[Loveita Adams]

Hey, guess what. YOU MADE THE FINAL 10!!!!!
Take a second, congratulate yourself…And now prepare the hardest road in the game yet – your journey from here to the finals.


1. First things first, the vote tonight. Were you in the loop? Were you the one controlling it all? And most importantly, was it a good or bad thing for your game?


2. These clues for the immunity idol have seen quite the bidding war! How important do you think that idol is going to be if/when it’s found…if it hasn’t been already?


3. Another type of immunity up for grabs comes from that Partner twist. How many pairs do you think are left at this point, and how dangerous is that twist going to be for you?


4. As much as I want to hear more about your game plans and path forward (and please, do not skimp on the details), I’m also here as your resident non-therapist to make sure you don’t get too wrapped up in the stress of it all. So tell me, what’s been a standout moment for you in this experience? An ally, a move, a conversation, or even an instance – what’s something that’s always gonna stick out as a positive?

[Michael]

1. First things first, the vote tonight. Were you in the loop? Were you the one controlling it all? And most importantly, was it a good or bad thing for your game?


Hello!

So for the Rocker vote, I was 100% in the loop about it. When I was looking at the game, I needed to look at who trusts me and who has trust in others. It was important to really figure out where I fit in among everyone else with each personality. I know that my biggest threat in the game at this point is Alexis. Alexis was in charge of the Reynold vote, and her and I pulled off the Allie vote, while I let her get more of the credit for that vote. I only regret letting her take more credit for it a little bit, because I was trying to hedge my bets on how everyone would react to the move. People know I was involved with it and that I had some say, but I really didn't want it all coming back onto me.

The Allie vote combined with the Reynold vote does really put a target on Alexis. She knew that as well.


I knew it'd be the perfect time to go after Alexis, but I also knew that I didn't want to directly take her out. So looking at the cast, the three people that I was thinking about targeting were Rocker, Liz, and Hope for their relationships with Alexis. Hope is someone who is willing to make up her own mind, Liz is Alexis's partner, and I wanted to save that vote out another round so I can get the partner immunity later in the game. That left Rocker.



Rocker was the perfect choice, because he was really only close with Steph and Alexis. So while yes, he had been voting with me, it's only because that's what Alexis was also doing. If Alexis or perhaps Stephannie wanted to go off their own way, Rocker would follow them and wouldn't tell me anything about it. Which just means to me that Rocker has no loyalty when it comes to me.


So I told Matt that Rocker had brought up his name and Sherri's name. It freaked out Matt which is what I wanted. The plan was set pretty quickly that Sherri, Matt, Steph, myself, Hope, Shamar, and Aurora would be voting Rocker if he lost immunity.


Steph was pretty interesting that she'd go with it, but I think the fact that he was coming after her other two allies of Sherri and Matt really made her go after him. I also don't think she realized how much he liked her and wanted to work with her. So it's great that Rocker was eliminated.


I told Alexis about the Rocker vote and framed it as if I was doing her a favor, to take off the heat from her. It's technically true, but I was also trying to handicap her a bit with Rocker leaving. I made sure to start the rumor to Jess and Alexis that the other vote was going to be Sherri. That way, if something went sideways for us, it would be Sherri going over Matt. Using Steph as the fake name would have been unbelievable.



I purposefully told Jess later in the night because I didn't want to give her a choice again. Which is something I do to her often. I told her that the vote was between Sherri/Rocker and it was leaning for Rocker. I put the pressure on her that she needed to vote for Rocker.


Turns out, Jess's Chihuahua brain interpreted that as "OMG MICHAEL IS GOING TO BLINDSIDE ME!"


Ugh.


So after ANOTHER song and dance about how i'm not going to blindside her, we all go to tribal. Where Rocker is voted out 7-4.


with JESSICA voting for Sherri, because she was afraid that she was going to be voted out(??). Her paranoia is through the roof!


Sherri also used an idol, which was a nice surprise for me. One less idol in the game, and a wasted one at that.



Ultimately, this was a great thing for my game. Alexis was weakened, Rocker is out, I survive another day.

[Michael]

2. These clues for the immunity idol have seen quite the bidding war! How important do you think that idol is going to be if/when it’s found…if it hasn’t been already?

I fucking suck at idol hunting. I'm just hoping that whoever has it, leaks it. I'm preparing myself by always thinking about splits. I don't think too much about idols other than that. I just keep trying to work the social game. This is a shorter answer because I don't invest much into idols.


3. Another type of immunity up for grabs comes from that Partner twist. How many pairs do you think are left at this point, and how dangerous is that twist going to be for you?


haha, yes! THIS is actually something I do care about. I know that there are only two sets of partners left. Me/Jess and Liz/Alexis. I think we are at the final hurdle when it'll be most dangerous for me. Getting Liz out soon (possibly tonight) is something that I'd like to do. giving myself immunity at the final 9 is super tempting, and i'm sure other's are really scared of letting the partners go any further as well.

[Michael]

4. As much as I want to hear more about your game plans and path forward (and please, do not skimp on the details), I’m also here as your resident non-therapist to make sure you don’t get too wrapped up in the stress of it all. So tell me, what’s been a standout moment for you in this experience? An ally, a move, a conversation, or even an instance – what’s something that’s always gonna stick out as a positive?



haha. So I have been solidly playing in the middle

currently my goal is to keep both sides fighting while having strong bonds with both sides as well. My IDEAL world would look something like this for a boot list:

Liz
Steph
Alexis
Sherri
Hope
Matt
Jess


with a final three of me, aurora, and shamar.


I want to form a tight alliance of myself, Matt, Jess, Aurora, and Hope and move forward in the game. Using Matt's idol as a weapon if needed. Aurora, Jess, and Shamar are all so much goats to me that having them around is such a blessing. My only real competition is Steph, Matt, Sherri, and ALEXIS.


But that's because my game has been on relationships and being in everyone's inner circle. I want to be everyone's second person so they all think they can use me when they need me, but I am not thought of when other people are going for duos.


Fun Fact. Since Matt has the idol, whispering to him to use it is too dangerous. The plan we've made is that i'm going to say i'm opening a bottle of something and that's how you can tell who needs the idol.

The last letter of the person's name is the first letter of the drink:

michaeL= La Crescent
aurorA= Albarino
sherrI= Ice Wine
matT= Traminette
stephanniE=Everclear
shamaR= Riesling


So far in the game I think my FAVORITE memory was either the chaos of the first night or the Missy boot. The Missy boot was so crazy and fun and I was so happy that I was able to pull it off. I've also really enjoyed talking to Matt and Alexis, they are both wonderful people. I have been loving my experience in Stranded and I want to continue so much further.