Welcome, Cassandra!

[Jeff Varner]

I heard you like panda cams so here is a link so you can always refer back to here: http://explore.org/live-cams/player/china-panda-cam-2 I hear it is calming to watch them and forget all your worries in the world.


Anyway.. what the fuck happened?



Oh, and enjoy Ponderosa!

[Stephannie]

And yet another person who voted for me is promptly landing in Ponderosa

good game though, girl. You probably would have won if you made it to the end.

[Cassandra]

FUCK IT I ACTUALLY DID HAVE THE IDOL AND A NECKLACE

[Stephannie]

FUCK IT I ACTUALLY DID HAVE THE IDOL AND A NECKLACE

[Cecilia]

I KNEW YOU HAD THE FUCKING NECKLACE.

And by the way, you were my blindside pick too. GIRL YOU ROCKED IT OUT THERE. It was too obvious. You called the shots. You were in a winning spot. What makes me mad is... these people are still all voting together WTF?

You did magnificent, by the way. What happened?????? Who lied? What was the plan from now on?

[Cecilia]

I would've voted for you hands down.

[Cassandra]

Since you did a ranking, Steph, I'll do one too.
1. Candice. Candice is playing the same exact game as me but better. Much more subtle. She's pretty much my other half in terms of gameplay. If she waits a little to take Jessica out so she's not the next biggest threat, she wins.
2. Jessica. You have to admire how she worked her way from the person who needed the majority alliance's vote to one of the top dogs on the alliance.
3. Liliana. She's playing the underdog role and is killing it. Doesn't need any idols and infiltrates people's thoughts much more than she lets on.
4. Rocky. His laid-back personality lends himself to being extremely good at lying. I had no idea.
5. Nate. More perceptive than he seems. Realizes that likability is a big factor at the end.
6. Stacy. Might go up if she actually does have the last necklace and uses it well. Otherwise mostly Jessica's follower.
7. Rebecca. Not good at talking strategy. I think she's gotten pretty lucky thus far.
8. Penner. Ever since the merge has been offline A LOT and hasn't contributed much of anything to deciding the vote.

[Cassandra]

I KNEW YOU HAD THE FUCKING NECKLACE.

And by the way, you were my blindside pick too. GIRL YOU ROCKED IT OUT THERE. It was too obvious. You called the shots. You were in a winning spot. What makes me mad is... these people are still all voting together WTF?

You did magnificent, by the way. What happened?????? Who lied? What was the plan from now on?

Thanks a bunch, CiCi! Let it be known that the only reason I wanted to blindside you was because you were the only one vocal about me being a threat.

I guess I was looking too much at my own game. Jessica was supposed to go next because she was the biggest threat left besides Candice, and I really thought Candice would go with me to final 6, and then I'd get her out. So I was counting on her to let me know if I was being targeted. I didn't realize it would be more advantageous to her to get me out before Jessica. There were two big threats above her. One above me.

Also, Jeff kept asking Lil and Rocky questions at tribal and didn't ask me anything! Could've sworn that meant I was safe.

[Stephannie]

8. Penner. Ever since the merge has been offline A LOT and hasn't contributed much of anything to deciding the vote.

I didn't expect this! Thanks for pointing it out, I thought he may have just had a quiet round to start off the merge, but if he's been away the whole time...
He had a great social game from when I chatted with him on Svinoy 1.0, and I really liked him... but if you're saying it's now been four merge rounds he's just been offline and gone along with the majority vote?

Definitely takes his stock down a lot.

[Flicka]

You were one of the people I would have voted for if you were in the final 3 as well, Cassandra. Welcome to the jury, at least! This is crazy with the third unanimous vote in a row! I must ask, since I found the first one and searched so hard for the second one without a clue, what was the password to the new HII? Was it a location or something totally different?

[Cassandra]

Candice and I "talked strategy" with him in a group chat, and our conversations consisted of:
Penner: Who's the vote tonight?
Candice: Steph.
Penner: Okay.
The next day:
Penner: Who's the vote tonight?
Cassandra: Flicka.
Penner: Okay.

He went along with the CiCi blindside without even questioning it. It was like he didn't even realize he was in her alliance. There's a reason Jeff's so mad at him.

[Cassandra]

You were one of the people I would have voted for if you were in the final 3 as well, Cassandra. Welcome to the jury, at least! This is crazy with the third unanimous vote in a row! I must ask, since I found the first one and searched so hard for the second one without a clue, what was the password to the new HII? Was it a location or something totally different?

It was "mothertongue," the English name of a monument that some guy dedicated to Hammershaimb. And it wasn't in the Wikipedia article on Hammershaimb, so no way you'd get that with random guessing.

[Flicka]

You were one of the people I would have voted for if you were in the final 3 as well, Cassandra. Welcome to the jury, at least! This is crazy with the third unanimous vote in a row! I must ask, since I found the first one and searched so hard for the second one without a clue, what was the password to the new HII? Was it a location or something totally different?

It was "mothertongue," the English name of a monument that some guy dedicated to Hammershaimb. And it wasn't in the Wikipedia article on Hammershaimb, so no way you'd get that with random guessing.

I figured it was gonna be something I would never be able to guess at. Oh well. Good job on finding it and the necklace, though!

[Cassandra]

Thanks. Not worth much, though ;____;

[Cecilia]

Candice and I "talked strategy" with him in a group chat, and our conversations consisted of:
Penner: Who's the vote tonight?
Candice: Steph.
Penner: Okay.
The next day:
Penner: Who's the vote tonight?
Cassandra: Flicka.
Penner: Okay.

He went along with the CiCi blindside without even questioning it. It was like he didn't even realize he was in her alliance. There's a reason Jeff's so mad at him.

I talked strategy with Penner yesterday, I was planning teaming up with him, Candice, Nate and Rocky. He told me he'd like to but he must talk to Rocky first, and I think he said something about being scared of you... so I don't think he's as clueless as he looks. My impression from Svinoy 1.0 was that he was gonna be the mastermind! I wouldn't write him off just yet.

[Flicka]

Candice and I "talked strategy" with him in a group chat, and our conversations consisted of:
Penner: Who's the vote tonight?
Candice: Steph.
Penner: Okay.
The next day:
Penner: Who's the vote tonight?
Cassandra: Flicka.
Penner: Okay.

He went along with the CiCi blindside without even questioning it. It was like he didn't even realize he was in her alliance. There's a reason Jeff's so mad at him.

I talked strategy with Penner yesterday, I was planning teaming up with him, Candice, Nate and Rocky. He told me he'd like to but he must talk to Rocky first, and I think he said something about being scared of you... so I don't think he's as clueless as he looks. My impression from Svinoy 1.0 was that he was gonna be the mastermind! I wouldn't write him off just yet.

I have a strange feeling that there IS a method to Penner's gameplay. I have a feeling this is part of his strategy.

[Flicka]

By the way, if Rocky didn't give immunity to Candice and they were the only ones vulnerable tonight, who would say would have been voted out? Since you were with them only an hour ago, you'd probably know best.

[Cassandra]

I'm not sure I would know best, because clearly I was clueless about this. But we had about ten minutes to talk after the challenge and I'm 99% sure we would've settled on Rocky. No way I was voting Candice.

[Flicka]

Well, I meant best of the people here in the jury.

[Cassandra]

Oh, right.

Also just now realizing that I should've gone with my instinct during that challenge that people were actually trying to get me out. I rationalized it by thinking they were trying to get me to have the fewest coins.