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Episode 11: SO LET’S TRY THIS ONE MORE FUCKING TIME - Drew (Finale)

THE ROCK DRAW. I'M CRYING. THAT COULDN'T HAVE GONE BETTER. JORDAN, DREW AND MYSELF ARE SAFE AND IN THE MAJORITY. I HAVE AN IDOL (when Drew gives it back!!!!)!!! So Drew or I need immunity this round so the idol can be played and whew...we did that

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’M SOUNDING LIKE A BROKEN FUCKING RECORD!!!!! EVERY DAMN WEEK IT’S “Let’s get rid of Andrew, and then Jordan can go next.” 

F7: Vote out Andrew with the plan to take Luke, Steffen, and Darian through the next couple of votes, Jordan leaves at F6 Andrew saves himself Darian goes Fuck but okay, I can work with this 

F6: Vote out Andrew with the plan to get Luke and Steffen to vote out Jordan F5, see who would be bigger threat between Nic and Steffen, try to take them to finals Nic and Steffen save Andrew Nic goes FUCK 

See what I’m TRYING to do is wait to flip on Jordan until there’s a scattered enough force on the other side that they wouldn’t just unify against me in his absence. And every time I get to that point where after one more vote it’s possible, it falls apart! But it doesn’t fall apart in a catastrophic way that either ruins me or forces me to rethink EVERYTHING, oh no, that would be too easy. Instead it falls apart in such a manner that it creates one more small little hiccup that has to be cleared first. First Darian leaves, whose conflicts with Luke and Nic I was depending on to cause enough division to sneak through. So Jordan can’t go because now there’s no one else to hate. Then on the second Andrew vote, that grouped Steffen and Andrew so closely that it would be two pairs if I cut Jordan now. I don’t even think that Jordan knows that all these little things are increasing his life expectancy like that, which is highkey infuriating. 

The only two things I still had going for me was that Steffen and Andrew didn’t know how close Luke and I are, and no one knew about Luke’s idol. And a lot of plans have happened with that idol that involve playing it on one of the two of us and exposing the power couple of Drewcas in this huge Y’ALL SO DUMB manner. But then I have the moment. The revelation. What if instead of Luke playing the idol on himself when he’s not getting any votes, just for a bland “Oh lookey at what I have that  y’all didn’t know about,” it served a higher purpose. Jordan obviously wants to vote for Andrew, Steffen and Andrew want to vote for Jordan. Both sides need my vote to get majority. So what if I vote for Jordan with Steffen and Andrew. But Luke plays his idol on Jordan. Jordan stays, Andrew goes. But in Steffen’s mind? Drew sided with him and Luke/Jordan solidified themselves beyond all repair as a power duo. Steffen has an ally. There’s still a chance. And in Jordan’s mind? He goes from thinking he has majority but knowing he’s getting votes to having an idol played on him. He thinks Luke came to both him and Drew at the same time, that we formed this plan together. This is the strongest trio he’s ever been a part of, they keep saving him in a way that no one has ever done. Neither of them know what’s happening. Granted, Jordan knows a lot more than Steffen because he at least knows who’s going home tonight, but no one really understands like Luke and I do. 

Getting Luke to agree to this was a bit of a STRUGGLE because I think he had his heart set on this idea of using the idol for himself or for me, to get us to the final four no matter what, he didn’t like that it would make him vulnerable. “What if Andrew has an idol too” Well then we vote Steffen on the revote... “What if they’re lying to you and they actually vote me” Well then it’ll be 2-2-0 and Jordan and I vote Andrew out on the revote… “What if we don’t have Jordan and he tells them and flips” “What if they lie to you and vote me and they ALSO have an extra vote or a vote negator?” Well then bye tbh I can’t anticipate everything and I never said this plan was completely without risk, like you’re literally giving up immunity. But think of the benefit to your game and your FTC speech if this goes as planned!!! Like babe, I’m here for you, I’d never vote you out, but I’m also here for the moves. And if shit happens to you, then I either have a tight duo with Jordan or I vote him out for real with Steffen and Andrew, and you’re a solid jury vote for me. This plan has so many benefits for the both of us, I promise, but yeah, even in its worst case scenario, it still has a benefit for me. :))))) It should work though, I'd honestly be shocked and impressed if either Andrew or Steffen were holding onto yet another power through going to rocks, like that's insane and good for them. But realistically even my worst case scenarios have a way for things to be alright in the end. 

After two times of voting for Andrew and him staying, maybe what it will take to send him home is me NOT voting for him. SO LET’S TRY THIS ONE MORE FUCKING TIME. Let’s get rid of Andrew, and then Jordan can go next. 

Literally everything that Drew and I have talked about throughout the duration of this game has come true. We may have had to adapt plans at different points and take people out sooner than we originally thought but our plan took us all the way to the final 5. Drew has immunity and is automatically in the final 4. I have an immunity idol that I /could/ play on myself to ensure I'm in the final 4 but I love being reckless and not doing that. Up until this point, the only people that knew I had the immunity idol were Drew and myself but today we let Jordan in on that secret but we had to have Drew act like he didn't know to ensure we didn't expose how close we are to one another. Going in to tonight's tribal council Drew will voting with Steffen and Andrew against Jordan and Jordan and myself will be voting against Andrew. I'm going to pull out my immunity idol and play it on Jordan to negate the 3 votes against him and have Andrew get voted out. In the event that Steffen and Andrew are lying to Drew and are voting for me, the vote will tie and Jordan and Drew will vote Andrew out and I'll be safe so I think at this point it's pretty much a guarantee that I'm making final 4. Plans for Final 4 onward are for Drew and I to finally expose how close we've been throughout this game because the worst thing that can happen to us is a fire-making tiebreaker challenge but if we play it right that shouldn't even have to happen. If either Drew or myself win the final 4 immunity challenge then we get to choose who to take to the final 3 with us. I want to win that immunity challenge because I want to build my resume so I have something to say at final tribal council. 

I've been thinking a lot about what I would say in a final tribal council situation because I've never been there before so it would be nice to be able to put everything out on the table and explain why I made the moves that I did. I think the fact that I have kept an idol hidden for almost half of the game and then play it correctly at final 4 shows that I have a really good read on the game and know what I'm doing. I think I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that I probably won't win this game but second place would be great. I have a huge feeling that Drew is going to win this game because of his immunity wins and also he has a way with words that I think he will use to advantage to sway the jury in his favor. I think my best bet is to be sitting next to Drew and Jordan at the final 3 because Jordan has made a lot of enemies this season and I don't think anybody would vote for him to win due to this. I think that next to Drew I could maybe get a few votes especially with these next few votes where he's going to burn bridges with both Steffen and Andrew so that could potentially work in my favor and I could get some votes. I'm 100% certain I'm NOT getting Darian's vote but is that really a shocker? I hated the guy in this game so I'm not torn up about it. I'm living by my new motto though: "When in doubt just idol 'em out!"

I honestly don’t know whats going to happen with this vote, it seems that the rocks that I sent us to last round displayed that there are obviously 2 sides left in the game and unfortunately I don’t think I’m on the strongest one, now its whether Andrew or myself will be dying tonight, but I haven’t been enlightened so it could very well be me, but who knows until the last vote is read

So basically what it is, is that Steffen went to- rocks for me and Nic died. And I feel dumb bc (i didn't tell anyone this) but i have that vote cancel that i just neglected to use, so all of this could have been avoided. Oh well i love chaos :~) 

So i guess drew is flipping? So there should be 3 votes jordan pines and then jordan and luke vote for me. Here's the thing™. Jordan won a stick at the auction. And sticks are honslee never good news. So like, he probs has an idol or some broken ass fuck shit. And then i can be idol'd out or whatever. But here's the gag ;~) I'm gonna use the canceler on jordan, and then vote luke. So! If everyone votes the way they should seemingly be voting tonight and an idol is played, then it will tie between luke and i and then theres a revote and hopefully steffen and drew keep me over luke. Bc like, idk why if drew wants to take luke out next, they would be sus of me not telling them this plan bc why the fuck would i defect to jordan pines at f4? 

So yeah I'm going ahead with another cracked ass plan that I'm not telling anyone else in hopes of saving my ass. If this backfires in anyway, then whoops i got 5th *shrugs*

DREWCAS HAS BEEN EXPOSED. I REPEAT, DREWCAS HAS BEEN EXPOSED. Steffen and Jordan know all about how close we've been in this game and they were both so SHOOK because they thought they had it figured out but WHEEEEEEEW. I think I could comfortable be making it to final 3 tonight. Steffen wants to vote Jordan and Jordan wants to vote Steffen so that leaves Drew and I in complete control of who we want in the final 3 with us. I've come to conclusion that I'm not winning this game, there is no way that I get any votes and I've to terms with it honestly. I feel like I've played a solid game but I don't think the jury will see it that way and won't vote for me because I think they're going to be bitter that I duped and beat them all.

So how did we get here, dear readers? Two weeks of straight "Jordan has to go, he should have been gone already" straight into "I'm voting out Steffen." The answer is simple. I don't have a fucking clue. I know what I told Luke as justification. In fact, let me go find that right now. 

Rattadrewy - Today 4:24 PM > I think we should go to finals with Jordan? All he has to say is that he came from being an Other and made the end, but every game move since merge, we can either match him or undermine him. We got ourselves to the end and dragged him along, letting him think the entire time that he was an equal partner. He didn't have the immunities he's been so known for, he didn't have the social game he thought he had. Rattadrewy - Today 4:24 PM > Steffen may have less to say in terms of game but he has the underdog edit and his whole alliance there and the things he does say, we don't know about yet and don't have anything to come back at them with. Rattadrewy - Today 4:25 PM > But I can lay out Jordan's entire argument right now because it's the shittier version of mine 

Is it the right call? I won't know until it's over. I already have regrets but I'll have regrets either way. This is the final three I'm going to go with and try to control and it will either work or it won't. I played a damn good game.

This is the worst I have ever felt in my entire life.

I feel this is the appropriate time to sign my death warrant but I dunno so I lost my last bae andrew and basically now Im surrounded by satan and his spawn.  Its gross, I feel alone, and everyone is up each other’s assholes while Im fighting to stay alive and I want to die.  So now what, Drew won immunity, Im out any luck and it seems that I have Drew who promised not to vote me out, but guess what, he’s voting me out with his dynamic duo Luke, OH WOW, exciting, but guess what, can I even be surprised at this point, Im up a creek without a paddle and Id rather hurl……..myself off the empire state building than stay with these assholes another day.  While all hope seemed lost, I am not going down without a fight.   

So now Im here contemplating what to do, Jordan is a no, thats not gonna happen and he can choke, so that leaves me with Luke and Drew, and at this point I didn’t know what to do, so I went to Drew, nothing, then to Luke and after crapping on his whole game, guess what I did, I flipped him hopefully.  My whole thing with Luke was telling him that since Im going to be a juror and I’m seeing his game as a follower of Jordan’s, then chances are everyone else is too, so I spent the next several hours explaining how ftc won’t change much for the jury, and right when I thought all hope was lost, Luke messaged me saying he was going to flip his vote…….did I just do that?!? so now Im waiting for the votes to be read, hoping that convincing Luke to send me out on a good note will make him freak out enough to follow through on this plan, so at best, I get sent to tiebreaker with Jordan and then I’ll take myself out or make it to ftc, so all I can do is cross my fingers and hope everything will work out….god I need to cry.

Everything is ugly. There's probably going to be a tie this vote and then on the revote I'm going to switch my vote from Jordan to Steffen because I don't want Steffen at FTC. I know that I have ZERO chance of winning which sucks because I've spent like 3 months in this game but I'd rather lose to Jordan than to Steffen because Steffen is undeserving of the win because his game sucked. So yeah. I hate everything and I'm ready to die tbh!

Wooooo I did it!!!! Who knew that the British flop would make it all the way to the final 3 because I sure as hell didn't! I think it's so pretty that I made it all the way to the end with the two people I trusted most and the fact the jury hates all three of us and has to vote one of us is lovely. I know 100% that I'm not winning this game, apparently I didn't play well enough even though I feel like I did but eh...I'm still going to try my hardest at FTC to answer questions and maybe sway some people. I personally believe Drew is going to win the game and that would be so iconic...the prettiest winner in Storybook history? Yes.

This is a PSA that I should win player of the season for my dedication @Sam @Stevie. Thanks (:

One last confessional. I made it. I'm in the finals. And now that NIC ISN'T ON JURY ANYMORE I MIGHT ACTUALLY STAND A CHANCE???? Like honestly why quit a jury? Why do that? Not that I'm complaining, mind you, if all the votes that were guaranteed for Jordan could just go ahead and quit jury, the world would be a brighter place. The hype that Sam wanted from this post isn't really here because like I knew I was here like four days ago when I won final immunity, but whatever. I think I can win but we'll see. Despite my BEST EFFORTS (read: I begged), it's a live FTC and Jordan will always be more comfortable than I am on camera/call, so I need to have my stories down and be ready to fight for it, because he will never be the one to back down from that fight. We've said for months that one day we'd be able to take a season down to the warrior battle between us and see who's better. And despite me trying to avoid that for WEEKS and failing miserably, I am excited for that to shake out. I think I have the stronger story, but I know he does too. We'll see.

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 10: the gag is you actually have to PLAY to succeed - Luke

Jordan Pines is mean to me. I love Drew. I love Luke. Steffen can eat a dick. Andrew is an icon. Darian is a mess.

Who is this Nic?

how do i feel? dead inside. i sent steffen receipts of jordan saying he wants steffen out cause........................................................................... why not i dont feel like i can trust jordan! and i still might vote steffen out cause i wanna win

I guess I've been playing like Tony? Only in the sense I'm trying to blindside people out of paranoia that theyre gonna blindside me first. 

I'm definitely not in power like Tony I'm more like... in the middle. I went from the bottom to the bottom of the middle... I'm shooting for atleast true middle.

Welcome to today’s episode of………….. 

DO WE FLIP ON JORDANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

(fans scream as Bob Barker rises from the not-quite-dead with his long-ass stick microphone) 

As mentioned in last week’s episode (although not really because I haven’t done a confessional that wasn’t Gilmore Girls related in weeks), flipping on Jordan would be a shitty thing to do. He and I have been playing together since the very beginning, he even let me off of the Others before him, which led me to Lannister to make the new tribes and just put me in the most amazing place ever. Find Luke, work with Ashley and Darian (rip the dead), get Jordan back, never lose a challenge, the joys and thrills of pitting Darian and Luke against each other. Since merge, we’ve worked through every plan together and been right about every vote except Lily, and we got immediate and swift revenge for that. We’ve planned every step together, he’s been in the vast majority of my alliances, he’s kept a hold on working with Nic while I have with Luke, which has gotten us to the point we’re at now, the chance to walk to the end. We play the tribal phase of the game so well but we’ve never made a merge together, and this game we’ve finally gotten the chance to play a merge together and it’s gone amazingly well. Like AMAZINGLY well. We ran this game from the second we pulled all the corners together and blindsided Ashley. It would be an amazing end to the story to get to the end together and fight it out. 

But. 

I think he beats me if he gets there with me. He has two practically built-in votes of Ben and Lily in a jury of eight. That’s terrifying. And if we’re at the end with Luke, he would get Nic too. I think he’s the only one here of the six who wins if he makes it. I could potentially battle him out and get Ashley and Darian, and possibly Brian, if any of them have forgiven me, but that’s three maybes against his three sure things. He’s got a good story of not even starting in this game and working his way in twice. He’s been strong, he’s been social, he’s done an arguably better job than I have in that respect. And he only needs to convince Steffen and Andrew of that. He deserves to win. And I think he knows he has me if we go together so he wants to play it out, because going against someone like Steffen who played a completely different game is going to be scarier to him than someone who’s played similarly but on a more limited scale. 

He just messaged me about how he had a revelation. Of why everyone’s just been letting us go through the game together. He says it’s because they’re waiting for us to turn on each other. They don’t want to deal with the fallout of coming for one and having to leave the other, so they’re waiting until we pull the trigger and start the war that they think is inevitable. Because they all think we can’t want to go to the end with each other. And they’re half right. Jordan still might turn on me but I think he’s genuinely not that afraid of fighting me in the finals. It’s not inevitable to him because he could want to go to the end with me. But I don’t want to go with him. Not in this scenario, not with this jury. 

It can’t be this week, Andrew should go now. It’s too soon to make the move because I lose the strong connection to Nic and then there’s nothing stopping Steffen/Andrew/Nic from teaming up to take us down. Luke and I would still have the idol on our side but one of us would NEED to win immunity or guess correctly on the idol (only a 50/50 guess but still). But letting him stay runs the risk of him winning his third immunity, or even his third and fourth immunity, and walking to the end anyway. He’s vulnerable now, in a way that I don’t know if he ever will be again. And passing up on that chance is scary, but for the rest of the layout of the game, it has to happen, because the only other number I’m confident with is Luke, and I’m not going into F5 with only a duo. 

So the answer is yes. We do flip on Jordan. Not tonight, but hopefully soon. And hopefully it doesn’t have far-reaching consequences. But yes.

hey confessionals......... long time no see.... 

so if this vote goes as planned i really did that i think jordans going home and tbh not to sound overconfident but its mostly from me

soooooooooo ill add that to my checklist of things i did

Love how Jordan has played off he's been saving me this whole time and trying to work with me and keep me in the loop like. Lmao I haven't believed that shit for a second. He's strong armed me going for the longest time and he's getting what he wants tonight so. Rip me. Out of two storybook games two days in a row. Honestly, who lets Jordan Pines get his way?

While I like to think of myself as an ok player, Ive spent the majority of this game screaming at the top of my lungs, first of all instant tribal is insane so the best thing to do is at least make sure that my ass isn’t grass, so I tried spending my time trying to get Darian out, but Jordan and Darian went to work targeting Andrew, thank god Andrew canceled every vote, thanks to the magical dragon egg that came out his ass.  So the revote comes around, Darian is after Luke and we’re like, PERFECT, but in the process of that night, Nic tells me that Jordan was targeting me, yeah thats great, wish I could fully care at this point, but seeing as I entered a truce with him, I’d hope he would keep promises this time before turning on me.  Now I’m done, you turn on me and thats your last mistake, now I’m out for blood, but I just got to push the right buttons now, so I got Andrew paranoid and I sent him on his way to talk to Nic, who magically “came up” with an idea to target Jordan, but we need Luke, and I’m here trying to make sure everyone is sane, and it turns that Jordan is after Andrew again, and it turns out Im lying to Drew again, but leaving him out of the loop may need to happen since he and Jordan are close, so we’ll see what happens, but I need betrayers gone, and if I need to betray in order to be in a favorable position, maybe thats not that bad.

bye guys......i cant believe im getting either rocked out or getting 5th place 

luke was supposed to vote jordan but i guess he wants that 2nd place... cant blame him i guess cuz i wanted it too 

WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE 

"When I asked Andrew what happened and how he got it to me you know what he said I couldn't betray Steffen and Nic was Nic so it wasn't like it was hard They don't want to allign with you They want to use you this round" - Jordan to me 

Jordan really knows how to play me!! it's thru pathos. What do i dooooo............................... YOU KNOW WHat steffen probbly knew about Andrew's advantage and voted Andrew because he knew andrew wasnt going home. Do Steffen and Andrew wanna make their final 2 any more obvious? We can name the chat topic HOUSE BOHN and he and andrew can be the admins cuz at this point.............why not anyway today has been a rough day. 

also speaking about obvious alliances let's call out lucas/drew/jordan perhaps

Guess whos back to square one? me. I have no close allies I just ruined all of them so xoxoxoxoxox............ Also all my confessionals have been so ugly and cringey its like looking back at your social media from 2011 except its a paragraph you wrote about an ORG a week ago

I'm really bored so I'll stop acting messy and compare everyone in this game to Abi gifs 

Luke- 

Steffen- 

Andrew- 

Drew- 

Jordan-

 Me:

After everything that Drew and I have done and planned in this game it could all be coming down to me potentially having to draw a rock. I can't believe that I could be WILLINGLY drawing a rock for JORDAN PINES (that's an episode title if I ever did see one tbh!).The same Jordan Pines that sent me to the wall way back when...like HOW does this happen..I'm shook. In the event that I do need to draw a rock and I do go home then I gave my idol to Drew so he's guarantee to make the final 4 because I really want him to win this game if he can't. In the event that I don't need to pull a rock and I stay then either Drew or I need to win next immunity so the idol can be played on the vulnerable person and we can make final 4. At that point it doesn't matter that our close bond would be exposed because the most that could happen at that point is a tiebreaker challenge which we could fight to win. An ideal scenario would be if it were final 2 and it was #Drewcas sat there but a final 3 with somebody like Nic or Steffen that haven't really done anything is idea so that one of us can win this game.

UMMMMMMMMMMM STEFFEN THINKS LUKE IS SO FAR UP JORDAN'S ASS THAT EVERYTHING IS OVER FOR HIM NOW I CAN'T EVEN FUNCTION

I repeat, up ******JORDAN'S****** ASS 

Me and Luke: have been best friends since I showed up on Lannister and he complained that he had no one to work with there and I was like "Fuck, me too!" Me and Luke: talk out every move of the game together Me and Luke: pass idols back and forth for safekeeping like it's a damn game of monkey-in-the-middle (and y'all really are the monkeys) Me and Luke: call each other almost every night for hours until the sun rises in England Me @ everyone every vote: "Let me talk to Luke, I should be able to get him to vote with me." Me @ anyone who asks: "Oh my god, I love Luke, he's literally the best." Me @ Darian: "Bye I'm not voting for Luke, that kid is so important to me." Everyone else: "zOMG I'M SO CONFUSED WHO IS LUKE WITH, IT MUST BE JORDAN, THIS MAKES NO SENSE, WHY WOULD HE DO THIS, THE WORLD IS ENDING, JORDAN PINES HAS HIS PUPPET!!!!!!!!!!" Me and Luke: 

Like BYEEEEEE the reason you didn't fight harder with me to get me to vote out Jordan is because you thought you already had majority without me, like I heard all about it, every step of the way. And now you're mad at me because I signed your death warrant??? I quite literally cried for this vote, don't put this part on me too, especially when you think you're in this shitstorm because you're reading the entire game incorrectly. Nic was the one Jordan thought he had and he lost that person, Jordan has no one now because after this vote, he doesn't have me, which means he doesn't have Luke. But I'm not gonna be the one to tell you that. Or tell Jordan that. Or anyone. Because somehow Luke and I have played this game lock-step since fucking Boat-O-Cross and no one took the time to notice. 

I don't think Steffen is actually going to take it to rocks. If Jordan was pulling one too then he might because that's the person he's really afraid of. But I don't think he'll risk a 1/3 chance of leaving himself to get a 1/3 chance of eliminating the person who Steffen thinks is Jordan's puppet, who in his eyes has already done his job of protecting Jordan when he was vulnerable.  So after ALLLLLLL the conflict of the past 18 hours, I should be getting what I want out of this tribal. The only thing that fucks me up now is if this actually goes to rocks and Luke goes home. But even then, I have his idol right now, so like....... one way or another, I'm making it to F4. Hopefully that's with Luke, Nic, and Steffen, which looks nothing like the final five I had planned so many cycles ago, but this is working out even better. If I can get rid of Jordan and make it to the end without him being too upset with me, I could very conceivably get Ben, Lily, Ashley, Darian, and Jordan to vote for me to win. Hell, Brian might too, and who knows what Andrew will do, or the other person to leave in that ideal scenario. But like I don't feel like I've burned any juror bridges. There are still two rounds left to go and a lot of shit can go down, like Jordan winning out, Luke and I guessing wrong on the idol and not making final four together, people in jury being more bitter than I'm anticipating or seeing someone differently than I'm seeing them and rewarding their game over mine, like I've seen it all before. But I feel good about this. The rest of this season? It's doable.

Steffen is going off at me for not telling him I was voting Andrew and I'm SCREAMING. Just because he's only just decided to wake up and start playing doesn't mean the rest of us have. We've actually been playing whereas he's just been like "oh well gosh golly I sure do hope the vote isn't against little old me!" And then doing nothing about it like....the gag is you actually have to PLAY to succeed

Drew and Luke can choke 

Luke is a patronizing asshole and I’d literally put my hand in a blender than speak to him again 

[12/10/16, 8:19:10 AM] Lucas: heY STEfFen [12/10/16, 10:39:50 AM] Steffen Bøhn: whats up [12/10/16, 10:40:46 AM] Lucas: oh nm :) you? [12/10/16, 10:41:05 AM] Steffen Bøhn: well you know got lied to so thats fun [12/10/16, 10:42:42 AM] Lucas: always fun [12/10/16, 10:43:21 AM] Steffen Bøhn: so like I was hoping you would try to explain why you were playing along with this “plan” the entire time when you could’ve just told me that you weren’t interested, I would’ve completely been ok with it, its better than this [12/10/16, 10:44:17 AM] Lucas: i mean, that's survivor. you have to play the game and you have to get information and play your cards right. it wouldn't be survivor if everybody just told the truth the entire time [12/10/16, 10:45:38 AM] Steffen Bøhn: Im sorry that came off as just patronizing if I’m being honest, like I want to hear this from your perspective cause I’m not seeing it now and I’d like to [12/10/16, 10:48:13 AM] Lucas: If I'd just been like "oh well I don't wanna vote Jordan out I'm voting Andrew out" you know damn well that you would have run straight to Nic and Andrew and been like "oh my god Luke isn't voting with us what are we going to do" and then have me be a potential target? It would have been stupid of me to have shown my cards to you at that point. Believe it or not I have been playing this game 

again rather would jump onto a bed of nails than continue this conversation

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 9:  I love chaos and destruction. - Andrew

well, I just voted off my best friend... that was great.. not

I don't know what I trust anymore I hope to god drew and Jordan stay true to their word... please please please

Well I accidentally voted for Darian and caused a tie, which I thought would be a bad thing and piss off my new alliance of me, Jordan, Drew, Nic, and Luke, BUT it ended up being a great thing as Darian and Ashley just spilled beans after can of beans to me right before we all voted Ash out. Drew has an idol, ok sweet. Darian and Steffen have been a thing, ok good to know. 

Also looking at the jury so far I think I'm looking pretty good. I've been very lowkey and I think it's made me less of a target so I get to save my Big MovesTM for later on, closer to the end. I need to make a bootlist, that will be in the next confession. Also I fucking hate logic puzzles GOD.

ok this vote should be easy Darian will go, our alliance agreed on it.

I told Luke that Darian was bringing his name up, so I'm sure Luke is down for the plan lol 

hopefully nothing crazy happens. After this Andrew can go. From then on i'll decide if i wanna keep steffen to make a move or vote him out. He'll get voted out sooner or later regardless

also... Part 2 of Operation: If You Fuck with Me You're Dead is underway

Let me recap this entire game so far: 

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Ok so basically, this entire game only began for me recently. Since I was always immune on Lannister, On the wall for three week, and then immune at the tribal I returned at, my first real experience with playing this game was first merge tribal with Ben. 

Ben was an ally of mine, and I like him, but considering I had just returned and had NO IDEA what was happening in this game, I didn't wanna push anything. So he had to go. 

After that, me and Jordan bonded a lot. We became close allies and wanted to go to the end together. I talked with Steffen and Darian too, and trusted them a lot and decided to vote with them. The """"plan"""" was to blindside Drew. However, turns out they were lying to me and the plan was actually Lily. 

This is where my roadblock in this game was. I was mad and honestly wanna to be voted out. I didn't care what I said in the tribe chat at all. I expected to go home that tribal. I wanted nothing to do with them. 

But I reconnected w/ Jordan and plans started to form. The alliance of me/Jordan/Brian/Luke/Drew became a thing. We were gonna vote out Ashley but it tied bc Brian had a medical emergency. So it tied, and we still voted out Ashley. And then spawns my game plan.

Since things have turned around, I'm a lot happier and wanna win this game. I may have to pull another stunt and pretend to be over it tho cause I'm afraid people will catch on.

My goal? To go to final 2 w/ Jordan. Idk if I can beat him but being runner-up is still a good look

Jordan wants to have a blindside and blindside Brian He thinks Brian is a threat but.. how? where? when? what has brian done no offense 

If we're gonna make a move I'd like it to be on Steffen or Drew tbh. I'll try to convince him

So last night I kind of entered a truce with drew and Jordan and rerouted Jordan's plan to get out darian which ya know, is stupid cause darian is just so bad, and got them to take out an in between in Brian somehow, so that was the plan, and conveniently darian started campaigning heavily and I was like, WELL THIS WORKS, then nic comes to me confirming the plan and so I had to act naive that I didn't know what was going on with him, but nic this isn't my first rodeo, this plan was mine but you don't need to know it, so rn I'm just praying that he doesn't have an idol and all is gucci 

But as always I won't be surprised if I die tonight

we had such a good plan but darian fucked it up and now hes going basically everyone hates darian now so me and drew were banking off of it and we were going to work with him and we were going to blindside brian we need luke and nic in it to work cause we need their trust if we had told them they probs would have been on board darian goes to luke and is like hey were going to vote out brian which is so stupid cause luke hates darian and doesnt trust him had me or drew went to luke being like lets flip things up and take out brian he probs would have been on board but luke is already messaging me being like darian told me brian, i dont trust it hes probably getting votes on me like that plan might be ruined 

the plan isn’t ruined darian is just too much like he needs to calm the fuck down 

why am i such a bitch? its official btw, i am aligned with everyone in this game this can only end poorly

I've literally been trying to get Darian out of the game since before merge but every single time there is a plan to get him out it falls through and somebody else gets voted out and I HATE IT. I WANT HIM GOOOOOOOOOOONE. As always Drew is my closest and most trusted ally. We were talking and we maybe want to take Jordan to final 3 with us because we both feel like we have better games than him and one of us could win which is awesome and would be a great way to end the season so yes. I am winning over here with my 0 votes against and not being a target at all :)

I really hope TRIBAL goes well... since last week I lost my best friend 😂

Wow it's been 12 years. 

Literally nothing has happened to me highkey. We merged. And I'm like not really a target because I'm floating. Lily died who was really the one that was gonna gun for me. Ashley and Darian brawled and I wanted to keep Ashley because Darian would never talk to me but she died. Steffen keeps me in the loop. Jordan and I hit a rough patch trust wise but are trying to work together. Nic is kinda a mess. I didn't know Brian was in the game until last round. I'm very indifferent about Luke but he's cool. I guess Darian is on the outs after this? According to Ashley he had everyone wrapped around his finger which doesn't seem to be the case. Anyway if Brian goes then I think Jordan and I will try and establish a 4 person thing with Drew and Steffen. 

It's funny because I have been such a non-factor in this game but have been paying attention to EVERYTHING happening. All of the conflicts. All of the positioning on the social ladder. All of the allegiances. I think? Allegiances are a little wonky but I think I have an idea. I haven't played a hardcore floater game like this... ever really. I won't win with the game I'm playing right now but it's fun to see what happens. I'll probably get dragged if I make final tribal though. But that's fine. 

Oh yeah and I won immunity bitches so suck it. AND I HAVE DRAGONS THAT LET ME ESCAPE A TRIBAL SO DOUBLE SUCK IT. AND MY SWORD MAKES A TRIPLE SUCK IT. I love chaos and destruction.

IF I GO... R.I.P...................................... i cannot believe.........

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 8: Operation: If You Fuck With Me you're Dead - Nic

steffen, darian, yall really fucked me up. i am so mad right now. to be fucked over like this i know i considered voting out steffen earlier but i felt bad and went back on it but i feel so fucking mad and lied to and its stupid.

I'm SHOOK! IT WORKED 😂😂😂😂😂😂

ok so first you know we take off on our dragons cause you know DRAGONS FROM AN AUCTION, while at the fantastic meal place, I snag a vote stealer, cause lets face it, Id rather have control of that rather than anyone else so we get back to camp and Jordan wins immunity in basically a second, so yay another Jordan winning streak, but then we have a lot of down time until the vote, and right as Im ready to go to bed, Darian and Ashley message me saying we need to talk and I’m like, wtf I do now I was basically feeling like I just had a ice cream truck fall on me from the sky turns out I wooed them over to trusting me, and they revealed that Lily wanted my head, which shocked me cause I thought we were good, but in retrospect, I did vote her out before so not a suprise but turns out she had leaked her hit list to Darian and Ashley, going from me to brian to nic, with Andrew somewhere in there and you know while I was freaking out, Ashley and Darian were like wtf we do, so then we sorta came up with a vote split plan, and lets just say it revealed a lot it was super complicated but involved me lying to Nic, which we were kinda on even terms but like, when Darian was going over the plan with him, Nic wanted me out so at that point I knew I couldn’t trust him, following such theres been doubt put in my mind that Drew is in my best intentions and in fact was going to vote me out if not for his self vote, I mean it took a hell of a lot of prying to get him to admit that Lily was targeting me so whether he really wants to play with me is a question at this point But while we were gathering votes I discovered some real interesting information 

1. Jordan isn’t to be trusted in this game with me anymore, he went around trying to get me to vote Andrew and everyone else to vote me, and Brian was already hectic and scared so instead of telling him all the info about how Jordan told me Andrew, I played off that paranoia and bonded with Brian against Lily 

2. Luke, literally my secret spy to get me tea I love him, he basically came clean with all the Jordan tea of targeting me and it just was amazing 

3. Andrew I feel is closer to me than ever because I was there with him for a hard time, and I leaked info to him about Lily targeting him, and Jordan telling me to vote him out 

Basically I feel in an ok spot, the only people I have to be iffy about at this point is Nic, Drew and Jordan, and if I can somehow go about Jordan leaving soon, that’d be great but we managed to have everything work out I got a feel for the tribe dynamics And Lily got voted out after coming for me

anyway for darian and Steffen to use my vote like that and be straight up liars is so ugly I hate men 🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊 jk my new closest ally Jordan is a man 

why does everyone think I'm dumb is it because I act dumb all the time ?? probably

OKAY SO THIS IS A RANT FOR MY CONFESSIONAL SO DARIAN THINKS HES REAL SLICK BUT I SEE RIGHT THROUGH HIM He told me lily was out for me so obviously I vote along with him, but the way he told me about it was sus I’m usually good at sniffing out a rat but there was little I could do ABOUT it and it would be dumb to make waves about it now, but I see him. There’s no way he did;t know the votes would be split like that, I think there is a group making puppets out of some of us and I need to figure out who exactly is in that group. I know its Darian and Ashley probably Pines too, makybe not. I also just realized I was accidentally interrogating Darian so I’m gonna chill for a little bit But I see him -.- also fucking LOL at Jordan trying to tell me he was the one vote for Steffen when we already know it was Lily hahaha

Well, I'm pretty sure I just shook this entire game up and I have NO IDEA what's going to happen next... I definitely need to win immunity next week or I'm probs screwed 😂 Getting lily out but I voted drew and he's not too happy about it.  He says we are good but... we aren't.. I know it... I really don't think we are good at all Maybe I'm wrong.. idk😭😭😭 I'm so confused

So that tribal was just quite interesting. I mean Darian and I completely got shit done. But now Darian is most likely going to be a target cuz I kinda made him do all my dirty work.... God I am like an awful person (cwl) Well I mean Darian is the one who went to Nic and Brain and suggested our plan, Steffen went to Andrew... I kinda just sat back and watched everything happen, so hopefully no one will completely know I had a semi huge impact on that tribal.

BYE DARIAN IS A LITTLE SHIT HUH This messy Aeolian gameplay whew

So alot has happened & I'm just gonna use the opportunity to write about it.

Soooo last tribal, I was told me, steffen, darian, brian, ashley would all be voting Drew. However, it turns out they were lying to me. 

Darian? Dead to me. Steffen? Dead to me. I have to admit being lied to and being taken advantage of hurt. But in the end it only showed me the light. I love cutting people out ! Who knew 

I love burning bridges and then using the leftover pieces to build new ones. Cause now, the plan is for me, Jordan (my closest ally), Drew (the person i voted for who i am now voting with), Brian (the person who ive barely spoken to), and Luke (icon) to all vote together and take out one of the Terrivle Trio, aka D*rian/S******/Ashley. 

Also apparently Drew has an idol!! Which is iconic. He could be lying to me but idc bc if he is.. whats new lol If this plan works out I will give every person who voted with me 100 dollars. 

If it doesn't work out I just have more excuses to be mad at the people who betrayed me. 

Also.. me being able to freely express my opinions because I don't give a fuck what happens? a concept. If I get voted out it's no big deal cause I have actual friends in Wonderland. Anyway.... bye guys I'm sure I'll have another one of these as things progress. ALSO SHOUTOUT TO JC......... thanks for that letter. You winning Panem and me winning Westeros... its a prophecy

right now im gonna go to steffen and darian and act sorry. will they buy it...... probably not. they're smarter than that! apparently.

So.. tribal is approaching. I have to admit, with everything that has been planned, I will be a bit disappointed to go home. 

Everything is working so far. We have the majority alliance and Steffen/Darian probably have no idea it's Ashley tonight. In fact, Steffen even thinks I've been rallying against Darian. 

I don't wanna get to confident. But I hope this game turns around

Who knew this was gonna be a tie vote! Who knew Brian was gonna change his vote. 

Every moment in this game is an opportunity tho. Even though I've already sent my vote in for Ashley, I'll still use this to chance to make a deal with Darian and let him campaign to me. And with this tied vote, I can still kinda make Steffen think I voted Darian. Which is what he though before tribal. Hopefully this puts me in a good position 

I'm using this to mend bonds with Steffen/Darian, while maintaining my bonds with the others. Minus Andrew idek him 

(i feel like i already sent a confessional about this oh well) 

Anyway now that I actually have something to lose.. I have to be careful of what I say 

How did I go from on the bottom basically asking to be voted out to being in this good position........ I scream

So that tribal was interesting. Darian and I are now kinda against each other and he is very certain it will be unanimous that I am leaving. Which makes me want to punch sense into him because literally anyone can lie through text.

Anyway. my strategy rn is called "Operation: If You Fuck With Me you're Dead" and if that isnt a good episode title idk what is @hosts. 

Ashley? check. 

Darian and Steffen? we'll see i have tons of abi gifs ready

me before F9 tribal:

me @ Ashley and Darian after F9 tribal: 

me @ Nic and Brian after F9 tribal: 

me shopping for a new alliance: 

me as the Ashley votes came rolling in: 

Ashley and Darian as the votes came rolling in: 

me @ Ashley when she tried to apologize: 

me @ Ashley's begging: 

me when she tried to give me her turkey leg: 

me realizing there are still five more weeks of this game: 

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED I'm soooo in the dark it's not even funny My own best friend who just performed the best show yet with me LIED TO MY FACE 😭😭😭😭

[2016-12-03, 9:15:21 PM] Darian Goggin: I [2016-12-03, 9:15:24 PM] Darian Goggin: Am shook [2016-12-03, 9:15:29 PM] Darian Goggin: What just happened [2016-12-03, 9:18:28 PM] Jordan Pines: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ why am i the worst

Dear damn diary 

well thanks to myanmar for screwing up my sleep cycle it seems Ive been out of the voting cycle due to trying to catch up on sleep, so basically its become a Nic and Darian fight, and if I could look at myself at the beginning of the season, I’d pat myself on the back and say, Raven Symone would be proud of you CAUSE YOU CALLED IT.  So while he did save me last round, Im not saving him if Im in minority, its just stupid at this point, so Im at least going to give him the dignity of giving him a heads up, cause he deserves it at this point, but I knew Id probably not go to the end with him, guess I was right, so gotta go with the flow today cause I am too sick to put in effort here

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 7: I feel personally victimized - Luke

why are they abaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

also steffen or drew will win this season bookmark this.

I can't Beloeve

So glad to be back in the game! The amount of shock in the chat was awesome! Hahah I'm just glad I didn't get eliminated without receiving a single vote. Although I know I'll get one now!

First of all I feel personally victimized by the hosts for allowing people to come back. Next I feel personally victimized because Darian came back and he has reason to target me!!! Going forward I'm trusting Drew the most because I love him so much :) Ashley, Steffen and Jordan are also strong allies of mine. I want to target Darian next and then I want either Brian, Lily or Andrew out. Jordan should leave fairly soon too because he's a big threat and that means betraying him but I need to do what I need to do to win.

So I got some kick ass items at auction today. I got a Wildfire, which can reset a round and make all of our challenge results null so we have to do them over. I also got a ride on a dragon thanks to Steffen, even though we don't know about it yet. He got to choose two others to take with him and chose Drew and I, which I really awesome because I am starting to like Steffen a lot. Hopefully we can get closer in the upcoming days. I also got a turkey leg, which gives me an advantage in a challenge up to final five, so that is pretty chill too.

Darian and Lily coming back????? UGLY!!!! KEEP THEM!!!!!!!! But also like I'm rebelling more against the fact of HAVING two people come back than the reality of who they are. If two people were going to come back, they’re DECENT choices because at least they both like me? But they come with their own vendettas against other people I like and it’s a PROBLEMMMMMMM. Darian coming back means the tension between him and Luke is gonna come to a head sooner rather than later. And Lily wants to take out both Andrew and Steffen QUICK because of reasons. Meanwhile WHAT EXACTLY HAS MY ASS BEEN DOING???? Aligning with almost every damn person in the game! Jordan specifically said “i feel like were aligned with too many people at this point. Like we need to actually get on a side” and my internal monologue is laughing because I think I’m connected to even more than he is because I’m with Steffen too???? 

1. Me Ashley Jordan Darian  2. Me Ashley Luke Steffen 3. Me Ashley Andrew  4. Me Ashley Andrew Luke Jordan 5. Me Jordan Lily 

I’m about one second away from starting one with Brian and Nic just for shits. And THEY’RE ALL FUCKING TARGETING EACH OTHER!!!! Luke and Steffen bonded on call over wanting Darian gone and have brought up Jordan’s name, Jordan and Lily want Steffen gone, Lily is PUSHING for Andrew to go and Jordan and I can only keep her at bay for so long, and LITERALLY NO ONE IS BRINGING UP BRIAN AND NIC TO GO like I’m about to upset a whole group of people really quickly. I think my best course of action right now, if Ashley would be open to it, would be to blindside Darian right the fuck back out. I need to convince Jordan that our five-person alliance (listed above as #4) is the most important thing in the world right now because it’s numbers after this vote. It’s also another alliance that I have with both Ashley and Jordan so if they’re on board for the Darian blindside, then we can do it without pissing anyone off. Except Darian but I mean whatever, it’s not like I have to see him at high school the next day (sorry Ashley!!!). And it keeps Luke happy, and I’m all about keeping Luke happy. And it might convince Brian and Nic that we’d go for Lily next and just cleanse the field, and honestly that’d be nice too. 

This is my dream boot list, at least for now (subject to like 18,000 revisions so like take it with the entire container of salt that for some reason is a current Snapchat filter with the Morton’s wig and umbrella) 

10th place: Darian, with the consent of Ashley and Jordan  9th place: Brian because whew comp strength  8th place: Steffen because I don’t know that I can hold Jordan and Lily off any longer on that one 7th place: Nic, to, in the words of Lord Voldemort, kill the spare 6th place: Andrew because he might not see it coming at that time? The kid has been to the Citadel so fucking much, I can’t 5th place and beyond I don’t fucking know yet??? That’s a really tough position to be in because everyone in that final five would potentially want to work to the end with me but they’re all also threats to win. Ashley has been a main co-conspirator since the very beginning for me, but walks in with at least Darian’s vote almost pre-destined. Jordan and I work well together and his reputation often works against him, but I honestly think this isn’t the jury that would hold that against him like Costa Rica did, and he would have Ben’s vote almost pre-destined. Lily’s story could go either way, in that she’d been voted out twice, she doesn’t deserve to win, or that she’s fought back in twice and made it to the end. Especially if people like Steffen and Jordan are on jury, that’s going to really resonate with them as people who have won buybacks and almost won with them before. Luke probably has the least amount of connections from that potential jury pool, but has a great story of being the only foreigner and needing to adapt to our schedules, staying up until 4-5am every night to participate with us when we’re at our most available. Steffen would really respond to that, having played seasons from Norway and understanding the struggle. Honestly I could end up with the worst case to present in any configuration of that five, but I’ll worry about that as we get closer because I think that’s the configuration that best LEADS to me getting to finals. I can argue my way through a lot of things, and if I lose, I lose, I’d be happy losing to any of them. This might be the strongest social game I’ve ever had?? Or I could be wildly delusional and other people have just as many chats with just as many leads and I don’t factor into anyone’s final plans. We’ll see, I guess

Pray for me, it’s gonna be a fucking bumpy ride. 

So Steffen, Drew and I's dragon ride ended with me getting a vote revealer, Drew getting an advantage in a challenge of his choosing, and Steffen got a vote stealer. We all agreed to it and are now in a semi alliance. So this should be interesting.

So I won immunity yay :) Sam got mad at me cause she spent a long time making that challenge and I beat it in 8 minutes so i felt bad and decided to make an actual confessional. Shocking right? Anyways even if I didnt have immunity I think Im in a good spot? like okay, so i have a lot of alliances. I have one with Andrew Drew Luke and Ashley, one with Drew Ashley and Darien, One with Lily and Drew and then i sort of have an alliance with Nic. Meaning I am not aligned with Steffen, meaning ideally Steffen goes. lily told me she has the power to take away someones immunity so thats good that thats on my side. Either way, things are good for Jordan. First confessional done, dont expect another

me to jordan yesterday: lets vote out steffen lily to me today: i was thinking steffen for next tribal 

ok sooo i do think steffen is a big threat and could win but i feel bad about voting him out cause im not invested in this game and idk if he is but he could win so i feel guilty if i vote him out and stay over him r . i. o. p. in peace

well well wel......... this is perfect. darian came to me wanting to blindside a threat so i said drew and now he's doing all the work to get drew sent home :o i spoke to steffen abotu it and hes good and darians gonna try to get andrew/brian/ashley so hopefully that works. 

i have a really good feeling where this is the episode where my edit goes from INV to MOR3

HONESTLYYYYYYYYYYY disregard the boot list, scrap it, move on from it, delete the confessional, it NEVER. HAPPENED.

Lily has gone to Drew, Jordan, Darian and Ashley to try and get me out. Ashley and Darian came clean to me about it and now we’re sorting stuff out now.  darian thing lets him see a random alliance chat don’t like it. Lily is after me, then Brian, then Andrew. Drew has an idol from the citadel so now we’re strategizing. trying to spill that Luke wanted Brian gone. Lily has Drew and Jordan but only Jordan. Nic has to vote Drew. Drew might have to self vote Brian has to vote lily Andrew will vote lily Darian votes Drew Steffen votes lily Ashley votes lily Lily votes SteffenJordan votes Steffen Luke votes TBA 

so Luke came to me with Jordan tea about how now Jordan is voting me out well good job Lily I officially say you can choke now [17:46:00] Luke: So do we know what's happening yet? 

[17:46:08] Jordan (Westeros): no one is talking [17:46:19] Jordan (Westeros): if i didn’t have immunity id be freaking out [17:47:15] Luke: That's why I'm freaking out!! [17:47:23] Jordan (Westeros): i want to target steffen tbh [17:49:39] Luke: Oh wow really? You think that could work? [17:49:49] Jordan (Westeros): i think we could potentially get the voes [17:49:51] Jordan (Westeros): votes 

So screw you Lily, and Jordan next time you go behind my back, be a little more creative you little toad and as soon as Jordan tried to get me to vote out Andrew IM LIKE SURE but then sent those receipts to andrew also I might now have Luke voting out Lily 

[11/30/16, 6:42:48 PM] Brian: [2016-11-30, 11:38:39 AM] Brian: have you heard anything about the vote today? [2016-11-30, 12:19:23 PM] Lily Owen: Yeah, people are planning on Steffen [11/30/16, 6:42:59 PM] Steffen Bøhn: oh yeah [11/30/16, 6:42:59 PM] Brian: [2016-11-30, 6:42:13 PM] Brian: so idk [2016-11-30, 6:42:13 PM] Jordan Pines: no one has said it to me [2016-11-30, 6:42:17 PM] Jordan Pines: ive heard steffen so far [2016-11-30, 6:42:22 PM] Jordan Pines: and i think thats where I’m leaning

I GOT BRIAN SENDING ME SHIT NOW AW HELL YAS 

So I am terrified for this upcoming tribal. Some shit is going to go down. After the auction there are so many items in this game that I can't even keep my head straight.

So Darian got approached by Lily, who said she wanted to get Steffen out. She had this whole hit list and whatnot, and stupidly told Darian a lot of crap. So basically he comes to me and tells me everything. So now we are working with Steffen to try and find a solution... Hopefully all of this stuff is true, because if not, who the hell knows who is leaving tonight.

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 6: Like fuck I'll do it but don't make me - Drew

I'm really feeling my position in this game right now to be honest. I havesuper strong relationships with Drew and Ashley, my relationships with Steffen, Jordan and Andie are getting stronger so I think with these connections I should be good for a few votes! Ben and Nic are lowkey on the outs in my eyes and who even knows where Brian is at right now so I think things are going good. I'd love to win some individual immunities to add to my already amazing track record and I'd also loooove the opportunity to get an idol at some point!

w0wzers I can't believe I made the merge!!111

So John FUCKING COFFEY IS IN THE GAME Basically I've decided to quit and run away with that man because he could destroy me any day

Merge is lit, I love how my fellow cameramen and women are always on call and we just shit talk the cast.

OK SO, heres like a catch up to whats been happening these past 2 episodes...ish 

SO I APPARENTLY AM LIKE A GOD AT WINNING WARDEN'S BATTLES, or more or less, my tribe is full of flops, I'd say either or, but lets face it, literally any form of Stark is made to fail.  So like last round I had literally no options, so I had to bs whatever thing I could, and it seems that like so many god damn times before, I have to deal with Stark losing again, but instead of sending someone else to the wall, Ben and Andie, who are now iffy close, decided to send Nick out of the game, and see I love Nick and everything, like he's the sweetest, BUT OMG, that guy can't fight his way out of a paper bag, sure I'd love to work with him and take him to the end, but unlike Andie, guess what, like last time Nick didn't talk to anyone, making it super easy for people just to target him, and as apparently I was in everyone's good graces, I could escape for the millionth time without a single vote....interesting, we can always be hopeful, but like honestly I'd love to keep Stevie's man alive because lets face it, I love Stevie more than anyone else in the community, I mean we crushed the Bangladesh Draft, Congrats Sam btw again cause ILY, but like if Nick can't fight for himself, and the whole tribe is against him, then I'm not going to sacrifice myself to save him no matter how much I like him, its not how I role. 

So Nick goes, and WE FINALLY MERGE, so we're here, Nic is freaking out over getting voted out and I'm like girl...calm da hell down, really though I'm re-united with like Baes in Drew and Luke and Andrew, but now, I'm here with 2 people that potentially hate me in Ashley, don't know why, and Jordan who I've been shakily with in TAR, so you know, if I'm merge boot I wouldn't be surprised, but hopefully I can just like work on that over break....lets hope for the best cause I'm known to flop like most times.....also when IS THIS DAMN WALL GONNA DAMN END, like I know Stevie hates me and would punt me into the sun, but come on, I need like at least a little context or else I'm thinking some dirty things are going on and thats........ew

IM BACK AND I CANNOT BELIEVE 

that I was the only one to submit. 

Some people just give up so easily I swear. 

So it's merge and I'm really not in a great spot. I'm hoping that I can pull something together after the Warden's Battle, because most of post swap Lannister seems pretty intent on not gaming at all. Steffen gave me his long drawn out explanation of why he sent me to the wall, basically saying it was so that we wouldnt have to turn on each other... 

Okay? Then why did they then vote out Lily? HE says its because Andie got Nick and Nathan on his side. Okay? Then why were you able to vote out Nick next? It's all a bunch of hooey and I can't wait to get my revenge. 

I feel a weird distance between me and both Ashley and Drew. I'm worried I was apart from Drew for too long and he's put something else together. 

Also there must be at least one idol floating around at this point, which is always  a great time. 

 Hey!!!! I've started vlogging so go check out episode 1 and go from there! 

I cant believe that Sam and Stevie are dating the same guy wtf. But i guess that means Nick is #teambi

Oh shit I won immunity and didn't even know it! 

Today has been shitty so this was a nice turn of events. 

This is going to be a short confessional but basically I hope this means more people will actually TALK TO ME because I was actually quite shook about going to tribal but now I can be a messy bitch and call people out. 

HONESTLY THIS HAD BETTER BE A DAMN FINAL THREE SEASON because I've put in too much fucking work with Luke and Ashley separately to burn them. Like fuck I'll do it but don't make me.......Luke is too cute and I've already fucked with enough of Connor's high school.

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 4: Who the hell has time to balance a cup on their fingers for 2 hours? - Ashley

Just voted out Nathan and basically started an f2 with Brian tonight. Idk wtf I am doing. But I knew I had to get someone. Brian now knows I have personal ties to the other tribe and that I could probably get us in on a majority alliance, so hopefully we can kick some ass come merge.

Also I have pretty much figured that Andrew and Brian are a thing. I mean that is understandable, whatever Brian says Andrew goes with and vice versa, I aint stupid, I'll be keeping my eye out.

Wow I am fucking HEATED rn 

Of course Andie wins, why didn't anyone tell him not to send me??? Some alliance. Whatever, I have faith that I can win my way back in and hopefully I get sent to Lannister instead so that I can hook up with Drew and Ashley and actually feel remotely safe for a little bit. I am DONE with Stark goddamn.

GUESS WHOS BACK 

BACK AGAIN 

FAT B BACK 

TELL A FRIEND 

I am so glad I made it back in and didn't even end up looking like as big of a threat as I was worried I would. Now I am immune, Andie will be voted out (or Nathan but I'm gonna push Andie), and the merge will more than likely come afterwards. This likely also means The Wall twist will be over and I am IMMUNE in the last tribal before that happens. Which is just the best news there is.

I'm chilling in the Knights alliance with Lily, Steffen, and Ben and I hope that now I can push the move to take out Andie so they have one less person when they reconnect with OG Lannister. Also praying that Ashley survives their tribal so I can reconnect with her and also Drew who is immune thank the lord. 

Not much else to report except that I am going to have to stay up until 5 to finish this essay but I was probably going to stay up that late anyway. 

xoxo fat b 

Oh wait, whats that, immunity, around my neck, I like this look. Also not miss me using New Girl to drown out my pain, YUP, mainly did that as a shout out to Steph at the Wall, GIRL GET BACK TO THE GAME, come on, literally all I need is for Nick to not get voted out, and for Steph to win her way back into the game, I NEED THAT. 

So lets go over everything, so Stark loses immunity, so we had to go to tribal, and you know, I thought we were set, BUT, Lily had to be dumb and win Warden, then sent Nic to the Wall, and Nathan came back, so we lost our 4-3 advantage over stark on our new tribe, which was hella problematic. So it seemed us Lannister's were scheduled for death...yeah not on my watch, so in that new (K)nights alliance, when Brian was laying out potential targets, I steered him more towards taking out Josh as opposed to Andie, and HOLY BRICK ON A STICK (yes, no cursing Im a child), not only did we save Andie, BUT NOT A SINGLE LANNISTER GOT A SINGLE VOTE, like what kind of rig is this, I love it. 

So that take us to the Warden's challenge, which Andie won, and now seemingly in my pocket, I needed him back on my side, so even though I sent him to the wall last time, I was like, hey lets not do that, gotta keep our numbers on our side, and seeing as I want Nathan gone now, lets not send him and have him come back with immunity, so when Andie put out Brian I was like, HELL YEAH, do that. SO Brian left, and then we were told it was going to be going to a double tribal, and the first thing that went into my mind was, DONT LET NATHAN WIN IMMUNITY 

So now with this new mantra I was screaming through the pain while doing this challenge, and after 2 hours of hell that I didn't need to do APPARENTLY, my hand spasmed and I lost my cup, but apparently I used my Abbey powers and I won an endurance competition, so now DIS GURL IS SAFE, but now Brian came back, is immune and kinda gunning for Andie for sending him to the wall, but Andie is with me now, but if we don't merge next round I might be in trouble if Nathan goes and then its me in the middle of 2 sides if we lose again, but Im probably going to throw the warden battle if Andie leaves, BUT, Nathan isn't on my side whatsoever, so I'd rather have Nathan go, so I just have to tip Brian in that direction....lets hope I can cause I rather play my game, and Im immune, so hey, maybe be a little messy this round could work out, but I gotta play the long game, and that means make merge, so gotta do that most importantly...wish me luck ya toes.....Also Stevie sent me an interesting snap today....just leaving that here 

#PhackYouALLISNO

Who the hell has time to balance a cup on their fingers for 2 hours?

I'm so exhausted even if i haven't been able to do the last two challenges. Usually it's never been a problem, but in this game, the social aspect seems to be the hardest part of it all. I'm surprised I lasted this long, and that's probably just because I got back from the wall.

I'M SCREAMING. HOW DID I GET BACK INTO THE GAME?? Anyways I still haven't been to Tribal Council yet and I have to go tonight because it's a double but I'm immune soooo technically??? I've been immune from every single tribal since the game began. Michele Fitzgerald who??? My main focus going forward is to improve my social game especially with Nick and Jordan as I flop when it comes to talking to them. Kind of anticipating a merge soon so I can't wait for that

So Drew and I are basically a thing. We are in two alliances together (Triforce(rip Rhone), and Once was money, now I'm broke), and we pretty much just saved Andrew from being voted out. We are targeting Nick this tribal, so then after this vote Drew and I will be involved in the two major alliances, hopefully keeping us safe.

if I go home.. bye friends and allies :( it's been fun. I never went to tribal though. so I'm a record holder

I really hope my alliance pulls through tonight. I really don't want to go home yet

ugh these people are not slick obviously they want to keep Andie around over Nathan so they can work with him at the merge god.

literally I want to scream Ben's fucking face off for talking to be so fucking condescendingly god. All the fucking emojis and shit. Like I have no say in whats happening because Im working with people who would probably vote me out rn if I wasnt immune. Even if I vote for Andie it would just be 4-2 so whatever Ben gets what he wants this round, but I'm jumping ship the moment I can I hate this alliance.

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 3: so this tribe is just a next level flop - Brian

It feels so good to be back in action again!!!! Being an Other was fun tbh, and the challenge I had to do was hella rad. Plus I now have two baby dragons, who I shall name Punpun Jr (pun if ur reading this ily) and Caroline. They are my children and I Love Them

So everyone who is voted out is now going to battle at the wall? That's interesting and terrifying all at once. Lily is back in the tribe, they are probably going to try and make connections seeing as though they were literally just voted out. The escaping the castle challenge kinda sucked ass because we realized Matt would never be on to participate, making it impossible for Stark to win. So we threw it, and unanimously voted Matt out. So thats cool.

No

me when I have no alliances ive talked to some people i don’t see me getting voted out if we lose but i don’t see me being everyones number 1like i created the strategy that won us the comp so hopefully there is some gratitude? even though the other side just gave up

I'm still insanely happy that we haven't had to go to tribal council yet because I really do feel like I'm on the bottom of the tribe. I'm kind of anticipating a tribe swap soon which would be cool because I want to talk to some new people and make alliances with people that I think trust me. As for the on this tribe I'm really not targeting anybody in particular. I like Steffen, Andie and Nick. Nic and Steph are cool but hardly talk and then Ben is off doing his own thing so I really think if we were to go to TC it was maybe (hopefully) come down to how people performed in the immunity challenge rather than alliances

So we killed Matt Summers and I'm feelin dandy! We took him out Caramoan style because that bitch was not gonna provide. Honestly taking out Lily and Matt has made me feel pretty good-ish? And plus I have a seemingly solid 4 with myself, Drew, Rhone, and Ashley. I think I can trust Ashley, but Rhone and Drew can be very sneaky players. Right now they're like two pet snakes I keep in a cage but have to check once every hour if they escaped or not. 

In terms of other relations... listen I'm trying to be as close as I can with Brian but the dude has his own agenda. Back in genz we very much had a similar idea of how we wanted the game to pan out but, it's obvious my allies are his enemies. And he tried making a hodgepodge thing with Ashley and I but he ended up voting Rhone when we voted Lily so idk how that's gonna work. I mean, he could very well be the next target if we lose again (which won't be surprising). I would want either him or Nathan going. I have minimal strategy talk with Nathan but he seems like a snake and gives me bad vibes. 

I think if I had to choose one person from this tribe I really wanna stick with it would be Ashley. We're involved with Rhone and Drew and then have Brian on the side which whether that's real or not - it still has us involved in some allegiance and has us talking about it. It adds an extra factor to the game only the two of us get to talk about. And honestly I would go into analyzing other people not with us like Steffen, Jordan, Josh, Steph, etc. but... I'm just focusing on surviving this flop as Stark tribe.

Look at me coming through with this INV/UTR1 edit! Sorry I've been so quiet, I've just had trouble keeping up with this game tbh. 

Lily's back from the wall and it's mad awkward bc of the tied vote between us two tribals ago. I feel like she's mad at me bc of the Polynesia info leak or whatever, but I hope she gets over it bc I genuinely want to work with her! I'm also solid with Drew, Andrew and Ashley still so I'm not in a terrible position really. I feel like if we go to tribal again it wouldn't be hard to get five people to vote Nathan or Brian, but I'd need to be a lot more active socially to lock those numbers in. Honestly at this point I'm just praying for a swap soon, I have friends on Lannister like Andie and Steffen so a swap would allow me to make some fresh connections that aren't tainted by the weirdness on Stark. My tribe is just too damn quiet.

my social game is non existent but i am in hos15 with nic and jordan so i can use that as leverage for them to never vote me out if the time ever comes

I can't believe I missed the warden challenge or whatever!! I told Sam I'd "do it tomorrow" when I first heard about it bc it was late and I was Die, buuuut I forgot about it all day and now I feel like a silly

We are lit #4WINS

I was hoping for an advantage but it was not that lit!

Well to start off, the hosts are yelling at me and I'm frightened, here I thought this game based on murder was going to be calm....yeah no 

So our tribe just managed to win like our 4th immunity in a row, like...how are we even doing this, like the first couple of challenges were just luck, now this, wow could we actually be competent, who knows.  So this whole Others thing has just been a shuffle for the entire time, people coming in and out, and I think the only people to actually leave the game have just quit.....how do people die again, cause now Im here like sitting not going anywhere and having Stark just fall in a million pieces where Lily comes back into the game, and apparently still has some beef with Rhone, but the Drew tells me that Rhone is done with this game and I'm like....well thats one less person who's going to actively try to destroy me. 

So all in all, I feel that Im in an ok position on my tribe..ish, I mean sure I need to talk a bit more probably, but like not many are doing it whatsoever, but with this potential swap coming up...I guess, I don't know this wall trash could be with us until merge, so thats fun junk, it might be the best idea just to try and actually go out and form that deal with Steph and Nick....but that requires effort and I rather sleep, though Im in uni right now and I don't have time for that either, but I want to know about that citadel, Steph should know about it, so I might as well ask...hope all this talking doesn't put a target on my back, oh wait, it probably will, I don't care, you got to take chances, make mistakes and GET MESSY. 

I know I just quoted the Magic School Bus but I don't care cause I mean it, I mean I got close to winning with that so who knows, taking those chances to get info maybe a very good thing.  One last thing, Nic isn't happy to see Drew and I find that hilarious to the highest degree, so hope Nic nor Drew feel to comfortable cause that relationship is just looking to be exploited. 

Final notes, I deep throated a banana, not nearly as kinky as you think it might be, I love Stevie and Allison and I hope Sam doesn't yell at me anymore.....yeah 

Lannister is lit because we keep winning but I still feel on the bottom of the tribe so I'm dreading tribal council when it rolls around!! I'm praying that a tribe switch happen sOON SO I CAN LIVE!! I don't want to be Robb Stark and (spoilers for non-GOT ppl!!) get killed by people I thought were my allies!! Steph, Steffen, Nick and Darian are icons. I want Nic gone because he does nothing (honestly hasn't he sat out of like 3/4 challenges?) and Andie is just Andie. Drew? Idk him but he cool

So we lost... Again. I may be voted out tonight. No one is really talking strategy to me soooo whatever happens happens I guess.

OKAY so this tribe is just a next level flop I was the only one who could win anything in the food eating challenge but thats okay I guess this means I finally get to vote Nathan out. Even though he was the only person to vote Rhone with me on the tie breaker, I'm pissed at how he just showed up right as the challenge was starting like "so am I doing anything for this?" like what the fuck how selfish can you be. So hopefully it's his ass going tonight. 

Ashley came to me and was like "I have connections on the other tribe and I want to bring you into a majority alliance once we make merge" and I'm like YES PLEASE because theres no way I could just stick with the people on this tribe we're down in numbers and everyone sucks at everything.

I'm hoping I can bring Andrew along too, and this majority alliance can go back and forth getting rid of any lannister and stark outsiders.

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 2: So now I’m in two alliances... That’s cool - Ashley

im a bad bitch when it comes to tetris.....i just am gonna try to win everything i can i don't care what anyone says

We all knew Leo was leaving. Fuck I suck at Tetris.

I figured I'd write one of these quickly while I was on break from writing a lab report for chemistry........yay 

So at this point I wish I could say I'm surprised with Darian, thinking that he could really change his game around from Aeolian, yeah he's totally calm this time around......nah he's just as crackedt as last time. 

So today marked the special day that Darian inserted Steph into the alliance of himself, me, and Nic, which granted is what we wanted and is what we need in this game...buuuuut, he's still insane in the membrane.  So as I am here, listening to people yell in a library for some reason, I have to believe this is what's going on in his brain.  Funny thing is is that Nic of all people is taking a back seat in this game, like I know his game, he tries to orchestrate everything, and to see him calm down for once is weird, he's taking my approach and using Darian as a battering ram to get stuff done, but that's what I do, I hide behind these loud personalities while they get what I needed done, I save face and can jump ship quickly if anything goes wrong.  But back to that thing of numbers, we have 4 right now and we need 5 at least, Nic brought up Ben, and sure, I think we could get Ben on our side, but I was thinking Nick would come to us a lot easier then Ben, but whatever.  The only thing that could get in our way is the Warden battle, and that's annoying cause that thing can take out one of our members, apparently up until merge, and its not like they're voted out, they're kinda just stuck....kinda like rapunzel, they can't get out unless someone comes up to save them, and then rapunzel and her prince battle to the death so then one can leave.  My real question is what's going to happen at merge, will the others completely disappear, or will they come back into the game, I don't know, I mean from what I gathered they have until merge to get back in the game, I don't know, I mean a unicorn could come busting into camp and I wouldn't be surprised at this point, this thing is like Exile Islands ugly step sister, so excuse me while I cry.  The only sure fire way I can avoid it is to maintain ok connections with everyone so that no matter what I'll be safe from going there and facing off against Jordan Pines, AGAIN I CAN'T BELIEVE STEVIE'S MAN DID THAT, like damn.  SOOOOO, lets avoid going there for now and just focus on the citadel.  The last thing I guess is the tribal for House Stark, I mean Leo went home, which is disheartening as you know Nathan and Rhone are still there, and I don't like that combination, like it can stop thank you.  So who knows whats going to happen next, but come on, we're no where close to finished cause this is going to be a long ass season...oh lord help me.

seriously i want to be a bitch to everyone in my tribe but im trying to make merge...once i make merge then ill allow myself to be a bitch

I'm not feeling like I'm in the greatest place in this game at the moment. I think that I'm being social enough with people but I feel like there are alliances already working together and because I'm not in any I guess that means that they're against me. When Nick got back from The Wall I had to explain to him that it was a split second decision because I had only just woken up and found out that I had won. I think he's pissed at me though and like he definitely wants me out which is why I'm really glad he didn't win the Wardens battle because I just know I would have been facing Jordan tonight and not fighting for immunity. I PRAAAAAAAY that we win immunity so I can stay safe again and work on forming some alliances.

im uncomfy

Okay so Brian's strategy didn't work. So thats cool. Also I guess im in an alliance with Drew, Andrew, and Rhone? Idk how that became a thing but i was added to a group and I'm quite happy about it.

So now I’m in two alliances... That’s cool. One is with Rhone, Drew, Andrew, and I (Quadforce) and then the other is Brian, Nathan and I (The Blindsiders) rn Quadforce is just wanting to get Lily and Matt out, so we be hoping that Matt is inactive again and gets out by himself anyways, but the Blindsiders are trying to get Rhone out?!?!?!? Like idfk what is happening.

So Drew, Rhone, Ashley and I have an alliance. The 3 of us brought in Ashley btw. So now Brian is also here. And I aligned with him because we were close in Genz but like can I trust him? Idk. Also I don't trust Lily and Nathan. And Matt is seemingly dead. He might medevac tonight which is fine. 

We were deciding between Lily and Matt but realized Lily might be the more active threat rn. And apparently her and Nathan are voting Rhone. And apparently Ashley might be voting with them? But idk how much I trust that. Also Brian might be voting Rhone. And maybe I could sway Brian with the whole "we should vote together." If he relies. 

I just want Lily and Matt both gone tonight because I don't trust either of them tbh dfghgfdsfgh

So I am self-voting tonight..... I dont want my alliances to get suspicious of me, they want to get two different people out and my vote is kind of a swing vote. To keep both alliances from knowing about each other I cant vote with eother of them tonight.... And then I am going to have to lie about it... Ugh.

If I die at tribal, tell my wife and kids I love them

So self voting didnt exactly work out. Was hoping someone would end up leaving, and neither of my alliances would figure out I wasn't completely with them. But some rando vote for Brian kinda f*cked that up. So thats great. Ao now we have to do a tie vote and my vote is literally the one that will decide who leaves. Either Lily, who I havent talked to, or Rhone, who I am in an alliance with.

[survivorwesteros]

Episode 1: I'll use his pity to my advantage - Nick C

im shook i barely know who these people are so this is definitely like a fresh start or some sort. I only know Drew, Matt Summers and Andrew. Matt and I never work together as much as we try. Same with Andrew. I don't know who I want to work with. 

 Also is Leo Greenfield David G's sock or something???? #premadescum4lyf

HONESTLY how many Tonga kids are going to bring their boyfriends named Nick into the community through Storybook seasons before we call it off and just cancel Tumblr Survivor? This trend is getting TOO DAMN SPECIFIC.

Well I'm back for another Storybook season 3 days after Ba Sing Se ended because I hate myself!! Honestly I'm just trying to better my placement from that game. Which is winning :~) 

And tbh I definitely lost jury votes in BSS because of my social game. So I decided this game I need to try my damn hardest to be a social queen. Which is hard for me because I kinda suck at small talking to people in pms. But I did reach out to everyone in the tribe right away which is new for me! Which doesn't sound hard for most people but it is for me because anxiety. 

Drew and Rhone are here both of whom I'm trying to get on the same strategic wavelength that I'm on. Lily is here which idk if she wants to work with me but oh well. Is she going by Lily in this game? I don't even know. Josh and Matt Summers are also here and I kinda know them. And then Ashley is cool. And I kinda know Leo but not really. And there's this Nathan guy who actually hasn't talked to me yet. It's weird because a lot of the people here I'm not super close to so I'm not as emotionally tied and probably could cut them easier. But at the same time that can be a 2-way street so I need to watch out.

I also want Matt Summers gone first because just never trust him in a game ever. If I can get numbers against him at our first tribal then I will be absolutely perfectly fine with that. Anyway, here goes another Storybook season!! Wish me luck fam <3 

So Tribe Stark is pretty cool. I feel kind of out of the loop though since I don't really know everyone. They all seem to know each other in some fashion. I also don't really understand Game of Thrones, but oh well.

So far this game is already going a lot better than Arrakis lmao. I'm being a lot more social with people and I'm confident in the challenges such as the Warden challenge as the wordsearch contained a lot of GOT words that some of the people who haven't watched won't be able to spot. Hopefully I can strike up some friendships in the coming days and hopefully slay!

Soooooo, as I lay awake in my bed contemplating my life in this game, or life in general, I figured that this would be as good a time as ever to write my first confessional, granted I know everyone is dead but I have pumped up music in the background so I’m ready… 

So I’m here in Westeros I guess to participate in this fantasmic series that these devils…I mean great hosts are deciding to put me through, and you know, where I do feel grateful that I get a chance to participate this season, I’m also screaming at the top of my lungs cause I’m not sure I can do it, especially with this cast.  So we got 2 tribes one with 5 returnees and 4 newbies and mine with 4 returnees and 5 newbies, which is cool I guess, but this cast is riddled with my past and I don’t like it and I don’t know what to do at this point.   

So on the other tribe, people I know are Andrew, who I love but I also pissed off in Kanto, Drew, my bae (yeah Stevie I said my bae), Matt Summers, my fellow 3rd place fellow, Nathan, who I had bad blood with in OurBB5 and I’m hella nervous to be in a game cause Im not sure where we stand…..damn, and Rhone aka my rival of rivals in this community, my dear hope is that Rhone and Nathan leave quickly, the people that know me are too dangerous and they need to be gone like yesterday. 

Now we got my tribe, Andie, someone I played with in hos12 and uhhhh, he nominated me during a double eviction and got me out, well Amir did but ya know, we then got Ben, who’s another person from Kanto, but I’m determined to make it work this time, Darian, someone from my past in Aeolian, who I was in an alliance with, Luke, who called me an icon for some reason, Morgan, still in development on her, Nic R. who I know from Rakiura and uhhhh, I got him voted out last time so the amount of trust I have in him is rather limited, we then got Nick, who everyone knows as Stevie’s man, and he’s precious, its his first game though so I hope he doesn’t get too overwhelmed, and Steph, another one of the hosts friends, and she HAS to be my favorite person on this tribe, she doesn’t know me, and we have similar friends, plus she was the one I talked to the most so far and LOVE her. 

So how do I stand now……I don’t know, I could either be ok or royally boned, its hard to tell at this point.  What I know is that Nic and Darian LOVE control in games, like more than life itself, and they like to be the ones calling the shots, as long as they aren’t on the same side, we should be able to turn them against each other, and if we go to tribal early, that could be what we need.  But if we do end up going to tribal, it needs 5 for majority, and that means I need numbers, but I can’t be too aggressive, so calmly I need to find who I can in this game and latch onto them GOOD.  My dream would be to form a deal with Steph and Nick, as we all know the hosts kinda well, I mean its a start right…..only problem is thats 3 and we need 5, so thats going to be where others come in handy, and who knows at that point who they will be, god I hope I can avoid flopping hard core this time….JUST LET ME MAKE JURY HOSTS, 5 TIMES AND NOT ONCE, I NEED THIS TO CLENSE MY SOUL….which might I add is hella dirty. 

So now we’re sitting here with these 2 twists, where 1st place sends 1 person on each tribe to “The Wall”…….already fishy, and then we have the Citadel where the second place gets to send someone from each tribe, and you know……..it might be my theorizing little brain here making me insane, BUUUUT, something tells me that idols this season will be found….but thats not it.  So I don’t think a lot will be found at the wall this season but something makes me feel that there might be some battle taking place there, as my limited GoT knowledge less me to believe, and the only “battle” in Survivor is either redemption or some form of challenge, so who knows at this point, whereas the citadel is probably going to involve some form of idol clues that will help you search for the idol, aka exile island….I swear if we get 2 islands this season I will go insane….I hope I’m just crazy. 

So people I know, also don’t know, still terrified and such, but hey, welcome to Survivor :) aka hell, let the games begin 

#hiallisno

hey kiddos so since it's like day 2 of the game i don't really know what else i can talk about other then my first impression on my tribe mates, so im just gonna go through the list and use one word to describe what i think about each of them on a game level :") 

morgan - who? steffen - try hard luke - cool nic - cool darian - extra steph - icon ben - bye 

and if i forgot anyone i obviously dont care enough about them to put them on here so ya! bye

Surprisingly I was hoping Jordan would come back from the others. I wanted to form an alliance with him and have that number on my side. 

But I guess I can try and see the bright-side in having Nick coming back. Hopefully it creates a rift between Luke and him. That way, there's really no target on me for anything. I don't wanna go premerge lol 

The people I'm closest to rn are Andie (if he's being honest) and Ben. Both of whom I've played with before. 

I've played with Luke too, but I would nto be shocked if he wasn't on my side. AS for everyone else, Idk them. Except Steffen who hosted me once. 

Nick won the battle rip my entire life now I gotta kiss his ass and explain why I sent him to The Wall. I pray we win immunity because I literally have the oddest feeling I'm getting voted out if we don't (:

I'm happy for Nick for winning. I'm also happy that our tribe is not blowing up with Jordan Pines joining us. Also for the challenge we just submitted, I'm nervous but anxious. :)

I REALLY hope we pulled this off! I really don't wanna go home! I also hope Ashley is safe! She's kinda my best friend since 4th grade soooo I'd like to keep her around ❤️

So this whole wall thing was pretty neat. Feel bad about Josh just being thrown into it though, but oh well. Brian seems pretty chill so far. I haven't really made any connections and whatnot yet but I'll get there. This immunity challenge seemed to be invisible to some people. We handed ours in literally ten minutes before it was due because I got our act together. Ugh.

so this was a real 11th hour win for me. I was already grumpy, having to be up at 10:30 at night after working earlier. when I found out I got sent to the wall I became livid. I was so pissed that I refused to start the challenge, thinking I would have to be at it day and night. I also had two midterms the day of the challenge so that didn't help anything. I didn't start the challenge until 6pm the next day. I also found out that my college campus blocks Skype so the messages wouldn't send until I got home. alas I hunkered down and set dozens of reminders on my phone for every 10 minutes. I had the phrase "Nick is still holding the door" ready to be pasted and sent. I even went as far as to keep my laptop open in the car while driving so I could post the message. Honestly I've been busy so I haven't had a chance to get to know anyone yet. I'm pissed at Luke for banishing me but he's sorry now so I'll use his pity to my advantage! He shouldn't cross me again any time soon.

sooOoooOoooooO. I'm glad we're safe, but that doesn't mean people aren't strategizing! 

Darian has begun talk of an alliance between himself, Steffen, Steph, and I. which I'm ok with. as long as it doesn't backfire and I'm not a target 

Steffen and we're talking about this and I think we're both down. We think we could also pull in Ben as a fifth I'm hoping Steffen can be my number one ally (if josh and I can't meet up rip) and someone I can trust 

For now, I'm gonna socialize my ass off and be friends with all sides so that my name isn't brought up. Cause hopefully my deal with Andie can get me brought into another alliance 

 ANYWAY do y'all know how refreshing it is to be in a fun game with no premades and no fake asses ♥️♥️👦🏻

Okay day 1 is complete and we're about to head to tribal! Good to know I've been added to a tribe where I can expect to achieve success!!! 

Cast eval: 

Drew: Obviously an ally, though I saw from a past game he actually trusts me less form the get go than I thought and kept some stuff from me so I'll be less eager to be totally forthright with him. 

Andrew: holy HELL am I glad to be back playing w Andrew, we were destined for greatness in Generations and things got UGLY. tings were a DAMN MESS. Hyped and hoping we can grow a group and be a real secret pair BEWARE!! 

Ashley: who? I mean shes nice but who? hopefully I can grow that relationship tho <3 

Leo: See ya l8r!!! 

Matt Summers: Like THE Matt Summers thats cool I know nothing about him except people know his name so I should probably be in his good graces so he says nice things about me in his confessions so when all his fans read them I seem like a cool d00d. 

Meme: annoying. took me all day to figure out her name is Lily. could go tbh.

Nathan: nice ohio boy who could be an angel or a devil so WATCH OUT.

Rhone: another who?? but also seems v nice and Drew vouched for them so I'll try to build a relationship there too! Also I'm voting for Lily just to stir up drama and see where that goes.

WERE AT TRIBAL RN AND RHONE IS SO ATTRACTIVE WTF

[survivorwesteros]

The three of you have managed to survive the wall, the others, dragons, swords, and everything else Westeros has thrown at you. However, only one of you will be crowned the Sole Survivor of Westeros. Let’s see who that is.

First vote,

Luke - I love you kid, and even though you keep saying you won't win, I still respect your game a hell of a lot more than the backstabbers and babies that you are up in the f3 with. I am so proud of you. YOU got there, and you deserve it just as much, if not more than those other two.

Second vote,

Drew

Third vote,

Jordan

That's 1 vote, Luke, 1 vote Drew, 1 vote Jordan

Fourth vote,

Jordan

That’s 2 votes Jordan, 1 vote Drew, 1 vote Luke

Fifth vote,

Drew 

That’s 2 votes Drew, 2 votes Jordan, 1 vote Luke

Sixth vote,

Drew

That’s 3 votes Drew, 2 votes Jordan, 1 vote Luke

Seventh vote and the winner of Survivor Storybook Westeros is...

Drew - sure your answers and game weren’t the most entertaining, you kept your mind calm and game what it needed to be, I don’t like worms in general, but I guess you being a gummy worm makes you aight

Drew - I might have called this Final 3 bland, but at the end of the day I think you played best over the other 2 and if you’re proud of your game like you said you are, I feel like that’s what matters.

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Brian’s Jury Question

To all 3 of you, how many votes do you think you directly controlled individually since the merge? Also congrats to y’all rats

Tbh anyone who says they controlled all these votes individually is lying, there was so much group consensus that went into these decisions. The reality is that all three of us discussed voting plans with each other before they happened, and in the cases of needing more than just the three of us, before it went outside our alliance chats, and I think you have to do more than just be the first one to say a name in order for you to claim control. I think for final nine, I was the first to push for getting rid of Ashley, not just because she was an amazing social threat but because she knew I was getting votes the round before, and because Nic told me he knew about my idol from Darian by way of Ashley, and I viewed all of that as a personal betrayal. But even then, I brought the idea to Jordan first so we could talk out how viable it was. And I think he was the one to officially make the chat with the five of us, although that could have just as easily been me since you and Nic both came to me after that vote ready to turn on Ashley/Darian. I also think I controlled a good part of all of the revotes because I was able to put myself into those from a position of power in having immunity so I didn’t have to worry about my own fate and therefore had no reason to flip. In the final four revote, I talked with Luke for literally two days on the outcomes that gave us the best chance and convinced him that tying the revote and sending Steffen/Jordan to fire was not in either of our best interests.

The one vote I feel I did control almost from top to bottom was the final five vote, because I got myself into a position where I was the one who had most of the information. Steffen was turning to me to flip me against what he thought was the obvious Jordan/Luke pairing. I was the only other person in the game to know about Luke’s idol. It was my idea to use the idol on Jordan so that I could vote for him and he’d still be safe, and work to get Steffen to believe I’m completely on his side while still sending Andrew home, as well as cement the belief that Luke/Jordan were the real pair so I would still be in the loop for plans. Then I had Luke “reveal” that he had an idol in the alliance chat with Jordan so we could rebuild that idea organically with Jordan feeling like he had an equal part in the process. And finally, going to Steffen and Andrew to tell them yes, I would be voting for Jordan. Andrew’s sword threw one loophole into the plan, you can’t really prepare for things like that when the hosts this season introduced so many new powers to the game and everything is called something different than “vote nullifier” and “hidden immunity idol” (like who knew that Luke would be able to just buy an idol in “a crown” at auction). But once that was revealed and it went to a revote between Luke and Andrew, I controlled the revote as well to make sure that the person I wanted to leave did leave.

Hi Brian, I would say I was played a pivotal role in every vote tbh besides lily as that was the one vote i was in the minority for in merge. As for individually controlled, while I did most votes with Drew and Luke I would say i was most responsible for Ben’s, Your’s Andrew and Steffen and I love to explain to you why. With Ben’s vote it wasn’t my idea to take out Ben, however a few people who were apart of that vote knew early on that me and Ben have a close relationship outside of games and that if I were to say no to that vote it would be hard to swing it because I would have started pushing for a different person. However I realized that it made more sense to work with different people and not keep Ben as my ally so I went full force with taking Ben out and I believe it paid off as if I had tried to divert attention from him, idk if I would have made finals like this. With your vote Brian, originally Darian was the target, however I realized with how Darian had become after Ashley’s vote it would make more sense to keep him at least one vote more as his messy gameplay was an easy shield for me to make it further. It was then my idea to list you as a potential target that round in a strategy session with Drew and Steffen as you seemed the least connected to people at that moment. Sorry we did you dirty buddy <3. Andrew I think it is obvious that I get credit for that vote as me and Andrew became rivals in this game, as I pushed very hard for his vote. Even as far as getting people to go to rocks for me, so that I could keep going after him. Finally with Steffen, Luke and Drew both were considering bringing Steffen to the finals as well as even giving him a shot at firemaking. I am going to be honest, that day leading up to the vote was the most I had ever worked on a vote as I had not a second of calm, as I had to work all day to make them understand how big of a threat Steffen was. For most votes I would say it was a group effort with each person offering up different components of it, but for the Steffen vote I will claim full credit as it was a hard amount of convincing I had to do to make it succeed. I hope this answers your question as well as possible :)

Personally I think that I was directly in control of 3 votes this season and they were the three most important votes. The vote in which Nic was rocked out, the vote in which Andrew was eliminated and the vote in which Steffen was eliminated. During the Nic vote I was conflicted about whether I wanted to take Jordan out or not which means I could have flipped my vote and sent him packing but I saw the advantage of keeping him for my game and went to rocks which worked out. During the Andrew vote I was playing my immunity idol and however I played it would influence who went home because I knew how the others were voting. I played it on Jordan, caused a tie between myself and Andrew and forced Steffen to vote out his ally. During the Steffen vote I forced a tie between Steffen and Jordan so that I could really think about who I wanted in the finals. I went with Jordan and voted out Steffen during the re-vote.

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Lily’s Jury Question

Hey y'all! Congrats on final three. However, this line-up is a bit... shaky, to me. When I look at you three, I'm not entirely sure if I see a final three deserving of their spots compared to other competitors. So I gotta ask. Through the course of this game, how did you work to outlast your opponents in a way that made you more than just a goat?

I outlasted my opponents by making sure I always had the numbers to accomplish whatever needed to happen that week. This went down through keeping Luke and Jordan by my side, and bringing in the clashes of the tribe to fill out numbers when we needed more than just our three. Every decision that I made was done with the idea of knowing what the next step was and how I could make that happen, and if I didn’t see a way through, then that plan didn’t happen. Tbh the only week that didn’t get me an outcome I could work with was your boot, but from that I pulled all the disparate pieces together to blindside Ashley and move past that, maintaining my numbers in all the votes to come, including breaking every tie in my favor. Beyond that, I also have the immunity comp wins to back up my place here. Between those four wins and my idol, I was only vulnerable at three post-merge tribals. I know you might prefer a purely strategic answer and I think I provided that as well. But a goat is someone who is carried to the end by those around them to make for an easier FTC. No one carried me to the end, I brought myself, both with competitions and with enough strategy to always have the numbers, save both of the other two from tie votes that might have sent them home, and getting to the end with two people I feel I can beat.

Hey Lily, So I think I deserve to be in the final 3 because I had to constantly work to get here. As Drew and Luke pointed out in their opening speeches they were a strong duo all game however I did not have that luxury. As I was constantly at risk being targeted from final 6 to basically the end of the game I had to convince this duo to put their own lives on risk to help me. For example at final 6, I did not know this at the time but Luke had an idol, meaning he could have easily voted me out and played the idol on himself at final 5 and guaranteed himself final 4 at least, but I convinced him it made sense to go to rocks for me even though out of our alliance of me Drew and Luke he would be the only one who wouldnt be immune. Also I feel that my other two finalist may have done things that had no purpose other than shock value. For example at final 5 when Drew and Luke offered to play the idol on me and Drew would vote me with Steffen and Andrew, I didn’t say anything cause it meant they would play an idol on me and I’d be guaranteed final 4, but personally I thought the move kind of had no point other than being able to say they did something cool with the idol, that was otherwise unnecesary. Even at final 4 those two people who I had gotten to go to rocks for me and waste an idol for me they were still debating taking steffen to the finals as he seemed an easier person to beat. I had to work very hard having to go on call with Luke and Drew at separate occasions to get them to keep me over Steffen, making them see that he really was a threat to win as well as convince Luke again that he shouldn’t even have the chance to go to firemaking (which is the reason Luke changed his vote to Steffen on the re-vote) To sum up I believe I am not a goat because I never had to stop working to gain my spot in the final 3. I was constantly targetted and I honestly worked my ass off to secure this spot. I hope you and the rest of the jury can appreaciate that and please give me your vote.

Whew hey Lily!! During this game I wanted to work super hard on my social game and mix that with my strategic side. Personally I think I did this fairly well as I was social with everybody and people always confided in me with what they were doing so I could strategically plan out what I was doing for each vote in a way that it would benefit me. I think that I'm here at the finals because I used my social skills to get in everybody's good books and I was never a target, only receiving two votes against me throughout the entire game. I hope this makes sense and that I answered your question!

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Luke's Opening Statement

Before I start my opening statement I would just like to say how glad I am to have been part of Westeros. It was the craziest Survivor game I’ve ever played and if I had to ruin my sleeping schedule for any game then I’m glad it was this one so thank you to Sam and Stevie (and Cat?) for an amazing experience, you guys were truly the best hosts! I started this game on the Lannister tribe and immediately felt like I was at a disadvantage. Nobody really talked to me, the tribe chat would always stay silent when I would say something and everybody just seemed to know each other already so I immediately knew that if we lost immunity the chances of me being voted out were fairly high. I won the very first Warden’s Battle of the season and had to immediately send somebody away to The Wall and I sent Nick because we didn’t talk all that much which was smart because somebody that never talks to me is immediately a target of mine. Halfway through the tribal stage of the game Jordan was added to Lannister and I knew I had to get to work as fast as possible in establishing a relationship with him because in our previous games we had never been able to connect and work together. Despite this, Jordan won a Warden’s Battle and sent be packing to The Wall (ugliest experience ever btw) without giving me any inclination as to why. I won the battle of the wall and earned my spot back on the Lannister tribe WITH IMMUNITY just in time for a double tribal which solidified my title as being safe from every single tribal council pre-merge and I’m the only person to not have been on The Others that can say this. After returning from The Wall I bonding very quickly with Drew and I proved once again why I was strong player by winning the final 2 Warden’s Battles whilst we were on tribes. When I won the Warden’s Battles, Jordan immediately messaged me and asked me not to send him solely for the reason that he sent me and I quickly realised that I could kill two birds with one stone. I knew that by not sending Jordan, a strong competition threat, to The Wall would mean that he would put some trust in me and I could get him to work with me in the game. In addition to this, Darian never talked to me and the ONLY time he would ever message me would be when I won a Warden’s Battle to check if he was safe which he quickly learned he wouldn’t be (maybe bragging about your scores in the challenges in the tribe chat and giving people a target to beat isn’t the best way to go about winning @Darian!). When the merge happened, the only person I trusted was Drew. We told each other everything and I knew that I could trust with anything which is why he was the only person I told my immunity idol about. The first couple of votes of the merge were easy as Ben and Lily were never really around and never really away of what was happening and from here is where I personally believe the game started. I made the decision to vote out Ashley based on the fact she was really likeable and had a strong chance of winning at the end so that was why she had to go. I was originally in an alliance with Brian but once I realised he wasn’t entirely in the game and was floating on by he had to be cut so I’m sorry for that blindside Brian but it had to happen! The original target at the tribal council where Darian was voted out was originally Andrew but he played his advantage and was immune so the vote flipped to Darian, my enemy in this game, and he was sent out (DISCLAIMER: Darian I don’t hate you, I think you’re a great person and anything I say is just good fun but you’re a HORRIBLE Survivor player and I didn’t respect your game at all). Following Darian’s vote, it was pretty clear that the next vote was going to tie and it did, I knew that going to rocks was a huge risk. Many of you believe I went to rocks was the save Jordan but I actually want to rocks for my own personal game. I knew that the people drawing rocks would be myself, Nic and Steffen which meant that “the other side” had a higher chance of losing somebody which would put me in the majority alliance so I took a risk and it luckily paid off with Nic being eliminated. The final 5 tribal council is where I played my secret immunity idol on Jordan because I had an understanding that no matter what, I couldn’t have been eliminated as I knew where all of the votes were falling. I played my immunity idol on Jordan and the vote resulted in a tie between myself and Andrew which meant that Steffen HAD to vote out his closest ally to prevent being rocked out. I forced Steffen’s hand by playing my immunity idol and it paid off with Andrew being eliminated. The final tribal council of the season was a complete mess. I told Steffen I would send the vote to a tiebreaker to give him a chance of staying but after I realised that Steffen would win this game because of his underdog edit, I switched my vote at the tiebreaker and that meant Steffen became the final member of the jury. Throughout the entirety of the game, I was never a target and this is evidenced by the fact I only received 2 votes against me. I stayed low, worked my social game and cut people when they were no longer of use to me. I know that a lot of people on the jury view me as undeserving of my spot in the final 3 and that I didn’t do much but this isn’t the case. I willingly went to rocks, aware that I could have been eliminated so that I could execute my plan of getting out the biggest threats like Nic, Andrew and Steffen. I kept an immunity hidden for 6 entire rounds and played it successfully to ensure the biggest threat to win the game, Andrew, would go home. Many people in this game thought that Jordan was my number one ally but this was never the case. Drew was my biggest ally, we gave each immunity idols to hold on to in case the other was voted out and we made our way through this game without anybody detecting that we were together until final 4 when we revealed ourselves. If somebody that forced ties, hid immunity idols, willingly drew rocks and successfully played an immunity idol is somebody that, in Steffen’s words, is a “follower” then I guess I played the game wrong but in MY opinion, that is the game of somebody deserving and somebody that would do whatever it took to get to the end and to win. I really hope that you can see the game that I played and appreciate that I made my own moves and wasn’t a follower of anybody in this game and that you can see that I’m deserving of the win. To the jury: I really hope that a lot of you can set your personal feelings aside and vote for the most deserving player. Yes, I didn’t win any individual immunity challenges. Yes, I’m not Jordan Pines. But what I am is my own player and I think that I proved how determined I was to get to the end whatever it took whether that be drawing rocks or forcing ties. Thank you for reading this, I look forward to any questions you may have and I hope that we can all be one big happy family after this so whew! I love y’all

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Jordan's Opening Statement

Hello Jury, I just wanted to thank the hosts for an amazing game (no matter how horrible the twists were) Seriously this was a great game and I am glad to say I made FTC in it, no matter how this part goes. I would say I have had a harder route getting to the end then my fellow competitors as I had to start off as a part of a twist being on the wall from day 1. I was not given the luxury of meeting my tribe from the beginning and I knew that when I eventually made my way into a tribe I would have to work twice as hard to make bonds and fully become a part of the tribe. This was shown as when I made my way onto a tribe I was sent right back to the wall the very next round as they did not see me as an actual tribe member and that I was expendable. However it is when I returned to the wall for the 2nd time is when my gameplay truly took off in my opinion. I created a strategy that was high risk, high reward and ended up paying off immensely. As most of you know me and Drew were supposed to battle it out on the wall to return. I created a plan that ended up setting up the rest of the game to go the way it went. I willingly volunteered to throw the wall battle so that Drew could go back into game, he would be able to win the next warden’s battle and send me someone I could beat as well. I knew offering to stay on the wall was risky but I was a strong believer that I could beat almost anyone who was sent my way. I took advantage of this bond with Drew on the new Lannister tribe as I used it to help me win the next Wardens Battle (I learned we could discuss the maze, so I had Drew do it first and send me a completed screenshot for my time so I could win) Allowing myself to become the first Warden and sort of take control of the Lannister Tribe. I played this game a little differently than I play most games as I feel i worked harder on social and strategic bonds rather than relying solely on challenge wins like I usually do. I managed to use those bonds to secure allies in situations where it was hard to do that. An example of that was after I sent Luke to the wall that first round on NuLannister, I had managed to turn Luke into one of my best allies as he preceded to win the next two wardens battles after that, and even though I would be an easy choice to send to the wall I created a bond that was strong enough for him to trust me and not send me to the wall. I believe that I worked very hard to get to the end as I was constantly being targeted from final 6 onwards. My name was written down with an intention to go home from for the past 3 votes and I had to work very hard to make sure I was safe. This went from convincing my allies to go to rocks for me to convincing allies that it wasn’t worth letting Steffen have a shot in firemaking. I was never able to sit and relax as I was constantly working to make sure I was safe. It is due to those reasonings and more that I cannot wait to share with you in answering your questions that I believe that I outwitted, outplayed and outlasted my competition and that I deserve to be the Sole Survivor of Survivor Westeros Thank you very much and I look forward to answering your questions. P.S To lighten things up from that super serious speech here is me doing a terrible bane impression about the wall. http://vocaroo.com/i/s12U78FUbkn1

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Drew's Opening Statement

Hey jury! Especially Steph, welcome back! This season has already been long and crazy enough so I’m gonna keep this “relatively” short. My game this season has been a balancing act between controlling my final two alliances and all of the conflicts of the season. I started playing a very quiet game on Stark, the hell tribe. I formed an alliance with Ashley, Rhone, and Andrew, which despite one tie vote, was the dominant alliance of the tribe (although that wasn’t a hard feat with Leo, Matt Summers, and Josh not being willing/really available to play this season). I got sent to the Wall and spent a cycle on the Others before striking a deal with Jordan to win my way back into the game. Immediately, I won the Warden’s Battle and got the power with Lily to shuffle the tribes. On this new Lannister tribe is where I formed the relationships I needed with Ashley, Jordan, and especially Luke, to get me through the game. It’s also where the first bitter rivalry started, between Darian and Luke, which I built up from nothing by throwing Warden’s Battles to make sure they kept winning and sent each other, and that I could go to the Citadel instead. I still have my eight Wingoball screenshots with various scores up to 1117 so no matter what the high score was, I could fall in right behind. The Warden’s Battles were designed to get as much blood on our hands as possible, and I wanted as little of it as I could.

Getting to the merge, the goal is obviously to never have your name come up as an option to go home. Of course a huge part of that included my comp wins, I had five individual immunities over the course of the season, which became amazing in the final three rounds of the game, featuring a tie every week and a rock draw, none of which I needed to be at risk for. But beyond that, it became about developing a boot order that made sense based on the relationships within the game. Especially when Darian and Lily came back from the Wall, I made my game about balancing all of the conflicts that had arisen by that point, and trying to never have enemies of my own. We had Darian against Luke, Nic, and Brian, and Lily against Steffen and Andrew, and later Jordan against Steffen and Andrew. Every vote from that point on became about either exploiting one of these opposing forces, or maintaining them for future votes. I was a strong advocate for keeping Darian in the game past the point that most of my allies wanted him gone, especially in the five-person alliance chat with Jordan, Luke, Brian, and Nic. Instead I worked with that alliance to flip the vote on Ashley, who up to that point had easily had the strongest social game in the season, after I found out she’d betrayed me by telling others about my idol and knowing I was getting votes at final 10. The boot order had to get a little flexible thanks to the many powers of the Meme himself, Andrew Gentile, but I still ended with the final three that I laid out in my final ten confessional.

The other key to getting as far as I did was building the relationship that I have with Luke. While Jordan became the duo that I think everyone paired me with at face value, Luke was the person I shared everything with throughout the game, including our idols. Before they were played, he held onto mine once and I had his twice for safekeeping. Because no one saw the extent of our partnership, one of us was always connected with the other side of the game at all times to be pulled in for voting strategies, giving us the chance to fully explore options every week before making our decision. He was viewed as a more unconnected agent in the early phase of the merge, and then when the tie vote happened at final six, it was assumed that Jordan had Luke in his pocket and I was suddenly approached with plans and options. We sat on call for hours during the deliberation to come to pulling rocks to make sure that he wouldn’t flip but also that he felt comfortable with it. It was my idea as well to use his idol to save Jordan at F5 while I voted for Jordan, to theoretically cement Steffen’s trust going into the final four, so the vote there would always be either Steffen or Jordan, regardless of who won immunity (admittedly Andrew’s sword threw a wrench into that one because I had to pick a side after all, but the outcome remained the same). Once we decided that, we approached Jordan with it separately so that he could feel like it was his idea as well, better hiding how close Luke and I were until the very end.

I’ve tried to approach the entire game from a position of quiet dominance, involved in as many decisions that I could be a part of, and aware of the rest. I found allies that were loyal to me to the very end, but also won the competitions that made it so they couldn’t flip on me if they wanted to. In a season with 17 tribal councils, I’ve only been eligible to be voted for in five of them. I believe that my grasp on the season was the most comprehensive of the final three sitting here. I played all angles, voted with and against practically everyone in jury, survived a forced self-vote and the hellscape of the Stark tribe as well as the purgatory of the Others, and kept myself informed of everything that was happening in the game. I’m so proud of the game I’ve played, and I look forward to any questions, comments, or personal attacks you feel like sending my way. I know how many times in the past week or so I’ve begged for Westeros to just fucking end already, but it’s been a wild ride that I’ve been happy to go on with all of you. Thank you, I’ll see you at FTC.

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Tribal Council #16 (cont.)

We had a tie between Steffen and Jordan. Drew and Luke have cast their revotes. If it ties again, we will be moving on to a fire making challenge. 

First vote,

Steffen

Second vote,

Steffen

Steffen, the tribe has spoken.

With that, we have our final member of the jury and our final 3 who will be pleading their case to the jury.