Brian is pissed about that Casey vote. That Vic and I deceived them all day. That we betrayed him.

Brian needs to wake the fuck up and realize his shit has consequences. He needs to realize that forcing an alliance down our throats was not engendering any actual loyalty. That shit talking us to other people while playing nice to our faces will get back to us.

Tonight's vote was for many reasons. It weakened Jesse. It removed a wildcard. Lots of reasons. And when we lose Endure Cafe, we will vote Brian out and permanently destroy any ground Jesse has to stand on, forcing him to scramble hardcore and paint an even bigger target on himself. We will be keeping in people who are at odds with each other. We will be doing a lot of things that benefit our mutual games. Mine especially.

I'll also be sure to note in my vote against Brian that it was purely cause and effect. He caused this effect.

I'm going to assume that everyone watching the game is not a fan of Corey, Vic and me aiming to throw the challenge. Well, really me throw it, since they didn't have faith in any success and Nick was assumed to lose.

Yeah, we wanted to throw the challenge. Like literally anything else you do in the game, it's a move to make. The benefits of Brian leaving now and keeping the threats active on the other side to be the primary merge targets (and with safer numbers for vote splitting to flush out an idol) outweigh the negatives.

I'm not one to throw challenges. I can count on one hand the number of times I've thrown a challenge in the 9 years I've been involved with ORGs. I like winning challenges. I like the safety of it.

I also like winning the game. I like winning the game much more. If losing a challenge helps set up the potential for winning the game more than winning a challenge would, then... it's a move.

Shout out to Kate -- exactly 8 years ago, she made final two in her very first Survivor ORG, despite having never watched the show or even known how the hell the games work.