You're probably asking yourself, "Ben, why did you use the same spongebob reference twice in one round?"

Spongebob is fucking timeless, shut your whore mouth. Plus this episode is super underrated. It's amazing. All of Spongebob is. I can never get enough, even if it's just the same reference. Or the Spongebob meme that has been making the rounds recently on /r/me_irl and /r/blackpeopletwitter, or the older Mr. Krabs meme that made the rounds a while ago on those subreddits. I can never grow tired of those, or Spongebob in general. So fuck off, Spongebob haters. This is not the place for you (the internet, that is).

Tonight better not be a fucking tie vote. I'll flip my shit if that's the case. I just am really worried. It's probably an irrational feeling, the paranoia creeping in again. Like, here I am sitting with fucking immunity and I'm still worried. I just don't want Misty to get another chance, no matter how small. That's what Yul feeds off of.

GODDAMMIT

I HAD A FEELING THIS WOULD HAPPEN

FUCKING DEBBIE, ARE YOU SERIOUS

I thought I had the win in the bag, I guess I kind of deserve this for being cocky. But, I didn't think Debbie was THIS stupid. Like, not only does the jury think she's dumb, but now, she burns two jury votes at the tail end of the game (most likely), AND she'd be going up against Misty, who is in almost everyone's good graces. I don't get it. This move makes NO sense for her game. Now, I'm super worried that I'll be the final juror, and screwed out of a win because of some irrational, idiotic bitch who just wants to make the end game more ~exciting~. FUCK. OFF. I thought we were on the same page. I thought we had a deal. Clearly, I was mistaken. Clearly, I need to win this last challenge if I want any fucking shot at winning this game. God, fuck Debbie. I'd say that I can't believe she'd do this, but the signs were there.

Goddammit, this vote should have been a slam dunk! I guess my mistake was thinking Debbie was playing to fucking win.

I guess there's still hope that Jenn wins this tiebreaker. I really hope she puts forth her best effort on it.

Debbie is playing a great game to get herself into FTC. But she isn't playing a great game to win. She's playing the WORST game to win.

Her best chances of winning were going up against Jenn, but that's probably done for now. I really hope Jenn can pull off this victory over Misty, but based off of challenge performances in the past, I'm not too confident.

I just am floored that Debbie would do this just to guarantee herself a spot in FTC, rather than play to win. Those two phrases don't go hand in hand all the time. This is one of those times. Like, had she talked with me AT ALL about the vote and next round, I would havery reassured her that I'd probably take her to FTC. I know I love Jenn and all, but she talked about basically quitting this last round. If her wish was to go so she didn't take up a spot in FTC, I would have obliged. I might have saved Debbie anyways if she didn't. But, alas, Debbie didn't say a word to me about the vote really, I thought it was implied what would be happening.

I don't want to talk to anyone now, except for Jenn. Misty has been as entertaining as a wet brick this entire goddamn season. She's a fucking game bot to the MAXimum (get it?) and the only thing I really know about her is that she likes superhero shit. That's like, it. That's fucking boring. It's been a pain dealing with her this whole game. On the other hand, I included Debbie on plans and she just goes 100% behind my back for this fucking vote. Not to try and win the game, mind you, but just to get to the end. She has been unpredictable for the last part of the game. It's been a parasitic relationship for me and I haven't even realized it until now. She's only been out for herself, she used me for information, and I basically asked for nothing in return. I almost went to fucking bat for her! Then she goes behind my back at F4 - where there is NO REASON for there to be a blindside - to further her chances of getting to the end, NOT playing to win. I don't want to talk with either of them. I'm just preparing for Jenn to lose this challenge, and then trying to get myself in the zone and focus for this last challenge. It's a must win. I thought this round would be the last round that I have to worry, but I don't think it will be.

I thought briefly about a gameplan if Misty wins the tiebreaker and immunity. It would be a long shot, but I might be able to pull it off.

You see, why would Misty want to just win super easy and take an obvious goat who isn't playing to win all the way to the end? That would be an incredibly unsatisfying conclusion to a season like this. This season deserves more than that. It deserves a good final tribal between two people who battle it out. Sure, beating Debbie is an easy win, but is that what she really wants?

I do this while boosting her ego. Telling her that she's a great player who's amazing at challenges, so it's very likely that she's won before (if it's Nav, then yes he has won before), whereas I haven't. I'd be asking for at least a chance to win. I'd bring up how in the chess game, she was going for an absolute victory. She wanted to put me in checkmate, not just take out my king. She wanted the absolute victory. Why should the game be any different? Go against me, the biggest threat left in the game, and after a pretty dull season like this (where the premerge was boring and half of the post merge was taking out inactives), it deserves a good finish. It doesn't deserve a decent (but boring) player going up against someone who doesn't care about the win, and only cares about drama.

That's about all I would be able to do. Hope that an emotional appeal can work against someone with no visible emotions. I would need to reach deep down inside of Nav and touch his heart with my passion for the game. A strategic appeal would make no sense, it makes all the sense in the world for him to take me out and let Debbie ride to the end. But does he really want that? His mind is telling him no, but what's his body saying? I have to convince him that his body, his BOODYYY is telling him yes.

If I win final immunity? Fuck that. I've played in too many orgs to screw up my opportunity at my first win. If he asks me what I would do if I won immunity? I think I'd have to be honest and say that I'd take Debbie, but only because I'm so close to my first win, and I wouldn't want to take any chances getting it. Try to boost her ego a bit again saying, "I bet you've won at least once before. Compare myself to a homeless kid wanting the last piece of candy, but having no money. Would you,
A.) Take the candy for yourself, learning nothing about yourself, and move on with a satisfied sweet tooth?
B.) Give the whole piece of candy to the kid and let him have at it (which would be stupid, you went to that store to get candy and you want some fucking candy)?
C.) A happy medium, you both share it! You're satisfied with yourself in multiple ways and I'm satisfied in multiple ways too, so everyone wins.

What sounds like the best decision there? For both your soul/karma and for your taste buds?

But like I said, if I end up being the kid, fuck off and get a job you unemployed liberal fuckwad of a kid, this is my candy, I literally saw you eating a Hershey bar outside on the sidewalk and I just got finished giving candy up for lent, I think I need this sweet taste more than you, you little shit-eating twat.

I am setting my expectations for tomorrow very, very low. We all know Misty is great at challenges, so unless the challenge is to be the first person to get a positive K/D in Call of Duty, it's anyone's necklace tomorrow.

Speaking of, I wasn't going to do a fucking challenge tonight! Fuck off, Misty. It's midday Saturday, leading into the night. I got shit to do, places to be, people to see! I have enough on my plate, I don't want to juggle the most important challenge in the game with all of that as well! This challenge is literally a do or die for me. I know my game is worthy enough for a win if I make it to FTC, especially against Debbie. Can I beat Misty? Maybe. I think it's be a close battle in that case. A FTC with both of us is very improbable though.

The thing I also can't stand is that Debbie is basically resting her game on me as well. Like, she only has a shot against me or Jenn, why keep the one person left in the game that can clobber you, even if it just guarantees you FTC? One person playing for second is already enough.

I think, realistically, Nav is going to beat me in the challenge. I'm going to try my fucking hardest and be at the top of my game to make sure that doesn't happen, but he's clearly a force to be reckoned with. I'll get in the mindset that I CAN beat him, because I know I can, but I'm not so sure if I WILL beat him. Being this close to a potential win and coming just short to fucking Nav would be devastating if I was super hopeful about beating him. Setting my expectations low means I won't be as depressed about it if I lose. I don't want to be down for like a fucking week about this if I lose, I'd like to get on with my life and play another ORG. Hoping for the best and expecting the worst is going to help with that.

That being said, if I win, I'm done caring about social politics. I might kiss a few assessment on the jury, sure, but if I feel like anyone is being unfair or ridiculous or using false reasoning, Goddammit I'm going to call then out on it (trying to be civil, of course, but that might not be the case depending on what it is).

This is as close as I think I've ever been to a win, and I don't want to blow it. I know that I can win in the future now, but I don't know when I'll get my next opportunity.

I've came so fucking far. I'd hate to lose to Debbie-Maria or HAL 9000

Pretty sure the challenge tonight is going to be Jeopardy. If it was some chain of puzzles, it probably would have been non-live. 3 people is the perfect amount for Jeopardy. Jeopardy seems to played sometimes late in the game, and it can't be done non-live.

If this is the case, I'm not sure how I'd do. I'd definitely have Google open right next to me for questions I didn't know. I probably wouldn't answer unless I had a strong hunch or if I legit knew it. I'll have to play on my computer, for sure. Probably have two windows open side by side, one for Google and one for AIM (I doubt it would be on the boards). Supposedly, Nav isn't good at live challenges since he needs time for planning or some shit? But I doubt it. I'm sure it will be a close race between us at the very least.

Jesus, thank fucking god. Thank fucking christ. I already know what I am going to put on my parchment:

MISTY
If you want something done right, you got to do it all by yourself.

I think I can totally win from here. I'm so proud of myself. I knew I had to pull through with this challenge, and I did. I think, against Debbie, I can say, objectively, that I played a better game than her. Debbie went crazy the past few rounds to control the votes, and pulled off crazy moves with zero calculated risk, and went balls to the wall. Everyone that wrote my name down (with the exception of Debbie during the tie vote)? Yeah, they're on the jury. I voted correctly to stay in the game in basically every vote (with the exception of tie votes). I had my name written down what, seven times? And I won a few crucial immunities when I needed to. I think I'm going to get flak about being in Nick's shadow for most of the game, but I can say a few things about that.

1.) Using him as a bigger threat shield may not have worked in the way I thought it would (since I still got votes all the time lol), but he was getting info from all over and he fed a good portion of it straight to me. He was always a bigger threat than I was.
2.) I was planning to try and vote him out at one point. Things may not have gone the way I wanted them so I could take credit for the move, but I was planning on doing it.

I'm looking forward to pleading my case. I think I have a really, really good shot to win this game. My strategy coming into this final tribal counsel? I'll try to keep things lighthearted, trying to use humor to make people let their guard down and be less salty. Then? Kiss their ass. You get a rim job! You get a rim job! EVERYONE GETS A RIM JOB!!! If they are talking trash about my game? Puff my chest out, and calmly retort in an assertive, not aggressive (there is a difference dammit), manner.

Game's not over yet. But I'm pretty confident that I can pull off a win.

Okay but seriously time to celebrate cuz I beat Misty again. I wish she would have been voted out last round (the irony was too fucking good), but I think I have finally beaten her. My chickens have hatched. The future of the game is literally entirely up to me. No crazy Debbie variables now. I can celebrate again, and this time, there's nothing that can screw it up except for myself.

SO, HERE COME THE GIFS EVERYONE






I CAN FINALLY VOTE OUT MISTY


FUCK YOU NAV!!!


I BEAT YOU!!!


I can spend the next day working on my opening statement. Or maybe I won't. Fuck if I care. I'll do what I want! This is my game, baby! I'm the queen bee around here!

Yay, so now Debbie is trying to play mind games with me. Messaging me about how she's having fun with this FTC, asking me if I'm not having fun when I don't respond. That and her demeanor with Chris' question are kind of irritating. She's clearly pretty confident that she's got this wrapped up in the bag and it shows. She answers definitively, rather than modestly.

Now that she started attacking me though, in future questions, I guess I'll just have to return the favor, and be less passive-aggressive about it. I think the jurors would respond better to that. Like she's just casually throwing out how I'm salty or whatever and I'm breaking apart her strategy directly and confidently.

I guess I didn't consider how many friends she actually might have on the jury though. That premerge definitely helped her game. In any normal game, it probably wouldn't have helped her game THIS MUCH, since two people on the jury would have seen more of my game at the very least.

I'm not going to give up though. This is my best chance to win (probably for a while) and I don't want to let it slip through my fingers.

Debbie is really pissing me off with this final tribal. Like, she's super confident, cocky, and making dumb ass jokes that aren't funny and breaking rules. And guess what? She's probably going to beat me, even though I'm trying so hard to win these votes and the game. Plus she basically made up her own question instead of answering Bobby's question for what she would do if there's a F3, which is irritating, but he's probably going to vote for her anyways, which is annoying. Like DUDE, SHE'S NOT EVEN ANSWERING YOU RIGHT, SHE'S DOING HER OWN THING AND YOU'RE GOING TO REWARD THAT. It's like taking a dump on Probst's face at FTC and everyone cheering you on and then getting up to vote for yourself. It's taking all of my strength not to flip out on her, but I know if I did that, I'd lose a lot of respect.

AAAAAND that marks the second time I've lost a game by one vote. Guess it doesn't get any easier :/

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sorry Jerry.




jk you played well!

DEBBIE MARIA LOL I love it. and I love (to hate) you <3

HAL 9000 <3