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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 11, 2023 1:16:04 GMT
Holy fuck I thought I was slow.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 11, 2023 1:37:07 GMT
I am confident that in 10 years and like a dozen games this is the first time I've ever won individual immunity. I am still processing it. I've never had many opportunities at this to begin with. I've always thought of myself as bad at challenges. I would put up what I think were really good times and then people who just play Survivor more would always blow me out of the water.
Like even with this last one I got I think 6 of them right away because there was an obvious solution. And I figured if I got 6 right away someone got them all right away and I blew it. Especially when I realized I missed the obvious solution on the 4th puzzle.
The worst thing is that I probably did not need immunity, and this is going to raise my threat level come late pre-merge. I would be surprised if we don't just take out the least active player.
But I just wanted to win. This is so emotional for me.
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Post by Mia Winters on Jul 11, 2023 1:59:36 GMT
Big giant hugs <3
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Post by Mia Winters on Jul 11, 2023 2:46:58 GMT
Would love some thoughts about how this tribe and round are going for you!
Perhaps rate your tribe and give us reasons why?
<3 u
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 11, 2023 3:05:35 GMT
This tribe is less talkative than my last...but maybe Jessica, Sheva, and Angela just set that bar really high for me. Joe is my #1 here, and I can work with Alex for now at least. Joe says he and Alex talked about the first TC since it was common knowledge Joe is the one who proposed voting Alex off. So they've put that behind them. I'll never fully trust that Alex will ever fully trust me or anyone who voted him out, but the game is the game. I'm not about to try and vote him out here. It sounds like Alex has made the most of his second chance and has left a strong impression on people. He told me how Duke went down, and I'll probably just have to screenshot the PM and post it here, it's too long to recap.
Claire is super weird. Her first message to me was literally to propose an alliance between us with Joe and Alex. Alex and Claire must have a relationship from Duke. The weird thing is she told Joe she wanted an alliance with the three of us and then Ramon and Sherry. I'm told this is Claire's first game so I think that's newbie energy and not someone trying to set up a complex blindside.
Alice is hard to read. I thought based on the radio check area that she'd be a social force and so I immediately established communication with her. I think we're working together but she has such a circular way of communicating that I am unsure of her true intentions. It's forced me to lay thick on my feelings and emotions as like a defense mechanism, which she seems to respond well to. So this relationship is touch and go.
Ramon is fine, he reminds me of Leon. We haven't talked game yet so I don't know where we stand.
Same with Sherry, the only game we've talked is her being worried about messages and me encouraging her to talk to people.
Jill is unfortunately away at a bad time. I think unless she shows up tonight she's getting voted out. Sherry might stick her neck out for Jill, but I doubt anyone else will. I'm hoping to coerce Joe into naming a target again.
I'm not going to get a true gauge of my relationship with people this round because ultimately I have immunity so I'm not at risk. People will probably ask me what I want to do instead of telling me what they want to do. I could probably decide on a target but there's no point for me. I did too well on that immunity challenge and I did not need it for my game. I wanted it for personal reasons but if I keep performing in challenges it's gonna get dicey for me. I need to let the tribe decide on the target.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 11, 2023 3:16:57 GMT
Okay maybe I do need to target Claire yikes. She has sent me one message, I've sent her one message. Granted she proposed an alliance and I said yes because you always say yes. Somehow she's told everyone else(?) that we're in an alliance together? Alice just told me Claire said she has an alliance with me and Alex. Joe and I have already had this conversation. Like its super weird and might actually be damaging to my game. The nice thing is that I do have immunity, I could expend the capital I think to make it happen. Gonna have to sleep on it. Maybe Jill will show up tonight and start saving herself so that an alternative can be floated.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 11, 2023 15:12:18 GMT
I'm not targeting Claire, I have a majority that includes her right now. Burning Claire also burns Alex, and I don't have a good enough relationship with Alice, Ramon, or Sherry in the game where I could afford to do that. I'd have to burn Claire on a tribe swap where I link up with Jess and Sheva again. Claire is a liability because she tells everyone everything, but also she's not a liability on this current tribe. She did tell me the reason Alice and Ramon know about the alliance is because she offered them to join it. It's not great gameplay, but it also doesn't hurt me right now, so there's not a reason for me to do anything about it. The thing is I haven't built up any real trust with Claire, so she's coasting on the trust she has with Alex. I'm trying to figure out Alex and Joe's extent of trust for her. But at the same time if Claire wants to run the show letting her run it benefits me if I'm on her side. I'm hoping to position myself in the middle and Joe to a lesser extent and we can see what shakes out if we go to TC again.
I'm also anticipating another Outcast round so that'll change the dynamics anyway.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 11, 2023 17:33:46 GMT
So one thing I didn't consider before is that Alex has no way to protect himself from this vote. Jill plays her shotgun and only 4 votes are needed. Claire may have already played hers too. I might actually need to flip the numbers to not end up in a 4-3 minority. That sucks but...this TC just became a lot more complicated. I was hoping for a 6-2 against Jill with them voting Claire but now I really need to get inside Ramon's and Alice's game to see if they will vote with Jill or not, because if they do, then I need to as well.
This assumes Jill realizes she should target Claire or Alex. Trying to find out if that's what she will do.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 11, 2023 18:14:08 GMT
She seems to be resigned to hoping for the Outcast twist. I'm now encouraging that with everyone. I tried to get a little cute and almost created a situation that could have blown up my spot. Luckily half the tribe isn't talking much/online much so I don't think Jill and Sherry could do anything to flip the vote that doesn't include me.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 11, 2023 18:23:02 GMT
You're gonna take the three vote outs and three immunity winners for the next Outcast tribe aren't you???
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 12, 2023 0:40:35 GMT
All quiet on the western front. At least I don't have to wonder if they are voting me out tonight.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 12, 2023 1:07:10 GMT
Oh wow foiled by my hubris. I wouldn't have minded being dragged now that I know Sheva got sent.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 12, 2023 19:41:43 GMT
So I'm making a play to do some cross tribal relationship building. I told Jill to try and work with Sheva on the Outcast tribe. If some of all of us meet up later, that's a huge advantage for me. But I guess there's a possibility Jill or Sherry tells someone else I told her to do that and that could make me look shady. I decided to take the risk, I know we won't stay is this tribe configuration forever.
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Post by Carlos Oliviera on Jul 13, 2023 1:54:18 GMT
When we press the button won't be revealed, correct?
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Post by Mia Winters on Jul 13, 2023 1:55:26 GMT
a) The first Agent to press Button 1 from each tribe will be publicly announced in the Challenge Thread that they have done so.
I'd read the rest of the rules if you have further questions <3
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