Obliterate Every Plan/Confessionals

Day 22
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- VL: I made merge! https://youtu.be/_lOtyK3scVc

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- "I made the MERGE! This is such a huge accomplishment for me! My first goal was obviously to make the merge, I can check that box, now the only thing left on my checklist is to win the game. Pffft, simple. How hard could it be? Kidding, Kidding. With me making it to the merge, I am now one of 10 players to have made the merge each time I've played... that seems pretty cool to me! Another fun piece of trivia, if I make it to day 39, I will have played my 100th day of Survivor! The trivia section on my bio has a lot riding on this season, I'm telling ya!

Now that we are past the tribal phase of the game, we are all getting down to business. From here on out everyone is going to be playing at the top of their game, and I'm going to have to be even more adaptive, and more focused than I have been before. I feel good about the bonds I had with Barbarossa 3.0 coming into the merge, however I know it won't be that simple. Karsten is already over his old swapped tribe and who was on it, and I'm worried Andrea and Natalia may be being lured over by Yousef/Lex/Su.

SPEAKING OF THEM, I have just met Yousef, Lex, and Su for the first time in this game (Aren't swaps fun?) But I am trying to smooth over any ill will they may have towards me because of my immunity challenge performances. Wish me luck on that front! Lex and Su seem like normal guys, Su seems a little quiet, and Yousef talks A LOT and in a way that seems... disingenuous? I'm not sure what it's about, but I don't trust him one bit. I know we both come from the ""youtubers"" group, but honestly... fuck premades. I try my best to not rely on them, and I don't see a way me and Yousef can work in this game together. However, I will play nice, and not let him know I'm on to him. But I am keeping an eye on him. And who knows, it's early, this could all go away in a few hours for all I know.

P.S. He probably has the Calico idol, I just get that feeling since he seems like the most active player from that tribe."

Day 23
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- "This merge is probably gonna be a cluster fuck

All of these people are really nice. We got a wide range of personalities. AND WE ALL CAME TO PLAY!

I mean, thank god for no inactives, I like having people in the merge who came to fucking play, in one way or another.

But whew, talking to Su has made it clear that we are a bunch of people who are all gonna wanna get our way. I know that's the point of Survivor, but I mean they're either gonna be blunt about it, or sneaky about it. I feel like fights/drama may pop up and hopefully I'm not in the middle of it

But oh boy, I've got my seat belt on, cause it's gonna get bumpy."

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- Interesting two truths/one lie immunity challenge! I wouldn't mind winning it considering my PIN mastermind puzzle is going to shit lol. I haven't had any luck with the numbers, or i'm making some big mistakes. Hopefully my misfortune turns around.

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- help

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- OMG WE HAVE MERGED! This game is about to get super super crazy! Already things feel scary and I hope that we can figure everything out. This Immunity is taking a while so we have a lot of time to get to know each other; things are calmish now although like EVERYONE popped off this morning by taking idol clues in the main chat. And once immunity is over, this game is about to go insane. Honestly, the people I trust most right now are Yousef and Andrea, but Elmo is great too and lots of people seem to want to work with me. I think I'm going to have options, I'm just going to have to do my best to make the right decision, cuz im not gonna have options forever

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- "Okay what the fuck?

So for the idol hunt, we were allowed to ask for clues. But it would be revealed to the whole chat we asked for one.

So Bradley comes up to me and says that he isn't sure if he should go for it. He's on the second part of the search at this point. So I say no, not unless other people decide to do it, so that no one knows he's getting closer.

So he then proceeds to take two clues......okay whatever, that's his choice. Then Yousef decides to take a clue...okay fuck this I'm taking a clue

So now people are just asking for clues left, right and center. It's absolutely insane and it was kind of funny...but now I'm annoyed.

Because Bradley asked for A THIRD CLUE!!!

LIKE DUDE!!! It isn't gonna be a HIDDEN immunity idol, when everyone can pretty much guess YOOOOOU HAVE IT!

I'm supposed to work with this guy, but he's making it blatantly obvious that he's gonna get the fucking thing, and people are gonna wanna flush it. That'll make my job harder, and it also means that either I'm gonna get grouped up with him, or I have to vote him out.

Like FUCKING HELL BRADLEY WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!?!"

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- "https://youtu.be/CAqyWD3Nrog

https://youtu.be/HDTX4zGOt_o"

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- the shady snake says hissssssss just like hunter

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- "We have been merge for about two days now, and the results of the first immunity challenge aren't up, but I thought I would take this time to send another one of these spicy little messages. So I've been talking with everyone as much as I can over these last few days and I'm really trying to get in good with everyone. There haven't been any huge alliances created yet (Or if they have, I've been left out of them) but I believe it's way to early for people to try and create the next big thing this early in the merge. I feel like this immunity challenge will help speed that along, because you are PROBABLY going to be giving your answers to your allies, or at the very least people you trust. So I feel like this challenge is going to end up like an elementary classroom where us kids are just passing notes back and forth with our dirty little lies on them.

I don't think I'm winning this challenge, in fact I'd rather avoid winning if possible. I want to minimize my threat level and just lay low at this stage of the game. You can't really win at this point, but you sure as hell can lose.

I plan on talking with people and tentatively start trying to see who is willing to work with who. At this stage I feel confident with Hunter/Bradley/Elmo/Karsten. However that isn't enough for a majority, and I don't know how the whole ""Hunter and Karsten distrust each other"" situation has evolved since they last saw each other. But hey, hopefully I can get their paranoid asses to work together for a little bit just so I don't have to worry about them trying to ruin their own games while my back is turned."

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- Bradley is African American? Woah, all these facts that the hosts are throwing out are big bombshells. On a more serious note, it's a mad scramble to find the idol. I purposely started way behind on trying to find this idol. I think I was the 2nd person to figure out their code, behind Bradley. And Bradley was talking to me privately about how he's nervous and wants the idol just to be safe and he may want to be the first one to take the public clues. I suggest that he shouldn't do it. But then said how bad it would be if someone we don't want finds that idol. I have 0 clue if this impacted his decision to actually go for the clue first or not, but I like to think it did. It would be awesome for Bradley to get the idol, even if it paints a target on his back, and it most definitely will. I need people like Bradley in this game because I can see him being a lightning rod in one of these first few merge votes, and a player like that being on your side? That seems like an ace idea to me.

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- "I've been going around to pretty much everyone and trying to see if they are willing to share their lies. I think its a trust exercise because I am not telling anyone, not even my alliances, the lies that are being given to me. I don't want it getting out that I spilled anything, so I'm keeping it to myself. I think I may have got 1 or 2 wrong but hey, I don't think I'm going to end up winning so who cares.

Me and Yousef have been talking... and that man is pretty damn strategic. We both came together and basically said the obvious, but at least its now in the open. We both know we are each others greatest threat, but us taking each other out at this stage of the game would be really idiotic because it would just paint the biggest target on the other should they go. I know I'm probably one of the juicy-er targets in this game, but I trust the relationships I have been building throughout this game. I feel confident in the Elmo/Hunter/Bradley/Karsten's of the world. And I feel like Andrea and Natalia probably have my back. Or at least see me as someone they want to bring further in this game because I would be voted out before they would be, which is probably true if we're being honest. I feel like Andrea is one of the biggest threats in this entire game actually. Every single person I've talked too has said how they feel good and comfortable with her... and I do too. And I know I shouldn't. She is someone I'm going to have to watch very carefully if I don't want her sinking my ship."

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- "I am almost POSITIVE that Yousef/Lex are trying to set up Karsten for the merge boot. They went to him, said that they heard the name Hunter, and when Karsten went to other people, they ask what name he's heard, he said Hunter obviously. But literally minutes after that happened, BOTH Yousef and Lex went to a bunch of people and said ""Hey, I heard Karsten is throwing Hunter's name out"" Which gives me pause. I know for a fact Karsten does not want Hunter gone this vote, so for them to say he does is hella suspicious. I really think that since Yousef/Lex (and possibly Su, who knows) know they aren't in a great position of power, and that Karsten is adamantly against them since he was the next one in line on Cheng 3.0 . It makes perfect sense for them to want to keep their small group.

I have another feeling that Andrea/Natalia are playing the middle right now. And it was basically confirmed for me when the first names Andrea threw out were ""Jake and Karsten"" because she has good bonds with the Yousef/Lex/Su side of things, and good bonds with most, if not all of Barbarossa 3.0. I don't think she will put her foot down on not voting Lex if it comes to that, if Me/Elmo/Bradley/Hunter are all in favour, I just feel like she would prefer it where she doesn't lose any of the people she has a good relationship with.

I could be completely wrong about all of this, but just judging from my social interactions and the way people have been sharing information, I think that these are the dynamics of the tribe at the current moment. Yousef is very damn smart for trying to pull off the Karsten Set-Up, its a genius move, however I'm trying my best to poke holes, and point out inconsistencies with their plan to try and prevent it before it takes hold."

Day 24
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- "So I ended up accidentally winning immunity... This probably isnt a GREAT look for me, but I feel like I can recover if I manage to hunker down after this and appear as non-strategic. If I just pull the whole ""I want our pre-merge barbarossa 3.0 tribe to be safe"" card, I think I can skate through a few votes before I have to pull out any really big moves. Currently my official alliances are ""PIN"" which contains Hunter/Bradley/Jake and my other alliance called ""HEEB"" which contains Hunter/Bradley/Elmo... So yeah, they share a lot of the core people. But I am constantly talking to Andrea and Natalia, and I hope they are liking me enough to include me in any plans that come up.

But right now I'm trying to subtly push for Lex if possible. Su and Yousef and I have had great game chats, but Lex has been awfully quiet and not wanting to have any conversation past ""how are you"". So I have been mentioning how it sucks how I haven't really met the 3 from the other tribe yet until the merge (being Yousef/Lex/Su) and from what I've heard, Lex seems to just be following Yousef's every word, so taking a strike at his power structure without touching him, is probably a good idea. But its literally an hour into tribal, and I'm sure the plan will change 700 times, and I would NOT be surprised if multiple idols came out of the woodwork to obliterate every plan."

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- "When I said I wanted people to start playing the game, what I didn't mean was starting playing the game and throw my fucking name out there!

So I guess Karsten was talking to people saying he heard my name from some people. Okay, first off, I knew Karsten was shady from the start. Like he wanted to keep OG Barbarossa together during the first swap, but now we've hit merge, ""LOL BYE HUNTER"" like no no bitch.

But what's also sketchy is Yousef/Lex/Su. According to Ethan, my closest ally and trusted information, they came to him immediately after Karsten started talking saying they heard from him as well. Now, maybe they wanted to get the word out, that's cool. But Ethan thinks it was very fast and frankly, I agree.

Like they clearly were leaving Karsten out of the loop during the second swap, so why wouldn't they wanna drop him out quickly. And if they think they are in the minority due to the second swap, causing waves so they survive another round may be good for them.

I'm just UGGGGGH I'm so annoyed right now. I don't have a lot of time this round to talk, and my name floating around during that time IS A TERRIBLE FEELING.

Listen, I may be all nice and shit, I may compliment people and hype them up, but DO NOT FUCK WITH ME. I said I was ready to be cutthroat this game and I FUCKING MEAN IT.

You wanna play? Alright let's the game shall we?"

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- "Look I'm sorry, but if you wanna try to sit in the middle, at least make it less obvious, or try to pass it off like you wanna be a mole in one group.

If Nat and Andrea push the idea for Karsten, they clearly wanna stay in the middle between the Barbarossa 3.0 group and the trio of Su/Lex/Yousef. Like you say you're committed to this but don't wanna go for the person who started up drama with my name in the first place (Yousef/Lex).

I really wanna fight this battle, but if I have to back off this time, I'm going full force the next round."

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- "I have to be the one to put my foot down and say ""We need to do Lex"". I hear Natalia, I hear Elmo, I hear Andrea. Karsten is sketchy, but I'm pretty sure Lex threw my name out and he could keep doing that shit in the future and I'm not here for that.

I hope this doesn't result in shit flipping back to me or Karsten being idol'd out, but our Barbarossa 3.0 group wanted to make a decision together, but no one was coming forward and saying ""he need to do this"" other than Natalia, and she was more or less putting forward her concerns.

I just really hope this plan works out"

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- lex was robbed