Happy Birthday/Confessionals

Day 12
"rubicante"

- Lora went home, and admittedly I'm quite saddened by it. Not only was she another Rubicante, but she and I actually became quite close over the past few days - I would have enjoyed having her as an ally, but alas. Ultimately, she just didn't have enough social connection with others to stay in, and it's likely she would have been a target of my other allies later on, so maybe it's for the best. I don't know, I'm still sad.

With that said, she DID give me her garnet, putting me at 3 now - my own, Aaron A's, and hers. I know that Liam has 2 (his and Shane's), and Joe has two (his and AJ's, because AJ is a dingus). Still unsure as to where Felipe or Vincent's went, but unless it was to either Joe or Liam, it seems I'm currently the one here with the most. Very nice.

"rubicante"

- There's now 17 of us left, and in terms of social contact I'm in fairly decent standings with the vast majority. Here's my scope.

Aaron M - definitely an interesting one, this guy. Seems kind of quiet, but having seen him play before I know that he's not one to be underestimated. With that said, that was also a solid six years back - has age weakened him? I'll go with medium threat level.

AJ - another interesting one. I know and love AJ, and he's a challenge beast at the best of times. However, he seems to be treating this game as a joke; making obvious parchments, throwing donkey votes, giving his garnet away for the meme. My close allegiance with him will either be a blessing or a curse upon myself. Low threat level, but a chaotic one.

Andrew - pretty unthreatening, if I'm honest. Andrew's social standing isn't -awful- by any means, but his record in ORGs is spotty and he's been the secondary target for Malacoda in the past. Low threat level.

Brian - my number one ally at the moment, absolute king. Only four time player in the cast, but I'd argue he's failed to make much ground in his previous two compared to his first. Apparently a major challenge threat, but as of now I haven't seen it. Socially, however, he seems to be very prolific. Fairly high-level threat, but one I intend on staying with until the time is right.

Chloe - the other main ally I have from Rubicante, absolute queen. Another major social threat, but she shares my disadvantage of a spotty timezone. Very fond of her, so I'd like to keep her around for a while - with that said, in an FTC situation she'd cream me. High threat level.

Elizabeth - Liz is great, but not the most prolific socially at this stage. As it stands, I don't see her making much of an impact into the dynamics. Low threat level.

Hesh - Jagamensch! My Borat buddy. Big fan of this guy, and it seems he and I share key allies. With that in mind, his level of activity prevents him from truly becoming one of the big power players we have right now, so I'll go for mid-threat level.

Ian - nice guy, I've played a few orgs with him. His social game, however, is somewhat lacking - he was the initial target in Alichino until Shane got blindsided and it's likely he'll be the first boot of new Rubicante. Low threat level.

Isaiah - BIG RHONDA! Another one of my close allies, but my read on him is actually somewhat muddled. I truly couldn't tell you where he stands with the others or what his social reach is, which honestly makes him a wildcard akin to AJ. I'll go mid threat level, but I'm keeping my eye on him.

Joe - Admittedly my previous opinion of Joe was that he wasn't the greatest guy (mainly due to his previous friendship with Jamie), but having talked to him he actually seems pretty cool. I know that he's been very active around 703 and likely has social connections up the wazoo, so I'll say he's mid threat level.

Lex - Lex is an interesting one. On paper, I expected him to be a mid-low threat level, but after blindsiding Shane he's made it clear that he's wanted to play hard. With that said, having exposed himself like this was pretty dangerous early on. Due to that, he's a mid threat level.

Lexi - Lexi is another one who I don't have much of a read on. She seems great, but I fear she and I haven't properly hit it off yet. Ultimately, I'll say she's another mid threat level.

Liam - hot take, but I think Liam might be the biggest threat here. Liam was the originator of the plan to get Felipe out, and as far as I know, his social reach is wide spanning. Aside from the Shane vote, he's been in the loop for everything, and I know he's got more than one garnet. High threat level.

Sam - another really cool guy, and seems to be tight with a few people - Zach, Hesh, Liam, etc. Unsure on if he's much of a threat though; he seems to be more of a follower than a shepherd. I'll go low level threat for now, but I expect to be surprised.

Tommy - this guy scraped the last tribal by the skin of his teeth, ngl. He seems like a nice guy, but I'm unsure on how prolific his social game is. Low level threat for now.

Zach - Zach is unpredictable. Initially his plan, like my own, was to treat this game like a joke - now we're both taking it seriously and I think our strategies are the same. His ability to talk to anyone and fit into a conversation is huge in Survivor, so I can only consider him a high threat level.

As for myself? I think most of them think I'm not much of a threat. They're wrong, though. Not to sound arrogant, but I believe my ticket to the deep end of the game remains valid. Buckle up, homies.

"malacoda"

- I'm going to reverse throw the challenge tomorrow. Given that only one tribe is going to win immunity, I absolutely need brown tribe to be one of those tribes. On the one hand, yes, I’m absolutely being petty and wanting to strongarm their tribe into losing so that I can have some semblance of revenge for the fact that they just voted out Lora who was one of the few people I’ve concretely had the ‘yes, we are allies’ conversation with, and her going home sucked, so I want them to be forced to axe another one of their precious five that were so willing to stay unanimous together. On the other hand, it actually does make strategic sense for me. This whole grey tribe best tribe thing isn’t going to be what I base all my future decisions on, but looking at how my tribe is going, I have absolutely no concerns that Lexi and I would be in danger if we lose, and I don’t know if I can say the same for Isaac, Brian and Chloe. So, in a challenge like this where it would be incredibly easy to not necessarily throw the challenge, but more so actively help one particular tribe win the challenge, I want that tribe to be the current grey tribe, and I’ll be doing everything in my power to coordinate that. It’ll be especially easy if I’m the one that’s competing since everyone else is busy. It’s such a subtle decision to make, and I think I can pull it off without it being too apparent, so I’m going to shoot for the fences and hope to pull out the win for grey. They can thank me later.

"rubicante"

- I might have just shot myself in the foot. Hell, who knows, though? But way to own her, Michele.

Day 13
"rubicante"

- That sucked. That honestly fucking sucked. 4 hours of back-and-forth, and we still lose. I really don’t wanna go home at this point, so I just gotta hope I cast something out, and I get a bite.

"rubicante"

- I offered to show my tits for my tribe to win immunity. Spoiler: it did not work

"rubicante"

- Ok that sucked. I even tried to give my garnet to Hesh but I think he just wanted to play it as safe as possible.

Here’s where I’m at alliance wise:

Me/Isaac/Chloe - Queens of Josephine

Me/Zach/Liam/Hesh/possibly Sam - not made yet but will be shortly

I pulled that second one together today because I wanted to steal Lex’s idea to have an alliance with someone from each tribe on it. It’s also just people I fuck w.

As for tribal my assumption is that Ian will be voted out, but it’s impossible to know for sure. To be voted out rn would be really shitty, I’m putting in the work I think I need to in order to position myself nicely.

I will say I was sad to see Lora go but ultimately I didn’t know if I could trust her anyway. Right now the people I talk to the least are Liz, Lex, and Andrew (and kind of Isaiah but I’m gonna fix that). My assumption rn is that Tommy will be voted off brown but I still hold out hope it’ll be lex instead. We shall see.

Pinky swear the next confessional will be a video because I know how much you all adore my face.

Xoxo Fat B

"malacoda"

- SUCK MY 17.5CM DICK YOU PISSANT FLOG CUNTS AHAHAH. I knew I was a god at shit but I literally just convinced two tribes of people to hand me immunity and it’s all under the guise of memes. That challenge was mine to win the entire time and I honestly didn’t even need it to be. I was straight up willing to lose that if it meant brown also lost, but I managed to solo win that using my own charming charisma in coercion, my fucken elite social reads on people, and my risk taking big dick energy. I’m on cloud ten. Fuck cloud nine. The theme of the day is the anger circle of hell and if I was anyone but me I would be L I V I D that I have to try play this game with someone as fucking GOATed as me. I’m king. Fuck Dante.

"malacoda"

- we love being absolutely carried in a double tribal challenge cuz I was stuck at work for the entirety of it and now I get to sit back and chill as 2 more people die <3

"rubicante"

- Losing immunity sucks ass, but I have heard from everyone on the tribe that Ian is the target, which makes me feel more comfortable. Ian constantly pushes me for info but then when I ask for anything in return, he gives me nothing. So I’m not sad about him leaving. This double tribal is crazy, but the quicker everyone else leaves the better for me ig. I feel that I’ve been very social with almost everyone, so I think I’m in a good spot in the game rn.

"rubicante"

- Why do plans keep randomly coming together in this game? According to Brian, it might be Joe who is the vote. I have no idea why, but I’ll just go with it. As long as it ain’t me.

"alichino"

- Again, not much to report on, mostly just status quo shit but ill try to hit some highlights.

AJ was reportedly heated about Lora going home AND he let it slip in voice that he knows where one of the garnets went. Given that he didnt know where vinnie or aarons went, that means he knows where Lora's went - specifically, it probably went to him. its something to think about - he potentially leading in garnets as well as being angry at lex, hesh and i for voting out lora - but i think its something we can handle. brian came to me wanting to work with me, liam and hesh, and originally included aj but doubled back to sam after aj presumably told him he was pissed lora was gone. brian made the group without sam in it anyway but im gonna fill him in.

tommys goin home, which means that joes gonna be pissed at hesh and i since joe is literally playing for tommy, something tommy has basically confirmed to me in chats. Joe wants Lex gone YESTERDAY and im deffo burning a bridge here and will need to do some serious, calculated damage control along with hesh (which we've already mapped out), but id much rather have someone i know i can trust like lex or liam around than someone who isnt even playing for themselves but rather for someone else on another tribe. if i lose joe as an ally itll suck but it wont be the end of the world - i feel relatively good that id have sam, hesh, lex, liam, brian. chloe, aaron m, elizabeth and possibly isaac and isaiah in a civil war situation against him - but still, burning bridges when garnets are in play is rough. tommys also 100% gonna give his to joe, getting blindsided on your bday is suuuuper rough and he deffo wont reward hesh or i for that, so itll be something to consider going forward as well.

p uneventful round but ive also been sooorta afk due to irl shit idk

lets hope tommy didnt big brain the idol and yeet lex out. its something i think hes capable of so if it does happen

well

rip my security lmaooooo

"rubicante"

- Man I'm pissed. We had that challenge locked up and I had it set to where we would have won but everyone on my tribe and Hesh started making me feel like I made the wrong move. I panicked, change my roll, and now we gotta go to Tribal. If I go out because of that, I will be furious. Right now I think I'm good and Ian will be the one who goes but who knows. There better be a swap after this