I Want Blood Shed/Confessionals

Day 1
"talap"

- I sent Maya a friend request and she hasn't accepted it dnaskjfnajskdf dear god

"samsao"

- i have so much to compute, okay 24 person season, that's nothing, i'm not worried about that. i mean i only went moderately insane during a 22 person season so really, how bad could this be. there are SO MANY PEOPLE i either know or have hosted, that's like ????? but okay there's also some ppl i need to speak to and get to know on my tribe like Yannick and Erin. On the other hand are my two good friends from playing LoL, Sim and Anna. who knows if that'll extend to the game tho. And then there are Miguel and Jenna, both of whom I hosted twice. and last is...Clifford. Oh god Clifford, there's so much baggage there I need to have it validated by the TSA. I'll go into depth with that later.

"talap"

- I spoke to Kostas and he is like "people may be threatened by me because they think my NZ game was good, I have started flopping since then" I mean its obvious that hes trying to downplay himself so i dont target him for being a threat. I decided to tell him that I wont hold it against him because past performances shouldnt make or break your second shot at the win. I hope that establishes a bond between us, but I will keep it in my back pocket that he thinks people perceive him as a threat.

"talap"

- I have good feelings about Nathan, Taylor, and Kostas so far. Maya is pretty quiet so far, so my gut instinct is telling me to be skeptical so far. I need to talk to Julez now, I have yet to do that. She still has yet to accept my friend request though sooooooo.... yeah. Hopefully she hits accept soon.

"phaluai"

- Not a first confessional I imagined making but Tyson just said my manga looks like a possessed witch? Excuse me Tyson watch yo mouth or I'll be casting a spell to get you out. I spent like 1 hour and half of this manga where is the appreciation?!

"talap"

- I'm just gonna take a backseat to this superhero movie discussion, I aint seen a single one of those things. I don't want to shift the conversation to be about myself and how I haven't watched them, because that would probably annoy the tribe lowkey, so I will just stay quiet for now.

"talap"

- Talking more to Julez, she seems cool! I had no idea she was a first boot so it was awkward as hell when I asked her if she enjoyed Sichuan. I think we recovered though, now we are discussing ""iconic"" and the preseason tea meme, let's see where this goes.

I am still skeptical about Maya since she has gone MIA and hasn't responded to my message yet, so I'm just kinda sitting here like

"talap"

- This is the first time I am playing a returnee season. And I have been getting used to be viewed as a huge threat and having to lay REAAAAALLY low nd REAAAALLY combat my paranoia to keep the target off me. (Usually unsuccesfully). But here I have so many people that are sooo much more obvious than me. I am gonna get my guns out!!

"talap"

- So who the hell is this b*tch and why she has the same name as me?

"phaluai"

- I was initially worried about seeing the cast I was like got serious social game to be working. Me and Hannah straight away formed a final 2 which I intend on sticking too because she is loyal too. On the other hand, me and Tyson have clicked really well and also formed a final 2. The people I am looking at possibly aligning with outside of that are Chris and Jake. Obviously, just need to keep my options open and not cast anyone out yet. You don't know if you will need people further down the line for tribe swaps and who knows these people might be playing you. You never know. All I know is I am coming for that crown.

"talap"

- Whoops, I think I started asking too many questions to Kostas, I mean it was just about places hes traveled, but he read them and didn't respond sjndgjakng I'm just hoping he decides to respond

"phaluai"

- I am SO happy to be back. Im so glad I did this. I'm already have so much fun strategising with people and getting to know my tribe it's great! I'm just feeling everyone out, this time to make friends while people are still vulnerable, because no body wants to be the first voted out, especially on a returnee season. I'm really just having fun. It's way to early to target people, this is the time to make friends. It's gonna be a long game. And I'm ready. Game on Bitches, it's do or die.

"talap"

- Okay Kostas ended up responding and we are good. I feel pretty good with my position on the tribe so far, I hope this stays.

"phaluai"

- http://imgur.com/a/BF54v

So first Brett messaged me. THINKING THAT I WAS JULIA FOOT. 😂😂😂😂 which btw killed me, because I thought I was a mess.

Second I MESSAGED JULIA WOODS instead of Julia Foot to tell her about the Brett situation.

3rd I messaged Yannick because I thought he was Evan. & I was making a joke. Which in the end failed because it would have only worked if YANNICK ACTUALLY SAID IT. On my way to kill myself now! Oh & yes I almost sent this to the tribe chat 😂

"phaluai"

- I didn't think it was possible to be this messy 2 & 1/2 hours into the game. Bye 😂

"phaluai"

- Alietta is my Alissa this season. Meaning I'll be loyal as heck to her 🙂

"phaluai"

- i’m baaaaaack! this feels….. strange. i lowkey feel like i dont belong in this season jkfkjg i’m really excited though and im gonna play my ass off!

alright ill just get straight into this cast. first of all 24 people i literally wanna die thanks. 3 azerbaijan people. me, hannah, and cl*fford meyers. ofc 2 people from that season i prob have the most fucking beef with. i LITERALLY had to UNBLOCK clifford meyers bc he’s been blocked since azer. hannah and i didnt get along in trent’s big brother game so already? I’m a mess.

this tribe is rly cool tho!!! me and alietta seemed to hit it off rly quickly cause we type like the same gjkgjgkj but that girl is sneaky as hellllll im never going to fully trust her. i saw how she played in archetypes and im not ab to be bamboozled. theres chris who had a p good convo with me until he stopped responding lol. tyson got really boring really fast but he seems cool? fine ig? i’m still searching for hannah’s personality and julia’s social game but it’s fine. pris was the last person i talked to and she seems like,…. idk ??? like shes rly nervous and idk if thats her strategy to make me try to comfort her??? she’s really sweet maybe thats her strategy to act like innocent idk. she’s cool. am i missing someone? i have to check.. chris… oh wait did i mix up chris and brett??? fuck wait. OOOOOH brett is the old one okay yeah hes coool he’s going on a date im sure he’ll be able to talk more tomorrow or something. he seemed funny so i think i’ll like him.

the guys on this tribe def seem to be more likable and gamey??? and then alietta also falls into that. and then hannah/pris/julia are likable girls that kinda have the same strategy lool. i lowkey think one of the girls will be first to go on our tribe but idk obviously no game has been talked about yet. and i think the first challenge will help us if we have to go to tribal.

uh with the other tribes any notable people… nathan is going to be TROUBLE for me because i CLOCKED him on tumblr and he knows how i play. im sure hes looking for revenge and god am i nervous for that bc i KNOW how he tries to talk to people and work his social game and he’s good at it. that’s a worry for another day tho. cliff obviously yall wanted this iconic rivalry again and you’ll fucking get it cause i want blood. i play w sim and eva on league theyre icons. annabelle and annajane are from epicmafia so i have some ties to them. jenna is from tumblr but we never have like spoken.. but she won on tumblr so im keeping my eyes on her. yeah i think that’s it. sdlkjfkgjl

whew i’m ready to get this game started cause i hate this getting to know people / fake chatting. i want blood shed already.

"talap"

- My strategy in this game right now is to focus on my social game. I need to make sure that I am not a name people WANT to suggest when thinking who to vote, and I need to ensure that I am a person that the tribe wants to take with them further. I know that Nathan is a big threat, but for now I need to stick with him. I know that many people will see him as a person to trust, and if Nathan gets into some sort of power just through people coming to him alone, I feel that he would be inclined to keep me safe as well. I am aware that I probably would not be able to beat Nathan, and that he is an immunity threat, so I just need to remember that I cannot let my emotions get the best of me, and when Nathan needs to go for being a threat, he needs to go. I think that I will be able to get a relationship going with Rhiannon, and she is someone that I really want to go far with in this game. I hate seeing her get premerged so often because she honestly is such a great person and player, but just gets screwed over. Again though, I need to remember that same thing about making sure I remember she is a threat and not let emotions ruin my game by handing it over to her. I believe I am on good terms with everyone that has been online tonight, besides Maya, and hopefully that work I have put in so far will be worth it and will be a good first step towards a good social game. I hope this game is the best one I have ever played, and I can finally take home a win. It is literally only night 1, though, so I can't get too carried away. 🙂

"talap"

- Good news is that Taylor just told me he heard from Julez and she said she likes me so far. I am really happy to hear that the effort I'm putting into being social is really working 🙂

"talap"

- Loving that Rhiannon is online, so far we are just snatching people that aren't even in the game L M F A O. I can tell that we are going to get along well and right now I think I might be the only person she has talked to on the tribe. I think Julez was online at some point, so they might have talked a bit.

"talap"

- OOP! I didn't mean to say "lets talk later" to Rhi in the tribe chat, hopefully that comes across as harmless LMFAO, I thought I was in PMs at that moment

"talap"

- I'm just gonna ask a question in the tribe chat to distract them, hope this works LMAO

"talap"

- First day at our camp, phew I hope i made a good impression to the other players. I have known no one in this game. None of them from my season nor I have a past experience with them. I'm literally alone in this place of returnees. I was approached by the others first, like almost of my tribe mates. I hope this is a good sign that they know and like my presence.

Haven't made any alliances yet with any but I already had someone on my mind to be my allies. Julez & Jace is top on my list. However, my top priority right now is not to make any enemies early in the game and try to survive the pre-merge.

"phaluai"

- So the game is officially on! First of all I'm totally shocked to even be here. I totally didn't expect to get cast but I'm super happy that I did. The games going well for me so far, I came into the this with zero pre game alliances so I was worried I'd be easy pickings. But I've used my social game to make some friends and Alietta has even already offered me an alliance. She's exactly what I need right now. A big threat who will take bullies for me while I stay in the background for awhile. I hope this season goes well and I'm ready to fucking get shit done.

"phaluai"

- Since it's not 4AM anymore, I thought I'd give a detailed rundown on my fellow tribemates. Chris: I think he is going to be loyal but I know he did very well on his season. He is acting like I am his number one right now, which is good for me, but for all I know it could be a way to get me to trust him. Regardless, I have established a allegiance with him. Brett: He seems nice and he stans Mystique and all but left me on read like...? Since I don't really know much about him on game-levels or personal, if there was a vote-off right now that's where I would try put the votes. Tyson: Tyson is probably the person I've talked to most and I believe I have his trust. I do think he plays like me in terms of aligning with a lot of people. I think further down the line he will be someone to watch out for but right now, I think he's going to stay loyal to me. We have an official alliance (F2). Hannah: I'd say my ally right now but she seems a little messy. She flopped on her last two seasons so I think she just wants to do well and find people to help her get past the first few tribals. I will make sure that I am that person who helps her out and find those people so that she feels like I have her back, which I do. I do think she is a loyal girl and I want to use that and strengthen her into a greater player by keeping her messiness under control. Julia: My heart is currently with her and due to understanding circumstances, she's missed out on the initial relationship building. I was real with her and let her know she can speak to me about anything and that her main focus should be with family right now. If we somehow end up at the first tribal, I will make sure she doesn't go home first because I believe she's not been given a fair chance due to personal problems. Seems a lovely girl and appreciated my advice. Pris: She seems to hold a lot back and I believe she would be in danger if we ended up going to tribal. She has hosted me twice so she very much has a good view on my gameplay, which is a downfall or positive for me. As of yet, that's still up in the air. That's it. As of now, I am trying to build an alliance of five with Chris, Tyson, Jake and Hannah. I've told Jake that me and him are a duo and Tyson/Chris are but I have messed up and created a duo with every person in the alliance. As of now, my loyalties are to them but my main allegiance is up in the open and I need to adapt day-by-day to the situation, twists and tribemates. I do think I am off to a good start but also a risky one. I need to step-back, let someone else take charge (Tyson) and make sure everything is going to look like his way.

"phaluai"

- After quite a bit of gaming last night, I already feel like I've done the limit and I don't want to push my agenda much more. My goal of today is to leave the game to the side a bit and truly get to know the tribemates for who they are; A) because I personally want to get to know them and learn about them as I'm a sociable person and B ) because I believe if the tribemates believe I genuinely want to have a conversation with them leaving the game aside, they may believe that I have their interests personally and not just for game purposes. If people think I'm just talking to them for game, they will believe that I'm using them and not being genuine. If they know I'm genuinely wanting to get to know them as people and not game players, there is more likely a chance they want to trust me and know that I have good intentions.

"samsao"

- So my first impressions of my tribe are pretty damn good. I enjoyed my conversations so far with all of these people and can't believe how much I relate to them. It's a tough going finding out who to align with and who to target if we lose a challenge but for now, I'm focused on establishing the tone early and winning the first comp. I want to see the other tribes shake in anxiety as they vote out one of their own.

"talap"

- I'm back and ready to improve on my last games to win, but most importantly, I just want to have more fun and not stress so much. My first game, I was in majority and control the whole game. My second game, I was playing from the bottom most of the game. I've played both ways and failed both times. I need to find that happy medium I guess?

My tribe is great so far, and I so badly hope we win all of these challenges! I am not sure how people feel about me. I really like Jace and formed an alliance with him, but I am not 100% sure he trusts me or is trustworthy yet. I like Nathan and Julez as well! Rhi and Anna are M.I.A., and I think it could affect their chances moving forward. I would like to get to know them first, but if they miss the challenge, I think they're in trouble.

The only legit worry I have as of right now is Kostantinos! I've played a Big Brother game with him before, and he is a hot mess of a player sometimes. So unpredictable. I worry that he has some beef with me. One of the first things he said to me was that he doesn't think I like him that much. That instantly made me uneasy about trying to work with him. I don't hate him! He's a really cool dude, but I don't think that he feels he can trust me, therefore I cannot trust him. I don't want him to turn people against me. I hope Jace, Nathan, Julez, myself, and someone else can form a majority if we were to go to tribal.

All I know for sure is I am so excited for this season. Can't wait to see what it brings! New twist sounds fun. Ready to have some funnnn!

"phaluai"

- the first time I talked to Chris NL was on Skype & I thought it was nick roberts 😂 we bonded over that. Plus he's extremely funny & I can see us working together. Jake is actually pretty cool, we're both panicking over real life right now. Tyson seems nice too, it's a bit awkward but he's nice. Brett well we know how that went 😂😂😂 Julia thought it was funny that I messaged the wrong one & I like her too she's nice. ALIETTA OBVIOUSLY LOVE. LOVE LOVE LOVE. Pris hasn't talked to anyone from what I've heard so lol.

"talap"

- The interesting thing about Anna is that even though I hosted her first season, I am still in the dark about her gameplay. She was pretty UTR in my eyes and I think only sent in 10 total confessionals (which I have surpassed in one day LMAO). All I remember from her is a ball gif she posted all the time, and when she lied to someone about an idol clue and made a confessional like "HAHAHAHA BIITTTCHHH MUTHAFUKKKAAA" I stanned that confessional

"phaluai"

- I'm indifferent about this Twist. This game is a risk. And you need to make risks in this game to win. From my original season we had Cave Island, and that completely effected the game as there was two big alliances and people were going home each vote from both due to cave island. The temple of fate is just a big cave island. I know This is defiantly going to effect the game hugely.

"talap"

- I am avoiding outright talking game with people right now, I do not want them to be uncomfortable by me pushing for alliances or anything yet. If my social game is good enough, they will ask me. Well I will stand by this thought until I notice people just aren't asking me at all. Taylor already lowkey mentioned an alliance, but that is all I have heard so far. He's pretty savvy from what I can tell.

"samsao"

- Well hot damn! Good to be back on the beach! I missed my tan. My nipples have been hard for this for months now. I just miss the sounds of my enemies cries at night. I look forward to raising some hell. I haven't had much time to operate but I'm pretty sure I got Miguel solidified as a ride-or-die and a side pocket alliance with Jenna and Eva. We'll need a 5th person to give us the numbers. I like Anna Belle, I like Yannick, haven't talked to Sim yet, and Erin comes of kinda snaky, which could be fun. Basically at this stage, I want to see who believes they are a big target and convince them they need me as a bigger target. But, I'm getting the feeling that I might not be as big of a target as I thought I might be coming in? Might get to sit back and blend. We'll see. I don't want to play too hard too fast but I need to get my hooks in and establish my wrecking crew as we plow down everything in our way. I'm not here for a joyride, I'm here to roll with killers. I want people who aren't afraid to pull out all the stops and break some hearts. I mean... hell... that's why I'm here.

"talap"

- Holy shit, I’m back on the main org, and I think I must be insane for signing back onto this again, ready for the pure paranoia.

"talap"

- Okay, pleasantly surprising so far, my tribe seems really nice, I love Taylor, Jace, Nathan & Julez, Maya is really sweet too, I could definitely see myself working well into the game with some of these people!

Day 2
"talap"

- Oh jesus, this isn't good for my game. It is supposed to be 83 and sunny tomorrow aka the beach is gonna be paaacccked. Hopefully I have time in between customers or something to answer questions, I'll have to go on break I suppose. If I am unable to perform well in this challenge because of work, I hope that my position in the tribe will be significant enough to keep me safe. Fingers crossed.

"phaluai"

- Hey! Guess this is my first actual confessional of the season. To be honest I'm a little down but do not worry because I will not let this affect my social game nor my motivation to play. I am NOT letting another Cyprus happen, especially since I'm getting a third chance in the first place.

Rather than doing a full cast assessment and having to type ""I don't know anything about this person"" over and over, I'll just do it for the people on my tribe.

Alietta: I've hosted for Alietta twice and I know that Alietta is a very aggressive player who you do not want to cross. Whether or not I wanna work with Alietta is another question. I'm pretty sure Alietta is very loyal to allies but the thing is I'm pretty sure Alietta doesn't like me, at least from our lack of conversation lol

Brett: We're both from California so that's something I guess. I'm kind of getting the vibe that he really only wants to talk to me because he has to, and that's a fair vibe to give off since that's what everyone's doing anyway, but I feel like we won't be able to hold that many long conversations at all.

Chris: I like Chris a lot, at least judging from our first conversation. I heard he's a really cutthroat player though so that's kind of at the back of my mind whenever I even think about working with him. That being said, he seems really nice.

Hannah: Okay to be honest I haven't talked to Hannah yet. Mainly because I'm not sure if I'm supposed to talk to her on her ORG facebook or her personal one. A lot of my tribe mates added her personal one because it's in the chat and the group but her ORG one has her manga as the profile pic??? I don't know. Anywho, I did kind of backstab her in this one game a year and a half ago, hopefully she doesn't hold grudges. I also remember not having that much common with her either, so I guess we'll see how it goes.

Julia: I haven't talked with Julia like at all yet. I feel kind of bad about not giving her condolences in the tribe chat so I guess I've been kind of afraid. I don't really know much about her, but I'm definitely gonna shoot her a message later.

Tyson: He was the first one to add me and message me! He was also the first one to stop the conversation. He seems cool but like I don't think I can really connect with him since we really only talk about the basics. Also his wiki username kinda gives me bad vibes but I guess I shouldn't really base too much off that.

All in all, I do not feel safe about going to tribal. I haven't solidified enough trust yet and I can only hope that we manage to win immunity because I know that my name will definitely be out there as a possible vote out. Here's to hoping!

"talap"

- I told my boss that I need to go on break at 2, and he said that's fine so hopefully I have enough time then to do this challenge and do it well enough to not need to go into round 2. I am so nervous and my game can't be over due to fucking work commitments on day 3. No way.

"samsao"

- it's been a day and I laid down two F2 deals so far, Miguel and Anabelle. Neither of them fully trust the other so most likely won't gab about me. Im coming into this season with zero hesitancy to cut throats. It's my last chance and I want to really leave my mark on the game. So far I got two string relations, an alliance with Jenna and Eva, and I know I want Erin gone ASAP. She's going to be dangerous. I don't know anything about her but my gut is sending out sirens. Sim has been MIA, Yannick will be alright to work with but could be dangerous. We'll see how this all plays out. Really want to get an idol first to feel some security.

"talap"

- Taylor brought up the idea of putting together a majority alliance to save us in case we lose this upcoming challenge. I agree with this plan mainly because I am scared that it will be me if we lose considering my work might get in the way of performing on my A game at this challenge. I suggested to him Rhi and Julez because I know I can trust Rhi, and Taylor told me that Julez said she liked me. I also mentioned Nathan as a 5th, but the problem is I guarantee that Nathan is good with everyone on the tribe and that is a dangerous person to have around. It is so hard because so far I like everyone, even Anna who I literally had like a 2 second conversation with. I need to see what Taylor says about those two I suggested first, and then we can go from there. We only need 5 people to be safe this vote.

"talap"

- So I had to act to Taylor like I had just had a conversation with Maya about forming an alliance, even though I mentioned working with her to her before he even agreed that she should be a member of the alliance LMAO. Right now things are looking pretty good, as far as I know. I am still waiting on Maya and Taylor to speak to Julez, but I know that she is on a date right now so its no rush. Other than that, I just need confirmation from Rhi when she wakes up that she wants in on the alliance. I do feel bad not including Nathan in on this plan, but he's a threat and I can't intertwine my allies with him in case he needs to be taken out in the future (which is inevitable). Taylor suggested "we can use him as an additional number if we end up needing him" and I guess that will work. I will keep him in on the loop if we go to tribal, but knowing him I'm sure he's already getting information from the whole tribe. I can't actively target him, I feel like it would be a detriment to my game, especially this early.

"talap"

- RIP at the tribe disappearing when we need to plan for the challenge, at least if we lose the blame can't be thrown on me, I was here to strategize 🙂

"samsao"

- once again im one of the ppl contributing most to the first challenge. SIGH it's so hard being a player who actually puts effort in 😉 but jk erin is actually doing the most by far so go her, i was sort of considering her as a first target but she really seems like one of the most committed so i think we'll need her more likely than not.

"talap"

- So um, yeah where is Anna? LMAO our challenge is in 4 hours and she is still MIA... This aint looking too good for us

"phaluai"

- I am SO happy to be back. Im so glad I did this. I'm already have so much fun strategising with people and getting to know my tribe it's great! I'm just feeling everyone out, this time to make friends while people are still vulnerable, because no body wants to be the first voted out, especially on a returnee season. I'm really just having fun. It's way to early to target people, this is the time to make friends. It's gonna be a long game. And I'm ready. Game on Bitches, it's do or die.

"phaluai"

- Alright so I've done a bit of talking and I've learned a few things. Jake has told me that apparently people are bringing up my name as someone who's quiet, which I can understand but, I guess I'm just too quick to assume that someone doesn't want to talk to me if they've left my message on seen heh 😞. (Although I'm guilty of that too) He also tells me that I should try socializing more with Alietta, Tyson, and Chris because he feels like they're going to be very influential.

So anywho, here's an updated look at my thoughts on my tribe mates so far:

Hannah: I talked to her and she was really cool about me not messaging her yet. I was right about not being the best at holding conversations with her.

Julia: I talked to her and she's really sweet~ We didn't get to talk much because she's been busy but I really like her from what I've read.

Tyson: I'm trying to talk to Tyson more and he doesn't really seem that interested in our talks at all. I don't really blame him because I'm boring af but it just sucks. 😣

Brett: Again, he's cool, but he doesssss leave my messages on read a lot. Might be hard working with him.

Jake: I love Jake, he's really nice and I think I talk to him the most often now. We have each other's backs, or at least I'd like to think so.

Chris: he is a cinnamon roll and he must be protected at all costs

Alietta: I'm talking with Alietta and Alietta's really cool too. I guess I should wait until the pressure is on to see if my original assumptions were right or not.

ALSO, FUCKIN ALL OF THE PEOPLE I ASKED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE SAID THEY WEREN'T THAT GOOD AT ORG OR SURVIVOR INFO EXCEPT LIKE TYSON WHO SAID HE KNEW SURVIVOR. BASICALLY I'M EXPECTING THE WORST FOR THIS CHALLENGE AND HOPING FOR THE BEST

"phaluai"

- Right now, I find it really awkward with Brett being on the tribe. He is no responsive and it can come across as quite blunt. If we was going to go to tribal, I am in favour of Brett going and I want that to happen. I am there talking about being fussy with males and he's like "At 17? Not a big deal." first actual detailed response I got out of the boy but it was the first time he used a full-stop with me and I was like...wyd?! Jake informs me that Tyson really likes Brett and is hinting at getting Pris out first on the tribe. Personally, that's not what I want. Pris is connected to Eva and Rhiannon, two of my former allies and friends, and that's a potential ally to me down the line in swaps etc. I need to push for Brett to leave without it coming across as intimidating or just my opinion so I am dropping little bombs such as the situation I mentioned earlier, the fact he was awarded player of the season, others don't feel good around him. But of course, I am here to what's "best for our alliance". That's the point I need to push forward most." I feel like Chris is easier to sway than Tyson so I am going to work on that next before bringing it up with him. Finally, things might of changed dramatically by the time we go to our first tribal so I have to adapt based on what's going on during that period of time.

"talap"

- So I got the ball rolling on a majority alliance. I spoke to Jace, and I asked him who he likes. He brought up all but Kostas and Anna, which is perfect! So we are forming a group of Jace, Rhi, Maya, Julez, and Myself. Jace said something that made me feel like he may think I am playing too hard too fast by forming this group, so now that this is formed, I am going to calm down a little until we go to tribal, and I won't be bringing up anything about wanting Kos and Anna out unless someone else does. I feel better having an alliance set.

If we do lose, I think Anna will bite the dust... is that how that phrase works? Yes... I think so. Anyway, she is STILL not here, and it's our third day. Hope she makes it to the challenge, but I am doubtful. I really want to win the challenge, but at least she is an easy target in front of me due to her lack of participation.

"talap"

- Me when I'm starving my ass at work so I have an excuse to take a break at 2

"phaluai"

- Brett says why ya gotta do this during brunch? The real question is Brett, why ya gotta do brunch during the challenge?

"phaluai"

- I hate slating people behind their backs but Brett's social game is really really atrocious and that is a very bad start to Survivor. He comes across blunt, unapproachable with his responses and seems to have something against younger castaways? He feels like nothing we do in terms of like (eg occupations) are not as important to us? He keeps saying things aren't a "big deal"? Why does age define whether something is a big deal or not? Here's your answer Brett: it doesn't.

"talap"

- *starves myself at work all day and goes on break at 2 to compete* Also me: *gets taken out question one without even answering*

"talap"

- Jake is serving some Greece Missy robot teas with these rapid ass answers.

"phaluai"

- Priscilla is quite a strange one, The more i get to know her, Like she's previously told me a hobby of her's includes Naps, like yes iconic, but like really gurl wyd out here. She's a strong competitor but her social game is lacking, there is something about her that i like tho.

"phaluai"

- Alietta has become my best ally in the game. He's a super sweet wonderful person. With a lot of determination. Hes giving me some Monica Culpepper vibes of Paranoia about how credible his loyalty is, like Ive told him we're on the same page multiple times but he's insisted on telling me for an hour how loyal he is, like sure thing why not. Metaphorically I could be the Tyson to his Monica😉. In all seriousness he's a good player and is going to be good ammunition against the other players.

"talap"

- Okay phase two of the alliance making plan is complete, everyone is on the same page and is good with working together. I am waiting to do phase 3 (make the alliance group of myself, Taylor, Maya, Julez, and Rhi) until after the challenge because for now we already have enough going on in our facebook messengers. Hopefully this alliance stays true, I am really happy about the people within it 😁

"talap"

- So the first round of that challenge was an utter disaster buuuuut we still have another round to play so fingers crossed that we're not a hot mess yet again. Cause I swear to god if I have to go to the first tribal again, I'm gonna flip.

"samsao"

- I am being stalked at night, hunted as prey, by Jake, looming in the shadows, waiting to slit my throat. My god this dude. He's pissy that he got knocked out by one vote because me and my ally Joe were in the minority numbers 2v3 and I played an idol for both of us. We split the votes between Rob and Jake because they were both dangerous both Rob was our target. Rob pulled an idol out of his ass too so then the vote that JOE cast for Jake is the vote that knocked out Jake. He immediately said some salty shit then blocked me. Now we're in this game and I know that he's out for blood. I might end up on the blunt end of karma. He took out my team during that challenge like a vicious sniper whose only purpose in life is growing his kill count. I don't know what I do when I'm finally face to face with this guy. This dude is like a terminator. Walking through walls, swimming through lava, and shit.

"talap"

- All I gotta say is Miguel and Jake are on my hit list after this challenge. haha

"talap"

- I will literally be the saltiest motherfucker in the world if Anna doesn't go home tonight.

"phaluai"

- Going into the immunity challenge, I was quite worried. I wanted to go out early so incase we lost I didn't want to be the blame and therefore my decision was to answer at least one question correctly. I still contributed to the challenge but wasn't the biggest challenge threat there. Hannah was like "SORRY I AM ON A RIDE BYE" I was like girl you should be riding this challenge WYD?! Anyway, we won the challenge and I am very happy. Our tribe did an amazing job, especially Jake. I trust Jake so I made sure to push for him to go to the temple by saying the person who answered the most correct should go.

"phaluai"

- On a season like last stand you need to do two things. One: Reflect on your past games. And Two: Correct any mistakes you made. Back in Sri Lanka I made the horrible choice to really show my challenge strength early on. That eventually lead to me being a big target come merge. And today day one I made people forget for just a moment how dangerous I can be. I decided to Answer the very first question wrong, even if it's just by misspelling it will make people forget how dangerous I can be. I knew the answer... I've played on the hunger games wiki with Justin since 2011. But showing the others that I'm just an idiot who can't make it past the first round will make people underestimate me.

"samsao"

- if you're reading this i have a f2 with clifford #red

"talap"

- Ok I really think I'm in a way better position this time around 🤗. I didn't miss the first hours of the game so that was the key factor of my elimination last time. I have to learn from that mistake Lol. I have a good relationship with everyone except the missing girl. Let's call her the OA. I'm already working on having a 5 person alliance to be in a good spot and TBH I think is perfect that no one even knows me or thinks I'm an unthreatening. See being under the radar will definitely put me in a good position at an all returnee season and I'm planning on specially getting close to the strong ones so they all count me as one of their numbers. That's why my immediate friendship targets are jace and Taylor, both really good players for what I've seen so far. Jace has a thing for the girls so he likes rhi maya and myself which is good. I might be starting the game with the right foot this time around. But of course I have to go to the first tribal so everyone can think I'm franchesqua and then I impress everyone when I snatch that crown!! 💅🏼💆🏻👑 Lol!

"talap"

- So I looove this tribe. I don' t think I have overstretched this. I ADOOOORE THIS TRIBE. There is a sense of fun. Everyone is cool, noone is crazy. I am having so much fun. The hosts are really mindful of my timezone and many people are not from the US and this is an absolute pleasure. Also, there is a sense of All Stars, majestic gameplay to come. This is great. I am a little disappointed that my tribe has this rodent for insignia and the others have majestic creatures but it' s ok.

"talap"

- I think I have created pretty good social bonds. I am in pretty long conversations with most of the people and I already have inside jokes with all of them. I need to pinpoint which ones I need to get in a 4-5 person alliance. I want to take the credit for the creation of that alliance. Let me do a cast assessment: Julez - My reina Mexicana. We are doing spanish lessons together. I love her. She is great, she is older. We clicked immediatly. She even brought up that we should be allies. She is amazing!!!

Nathan - Nathan is kinda rough around the edges. My firt conversations were a little shorter but then we went on and talked about Greece and The Bahamas and before I said anything he came up and was like Bahamas and Greece seem to like each other.

Jace - I have talked to Jace the most. He is a great dude. He is veery young and his conversations sem a little biased. I can see him trying to force a conversation. I feel like he is overtrying and I will have him in my mind for now, but I don' t think I would go too far with him.

Maya - Maya and I had a lengthy chat. Her wikia page is full with comments about what a good player she is. Still, had a nice conversation and today she twice initiated a chat with me. I think I like her. I would totally work with her. We will see how it will go with Rhi and I may replace these too.

Rhiannon - Easily the most easy going person around here. The gerbil joke is cracking me up. I adore her. Which means. I have to vote her outt ASAP cause if she has that effect on me, then I can imagine what she does to others. I o want her around because she is in a european Timeline though.

Taylor - I have played with Taylor before in BB7 and our partnership didn' t go that well. I am wary of him tbh, and worried he may be wanting me out. But he as the first one to talk to me and always speaks to me so I have to be on the fance about it.

Anna - Anna invisible. Yeah, I get is, she is on a cruise. But I have played with her another time and he was inactive then too, It crosses my mind that I may be able to use her but I want this game to be fun and active and I would love to see her go first.

So I am working on making an alliance consisting of myself, Nathan, Rhiannon, Julez and Maya. This is my ideal scenario but you know... people are intechangeable

"talap"

- I know that Taylor wants Anna out, and Rhi and Julez seem set on her as well. It is interesting, however, because Julez did say to me that she was apprehensive about voting Anna because she wanted to "keep that easy target as long as possible" but I guess she changed her mind (?). Maya will likely be on board, and based on Kostas' shade in the tribe chat he will be voting for Anna too. From talking to Nathan it seems that he also wants to vote for her. I mean it is an easy decision, I just hope that people aren't overplaying already and trying to blindside tf out of someone and keep Anna in the game. I think I am going to wait to vote until I hear input from Maya and Kostas because Kostas said he wanted to talk to me, and I don't want to ostracize an alliance member already. Hope this tribal goes smoothly and I make it to day 4.

"samsao"

- So I got to know the tribe a bit. Here's what I know and my thoughts. Eva, Annabelle and Sim know each other from playing League and may be using that to build a connection with each other right now. Eva and Jenna have formed a three person alliance with me but are quiet which doesn't communicate commitment so I'm weary of it actually working out. In the mean time I'm getting to know people and I think I got a lot of problems happening at once. Eva is naturally kind of the Queen Bee because she's an ORG vet and popular. We also have a history. We both played our very first game together and lets just say I won that game but did not get her vote. Eva and Jenna are natural allies that people gravitate towards but Eva operates on her own agenda and switches up her game quite a bit so I'm going to feel her out and see which Eva we're getting this game. Erin is going to be trouble. She can see through my bullshit and won't instantly trust me. If I end up getting her trust it's because I worked hard to earn it. She's naturally sceptical of others and IMO the most dangerous person here from what interaction I've had so far. Sim was quiet day 1 and people are weary of him. Annabelle's name has come up but as far as I'm concerned I would like to ride the game out with her as an ally. I like someone I can work with easily and trust and I feel like Annabelle has that vibe. Yannick seems like a similar creature to myself so we may be drawn to play with each other or go dukes against each other. Don't know yet. We'll see how that plays out. Miguel is young and the way he tries to snake through peoples relationships is overly transparent. Give him a few years and he'll be a master villain but for now he's still in training. I'm glad we won immunity and I'm hoping we can stretch this out and I can just camouflage myself into the background until merge. This is already a pretty tricky situation and I don't feel like I got a lot going my way so I'm going to try to trust my reads, stick to my game plan of fostering tight one-to-one relationships while the groups naturally mould their majority and if all goes according to plan I'll just slip into those numbers and sail away, with multiple alliance members perceiving me as their most valuable ally, which by the time I'm done, should be at least 3 to 4 of my tribe mates. I am basically going to play the most honest game of my life until the truth is no longer the truth. And then I'm going to play the most dishonest game of my life. That's how the game works! You just kind of let the wind carry you. Interesting that Jenna got chosen for that fantasy island torture chamber thing. I think she's going to get a reward which could be used to position her as a target down the line. As long as there is some fodder to get someone else before me, I'm good: Sim's inactivity, Jenna's possible reward, Erin's untrustworthy energy, Miguel's immaturity... all of these things can be leveraged as a "rational reason to vote someone off". Most people think the most rational move is to eliminate the strongest person, then the next strongest, and then so on, until the winner is technically the weakest person because all the strong people got voted out! Wait how does that logic make fucking sense? Survivor is a game with people and people live in a world cohabited by justice and injustice. We're creatures of justice and injustice and lead by moral capacity. So often times when making a decision that affects your life, the human mind tells you you need a reason. The only reason should only ever be "If I don't get that person now, they are going to get me later." And that's the Big Cliffy promise. If you don't get me out when you have the opportunity, I will get you out when it's my time to strike and I'll be the one making all the rules. Sorry to come in Day 2 all SCORCH THE EARTH AND MAKE SURE NO ONE IS LEFT ALIVE!!!!! but....well....I'm here to scorch the earth and make sure no one is left alive. So...

"phaluai"

- so im in an alliance with alietta chris tyson and myself. we’re called the socialites and basically we all just got a good vibe off of each other on the first day and stuck with that. i also am building a strong side alliance with pris because she has connections on other tribes that can really help me when we swap. not to mention, i really like the girl and need all the allies i can get.

we had our first challenge and we won first place and i was sent to the temple. im happy we won and i was mainly the reason for that but scared im sticking out too much too early. i want to lay low for a few episodes now because i feel like i’m not blending in enough, which is fucking terrifying in a 24 person season.

anyway at the temple i wanted to see how far i could go so i could see how hard this thing could get. i pass tier 1 with ease so im like fuck yeah give me tier 2. tier 2 was honestly fine too. tier 3 came and i get a fucking maze and im shitting myself. i get the maze and start SHAKING. it was a scary fucking maze and chris says 3 FUCKING MINUTES. i couldnt do that maze in an hour if you made me. so i got a punishment and it’s that i can’t vote at the next tribal council. at first i was pissed cause i came here and i cant even return to my tribe to socialize and i get a fucking punishment on top of it. but i found a way i could use this punishment to my advantage.

alietta has already mentioned to me that shes worried we could be a threat at a swap. using that, i want to convince her and my other alliance members to throw the next challenge. not only will be less threatening at a swap, but we can get BRETT out of here who is a HUGE fukcing threat. i mean, he almost won his season. AND hes on the outs on this tribe?? i don’t wanna waste that opportunity. alietta has already planted the seed ab brett. when i get back for the next challenge im going to reveal my plan to alietta and see what she thinks.

for now im just talking to jenna. i honestly feel like this girl hates me shes barely giving me ANYTHING to work with here. im throwing her so many bones and shes not biting. i lied to her and said i fake randomized the list and picked her even tho brett just randomized it. ldkjhlhkjg im hoping that doesnt bite me in the butt later but i thought it was a small, but effective enough lie to get away with.

so yeah catch me utr the next few eps hopefully i dont wanna be premerge AGAIN.

"phaluai"

- I didn't realize just how invested some people get into orgs. Like someone said sorry I haven't kept you in the loop lately. But like you just told me things 2 hours ago? So what does lately mean to you???

"talap"

- And now Anna shows up. She messaged me and I highkey don't even want to open it right now because I know that I am going to have to highkey lie to her, or just be like "girl you are gone." I feel bad for her, but there is literally NOTHING I can do.

"talap"

- So Anna says to me ""oh I'm being targeted, that's not fair because I just got off a plane ride. I decided to tell her that I will try to see what I can do in regards to saving her but: 1. I already voted for her 2. I'm not tanking my game day 3 to save her 3. 5/8 votes are in and they are likely all for Anna, there is like nothing I can do.

"talap"

- LMAO like I get Anna might realize she's fucked, but telling the person that JUST said "hey I'm gonna try to help you, I want to play this game with you" that "this is so unfair lmao, yall making a bad choice because I'm great in challenges, just wasnt here lol" like.... okay? Let's be rude to me when I am probably the only person giving you the time of day.

"talap"

- LMAOOOO ANNA JUST TOLD ME MAYA FLAT OUT SAID "I am voting for you" to Anna. I CAAAAN'T. QUEEN OF NO NONSENSE, QUEEN OF HONESTY.

"talap"

- so my plan of action now (since I already screwed myself by leading on Anna) is to wait like an hour and then tell her "yeah so I talked to people and i found out that literally everyone but me, you, kostas, and nathan have voted and I think it is too risky to force a tie this early"

"talap"

- God I feel so awful right now. So obviously Anna was pinpointed right away as the target since she's on a cruise and no one else wants to go home. So now she comes online and she's trying to fight to stay and it's like, what the fuck can I even do? But it seems like most of the tribe has already voted and Anna knows her number is up, so ugh I guess this is what's happening. Please let there be redemption island or a third chance for Anna. The cruise fucked her over hard 😕

"talap"

- Anna Jane is a great girl but it would be a diservice to this wonderful season and to anyone else to keep her around when everyone else has been so nice and active.

"talap"

- Noone remembers this possibly, but I did use to have a pet back in New Zealand. I called it PotatoBird. If someone followed the PotatoBird saga in my confessionals he would follow the Bird assisting me to find idols, helping me to rule the Pea Koala tribe and I ended up eatting it just for it to re-estate itself as PotatoPhoenix

"talap"

- POTATOBIRD IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!

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- This is certainly a nice fast pace for a returnee season, already there’s a core group called the Iconics, consisting of myself, Taylor, Jace, Maya & Julez – a group I’m very happy to be with, I’m still keeping full contact with Konstantinos and Nathan though in case of swaps turning my game on its head, learning from my mistakes there...

"talap"

- So the other tribes utterly decimated us in that challenge (thanks Jake and Miguel...), and I’m hoping this tribal is as straight forward as it seems, because Anna has sent a total of about 2 messages to anyone in this game, so she in theory should go pretty easily, and I get spared the soul destroying 1st boot title, win – win!