Episode 13

Well, that doesn't seem to have gone as expected.

Any regrets as to how last round played out? Any "what if"s?

Where does that idol move and Chad's departure leave alliances now? Who are you more or less prone to work with coming out of that?

Well, on one hand I do feel good that I was right about the social dynamics and all that jazz. There's always the chance that Kim knew about the idol and used my own plan against me, but if so I'm at least wary of that possibility.

But yeah I'll post more but that was horrible and I was devastated. Chad was so unexpectedly loyal and gave me so much information, and even though he was a threat I do believe I would have stuck by him until the end of the game. So to see him leave after his amazing turnaround because of an idol just... isn't right. It's a crappy way for him to go out, and I honestly would have rathered had Ami/Lisa voted against him or something so it at least wouldn't have felt so wrong for him to leave with 2 votes out of seven.

I think I'm going to seriously try to work with Ami from here, and I'll actually mean what I say to her for the first time in this game. I might even tell her everything (which would include my plans to get her out at NuChorotega (plans she knew about? She at least knows about them now, I'm sure of that based on her F8 voting confessional), knowing about Mia's idol, and my alliance with Chad. We'll see though.)

I think I'm going to seriously try to work with Ami from here, and I'll actually mean what I say to her for the first time in this game.

Why should she trust you, now?

I think I'm going to seriously try to work with Ami from here, and I'll actually mean what I say to her for the first time in this game.

Why should she trust you, now?

Good question. Based on past history she has no real reason to trust me, nobody does at this point. In the past five votes, I've flipped during four of them. That speaks for itself. If they voted me off tomorrow I would completely understand why.

But Ibe and Bobby Jon are focused on targeting her, while I'm currently more up in the air then that. I don't want to be too flaky though, because that's what I fear I'll do and if I do that then I'm just begging for them to take me out instead in the same way Bobby Jon and Ibe tried to take out Chad with a majority (and did take him out with an idol.)

Although for what it's worth I'm beginning to realize that if I went with Bobby Jon and Ibe, they could split votes. Individually they're huge threats, but if they steal votes from each other, not so much. I need to think about this while making sure it isn't me leaving tomorrow.

Ibe, you were persuading me to vote with you and still could, but are you seriously trying to argue that Lisa is the second biggest jury threat in the game? Seriously?

I don't want to live in that world. She's done nothing in this game and unless she actually became active her winning would be a joke.

From Ibe himself:

Anyway, I don't know what else to say.
If you join me, I'm not going against you. You and I both want to get to the finals, and a lot of the jury does hate us.
I'm sure we could figure out something. But for now. I think you should vote for Ami with me/Kim/BJ. If I'm gonna convince BJ to hold off on eliminating you over Lisa, I will and he'll go for it ESPECIALLY if you vote out Ami now. :P Then with us 4 vs. Lisa? Please! She's the biggest jury threat since Ami. So she'll go guaranteed -- and the Choro-4 will be in the finals. And would you just trust me for once?
I'd be doing like all the work here. Just vote for Ami and let me handle it. The less-threatening and more on-board with us you appear the easier it'll be to change their minds to take out Lisa.

Wow, could Ibe make it any MORE obvious that if I vote for Ami tomorrow, Kim and Bobby Jon want to do me next? I'm ready for a tie tomorrow, and I hope it isn't about who has immunity. I'll still try to work Kim over if I can though, I really will try.

This isn't even a question for me anymore. Ami, Lisa, and I will vote for Kim. Bobby Jon and Ibe will vote for Ami. Kim will probably vote for Ami. They'll all think we're voting Ibe. If this works and Kim goes, its brilliant because it protects against an idol. If this fails it's awful because my chances of getting Kim to go with me and Lisa at Final 5 are pretty much gone. I'm ready to roll the dice and fight tonight, and for the rest of the game if I have to.

Clue me in on what's been going on this afternoon. Does your conversation with Kim assuage you to keep the vote on Ibe? Or do you question her or her truthfulness and plan to keep your three votes on her?

If it was just up to Tom, who would you want to take out tonight for your best interests?

Clue me in on what's been going on this afternoon. Does your conversation with Kim assuage you to keep the vote on Ibe? Or do you question her or her truthfulness and plan to keep your three votes on her?

If it was just up to Tom, who would you want to take out tonight for your best interests?

I'm gonna make this quick so I can do PMs, but (I think, you never know if it could be you) I'm sending three votes Kim's way tonight and this might actually be the first vote I feel guilty about if she does vote for Ibe tonight, especially if an idol isn't played. I just can't be sure about the idol, and this should give me a clear path to the end with Ami and Lisa if it goes off without a hitch, and if immunities don't screw it up at Final 4.

If Lisa doesn't know to vote Kim, I will be enraged.

Let's gamble!

If it's me tonight... then holy shit, what a fun way to go out. I'll have flipped a billion (i.e four) times and left without a single vote

Also Mia is such a righteous juror

I knew I loved her

Also, after flipping four out of five rounds in a row, leaving through going to rocks would be possibly the funniest ending to my story ever