Episode 08

What's the plan for this round? Who are your biggest threats to take out?

What do you think your odds are of making the endgame with the current alliance setup in the tribe? Who would you want to see be there with you?

For a while now I've been shooting for a Me-Mia-Chris Final 3. But with Chris's recent activity I really don't feel I can trust him. Granted, I never really had a strong relationship with him and Mia was the bond that made me trust him by default, but now that he's been telling people that I'm "in control of the game" it could be extremely risky to keep him much longer, especially with what he knows, and he could easily stir a lot of shit if things keep going the way that they're going.

I wanted to keep this round easy and keep most everyone happy by going for Chad-Ami, but my two alliances seem to want to go against each other earlier than I realized. So one thing I need to try to do this round is really scoop Kim up and secure her as an ally by informing her that she's on the outs of the original Chortega as evidenced by her not being included in the group PM talking about voting for Chris.

And now Chris is laying on the flattery and bullshit high. I wish he realized that I actually want(ed) to take him to the end (even if it is because I see him as a goat and I trust the person who seems to have the most control over him) >_>

So the Chortegans want to vote Chris, and Mia and Friends want to vote Jolanda now. I want to try to make sure Chad plays his idol with most of us Chorotegans telling him he's safe and one or two Guatusons (like Mia/Ami) telling him that he's being blindsided. Meanwhile, Bobby Jon and I hold the power to decide who goes home between Jolanda and Gregg. This will definitely be a huge decision and we need to tread very carefully right now.

Wait wat, Jolanda & Gregg?

Or did you mean Jolanda & Chris?

Which way do you want to go? Is it irreversible now, or is the previous Ami/Chad plan still on the table?

Yeah, Jolanda and Chris.

I wanted to go Chad originally, but now I do think that going Jolanda is my best bet if I can get Kim onboard. I'll still have my four-way alliance with Chris and Mia (even though I barely trust Chris), plus Bobby Jon is tight with me no matter what, and if we can convince Kim that we're a threesome then she should be as well. So even if I do severe some ties with Gregg and Ibe, I do believe that I have options going forward if I do vote for Jolanda tonight. So I plan to.

And now Kim has convinced me to go back to Chris I'm trying to get Bobby Jon in as well. Chris tells me Chad is playing an idol for him, I think he's bluffing, and it makes me angry since it shows that he STILL doesn't trust me despite me wanting to go to the end with him. So to quote what I've told Kim:

Alright. I'm thinking about this a ton, and I think that Chris is bluffing about the idol. And it does make me want to vote for him. So I say we vote for Chris, and then try to flip back on the next vote if possible.

If Chris does have an idol played, we say we knew he was going to have it played and voted for him to keep up illusions of us still being with Chorotega. We then try to target Chad and hope Mia will go with it.

If Chris doesn't have an idol played, things get a lot easier for us since we're able to use that to justify Chris as sneaky. We can either proceed to vote off people like Ami and Chad before we flip back, or we can do so immediately.

For the record, I have no idea whether or not Chad will play the idol on Chris. But either way I'm honestly going to be fine with it =/ Sorry Jo, and Chris =/