The Jedi Council/Confessionals

Day 23
"watubela"

- Hell yes! We have merged!

First order of business, align with Adam. Kickass alliance right there. It's funny that all four winners made the merge too, so we might be having a Sandra this season.

"watubela"

- I have been running the game with Adam Uli and Alejandro since day one, wtf Uli! Kinda needed you here. Anyways its merge, I'm digging in and playing dirty, I will do whatever it takes to keep my tribe safe...this will be hard

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- Merge time baby!! Once again I made it here, but I wouldn't have unless I did it myself! I was so close to being voted out so merging is a big relief... no one trusts me, everybody fears me... I think I'm going this one alone!

Already the Heroes are questioning me about loyalty and the Villains are pointing out how close I was to being voted out... should be veery interesting! But for the record, I'm up for doing anything to stay in this game! If I can pull this off I should buy a lottery ticket!

"watubela"

- I'm apprehensive being in such a competitive merge situation... The heroes know I'm wary of them because I was almost voted out and the Villains want to see any Hero possible hit the dust. For me, as a vulnerable Hero, it's seriously scary! If I make it somehow to the FTC I'll need to make sure I've outwitted, outplayed and outlasted everyone else... For me, outwitting will be the true test! If I can find a way to outwit the strongest players here, I'll have the respect I need to pull off a win. An idol would help but there's no guarantees of finding one...

For now, I want to see Adam or Eddie hit the dust asap because they're the two strongest players on the Villains' side. Adam because of his challenge strength and Eddie because of his close relationship to Sam.. If I can get those two out of the way I can work on taking out Sam and Jessy. If I can get those four players out the door I'll have a much better shot at making the FTC but to do that requires some serious gameplay.. something I've never proven on the ORG Wiki... I have my work cut out for me that's for sure!

"watubela"

- YES! I MADE THE MERGE! My legacy isn't gonna go down the drain after my horrific All-Star performance! ^_^ But yeah, this is kinda bitter sweet cause I lost Uli. Although I wanted to blindside him before, we actually got pretty close and I threw out all my plans on taking him out :/ oh well, hakuna matata ^_^

Now onto the merge, this isn't the most ideal scenario for me. Back in Korea, I was so excited because at this point, I had control over the whole game. But now, it's a complete 180. I'm in the outs. We're down numbers on the villains, The Initiative has been revealed, Eddie and Miguel are trying to kill each other. It's a HUGE dysfunctional family over here!

So my plan is to ditch The Initiative. Mainly because I do not trust Miguel. When the 4 of us were talking a while ago, he kinda just said "I know, we are screwed". Miguel doesn't seem to be the type to give up so easily, which makes me even more skeptical. I'm trusting my gut on this, I have a HUGE feeling that Miguel has a plan up his sleeve and is planning on ditching The Initiative before anyone else, and I also have a feeling that he's the one who revealed The Initiative to the heroes.

So among my all my #1 allies, the most prominent ones right now are Eddie, Jerby and Adam. I'm hatching a plan to get myself in good numbers and turn a few people into sacrificial lambs. My main target is Miguel.

First off, I'm working my ties with my #1 ally Eddie. Turning Miguel into the sacrificial lamb, Eddie is already scared of Miguel's plotting. So I just need to highlight that fear and maximize it. It's funny, I remember doing this exact same thing to him in Korea to gain his trust xD Sell someone out to get on his good side haha. But this will make mine and Eddie's relationship stronger and increase my standing in the game.

Second is my #1 ally Jerby, Jerby is like water; he will flow anywhere, and it's almost impossible to stop him from moving. That's why he's a great strategist, people will definitely approach him, so I'm solidifying my alliance with him, so that I can use his connections to better my own game. First step is to plant a seed in his head about Miguel turning on The Initiative. Miguel has been his #1 ally from the start, so this is gonna be a hard task.

Third is my #1 ally Adam, Adam is a powerful player, and I'm definitely standing by him (he's probably my only #1 ally who I'd have trouble backstabbing) but anyway, he was approached by Luke for an alliance, which puts him in a big position. Adam will have more influence on the game than I will, so I need to stick with Adam for sure.

"watubela"

- Alright, I made the merge. Outnumbered 5-7... not good. I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. Maybe I can work out a deal with Luke, Sam, Eddie and whoever.

I can't deal with The Initiative though, the so-called secret alliance isn't much of a secret. I'm pretty sure it'll be either Adam or I going home tonight unless we pull something.

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- Buahahahaha, I love the chaos that I'm stirring around camp ^_^ I think I'm doing a decent job in making Miguel public enemy #1. I heard that Luke was scared that Miguel might be gunning for him through a 3rd party, so I took advantage of that by selling out Miguel and saying that he (Miguel) want's to pull in Andrei and Sole to take out Luke.

Luke kinda panicked and told Jerby, and Jerby told me (now I know that Luke and Jerby have something going on). So it confirms that Luke is scared. Fear is one of the biggest ways to manipulate people, the only thing stronger than fear, is hope. And there's no hope going around right now, so I wanna keep people scared >:)

On another note. I'm putting Jerby on the fence about Miguel too. Jerby is now distrusting Miguel even more. So if it comes down to it. I think Jerby and I would still be on good terms if we took out Miguel :)

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- Lukeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee -_- You blurted everything I told you to Sole, who then told Miguel! I'm gonna have to do some major damage control. Hopefully my social game is as good as it was in Korea, I'm trying to convince Miguel that Luke is lying and is trying to split up The Initiative. I don't know if it'll work or not, I've gotta do something.

But yeah, there is a silver lining to this. It proved to Luke that Sole is working with Miguel. And I have a little more insight on Luke. When i confronted him, he was like "I have powers unlike others, you'd be surprised. Basically, Miguel knows it would be stupid to go after you. By the time he would be able to get you out, more people would be against him." Pshaaaaaaaaaaw, well yeah, if he thinks he has that much power, then so be it. It changes my perception on Luke though, it shows that he's more bloodthirsty and conniving than I thought he was. On other news. It's DAMN HARD to talk to Natalie in Sole o_O Natalie just...She's a 1 question; 1 answer kind of girl, like those people who reply with "K" to a really long text. Sole on the other hand....he's the only person I've ever met who can say yes and no at the same time. He answers everything ambiguously, so it's obvious that he has a lot of secrets planned. I originally wanted to work with Sole, but he's in the outs, and I need a few extra days in the game. So I'm working on booting Miguel and Sole.

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- So I received word from Alejandro that Miguel wants me out. He also told me Miguel has Sole and Andrei. Sole however, told me otherwise and began freaking out. I talked to Jerby, who said Miguel has never mentioned my name. Word of this got to Miguel, and Miguel told me he isn't targeting me. I talked to Eddie and apparently he confirmed Miguel is after me. I made a deal with Eddie to bring him far if he votes Miguel with us at the first merge Tribal. My only concern is Miguel finding that damned idol.

Miguel also told Alejandro that I ratted on him. So Alejandro flipped out on me and I had to calm him down by claiming I'm a winner and I know what I'm doing. So let's see how this first Immunity challenge plays out.

"watubela"

- Well, Uli finally had it with the hosts and decided to quit. I get his decision; if the quality of the hosting took the fun out of the game for him, then there was no point in taking this from someone who was having more fun.

I’m glad we merged because the situation at the Yang tribe was getting too tricky. Now, I have the option to flip to the Villains or antagonise them, and for now, the latter seems to be the wisest choice. Adam is too smart to believe I’ll really flip anyways so I don’t think going out of my way to express a desire to keep my options open will get me anything other than a big fat blindside.

Day 24
"watubela"

- Okay everyone wasn't joking when they said the hosting of this season is awful.

I asked a host if I would be doing the challenge right if I posted when it said "An hour ago". He said I would be, so I did it. Thus I was first out of the challenge. That is severe bullsh*t. A host directly telling me to lose the challenge. Worst part of it all, everyone on the tribe except Adam and Alejandro said it was fair. Probably just because they have less competition. In reality, they'd be just as pissed if it happened to them. Now I have to pray two Villains don't win Immunity AND work my ass off to make it past this Tribal. Good God.

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- So everyone except Jerby appears to be wanting to vote Miguel. My only fear is idols. I want Miguel to be voting someone other than me tonight. Adam said he'd make sure Miguel doesn't vote me and Jerby said he'd thwart Miguel's plans if he is. I'm just praying 1. No idols come out. 2. No one votes me. 3. Miguel goes.

I told Adam to try and get Miguel to target Topher, because I believe Topher's too inactive to find out I'm the one that put the target on him. We just gotta make this Tribal go as planned and all will be well. It's also great that my allies Adam and Sam won Immunity. Good for my allies to be safe. I'm just worried about me now!

"watubela"

- Boy, do I have a lot to say. Let's go back a few votes. After we took out Bartley, we knew we needed to win and that's exactly what we did. We won twice, then on a technicality lost back to back challenges and put us in such a deep minority. The Aly vote was the toughest by far. Me and Uli discussed this over and over, and we went back and forth but something in my heart of hearts told me Aly would've flipped, and I happened to trust Miguel more at the time. We needed to secure our strength in challenges as we NEEDED to win the next challenge or we'd be down at what we figured would be merge. Uli took the blame for it, but I know my opinion was partially why Aly's gone and I do feel bad for it. In the end, it didn't change much as the next challenge we ended up losing she possibly would've went. I still didn't trust her as much as Eddie did, and now I think having Aly gone gives Eddie more of a reason to trust me. She's a strong player, and I do regret voting her out, but if I had to do it again I would've done the same thing.

So we get to the next challenge and it's a clusterfuck. I work my ass off on it, and do whatever it takes to make sure we win. We win, breaking news comes in showing we didn't win, long story short we go to a tie-breaker and my score loses by ONE POINT. That one point could determine the outcome of this game. Uli disagrees with the hosting, and does something I don't think he should've done. Uli was my biggest ally by far, and as much as he complains I consider him a friend of mine. He's crazy, but he's without a doubt a great player. If I had Uli at merge rather than Miguel, who knows what could've happened. People on the Heroes HATE him, so it seems as his fate would be very similar to that of Miguel's who doesn't seem to have much more in him. Him quitting, lead to a 12 person merge with a very divided Villains group. We've got the Initiative on one side, and Eddie on the other. Yet, Eddie is probably my closest ally at this point and he has an idol, while Miguel and Jerby are trusted by no one, and Alejandro is kind of floating in the middle of the Villains as a pretty loyal ally.

Right now the Villains are all over the place. No one trusts Miguel besides me and Jerby, Jerby is just going with the flow, as is Alejandro, but they are both very nervous. Me and Eddie are talking a lot of game as the Heroes seem to enjoy us to a certain extent. Eddie is friends with the majority Hero alliance, which works but also doesn't. They know his game enough to realize he'd take them out, and they know he has an idol. As soon as we merged, Luke messaged me asking for an alliance. I let him know I understand he has to do what he has to do, and hopefully he can spare me two votes into the merge to make top 10. However, all I need is two votes to find a crack. When you're in a position of minority you need to relax, not scramble, and make people believe you're an asset to their game and they can dump you off down the line. I'm not going around talking game with everyone, I'm keeping it very, very simple and letting people come to me. If I make it past this vote, as I won the Immunity Challenge from Hell I'm guaranteed to do that, I will be in a better position than I was today. There are going to be 4 Villains left, hopefully one is Eddie as Miguel is the main target coming from Luke which is probably coming from Sam. So if there's 4 of us, the F11 vote is the last time Sole and Andrei can flip to take out a Hero powerhouse, because if they wait any longer the vote wouldn't work out where a guaranteed blindside would take place. I'm willing to sadly sacrifice Jerby, and possibly Alejandro because I know eventually the Heroes will turn on each other, and if I push myself far enough into the merge I will be in a position of power. The Hero 5 (3 girls, Topher, Luke) are known, and known by everyone. Sole and Andrei are too respected to go down with the Heroes. Also, we're playing a game in which people are ALWAYS so paranoid to see if the "viewers lounge" likes them. No one wants to see a majority pagonging and the Heroes are aware of that. If I was in the majority I'd do whatever I had to, to make the end, but I feel as if these heroes are different. I need to scratch my way through these next few votes and a door will open up to get me further.

I really like everyone in this cast, especially my Villain buddies, but right now I have to do what's best for me and that might be letting the Heroes get rid of some of my friendliest buds in the game. This is a game, and whatever happens, happens. I'm going to work my ass off to win some challenges and make it as far as I can, whether I have a target on my back or not.

"watubela"

- SIGH Adam won immunity :'( ah well I guess we weren't going to vote for him anyway... Tbh I think Alejandro or Jerby are our best bet of avoiding the idol.. even though i want Adam and Eddie out SO MUCH I need to first not get voted out myself! The Jedi Council is the official alliance of the eroes and so far we're working together really well.

The thing I'm most concerned about at this Tribal is Sam telling Eddie who to play the idol on and then asking him to vote me out... I'm an expendable number atm so if Sam decides she doesn't want me in here any more, that might happen. I think it'd be a dumb idea though because im one of the only people that can beat Adam in challenges... Either way I definitely don't feel safe!

"watubela"

- Just some more pre-Tribal paranoia happening again xD as the results get closer you seriously start to doubt everything that people have said... Imo, if Jerby goes home the Heroes are looking good. If an Idol is played on Jerby and a Hero is booted, we'll be tighter than ever. If I get voted out by some flippers I think the heroes stand little to no chance because the Villains are so unified and strong it's crazy! History shows that if a majority flips once at the merge then they're all screwed so I hope people do what's right...

"watubela"

- So I'm in an alliance called the Jedi Council...I'm embarrassed. Honestly that's the worst alliance name I've ever heard so. Basically right now I'm trying to use people for my advantage and then cut the people who I would lose in a finale against. Because hunny, if I'm going to the finale, I want it to be with people that I know I can win against. It really sucks that Aly got voted off because I think if I was with her in the finale I would've won. It's just that everyone in this game is a threat in their own way and Topher is really the only one I could see myself winning against. I think it's just that people are viewing my gameplay as the same gameplay I played in Peru and it really isn't. I've changed it up. Do you see me crying for rocks? No. Do you see me (I don't really think this but some other bitch does [Nick]) being a sheep to other people? No. Instead whatever I say Luke agrees with and Natalie/Topher can't really disagree since they've been so inactive. The only way I can picture myself winning is pointing out that I have the lowest placement out of everyone here and make that look like I'm not a threat at all. I can really do this. I picture myself doing this.

"watubela"

- Adam and Sam won Immunity, so the plan is to avoid Eddie’s Idol. All Sam has to do is be really vague about the target, who should be one of Jerby or Alejandro. I did kinda try and imply that Eddie might get votes but he probably did not believe me. I’m assuming Sam is trying to keep him on her good side just in case things go south but I mean… I’m pretty sure he’s not turning on Adam, so we’ll see how that goes.