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Round 7
Oct 18, 2011 12:16:36 GMT -5
Post by Brian -Unjustly Voted Out 15th on Oct 18, 2011 12:16:36 GMT -5
I think we all pretty much expected a merge after the double tribal council. It was also once again annoying with the whole thing. Tommy won Immunity. I told Andrew I’d vote out one of the people on my tribe if all he did was being active and show up. I didn’t say do amazing, I didn’t say win for us… just show up. Not only did he not show up for the challenge, he wasn’t even around after the vote for the whole day. I even said I’d keep him still but I just needed to make sure he was voting with us because if not it’d be a tie and then useless drama. Once again, no message. Of course Joel messages me on how I should vote because that’s the only thing he contributes in this game… and then Andrew proceeds to message me three minutes before the vote to confirm it’s Joel. Screw him. What an absolute waste of a tribe.
We merge and pretty much every single one of them are stand-offish. I think we’re all pretty much dead men walking so I don’t think they really feel like they have to put too much effort into us. Kelman is pretty much never around. Jay was actually pretty fun to talk with before the tribe merged but ever since we did merge, he’s been kind of a brick wall to talk with. Ryan I kind of see as Brian Hiedick or Tom Westman right now. Everything is done with a smile. Sure, we’re one tribe blah blah blah. But you can never tell if it’s genuine or probably just to secure their vote to win when they vote you out and put you on the jury.
He seems to be the leader at the moment. Nobody seems to want to overthrow him and I’m sure like Brian and Tom, they all think they’re going to get taken to the end with him, but he has so many followers he can just pick and choose and put them all against each other. If that does happen, it’ll be an epically lame season.
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Round 7
Oct 18, 2011 16:30:47 GMT -5
Post by Brian -Unjustly Voted Out 15th on Oct 18, 2011 16:30:47 GMT -5
As of right now I’m kind of taking a different approach since it doesn’t seem like many of them will budge. My ultimate goal is to not be the most hated in the group or the biggest target. I’m playing up the fact that Sheri is a complainer and also is a major threat in the group. That way she’ll be taken out more over me if we come to tribal council. Problem being, if she wins this IC, I’m most likely out. So my back up plan is kind of just being random and goofy and for them to think I’m harmless. For the most part, I’m not talking game with any of them. Having them assume I’m just harmless and accepting my fate. If I survive this round, it’ll get me time to infiltrate and hopefully mix things up a bit.
I feel like Brit thinks of me as somewhat entertaining. Last night I tried to get somewhat personal with her to show there’s a softer side since girls are more prone to get attached if they think you’re a sweet person. With people like Drew, I’m being completely random and offensive to show he can have someone to goof off with. With Ryan, he seems like to have around people who he thinks he can control. I pretty much said I’d open if he needed me but not make it to appear desperate to make me seem like an alliance whore. Kelman just seems like an inactive person and doesn’t really contribute much and doesn’t appear to be much of a power player. The same kind of goes with Jay. I get the feeling he’s easily swayed and will go to whichever side threatens him the most. He seems to have a low self-esteem, so I basically try to boost up his confidence and show he’s a decent guy to make it show I understand what he’s going through. Finally, Tony. First he was kind of a brick wall but I slowly broke into it and he has opened up to me more. He’s the first one on his tribe I spoke game with.
Basically what I get from him is that he has a plan coming up but also sees as expendable people. I get the feeling he sees that Sheri or I can be useful, but really only wants to deal with one of us… and it doesn’t matter which. He’s keeping his cards close but also letting us know that he has a plan set up. Whatever he says to me, I keep it to myself. I’m hoping to show him that he has me on his side. I also view Sheri as my competition so if I have to throw her under the bus, it kind of has to be that way. I hint that she’s a little bit more unstable and more of a challenge threat. I also said that we’d be more useful, but I think he’d rather one of us be taken out.
I know my name has been thrown out there a lot. I’m not competing in this IC because I know it’ll be a loss cause and also want it to appear I’m not a threatening person. This is also why I purposely lost the last IC because they were all there at that challenge. If they saw me win, they knew I’d be a threat. I knew I’d be safe at TC anyway, so just let Tom or Joel battle it out. Apparently Tommy is now one of the people on the list to take out. What my goal is to make it Sheri – Tommy – Brian – Joel. I think they want to keep him around for the time being because he does nothing. Neither does Tommy, but I got to play up he’s strong.
Just looking to be likeable to stay around for another round. It’ll be a bummer if I go because I felt like I really haven’t got a chance to actually play yet. I know I have a lot to offer and think I have a good chance to do some damage. Just have to get over this hump. We’ll see how it goes.
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Round 7
Oct 19, 2011 10:01:05 GMT -5
Post by Brian -Unjustly Voted Out 15th on Oct 19, 2011 10:01:05 GMT -5
So Sheri completely dominates this challenge. It was a complete blow out. Which is kind of good and bad in my book. Right now, she’s setting herself up to be a massive target. She’s strong and incredibly opinionated. This makes her much more threatening than me. The reason why it’s bad is because right now she has Immunity and that leaves me in a vulnerable spot because people may view me as the next target in line. However, if I survive this round, she has shown herself to be an incredibly huge threat. She essentially will be my coat throughout this whole game if it works out. I’m also encouraging other people to feel threatened by her. So when times get tough and both her and I don’t have immunity, they’ll be more prone to vote her out over me.
I’m kind of glad I decided to do part of the challenge as opposed to none to show that I was at least show up to play but also still useless. I actually did nothing. I had Sheri give me some of her answers. She has been very loyal to me so far, which is nice. It’s good to have someone on my side but she is also very emotional and forceful. A bull in a china shop if you will… So I get home and she says that I am safe. She says that they’re voting out Tommy. Sweet! He didn’t do the challenge and he won a challenge. It’s a nice way for them to take out someone who they think is a threat but use it as a reason as him not being active. Fine by me. But then Tony confronted Sheri about something about possibly working together in the future.
She immediately shut him down and was like Brian, Kelman, you and I for final 4. He said sure. SUCH a bad move. She didn’t give him an opportunity to talk at all. She pretty much showed all her cards without letting him show anything at all. She should’ve listened to what he had to say and see what he was planning. Maybe he was wanting an alliance of Jay, Kelman, her and him… but since she opened her mouth and gave him what she wants, she pretty much allowed him to hide a potential plan or secret alliance member. To me, I’m skeptical about him wanting to come into a final four of 2v2. That makes no sense whatsoever. What also makes me more skeptical is the fact that he wants us to get out Joel and Tommy before the others. Once again, why would he want to come into the F8 it being 4v4. It makes no sense whatsoever. He seems strategically smart enough not to put himself in such a tight situation, especially when there are so many twists floating about.
However, this is not the time nor place to bring it up right now. For this round, I need to ensure I don’t get voted out. Next round I need to pick his brain a little more and hopefully convince him to take out one of his own before old Kalsoy. That’s all for now folks.
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