Episode 14

[Jeff Probst]

Well, final 5, Congratulations.

Now it's just who you want to sit next to in the final 3 and how you're gonna get there.

What do you have to do to win the game?

[Brenda Lowe]

what's penner planing exactly with this? a final of him, stacy, and candice? or does he think i'm still going to team with him?


CAUSE... i wont :P

Welp.

How does Rebecca's announcement in public change matters?

[Rocky]

what's penner planing exactly with this? a final of him, stacy, and candice? or does he think i'm still going to team with him?


CAUSE... i wont :P

Welp.

How does Rebecca's announcement in public change matters?

i think it literally kills my game

[Jeff Varner]

i think it literally kills my game

How so?

[Rocky]

i think it literally kills my game

How so?

i haven't relied on rebecca for a whole lot voting wise, but the one thing she was good for is sitting next to at tribal council. however, here we are, final 5, and if rebecca wants to leave, then whats stopping stacy, penner, and candice from offing me at final four? at least with rebecca we can flip this round with stacy. before, stacy had the choice if she wants to go to finals with me and rebecca or finals with candice and penner, and i think she woulda opted for a me/her/rebecca final three, however now....


NOW...

yeah, she doesn't get to make that choice. rebecca leaves this round, and unless penner has a huge attitude change or unless me playing dumb has worked out so well, then i'm probably next out of necessity for candice, penner, and stacy.
1) i'm the underdog
2) i've won a few challenges
3) i'm sticking around/am active/have a storyline

AND fucking rebecca is ASKING to be voted out, however that doesn't guarantee shit. i'd be seriously surprised if rebecca gets voted out, and i stay till final tribal council. rebecca is raising the white flag because she's finally heard the echo's of her uncommitted relationship to this game, she finally realizes she has no chance, and is tossing in the towel. HOWEVER SHE SHOULDA FUCKING DONE THAT WHEN LIL LEFT!!!!!!!!

cause now... now i need her, now that lils gone, flicka's gone, and steph's gone, i kinda need to rely on her for a vote. if rebecca stuck around, stacy might find me and her a more tantalizing group to be up against in the final tribal council, however depending on if candice/penner are committed to each other still...

yeah well, then i'm fucked, cause stacy wont tie JACK for me.

and i know what your thinking, "well rocky you shouldn't align with a fucking inactive", well if you told me at the beginning of the merge that rebecca was inactive i wouldn't have believed you. same if you told me she was inactive at the start of the swap. i woulda said HA. there was a point when rebecca was the most active person after Steph on our svinoy 2.0 tribe. she showed up to every challenge on svinoy 2.0

now here we are, she crapped out at the halfway point. however that didn't stop my opponents from offing flicka, steph, and lil. what could i say to stop them? "please vote rebecca"? cause i did when flicka left. no one gives a shit.

it's just horrible. i didn't ask for a lot of the situation i'm put in, and now i'm not asking for rebecca to leave. i know she thinks she's not deserving, and she's right. she doesn't deserve it. but she was thrust into a position where I need her, cause all the other ladies i could rely on were voted out for, i guess, being too active or too threatening.

i guess it's not all bad. i can win final immunity, i've won immunities before. if it's endurance then i can win it, i have in the past games i was in. i just dont want to get to the end based off of an immunity streak, cause i'm not sure if you guys know, but my entire strategy revolves around convincing people i'm not an idiot, or a jackass, or stupid. and that's kinda hard to do when i have zero proof backing me up in the final tribal council. all i got to my name is outlasting my alliance, and winning a few immunities, and all that proves is that i'm better than being inactive.

[Rocky]

i think it literally kills my game

How so?

i haven't relied on rebecca for a whole lot voting wise, but the one thing she was good for is sitting next to at tribal council. however, here we are, final 5, and if rebecca wants to leave, then whats stopping stacy, penner, and candice from offing me at final four? at least with rebecca we can flip this round with stacy. before, stacy had the choice if she wants to go to finals with me and rebecca or finals with candice and penner, and i think she woulda opted for a me/her/rebecca final three, however now....


NOW...

yeah, she doesn't get to make that choice. rebecca leaves this round, and unless penner has a huge attitude change or unless me playing dumb has worked out so well, then i'm probably next out of necessity for candice, penner, and stacy.
1) i'm the underdog
2) i've won a few challenges
3) i'm sticking around/am active/have a storyline

AND fucking rebecca is ASKING to be voted out, however that doesn't guarantee shit. i'd be seriously surprised if rebecca gets voted out, and i stay till final tribal council. rebecca is raising the white flag because she's finally heard the echo's of her uncommitted relationship to this game, she finally realizes she has no chance, and is tossing in the towel. HOWEVER SHE SHOULDA FUCKING DONE THAT WHEN LIL LEFT!!!!!!!!

cause now... now i need her, now that lils gone, flicka's gone, and steph's gone, i kinda need to rely on her for a vote. if rebecca stuck around, stacy might find me and her a more tantalizing group to be up against in the final tribal council, however depending on if candice/penner are committed to each other still...

yeah well, then i'm fucked, cause stacy wont tie JACK for me.

and i know what your thinking, "well rocky you shouldn't align with a fucking inactive", well if you told me at the beginning of the merge that rebecca was inactive i wouldn't have believed you. same if you told me she was inactive at the start of the swap. i woulda said HA. there was a point when rebecca was the most active person after Steph on our svinoy 2.0 tribe. she showed up to every challenge on svinoy 2.0

now here we are, she crapped out at the halfway point. however that didn't stop my opponents from offing flicka, steph, and lil. what could i say to stop them? "please vote rebecca"? cause i did when flicka left. no one gives a shit.

it's just horrible. i didn't ask for a lot of the situation i'm put in, and now i'm not asking for rebecca to leave. i know she thinks she's not deserving, and she's right. she doesn't deserve it. but she was thrust into a position where I need her, cause all the other ladies i could rely on were voted out for, i guess, being too active or too threatening.

i guess it's not all bad. i can win final immunity, i've won immunities before. if it's endurance then i can win it, i have in the past games i was in. i just dont want to get to the end based off of an immunity streak, cause i'm not sure if you guys know, but my entire strategy revolves around convincing people i'm not an idiot, or a jackass, or stupid. and that's kinda hard to do when i have zero proof backing me up in the final tribal council. all i got to my name is outlasting my alliance, and winning a few immunities, and all that proves is that i'm better than being inactive.

[Rocky]

I know it seems really shady but I really hope Jeff will confirm the detail of it for you. Since we started working together at like, final 10, I've been really honest with you about everything cause I think you're a sound lad and I've had loads of craic playing the game with you. There's honestly no reason for me not to tell you except the fact that I wasn't allowed to tell you until Nate was out of the game - it's to do with the rule about it being a "closed identity" game or whatever. Nate told me in a PM and I got a PM shortly after from Jeff saying I wasn't allowed to discuss it with anyone.

I wish I had been allowed to discuss it with you at the time - in my head it was a really big deal and something you'd definitely agree that he should be voted out before he got any further. If I had been able to talk to you about it and you had said "nah I'm actually grand, even with this info I want Stacy out" I would have voted Stacy but I just had to take a leap of faith and hope you'd agree with me afterwards.

yeah man idk, even with this information, i'm not sure i woulda gunned for nate. even if he had played 9 times before, i just think that he would've been OK still. plus, what exactly is australian stranded?

[Rocky]

yeah penner's fucked if he doesn't win immunity, and assuming stacy is being straight up with me. i'm fine with that, dueces penner, shouldn't have lied! sorry not sorry.

however... yeah i'm not sure i'm getting that win. i think my best shot at winning the entire game is by actually not winning this immunity challenge and making it to fnial 3. if i win my way to final 3, then people wont respect my strategy. but if i dont win my way to the final three, i can try to conjour up my inner self aware monk inside me and ideally slaughter the jury.

that's tough though, should i throw it and hope that i get brought to the final 3 or not? throwing challenges is never good, especially in the final 3, but if i won... it kind of dismisses the point of my strategy. they could just say that they would've voted me out at final four, at least if i take the "stupid rocky gets carried but isn't actually stupid" avenue, i'll hopefully gain some respect.

idrk. i'm starting to go stir crazy being in this game. not even joking, a girl and her friends wanted me to go to dinner with them and i turned them down because of this challenge/tribal.

she coulda been the future miss rocky, you know. instead, stranded is my mistress.

[Rocky]

i'm becoming a regular at this cafe i go to too because of stranded. its crazy haha. no other game i've played has taken this much comittment. i have stockholm syndrome with this game, i keep coming back to it after it steals all my free time and beats me mentally. I MIGHT NOT EVEN WIN, yet i crawl back every night and message someone saying "hey, whats up?"

i bet i'm not even the most dedicated person to this game too. i bet some people channeled ALL their free time to playing this game.

[Jeff Probst]

i'm becoming a regular at this cafe i go to too because of stranded. its crazy haha. no other game i've played has taken this much comittment. i have stockholm syndrome with this game, i keep coming back to it after it steals all my free time and beats me mentally. I MIGHT NOT EVEN WIN, yet i crawl back every night and message someone saying "hey, whats up?"

i bet i'm not even the most dedicated person to this game too. i bet some people channeled ALL their free time to playing this game.

It can suck you in, I am guilty too and my girlfriend is NOT happy about it

[Rocky]

i'm becoming a regular at this cafe i go to too because of stranded. its crazy haha. no other game i've played has taken this much comittment. i have stockholm syndrome with this game, i keep coming back to it after it steals all my free time and beats me mentally. I MIGHT NOT EVEN WIN, yet i crawl back every night and message someone saying "hey, whats up?"

i bet i'm not even the most dedicated person to this game too. i bet some people channeled ALL their free time to playing this game.

It can suck you in, I am guilty too and my girlfriend is NOT happy about it

if i think i have it bad, i can't imagine HOSTING this shit

aight, back to the challenge.

[Rocky]

welp, time to suck some penner penis. i wouldn't be surprised if it's me tonight, but imma push for some classic CANNED ICE!

[Rocky]

LOL PENNER JUST SAID HE"S GIVING ME IMMUNITY< HOLY SHIT SI"LSDJ"F JKLDFKLJ "F

calm down rocky shietttt

[Rocky]

i think he pussied out. i dont blame him, but i really wish he didn't haha. i absolutely would've voted him out if he gave immunity to me though so i dont blame him.

[Rocky]

jeezm, i was so tempted to say this to candice
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calling me a dumbass aint gonna get my jury vote, candice.

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i figured it would be distastefull

[Jeff Probst]

Whelp you did it! Final 3!

Let me know your thoughts on the other finalists, your journey thus far, if you think you have a good shot at winning and how you feel about the jurors.


CONGRATS!!!!!

[Rocky]

Whelp you did it! Final 3!

Let me know your thoughts on the other finalists, your journey thus far, if you think you have a good shot at winning and how you feel about the jurors.


CONGRATS!!!!!

solid chance to get second imo, maybe beat penner, but it all depends on how much the jury digs the rockstar/dislikes the pennar

it also depends on what the jury values, a commanding game, or a ratrace for the finish. i think i can sell myself well, but it wont count for shit if they dont respect the way i played over the way penner played.

[Brenda Lowe]

i absolutely would've voted him out if he gave immunity to me though so i dont blame him.

Fucking lololololol.

Congrats on FTC bro, and good luck!

Who do you think you can nab votes from? Do you have a defined strategy for it?

[Rocky]

i absolutely would've voted him out if he gave immunity to me though so i dont blame him.

Fucking lololololol.

Congrats on FTC bro, and good luck!

Who do you think you can nab votes from? Do you have a defined strategy for it?

only flicka gave me her vote as she left the door, and i have a feeling that she could easily take it back, so my strategy walking into this FTC is to be humble and tell it straight.

i'm going to start off probably with "reasons to not vote rocky" and try to disprove them, and then finish strong by hitting penner hard. he was virtually nonexistant in the first few challenges and tribals, he also wasn't the glue for the jessica vote (nate didn't even trust penner! he wanted stacy to vote with us).

most importantly, i'm going to pitch HARD that i merged without numbers in the minority, and i determined that my best shot was to be stupid and honest, and hope to be used. i couldn't govern votes, or i would look like a schemer. i'm going to state that the only reason penner had his numbers advantage is because he merged with them, and i'm going to pitch that i had to struggle to find numbers, create new bonds and new relationships and create new trustworthy bonds, AND i succeeded.

BASICALLY: penner and i are both millionaires, but i started my life with a penny while penner started his life with a couple hundred grand. pitch that pity card baby, NO SHAME!!!

oh and also, i'm gonna type better, like i'm writing a love letter to kate upton, but that's a given.

if stacy is praised by the jury i'll be surprised, but my argument against her is that she just kinda SAT THERE lol. our last tribal council portrays exactly just how useless stacy was in this game imo, and no one should be planning to vote for her if you ask me. as much as i've disliked penner these last few rounds, i can stand losing to him, since he did have a solid game, but i think i can have a solid pitch too and it might entirely come down to jurors opinions. steph and flicka being the first few jurors might help me out big time since the first jurors can be the most influential, however steph could hate my guts for all i know so who knows!

[Rocky]

Feel free to do this in your confessionals. It will likely help you with memory leading up to the Final Tribal Council.

Pre-Jury


Ozzy and Rita - Quit - 19th Place

i dunno


Adam - 18th Place

my man crush, didn't go the distance like i wouldve hoped. this win will be for him :'(


Mookie - 17th Place

i liked mookie back on our old tribe, idrk what hapened to him but i'm still around and that's what matters to me!


Papa Smurf & Yau Man (Quit) - 15th Place

FUCKING YAU MAN, shit. i had a whole setup with you in the game, and not even gonna lie, you failed on me buddy! i understand why you quit and everything, but i wish you stuck around, played your idol, and tried to lower the spotlight on you hombre.


JP - 14th Place

i liked you upfront and when i offered you the me/you/anthony deal, i meant it. wish shit worked out a different way. i understand WHY you did what you did, but i wish you didn't do it.


Anthony - 13th Place

just like good ol jp, you're a stud and i liked talking to you. i would've liked you in merge over jessica but it just couldn't work out, and i would've fought more for you if you had voted with me and helped me out when jp was gunning for me.

Jurors


Stephannie - 12th Place

steph! i am very glad to hear that you would've fought to keep me around all those rounds ago, even after what i did on our old tribe... about trying to idol you out and all.


Flicka - 11th Place

flocky for life, i trusted you a good amount, even though we didn't talk a TON, i got good vibes and i did miss losing you. i can't help but feel me vouching for you was something that got you booted.


Cecilia - 10th Place

fiesty and strong! i liked you, but seeing you leave was easy and necessary to let the game continue and give me time to hibernate and affiliate myself


Cassandra - 9th Place

cass, you tried hard and couldn't make it. everyone liked you, and i just can't help but think if you lowered your threat level a bit, you'd have made it extremely far. GG, cass.


Liliana - 8th Place

LIL! you were short, blunt, and fun haha. we actually didn't talk a whole lot despite where we stood in this game but i think it's just cause i felt like we HAD to trust each other you know?


Jessica - 7th Place

you got some hate in this game and i frankly think it was undeserved. i liked you a lot, and our frenemy status was honestly a highlight to me in this game. i think it'd make some solid TV too.


Nate - 6th Place

you were standoffish but i still liked you a solid amount. when penner blindsided you, it tanked my game imo. i you trucked it hard and did all you could, GG! i think for coming in late, you really fought hard for your placement compared to some others.


Rebecca - Quit - 5th Place

hi, where'd you go? why didn't you sacrifice yourself for lil?


Candice - 4th Place

canned ice, you were dieing out in that endgame but i liked you early on. REALLY intimidating, with your paragraph long responses. i'm just not used to it i guess.

Final 3



man final three, how bitchin is that? i'm actually really glad stacy isn't in the jury cause i didn't connect with her at all lol, meanwhile penner... not a fan anymore not gonna lie! i just hope i can pull ahead of you in this final tribal council and just fake it till i make it with my pitch. you played well though, i can't lie, and i hope if i dont win, then you do.