Stranded for Revenge

With the last two boots being near unanimous, do you think that trend will continue or will moves be made and alliances clash?

Jeff Probst wrote:With the last two boots being near unanimous, do you think that trend will continue or will moves be made and alliances clash?

Ehh, I'm surprised it's been this straightforward for this long. I was saying to the Tianguan chain how this merge game has been quite reactive. People are so open with each other, like twice now it's been about waiting for a name and then pushing back against the person that brought it up. It's been my name (kinda) twice ugh. Maybe tomorrow is the day to get proactive instead.

A lot happened today in fact. I should sleep already but I'll get this down while it's fresh. That was a thoroughly enjoyable TC & outcome. But the scramble before was better again. I love it when a plan comes together. A little bit of bold gamesmanship, a little bit of sound strategy play, and a little bit of mischief thrown in for giggles.

The next step here could go a few ways. Lil could leave, nice and easy. Hangover from today and her part in that push. Or Rory maybe? As much as I like to chat with him, and as much of a bad rep he gets when people confuse inactivity with timezone issues, I'm starting to come around on the idea that he's a bit useless to me in the bigger picture. I have no faith in him to be the clutch extra vote in my corner I was hoping for. At least with Lil, her plans are clear and they don't really lead her anywhere but out the door. With him, oh he could become a thorn in all of our sides - a vote that is needed to be with us, but never actually available. They would be the obvious picks.

Secondly and harder to do would be to take this round as the right time to break up Yul & Rudy. I haven't begun to push that anywhere yet (reactive game remember?), but I can see a lot of benefits to Rudy leaving. But these are benefits to me personally, and less so other people. It would be a difficult sell.

The third route, and sort of the one I expect to grow the longest legs by tomorrow is that we three (Andrea/Vytas) get 'blindsided' by a Mia vote. Would free us up to work a lot more closely with Cass/Ozzy at a place they could buy into. Some steam gathered on her name today, and that won't go away too easily. But of course, while there are a few benefits to it happening, there are a metric shit ton of downsides to that. Suicidal as it is to start typing about endgame, a perfect finish for me would involve sitting beside Mia & Vytas - and not Andrea. That girl is starting to scare me a little. Vytas tried to take credit for 'saving my ass' today lol, but that just seemed like a cocky claim. I'm sure he played a part yes, so did I, but the real graft of forcing the pieces to fall into place seems to have been Andrea more than anything else.

Vytas/Mia/myself would be on a somewhat more even footing. We all three have a tendency to rub people the wrong way. But add Andrea to that mix in front of the Jury and suddenly there is this social butterfly sweetheart kinda nooby adorable but still razor sharp outsider that worked her way into our pre-existing relationships. Not a pre-game lol, but relationship that existed already, good and bad, that is fair.

And of course let's say no Andrea, just Vytas and I and one other - well now there's a whole underdog story going on. The safe finalists for me are those two. Which obviously can't happen if Mia leaves.

But it's what Cass & Ozzy would like to see happen I think. And they can do it without us pretty easily. So maybe we have to conceed to be so shocked at the outcome and just play with the remaining pieces then.

So I'm kinda pushing for a Lily boot here despite my alliance wanting to cut Yul, and despite my other alliance (I guess) wanting to cut Mia. Lily leaving would suit me most icon_shrug

I am getting cocky with this idol in my pocket I just know it. Remember what happened the last two players to push the wrong boat Brenda. Be patient.

Shit I like Cass a whole lot. We work real well together.

Lily never answered my message. Hrmm. Where would she pull enough votes from to go after me though? I am deciding now not to use an idol tonight.

Also Mia arrived ten minutes before TC to express her extreme distaste for all of this. Girl it's far too late to change it up. This was in your benefit (mostly).

No lease Liliana, name some names.

Welp yup, that's totally me. Maybe this "the Jury hates me!" strategy can be viable after all.

Mia is making me fucking nervous now.

Her + Lily + Sarah + ... Rudy / Yul? Nahh...

Like I'm nearly nervous enough to play this idol. Gotta trust my set-up, gotta trust it.

Breathe Brenda, breathe.

Having run out of cigarettes is not helping here. It's too far to go get some and miss this though.

Oh thank god, that sounds like Mia actually followed though to put a vote on Rory instead. That's much better.

Annnnd, I'm gone. I was refreshing with idol in hand too, but I dozed off at the end of the wind ow fuck.

Fuckin idols man. Fuck. I also don't like this IMing craze I was so out of my depth. Fun game though. I think that was my last.

Ugggggggggggh, imagine how different it'd have been if I'd just refreshed the page to see the idol? Rory got a vote I suppose. Woulda been a let down. But a hilarious day tomorrow.

Also fuck Vytas, if he knew that much we could have done something. Shoulda read Mia but eh.

Yup. Gonna be regretting that 30 second slip for a while.

Brenda wrote:Fuckin idols man. Fuck. I also don't like this IMing craze I was so out of my depth. Fun game though. I think that was my last.

Aw, don't say that. You were great in this and a big threat as you always are, plus kept a really good confessional. It won't be the same without you!

Ahh, it's not supposed to be a big flounce or anything. I've been winding down for a while, this was my only game of 2o17. And with the job I won't have the free time of a college student anymore, even if that is a mature one :P I think I gotta follow in the footsteps of the great sulTAN and pack em away into my briefcase, go get a mortgage and all that other grown up stuff. Timezones already the biggest killer, these 4ams and worse </3

I'm sure I will pop up from time to time in some non-live games for some casual trolling, but my last full-on, at least for a little while.

Also I'm just realising this morning how that would all have been just peachy last night if not for the idol twist of them coming back in. Gifts from the dead </3

Yo Joaquain, gimmie a shot at that puzzle from last round. I'm bored here playing Pokémon cards online.

also, note people did not know this was a puzzle ahead of time, which is something to keep in mind. like Mia's time is wild considering she didn't have any normal tabs open or whatever