[Jeff Probst]

- Fri Aug 11, 2017 4:50:36 am #3688 Welcome to the merge. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Now the game becomes a matter of who can get to the end and Win.

With that latest round, we saw the game ramp up to a new level of cutthroat. Has that set the tone for this merge?

[Ozzy]

- Fri Aug 11, 2017 7:08:53 am #3762 Welcome to the merge. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
lol you don't even mean that.

Now the game becomes a matter of who can get to the end and Win.
lol I can't win now. Nobody would let me after that shitstorm. So let's just make sure it's a fun ride to the end, shall we?

With that latest round, we saw the game ramp up to a new level of cutthroat. Has that set the tone for this merge?
Did the game even ramp up? I don't think it did. Ashley is a HUGE player, why the fuck wouldn't we take a shot at her? Anybody who doesn't understand that is many kinds of dumb. Plus she fucking volunteered. Now to be fair, I thought we were going to a public vote in which case probably a good move for her to volunteer. But when you volunteer for shit, it can go south. And it did. So I'm not sorry about it.

The last two rounds have created a new Ozzy honestly. Blindsiding Candice made me feel like Arya Stark. That was cutthroat and, honestly, Candice deserved every bit of it. But now? I feel like Wigles and I are this weird hybrid Cersei, and we want to blow up the sept. Because why not? We're both fucked anyway.

[Mookie Lee]

- Fri Aug 11, 2017 7:09:08 pm #3816 Your transition from True neutral to Lawful good to Chaotic good to Chaotic evil over 4 seasons gives me life

[Ozzy]

- Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:31:29 pm #3832

Your transition from True neutral to Lawful good to Chaotic good to Chaotic evil over 4 seasons gives me life

First of all, your avatar scared the shit outta me.

Second of all, thank you. It's been a fun arc. Just need to complete it with this game.

[Jeff Probst]

- Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:12:06 am #3864 I saw your convo with Wigles and at the time you knew it wasn't going to be good at the fall out. What made you go along with it anyway?

[Ozzy]

- Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:46:14 am #3874

I saw your convo with Wigles and at the time you knew it wasn't going to be good at the fall out. What made you go along with it anyway?

I think at the time I was just really pissed off, honestly. And the opportunity presented itself to vote out Ashley - ASHLEY of all fucking people - so it was kind of like, yea why not just do this? Of course there's going to be a fall out. Of course people are going to be pissed. But I really thought that I had no chance to win anyway, so why not take out a major player like that? Stir some shit up, I had Wigles right next to me saying I could blame her... why the fuck not? That's what went through my head, "Why the fuck not?"

And I'm glad I did it.

Did I have a safety net for when I got done? Nothing besides Wigles taking most of the heat, and that's clearly in play right now. I'm still towing the line of playing for shits and playing to try. I honestly didn't think I had any shot in hell after being put on blast like that, but I'm using the weekend wisely and I'll figure out my shit.

[Ozzy]

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:32:29 am #4480 Gonna try to hunt down this idol with just the one clue. And do the challenge tonight. It'll be a long night.

[Ozzy]

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:32:41 am #4481 LONG. NIGHT.

[Ozzy]

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:32:48 am #4482 LONG.

[Ozzy]

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:09:09 am #4797 297 ain't bad. Now to go idol hunting.

[Ozzy]

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:10:17 am #4798 Clue #1

Just like your clues of yore, revenge is here to stay
And your Mother land continues to be the place to foray
Start your search in the land of sunshine
Learn the story of a woman who lived there and protection will be thine

[Ozzy]

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:59:01 am #4799 Just like your clues of yore, revenge is here to stay
literally not helpful
And your Mother land continues to be the place to foray
The word "Mother" being capitalized is important here
Start your search in the land of sunshine
sunshine points me to mountains (since they're closest to the sun) but also the yellow river because... well it's yellow?
Learn the story of a woman who lived there and protection will be thine
mother and woman are important together, right? the yellow river is also dubbed the Mother river... so that connects things. It's based around a myth about a dude who traveled near the river and saw a weaver girl and a sheep herder. They make up some constellation, it's celebrated in China... the Qixi festival. NONE OF THIS IS WORKING BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S HERE.

[Ozzy]

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:06:38 am #4803 so in learning more about this weaver girl, it turns out she's the daughter of Xiwangmu who is the goddess of heaven. She's super important to CHinese history and mythology because her place of residence (after the Jade Mountains) was Kunlun... a really important place where a bunch of god/goddesses lived. And the Kunlun mountains were thought to be the source of the yellow river, AND ALL OF CHINA.

So like that's gotta be something, right? She's the mother of the west. She's really fucking important.

[Ozzy]

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 11:13:02 am #4811 Okay so Wigles has a fake idol that is super convincing. That's perfect. If they weren't splitting votes before, they will be now. I assume Vytas, Mia, Sarah will rally Brenda, Andrea, Lil, and Katie (though I'm still unsure on Katie and if she's actually a mole). That gives them 6 they KNOW will vote together. The rest are myself, Wigles, Cass, Rudy, Yul, Rudy. 7v6 right?

So the best thing for that group to do is split 4/3 on myself and Wigles (or Wigles and Yul). Rudy may go with them giving them at BEST a 4/4 split.

Meaning if the 5 of us not included there need to vote together and we'll take over majority. If Rudy and Yul keep selling they'll vote Wigles, that's perfect. And believable if Yul or myself is the counter option. SO WE JUST ALL NEED TO VOTE TOGETHER AND WE'RE SAFE. That'll open up another round and Wigles can take the heat again if needed.

I'm thinking the push from Wigles is Mia, which isn't going to happen anytime soon. But what if we instead voted for Sarah? We could take out a number for them, Rudy would get minor backlash from Mia, Cass might get some backlash, but not enough to where Wigles and I aren't their main targets still. We could totally make another power move right now.

I need to touch base with Yul and Rudy about it and then tell Cass about it. If they think we have the numbers, I think they might do it. But I need at least two of them to come with us, maybe just one if Katie votes our way too. Although she likes Sarah so can't count on that.

Trust Ranking:
Cass-10
Wigles-10
Yul-8
Rudy-8
Andrea-7
Brenda-7
Vytas-6
Rory-5
Katie-5
Lil-1
Mia-0
Sarah-0