Episode 11

[Jeff Probst]

Second Unanimous vote in a row. Second huge blindside in a row. Second giant player in a row to leave.

Are you concerned with your status in the game. Are you taking out the only other targets in the game aside from yourself? How is your résumé going into the final 8? WIth one more week of the game, are you prepared to play it all out? Time is running out to impress the jury.

Explain how you view your game and how you think the jury will have seen your game. How can you win and who are your biggest threats standing in your way?

[Nate]

Okay this is my opinion about my place in the game. Since Cecilia went home, I've been guaranteed to be in the bottom position in any alliance I make. The Mykines 2.0 3? Nah, just Jessica and Stacey with there third guy. The Mykines 3.0 majority alliance? Nah, just Candice and Penner plus me. The Svinoy 2.0 alliance plus me? Well, exactly the Svinoy 2.0 alliance plus me. I have deals with Rocky and Lilliana, but Rebecca takes way too long between PMs to be well. So at this point in the game I have exactly three goals which if I achieve successfully, I will win. These goals are:

1. Don't be a threat. It's way too easy to vote me out at any time any of these guys want.
2. Don't let one alliance take power. If one alliance gets the majority, regardless of whether or not I'm in it, they'll take me out whenever it's convenient
3. Don't let Jessica, Candice or probably Rocky to the Final 3, because Rocky is likable and Jessica and Candice are seen as threats.

For a #tbt, I feel like it's time to create a long term plan for the end game which will help me achieve this goal, which is:
Final 8. Get rid of one of the Svinoys. I need to keep . The way to do this is to get Candice/Penner to get along. I feel like of the Svinoys Rocky is the most threatening but also most likely to vote with me if he loses an ally.
Final 7. Get the Mykines 2.0 and Mykines 3.0 alliances to butt heads, get one of the Svinoys along with it. Candice and or Jessica out.
Final 6. Get another Svinoy out. This may be tricky with idols in the game. Probably the one thing i could think of is the 3-2-1 plan-esque but that's it.
Final 5. Get the other two people to take out the non-immunity winning member of the remaining pair (either Jessica/Stacey or Candice/Penner)
Final 4. Get the biggest threat out. Hope it's not me.

Also if I do get to the Final whatever, can next thursday's event be moved an hour or two earlier or delayed to the sunday? I have a fourteen hour flight two hours after the tribal would typically be over and the airport is far from where I leave so I'd probably have to leave earlier - especially considering that i'm kinda moving. I ask far in advance because I don't want it to be a surprise if it does happen and i do get that far.

In my opinion, this is the way alliances stand as of now:



Also, my dad was actually asleep on the floor. Why? I have no fucking idea. I have a brother and sister who live with me and left for school at 6:45, I saw him asleep at about 10:00, his flight was due for arrival at around 4:00, so the most likely thing was that my dad was drinking as soon as he landed and he got hungover, which means he must be a pretty big fucking trooper because I don't have the stamina to move after most flights I take.

[Nate]

also my internet is inproperly cut poop so I won't be as active as I want today

[Nate]

1. Rocky PM'd me about a master plan a few days ago which he hasn't told me yet.
2. Looks like its Lil 5-3.
3. Candice and Jessica are both gunning for each other at F7.

[Nate]

If Rocky doesn't PM me about it, i'll just say that "oh sorry I had to go with the flow" and still be in the middle of three alliances. yay me.
also I realized how big of a clusterfuck ponderosa must be if Lil gets voted out.

I'm sorry/happy for you guys.

Also I realized that the season is probably boring af for you guys because all the interesting people with high post counts are being voted out. I've been thinking about a theory that you might get so pissed off at how boring this season probably is and rig the season for Jessica - which is probably pretty likely.

[Nate]

Also on my long term plans, I'm internally debating between Candice, Jessica and Rocky. I'm leading Candice > Jessica > Rocky, but the last two are kind of iffy. I guess that's a decision I'll make then, under the assumption that there's no secret plan to take me out.
My plan is to vote them out 5th-7th, but i'm afraid of one of them going on a Tom-esque immunity run which could honestly fuck with my game.
It's to the point if I'm not sure whether or not if I should practice counting challenges.
I think a season trivia challenge is going to come up soon, which in that case I'll read up on the first challenge.

[Nate]

I'm also a tad afraid that i didn't get idol clues, which means that Candice didn't share with me, which means she's out soon OMFG. Also, I assume the idol clue was probably something like "who is the host of survivor?" or "spell faroe islands" so the idol would be found quickly which means she'd have to be taken out at F7.

[Nate]

Candice told me that "Rebeccah has voted for you", which if she does i don't care. It'll hurt my trust in Rocky if he joins in, Liliana it won't matter much, and hopefully the five stick together and I stick around for a few more days

[Brenda Lowe]

Also on my long term plans, I'm internally debating between Candice, Jessica and Rocky. I'm leading Candice > Jessica > Rocky, but the last two are kind of iffy.

Is that in terms of first wanted out or one you want to keep around the longest?

Also best thing with that flight is to remind Jeff like, two Rounds before and point him back to you asking this long ago. After all, you might not be there in which case it's no biggie. But obviously if it's the night of Final Four or w/e and you are still in, it would be pretty critical to make sure we suit everyone.

[Nate]

Also on my long term plans, I'm internally debating between Candice, Jessica and Rocky. I'm leading Candice > Jessica > Rocky, but the last two are kind of iffy.

Is that in terms of first wanted out or one you want to keep around the longest?

Also best thing with that flight is to remind Jeff like, two Rounds before and point him back to you asking this long ago. After all, you might not be there in which case it's no biggie. But obviously if it's the night of Final Four or w/e and you are still in, it would be pretty critical to make sure we suit everyone.

I'll make sure to remind that.

And for that Candice as the person i'd want first, but I guess opinions will change as I talk to people and see where people stand and how much of a threat people think somebody is. There's also the thing if I let jessica stay here too long when skill-based comps come in she could win out.

[Nate]

also is the idol usable at F5?