Post by jeffharris on Jul 27, 2019 14:06:53 GMT
Too much has happened in this game that I’m splitting up my game review and tribe dynamics into two posts.
SOOOOOOOO…. after the tribe swap I was admittedly shooketh and didn't know how to handle the random situation I found myself in. I should've been happy that I was on a tribe of 7 with a majority of Drago players on it, but given I was with Sophi (my lowest ranked ally), I was more than a bit concerned being teamed with such a wildcard. Lamont was good to have, having worked with him on Drago I knew him to be a smart ally and asset moving forward, and I've already learned so much about this game and the strategy from him, though a lot what I’ve found useful has to do with the mistakes he's made in the past, and unfortunately, in this game too. More on that later (and in the video)...
The first night of the new Palma Tribe was unsettling. We all got drafted one by one and then within minutes we were dropped from our old tribe chats and thrust into the new ones. We all said hello at first, and then the line went cold. SILENT for the first 3 hours... no one reached out to me. I went from feeling good after 3 wins with Drago to being the new kid in class with shit on his shoes.
NEXT DAY: I finally get some messages. April and Jake reach out to me, I get something from Brian, then Sean, and finally Lamont and Sophi (Sophi's interaction was the same as her first on day 1, except it was 'Drago sticks together' instead of Latinos.
The challenge ended up being for individual immunity and Brian, who was the lowest ranking member of his tribe and tribe selector for our current swap tribe, won immunity, and Jenn (who also ranked lowest on her tribe) also won immunity. The twist being that both tribes would go to a joint tribal!
Mere minutes later it's announced that Sophi, due to some scheduling/family issues, can no longer participate in the game. My heart goes out to her and her family and I hope everything is okay.
That being said, she was my go-to vote to get out before myself and what's worse is that her exit left us in a 7v6 voting situation.
FFWD to Tribal…
Tribal was hella cryptic. The other tribe used Strawberry (Jake) and Pineapple (unknown) as codes for who they wanted out and landed on Strawberry/Jake. Jake, knowing he's already public enemy #1, knew he'd most likely be getting all the votes, ended up playing an idol against all 7 of their votes for him. Our tribe, having discussed Jake's idol play before council, landed on the decision to vote for either Ashley or Amber because Lamont told New Palma about David's idol. So, anticipating that David would play his idol for safety, the target would be on Amber because of her potential to also have a power. We even established our own code for deciding who to vote based on an idea Lamont had (which was actually intended to send a message to David saying that we're still cool with him) but the song confused everyone and we ended up with a 3-2-1 vote (Amber-Ashley-LAMONT). Amber was PISSED, as I would be too. I miss her, but we can't all win.
Now that teams are tied 6-6, we go into the next challenge, a game of Skype charades, a bit hopeful that we can just secure a win and not have to go to Tribal again. That doesn’t happen. We got crushed and have to go to tribal again in an hour.
I’m fairly certain I know whose going home today, and I hope that when this is all said and done he knows it was ultimately his own gameplay that did him in and for that reason I had to make the decisions I did.
More on the tribal relations in my video. ✌🏽
SOOOOOOOO…. after the tribe swap I was admittedly shooketh and didn't know how to handle the random situation I found myself in. I should've been happy that I was on a tribe of 7 with a majority of Drago players on it, but given I was with Sophi (my lowest ranked ally), I was more than a bit concerned being teamed with such a wildcard. Lamont was good to have, having worked with him on Drago I knew him to be a smart ally and asset moving forward, and I've already learned so much about this game and the strategy from him, though a lot what I’ve found useful has to do with the mistakes he's made in the past, and unfortunately, in this game too. More on that later (and in the video)...
The first night of the new Palma Tribe was unsettling. We all got drafted one by one and then within minutes we were dropped from our old tribe chats and thrust into the new ones. We all said hello at first, and then the line went cold. SILENT for the first 3 hours... no one reached out to me. I went from feeling good after 3 wins with Drago to being the new kid in class with shit on his shoes.
NEXT DAY: I finally get some messages. April and Jake reach out to me, I get something from Brian, then Sean, and finally Lamont and Sophi (Sophi's interaction was the same as her first on day 1, except it was 'Drago sticks together' instead of Latinos.
The challenge ended up being for individual immunity and Brian, who was the lowest ranking member of his tribe and tribe selector for our current swap tribe, won immunity, and Jenn (who also ranked lowest on her tribe) also won immunity. The twist being that both tribes would go to a joint tribal!
Mere minutes later it's announced that Sophi, due to some scheduling/family issues, can no longer participate in the game. My heart goes out to her and her family and I hope everything is okay.
That being said, she was my go-to vote to get out before myself and what's worse is that her exit left us in a 7v6 voting situation.
FFWD to Tribal…
Tribal was hella cryptic. The other tribe used Strawberry (Jake) and Pineapple (unknown) as codes for who they wanted out and landed on Strawberry/Jake. Jake, knowing he's already public enemy #1, knew he'd most likely be getting all the votes, ended up playing an idol against all 7 of their votes for him. Our tribe, having discussed Jake's idol play before council, landed on the decision to vote for either Ashley or Amber because Lamont told New Palma about David's idol. So, anticipating that David would play his idol for safety, the target would be on Amber because of her potential to also have a power. We even established our own code for deciding who to vote based on an idea Lamont had (which was actually intended to send a message to David saying that we're still cool with him) but the song confused everyone and we ended up with a 3-2-1 vote (Amber-Ashley-LAMONT). Amber was PISSED, as I would be too. I miss her, but we can't all win.
Now that teams are tied 6-6, we go into the next challenge, a game of Skype charades, a bit hopeful that we can just secure a win and not have to go to Tribal again. That doesn’t happen. We got crushed and have to go to tribal again in an hour.
I’m fairly certain I know whose going home today, and I hope that when this is all said and done he knows it was ultimately his own gameplay that did him in and for that reason I had to make the decisions I did.
More on the tribal relations in my video. ✌🏽