- Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:00:16 am
#1748
Hey Danni!
Yasssssss, what a night that was! Pure insanity and I was living for it. It was hilarious to watch old Ahmar completely implode. Two idols taken out in one vote?? So excellent.
1. I think tribal completely flipped the dynamics upside-down. When we came into this tribe, it seemed like the strongest trio was Jed, Steph and Robb. They seemed solid and asked me to be their 4th a few days ago. I stayed offline most of the weekend and came back on about 30 minutes before the challenge. People were BLOWING up my chat. Chelsea knew Steph was gunning for her, and there was a thought that Steph had the idol. Robb started messaging me asking how much I trusted Steph and saying he was unsure what to do. Steph was messaging me saying a "big move" was about to happen. Jed was saying he was super nervous and hoped everything went as planned. It was a mess! Then we get to the challenge and Davie immediately takes immunity for himself, so I knew at that moment shit was about to go down. The hour leading up to tribal was just a lot of planning and chatting with different people. Robb basically said he would make the move against Steph if I would do it with him. At that point, I knew that alliance they'd invited me into was a trainwreck and I needed to keep Chelsea to advance my game. I told Robb to vote Steph (he wasn't told about the split vote) and chaos ensued. At this point, who knows what the dynamics are. If we merge, we are in major trouble because we're not unified at all.
2. I'm proud of the fact that twice I've come into a tribe at the bottom and used my social game to get to the top. At Jellal, I was supposedly the first boot choice but people changed that because they wanted to keep me. When we swapped, I came into this tribe with just one ally and just started chatting people up. I was able to get invited into the power trio, and then able to help destroy it. Both sides of the trio (Robb vs. Jed & Steph) wanted my vote last night. It was awesome to be the swing vote and get to choose who went home. I think I've got control of my game at the moment, but like I said earlier, if we merge I'm going to have to start the whole process over quickly.
3. I mean, clearly they are a tight duo, and I know Gabby is probably with them. Mike messaged me last night and said he'd heard I don't like Kellyn and that could make me a "useful ally" in the future. So I guess that's a potential way to get in with that side. I haven't talked to either of them enough yet to know how I feel about them.
4. Not at all. As soon as I read the challenge, I knew we were going to tribal. I felt pretty safe so I didn't think I needed to take it. I don't blame Davie and don't really hold it against him.
5. Right now, I trust Chelsea the most. She's been my ally since the beginning and we just have a great connection. We're the Panda Express alliance and I think we're really strong. After Chelsea, I probably trust Robb the most since he relied on me to make the move tonight. He didn't tell me about the idol even though we'd talked about the clues multiple times, so that makes me a little weary of him. After that, I trust Davie and Pat a tiny bit. They voted the way they said they were going to, but I haven't talked to either enough to trust them fully. I don't trust Steph at all and I know she's probably not happy with me. If we lose, she's the one that needs to go.
6. It was a pretty easy choice to be honest. I would have preferred a vote against Pat because that would've taken out an unknown variable and kept me in the middle. Once I realized it was coming down to either Chelsea or one of Jed or Steph (we weren't 100% sure if she had an idol), and I realized Robb was down to turn on his alliance, I knew I was going to vote for Jed. They were a strong duo and it made complete sense to break them up. Especially since it meant keeping my #1 ally. At this point, I think we're in a really rocky position and it's gonna take some hard work and/or a miracle for us to gain any traction at the merge. I'm just gonna do what I do, which is chat people up and work on those social connections. I'm also going to hope that since Ahmar hasn't gone to tribal, they'll be some bored players wanting to make a power move. Fingers crossed.
