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Episode 12 - I'm a Bigger Nutcase Than You Are - Stranded in Tuamotus
-- 7th Place - 8th Juror - Voted Out 5-2 --
#61756
Wow! A surprise live double round that resulted in Tai and Allie leaving! A couple of questions about that.

1. Would you say that you were more of a listener or a talker during the round? Who was doing the most talking and whispering? Who were you relying on?
2. Were Tai and Allie going good for your game? Why or why not?
3. The votes tonight seemed like pretty clear majorities in both cases. Is there a large group that needs to be broken up? Or are things more fluid?
4. Who is the biggest threat to your game right now? One player only, no cheating!

BONUS IF YOU HAVE TIME

You got the second clue to the idol! What's your plan with it? Have you started searching?
 

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Joaquin Souberbielle wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:21:21 pm Wow! A surprise live double round that resulted in Tai and Allie leaving! A couple of questions about that.

1. Would you say that you were more of a listener or a talker during the round? Who was doing the most talking and whispering? Who were you relying on?
2. Were Tai and Allie going good for your game? Why or why not?
3. The votes tonight seemed like pretty clear majorities in both cases. Is there a large group that needs to be broken up? Or are things more fluid?
4. Who is the biggest threat to your game right now? One player only, no cheating!

BONUS IF YOU HAVE TIME

You got the second clue to the idol! What's your plan with it? Have you started searching?
1.) Oh I was for SURE a talker. And in this case, I'm interpreting talking to be non-verbal as well. I have no idea why the fuck I bid on the clue and it was probably the stupidest thing I did last night. I just went hard in like...every aspect of the game and I need to dial it back. I relied most on Hope, Michael, and Rocker last night, but Steph and Sherri ended up being key too. I feel like by not including Liz early on, I basically started a Cold War with her, so this will be fun. Rocker told her I am "playing a much bigger game without her" than she realized, which makes me feel a bit redeemed for not just playing for Liz and shooting that narrative down, but also worried because I think I broke our trust even though I asked her if it's cool that we gun for Allie. It was too little, too late, I think.

2.) I think both boots were good for my game. Tai gone certainly is. Did I go for Allie too prematurely? Possibly. My intention was to signal to the other three (Sherri, Steph, and Matt) that I'm not just a lap dog for Liz. I think it worked, but I'm dealing with the fall out now. All of my favorite people from this cast are currently still in the game, so every boot from here on out is going to be terrible for me on a personal level and I think I'm going to be the number one person receiving backlash from people on the way out.

3.) The think the group is fairly fluid, which is part of what I wanted to accomplish by a unanimous Tai boot + "flipping" to work with Sherri and Steph to take out Allie. Nothing is clear cut at this point and I feel in the middle for the next round or two, but with a giant target on my back. After last night, I genuinely feel like I'm wearing a sign on my back that says, "KICK ME."

4.) Biggest thread to my game right now is probably Michael. We are so extricably linked via Jess and Liz that I don't know how I do anything without him without making things incredibly messy. I know I interpreted this question in a different way, but I think my alliance with Matt and Michael is kind of holding me back now.

I genuinely do want to go to the end with Liz, but at this point I feel extremely loyal to Rocker beyond everyone else. He's the ally I haven't questioned once throughout. And that's a shock to me. It will also be very hard to go against Hope any time soon.

IDOL BONUS Q: Lmfao. Yes I did get that clue. And basically everyone and their mother has it now. You're welcome, tribe! Have at it! I didn't win out on that move at all except by maybe buying good will with people, but I doubt it did much. I have tried a few guesses, but can't get far without that first clue. Anyway, I'm dumb. This game is going to be the death of me.

I am sitting back tonight and not going to push a name one way or the other. I'm leaning voting Sherri, which I know is dirty, but at this point Sherri and Steph are the only people I haven't discussed end game with.
 

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Joaquin Souberbielle wrote: Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:35:17 pm
Alexis wrote: Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:28:54 am Waiting for my imminent mid-merge blindside. Very on brand for me.
So, based on this, I'm assuming you've felt this way about your position at this point in games before. Have you ever gotten out of it?
Yes, but the only way was to be stone cold, which I think is what I have to do here. This is usually the point where people start to realize that everyone has some level of trust with me, so I have to start making enemies to survive.

The problem with having a strong social game is that people always take it ten times harder when you vote them out, and it still makes it hard to get their jury votes. So we'll see what I can do...I need to just be calm.
 

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Hope: Shamar approached me saying like, "oh do you want to be included in a 6 person voting block to vote out rocker,"
and then Matt gave me the same speech. And they said they wanted to leave you out of it because they think you are too close to Rocker and they are worried you're going to flip later in the game with him. Shamar said, "It would be everyone except Alexis, Liz, Jess, and Rocker. I wanna tell Alexis and Liz but I know they are close to him so I dont want them having to save him. I really wanna keep dwindling these returners a little, and Rocker scares me"

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This coming from the guy who told Hope that he takes full credit for the Tai vote. Ok, Mr. Résumé Builder over here!

Michael said he's worried people are getting scared of me, and my first thought was, "you mean YOU?!" Whew.
 

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#61824
Michael 100% will not be taking me to the end of this game. That is what I have gleaned from this conversation.

He did tell me voting in the minority tonight might not be bad for me, which I actually agree with. I need to look less like MJ and more like Scottie Pippen or Steve Kerr--team player, but not calling all the shots.
 

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FWIW this is the riskiest I've played in an ORG in a while, if not ever, so even if my game is a bit messy, I'm glad I'm not just being complacent.

Shocked Aurora voted for Rocker. She signaled to me in a single vote that I can't trust her.
 

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Aurora seems to think a good game is all about voting with the majority for every vote.

She just said, Re: Rocker:
"I think so too. He was a good ally but he was moving in a different direction than the majority"
????? What does this even mean?
 

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