Bond By Hate/Confessionals

Day 7
"phaluai"

- WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. I thought Sim was leaving

"phaluai"

- BITCH WE DID IT. WE GOT TYSON OUT

"phaluai"

- WELL JAKE JUST FUCKING RUINED EVERYTHING FOR HIMSELF. He lied about Tyson having the idol so that we would vote him out. He then proceeded to "accidentally" send a screenshot of the guess that Tyson SUPPOSEDLY guessed and got the idol. SO Y I K E S. MY WIG IS OFF BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHAT WITH ALIETTA CHRIS & JAKE AND HES DONE.

"phaluai"

- I DONT KNOW WHATS HAPPENING SO MUCH YELLING

"samsao"

- Erin seems to see me as the mastermind of her vote. I don't know whether to feel flattered or feel bad.

"samsao"

- So due to late information, I inadvertently voted in the minority. However, it appears as though Miguel spilled the beans of the Samsung Five BS Alliance to Jenna to cover his tracks and now I gotta do damage control to avoid the target if the tribes stay the same. This will be tricky.

"phaluai"

- THIS IS THE REAL TEA "the idol answer before that told me that its already been found, i guessed it again after tyson got voted out and i was told it was incorrect so that means tyson had the idol. i didnt mean to send the screenshot, i had it copied to send to my friend outside the game bc i talk to her about it. i meant to just tell yall but whoops and got a strike. lmk what you think im lying about though cause im just trying to give you all information gjkgkj" - Jake

"samsao"

- a tribe swap! i guess i made the 'right' choice in my dichotomy that i gave myself earlier, but in survivor no choice can ever be 100% certain to be right until you can look it all over at the end. for now, i feel glad i kept sim...but it could easily turn out to be the wrong choice. i feel good with cliff, anna, jenna, and sim rn. miguel and yannick are question marks, one of them wasn't in on the plan and idk who it was yet. so much more to see....

"samsao"

- I wanted Erin out since day 1. I didn't think I would make it happen. Everyone was being a sheep. But I woke up today and decided to be a shepherd. And I opened a can of worms. I approached Sim and said straight up, "You're the vote. Do you have an idol?" I encouraged him to try to idol guess and save himself. Him and I were both incorrect. An idol play would have been slicker but this way, though a little sloppy and dangerous, revealed a lot more information. I found out that Yannick felt close to Jenna, that an all girl's alliance was forming, that someone ratted out the Samsung 5 chat and it was most likely Eva or Miguel. I figured out that Miguel is very good at creating dissension and will backstab anyone. I got Yannick, Annabelle, Sim, and Jenna as tight one-to-one alliance members now and those relationships may save me down the line. Tip for anyone playing Survivor in the future: You can't control everything. You can't control swaps, idols, vendettas, etc, all you can control is you and your investments. And you ALWAYS want to invest in relationships. Be honest and straightforward. Diplomacy is king and I've been politicking hard enough early on that Erin getting voted off is a testament of my investments. Lets just hope the market doesn't crash after this swap!!!

"samsao"

- this is my first main org season where i didn't really develop a ride or die early on. rhiannon in svalbard and rob in cyprus, here the closest i have is jenna or possibly sim. both of whom i'm not 1000% set on. it's a new feeling

"phaluai"

- I love you Tyson but you were dangerous and should have told me about the idol... I also now don't trust Jake because of the screenshot incident, Swop now and About to get fucked.

"phaluai"

- https://i.imgur.com/617NHuz.jpg This is me when Alietta bosses me around 😂😂😂😂❤️❤️ sorry girl I love you but this is funny asf.

"talap"

- This tribe swap is really making me nervous. I have the potential of completely losing my allies, and I have no idea what the other tribe's impressions of me are. I am going to hope that I get on a tribe where I actually have some room to work instead of being blindsided at the first TC with the idol in my pocket. I told Maya, Julez, Taylor, and Rhi that I wish them luck if we aren't together on the new tribe, and hopefully we can reunite and work together again later. I'm not ready to give up my Talap buff yet. 😢

"talap"

- In my past of playing ORGs, I have always survived a swap and gotten to the merge. It is either preswap, or postmerge for me. Hopefully my track record continues and I make it to the merge unscathed.

"talap"

- Just when I was solidifying myself as part of Talap this tribe swap comes along and Charlie Brown's me. Right now I'm just very nervous because I'd hate to end up on the wrong side of a swap and flop in this org yet again. Who knows though? The bigger the tribe, the easier to hide and I think I'm pretty good at hiding if I need to.

"talap"

- Oh good Survivor Gods, give me a good tribe.

"samsao"

- Okay so swap. I am not sure what to think as my suballiance of myself, Rhi, Maya, and Julez was completely split down the middle. Of COURSE I got stuck with Kostas, and hopefully Taylor will not prove troublesome. I hope I can get something going with Yannick because other than him, I have no idea who any of the other people even are LMAO.

"phaluai"

- the new illaoi tribe is pretty cute! majority female, and all the guys are ppl i'd like to work with too. MY GIRL RHI IS HERE YASTH so that's a plus as well! the last time rhi and i swapped onto a pink tribe tho, tragedy ensued. so this time i cant let that happen by trusting a handsome snake. okay so rundown on ppl: Jenna: original samsao, bae. Sim: original samsao, inactive bae. Miguel: original samsao, possible bae. Rhi: OG svalbard bae. Nathan: hosted in resurrection, potential wanted to play with me for a while. Jake: queen helen. julez: complex but largely positive org history, maybe bae. Hannah: my little sister. Alietta: Big Brother Canada 2.

"phaluai"

- I honestly love my new tribe except maybe Sim but who knows maybe we'll end up working together

"phaluai"

- So I was kinda scared of this swap tbh. But seems like some of these people have some personal vendetas against each other from previous games and FINALLY i'm not involved lmao. So it seems like a Hannah vs Sim and Rhi vs Allieta storm is coming and I have my beatufiul yellow raincoat ready for the hurricane to come. I love that I can speak in spanish with Miguel so I'm gonna keep him close to my heart. And everyone seems to like Jake so I'll give him a try. I believe I could keep my secret elephant a good while if I play my cards correctly n___n

"phaluai"

- me is already making Sim seem shady to people & they are saying they wouldn't mind him being first target 🙂🙂

"samsao"

- NICK TAUNTED ME SO I GOTTA VOTE YOU OUT TAYLOR SORRY BRO

"samsao"

- I have been talking with Priscilla and Yannick on a gameplay standpoint and want to try to get something working with them two, myself, Taylor, and Maya. I have spoken to Maya and Taylor separately on the matter and both of them seem to have had an issue with Yannick. Maya said he was intimidating to her, and Taylor said they have lowkey bad blood from Retribution. I had to kind of stretch the truth a bit to get them to change their minds. With Maya, I told her that Yannick is the incorrect vote at the Samsao tribal council. This was enough to make her believe that he is an outsider on that tribe. In actuality, Yannick then proceeded to tell me that he only voted incorrectly because he voted too early before Clifford told him the actual plan that had changed. To Taylor, I told him that Yannick is putting Retribution behind them and wants to work with him. This is mostly true, but then Yannick told me that he is worried about Taylor and sees him as a threat. Of course I cannot tell Taylor this if I want this group together. Pieces now are falling into place for the five of us to work together.

Now onto Chris. I like him a lot so far, we have not spoken at all about gameplay but I feel like that can easily be changed. Maya said she spoke to him and also feels that he is nice. On a ten person tribe, we do need a 6th person to have a majority, so I will keep Chris in mind if we end up needing him.

HOWEVER, I believe that this first vote will be, in true Talap style, a straightforward vote. People are already throwing Kostas' name around saying he ""tries to play a villainous game"" and as I was on Talap, I am fueling the fire. ""Oh he was sooo on the outs on Talap, I am fine with him going."" Hopefully Kostas being easily taken out will make the target on Talap as a tribe smaller. We will have less members, and will show that we ""are not that solid"" when in actuality we are.

Finally, with this reward challenge. I realized that I had won this as an individual immunity in Mongolia, and at this point I have doubled my score in that game. I am thinking about it though... I am afraid of the temple, do not want to go myself, and do not really want to have someone sent there to gain advantages. Also, it will negatively impact my game by putting a challenge threat target on my back. I may be submit it to ""look like a hero"" or something to the tribe, but I need to figure out if it is worth the possible repercussions for the future.

"phaluai"

- Im so happy with this swap, I've known Hannah and Rhi a bit so it's fun to talk to them again, Julez is Mexican so we talk in Spanish and I feel 100% confident while talking to her so she is cool, Jake seems boring but whatever and I'm with Jenna!! Which is my main ally! And I'm happy for that too I wanna have a good relationship with all of them so I can stay in case something goes wrong.

"samsao"

- I need Priscilla out now!!!

"samsao"

- Last night I got home and started meeting my new tribe. Yannick has been busy keeping me secure through his connections to form a majority. Pitching Chris and Kos as villains that need to go at least buy me two votes but now that the real life friendships are coming into play, I have to play some 4D chess if I'm going to survive long term.

So I made a deal.

Last night talking to Pris, I got that she is bright, genuine and thoughtful. She's a good human being. I got that right away. Which is a huge red flag. Amazing human beings are great for life, terrible for Survivor lol. People will gravitate towards her and not want to vote her out. Knowing this, I needed to position myself against Pris's narrative this season because others will see her as more valuable than me. She's a nice person, a loyal vote and isn't Clifford the Crazy Survivor Player. When it comes to me VS her in a vote, I'm going home.

After talking to Pris for only a short time and getting the gist of who she is, I pulled a Poker style aggressive play to show her cards. Let me get the exact quote. I was helping her with strategy advice because she said she wasn't good strategically so I pitched a mentorship/safety deal in exchange for a heads up if I'm getting blindsided.

""I'm going to make a deal with you for this game. Feel free to come to me with anything and I'll give you advice on how to play it out. I won't use it against you and I will let you know if you're getting votes from anyone or if they mention your name. I would like to see you go deep in this game. The only thing I would ask in return is that if I'm being blindsided I could at least know so I can A) Play an idol if i find one or B ) go out on a high note and do something funny.""

I assumed right that Pris is not used to aggressive gameplay. She didn't take the deal. Here's the whole point of the pitch.

If Pris takes the deal, that means I got eyes and ears with someone who many people will trust. And I get to mentor someone like I was doing with Austin before he went and put Hunter's face on a goat's ass lol. By not taking the deal, she's revealing she is comfortable with the alliances she has and doesn't need me nor does she plan to have me around long term. But I needed to make the deal and it had to be that straightforward so that she passes that information to her allies. I will eventually tell others about my Pris deal and pitch ""I had ONE conversation with her and offered her a free ride to the end because I trusted her that much. I've never had a player mist me that hard before EVER. I knew there were dangerous players in this game but Pris surprised me."" I knew I could use whatever her answer was to my advantage. If she took the deal, I have no problem helping her get to the end because I am notorious for the fact that I will go to the end with anyone, I just need to get to the end. I would have had zero qualms about going to the end with Pris and having a teacher/student relationship where I teach her Survivor strategy. I know she is still hurt from events from Cyprus. So I want to help her. But, as expected, she didn't take the deal. Ughh. For future players, please, if someone offers you a deal, if you don't know HOW to turn a deal down just make the deal, break it later, and deal with consequences as they come. Don't give anyone a reason to doubt your role in their game.

Dammit Pris. I realllllly wish you took the deal.

I really, really do.

Because Option B sucks.

"phaluai"

- Tyson went home as planned, and he (I think) did indeed have the idol. It's always sad to see someone go who you bonded with on personal level but when someone shows the symptoms for a messy player further in the game, it's always good to nip it while you can, especially if they can lie to you so convincingly. I do think Tyson would have been loyal to me for a while, but I needed to convince the other players that I am here to play for them and not just myself. And then BAM, a swap happens and it's when I am drunk. A messy way to start the swap? I think so indeed.

"samsao"

- So after a few sappy goodbyes in the Phaluai chat, we swapped! As far as the divisions go, my new tribe is a 4-3-3 split with me being a part of one of the threes.

I'm just gonna use the order on the season page cuz I'm lazy

Jace - I talked to him quite a bit and he seems nice! Yannick and Chris seem to like him too so maybe we can start something neat! ALSO JACE WHEN YOU READ THIS JUST KNOW YOU ARE THE BEST ARTIST IN THE WORLD AND I BOW DOWN TO THEE

Chris - MY BEST FRIEND IN THIS GAME IS WITH ME ON MY SWAP TRIBE YAY. Fun fact, I battled him in Pokemon a few days ago and started teaching him about the realm of competitive battling! As far as game stuff goes, we have a thing with Julia and hopefully a thing with Jace and Chris. I've withheld how close I really feel with Jace and Yannick to Chris but I still trust him.

Konstantinos - I don't trust him one bit. I've seen enough of him to know that he's trouble and super chaotic. I feel bad not starting a clean slate with him since it's a new season but I really feel like he has he same playstyle in every game he plays. Jace pretty much confirmed that he was just as chaotic in his time on Talap and is pretty much at the bottom. If we go to tribal he's apparently an easy vote out. I just really worry about an idol because he seems like the type to look for one.

Annabelle - She seems cool. I haven't talked with her much. I know she's really good friends with Alexa though and I love Alexa sooooo

Clifford - He's a REALLY nice dude. I offered him some anime and stuff which I loved doing because unlike most people I know he's actually going to probably watch those recommendations lol. Alsooo, he offered me this really strange deal. He basically said he would coach me and have my back the entire game because he wants me to go far. I have a lot of trouble believing this so I told him that I'd have to think about his offer, although I'd love to play with him. I dunno I'm just having a hard time thinking he'd basically throw his game away like that. Apparently he coached Austin on Azerbaijan so here might be some merit to what he's offering

Julia - She's with us and Chris and I trust that she's loyal to us over the others.

Maya - Haven't talked to her much but she seems nice. Jace actually really likes her and considered having her in an alliance with me.

Taylor - I know he's a really good player because I've hosted him before. He's pretty nice although I'm noticing he's kind of like Brett where I really don't know how to talk to him.

Yannick - He's really cool, I'm looking forward to hopefully working with him. We don't have anything concrete of course but eh I think he'll be a loyal ally. Clifford mentioned that Eva and Yannick pushed Clifford to protect me in the case of a swap. Eva I understand, but I was pleasantly surprised to see Yannick pushing for me too.

I don't necessarily care too much about reward because I'm sure that I can prove my worth to the tribe in the immunity challenge in some shape or form. I hope things work out here and I'm really feeling a lot more confident in myself the more I play, so hopefully this train continues~

"phaluai"

- Nathan Cooper is my secret twin https://i.imgur.com/Ga4moUY.jpg

"samsao"

- So... Maybe I should just give up trying to make an alliance between myself, Maya, Yannick, Priscilla, and Taylor. Now Maya is coming to me saying that Priscilla is giving her really short answers and seemingly wants nothing to do with her. Even though I am sure this probably isn't the case, I can't just be like "oh Maya, it's nothing don't worry" because then I am just going to push her away. I guess I should just wait to see if they end up bonding better, but right now I am worried for us.

"phaluai"

- I am on a really iconic tribe. In terms of alliances, I am not really sure how I am feeling yet. I am definitely going to stick with Hannah and Jake. The other members I see currently working with are Nathan, Miguel and Eva right now. Possibly Jenna but I need to have a proper conversation with her. Julia is someone I can bond with over the fact I rooted for her in Sichuan and remember her being the first boot. Not sure how I feel on Rhi yet, we will have to see. I want to score the highest in the reward challenge because that could possibly have the tribe send me for performing best in the challenge? People may also be more likely to keep me around if they think I am an asset to the tribe. Not sure where previous loyalties lie but I am pretty sure Miguel, Jenna and Eva have something possibly going.

"samsao"

- Yikes. Chris just asked me like ""are you close with your tribemates?"" And in an attempt to distance myself from Kostas and to show that Talap is a mess, I was like ""no he tried to make an alliance without me."" Then i got Taylor in the new Iconic chat being like ""don't make it too obvious because they might turn it against us."" Well hopefully Chris doesn't go and turn it around on me, but I think I may have the numbers. Even though there isn't an official alliance made yet, I believe that Yannick, Priscilla, and now Clifford (likely thanks to Yannick) would not vote me out of this game, or would at least alert me in advance so I could play my idol (which they do not know about of course). I am trying to weave this group together but it is soooo difficult as I do not want to strong arm an alliance and be seen as playing too hard/untrustworthy/etc. Clifford just told me that ""someone already told me not to vote you out and I plan to stick to that, as long as you want to keep me safe as well."" I have to assume it was Yannick that talked to him about this. Clifford also just told me that he likes Maya, and Maya just told me that she likes Clifford (and now Priscilla, yay!). Hopefully something gets put together now. If Clifford gets integrated into the group, I am sure that Maya would be completely down for bringing in Yannick at that point since Yannick and Clifford are clearly a duo. It would be better for our alliance overall if we have more members of other tribes instead of so many Talap.

"samsao"

- This is certainly an interesting swap. Turns out the idol is not the same episode title as on Talap, sooo shit.

I ended up with 3 former Talap members (Maya, Kos, and Jace). I'm excited, but it hit me that this might not be a great thing. We can't be too unified or else it will put a target on us. We already have the most people from our original tribe on the new Samsao, so that makes us easier to target. So although I intended on working with Kostas coming into the swap, I have now realized he needs to go to help me, Maya, and Jace out. People are already discussing him as a potential target apparently. He was my target on Talap, and he will be my target now. He will only drag me down. We just have to distance ourselves in such a way that they don't see me, Jace, and Maya as a group or else they may use Kostas against us.

Clifford straight up told me what went down on Samsao, and with the help of Maya, we believe we have determined that Jenna was the other person on the outs at their tribal. This could be useful moving forward.

The other thing about this swap is that I am once again with Yannick. We weren't on the greatest terms in Retribution. We were never really working together, and I was involved in his blindside. The good news is, he told me there are no hard feelings about it. Jace told me Yannick said he doesn't blame me for anything because it was Nick and Bryce's doing (which is true!), and that he would work with me! Hopefully this is truthful, but I do have to remember that we never were on each other's side before, so he could be lying.

As for the rest of the tribe, Clifford is great and talkative, and so is Chris. Priscilla is awesome. Annabelle is very quiet and doesn't say much. Like I asked her about the challenge and all she said was ""I submitted last night"". Keep the convo going, girl! Jace said she's ignoring him, so I'm not sure I care for her at the moment. Julia is pretty cool.

Oop. Update, apparently Yannick voted too early and didn't hear the plan, so there was really no outsider other than Erin? Welp. We aren't great detectives like I had thought. Regardless, makes me cautious of Sim moving forward. If he was able to flip that vote himself, then he's a threat. Just another to add to my list.

"phaluai"

- I honestly freaking love this new tribe. Like I already know almost everyone here so it's a perfect setup for me. I'm sad that I'm separated from Jace and Taylor but I'm sure they'll flourish over on that other tribe.

Originally I was terrified of Jake because I know he's an amazing player plus we had a bit of bad blood from another org but I think both of us want to put that beef aside and even possibly work together going forward. Hannah and I worked together closely before and already we seem to be clicking pretty well so that's pretty rad. I haven't talked to Alietta nearly as much but they're pretty cool so hoping for good things there going forward.

Now as far as the Samsao people go, I've wanted to play a game with Eva forever so I'm so fricking happy I finally get the chance to. We haven't exactly talked much but I can see something possibly building there. And of course Jenna and Miguel, I know them from Reusrrection, I'd love to build maybe a secret trio with them or something, because they're both great and I know they have a history of being pretty loyal players. And then there's Sim who still has not shown up yet rip. Hopefully he does soon though because I've heard nothing but good things about him from other orgs.

Sooooo, to make a long story short, I love this new tribe, I hope we slay and I hope I can keep this pink buff as a souvenir even after this season is done with.

"samsao"

- I told Priscilla we were going to murder Kostas and she got really concerned, this is the type of ally I was looking for MY ENTIRE LIFE #WORST

"samsao"

- Someone tell me why Kostas and Clifford are like CROSS ATLANTIC COUSINS OF ONE ANOTHER

"samsao"

- I'm kinda glad that we lost, and my score wasn't even the best overall (including the other tribe). Now I don't need to worry about anyone going to the temple that I don't want to, and lowers the chance of anyone else finding an idol.

"samsao"

- And as of right now, the plan seemed to work. I was able to once again put together an alliance of everyone that I wanted in it. When I approached Priscilla about it, I phrased it as though I personally was extending an olive branch to her to include her in the alliance to make her feel more bonded to me. I hope this alliance stays strong because I have a really good feeling about it and I know we can run this game with it.

"phaluai"

- right now my future in this game looks bleak but while i still feel like i'm doomed, it's not over. once i saw my punishment my first instinct was clear, get my old tribemates on my side and use pris to maybe work the phalauis. a longshot basically. but alietta has given me a lot of info to use as well, this is really what i needed. i just need to use this information properly, i may have to make myself a pawn but better live as a pawn than die a queen, yknow?

"phaluai"

- you know, maybe me being total ass at challenges will help for once. if we don't win these next two immunities, i don't get sent over. but clearly our tribe is good at challenges so really how can i help that? i have to fight for myself on Samsao one way or another I think, it can't be avoided. I won't ask people to drag themselves down for my sake.

"samsao"

- Ode to an Alliance:

Boys are made of frogs and snails and puppy dog tails. But us girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice!!! 💋

"phaluai"

- After the reward challenge, I was chosen to go to the Temple of Fate with Eva. This not only gave me the chance to compete for a reward/punishment, but also allows me to have one on one time with Eva. I know that if I ever come back here, I have a better chance to get to the final tear and earn myself something. I took a risk going to Tier 4 and I was lucky because Eva had already got the punishment for that challenge. How I see it is that I arrived with nothing and I leave with nothing; I haven't gained or lost anything. Being able to advice Eva will hopefully have her have some sort of loyalty towards me if she truly believes I want to help her out in the game. Even though I do see her as an ally and she is a great friend of mine, in this game I don't trust that her loyalties are completely with me. Right now, that's not an issue but later on that could become one. All I can do for now is support and encourage her so that she knows I've helped her out.

"phaluai"

- Typical, I secure myself high on a tribe totem pole, so naturally we get a fucking swap. Great.

"phaluai"

- Okay I could work with this, I have Julez who I was tight with on Talap, I kept Nathan as close to me as I could without solidifying anything, Jenna I think I can work with, Eva is my Svalbardian, Cypriot gurl (we have to be the 1st pair of players to play 3 seasons together though right?), I worked with Sim on San Marcos so that’s a good start, and I really want to work with Jake, so not too bad on that part. On the other hand, I’m getting virtually nothing more than small talk from Miguel, and Hannah and Alietta really scare me to be on a tribe with, both have history of attempting to betray me or blindside me, so even though we’re making nice and talking, they’ll need to do a lot to earn my trust..

Day 8
"samsao"

- Yannick just said ""we only had one clue and there are so many episodes so i dont think anyone got the idol yet.""

"phaluai"

- Nathan is literally my long lost brother. We talk all the time

"samsao"

- Clifford is frustrating the crap out of me with this challenge. He really likes to talk and be a leader. Sometimes I feel like he has diarrhea of the mouth too. I am pretty sure I discovered a plan that the other tribe will use if they're smart to guarantee a victory, but it's like he doesn't believe me! He just keeps going on and on with these crazy plans, and I am like DUDE. They won't work if they do this. PLUS if thy overthink it and do random numbers, then we're better off going with all the high numbers anyway. Yannick was able to understand what I was saying pretty quickly though, so he has backed up my plan. Most of the tribe stayed out of the conversation and let us brainstorm. I need to calm myself. I feel like I could be coming off to controlling or leader like if I keep voicing my challenge strategy thoughts. I should just let Clfford take the heat for that stuff. Anywho, I hope we win this challenge because I don't want to be blamed for the loss if this strategy fails.

"samsao"

- 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Chris asking to take the next turn and me just taking it from under him is such a perfect representation of how I'm playing this game!!!! Lol so savage

"phaluai"

- honestly the amount that these ppl are just straight up doing what i say in this challenge, i COULD make us throw it if i felt like it 😕 but i dont so yeah, we'll see if my strategy gives the tribe a W and me an L

"samsao"

- So I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that we have lost this immunity challenge LMAO. I know I said this about the last immunity on Talap, but like this a forgone conclusion in my eyes. Since this is likely the case, I decided to start planting some seeds that will be harvested in time for tribal council. The alliance is pretty much set on voting Kostas, but I just wanted to make sure no funny business goes on with Kostas and his potential minority alliance. I spoke to Yannick first, and he said that we may be able to get Annabelle and Julia easily on board. I figured that he will be more involved in getting that work in. I decided to go to Chris and push the narrative that Kostas is erratic and untrustworthy. I told him that I have been hearing rumblings about people wanting Kostas out. He seemed to be into going with idea and said that it would be funny to psyche out the other tribe by giving them a 9-1 vote when they are probably expecting a total MESS. Yannick is pretty sure an idol hasn't been found by the potential other side/Kostas, so I just need to hope that no craziness happens caused by idols or advantages. If nothing like that occurs, the Sugar and Spice alliance should be solid, and I should be good to further my game.

"samsao"

- I just told the same think I said to Chris to Julia. Well first I prefaced it with "I haven't heard your name get thrown around at all" and she said that she hasn't heard mine (which if true is good to hear). Then I asked her where her head is at and she said she is probably "down for whatever the group is doing." That's when I said "ohhh, well I have been hearing rumblings of Kostas and I think I'm just gonna go with that and hope for the best LMAO." Hopefully that is enough to make her set on getting him out. I just hope that I'm not overplaying my hand here LMAO, I can't go home this early.

"phaluai"

- honestly wtf...like do tey really need my permission to take 16 baht? what is going onnnnn

"phaluai\one thing i didn't think of...what if we lose and people target me because of my punishment? like they may see me as someone who will be voted out if we WIN the next challenge, so why not save a number and vote me out themselves? questions questions"

- Eva

"samsao"

- Kostas really wanted to trick the other tribe into thinking we had a secret power to mindfuck them into losing this challenge, am I on BB13 or something? Is Kostas Lawon? AM I BRENDAN? WHO'S MY RACHEL???

"samsao"

- So I'm not gonna lie. When I first swapped to this tribe I thought u was done. Every member of my core alliance and people I knew pre game were on the other tribe. I assumed I was fucked. However very early on it became clear that The Koz was disliked by his original tribe. They want him gone. Once I found that out I resorted to the same strategy that kept me alive in Sri Lanka when I was swapped fucked. Bond by hate. Find the person that's on the outside and tear them apart with others. Let the majority know you dislike this person and fucking do everything you can to let them know you are one of them. My connections are slowly building now as well. Jace, Maya and Clifford have all showed that they want to work with me. Personally I see the game Jace is playing and I don't like it. Clifford is a mastermind but I feel like he's the guy I want around to take some bullets for me.

"samsao"

- I could be in aaaany animal tribe. Lions Tigers. Jaguars. Maybe Stallions! NO! A Gerbil and a Monkey!

"phaluai"

- Being busy has really dragged my social game down and I'm not feeling comfortable enough to feel like I'll be safe at tribal (if we lose). I need to go to basics and start building those personal bonds and hopefully get something game-wise out of that. I have. A have a full day free and need to use the time I have to my advantage, especially before tribal results so it doesn't look like I only care about them for game reasons. Hopefully, I feel more secure on the tribe by doing this. Top priority is trying to win the immunity challenge.

"samsao"

- Julia just told me that I will probably make it far in this game because "everyone seems to really like me and I'm so good at challenges." LMAOOOO SOOOO idk if that should make me worried, or if I should just take the compliment and hope that these people apparently really like me enough to keep me in.

"samsao"

- Tribe swapped. Quite happy to still be there with most of my alliances in Talap. We are definitely staying together at this point. We all did the work talking with who we wanted as allies and then go for it. Glad, they was apparent working with us. Cliff appealed to me saying wanted to work with me the most and that's a good way to be allies. Priscilla is nice but still seems sketchy to me and Yannick was basically brought by Cliff and convinced by Jace. I think the best move we can make right now to ensure our alliances trust is by voting one of our own (og tribe) vote which is Konstas. Konstas literally trying to play me while I knew him making alliances excluded me. I will let him played me as comfortable as he can be to make sure he won't see our votes is coming for him!

"samsao"

- So I love waking up to Maya telling me that Kostas told her ""we need to take out a Talap, I think people would be down to voting Jace, maybe Taylor."" And him wanting to throw me under the bus to make the vote happen. Girl do not try it. Let's take your own advice and get rid of a Talap, YOU.

I am trying to talk with Taylor and Maya on our course of action, and also discussing with Cliff. He told me that Kostas hasn't mentioned specific names to him, and that Chris said he is voting Kostas. He then said that if he finds out any information from Kostas, he will tell us in the S&S chat.

God. I just hope I don't have to waste my idol tonight on goddamn Kostas.

"samsao"

- The tribe is bracing itself for a loss. It seems the plan is in motion to rid of Kostas. I didn't even really have to do anything. I think Jace did a lot to make sure Kos was a target. I'm good with this. Keeps me out of the spotlight. I am pushing Kostas to make the alliance he mentioned to me involving me, him, Chris, Clifford, and two others. I just want to make sure I am involved with everything on this tribe, so that I am not the target or idoled out by Kos. Chris is sooo stupid thoughhh!! Because he was like ""oh let's just wait to see if there's a target"" instead of accepting his alliance offer... so Obviously that is going to set Kos off. You ALWAYS say yes to an offer from people. That's like Survivor 101, no? You can't let people get suspicious. If this is how Chris plays then maybe I want to go far with him because it makes me feel like I can beat him. BUT things always change. I do really like talking to him.

Jace is worried that people are targeting him because Maya mentioned Kos throwing his name out. Kos has been saying similar thing to both me and Maya, so that juts makes me want him out more. If he has an idol, I would love it! Because then he could take out my competition and stay a target in front of me. I expect a lot more to happen before the vote. Maybe we won't even lose! I hope I am not a target if we do lose because it was my strategy. To be fair though, this advantage was so powerful that it's not even funny. Even if they miss one of the high numbers, all they need is something higher than a 5 to beat us. They SHOULD have this easily. But we will see.

"phaluai"

- Getting home to log in 5 minutes into the last offer – now that’s a win!

"phaluai"

- Samsao had better not be booting my Lindsey.

Day 9
"phaluai"

- so apparently, from what i've heard from jace, pris, clifford, and chris, konstantinos should be going home unanimously. but that was before *I* got here and of course i have a delicious target painted on my back like a tasteful tramp stamp. i'm just gonna stay calm and soak in the advice of the people i need to trust. im not gonna scramble or make a fool of myself, i just need to play this as calmly and slowly as possible.

"samsao"

- So here's an interesting proposition. Our tribe can do what we wanted to do and take out Kostas, and then Phalaui can sit someone on their tribe for the next comp. On the other hand, we can blindside Eva and get one of us to sit for the next challenge, boosting our odds because Eva is a damn underrated competitor. Really couldn't go wrong either way tbh hmm...

"samsao"

- Chris from Sri Lanka is slowly making way for San Marcos Chris

"samsao"

- Okay so I think I have put together a good plan for this vote. Eva being here is actually very beneficial as she can be a vote scapegoat. So the plan is we tell Eva immediately, "Hey, no one here likes Kostas, you are good, he is gone." This makes Eva not as likely to scramble and potentially destroy the tranquility of the tribe right now. Then we go and tell Kostas, "this vote is gonna be so easy, it is obvious Eva. That twist really screwed her." He thinks he is safe, stops scrambling, and in the off chance he has an idol or advantage, he plays it and Eva goes home instead of someone like myself or the rest of the S&S group. Luckily the seeds I have been planting about Kostas throughout this time seem to be working and I have a groupthink tribal consensus that it should be Kostas. This should be a smooth tribal, but if I am in the VL tomorrow, I honestly wouldn't be too shocked. Pissed, yes. Shocked, not really.

"samsao"

- Here I am, on my way to betraying my loyal allies just to work with a bear who i hope is funnier in person than he is on written speech, and you go and throw a wild eva in our tribal. I was already making cross tribal alliances. But you are really trying my paranoia right now. Why wouldn' t I vote Eva out. The only reason I can think of is because it will be soooo bori ng.

"phaluai"

- I am glad we won immunity because now it gives me more chance to work on my social game. I really hope Chris, Pris, Julia and Eva survive. If Eva did happen to go home, I do think that would have it's advantages in terms of her being a popular, well-known player. I just feel like her fingers are in too many pies. Too many people she probably knows. Obviously, I have no idea but I feel like she will align with a lot of people. Great for her but not so great for me. With that being said, I don't think she'd gun for me right now but I for sure know her main loyalty is not with me. That doesn't need to be sorted right now though.

"phaluai"

- so it really does seem like ppl are in agreement with sending kon home...it's possible that's their cover story, but if so it seems unlikely. they would've had to have cooked it up pretty quickly and their sentiments are similar but not identical. so i feel comfortable? like obviously not COMFORTABLE but not as crazily sure i was gone as i was before. idk, i'm keeping my guard up but at the same time i'm willing to accept that i may be being told the truth

"samsao"

- Clifford is like "oh Kostas is going to rage when he sees the votes." All I have to say to that is boohoo he can cry about it. It's his fault he promised me safety then made an alliance without me in it, and it's his fault he suggested getting me or Taylor out at this vote. I have no remorse for this vote.

"samsao"

- I just gave Eva a letter JT-styles to give to Jake.

""Dear Jake! Hey dude. It's kind of cool Eva got to come over to our tribe because I am able to give her this vote. Basically, when I saw you were cast I immediately was worried because they obviously casted rivals to set up for an impending battle. If that's the way it goes down, I'm fine with it, but I want to clean the air. Because when you left the game last time, you blocked me right away, and obviously unblocked me for this game. It felt personal and I sent apology notes through other castaways but I don't know if they got to you. I wanted to explain the logic of the vote that sent you home. Me and Joe were in the minority and you, Jessica, and Rob weren't going to budge. I got caught in a lie from the auction because I was trying to protect Joe and I and it made matters worse. After the lie I told Jessica, we worked out a safety deal. Which meant me and Joe were voting for you or Rob. I voted for Rob, the blood splatter parchment is mine and I can show you on my computer than I never wrote your name down. The reason why we tied it between you two was so when I played my idols that Jessica would be forced to choose between her allies, hopefully creating dissension if she chose to vote you because we were voting out Rob on the revote. You can ask Joe, that is 1000000% the truth. We had no idea Rob had an idol and it sucked that you were the one to get iced that way because you obviously have so much more to show the game. I watched you in Tokelu and seeing you go a full game was actually a lot of fun. I'm fine if this is a revenge arc for you and what not but I would be an idiot not to try diplomacy first. I have no personal resentment towards you but believe you most likely do towards me. I read in one of your tribal answers about righting mistakes from your previous game. I am too. I don't want to upset someone to the point where they block me and never want to speak to me again. The one bonus about us both being on the cast is I get an opportunity to clear their air and apologize for whatever made you feel hurt in that situation. Obviously it was hurt beyond the game, not just in game, or else we woulda shook hands and said good game. I had a full arc in Azer, I played a decent game and then my closest ally screwed me thanks to Jared's expert gameplay. Your arc was cut short and you got to be feeling the pressure to perform better this season. If we end up going to war, it'll be wild and dramatic for however long it lasts but ultimately, both our games will go down the tube if it happens. It'll draw a lot of attention and give people an excuse to target whoever survives. I even wrote a whole confessional about how you're a lion in the night waiting for my gazelle ass to prance across the Serengeti lol. i don't expect much in return, all I ask that however this plays out between you and I that we keep it civil and don't make it personal towards one another. We're both playing this game for fun. I have a baby now and this is my little escape. I haven't played an org in over a year so obviously I would like to stay for a while and play and you would too. I'm happy this twist happened so I could pass you a note JT-styles. Take care dude and thank you Eva for giving Jake this letter.""

But lets be real. Jake is Christian Trevelyan Grey waiting to fuck me in the worst possible way.

"samsao"

- I dunno when my last confessional was and I'm too lazy to check, but basically I'm now in an alliance with Jace, Yannick, Clifford, Maya, and Taylor. I'm not really keen on the whole named after spices things but oh well. Also, this is technically my first majority alliance, because Erin flipped that one time so yay. Anywho we lost the immunity challenge, and even though we should've lost no matter what, we actually had a chance, but I won't really blame Maya because we kinda forced her to stay up super late for her time zone. What also came with the challenge was something interest. Eva has to join our tribe for the vote as punishment. On most seasons, Eva probably would've been an easy vote out, but since Konstantinos has such a huge target, it's much easier to deflect votes off of her. I'll get back to Konstantinos in a bit. Eva and I go way back and I feel pretty close with her, so I recapped basically everything I've been through. However, she didn't really tell me anything back. I hate to bring other games into this but she withheld a lot of information from me in this other Big Brother game when I pretty much told her everything. Like, she was in this alliance with these other dudes and I never knew until the confessionals were released. I kept that in mind and I made sure to omit some info when talking to her. That being said, I still would like to work with her. I'm just going to not put my blind faith into her or anyone else. I have this habit of having ride or dies in games (I miss Mai 😞 ), and it has done me a lot more harm than good more often than not.

Anywho, back to Konstantinos. He's been the target for a lot of people ever since we swapped, myself included. He seems to be the vote out this time and I really hope that he doesn't have an idol or anything. I told him I was probably voting for Annabelle because my alliance agreed to tell him that they were voting Eva, and he would have never believed that I would want to vote for Eva. Plus, as far as I know Annabelle doesn't really talk to a lot of people on the tribe. I'm a little curious to see who my alliance wants to target after this vote because if they go for Julia or Chris then I might have to jump ship.

"samsao"

- This vote is tough for Clifford. He's a really nice guy, and I think he has a big heart. He doesn't love the fact that we're voting out Konstantinos. Especially since we have a chance to strike at the other team now that Eva is on our tribe. I am kind of thinking since this may be our only chance to strike at them, he may be right. BUT getting Konstantinos out is what everybody wants, and I feel like it's ultimately best for my game if I am not associated with that big of a target. I have wanted him out for some time. I mean that's basically all i talk about, but I do see some benefits of keeping him around. As it stands, Kos is going home tonight, and I am going to vote soon.

The good news with this is that Clifford is venting to me right now. And I acted like I had no idea how this mob mentality to get Kos out started. He then placed all of the blame on Jace and Maya!!! HAHAHA!!!! He said they're having their cake and eating it too! I can't believe it! It paid off by not pushing hard for Kos. Jace did all of the pushing, and now I am getting my way while he takes all of the heat. It's best for me not to be aggressive about the challenge strategies in the future. I don't want people to notice me. I want to continue to get my way and let others take the heat!

The challenge was great though! The other tribe didn't even go with the guaranteed victory strategy! I am in shock! How did they not think this through!? Eva said some just got random ones when they were on. The extra claim was such a huge advantage. They almost blew it! Maya wasn't able to get the winning 20 for us, but I don't blame her. It's our own fault for having her do the last one when it was like 4 am where she is.

Clifford is becoming worried about the alliance we have. He thinks we're too focused on now rather than later making us a voting bloc. As far as I am concerned, that's what we are. This tribe likely won't be together long before a swap, so it will be too hard to keep together afterward. I am more loyal to original Talaps regardless of me saying that this is a ""real alliance"" to me. It's just to save my own ass for now. I am free and flowing in this game and do not intend on going anywhere near the end with as likable a guy as Clifford.

Also, never mentioned that Julez challenge strength frightens me. She did really well in the flash game challenge. I think she's much smarter and stronger than I originally thought. I am still kicking myself for not getting more of her idol guesses out of her before telling her my discovery that the idol is taken! I would not be shocked to learn she has it. She's one to watch.

"phaluai"

- Right now I'm pretty sure the whole tribe has got their #PrayForEva shirts on. She was honestly the main reason we won that challenge, getting everyone organised and shit and putting together our strategy. And you know what? It would be smart for the Samsaos to just take that opportunity and fuck her over to avoid spilling blood on their own tribe. But Eva's a smart lady and I have hope that she'll be coming back to the tribe tonight. If not I'll be gutted for sure.

"samsao"

- I'M CACKLING. C A C K L I N G. KOSTAS JUST TOLD ME ""I'm playing the Talap idol.""

BITCH. WATCHU GONNA DO, SNATCH IT OUTTA MY POCKET?????

T R I E D THAT ONE