Confessions

[Anthony]

Round 1

So we started with a twist, a fun one in which we were told about the 2 tribes and decided which we wanted to go in. Metnal tribe seemed to be the one that wouldn't be as popular as there were only 8 people in it as apose to 16 in the other but I couldn't help but chose it, I thought it may work out better in the long run. I got a pleasant surprise when I found out who was on my tribe .... Dr Will, alex and Brennus ... 3 of the people who I speak to a fair bit in past RGO games so I was pleased.

The first challenge was individual and was about sacrifices, Jason sacrificed quite a lot and is therefore at a big disadvantage if we go to TC next round ... that wouldn't be such a bad thing, he's a strong player, very strategical (going from the one other Survivor I've played with him) and if we were able to get him out so early then it would be great. That said, I'm not saying I hope we lose the next challenge, just that I wouldn't be overly bothered.

So the other tribe was split into sub-tribes and all 3 were sent to TC. The 2 sub-tribes had to vote out players from the apposing sub-tribe whilst we voted out one of our own. I spoke to dragonmine and I really like her, hope she sticks around for a while and spoke about the vote with her, she just wanted to go with the majority. So I PM'd alex, Dr and Brennus to see their thoughts on the vote, I suggested darkking as I've never really been a fan of his since the first BB game here and in this game he seems to talk too much drivvel with all this showmance lark. Plus, I've never spoken a word to him so he'd have no reason to want to keep me in the game. Anyway, the 3 of them suggested Vadiant so I reluctantly voted out Vadiant over darkking. Vadiant got 4 votes so I think alex voted darkking as all he did was ask me about Vadiant and didn't suggest him as a vote so must have went with what I said. So Vadiant was voted out, and 2 more went from the other tribe though I'm not sure who ... hopefully 2 people who are potential threats and/or people who I don't along too well with.

Round 2

I've messaged alex about an alliance. I've always liked him and had a lot of trust in him. I know it's early but we do have some strong players on this tribe and I don't fancy leaving anything to chance. He's not yet responded but I suggested dragon to join with us and asked him his thoughts, ideally I'd like a 4 strong alliance within Metnal to ensure that if we went to TC before a tribe shuffle, merge etc then I'd be safe.

Really looking forward to this game.

[Anthony]

So I have my 4 strong alliance; me, alex, dragon and Brennus so I feel good in my tribe, no real reason to worry. We lost this challenge but I won individual immunity as I sent in first.

So this TC I want Jason gone, as I said, he's too strong to keep around for too long so this TC is probably the best time to get rid of him as he has 1 vote stacked against him and can't vote. Therefore, I only need 3 of my alliance to vote for him to get him out of the game. If I can get Jason out this round then this game will be a lot easier.

[Anthony]

Fortunately Jason did go, thanks to me and alex. All the rest of the votes were spread between the others. So he's gone and it's a relief.

Round 3

True to form, we lost! So, I wanted darkking out and thought it was easily done due to our alliance but then I found out that it was dragon who lied to me, alex did vote Jason and not her. She told me she didn't want to vote out Jason but in the end said she did, reluctantly. I accepted that and doubted alex which I shouldn't have done.

So, I spoke with Will some more and he told me he had dragon under his control. He said he had PM's etc so I asked for them. I asked dragon about the vote and she again decided to lie to me and denied not voting Jason. So TC is going to be a 3-3 tie providing Brennus votes darkking and not Will but Brennus has more past votes so is out if that's how a tie is decided. BUT, that doesn't put me at risk. Me and Will are working together, we can get alex with us and we then control the vote from then on, well within our tribe. Will said we can get darkking out next and wants to keep dragon as he likes her ... I told him I want her out next over darkking even though I've wanted darkking out from the beginning ... I don't like being lied to and dragon is too untrustworthy.

My PM to dragon:

"Thanks

for lying to me. "meek kitten"? No, that didn't once cross my mind, but the majority of the alliance were going with Jason and as you were part of our alliance, I told you that and asked if you were up for it. Obviously you weren't, and you should have left it at that and not went on to tell me you were reluctantly voting Jason.



I really thought we could go far together too. "

I just wanted to call the liar out but her and Will "like each other" so hopefully she'll see Will has given me this PM and lost trust in him, they'll get mad at each other and getting dragon out next round will be a lot easier.

[Anthony]

Round 3/4

In a nutshell, dragon may have voted Jason after all And darkking was voted out somehow due to a self vote and Brennus getting lucky!

Aaannndddd we actually won a challenge. So we were safe ... chad and Splatt were voted out.

Round 5

Tribe switch up in which Will ended up tribe'less and I ended up with alex from Metnal. We are doing alright with the challenge, I've did my part so if we lost I think I'd be alright. I wouldn't mind losing though, if we lose then we get Will next round and I'd love to have Will on my tribe. I'd just like to think they'd keep me if we did go to TC as I've done my part ... alex hasn't.

[Anthony]

Unfortunately we lost, fortunately most people were up for getting rid of December as she hadn't been around for a while. So she went, neither me or alex even got a vote, Carol did, the round was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

Round 6

Will has joined us which is great. Philotas thinks that Carol, Nardis & The Alth are alligned so I saw that as my best chance to try and get him onto our side. I pretty much asked him out right and he pretty much said he was up for it as that group had to be broken. He said he'd talk with Yang to see where he stood, if he is with them then to keep Yang on the outside but I doubt he is with those 3 ... those 3 mightn't even be together, in fact I don't actually believe they are but that's irrelevant.

So, both tribes will be going to tribal council so it's an individual immunity challenge. Each of us have 7 points to give to players from the other tribe, person with most points wins individual immunity. I've PM'd Brennus to see if he'll give me all his and I'll do the same in return. If I felt in great danger then I'd PM them all promising my points in return for theirs so even though I want immunity, it's too early to tell unnecesary lies to win individual immunity when it's not exactly needed. I hope I don't get my eye wiped though ...

We can also take 3 points from people on our tribe, I was tempted to take 1 each from 3 of them but I don't know if Jeff reveals how the points have been distrtibuted or not so I don't want to look selfish. We've pretty much all agreed to not take away any points so that we only have to vote 1 person out and not 2 people.

[Anthony]

Yang & Phil won, we had to vote out 2 people ...

It should have be an easy Nardis & The Aleth vote so when I PM'd my "alliance" I expected everyone to be up for it. Phil & alex were but not Will ... I should have guessed. I knew he and Yang would team up but I didn't expect them to try and keep Nardis who didn't do either challenge. So, he told me that the vote has changed .. to vote The Aleth first and not Nardis. I told him where to go because I weren't happy with that vote and I don't like him trying to dictate everything constantly.

So, I presume that's when they decided to target me instead. They had Yang, Will and Nardis. The Aleth PM'd me saying he was voting Will, 10 minutes later he said he'd changed his mind ... no doubt Will or Yang PM'd him asking him to vote me ... how twofaced are they.

So I'm guessing that's where my 4 votes came from; Yang, Will, Nardis & The Aleth. Yet Will is still denying it now ... he either thinks that I'm dense or he enjoys telling lies.

The 2nd vote shocked me as alex was sent home. The votes were scattered on our part due to miscommunication. =[

I got through that round by the skin of my teeth and I really don't want to be put in that position again.

Round 7

Right now I am trying to get myself into the majority on my tribe right now. There is me & Phil, Yang & Will and then the other 2 ...

Obviously The Aleth is probably with them as he voted with them last round but I've PM'd him telling him about them trying to target him, telling him I told them I wouldn't vote for him and I have the PM's to prove it. I've basically offered him a 4 person alliance. I've said that they are both tight with the other tribe and that they'd have no hesitation in voting him out when we merged. Hopefully he sees sense and joins us.

I've also PM'd Carol, we've voted the same the last 2 rounds though I did get a vote at the 2nd vote and I'm not sure where that came from actually. If she joins us then we have the majority and we can vote nobby and evil nobby out.

I'm not so optimistic about my future in this game right now.

[Anthony]

I've managed to get Carol and The Aleth to our side now and the 4 of us are clearly in the majority and have total control over d.ick and dom if we go to tribal council.

And wow ... Will is still denying voting for me, I'm just humouring now and will carry on doing so. I asked him where he thought my other vote came from and he said "he'll ask around" so I've told him to let me know ... it should be interesting to hear his next lie ...

If it turns out Will didn't vote for me then I'll luck very stupid but I think there is more chance of hell freezing over then that being the case.

[Anthony]

Shock horror, we lost again and Will was sent home with me recieving 2 votes ... not a shock. BUT, Will has such a nerve ... he PM'd me saying "I hope your not voting for me, who are we voting for?" ... wow. The boy has no limits. However, I did think he was smarter than that ... surely he didn't think I believed he didn't vote for me, surely he realised I was humouring him and that I weren't actually wrapped around his finger? Even so, he's voted out, good riddance.

Round 8

2 seconds after Will was voted out, Yang appeared in my inbox. Somebody knows they are in trouble and somebody is trying to get me and Phil on their side. "We all wanted to get rid of The Aleth at some point ... here's our chance" .. aww, thanks for the oppourtunity. Me + Phil will play along with it, we don't want him going to try and get Carol & The Aleth against us. I've told Carol and The Aleth about the PM so he can't try and stir things.

Thanks to Phil we won the challenge. This is the 2nd time in 8 rounds that I haven't been to tribal council. It's a shock to the system I have my own, special seat that I like to look at as my own ... I'm missing it.

I think Brennus is out tonight unfortunately, but I did also think that last time so I may be surprised. ..

[Anthony]

We finally won a challenge which saw jake sent home from Tepeu.

Round 9

Very wierd round. Phil won immunity. So, the vote ...

So many different things going on. Initially I PM'd Brennus asking him about the plans and to see if it would be his tribe vs mine and he basically said it would, not too surprised. However, he was completely out of the loop as people were talking to everyone else about the vote, different things were being planned.

It seems like it's yang vs entropy. Yang has Brennus and Frags, he did have C2M. Entropy has The Aleth, Yin and dragon. Leaving me, Phil and Carol in the middle.

Anyway, Yang wanted entropy out, he then changed his mind and told me to vote The Aleth. However, he could only offer me safety for this round and the following round, Mr. Generous offered me a spot in the final 9 when we were currently in the final 11. Wow. Anyway, I was going to vote that way but we knew that Tepeu weren't as tight as Brennus had told me and Phil saw a way of getting C2M (Tepeu member) out which was to get on side with entropy. So, we voted that way and C2M was sent home.

Yang, C2M, Brennus and Frags voted out entropy. Now, here's the funny part ....

Round 10

Once again I got another proposal from Yang. He told me that the last round was a "test" ... he was "testing" me to see how I'd vote. I told him it was BS and he infact didn't know that C2M would be voted out ... apparantly though he knows a lot more than I think he does, of course he does ... it's yang. Oh I hate him. He's so arrogant and patronising. I've been able to stop him from getting under my skin up untill today.

Anyway, I've told him where to shuv his proposal. Does he expect me to vote out entropy when all he can gaurantee me is safety for this round?

So, Phil's plan was to work with yang and get to the final 5 with his alliance. But that would leave us in the minority still so I'm not really up for that. So my plan is for me and phil to switch between both alliances, I proposed ....

Myself, Phil, Carol and yang's clan vote out dragon this round. It would be so easy to vote out entropy but he's the leader so he needs to stick around. If dragon goes then entropy is still there to keep his alliance alive which means that at the final 9, his alliance + me, phil and carol vote out yang. If entropy is voted out this round then I feel his alliance will scramble to stay in the game so taking out yang won't be as easy. Carol really wants Yang out but hopefully she'll be able to tolerate him one more round and take him out at final 9.

Therefore, if that works and it's a pretty big if then that should leave the final 8 as;

Myself
Phil
Carol
Brennus
Frags
Entropy
The Aleth
Yin

If that is the case then providing people don't see this as a chance to join forces to take me and Phil out then we should be able to take out entropy, yin etc which will ultimately put me & phil in a great position for the end.

However, like I say, this is all up in the air at the minute, but I do think it could work. I honestly believe there is a chance it could work.

[Anthony]

Shock horror, it didn't work out. Yang was too adamant on taking out entropy ... any chance we had of working together went out of the window this round and now I think I'm in a terrible position.

There were only 3 votes for Frags; me, entropy and I'm guessing The Aleth. I don't know why Yin and dragon voted for entropy, I don't know why Phil didn't and I don't know where Phil's vote came from.

I'm gonna try my best right now to get myself into a good position but whether it will work or not is up in the air. The only thing I know for sure is that yang has some of these players in the palm of his hand and a couple more rounds of yang controlling the vote will hand him victory on a plate.

[Anthony]

Round 11

So I tried really hard and I had it worked out. I had 5 votes for yang; me, phil, the aleth, carol and yin. It got to tribal council and 4 votes each for the aleth and yang ... I was really confident yang would be going and then .....























the aleth

Yang worked that annoyingly, yangy magic and got Yin on side. So I asked her why and she said she got talked out of it at the last second ... she was scared. Bless. She then said that she does still want yang out ... I'm kinda suspicious that she's playing me.

Anyway, dragon wants to vote Brennus so taking him out is the easiest option. I got immunity but Carol got sent on vacation when we'd planned sending Frags ... it was a tie. Right now we have me, Phil and dragon voting for Brennus. Yin is also in she said though I have my doubts ... I told her the only way to get yang out was to vote out Brennus this round and take yang out next round.

I made the final 7! Pretty good achievement out of 24 but I won't be happy untill I'm in the final 2.

Brennus needs to go this round to ensure yang is next, I really want to wipe the *grin* off his face.

[Anthony]

Round 12

Brennus went thanks to a self vote. Yin is intolerable lately, she's a compulsive liar. No time for her no more. Anyway, Brennus went so the game looked to be turning around ...

Round 13

I got immunity again which I needed. So, the plan was to finally get rid of yang. I had me, Phil, Carol and Yin [she told me she had already cast her yang vote ... it just gets better ... I feel she's set herself a challenge to see how many times she can lie to me] and Carol said she had dragon. The votes turned out to be;

Phil - 4
Yang - 2
Carol - 1

I need to work out where the votes came from. I've accused Carol of lying ... I think I'll edit that.

Possibility 1;

Yang, frags, dragon and yin voted Phil
Me and Carol voted yang
Phil voted Carol ...

Numero 2;

Yang, frags, dragon and carol voted Phil
Yin voted Carol
Me and Phil voted yang

Both of them are ridiculous so I've no idea why either would happen. Yin lied, I'm getting used to that, dragon fed Carol lies, getting used to that ... both of them need a backbone and need to play their own game rather than following yang. So somebody in my alliance also lied ... Carol or Phil ... I wanna find out who. I'm not sure it will help my game but I still wanna find out.

Yang is really good, hate to admit it but he seriously is and he deserves to win this game ... though I'm still gonna carry on fighting ... by myself it seems.

Oh and Carol is BioDork .. didn't expect that.

Round 14

I am in an awful position right now. My only shot is to get someone over which is doubtful so I need to win immunity after immunity to stand a shot ... I hope the challenges aren't live ones or ones where time matters because I can never get on when they are posted.

[Anthony]

Well I have no clue about this challenge so I won't be winning a third immunity.

Anyway, I've adopted a new, strange strategy. A strategy that I'm not even sure of right now. What I said about yang deserving to win and playing everybody is 100% true but I'm using it to pretend I've lost all interet and fight in me. Yin came to me and said she had a new plan of getting yang out ... I didn't even listen to her because she has pi$$ed me about too much this game so I don't even want to listen to it, even if the plan is possible ... I'd rather take her out now. I told yang that Yin has plans that doesn't involve him, and that I'm done working against him ... that's true for the time being, but am I $hit going to sit back and do nothing. Yang replied ... he gave me another compliment though carried on being his same patronising self ... though he said if I voted his way then there MAY even be a F4 place for me ... surely he knows I'm here to win. However, I will be voting how yang asks me to for this round and maybe even next ... I've no other options right now. I need to buy myself a couple more rounds and then try and go from there ... it seems that if I want to make the final 2 now then I'll have to scrape my way there ... I'm hardly in the numbers am I.

My general strategy now is to pretend I couldn't care less about the game and that I don't care if I'm out, to seem that I'm not fighting and I've pretty much gave up ... I know I am/was a target but hopefully people will believe I have lost all fight in me and that I'm now just here to make up the numbers like most of them have been the majoriity of the game.

Only time will tell.

[Anthony]

So, I knew Yang would be leaving this round. The votes were confirmed for him. However, Yin pi$$ed me off too much for me to vote how she wanted, I got pi$$ed about too much and I was too stubborn to vote with him. I told Yang I'd vote Yin, for the reason like I say, I'm too stubborn to vote how Yin wanted, and plus, getting Yin a past vote can't do any harm whatsoever when I knew Yang would be leaving.

So, I knew Yin had realised Yang had to go, it had nothing to do with me "giving up", but I knew when he mentioned me "giving up" that I could pretend it was all a ploy to get yang out ... it was a ploy alright, just not to get Yang out because I knew Yin knew he had to go. However, IF I make the F2, it can do no harm using that as another part of my "gameplay" ... even though it really weren't.

So, I'm still hanging in here, scraping through round by round, trying to do what I can to make it to the end but I'm always thinking about winning and doing little things that could help me win in the end ... I'm not here for 2nd place. I genuinely believe I have a good shot against the 4 of them if I made the F2, none of them stand out as a "great player" or a "great strategist" so I just hope I can either go on an immunity roll, or pull something special out the bag.