- Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:23:59 pm
#1946
Well, things were going great until they weren't.
I meant to make a post about my past experience in my episode 1 confessional, but I never did, so I figure I might as well lead off with it here. I really had no idea ORGs existed until someone from Stranded/Isolated messaged me on reddit, asking me to apply for their game. It was for Isolated, their Big Brother ORG. I looked into it and liked what I saw, so I did the application and with most things, I half assed it, thinking that if they wanted me they'd take me either way. Turns out it was enough to get me cast for Isolated 3 where I was given the avatar of Brian, some dude from BBUK. I did okay on that season, finishing 6th place but not really leaving a lasting impression on the season. At the end of the season we were all invited to join the Stranded Discord Server. I joined in and for some reason I've stuck around for a while, meeting some cool people along the way and playing another game, Rematch:Hybrid. This was a more casual game, and despite going out earlier than I did in Isolated I was able to leave a mark this time around, going out under contentious circumstances(some people might say I was ROBBED) and getting into a few fights along the way.
A few weeks ago Poody(Jeff Probst) asked me if I was interested in playing in this upcoming season of Stranded, and that's how I found myself with a new avatar: Jed. Oh sweet sweet Jed. A great avatar in my opinion. A good looking guy who never left an impression on Survivor, which would allow me to take on this avatar and mold it into something new.
And things did get off to a great start! I don't plan on rehashing every day in the game as that's what those other confessionals are for so I'll skip ahead a bit, to my demise and where I went wrong.
So it was maybe 40ish minutes before the challenge when Robb came to me about the idea of blindsiding and turning on Stephanie. The 3 of us had been working together since day 1 where we formed an alliance with the 3 of us plus Ghandia. I was ecstatic when we swapped and somehow someway all landed together on New Fenassa. We continued our alliance there and some of their issues seemed to go away for a bit. I knew they weren't the best of friends, but you don't need to be the best of friends to vote together and I had hoped to be the glue, but more-so the one with options. If they were gonna turn on each other, they'd come to me about it. And that's what Robb did. I was caught by surprise for sure and definitely emotional about it. You can say what you want about Steph, but she was my most loyal ally and I definitely had no intention of turning on her any time soon.
I did my best to change Robb's mind and convince him that Chelsea had no intention of being loyal to him moving forward and it was more important to stay with people you trusted and not get caught up in all the numbers. I said everything I could think of, and the whole time keeping Steph in the dark about the vote.The challenge came and went in a hurry with Davie snagging immunity for himself and sending our tribe to Tribal Council. In hindsight, maybe I could've achieved my goals by grabbing the immunity myself and telling Steph to play her idol. We both would've been safe and hopefully everyone else would've gotten on board with voting for Chelsea. OH WELL.
The challenge ended and I kept going at it with Robb, who would concede points to me and it seemed like I was maybe turning him around, but ultimately he made up his mind well before this. Getting caught up in the emotions of the moment I told Steph to play her idol and vote for Chelsea. At that point I just really wanted Chelsea gone and to come back after Tribal and tell Robb what an idiot he was. I didn't even think about them possibly splitting the votes but they thought ahead and did just that, putting 3 votes on Steph and 2 on me, matching the 2 that Steph and I put on Chelsea. When we went to the re-vote I plead my case to my tribemates, hoping that I could get Davie and that Robb would realize that I was better for his game than Chelsea. Robb changed his vote, but not Davie. And that was that. Robb is my new Ziggy. I guess time will tell if this blows up in Robb's face like I think it will and like it did for Ziggy.
Where do I go from here? I don't know. I think it will definitely be a while before I play a game again. Not only because this one stung, but because it's for the best that I sit back and spectate a few games before I give it another go. That's honestly what I should've done here. I didn't apply or ask Poody if I could play, so when he came calling, I couldn't turn it down because there's a chance I never got asked again.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out, but I'm more looking forward to Isolated 4. If Poody/Nofo & Co. allow it I would love to contribute any way I could. I think I can find a good niche with asking DR questions. I'm all about telling stories, and good character arcs, so I'd like to help the next crop of houseguests tell their story and live their journey.
I meant to make a post about my past experience in my episode 1 confessional, but I never did, so I figure I might as well lead off with it here. I really had no idea ORGs existed until someone from Stranded/Isolated messaged me on reddit, asking me to apply for their game. It was for Isolated, their Big Brother ORG. I looked into it and liked what I saw, so I did the application and with most things, I half assed it, thinking that if they wanted me they'd take me either way. Turns out it was enough to get me cast for Isolated 3 where I was given the avatar of Brian, some dude from BBUK. I did okay on that season, finishing 6th place but not really leaving a lasting impression on the season. At the end of the season we were all invited to join the Stranded Discord Server. I joined in and for some reason I've stuck around for a while, meeting some cool people along the way and playing another game, Rematch:Hybrid. This was a more casual game, and despite going out earlier than I did in Isolated I was able to leave a mark this time around, going out under contentious circumstances(some people might say I was ROBBED) and getting into a few fights along the way.
A few weeks ago Poody(Jeff Probst) asked me if I was interested in playing in this upcoming season of Stranded, and that's how I found myself with a new avatar: Jed. Oh sweet sweet Jed. A great avatar in my opinion. A good looking guy who never left an impression on Survivor, which would allow me to take on this avatar and mold it into something new.
And things did get off to a great start! I don't plan on rehashing every day in the game as that's what those other confessionals are for so I'll skip ahead a bit, to my demise and where I went wrong.
So it was maybe 40ish minutes before the challenge when Robb came to me about the idea of blindsiding and turning on Stephanie. The 3 of us had been working together since day 1 where we formed an alliance with the 3 of us plus Ghandia. I was ecstatic when we swapped and somehow someway all landed together on New Fenassa. We continued our alliance there and some of their issues seemed to go away for a bit. I knew they weren't the best of friends, but you don't need to be the best of friends to vote together and I had hoped to be the glue, but more-so the one with options. If they were gonna turn on each other, they'd come to me about it. And that's what Robb did. I was caught by surprise for sure and definitely emotional about it. You can say what you want about Steph, but she was my most loyal ally and I definitely had no intention of turning on her any time soon.
I did my best to change Robb's mind and convince him that Chelsea had no intention of being loyal to him moving forward and it was more important to stay with people you trusted and not get caught up in all the numbers. I said everything I could think of, and the whole time keeping Steph in the dark about the vote.The challenge came and went in a hurry with Davie snagging immunity for himself and sending our tribe to Tribal Council. In hindsight, maybe I could've achieved my goals by grabbing the immunity myself and telling Steph to play her idol. We both would've been safe and hopefully everyone else would've gotten on board with voting for Chelsea. OH WELL.
The challenge ended and I kept going at it with Robb, who would concede points to me and it seemed like I was maybe turning him around, but ultimately he made up his mind well before this. Getting caught up in the emotions of the moment I told Steph to play her idol and vote for Chelsea. At that point I just really wanted Chelsea gone and to come back after Tribal and tell Robb what an idiot he was. I didn't even think about them possibly splitting the votes but they thought ahead and did just that, putting 3 votes on Steph and 2 on me, matching the 2 that Steph and I put on Chelsea. When we went to the re-vote I plead my case to my tribemates, hoping that I could get Davie and that Robb would realize that I was better for his game than Chelsea. Robb changed his vote, but not Davie. And that was that. Robb is my new Ziggy. I guess time will tell if this blows up in Robb's face like I think it will and like it did for Ziggy.
Where do I go from here? I don't know. I think it will definitely be a while before I play a game again. Not only because this one stung, but because it's for the best that I sit back and spectate a few games before I give it another go. That's honestly what I should've done here. I didn't apply or ask Poody if I could play, so when he came calling, I couldn't turn it down because there's a chance I never got asked again.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out, but I'm more looking forward to Isolated 4. If Poody/Nofo & Co. allow it I would love to contribute any way I could. I think I can find a good niche with asking DR questions. I'm all about telling stories, and good character arcs, so I'd like to help the next crop of houseguests tell their story and live their journey.
