This last round was CRAY. It reminded me of the episode that just happened on Survivor because so many people who went to TC misplayed in one way or another.

Add me to the list of people who thought that this move was very premature for Erik. There were still a ton of chances to get rid of Kim down the line and now he showed his hand before it was necessary. I also think the amount of control over the game is going to be heavily diminished now that he is relying on Sierra to the degree that he is. I think he is one of the few people that would have actually benefitted from keeping Kim around.

I do think it was very smart for Sierra and Garett, but they could have been better about how they went about it. On the plus side, Erik is now pretty much forced to work with them. But Sierra really painted a target on her back by pursuing this move so aggressively, and it would have been much better if they found a way to do it that didn't have the side effect of alienating Sue and Vytas.

Stephen impressed me once again, and I am actually starting to see him as a bit of a front runner! I think he played this round really well because not only did he manage to integrate himself in with Erik/Sierra, he also built good bonds with Rory. He really did not stand to benefit at all from Kim sticking around so getting rid of her made a *lot* of sense for him. I think Yve and Monica are both going to regret keeping him in the long run.

Austin is still playing a very strong game and I think he is my overall pick to win. I think he benefits quite a bit from how this round played out - a strong player that he didn't have a real connection with ended up leaving. He has an accurate read on the game and he also is realistic about the way he fits into it. After this round, Katie has less options with Kim being gone and more incentive to remain loyal to him. And both the Sangoma and Y'mar S'bor alliances were a giant mess this round and there will probably be some serious fallout. I could easily see the Sangoma tribe continuing to win immunities based on Caryn's challenge strength and the fact that Marehemu just lost their strongest competitor.

I disappear for a week and Kim gets booted. I'm so sad I missed this. :(

I think I might end up changing my tune with Stephen down the line. Overall, he might evolve into an interesting player.

Agreed, he is very perceptive to Erika and Sierra's connections

I think Erik's timing might be a little iffy, but I don't actually think there were that many points down the line to eliminate Kim. Kim was in a lot of people's plans and becoming more and more involved, and her allies were often Erik's allies, and where three wasn't an overlap, Erik was the one at the disadvantage. It was his connections that were vulnerable to be severed at TC and Kim's really weren't.

Erik hurt himself in the short term but I think in the long term if he can handle damage control, he made the right move at the right time. On the other hand I don't think people will buy him as the sweet puppy dog anymore and he may be at a greater overall risk now.

Meanwhile, I'm happy Stephen is slowly coming alive and becoming a dark horse. And reading Rory morning his Kimmay made me laugh too much remembering their si1 relationship

Katie squirming and Sierra not buying her bs is great

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Katie Collins Let's just put this whole thing behind us

Lol that's sadly not how it works

Katie honestly lost so much since that pre-game.

Kim Powers @ 8/3/2015 8:08

The move to get me out is even stupider now that I've had time to mule it over. Holy shit.

Mule it over

Kim got burned

Missed all the chaos!

Thoughts (which have all been said):

-Erik was a bit premature tbh.
-Wish Monica didn't play her idol
-Where was this Stephen the first few rounds?
-I am actively rooting for Rory. What is wrong with me?

Chet Welch @ 8/3/2015 17:22

-Erik was a bit premature tbh.

it was his first time

I think it was Sangoma who plans on strictly attacking Y'mra S'bor for this challenge. They figure with that tribe's weird time zones, they're easiest to get points against

Marehemu is doing the opposite. They figure Y'mra S'bor is probably gonna lose anyway so they're gonna focus all of their attacks on Sangoma

In other news, Sierra constantly refers to Stephen as Steve and for some reason I find it so amusing


(fishybachfishy) i can do attack
(fishybachfishy) if u guys are ok with that
(sierrasausage) omg Steve we've got this

Caryn: Erik's like 16, so use his curfew against him.