A Pool of Piranhas/Confessionals

Day 1
"riza"

- HOLY SHIT I'm here were doing this everyone's played before it's do or die time to buckle up and get this GOING

"riza"

- The first time I played when the game started it was really...light like easy to get ito the game all friendly and stuff but here it feels really tense and I'm like "WHAT DO I DOOO"

"ningyo"

- ALIETTA IS BACK. I am honestly super ecstatic to be here because I am here for some redemption. Last time, my mistake was putting my trust in the wrong people. Tatianna screwed me over, no hard feelings Tat, but the person I was loyal to most betrayed me and that ultimately ended in my demise. Now, it's very clear from experience that there is only one person I can trust and that is myself. I am ready to fight from the beginning but I'm going to try and be more behind-the-scenes this time but I guess I represent the leaders for a reason, huh?

"hizoku"

- I’m back! I know that every season I play in I say this, but I truly believe this will be the season where I don’t freak out and actually just get to play the game similarly to how I played it in Indonesia. I’ve had (almost) 5 months away from the ORG and in that time, I’ve relaxed and got into yoga and am just much more peaceful. Hopefully it’ll all translate well into the game but I guess we’ll see with time. Right now my focus is to just cruise. Focus on socialising with people, winning challenges and making it to the merge. I want to be irrelevant — just get into an alliance early and cruise with it all the way to a position of a power at the merge. I don’t wanna risk anything like I did in Rome and Generations because this will be my last ORG experience and I really want to beat those two placements lol. 11th and 15th are trash like I want at least single figures this time. I think I’m socialising well with Alexa, Jared and Ash (or Julia? whichever one) and that could be a really good group! I also like Matt and he seems chill :). So far I really like this tribe and I think (and hope) that they like me too haha. But yeah, I wanna form an alliance quite soon and just stick to that group. I’m actually gonna be loyal this season probably lmao (we’ll see how long it lasts though).

"ningyo"

- This twist is dramatic and I LOVE dramatic. I am honored to be a part of this twist. My main priority right now is building personal bonds with the other castaways. I'm keeping game out of the equation and hopefully after that it will help build a platform so that it can develop into a game relationship where we can establish some sort of trust. Tonight, I will be working on Charley and Sora. I don't want to message all the castaways first, so I'll wait for the others and if by tomorrow nothing has changed, then I will work out something.

""hizoku"

- I’m back! I know that every season I play in I say this, but I truly believe this will be the season where I don’t freak out and actually just get to play the game similarly to how I played it in Indonesia. I’ve had (almost) 5 months away from the ORG and in that time, I’ve relaxed and got into yoga and am just much more peaceful. Hopefully it’ll all translate well into the game but I guess we’ll see with time.

Right now my focus is to just cruise. Focus on socialising with people, winning challenges and making it to the merge. I want to be irrelevant — just get into an alliance early and cruise with it all the way to a position of a power at the merge. I don’t wanna risk anything like I did in Rome and Generations because this will be my last ORG experience and I really want to beat those two placements lol. 11th and 15th are trash like I want at least single figures this time. I think I’m socialising well with Alexa, Jared and Ash (or Julia? whichever one) and that could be a really good group! I also like Matt and he seems chill 🙂. So far I really like this tribe and I think (and hope) that they like me too haha.

But yeah, I wanna form an alliance quite soon and just stick to that group. I’m actually gonna be loyal this season probably lmao (we’ll see how long it lasts though).

" ""riza"

- It's honestly really intimidating returning to play again and being on a tribe of people who have all had like the real legit Survivor experience. Like, Java was a back to basics season, no idols, against a tribe that sucked and was one of the easiest games I've ever played as there were no idols, my tribe really only lost once, and I was up against a bunch of people who don't know what it means to really try in a game. So like now being on a tribe with people who have all played in a season with idols on the main org and being on a tribe with people who have played multiple times it's honestly kinda scary. One of my fears is that I have both Claire and Jessy here, who I've hosted on the org so I don't want a target being on my back from the other three like ""let's get him out he has connections with them"", so I'm mainly going to try to distance myself from them while also keeping up a relationship with them, because I do think both Jessy and Claire will want to work with me. I'm planning on playing this game completely against who I normally am in games. So while I want everyone to think I'm gonna be some loudmouth who fights everyone at a later point in time and who will be an easy goat to take to the end and win against, I don't actually WANT to play like that. I'm on a tribe with a bunch of egotistical leaders who think they're hot shit, so I'm hoping I can just kinda build relationships with people and allow them to think they can lead me. I've waited over a year to prove to people I have changed and am not the same person I was in Java, so I'm not going to waste this golden opportunity to prove myself.

" "hizoku"

- Night 1 of the game is officially over and I quickly got to work, focusing on building relationships instead of being straight up “LET’S WORK TOGETHER?!”. As of right now I’ve developed a good connection with Jamie because she hosted me on Sichuan and Matt is also an extremely easy person to talk to, however I know how sneaky he is and what he’s capable of. Jared and I have gone on for hours bonding over music but he is a gamer, for sure. He asked me earlier than anyone for an alliance and of course I agreed to it! Night 1 in this game is crucial, and I am setting myself in a position where I can lay low in group atmospheres and get in people’s ears and getting them to get blood for me, I’m trying to avoid any sort of talk that reveals my strategic abilities, no need for a target this early on.

"hizoku"

- This game has already made me scream. First, at fUCKING ULI. ARE YOU SHITTING ME? FUCKING. ULI. And then at omg yES HUNTER AND BEN. Also, what the fuck is up with the 4 person rep for All-Stars?

"hizoku"

- So like, no one is online. This is so weird. The only person who's been like... Semi here is Alexa and I'm a little wary with her but I really like her so far.

"riza"

- Wow oh wow I am absolutely SPEECHLESS. I still don't believe that I've been brought back for an All-Stars season and it's honestly so surreal to me. Getting straight into it, I feel fucked right off the bat, but that may just me getting into that typical state of Survivor paranoia. Multiple people on this tribe have said "Omg I've heard you're such a good player!" which is a nice compliment but only when it's not from someone who's your opponent in this game. My tribe is intimidating to say the most but I feel like I can take it on. Brittany is cute and I've always stand her, but she's threatening and I'm gonna keep my eyes on her. Chris hosted my season and that makes me so uncomfortable bc he knows how I play, and he's also a super strong player so thats another person I'm keeping my eyes on. Claire...... a sweetie I love her to death and she can be my go to. Hunter I'm obsessed with and is already my #1, we established a little alliance and I'm just in love with him. Finally Miguel seems pretty decent and I just wanna get to know him more for rn. My goal for this season, is to cause some trouble, stir the pot a lot more than last season, and make it to the end with my gal Alexa. We lost touch after Sichuan, but we vibed super well and were an iconic duo, so if we got to the end like we ALMOST did last time, that would just be the ultimate second season for the two of us. For the meantime, I'm trying to make myself look less "leader-ish" and trying to progress relationships. This season is looking super good, and I'm so ready to take it on. Bring on the chaos!

"ningyo"

- i really really like charley but i really really dislike the fact that she still uses the XD face in 2016

"riza"

- I'm afraid to go to bed seeing everyone online, like the first day is soooo important in building relationships so people want to include you in alliances, and although I have talked to everyone and had a decent conversation with each of them I still don't think it's enough!!!

"hizoku"

- I'm a little bit surprised to be on the Rebels tribe but I'm definitely excited about it. It's probably the coolest title out of the 3. I'm sorta nervous I may be targeted but my game in my first season wasn't too flash so hopefully that works to my advantage. The rebel game style is the most fun one to play so I want to live up to the title even more this season.

"hizoku"

- My tribe so far is alright. I've talked to everyone for at least a few mins but I don't love them just yet. I'm bonding the most with Alexa and I connected with Jamie a bit so I want to try to work something there with the 3 of us.

"ningyo"

- I am definitely feeling a positive vibe from the people on this tribe. I can see myself working with Charley. We have a lot in common and she seems like a really cool girl. Mihai is messaging me now, which is awesome because he is old-school. I believe if this tribe comes to tribal, it's going to be difficult and I don't know these pre-season relationships between the others. If they have something already established, I could be in deep, deep waters. My main priority will be winning the immunity challenge so I can continue working on strengthening the relationships without having to go tribal.

"ningyo"

- Knowing that Mihai and Charley played together before is something that I'm going to try and use to my advantage. There is no doubt in my mind that the two of them already have a good connection because it looks like those two were allies. Basically, I'm going to talk good about Mihai to Charley and vise versa. If they both see that I really like them/get good vibes from them, they are going to hopefully want to work with me and that secures me with at least two allies. I'm also going to work on Christine with the fact that I was rooting for her in Tikal and I feel like I can really connect with her. I have a good feeling about this tribe and as I stated before, I am going to try and focus purely on personal bonds to start with and wait for the other person to bring up game.

"ningyo"

- Out of everyone on my tribe, I see myself working with Christine the most. She seems to be such a lovely girl and we are getting along just fine. It's hurting me knowing that Brett, Jessy and Alexa don't know I exist in the game right now. I really hope they be working into the majority on those tribes.

"riza"

- THIS ALLIANCE I AM ALL FOR LETS GO

""riza"

- I know I said I wasn't gonna be a leader, and I'm NOT, but I did kinda plant seeds with Claire/Jessy that we three should work together, and both of them agreed. I just feel like, with 3 people on a tribe of 6 you really can't lose. I mean, the other 3 if for some reason they do try to get together, they're going to need 1 of us for majority, so we'll know what they're planning if they try to do that. Hopefully though that doesn't even happen and the other three wanna vote each other out, because then that puts Jessy/Claire and I in the perfect position.

I feel relatively okay now that this chat was made, because at the very least I can't see myself being voted out with both of them on this tribe as it won't be a majority vote on me.

" ""ningyo"

- I’M BAAAACK! Ok well sort of...secretly….but still! I’m honestly so happy to be back though like I really messed up the last time I played so to get the chance to redeem myself is pretty amazing! Also the fact that Claire is here too is soooo bittersweet because I love her to death but I literally threw my game away for her. That’s not gonna happen this time, sorry! I’m in it to win it this time, like, normally I’m a pretty loyal person but I’m gonna try something a little different this season. I don’t know how yet but I’ll figure it out as I go, I guess. With that being said, I’m honestly in love with my tribe whew. Sora’s a familiar face so that’s super comforting right now. Alietta seems like an absolute sweetheart and Charley is hilarious. I think I’ve played a game with Alex before but it didn’t end very well for him and he doesn’t seem to remember me so I’m just gonna keep that on the downlow for now...Mihai is the only one I’m kinda iffy on at this point because we’re never really on at the same time and haven’t been able to talk much. :\ With that being said I really hope our tribe can maintain secret for a little bit, it should be fun to everyone’s reactions! I just have to get this immunity challenge out of the way which is so annoying because it was the last challenge I had to do for Tikal before my boot and now it’s haunting me...Let’s hope this time it actually goes in my favor.

" "ningyo"

- My face dropped when I saw this twist and then dropped even more when I saw Charley here. The girl doesn't like me, I don't like her, so I feel that she will try to get me out first chance she has. There is something about her that just rubs me the wrong way. I tried to talk to all the people in my tribe, not strategy but getting to know them since I always think that things work if they have a strong foundation and that they will keep me here only if they know me and like me. And of course I tried to pretend that I am interested in their lives and all. Overall, I am quite nervous, i feel I am playing with some amazing players and this will probably be one of the biggest challenges ever in an org, for me. I will take it step by step and I will try to fight my demons better, so that I can display a good gameplay. Charley is my target as of now and I will give my best to take her out if we lose. My motivation right now is to hang in here so I can play with my lovely molly again!

""hizoku"

- Since I’ve had a little over 24 hours to get to know my tribe I decided I’ll do a little cast assessment and vent about them a little bit LMAO IT’S LIKE I’VE BEEN THROWN INTO A POOL OF PIRAHNAS WHO OVERDOSED ON NYQUIL AND HAVE BEEN ASLEEP FOR WEEKS Matt - He’s honestly super funny and easygoing, however I know that he is very dangerous. As of right now I consider him one of my closest allies and I’m hoping he feels the same. I do expect to have him try to blindside me at the merge but I’m going to get him before he gets me, no doubt about it. Jamie: I absolutely love her, she’s honestly a great person but I’m aware that she has ties to Jared and I am in no way comfortable with being someone’s #2, so one of their head will have to be chopped soon. If she is being genuine then she wants to work me so YES QUEEN!! Ash: She’s honestly SUPER boring to talk to but I found a dozen things to connect about without going into detail about strategy, I’m focusing on reeling her in emotionally so that it’s a hell lot more difficult for her to even think about cutting me off. Jared: Off with his HEAD AHHHH. He’s honestly ZZZZZ in convos but I’m trying to establish a good relationship with him and he immediately asked me for an alliance so if he did that with me, he’s probably doing it with everyone else. I need him out so I can have Jamie to myself because apparently they both started off in the YouTube community. He needs to go but maybe not right now. Uli: Not a WORD, not one. I have nothing to base this off because we’ve never spoken yet but as of right now I’m leaning towards sending him home if we do end up visiting Tribal unless he does approach me and establishes a good relationship.

" "makeinu"

- Well honestly i need to make a longer confessinal so ill just say what i think about all of my tribemates and other people on the other tribe basically first impressions. Ally: She already wants my back which is amazingggg i do love ally since i heard great things about her and i stanned for her in cyprus she could be my ride or die in this game! Brett: He is great i want to work with him kinda and its funny how he was drunk yesterday while he was talking to me. Molly: She went to me and she is one of the only other tumblr people i like so i am exicted to play with her! Emile: He isnt that anti social like Alexa said in her sichuan vl confessinals he seems really smart! Ben: YASSSSSSS im so fucking exicted to play with him back than when i played with him i didnt have a social game and now i think i got a great one lol he better be active and i am gonna ask if he watches australian survivor LEADERS Chris: not exicted to play with him because of what happened in HvV ponderosa but i do hope we get cool when we either swap or merge. Brittany: So exicted to play with her!!! Jessy: We talked when she was in sichuan and became friends but we havent talked in awhile. Hunter: Eddies friend i remember the times in 2013 good times!!! Clarie: im a stan and exicted to play with her she seems so iconic in tikal the only people i knew in that season were her and john. REBELS Uli: im scared of him lol Jamie: She will be dangerous but im exicted to play with her Ash: old schooler yassssssss Matt: Who? Jared: one of my favorite winners alexa: was a stan of her in sichuan.

"makeinu"

- I need to make an alliance soon but i dont want to be that bitch who plays to hard.

"ningyo"

- Update- me and Christine have just solidified our alliance and we're gonna be the final 2, JAMIE WHO? Christine is MY girl and the person i'm gonna go deep w in this game!

"makeinu"

- Now two people want to work with me im glad Emile wants me to work with him!!! i think i can make a three of ally me and him.

"riza"

- I feel as if this tribe is gonna suck challenge wise!!!!! Not one of them has commented on the challenge yet and I'm not gonna be an annoying pest asking constant questions like "how are you doing???" "How do you do well??" "I think you should do this!!" "I scored this!!", but they should come online and at least look at the challenge or comment on it, not leave it on SEEN.

""makeinu"

- I’m back bitches! Did you miss me? It’s been almost three years since I last played (Jesus Christ!) and that zero-dollar cash prize doesn’t last as long as you’d think, so I’ve dragged myself back once more to go through it all again. 39 days of emotional terrorism and mental breakdowns! Who can resist! I’m totes digging the tribe divisions. I love a good underdog, especially when it’s me. 18 people for an all-stars cast is also fun and different. Thank god there aren’t any more people for me to not know. The last season I was even aware of was Generations so I’m feeling real old-school with these people. Like, what the hell is a Sichuan even? Isn’t that a variety of pepper? I should be a pro at this three-tribe division by now. I love a small tribe. Less people to talk to. And with cross-tribal chit-chat being banned now it means I can legitimately ignore two-thirds of the cast. Brilliant!! Now I can pretend I’m really good at the social game. Up yours Sole!! I was super pumped to see Ash on this season. I loved getting to play with her back in All-Stars and hope we can meet up again this time. Super super pumped to see Emma and have her on my tribe. We’ve played together before and she’s one of my favvry people in the community. I think we’ve got a great opportunity to work together so I hope that works out. I get a good vibe from Ally and after chatting she’s thrown out the old ‘I’d love if we could work together’. I never initiate alliances. I like to make myself available and let others come to me, build up a natural conversation and let a working relationship emerge from that. It worked alright for me in All-Stars so I’m hoping I can do likewise on this tribe. Might as well replicate my whole game! Winning!

" "hizoku"

- I purposefully scored less than Ash in the first challenge because I dont want to go to this stupid island whichs name I forgot, and I believe if she goes she might anyways give me the clue, to ensure my loyalty, since we are both old school superstars...

"riza"

- Also I love this complicated twist with the Rishiri Island, because like for this challenge it's not as simple as doing well. Personally I do not want to go to the island and put a target on my back, but like I want to win this reward challenge for my tribe to get an advantage in immunity, so it's complicated, especially for me because I feel like I am gonna have a high score ! I'm hoping that at the Island there will be some sort of advantage to win for my tribe if I'm sent that I can come back and give to them, because I don't wanna be strolling my ass back into the chat like "I have a power :~). Come at me." that's DUMB.

"hizoku"

- I'm a pathetic little shit and it weirds me out that no one is talking. Like, sure, no expectations for everyone to be on all the time, but it is like deeeaaadddddd. Also, if I have to drag this tribe to victory, I'm gonna be borderline annoyed, because "this game is so hard"??? wtf??? this was the easiest, most mindless game I've ever played??? Help?

"hizoku"

- I really like our first tribe... I usually enjoyed talking with Jamie or Ash in the old days and the young boys seem nice... Also Alexa seems pretty chill... However... I would have hoped for a hot chick within my allowed age range for a showmance, but you cant have everything...

"hizoku"

- Yep, Matt is my #1 right now for being the only motherfucker to actually be willing to talk game with me. Goddamn.

"riza"

- Things are progressing already and I feel like I'm on the right side of this tribe. Chris has led the initiative to develop a safety net for himself by creating the Monarchy II with Claire and I. Obviously I know he's trying to secure himself in this game and bc he hosted the two of us we're supposed to look up to him or something but honestly him making his alliance just allows me to stay a little longer, but doesn't diminish his target in my eyes at all. With that, I told Hunter about the alliance and am getting him secured a spot, so that way I'll for sure be in the majority and we'll all be against Brittany and Miguel. Miguel seems fine but some others are worried about his strategic level which I understand. Brittany on the other hand, it's super hard to read that girl. Everyone has said "Oh Brittany got Player of the Season twice and made it so far both seasons because she's able to really develop strong relationships and is sociable!" Literally whoever believes that statement is sick because Brittany gives me the blandest answers and I keep feeling like I have to force conversation with her. Maybe she doesn't like me, i dont know or care but it's just super awkward with her. For now I'm just focused on getting the highest score for reward and staying outta trouble

""riza"

- I'm here at my job waiting for the challenge results. I would be happily looking for bonsai trees at Rishiri Island with my date Ally. BUT my fucking tribe sucks. I came here for an all stars season people. Bring your a-game at challenges! I can't stand when people dont try their best. ""Sorry guys I didnt have enough time"". Enough time my balls. I slept until 5:40 am and forfeit a good makeout session for this stupid challenge. I want to vote them all out already.

So after my after.-challenge rant.... I really hope we win this immunity challenge because I don't want to go to the first tribal and having that nerve-racking feeling of possibly being the first boot. that sucks. So I started talking to Chris and Jessy about possibly working together since we're all previous winners. I think I have Chris locked down and I have to work a little bit more with Jessy. But in all honesty I dont trust her. She's shady AF. But that's the reason why I have to keep her close. We're the leaders tribe. I need those leader personalities to take the target out of my back at a tribe swap/merge. So my best plan would be to stick with the biggest personalities. Those who will make dumb crazy moves and keep those moves on my side and not against me. I like Hunter because he's old school but I feel he wants to play turtoise steps and we need to have something going already. STEP IT UP HUNTER. So if it would be me I would get rid of Claire or Britanny first. Like Britanny is not talking that much, and pretty much gives generic boring answers. How does this girl got a personality to be returnee player? Twice? Really? . And Claire. I feel Claire is like Sugar. She's just here because she's from the last season but honestly I dont know if she can keep up with this big players. She might be a first boot. Who knows....

" ""hizoku"

- I've been shmoozing with everyone. Jared's reserved as fuck, playing hard early. Jamie's sweet, thought I was getting close with her but I realized through Alexa that Jamie and Jared are tight, and are working towards a 4 person majority. Seems like a smart girl. Uli is very relaxed, not very intense about the game. I think we're bonding over being awkward, older straight dudes. He's totally out of the loop. Ash is cutthroat, socially on top of it. She's being vulnerable with me which is cool, but I know she's working her way in with everyone. I'm trying to act a little naive and overwhelmed, just let her know about Jared and Jamie trying to find a fourth after Alexa. Jared would definitely pick Ash, but I'm telling her that he and Jamie are trying to butter me up and that they're probably premade. Hopefully that's enough to drive a wedge between her and Jared. Alexa is basically me in girl form. A little narcissistic, very into lying, aggressive and skeptical. She's my number 1 right now; I think we see through each other which makes it work. She clued me into Jared and Jamie approaching her so I have to stick with her. Basically, Jamie and Jared are trying to pull in Alexa and probably Ash. Alexa isn't down, and hopefully the message I sent Ash was enough to keep her from trusting Jared. Uli, I feel like I can bring in. I'm thinking Ash is the swing right now, but we haven't even lost yet so let's see how this goes. I've never been in danger premerge so this is new, I'm having a lot of fun.

" "makeinu"

- brett and i are bonding over alcohol and never in my life did i think i would be having a conversation like this with someone from the wikia

"riza"

- Do not be amazed, do not be confused, this is a sad story indeed. This is the sad story of a man who went to a party. Met and took someone back home and said "Just give me a sec I have to play a game, It won't take long". This is the sad story of the dude who couldnt get laid for freaking playing constellations at 3 am in the morning. This is the sad story of a man who slept around 5:40am with his date clearly deeply asleep. But this man, this hero would have to make it count. So he played, and played, and played. And got an impressive score that will most likely be worth it in the end. Also like, I'm here to play and I have to be first one in this famous Rishiri Island. Which btw is pronounced RSHRR. Hopefully having a good score would make my tribe realize im an asset to the team. I'm playing my old school way. Being useful in challenges, loyalty and keeping the tribe strong.

"ningyo"

- Now I've pretty much talked to everyone 1 on 1, I have definitely got an idea of who I'd like to work with. Beginning with Alex, me and him had a really good conversation today and I think we will both end up working together. I've spoke to Charley but not that much about game, but she is such a cool girl and we have a lot in common. Christine I got along with well but I'm not uncertain of where she stands and whether she wants to work with me. Same for Mihai and Sora. If I ranked who I want to work with at the moment, it would go like this Alex > Charley > Christine/Sora > Mihai. When Alex told me he got 44 million in the reward, I privately tell him that I really want him to go to the island above anyone else but in reality, that's just me being strategic incase he gets an advantage. I want to go myself but I'm not showing my true physical ability in a reward challenge. When immunity comes around, I'm going to give it everything I got.

"ningyo"

- update #2: Alliance with Charley is CHECK. I wanna make one with Alex and Alietta as well, I really like both of them a lot and wanna work with them longterm. Mihai I initially really wanted to work with as well, but he just seems a lot of the time that he doesn't wanna talk to me so we'll see where that goes, HOPEFULLY the sirens aren't revealed for awhile though because I'm in an awkward phase in the ORGverse atm so I'd like to continue winning as long as possible until that hump is past.

"riza"

- Hunter - Strategy Conversation I

""makeinu"

- Well, well here I am. It’s so weird to be back. The cast is fucking stacked full of good players, which is cool. My colon fell out when I saw my tribe placement, I was ecstatic. Being labeled an underdog is perfect as it brings a much more positive and trustworthy connotation to the mind of other players rather than leader or rebel. Also I feel like I can fucking work this tribe, as they are all people I can easily bond with. Right now I am going to do what I do best and charm the pants off everyone on this tribe. I am gonna play the social game look at the dynamics of this tribe and feel things out like a blind man at an orgy.

Right now Ally is my ideal partner in crime on this tribe and I hope she feels the same. She can really carry a conversation and I know her head is in the game. Is she a threat? Fuck yeah, she is probably one of the biggest threats here and that’s exactly the kind of person I want to work with because I know we can do some damage together.

Emma is cool, we played bbcan org together before and I got her evicted lol but I feel like there are no hard feelings. I find her really hard to read though, I feel like she has such a legacy as a good player both strategically and socially but I still have yet to see her show any of that.

I like Emile, I feel as if we can bro out and he would be a good ally to have in the game.

Molly is also someone I want to work closely with, very social, seems like a normal human and we seem to have hit it off.

Ben is just meh, we haven’t spoken a ton but I will keep working him over to the Brett side.

" "makeinu"

- 'm a natural leader, outside and inside of the game. I make people do things, I'm a salesman after all. Autonomy is important. I play to protect my allies but in the end is all about me. It is my game, my third chance to prove why I'm an all star ;D Anyways, I have talked to everyone in the tribe and/or made an effort to approach them, so that's a major improvement from the last time I played

"makeinu"

- ya I'm gna be first boot lol

"makeinu"

- Emile and I and Brett and I have separately agreed to work together??? Maybe??? Everyone is saying they aren't in alliances and idk if that's true or not but !!!

"riza"

- Everything is really mellow and everyone is just doing basic talks with each other I think everyone is scared to make the first move alliance wise thankfully we already did

Day 2
"ningyo"

- Maybe it's just a coincidence but I find it kind of shady how Mihai did not share his score like the rest of us. I think someone was a bit focused on getting onto that island.

"makeinu"

- Lol at me scoffing down a big slice of flop pie. I was deliberating over whether to submit my RC score of 4.3 million or only go with my next-highest of 3.7 mill because I didn't want to be seen as too much of a threat. Cue me getting the second-lowest score of the tribe and sixth-lowest overall. Meanwhile Ally scores 103 million. Jellyfish queen ❤

In past seasons I always hit that sweet spot of being good enough at challenges to be an asset but not good enough to be seen as a challenge threat. Luckily my tribe has some serious challenge credentials so if they want to drag me through the pre-merge that's just dandy although I don't really want to be the WORST 😛

Ally and I have discussed the potential target we have for being winners, and I'm glad she's thinking about that because it's a good motivator for us to work together. Although if the other four do want to target us it's kind of awkward that Ally is much more useful in challenges than me lel/cry.

I'm not too worried at the moment though. I feel like I've made at least some inroads with Emma, Ally and Emile, and hopefully the advantage we won will get us through the first Immunity Challenge because I'm already tired of the social game lel. Surely I can't be expected to maintain five conversations?!? Brett hasn't been around much and Molly seems kind of disinterested/detached so it's basically only been three but even that is hard 😞

" "hizoku"

- Um... last night was so crazy! I found out that ~certain people on my tribe were spreading shit about me and Jared being a duo and making us targets, and that was Alexa and Matt, but primarily Alexa. I knew something was up though, everyone was acting so shady to me and when Ash messaged me she was heavily hinting that there were rumours going round and due to her I could clear it up with everyone, so I'm hugely grateful and 100% have her back. She's amazing and my #1 ally because of this. As for Jared, we literally don't have a pre-made at all... it's just rumours. Of course after this we're gonna be working together though, and we'll work AGAINST Alexa and Matt. Honestly what the fuck lol I thought I was good with them both? Matt even messaged me saying 'Let's throw the challenge and vote out Jamie'. Like WHAT? DON'T YOU THINK IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO THROW CHALLENGES LOL? AND THROWING IT SIMPLY BECAUSE I COULD MAYBE POTENTIALLY HAVE A PRE-MADE (WHICH I DON'T)... madness. ALSO lol he asked me about it and I TOLD THE TRUTH WHICH DIDN'T CHANGE FROM THE FIRST TIME I TOLD HIM TO THE LAST, and he still wanted to throw it? Literally insanity. As for Alexa, she's my main target now. Obviously I'll be nice to her and speak to her, I'll even form an alliance with her if she wants! Doesn't mean I trust her or forgive her, and I certainly will not trust her until she does something like play an idol on me. She also tried to play it off like it was nothing but I know the truth, she definitely went around throwing my name out there but guess what? Now her name might be out there. BUTTT I shall not be acting impulsively. If the rest of the tribe doesn't want her out then I won't vote her out! I'll just wait till a swap or merge but.. she better watch her back.

"riza"

- Losing reward at first I didn't look at as a negative. Coming from Leshan back in Sichuan, I'm used to losing and being successful out of it. I feel like I'm that type of person who does well in madness, and honestly at first that's kinda what I wanted to do this season, simply just thrive in chaos. However I was super glad to have won immunity now because I can see where people stand. I have an alliance with nearly everyone on the island except Brittany who literally does not know how to play this game and is sort of rubbing everyone the wrong way bc she doesn't talk to anyone. Miguel has recently offered an alliance with Hunter/Chris/I, I'm already in an alliance with Hunter, and I'm already in an alliance with Chris/Claire, so basically I feel like I'm covered in every corner. I've let the strategic talk die down except with Hunter because he's my #1, and mostly I'm developing bonds with people to create long-term positive effects. I want people to think of me as smiles, laughs, and happiness because I tried my best to do that in my last season and obviously I think it worked in my favor. With all of these alliances, I feel like Hunter and I are in a perfect position to do anything we want and that makes me feel so powerful and makes me feel the same as how it was back in Sichuan. History repeats itself, and in my case I'm more than thankful for that.

"riza"

- Hunter Confessional 2 - "I'm a Challenge Beast"

""makeinu"

- Haha we lost the challenge which blows, how embarrassing, our scores were shit. Emma really fucking dropped the ball, 12 tries? Are you joking? She really fucked us over. The only reason I am not pushing for her to be the boot is because she is so well connected, I am pretty sure she has a lot of prior relationships and an especially strong relationship with Ally (which is scary). But four of us, Ally, Emile, Emma and myself came together for a majority alliance called “Bobs Burgers” and I feel like it’s pretty solid as I trust most of them. I really hate that molly wasn’t included in the majority I really like her and think we could be great allys. But regardless Molly is safe and we are all voting Ben because none of us have really talked to him so it’s pretty easy. HE thinks right now that we are voting Emma but we will not, it seems pretty straightforward.

The vote being straight forward really scares me because WHAT IF THEY ALL CONSPIRED AGAINST ME! But I am such a paranoid freak I have to keep telling myself to stop freaking out it’s fine.

I really hope we don’t lose again as I really enjoy everyone on this tribe. If we do lose again I lowkey would want to target Emma because for some reason she just comes off shady and I think her and Ally are close. But at the same time I don’t wanna make waves that early.

So as of now I am probably voting Ben because fuck it, it’s easy and it’s not me.

" "hizoku"

- my tribe is fun. We got a Jared/Jamie duo that Jamie is hardcore denying but tbh lol. Alexa, super social, playing hard, lowkey sucking at challenges, i like her, but there's a good chance she's playing both sides. Uli, suddenly not an arrogant ho, but still gonna be cautious and Matt, the guy who is probably gonna play hard and go home hard for it. Decisions, decisions. I'm just gonna go with the flow, but so far, I've kept the focus on everyone but me as far as I know. Trying to play a lot calmer this time. Think more about what I'm doing.

"hizoku"

- So the thing is, everything actually started from Alexa. Like sure, Jared and Jamie know each other from before but does that mean they're as close as Alexa thinks they are? No. It doesn't. It could just be Alexa vying for power. I'm just gonna try and stick to Matt and just chill for as long as I can. Although long term I'm worried about Alexa being bad at challenges. I'd like to avoid tribal as much as humanly possible. I'm good at taking control in tribal but it quickly ends up screwing me because I'm seen as a power player. I'm just trying to do what's best for my game, whether you like it or not. I have to be so careful with my reputation. And with my tribemates, at least until I get a better read on them. It's kind of scary how important tribe relations are going to be. Thats why I have to be so careful. I'll need my connections, and as long as I can keep as many options open as possible, that's the best scenario for my game. It's a lot more like real Survivor with that aspect, you can't communicate with the other tribes, you just have your tribe and any communication from other seasons. It'll definitely be a challenge.

"hizoku"

- I did not expect that. What the fuck. I thought we'd get second at best. But damn, Emma, damn Hunter. I'm so surprised that Makeinu or the Underdogs whoever lost even with the advantage, and we got fucking first???? What????????

"makeinu"

- I feel like I'm in such a great position right now. I set up an alliance with the three people I trust the most (Brett, Emma and Emile) but also have Molly I my back pocket. I'm just hoping I can rely on my social game again. I sent the ball rolling to send Ben home and I'm glad it's becoming a legit thing now! Everything's right where I need it to be. Emile feeling like we're the best of buds as we shockingly have the same views and interests, Emma wanting to cling onto me, and Brett practically trying to hit on me every two minutes along with inside jokes. Cheers!

"riza"

- Thank god. My conversations with Miguel just getting to know him weren't all for nothing ! He asked me to align with him, so obviously I agreed and told him I trust him and all that jazz, but based on the fact that according to Claire and Jessy that he is also having tons of convos with them, I wouldn't put it past him to be aligning with them as well and telling them exactly what he told me. SO, I'm gonna just check with the girls and see if he's asked them yet or not, but regardless I'm glad I'm aligned with 3/5 of the other people on this tribe, as I can't see myself being the first boot now!!!!

""makeinu"

- So Ben is getting the first boot. Probably because he was too slow in building his connections. I'm just glad I sped up my social game in case we went to tribal first because otherwise I probably would be first boot!

To know about my alliance, check in with the other confessionals. Emma/Brett/Ally might have other group alliances, I don't know. But I'll keep on working my social because it's likely to trump any group alliance out there that I'm not in. I mean I'm in a 4 person alliance myself so if someone finds themselves having to pick one I'm gonna social (no matter how bad I am at it) my ass off so they stay loyal to me and/or my group alliance.

" "makeinu"

- rn it's looking like ben which i am NOT a fan of! i wanna keep this hoe its better for me

"hizoku"

- First episode over, things have settled down. After Jared and Jamie got caught trying to pregame and get the majority with the girls, they got pushed into the minority. Jared won't talk to people so that's his own fault, and God love her Jamie's doing her best to scramble, though she still won't admit it. She's trying to get Ash to save her and it'll work for the first tribal. Ash is essentially trying to work all the angles, cozying up with Uli and Me, leaking some information to Jamie. Alexa's not doing too hot, Ash is skeptical of her and Uli's not exactly a social butterfly, so she's basically relying on me for information right now. She won't talk strategy with anyone but me and it's making them not trust her, unfortunately. I'm actually very committed to her as an ally, she's a smart girl and she's extremely loyal to me. I'm gonna distance myself from her as much as I can, and it's working, until I pull the trigger for the right blindside. She's my ride or die right now. I'm basically guaranteed a spot at this point, which is great. Boot order would probably be 1) Jared, 2) Jamie, and then I'd have to find a way to save Alexa if we ever got to 3 tribals.

"ningyo"

- Me and Charley have decided to work together and I've also been setting myself up incase we got to tribal. As I said earlier, Mihai seems shady as hell and to hear from Alex that Mihai wrote nasty confessionals about Charley, I added more fuel to an already burning fire. And to further hear some of the comments that Mihai said from Charley herself, I do not respect that treatment of women and I hope he has learnt over time that this is not the way to be living with those types of comments. He has also won a season which is very difficult to do, he seems to be isolating himself slightly with his responses, he not on good terms with Charley because she want him gone, Alex also finds it shady and I didn't even need to say it myself I just needed to mention that "when we all put out scores out there". Mihai, you are my target. If I get my way, you will be going home on the first tribal we have. I want redemption this season and if not, I'm here to bury some threats in the ocean that is Alietta. Obviously, I need to not make it as obvious who I want gone and things in this game can change like that so I need to keep my options open with Mihai incase something drastically flips.

"ningyo"

- Brett putting me in his bio as fearless I am like damn boy take it down but it hurts me so much having to ignore him. Being in a twist also has its disadvantages, I love you Brett I'm not ignoring you on purpose I promise, but damn boy get me out that bio.

"ningyo"

- I think my biggest downfall this game could be playing too hard too early. I mean, right now I feel like I'm in a good position with everyone. I am officially working with Charley and I'm pretty sure I have Sora and Alex on my side and Christine to an extent. Even Mihai has promised me that he would tell me if he had an idol but, I am sorry, that was some shady shit and telling me after...weird. This tribe needs to stay united for as long as possible and if someone like Mihai continues to play for his own purposes solely, then that's an issue. But, four of us are on the same page of who we'd vote out first. Lets hope immunity goes the way we want.

"hizoku"

- I'm really REALLY scared about what will happen if we go to TC. With everything happening with me and Matt and Alexa and Jared, it could easily be me going or Jared. I have no clue what our tribe will do if we lose immunity and it could randomly be Uli going if people just choose to throw votes that way but I really don't want Uli going now, I'd prefer it to be Matt or Alexa. I know they'll probably be targeting me though so that sucks but Uli and Ash have both said they wouldnt vote me but... if everyone decides to pile on me and vote me they could just go with the flow. We'll see what happens but IF we lose, it'll be messy. I really need another 3 days to solidify myself and make sure everything's good.

"hizoku"

- Right now I'm really nervous. I know I'm definitely a target because Alexa's crazy ass has been telling the whole tribe me and Jamie were a duo when in reality we weren't even that close. I actually was planning on becoming more closer to her but she's so focused on being the queen she's trying to play every side.

"ningyo"

- We come FIRST place in immunity as well as SECOND in the reward challenge? This tribe is on fire and we definitely have fighters here, and that is what I like. Also, this is the first EVER time I've been immune as a tribe at a first tribal. The feeling couldn't be any better.

"ningyo"

- By the end of the night, I want an official alliance to be made between me, Charley, Sora and Alex. Then, I can take a backseat and let everyone else do the talking because I am doing way too much already. I need to tone it down, but having the official alliance there is going to benefit us. That's 4 votes out of 6. That spares us at least two tribals if everyone is loyal.

"hizoku"

- So the past few days have been absolutely crazy, so right after a few hours in the game I got close to Matt and Jamie. LMAO but I recently found out that Jared/Jamie had a pre-existing relationship so I immediately went to work and made the entire tribe skeptical of their game one seed at a time. I started with Matt, explaining to him how they picked Ash as a fourth over him and he went completely berserk. I did this to test Ash’s trust and see if her ass would run back to Jamie and she sure did, and I can’t say I’m surprised. Ash’s game is about pleasing everyone but she SUCKS hardcore at doing it. I’ve got you on my radar don’t you worry. I’m also being seen as a social/strategic threat because of my performance on Sichuan but I’m making sure to play up my sweetheart act that I always pull. As of right now I’m trying to be very fucking careful about what I say and am just focusing on reeling in Uli so that worst case scenario we go to tribal and send Jared packing. But Ash, she better watch out because I will not hesitate to completely obliterate her game. You know what they say, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

"hizoku"

- Ash is like that annoying ass pelican in Finding Nemo that keeps on repeating the same damn information over and and over again "Alexa's shady!" meanwhile she's so far up her own asshole that I'm surprised that blackhole hasn't sucked us all in yet.

"ningyo"

- SO I have a separate alliance thingy with everyone on this tribe besides Mihai (I didn't make anything official with Alex but like I kinda just assumed we were). I liked talking to Mihai but over the past couple of days, I've been noticing that while this twist pretty much forces us together as a tribe and thought we were all an alliance, Mihai is clearly playing for himself. He was the only one who didn't say what his score was, and the only one whose like shady with not talking to anyone a lot of the time. This season, I'm not playing for people who aren't playing for me. Mihai might be the strongest on this tribe, but he's not in my corner and not working for me, so why keep him around? I know he has bad blood with Charley, and Alietta and Christine and Alex all said they don't talk to him a lot, so I've kinda been trying to subtly hint to the tribe that if we lose we all have a common target. I SPEAK THAT INTO EXISTENCE, I'VE PLANTED THE SEED AND I WILL SEE THE HARVEST! Also it's becoming a little worrying about this twist, like I want to remain hidden as long as possible, but I'm afraid if its too long we'll be too much of an apparent target for people, so if we don't lose any of the first 2 or 3 immunities it might be time to just pull the curtains. I played this game as an underdog, but just because this is a season of archetypes doesn't mean I'm gonna follow them, this is about breaking stereotypes.

""hizoku"

- Alexa’s explanation for how that rumour about me and Jared being a duo started makes no sense and I already knew it was a lie when she told me, but I figured I’d act dumb and ask Ash to see if the story was true or if Alexa was lying so that Ash could see Alexa couldn’t be trusted and was a liar. I then told Ash everything of importance I’ve ever said to Alexa so Alexa couldn’t use any of it to turn Ash against me. For example, the alliance I tried to form with Alexa, Jared and Ash — which Ash told me was now public knowledge in the tribe, and Matt knows lol. Alexa is really a little rat huh? If she thought she was sly or doing this under-the-radar at all, she is sorely, SORELY mistaken. Anyway, I continued talking to Ash for a few hours and I really trust her at the moment. We bonded over our hatred of certain people and friendship with others in the community and spoke about forming an alliance with me, her, Uli and Jared. That 4 would be the only choice right now that I’d be happy with — Alexa and Matt are not trustworthy nor are they on my side and if we went to TC I could easily see them voting me off. Ash said she needed to feel out Uli first and they have past issues with each other so I get that. I also highkey hate Matt and Alexa if you couldn’t tell. Matt keeps joking saying ‘I’m gonna vote you out :)’ and shit like that and IT’S NOT FUNNY. The worst thing is that I don’t think he’s joking! I legit think he thinks that by telling me it’s a joke, it’ll seem like he’s comfortable with me and I’m comfortable with him when I’m… not. He also seems really aggressive and mentioned how many likes I got on my profile pic as if he’s bitter lol, and always messages me then ignores me when I reply like wtf? I also hate Alexa and how she thinks she’s such a good player and ‘iconic’ when she’s literally the most basic person ever, and she’s so disingenuous. Also, she’s overplaying SO MUCH. Ugh they annoy me so much, but they also worry me because they could have an alliance with Uli and Ash due to them ousting (or trying to) me and Jared. It honestly wouldn’t shock me if they did, but over the next few days I’m gonna work really hard on talking to Ash and Uli and making them want to work with me. The game is afoot now lol, and I’m gonna make sure that Alexa and Matt get what’s coming to them. AH I need to calm down tho and just socialise and be chill.

" "hizoku"

- Ash keeps on fucking trying to convince people that I’m this huge threat (which she’s not wrong about) and all that crap meanwhile her ass spreads any information she gets and has 0 clue that people have already caught on to the fact that she plays all sides? I’m SO done with her and I’m kinda forced to work with her for the next vote at least because I can’t let her on to the fact that I’m dying to send her packing. Luckily I’ve established really strong trust with Matt to the point where he trusts me enough to leak all the info Ash is saying about me. As of right now I’m trying my best to lure Uli in as much as possible so that for the first vote I can cover all my bases and send either Jared/Jamie packing, preferably Jared. I’m trying to focus on planting seeds in the 1 on 1 convos versus group situations because I can’t have anybody catching on my strategic abilities, but the goal right now is to reestablish my trust with Jamie — at least a moderate sense of trust. Ash better watch out because when I want someone’s torch snuffed in this game I always go out and get it — sooner or later.

"riza"

- Winning immunity is probably the last thing I expected this tribe to do after losing reward, so just to know I don't have to stress about being the first one out and can watch the underdogs who are so full of themselves thinking they are some heroic icons who the viewers are rooting for go to tribal and have one of them be voted out is just the icing on the cake. I'm honestly hoping Brett is voted out as from past experience in games he seems to target me because he perceives me as the biggest threat to him, so yeah I'm just hoping he leaves ! Dreams do come true sometimes, right?

"makeinu"

- Ally and Emile do want to work together and me of course!! those are the two people who i would want to be loyal to the end with... Im not gonna make like 100 different alliancs.

"makeinu"

- I hope that what did does not bite me in the ass because jesus ally and emile do want to work with eachother with the stuff they told me and they want to work with brett and if we do go to tribal im just gonna let them decide i dont wanna be in the drivers seat yet i was just trying to make sure that my allies are good with eachother. Im praying that i made a right choice they seem loyal and im a loyal person too.

"hizoku"

- I'm trying so hard to make bonds and talk to these people but EVERY TIME I try to talk a bit of strategy with them so I can see where their heads are at and show them I wanna work with them they leave me on read or suddenly have to go to bed http://66.media.tumblr.com/a0469f3fdc961c301976927f92d19359/tumblr_nadeksgQYK1rfxy9to2_250.gif

"makeinu"

- I fucked up on the challenge i seriously dont want to go first that would be highkey sad :( but i feel like ive already made good bonds with people especially with Ally and Emile!!! I also did okay in the reward challenge i just hope that the other tribe fucks up so bad just please make that happen asdfghsdfghhrd

"makeinu"

- if i survive i really need to step up in these challenges if this tribe turns into matsing i would love to atleast make the merge or the end like queen denise did!!! I really want to like make this my best season and not get freaking 4th 5th or 6th for once i want to win! Another news im in two alliances one with me emile and ally and bobs burgers with those some people and brett. This vote can either be 4-2 or 5-1 please be 5-1.

"hizoku"

- I think Ash is spreading info to everyone? When she was telling me stuff about Alexa she mentioned like 5 times for me to not go to Alexa and then Matt told me that she 'keeps him filled in', so she's clearly not just telling me info, she's telling others info too. The problem with this tribe is I have no clue where anyone stands - Alexa and Matt are probably out to get me, Uli could be with them, Ash is literally in SUCH a good position... I wish I could just get everything out in the open and have a tribe chat with everyone because I feel like there's so much happening behind the scenes.