steered them towards Shane btw. And I know that Osten is voting Chelsea whereas Shane is voting Osten. So 3 would have been enough. If Osten is Frank, DUDE I AM REALLY SORRY YOU HAVE NO IDEA. But its gonna be yet another 5-1 blindside for you. I just hope he doesn't reveal the fact that Shane, Sierra and I were aligned with him since Day 1