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Episode 4 - “I’d rather get spanked in the ass by karma herself” - Emmon

Oh my god! That tribal could not have gone any better than it did. It proves how strong trust can be, and that people can trust you back if you give them the chance to. Some of the Odawa members were just too social, and that was their downfall tonight.

BLESS. I am back to my tribe. Also literally went to exile for NOTHING since someone else found the super idol first, but whatever. I think i'm in a good spot now because of Queen Luke. ALSO BYE KAGE.

HAHAHAHAHA IM CACKLING FUCKKKK!!! All the lies I told Kage made him paranoid and then he went crazy. THEN I told all the people I trust that he's a crazy player and they believed me and now he's here in Redotion lake and I literally get to end his game omg. Poetic justice at its finest

Okay i bet all the records and I can die now.I didnt give 100% in the challenge because why huh ??? Kage is so ugly like his game is messy af.

I'm legit ecstatic lol.  An idol was used to send out someone I didn't trust, my whole former tribe is not looking to be in the best spot, and I'm about to go take me a little vacation at exile :D

AHHH! Tribe swaps are never fun, especially when it's 4-4-1. But hey, we just have to keep winning at this point. This next week is the week i went home the last time i played, so i'm praying history doesn't repeat itself. I'd rather get spanked in the ass by karma herself than get out 3rd again.

Hi! I'm Luke and I just did THAT. The plan worked perfectly and Kage was taken out thanks to me. I was not ready for the fuckery of rocks this early in the game because I could have been rocked out and I ain't no Paschal English, Katie Collins or Jessica Lewis! I also think it's extremely fitting that the Oscars are happening tonight when my alliance is talking about the super idol because the Oscar should go to ME for acting shocked that it exists when I have it in my pocket ready to use for when I get voted out. Hopefully I won't have to use it until merge if I make it but (:

So Matt is telling me whilst at The Shoreline there is a new idol combination that's longer the previous one and I sWEAR TO GOD! IF Y'ALL! MADE MY SUPER IDOL FAKE! IN EXCHANGE FOR A NEWER HARDER TO FIND ONE! I'LL CHOKE!

I love the fact that the swap has forced me onto such a weird position, I'm not the one being pagonged but Meskwaki members that stayed on their tribe might be completely Anti-Odawa which could be bad for me. I wish Kage luck but he might get eaten up by Andreas so ehh, I hope the other 4 Odawa can stick it out. About the abduction it was most likely someone on NuMeskwaki but it definitely could be someone here as well, either way Odawa is screwed and whoever it was just did this in an attempt to get Adam safe and now the tribe is 5-4-1 :]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] why is everyone doing this to me i don't know how to be an underdog

i'm tired and every time i go to the shoreline i regret it and i always forget to search FUCK

I'm not gonna lie I was pretty sad to see that I was separated from literally every Odawa member and I might not see them until the reunion call which is pretty grim but probably true unless there's another swap. I really don't know the dynamic of this tribe but I'm really glad we keep winning and winning because I don't want to deal with tribal and not live up to the underdog role the game is practically forcing on me. The way I see it Meskawaki 2.0 is pretty much full-on boner assault on Anti-Odawa which has me concerned but my weak ass can't do anything about it so whatever.

i was bored so i started drama with andreas. i really have no idea what kind of game i want to play so far.... adam being added is extremely interesting because meskwaki now has majority 5-4-1. I feel like i can convince people to vote on my side for a game-changing vote. :D i wanna get some threats out while andreas aka the comp master iss till in redemption

This is fantastic. People are LITERALLY THANKING US FOR TAKING KAGE OUT. I feel kinda bad, but he did it to himself. He didn't keep his mouth shut WHATSOEVER and he threw people's names around, especially mine, so that's grounds for elimination. Talk shit, get hit. I'm currently talking to Bodhi about the tribal council and he's asking for "reassurance we're still working together" and of course I say yes, but something doesnt feel right about it. He's using those petty ass cheeky emojis and it makes me not want to trust him. ESPECIALLY SINCE HE TOLD ADAM TO VOTE FOR ME! I'm leading him to believe I'm still on his side, but I can't say at this point if I want to or not yet. This is going to cause me to have to choose between allies, which I really don't want to do this early in the game. On one end, I have Luke and Eric, with Luke ready to flip on Eric whenever I flip the switch. I'm pretty close to Luke at this point, and to flip on him would be chaos. And then Bodhi, who comes as a package deal with Aidan and Christian. Hopefully, if worst comes to worst, I try to get Bodhi to vote Christian or Aidan since they're rarely around. Dana is in the middle with me, so we're going to have to choose if we have to go to tribal again. I plan on winning today though, because this is a challenge I'm actually good at.

Pet Peeve #1 = Attempting to correct me on the rules when you, yourself do not understand them......I love Matt but yikes, that's how you get on my bad side.

I knew Kage would try and slander my name once he got voted out. Sucks that I just pinned it on Eric and evaded attack...I mean, Eric did lie about the Super Idol saying it was just a regular one.....

Crow caws onward! Shook that we won that tribal immunity, but we did it! I've secured a spot in the final 17 without attending TC yet....good and bad, but still mostly good ;) Scott is clearly wary of me after my incident with Kage at Shoreline, but I actually don't need him :X I have a good relationship with both Kyle and Stoner so if the vote goes Anti-Meskwaki I should be in the loop....so Scott better not keep up this sort of untrustworthy attitude towards me or we're gunna have some issues....jeepers!

YYYYAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I got invited into an alliance and its not by tribal lines! Me, Julia, Augusto, Scott, and Kyle.....it's perfect. 2 from both Meskwaki and Wyandot - 1 from Odawa (so no tribe has majority within the alliance) and we all get along! This will definitely ensure all of our safety at this upcoming tribal considering the others will assume it's Old Meskwaki vs. Old Wyandot.... And I'm also glad that I wasn't the founder of the alliance so that if it does get exposed, I won't take the (full) fall for it and can recover.....this is amazing!

And now I find out that it's because of Kyle....I KNEW THAT BOND WOULD COME IN HANDY! Hey, I might be at the bottom of this alliance, but I'm in it! Like Jeff Varner once said, the answer is yes! This ship is sailing, and I don't know where it's going but I'm ON IT! >:)

Things have certainly shaken up here in the Great Lakes! Firstly, Wyandot won immunity last round which was amazing cause who knew what would've happened if we did. Meskwaki went to tribal and everything went perfectly, Dana and Carson stayed and Kage went... thankfully. After that dramatic tribal, Emmon told me he found an Amulet of Abduction and asked who we should take. He eventually decided Adam, which I wasn't opposed to as he is someone we could swing on over to our side. Emmon, being the lovely person he is, had me in his thoughts when he made that decision which I appreciate. Adam came to our tribe and everything was fine and dandy. Everyone decided to have a sex party or whatever at the Shoreline and it was REVEALED by Andreas that a super idol had been found. First of all, why is everyone but me finding advantages? Secondly, HE DID THAT!! It jumbled things up a bit and because I'm a messy bitch that lives for drama, I certainly didn't mind that. Whoever has it is lucky af!! Back at Wyandot, I decided to create a lovely alliance with Kyle and Scott. My thought process regarding that was the simple fact that we all were on different starting tribes and could spill all sorts of tea to each other. I also want to save myself by any means neccessary to get to the merge, so this is somewhat beneficial. If the alliance will be successful, I'm not sure. All I know is that we have to put rubber to road and see how things pan out.

For whatever reason, I am looking in all the wrong places! The Shoreline doesn't mesh well with me apparently, so yay for that! I do appreciate the fact that the other tribe gets to see me, so it could build up bonds and whatnot... which is the plan! My intuition is on-point because I totally suspected something would happen this round and surely enough, it's a double tribal council! Now we have to break down what we've built here on NuWyandot and it sucks, honestly. I wanted to escape tribal for a few more days to make sure I didn't go home. ;-; Now we just have to wait for the free-for-all to begin and for the bloodbath to commence. I was complaining about not playing the game, but I guess you truly get what you wish for out here. What I'm trying to do is build good relationships with everyone here and make side alliances if I need to. An alliance that is in the works is myself, Roxy, Kyle, Crow, and Scott which I'm fine with because I had made an alliance with Kyle and Scott a few days prior to that. The old Wyandot tribe wants to stick together, which is lovely! Honestly, it would be the best if maybe Dan went home cause it'd be easier for people to flip on him... especially due to the fact that he probably hasn't connected with everyone, at least in my eyes. My best bet would be him or maybe Adam? We'll see, but I really hope I can win immunity or something cause it's crucial that I make it through this round... I don't wanna flop again ;-;

I've been weighing out my options for this vote. I could either A) vote for Eric, stick with Aidan, and have Aidan be voted out 4-2. Or I could B) vote for Aidan, my closest ally from day 1, and have him go in a 5-1 vote. If I pick A, then I feel good about myself, but then Eric might not trust me. If I pick B, then I'll feel like shit for voting out my closest ally, but Eric might trust me. I want Eric, Luke, Carson, and Dana to all want to stick with me because Odawa is very dead now. If I can line up these targets correctly, I'll just ride it out until the end. But fuck, it hurts me very hard to vote out someone as close as Aidan.

#PowerWithinNumbers

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Episode 3 - “Weak trust is better than rivalry!” - Crow

This tribe swap is insane! I'm just lucky to be the separated one with the idol in his pocket to use when necessary. These Odawa members might not be trusted, and I need to make sure that I don't get put on the bottom.

I'm glad that Bodhi talked to me. It shows that there might be something there and maybe I am not in such trouble in the beginning.

I am talking to Dana and Carson and I am praying one of them asks for an alliance. I would like to work with Carson and Dana and maybe Bodhi but none of those other Odawa members. I don't think i can trust them as much after those votes.

Right now I realize that I have no alliances in this tribe, and all I had is the Gallaghers. I can meet up with them at my own time at shoreline but I need to build some trust with Dana, Carson, and Luke to have some chance of opposition, because there is no chance us original Meskwaki and Wyandot would be safe otherwise.

I am trying to give Dana bait, but I think I will have to make this chat myself in order to make it a thing.

Then I ask if I can make the alliance chat, and Dana responds after all that time. Come on. XD

When Dana says she can't vote next vote, I froze. We had the majority and now it crumbled right in front of us. I don't want to have to use an idol to assume the majority, but it scares me.

I know that I have the power to completely change this tribe but I don't know if it is too early. But I picked David Wright as my player to represent me for a reason. I am loyal to the people I am with and I can't lose my allies. It's going to be a very difficult decision when tribal quickly approaches, and it will lead the way for my game, and possibly others.

When I heard Luke say "I have the idol" I nearly crapped my pants in joy. I really was conflicted about whether or not to tell people I had the idol, and I see Luke has one. It's really making my day!

Right now I am a bit nervous about the vote because I am scared it might be a tie. I hope this vote goes our way though, because if one of us is out, even if 4 of us voted against someone with us, those 4 would be screwed later on.

i want to flip on my old tribe soooo bad. i dont trust anyone there as i feel they are all complete sheeps (mearl and crow). i love them personally but they would betray me if offered a better deal. dan and I aren't close haha. i have to get some connections with the vets asap!!

Tribe swap! Whaddaya know! The split was......good and bad? I hope us former Meskwaki aren't targeted for having 4 of us, but hey, my alliance with Dan/Matt will help me here. PLUS I HAVE KYLE which means I didn't make a fatal error making a good alliance with him early (phew!) <3 Little scared that this might turn into a numbers scramble though....4 returnees, 4 Meskwaki, 1 Odawa, with 1 person on the clear bottom of both former Wyandot and Meskwaki here.....mess!

With the number of advantages/idols in this game (and the fact that I have none), I need to make sure my name is in NOBODY's thoughts as a vote because we've seen how one vote was still too many for Andreas....and if I go out, I sure as hell don't wanna go out like that!

So I asked Scott for an alliance privately.....and I'm doing it for me, not my whole tribal alliance. I don't like the numbers on the tribe because with Kyle knowingly at the bottom with a 4-4-1 split, I could VERY easily end up in the minority. Plus, I didn't really get to pick to work with my former tribe, it was just assumed, so I'm hoping that in branching out, I'll get defined as my own player and not just some former Meskwaki mafia member ready to take a bullet for the family...

YAS! We won! I somehow was the 3rd strongest (including Andreas) out of everyone which is bittersweet.....hopefully no one looks too deep into the scores or else I might develop a target. Anywho, I'm glad to be one of the last four people to attend TC! It gives me an advantage because I can keep my cards hidden for longer. Right now, without votes to go off of - people have to take my word for face-value, and that's actually a good thing considering I have conflicting alliances already...;) Weak trust is better than rivalry!

"Ew AP, I try to avoid those classes tbh lmao" I've taken 9 AP classes and have a rather nice score on both the ACT and SAT. My point? Not to brag or anything (hehe) But to show that everything I say has a purpose. I don't need the intellectual stigma to stick to me because that's instantly associated with someone like Cochran which turns me into a target!

I AM DEAD. I JUST WANT THE HOSTS TO KNOW THAT. ALSO REALLY STRAND CARSON AND I HERE ON MESKWAKI ALONE- RUDE.

I just exiled myself for a clue to the immunity idol that I most likely won't find because I'm garbage at finding them. I gave my cult alliance half of the clue in good faith- hopefully that will make them want to keep me around. I'm going to try to get them to add an additional member- hopefully Bodhi because I like him so that we'll still have majority in the next tribal council. Also i didn't give them the other half of the clue- because I want to keep some sort of advantage for myself- but my plan is if they somehow find out I have another part of the clue, then i'll tell them I got that while I was exiled as some form of reward. Importantly, I'm leaving out where I searched in hopes that none of them will make this same move I have- and I think my odds are pretty good. Also I have to find some way to tell my tribe that i'm exiled without causing suspicion..so that'll be fun.

This tribe is such a massive culture shock honestly, on Odawa the official tribe chat wasn't that active until after tribal was posted and even then most things happened afaik on the Odawa majority alliance with the most boring name in history's chat. I feel pretty damn shook being the only Odawa on here and admitedly I've been slumping in the social part (aka the most important one) but I really need to step it up here especially on a bigger tribe

How I'm bouta be http://68.media.tumblr.com/19a93d31ca6d8a001a346ef9ccf151db/tumblr_o6pkqvpFBQ1twwci1o1_1280.jpg

I deadass typed OwO unironically what is wrong wi th me

Back in another game I played, there was a weak, physically inept player than just always managed to avoid elimination despite nearly always being the target, due to being in numerous alliances at once, and stupid ass people voted strong players out over himself. Come merge he would make insane idol plays and manage to take out all the large threats while keeping himself off the radar. He made finals but lost, but the VL flew into a rage. God I wish that were me....

TRIBE SWAP!!!!!! Ok, so we ended up with 3 former Meskaakaikaikaia, 2 returnees, and everyone from my tribe except Scott RIP 😥. Right now, the plan I to stick together and try to pull one or two of the other newbies in to take out the returnees. Oh yeah, and we voted out Matt BYE FELICIA

Grrrrrrrrr, we lost. I'm not mad about that, I'm mad that my alliance wants to get Adam out. I want to get Carson out. I want to get him out because A: He is a returnee B: He did the worst in challenges & C: He will probally align with Andreas. So I am suuuuuuuppppppeeeeerrrr pissed. I want CARSON GONE. Everyone is voting for Adam tomorrow. I might throw my vote to Carson just in case Adam has an idol

This swap is dangerous for some of my allies. I am very confident that I will make it out alive, just because there's no good reason for anyone to target me, but I'm not as confident that Kage will. I'm setting him up as a nice big target, and I have been since the beginning, so I wouldn't be so surprised if he were to be taken out now. I don't have any desire to vote Kage out, but if others do, I can join in. He'll bring me as far as he can, and I don't mind that one bit. He thinks he's in charge, so I'll let him stay there until the time is right. His gameplay is so erratic that I don't really think that he has a chance to win. Even if he gets to the end, there's this whole smear campaign from the kind folks over at redemption, which essentially sets him up as the villain. In reality he's fun to be around, but when he votes people out, he gets VERY rude. He gave Matt and Ashton fake advantages, and expects them to be gracious now that they're out? I don't think so buddy. As far as new allies, I really like Dana and Carson. I get along just fine with Eric, Adam, and Luke. I think I'll be very alright in this swap! Aidan is still my number one, but past that, I don't really care who I vote with. As long as I can trust that they'll keep me around until later, I don't quite mind.

So somehow Kage has come into power yet again on this new tribe! First on Odawa, he makes every decision, and we all go with him. Now here, because of Dana being sent to exile, it's an 8 person tribal council, and the 4 Odawa here are staying strong, and we've also included 3 non Odawa in the plan to eliminate Adam. Tonight, Adam is probably going, but there is a slight chance that the other 4 don't want to be on the bottom of this tribe, and they're just playing us, planning to take Kage out with an idol, or maybe forcing a rock draw. If there's the threat of going to rocks this early, I might have to flip on Kage. I don't want him out, because he is a PHENOMENAL shield, one of the best possible, but I also don't want a 1/6 chance of myself going home third. I have confidence that if I were to flip in the case of a tie, taking Kage out, I'd be fairly safe after that point. I have good connections with Aidan, Christian, Dana, Carson, Eric, and Luke. The only person on this tribe that I can't see myself working with is Adam, and that is exactly why I got Kage to target him. I'm not too firmly in any alliance at this point. There's the Odawa 5, the cross tribal alliance with Kage, Crow, Eric, and myself, and there's a bunch of openings with the other folks on my tribe. I'm only dedicated to sticking with Aidan, because we are such similar people. But I'm not entirely sure if I want to go to the end with him. I also don't plan to flip on Kage unless I need to in order to stick in the game. He is a shield and a goat in one, why would I ever get rid of that? Some people would look at going to two tribal councils early in the game as a curse, but I think it's quite the contrary. Hell, looking back, I probably should've thrown those challenges entirely! I was careful not to be too helpful on either, which probably was outright better than throwing, because it doesn't put a target on me, but I had absolutely no reason to want to win those challenges if the swap was going to be like this, with two equally sized tribes, this early in the game. Going to tribal council builds a large amount of trust, and if I had not gone to any tribals, I doubt I would trust Kage and Christian this much at all. I'd also have the chance to be on a tribe with a Matt or an Ashton, who are both great people, but neither of them felt like people I could put my trust in. Kage did a great job eliminating all of the obvious strategists, aside from himself, so now I don't think anyone from Odawa will flip on me any time soon. The other two tribes barely have any trust in each other. The other newbie tribe never went to tribal, and while people definitely talked, no one knows who is on their side and who is against them. The returnee tribe had a unanimous vote with an idol play. They only voted who they did because of inactivity, so they clearly weren't completely in the thick of the strategy. I'm definitely not laying as low as I want to be, but I don't think that I'm too noticeable as a threat. I might be the second biggest visible threat on Odawa, but that's probably not true. I'm not at all worried for Scott. He's on a tribe with 4 people from each of the other two starting tribes, so he's in the perfect spot to align with one of those two, and cruise for a bit. If he gets voted out, it's because he's playing poorly. I'd vote out a returnee in his position, but I trust that he'll play smart.

I HAVEN’T DONE A CONFESSIONAL IN SO LONG WHOOPS SO ANYWAY HERES WHATS HAPPENED SINCE I LAST DID THIS BASICALLY, WE WENT TO TRIBAL AGAIN (BIG SURPRISE) AND VOTED OUT MATT. IT WAS HIGHKEY SO BEAUTIFUL BC BODHI AND SCOTT BOTH PLAYED FAKE ADVANTAGES OR IDOLS, GIVING US OUT REP AS THE FAKE IDOL TRIBE, AS WELL AS INTRODUCING THE WORLD TO THE BEAUTY THAT IS THE IMMUNITY SNATCHER. SO IT ALL GOES TO PLAN, AND WE’RE ALL CHILLING IN THE CHAT, KAGE INSULTING BOTH THE HOSTS THE FUCKING DUMBASS, AND THEN WE GET THIS EXCHANGE: [00:40:40] kage hamilton: Plz forgive and give me free advantage? [00:41:10] Isaiah (Great Lakes Host): Lol, you'll get something alright AND THEN I GET FUCKING KICKED FROM THE CHAT?? SO IM SITTING THERE CONFUSED OUT OF MY GODAMN MIND, WHEN IM ADDED TO ANOTHER TRIBAL CHAT- MESKWAKI!! AND IM SHOOK BECAUSE IT’S A FUCKING SWAP??! BUT WE CAME OUT OF THIS SO WELL TBH, 4/5 ODAWA REMEBERS ARE TOGETHER ON MESKWAKI AND WE ONLY NEED ONE MORE TO AVE MAJORITY AGAIN. IN THE TIBE WE’VE GOT ME, OBVIOUSLY, THEN MY BOIS BODHI KAGE AND CHRISTIAN FROM ODAWA, CARSON AND DANA FROM THE RETURNEE TRIBE, AND THEN ADAM, LUKE AND ERIC THE OG FROM MESKWAKI. I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT EVER SINCE WE MERGED, AND I THINK CARSON AND DANA MIGT BE OUT BEST SHOT AT AN ALLIANCE. THEY’RE TOTALLY ISOLATED ON THE TRIBE, SO EVEN IF THEY FLIPED ON US AFTER WE GO TO TRIBAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY’D ONLY MANAGE TO MAKE IT EQUAL, AND I THINK THEY’RE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THREATS HERE, AND YOU KNOW WHA THEY SAY- KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR EMEMIES WITHIN FIRING RANGE OF YOUR PRIMARY FIREARM (IM SORRY FOR THE RVB QUOTE LMAO) I MEAN, DANA ALMOST WON HER SEASON, SO SHE KNOW WHAT SHES DOING, AND SOMEONE THAT KNOWS OW TO DO THAT IS DEFINATLY SOMEONE I WANT ON MY SIDE WE’VE ALSO GOT A CHALLENGE AND IM SCREAMING BECAUSE I CAN’T SPELL OR TYPE SO MY SCORE IS GOING TO BE SHIT BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN FINNALLY WIN A CHALLENGE IN THIS GAME, AMIRITE? *SLIDES AUSTIN AND ISAIAH TWENTY DOLLARS* I ENDED UP SUMBITTING A SCORE OF 2568, WHICH I THINK IS OKAY?? BUT THEN AGAIN ANDREAS GOT LIKE 24K ON LAKE REDEMPTION SO I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHATS A DECENT SCORE ANY MORE. ALL THAT’S LEFT TO DO NOW IT WAIT, AND SCREAM INTERNALLY.

Just once I would really love to not go to tribal. Oh well, back to pre-tribal hell it is.

Hey you guys, its me. Its Andreas, and welcome to my episodial confessional. So I won the duel. I'd love to say im surprised, but once again I misted another newbie into not doing well. MY EFFECT HUH ?? So I dont have much to say, besides that I hope Kage comes here so I can show him who the worse player is, and then my homeboy Carson can be safe. Also, I found an idol clue and its so much effing searching. That can literally choke. Not much is happening on Lake Redemption. Im getting to meet everyone which is nice. I hope im not here for long, otherwise ill cry.

So fuckity fuck fuck fuck. WHY DO I NEVER WIN CHALLENGES? IT'S THE DAY I WAS PUSHED OUT OF A VAGINA, WHY DOESN'T THAT MEAN ANYTHING????????? anyways, oh well. tribal again. i'm used to it. i don't trust kage. i don't really trust anyone on my tribe. I feel like everyone is playing super hard and trying to have 324934 different alliances and i'm just a fat squirrel eating whatever pieces of food they drop for me. ugh. good luck self. I do have a solution though, because I know how Dana got to get exiled, and I know that's exactly what I'm doing to myself if i get through this.

um heyyy its (week?) 3 idk we're about to have the third tribal. we lost immunity after the swap and ive been swapfucked before so i really didnt want to be swapfucked again but guess what! i did nothing and apparently kage and bodhi are already gunning for me.................... WHY they literally gave me a valid reason for carson to be voted out and are voting ME out for what reason?? idk. anyway im in an alliance with eric luke carson and dana (who cant vote) and ive been talking to aidan and hes super cool so i should be okay? i think? the only person on my tribe i 100% trust is luke. i wish dan was here. he formed the alliance between he luke and i :( eric luke and carson want to get out kage but idc who it is as long as its not me. luke said we might go to rocks... UGHHH why is this happening.

Okay so we won again and I still haven't been to tribal *dab* so that's lit. I'm glad I'm not going to tribal because I've made virtually no connections on my new tribe. I plan on being loyal to crow and Matt. We pulled in Kyle for a number (I know gross but hey whatevs) and I think we have stoner and maybe Seth (honestly unsure if there is actually a Seth in this game I just can't think of his name rn) but yeah. I'm just pretending to like Korean dramas so roxy likes me.

This just in his name is Scott not Seth. Huh.

Ok so Dana being at exile has caused this tribal council to go to shit. The vote would have been an easy 5-4 with an Odawa member leaving, but now our numbers are tied. I don't think we're going to rocks, but its now a possibility. I'm extremely worried about that. The Odawa members think we're all voting for Adam, which is not the case. From everything I've heard, Kage was running the show there, and now trying to do the same here. That doesn't fly with me, which is why he will be getting four votes tonight. Kage leaving also frees up Bodhi, who Dana and I could use as a vote if needed. By sending Kage home, I'm left with a lot of options. Even if they get pissed that I lied to them about voting Adam, I have an excuse. They told Adam, Andreas, and Dana that I was the backup incase Adam had an idol. So what else am I supposed to do? However, finding out that Luke had an idol was very comforting! Because! There! Was! No! Point! Worrying! About! Any! Of! It! I wish he would have said something earlier because i almost went to Christian to flip since Andreas told me he was on the bottom. That would have ruined everything because Christian isn't ready to flip. Anyways, all we need to do now is play the idol on Adam, and Kage leaves 4-0. If they throw votes at someone else, you'll be seeing me sliding into Christian's pms to flip him to our side during the tiebreaker.

#PowerWithinNumbers

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Episode 2 - “Loyalty Pyramid” - Eric

Stoner, Stoner, Stoner. Sorry but he's a stupid ass. He sent me to redemption island despite the fact that I am the strongest person in this tribe for challenges, not to mention i have done redemption island before AND won 4 duels. He wasn't thinking straight tbh

Bye Andreas! Actually v v sad to see you go. I have a lot of thoughts. I'm going crazy right now after first tribal- i'll write again once i get to my boring ass class in a few hours.

Too much has happened for this damn confessional- but here I go. I like most of the people on my tribe. Augusto and Stoner are playing really hard- but I like both of them. I like Carson- don't know him well though. Emmon is nice but not in any formal alliance with me. I don't really know what's up with Roxy- she's cool, bur we haven't really clicked too much. First tribal had me dying. Like i didn't know Stoner at all- but he's a player. He's going to play hard and he's going to try to manipulate me- and I know that, so hopefully I can correct for that to keep myself safe. I don't know how he got the idol, but he did, so that totally changed my strategy. Right after tribal- my alliance situation Got CRAZY. I'm in 3 different alliance situations, 1) Me, Roxy, Carson, Augusto- Augusto got me in on this one to my knowlege. 2)Me, Stoner, and Augusto- Augusto and I created to get Stoner on our side. 3) Me, Carson, Augusto- the supposed "core 3"- initially the plan was to bring Carson into the alliance with Stoner, but I know Stoner doesn't want that- even though Augusto seems to think he does- so i'm just trying to prevent that from blowing up. Honestly I have no idea who to trust. Augusto and I decided to get close to Stoner so we can protect ourselves from him- which i think is a good strategy for now. Augusto has been my closest ally this whole game, and I have no reason not to trust him, because he has shared so much information thus far, but Stoner has started warning me abour Augusto- likely to make me paranoid. So as a result, I am becoming paranoid, but right now i'm going to table that paranoia and keep going. I know Augusto is playing hard, and as much as I like him and hate being disloyal- I think it will have to happen perhaps sooner rather than later. Now onto idols and shoreline. So far no alliances have come out of shoreline for me- and honestly I don't know when/ if they will, that isn't really my focus right now. In terms of idols, I'm almost positive someone else on our tribe has one right now. I think it could be Carson or Roxy- maybe Emmon, and also less likely, but still possibly Augusto if he's lying to me. Augusto showed me the olace where the idol was- and i'm so mad because if I hadn't been out to dinner I would have used the 87xx code we had to look for the idol myself. I think what likely happened is that Stoner told Carson/ someone else outside of our alliance chat about the 8 clue- who also knew about the 7 clue from Augusto and maybe that person had another number we dont know about- or they just tried all possible combos and got the idol. And if that is what happened, only a few people have all that information, me being one if them, but I didn't find it. Augusto thinks there could be a tribe swap- which tbh would make me die because I feel pretty good about my spot on my tribe right now.

I went to the shoreline right after tribal knowing that at least Andreas who got voted out would be there to chat with me. I couldn't search so I tried to get information about his tribe and who and who not to trust. I feel like if I am at the merge and he wins the duel to return we can work together but I will have loyalty to myself, then the Gallaghers, then other allies like Andreas, and ending the pyramid with "strangers." My "Loyalty Pyramid" needs to stay intact or I will never make it as far as I hope to, and I won't be able to achieve the goals I want to in this game.

Listening to this mashup on headphones sounds like you died and a bunch of ghosts are screaming in your ear while your least favorite artists just sing songs you don't like. Not fun... I like it (xD)

I will download this mashup, get my friend to make a program that makes it look like I'm brutally destroying my file and then put the mashup in it so i can see it rip and die. And then I will be like "Try breaking my ears again, try me b*tch"

So apparently Jordan Pines visits are tribe and then leaves and I am like "You will be missed.. maybe??"

I love the tribe I am in! Everyone works hard, but I feel one person is setting themselves apart from everyone else. Some people have told me that they didn't enjoy Kyle's attitude during the last immunity challenge, and I would have to agree. There was a bit of an attitude where it didn't belong, especially when he was the same person that could of sent us to tribal for not being at the challenge in time.

Yay!! I am so glad that we won tribe immunity again! Shows how strong of a tribe we truly are!

I'm glad that Andreas won this duel. He's been telling me the tea about what's been going on, and it's been helping me know who to trust and who not to trust.

I feel like with the shoreline twist, who gets voted out is more important than ever. We all know everyone from the other tribe, whether they can be trusted, if they are nice, good at challenges, etc. And we can also chat with eliminated contestants who get an infinite stay until they either win the final duel or lose a duel, and they hear and see all. There is a lot of strategy that goes into it and hopefully gaining trust with Andreas helped gain trust.

Nobody is really taking any initiative on this tribe when we have tribal council in just a few hours. I didn't want to be the one who led a vote on the first day but that seems like what is happening. Since nobody is coming up with an alternative plan I just suggested that Matt should be targeted. Hopefully all goes thoigh and I stick around for this vote.

I'm fucking pissed off. Kage is telling me that I'm getting all the votes today and it's really making me mad. I don't know what his deal is now he's saying it was a joke or that he's playing his idol on me. Honestly I don't care anymore these people are idiots if they really want to get rid of someone who tried there hardest to help the tribe and didn't fuck up at the challenge even once. Whatever I don't care anymore

So I'm going home today. Kage gave me the idol but it's definitely fake. I'm gonna fight my hardest at redemption island when I get there though.

Well that fucking sucks. Everyone on my tribe are a bunch of liars. Whatever I'm gonna win my way back.

I realized I did like 500 confessionals for the last round and not this one, sad :( Well, not too much has gone on this round... which is perfectly fine with me. An alliance did start though between Dana, Carson, and myself. Roxy, being the lovely queen that she is, wanted us 3 in an alliance with her so the stars aligned perfectly there. Dana and I are trying to work whatever angle we can to get Stoner to be loyal to us and it's paying off, yay!

So, I've been trying to get everyone on the tribe to tell me where and where not to look at the Shoreline because I am power hungry and need an idol. Eventually, I did come across something... an EMPTY chest! I had a chance and obviously blew it, go me <333 I will find a way to get that idol! I spent my last moments in Bhutan trying to look for one because I was for sure going home, but I'm not letting that happen again.

I am SHAKEN TO THE CORE by the fact that Wyandot won immunity and Andreas stayed in the game. Like, my last tribe (Sarpang) was a hot mess and things seem to be shaking up for the better, which I'm thankful for! I'm glad we won immunity because I did not want to vote someone out and get blood on my hands. I am not a sociopath or a psycho murder, so that blood can gladly remain where it is. I just want Wyandot to remain on a streak of some sort cause lord knows I need it. #Pray5Me

A thought keeps seeping into my head for whatever reason and that thought is a potential swap. A swap would throw a major curve ball towards us and put a wrench in everything I've worked towards thus far. Plus, it's way too early for one but the hosts probably love to see us suffer so it doesn't matter, sadly! I probably need to visit the Shoreline once more to get a feel for people and try to seem as nice as possible. If we do swap, I would want to be with Roxy since she's a major social player and I feel as though everyone loves her and would try to save her. That being said, she needs to go sooner than later cause the sex beast is a threat, lol. Anyway, #LetsNotSwapPlz #DontDoThisToMeHosts

So Dan joined our alliance to gain majority on our tribe. It's now Eric, Matt, Dan, and I. My thoughts? Eek. I don't trust Dan. There's something about him...I feel like he's playing nice but is secretly a villain? And Eric completely exposed us to the other tribes so I doubt this will last (which is why I'm making sure my bonds stay solid) but for now, it gives me some security in my standing.....especially since Eric found an idol! (except he told too many people....) I am actually feeling closest to Matt at this current moment because we share a lot of the same thoughts about the other players!

Okay, I just went to Shoreline for the 2nd time to find half of the cast there....I thought it would be fun and relaxed, but people are giving out info, although brief info nonetheless! I know not to trust Stoner and that Julia can neither type nor shut up...(lawd). I'm a bit scared by how active this cast is, but their personalities are bound to rub each other the wrong way, so I'm actually glad there's so many loud people. Andreas being at Lake Redemption scares me though cuz that basically means no Redemption for me if I get voted out....he'll probably be the Great Lakes version of Matt Elrod!!

Ugh, I want Kyle to be more active so I can ACTUALLY work with him, but he's literally making every effort possible to isolate himself. He's weak in comps, rude to a degree, and is giving the tribe nothing, and the worst part of it all is that when he leaves, he'll blab to everyone that I had an alliance with him! (Which wasn't even ill-intentioned on my part! I truly DID want to work with him!). I hope we switch tribes before we lose so that he can get booted by another tribe or something....

So I finally got some 1-on-1 time with Andreas and got to learn the background behind the vote-offs. (Even though Eric already filled me in privately considering he talked to Andreas first). Kage, like my instincts told me, is not to be trusted. He criticized Ashton for playing too hard too fast but here he is doing exactly the same thing....foolish. Anyways, I'm really liking my social game right now. Eric clearly trusts me the most as he's told others to trust me (and only me) while Matt has confided in me about his skepticism of Eric. Dan.....not so much, but I think that's just because Dan is too busy irl for a virtual social game. I have a bond with Kyle and Luke and I'm on good terms with Adam. Hopefully this tribe can survive til the tribe swap so that I can have a lot of human resources at my disposal =)

WOW! What a tribal that was! First off, I'm the one that gave both the fake advantages Hahahaha 👌. The vote went perfect

Whew, what a day it has been! I don't even remember my last confessional so I'll just start at the last tribal. Ok, so Ashton got voted out GOOD! Matt played the fake double vote sonner than I thought he would BAD! According to Andreas, there was a "Kage Is A Snake" party on Redemption island that I didn't know about BAD! Also apparently half my tribe was there BAD! We then lost the challenge BAD! Ashton officially got sent home GOOD! I still don't know if I can completely trust my tribe. The plan right now is to vote Matt, and tell Matt to vote for Bodhi. However, Matt says he wants to vote for me, according to Bodhi. So I have no idea if I'm going to have to face Andreas at Redemption. If I do, that would be detrimental, because he is a challenge BEAST! All I can do is trust in my bonds and pray🙏🙏🙏

So we're at tribal, and everyone is super tense! Except for me and a few others of course, who are just lying back watching everyone freak out. Then, out of nowhere, Matt whips out his double vote! But its fake! It's a fake double vote! Matt has been lied to, I bet he has lost his trust for whoever gave it to him! But then, out of nowhere again, ASHTON WHIPS OUT HIS IDOL. Everyone is like "ew, put that thing away," but he wont! He keeps waving his goddamn idol around like he's a very excited 6 year old. But its a fake! So he's gotta rip off his idol, which flops around on the floor of tribal, until someone throws it in the fire. And then Ashton is voted out, just like we'd planned from day one. Easy.

so this vote is another piece of cake. It would be easy for us to just all say Matt and go with it, but we've gone for more, out of boredom primarily. Kage is telling him that the plan is to vote me out, and I'm telling him that the plan is to vote Kage out. Matt is siding with me, which isn't the plan, but whatever, I do t mind him voting for Kage.

Bodhi sent a link to a music video with porn on it in the tribe chat and it really sounds like the singer is gonna stab me in my sleep. The challenge is going well so far in the slow but steady mindset, I'm really glad it isn't a double tribal because even though I have a safenet in the majority alliance, those fake advantages still have me shook and there's no telling what that'll do to an impressionable paranoid ass man like me.

It feels like everyone's just hopped up on some insane ass sugar because the Odawa 4 alliance is just wildt as hell and trying to do some insane stuff at the tribal to show the other tribes... which is like the most nihilistic move you could do honestly. I'm down for it and it seems like everyone else is too. Now it's time to write the best goddamn idol speech I'm never going to use in a real situation. :]

stoner: plays the idol me: https://68.media.tumblr.com/7b8d4167603a43dddaf35c15d64bf989/tumblr_nd8kgv7iZM1tcpjdeo4_1280.png

I still really don't know how stoner found that idol, but I would bet someone gave it to him. According to Dana, he was talking to the other tribes about how he was getting sent home. We probably should have seen this coming, but someone from the other tribe saw a chance to shake up our tribe. Ok so I officially have an alliance with Augusto, Dana, and Andreas, and then another with Augusto, Dana, and Julia. On top of that, I feel obligated to align with Emmon, so I could be in a pickle. The only saving grace is that we still have Stoner to get rid of, so going to tribal again isn't the end of the world. Hopefully, all of us will make it to the swap so I don't have to make a difficult choice. Having Andreas at the Shoreline is really a benefit for us. Not only is he a strong competitor and will probably beat everyone, but he's helping us look for idols and saying who's been there. He also gets all of the tea on the other tribe's dynamics so we'll know where the cracks are come the swap.

Literally me in this game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOkb604pzhI I know no one wants to work with me, but I try! I really do! And just no one has asked me to the alliances, and I've just sorta dealing with being the power bottom of this tribe. SO YEAH! Just hoping I survive long enough for a swap, I'm already accepting that I'm doomed atm, so gluck me! Sucks because I like this people, I just wish they liked me back ya know? oh well good luck Christian!

THIS SO LONG OVERDUE I'M SO SORRY. So things on my tribe are simultaneously calm and crazy.  I'm in alliance with Dan and Adam. Dan was dragged into an alliance with Crow, Eric and Matt but there's discourse over there because Dan and Matt both don't like Eric. The fact that Adam, Kyle and myself have been left out of that alliance very clearly means that they think the three of us are either a threat or too weak to help the tribe. However, the fact that Dan and Matt don't like Eric can be used to my advantage because I can team up with those two, Adam and Kyle (who wants me to watch out for him in exchange for me doing the same) and we can vote out Eric. Now...onto the best thing.....I HAVE AN IMMUNITY IDOL. I'm not planning on telling anybody that I have the idol because it can only bring bad luck to me. People can speculate but the words "i have an idol" are not leaving my mouth for the foreseeable future. Now to some opinions of my tribe mates: Dan: I've played like 3 games with Dan, we work well together, we look out for each other, I'm comfortable with him. Adam: I had never met Adam until this game but I've heard of him from the community. I think that with Dan's connection we could work really well together. Matt: I like Matt. I can tell that he's very smart and obviously knows how this game works. I'll need to keep my eye in him for sure but I want to work with him. Crow: I get alone really well with Crow on a personal level. We talk a bunch about life and the game hasn't come into it at all (which is scary af). The fact he may be hesitant of talking to me about the game means he doesn't trust me so I need to work on that. Kyle: Kyle can be too much sometimes. He's very blunt and I don't think some people in this game (Eric) will handle that very well. That being said, he said he'll look out for me. Eric: boy oh boy...this kid is SO enthusiastic about the game which is cute but it gets very overwhelming very quickly and it's easy to get annoyed by him. That being said, he's very "for the tribe" and wants us to do well which is great for us because it's helping us win.

Holy Shit. Stoner actually found the idol and used it to take out Andreas! My plan worked perfectly and nobody even knows I'm behind it. Hopefully Andreas gets eliminated somewhere along on Redemption because that guy is in a league of his own when it comes to challenges. Meanwhile we have brought Dan into our alliance which is a great step. Eric didn't want to tell him about the idol just yet because the less people that know the better at this point. Eric goes to visit the shoreline and meets its new permanent resident Andreas. Eric, for reasons I can never explain, seems to instantly trust Andreas and takes everything he says as gold. Stoner is untrustworthy and we need him out of this game... the dude just blindsided Andreas with an idol and had EVERYONE vote against him. He is not the person you need to worry about. Somewhere in his kpop-loving brain he decides to not only tell Andreas that myself and Crow are "good people" and can be trusted but also tells him how to help his allies find an idol. This was a secret I hoped only us knew for the time being, but the more concerning part in all of this is that it puts a HUGE target on my back. You don't go to somebody you don't know and tell them "trust these people and here is how to find an idol" because what they hear is "this is my alliance, oh and we have an idol!". The only semi-plausible explanation that I can think of is that Stoner, Christian and I are not the triad in this game and Eric is with Andreas somehow. But still, Eric dude, loose lips sink ships. I'm just lucky I'm in one of those two-pegged boats because I'll be hard to stop but not unsinkable. Eric is seriously annoying everybody on the tribe. Dan and I spoke after he was brought into the alliance on how we don't really trust Eric and have our concerns with that mouth of his. To gain Dan's trust some more I told him about the idol in Eric' pocket. I really wish I found that thing first. Dan and I also agreed that Kyle should be the first target, even before Eric, because of his inactivity and negativity. I confessed my part of the Andreas blindside to Dan and he was amused, he is happy to see Andreas get the boot and was happy I helped direct Stoner on how to find an idol. Bonding at its best. For the first time in this game I had a conversation with Kyle. Kyle, the super attentive tribe member asked me if I was one of the hosts for this season..... Like.... I don't have words. We fucking worked together on the 99 Bottles Immunity Challenge. Like wow. Anyways, after some talk he asks to join (more like forces me into) an alliance with him. My momma didn't raise no dummy so I say "Sure Kyle buddy, lets work together". Kyle tells me there is one person he finds really annoying on the tribe which I correctly guess is Eric because thats his M.O. right now. I mean Adam, Dan and Kyle all already mentioned to me that they find the kid irritating and I'm in an alliance with him... Kyle also informs me he doesn't like Dan because he is "too positive". Sorry Kyle but Dan's my number one ally at this point and I don't really care for you. So, of course, I tell Dan to further gain his trust and make sure Kyle is our first target. The challenge was rough. I am terrible at naming songs let alone songs being into a genre I hardly listen too. I organized the group however and tried to help as much as possible. Thankfully we pulled out the victory and took a nice second place. Second place is just as good as first place in my books when only one tribe is going to tribal. Its a shame that Andreas won the challenge, I was hoping this was one that he'd put up a beatable score in. I want to avoid tribal council as long as possible... but not because I'm afraid of it. I'm running this tribe right now and if it was us at the final 7 I'd be in the end no problem. I want to keep as many of these Meskwakians in the game as long a possible because of that and tribal means we are voting one off. Tribal is where the game happens. It's where you get to break other people's hearts and destroy their dreams so that you can try to achieve your own. People complain that they hate voting people out and I'm not heartless, it can definitely be hard... But that is what Survivor is, especially online Survivor. You strip the adventure part out of Survivor and what is left is a complex game of lying, deceit, socialization, strategy and luck where your main goal is to take out people before they can take out you. At the end of the day only a few people remain and I fully intend to be one of those people. With another immunity win under our belts I look forward to an easy 24 hours before the next challenge is posted. We will be down to 18 people which makes me a little concerned about a tribe swap as we can be redivided into two or three tribes. I think my game is good where I am at now so a tribe swap can put all of that into question, however it could also take Stoner out of a bad position and put him into a better one which definitely helps out my game. I can't worry about this though. There is no point worrying for things that you can't control. You can try and plan ahead and roll with the punches and hope that at the end of the day you have done enough to survive. Survivor is a fluid game so you have to be a fluid player; if you can't bend you will likely break.

So another week, another win. I'm proud of my tribe for actually working kind of well together again. On the other hand, Eric is a hot mess. He's playing so hard so fast and I really need him to calm down. Matt has told me all these things and I'm obviously telling Adam and Luke because I trust them way more. Matt is definitely setting himself up as a huge strategic threat so if I can bamboozle a vote and get him out premerge or early jury that would be perfect. Matt is playing a winners game right now and the only person who should be playing one is my ass.

#PowerWithinNumbers

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~Season Awards~

Following this GREAT Season we will be distributing 4 awards: Player of the Season, Most Robbed, Best Hero, and Best Villain...Isaiah loves all of you equally and didn’t distribute any. So without further ado, HERE ARE THE AWARDS!!

Sarah’s Choices:

1. Player of the Season: Bodhi - He really did try his hardest to get the furthest he could go. He voted out his allies, lied about idols, and made matt flip to make sure he didnt go home the night of the (crow?) vote. He always thought out of the box and it was super fun to watch him

2. Most Robbed: Andreas - he got sent home first and went to redemption island and he fought so hard, he finally got a chance back in and was voted out again to redemption island. He is a fighter and he got fucked over by an ugly ass premade

3. Best Hero: Luke - He tried so hard in this game, and he truly did outshine the rest of the players when it came to being hero. He was a nice person you wanted to win, and rooted for.

4. Best Villain: Matt E - He did what he had to do, didn't feel bad about the feelings of others..plus hes just an asshole so ye

Austin’s Choices:

1. Player(s) of the Season: Bodhi/Crow - When I look back on this season, there are no two individuals that come to mind more than these two. They never made their intentions known, and constantly worked around a cast full of personalities with their quiet moves. Crow, in my opinion, was the best casting choice I could have made for this decision. He’s a innocent looking southern bell, with a heart of coal and a deceitful mind looking to take you out. LOVED. Bodhi, quite ironically, was a fighter. He went through this whole game intentionally giving 50% to challenges because he simply didn’t need them. His strategy was to just showcase that there wasn’t anything there with him, and it quickly caught on with the jury that Bodhi was playing multiple sides of the game. Some would call him a snake, but I think he finished the game playing one of the best underdog games. Great player. 

2. Most Robbed: Andreas - Andreas literally fought from Day 1. What Matt did in immunity’s, Andreas did for survival. He was never guaranteed another day in the game, and he EXCELLENTLY used his knowledge from The Shoreline to come back into the game fully loaded with material to use against people. Had Andreas made it to the end, he would have hands down won this game, in my opinion. (Or he would have had the greatest case to win in Tumblr Survivor History)

3. Best Hero: Luke/Dana - What qualities should a hero possess in a game where you’re nearly forced to go against one another? The answer is simple. You must be likable. Luke and Dana defined the word hero for this season as these two were not only fan favorites, but after their eliminations the tribe was filled with a great deal of melancholy. Luke was a FIGHTER. Having beaten Andreas in the final duel, using 3 idols to keep him and his allies safe, and working SO hard to overthrow the majority powers, Luke never gave up and always looked to do the right thing. Dana was someone who was that lovable spirit that filled the tribe. A great social game to coincide with a great personality really allowed the viewers to get behind her. Her vote-off left a lot of people upset, and when you have that big of an impact on a game, then there isn’t any choice but to label you a hero. 

4. Best Villain: Kyle/Kage - I’m cheating the rules by including two right now, but when I look at this season and think “villain” I can only picture Kyle and Kage. Kage was someone who EVERYONE was irritated with. He was quite literally the Culpepper, and from Day 1 he was looking to throw challenges, fake deals, fake advantages, and take control. His aggressiveness caught the eyes of many, and it was that quality that placed a bulls-eye on his chest. Kyle was someone who always vocalized his opinions. He wasn’t afraid to tell anyone his thoughts or how he was going to vote. It was within this villainous persona that I believe Kyle turned into an anti-hero. He was that person you loved to hate, but supported throughout the game. Though he found himself aligned with the trio, his defeat was something of significance as it left a lot of jurors upset. 

#PowerWithinNumbers

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Episode 1 - “Matt won’t ever betray me” - Matt E

Coming into this game I'm going to try and make social connections with everyone on tribe and make them feel that "Matt won't ever betray me".  I want to be seen as a valuable number. Once that is accomplished we will go from there. 

I hit the beach on Day 1 and I decide to start focusing on creating social bonds. I want everybody to see me as somebody they want to keep around. The key is finding common interests with each player. Dan likes to talk about school, well guess who all of a sudden has an interest in school talk? I DO! Eric likes Kpop, well guess who all of a sudden has taken an interest in Kpop? Well, actually I don't know a thing about Kpop, nor do I care to, so I'll have to find something else to bond with Eric over. But you get the picture. The more people tell you about themselves the more connected they feel to you. Its part of the way humans work. You subconsciously tell yourself "I must like this person because I am revealing myself to them".   My first impression of the tribe is that I really like Dan, Crow and Luke. Dan lives half an hour from me in an area I grew up in (though hes not from the area himself), Crow has a humor to him that I enjoy. Luke is easy to talk to. Adam I don't have an opinion of. Eric seems a little dense and a bit annoying, however he does seem super active. Kyle annoys me as he is inactive and always has a negative energy to him. The first reward challenge comes along. Winter bells. Bunnies jumping on bells like it should be. I don't really care to win the first challenge but I want to put a good showing in just in case the scores get posted. I get to half a million points (which took longer than I wish to admit) and decided thats good enough. I figured the winner would have 1 million, maybe 2 million. Well was I wrong. I don't know how some of these people scored so high, especially Andreas who scored a number so high I'm too lazy to type it all out. So Dan, being the stand up dude that he is, decides to take a challenge advantage for the tribe instead of what I assume would have been a personal advantage. Thats the kind of person I want to work with; somebody who puts other people before themselves... because I'll be more than happy to slide in front of him and take his spot when push comes to shove. Maybe the nice guy thing is an act on his part and if it is touche to him. When the immunity challenge is announced I find that the tribe is in total disarray. We have to plan this thing out if we want to win but nobody seems to care. I didn't want to be the person leading the charge but fuck it if we want to win we need some order and I get us to pick a time. Its the morning before the challenge when Crow comes up to me. He says he has a good feeling about me and wants to work together. I say sure, as he was somebody I wanted to work with anyways. He then asks if itd be cool to bring Eric in. Now I'm not a huge fan of Eric at this point but what am I going to say? Thanks for bringing me in but I don't want to bring in the other person I know you've been talking to. No, of course I can't say. I just smile and say yes. Well come to find out these two motherfuckers have pretty much already found an idol. They know how to find an idol and they have a clue on how to open the chest the idol is in. However they are trying to find dates that link up with the Great Lakes. There are only 999 choices, lets just power through them. They think this task is too daunting so I start on my own. Eric jumps in after a while (I had already gone through 300) and within 10 minutes Eric comes across the correct combination. And there it is.. an idol. I may have had the chance to snatch it up from out under his nose (maybe not, but I think I had a chance if I tried to do it quick) but I decide to let him celebrate the win. Without him and Crow I never would've been close to finding the idol anyways. After talking with Eric and Crow some more I'm starting to think Eric isn't a bad kid. I still wont be having any Kpop conversations with him but perhaps we can forge an amazing alliance together. I manage to see the entire idol post before he claimed it so I know that super idols are in play if you put two idols together. One idol down, one to go. At the challenge Dan steps up again and organizes the tribe during the challenge. This made me happier to no end because I hate being the one that has to do the organizing so I'll happily take a step to the side. The challenge goes well and we finish it without a single mistake. Add in the 10 minute deduction we get from Dan getting the tribal challenge advantage and we put together a score that would be very hard to beat. And, as it turned out, the score was too hard to beat as we won pretty dominantly.  One challenge down, one win in my pocket. It can't get much better than this. I decide to go to the shoreline and find two of my tribe mates already there (Dan and Luke). They tell me where they've searched so I know not to look there. I get pretty far down a line before I take a wrong turn and end up with a smelly fish instead of a clue to an idol. Bummer. Then Dana comes along and this is my first chance to talk to somebody from another tribe. Dana is a member of the returnee tribe and after asking some questions she very easily says that there should be an easy vote against Stoner tonight since he isn't as active. To make the situation a little more awkward Stoner shows up a couple minutes later, right after Dana says he is going to be the first boot. Stoner comes in like a bull in a china shop saying how everybody on his tribe wants him out and hes in big trouble (right in front of Dana mind you). Well it seems Stoner got a stroke of luck and pulled out part of a chest combination. He says he got a number with some xs. I know what this means and what to do with it however its clear he has no idea. Now I want Stoner to stay for two reasons. 1. He isn't as active so by him staying it helps our tribe win immunities. 2. More importantly Stoner is my friend. There was a twist when he returned that he got to choose 2 friends that hadn't played the series before to come on with him. Now I'm not sure if we are the only ones who are friend or if the game is filled with 7 threesomes but I'm keeping my eye open just in case. Now my two tribe members leave the shoreline and I decide I need to tell Stoner how to look for the idol. However Dana is standing right there so I have to speak in code. I post the url for the tumblr and follow it up on the next line with an xxxx saying it isnt working and im trying to make a dead face emoji. Now this is something a little out of the blue and odd.. but if you don't know any better I'm hoping you look right past it. However I ask Stoner if he understands what I'm saying and he replies "I think so". I'm hoping beyond hope that he did understand my code and pulls an idol out. If he takes out their challenge beast Andreas in the process I'd be extra grateful but I have no control over that. I would rather have that potential idol for myself (and have the ability to use it to form a super idol) but Stoner never told me what the number was, or where it was in the sequence, so no luck there. My alliance (Crow, Eric and I) have decided that we want to bring Dan into the fold and are in the process of finding the right time to float the idea by him. That would give us a majority of 4 with 4 solid players and an idol. We said we aren't going to tell Dan about the idol yet but may disclose that information in the near future.

I am so excited to play! I really hope that we can send the veterans to tribal. I don't want a newbie and especially not me being the first boot. Let someone who already played before be eliminated first.

I talked to Crow and it seems we have a lot in common! Right now if I had my pick of a ride-or-die, it would be Crow.

I don't think I won the individual reward, but hopefully this note can help us even if it's an individual reward. I've said this already, but a newbie shouldn't be a first boot. We should get a shot to play. :)

I am glad that Dan picked to help the tribe instead of an idol clue. It shows his heart is with the tribe and not with himself, and hopefully that can give us good karma and we can win the first immunity challenge and show how good we can be.

So apparently some multi-tribe alliance formed at the shoreline between crow, kage, bodhi, christian and myself. I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with that after watching Tocantins and seeing that multi-tribe alliance go down in flames. But since I am already apart of it, I will have to trust the members from the other tribe even though we don't really talk. And after discussing the reward, the other tribe has Matt to worry about, and he probably took the clue because he didn't tell his tribe about the challenge advantage. I don't know what to think going into the rest of this, so I am hoping that we beat the other two tribes and stay safe because I DO NOT wanna be the first eliminated.

After Crow told me that the 4 digit combo might have something to do with the history of the great lakes or something around it, i decided to do lots of research on the great lakes and maybe years or like square miles that had 9 as the 3rd digit and there are 4 digits. this will take a long time but I REALLY want this advantage because I'm not sure if im in trouble if we lose.

OH MY GOD. *unwraps advantage* I can't believe I found the super idol! The trust has to stay between Crow, Matt E and myself. We worked together to find the idol, and that we did. I am so proud of us and hopefully we can stick together

In the immunity challenge, Dan quickly took charge, which I was glad of. He was doing a great job of tracking when our turns were, and we stayed focused on the goal. Just where is ribsor (idk if ribsor is kyle or not)?

I'm so happy we won! We showed these vets that us newbies can play too, and we can play harder and better. Final 7 baby!

I'm really glad that Crow asked Mearl to be apart of the Gallaghers. He has the same mindset as me in wanting to strategize and show everyone what you can do for an alliance, but I would rather let him and Crow do more work than me for now so I don't have anything to fix if I make it to the merge.

Even though it's none of my concern, I couldn't help but think who might be voted out from each tribe.

i am shook that like 4 of these people have only been in the community for like a week or haven't played a game at all and then there's me sitting here with like 8 seasons under my belt including one win...i am gagging

My tribe is probably already irritated with me, whoops... I warned everyone that I was socially inept....

2.5 hours in.....no alliance proposals, I'm getting nervous. Have I already isolated myself? ......I thought I was doing so well!

I'm trying so hard to relate to people's likes and dislikes.....Eric an his KPOP and Shameless, Luke with his Forensic Science major, and Kyle with his social awkwardness. I hope it's working out...

Ok, real talk: There's strategy behind my bubbly, awkward, cheerful personality. I'm trying to establish a high social rank early because lord knows I cannot climb a social ladder from the bottom to literally save my life in the game! My number 1 rule in Survivor is to always make people underestimate you because that allows me to not only evade a target, but also to have various strategic opportunities at various times! That's my only long-term strategy though - I like to play the game day-by-day because there's too many variables to accurately decide on a concrete path to victory from the get-go!

Alright, I've gotten into the strategic scene (finally!). I am aligned with Eric in "The Gallaghers" and then separately with Kyle. I got to talk to both Matt and Adam and actually found out Adam and I were from the same state! (yes, a connection!) so I'm hoping I'm setting myself up well to survive these early rounds. I plan on going to Shoreline soon to try and figure it out, but it seems either no one wants to talk about it or no one really cares. I don't think it's the latter, these people seem pretty bright. For now, I just need to keep strengthening my social ties and remain on guard.

So I visited Shoreline to meet Kage from the other newbie tribe...he seems...shady? I get a weird vibe from him. Immediately wanting a cross-tribal alliance after like 5 minutes? Eek, I'll say yes with my fingers crossed behind my back for this one...

So I searched Shoreline to find a weird rock with a weird marking. I told Eric about it to build trust and I'm contemplating telling Kyle about it too. I need to find stable, strong allies. Quality over quantity for me!

I'm talking to Kage and I'm slowly building trust. Do I trust him more than my allies on my tribe? No. But a tribe swap is inevitable, especially after an early double elim, so I gotta take some risks. There's really no incentive for him to blow up my game considering he's given me some info as well (plus I'm no special threat to him) so I'll proceed with caution for now.

Okay with Eric and I working together, we know there's a chest with a 4-digit combo and the 3rd number is 9.....so I looked up dates regarding the Great Lakes and submitted a guess. It's a long-shot, but hey, why not?!

Alright the first challenge is over! I did extremely well - stayed with it start from the end, and the best part....I don't get labeled as a physical threat or leader. Nobody seemed to notice I was the only one to drink from start to end. Plus, tension occurred with Kyle and nearly everyone, and I LOVE tension (that doesn't include me). Dan gets the leader target/responsibility and Kyle gets the bottom link on the totem pole while I seem to be sitting nice in a #2 or #3 spot. I want us to win of course, but I have a good idea I'm safe even if we do lose!

I want to always be the one to lowkey invite people into a group alliance because I think it helps my one-on-one bond with them from the get-go, as if I'm the one that suggested them (which isn't the case lol). Plus I can get a sense of where I stand with them as I ask the two questions 1. "Do you wanna work with me?" 2. "Okay great! Do you wanna work with [insert names] too?" And if they answer Yes to both, great. But if they don't say yes to the 2nd, oh well! Guess I'll just work with him solo.....I mean, y'all told me to talk to him, right? ;P

woow my first confessional.i totally hope I make it far. It's hard for my acerbic personality to not come out. i'm really an honest person so it's really hard to lie. so far no one has offered any alliance or deals with me but I plan on making some final 2s off the bat cause it would be kind of funny.

This is going to be one mess of a season (But not because of the redemption twist) First I was a little late to the cast reveal when I was added but I don't think anything eventful happened so that's good. Compared to other games I've played it seems a lot less personal and slow-paced. I don't want to play hard because that's too much damn work for me so I'm probably just gonna be boring ass UTR like I usually do. I also recognized Christian from T******d and also Chris Stoner too??? Like wtf first I recognize 3 people in India from Wikia games but now this? What have I done to deserve this premade hell omg My opinion on my tribe isn't really much interesting so far. Everyone besides Matt, Christian and myself are still in HS or something like that and I'm getting a terrible feeling because of that. I don't think we're that strong in challenges either but I'll still try my hardest.

This tribe is... not the most talkative. I think it's just me reading into social play too much but it just seems like everyone is just 100% pure strategy fiends, which I can roll with for now since I got added to an alliance chat very recently thus I pretty much HAVE to go follow it but with the shoreline in play I better see my notifications popping off because this tribe has me skleep!

My score is garbage but it's winterbells, it's the weekend, and it's an individual reward. Those three signs are enough to make me go yeet and back into literally anywhere else in the world. Assuming anyone in my alliance wins then cool, but either way I don't really mind because it's probably something about the Shoreline which is isn't really concerning me since it's Day 2.

I'm pretty sure we're gonna end up losing this challenge and I have no idea who's gonna win between the other two tribes... I'm a bit uneasy about this vote because of lake redemption and since the Odawa Majority alliance is really focused on going to the Shoreline which I don't really have a strong opinion about, I met Julia at the shoreline which was cool I think I've seen her on another community before?

Hi dudes it’s Aidan, here to spill all of the hot gossip from the Odawa tribe! Or, Y’know, how my disaster of a mind see's things For background knowledge, this is my first ORG ever. I have no fucking clue what I’m doing but I’m good at bullshitting my way through shit irl so that’s what I’ll do here. Hopefully, anyway. First of all, I am defiantly the only non-male on this tribe- Yikes. Also, I’m like 90% sure everyone thinks I’m a dude. Tbh I don’t actually care as long as they respect my pronouns but like :////// First impressions!!! Bodhi-I LOVE Bodhi!! We’re both into theatre and we’re already joking about shit together so that’s pretty cool. He seems like a solid dude, and he’s into the punk scene as well. He’s legit my fave person on this tribe, and I’d love to align w/ him in the game. We haven’t talked strategy or anything yet but I’m gonna see how the reward challenge later on plays out before I try and make some alliances Scott- Not as much of a fuckboi as I originally thought. He seems pretty smart (He does a double major like holy shit!!!) and he seems pretty chill as far as I can tell. We’re talking about uni and shit but he seems alright Kage: Kage is talking about other people w/ me I feel so validated this is great. Apparently Ashton tried to make an alliance with him? I am mildly insulted Ashton didn’t ask me for an alliance but I guess I now know to be wary of Ash?? He seems to want to play it chill rn but maybe he’s laying low for now Ashton: He seems a like pretty cool dude, he’s played a bunch of ORGs before but never on skype/tumblr, bUT APPARENTLY THIS LIL SHIT IS ALREADY TRYING TO MAKE ALLIANCES LIKE BINCH IT HAS BEEN THREE HOURS Matt: I’m waiting until like a normal human time for americans to talk to him (I passed out at like 4am last night and didn’t talk to him whoops) but his intro made him come across as hella cocky and I just cannot be bothered with dealing w/ that shit. I might be wrong about him but idk Christian: He seems pretty quiet, but also he seems like a pretty chill guy from what I’ve seen . We’ve spoken a little bit and apparently he’s also completely new to this, even though I’m continuing to bullshit and am pretending I have actually played an ORG before.

Okay so, day 2 of Great Lakes!! I’ve been talking to Bodhi about ORGs and stuff for a couple of hours, and he’s definitely the person I feel the best about in this tribe. I’m kinda indifferent on Christian and I don’t think Matt’s been online too much, because I still haven’t seen him online apart from a couple of minutes last night. Kage is still chill, and Scott’s still a good bro. I haven’t seen Ashton online today so idk So, I know a little bit about Bodhi’s play style now. He relies a lot on his social game when he plays ORGs, which I suppose is why he’s the person I’ve talked to most on the tribe, bc he’s trying to make connections or smth idk. But, according to him (which at this point is questionable, I don’t know for sure what he’s saying has any actual truth behind it so far) he’s pretty decent in the physical side of stuff as well, he says he won a couple of individual immunities in his other ORGs. If this is true, I definitely want him on my side. Anyone who can prove a social and physical threat is absolutely somebody you want with you, not against you *** (OKAY I FORGOT TO SUBMIT THE ABOVE SO NOW IT’S ONE CONFESSIONAL FUCK IM BAD AT THIS) SO, STUFF HAS HAPPENED!!! Basically, Bodhi messaged me and was like “Yo, Kage wants an alliance between me, you, him and Scott. You in?” and I was like “Uh, Hell yeah!” This is pretty much /the/ dream alliance for me at the moment, these are the four people I’ve gotten the best feelings about on the tribe and us having a majority would be a w e s o m e. Me and Bodhi talked about it a little and basically we both said that we both wanted to work with each other and Scott, but the only we aren’t really sure about Kage atm, bc we don’t know how he’s gonna play, like if he’s gonna be chill or if he’s gonna try and make really unnecessary big moves. But, y’know what they say, keep your friends close, and people that might make big moves closer. So me and Bodhi have both said yes to Kage, so we have an alliance of three at least. We’re waiting to see what Scott says but I don’t think he’s been online today, or at least I haven’t seen him. But I figure he’ll probably say yes. I mean, who the hell says no to a majority alliance? We’ve got a reward challenge in about three hours now? I think maybe idk time conversion is hard but I’m looking forward to it. It’s a good test of how our tribe works together without the pressure of having to go to tribal if we monumentally fuck it up. I think it’ll be fun.

WINTERBELLS F U C K I N G   W I N T E R B E L L S I WAS SO SO WRONG ABOUT THIS BEING FUN HOLY FUCK I HATE THIS GAME WITH A VENGEANCE IM SO BAD AT IT WAIT WAIT FUCK THIS GAME IS TOUCHSCREEN COMPATIBLE GOD BLESS WHOEVER GOT ME THIS LAPTOP MY SCORE JUST GOT SO MUCH BETTER OMG ALSO KAGE IS TELLING OUR ALLIANCE SHIT ABOUT THE SHORELINE BLESS HIS HEART THIS MEANS I CAN RULE OUT POSSIBILITIES N SHIT WHEN PEOPLE GO. SO FAR, ALL WE KNOW IS THAT THERES NOTHING IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COVE UNDER THE UNUSUAL ROCK HONESTLY BLESS THE SHORELINE I’D LOVE TO FORM A MULTI-TRIBE ALLIANCE AND JUST MESS W/ PEOPLE WHEN THE MERGE COMES. WELL, THAT AND I WANT THE GOSSIP FROM THE OTHER TRIBES TBH

Being on a tribe w/ all Americans is rough man. It’s like 5pm and I haven’t seen anybody online all day yikes. Although when school starts up again it’s gonna be pretty good bc I won’t actually miss anything when I’m stuck in the sixth circle of hell for several hours every day I submitted my score for the reward challenge last night and I think I actually have a pretty good chance of getting my hands on the note, mostly because most of my tribe don’t actually care about the challenge lmao Bodhi has a score of like 3000 which I’ve crushed and if I’m remembering right I think my score was higher than the one Scott submitted. I have no idea about anybody else’s score but I think my score is pretty good so i can just hope for the best I was gonna check out the shoreline about now but it dawned on me that the note is probably an idol clue or at least a clue to something you can find, so I’m probably going to end up going when the results get announced, which is at like 1am rip my sleep schedule omg

THIS GOT UGLY REAL FAST Y’ALL Okay, so I didn’t win reward and I probably sound like a bit of a prick in my past confessionals bc of that fact, but, not all is lost! Kage, the real mvp of the alliance at the moment bless his heart, says “I bet I could make a fake alliance with matt and get the note” and what do you fucking know, not 5 minutes later, Kage has the note and has shown all of us. It’s a choice between a way to get to an idol and a tribe advantage for the immunity. He chose idol So, now we all know everything Matt does, but we also know that he’s a total wanker who values himself over the tribe. GG Matt, GG.  So, we all roast matt in the alliance chat until the immunity challenge, which is basically counting down and trying not to fuck up too bad So me, kage and ashton carry the tribe, get to 40 odd when my internet fucks me over yikes we then try repeatedly to get going again, and in doing so add 40 mins of penalties to our time because we’re all fucking stupid and incapable of looking at the shitting time And then, the single greatest thing that has happened in this game so far happens: Kage, IN THE MAIN TRIBE CHAT, says “Let’s just give up and vote out Ashton tomorrow” and I have a fuCKING HEART ATTACK AND THIS STRING OF MESSAGES HAPPENS IN THE ALLIANCE CHAT [03:28:47] Aidan O'Malley: K A G E [03:28:49] Bodhi/711: HAHAHAHAHAHA [03:28:50] Bodhi/711: Hahahahaha [03:28:51] Bodhi/711: Fuck [03:28:53] Bodhi/711: Oh my god [03:28:55] kage hamilton: Shit wrong chat [03:28:58] Aidan O'Malley: OH MY GOD [03:28:58] Bodhi/711: Hahahahahahahahahahhahaahhaha [03:29:03] Bodhi/711: THAT WAS LEGENDARY [03:29:19] kage hamilton: Omfg [03:29:20] Bodhi/711: I hope he didn't see it omg [03:29:25] kage hamilton: Do you think he saw AND THE BEST THING IS WE DON’T THINK HE SAW IT??  THIS COULD THE ONLY TIME TONIGHT KAGE FUCKED UP IN A WAY THAT DOESN’T TOTALLY SCREW US OVER BUT YEAH LONG STORY SHORT WE’RE ALL TOTALLY SCREWED AND GOING TO TRIBAL TOMORROW IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER THAT IT’S DOUBLE WE’D BE GOING ANYWAY ALSO ANYONE WHO SAYS SHIT LIKE “I DON’T WANNA BE AWAKE THAT LATE” IT IS 4AM FOR ME AND YOU ARE ALL WEAK ASS BITCHES

So, I don't know how to start one of these but let's just jump right into it. So far, I've kinda threw Ashton under the bus with half the tribe. I spoke like two words to him and then spread rupees that he's playing the game really hard. Me, Aidan, Scott, and Bodhi are slowly getting an alliance of us four. My goal is to get Ashton gone asap so that word doesn't get back around to him. Anyway, if I have to throw the next immunity I will.

I'm not doing much today. I'm trying to hold back from strategizing too much because I've already targeted Ashton for doing that (which he never did). As far as I know the four of myself, Aidan, Scot, and Bodhi is pretty solid. I'm not participatinin this first reward challenge for reasons I'm too lazy to go into detail about. I don't know why I'm targeting Ashton, but it seems I've convinced my alliance he's evil. I predict Ashton will be the first from our tribe to be voted out, but who knows, it could be me.

Ok, so I guess I am doing stuff today. I made an alliance with Christian, and another with Ashton. I'm just working with Ashton to make him choose a bad path on the shoreline like I did. Christian however, I think he could be the golden goose for me if I'm ever in a tight situation. And that other guy pffttf who cares. I still can't decide if I want to throw the first immunity or not

Ok, so where to begin? I told Matt that I found an advantage. It was going to prevent Matt from voting for me but my plan kinda got busted by one of the hosts. We managed to salvage it but my original plan was too sketchy now so I just made up some extra vote thing to build trust. I guess, I should switch my target to Matt since he's probably a little weary of me now. Also my relationship with Ashton is growing so he can stay a little while longer. Right now my biggest threat is either Matt or Isaiah, I can't decide.

Holy crap! This could not have worked out for me any better! Matt won reward! Since I gave him an "extra vote" I'm expecting him to share the clue with me. Then again, since he's my primary target if it's a good clue I might have to switch back to Ashton. I still don't know if Matt fully trusts me or not.

Oh god! I wasn't expecting to do this many confessionals. Sorry BTW. It's just this game is moving fast and I feel I should keep you up to date. Anyway, I got the note from Matt and gave it to the foursome to build trust and put a target on Matt's back. I'm also building up the target on him with Chris and Ashton.

WOW! I cannot believe how bad we did last night! We had to restart like 6 times, eventually everyone just gave up and went to bed. Midway through the challenge last night I accidentally sent a message talking about how we're getting rid of Ashton or Matt to the public chat. Luckily I think I deleted it before either of them seen it. I think we're going to stick with Matt because he did prectiacally nothing in the immunity (compared to Ashton).

Ok, on The Shoreline I met Crow from the lee newbie tribe. We talked and decided to make a cross tribe alliance. It was going to be Crow and Eric from their tribe. Christian and I from our tribe. However, Bodhi jumped into the chat before I could get Chris on with the plan. This forced me to include Bodhi instead of Chris. I didn't want to do this because I feel he is too attached to the original four of Him, Aidan, Scott, and I. My current plan is to get Bodhi, Aidan, and Scott to vote for Matt. Then tell Christian to also vote for Matt. Then, separately, tell Ashton and Matt to vote for Aidan. So Ashton would think the second vote for Aidan was me and same with Matt. I can tell Chris one of the others flipped. I don't know if you understand this but it's basically a way to vote out Matt and still have him on my side.

Ok, NEW PLAN. Ashton does not want to vote out Aidan so I'm just getting everyone to vote Ashton. No more nonsense.

Me, Ashton, and Aidan have a fake alliance together. Personally, I kinda hoped Matt would drop out because of his family emergency. Ya know, better chances for me haha. Plus he might be making this up to get sympathy. My primary target is still Ashton

I'm feeling relatively good about my starting tribe! Right off the bat, Aidan and I hit it off. We both have experience in theater, and have been a part of our own local punk scenes. We're both 16, and I think that we think in similar ways based on our conversations. I don't think he'd make a great ally in the long run, but I'm not letting him know that. He seems like he has a very good understanding of strategy, but it's fairly obvious that he does, so I doubt he'll go too far. He seems like an early merge boot, but I wouldn't mind him sticking around for later. I just have to make him think that I'm sticking with him, and he'll bring me along until its his time to go. He's one of the ideal people for me to be with right now considering the game I want to play, so I'm going to continue to foster this relationship! Ashton seems cool enough, but I've heard from Kage that he's trying to get an alliance together already. I don't really trust either of those two, but I like them well enough. Ashton's bio shows that he doesn't really care if people perceive him as a threat, and he is VERY adamant about how interested in strategy he is. If one person is going to go full out BIG MOVEZ TO WIN THIS GAME, it's going to be Ashton. Kage is an interesting figure on the tribe. I really have no idea if I can trust him. He brought up ideas of someone else trying to start an alliance with him, and I basically just said that I don't want to commit to anything super early. He responded by suggesting a 4 person alliance of myself, Kage, Aidan, and Scott. What a socially inept thing to do. Whatever, I said that it sounded pretty good to me, but made it clear that I wasn't completely committed. The biggest problem with this tribe as of now for me, is that almost everyone blends together as a highschool boy who cares too much about strategy. Theres a few college students, but they're mostly the same as the highschoolers. I'm a highschool boy who cares too much about strategy as well, but I'm gonna try to keep the strategy on the DL. Don't want these dominant forces taking me out! Matt thinks he is much funnier than he is. I think we'll connect just fine, but his bio really rubs me the wrong way. He picked fucking CALEB for his avatar?! And he says that one thing that hurts his trust is when people lie to him. What an obvious goddamn thing to say. There is not a single person on this entire planet who trusts people more because they lie more. I mean sure, there's the whole idea that if you lie to people and then apologize skillfully enough, that builds trust, but the act of lying has NEVER made someone trust someone else more. Scott seems like a really genuine guy. I think he and I are going to play relatively similar games. I opened up about my personal life to him, and I think it'll work out well with us two. One of the first things that he told me was that he works out, and that his muscles are very sore. I respect that he works out, and that he wants to take care of his body, but I think his working out is very ego driven, so I'm going to be stroking that ego of his as much as I can without making it obvious. Didn't even notice that Christian was on our tribe until this morning. Oops.

The game has begun...and I'm ready to get playing. I'm just gonna try and talk to everyone and form some bonds that will keep me safe the first few rounds of the game.

So I've been talking to everyone just random chit chat. But I'm starting to get worried about the lack of strategic talk. Maybe there is no strategy going on right now or maybe there is strategy going on but without me. I hope it's the first one.

The alliance making has begun when Kage approached me with an offer for the two of us to pair up. I like strategy he's more social, I feel like we can compliment eachothers strengths pretty well

So everything is going well in this immunity challenge. Me kage and aiden are going smoothly when suddenly all of it goes to shit. An hour in Aiden messes up and we're almost definitely going to tribal.

So this challenge was a trainwreck and it really looks bad for me, Aidan and Kage. But I'm going to try and use this to my advantage so that I can pull Aidan over to my side.

Surprise. Surprise. We lost the challenge. Now it's time for our first tribal council. I think our best bet is to get rid of Matt because he got that clue to the idol. But I'm sad to see anyone on our tribe go.

Guess who's back and ready to cause some chaos out here in the Great Lakes...? Yeah, not me... but anyway! You have no clue how happy I am to return after my time in Bhutan got cut short. Oddly enough, going out early wasn't so much of a bad thing since I did realize the mistakes I made and the change I want to see in this game. Last time, I was too afraid to make moves and put my ideas on the back-burner for everyone else. This time around, I want to call the shots, be the conductor on the train to the top. Can that happen? Who knows, but I will certainly try :D

Can I just say my tribe is iconic? I love everyone here and have connected to everyone on some sort of level and I just love it! <3 Putting that into a gaming perspective, everyone getting along isn't the best thing ever but a happy tribe means a happy me.

I don't want to toot my own horn, but I do feel like I've established really good relationships with everyone and put myself in a good position. Dana and Andreas have both said I was the only person they've connected to the most and we set some mutual strategic relationship with each other. Carson approached me for an alliance with him due to us being pre-merge flops, which I love. Stoner is my #BhutanBuddy and we have an odd friendship. Emmon and I are really cool with each other and I feel we can connect due to being the youngest people here. The iconic Julia (or Roxy/sex beast) and I have had really good talks, which I appreciate. I honestly feel like a kid in a candy store and all of this is appealing to my sweet tooth. I have no clue what I'm gonna do... ;-;

EMMON IS IN THE MOTHAFUCKIN HOUSE! LIVE WITH IT! JUST LIIIIIIVR WITH IT AHA

Oh lordy be, I have really no clue how I stumbled myself in this situation. For those of y'all who likely and shouldn't know who I am, my name is Christian, I'm 18.997, and I'm just very confused right now. I've literally never even been on Tumblr before and honestly just feel like the Sierra Dawn Thomas of this cast. I was literally recruited like 10 minutes before the cast reveal so...I guess there's really nowhere I can go but up? Anyways, this may be my first time on Tumblr, but this sure as heck ain't my first rodeo in the game of Survivor. I've played well enough to know who I am as a player, and be comfortable with myself. I don't need #BIGMOVEZ or #BLINDSIDEZZ!!! to define me as a player. There's going to be people who go out here trying to do and play for the sheer purpose of being a big character. That simply ain't me. I may be the most irrelevant one in this cast, but even the most ugly duckling can grow into a pretty bombass swan. That gon' be me in this game. But I guess I should try talking more about myself so I'm more than that dude with a religion based name. I'm originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, until the Katrina struck and decided destroying houses and lives was fun (zeugma), so I moved to a less hurricane-friendly state aka Texas, and have happily lived in San Antonio ever since. Moved to Dallas to go to college this year so that's dope as heck. I've been described as a Southerner through and through, well minus the wack political views I guess. I sound like I fell off the hick bus, I use the word y'all more than my cell phone, and I think of myself as a pretty nice dude. I'm not gon' get in faces and scream at people, but if people start yellin' at me, you bet yo ass I ain't going to sit down and take it. I'm fully capable of defending myself, and my knowledge in English rhetoric is useful for both destroying arguments and making people regret the moment they decided to take their keyboard swords to me! Anyways, my main "strategy" if you can even call it that at the moment is just to try to get to know these people. Too many people view this game as playing with numbers, pawns, and other inanimate objects. The thing is folks, we be playing with LIVING BREATHING HUMAN BEANS. More often than not, you actually try to get to know people, and it benefits you more often than something like "ALLIANCE NUMBERS VOTES VOTES VOTES IMMUNITY!". Last thing I just wanted to rant about was the age of these people. Like NOTHING AT ALL AGAINST YOUNG PEOPLE, but I feel so old oh my lord! I thought 18 (nearly 19) was young, but then I'm seeing like 13/14/15 and I'm just wondering if I'll even be able to connect with them. I feel like the world's youngest grandpa, and Lord knows I sure as heck was a different person when I was that age, so I'm just hoping and praying to the Big Dude upstairs that I somehow can manage to work myself into something decent at least. Okay well that's enough ranting for now, I gotta go and do some things, so it was nice ranting to you mister google docs! Until next time, peace out bros

I feel like none of these people like me lol. I'm trying hard to converse and such and get to know them but all I'm getting is one word responses so OOF that ain't looking good. Time to prepare my body for a likely target if (read: when) we lose this next challenge

Aaaaaaaaaaaand here we go! First of all, I'm just so glad to be back. Its just wild that I can finally play a main season again. I'm ready to prove myself. So I already have a solid alliance! How wild! Augusto and I clicked ALMOST IMMEDIATELY when we talked about what seasons of survivor we've watched live... and it turns out we both started with SJDS. We're both ready for Sandra to murder everyone in Game Changers, we're both huge Natalie Anderson fans, but most importantly we're tired of getting robbed AF. So it only makes sense to align right? Because we both to make the merge in a main season. Its really great I found someone that also has the same approach to games-- they put so much trust into an alliance that it sometimes bites them in the ass. I'm the same way, too trusting for my own good. If we work together then we shouldn't have that problem, or at least in theory. EMMON THE DEMMON HAS RETURNED! I'm so glad I get to work with someone from Uncharted, bc not only is it nostalgic but we were on good terms in until I voted him out (oops). But its ok bc I wasn't the one who orchestrated it. Idk we should be good and I'm really hoping to work with him. It'll be really important to have numbers when the vote can come down to one vote. JULIA IS AMAZING. She's so hilarious omg... Yes, you have to read past the typos but were talking rn and I'm dying of laughter. She's another robbed queen so I'd hope I can add her to my web of allies, but its too early to tell! I still want to see how everyone does in the challenge and wait until we have to go to tribal to make alliances. That way, people won't catch wind of it too early and then have time to do something about it. The others I haven't gotten to talk to much, and I don't feel like analyzing them bc I haven't gotten to know them. If we were going to tribal at this moment in time, I would vote out Andreas because he's played 3 other times, and has done relatively well each time. I'd be able to convince Augusto to vote him bc we literally formed an alliance on the grounds of just getting to a merge. I'd worry though if he is working with him already bc they might know each other already, so I'll cross that bridge when I get there. Wouldnt want to get hasty and throw someones name around before we even go to tribal. Sidenote I havent even met the other tribes but I can already tell from some of their intros that theyre cocky pieces of shits. We better keep this tribe around so they wont just pagong us in a swap or merge nnnnnnnn

I hate that we have this challenge because we need everyone online.... which is nearly impossible at this stage in the game. I mean, at least if we can't complete the challenge we'll know who to boot! But I don't feel like doing that yet. Stoner needs to get his ass online. You're a returnee, act like one! I could just have higher standards than some, but I uphold that title. Keeping people around, even if they're inactive, is huge in the long run. Its literally 14 newbies to 7 returnees, at any point during a swap or merge they could easily put a target on us, simply because we're returnees, and take all of us out. Plus, what if I get blindsided bc someone wouldn't open skype and play the game they signed up for? I'm not about to take risks Day 3. We really need to win this challenge.

Ok, this challenge is actually a mess. We got as low as the 40s and then one person messed up and then everyone started fucking up and it just got a lot worse from there holy shit I can't garhsjhvjsva

Hey it's me the winner of TS: Great Lakes. Or first juror or first boot tbh. So my first impression of everyone on my tribe is largely negative honestly. I only really care about Adam and Luke and the rest of them can choke. Just kidding but I do think kyle is rude. He said he wasn't doing very well so I offered it he needed someone to talk to he could talk to me because I'm a fucking good person. He was like, why are you so obsessed with me???? Fine, I hope your day continues to be as great as you are. Mearl or Matt or whoever that is is so dominant and it's scary, other than that, Eric is annoying and naive and will be used for filth by me, Luke, and Adam

So we won the first immunity challenge which is so lit! I was so worried that I would have fucked something up in the beginning but honestly we stayed organized and on track and slayed. I am happy I took the tribal advantage still because I feel like it really has gained me favor with people like Matt and Crow. Matt and Crow both reached out to me and wanted to talk game which is great.. Kyle and Eric still bug the shit out of me, but they will be easy first boots from the tribe. Additionally, Adam and Luke both searched the shoreline and found 2/4 of the combination lock numbers. However, they found a page on the blog with a combination on it, but the chest had already been claimed that the idol was in. My guess is someone on the other tribe got it, unless someone on my tribe was lucky enough to get two numbers and know what to do with them, which given the knowledge of the game on my tribe, I think that's not as possible.

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Winner Reveal

Matt, Christian, and Stoner...You have all played your hearts out for 53 days. It is now time to see who the jury has chosen to win this game...I’ll read the votes...

First Vote: Christian - Honestly you might not have played the flashiest game but it was the most humble, and that goes miles for me

Second Vote: Stoner

Third Vote: Matt

Fourth Vote: Matt - I'm voting for you not because I want to, but because I have to. Congratulations on being the lesser of three evils.

Fifth Vote: Stoner - your FTC speech had me rooting for the pregame alliance to win. You are a great person, and while I don't agree with how you got here, I think you deserve this win.

Sixth Vote: Stoner - the person I'm voting for I truly enjoy communicating with and I have been campaigning for them since I was eliminated. I am extremely proud to cast the winning vote for Chris Stoner. Congratulations

Seventh Vote: Matt - Even though this is a horrible ending to an amazing season, you are for sure the clear winner out of these three.

Eighth Vote: Matt

The winner of Tumblr Survivor: Great Lakes...

Ninth Vote:Stoner - #ChaosCrow

Will be decided by our tiebreaker vote...Christian! Christian, in finishing third place, you will now cast the final vote this season between Matt and Stoner as to who should be crowned Sole Survivor. History is now left in your hands...

Christian’s Vote: Stoner

Congratulations, Chris Stoner on becoming the 52nd Winner of Tumblr Survivor!! 

Thanks everyone for following along and playing this season. Some of y’all are fakes and some of you guys are amazingly interesting. I’m glad to have met all of you guys, and I look forward to hosting again! 

*Confessionals will be posted soon*

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Chris Stoner’s Opening Speech

I’m going about this a different style. Please don't mistake my speech. You'll understand as you read it. The goal is to keep this as short as possible. I am not yet going to tell you why I should win. I will explain my moves and go in-depth in my answers. Instead I am just going to give you a rundown of the issues and flaws of my game. This season is coming to a disappointing end to a lot of people. It’s being finished with a premade and I get the frustration. I’m not going to rub salt in the wound anymore by praising my game and saying how I beat you. I’ll make your job slightly less painful by tearing my game apart so I can rebuild with my answers. Thanks guys. * Before the game, I talked to Mearl and Christian individually about playing in this game with me. I know it’s a low ball what we did and all I can say is sorry. I know you guys aren't pleased with this final 3 so I'm not going to try and change your opinion on us. My mission is to convince you why I played this game better than Mearl and Christian. Before I do that I want to make this known to you guys. I genuinely enjoyed getting to know you guys. I enjoyed working with some of you. Everything I did in the game was meant to get to the end with my two friends of FIVE years. That is very long time.  I know you guys are hurt and feel like you wasted the last two months just to lose to a “premade”. I fully understand that feeling and I’ve lost to a premade before. I know it’s the shittiest way to lose a game.  But look at it from my perspective. I have been friends with Mearl and Christian for over 5 years. Mearl and I have even met up in real life as you guys know. Premades are not respected. If anyone that was not in the premade made finals, it’d be an auto death sentence. The 3 of us had to make finals together if anyone wanted a chance to win. I’m sorry and I genuinely had no malicious intent with anything I did. I was just trying to play the game we all love. * People will look at me and say "some tribals you didn't come to, some challenges you didn't compete in." I don't think it's fair to say I was disinterested in the game or not playing because of some things that occurred in real life that took my attention at times. We all have real lives. Sometimes things in real life needed my attention more than the game. While I may have not been on camera 24/7, I was always playing the game behind the scenes. I know this seems like I was inactive but to the most of you, I’m sure you remember I was always trying to play socially and strategically. * While the premade does hurt our games’ credibility to a degree, I do think the work I put in to keep my alliance a secret cancels out the “easy” factor in having a premade. I worked hard to play this game at all angles and keep the target off of us. Damage control had to also be done when Mearl and I got called out for meeting in real life. It’s a miracle we’re still here. Mearl has an excuse though, he won immunity a lot. * Some of the alliances I made and things I said were of course false and unnecessary. Ultimately the goal is to make sure you aren’t the target. We all had to lie. My lies stick out because I sit here in the finals and my lies are the ones that were effective. I’m genuinely sorry but lies were simply gameplay. I didn’t want to get idoled out or voted for. I like all of you as people, some of you I got extremely close to. Only 3 people can make finals so almost everyone was going to be lied to. It’s unfortunate, it really is. Some may have not been fully genuine but my intentions were to help you for as long as possible. Some deals I made were fully genuine but they just did not turn out as intended. * I expect to get some shit for my advantages in the pre-merge portion of the game.  I would not be here without them obviously. I was the target several times pre-merged. In the end the Shoreline was very big part of this game. A lot of us got different advantages, I just so happened to get a few. I tried to play them right and I’d say I was pretty successful. A lot of people considered Luke a massive threat for his successful idol plays. My idols and use of advantages were looked down on though. I used advantages successfully, taking out huge threats. I do think I deserve negative criticism. I should have to explain my moves without advantages, which I will in my answers to you guys. I hope you guys make me fight for it. With that said, I think I equally deserve credit for these moves. I’m not saying I was a Kim Spradlin lol. Hell no! We got lucky as hell. But I do think I deserve as much credit as I do criticism. * That’s all for my speech. Sorry I didn’t delve too much into specific gameplay, I will gladly do that in my answers to your questions. I just wanted to do my speech a bit differently this time and embrace my flaws. Thanks  guys, good luck making your decision. Good luck Christian and Mearl, thanks for playing with me. Austin, Sarah, Isaiah, thanks for hosting. Please give me your worst, I'm ready. Thanks guys.

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Matt E’s Opening Speech

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Christian’s Opening Speech

{{VIDEO TO BE UPLOADED SOON}}

Hey y'all, going to try to keep the text version of this short since no one wants to read a novel of someone they're not particularly fond of. I came into this game the epitome of a last-minute replacement. The Sierra Dawn Thomas of this series if you will. Chris is one of my best friends, and he texted me the day of the premiere asking me to play and I was in a particularly spunky mood that day, so I thought why the hell not. Coming into this game was definitely an interesting experience, because I literally had never visited Tumblr before the season. The only thing I knew about it, were what others said. I never even imagined there could be a Survivor community on it. Placed on the Odawa tribe, we were blessed with the ability to lose every single challenge, and being on the bottom of that tribe, was fortunate enough to make it to the tribe swap, where I was hoping my luck would change. Sadly it didn't and as the former Odawa began to get picked off, I knew sooner or later I would be taking a trip to Lake Redemption. Despite my campaigning though, I was voted out. Do I think I could've changed that round? Probably not, and that was on me for not playing to the best of my ability. When I got to Lake Redemption, after my OTTNN5 meltdown, I decided to do whatever I could to impact the game since I wasn't too confident in my ability to win my way back. I made up whatever I could come up, pinned the super idol rumor on Eric, and generally caused a bunch of havoc. To mine and probably everyone else's shock, I managed to win my way back, and BANG it was merge. Coming into the merge was interesting, because I was determined not to make the same mistakes that originally caused my demise premerge. I'm not going to go into a round by round analysis, but I do feel I placed myself in the best position to not be targeted throughout the early merge rounds. I had shields in Chris and Mearl, two people who do to my previous relationships, was confident would never target me, and with people shining through as targets every round, I knew as long as I stuck my head down, I could make it far. And that's exactly what I did. When Chris and Mearl were exposed as knowing each other, I thought this would be my chance to use my hidden connection to them to my advantage, and place myself in the middle. However, due to Chris and Mearl throwing me under the bus to save their asses from the vote, the other side failed to approach me at all, and y'all probably view me as a sheep, but when I was denied the chance to even possibly flip, it turned me off to your side. I tried so hard, but when Carson admitted to Chris that he was "ghosting" me, I felt fed up to be quite honest. If y'all weren't going to approach me when there was a clear duo, there was no point in even entertaining it. Y'all may see that as anti-social, but the thing is I wasn't going to BS y'all. If y'all had legitimately wanted to join with me, I would've gladly done everything I could've for y'all. However, I wasn't given that chance, and I wasn't going to risk my neck for people who showed no interest in working with me to blow up my game with the people who did. Eventually, we got to Final 5/4, and y'all may think I'm dumb for not "wanting" to take out Matt, but my logic for sticking with them is 2 main points. 1) I lose to Bodhi and Kyle no matter what. I may not have a great chance standing here, but however small it is, it's greater than the 0% chance I'd have with them. 2) The numbers weren't there. Bodhi and I were only 2 of the 3 needed. Chris flatout refused. Kyle was hardcore adamant about voting for Bodhi, and then later at the Final 4, Chris. The numbers just weren't there for me.

To sum up my game up. Do I think I played perfectly? No. Do I think I played amazingly? No. I made a lot of mistakes, and I'm not afraid to say that. I'm not as social as I should be. I wasn't as strong in challenges as I should've been. I didn't pioneer any #BIGMOVEZ this season. But something you can't deny is that I put 110% of myself into this game. I showed up for every tribal I physically could, I fought my way through redemption, I did every challenge, and I put everything I could into this. The sad fact is, my 110% may just be someone else's 75%, or even 50%, and while that sucks, that's just the way it is. Everything I did was my game, and I'm not here to present anything differently. The game I played is MY game, and I wouldn't do it any bit different. Is it a winning game? That's up for y'all to decide. I was dealt the hand I was, and at the end of the day, not every hand is a winning one. I'm okay with accepting that I may just have a flush. The thing is, am I against a full house and a four of a kind? Or a two pair and a high card? That's again, for y'all to decide.

Thanks to all of you for being part of my experience, y'all may not feel too warmly towards me, but I did enjoy this crazy ride from beginning to end, and I'm proud to have been able to make it this far. Thanks to Austin, Isaiah, and Sarah for being amazing hosts, I loved talking to y'all every day, and I'm ready to answer any questions y'all may have for me.

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FTC Schedule

Congratulations Matt, Stoner, and Christian for outlasting 18 other players in this game...Now it is time for Final Tribal Council! Here is the order of events for these final days...

April 9th @ 10:00 PM EST - OPENING SPEECHES DUE (I will post them as I receive them)

April 10th @ 9:00 PM EST - JURY QUESTIONS/SPEECHES DUE*

*This will be done live on Google Hangouts. If you cannot make it, please send me your speech/questions in a paragraph/video format so I can read/play to the final 3 during the Hangout. Failure to send something in will revoke your voting privilege

April 11th @ 8:30 PM EST - FINALE, JURY VOTES DUE

Thanks everyone for an amazing season! What a roller coaster ride, I must say, but after 53 days someone will become the 52nd Sole Survivor! Good luck!

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Tribal Council-Final 4

No one showed up to tribal, so no questions were asked.

First Vote: Kyle

Second Vote: Stoner

Third Vote: Kyle

21st Person Voted out of Tumblr Survivor Great Lakes, and the Final member of our jury....

Fourth Vote: Kyle

Kyle, the tribe has spoken...

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Final Immunity Challenge

Welcome to your Final Immunity Challenge!

For your last immunity, we will be playing a challenge called Pressure Cooker.

It’s an Endurance Challenge where you will be on a Google Hangout. All you have to do is stand on both of your feet for as long as you can.

Here are some guidelines:

-We must be able to see your body frame (head to mid-waist region) at ALL times. -For the first hour: You can be on your phones as long as it allows you to stay perfectly still. Any movement or adjustment in footing will cause you to be eliminated. (Arm movements and head movements do not count. Simply a shift in lower positioning.) -For the second hour: You cannot be on your phones, but you’re still permitted to speak.  -For the third hour onward: You cannot use your phones, you cannot speak, you cannot move, and if you do then you’ll be eliminated.

The last person standing will win and get a chance to plead their case to the jury!

There WILL be bathroom breaks in between each hour (after the third hour there will be NO breaks).

Right now the challenge is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday @ 9:00 PM EST. Failure to alert hosts of being absent will result in immediate elimination from this challenge.

Good luck!

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Rites of Passage

Listen to this as you read along.

Christian - The first casualty of Flopdawa. You seemed like a nice dude, but apparently you were super crazy hellbent on strategy, and I don't know if that was just hyperbole, because I sure never saw you that way. Anyways, I told you we should try forming a majority, but you insisted we could hold off. Alas, that was wrong, and you were voted out 6-1. Oof

Matt - I never got a chance to know you so unfortunately there isn’t much that I can say. 

Kyle - Never got to meet you, but im glad you played the role as first boot.

Christian - The other Bottomwa of Odawa with me. I knew it was either you or I, and for some reason, they chose you over me, which I'm grateful for lol. Sorry about the albino ratty Bulbasaur comment but I saw you changed it so that's good :x

Matt - We spoke a bit at the shore line and I was looking forward to getting to know you better when we got onto the same tribe. Unfortunately that day never came as you left this game too soon.

Kyle - Never met you either, sorry!

"I had a lot of fun in this game. I may not have made it far but, you got to admit that the first tribal was pretty iconic."

Christian - You were playing this game 90 miles an hour, and it wasn't shocking to see you run out of gas so quickly into it. You told people you were stringing me along apparently, so that was interesting to hear. Still think Luke should've just told me the real vote so he could've saved his idol for when he needed it but OH WELL!

Matt - Never had a chance to interact with you and by the way people talk about you that may have been to my advantage. I heard you were a crazy and controlling player and I think it would’ve been fun going against you.

Kyle - Never met you, but I heard you were hilarious and I loved your responses for tribal questions

Christian - We spoke like 3 times, and I'm pretty sure 2 of those times were after we realized we were slowly getting Pagong'd. I don't know why I chose to exile myself instead of waiting one more round like I should've, but hey it worked out I guess. You were a nice guy though, didn't deserve the fate of Odawa.

Matt - Aidan we never had the chance to interact in this game as Odawa was decimated but I wish you the best of luck.

Kyle - Never met you, but I heard you were nice.

“While I have no clue how I got on this season, I am so grateful I did. Coming into this season, I wanted to change all the mistakes I made in Bhutan and had set the bar high up for myself. Although I came up short, I realized so much more about myself and my capability to do things. I played the best I knew how by just being a positive force with loyalty and integrity. The only regret I have in this game is not lasting as long as I really could've! Even then, having to be blindsided so early is really a testament to how I wanted to change my game this season. I'm itching to return and set out what I really want to, but for now I am just grateful I got this experience because of all the awesome people I got to meet, so thanks! <3″

Stoner - Bhutan bros. Sorry I voted you out. Just like in Bhutan, you were a solid player and just too smart to keep around.

Christian - You taught me a very important lesson that I've held with me this entire game, which is to never reveal all of your cards. I trusted you, and if you were just a tad better at monkey pole dancing or whatever, you could be here instead of me. But alas, telling you my score at least showed me I needed to shut my mouth. Sorry about pinning literally every lie I said at Lake Redemption on you after I left :x

Matt - Your social game was so scary that I had to take you out early in this game. We had some good conversations and you are somebody I’d love to work with however when you were a part of an alliance and I wasn’t included I knew it had to be your time to go. It was a compliment to your game and how social you are as a person and I think you’ve got a good future ahead of you.

Kyle - I was so surprised you went home when I woke up lol. You had a great sense of humor! You played way too hard though and I think you were only casted because you were on Austin's season

“Honestly, I wanted to love Tumblr Survivor but I kind of learned quickly it wasn't for me. Some of y'all I loved and some of y'all are trash and you know who you are ❤ I don't regret anything in my game, except not voting for Roxy.”

Stoner - Sorry for advantaging you out. You were a pre-merge threat and i think it was a good move taking a threat like you out.

Christian - OKAY DANNY BOY, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW YOU COULD'VE QUIT SO MUCH EARLIER, BUT YOU DIDN'T, AND AS A RESULT I WASTED MY DAY ANSWERING SIMPLE MATH QUESTIONS AND LIKE SHUCKS I DONATED 50K OF RICE BUT TURNS OUT THAT'S LIKE SHIT NOTHING IN AFRICA LAND. ANYWAYS THANKS FOR THE GOOD KARMA BUT UGHHH STILL SO MUCH MULTIPLICATION 

Matt - Oh man, my buddy, my Connecticut friend, it was upsetting seeing you leave this game so early. You were a great player, a true physical and social threat, and somebody I had hoped to work with deep into this game. However, while you played the game well, your heart didn’t seem to be into it and that is a shame because I think you could have thrived had you returned from Redemption.

Kyle - Oh dan, you really were so obsessed with your boyfriend. Your boyfriend this, your boyfriend that. Well when you and your boyfriend break up in a couple of months you will regret dating him because EVERYONE noticed you constantly talking about your fucking boyfriend 24/7.

"http://prnt.sc/ehdeqx"

Stoner - We discussed teaming up but unfortunately you didn't make the merge. You know how I feel about you. Awesome person, amazing sense of humor.

Christian - Scott <333333 thank you so much for just forfeiting and I hope I made you proud for getting this far in the game like we all promised we'd try to do. Pop on that other site we have in common soon, I miss you :(

Matt - Despite being on the same tribe twice you barely spoke with me. You didn’t seem too invested into the game and it was the reason you left. 

Kyle - You were inactive on wyandot and you got out because you were inactive on meskwaki.

“It was honestly so great playing with everyone in this game! My odds of improving my placement coming in were pretty much slim to none, but this season really taught me how to play my own best game, so i’m grateful for that. I’m so happy with how this season went and glad to have met some of the greatest friends I have in this community. Also shout out to Austin and Isaiah for being LIT AF hosts!”

Stoner - Big threat but we didn't talk a whole lot

Christian - Dana, Dana, Dana. I wanted to work with you SO BADLY. But I feel like you either never trusted me, or just never was able to fit me into your plans. Sucks that's the way it panned out, and you were robbed of jury. Wish you all the best in your new season and hope you kill it!

Matt - Oh man, the merge started off with such a hard vote and that really set the tone for the rest of the season. I really enjoyed talking to you when we merged together and I hope we can be friends after this game is over. I know the way you left was harsh and I apologize for that. You are a great player and I hope to watch you do well in future seasons.

Kyle - Oh dana. I actually did not want you gone but you were such an easy vote in replacement of myself. You're a really smart player, and you lied to me and sheeped Andreas which led to your downfall.

“I shouldve thrown redemption to dana T_T & Austin doesn’t think I’m robbed </3"

Stoner - I briefly explained to you what happened. We were an amazing duo for a short time. I'm honestly incredibly sorry. I genuinely 100% thought you voted me because Austin said to me "bodhi has not voted"  made me think you already voted since he said nothing about you. That's the honest to god truth, I would not have voted you otherwise. You give off such a positive and humorous vibe. Amazing person and I'm glad we met.

Christian - Roxy mi amor, I did it girl. It took me FOREVER but I finally fulfilled the second of the two promises we made, and I'm just one round away from the first. I hope you're proud of me, and may we both never have to play the shitty nightmare hell that is Color Method ever again.

Matt - We were only on the same tribe for a brief while but I really enjoyed talking to you and was hoping we’d have a chance to work together in this game. You were a lot of fun to talk to and I wish we had a chance to talk more.

Kyle - Sooo funny. I'm gonna miss you a lot and I wish you returned over Christian but he's still good I guess. I wish we went on the same tribe for the 2nd swap lol.

“Coming into this game I didn't expect to make it very far and certainly did not expect to make many friends. However, my expectations changed and I had fun meeting certain people, though some maybe not.. I won't get into that now. I screwed up my own game and I did whatever I had to do to try and keep myself safe but unfortunately it wasn't enough. At least there was a time that everyone was scared of me right? There is no bad blood to those that voted me out, but I have a lot to say during FTC. I am proud of how I played and I am glad I made so many new friends!”

Stoner - You were misunderstood. You rubbed some people the wrong way. I think you were just determined to survive. People got irritated cause you didn't lay down and die. I've talked to you and know you're good people. Mad respect.

Christian - Eric we had an interesting relationship to say the least. I do fully blame you for my first boot, and in my Lake Redemption rage, promised to make your game a living hell if I returned. Needless to say, in probably some weird twist of fate, I actually ended up trusting you and trying to campaign for you to stay in that tie? Weird as fuck I know right? Anyways, sorry for driving you crazy with all the stuff I said, most of it I don't think was even true, I was just trying to have an #influence from Lake Redemption. Nice guy, just game made that difficult to see.

Matt - You were one of my first allies in this game and we had a bump here and there but in the end you proved to be a loyal person. In real life we are two very different people but in this game we were two allies and I wish I had been able to find a way to save you.

Kyle - Honestly, an icon. You talked to much which people got annoyed with, but I don't get annoyed by people being active in the game lol. We were enemies in the beginning, and in the end I voted and campaigned for you to stay over Andres, but you didn't.

“I really enjoyed my first season of tumblr survivor. I made it to merge, which I'm proud of, but still feel I went home for reasons other than my gameplay. Good luck to the rest of you.”

Stoner -  I was on exile when you left so not sure what happened. I enjoyed our alliance and friendship. I think our three really clicked well and we had such bubbly personalities. Sucks it ended early.

Christian - You were really nice, but I was Mexico and you were Thailand, there was just nothing that was going to bring us together, and that's why I had to vote you out. Sorry :x

Matt - We were allies in this game but things don’t last forever, especially in this game. It was fun playing this game with you and you were hilarious in that music video we made. 

Kyle - Adam, you played both sides. I don't support that gameplay. You were a huge threat because of your social connections, and you could have easily relied on staying in the middle to get you to the end. In the end, me and Andreas worked together to get you out because we were both tired of being the vote every round because of people like you. Sorry that was rude, but... you played a great game.

“This game was so amazing you guys <3. Even though i was truly robbed to the core, I'm still proud of how far i've come. I wish you 3 all the best! But at least i have a good redemption arc for another season!”

Stoner - I think I self voted this round. You're a nice Kid we just didn't click unfortunately. Sorry things didn't pan out

Christian - You legit only spoke to me like 10 minutes before the vote, and I figured that probably wasn't the best sign of us working together in the future. Figured Luke had the Super Idol, and out of the people to throw my vote at, you were the most logical. 

Matt - It is crazy how wrong things can go so quickly in this game. We were allies and had each others’ backs even though we never really even voted together. Your singing in that music video was amazing and definitely was the reason we won that challenge. It was interesting to be able to talk to somebody so different than myself.

Kyle - I loved you as a person, and would have loved to contine working with you. However, it became obvious Luke had the super idol since Andreas did not, and there was a pland devised to flush the idol and send Luke's closest ally out, you. You were really hilarious though and you were just the victim of association.

“I’m normally humble but honestly I played one hell of a game this season, and I’m so proud. It wasn’t an easy season for me, but it was so much fun! Huge thanks to the hosts for an amazing season <3″

Stoner - The beast, legend, the Goliath. You were a pain in the ass to get out. I idoled you out because you scared me. You dominated RI and had to get idoled out again. Not sure if we could've got you a third time. Good luck in future TS ozzy/malcom/Joe

Christian - Oh my lord, one of the few people in this game I actually trusted. We were the Lake Redemption bros, and I wish things had worked out better for you. You didn't deserve to get idoled out again, and losing one round before coming back must've sucked. Great ranting to you throughout the game, and thanks for being a good friend and ally, even if I wasn't the best to have. :(

Matt - We were friends and enemies throughout this game, but at the end I was glad we were able to come together and work as allies. It was nice to be able to make you shook about my 100 theory and actually have somebody to talk with the show about. You were a beast in the challenges and the social game and definitely a worthy competitor.

Kyle - You were a great rival. Our friendship went back and forth, and I thought that was very exciting. I know that we had our disagreements about stuff I said, even though it was a joke and you take everything very seriously. I do think you are a nice person and deserving of making it so far in the game. You were a leader of an contingent who wanted me out for most of the game. So obviously that had to be stopped.

“I’m really glad to have been brought back to play THIS game. I’ve met so many amazing people, got to improve my placement, and say I’ve improved my game. I don’t think i expected to be told one thing and then find out at tribal council that wasn’t actually who was being voted out, but hey, thats the game I guess. My only solace is the fact that I literally had to take a nap to get out of this game. So who’s laughing now! …still you guys probably”

Stoner -  I'm sorry I never connected with you. Everytime the opportunity was there, it felt awkward when we talked. I take blame and I'm sorry I didn't push things further. Though I think I was always ready to vote you simply because the lack of chemistry. Rather do that then play with your head. Sorry friend.

Christian - I really wanted to work with y'all, I really did. But even after y'all deduced that Chris and Matt knew each other, y'all still targeted me, and that really limited my options, if you had been online to vote, you most likely would've stayed in the 3-3-3 revote. Wish ya all the bests in your future games.

Kyle - You were very forgettable, it's true. We only really talked before voting rarely... even though we've been in the same group chat for 12 days or so. You could have played a better game and I wish you weren't afk during your last tribal lol.

“Coming into this game I didn't really know what to expect. I never thought I would make it as far as I did and I never thought I'd accomplish the things I did. Having 3 different idols (one of them being the super idol) and playing all 3 of them successfully definitely put a huge target on my back but I worked with what I had and I'm proud of myself. I've made some amazing friends, created deeper relationships with people I knew before and even got added to the 7th place chat (which is the most lit btw!). I can walk away from this game knowing I played one of the best games this season and that I could have won had things gone differently. Good luck y'all, you're gonna need it.”

Stoner - Massive fucking threat. I liked your straight forwardnesss but that ultimately made you a threat. You didn't beat around the Bush and took charge

Christian - I tried to warn ya bro. I told you Bodhi was going to vote for you, and that Stoner was a waste of a vote. I enjoyed getting to know you, just you seemed hellbent on getting me out, and that's not the most appealing of strategies to get someone to flip to your side, thanks for being the only one (I assume) to vote with me way back at the premerge though, really appreciate that.

Matt - Our relationship in this game has definitely been a roller coaster. I enjoyed our talks throughout the game, even when we were at odds.  You were almost impossible to take out of this game and that’s a testament to how strong of a player you are. 

Kyle - Luke! We were friends in the beginning but we became adversaries in the end. You got so lucky with all of your powers and idols, but those could be easily flushed with multiple split votes. You were a great schemer, but not good enough to convince people to be on your side.

"Well, in retrospect, this experience was absolutely fantastic. I loved getting to know everyone and I hope to stay in contact with many people after it's all over!!

Production: CUT!

Me: Phew, the charade is finally over. I hope that I never have to encounter some of these people again and I was truly scarred by the amount of kindness I had to pretend I had - didn't even know I had it in me to suppress my inner ugly for so long! Anyways, I loved this game, and Survivor in general, because I love simulating natural selection (not to say it was a perfect simulation....I mean, have you seen the final four?).

I hope I get the opportunity to play again because I enjoyed getting to feel superior to others, it was....(how can I phrase it).......orgasmic! =)”

Stoner - I fucking love you man lol. I'm beyond thrilled we got to meet and become allies. and better yet friends. You were such an amazing ally and I was just as blindsided as you when you got voted out. Thanks for being so loyal and just such a strong ally. You played a major role in me being here. Much love brother.

Christian - RIP. We were both victims of Bodhi's rock paranoia, and both tried to strike the other first to save each other. I had a trick up my sleeve though, which is why I stayed and you went, but I wish we both could've just stuck to our guns and not fallen for the play, but alas what can you do. Enjoyed getting to know ya, and wish we could've gone further, but that's just not the way it worked out.

Matt - Oh Crow. You are such a good social player that you had everyone pretty much convinced on wanting to keep you way longer than they should have in this game. Our personal relationship was so messy but interesting. You definitely made this game a whole lot more interesting.

Kyle - Crow. Wow. The first time I was actually shocked by a vote in this game. I was gasping for like 10 minutes. Even after tribal, I was so speechless at your blindside. You have to blame yourself however, you fell for Bodhi's trap lolol. You were definitely my closest ally outside of my final 4 alliance. You and I had such a great bond through out the game y'know. We were on every tribe together and that was cute. Thansk for being my ally... sorry you had to go.

“THE ONLY THING SEPARATING EUROPE AND ASIA IN THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT CONTINENTS IS WHITE SUPREMACY AND EUROCENTRISM. I’m proud of how I played. I went in this game trying to play smarter than I've played in the past, and I was rewarded with 5th place and a wonderful experience. I'm truly grateful for my friendships with everyone else on the jury, and a few of the folks left in the game. I've had a great experience, and I'm excited to potentially return.”

Stoner - I thank you for saving my ass pre-merge. I genuinely wish we could have teamed up at merge, we just had different allies. We didn't have mutual allies/bonds and our games just did not line up. By the time it got near the end it was too late to switch up from the alliance. I applaud your game and you never fucking gave up lol. You were hard to get out and I'm glad you didn't give up. Ultimately I wasn't going to flip on the group and I hope you respect that. Much respect.

Christian -  I think we had the strangest relationship I have ever seen in a game like this. We were the last of the Odawas, somehow managed to make it all the way intact, yet I don't think we ever actually intended to work with the other. We both wrote each other's name down multiple times, yet were bonded in the fact that we were Odawas. You got your way at the Final 17, so now in a nice twist of fate, I got to get my way at Final 5. Good dude and nice playing with ya.

Matt - Coming into this merge I didn’t know you and wanted you out. However, as we got deeper into the game I saw you as a strong ally and wanted I hated to see you leave.  You are a great player and I’m really glad we got a chance to talk and do some crazy shit we didn’t have any business doing.

Kyle - Bodhi, we really got to talk in the final 5 1 on 1 really well. You understand this game inside and out, but I do question your game choices. You understand my game and your only downfall is that you were loyal to the wrong people at the wrong time. Congrats on your scheming and tricking 3 people into keeping you safe lolol.

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20th Person voted out of TS Great Lakes: Bodhi. Congrats to the Final 4 for making it so far! Final four means it is time for Rites of Passage! They are due by Monday 10 Pm EST. 

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Individual Immunity #10 Results

By a long shot, Chris has won Immunity! He now has a 1/4 shot of winning this game! For the rest of you, Tribal will be held  9EST PM tomorrow! Goodluck!

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Individual Immunity #10

Keith Nale has inspired this part of your Immunity Challenge! When you’re ready to start, message your host chat with the following message:

“Turning on my Tuk Tuk and ready to ride.”

After you send us this, your goal is to send us the following message every ten minutes:

“I’M STILL CHUGGING ALONG.”

Once you have sent this message five times, we will turn up the speed. Now every five minutes, you must send us a message that says you are still chugging along. After you have sent this message a total of five times, your goal is to send us the message every minute until you can go no longer.

For example, if I turn on my Tuk Tuk at 2:00 PM, I would send the message “I’M STILL CHUGGING ALONG” at:

2:10 PM, 2:20 PM, 2:30 PM, 2:40 PM, 2:50 PM (5 times every ten minutes) 2:55 PM, 3:00 PM, 3:05 PM, 3:10 PM, 3:15 PM (5 times every five minutes) 3:16 PM, 3:17 PM, etc (as much as I can every minute)

Your messages do not need to be exactly to the second - they can fall wherever within the minute. This means if my first message was at 2:00:03 PM and I send my second one at 2:10:59 PM, it will still count.

For every message you post correctly in the ten minute mark, you will earn yourself 45 seconds of time. For every message posted correctly in the five minute mark, you will earn yourself 30 seconds of time. Every message posted correctly in the one minute mark will earn you 15 seconds of time.

This means if, following the above example, I messed up at 3:18 and did not post, my total score would be 395 seconds (45 seconds x 5 + 30 seconds x 5 + 10 seconds x 2).

Obviously, editing or removing messages disqualifies you immediately.

The beauty of this part of the challenge? Us hosts don’t have to be there for you to start! We will be checking your timestamps to make sure you are within the minute mark. Otherwise, you’re on your own. This means you need to know when to turn up the speed and send your messages. Once you mess up, you are eliminated.

This challenge will end tomorrow, March 31st @ 8:00 PM EST. Good luck! :)

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Individual Immunity #9 Results

Chris//Kyle win immunity! You will both have a 1/5 chance at winning this game. For the rest of you, tribal will be held @ 9:00 PM EST tomorrow! Good luck! :)

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