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Post by Crystal on Jun 16, 2015 0:22:52 GMT
This round is nuts, and I'm really not sure what's about to happen. After all the chaos of last night, the target has settled on either Joaquin or Stephanie. Ian, Joaq, and myself are voting for Stephanie, and trying to pull in Chelsea and Jeff. Ozzy and Stephanie are voting Joaquin, because he's worse in challenges and doesn't have the idol, and they're pulling in Jeff and Chelsea as well. Jeff is almost dead-set on voting for Joaquin, and Chelsea feels very stuck in the middle. I think she wants to vote out Stephanie but doesn't want to vote apart from Jeff. I'm not sure. She's so wishy-washy.
So, I don't know what will happen. I haven't let Ian know that Joaq is in danger. It's too risky to do so. Ian will freak out and try to make a last-minute deal with Ozzy and Stephanie. And I need Stephanie to leave at this point - the damage is done with her. I don't think anyone would expect Ian to play is idol on Joaq but I think that he would. About 15 minutes before deadline or so, I plan to tell Ian that Chelsea just told me Joaq is leaving (assuming she decides to vote Joaq) and that we gotta play an idol on him. It's risky, but it could work quite well. I'd hate to see it backfire on Varner/Chelsea, but if Ian could play his idol and Stephanie would leave, this would be a glorious round.
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Post by Crystal on Jun 16, 2015 1:15:44 GMT
I want to tell Ian to use the idol on Joaquin but he's going to freak out as soon as I do. This has to be so last minute.
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Post by Crystal on Jun 17, 2015 4:49:35 GMT
Ugh, I have a lot of updating to do. Apparently Chelsea was going to tell me that the vote changed but her phone died. Ughhhhh. Fuck. Ian going is such a blow to my game. But I have the idol this round and I have pledged my loyalty to Jeff and Chelsea. I'm hoping that they will keep me around. I gotta do a big update but probably not tonight. Focusing on the challenge and hopefully pulling in a win!
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Post by Crystal on Jun 18, 2015 21:11:46 GMT
Okay, so I said that I owed you guys a big confessional and here it is. Hopefully.
Last round concluded with Ian leaving, which was a big detriment to my game. Ian was the perfect shield, really. He was erratic, over the top, and loyal to me. At any point, I could have pitched him as a bigger threat that needed to leave and it likely would have happened. Plus, he wasn't going to write my name down. It was really tragic that he left now, because I really wanted him in the merge. Chelsea told me at the end of last round that Joaquin would be leaving, and apparently her phone died before she could tell me the vote changed (but with enough time to change her vote!) I don't believe her, but I'm acting like I do. I'm with her and Jeff for now, anyway.
This round, I was very focused on getting immunity. I had the idol, and I told Jeff / Chelsea / Joaq about having it, but I didn't want to be in a position where I may have to use it or go home. Winning immunity, and knocking out a number from the other side, felt like a much better play. Luckily, we won! We worked together very well so I think we deserved it, and I'm in the final 13. I'm praying anyone but original Barra leaves from over there, but you can't be too sure. I have no idea what's going on over there and it's terrifying.
I told Chelsea that I was closest to Kimmi on the other side. It isn't terribly far from the truth. I was closer to Cirie but I think Cirie is a big threat, and I think people would be threatened by the thought of Cirie and I being a duo. I want Chelsea to think that I have connections to Barra. Connections we can use for numbers at a merge. But I also need to make her think I would choose her and Jeff down the line. It's a tough line to walk, but I'm trying my best.
I think we're merging soon. We're going down to 13. I could see us having a double tribal council, followed by merge. 11 merge, jury of 9, final 2. Seems likely. We'll see what happens, but I'm expecting to see TC next round. If it's individual, I'm going all out for it. Endurance? Bring it on. I can't have the idol next round, so I'm definitely worried that if I / we lose, I could be taken out for being a challenge threat. I don't know for sure where Penedo stands. I would like to trust Jeff and Chelsea fully, but I think I'd be naive to do so. If Penedo and Novais want to team up, there's no reason to leave me in the game.
I definitely caused a rift between Penedo and Novais. Ozzy was upset that the vote was leaked to me, because I shouldn't have even known Joaquin was getting votes at any point in time. Hopefully that helps my case, but I haven't been very social with Ozzy and Stephanie. Round 5 was plagued with people sharing each other's chats to try and create a majority. I don't want to give Ozzy and Stephanie any ammunition. Joaquin and I agree we want to play with Jeff and Chelsea more, so that's what we're going for.
Overall, I've wanted to play this game using positioning. I think I did a good job of that on this swap tribe. Ian was ahead of me, and Joaquin was behind me. I was better in challenges than Joaquin, so they were going to vote him over me to not mess with the idol. At the same time, if they were going to make a move, it was going to be against Ian, because he was more strategically aggressive. It worked out well and I am now just trying to skate to merge. I don't have a plan other than trusting Jeff and Chelsea. It's three pairs on this tribe. There aren't a lot of ~fancy~ plays to be made.
Can't wait to see treemail or potentially a double tribal. Just want to know what it is, so I can get through it and make merge. Once I'm at merge, I'll see who's there and reassess.
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Post by Crystal on Jun 19, 2015 1:20:51 GMT
If Cirie leaves, like.
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Post by Crystal on Jun 19, 2015 3:43:54 GMT
Kimmi noooo
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Post by Crystal on Jun 24, 2015 1:08:07 GMT
I'M SORRY! YOU DESERVE BETTER! Tbh, it was a very busy weekend, and all my time was spent on the endurance comp. Thank god we won! Very necessary, I think. No idea who had the idol or what was going on that round. Plus, it ignited a fire in the other tribe. All this stuff came up about a pre-game, and it's scary. I think we'd be dumb not to heed the warning. I went to my mortal enemy Stephanie and told her we'd likely have to bandage up whatever baggage we have and move on. We gotta focus on the pregame. Hopefully Cirie will flip over if it's a merge tonight. Our 7, versus the nuBarra 5. That would be majority! My ideal end-group would be myself, Chelsea, Jeff, Cirie, and Joaquin. No idea if that's a possibility but it's a nice thought. I do need to step my social game back up once we merge. I've been away the past few days but I do plan on bringing it back. So, my thoughts for now are to stick with nuPenedo and see how it goes. We'll see what tonight brings.
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Post by Crystal on Jun 24, 2015 2:51:42 GMT
I definitely want to win immunty, I am just waiting until tomorrow morning since I'll be up when everyone else is likely asleep (6:45a)
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Post by Crystal on Jun 26, 2015 3:01:59 GMT
So, I worked for that immunity! As I said in my confessional, I wanted to grab it because I didn't know who on my tribe would have it. Just felt like I needed it for myself. And i got it, so yay. Sorry I've been a bad player here recently. Another game starting up but I'm still stayin in so yay! So looking at this vote, I was basically given the option of voting for John or Joaquin. Doing the challenge and having family in town, I had little time to contribute to AIM. I chose to vote out John because Joaquin has been a more loyal ally to me recently. I am worried about John's connections and the pre-game, if it even is real. Going forward, I think the pre-game leak will shape a lot of merge decisions. People are worried about Matty, Jamie, Sierra, and Tom, and I hope those 4 fall into minority. We'll see, but that's the plan. IDK where Chelsea and Jeff stand but I do want to reconnect with them. I'll need to be careful about how I play the merge. I think when my alliance turns on itself, I'll be one of the first to go. I gotta make sure I'm connected on other fronts.
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Post by Crystal on Jun 30, 2015 1:27:34 GMT
This round was a pretty easy vote for Sierra. After we got Ozzy back to this tribe, and we found out I had the idol, it was easy. As long as Sierra couldn't be immune in some way, it's like a filler vote. We're preparing to go to war at the merge. This next round is going to be nuts, trying to get majority. I hope I can flip someone.
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Post by Crystal on Jun 30, 2015 2:48:32 GMT
Apparently this was not an easy vote, and Cirie almost left? And then it was almost Ozzy, too. I think this is so simple, though. Cut the pregame. We flip on Steph and Ozzy at 9.
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Post by Crystal on Jul 1, 2015 23:16:55 GMT
Video confessional tonight i PROMISE!
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Post by Crystal on Jul 2, 2015 6:04:58 GMT
AS PROMISED!!!!!!! Can the game be on break for the holiday literally the ugliest fucking screencap
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Post by Crystal on Jul 6, 2015 1:36:51 GMT
Finally updated all the damn images. So I wasn't the greatest and I took a few days off! Sorry, it was the holiday! But I had fun and I'm still here, so no harm no foul, right? Anyway, last round went great and I'm so happy that everything went the way it did with Ozzy leaving. But this round is a mess. I just don't get how people like get through highschool math sometimes. It's like, staggering. We literally JUST got the numbers and now people want to throw it away. I come online today to Varner and Shane wanting to blindside Big Tom. It's so unbelievable. Why?!? How is he more of a threat to us than Stephanie or Joaquin or anyone in that group? I basically shut it down, saying that Chelsea not wanting to do it is too risky, and we need to stick to our #s. I told Shane that I would blindside Tom next round, which I will, but we just need to stick to our numbers right now. I told him that it's too risky to let those 4 have another shot at tying the vote. And it is! We need to keep our numbers, absolutely. I don't see another way to play this round. So, since Tom won't vote for Sierra, we agreed on Stephanie. Steph is my first choice of who to send home anyway, so girlbye. I've wanted her out for so long and if it finally happens I'll be so happy. I heard that Joaquin had the idol and I want that thing flushed. The fewer people that have access to it, the better. I told him to play it on himself in a subtle way, and hopefully he'll do just that. If Stephanie leaves, and Joaquin plays the idol on himself, then I'll be in a good spot. I'm good to blindside Tom next round if I can trust that me/Varner/Chelsea/Shane will be a solid 4some. Then I'll figure more out later after that. So for now I feel pretty good. Even if Tom flips on us this round I don't think that I'm leaving. I'll figure more out after that. I know that I'm still a threat to these people, but hopefully a few days away will make people think I'm less of a threat. IDK if anyone will take me to the end, though. I gotta get myself there.
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Post by Crystal on Jul 6, 2015 3:28:59 GMT
Okay.
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