I just took a BIG risk and asked Ronnie for 1 candy to save ED. Might backfire BIG TIME. But I gotta try something here because it looks like Mikey pussied out as well. This fucking sucks man. People need to get on AIM ASAP.
So it all started after my win at the IC. I saw Shont and I had won. We already had 3 candies (1 with Shont, 2 with ED). There was a chance, however small, that we could get 5 more and would have an idol. This idol could be used to save either Erik or ED. I would have preferred saving ED since 2 candies came from him. But we were 1 CANDY SHORT. Shont and I both got 2 each. So fucking close :( Immediately, the wheels started turning in my head that maybe I can get 1 candy from either Mikey or Ronnie. I would have preferred Mikey because I was also thinking that we could save Erik using Mikey and the double vote ED has. And save ED using 1 of Mikey's candies. At the time my ideal targets were Eric and Michelle. Eric because ... LOL. It has to happen eventually. He and I cannot co-exist in this game. And Michelle because I knew it was very likely Michelle had possession of the idol that Heather, Michelle and Zamanda put together. And I hadn't really talked to Michelle much lately, plus with the rumblings of Sierra-Heather-Michelle-Sundra in my ears, I thought the smartest target would be Michelle even though I can't stand Heather one bit. But oh well. That was my plan for the round. Save Erik using Mikey + double vote. Save ED using idol. It was much harder to try and execute than it sounds.
I PLEADED with Mikey. made every possible logical argument I could. If he went through with giving me a candy to save ED and flip with us to vote out anyone of Kamanda-Fabio-Monica, I would have tried to put together an alliance where he and I were on top. Potentially with Shontay, Zamanda, Erik and Heather. But NOPE. First off he said he would vote with us if ED gave me his double vote. He didn't think ED would. Then he said he would vote with us if I gave him the 3 candies he needs for an idol. NGL, that made me quite angry and although I was considering it for quite some time, ultimately when I pushed the issue and told him to give me a name that he would vote out when I gave him the candies he said "IDK". FUCK THAT. So I straight up asked him, "Are you interested or not. Give me a yes or no. Either way it is cool". And he says "I don't think its smart to flip". NO YOU IDIOT. It would have been the perfect time to flip. Like I told him he would save 2 people almost single-handedly and they would be loyal numbers. With the TwEpic Twinkies he is AT BEST #5. or #4 if they are feeling gracious. Especially since his only other proper ally, Heather, is also close with Eric. But nope. I mean I understand his perspective. He has good social bonds with the Twinkies. And he barely talks to ED and Erik. But I felt it was really in his best interests, and mine of course, if he flipped. But alas. He did not. So I ditched that focused on getting that 1 last candy I needed. I REALLY wanted to save at least one of ED or Erik. I felt I needed them because TwEpic Twinkies would be at 7 (Eric-Kamanda-Kim-Fabio-Monica-Ronnie-Jerri) with ties to Heather and Mikey. Thats a fuckton of people tbh and something needed to be done.
So I approached Ronnie. Didn't have high hopes just told him that ED was toast without an idol and that he needed only 1 candy. Didn't go into specifics with Ronnie but Ronnie surprisingly agreed and at one point was ready to transfer the candy to ED. I was shocked. Pleasantly of course. Now I franitcally messaged ED that I have enough candies to save him. I kept Jeremiah updated and at one point even discussed Jeremiah playing the idol on ED. Shont also suggested that she can be the one playing the idol on ED. The problem was, I needed to hide the fact that I personally have 4 candies. And also ED wasn't showing up online. IDK I felt at that point I can't force the issue and just accepted the fact that ED would get voted out. I really liked that guy though. I hope we play together again at some point.
So back to Erik. Now I was still trying to see if I can put this idol together. Obviously now Ronnie and Mikey weren't options since they are with the Twinkies who wanted Erik out for betraying Kim and Stephen. Zamanda brought up Michelle. I had thought of her as someone who could maybe have a spare candy possibly. What followed though was something entirely unexpected. Zamanda said that Michelle and her talked about just using the idol they already had. And apparently all Zamanda had to do was "just ask for it". WOW. Michelle is a swell chick man. I mean yeah Zamanda does technically have a claim to the idol since 2 of Zamanda's candies went into it. So just like that, we were on the verge of getting an idol handed to us by Michelle :o FUCKING AWESOME.
Now all we had to do was make sure that we played it correctly. So I once again talked to Eric, Fabio, Kim and Monica. Mainly Kim who came clean to me that she tried to pin the vote on Zamanda but the deadline was too close. I heard this from Erik too. And Kim told Erik that Eric would be om board too. Thank you Eric! That vindicates me and frees me of any guilt I would have had when I eventually come for your head. We had a verbal pact that we won;t go after each other and the respective Amandas. And you told me "NO BS" that you liked everyone else on this tribe. I loved this move. And I earnestly didn't have much to do with it. This was a Zamanda-Sierra-Michelle-Erik move with me as the spectator holding onto the popcorn. And I fucking loved it. Make no mistake, I have 0 regrets. I don't feel bad. I loved it and watch it happen all over again. I am probably getting a fuckton of hate right now from Eric, Monica, Kim maybe Ronnie. Especially Kim. I wouldn't put it past her to get this whole thing TWISTED ( ;) ) as my way of, and I quote, "taking power away from her because that's what I always do". NOPE. This has little to nothing to do with whatever is the past between Keri and I. This was Erik fighting for survival, Zamanda having his back and me being nothing more than an excited spectator. It was beautiful. If I get blamed for this, so be it. This is the start of the inevitable war anyways. TwEpic Twinkies v/s the big bad Yul Kwon. Day v/s Night. Yin v/s Yang. Good v/s evil. Lets see who triumphs.
So a nice and long confessional has been overdue. Lets get into some stuff shall we?
When this round started, I fully expected to lose Erik. What I didn't expect was to lose ED. ED's blunder last round cost him the game. Not entirely his fault. RL got in the way and sneaky Jerri got in his ear. But because of that, he put himself on the outs of Sierra's ladies club. And Jeremiah couldn't do much about it. Now I had made a deal with Eric that we won;t target each other and our respective Amandas. Looking back I realize it was juts lip service so that I don't try to make a move during the BB round. That was certainly a goof up on my part. We should have just made Dolly HOH and let her nominate Fabio and Eric. Sorry Dolly :( My bad. When this round started, I fully expected either Erik or I to get the boot. I went as hard as I did in the endurance because I am not ready to leave this game yet and a combination of Mike, Monica and Eric's deal with me led me to believe that Zamanda will be safe. Of course I was always thinking what happens next once Erik is gone but for the time being I was content that Zamanda would be safe. And the fact that Kim and Eric were trying to out it on her last minute was not cool. Not cool at all.
So idoling out Fabdouche was amazing. He took it like a champ though. I like Grant a lot. He is a great guy. Very chill and very friendly. But its fact that he was with the TwEpic Twinkies and taking him out was the right move. So what does the road ahead look like.
I love these new tribes. My tribe is actually a potentially legit alliance. I tried to get a feel for as much. I think it could work. None of us are with the TwEpic Twinkies, we put in decent effort in challenges and we have all been on the outs on a tribe at some point. I really like this group tbh and I have hopes that it can stick together through this next phase of the game. As far as the other tribes go, I REALLY hope Shont's team wins. I am not ready to lose any one of my top 3 girls right now. Shont, Zamanda and Sierra. I need them all. I love them all. And I can't even begin to think the depression I will feel having to write Kamanda's name down. I am gonna have to do it. I have no choice in this game. And make no mistake, I will do it. But I will feel super sad. Ronnie's team is just full of people I want to vote off back to back to back. Jerri for causing the ED debacle, Heather for being an annoying dumbfuck, Mikey for being an idiot. Ronnie is the only guy I like on that team and even he is now a TwEpic Twinkie. So he has to go as well. IDEC that I will have to use a double vote and dodge an idol. Time to play BIG or go home tbh. Like I said, war has begun. So a quick look at where I stand with everyone left.
TwEpic Twinkies - Eric, Kamanda, Kim, Monica, Ronnie - Its safe to say that they aren't fans of me right now. Although Ronnie is chill, he won't be with me when he has a nice and big alliance ready to welcome him. He apparently already made deals involving his candies. Safe to assume there is at least one idol in this group. Maybe 2.
Allies of the Twinkies - Mikey, Heather, Jerri - Mikey is an idiot. Heather is a dumbfuck. And Jerri is a smart and sneaky snake. Fuck that's 8 people man. 8/16. Sheesh.
Jeremiah - He is playing such a carefree and neutral game. Its quite amazing. I trust him to have my back though.
Sundra - I feel like she is so so alone in this game. It would be a shame to have to vote her out. I wouldn't want that at all. IDK where here loyalties are. But I feel like she could be a very valuable ally.
Michelle - She came through in CLUTCH. What a player. Wow. I like Michelle a lot on a personal level. She can be a bit on and off while chatting at times. But she is really cool.
Erik - My man! I hope he is past the whole ugliness of the endurance challenge. We are finally in a not-completelt-shitty position in the game. Feels great tbqh. Lets just hope it can last.
Sierra - My OG girl! I love this person. I feel like I can rely on her when the going gets tough. And I hope she feels she can rely on me. Because she can.
Shontayla - DEADLY ASIANS!!! <3 Another one of my girls I feel I can rely on completely. I have been getting closer and closer to her everyday. She is a hoot and I hope I can go deep with her.
Zamanda - What can I say about Zamanda. IDRK where her TRUE loyalties lie. Because she is a smart and very skilled player. But damn I love her. I can't not love her tbh. She is my blind spot. I'd totally catch a grenade for her.
So its not gonna be an easy road ahead. HECK I could be idoled out next. But DAMN IT if I am not gonna have fin with it. I am loving this right now. And I hope it keeps going.
BTW, talking with Kim is always fun (no sarcasm) It's so hard for me to lie to her because even when I am telling the truth (which granted isn't all that often) she still thinks I am lying. So when I actually AM lying, she catches me quite easily LOL. Its an amazing challenge and part of why I enjoy playing with her. Then of course there is the part where I hate playing with her because no matter what happens in the game, if its bad, I get the blame. -_- Oh well. Gotta take the pros with the cons. Love her though. IK I use the phrase "love x" too often. But I really do mean it when I say it :P Speaking of love, I miss Danni :(
ETA: LMFAO. This is too unbelievable but I legit didn't read that it was tribe vs tribe until just now. One of the first things Kim told me that I will throw this challenge. I denied of course because at the time I actually didn't have any intention of throwing it. Just targeting specific tribes ;) . Kim is NEVER going to believe this so I thought I'd make a note of it for posterity's sake. Its a pretty obvious move but I still do love that Kim knows both the dynamics of the game right now and my way of playing so well that she was able to call me out on it immediately.
Post Edited by The Yul Kwon @ 26th Jul 2015 4:08:12 AM
Kim Powers
it's fortunate for you because being nav's game girlfriend gives you mad safety benefits
so there's no real reason for you to want to flip away from him
That pissed me off so fucking much. IDRK why. I mean Zamanda took it in stride. But I feel like that's crossing a line. Is that unfair of me? Its just a throwaway line right? Why is it bothering me so much. I need to let it go. If Zamanda doesn't are about it, I shouldn't either. Anyways, that kinda brings me to what is going on right now.
We are gonna lose this challenge. No choice really. If Shontay's team loses, they go to tribal with Kim's team and it is at best 4-4. And that depends on both Sundra and Shontay. I don't wanna risk that. At all. Although in that particular scenario, an idol play is highly unlikely. Still. I don't want to see any of my three girls leave. Not when I can help it. So we are throwing and I am willingly putting myself in the line of fire. Yes. White Knight. You oughta know this by now about me.
So we go to tribal. I am hoping and expecting Michelle, Jeremiah, Erik to have my back. We are 4 strong. If Kim is there with us, I have hope that Sundra will join us. I did ask her today about this, and she said she will save me. She doesn't talk much so I am not sure about her tbh. The problem is, TwEpic Twinkies probably have 2 idols by now. So I gotta dodge not 1 but 2 MOTHERFUCKING idols -_- My plan to do that is pretty simple actually.
Erik and I approach Monica to flip on Eric and Kim. This is believable because Monica and I have a decent bond and Erik tried doing this last round. We propose to Monica a 3-3-2 split on Eric and Kim. She will of course run straight to Kim and Eric with this info. So that MAYBE, they will feel comfortable playing just one idol. On whoever Monica is not supposed to vote for in the split. But in reality we do a 3-3 split on Monica and anyone of Kim or Eric with Sundra and my double vote. That way, depending on the idol play, one of them goes home and I live to see another day. It is a huge risk but I am willing to do whatever it takes to save my girls.
Ok so it looks like the aforementioned plan about approaching Monica is a no go. Monica made a group chat with her, Eric and I saying we both only want to target each other because we think the other one is going after us. Which is partly true but like. I don't have an option here. I am not gonna vote Jeremiah or Erik. Michelle came through in clutch for us and I like Sundra a lot. So I told Monica that I am not gonna lie and just agree to a Sundra vote. She disappeared on me.
Next thing I know, Jeremiah is telling me that Monica is asking to be voted out. And Sundra said that Kim told her the same thing. Erik is saying that Kim is telling him stuff about how she wants to flip from the "sinking ship". UMMMMM. HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK I AM TBH. Erik believed Kim too LOL. Nope. Sorry. I can't ignore the possibility that this could be a ruse to ensure votes fall on one person who they can play an idol on and get rid of the big, bad and terrible Yul Kwon who is a meanie and a dick and just not a nice guy whatsoever. So here is what I am hoping is gonna happen:
Jeremiah, Erik and Sundra all vote Monica. This is important to them because they want to not piss anyone off and also maintain their bond with Kim. Fine by me.
Michelle and I vote Eric along with my double vote.
Kim, Eric and Monica can vote however they want. If they are being legit, Kim and Eric will vote Monica. Monica will vote me.
This would actually be smart for everyone. If Eric has an idol, why play it on Monica of all people? If he has 2, why not save it for next round when they know for sure who the targets are going to be? If I was them I would sure as hell just vote Monica now and see what happens the next round.
But since it is them and not me, I could see them potentially trying to pull something off here. My mind is racing with possibilities. Could Sundra be giving me lip service when she is actually intending to vote with Eric, Kim and Monica against me to make it 4-3-2? Unlikely because she doesn't like Eric. But she does like Monica. But I have had a good bond with her too. Or so I think. Like I have always tried to look out for her. Even today when Monica came to me about possible boots, she threw out Sundra and Michelle. And I told it to Sundra as soon as Sundra came online. I also told her a bunch of stuff about the Eric, Kamanda, Kim, Monica, Ronnie thing, Mike and Eric being close, Mike and Kim being close, Mike and Heather basically telling each other everything, how they knew about her vote nullifier. I also asked her to not say these things to Heather. Which ... I think is what she did LOL. Beacause Mikey came to me and said:
Mike Dutz
So like, r u purposely self destructing or what?
Everyone's saying you're going crazy
Well first you apparently told sundra that kim and I are close, then told her that eric and monica were after her, and now you're telling people about her nullifier lol
I really don't understand Mikey's motivation to do things sometimes. Like. Does he not realize I am gonna go straight to Sundra with this. LOL. But him telling me this did make me paranoid, ngl. So maybe he succeeded in doing what he intended to do.
I still feel like I can get through this as long as only one idol is played. I am definitely going to talk to Sundra tomorrow first chance I get. I am cautiously optimistic but I am not stupid. I passed all my candies to Zamanda. I know that if there is any funny business going on, its going to be curtains for the big bad Yul Kwon. And if that happens I want all my girls to do well. Sierra, Shontayla and especially my baby girl Zamanda. Love her and all of them really. I am by no means giving up but gosh have I had a blast playing alongside these amazing people.
Eric, Kamanda, Kim, Ronnie, Monica are together. They have at least 1 idol. Possibly 2.
Ronnie made a deal with Jerri for safety/loyalty.
Mike and Heather are tight. Heather and Eric are tight. Mike also considers himself tight with Eric and Kim.
Shont doesn't really have anyone but has 3 candies. She had agreed to share them with me if I needed it for an idol.
Michelle, Sundra, Heather and Sierra had an alliance at one point. Sundra and Heather are really close. Heather knows about Sundra'a vote nullifier.
Jeremiah and Sierra are fairly close. Jeremiah also talks to Heather a fair bit. Sundra and Jeremiah have a bond.
Erik mistakenly thinks Kim wants to work with him. Kim thinks Erik is a dick. Kim claims to be out of the loop about stuff. Not sure about this.
Ronnie keeps fishing for info from a lot of people. Definitely trying to keep his options open.
Pinata list and guesses:
Eric: Some candies (guess)
Kamanda: Some candies (guess)
Fabio: 1 candy (guess)
Monica: Hidden HOH
ED: Double vote
Ronnie: 3 candies
Michelle: 3 candies (guess)
Sierra : Challenge disadvantage
Mikey: 3 candies
Jerri: 1 candy
Shontay: 1 candy
Michelle: 1 candy (guess)
Kamanda: Some candies (guess)
Kim: Some candies (guess) OR no candies. Challenge advantage (this is what she claimed)
Heather: 2 candies
Julius: Some candies (guess) OR Sundra: Vote nullifier.
ED: 2 candies
Jerri: Necklace
Mikey: 1 candy
Zamanda: 2 candies
Yul: 2 candies
Shontay: 2 candies
Ronnie: 2 candies
Kim: 1 candy (guess)
Very surprised indeed. Did not expect this F3. At all. Let us begin.
Erik - Congratulations bruh. You made it to the end and I am really happy you did. Goat or not, it is still pretty damn impressive to be able to accomplish this because there wasn't a shortage of goats in this game. And you beat them all. That being said, you don't have much of a chance if at all at a win in this FTC. But I am one of the few who liked your OS to an extent. And I just want to encourage you to keep putting in your best efforts into these questions. I am liking your approach to this FTC thus far.
As far as your game goes, could you shed some more light on the Kim/Stephen boot round. Go into as much detail as you would like. Why you chose to go against them. Do you think you made the right call. I apologize if this seems repetitive. I don't know much about the merge first hand to ask a meaningful enough question but this round was something I knew some details about.
Jerri - Oh Jerri. I have a bone to pick with you. You gave up the easy win because of your personal reasoning. While I don't agree with that answer at all, why would you want to throw away an easy win after 2 months of going through veritable hell is beyond me, I have accepted that answer and do not want to probe further. But I am pissed that you denied me the opportunity to be able to troll Heather in FTC. And I had a funny idea in mind too. I was rooting for you so hard since F6 and even before that to an extent because I saw you as the lone wolf trying her best to navigate through this tumultuous merge with all the "pre-game" v/s the rest madness going down. (P.S. I called the "pre-game" as Twinkies. But don't use that.) And you are making it so very hard to vote for you. I want to vote for you Jerri. I really do. Please, drop the BS. Drop the attempts at pandering. Please reflect on your game when you are answering. Know the strong aspects of your game and focus on it. You have fought hard for a very long time. Don't let all that effort go to waste.
You touched base about a couple rounds of pre-merge in Zamanda's and Jeremiah's question. I want to give you more of a chance to elaborate on your pre-merge game. You can go into as much or as little detail about the pre-merge rounds and your personal accomplishments/regrets from during that phase. I do however require details on one round. The Julie boot. Can you tell me what transpired during that fateful day. How did the events unfold. Please don't hold back. If you think I was at fault, state it. If you think I was a paranoid superfreak, say so. Don't sugarcoat it.
KAmanda - Although it may not seem like it from my actions and comments, I am so very very happy to see you make it to FTC. This has been a long time coming and to see you make it to the FTC of such an incredibly hard game puts a smile on my face. But that's the emotional side of me. When I set that aside, I don't see someone who I feel comfortable giving my vote to at the moment. And that is something which is hard for me to have to come to terms with. I never envisioned a scenario where you would be in an FTC and would not automatically have my vote. Yet here we are. I was crestfallen when you got final juror in Epic3. And even though I have been rooting against you, albeit indirectly, for most of this merge I would have been sad had you gotten Final juror again. So I am requesting you to help me with this conundrum. Which side of me should win out. Should I vote like an emotional bitch or the heartless douchenozzle. Also give a brief explanation why.
To all three of you:
It has been said how hard this game was. No doubts. I want you to give me three instances of a time that something in this game made you facedesk or want to rip your hair out or curse at your computer/cell phone screens or praise the lord to have mercy on your soul. Now these instances could be something as small as having an annoying conversation with Hea... errr I mean someone or having to plan around/account for the strategic ineptness of Hea... err I mean someone or just being overall fed up by the actions of Hea... err I mean someone.
Erik - I am liking your efforts so far. Please keep it up.
Jerri and KAmanda - May the best lady win.
Cheers.
Post Edited by The Yul Kwon @ 25th Aug 2015 1:38:59 PM
