Right now, I think I'm set up to go very, very far in the merge. Which is LOVELY.

My side has tons of powers, idols, etc. Along with the numbers. I'm set up well within my side of the numbers, and I don't have a target on my back now. I think people perceive me as a goat for right now, which is perfect, because they'll underestimate me AND I'll be included in people's long term plans. It's a win win.

I'd like to say that my most recent challenge performance (or lack thereof) was strategic in terms of setting myself up to be more of a goat, but it wasn't. It was me losing track of time and sleeping, as usual. But with every mistake, there's always something to take away from it. I look even more like a goat now, and going into the later portions of the game, that's a perfect camouflage suit to wear. I want people to underestimate me, get the element of surprise on my side. That's the most important tool in out smarting people; getting them before they realize what in the world is up.

Right now, I'd like to go to the end with Jenn. She's hardly around, which means she can't possibly be playing hard. I personally like her a lot, which means I can solidify a friendship. And, she's on my side of the numbers, so that makes things a lot easier in terms of maneuvering.

Right now, I'm still Nick's partner in crime. With my perception as a goat (I think) and already having a good relationship with him, I think he's going to fight to keep me around, or at least want me around longer. I don't want him in the end though, fuck that. He'll sweep me! But I also do want him around deep enough so I can have a shield, and so I can have someone active enough to bounce ideas off of. Ideally, I get rid of him at about F5 or F6. A blindside where I can take the credit and rally the people behind me to do it. I'd want Misty gone a round or two before that. Assuming Candice is still the target for next round, I think voting off Bob Dawg the round after that would be best for me. Get rid of a threat, swing in and collect the people on his side, use them to get out Misty maybe, then eventually vote off Nick with their help. I think I'm in a good enough position to start making moves like that.

I just need to keep in mind who has the powers still in the game. Jenn/Misty have a vote stealer (and I think I can convince Jenn to vote off Misty at some point), Shane might have an idol, and Jenn has an idol. I need to make sure those people are on my side, first and foremost, and make sure that they want to work with me going into the far future.

I think, going into this merge, I was in a good enough spot to take this game and make it my bitch. I'd like to prove myself right.

So Candice is a certified psychotic nutcase.

As much as I want for her to go this round, it has to be Tina, because Jenn is MIA, as always, and Misty doesn't want to budge.

Let me walk you guys through the conversation I had with Candice though. One step at a time.

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Heyy 12:33 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Hey How are you doing??? 12:33 PM Jerry Sims's icon I'm pretty good, what about you? 12:34 PM

Starts off as any normal conversation, casual how are things, etc.

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Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody I'm doing good just been kind of sad because people think I'm an idiot rip 12:36 PM Jerry Sims's icon Cone on, people don't think that. Majority Rules answers aren't indicative of what people think 12:39 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody nice catch, had to check you voted me as the dumb one. :P 12:40 PM Jerry Sims's icon Just because I had you down as the answer doesn't mean I think you're dumb :) 12:44 PM

Oh boy, here we go. Just because you showed up as an answer on a question in majority rules, doesn't mean people actually think that, and even if people DO think that, it DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE. It's not something to dwell on and worry about, just move on. We predicted what people would say, that doesn't mean we think that way.

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Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Don't worry about that. :P 12:45 PM Jerry Sims's icon Okay :) so, what's the plan for the vote? What do you think is best for us? 12:46 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Would you be up for a huge move? Jerry Sims's icon What did you have in mind? Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody How about getting a huge threat out?? Jerry Sims's icon Okay, but who did you have in mind? Lol 12:47 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Misty :x

Uhm, okay. But this is all coming right after Nick said that you were gunning for ME. He said that you wanted to make a Final 4 alliance with Misty, himself, yourself, and Jenn. Also, why do you want Misty gone? Why is this a huge move? Well, I tell Nick that this is what she's doing, and you know what she says to Nick? "I'm just testing his loyalty." I'll point out when I start backpedaling with that revelation, but at the start, my plan was just to humor her and tear apart her plan in the details. Get her to BS her way through a fake plan and then point out the flaws in he BS'd plan. Regardless, le'ts keep going.

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12:49 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Wdyt? Jerry Sims's icon I'm down for that if you think it's best for us, but who could we get on board? 12:50 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody I think Debbie, Dawg, Tina - I think so Jerry Sims's icon That 5 would be majority. Have you talked with them about it at all? 12:50 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody I would just have to confirm that 12:51 PM Jerry Sims's icon Mind if I mention the plan to them and just double checj that we are all on board? Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody I can make a group chat for us 12:52 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody I know Tina's online, dk about the other two they're always on red light :/ 12:54 PM Jerry Sims's icon Are you sure we should do this though? Like, sure Misty is a threat, but we can use her and stay loyal a bit longer. 12:56 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody If she wins all the immunities from now on?

Okay, so we target her because she's won... 1 immunity challenge? Up against like, no competition? Yeah, she's a HUGE THREAT for THAT specific reason. ONLY because she's a challenge threat. No other reasons. Uhm, fuck off, Candice. If we are going to take her out, this is like, priority number 5 on the list of reasons. If you want to pitch me a fake plan, at least make it BELIEVABLE. Pitch the plan because you think she's a social threat and she could easily sway a jury. Anything is better than targeting her for challenges.

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12:56 PM Jerry Sims's icon Do you really think she can win like 5 to 6 immunities in a row? 12:58 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Why not? 1:02 PM Jerry Sims's icon Why do you think she can? It's not like she's been an unstoppable force in challenges 1:05 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody She's the strongest one with Nick. 1:08 PM Jerry Sims's icon But we don't know what kind of challenges lie ahead. There could very well be multiple challenges that rely on luck or different factors. Taking her out for being a challenge threat doesn't seem like a good reason.

She hasn't gone batshit at this point in the conversation, but she's still not being smart. We don't know what kind of challenges lie ahead. Chances are strong that Misty can't win every single challenge. Challenges aren't like on the show, where it's mostly physical and then puzzles. There's probably going to be more endurance challenges, puzzles, creative challenges, social challenges, and things like that. Unless you think she's TOP FUCKING DOG in all of those categories, then you can fuck right off. She's a challenge threat, sure, but you really think you can win 5-6 immunities in a row, and that THIS is our last chance to take her out? The fuck out of here.

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2:43 PM Jerry Sims's icon Do you still think going for Misty is a good idea? 2:45 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody I'd say so. 2:46 PM Jerry Sims's icon I'd need convincing then. I'm not totally on board. What reasons do you think we should go after her? 2:46 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Her and Nick are the best physical players, next week she might win immunity and then we won't be able to get her 2:47 PM Jerry Sims's icon Do you know how many immunities she would need to win in order for us to never vote for her again? Plus Nick would always give her a run for her money. I don't think we should base this vote on physical threats. 2:48 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody So do you want to stay with the alliance until Top 6 and then let them win immunities and use all those bonus items?

Here's where the craziness starts to show. It's not black and white like you claim it to be. There aren't two options on this table, right? It isn't, "Oh we can either take her out RIGHT FUCKING NOW or we HAVE to go to F6 with our alliance with no powers." Fuck off. Fuck off! There's more to it than that. That should be clear. I'd be able to point this out (I believe), but I actually took a class in college recently that is all about argumentative pieces. It helps a lot with pointing this stuff out. It was actually really interesting, but, I'm going off topic.

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2:50 PM Jerry Sims's icon Not necessarily. It's not a black or white scenario like you're presenting it. 2:51 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody So what do you want me to do? 2:52 PM Jerry Sims's icon I don't know. It seems like people want Tina this round. More people seem to want that, so that's what I'm thinking right now. 2:57 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody You have no idea what's going on :/ 2:59 PM Jerry Sims's icon Then fill me in! What's happening, girl? 2:59 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody I know you don't trust me so I won't trust you either lol

Okay, but... wait WHAT?? We aren't in middle school on Facebook talking about our shitty days in a passive-aggressive manner, before changing the topic as soon as we bring it up. We are ADULTS, here. You can't just bring these kinds of things up and then refuse to go into detail about them. That's not how things work, hun. Plus, the ONLY things I've said that prove I don't trust you were to Nick and Misty. They both know how Candice is, so I really, REALLY doubt that they would tell Candice that I wanted her out. I asked both of them, and they both said that they didn't; I think their word is legitimate in this scenario, because they know that we need votes on Tina, and them telling Candice that I want her gone would only hurt our cause. If they did tell her that, then they probably want me gone, and if that's the case, I'm getting massively blindsided tonight. I don't know why they would want ME gone though, out of everyone left. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. What have I done? Candice wants me gone because she thinks that I can make FTC or something, which is a fine reason. But you really want to target me for that NOW, out of ALL of the times to do that? At a time where I'm not even threatening, and have basically no resume? That doesn't seem smart to me, but, let's continue.

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3:01 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody You really would be better off not voting with who you think has the majority of votes, better vote for me or something :P

Huh? Like, what the hippopotamus FUCK are you talking about? You actively want me to vote for you, why? I mean, in any other scenario, I would happily oblige, but this is NOT the time for that kind of talk, missy. We NEED votes on Tina, and you want to throw yourself under the bus? Here's where I get really confused. This kind of shit doesn't make any fucking sense to me.

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3:03 PM Jerry Sims's icon What, you want me to vote for you? Why? 3:03 PM Jerry Sims's icon You're speaking a different language lol, making me all confused 3:04 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Yeah feel free to vote for me 3:07 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Well then do you have anything to tell me you haven't told me?

I CAN SAY THE EXACT SAME FUCKING THING ABOUT YOU, YOU FUCKING CUNT!!! Seriously. This is about where I lost my shit internally. You're hiding something from me, and you DARE bring up this kind of fucking garbage? I do have things I haven't told you, but they're things that you shouldn't know in the first place! If Misty or Nick told you about what I said, why would you confront me like this and beat around the bush instead of straight up asking me, "Hey, did you want me gone?" If they didn't tell you, then why are you saying this bullshit to begin with? This is the problem I have with things like this. I want people to be DIRECT when they are pissed at me. If you're trying to fish out an answer from me, I'm most likely not going to know what you're talking about, because I forget the shit I say like 90% of the time. I tune myself out pretty often. I need you to be specific and address the problem directly. I'm not the kind of guy who will apologize for things I haven't done, or when I don't know or remember what I did. I think she might just be saying this kind of stuff just so I can 'understand' why she'd be voting for me, hiding her true motivations. She's doing a shitty job at it though.

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3:13 PM Jerry Sims's icon I'm not going to vote for you, I'm still planning on voting for Tina. I don't understand why you're acting so suspicious of me, like why don't you trust me anymore? 3:15 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody You really should vote for me this round lol :) 3:17 PM Jerry Sims's icon Why? Why do you want me to vote for you and potentially get rid of you? 3:19 PM Jerry Sims's icon It seems like such a bizarre thing for you to say after wanting Aubry out for being inactive. 3:20 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody So you're saying I should quit?

Can you read? I never fucking even said the word, "quit"! I still said I was voting for Tina. Like, am I talking with a survivor version of cleverbot? Jesus tittyfucking christ. You JUST wanted Aubry out for her lack of interest in playing the game, right? So why would you want to throw in the towel? That's incredibly hypocritical for you to suggest that I should vote for you.

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3:21 PM Jerry Sims's icon No, that's not what I'm saying at all! I'm just confused why you want me to vote for you. 3:32 PM Jerry Sims's icon I'm just trying to figure out why you want me to vote for you. Like, I don't want to vote for you, and I don't want you to quit, so I don't know why you're saying so? 3:38 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody you should vote for me because I will be voting for you this TC :P

There it is. Okay, Candice. You've officially gone full retard.

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3:39 PM Jerry Sims's icon Why are you voting for me? :( 3:39 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody Because you weren't honest with me this round 3:40 PM Jerry Sims's icon Okay. Tell me how I wasn't honest with you. Please, tell me. 3:41 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody You know it, why should I tell you? :P You really should vote for me no offense

Okay, but why would I vote for you?? Jenn isn't around, so the votes wouldn't be there. Also, can you PLEASE be specific?? I don't know what I've done to you in this scenario. Assuming Nick and Misty haven't told you anything about what I've said (which, again, why would they?), I don't know what you want me to say, and I don't know what I've done. This kind of talk doesn't help ANYONE. It just makes the accused party frustrated, and it succeeds with nothing else. When you say these kinds of things without presenting any evidence, it never works. If you were like, "Here's this series of texts saying that you can't wait to fuck him. Got anything to say for yourself?" THEN it has legitimacy. Still not the best way to go about it, but it's at least appropriate. In this case, with Candice accusing me of god knows what, there's no evidence, so there's no credibility. It just makes you come off as paranoid and crazy, instead of intelligent and skeptical.

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3:42 PM Jerry Sims's icon I take offense to you voting for me. You should tell me because I don't know what the fuck I did. If I knew what you were talking about, I would have fessed up. I don't know how I'm not being transparent. 3:44 PM Candice Cody's iconCandice Cody ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sorry Jerry. 3:47 PM Jerry Sims's icon Okay, well I'm still voting Tina, in an attempt to prove to you that I'm still loyal. Obviously someone must have manipulated you well if you think I haven't been honest with you. There's nothing more that I can say than that.

Yeah, use a fucking meme after telling me that you're voting for me. That's smart. That will calm me down. This is the EXACT wrong way to go about trying to get me out. You burn a jury vote, regardless of what happens. So, thanks for that. If you somehow make it to the end, this doesn't help your case in the slightest. Candice, you're doing it wrong.

I hope that Shane, Misty, Nick, and Jenn come through for me on this. I have a feeling that Candice went to the other side of the numbers in Bobby, Debbie, and Tina wanting to vote me out. Nick told me that Bobby heard my name, and as I was talking with Bobby, he was hardcore not giving me anything to work with. That makes me really nervous. I could be getting 4 votes tonight. I hope no one flips out of the 5 I think I have, and if I can survive, we can hopefully take out Candice next round. She's a paranoid, bitchy, stupid player who needs to be voted out 7 rounds ago.

I would have added reaction gifs, but I was pressed for time and wanted to get this confessional out before the vote. Please forgive me :P

No matter what happens tonight, fuck Candice.

Okay, so HERE is when I kick on the afterburners and start rocketing to the finish.

Last night, I had a thought. We make this vote easy, go Candice. She voted in the minority last round, so we get the votes on her. Then, make an alliance with Deb, Bob, myself, and Nick. No one sees that coming, and it gives me and Nick a lot of options going further into this game. I talked with Debbie and Bob about it last night, trying to guide them into having Nick as a fourth. Bob was really passive about it, kind of like, "whoever you think we can trust as a fourth," and, "we'll make this official whenever you want." Like, you can act a bit more ecstatic about it, but I get that he wants me to feel comfortable. Deb seemed down, although we had a brief discussion where we cleared the air about the whole coin at the beginning of the game. She then thanked me, because she thought that she was running low on options. So I think this four would work out.

Am I planning on sticking to it? Maybe. If that's how everything seems to be shifting, yes. As of right now, I want the boot order to be Candice, Misty, Bob, then Nick. Put myself in a final 4 with people who like me and feel indebted to me with Shane, Debbie, and Jenn. I think I could beat all three of those people, and I could take the game. They might view me as a threat by that point, but I'd only be an immunity challenge or so away from a win. Plus, I think after these next few rounds, they'll feel indebted to me anyways. Deb already seems like she is. Jenn is getting carried through this game. And as for Shane... well, I made my move for that just now as well.

See, it wasn't going to be a unified Candice vote. The plan eventually came to my attention that it would be 4-2-2, with me getting two votes, Candice getting two, and Shane getting four. People were supposedly worried about his idol, so they wanted to flush it out. I talked with Bob and Nick, and I tried to switch things a bit more in my favor. You see, 4-2-2 is too complicated. Why not make it 4-3-1, or 3-3-2, or 4-4? All of those make more sense in my eyes. So, I go to Nick and ask him to flip his vote for Shane to Candice, so it can be 3-3-2. That way, there is no revote unless Shane plays an idol, then it's confirmed that Candice goes home, and I don't have to be as worried. But NOW, it seems like Debbie will be voting for Candice, which makes it 4-3-1 possibly, maybe even 5-3 if Misty changes her vote from me to Shane. With that in mind, it helps my game greatly if Shane stays and Candice goes. So, what do I do? I tell Shane that, if he does have an idol, he should play it. Gave him a little bit of a nudge nudge, wink wink deal, telling him that he didn't hear it from me, and that he's playing the idol because he felt sketched out and wanted to be safe, and NOT because I gave him a heads up. Hopefully, that secures him as an ally with me for at least a few rounds.

Next round, assuming everything goes according to plan and Candice goes now, then I try and push for Misty. She wanted to vote for me, and by getting rid of her, it puts me and Nick in a great position to either go with Bob and Debbie, or fall back on our old ties with Shane and Jenn. From there, I'd like to get rid of Bob, and if he wins immunity, try going for Nick. I don't know exactly how I would do that, but if I can get my way, going pop pop pop pop between Candice, Misty, Bob, and Nick, I'd be in a prime as FUCK position to take this thing.

But, if it's me tonight, or any other night, I'm okay with that. Obviously a bit sad, but I'm happy with what I tried to do. I'm happy with leaving, if that's what it comes to. I obviously want to win, because I truly think I can pull this off and win a game, but people can be unpredictable sometimes. They might get sketched by me and pull a crazy scheme. If that's the case, more power to them. At this point, I'd probably take myself out anyways.

OH MY GOD

I'M ECSTATIC

THAT WORKED

NO GETTING SCREWED OVER, EXACTLY LIKE HOW IT SHOULD HAVE GONE

I'm still sorry about my lack of confessionals. I think, if this trend of things going my way continues, I'll be posting a lot more.

Okay, so I initially wanted Misty this round, but it sounds like people weren't down for it and the whole necklace thing kind of screwed up those plans anyways. Sounds like Shane is the vote instead, I got an alliance with myself, Nick, Bobby, and Debbie. Also got an alliance with Nick and Shane, so either way, I'm potentially burning a bridge. I think voting Bob out would be best for my game, start picking off threats right now. That's what Misty suggested to me a little bit ago. I'd rather do Misty's plan to be honest, bease I think keeping Shane is more beneficial for me than keeping Bob. I'm just going with the flow though. Try to keep myself off of the chopping block. Hopefully I can get ahold of Nick and me and him can figure it out, but I think getting Bob out might be best for me, so I'd just need to convince Nick that it's best for him too.

I think this round is simple enough. I don't think it's me, but I wouldn't be surprised if I got sent home right about kow. F7 usually is where I'm cut if I'm playing a solid gamr. It happened in FvF, and it happened in Pure. I'm hoping this is just an easy Shane vote, but these people are crazy.

GOD. DAMMIT.

SO close to beating Misty. Had I not lost track and screwed up for TEN MORE MINUTES, Misty would be gone this round. FUCK. That would have been best case. That's what I wanted. Ugh, if I end up losing the game, it could very well be because of this.

But, things like this are the cornerstone of survivor. A road block presents itself, and you have to find a way around it.

My way around it is Bob Dawg. Right now, I have to pick off a threat every single round in order to land myself in a successful F3. It would have to be Bob, Misty, then Nick. With these last few rounds, planning seems a lot easier. If Misty wins immunity next round, I think Debbie has to go. The votes would probably be close, 3-2, but if I go for anyone else, I wouldn't have the votes. If I go for Nick, Jenn is a wildcard that I don't want to risk at this point so close to the end. Plus we need the challenge strength to beat Misty.

If anyone but Misty wins, Misty has to go. End of story. She's been gunning for me for a while, and she's a big ass threat. She would need to fuck off.

After that, if Deb is gone, Then Misty goes next, F3 of me/Nick/Jenn. That was a F3 for a while, staying loyal to that wouldn't make a whole lot of pissed jurors. If Misty wins, then I'm either screwed, or I go to a firemaking challenge. I know Misty wants a F3 of Jenn/herself/Nick, and last time I checked, I'm not in those three names. There could be a crazy scheme that hasn't been seen before, 2-1-1. That'd be insane, but it would involve a lot of deception. I'd need one person completely by my side. The person with immunity thinks I'm voting for the person by my side, and I convince the fourth player to vote for the person by my side for a tiebreaker. Then me and the person by my side vote for the fourth person. There would have to be a lot of deception and hardly any communication going around, but if I pulled that off, or ANYONE, they deserve a win. That hasn't even been done on the SHOW before, as far as I know. At F4, it always seems to be unanimous, or a tie breaker.

If Misty is gone instead of Deb, then me and Deb have to vote for Nick at the very least. Hopefully I would have immunity at that point so I wouldn't need to do the tiebreaker. I can't imagine Debbie winning the tiebreaker, but I need to give her the chance, because if she lost (and she probably would), she'd probably vote for me on the jury.

These last few rounds seem pretty straightforward. Of course a F2 changes things dramatically, and Nick has thought that there will be. If that is the case, I got a bit more breathing room to figure things out and land myself in the finals with Jenn or Deb.

As of now, I am confident in my ability to make F3. There's still three threats left in the game, and I have a pretty decent relationship with everyone. If I land at FTC with one of the three threats? I'm not sure what I'd do. I'd need to put up a hell of a FTC though. That would have to be spur of the moment.

As of right now though, I think I will be there. I'm not the most threatening person left. I'm not a goat. I am the perfect person out of this six to go far.

Fucking Misty, man.

Props to Bob for going down swinging though. I had a brief talk with him before the vote where he mentioned that people perceive me as Nick's goat. I don't think I am, but if that's their perception of me, I can't change that except by cutting him. And I will if things go my way. But Misty has to go next round. No ifs, ands, or buts.

I hope I can survive this, but if not, I'm okay with it. I played a gold game, I think. I tried to make entertaining confessionals. I managed to vote for the right person at the tribals leading up to now despite getting votes at multiple tribals. Hopefully, I can finish this game saying that everyone who voted for me is on the jury. But if I can't say that, or if I don't make it to the end, I'm good with that. I'm playing to win, but I'm okay with losing.

So that was... a thing that happened...

At least this way, Nick is out of the game with no blood on my hands. Makes my conscious feel better. I'm really surprised that Debbie did that? Just because it felt like a huge gamble where the odds are 67% against her desired outcome. But, it worked. Somehow.

I think Bob and Misty are going to be working together from here on out. They know that their only chance to get to the end is with each other. So they're going to be working on Debbie, and after last round, it's really hard trying to know if I can trust Debbie. I don't have a choice though.

If nothing else, Jenn still has an idol, and I think she would play it on me. I think we have a good enough relationship, and it seems like she knows she can't win, so she might help me win? Something like that.

Damn, just when I think Nick might take the game, lol

So, at this point, just gotta make sure Debbie sticks with me. If she doesn't, there's still an idol, and I still have someone by my side. Hopefully, with the combination of those, it's enough to get me into FTC.

How things should go though, is whoever loses between Dawg and Misty gets the boot. If neither get immunity? Misty is gone. I think I can beat Bob in a FTC if I say the right things. So Misty is my #1 target right now. Bob is still a threat tho, so if Misty manages to bribe Yul win another immunity, Bob should be going. It's in Debbie's best interest to vote that way, and we know that Debbie can sometimes act out of her best interest, so I need to make sure that she stays smart. No need to be fucking stupid, especially when the end is in sight. This is the finale, baby! No time for screw ups now.

MISTY

STOP BEING GOOD SO WE CAN GET RID OF YOU

YOU GINORMOUS FUCKING THUNDERCUNT

At least I can use the argument that Misty had to win her way to the end, and that I played the best game, vulnerable each time, getting votes almost every time.

Okay, so Debbie seems to be on my side for this vote. She could just be playing the middle, but I think she knows that I'm her best chance at the win. No doubt Misty and Bob are going to be pushing really hard on Debbie for her to flip, but I hope they can't convince her with whatever they throw at her. I think I'll be getting two votes, but hopefully nothing more than that. Debbie should know that she loses if she flips and keeps around Bob or Misty. Whoever stays with her is going to slaughter her, and she SHOULD know that. I tried to make that clear without being overbearing. I hope we are on the same page. Plus I'm the only one who's consistently giving Misty a run for her money. Well, the only one still left in the game

So, I have two plans for next round. Say Misty loses immunity? Okie dokie, you HAVE to go. Fuck off. You thought you could Mike Hollo-your-way to the end? Nope. Good bye.

On the other hand, worst nightmare, she wins immunity. This is where things get tricky. I think Jenn will vote with me at this point, pretty sure I'm her closest ally and she will at least give me a chance since she knows she can't win. That gives me a tiebreaker in the worst case scenario.

But, what would I try to do? Well, NOT make it a tie breaker.

I assume Misty will be voting for me AGAIN at that point. If I can convince Debbie that she will have my vote no matter what if she votes for Jenn, I could send mine and Jenn's vote to Debbie, which would be an unprecedented 2-1-1 final vote. If I can talk with Jenn about this, we might be able to stage something to where it looks like I'm actually hardcore on the bottom, and the votes would be between me and Jenn. Then I go to Debbie and ask her to vote with me for a tiebreaker. If she does and I lose, then she gets my vote. If she doesn't, then Misty wins anyways. Have Jenn talk more with Misty, try to split it up like that. Then, if Debbie buys it, me and Jenn can stick together and get rid of her. It would be risky, but I would only have things to gain at that point. If Debbie doesn't buy it, then it's back to square one, which is a tiebreaker. There would be nothing to lose and F3 to gain from that move.

But that's just in WORST CASE SCENARIO. Best case, we make it an easy Misty. But Nav is good at shit, and he knows he's screwed, so he's going to be on the top of his game. No doubt about that.

Bob should be going home though. If he doesn't, well, GG and Bob probs gets my vote. Or Jenn. I ain't voting for Misty her gameplay wasn't that good and she had to rely on immunities to get to the end.

OKAY TIME TO CELEBRATE GOOD TIMEs COME ON WITH SOME FUCKING GIFS SHALL WE















An accurate depiction of the chess match Misty and I had:


She literally had another win in the bag, she just used the wrong piece to take one of mine, which allowed me to jump into her territory and win the game. She got too cocky, and I fed that to her, and made a hail mary pass to sneak into her territory. Was it a completely intentional move? Honestly, no. I thought I was toast for sure. I had forgotten about the territory win. I was just moving in a way where my king could survive a bit longer. I guess my subconscious brain was like, "Ben, you're going to make the best fucking challenge move you'll ever do and you won't even know it. Let me use your frustration and do it for you." I can't believe what happened. It's like an assassin accidentally killing their target.

This vote should be the easiest vote on planet Earth. Misty needs to go. She needs to get the fuck out of here. She has only stuck around this long because we had literally no options. But, somehow, I managed to come out on top.

The only wildcard that is left this round is Jenn. She's been talking about how she feels bad that Misty will be going home, when her and Debbie get to stay. Like, Misty doesn't deserve to go. Please, Jenn. DO NOT screw this up for me. I can taste this win. If you're going to want to be voted out, at least wait until next round, where I might not be able to make it through. I feel like I've played the best game to where I'd be lined up as the late-game threat that wins because these other threats need to go first, which lines myself up to be in the finals because of it. If Jenn quit this round, only for Misty to win the FIC and boot me? There wouldn't be fucking words to describe my frustration. So, that's my goal this round. If Misty is smart, she'd be working Jenn and trying to get her to quit. Hopefully, she just turns her guns to Debbie. I have a F2 promise with Debbie at this point, and as much as I like Jenn, I think I'm going to stick with Debbie if Jenn is really worried about next round.

I'm hoping I can just win immunity next round and not spend a day worrying if I make FTC.

Oh man, though. It's so fucking DELICIOUS beating Misty at her own game though. Literally. The best part about all of this, the most ironic part? She's been on and off playing chess with NICK this whole game!!! She's literally been playing the game that potentially screwed her! That's like James not hitting a single target with the gun in the Palau reward challenge. That's like Crystal Cox, an Olympic gold medalist, sucking at every single Gabon challenge. That kind of shit is so good, it can't be made up.

Goddamn, I am so proud of myself.

As long as Misty goes this round, I should be in a great position to take this thing. I'd be in a F3 where both people seem to want to take me to the end, I'd have a good amount of people on the jury who respect my game and respect me (at least more than Debbie), and I very well could be the best challenge competitor between myself, Debbie, and Jenn.

I know I've kind of started to count chickens before they hatch. I really hope this doesn't turn around somehow. Misty NEEDS to go though. She made it this far based on immunity from votes alone, not from skill in the game (at F7 or so is when at least me and Nick started really targeting her, she probably would have gone home at any tribal after that), so we need to vote her out NOW. If we don't, she would be a prime fucking candidate to win this game.

Goddammit, I'm so close. So fucking close!