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Post by Steffen on Feb 12, 2019 15:32:19 GMT
Wake up Iceland, it's Daytime now. I've kinda existed between realities right now but I'm studying and listening to Cam's 51 minute podcast of a confessional (AKA Chilling With Cam), cause I'm what, DEDICATED, and this is the first one I'm listening to so thats my plan.
Highlights First 4 minutes, probably more, were real dull and like he was trying to get onto conquest, when he's already here, so it kinda was like so
But then he brought up why he wasn't around, I was not prepared for what it was going to be. Sufficed to say his phone was taken away for...."reasons" to say the least, but if you're looking for a messed up story, I say listen to this, but it's very personal and revealing.
Again it's a lot. Either way I feel this boy has a lot to make up for, but he is THAT passionate, plus he's on my draft so I'm inclined to believe he will try if someone doesn't take his phone again. I am worried he thinks he's in a good spot because cause his ass almost got voted out, and he thinks he can get Emily, Mark and Kaylee and I know, iconic 4 people, BUUUTTTTT, it's gonna be hard to see if any of those people want to save him. But here's hoping.
Cameron Rankings 1-Ride or Die) Emily, duh 2-Flops together) Kaylee 3-Buff Bois) Marc 4-Brief) Noah 5-Who?) Doug
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Post by Nick Demott on Feb 14, 2019 15:49:52 GMT
A few thoughts:
Kalmar--
I'm really impressed with Stephanie's game so far. She seems to be in the middle of everything here, without having to drive the action too much. Especially so given that she appears to be playing better, so far, than some of he more seasoned players on her tribe. Her game instincts just seem really strong and I expect her to go pretty far.
The Charity-Shon relationship is such a mess, and I think it could be the downfall of both of them in this game. Maybe a swap seperates them; but, like at the point where Shon is talking some crap about Charity (and by talking crap I mean, saying she's a good player/threat), I think he needs to just shoot his shot and get her out...and I think he recognized that in his post-tribal confessional--as he suggests, Lauren/Griffen would have been two great ride-or-die type allies for him. Now Shon is in a weird spot where he has to put trust into someone he doesn't necessarily trust fully (and who he has hinted at wanting out), at least until a swap. Charity, on the other hand, seems to be putting in the work socially to where Shon may not be able to rally numbers against her if he wanted...so kudos to Charity, despite some understandable paranoia with this tribe, to establish key bonds.
Ultimately, I hope this tribe can just win until a swap for Griffin's sake. Would hate to see another newbie leave so soon--especially one as easy to root for as Griffin. I do think Griffin has played being in the minority fairly well (maybe 50% good? hard to say without being privvy to the conversations he's having and round 2 CFs from the other players), as he's staying calm and collected, putting in a strong effort in the scav hunt and strengthening bonds.
Myvatn--
An absolute train wreck of a tribe. Whew. But through all the chaos I'm really hoping that Emily/Kaylee/Mark can just emerge as the core group here. Unsurprisingly, Mark has quickly become my everyone's favorite. Kaylee is obv entertaining AF too. And Emily is the voice of reason we need in these tumultuous times. And assuming this tribe goes to tribal this round, I hope Cam somehow resurfaces and makes like 23 new alliances leading up to the vote.
Sturlu--
I guess comparatively this is the "quiet" group. Though I'm really intrigued because everyone on blue seems really strategic. I'm personally rooting for the Alex/Jenn/Taylor alliance to solidify and vote together if they attend tribal. Alex just brings a really fun energy, and I'd love to see him get his footing after being the unanimous night-round vote. Haven't seen Jenn play much, but I'm glad she's trying to change up her strategy in conquest and play more pro-actively early on, rather than wait for things to unfold around her.
TBH I kind of enjoy each person on Sturlu for one reason or another and feel like they will all keep bringing something to this season. Like, they may not be as entertaining (right now) as Myvatn, but strategically it's an interesting mix here.
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Post by Steffen on Feb 14, 2019 16:26:20 GMT
Guess, who should look at Taylor's Round 2 confessional for a suprise
its you bub
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Post by Nick on Feb 15, 2019 5:00:34 GMT
Izzy leaving on Sterlu over Andrew or Nick would be absolutely tragic for our already low confessional content.
The inevitable Cam roller coaster experience is heading towards the end of the ride over on Myvatn, and while I think it's undoubtedly the best move, it should officially calm things down over there with MEK (mark, emily, kaylee) taking control over the erratic Noah and the whomst? Doug. It'll do wonders for everyone's peace of mind, John's included.
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Post by Jenn on Feb 16, 2019 6:01:23 GMT
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Post by Nick on Feb 17, 2019 2:02:58 GMT
Gonna do a round 2 wrap up just for content purposes of not letting the board die, so, hey guys.
So we had the scavenger hunt this round, which tends to be a solid tribe bonding challenge. None of the tribes went too hard, but I think Myvatn gave it to most effort until they basically decided to throw it. It gave us viewers some good content though.
So, starting with the winning tribe:
Kalmar Star of the tribe this round was undoubtedly Griffin. He knew he was on the chopping block and went hard as fuck in the challenge to secure his safety, which earned him a ton of positive praise from his tribemates. Additionally, he's played off getting blindsided by the vote really well too as he didn't freak out on anybody or talk about it with anyone who didn't bring it up to him. This made it so that nobody really sees him in anybody else's corner, and they want him pull him into theirs. He's even identified a brewing rivalry between Shon and Charity, and sees that Stephanie has the most power on that tribe. Even if they had lost, I'm not so certain he would've gotten the boot. I think there was a strong chance we would've seen a Brian or Shon boot instead.
Elsewhere, the cold war between Shon and Charity continues to get warmer. Shon even remarked in a confessional that he's been trying really hard to make Charity his #1, but he just can't get himself to trust her. He's shown this in his gameplay by talking bad about her (gameplay wise) to other players and trying to plant seeds of doubt against her, the issue is he's been very messy going about it and that's gotten back to Charity (through Stephanie) and both Griffin and Stephanie have remarked on it as well. Shon seems to want to take a shot at Brian, but for his own sake, he needs to go right for Charity, cause they two of them are just gonna sink each others games while they are both still in. Stephanie has continued to play very well and she's gonna be a threat in this game. Brian has been underwhelming, but seems to have a tight relationship with Charity which could save him if they lose.
GIFs of the round!MYVATN
Star of the Round is a little tougher to determine over here. Emily is the easy choice, everyone on her tribe sees her as their number 1, and she's the only player in the game with an idol that she earned because of the challenge, but I kind of view each of those things as remnants of her round 1 game, so I'm going to give it to Noah. Noah's cracked; we know that, they know that, he knows that. But, this round it worked out for him. Coming into the round, Cam had recovered from his MIA tribal day and Emily was wanting to target Doug with her #MECK alliance, unbeknownst to Noah and Doug. But then Cam makes a mistake of trying to align with Noah (for no reason really, he was in a fine spot and had just targeted Noah the round before) and Noah, being messy and cracked, exposes him. Meanwhile, Cam goes MIA the first day of the challenge after demanding to do the Scavenger Hunt to make up for previous inactivity. This forms #CamCantSitWithUs, where the Boston Tea Party members bow down to the tea being spilt within this group, showing Cam to be playing and emotionally manipulating all his tribemates. This leads to an unceremonious throwing of the challenge they easily would've won, and a 5-1 Cam vote out and a seemingly very united tribe, which should get Noah to the swap even if they were to lose the next challenge.
Doug gets saved, even though he actively did nothing to save himself really. Kaylee jumps back aboard the messy gameplay train, her scav hunt brutal roast, removing Cam from her alliance chat and then posting her #BYECAMERON song/confessional on his vote out post on facebook, revealing to other tribes the dynamic of Myvatn. Say what you want about Kaylee, I fucking love her because even when she wants to play well, to her core she is an emotional and messy player that can't help herself. Mark is still positioned well, and we're getting very CP vibes from his confessionals. Plus, he blocked Cam on skype after the expose, and we love that hint of messiness.
GIFs of the round (a lot of yours have already been posted, but I'll give you a few more)
And finally, the most wild tribe of the round
Sterlu
Star of the Tribe this round is Taylor. Jenn and Alex both make strong cases, but the emotions an paranoia make me question that. Strategically, this was Jenn's round. She takes full advantage of the twist and spills everything to Alex and picks him up as an ally. She pushes all of the blame onto Izzy and Nick, but mainly Izzy, as that is Jenn's target. She uses her relationship with Taylor to pull a three person group together with Alex, and she does this all before they even lose the comp. Here's her flaw, as a fellow fan of split vote plans, it's way too early to be trying to pull together a 3-2-1. And, as a result of that, she tries a hard sell on Izzy and Nick to vote Andrew, which pisses Nick off and tries to switch the vote to Jenn. It isn't until Taylor comes in and says, "hey fuckers, we need 4 votes to ensure that we don't go to rocks, let's get Andrew" much to the shingrin of Jenn, who's paranoid about an idol. But it works, and Izzy gets blindsided 4-2. Taylor was in the middle this round, picks up a strong bond with Andrew, and because she doesn't celebrate after the vote and instead feels bad for Izzy, avoids the feeling of betrayal Nick should have. Likely putting her in the middle once again if they lose next round with Nick and Jenn (Cartagena would never) coming for each other. Also, Alex rebounds from being the unanimous first vote to not getting a single vote at the next tribal, good for him. Also Izzy, blame Nick more than you for your boot, he did an awful job at hiding your connection.
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