Episode 7 (Merge)

[tyson]

Looks like I dodged a bullet and have made it to the MERGE!!!!!! Now it's Survivor Time, time to get down, get dirty, and try to win this game. I can't believe I was almost out with all these inactives, I mean, nah, that couldn't have happened, I wouldn't be able to feel good about myself. But I don't think I'm really in any better position here at the merge lol. Nick was throwing around my name as the mole on my old tribe, I'm sure there's still a few people just a little suspicious here on my new tribe, but the fact of the matter is that there's VERY likely still TWO moles in this game. So step one for me is to find those two people and get them out. If I had to guess Nick is one, no idea on the other. But my plan at this merge is basically to first cut people I don't have connections with (AKA most of the Akhas) then go from there. If someone tries to get in my way, I'll  try to shove them down. Basically, I want to win, I still think there's time to build up a winner's resume, but the time is now to get the ball rolling and I'm ready to go.

[thenavneet]

Can we expect another "You're all idiots" speech?

[tyson]

OK, I'm still busy af (dang school), so here's the bullet pt version of what should be multiple paragraphs:
- I now have confirmed Rudy was the Mole (I had suspected this b4 with the last mole posts, but again, school cancelled that theory confessional, ugh. But anyways, I knew nobody but Rudy would come up w/ those alliances and had suspected it earlier, so it makes complete sense)

- I still trust Rudy, mostly for the reason that I have no other choice, he's the person I connected with the most, and he seems to still have my back despite being the mole:

- He told me that Kelly/Jeremiah/Aras/Nick were all gonna vote me out during the last pre-swap round over mole suspicions, which again I was speculating about, but don't think I ever wrote about it SO:

- I've made a very elaborate plan out where we boot Nick this round, then Kelly, then an Akha girl that I'm not aligned with (Kelly/Ami), THEN I form a majority of Five at F9 to F7, THEN I form a majority 4 at F7 to F5, so on until I'm at 3. Basically I want to have my options open to always be able to flip on a person that is in more power than I am by using whoever is on the bottom. I think this is kind of an exaggerated version of the strategy Rob C used in Amazon, if I'm remembering that season correctly.

- I've come to the conclusion that I'm not gonna win this game, UNLESS I play a badass UTR strategy, which is what I'm hoping the above would be. I just always want to have the option to make moves to win the game, and I also need to remember to actually make those moves. I'd much rather be on the jury than be a F3 goat, so if I get there, I want it to be totally deserved and largely on my own merit. I've just got to find a way to make it work with the social situation I'm currently win, where I know I'm towards the bottom of the totem pole, not by choice (Once again, school sucks).

So tl;dr or just flat out it doesn't make any sense, Rudy's the mole, I'm flipping on Hmong, but very possibly flipping back at some point, and then flipping back and forth and back and forth until I'm at the end with my weird Matthews and deaf Christies. That is all, thank you, ttyl.

[Rodney]

So he's gonna try to pull a me

[tyson]

Sucking my data down to 0, but henbyou gotta confess, you gotta confess. OF COURSE Nick AND Kelly win immunity eliminating my plan and y backup plan in one fell swoop. I didn't really have another plan after that, but right now its looking like Jeremiah is gonna go. I hate that , cause he WS one of the Mathhew/Christy people in my plan, but he was willing to vote mout a couple rounds ago and I font have much else of a choice. The Hmomgs wantt to do Ashley and I'm supposed to b in am alliance with her so
....yeah, bye Jeremiah, sorry but also kind of nnot sorry

[tyson]

Damnit! Monica and Rudy are running this thing and won't let us flip and do Kelly Wigs (who is after me) instead of Jeremiah (who is also probably after me, but I could use him later). Ugggggh, I almost got a boot I actually wanted, but no, it's too complicated, blah blah blah. Now I'm pissed to vote Jeremiah off lol (I mean, I already didn't want to vote him out, but I though I had no chance to flip the vote). But the good news is I feel like I have a solid group I can trust right now, and I don't need to overplan my future. Anything can happen, and my original plan can still work, it just may need some tweaks.