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Natalie Anderson
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| Post #1: 22nd Jun 2016 6:02:16 PM | |
Okay so every confessional new episode is gonna start with "OMG final (insert number)!?!?!?!" Because I can't believe I'm actually still here.
"OMG final 7!?!?!?!?"
Literally, I'm kinda overwhelmed by the fact that I've beaten 20 people to this spot and it feels amazing, but it's not over yet. I still have a Lóng way to go. I've laid out my plans for this game, I just need to fucking buck up and carry them out now. And my plan for things as we run up to the end is to hopefully have gained control by the end of this round. I was emotionally charged last round by saying I wanted to go for Nick this round, and now looking at the figures I know that isn't going to be wise for me. Nick and Rita have proven loyal to me, and if I oust Nick right now. All that happens is that I'm on the bottom of a Woo/Liz/Neal alliance. So, I've come to the conclusion that this round I have to get rid of Liz or Neal. Preferably Liz though. In doing this, there's nobody left in the game with a duo partner, other than Nick and Rita. Which will make it easier to convince people that one of them should be the next to follow out of the door. Furthermore, with no partners left in the game, I can swoop in and finally make some plans for endgame. Right now, I'm thinking that would be ideally Neal/Rachel and myself. But we'll see what happens. I know that Nick and Woo have been strong strategically, and Rita has been extremely social. So I think if I go to the end with them then I lose. But Rachel has been LIKEABLE, and kinda cute. I wouldn't say overly social and defintiely not super strategic. And Neal flipped on people and pissed them off. So in that combo, I THINK I could win. So yeah, the only thing I'm certain of right now is that I have to take a hit at Liz and Neal this round. Hopefully I can win immunity to give me the protection I need to do that. And to be quite honest, I feel relatively confident in my challenge performance for the first time in the game. So let's just hope that follows through and I'm able to win. If I do, rest assured that this is the last round where I'm taking a relative backseat. By next round I'll be fully immersed in everything.
Not to say I HAVEN'T been thus far, but as someone who is used to playing very OTT and always at the centre of stuff, this feels strange. But out of the moves that have been made so far, it's safe to say none of it could've been accomplished without me. Hunter wouldn't have left if I hadn't initially made the hit and connected with Liz and Neal, and furthermore I was able to reign in Nick and Rita for that vote despite having been backstabbed by Liz and Neal literally just the round before. And I was the one who initially threw out Hope's name due to the fact she was least likely to have an idol. These are all hard things to do when you essentially feel ALONE in the game. But I've managed to stay level headed and make decisions that are beneficial to me. Am I worried that I'm slated for being a floater and doing nothing at the final 3? Yes. But I'm sure I can make an argument to show that I have been playing a solid strategic game, because I have. I've made sure I'm constantly in a decent position socially, maintained an aura about myself that I'm not a threat, and easily disposable (considering people have unsuccessfully voted me for quite a few rounds now). But have I ever been in real danger? To my knowledge, no. Not really. But we're rapidly approaching endgame and there is a lot of time to make moves left. And I'm thrilled and excited, especially if I make it past this round with all my plans working out. Because if they do, I fully believe I'll have set myself up perfectly to just dominate the latter rounds of this game. Stay tuned, folks. | | |
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Natalie Anderson
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| Post #2: 23rd Jun 2016 2:40:54 AM | |
font=helvetica]Of course worst case scenario happened and Liz won immunity. Fabulous. But I have to continue to roll with these punches as all is not lost! It's with regret that Neal does have to leave this round though. In order to set myself up well, I have to oust Neal. And after talking to Nick, Rita and Rachel. They are on board too. Neal and Liz are too close, Neal is strong in challenge, Liz is strong in challenge and we just have to do everything possible to cut that off. Provided an idol isn't used we should be good, but we have a contingency plan to say we're doing Woo in the hope that they play the idol on him instead or whatever the case may be. I also solidified with Rachel that I want to go to the end with her. She's pivotal to my plans working this round and so I had to do something to sway her completely. i said I wanted us to go to the end and that after this round would be the time to take a hit at Nick/Rita, leaving 3 individuals left in the game and Rachel/myself being the only pairing left. But the beauty of it is that nobody knows that yet. But I'm getting ahead of myself. As sad as it is, because I like Neal a lot and would've wanted to go to the end with him if Liz hadn't won immunity, he just has to go to improve my chances of making it to the end. So yeah. I'll keep you all updated as tomorrow unfolds, but I can't see a whole lot of shifting going on... | | |
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Natalie Anderson
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| Post #3: 23rd Jun 2016 6:09:28 PM | |
So ideally by the end of this round, Neal is gone. But I still have to think about jury votes and I've been hit with the task of telling Neal that the vote is Woo so that hopefully an idol is flushed or whatever. Now, that's all good. But I'm gonna do what I can to make the best out of this. I can fully see why they want me to tell Neal the vote is Woo, so they don't piss him off by saying they're doing Woo and then actually voting for Neal and then being hated for giving him false hope. So my plan is to tell Neal in a way that I'm giving him a heads up that he should vote for Woo. He seemed like he wanted to go for Nick, so I'm being very ambiguous in my wording hinting that a shift will come. And basically I told him I can't say too much, but I advise he votes for Woo. Will he do it or not? It's whatever. The main thing is that it's what I'm telling him to do and I'm following through with it. Now, if they then try idolling out Nick with a play on Woo, then Neal goes and it's all hunky dory and he will be kicking himself for not listening me. If he does vote with me, and Liz doesn't, he still goes home and I've stuck by his side until the end. If Liz votes with him then it'll be a 3-3 vote and I'd just have to explain it's not worth me ~sacrificing~ my game over as I thought they were gonna vote Woo too. And it still shows I've made an attempt to save his ass. But now that I think of it, I don't even know if all this is even worth it. If I go to the end with Liz then NEal is automatically voting her anyway regardless of any effort I made to keep him around, and doing this only alienates me from Nick and more importantly WOO, who I'll need next round in order to take that fatal blow at Nick. There are so many factors which makes this vote so much more difficult, so I don't fully know what the best move is. The only thing I'm sure of is that Neal has to go, and it really sucks cus I wish it was Liz in his position. But it's not, and there's no point crying over spilt milk. | | |
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Natalie Anderson
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| Post #4: 23rd Jun 2016 6:17:47 PM | |
Ultimately I think it's more important to keep the people who are still going to be here close. The next few rounds are gonna be crucial to me and I'm gonna need people more than ever. If I make any big 'moves' right now, people might get unnerved and see me emerging from the sides and I don't want that to happen any earlier than I'm ready for it to happen... Sorry Neal. | | |
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