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Post by jake on Jul 25, 2019 5:29:27 GMT
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Round 5
Jul 25, 2019 6:35:28 GMT
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Post by jake on Jul 25, 2019 6:35:28 GMT
Ugh Lamont is a mess
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Round 5
Jul 25, 2019 7:47:58 GMT
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Post by jake on Jul 25, 2019 7:47:58 GMT
Alright I take back everything I said about Sean 😳
Lamont, buddy, there’s something fishy going on here...and I think it’s you. Hope it was worth staking your game for Drago...
Kudos to David though. He had Drago way more brainwashed to do his bidding than I thought.
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Post by jake on Jul 25, 2019 17:02:14 GMT
I knew I should've waited to do my video, because now with new information I'm a bit more informed than I was 12 hours ago (totally admit I'm also a mess in this game ) The curious case of the rogue vote: So we had this rogue vote for Lamont, which means one of the 6 of us is lying our pants off. So, who is it? In my confessional video I thought it was Sean for various reasons, one of which Sean had LITERALLY SUGGESTED TO ME to vote out Lamont the night before. So, it seems obvious, right? My dumb ass is thinking we get rid of Sean. He's clearly the rogue vote here, is not with "us" (me thinking the other 5 can stick together), and would not serve our interests moving forward. Well, give me a little break because that was still fresh off the vote and my conclusions were wrong...I think. Let the interrogating begin: So immediately after tribal council, Lamont is looking at all of us and asking who voted for him. Really? Like any of us are going to admit this if we did. Moreover, are we really doing this? Have we not seen the episodes of Survivor where the people who go haywire and decide and interrogate everybody come across as complete assholes? Well, I guess that is where we are at. So when Lamont interrogates me, I'm a little shook that he thinks I would even do this. Girl, I WAS A TARGET. AND I WAS PLAYING AN IDOL. What the hell am I doing shifting a vote to Lamont? Well, because I thought I was "working" with Lamont, I tell him that I think it was Sean, and reveal the conversation I had with Sean prior to tribal council (yes looking back this was messy on my part. I blame the adrenaline from narrowly dodging getting voted out). And what is Lamont's reaction? He is hesitant to believe me, and then goes and feeds everything I said back to Sean. And then, hosts a call between me and Sean so we can "clear the air". So Sean and I are both a little shook at that point, but luckily our stories about what happened in that conversation aligned. Of course, I later found out Lamont told him I thought about losing the challenge to vote Sean out as well. So Sean calls me immediately after that call. Thank the Lord that Sean is actually level-headed, and my stupid hoe ass completely misread the situation. The Aha Moment: After talking with Sean, it was as if everything suddenly clicked into place. Lamont is sketchy AF! Let's list out all of the sketchy things Lamont has done since the swap: - In our original discussions of who to target, he was originally implying we shouldn't vote any of the Drago 3. Thank God I strong-armed him and forced him to choose between Amber and Ashley.
- He picks one, but then decides to make the other a "backup". As he's doing this, he keeps going back and forth, and often confuses Amber with Ashley.
- He comes up with this ridiculous music plan, where he thinks we should change our minds halfway through the vote. To his credit, it worked and prevented us from voting as a block.
- He immediately fed everything I said back to Sean, and then pits us against one another.
- On that stupid call with Lamont and Sean, he can't even get it straight who he voted for!
- Even in the beginning of the swap, he and Sophi tag teamed me and April. They both reached out to us and acted as if they loved us. Ugh, and I'm such an egotistical bitch that I actually believed that someone could latch onto me that quickly.
- He is worried it could have been any of the 4 of us, but for some reason there is no way it could have been Jeff. Um...okay. Why?
On top of all of these things, I can't stop thinking about what Amber said before she left. It was something about being pissed at Drago for not sticking together. And then it clicks: DRAGO WAS STILL PLANNING ON WORKING TOGETHER! No wonder Amber was pissed, they probably used up some political capital to save Lamont and Jeff, just to (very clearly) get votes from at least one of them. I think Lamont has been trying to pull out all the stops to make this happen.
Sean and Brian were sensing sketchy things in the lead-up to all of this, so I give them all the credit in the world for seeing what I didn't see.
So what about Jeff? Jeff is tough, because part of me still thinks he genuinely wants to work with me. By the way, clearly I am a terrible judge of character and if I keep staking my game on this quality then I will lose without a doubt. However, the one bit of proof I have that Jeff might be more of an ally is that he continues to tell people he's from Arlington. Well, news alert -- he's not from Arlington. Me and him discussed having him say that so people didn't target us for being in DC. And from what I've heard from Brian and Sean, Jeff continues to say he lives in Arlington, which tells me that Jeff follows through.
So....someone's lying: If it's Sean, well then that bitch deserves to make it to merge because he sure as hell has convinced me it's not him.
If it's not Sean, then I think it's either Lamont or Jeff. Simultaneously, this means the other person voted with the group, and against old Drago. After all of this, my gut is telling me Lamont's crazy ass voted himself to throw us all off, and Jeff is actually the innocent one.
Either way, one of them has to go, and it has to be Lamont at this point. No use risking him floating back to Drago, or being a huge ass mess in the merge. Hopefully, my numbers then can be myself, Brian, April, Logan for sure, with Sean hopefully pulling in Duke and Jennifer (I'm less hopeful for that but worth a try, plus hopefully Brian can feed me info about what they're actually saying) and perhaps Jeff truly wants to work with me until the end.
Operation Save Logan is still in place: It's just slightly updated to take out Lamont now instead of Sean. It's worth trying to make sure Logan is not voted out, and hopefully Sean can tell Jennifer and Duke that this plan was to save them as well.
*New* Path Forward: If (big if) it all works out, and we can get 8 people to take out the "true threats" of Jenn, David, and Ashley, who are so obviously working together, then there's a chance. I'm going to need Sean to do some of the heavy lifting, because the more heavy lifting I do the worse I come across (although I'm already a huge target). My hope is that at some point in the game, the 4 Palma still in the game look more threatening then my stupid ass who can barely even do a puzzle.
Jenn and David may have handed me an advantage in this game. I'm clearly a target, can now look like I have no one (except April), and I think I can now convince people there is no way David and his cronies are handing me a win in this game if I make F3.
Sorry for the novel -- needed to sort out my thoughts anyway.
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Post by jake on Jul 26, 2019 17:59:47 GMT
Lord I hope merge is at 11
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Post by jake on Jul 27, 2019 3:22:23 GMT
Say what you want about April, but she's such a treasure in this game. And fucking hilarious. In my honest opinion, best casting choice. <3
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