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Confessional #9; F16 Reshuffle...
Topic Started: Jul 20 2011, 12:44 AM (133 Views)
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HOW HAS THE SWAP WORKED OUT FOR YOU SO FAR?


And of the 4 new players on your tribe, who have you chatted with so far and how do your impressions of them from public posts coincide or differ now that you can chat with them one on one?




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Damn, I've been offered to jump ship and vote with the girls for a majority. Do I do this and vote out Shane, Ace or Jamie? Where will that get me in the end with the other guys when we merge? I know from the Colby vote that it's best to go with the majority and I for sure want to make it further...I just wonder if they've offered this same thing to every guy and they will take the first one that jumps ship. DAMN I know what I should do...I mean old Katorga doesn't have any loyalty toward me, they just want me for votes...which is the same for the girls tribe but with them I will be in a majority.
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I did it. I took the leap. I told the girls EVERYTHING...just in case Shane is trying to schmooze them over. Here's what I wrote to them.

Sorry ladies, lunch turned into shopping!!!

First of all, thank you for the welcome. I have not felt welcomed in a long time in this game so this is a good feeling, to be with people that actually value me in their tribe. I am looking forward to getting to know each of you better and actually talking...something else I have been missing.

Okay, here is what went down with Baikal and Katorga. When we were Baikal Bobby was our first boot simply because he never checked in...or he checked in the first night and then something happened in his family and he couldn't play. Brobst told us after our first TC about Bobby, not in detail, but just that he couldn't stay in the game and there were family/personal reasons. So, I hope he's okay and wish him well. Second out was Rupert. Rupert would maybe come on every 2 days and really didn't speak to anyone. So that vote was really pretty easy too. We got rid of the two inactive players.

Then we had the Sarge vote. Shane was hot and heavy wanting to get rid of Sarge because Shane and Sarge locked horns trying to be top dog. They went back and forth with each other which caused turmoil in our tribe. Then for some reason Sarge became very quiet which gave Shane the opportunity to get everyone onboard with voting Sarge out. Mike and Frank were the ones that were closest to Sarge. After Sarge was gone Shane totally went crazy with promising everyone an alliance...which none of us knew until AFTER the merge with Katorga and what went down with the Colby vote...but more on that in a few minutes. Shane, Colby and I were SUPPOSEDLY in an alliance from day 2. He promised us we would all 3 go to the end together and promised his loyalty to us NO MATTER WHAT...his words. So Colby and I thought he was being honest with us. As a tribe, when it was Shane, Colby, Frank, Mike and myself Shane seemed like he was true to his word. Shane, Colby and I spoke every day and talked strategy with each other and had a game plan but we had an idea that a merge was coming so we did come together as a tribe for a short time just before the merge.

Then came the merge, I stopped hearing from Shane right away. We had all talked about voting down tribal lines and having a 5/5 vote and let a tie breaker decide who would go home if we couldn't get someone from Katorga to flip and vote with us. The plan was to hopefully have someone flip and Ace was going to be our target for the first vote because he's very good at challenges and we thought he would dominate with II and it would be very hard to get him out if he went on II winning streak. Well, that went to crap because Shane jumped ship faster than we could blink an eye...and like I said he stopped communicating with me and when I would message him he would send a nasty message back saying he was working the other tribe to gain their trust and that I needed to CHILL and just trust him. I knew something didn't seem right and had a gut feeling he was getting in tight with Ace and Jamie and basically all of Katorga.

Then comes the Colby vote. That day I messaged Shane and asked him who we were going to vote for. He sent me a message back telling me not to worry about it, that we would discuss it AFTER the challenge. Well, I knew right then that he was going to pull a fast one. We had ALWAYS had a name picked out BEFORE the challenge and also a back-up name chosen too for a just in case scenario. Since Shane wouldn't speak to Frank, Mike, Colby and myself we all decided Dave as the target with Coach as back-up We go to the challenge and ended up at TC. I messaged Shane and let him know that we were voting for Dave. He messaged back to the group and said okay to Dave so we all went and voted for Dave. Right after we all voted Shane sent me a message saying "sorry, but I had to go with Katorga and vote for Colby." I was livid. Shane had just stabbed one of his alliance members in the back and Colby went home. That was a crazy night. Shane then tried to apologize and say he had no other options and he was sorry blah, blah, blah. This caused a huge rift between Shane and I for obvious reasons. If he did that to Colby, I knew he would target me next...so thankfully Crystal gave me immunity because I would have been gone that night I'm sure of it. Of course Shane and all of Katorga told me I had nothing to worry about but they had all lied before so I certainly didn't trust them.

The night that Colby was voted out there was also one vote thrown Frank's way. Frank was angry and wanted to know who voted for him. Shane told EVERYONE that Mike is the one that voted for Frank...that caused world war 3. So Shane was happy in his little Katorga camp while Mike, Frank and I were on the outside looking in feeling like lepers. During this time Frank, Mike and I became pretty close and compared notes. We found out that Shane had made the same promise to everyone in Baikal, that he was planting his seeds all over and didn't really have loyalty to any of us...which was obvious by him jumping ship the first chance he got. I really hated to vote Mike out but there was nothing Frank and I could do...there was no way to save Mike so Frank and I did vote with everyone and voted for Mike...that was VERY hard to do but Frank and I had no choice, we were already on the outside looking in so we needed some chance to stay in this game so we voted with the rest of the tribe.

So, ever since the Mike vote I've been trying to talk with Katorga but all we ever talked about was chit chat stuff...they were very tight lipped and still treated Frank and I as lepers. So actually I was looking forward to a swap because I had no where to go with Katorga and feel absolutely no loyalty to them at all and absolutely no loyalty toward Shane any longer either because of what he did to Colby and all the lies he told to his old Baikal tribe.

Shane, Ace and Jamie are in an alliance and have been since the men merged. They are all very tight so if they tell you something I would question it. All 3 of them have messaged me telling me that they have received offers to join you girls. I don't know if any of them have or not but I can tell you this, they will only be "with you" until it's time for them to jump ship again at the merge...so hopefully they won't even make it close to the merge. I am grateful for this opportunity and am happy to be working with you all. If you want my opinion on which guy to target first, it would be either Shane or Ace. I would probably be happier to see Shane gone just because of what he did to Colby but I will go with whoever you girls want to vote out.

Once again, thank you...
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When we were Baikal Bobby was our first boot simply because he never checked in...or he checked in the first night and then something happened in his family and he couldn't play. Brobst told us after our first TC about Bobby, not in detail, but just that he couldn't stay in the game and there were family/personal reasons

This is not something I ever said. I simply said there were reasons he couldn't login.
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Since the things you say in your PMs and the things you say in your Confessional don't always line up......allow me to ask (for reading purposes after the game):

Is what you stated in that long message you posted to the girls what you actually believe happened, or is it the picture you're trying to paint for the ladies over here?
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Sorry Brett, I thought you said he had family issues or something to that effect. I couldn't remember...sorry. I'm sure you'll clear that up after the game wraps.

No, that's the picture I'm painting for them :) I meant to explain it better when I posted it the first time but I wanted to get back to the messages because I don't want the guys to see me online and not responding back to them right away.
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Well, there have been a few times in this game that people have mentioned something they have to take care of, and then it seems like you're all worried like it was something huge. Didn't want you to fret. Very simple reason Bobby wasn't able to ever login.

And elaborate on what you're up to with the girl chatter when ya can. :)
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Sooooooo........after reading your PMs, I guess the question of the hour should be..........

~ Who are you REALLY voting with? ~ :D
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What a day for me to have to be gone all day :angry: I have a lot of messages to catch up on...

I am voting with the ladies and I know there is going to major backlash from the guys but this really is MY best move to make right now. I don't want to have a tie breaker round...can't remember how that works...but if we have a re-vote and we're still deadlocked I don't know if will come down to prior votes or not and I THINK I am the only one with prior votes in this whole tribe. I'm not sure...BUT...I have no loyalty to the men and I'm not sure about Shane after his vote for Colby...so I feel it's best for me to be a part of the SWEET tribe. I know they are using me, but the guys are using me too and gee, they even seem like they want me...NOW!!! Gotta run and mingle...
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and I'm not sure about Shane after his vote for Colby

I guess I'll just bookmark this for possible Reunion Show topics. Sounds like this is a big move for you flipping and voting with the girls.
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Yes, this will be a big move if we end up at TC. I really am nervous about this if truth be told because I know the guys are going to be very, very mad. I actually would rather have asked the girls to vote for Ace BUT, I know Shane would have gone crazy with me for flipping...even though he did it too. All I know is that if we end up at TC tonight, things are going to get very CRAZY!!! I feel a few shouts outs coming like JR and Cao Boi did...oh joy!!
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I know Shane would have gone crazy with me for flipping...even though he did it too.

At what point specifically do you think that Shane "flipped?"
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When he voted for Colby...even though that WAS his BEST move at the time...just like this is MY best move RIGHT NOW!
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All I have to say is...wow.
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Shane,Aug 24 2011
12:05 AM
All I have to say is...wow.

I'm actually on the phone with James now, and we've decided that you kinda did the same thing to me as James did to you. So... moving on...... xoxo
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