The Optimal Approach/Confessionals

Day 13
"formosa"

- i survived the tie yay!!! now onto swap. i'm really upset i was seperated from jake and mackie, them and alissa are by far the closest people to me and it sucks that they're on the other tribe now, especially because they're in a minority and i'm worried about them not making merge. but anyway, now to worry about myself: alissa claudia me and syd is quite the combo. i'm fucking terrified that fucking syd is going to flip on us because she's so against alissa and claudia. we have a 4-3 majority and syd fucking that up would be.... huge. also, i'm on a tribe with fucking brandon aka the cheater. gr8!!!!!! let's see if i can werk this. best case scenario, syd doesn't flip and we slay. if she does flip, she's closer to me than alissa and claudia so i think i can make it to merge alive. i'm just concerned about numbers once we get to that point.

"cordoba"

- I kinda expected to swap tribes. I mean, we are already deep into the season, and a no-swap pre-merge would've surprised me a lot. I expected a two-to-three tribes expansion though, but I prefer it like that because there's no place to hide in a 5-person tribe. I didn't really know my position in Cordoba because of the whole flip at our second TC, so now I'm glad everything got shuffled and I'm back in the majority. I have Shannon and Tymeka, who I have good relationships with since we were on that Girls Alliance together, and I have Alex, we were on the same (kinda shaky) alliance, the Strips and Solids, so I kinda trust him now that Amanda's gone to the other tribe. If we all stick together, we're gonna be able to pick off the three Formosa men. I'm kinda sad that the Blood Oath twist is over, since I like Rhone, but I'm not gonna risk throwing the challenge just to get him in our tribe. I know it would probably be smart to throw it because three Cordoba (including my closest ally Brandon) are in the minority and in danger over there, but I don't want to get too confident, throw it then get blindsided. I believe in Brandon/Cat/Amanda to find a crack, because seeing that Formosa TC, there must be cracks, crevices or caves in that majority... Jesus, that was long.

"cordoba"

- Well well well, I asked for this. What's my play? Be as sweet as possible to everyone, have chats, goof off, be a team player for the challenge and subtly throw everyone else under the bus. If it works, great. If it doesn't, well, I just cut myself shaving my gooch so I guess the day can always get worse.

"formosa"

- HOLY SHIT TRIBE SWAP. My first thoughts are that this isn't the worst position. At face value I am down 4-3, but that 4 is definitely not tight. Sydney, Ally, and Claudia all received votes last tribal council. Sydney has already approached both Catherine and myself about how ready she is to drop her old tribe, which seems like good news for the og Cordoba people. At this point I think Catherine trusts me so I'm willing to move forward with her. I still feel tight with Amanda as well and if we can get Sydney on our side that would be amazing!! I'm going to definitely work on my relationships with Alissa and Ally as well as Claudia so that I can maximize my options moving forward. Winning this immunity is extra nice because if we lose it's almost guaranteed that a Cordoba will leave due to the fact that Rhone would come to our tribe. I do have an idol if worst comes to worst so I'm not as paranoid as I usually would feel.

"formosa"

- Another hilarious part to this tribe swap is that I'm the only guy on a tribe with six women. This could factor in to their decisions possibly and they could decide to go hella women power on me, but hopefully the dynamics of the tribe aren't that way. I gotta pull a Vytas Bauskauskas right now and get to this merge. Gotta be sociable, soft spoken, kind, and real to get through this merge and that is something I'm capable of. The optimal approach on this tribe is to blend in like a chameleon and hide in plain sight.

"cordoba"

- It's making my damn day to imagine how Syd and Alissa feel getting swapped on the same tribe. I really want to win, not to keep me safe but just to see how their tribal shakes out. 10 bucks says Claudia gets another random hate vote.

"cordoba"

- I guess we're getting Spring Break, which is nice. It prolongs, by one day, my inevitable demise.

"formosa"

- Well, we did indeed swap and im on a tribe with Sydney, the one person i originally didnt wanna be with. That being said after getting to talk to her, I’ve realised we were basically pinned against each other by some of the guys on our old tribe. I feel like i put my trust in the wrong people and i wanna fix that while i still can.

"formosa"

- I wanna make sure the girls who were all on the old Formosa tribe stick together, that’s Ally, Claudia, Sydney and myself. I think we could do some major damage and make sure the girls dominate this season, we already talked about it and i don’t know how loyal they are to this alliance but im ready to be 100% committed to it. I’m not ready for a guy to play us all because we’re all strong intelligent strategic women who are BETTER than that. There needs to be another successful female alliance everyone will remember for a while!

"formosa"

- This break really took me out of the game to the point where I may volunteer to just get voted out lol I was about to send that in and call it a confessional BUT I remembered I promised Joey I'd avenge him so I'm going to do that before I get myself voted out! Basically a short recap of things that have transpired recently, we swapped(yay!) and my old tribe has majority(boo). I'm not even that mad anymore because I'm much more peaceful calm and inactive since the break, who has a 3 day break and expects you to just get back to work that's like, some real world stuff! Loljk, soo immediately after the swap happened I ran as quick as I could to the other tribe, and Catherine and Brandon answered and there nice! I was all ready to jump ship and sell everyone out and just vote my tribe off one by one, until Alissa came and basically was asking me why I hated her and I was like huh? She was the one who called me names, I just threw her under the bus to save Joey. But apparently dumb and dumber, Jake and Mackie, were playing both sides worse than I already figured. I knew they weren't really with me(or Ally but she was the one who was like infatuated with them(girl bye sisters before misters)), but I didn't think they were in this deep lol. They apparently were calling me a crazy bitch and saying I was doing all the stuff I was doing and talking a lot of crap on me, and Ally for that matter, and were the ones making Alissa and the rest of them think I was some crazy person. So Alissa made a chat with the four formosa girls and we all hashed it out and compared notes, everyone was like OMG THOSE FUCKERS, as I stood there with my 'I told you so' award, never trust men I guess! So now I'm in a great yet awkward position that's probably gonna blow up in my face lol.

"cordoba"

- A swap... fuck

So all the numbers are picked out and I just hope that I'm in a tribe with a numerical advantage because that would be the most ideal situation of me and it'd be the luckiest situation for me to be in because a big part of Survivor has to do with luck and just how lucky you can be in any given situation as well as how well you're able to adapt to what's in front of you so I just hope that I can be able to move forward with this swap as best as I can and be able to just survive as long as I can and not be the victim of the Formosa people who seem to be extremely divided at this point so if I do end up in a disadvantaged position, then I want to be able to get out of it as best as I can

So we swapped and I managed to stay in Cardoba with Tymeka, Marie, and Shannon and they're there people who I've been wanting to work with since the start of the game so I'm happy. I'm just trying to make sure that the Cordoba Four are tight and we don't have to deal with any craziness. I will say tho, I do not want to let Mackie get out of the tribe in one piece, like he does not give me good vibes and I just need his ass to go as soon as possible. The work now goes into how can I convince the girls to go along with me and take him out because I can see him getting into their heads and filling it with what they want to hear. My job is going to have to be to make sure that I let them know that it's in our best interest to take him out because he's know for being a strong player and so I just need that out of my hair and out of my game because I'm not dealing with him here.

"cordoba"

- Arg Episode Swap

Day 14
"cordoba"

- (takes a bow) (drops mic)(commits seppuku) Flappy bird will be the death of my game. bye.

"formosa"

- We had a wilddd last vote, Syd ended up having an idol & Joey was exposed for basically pulling an Aaron. Luckily I have a decent relationship with Ally & got her to promise she wouldn't vote for me, and Alissa sealed the deal by getting Ally to vote for Joey which saved my ass & was a decent result after he'd been throwing my name around. I quickly tried to make amends with Syd before the swap, & then ended up on the most iconic tribe ever oml. I'm reunited with Brandon who I love, but i havent decided if thats a good or bad thing. But oml shit is fucking crazy rn because as soon as we swapped, a chat was made with me, Ally, Alissa and Syd, and everyone just started spilling tea on Mackie & Jake, including a bunch of really personal shit - which left me shook but hey, as long as it ain't me!

"cordoba"

- Mackie, Jake and Justin are working really hard with their social games right now. The three of them are getting to know everyone from the majority, and yeah I'd rather have that than intense strategy from them. But, at the end of the day, I'm loyal to the Cordoba Four and I'm not gonna flip. Jake is kinda getting on my nerves too, saying he knows he's "probably going home", just, stop playing the victim and actually try to stay in this game! I'd like Mackie to go if we go to TC just because he's the only newbie in the minority, but if Jake continues like that, I don't know what I'll do. "cordoba"

- So after a day and a half, we finally get a challenge and it's fucking Flappy Bird... fuck my sad, sad life lol. I hope we're decent at it or else we're off to Tribal. But if we were to lose, I obviously wouldn't be opposed to going to Tribal simply because the original Cordobas will have a numerical advantage over Formosa and that's a plus in my book but I have a more I guess personal stake in going to Tribal and that is to eradicate a person who I think will be a thorn in my side down the line that manifests in the form of Mackie. I need him to go out of the game, I don't trust him, I think he's corny, like I need him to go. Like I'm sure if we talked outside of the game, he'd be a lovely person outsode of the game, but in-game, he's corny as fuck and dude's gotta go.

Oh noooo, we lost... is what someone who is on the outs would say, me on the other hand is kinda glad that we lost because that means that I'm a step closer to getting Mackie out and getting reunited with Rhonedaddy who I freaking adore so much but I need to come up with a plan to take Mackie out because it need to happen while I have numbers and can do it in a lowkey, nonchalant manner. Stay tuned.

"formosa"

- I am SHOOK we won, the only people who got good scores on our tribe were myself and amanda, i was ready to go to tribal but LUCKILY enough we did #THAT. I was mad i had worked so hard but knowing it ensured my safety i’d do it all over again. 100% Worth it.

"cordoba"

- Fuck iphones

Day 15
"cordoba"

- So the guillotine is about to come down and my plan is to suck as many dongs as possible so no one can say I didn't go out with a bang.

"cordoba"

- What else can I do? I can be sweet. I can be non-threatening. I can make myself seem like a good side-kick. That's my play. I'm not the "big moves" bro. If they see that, I think they'd be smart to keep me over someone that's gonna flip 100%.

"cordoba"

- I'm stopping at nothing this time. It's all about building bonds and I'm into bondage.

"cordoba"

- So we swap. I'm not exactly confident in my position, but I have Justin and Jake, 2 people that will remain loyal.

I try to start talking around, and It becomes evident that this 4 isn't going to be jumping to budge immediately. Everyone is scared to stick their neck out at this point, and so I'm banking on the challenge here.

But of course, Justin submits the wrong score, and Marie botches the challenge hard, so we have tribal. Now I tried to get these people talking all day to no avail. Tymeka said she wont write my name down, and I her. Alex said he wants to ""work with me"" but wants to cut Justin. I'm sure they're just turning Jake/I against Justin, but there's nothing else I can do at this point. The reality of my game potentially being over already is just starting to set it. It is very frustrating, because up until this point I've been playing an almost perfect game. Minor flaws, but nothing out of the realm of fixing. I just got dealt a shit hand, a bad swap. Shannon keeps putting off talking about the vote, and Marie is in a different time zone. I need to cut my sleep short tonight and wake up early. Because there is 0 chance I'm letting myself go home 6th without pulling out every last trick in my arsenal. If I need to blow up the game in the morning I will. I have too good of a position for a merge here to let my game end prematurely.

"formosa"

- hi friends it's been a while. okay so immediately after the swap i found out a lot about how the boys on the tribe had been treating us and jake and mackie are basically massive assholes. especially mackie. jake's lies were all game related, but mackie is actually just a horrid person. we flirted a bit (it was fucking MUTUAL he BRAGGED ABOUT HIS DICK SIZE) and then he immediately fucking went to alissa and was telling her personal shit and literally making fun of me while still pretending he was my friend and that's so fucking unforgivable in my eyes. he even said something like "hey she's bisexual maybe she'll be into you too!! i'll find out LOL" like what is that???? what a piece of shit!!! my sexuality is not something to mock you sexist piece of garbage. there is no way that making fun of me could have benefited his game in any way, it's just him being a fucking piece of work. it goes beyond that too like he told me and alissa the same shit about us being 'different' and he could have actual conversations with us and shit like we compared notes and i'm not sure why he's fucking stupid enough to think that girls don't fucking talk to each other and catch on to this shit. i've heard a lot of good shit about mackie and it's disappointing that he would underestimate us like this and assume he's smarter than us and we won't see thru his BS. jake just lied about game shit and him and mackie basically played all the girls against each other. it doesn't matter now though we've all hashed it out and there is oodles of trust between me alissa syd and claudia now. the girl power is strong in this season xx anyway they're at tribal council and i hope one of the two of them gets voted off!! i'm pretty sure justin is mostly innocent in all of this so i hope they'd rather break up the jake/mackie pair. if we all get to merge and mackie is still there the plan is to act like nothing changed and that we're super relieved to be back with him and then blindside him ☺ lowkey though hoping he just gets voted off so i don't gotta deal with his annoying ass

"cordoba"

- As I said before, I would've liked for Mackie to go, since he's a Formosa newbie. But apparently, Jake has been pushing for me to go! He told Alex that I told him I wanted to make "big moves" but that's a complete lie! Now, Jake can go back to wherever he's coming from because I don't want anyone even slightly mentioning my name to stay in this game. I trust Alex, Shannon and Tymeka and hopefully none of them will flip. I think I have enough of a good relationship with the three of them, but you never know, anyone could be blindsided.

"cordoba"

- I think I managed to move the Formosa Guys' target on Alex's back. Sorry Alex, but I'd rather it to be you than me. Mackie is giving me really good arguments to flip, and that makes him even more dangerous! If he's that good with his words that he can make me doubt a little, that means he has to go. I'm gonna stay loyal to the Cordoba Four and vote Jake out, and I'd love for Mackie to go next. I think I've made a good job to position myself in the middle, hopefully I won't get caught.

"cordoba"

- So the four Cordobas decide that a Formosa guy is gonna go (SHOCKER, I know right) but I need to steer the girls to go in the direction that I want them to go in, but if Jake or Justin goes, that's fine too, I just need Mackie to go while he's a sitting duck.

So the four of us basically map out what our plan is gonna be and we came to the consensus that it's either going to be Mackie or Jake because they're a Blood Oath pair and we need to split them up. After that we decided that our best bet was to take the person who we felt was the biggest danger to us down the line and take them out. If I had it my way, it'd be Mackie, bit we went around in a circle and decided that Jake was the more threatening of the two and now Jake has to go, which is unfortunate because I really like him but I want to win and if I make any waves, it's gonna put a target on me and I don't need that stress in my life. I'd prefer the vote be Mackie, but it's not just my decision, it's the four of our decision and we had to decide and so we do what we gotta do. Sorry Jake :-/

I want to trust those who I'm working with and to an extent, I really do. Tymeka and Shannon have always been dead ass when they say that they're loyal. My biggest concern is and has always been Marie, like I love her to death but she's had a record of being shady be it the time Rhone was a decoy to the time now Jake saying that she's thinking of making a big move. I dunno, it could just be my paranoia getting the best of me but it's a hard thing to work through.

I also talked to Mackie today just to see if I could get him to go for a decoy vote in the form of Justin and that didn't work given that he was beyond stand-offish and he was trying to act all slick but I managed to catch on to the way he was talking to me and I really didn't appreciate it. Then the cherry on top was his proclamation that he had an idol, which was clearly fake because 1. He didn't have a clue or 2. He found my Gary Hogeboom Idol but the actual probability of him find one is astronomical, just like his chances at winning the game. I guess we'll see how it goes because at this point I feel like Dani and her heart palpitations.

"formosa"

- YAAAAAAS WE WON FUCKING FLAPPY BIRD. I'm a total flappy flop so winning this challenge was huuuuge. Not getting Rhone in our tribe was a benefit because then an original cordoba wouldn't be targetted automatically. It also means another round of avoiding having to play my idol. Strategically this tribe is an odd place for me in this game so the more we can win the better it is for me. It's ultimately more time to form bonds with my tribemates and more time to buy.