?idolplease/Confessionals

Day 3
"rubicante"

- Sooooo I'm not too happy with the tribe designations and the immunity challenge. This tribe will be tricky to navigate for me because while I am cool with some people like say Lexi, I don't know if I can say the same for everyone else. I want to get closer to Chloe and maybe start a girls alliance but when I talk to her I kind of get the feeling that she doesn't like talking to me which is kind of a shame. AJ seems cool but idk if I'm close enough yet where he would fight to keep me.

In terms of the immunity challenge, all these topics besides maybe film are not my forte. I'm more of an arts and very niche entertainment person so I'm kind of a sitting duck. Brian took film which is fair and I know he'll do a better job than I will in that, but I think I have to volunteer for eschatology. I don't know a damn thing about it but I don't think anyone else on this tribe does either, so maybe I'll get some leeway if I do poorly. Ideally we just win the challenge and I don't have to worry but I'm really anxious about it all.

"rubicante"

- Unironically, canonically, platonically, I'm pretty much running shit, ngl. I mean, who else has the level of impact that I have had thus far? Won immunity, was the sole person to dictate a particular direction the vote went as a symbol of social justice, got rewarded for my efforts with my own command, picked the grey tribe buff to have the prettiest tribe of all, then decyphered an idol clue and gave it to the people as a peace offering to help level the playing field which - given my brilliance - was hugely imbalanced. I mean, nobody else has their own command. I am Mount Vesuvius, I am hell and all of its circles, I am 703 and I am winning

currently

"rubicante"

- This swap kinda fucking sucks. All the people I wanted to have as my closest core in Lex, Ian, big Aaron or recently Vincent too all got split up from me, and I got two people I did not want on my tribe in Isaac and Br**n. I really didn't want to have to play the Isaac card so soon and work with him, because it's already going to be assumed we're a pair and I didn't want that, so now it's just even more awkward that I'm going to have no choice but to lean into that. Br**n got mad at me for the meme vote which is dumb tbh I would've laughed but I guess I'm just funnier than people, so I think there's not going to be much luck there for me to work with. As soon as my tribe was announced, Lex sent me this ominous warning being like "beware of Lora" so that's also not an ideal tribemate. On the bright side though, I really like Lexi and Chloe a lot, so I'll gladly work with them and hopefully we can be a strong core, and then little Aaron is really nice other than wanting Trump's juicy bussy or whatever the fuck he said in the one world chat. Either way, I do have options, so even with the swap being less than ideal, I'm not too worried right away. Maybe that's short-sighted and narrow-minded and I'm going to be a target, but I really hope not.

"rubicante"

- The idol situation is shit. I mean, I did publicly expose it, which was 100% intentional so it's out in the open and people aren't going to be all paranoid about it and shit, because we can probably safely assume that *someone* is going to have it. I don't care who that someone is, honestly. I want it to be me, just so I can burn the idol and know that none are in play until merge. Other than that though, I don't really have a use for an idol. I don't think they're that important to the game and half the time you use one you just get targeted next tribal anyway. I'm going to keep helping Vincent and Lex find it since we've got our little search party going, but if one of them finds it and not me, I'm not too worried, because at least I know it's not lying around for someone to swoop up when they become a target. Devil we know over devil we don't or some shit like that.

"alichino"

- Okayyyy, so...here we are, finally on tribes! I am a mixed bag of feelings about this. I'm stoked to get Aaron M, Shane and Sam on this tribe, but unsure of how I feel about Lex, Liz and Ian tbh? Like I've talked w them quite a bit but I don't feel as connected with them.

This idol search is frustrating as shit and I guarantee you someone is going to find it before me. There's letters, subscripts, all that nonsense, and the clue has got to mean something...what could it be?

"alichino"

- We love AJ doing the idol clue in the one world chat and explaining it to Chloe 😂😂 anyway this wasn’t what I was expecting for the idol clue but I’m not surprised considering who the hosts are and it being an returnee season. Originally I thought on the idol clue had to do with the parchment because it looked like a faded quote on the right side and I suggested that to Vince because I trust him enough to look for an idol with. Anyway Vince managed to figure it out and explained the process to me which then led to him asking if i wanted to work with him Zach and Hesh to find the idol and now I have that little group/alliance. I’m hoping if one of them find it they’ll tell me they did because I feel like it’ll be one of Aj/Chloe/Hesh/Vince/Zach to find the idol.

"alichino"

- Well, somehow, that vote turned out alright in the end, albeit with a shit ton of TBAs attached to it. Then we wound up trying Dyno commands, then we got our tribes, so, can I just say, holy shit. I think my tribe is alright, though. I think we could do well at challenges.

"malacoda"

- https://youtu.be/THoIg9WjaPQ

"rubicante"

- I'm not exactly too confident in my score for the challenge but I doubt if we go to tribal that the vote would be based on challenge score. My tribe is really hard to read because only half of them are the ones who approach me and it would be me who has to take the initiative. I had a conversation with Isaac right now and I may have come on too strong but I essentially said I wanted to work with him. A thing I did a lot on my past seasons was waiting for people to approach me and waiting for people to strike deals and alliances with me, but I want to take a more active approach. I was left out a lot as a result of that gameplay so I hope this forwardness will help me stay alive in this game. I don't know what will happen if we lose the immunity but I'm trying my darndest to stay in the know. I still don't know the culprit of who threw out Felipe's name first and that kinda bothers me, not that I minded Felipe being the target I just woke up to Lex telling me. I really don't want my fate to rely on being told things secondhand.

"rubicante"

- Sure enough, Felipe went home 20-1-1. Brian got his donkey vote from AJ (silly boy), and Felipe's plan to get Aaron A. in the back failed. I like to believe I was partially responsible for spreading the name covertly, but realistically I don't think anyone can take credit for this one. It's Limbo. Shit happens.

We get our idol clue for the only pre-merge idol and AJ does another big dingus movement and puts the first step of the clue in our public chat. Nice going, genius! Either way, AJ solves this step in private and he floats me the second step of the puzzle, which I cannot for the life of me figure out. It's right under my nose, I can feel it.

Anyways, AJ, Vince and Lex turn out to be tribe captains. Funnily enough, they actually don't choose the tribes, just the... colors? Hosts, the fuck? Random draw it is? I pick lucky number 7, and the tribe I get is surprisingly solid: AJ, Brian, Aaron A., Lexi, Lora, Clohie and myself. Brian and I are aligned with Shane, I'm tight socially with Aaron A. and Clohie and AJ and I are tight. Lexi and I are also starting a burgeoning conversation, leaving Lora as the odd one out. 5/6 isn't too bad, I reckon I'll be safe for a while.

That's all for now. I'm fucking tired.

"alichino"

- Alrighty, so we’ve got an easy first vote off, making it a sad 20-1-1 vote...things clearly went the way I wanted them to, but I’m not taking credit for that move. I did push Felipe’s name a bit to others, but downplayed how much I had been hearing it and WHO I had been hearing it from. He came in hot once he heard his name was on the line, but it was a little too late. He proposed way too many alliances with random people, made countless promises, and it didn’t come off as genuine overall. His target become Aaron A, which is someone I’m not opposed to being a future boot sooner than later. When he found out his name was on the line, his attitude shifted and I could tell he is someone who would be upset at you if you didn’t vote the way he wants you to. Not how I work love, but you can stay for now 💕

Moving onto the next topic, TRIBES! Once we finally got into our tribes, I made immediate conversation with everyone I had gotten paired up with, just to keep the engagement there and alive. I have a decent tribe and some people I have some trust in too! Specifically in Liam and a lot of growing trust with Sam. Liam and I immediately celebrated and knew this would be a perfect moment for us to work together on this tribe. Sam came hard at me, in a good way, to make sure I knew he wanted to be a duo with me and me only. I’ve got some trust to be built with him, but he seems like a genuine person and I hope he’s 100% down with us being a duo. Next up I have Elizabeth and Lex. Liz and I played in Louvre together were she cut me at F6/7, I forget, but I know she has what it takes to cut whoever she needs. I’m wary of her now, but if I can utilize my past relationship with her and keep us safe, I’d love that for us. Lex is someone I’ve gotten to know not ass much, however people seem to really like him. As well, people have said good things to him ABOUT me. So he knows I’m a loyal player and can be a strong asset moving forward in the game. I feel as though he’s maybe 3rd or 4th on my tribe, in terms of trusting, so he’s riding somewhere in the middle currently. Our last two are Ian and Aaron. Ian and I played twice together, once in Destino S1, where if I remember correctly, we tried to work together, but things didn’t work out. He’s also not as engaging as I am, so his conversations are a bit dry compared to the others. I wanna give him the benefit of the doubt, but I’ve already had 1 person on my tribe say his name as someone they haven’t spoken to at all, which makes him an easy vote for that person and maybe the rest of us if we lose. Aaron is last on this list currently, as he’s not as social and I’ve definitely not picked up on his personality yet. I can tell he’s still closed off a bit and I can’t tell when he’s being serious or sarcastic, so it’s hard to read him. He’s another name people have said as someone they haven’t talked to, so that makes him an easy vote off as well. Overall, my tribe has a good balance for me personally, no one too chaotic IMO, but I’m also still getting to know these people. I could be in for a surprise.

Moving on, we’ve got the idol hunt. I’m not sure if I was the first person to ultimately discover the command, but I noticed it in the clue/Treemail, but then AJ pointed it out to everyone, so here we all are with the first step handed to us. I decide to work with Chloe, Tommy, Liam, Issac, and Brian on this idol hunt, as I’ve got a lot of trust with them. Liam and I put together how to solve the first part, which shows we’ve got some solid trust with one another. I share this information with Tommy and Chloe, then Isaac and Brian later find out, as AJ tells Isaac about the next step too. AJ clearly is putting in the work as well, but I’m not sure how well everyone is managing figuring out the color hues puzzle currently. Either someone figured it out and now has the idol OR were all dying a slow, miserable death here in Hell trying to figure it out.

Overall, I think I’m in a solid position with a majority of the cast. I don’t feel like I’d be in danger if we lost the challenge, even if I do blow it and cause us to lose. My alliance members are all split up on different tribes, so I’m hoping that they can all survive and make it to the next round with me too. I’m excited to see what’s to come next in the game and hopefully it includes me taking the next step to winning this season!

"malacoda"

- So far, this tribe is working well in my favor. Tommy, Hesh, Zach, and I are agreeing to an alliance with one another to keep each other safe. That being said, I do want to avoid Tribal as I have good relationships with Andrew and Isaiah and would like to work with them in the future. Vincent is the only one I'm iffy on. He's not great socially and it's hard to keep a conversation with him so if we do lose I would be ok with him being the first vote. Brown is going to Tribal and I'm good with both Liam and Shane so I want them both to make it out of Tribal. In a perfect world, Ian would be the vote. We'll just have to see what happens and hope for the best.

"alichino"

- So we got swapped into tribes. Not super ecstatic because I havent really made any deep connections with these people. Obviously its time to get to work.

Day 4
"malacoda"

- Going in to this season, I felt pretty intimidated. I’m not only playing back to back seasons, I don’t really know most people here. I was scared that everyone would just know each other and leave me on the outs, but I’m doing better than I thought I would. I’ve had some really good conversations with a lot of people, and I’m feeling a lot more confident in my gameplay.

"rubicante"

- Our tribe won immunity and I couldn't be happier because it gives me more time to spread my tendrils and infect the tribe. Whatever that means. I'm not sure what would've happened if we went to tribal because no lines have been drawn yet and no loyalties have been shown but I for sure would not have felt safe. Winning just puts me at ease and helps me relax.

I'm pretty proud of my score in the challenge even though I googled everything. I think the main factor is the margin of error being so tight because the totals were so close. I don't think anyone should be targeted for challenge strength in this particular challenge however because let's be honest, how often are we going to do stuff like this right? I have no clue who would be going on Alichino but I kind of hope it's Aaron M just because I STILL haven't talked to him. (and he still hasn't talked to me but ya know)

"alichino"

- Well, that sucked. We didn’t even get a perfect score on any of the categories, not to mention we lose by one point. Well, the hard part’s out of the way. Now for the really hard part: voting someone out.

"alichino"

- I completely blew that challenge. Like terribly. I've never really been known for my challenge prowess but man, I fucking suuuucked. Time for the guilt trip baby! I think I've made some solid in roads with Lex, Sam, Shane, and Liam. So good in fact that they are all talking about a fiver alliance. I tell ya what you can knock on my challenge game but never doubt my social abilities.

"alichino"

- Not gonna lie, Shane sketches me the fuck out. He's extremely nice, sure he may just be a nice person but when everyone is saying that Shane is who they are close to? Thats a red flag my man. It seems I've forced myself upon Lex and we now have a ride or die deal, and get this we BOTH feel that way about Shane. Lex suggested that Shane and Sam are a pair, but Liam is literally just regurgitating everything Shane is saying. So I honestly think it might be a threesome. Do we go with the flow and team up with them? Or do we go for the kill and take Shane out? It's a steep mountain to climb but as long as Lex is onboard with it, we can make it happen.

"alichino"

- Let's be realistic here, I shouldn't even be considered a target for this vote. Losing sucks, but there's 1 person I really don't see making it past this round and that's Ian. He's not been brought up in ANY positive conversations when talking to others about our tribe and been the topic of 1 negative conversation so far. I think he's lacking in social effort currently, with Liz behind him and then even Aaron/Liam in the middle Lex, Sam, and I are forming a tighter group, but in all reality, I'd rather be with Liam and Sam in long terms. I've already seemed to have set myself up socially in a good position on my tribe, where everyone wants to work with me and is openly talking about what they want to do. I've built enough trust, it appears, to be in this position, so I see myself playing the best social game on this tribe as of now. Sam is doing really well too, as is Lex, but I've got everyone around me it appears.

In terms of gameplay, I'm letting Lex lead this new tribe alliance, consisting of Liam, Aaron, Sam, himself, and I. Liam also wanted to start an alliance, minus Lex, but I don't wanna risk that being exposed and trust to be split this early. Liam and I think we can control this tribe if needed, but we'll let Lex lead for now.

My personal chopping list on this tribe would be:

-Ian

-Aaron

-Liz

-Lex

-Sam

-Liam

I trust a lot of them, but Liam is my #1 on this tribe. Sam is close, but I've known Liam for a longer time and have preexisting trust with him. I'm not gonna throw any names out there, but I'm gonna steer it towards Ian if needed over Liz. She's someone I could see working with Sam and I, as she feels like she connects with us two the most.

Overall, I think I can run this game with the relationships I've built so far and even on the other tribes I have a handful of people telling me I better survive or they'll hunt down those who voted me out. I sound so cocky, but I am so happy with my level of gameplay this time around and in an All-Star cast!

"malacoda"

- wow i made it to day 4 without getting voted out i bet 0 people thought that was going to happen!!

ok but seriously i've gotten off to a really good start. i am aware most of it is luck but that does not change the fact that this is a really good start.

first off, i am 2/2 for doing as well as is necessary to get the best possible result in a challenge. i was immune at MEGATRIBAL and won my section in the most recent challenge. thereby establishing me as dependable*


 * so long as we keep getting fun challenges.

also, i have found myself in two alliances already. the first one is just a immunity winners @ first tribal gang, but we've been idol hunting so i'd say it's getting pretty serious. it is also where i managed to claim red as our tribe's colour (do not listen to anyone who says it's 'orange')

i was anticipating the need to make a big decision, so i decided to get a little alliance going on. i got zach, hesh, and elizabeth to work with me in an alliance, and if it was a schoolyard pick we totally would have dominated our tribe. sadly the hosts didn't want to see that happen so they randomized it, but i still got hesh and zach on my tribe which is really cool. we just need one more for majority, and joe and tommy are both looking like really good choices. honestly i like tommy more and i will try and keep him around bc the others do seem a bit more connected w joe, so having him with me will be quite helpful.

unfortunately, elizabeth is apparently in a steep minority on her tribe, and it's looking like she might not survive if they lose again. i'm not saying that we should throw to keep her safe, or that i should meddle in their tribes' affairs (guaranteed best way to get targeted), but idk what else we can do. we could look for the idol, but i have a suspicion AJ already got it. i'm working w him so that isn't awful, but still not really a great place for her to be in.

as for other things to worry about, elizabeth told me there was a guys alliance which included at least shane and lex, but she was quiet on exact details for whatever reason. it makes me a bit suspicious, but i didn't want to push for exact info bc that would make me look bad. i'll just see what happens at their tribal and hope i can figure something out from there.

"malacoda"

- Well, my tribe basically just mopped the floor with the other tribes! I'm so proud of us, I didn't expect us to win by such a high score, but I guess if any tribe was going to do it it'd have to be Malacoda!

I really really really like my tribe. I think the people I'd want to work with the most would be Joe, Hesh, and Zach. I think that'd be a solid core 4 and if we aligned that would mean we'd basically be safe until a swap. Who knows what will happen if we actually have to go to tribal and strategize, though. Hopefully I'll be on the right side whenever that happens.

"alichino"

- Coming into this tribe I originally felt really good about our challenge abilities.... until we lost by O N E point. I originally wanted to work with Sam, Lex and Shane because they were the 3 I talked to the most out of everyone on my tribe and to have Liam or Aaron M go home first.

I then realized there are only 3 girls on the entire cast and I’m the only girl on my tribe so I kind of got anxiety about there being a guys alliance that could take me out easily 6-1. I tried asking Shane about it and he said there wasn’t one and I shouldn’t worry about it.... Lex on the other hand.... told me he had my back and that there was a possibility of a guys alliance in the works / being made which would have consisted of him, Sam, Shane, Aaron M and Liam. In a weird way this ended up making me start talking to Aaron M more because Lex trusts him and I trust Lex.

"alichino"

- Commentary on the social politics and strategy of Survivor

Who to tell a plan

To whom should you tell the plan? It is the age old question that every Survivor player faces and that they face every tribal.To keep it to the minimum amount of players needed, that is only those who can be trusted, is a tried and true method. It is the absolute best solution if you wish for the plan to not be known by the target. After all, if you have done the legwork in terms of social game, you should be able to gather the troops for a hit without them snitching to your prey. It does have its drawbacks though. After all, if you only trust your core, some people will be left out, people who will still be here tomorrow, who have a game of their own and who you have just wronged. So, how about telling them? Well, for some of them, it may be the right course of action, at the very least in hindsight, if they aren't too close to your victim or if they're looking to make a move. However, if that person is very close to your target, it might be wiser to not tell them as they're extremely likely to tell them as well as campaign for them. However, it is never certain. Betrayals happen every game, but if you want to get an allies to turn on each other, you must be very careful as to how you bring it up and when you bring it up for timing is crucial as they may look to distinguish themselves with a move. It is also possible that, while they are resistant to your plan and do not wish to act on it, they do not have a choice, they must vote for your target, their ally, or fear getting ostracized by the tribe the next round. If you wish to weaken the ally, do not let them vote for your target. It helps keep them in the known and as someone dependable who is willing to make the hard choices. But you also have to keep in mind that not telling someone your plan erodes the trust built between the two of you. It automatically becomes clear for everyone that this person is not part of your core. On the other, telling someone your plan builds trust no matter how resistant they may be to it, like we just previously talked about. It gives them a lifeline to stay in the game and for that they will be appreciative. Strategizing is the form of bonding that builds the most trust because it sets a precedent about an intention to go forward with an individual.

"malacoda"

- So Chloe let me know about the ?duel and ?specimen commands for the idol search and jesus christ this is difficult. I hope I can figure this out before anybody else, but who knows. I let Shane know about it also, since I want to work with him and I think he'll trust me since I'm giving him help about the idol search.

"rubicante"

- Okay so, my dearest confessional, so I have a bit to talk about! The first tribal went pretty smoothly. I felt bad for Felipe, because once a name got put out I think everyone kinda ran with it. He messaged me asking that I don't vote him but I couldn't not and be put in danger.

After the tribal, we got separated into tribes. If I'm being honest here, the tribe I got put on is probably my least favorite. Basically everyone I was most excited to work with got put on the other two tribes. I do like AJ, and Chloe to an extent- but that's about it. I like Lora too, I just haven't gotten to know her as much. I just think this is kinda all the meme-y people in the game on this tribe and I just don't vibe well with that. But who knows, maybe I'll grow to not hate it.

For the challenge, I did history- I was down to science or history, but Chloe wanted science more so I took history. I also thought if I did good I could make Linus proud- so hopefully I did!!! I got a win for my tribe for my category so that felt AMAZING, I feel like I've hopefully shown that I can be useful and such.

On another note, I GOT THE HIDDEN IMMUNITY IDOL EEEEEEEEEEE. It was actual hell trying to get it, but I managed to. I don't think I'm going to tell anyone and I'm just going to keep it to myself until I absolutely need it and I can just pull it out like ""HA YOU THOUGHT!"". I'm hoping no one else makes it to the end so that people can just assume that no one found it. I'm gonna play it off like I haven't really looked at all. Or maybe I could say I looked into the Dante's Inferno thing but the first clue didn't make sense so I gave up. I'll have to decide at some point and stick consistent with it.

As soon as their tribal started, Liam messaged me saying he could be going, and I REALLY hope not. That would be an absolute travesty right there. :(

Anywho I guess that's all I have to say for now! :)

"alichino"

- Alright, so it’s a new morning for me, but same day in the game. Last night I worked on my trust building with Sam, where we both opened up about this vote and who we’d like to see go home.

This is where I also started working to keep Liz in the game. She mentioned she was close to me and Sam, which I then told this info to Sam. Lex then asked me to help him form an alliance of 5, so basically everyone BUT Liz and Ian. Now I tell Sam that we shouldn’t go against our newly found alliance, but also don’t want to take out Liz since she feels close with us two. So now this sets the vote on Ian, which is want it to be, so now Sam is on board with taking out Ian too. Liam also mentioned last night that he believe Liz would be a better alliance member in the future than Ian, so that’s another vote. I’m sure all it’ll take in the “Five Fellas” chat is to mention how little Ian chats with us and he’s a goner.

However, next time if we lose the IC and attend TC again, I’m ready for the first blindside of the season. Liam and I both realize Lex is leading this alliance, at least I want people to believe he is, but in reality I’d say it’s me. I’ve got Liam on my left side and Sam on my right side, both thinking we’re the duo running this tribe, so now if we lose, I pull them both in together with Liz and we form our new majority. This is where we can take out Lex. I can see him being a huge threat down the line and he’s not as open about everything as Aaron, but I don’t see Aaron as the bigger threat currently. My only issue with taking out Lex is that I wanna work with Hesh and he’s a HUGE advocate for keeping Lex around. It sucks, but this isn’t his tribe and if we lose again, I gotta set myself up in the best position. We’ll see if things change, but for now this seems to be my main plan if we lose again.

In terms of the One World, I’ve made some other solid connections cross tribal, so hopefully if we do have a swap coming up in the next few rounds, I’ve set myself up nicely with a handful of people. Some of these people off the top of my head include: Zach, Andrew, Hesh, Isaiah, Joe, and Vincent. These are people I don’t have an official alliance with, but I’ve gotten closer with the past few days. Andrew specifically has given me info, even though I already had it all, about the idol clues/puzzles, which is a sign of trust coming from him.

Then there’s a handful of people who I don’t have as strong of a game connection with, those being: Aaron A, AJ, Lexi, and Lora. I wanna build my connection with Lora and Aaron A up, but as for Lexi and AJ, I see them as two huge threats. AJ won the first IC Trials and is openly not afraid to discuss the idol hunt with a lot of people. It shows he’s probably got a lot of connections and friends to feel comfortable enough to do so. If I have the opportunity, he’d be one of the first people I target. As for Lexi, I know she’s capable of making it far and playing a sneaky game. I’m curious if our relationship can be built, but I don’t feel it when we talk. There’s little to no game talk at all, so she’s currently expendable to me.

Overall, I feel like I’m in an AMAZING position, but I don’t want people to realize that, otherwise I’ll become an easy target down the road. If not sooner rather than later.

Here’s to hoping I’m improving my game from last time and providing enough content for you hosts! You’re lucky I’m wrapping up at BB22 today, so now I’ll be a lot more active and trying to stay up to date with my Trust Rankings and such too!

"alichino"

- So...we’re still procrastinating. But there’s a 50/50 shot that they’ve already decided it’s me or something. Which would suck, because I really wanted to do better for myself in this game. Still better than being dragged along to the end, though.

"alichino"

- This is it. This is a massive play for our first tribal together It's either going to backfire spectacularly or it's going to set me up for a deep deep run. All in is the name of the alliance A for Aaron myself L for Lex L for Liz. And considering how gutsy of a move this is we are all in I think it's a perfect name perfect situation. We get Shane out maybe we can bring Sam back in If not whatever.

"alichino"

- well boys, today WAS pretty chill for the most part in terms of speaking about fucking tribal. We lost the first challenge NATURALLY cuz im bad luck and I feel pretty good about my tribe. I feel like I'm made a genuine connection with most of these people and that I'm hoping??? Most feel the same and wanna work with me so my flop ass can stay safe. A 5 person alliance was made last night that I was excited for, and thought the vote would easily be ian. But now Aaron went all fuckboymcgee and decided to vote Shane IN THE TRIBAL CHAT which got both me and Shane confused cuz Shane is my number one boy on this tribe and im like excuse me???? Why is Shane getting a vote???? Aaron is one of the lads in our alliance and now he voted for Shane, ANOTHER lad in our alliance chat, when we all agreed we were voting ian??? Now im confused and paranoid, I hope ian goes but wouldn't be surprised if im being blindsided by either being pushed into the minority or actually being voted out because again. WHY IS SHANE GETTING A VOTE like clearly some fuckboy shits going down that im not aware of and im pretty damn pissed about it. And ofc Aaron then comes to us both with the most bs excuse of "im sorry I just didn't know if it felt genuine but I realize I made a mistake and im voting ian now!!!11!!" Like if I survive tonight, homeboy is gonna be HIGH on my radar now. Dude fucked up, better be voting me out tonight pussy. Hope ian goes tonight but at this rate with all the dumbasses I seem to be stuck with I wouldn't be surprised if either me or Shane go lmfao 2ND BOOT HERE WE COMEEEEEE

"alichino"

- yeah... Shane just told me Aaron thinks he's shady. So some fuckshit is 100% going down rn and I s2g if I survive tonight AND the vote doesn't go how I think its gonna go BOYS A DEMON WILL BE UNLEASHED

"alichino"

- So...Aaron just told me that Shane, Sam, and Liam are looking to vote me out. So in turn, we’re hopefully going to end up blindsiding Shane. This is actually gonna be pretty damn brilliant. I guess I’m not done yet. Hopefully.

"alichino"

- Wait a minute. Elizabeth told me she might be voting Aaron. Which means they might not be together (or they are), which means I could be fucked. Shit.

"malacoda"

- https://youtu.be/MF4nPdClTTM

"rubicante"

- Me and the girls (minus Chloe but she's Chloe so we forgive her) dominating the challenge is no surprise, really. Of course I'm going to win a sport category with my exuberant masculinity and fucked up osgood schlatters knees from being too much of a chad. Still, that's 2/2 on challenges for me so far, and that's a good feeling. I'm definitely confident that I'm the best player here, not just because of challenges but the vibe in general, and so far, I'm doing things pretty much exactly to a tee in how I want the game to go for me. It's weird to say that I could do fuck all for the next thirty-five days and I'd still win at the end, but I honestly feel like that's the case at this point. Just the entire story I've built around myself in these short few days has really just propelled me forward as the figurehead of the game so far. People notice it too, like, it's not me being cocky and self-important. I've had people verbatim say that if the season has a DVD cover, I'm already a locked spot. The funny thing is, everyone sees that, but they're still not taking me seriously. I'm going to fucking mop the floor with everyone and shit's going to be fuckin sick lmao.

"rubicante"

- We get our first challenge and it's a doozy. Not only is it a quiz, but it's a specific type of quiz that Toby must have invented, the evil bastard. I reckon while he sleeps, eats and shits he thinks of hellish puzzles and quizzes for ORGs that he hosts. Looks of a god, brain of the devil.

Anyways, I volunteer myself for the Survivor category and upon seeing my questions, I initially believe I've got this one in the bag. I send my answers in, and around 20 hours later I'm immediately rewarded for my efforts with 2 out of 6 questions being correct. Fuck.

THANKFULLY, this isn't enough to send Rubicante into the shitpile, but I'm nervous now. This is the second challenge in a row where I've exposed myself as pretty much useless, and if I keep this up my social game won't be enough to get me kicked out of here. I'm safe this round, but who knows what awaits me next round?

I apologise to my tribe profusely, and they keep insisting that it's okay. Great, now I'm worried that my apologising is making me look weak. Paranoia in the house, baby!

As for Alichino, they're off. I've been led to believe by Liam that Ian is about to get cleanly voted out unanimously, and I'm okay with that. What could go wrong?

"rubicante"

- Those. Bastards.

A few hours before results I witness Aaron M. put his parchment in the tribal chat accidentally: Shane. Immediately the alarm bells go off, and sure enough it turns out there's a conspiracy to get Shane out of here. Multiple sources confirm: Shane himself, Liam, and Lex. The latter asks me if there's anyone I'd rather not see go home - I say Shane, and he responds with ""you can't tell me what to do!"" Way to rub it in my face, dingus!

Results come in, and it's 4-3 Shane. Shabrisaac (Shane, Brian and me) is no more, and I'm devastated. Shane was genuinely a lovely guy, and losing one of my closest allies this early is heartbreaking. I get the scoop that Lex switched the unanimous vote to Shane in order to break up Shane and Liam, under the impression that those two were a power duo. Aaron, Ian and Liz followed suit, but Sam and Liam stayed loyal to Shane. Funnily enough, Sam and Liam are the only two on that tribe that I'm particularly fond of, so that actually works out. Lex apologises to me for what's happened in private chat, but the deed is done. Mark my words Lex, you WILL pay for this. I'll make sure of it.

"malacoda"

- Okay lots has happened.

Felipe went in an obvious vote

Lora threw under the bus something to note.

We split into tribes,

I’m in a solid spot with mine, I’m in an alliance with Zach and Vinnie ( and Elizabeth cross tribal)

Joe has expressed he wants to work with me and a possible alliance with Zach and Tommy

I’m in good with Zach

I’m in good with Tommy

I’m in good with Vinnie

Isiah and are are okay as well not as strong

Tribe rankings

Zach

Vinnie

Joey

Tommy

Isaiah

I forgot the other lol

I’m also in a cross tribal alliance with Zach and Sam

Because we’re the bromigos

Zach and Chloe because of our among us game

I’ve been talking with lex a lot seems Shane and sam are bris and running that tribe. Totally okay with

I like aj a lot he seems smart so good to know! And he loves baseball

Also working a lot on Lora and Lexi

Liam and turbo as well

A lot of connections one world is good for me.

We won immunity so more to come. I’m in a very GOOD spot

"malacoda"

- heyooooo wus crackalackin its yaboi back in the clack for another fuckin returnee season! biiiiig apologies for not making a single conf til now but ive just been v v busy with irl and socializing in the game and shit. really wanna hammer in that posie toby and john have been doing an incredible job and it is not their fault ive been slackin at all and i love them all mwah mwah.

So we're gonna do a biiiig recap of the first few days please bear w me ill try to make it at least sorta brief.

so day one i get out here and like, im always really nervous with returnee seasons in this community because im not a regular nor prominent face in the community so i always feel i gotta put more work into socialization than most of the other cast. to add to this, i was at a halloween function the night of the start of the game and pretty much missed ALL of the initial icebreakers, so it was a bit of an uphill battle right away.

This cast, however, is completely stacked for me compared to most others. Most probably dont know this, but sam and i are like, connected at the hip. weve run majority alliances in two games together to pretty great success (him 8th and me winning the first time, and him 6th and me 4th in another) and even if i wanted to distance myself from him, we always end up drifting towards each other. im also very close with isaac and aj, and while ajs playstyle is really hard for me to read, i know he probably wont go after me til at LEAST a bad swapfuck. i also left off annihilation on great terms with lex and joe, and liam and i have successfully worked together before. Theres a lot of other people around that I at least recognize, so that made shit MUCH easier to deal with.

Right off the bat, im doin a lot of networking and get a lot of those generic ass ""you protect me, ill protect you"" type deals with a TON of people. I connected really well with the entire cast sans Isaiah, Elizabeth and Hesh at this point. Next, Lex AJ and Vinnie win immunity, which is fine cause like they were all safe anyway, and then we have tribal. im breadcrab if you think im gonna fuckin throw a name out for a 22 person tc so i just sat on my ass, but a few hours later someone said felipes name. Most paths lead back to Liam starting that, but somehow Lex got the blame. Felipe had come to me the day of his elimination as a completely different person than who i played w in hallasan and wanted to work with me - which was obviously awful to hear because it showed me that keeping felipe over aaron a was actually beneficial for me as thats more promises than i had from aaron at that point. however, it was simply too late to change the sails so i just played dumb. At some point though, Lex told Lora about the Felipe plan, and Lora, either in a strategic move or a moment of empathy, told Felipe his name was up and that it came from Lex. Felipe hits me up at this point and tells me that Lora told him hes on the block, and that Lex is spearheading it. I pull a generic ""oh shit"" and get some more info out of felipe, asking him who hes talked to already. This gives him more reason to trust me (although it wasnt necissary), but more importantly gave me a list of people who were playing the best social games at the time essentially, as half the cast mentioned having stiff or scarce convos with him. Essentially equipped with this knowledge, I saw a chance to bond even closer with Lex and told him that Lora told Felipe that he was behind the vote. Playing with Lex in Anni, I think I have a really good read of the guy, and one thing he really appreciates is information. So obviously I told him - also because Lora is pretty low on my socialization list at this point and if we stay in one world, lex targeting lora worked to my benefit as i dont think anyone suspects how close lex and i are, and it keeps me under the radar. I had to drive home then, which worked to my benefit because i never had to answer for my sins.

I will say, it genuinely does make me feel some type of way that we voted out the ONLY poc on the entire cast the second the opportunity arose, but my sjwism isnt enough to turn the tide so i just had to keep my mouth shut.

Moving on, we hit f21 and i had a very chaotic and high vis day. most of us hop on a group call that pretty much just felt like me aj and joe doing a comedy set, which is both a positive and a negative for my game. during this time we start memeing the bot commands in the one world chat, and aj fucking leaks the idol clue a mere 30 minutes after Meatball voting for brian. a good amount of us worked together to solve it but i personally gave up at the sorting part cause im too smoothbrain for that.

With a few days past, my allies started getting more comfortable with making chats. I began with the Bromigos, which is myself, Sam and Hesh. this is a group that we wanna kinda keep under wraps, but i know aj knows how close sam and i are and probably mentioned that to some of his coalition - likely liam, aaron a and few others. we made the group cause were the three stereotypical bros of the season or something idk, but hesh genuinely seems like he wants to run the game from this group. Alongside this, i was getting very close to Vinnie, and he suggested making a group with me, he, hesh and elizabeth. by this point i had had some talks with liz and felt good about her so i obviously agreed. Next came cumsock, which is myself, chloe and hesh and was suggested by chloe during our among us game. Coming soon is Joes majority he put together on our tribe - himself, Tommy, and - you guessed it - Hesh and I. Im honestly super happy that hesh and i are getting put into so many plans together because it allows us to keep working super closely without raising duo suspicion as neither of us have ever been the one to suggest we add the other to a group - they all just kind of happened organically. Hesh, Sam and I all have very similar playstyles, which is a curse and a blessing, but im super happy that its working out this way.

After this conf, im gonna have a talk with lex and mention ""rallying some troops"" or something to get a group going with me. I really like working with Lex, and as shitty as it sounds, he being more emotional and riskier than i makes for a wonderful meatshield.

At this point I feel really good with most of the cast and have work together deals with most of them. outside of my chats i also have deals with:

Isaac

Shane

Aaron M.

and I think andrew and isaiah think im working with them each? but obv if we lose one of them are going and i think id rather take out isaiah. he just seems more capable of wrecking my shit once he gets better footing than andrew is, but between the two of them i dont really care which goes. i just hope joe and tommy dont target vinnie, cause hesh and i discussed and agreed that we love how honest and on top of shit vinnie is and view him as our #3 on the tribe outside of each other and we would essentially have to out the alliance to save him if things go that way.

Ive heard from just about everyone that Ian is an ezpz vote for brown tonight, which sucks since he was so eager to prove his worth after 5 years away from 703, but he is the best choice of that tribe to go home for me as hes rly the only one im not on ""working"" terms with. I am deffo very worried that having so many connections is gonna bite me in the ass once i have to turn on them, but im hoping my closer allies will have my back.

still have no idea what to think about aj this game. ive worked with him to take sam out of a past game, but that same game also ended with aj and i in a tiebreaker, and in the 2nd season the three of us played together, sam and i took aj out in the premerge and im pretty sure aj still thinks about that. this being the three of us' 3rd time playing together, we have some hard history to ignore and i hope it just doesnt become a revenge plot from aj. I really love him and consider him to be one of if not my single best friend in this entire community but he is an incredible player, and i know that he knows voting me out wont change that. which is very scary.

not a whoooole lot to report on outside of this but i think ive found some very nice footing for now and should be safe for a good few more votes. word on the street is that should gray lose, lora is the easy vote, so as i would rank low in my potential ally-o-meter, that works out for me.

gonna do a cast ranking then call it a day. sorry for the wall.

19. Lora - just havent had too many convos, isnt working with me and slipped up and revealed herself to have loose lips. ill feel bad, but id like to see her go soon for my own plans to flourish.

18. Aaron A. - i have a baseline with him, but its not a very strong one and i know he adores aj and will go with him to the end. AJ has said as much himself. someone id like to see go soon - not because i dislike him (i dont, hes super sweet and a nice presence), but because he poses a threat to my longevity.

17. Lexi - She seems kind of distant with me, not sure if thats just paranoia over how linus and i played in anni, our busy schedules or what, but regardless just a slightly weird vibe there. nothing bad at all, just nothing to write home about and one of the people i dont feel super close with.

16. Brian - I like Brian a lot, but he is deffo playing his cards close and making sure he keeps me an arms length away. just not a long term ally i dont think.

15. Andrew - see below for Isaiah. My tribes honestly pretty stacked so its gonna be a hard TC.

14. Isaiah - I feel okay about Isaiah and I know he wont vote me - i just might need to vote for him soon.

13. Tommy - I dont actually feel super close with Tommy, but ill be entering a majority alliance with him very soon which requires a certain baseline of trust. Expect this one to rise with time.

12. AJ - mostly cause I cant get a good read on him and dont know if hes gonna pounce.

11. Liam - I know Liam really likes me and he came to me about working which is always a good sign. Still, I think hes more connected with those that threaten my longevity than those that dont, so im wary.

10. Shane - I know Shanes not gonna advocate for me to leave any time soon, but Shane is 100% more savy of a player than he lets on and i can tell that im not the only person hes sweet talking. hes a very very good social player with the potential to really fuck stuff up so i am keeping a close eye on him, but still wanna see him hang out for a good bit longer.

9. Isaac - we barley talk, but the 2nd message he sent me this game was ""allies surely"" and has been rly up front with me about most things in the game.

8. Joe - has approached me with an alliance and generally seems down to work with me. weve bonded over being potential big targets due to our high success rate compared to most of the cast.

7. Elizabeth - Still havent connected with her suuuuuper well, but vinnie did bring us together and i trust him a lot, ergo i trust her.

6. Chloe - I really doubt Chloe woul turn on me any time soon and we seem to mesh rly well together.

5. Aaron M. - also no chats with him, but we have really similar personality types and talking is super easy. has also mentioned our partnership on his own many times.

4. Lex - no chats with Lex, but ive given him info that nobody else has and hes compared me to his guardian angel already. ez.

3. Vinnie - I really connect w him and hes my fave type of ally.

2. Hesh - this dude is connected at the hip to me and cant do anything about it

1. Sam - would literally die for me and has twice in the past.

Thats about all i got for this one. ill try to make them more consistent going forward. might even do video confs on my drive or somethin idk

mwah mwah xoxo