Get Some Sense Smacked Into Them/Confessionals

Day 7
"pesante"

- So I came up with a crackpot plan by which I might actually be able save Jordan without forcing a tie. Basically, I could tell Trey that I stumbled upon Jordan finding the idol and confronted him about it, and that Jordan said he was planning on voting Trey and playing the idol. The hope is, in the paranoia created by Jordan's idol, Trey would put his vote on Jerry and it would be 3-1. Even if Trey put his vote on me, we could force a 2-1-1 and Jerry would still go home. I think it could actually work, especially with Trey who seems to be the type who likes to make big, flashy moves to save himself. This would be an amazing move if it worked and prevented a 2-2 tie, but it's also very risky. If Jerry or Trey happens to actually have the idol, I expose myself as lying and as working with Jordan. Also, it's questionable if they'll even believe me, because there's literally a 1/308915776 chance that two people search both search the idol square at the same time. Trey and Jerry are smart, and they know that the odds of this happening are small, so I could make myself look like an idiot trying to convince them that it did, so it's a last-ditch scenario for sure. First, I'm gonna pray for a swap. If that doesn't happen, I'm gonna win Immunity. If that doesn't happen, I'm gonna try to convince Trey to flip. If THAT doesn't happen, I'm gonna try my crazy plan to convince Trey that I JUST SO HAPPENED to see Jordan looking for the idol, and he JUST SO HAPPENED to find the idol AT THAT VERY MOMENT. So yeah, pray for me.

"vicino"

- I was really hoping for a swap. Small tribes like these make me anxious and I don't like my current situation obviously because it's a tribe of 5. Hopefully this card will shake things up? But I don't see how this challenge would work like the other one did.

"giovane"

- We are ready for the challenge; however, I am definitively not prepared for a tribal council of any kind. I'm in the middle of a cold war with Ashley, which could spark up at any moment, since our first argument in Giovane. However, I have Andrea and Juliet in my pocket, and Elias will probably go by my side if he see I have the majority. Lets prepare the nuclear missile, and explose that version of Kim-Jong-Un 2.0, by a vote of 4-1. Ashley, bring me all the lie you want, but the tribe has spoken, and you need to go.*torch snuffing*

"vicino"

- Paola quit the game. I hope that whatever made her quit is quickly resolved and wish her all the best in future games and in real life. We didn't speak much but she seemed very nice from the few conversations we had.

The challenge is very interesting because it involves a lot of strategy. Do you target every tribe to increase your chance of winning? Do you only target 1 so that you don't anger the other tribes? Very interesting dynamics at play. I want to let the other tribe members decide what to do so if it goes wrong I am not blamed haha. I want to analyse what other people put on their edits so I have conversation starters with them if I end up on their tribe after a swap. It will also give me some idea of what everyone is like because people are more likely to put something they are passionate about on the picture than something they don't care about.

"pesante"

- "So the challenge is tomorrow and my plan remains to not lose. I’m really annoyed that there was no swap, but I’ll get over it, as long as Pesante wins its way to the swap. In a weird way though, I kinda wanna lose, just to see if my plan to get Trey to vote Jerry would work. It really is a longshot but I think it has potential. Obviously if the plan fails, my alliance with Jordan is exposed and I end up on the bottom of the OG Pesantes. If it goes well, then Trey is on the bottom, and I’m basically the swing between Jordan and Trey, with the power to do whatever I want. So it’s high risk, high reward. As for the challenge, I’m gonna be playing an “as long as it ain’t Pesante” sort of strategy. Trey and jerry wanna come up with an elaborate plan on how to succeed, Jordan wants to chill in a cabin with the boys, but I’m just gonna go for whoever the other tribes are going for. I’m guessing Lontano will go for Giovane and Vicino first, since they both have five, and G and V will go for each other. So I’m gonna suggest we lay back for the first hour or so, let Lontano get blood on their hands, and then pile on whoever Lontano goes for. We will see how that goes. "

"giovane"

- im so sick what the fuck if this was real survivor i'd be medevaced cause this bitch would not stay on that island if she was sick

"lontano"

- Day 7 already and i'm still enjoying myself in this game. My tribe is great and we now have to decide if we wanna be the good guys or the bad guys for the challenge. As long as it's not us, i'm good. I'm aiming for the long run. We're dancing the tango, not the cha-cha.

"vicino"

- The first live challenge called Sabotage has started. I think that we shouldn't sabotage too soon because the other tribes may begin to sabotage us. I would like another tribe to sabotage a different tribe and those two to sabotage each other for the whole challenge haha, that way Vicino don't have to work to win.

"pesante"

- So far the game has been pretty slow. I really like my tribe. Marty, Jerry and I are a tight 3, but we’ve tried really hard to make Jordan feel like he belongs with us.

It looks like giovane will lose immunity. If I had to guess, then I’d bet Basty will be the one going home.

"giovane"

- I'm a bit frustrated. I feel like I'm the only one posting for the tribe. I could only post four times because I am the only one who is active apart Juliet, which posted three times and Elias, who posted once. While Vicino has 5 threads, Pesante has 2 and Lontano only one, Giovane has 39 threads, which lag far behind the 3 others.We will probably go see Tribal council, and I wish I'm not the one voted out.

"vicino"

- I rlly want this challenge win. I hope that Giovane goes to tribal, and they get some sense smacked into them to vote out Basty. My god its not that hard. He plays too hard too fast. I hope that Elias survives on Giovane, I want myself, Trey, Marty, Jerry, Declan, Mai, Jason & Elias to make merge.

"vicino"

- I like Aaron, he's a chill guy to talk to, but I'm annoyed with him in this challenge haha. I noticed he was replacing photos and not making new ones but didn't wanna say anything so I wasn't putting him on blast or being a leader. But I checked the Giovane sabotage thread and the dude replaced our 3rd sabotage which would've meant we headed to tribal. If we lost because of that it would've been him going haha, it's not right that he would make us lose like that and then survive because he is friends with Jason. Luckily I noticed it and I think it's disaster averted.

This challenge has forced me to show my hand a bit and show that I can take a leadership role in challenges. But I do not want to go tribal so I had to do it.

"giovane"

- So Giovane is likely headed to their first tribal council and I'm relatively confident that the three of me, Juliet and Ashley are solid. I would still like to target Andrea but I woke up this morning to Ashley saying how he can't wait to get rid of Sebastian. I'm still going to try my pitch to the them, but ill tread lightly about it. I dont doubt that Andrea wouldnt stay loyal to us for a second.

Again this tribe hasn't been extremely active so I dont have much compelling insight right now.

Day 8
"lontano"

- Hourra!!!!! We are officially safe from tribal council and I would like to think that it's because we're so adorable that the other tribes didn't wanted to target us. However, it's more likely because we're awesome strategist and pretty level headed. Everything is great right now but let's stay on our tippy toes cause it's survivor and anything can happen.

"pesante"

- So we won immunity again and its pretty much the same old same old for me. I want to take this game and spin it like a top but its hard right now. I wanna see this game pick up a little bit soon. Having only 3 other people, who I do really enjoy talking too mind you, can get a bit stale after a while. Its like eating the same food every single day for a month, the taste changes and you want something else. Trey and Marty are still homies tho, so that's a plus!

"vicino"

- I'm ready for this swap. It needs to happen. I'm in too delicate of a spot. Lets hope we swap at 17? It's an odd number to swap at, but lets hope it happens. If it happens at 16, oh well, but please 17! Not that I don't like my tribe, it's just that I hate small tribes! I'd be so dope if I won immunity until merge, that would be great.

"pesante"

- I am having an absolute DAY. First I blow my poetry recitation out of the water, then school gets cancelled due to snow, then I FIND THE FUCKING PESANTE IDOL. I've found two idols in the past but somehow this one felt really good, just randomly guessing with barely any method numbers on a 676 square board. Plus it's Main. I found an idol in Main!

The problem with idols and me is that I don't have a great track record with them. The first time I found one it was in Koror NZ, and I played it on Miranda when I was immune at F5, only to have it negated in a null vote. Miranda went home at rocks. The second time I found one was in BAR Malawi, and I got voted out with it in my pocket. I am NOT going to let that happen to me.

I'm considering who I would tell, but idk if I'll tell anyone from Pesante. Trey will use the info against me, I don't really trust Jerry, and Jordan is really fucking drunk right now and I would not be stunned to see him tell someone, not with any malice intended, but because he just does it.

As for the other tribes, I really don't wanna see Basty go home. He's exactly the type of player I would love to use as an ally. He seems messy, which makes him the perfect shield, but loyal, which makes him the perfect person to get on your side. He made a mistake, but his tribe didn't DO anything after that point. That loss was partially his fault, but not entirely. Not by a long shot. But I'm not on Giovane, I don't make the decisions. I think that's it? I'm gonna try to send a video confessional soon but my camera isn't working so that's a hassle.

"pesante"

- So I decided to tell Jordan about the idol because we're very close, it would be a useful tool for us as allies, and most importantly, he's sober. Since my alliance with Jordan is still a secret, going into a swap as allies and with an idol in my pocket would be huge. We could watch each other's backs, and if one of us heard that the other was getting voted out, we could play it. It's a great tool to have when two secret allies both know about it.

The one concern I have is, as soon as I told Jordan about the idol, he said something along the lines of ""Well, now we're guaranteed the swap."" I hope he doesn't think I'm gonna play it on him to save him from a 2-2 tie, because I'm probably not gonna do that. The only thing I could see myself doing is giving it to him, voting for him, and pretending I knew nothing about it after the fact, but even then I don't really like the idea. I wanna keep this for the swap, or even the merge, because that's when it's gonna be useful. Sure, saving Jordan from a 2-2 tie would be nice, but I'd prefer to just use our ""Jordan has the idol"" plan instead. Now that we have the actual idol, it's obvious that Trey or Jerry can't have it, and I can actually show them the physical idol as proof. I don't want to actually use it until AT LEAST the swap, and hopefully, well after it.

Also can we talk about Eli's answer at Tribal regarding whether or not Giovane is strong? ""I don't wanna use labels, but at least we have each other."" I'm DYING. Again, I hope Basty doesn't go home, but it's looking inevitable. RIP Basty, King of making fake alliances and making it obvious that they're fake.