It's Hunting Season, Ladies!/Confessionals

Day 1
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- drew hueser? drew hueser was cast for survivor kariba i could not believe it. out of 50 motherfucking bitches how did he manage to do that.

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- so far, i like becky, ben, and augusto. becky and i played together for a short time in BBUK and i hope we can align here. hopefully matthias and i survive to tribe swap sowe can work together.

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- Everyone is using too many hearts and it's unsettling

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- Ahhhhh! I am so excited for this season and I think things are already off to a somewhat decent start. I’ve been talking with a lot of people on the tribe and my social game is legit shaking. Like I would have never found I have Basic Personality Syndrome if I wasn’t cast. Already learning life lessons. Anyways, first impressions…

Ben - We got off to a bit of a shaky start somehow which i don’t understand bc the second we got back on track I think we vibed pretty well. Right now we have an agreement to switch weather, since he’s cursed with cold and I’m cursed with the swamp that is Florida and we’ve basically been talking non-stop for a few hours so definitely could work together.

Becky - I like her so far but we haven’t connected as well. I can tell she is here to play tho omg. She got short with me real quick once the Open Season twist was announced, which admittedly, gives me concerns, but hopefully that’s not the case. If I had to pick anyone who I think my hunter is right now, I’d go Becky.

Elizabeth - Well, I know Elizabeth from Upolu considering we were ride or die before the swap, and then she like slowly realized I like irrationally destroyed a lot of friendships in the game and was like “well”. I think we’re good, but she’s cognizant of how I play, which could be dangerous. At the least, it means I don’t have to play “get to know” for days until working that strategic side—but she is a very good person and a straight forward player and I’m excited to get to do what we couldn’t in Upolu perhaps.

Augusto - I DIDN’T KNOW THIS SEASON HAD A TWINS TWIST. We are like the exact same person it’s scary. All we’ve talked about is like stress and aesthetics and commentary on survivor structure with almost the same type of language it’s so funny. Like we’ve noted it too. I say within a solid day and a half we try to a align. I could definitely see us working closely together this season.

Dan - We’ve talked a little and he’s pretty easy to relate to, but I don’t know much yet. He did say the fact that I once traveled to Canada was “iconic”, which is confusing but ok.

Nic - We talked a little too, but not much at all.

Dovile - to quote every project runway judge ever, who is she? where is she going? ok update we’ve actually talked now and she seems nice enough. we’ve also both only done one season before, a koror season, where we both got runner up which is hilarious.

and then there’s the Open Season twist, which is basically made to foster paranoia. It means no matter how good you could be playing the game, there’s always someone out to get you and it makes me nervous. Off the bat, I can tell that Ben and Louise do not have me. I currently kinda suspect Becky, Augusto, and Elizabeth, just because of their respective commentaries about it, and I have no idea about Nic, Dan, or Dovile.

Unfortunately, my target is Louise and I have a trade off. Do I think I could accomplish this? Potentially. Or I could think outside the box, tell her she is my target, that I don’t want to pursue it at all, and use it to buy some sort of loyalty that might help me to better avoid the own target on my back. By making myself a source of security, I could be guaranteeing her as a number to be used. Because I know if someone PM’d me right now and told me that, I’d latch onto that person and quick. And knowing I could rope in Elizabeth without too much work and a few apologies for throwing her name out, I might be able to get myself two loyal allies very quickly in this game. On a tribe of nine, I don’t need a lot more to advance myself and prepare for any counters against my hunter.

But yeah, aside from that, going to keep WORKING that social game, looking around Kariba for a personality, and hoping my hunter is low key not great at this. My goal today is to be crucial as fuck in the challenge to foster more conversation and hopefully some meaningful dialogue about the game, and potentially sniff out two things: first, who is hunting me? second, who is hunting them? and how can I plant the seeds to see them go the second we hit tribal council?

Right now, I think I could really align with Louise, Elizabeth, Augusto, and Ben on this tribe off the bat, but they might not all connect together the same way so I need a lil bit of time to let the relationship network develop before I try to get something started. I don't know. I think I'm one of the easier first boots on this tribe and I'm really working to dismantle that bc that's not cute and I'm just really excited and hope to go further than at least the first swap.

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- I made it to Kariba, guys! Not sure how or why, but I’m here so might as well make the most of it! The Zambezi Tribe is certainly one to be reckoned with cause the name and color are just that iconic. The tribe members seem cool so far but I’ll get to that later. Out the gate, I want to be somewhat UTR just cause people who make waves end up drowning due to them early on and I want to stay afloat. This isn’t to say I won’t play… I just don’t want people to see me as some dictator, which is why I want to focus on my social game and make everyone love me ❤

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- I know this season is about to be as messy as a Taco Bell bathroom and that’s mainly due to the Open Season twist. Survivor is a game of… well, survival. Ultimately the nature of the game is hunt or be hunted, which is what this twist capitalizes on. By catching your prey, you gain a reward. The thing is that you can only get a reward by making a somewhat uncalculated risk which is major YIKES. Your target is decided by a random jar and you are also someone else’s target… aka everyone has a neon sign saying “VOTE ME OUT AND YOU’LL GET SOMETHING” and it’s just not a cute look.

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- Today marks the day Paranoia was born and the Open Season twist is the mother and the father (Maury told us through the DNA test). The game could’ve been smooth sailing with just about any twist, but Lake Kariba ain’t having it. Anyway, both tribes had to pick a jar and I felt like lucky number 7 was calling to me, so I picked it. I ended up getting Nic as my target… which like is fine… I guess. We’ve talked somewhat but I’m a greedy bitch so nobody’s safe. I just hope whoever got my name has some good ammunition cause I’m wearing all the protection I’ll need to hopefully be safe.

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- I like this twist! It's going to be very interesting to see how it affect's people's strategies. My target is Roisin, and tbh I think that she could be an easy boot. I'm not going to switch the target to her or anything. Earlier, I had a theory that everyone got the person whose name came right before their's alphabetically and that the numbers didn't matter. When Jack told me his target the theory was debunked though.

I've been wanting to compete in an endurance challenge for a while now! Unfortunately I might not be able to get a high score (without sacrificing sleep :P), but we'll see what happens.

Mostly I've just been excited to meet everyone! Right now I think my favorite people to talk to are Hals and Jack. Mack hasn't talked to me yet, so she would personally be my pick for first boot. The person who drew her as a target must be ecstatic lol

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- I love coming to a new community to experience a brand new gathering of people, only to find this game filled with people I already know !!! Like yes, I know I only found this game because of my intense love for Zakriah and Trent so maybe I was a little jaded on how ""new"" they would be to me but like I didn't want this, fam! I literally just hosted Gloria to a win like LAST FUCKIN WEEK. Jack and I are secret mega-tight allies. Hosted Matthias twice, Louise has hosted me twice. Nic and I have so much bad history that Ryan Murphy is writing a mini-series about us, the sequel to FEUD: Bette and Joan.

I came here to escape, not to be thrown into the same shit I deal with every day, but on a worse communication platform!!!!!! But hey, what the fuck ever. If I'm already in my daily routine then what am I going to do? The same thing I do every day, Pinky: try to take over the world.

Day 2
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- i’m worried about possibly being an early boot. i’m not gonna be around much for the challenge since i have work

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- also, i really wanna do well in this game. the last FB survivor ORG i played was 703 chaos, and i was kinda a mess. this time, i wanna show i can be a rational, smart, strategic player. i already know i am one, i just gotta let everyone else know too. i’ve been playing orgs forever and am more than just a crazy dramatic person

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- Vincent - wow we're gonna lose this challenge Vincent - but it's okay because we have an inactive in the tribe Vincent - honestly whoever has Mack as their prey must feel so lucky right now..... Me - WOW yeah I 🙂 just 🙂 bet 🙂 they 🙂 do 🙂 🙂 🙂

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- We’re onto the second day out here and I’m feeling alright! I’ve been talking to people a lot more and let me say this is a really solid group. The only people I have reservations about are Nic and Louise only because my conversations with Nic are awkward as hell and Louise hasn’t been the most active. No alliances have been made yet which is TERRIFYING only because every season I’ve read (yes, I do my research) has 7 alliances made in the first 50 seconds. Just gotta keep up my social game and pray to Jesus that I make it onto one sooner rather than later.

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- The lord has heard me and blessed me with Dovile! Okay so like… I was sketched out by her just because she came to me super quick after we started talking about forming an alliance, but she seems iconic so why not take the offer? We somehow get to the topic of the Open Season twist and sis spills the beans and tells me she got Elizabeth as her target. I actually really like Elizabeth so me knowing this could help me later on. I returned the favor and told her Nic was who I got and Dovile was pretty happy! I mean, I got lucky because Nic’s social game hasn’t been the best so far. It’s hunting season, ladies! If we lose this challenge, I’m going to let Nic speak for himself and hope that causes him to leave… even though I think he’s great (‘:

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- We’re going on a wildlife safari and I couldn’t be happier… oh wait, I can! Zambezi totally needs to win this challenge because safety, especially safety in numbers, is important. So before the challenge is posted, I ask what our plan of attack should be… and that’s all I want to contribute to the conversation. I don’t want to appear to be some sort of leader cause I don’t want to stand out from the pack cause if I do, I’ll be a nice and juicy target. All I wanna do now is show up and shut up.

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- Confessional: While a few of my lovely tribe members are slaying the challenge, I decide to snoop around for an idol and what do ya know? Augusto1.gif

Augusto2.gif I am QUAKING at the fact that I somehow managed to find a Hidden Immunity Idol on Day 2, like what are the chances? Not only am I thankful, but I’m also going to be careful. No one is going to hear about this, at least right now. If I play my cards right, I think I have a chance at somehow making it far.

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- ok so we are in the middle of the challenge rn and i haven't done anythign LMAO so now is time to pull my weight just in case we lose but i think i've talked to a couple of people and have gotten close with some people OH Jake told me i had his target which is nice bc now i know no one has a precise motive to get me out this round so i should be good! w e w

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- Everyone on this tribe uses so much ORG lingo and it makes me every so slightly uncomfortable in every conversation Like I told someone my grandpa was born on february 29th and they responded with ""that's iconic"" What am I supposed to say to that

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- Listen I know I just sent one of these but like do y'all know how hard it is to NOT be a try-hard this season??? This is a historic level of lack of caring for me, usually I'm such a crack the whip motivator on these kinds of challenges but today?? People are like "oop we're gonna lose" like SIX FUCKING HOURS INTO A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR COMP but I just gotta laugh. Because with that attitude?? You're damn right, sweets! But this is one of the first times in a while where I can feel new bonds forming and that those are going to be more important than the bonds I came in with. They have the chance to get me through some shit, so let's go fire-test it, I'm ready for proof of bond, your silly little tribal council does not scare me. I'll Denise Stapley all the fuck to FTC if I gotta.

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- my mood is Dovile going around asking people who their targets are like ok be nancy drew, put it all together, and then please tell me so i can get the info w/o doing the work 😊

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- Well...against my better judgment, I decided to care. I decided to try. To quote my queen Miranda Priestley, "I said to myself, go ahead. Take a chance. Hire the smart, fat girl. I had hope. My God. I live on it." Only in this case, the smart fat girl was the challenge we were destined to lose. And what do I get out of it?? A brand new alliance, four brand new scapegoat targets, a trip to the Lodge tomorrow, and something to do on a lazy Sunday. Nvm I guess that's not too bad after all 🙂

Day 3
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- Just like, inactivity, lying, being useless

i am useless but if anyone asks... IM SICK. my mind...

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- So far the game has been gd, i've linked up with those who have come online and after the challenge which i tried to bring back to life lool i made a group chat with vincent drew and hals which is now a final 4 alliance which is bare lols cos that wasnt reealy my intention but hey its fine. Kiley aired me in DMs which vexed me. now we have to vote cos half the tribe didn't put in any sweat. i hope it will be an easy vote on Mack cos she hasnt been here but u never know. Im also worried cos im going to have work this week so might not be able to give as much to the challenges but i hope that won't be a problem 😕 x

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- YESSSSSSS!!!! TOP 17!! I’m here for it I was so nervous abt being first boot and things just got a lot cuter on Zambezi. So today was kinda a strategic success for me on some levels and a failure on others.

The challenge was nice, because I did have the most posts (miss Becky was p close too) and some people acknowledged it and credited me for it which was like v good for making myself essential to the tribe. Like high key it really was like everyone and a huge ass team effort so idk where that vibe is coming from, especially when Augusto, Ben, and Becky like killed it and i messed up four+ times but if people want to give me credit, I don’t mind tbqh if it gives cute vibes for my social game.Speaking of that trainwreck of a social game it seems to be going okay-ish??? I’ve really worked on my connections with Louise, Elizabeth, Dovile, Becky, Ben, and Augusto today and I feel like v close to Augusto and Elizabeth.

Strategy is a diff thing, simply because Miss Dovile is WILDING OUT on Zambezi and i’m like kinda okay with it but kinda not. Like if this alliance proposal is a well-made, well-piloted ship, yess, but I am not about to get on board her sinking ship of loosely connected allies without a few life boats. Basically, she high key approached me today like “WHO IS UR TARGET” and I was a little taken aback by how upfront she was about it, but I told her and it somehow turned into an alliance with her and Elizabeth. But she didn’t really seem to think we needed majority, or so I thought, so I tried to force the initiative on Elizabeth to look less like a leader and more like a number, only to find out she’d approached Elizabeth LAST NIGHT and instructed her to recruit Augusto in, but pitched it to me today as if Elizabeth was #3, saying “I was the person she talks to.” Like okay… why not throw out a bunch of unnecessary lies on Day 2. That’s a great way to buy trust dslkfhsklhf but for now, she wants me in and as a number, and that's exactly what i need to be perceived as so yesss hopefully she can pull it off.

In other news I just told Louise she was my target because honestly, it’s not a realistic vibe to be an “aggressive hunter” premerge and if it buys her loyalty, there are more longterm advantages to a loyal ally than to a double vote or a light pearl. It’s sounding like Dovile’s lil alliance is going to be myself, Elizabeth, Augusto, Louise, and her, and I don’t really think excluding Becky/Ben is a good idea, but I think I could play that to my advantage tbqh, especially bc Nic is looking like a first boot rn if he doesn’t up the activity/conversation. So yeah, I think so long my hunter doesn’t like gun for me, I’m probably set for the first vote or two, which is a good vibe tbh but I’d like to sit an official, actually-formed majority alliance sometime soon. I’m trying not to play hard, but by the same measure, I might have to build some strategic bridges on top of social boats sometime soon, if those social boats exist, which they might not idk sdflksjflks. Idk… my game rn is pretty must trying to be as friendly and basic as possible, be essential in challenges, and strategically inept to mask any insights I have into the game which admittedly are probably v limited but that’s ok.

also i’m like so conflicted as to whether becky is my hunter. like i was sure yesterday but she’s been v friendly today bc of the challenge and all so gotta keep digging.

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- also 👀👀 JakeKariba1.jpg

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- This game is the gift that keeps on giving, quite honestly. I went to bed with my new boyfriend (aka my idol, he’s lovely) and woke up with Elizabeth offering me an alliance. She’s pretty awesome so I obviously agreed and we began talking more and she said she really liked both Dovile and Jake. Conveniently, Dovile messaged me saying she really likes Elizabeth a little after. That probably should be a red flag, but I’ll choose to ignore the stop signs and keep going… anyway, I made sure to tell each of them separately that we should talk to the other person and form an alliance after the challenge so it doesn’t look shady. In reality, I don’t want anyone talking so I don’t look shady 🙂 I also need to find a way to mention it to Jake without seeming aggressive and “in charge”, so best of luck to me.

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- Roison from the Hwadze Tribe is a literal angel, god bless her soul. She might have royally fucked up for her tribe and my heart goes out to her because that must put her in a sucky position, so I hope she can survive. That being said, she did THAT and kinda helped Zambezi take the W we needed. That challenge, I think, really brought the tribe together and I love it ❤ Nic was basically the only one who didn’t contribute based on his circumstances but a part of me hopes that puts him out of the totem pole completely and into the running for Zambezi’s first boot cause I want to visit the Hunter’s Lodge and take a jar with me as a parting gift.

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- dovile approached me earlier about aligning with her and elizabeth and they both nice so im like yah sure girls rule but they didn't wanna include becky so i need to find out why eventually but then i was rando added to this new alliance with dovile and elizabeth + jake and augusto which is hella sweet bc i love both of those dickbags too but i also am super tight with daniel so this whole tribe is amazing but i wouldnt be surprised if there was a male alliance Y A W N anyway it seems my pussy is on fire bc i think a lot of the ppl here like me WEW