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Post by John Cochran on Jun 23, 2013 2:17:27 GMT -5
        Brenda: gorillayordreamsChelsea: natalia.goldCochran: callmecochranJerri: ExpressiveArcherKat: katgetawayMalcolm: getawaymalcolmReynold: reynold_toepfer |
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Post by John Cochran on Jun 23, 2013 12:18:59 GMT -5
After Magnetic won immunity another time and Abi-Maria was sent packing at Lindquist, the game threw everyone for a loop. I guess pretty much every single person was kinda expecting a tribe swap of some kind and that's why they were all fighting so hard at the last Immunity Challenge, but I don't think no one expected the tribes to become what they are now.
All of the Magnetic tribe thought they were safe from elimination until the merge because each one of the two tribes would have 4 members from the Old Magnetic, which would mean they would get almost like a free pass until the merge, which didn't happen at all and screwed a lot of people's plans, including mine.
After the swap, the olld Magnetic was separated into two tribes, with very uneven numbers: while Stephen, Parvati, Pete, NaOnka and Brett had a solid block of five going into Lindquist, only myself, Malcolm and Brenda remained at Magnetic, which meant we were at a numbers disadvantadge in our own tribe after winning so many Immunity Challenges. Definitely luck wasn't on my side this time around.
When the new tribes were shown, I was devastated to say the least. I was definitely feeling defeated because I didn't want all of my work that I put into making an alliance and getting them to trust me to all go to waste like it didn't even happen. So, I started hoping and praying that Parvati and Stephen, the people that I trust the most here, would realize that throwing the challenge was the best option for them because it would save their closest ally from a very probable elimination at the next Tribal Council.
So, while I hoped they would care about me enough to do that, I had to concentrate and give my best at the Immunity Challenge, because I needed to do a very good job in case Penner and Colby, which remained at the new Lindquist tribe, decided to try their hardest at their parts of the competition.
At the end of the day, I was kinda satisfied (actually, I still think I could have done better, but that's just me) by my own score and it really helped my team get immunity this week, which means I'm gladly safe from elimination. I'm so happy because I'm definitely here for yet another round and it also gives me a lot more time to get to know my new tribemates and the old Lindquist dynamics, which is something I desperately need to do as soon as possible because any crack in their alliance might help me stay in this game and get more power. So, it's time to get to work and find out everything that I can. |
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Post by John Cochran on Jun 23, 2013 23:28:26 GMT -5
Before I could do anything to get the members of the old Lindquist tribe on my side, I needed to make sure that I had both Brenda and Malcolm on my side. My relationship with Brenda seemed very nice, but I don't think I've ever had a good talk with Malcolm, so my focus was getting him closer to me, because I can't let anyone turn on me and throw me under the bus in this tribe because I already have a numbers disadvantadge. After our talk, I had Brenda and Malcolm working with me, so the focus now was trying to find a crack on the other side, so all the three of us could have a chance to survive at least one Tribal Council in our new tribes. Thankfully, Brenda sent me this message right away: Apparently, Chelsea was the outcast in her old tribe and was very, very close to be sent packing in the previous weeks. You guys can't imagine my happiness when I found that out because it made my day. It gave me a lot of hope that I ended up losing after getting swapped into a tribe without numbers on my side. Now, there's a glimmer of hope and I'm hoping I can do everything to make sure that possibility becomes a reality, because I really do want Chelsea flipping to my side and working with myself, Malcolm and Brenda. I feel like this group is good enough to win challenges even after we have to vote out Jerri, Kat or Reynold. So, my new focus now was, instead of getting closer to Malcolm, which is something that accomplished, trying to make sure that Chelsea was going to flip to our side and make us the majority in the new Magnetic tribe. And I have to say that mission didn't seem that hard to finish too. Chelsea seemed almost too desperate to jump to our side since everyone treated her like shit in the old Lindquist tribe, which is awesome because it makes my job of convincing her to work with me so much easier, thank god. She was already saying she trusted me because we were honest with each other and I agreed because I'm not a dumbass, but I have to confess I'm not 100% sure she's on my side, you know? One thing I've learned in playing the game of Survivor is that you can't trust anyone and putting all of my confidence in Chelsea's hands is not one thing that I'm totally certain I can do right now. I'll only be sure she's on my side when she votes out one of her own old tribemates instead of Malcolm, Brenda and I. Until then, I'll keep my eye on her and everything she does. |
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Post by John Cochran on Jun 24, 2013 0:02:42 GMT -5
Today, Malcolm sent a message to me that literally made my day. We finally have an official deal with Chelsea and she accepted right away. I still have to say I don't completely trust her, but I need to at least put a little faith in that alliance and try to believe what's coming out of her mouth, but, you know, actions speak louder than words in this game and I hope she puts her money where her mouth is at the end of the day. So, now I have two different alliances in this game and I don't know what I'm gonna do when the merge starts and push comes to shove, because I still have my doubts about the two sides. On one hand, I have myself, Parvati and Stephen.   And, on the other hand, I have my completely new deal that includes myself, Chelsea, Malcolm and Brenda. While I do have my threesome alliance for a longer time, I still have my suspicions about where Stephen really stands in the game. He's shown to be a little too wishy-washy for my own taste sometimes and I don't know if I can trust him as far as I can throw at all, since he seems to be too much of a social threat to me. From what I'm hearing, he's crazy enough to try to throw one people from the old Magnetic tribe under the bus and keep one of the people from Lindquist, which is something so crazy, stupid and ridiculous that I need to know for sure if happened or not, because it might be the last drop I can handle from Stephen's craziness. But still I don't know if I can completely trust Malcolm, Chelsea and Brenda. I never had such a deep bond with either Brenda or Malcolm before like I do have now, so they might only want to work with me due to our numbers disadvantadge, since desperation really helps some people stick together. Thank god there's enough rounds for me to make my own mind and decide what the hell I'm going to do, because this is basically a million dollar deal I have in my hands and which way I go might decide who goes to the end and who leaves just after the merge. Sorry I that sounded a little bit too arrogante. For me, it kinda was, but I really do think I hold a little bit of power in my hands at this point. I do have official alliances with pretty much everyone from the old Magnetic tribe, except for Brett and Pete, while I do have great friendships with both of them. So, my decision might influence a lot of people in this game afterall, which makes me incredibly happy, since it's not often that I'm in such a great position in a game. |
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Post by John Cochran on Jun 24, 2013 1:00:40 GMT -5
Brenda is someone that I'm really getting to know a lot better over the past couple of days since we were forced into an alliance together after the swap, when we ended up on the minority. I still can't trust her as much as I want to because she definitely seems to be a very sneaky and dangerous player, but I definitely think I can use her to my own benefit in the future, specially because she always seems to know what's going on around her. I love that Brenda is always sharing information with me, specially because it's always things that I definitely need to hear. Like, for example, Stephen seems to be acting very, very weird in this game, which is something that I don't appreciate at all. I didn't come here to hand over my game to someone who has a different agenda and if that's the case with Stephen, I might as well blindside as soon as possible so he can pre-game all over Ponderosa. I seriously hope Parvati can keep him on his leash and everything goes alright with NuLindquist's vote at Tribal Council, because if it doesn't, Stephen has A LOT of explaining to do, because I won't work with him anymore if he doesn't present me with a good reason for betraying the old Magnetic tribe and flipping over the dudes from Lindquist. All I can do now is hope and wait for the results of the Tribal Council, because that's really going to prove where people's true alliances lies in this game after this big shake-up. It's definitely a huge make or break moment. |
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