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01:10:24 AM
And I can't believe I won that immunity!!! :lol: That's like the first time I've won individual immunity since Allstars?

I was trying to remember the last time you won an individual immunity. :D
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2/1/17

5:15 pm est

Well, as expected, Inigo is 100% gunning for me. He's already made his pitch to Darth Vader and Freddy. It's a good sign that they both WARNED me about it though, so they are on my side, for now.

He has also started to try to get Jason against me. He told Jason I had been "poisoning his name," which is true, and I foresaw this coming. For now, Jason sees it as Inigo scrambling. I mean, I said WAY more to Miyagi than I ever said to Inigo, luckily. I don't remember exactly what Inigo knows. If he can only keep it general, I should be ok. The more specific he can get in his smear campaign, the worse off I am. I NEED Jason this round.

I tried to soften the blow by preemptively explaining to Jason that there was a time when we were playing the middle that Miyagi didn't trust him. I told him that I did go along with Miyagi and act like maybe we should vote Jason out if he flipped. But I claimed that I always assured Miyagi that I didn't think he was actually going to flip. And I also explained that I didn't want to make it seem like Jason and I are as close as we really are.

I told Jason that Miyagi wanted final three to be me, him, and Superman. And I reminded him that he formed a final five alliance without Jason in it. I went on to tell Jason that I'm STILL talking to Inigo as if me and Jason aren't very tight. Because being seen as a pair makes us look like threats. But I'm assuring him I want to go to the end of this game with him... and possibly Freddy. As of now, my voting record would make it look like I've always been WITH Jason. So I'm hoping all of that is enough.

And if it's not, I have to just hope that Jason realizes it's stupid to turn on me now, because if I get taken out, he'll be right behind me. I think logically like that all the time. Not all players do, but I can only hope he will make a move based on logic over trust in that case.

Right now, we still have the numbers to take Inigo out this round. I just have to cross my fingers that it stays that way.

The other problem is I told Superman the truth about why I voted Miyagi out. Jason lied to Superman and told him that we were approached to make the move... that it wasn't our move. Superman believes me, because... well, why would I lie and take credit for something that makes me look bad. He knows Jason is lying to him. I was hoping Superman could be the glue between me and Jason in a crisis situation like this, but that probably won't happen now, since Superman doesn't trust Jason. But Superman claims I'm the only person he's got. If that is true (which who knows if it is), I'm hoping I can get him to not vote for me this round, thus keeping me safe.
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2/1/17

9:30 pm est

Freddy and I are now making a deal with Inigo that involves voting Indiana out this round and then taking over the game at F7 with the three of us and Jason. The idea is we are the biggest threats in the game, so instead of targeting each other, and eventually all getting voted out, we'll keep each other safe. I've told Jason this is going on and asked him to play along. And I warned Darth that I'm doing this as well.

The thing is, it's all a ruse. I just want to get Inigo off my back for the rest of the round... get the target onto Indiana instead. We'd still be voting Inigo out. And it'll be fun to do too. :lol: He's been coming at me so hard, so I had to do something to shut him up.

Meanwhile, I told Freddy he should make two separate final three deals... one with Rocky and Darth, and one with me and Jason. That would guarantee us all final five. And then I'd have to trust that Freddy would actually go with me and Jason. And the thing is, I don't even think I have to target Jason anymore. I now think I'd beat him at the end. I've done enough damage to him just by "poisoning his name," as Inigo called it. Plus, I'm already starting to be seen as the "mastermind" now, so if I can make it to the end, I think I could win.

It just depends on whether or not Freddy would actually take me.
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Man, that Miyagi vote last night sure made the game interesting. If I get voted out next, at least I can say I went out with a bang. :lol:

I'm paranoid as hell right now. Yes, I'm being told I have the numbers to take Inigo out, but after he campaigned against me all day, who knows. Indiana and I aren't really talking right now. I know he's voting for me. Plus, what am I going to say to him? I told Inigo I'm voting for him. If I tell Indiana I'm voting for Inigo, and he tells Inigo, that "plan" gets shot right out of the water. So we just aren't talking. Though I doubt Inigo buys the "plan" anyway. He never brought it up with Jason like he was supposed to.

As long as Me, Jason, Darth, Rocky, and Freddy vote for Inigo, he's gone. That's my plan.

But I will not be surprised if my face pops up in the video tomorrow night. And I know I'm not the only one around here that is paranoid right now. :unsure: :blink:

It was a fun move. It was a risky move. If it works, it was well worth it. If it backfires, it was still worth it, just because it was so much fun and made the game so much more interesting. I guess we'll find out tomorrow night.

It would be a shame if you had to base the timing of this weekend's challenge on me though if I'm not even in the game any longer. :lol: :lol:
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2/2/17

5:55 pm est

Jason really should have just ignored Indiana last night like I did. Instead, he told him the vote was for Inigo, and asked him to vote with us. Now, he's acting like he is surprised that Indiana went and ratted him out to Inigo. Duh. WHAT DID YOU THINK HE'D DO??? I've been telling him they are tight forever now!!!

Anyway, Indiana reported back to Inigo that Jason is pushing hard to vote Inigo out, which is fine by me, because if anything, it makes Jason their target more than me. Inigo then reported to me that Jason also told Indiana that he wants to blindside me at F7.

That is something to process. Is it true that he said it? Who knows? Maybe he said it just make Indiana comfortable long-term. Maybe he said it because he meant it. Maybe he didn't say it at all and they are lying to me to make me want to go against him... either this round or next.

But it is something that I have to keep in the back of my head now.

At any rate, I'm trying to still keep Inigo thinking that the only reason Jason said anything about voting him out to Indiana was to keep Indiana from scrambling. I'm telling Inigo that, as far as I know, the vote is still for Indiana tonight.

The vote, as far as I know, is really for Inigo tonight. He still has to go.

But I have to get to the bottom of this Jason targeting me next round thing now. :rolleyes:
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2/2/17

11:27 pm est

I don't have time to write a real confessional tonight because I have to wake up to go to work in four hours. So this message I sent to Jason will have to do. It's only part of the story, of course, but it is all true.

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I'm so happy right now... and relieved.

The thing is this is a critical round... because seven is an easy round to make a move, and right about now, we are the two biggest threats to win the game.

I'm HOPING that Darth and Rocky are playing a loyal game.  I am pretty sure Freddy won't come after us, but Indiana is absolutely going to go to Darth and Rocky and try to get them to flip on us.  There's no doubt in my mind.  If they decide to go with him, they'd need one more.  It won't be Freddy... so we have to make sure it's not Superman.

We need him to think he is final four with us.  And that means we can't give him any more conflicting information moving forward, or then he won't trust us.

It's quite possible that Darth and Rocky will actually stick with us, if they think Freddy will take us out at five.  That's what I'm hoping for.

But this is definitely a round we have to watch our backs, and Indiana is super dangerous to us this round.

We HAVE to be in whatever foursome has majority here... unless it's just a unanimous vote for Indiana... which would be nice.

At six, things will be easier, because Freddy would force a tie for us hands down.
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And here's one more before I go to sleep. This one is a message I sent to Freddy.

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This is obviously always a crucial round.  Any four players can band together to make a big move, and you know Indiana is going to plead his case to Darth and Rocky.

I think Jason and I are seen as the threats around here, and while I'm hoping Darth and Rocky are playing a loyal game, we need to safeguard to assure we're in whatever four has majority when it's time to vote.  I think there's two ways to do that.

Number one, is you can keep playing up your final three alliance with Rocky and Darth.  Just tell them how big of a threat me and Jason are and tell them you all need to vote us out at five.  That should help at least a little... though Inigo did go around telling everyone that you and I are tight.

The other thing is, if they DID decide to flip this round, they'd need more than just Indiana.  I know you won't go with them, so the only other person that leaves is Superman.  I currently have him wanting to go to final four with you, me, and Jason.  Now, I know you two don't really talk at all.  But, if he comes to you, if you could make him feel comfortable for this round, I don't think he'd vote for any of us.

Then at six, all it would take is you, me, and Jason to force a tie anyway, and nobody is going to risk rocks.

And Jason would be crazy to flip right now.  They'd just go after him next.  He needs me as a shield.
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2/3/17

10:48 pm est

Apparently Freddy figured out from the challenge the other night that the person Superman trusts the most is me. He's now nervous that I am closer to Superman than I am to him, and he worries me and Jason will try to take Superman to three instead of him. That was never my plan. Hell, I don't even know for sure that I plan on taking Jason to the final three. The only person I was banking on taking 100% was Freddy.

So the LAST thing I need is for Freddy to stop trusting me. And of course, what Freddy DOESN'T know, is that I listed HIM as the person I trust the most. This muddies everything up.

Freddy insists that he has Rocky and Darth under control. He says they believe he is taking them to final three, but he says he's really going with me and Jason because that would be more fun. Freddy is actually playing a brilliant game right now. And to be honest, him starting to question me is making me start to question him. How do I know he actually WOULD take me over them. He acts like he can't win, but he can. And he acts like he isn't trying to win because he can't, but because I now think he can, I also now think he just uses that to hide the fact that he very much IS trying to win. And maybe if that's the case, he is playing me, fully planning on voting me out.

But I don't think I can ever trust Indiana again. He isn't logical. He will just be against me for the rest of the game because he wants revenge or because his "trust" in me is lost. It won't matter if I'm actually his best option or not. He just doesn't get the game enough to think that way. And if he thinks he has a shot to win the game anyway, he's ridiculous at this point. He'd be the biggest goat here.

So, if I want to protect my interests, Superman is important to me. Now, I have a feeling Freddy wants Superman out because he realizes Superman could be an option to me. But I'm not really OK with that, because Freddy wants me to be OK with HIM having options in Darth and Rocky... but he's not OK with me having an option in Superman.

I can't make a move this round, because I'd need Indiana Jones' vote, which I won't get. So I might have to vote Superman out, if that's what the group wants. I don't know how to approach things yet, but I have a couple days to figure out what I want to do.

I mean, as long as this path actually is leading me to final five, it might still be my best path.

But I'd completely be at Freddy's mercy at that point.
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Eh. He seems fine now. And he's even saying he still think Indy needs to go next.

So, things should be OK. But if these people really don't attempt a move this round, that tells me they really are buying into Freddy's F3 deal. It's just something for me to think about.
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2/4/17

9:30 pm est

I don't like how empty my inbox has been. Either it's really been quiet, like people say, or something is up.

Everyone seems to be on board with Indiana getting voted out next, but he hasn't said a single word to me, so he's clearly not nervous at all.

I don't know. I just don't like the feeling I have right now. It might just be because I know if I were one of them, I'd want to make a move against me this round. I can only hope they don't go that way, because if they do, I can't really do anything to stop it.
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Yeah, that was the right move for Darth, Rocky, and Indiana. Not so sure it was the right move for Jason... but it is what it is.

At any rate, I'm sorry I didn't really fight last night to stay alive. I know that was a tough challenge to schedule, and it should have been a really awesome twist. But the timing was just really bad.

I couldn't even figure out how to refresh the page from my phone, let along "right click" to copy image addresses. I had no chance to win from my phone, and I was in the company of friends who had invited me to a Superbowl party, and there were people there I hadn't seen in years. And I felt like I was being really rude even playing at all. So considering I knew I was toast, I just bowed out.

Under any other circumstances, I would have fought tooth and nail to stay in, and I hope everyone realizes that.
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Yeah, it's a cool twist, but one I think it would be impossible to do again.

I've only done it once (in Germany like four years ago) and it was just random luck that all 7 could be there for it.
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I think part of it was bad luck that it happened to line up with Superbowl weekend.
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