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Episode 16: Finale, Confessionals

Logan

I'm ecstatic that it seems like MAC is heading straight for the finals. I really do care for these girls. They're great people and amazing alliance partners. I hope—no, I know we can make it all the way. Paige got rocked out! Sucks for her, I guess. She could have saved herself if she really wanted to. I don't see why it's considered cowardly of Shannon to go to rocks, though. Putting everything on the line so that your alliance can get majority is considered cowardly? Just like the three of them (Hanne, MJ, and Paige) thought Alf couldn't be trusted because he'd flipped on them twice, Shannon couldn't trust them because they'd flipped on her twice to get rid of her two closest friends, Pat and Will. Guess I'm not being underestimated after all because apparently I'm the biggest threat now? Hanne, Miranda, and MJ seem to think so. Whatever the case may be, game on. I'm here to win. I hope I can win unanimously like MJ thinks I will; however, I don't think that'll be the case. But, we'll see. Fingers crossed!

Miranda

Shannon is my icon. Honestly, just... my icon. As people and allies, she and Logan are two people I genuinely get along with. But that move... I'm not going to lie, for a few seconds, I doubted. I thought, will she risk it for the biscuit? Going to rocks is risky as hell, but she did it. But she knew that to do well in this game, you need to risk it, and I'm glad she knew that. I am 100% committed to MAC as an alliance. The chances of me flipping are quite miniscule, especially after the tag reactions. Like they shouldn't influence the game, but the fact is they're there, and they are. If these people don't realize how happy it makes me that I helped take out one of their precious favorites, they're not seeing what I'm seeing. Because to me, it's hilarious that this community is soo open, but blindside a fave and NO. You're shunned forever. It's not like we even chose for her either. We were targeting HANNE, not Paige. Paige had the opportunity to change her vote, and she didn't. It's that simple. I'm craving a MAC final three so much at this point. Am I aware I won't win? Why yes, yes I am. But realistically, I'm not going to beat anyone. No one thinks I did anything all game, which isn't 100% untrue.... But my public speaking is bad and I don't see myself being able to swing too many votes. However, if I make final 3, depending on my questions and who I'm with, I can see myself well... maybe not going for your traditional answers to jury questions? I have nothing to lose if I do. This is all assuming I make the end, which I still might not. Just gotta keep my fingers crossed. ;)

Paige

I NEVA SUBMITTED THESE SORRY <3 IM STILL GOING TO MAKE MY EXIT VIDEO

Video Confessional #1

AND

Video Confessional #2

Logan

Hanne's voting confessional seemed pretty bitter. Claiming that Miranda, Shannon, and I have no strategy? Just because none of us spoke game with you, does not mean we aren't playing the game. It means you weren't in our plans—like we weren't in yours. Hanne put all of her faith into the returnee alliance, and when it crumbled, she floundered and was unable to recover. Then she's going to act high and mighty during her exit, as though she's played this flawless game. Mmm... okay. I know getting to the end will probably piss off a lot of people I don't like, so I'll be damned if my ass isn't in that final three. A motivation built purely on spite may seem lame, but it's worked well for me so far.

Miranda

Kinda just praying right now that MJ doesn't win immunity. My goal when I saw this challenge, seeing as I knew I'd be out of town for most of it, was not for myself to excel, but more to make sure anyone but MJ does. I knew that any time I'd give Logan a score, he's going to try hard as hell to surpass it, substantially if he can. I saw him do it in the ROFLing Gold challenge, and I just kinda knew he'd do it again when I gave him the 4 mill score I had on glow runner. So, right now, just PRAYING that we got this. Because if we don't... things could get messy. :/

MJ

I don't really need to send a confessional so this is just to help with my f4 hero final immunity challenge flop edit. here's all I have to say: I'm getting voted out if I don't win immunity ::::))) and all of these people suck and are really boring :))))

Miranda

FUck. Fuck. Fuck. I honestly can't believe it. Damn you MJ. Honestly just... damn. He deserves it, he fucking does, but Ahhhhhhhhhh. Logan and Shannon are both people I consider genuine friends and there's no easy way to vote either of them out. Beyond that, I don't KNOW which one of them will have a better shot against MJ in the finals. That's who I want to take too, the person that will have a better shot in the finals. Because call me completely biased (I am), I don't want a returnee winning. The divide never bothered me too much, but the fact they cruised through the majority of this game so easily just irks me. Genuinely... irks me. At the same time, the prideful part of me wants to make finals for boasting rights. And the martyr part of me wants to say "Logan and Shannon... it's okay... go on without me." I don't know what to do. I don't know how MJ is voting, I don't know what I should do. Who knows how this'll play out.

Logan

One point! One point! One point! Damn, that was so close. Well, I don't know if my ass is gonna be in the final 3. My MAC finale dreams are shattered, and all because of a puzzle. Puzzles are haunting my dreams, I hate them so much. I try to run away, but I can't escape. What do they want? Why do they torment me? I ask myself these questions while I cry.

Miranda

I suppose it's time for my seemingly weekly "I might go home" confessional. It's been a great time, I've had a ton of fun and I don't think I'd do anything differently. To summarize today and why I've decided to vote out Logan. I was thinking I'd vote Shannon initially because I've been loyal to Logan for longer. But Logan came to me with this plan of making Shannon think it was a tiebreak and Logan and her would vote for me and me and MJ would vote Logan, however, Logan and I would really vote Shannon, therefore sending her out. Now, this is all grand in theory, it is. But I was talking to Shannon at the same time and something just seemed... off. So, I decided, you know what, fuck it. I'm going to tell her everything Logan's told me, and as I suspected, he was feeding her some BS too. I'm not exactly sure who he's being honest to, me or Shannon, but I just know if I want to make finals this is the right. Of course, Shannon could still be in really close kahoots with Logan and I'm just oblivious, but if I am, hopefully MJ votes Logan and it goes to tiebreak, or I'll at least go out swinging with my voting confessional. I've had a blast playing this game and I hope it goes my way today. Did I want MAC to make the end? Of course. But if today goes right for me, MC can make it. If it goes wrong, AM could make it. Who knows what'll happen?

MJ

hey hey hey!!!!!!! tribal is happening soon and its just so :~)))))) i dont even have words to describe how AMAZING it is to have immunity right now!!!

i voted for logan BTW and sh*nn*n said she did too, miranda never replied to me, and logan didnt message me today so......idk if ive said this b4 but these 3 are literally 3 of the worst players ive ever played w/ so hopefully the jury sees that :')

i figure now's the right time to explain why im not a fan of logan. *gets the receipts of all of the vile things he's said to me*

these are from when logan literally begged me to save his ass at f11~~

[4/30/15 5:54:23 PM] Logan: Honestly if I stay I swear on Princess Daisy that you will not be my target [4/30/15 6:42:32 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Okay I think the vote changed to pat [4/30/15 6:43:40 PM] Logan: Omg okay [4/30/15 6:55:25 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: ok so do uh [4/30/15 6:55:35 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Does Jeremiah know or do I need to inform him [4/30/15 6:56:51 PM] Logan: He knows. [4/30/15 6:57:00 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Okay perfect [4/30/15 8:17:48 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: are you here [4/30/15 8:19:06 PM] Logan: I am! [4/30/15 8:19:11 PM] Logan: Thank you for keeping me safe [4/30/15 8:19:42 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: No problem, Pat was too big of a threat anyways [4/30/15 8:19:52 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Will just showed me that talk the two of you had [4/30/15 8:19:57 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Do you really hate me? [4/30/15 8:20:03 PM] Logan: lol no. [4/30/15 8:20:28 PM] Logan: People will keep you longer if they think you hate someone, is all. [4/30/15 8:20:39 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Got it [4/30/15 8:21:22 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: And you were serious about not targeting me moving forward right?

Like I don't think you owe me or anything cause you can make your own decisions obviously, but I wanna make sure you and I are like seriously on good terms moving forward [4/30/15 8:21:30 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Cause we could run this entire game like we should have [4/30/15 8:22:17 PM] Logan: I was being serious. You stuck your neck out for me, and I appreciate that so much, you have no idea. [4/30/15 8:23:07 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Good good, it's a game and we're all here to play [4/30/15 8:23:30 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: And you didn't roll over and die either so [4/30/15 8:23:32 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Tons of respect [4/30/15 8:24:02 PM] Logan: (heart) I don't know if I told you this, but thank you for that speech you gave me right before merge. It really put this game back in perspective for me. [4/30/15 8:25:51 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: Omggggg [4/30/15 8:26:00 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: you're welcome I guess hahaha [4/30/15 8:29:35 PM] Logan: i know i was being a dick and it just helped zap me back into reality [4/30/15 8:30:17 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: LMFAO, nah it's fine [4/30/15 8:30:28 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: I used to be the same way t b h but I never knew how it felt [4/30/15 8:30:30 PM] mj ultra - mr. tumblr survivor and max's fave: So it's like

these are from f5 when i came to logan in a time of need~~

[5/12/15 9:16:20 PM] mj ultra: ok miss Logan...I think it's time we join forces [5/12/15 9:25:14 PM] Logan: Aren't I the "biggest threat" or whatever? [5/12/15 9:28:13 PM] mj ultra: Mhm! [5/12/15 9:28:33 PM] mj ultra: But nobody else is willing to vote you out and I'm going to f4 so :) why not work together? [5/12/15 9:31:59 PM] Logan: You've been sending the same pitch to everyone else, and I'm not gonna bite. Sorry. [5/12/15 9:33:19 PM] mj ultra: okay! [5/12/15 9:33:45 PM] mj ultra: can I ask you a question though? [5/12/15 9:34:54 PM] Logan: Sure, shoot. [5/12/15 9:35:32 PM] mj ultra: what would happen if I win final immunity? [5/12/15 9:36:00 PM] Logan: We'll just have to wait and find out.

notice the change in the type aesthetic when he was the one in control. he's an ungrateful, hypocritical, slimeball, and EASILY i hate him more than anyone ive ever played with. ever. seriously.

i want absolutely nothing to do with him after this game. he'll come to you when he needs help but when you need him he'll spit in your face. and im not even gonna get into how much of a dick he was after casey left.

homeboy hasnt done shit since the merge and if alf wasnt such a fucking dumbass then logan wouldnt even be in the f4 right now. it makes me sick to my stomach that alf was so frickin stupid and decided  he would basically get 7th place so the unholy trinity of miranda, shannon, and logan get further in the game. it disgusts me. well...shannon and miranda arent that bad, well. miranda isnt. shannon has lied to be since f10 and she had the FUCKIN AUDACITY to say she doesnt trust ME. i lied to her ONCE, to take out PAT, a huge frickin threat. im over it////im in the f3 no matter what so i honestly dont really care i just needed to vent i guess cause this will stop me from ranting during ftc.

thats all for now i guess so lets just hope these stupid girls voted for logan.

(yikes this was a mean confessional but also i still dont care cause these people didnt talk to me for like a fucking week so [shrugs] karma's a bitch huh?)

Shannon

So I haven'd made a confessional in a while and HOLY SHIT I AM IN THE FINAL 3. I didn't get voted out of Survivor Olympics. If this was the Olympics I would be walking away with at least a bronze medal and that is perfectly fine with me. I don't think I am going to win. It will most likely be MJ who will easily walk away with the title of Sole Survivor. As much as a relish the thought of being Sole Survivor Shanimal, it just probably won't happen. If Mario is true to his word it may be me who wins it, but for right now I am not holding out hope. It is amazing just to be able to say that I haven't been voted out of this game. And to be sitting with Miranda and MJ I am truly happy. :)

Miranda

The Final Confessional, the last hoorah. I have loved playing this game so much. Whether it be hard decisions like voting out Logan, or easy ones like voting out Jules, it's been a blast. Right now, I've been BSing my jury answers sooo hard. By all means, no one should want to vote for me. No one. My job as part of the final three is to BS, reverse psychology and make them want to. Is it likely? No. But I'm having a fun as hell time trying.

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Episode 15: “Trio of Evil” - Shannon, Confessionals

Logan

Alf got what was coming to him. I told him Paige wouldn't flip, yet he still believed she would. He wasn't in with the returnees, I told him that. He betrayed them twice. There was no way they would trust him. No one ever listens to me, though, and I just have to laugh when I'm proven right. I know I'm underestimated, but damn. I have some game smarts. At least Junior got his vengeance, and I have no blood on my hands~ The funniest part is that, if Alf would've stuck to the plan, he would still be in the game. Right before tribal, he messaged me:

[5/9/2015 10:23:08 PM] Alf: Logan, please don't freak out, but I changed my vote to Shannon and its not gonna screw our games or anything like that.

And he sent the same thing to Miranda, word-for-word. Alf, I love you, but you were way too cocky for your own good. Now there's a 3-3 divide. I don't think either side is gonna flip, so it'll probably go to rocks. Should make for an interesting next tribal.

MJ

this fuckin 147 piece rotating jigsaw puzzles is what's gonna kill me I swear.. @ Ryan...I'm ready to fight

Shannon

I kinda don't like being in the Final 6, holy shit. There is just so much going on. I could stick with MAC and force rocks and really piss off MJ and Paige. Or I could flip on MAC and vote with the Trio of Evil and get rid of Logan and guarantee me a spot in final 5... :(

Miranda

I love my team, and I hope this goes to rocks and we just get lucky cuzzz if not I'm gonna be sad.

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Episode 14: “Once a flip-flop, always a flip-flop” - MJ, Confessionals

Paige

WHEN ALF ACTUALLY TELLS THE TRUTH????? ABOUT HIS VOTE?????? AND IM SAFE?????? AND HE KINDA SAVED ME BC THEY WANTED TO VOTE ME OUT????? WHEN MJ AND HANNE PROBABLY HATE ME AND CAN TELL I DIDNT USE MY DOUBLE VOTE ON PURPOSE????? WHEN YOU'RE PROBABLY FUCKED FOR THE NEXT VOTE AND LITERALLY NEED IMMUNITY????????? CAN I GET AN AMEN???????????

MJ

Turns out it was Jules' funeral. Man I've been wrong a lot this season, haven't I? I apologize for the constant paranoia, but what do you expect? I'm genuinely SHOCKED I've made it this far without getting a vote against me. I guess I'm not as special as I thought, huh. I miss Mama J so much... It's just so sad. She was my very first ally in this game, and I trusted her with everything. In our group of 4 she was the only person that I really felt I could strategize with. And I mean *really* strategize. Now I'm left with Paige and Hanne, I love them both don't get me wrong, but I just don't feel comfortable talking intense strategy with either of them. They're both such under the radar, more social players, and don't tend to rely on running numbers and finding loopholes and using hardcore strategy. I just feel like I have such a heavy load on me now, cause I need to get not only myself to the end, but those two now as well. In fairness, I was going to go to the end with them both regardless, but Jules being here would've made it a whole lot easier. Oh, Alf flipped btw. I'm disappointed, but I'm not surprised. Once a flip-flop, always a flip-flop. I've learned this lesson every season I've played in. God, it's just so frustrating. And I can't even be mad at Alf cause he'd be going this round if he hadn't flipped, so I have to respect his move no matter what. He kinda hinted to me before tribal that he wouldn't be sticking with the plan, so I'm hoping that I still have a chance at getting him back on my side. Fortunately, Paige does have a double vote, so we'll be able to force a tie and buy ourselves another 24 hours at the very least. I've said it time and time again this season, all I need is time; just give me some time and I can make some magic happen. As far as the newbies go, I don't like nor trust a single one of them. Logan is slimy, he makes me sick. He's a snake. And if Alf doesn't flip back and take him out this upcoming tribal then Logan will get to the end and he will win, unfortunately. Miranda is too quiet, but just with me apparently, she obviously has enough time to strategize with Logan and Shannon and Alf. Yikes. And Shannon? I have so...many...bad things to say about her at this point, but this is a game. Yes she lied to me, but she lied to me in the context of the game. Though it was unnecessary, I can't be mad at her. She's playing the game, she's doing a god awful job of it, but at least she's trying. There's no way in hell she's getting my vote in the end though. Burned that bridge 3 times in a row. She'll get what she deserves though, may it be her getting booted soon, or her getting ripped to shreds by the jury, one way or another, she's gonna get what she deserves. Believe that. Now at this point, I've been put into a position where I have to really focus in, put in work, and start getting these people to really like me. I need Alf to flip back, so he's my main priority. I have to talk to him everyday, I have to convince him that I understand why he flipped, I have to convince him that I'm not mad, that I'm glad he made this move, that it can work out for both of us. And for the newbies, I just have to get them to like me enough, and maybe convince them that I have no shot to win. If I can convince them that Paige and Hanne are bigger jury threats, then I might be able to buy myself a round or two -- buy myself some time. It would be absolutely incredible if I could win this immunity challenge because it would be INCREDIBLY stupid for Alf to just take out Paige or Hanne. I'm the biggest threat in this game, and if I have immunity, Alf might as well settle for taking out Logan for the time being. That's all for now I guess. I couldn't host the proper funeral for Jules cause I don't want the remaining players to know exactly how close we were. Whatever. Mama J I love you and you will be avenged.

Amelia

whew final 14!!! i can’t believe i made it this far. i’m definitely in the driver’s seat at this point. i feel like i need to start winning some challenges at this point, though, or i’m going to be out of here faster than severus snape confronted with shampoo. the loved ones visit was lots of fun :) it’s been awesome to hang out with mj again because i haven’t spoken to him in 40 days and i forgot how awesome his hair is. (just kidding, mj. i could never forget.) hanne and jessica are okay too i guess. idk who the rest of these people are. not winners, that’s for sure! i hope the next challenge is either a puzzle, a paint-by-numbers, or a masterchef trivia game. (eyes emoji @ mj for not watching that show honestly it is such a work of art!!!!) anyway, now that i’ve lost yet again and dishonored my family, i’m gonna go catch some fish or something. can’t believe i have to work on my damn birthday.

Miranda

Video Confessional

<3

Shannon

Why am I the only one who seems to WANT to go to tribal... I mean we're down to the final 7 people. We HAVE to vote people out now. I wish we could just have fast reward and immunities and then just get to tribal. I know we have to go so why not just make it happen. UGH. Well tonight, once again we have to trust Alf. My entire game is in his hands. It could easily be me tonight. :(

Paige

UPDATE SINCE I MADE THIS VIDEO LIKE AN HOUR AGO: I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR MS. ALF????? RIP ME I JUST DECIDED IT'S BEST FOR MY GAME I CANT LET HIM SIT IN SUCH A GOOD SPOT HE'S GOTTA GO LOVE HIM BUT YA SORRY!!!! GOTTA BEAT HIM TO THE 1, 2 PUNCH SIS!

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Episode 13: “Jer. Jeremiah. Jeremy. Junior. JFUCK.” - Miranda, Confessionals

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 42 So I have a lot to go through so this might be a long one. It all started last night when Will told me to go on call with him. This was the first time I ever talked to him directly so of course I was hesitant but we got a lot of things of our chest that we couldn't otherwise. We made a plan to get paige out but we wanted to test alf and see where his head was..... He failed. So I tell Alf hey Shannon and miranda want paige out talk to Will about it and he never does, one strike against Alf. ( for this week, you already on my hit list after last week too) So than I talk to paige and spill the beans that they were talking about how they wanted her out, and she believed me, since Alf already told her that her name was going around no point in isolating her from me. So than we devise a plan. The plan was for her to use her advantage and vote jules twice (shocker yes I know about her advantage) and than miranda would nullify jules vote and than me and shannon would also vote jules. Than everything changed, Alf came to me and said there was going to be a blindside and they were going to go after will (strike two, why would you tell me after they told you not to tell me) so obviously I tell paige. So the plan is set in motion and ready to go but than guess who decides to get cold feet, thats right paige. She tells me how she thinks it wont work even though we have the numbers, even though she didnt need to use her advantage. Either way I try to flip her or Alf cause it comes to a point where we have 4 votes and I told will about the blindside that we just need one more. (Strike three Alf, you should have not gotten rid of one of your closest allies, not counting Paige or Argos cause they will flip on you) At this point I am ready for Logan to come back and move on. Hopefully next tribal isnt as depressing....

Jules

This is from when Pat got voted out SORRY.

Video Confessional

Shannon

Hey "Jer" FUCK YOU. Also, I am so over this season. Please vote me off so I can rejoin my LOST boys <3

Miranda

WHAT THE FUCK

Logan

Apparently Jeremiah isn't a Jeremiah but is a Junior. Not the high school grade level—that's his name. I don't know how to feel about it. It sucks being lied to, especially from someone you've been with since Day 1. I'm trying to understand his angle and why he did it, but I just can't. Everyone said he was sketchy, and I defended him. I hate being made a fool of. As much as I wanna get rid of him, I have to keep him around. Regardless of whatever, he's still a vote. I need him on my side. He also knows about the alliance with Alf, Miranda, and I. We're forced to work with him. Junior's reveal seems to have cut into Shannon as well; she's really hurt and shocked by it. Luckily I made the smart move of sharing my reward with her earlier today. I think she trusts me now, which is good. This Junior fiasco may actually turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Junior

Day 43 Today will go down as an Iconic moment. I wanted to win this game as jeremiah. Idk if people will understand, but everyone was asking when I was playing my first game and I felt a lot of pressure to play my first game, so yes I wanted this so I didnt feel the pressure of playing. Honestly it lifted a lot of stress of me, I could play my game not the game that was forced on me. I was playing great too, if people think that I would cheat I wouldnt there is no point to win something by cheating. So I guess now I cant play in any challenges lol I guess we will see how good my social game is... Idk why there couldnt be like at least a 50% decrease in my challenge score like idk do people really think it was unfair that I played like this. Like how much of  chance does someone have going into the game when they are a complete unknown... no one knew who I was. If I was junior at least I know who to trust and who not to trust but playing as jeremiah you dont know how you are perceived since no one knows who you are..... I am glad I am still playing but I think the season would have been more fun as jeremiah Now I have to play the game forced upon me and go with the returnees.

Miranda

Jer. Jeremiah. Jeremy. Junior. JFUCK. I don't even know what's real right now. It's hours later and though the effects have worn off, I'm still reeling. Did I say a couple of confessionals ago Jeremiah annoyed me? NAH. Anyway... Junior. It's not a secret that I'm close with Junior. But here's the thing... I don't think the returnees really know or care enough about me to know that I'm close with Junior. And the newbies certainly wouldn't know. He's kind of got a negative stigma attached to him entering the game as a reformed catfish, so I'm not sure how much I want to be associated with that. On the other hand, I'm aware Junior is good with MJ, Jules, those poeple, and I.. don't talk to them so maybe he can get me some leverage there. Another thing with Junior is whereas Jeremiah was sketchy, Junior has my back. He's been in the game for 2.5 seconds as himself, yes, but he has my back. He knows if he betrays me in this that I'm gonna be hella pissed so I don't think he'd be stupid enough to do that. I'm shocked. I'm mad at myself for not knowing it was frickin him. But I'm not mad. And that's where I kind of have to act. Shannon's pissed. Alf isn't fond of him. And Paige is kind of annoyed. So with each person I talk to I have to model my behavior to mimic theirs. If they're mad at Junior, I'm mad at Junior. If they're nonchalant, I'm nonchalant. I probably feel the worst for Logan about this because that was his #1 ally, at least I assumed. With the Athens thing, I'm sure they were close. And I know Logan feels duped like maybe this isn't the same person he got know. I'm hoping that.. it all works out? I don't want to leave this week. I don't want Logan to leave either. And I don't want Junior to leave actually, either. I don't think. Eh, we'll see. Alf. Alf is a HUGE threat. He's got a way with the newbies where he can make them think he's on their side, he'll make a big move, but he never does. Like it's never the "right time" for him to flip. He's been saying this for like 3 weeks straight. Now, the best time is apparently after we get Junior and Shannon out. Me, Logan, Paige, and Alf will start an opposition force at f7 yada yada yada. In my ideal f7, Alf isn't even there, so... my only problem is everyone seems to trust him and I have no fucking clue why. I don't feel safe at all with the numbers dwindling and I really want this immunity.

Alf

Audio Confessional

Shannon

I promised people who are no longer in this game that I would never quit. And I intend to stick by that promise. But this Jeremiah/Junior bullshit is really messing me up. No one on my tribe yet knows my past with a catfish. I'll clue everyone in, it didn't end pretty. As disgusted as I am with Junior/Jeremiah whatever the fuck his name is, I still need his number in this game, however once he or I is voted out I will never speak to that scumbag again. And honestly I am a little disappointed in the hosts. Why let someone who has lied to all of us continue to play the game. And now he has a huge advantage.. he's not a comp threat...  Welp... It'll probably be me pretty fucken soon. Hope to see Pat and Will soon....

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I just want to say that we are supposed to be playing on the Honor System.... PEOPLE AREN'T BEING VERY FUCKEN HONORABLE

Miranda

Let's kick things off, shall we. Well, I think this is the second time I have submitted a score significantly lower than my high score for immunity. Because both times, I knew there was a better score out there, and I didn't want to appear threatening. Had I submitted my 144,000, I think I would have been second, but it still wouldn't have gotten me immunity when I knew Alf had 250,000. So I thought it would be better to just submit a low score. Then with the vote talk. Clearly, I want Junior to stay in the game. Voting him out gives me no benefit when clearly he will work for me to stay if I ask him to, he'll never vote me out, why would I want him gone? I didn't know it, but now it's clear Logan STRONGLY shares my opinion. He and Alf fucking went at it about the vote in the alliance chat with me/Logan/Alf (which I didn't hesitate to tell Junior this was a thing). I frickin respect how hard he fought. Like I'm more of a passive person, so I wouldn't have been able to come up with points like that to make such a good argument. Of course, Alf seemed to ignore all his points but still. The Athens bond must be pretty damn deep because it is a bit curious that he tried THAT hard to keep Junior. One thing that me and Logan bonding over thinking Junior was a goner helped, was we realized we both hate everybody! WE EVEN USED THE SAME FUCKING JESSIE KOWALSKI GIF. I love Logan more by the second, and I really think he has my back. Apparently, the returnees want the newbies out in this order. Junior>Shannon>Logan>Me. I got this from Logan who got it from Alf but apparently they think Junior's a liar (he is to most people), Shannon's nice (she is), Logan is dumb (he's most certainly not), and I'm not a threat because I don't strategize. (Well, I don't with THEM.) By the end of the eventful night, Logan said he may have convinced Alf as long as I use my vote nullifier next week. Not this week but next. I don't know why. I don't really have a lot of faith that Alf will actually keep Junior but if Logan pulled this off... D A M N.

Logan

Today has been wild. It started off smoothly. There was some chat about the challenge, and we compared scores. Easy stuff. Then Junior said something about the returnees getting a score of 100k, and Alf decided to go beast and get 200k, winning himself immunity. I have no problem with that since I'm aligned with him. So, no biggie, right? Except Shannon doesn't trust him, and Junior and him have some beef from the Will vote. Alf started off wanting Junior gone. The problem with that, though, is if Shannon and Junior go next like Alf wants, Miranda and I will be the last newbies standing. Newbies don't have a very good track record of beating returnees in finals. That's why I fought so hard to keep Junior here. Thankfully, I managed to convince Alf to my side. Jules should be leaving tomorrow. I love Alf, but he is a huge threat. I'm gonna have to cut him sometime soon, sadly. Junior and Shannon are both wanna do whatever it takes to keep themselves safe. If I can make them feel comfortable, it'll make this game a whole lot easier for me. Paige, I like her, but I can't see myself working with her. Hanne, Jules, and MJ will only be loyal to one another, in my opinion. Miranda is literally my rock in this game right now. She's the only thing keeping me sane. I hope I'm not annoying her with how much I'm venting, but everyone has been so stupid lately, it's frustrating. Oh, I also suggested to Miranda that we should flip everyone on Alf while he was being difficult, despite him having immunity. That's cool. It was so embarrassing, I'm too tired for this.

Alf

Earlier today we were all pretty much in agreement, Jeremy.. ehh Jer.. no.. Jeremiah.. No wait.. JUNIOR has to go. Then suddenly after immunity results (where I thank god won), Logan became very agressive about keeping Junior safe and then he even told Junior that I want him out, like damn Logan wtf? I know this is survivor and just because I have been working on keeping Logan safe, doesnt mean I can expect anything in return, but like damn, we were in agreement earlier! Junior was worse though, he really tried to push me and ended up explaining all about his lies and attemtps of manipulating me last round. I never trusted him and he's proving to me exactly why that was the right decission of me. Hes trying to threten me by saying he will expose me and Paige? UM I do not respond to threats, get your dirty ass out of here. Logan and Miranda wants me to go to final 5 with them and Junior and Shannon? Do they think I'm stupid? I'm not going to final 5 as the only returnee against 4 newbies. Hell no. I can be the only returnee in the final next to them, but I need to control this game, not them, it's me. If they push me enough, I cant stick with them, I'm here to play MY game and I am not here to let anyone ruin that. I always say I'll do what I have to in order to make it to the final, including becoming a sheep. I do however not think thats the best way. I think the best way is to control my own fate. I dont know if Jules/MJ would take me to the end and I dont know if I could beat them, probably not. I need Miranda and Logan next to me! They are beatable! Shannon maybe but I'd rather not. Paige and I need to think about what to do next. I promised Logan that I'd vote Jules with them next time and that Miranda can use her vote negate thing, I think Paige and I can figure this out together. She got her thing from the auction which she claims is a double vote. If Jules goes, unless MJ and Hanne hates my guts forever, we wud still have numbers to flip back and forth.. but uhhh I dont want to piss off so many people I cant have jury votes.. I dont know, I need to think more about this. Focus on getting Junior out, he shouldnt even be here. But ofc, people are using the part where he cant compete in challenges as a reason to KEEP HIM. This game is so complicated omg.

Junior

Day 44 So Jules came to me after the immunity challenge (BTW last name is herrera not barnes) and she told me it was shannon and that she told the newbies it was me just so they wouldnt know whats going on...... I hope you don't think I am that dumb. Jeremiah might have failed to get you out but guess what Junior is a whole different kind of player. I am going to get it on the first time, if I dont than I am leaving tonight. Okay so Paige hasnt really talked to me... tells me the vets are probably voting me out because they told me they were telling the newbies it was going to be me, My faith in this game depends on Alf...... thats fucking great. Guess we will see tomorrow who won me or Jules. Fuck if I loose this epic battle /.-

Shannon

Well, its either Junior, Myself or Jules. It all just depends on how this vote all works out. I hope Alf flips and votes out Jules otherwise Miranda, Logan and I are going to get picked off one after another. We've done basically all we can do at this point... Fingers crossed its not me

MJ

goodbye world

Video Confessional

Alf

LOGAN SHUT THE FUCK UP! I LOVE YOU BUT YOU HAVE BEEN ALL OVER ME ALL LAST NIGHT AND NOW TODAY TOO! LIKE STOP IT! ITS CLEARLY NOT WORKING SO GIVE UP! I AM NOT FLIPPING AT THE WRONG TIME! No Logan, you may not gain control, shush and become my sheep.

Junior

Day 45 My last confessional.... I am leaving tonight in the most iconic way. I honestly would have rather played the rest of the game as jeremiah and never play again in a season, cause I had this game I had it and was going to win I could feel it. But the hosts decided to break my leg by revealing me, than shooting my arm by making me not have any immunity, than to top it all of no theres no third reason but I was handicapped extremely once everything went down. I wanted this so much, the reason I played was because I knew I could win without any outside forces getting involved. Good bye Olympics it was a blast thank you for the memories.. & sorry Shannon I hurt you the most and now it feels like it wont recover but you were the best thank you :)

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Miranda

Let me tell you a little story. Once upon of time, there was a group of excited newbies. All they wanted, all they dreamed of was playing a Tumblr Survivor season. But unfortunately for our newbie crew, as the season went on, their numbers started to dwindle... the returnees were gaining speed, they were getting OVERTAKEN. By merge time, the newbies turned savage, forgetting their roots and turning on EACH OTHER. They did not think how this would affect them in the long run. Mario left, then Pat. But following this Will left the island and the newbies felt a new sense of camaraderie.

Alf had the chance to change the game, to start something new, to CREATE A NEW SIDE. But he decided it was better to target Junior than take control of the game. (Rest in peace Junior/Jeremiah. My lovely f2. I only really trusted you for the three days you were junior but they were a glorious three days.) The quartet of evil is of course, Hanne, Paige, Jules, and MJ. Plus Alf. Now, but who is left to combat this? None other than.... MAC! Megara, Athens, and Corinth all stand alone for the newbies, their last representatives being Shannon, Logan, and Miranda, respectively. It's their time now. Time to shine, fight back, and take back THEIR season. It's time for something to change in Tumblr Survivor Olympics.

Alf

Lovely, we are having a challenge where we are supposed to rank eachother based on who we want to see win immunity least and most? Are you trying really hard to expose my game or something? I'm gonna tell them I just random.org'd my list..

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Because of how aggressive Logan has been and how hard he has been pushing me lately, I was gonna turn on him, change up my plans and get him out. BUT he just had to win immunity. The returnees wants to vote Miranda, she's still the one I want to sit next to in a final, so I need to come up with a different plan. I went to Paige and asked her about a plan that would look like this: I flip on this vote, get Jules out together with Logan, Miranda and Shannon. Next round, I flip back, vote out Logan together with Paige, MJ and Hanne. Then Paige and I flip AGAIN to go to final 4 with Miranda and Shannon. Paige seemed to love the idea, I made sure she actually was agreeing, I made sure it wasn't just like "oh I'll agree to keep him happy" I made it clear I just wanted to hear her opinion on it and she loooves it. I'm gonna be the most hated person in this game once again. I don't know how else I can get myself to the end, there might be others who can get me there, but I need to get myself there. Now, I do love Paige, but I don't want this to be a Russell Hantz/Natalie White or Russell/Sandra situation (I can really use both since Paige reminds me of Natalie personality vise and because she has won before like Sandra) So I might need to figure out if I want Paige in the final with me or do I want Shannon? Shannon has friends, more friends than Paige, so I dont know. I wish Logan had just sat back and become my sheep, but if I can't control him, he is of no use to me. Sorry Logan, I do love you as a person and I hope you will forgive me eventually and that we will be friends after this. I also hope Jules and MJ and Hanne wont hate me too much.. I'm just playing the game remember? I need to play MY game and nobody elses.

Miranda

If there was ever an island misfit, I think it's me. No matter what I seem to do, how I try to talk to people, they just seem to like excluding me from things. The first was the newbie alliance, which consisted of 5 newbies and alf but not me. Shannon comes to tell me last night there's a fucking girls alliance. Like??? I should get in that alliance by pure gender identity?? But NO. I was excluded from yet another alliance. I'm not sure what it is about me that makes me so godawful but you know, I just have to deal with it. I still don't like these people and it appears they still don't like me, but it's time to press on and hopefully make it farther than anyone would like me to. Just to spite everyone ;)

Paige

Here i am once again TORN INTO PIECES CANT DENY IT CANT PRETEND I KNOW IM GOIN HOME....... TONIGHT DEEP INSIDE u wont get to see the tears i CRYYY

Video Confessional

MJ

????? Not little miss me???? Still not having a vote cast against me???????,? I'm like 100x less paranoid this tribal council. We have the numbers. Nathan's Angels/The Big 3 + Paige are holding all of the power. And I trust my girls. I don't see Jules Paige or Hanne turning on me. Like........I legitmately feel comfortable tonight and if I get voted out then oh well!!!!!! But like....I just feel like it's such smooth sailing to the final 4 now. It's gonna be pretty boring for now on though. Like we're just gonna pick off Miranda, Logan, Alf, and Shannon. And then well....who's gonna be in challenges now too? Like there's no way I CANT win like f4 immunity and final immunity if it's a final 2 (which I hope it isn't). BUT YA JUST A SHORT CONFESSIONAL SO I DONT GET SUCH A SHITTY EDIT FOR THE END GAME ESPECIALLY IF IM THE WINNER I NEED TO GIVE MYSELF A GOOD NARRATIVE!!!

Miranda

I have an ominous feel about tonight's tribal. (Yes, I am aware I get ominous feeling quite a lot.) So, just in case, I'm putting in a (possibly) final confessional. Basically, it's all up to Alf. He says he wants Jules out, but I'm just... doubtful He's said this so many times and I don't know. Plus, with the way we ranked him and his tiff with Logan, I'm not sure how this will go. I hope Jules leaves, but if it's me I want Shannon and Logan at the end. Logan I think is maybe playing the best game, but I love Shannon so much too. I hope they can pull through even if I leave. Goodbye, possibly forever Olympics, and if I stay and look dumb well AT LEAST I WAS PREPARED JUST IN CASE. <3, -Miranda the undeserving and forgettable castaway

MJ

Please disregard my last confessional. This tribal council has gone to shit and I might be getting voted out. Fuck everything.

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ok when are you going to fight me im waiting for my invitation, also if you dont mind im having a +1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEShHkiTFgE

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when are you going to fight me? all of you

lol new phone who dis?

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Survivor Olympics Sass Awards 2k15

It is a long standing tradition that come the conclusion of a season, the hosts all gather round and thing of sassy, witty, and blunt ways to make fun of the players that journeyed through their season. Without further ado, here are the Tumblr Survivor: Olympics Sass Awards!

Thanks for playing!

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Episode 12: “I probably HAVE to side with you, but it doesn't mean I like you” - Miranda, Confessionals

Logan

I didn't say I was tenacious for nothing! My twenty-four hour fight to keep myself in this game paid off; I literally had to claw my way out of that elimination. Thank you Alf for helping me, MJ for wanting to keep me, and Pat and Will for creating bigger targets on themselves than the one on me. I'm so happy to still be here, and I'm even happier to have outlasted Pat. The position I'm in now isn't the greatest, but there's still a chance I can maneuver my way back to the top.

Miranda

I'M SCREAMING YAS. I didn't have to vote out Logan. And I believe I said I'd laugh when Pat got out? I'm laughing ;) I love Logan. I love Alf for telling me about the plan (Jules did too). I'm starting to talk to Jeremiah and he's surprisingly chill. I made it painstakingly clear to Will that I'm not his sheep, so that's kind of screwed now. I'm not sure how to get out of this mess.....

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 39 I am so happy, Logan is staying! idk what happen but in the last hour everything got switched and pat is now leaving like omg how did this happen. Shannon now suspects that me MJ and Hanne are close and she said others thought so too so that might be dangerous but uhmm other than that we are flying high. Everyone buy your tickets for Air Jeremiah cause we are headed to final tribal. Nah just kidding I am getting ahead of myself but it feels good, Logan is someone who will go ahead of me no matter what. Pat left so there goes someone I had no interest in making it farther that he already did. & MJ is in the game which is always nice to have a nice big target shielding you.

Shannon

So last nights tribal was a complete shock to me. We got blindside... If there's just ONE thing I need to say to Pat it is this, I TOLD YOU SO! I told you I didn't trust those kids from the start, but you told me to trust them so I did and now you're on the Jury... So I wouldn't be surprised if it is me next. And if it is than that will be just fine, I made it to merge and jury, and that was really my only truly achievable goal. I started playing this game to meet new people, make some great friends and to get over a bad break-up. I have met some of the best people I know during this game. I'm not gonna go down with out a fight, but at least I accomplished my goal. Time to play the rest of the game for fun, and enjoy myself. It's just not worth the stress! :)

Logan

Currently exiled. That's cool. I'm going to enjoy my break. There's a lot of loose ends I wish I had tied up before getting kicked, but all I can do is hope that the tribal runs smoothly and that Alf, Jeremiah, and Miranda make it through unscathed.

Miranda

I think this game gives me mood swings. Current opinion:

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 40 So I just won the immunity challenge, I just want to thank Ryan's skills at making latte's and also everyone else for not believing in Ryan when I did I knew he had the skills to make the best latte. But honestly if I loose this challenge I am going to look back at this confessional as the worst thing I have done in this game. Logan I miss you already :( I am talking to miranda and hopefully we can convince her to flip with us idk where she is at right now but hopefully when you come back we can do something amazing. Alf, MJ, Hanne youre all trying too hard for my attention, it makes me feel good about myself but than again you would all flip on me if you had the chance -.- Shannon you are still a sweetheart and I am writting you a letter and hopefully you like it :)

Miranda

I have an ominous feeling I'm going. Agh. It sucks. I'm good with Alf, and I've been trying to repair relationships with Shannon/Will, but I don't feel like it'll be enough. I really, really want it to be. I don't know why MJ/Jules/Hanne/Paige might want me out but I just have like.... a FEELING. You know xD

MJ

I know I thought it was going to e time to bury me before... But it might actually be time for MJ's funeral for real... As we all know, final 10 is my death slot. A very bad thing happened to me at final 10 once. I do not want to retell the story. I have to learn from my mistakes and GROW from them. With that said, IM STILL FUCKING TERRIFIED FOR MY LIFE THIS ROUND. I got a fucking chocolate coin at that grade d jank ass Survivor Auction and if that's not a bad omen then idk what is. Hanne got a gold medal (thank GOD, at least I don't have to worry about keeping her safe this round). And now I have literally no chance at winning immunity. We have a challenge with a MAXIMUM SCORE OF 11. THATS AS HIGH AS YOU CAN GET. 11. And frickin Jeremy was given a 20% INCREASE? FOR A CHALLENGE WITH A MAXIMUM SCORE OF 11? ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME BRO? Like what the fRICKIN HECK. Can't cry over spilled (chocolate) milk though :) Jeremy's winning immunity, oh well, I'll get over it. This tribal will be a tad bit tricky though. As we all know, Pat was #blindsided last tribal council. Now obviously the hosts are aware of what happened, but I guess now I'll take the time to shine some light on the situation. Originally, Logan was supposed to be getting voted out. Easy vote. Nobody's feelings would get hurt from that. He's irrelevant to the bigger picture. BUT, on the day of tribal council, Logan messaged me saying after he's gone, Will is going to come after me. It'd be silly to believe him, yes, I know that. But after further warnings from Alf about an #uprising from one of my peasants, Will, all of the pieces sort of fell in place. Will would've gone home last tribal, but fortunately for him (and unfortunately for me) he had immunity. So we had to settle for taking out Pat (who I love and appreciate dearly. He is truly the robbed goddess of Olympics. May he rest in peace). We took out Pat to disable the future uprising from Will -- we took out one of his numbers. So Nathan's Angels (the most holy of alliances, consisting of myself, Jules, Paige, and Hanne (if u didn't already know)) orchestrated Pat's blindside. We got everyone on board, but of course we couldn't tell Shannon and Will about it. Then Pat left so ya... Did that cover everything? Where'd I leave off? Oh, that's right. This tribal council. FORTUNATELY, Logan was exiled, so we don't have to worry about him throwing my name around and teaming up with Will. In a way, it's like we're at final 9, right. We have 4 solid votes heading towards Will tomorrow night. Here's the tricky part: Who exactly do we pull in as our 5th vote. Shannon? Alf? Jeremy? Miranda? Do we just get Alf and Will to throw their votes? It's a sticky situation (please don't make that the episode title). What I think is best, is that we pull in Shannon as our 5th, but not just for this round, but for the rest of the game. I made a final 2 with her last night (not exactly sure if I'm sticking to it or not, I feel like it's too early to start planning my endgame. For now, I just need to take out the people that want ME out. I.e Will, maybe Logan, maybe even Miranda or Jeremy too). I told the girls to even make an all girls alliance with Shannon. We need her to believe that swinging to our side is what's best for her game. And hey, it actually might be. We'll have to wait to find out. For now, we're delaying informing anybody of the Will blindside, and we won't really be telling anyone about it until tomorrow. If there's one thing I've learned about this season's theme (on gameplay) is that information spreads like WILDFIRE. There are rats, snakes, and snitches in this stadium, and I'm all 3 (now THAT'S an episode title!!). So it's best to keep your mouth shut, and your plans under wraps until the timing is PERFECT and it's too late for a counter move to be put in place. Wish me luck though, this could be a bumpy ride.

Miranda

Jeremiah is getting on my fucking nerves. I don't like the way he talks. He seems so confident, which I guess he can be because of his immunity, but still. It's like he went from normal guy to "I'm a fucking mastermind" in three seconds. Honey, no. You don't control anything. Your game has been good thus far, I'll give you that, but I wish you'd get your head wrapped around reality. You don't control things and sure, MJ/Hanne/Jules probably want me out, so I probably HAVE to side with you, but it doesn't mean I like you.

.

So... there's a lot going on right now. Jeremiah/Will came up with this plan to get out Paige instead of me, but we need Alf. And Alf doesn't seem to biting on this. Now, Alf is trying to get it maybe flipped on MJ somehow, and I think that's more because he thinks he can semi-control Paige and knows MJ is a threat. But then we've got Jeremiah, who I've been probably talking most to (did I say her was annoying last night? Yeah, but... okay, yeah.) and he wants to possibly try and somehow flip it on Alf if Alf doesn't want to flip it on Paige, but I have no clue where he'd get the fucking votes to flip Alf?? Then, I have this last ditch effort plan if a few hours before the vote, it looks like no one wants to flip to save me. I'm going to go to the MJ/Hanne/Jules brigade and try to flip the vote on Will, for he's the only vet who's confessed to being completely on board with the Paige plan. And all in all, probably none of this will work, but it doesn't mean I can't try.

Alf

So, Jules is clearly in charge of the game right now. Last round, me telling her about Will, Pat and Shannon made her get Pat out, she on her own went talking to everyone and boom, Pat gone. This time, it seem like it's gonna be Will, everyone is telling me she told them Will. So unless I get blindsided, Will should be the one leaving tonight. I feel bad because of how close I am with him, but I know I can't beat him in the end. Unless I'm being played really well, I do have Paige, Logan and Miranda, protecting those is all that matters because they are my numbers. Jeremiah and I have been talking more, I don't trust him, but I think I have to work with him in order to properly work with Logan and Miranda. But at some point, I need him gone. Paige, Miranda and Logan having special powers.. If I play it right, their powers are really mine.

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I agree with Jeremiah that Jules has to go, but I want to control this game I will not let Jeremiah gain control. I need Will, Shannon and Jeremiah out. Followed by Jules and MJ. I want to go to F4 with Logan, Miranda and Paige. My individual allies, no big group alliance. I'm starting to see a way to the end, it just has to work out my way. I feel bad about Will, he's the person I connected with the best on a personal level, but I can't beat him.

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Episode 11: “I would assume trust is there....” - Pat, Confessionals

Miranda

........................................................ Me five seconds ago: Okay so like wtf is going on I'm so confused why is no one talking to me. Me five seconds later: *gets 3000 PMs* Hey vote out Jules :) Hey vote out Mario :))) Newbies. No Returnees. Vote. Vote. Vote. And then Alf tells me... He's been put in two alliances. One for returnees... and one for all the newbies.. EXCEPT ME. FML. They leave me out. Really. REALLY. http://38.media.tumblr.com/4773483b59f08f1382f7b0548a0c7ebf/tumblr_mredpcdrMz1qe2pyco1_500.gif So now me and Alf are swing votes and I hate both sides so like I don't know what to do? Honestly?

Pat

Video Confessional

Alf

Audio Confessional

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 36 Shannon... I honestly think you are the sweetest person but why. How was that good for your game. Now we are on different sides and trust me I am not letting my chance in this game just slip through my fingers. Love you though <3 You are one awesome person. Pat you are lucky you're not a threat to me or else you would be going this week but I have my eyes on the prize and I am going for it. Mario I was planning on taking you out tbh it just happened way too early and not by my hands which is kinda sad :( Hanne please work with me at this point I have no one left and if you dont work with me I am truly alone in this game... :/ For the most part will be throwing the next couple challenges dont need myself to get a bigger target than I already need tbh

Miranda

BRAINBLAST I just came up with something. Shannon and Pat will from hereon be referred to as Shat to me.

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 38 For the firs time in this game I feel powerless..... At least in athens I was in the majority and me and Nic were going to kick ass no matter what happened to that tribe or how many tribals we went too. Than on Argos I met Shannon and she was so accepting of me that I thought she would protect me and even if idk what would have happened if we went to tribal again and mario was immune I would hope she would protect me. Than on Sparta I was never in danger it was always a returnee or bran and I knew I would make it to merge after I got put on that tribe. Except now Idk who to turn too, I am waiting for that heavenly light to shine on me and give me a sign, I cant trust MJ he just wont talk to me. How busy is that kid like we are in a game and they are tyring to get you out and I am trying to save you. Hanne and Paige please have my back because idk what to do like if I go next than I go next but I just feel like I cant do much of anything right now 

:( 

MJ

Video Confessional

Shannon

Despite what Mario said in our last tribal, people still seem to like me. Maybe they're really good at the game,or maybe I am just really naive, but people seem to really like me and I am completely baffled. As are most of my friends, they thought I would be gone long before it ever came to Jury. I really don't want to be the first one gone after Mario. I don't want to deal with him.

Will

Now I'm writing this before Touchy Subjects results are announced and all I can say is that you hosts suck :P. This tribe, is probably the best group of people I have ever been with in my ORG career. Making us have to choose one person to write down for these questions is just evil. Hanging out with these guys playing BGO and CAH I think really does make us all friends. Now I'm not saying I will directly lie to these people's faces and vote them all out, but saying bad things about them is just too much :). I do honestly consider each person left in this game to be a friend of mine, but nothing makes a victory sweeter than besting a friend. I just wish we didn't have to go through the evil that is Touchy Subjects with this group of people, because usually it is my favorite challenge.

Logan

Touchy Subjects was fun! I know I'm a scapegoat, so it's understandable why I got what I did. Pat's comment of "Question is: When will Logan grow up?" was unnecessary, though. He has such a huge ego, it's revolting. I can't wait for his inevitable downfall.

Miranda

I got roasted in the touchy subjects and I just... I...

Um yeah. I kind of loved what happened. Not only am I getting major sympathy points now, it's good to know as much as I don't like these people, they don't like me either. And just LOOK at the stereotype I was put with... I'm the floater. The irrelevant. The one who doesn't deserve to be here. The one everyone will DISREGARD. Is this not perfect? I think it is. On a certain level, yeah, that's a shitty thing to be called on a personal level, but from a game point, this doesn't hurt me.

Alf

I'm not happy with this vote, it ruins my plans. I wanted to go to final 3 with Logan and Miranda. Logan has become my favorite person here so to see him go now is just sad. I'll miss Daisy :/ The princess is falling :( I wanted to push for Jeremiah to go first, but he's playing too good of a social game for that to be possible. Will wants to go after MJ next though, which might be the opening I need to take control. Paige and I are plotting against both MJ and Will, we are thinking about once MJ is gone, we can grab Hanne, Jer & Miranda and form our own majority to take down Will, Shannon and Pat. We'll see who Jules will side with. 

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 38 It is day fucking 38 & I am in fucking tears. I just cant do this anymore like why does everyone have to fucking lie to me. MJ I have warned you so many times that you are a target andI have tried so many times to help you. I am done good luck getting to the end and if you do you will deserve the win. Shannon youre still a sweetheart yea thats pretty much it don't ruin your game for me. Logan I am going to miss you so much, if it is you tomorrow night than I will promise you I will leave a blaze of glory for you. First Brittany than Nic and now you like I cant catch a fucking break. Paige idk wether to believe you or not, first you tell me you dont know whats going on when I know it logan like why would you do that to me I am smarter than that I talk to the whole tribe of course I know what King Will said. The returnees have the numbers, and I am powerless to do anything about it.

Pat

Video Confessional

Alf

Audio Confessional

Pat

I guess that's all she wrote. Ultimately, I got so caught up in strategizing for the coming weeks that I ignored the very real fact that the game was currently unfolding, too. Can't say it was a bad play by the vets. I was never going to win — too many burnt bridges already. But I could've probably done some damage if all had gone according to "plan." I'm worried for Shannon and Will here. I assume they were the two to keep me in. I know, of course, that it was neither MJ (no "Login" button) or Logan (obvious reasons, plus the sneaky clever S.O.B. tossed my own line back at me! No hate though, that was just funny.) Also safe to assume it wasn't Jeremiah or Miranda. Really, the only other person it might've been is Alf, but I think it was Will. Anyway, no sense dissecting it too much. I'm worried for Shannon going forward. If this blindside hadn't happened, I think we would've been in a good spot. As it stands, though, she's on something of an island. (No, that's not a pun.) That bums me out. I really had hoped we could make it further. Instead, barring an immunity comp win, she may very well be next. Mostly, the thing that pisses me off here above all is not that I got turned on. It happens. And it's not that I had no idea, either — that's just a testament to how well everyone kept a lid on the plan. No, what grinds my gears is that either: a) Mario's final "speech" did me in. I have no time for sore losers, and if that was a direct influence I'll be pretty damn unhappy. It's not in the spirit of the game at all and just reeks of bad sportsmanship. OR b) The speech had nothing to do with it, and that blowhard is still going to saunter around taking credit for a good game move in which he had no impact. I've never seen anyone so bitter to be outplayed. It was the wrong move, of course, but hindsight is 20/20. I put my trust in the wrong people, full stop, and made my move much too soon. He just didn't think to solidify our alliance by talking to me more than once since merge. Anyway, enough of that. I've already wasted too much time thinking about a situation which, frankly, isn't even worth half the time I've spent on it. Thanks, hosts, for a pretty damn fun game and an overall solid cast. Looking forward to keeping track of the game through the tag, and possibly applying as a returnee somewhere down the line.

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Episode 10: “I WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER THE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE” - Bran, Confessionals

Miranda

I'm just tired of being lied to. And being in the minority. I want to be on the other tribe. RIP Hunter.

Cautionary note to future reader(aka when confessionals come out): A lot of this stems from frustration and anger. I may not always feel this way, but I feel this way right now and I hope everyone can understand this is MY gamewise opinion. I hate my tribe. The entire thing. Hate it. They're all dead to me. It's not so much the Hunter thing as it is the fact they wouldn't tell me. I openly told Will I would have voted Hunter out. I knew majority was leaning that way and I wasn't afraid to go with it. It would have killed me to do so, but I would have went with it. But then Jules comes up to me telling ME to vote Nathan. Like what? I was so confused and happy that Hunter maybe had a chance. And then Will backed it up. I just don't. I just... Pat and Shannon too. Everyone lied to me and I don't know why. It's really frustrating. Will came to me "I'm telling you the truth from here on out blah blah blah everything I say is BS anyway so who cares." He says Pat is next on the target list. He says I'm nowhere near the chopping block. I don't give a flipping fuck. He's a liar. I won't trust him again. Jules. Same thing. Pat and Shannon. It was a stupid move. You two aren't relevant enough for evaluation. Let me say this: I. Don't. Care. If you two leave, it'll probably be after me, but mark my words I will laugh when you do. Paige. Honestly seems like a sweetheart. Didn't lie to me at all. But I'm too pissed to try and reach out right now. Nathan. Also didn't lie and was only saving himself. Seems sketchy, but chill. I want to be on Sparta. Y'all should do that twist like with Cook Islands where anyone who wants to switch can go over to the other tribe. I'd go straight up. I'd reunite with Bran, who of all people, is all I have left and all I trust. Alf too maybe because he sided with the newbies. Jeremiah played a speed game with me once he seemed chill. I'm so done with this game. If we lose immunity I'm gone whatever. At least I'll get to say goodbye to this demon spawn tribe.

Logan

I'm really nervous. This is the first time I've felt unsure in this game, and it's definitely not a good feeling. Bran, my closest ally, is now gone. Nathan, the person I wanted out the most, is out, too. I guess that's a silver lining? I didn't need a merge to happen now, though. I'm scrambling like crazy, and I know it shows. Hopefully the newbies + Alf can stick together.

Shannon

I made it to merge! Holy shit! I made it to jury! Holy shit! I gave hit my 2 goals in this game. Both my mom and dad said I would always be out first in a game of survivor and I made freaking merge and jury! I am so freaking excited! 

I was just drinking a beer and then BAM... Nathan and Bran are out and MERGE. I was trying to have a relaxing night... But NOPE!! Seriously guys?!?!

Jeremiah / Junior

I was not ready for this, I am so tired and need sleep but no we have to merge thanks a lot bran and nathan, honestly bran was so good to use as someone to goat a long like ah I guess youll be iconic after all ;) I just want to say this, I try hard to play fair, I dont want to win any other way. I have excused my self from situations that will tempt me to do other wise. Any previous tribe mates, ill message "good luck and ill see you on the other side hopefully." why cant people do that. do you think you can win without it. like play to your strengths. In other news I will be mad if the new tribe name is not CAIROE, I worked hard on that name and did fucking research to go with the pattern of the season. Hopefully the e will add that little thing that is kinda original. So now I have work to do, first step is get a good outline for the next few tribals and work from there, wish me luck hosts, Jeremiah is here to slay all the faves.

 Pat

This merge happened at the absolute worst time for me. A major assignment last night, a hockey game and year-end party tonight, and helping friends move tomorrow means that I'm sure I've lagged behind on the social game and there's not much I can do about it. In one fell swoop, I lost a good ally (not that I blame you, hosts, since it was pretty obviously the right call) and saw my game take a huge hit. Can only hope I manage to keep afloat. 

MJ

....goddamnit nathan :( 

MERGE OPINIONS ! Jules: bae Paige: bae Hanne: bae M*r*nd*: I don't like her and she hasn't messages me yet so :) bye L*g*n: he thinks he's a masterminds but he's actually a really shitty player and is v disrespectful so :) bye Jeremiah: he's nice :) Mario: as he would say, "*instert mariah carey i_dont_know_her.gif*" bye Alf: fuck him Will: stop being shady I need u to cooperate Shannon: my fave newbie ever <33 she reminds me of Jessie and Mary I LOVE HA Pat: haven't talked to him yet but I'm sure he's cool :) That's all for now ! Oh ya rip nay bay and also I'm so fucking HAPPY that scum Br*n is gone my life is so much more peaceful now :~~~))) like I'm just...so happy and I guess my target is smaller now without him I guess,,,,??,,,,, Uhhhh IM THE ONLY ONE WITH A GOLD MEDAL SO F11 HERE I COME!!!!!!! UH MOLLY WANTS ME TO WATCH SOMETHING NOW SO ILL BE BACK LATER!!!!!! ALSO NAME THE TRIBE SOKOLIS PLEASE LIKE......THAT WOULD BE SO ICONIC 

Will

We have finally merged! It happened a little sooner than expected but I'm all for that. Two sleezeballs were eliminated to get us hear. The only part that saddens me is that I didn't get to vote for either. From the very first message I saw from Nay I knew he was up to no good. Also, I never met Bran but you could just tell he had this air of cockiness that was just off putting from his posts in the tag. 12 people in a tribe though is a ton. I believe I am in a good spot, I'm pretty sure I'm not a big enough target to gain votes right away, but my reputation and my name is out there enough that people would want to work with me. Sometimes being in the overall power position is the worst spot to be, especially this early. In Mali, at this point I was known as King Will even though I wasn't trying that hard to have earned that title. It got me voted out pretty fast. Here I have more wiggle room. There are only three people I haven't talked to yet, and I feel like all the ones that I have talked with, a good partnership could be born. Everyone wants to work with me in the short term and that's perfect. I don't need a long term ally. I can gauge the feelings of everyone by just agreeing to work with everyone in the short term. Once the timing is right, I can make my move and gain control. It may be a ways off but I'm ready to wait patiently. 

Mario

Audio Confessional 

Logan

Apparently the Cairoe (added the e to make it fancy) history lesson was a lie. This is a tragedy... Our tribe name should not be this wretched name, but something more powerful and beautiful. Something resembling Princess Daisy, in fact. Daisy Cupids is the rightful tribe name. 

Miranda

Video Confessional 

pls dont judge me

Cry Baby MJ

Olympics isn't fun and everyone here sucks except for the returnee girls 

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 34 Not much happened today, still talking to Shannon almost every which is sweet but pretty sure she will throw me out for Pat -.- I like Hanne she is very sweet too but pretty sure she would throw me out for Paige -.- I was really liking MJ but pretty sure he would throw me out for Argos so idk what to do but at this point I am not going home anytime soon, so just waiting right now until I make through a couple of tribal councils where I can really just stand on my own and make my own moves. 

Pat

Welp, I've put myself in a simultaneously great and poor situation. I'll start this by saying I'm viewing Shannon and I as a team of two votes. Don't know how long that'll last but at this point I'm 99% sure she'll vote however I vote. On the one hand, I'm still in FFP. Of course, that alliance was a slam dunk as we had it. Then, the whole Nathan business happened, and suddenly we're down to Jules and Paige as SOLID allies. On the other hand, Mario started an alliance this afternoon with Jeremiah, Alf, Logan and himself. Seems like a solid, if somewhat shaky crew. So, that leaves me in a good spot because I'm pretty sure I'm safe this week, AND I know where everyone's mind is at (assuming they're being honest, which of course you can never FULLY assume.) But that also means that I know the targets are Mario and Hanne, respectively. In a nutshell, it would be better for my short term game to see Hanne go. I have not spoken with her, I don't know who she's aligned with, where her mind's at or how it would benefit me to keep her around. BUT I'm not sure that's best for the long term. Mario's my ally, but I haven't forgotten the earlier misgivings I had about him. He's still a damn strong competitor and, as I've witnessed firsthand, he's great at rallying people around him in the same way that Nathan was. Votes are far from locked in right now. I think Miranda's going to be the big swing vote. If she sides with the non-FFPers, Shannon and I will be able to swing the vote. If Miranda goes with the FFPers though, they've already locked up Will and probably MJ's vote. So the best we could do is force a tie, which I don't think is our best move. Strategy! I don't know for sure which way I'm leaning yet. Both are simultaneously good and bad moves. And unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a path of least resistance here. Time to make a move. 

Logan

Everyone in this game is so sketchy. Jeremiah's the only one I feel like I can trust. If I talked to Miranda some more, I think I could trust her, too. Same with Will. I definitely don't feel comfortable with the Megara three, but I'll go with them for now. People always want to make BIG MOVES, but a BIG MOVE will only screw you over if it's done at the wrong time. 

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 35 So I got my way today.... It should be a good thing but idk if Alf is voting with us. & also will they see me as a threat now because of how pushy I was? I would hope not. At this point if everything works out Jules should be leaving tomorrow and Will should follow closely :) if everything goes to plan you should see me at tribal pretty soon. Also pretty pissed at bran and nathan. I was suppose to have the record for most tribals in one game. Except, they had to ruin that. Thanks guys now I can only tie it, sometimes you work so hard just to come up short -.- In other news, Megara thinks I am with them so they are not splitting away from me anytime, as soon as I have the numbers I will go against mario and pat and than shannon will hopefully stick to me :) as well Hanne is with MJ but I am working on her and hopefully she trusts me later on in this game. At this point I am stuck with logan so hopefully we make it far. 

Shannon

So I won immunity. I nearly cried, sorry Will I didn't cry so I couldn't make a confessional video about it! But I WON! It was amazing. But now we have to vote and holy shit. This is Survivor. Being right in the middle of all of this sucks so much! What's best for my game isn't what I want to do personally. This sucks so hard :( 

Pat

Just to add on to my last vote: The decision was very hard to make when it was Mario vs. Hanne, as I outlined in my last confessional. Since then though, some things have changed: 1. Logan and Jeremiah began pushing way too hard to knock out Jules. Sorry. Not happening this early. Jules is a damn good ally. 2. Florida's Flaccid Penis' reach got a little longer. Florida's Flaccid Penis got an infusion of new blood. Florida's Flaccid Penis just got a softer route to F6. Sorry for the puns. But last night, MJ and Hanne offered an alliance between themselves and the members of FFP. I don't know if they know about us, but I have to assume they do. Best to assume the worst. Still, for now this solidifies the votes and ensures that we have the votes. Which leads me to... 3. Word came down to me that Alf might be voting out Mario. That would be surprising, but would put me in an excellent position. Makes it much easier to obfuscate the vote if we want to, and more importantly it leaves Logan and Jeremiah on an island (which is ironic, considering we're playing Survivor.) So, my vote is locked in on Mario. Assuming everyone is being honest, it's going to be a 7-5 or 8-4 vote against Mario. Mario, buddy, I'm sorry. This is likely going to come back to bite me in the ass, because with you out I'm pretty much the best Flash gamer left. And you've been a good, solid friend through our time in Megara. But my answer to this tribal council question served two purposes: a) It gives me an out in case people aren't sure where the votes went. b) It's a comment on how I'd be naive to assume that you didn't make new alliances in your time with your other tribes, just like you'd be naive to assume I hadn't done the same. In a nutshell, I don't think I was at the top of the food chain in The Profrreaders. I think we're all on relatively even footing in FFP, and from this spot I think I have the skills to take myself to the F4. Sorry, buddy. Just a game move. Still think you're a damn cool person. But, y'know, this ain't RuPaul's Best Friend Race.  

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Episode 9: “Jules purposefully fuqs up” - Jules, Confessionals

Will

Needless to say, that result from Sparta's tribal council shocked me. I figured the returnees would stick together. I can't even imagine who was the one that flipped. But I can't worry about what is going over there when I have my own tribe to worry about. Things are veryyyyyy fishy. Nay probably gives off the worst vibe I think I have ever received from anyone, He's just too promise happy. Like he says immediately to our group of 4 returners on Megare "final 4 right here!" like he didn't have a tribe that he started this game with. Not only that, he is saying he's going to the newbies on our tribe saying he is promising final 4 this, final 3 that and saying "yep newbies are with us. easy peasy." If I'm not buying any of his shit then I extremely doubt the newbies are as well. Another thing that adds to fishyness is that he seems to already know what happened in the other vote. There is just no way he can know. He says Casey told someone who then told him but that's just as against the rules as talking cross tribes. Or even more likely he is just full of shit and trying to get us to target Alf or whoever else he wants. Obviously I'm going to stay returner strong though until the merge, but after that, I want options.

Pat

Ah, the strategy is finally coming out in spades. About damn time. As fun and sincere as the early game love-ins were, I live for the strategy of these games. First, here's a quick breakdown on where I stand with each tribe member in the new new Megara: Hunter: Was the first to greet me. Not very talkative. Don't know much about him. Not sure if that's by design or by virtue of him being busy. Not sure if I can trust him. Jules: Very sweet. Her chats come across as sincere, whereas most people have a pretty obvious reason under the surface. I'm not naive — I know she does, too. She's just better at hiding it. Not sure she has the right attitude to make the backstabs if needed, but I take some comfort in knowing I'll likely be able to tell where I stand with her. Miranda: Cool. We had a bonding moment on the first night over ice cream for dinner and the total inaccuracy of Rubik's Cubes. Think we're cool for now. Nathan: Unsure on him. On the one hand, very obviously a strong player. Smart. Good at competitions. And very social. On the other hand, sneaky. Devious. Clearly keeping the big picture in mind. More on him in a bit. Shannon: My favourite person in this game by a wide margin. I will never write her name on my ballot unless it's to declare her sole survivor. Paige: My second-favourite person in the game. Talked VERY little through the first part of the cycle, then spent two hours-ish last night talking about everything from sports to regional dialects (and for the record, it's POP. Not soda.) Paige is totally safe with me for now. Will: The last of the new tribe to initiate discussion with me. Bonded a bit over LOST, which is obviously one of the greatest shows ever. Not sure what to make of the radio silence early on, but of course the same could be said of me from his perspective. Still feeling things out there. But no real game talk yet. Looks like there's an "F5" alliance being formed up, comprised of Nathan (the ringleader,) Shannon, Paige, Jules and me. I like this group on the surface... but let me get back to Nathan for a second. Remember how earlier, I mentioned he was sneaky? Well, according to Shannon, he approached her about a F5 deal with himself, Shannon, Hanne, MJ and Paige. So, either he's playing for post-merge, which is simultaneously pretty cocky and means I'm low man on the totem pole, or else he was blowing smoke, in which case what could he possibly gain? Treating this one with kids' gloves. I know this "F5" won' be as solid as it looks like it could be. But as long as I keep strong links up with everyone, it won't be an issue. The trick here is to navigate carefully, make sure people know they can talk to me about game stuff and not just small talk, and to strike first if the opportunity arises.

Alf

Video Confessional

Shannon

How is it that I keep hating the games more each challenge. I thought I hated discuss, then QWOP came along, and everyone knows of my hatred for Poto & Cabenga... but this damn home-run derby game is gonna kill me.... WHY?!?

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 29 Guess who just spent most of the night playing this stupid batting game, thats right this guy. If our tribe looses we honestly just suck but firstly I wanted to talk about what happen last nigh. Shocker.... & now everyone knows I was going to flip after the revote so idk how much bran trusts me but I guess he kinda has to now knowing that me the returnees can get back the numbers if i go. Theres two people I didnt want to get stuck with bran and mario. & now I have to stick with them because they have the majority like fuck. Even though they are bigger targets than me and its probably smart of me to align with them like what da fuck like ah now I have to put up with them. At this point I dont have a true number so we shall see how I maneuver to get myself into a good position come merge time.

Jules

This confessional was meant to be in the episode with the word search.

Video Confessional

And this one is from yesterday:

Video Confessional

Nathan

Video Confessional

MJ

FINDING OUT BRAN IS A TENGAGER JUST ADDED SO MUCH FUEL TO MY FIRE I WILL GET HIM OUT OF THIS GAME MARK MY WORDS!!!!!!! LIKE EVERYTHING JUST FELL INTO PLACE WHEN HE SAID THE NAME "TORSA" LIKE I KNOW WHY HE DOESNT LIKE ME NOW I KNOW WHY HE WANTS ME OUT AND I KNOW WHY HE LIKES HANNE LIKE EVERYTHING JUST MAKES SENSE!!!! This was truly a "EUREKA!!" MOMENT

Miranda

Okay, I'm gonna be real here. I'm not really sure what's going on. My vote.. well, I have no clue what it's gonna be. Basically, I have a few different circles. First, there's Jules and Will, who I explicitly said I didn't want to stay with. However, I don't see any current benefit to getting them out? They say we're voting together, but we have no official name and have decided to try to find "majority" and go with that. Then, we have Hunter. Hunter is probably who I have given most of any valuable information I've had to, so I hope I can trust him. We have that Corinthian bond and if he's lying to me, he's doing it pretty well. My only fear with him is that he's said multiple times he thinks he "has" Nathan. But I don't trust Nathan. At all. I think he's going to be one of the most guilty of wanting a returnees alliance to rule the game. Lastly, Pat and Shannon. This is my little newbies bond. I haven't spoken with either too much, but I was just casually discussing the vote with Shannon and I think I said something like "I'm down to vote with you and Pat" and then she mentioned maybe starting an alliance? http://i33.tinypic.com/2hscemc.gif Like I was not expecting that tbh. But if they're down, I'm down. I need all the connections I can get. My stance of newbies vs. vets is currently, that's not how I'd like the game to be, but I don't want to be picked off either. Once I get to a ratio that I feel secure I won't be picked off by a returnee cult, that's when I think branching out will feel more safe. This is all assuming, I won't be voted out. WHICH I STILL COULD BE. Ahh, fml. I don't want to be blindsided. :/

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 30 So I have come to a point where I am coming up with merge names now, like I am pretty good right now going into a merge in the next 3 or 4 tribals so might as well start early (but if ryan doesnt let us pick a merge name I would be so mad) I have some good ideas :) on the other hand hanne is safe another week and well I am still stuck with the newbies so lets see how the next couple days go...

Hanne

i'm so bad at sending things in i made this a couple days ago

Video Confessional

Hunter

Well I haven't done one of these for a while. So this new tribe is pretty great; we all get along pretty well. Jules, Paige, And Nathan aren't on much though. We won our first challenge which is great as new Megara, which gave me the satusfaction of being the last person to attend a tribal. Now this week, due to Nathan, we have to go to tribal. Now my name is a target, mostly created by the returnees. On Sparta me and Nathan made a sort of alliance so I'd assume we wouldn't target each other but I think he came up with my name and now I'm going after him. It's fair right. It's still clear its returnees versus newbies. Nathan hopefully should go home if Miranda and Shannon vote with me and we can get Pat and Will as well, but "Will" that happen. It would be a shame to go on my first tribal so I'm fighting to stay here.

Pat

Not submitting my vote just yet, but I really want to get some thoughts out before I have to head to school. So first things first, the tribe had an awesome collective bonding moment over Canada and its resident robots/people who insist on adding U to every word/how America is obvious Canada's pants and Florida is just America's flaccid penis. See? Bonding. Anyway, the super-alliance between Nathan, Paige, Jules, Shannon and myself decided to call ourselves Florida's Flaccid Penis just because. I love it. And I'm feeling a lot more comfortable in this alliance. Shannon's always been on my side, obviously. She's a really awesome person. And Paige and I get along really freaking well, too. She's a rad human being too. My big concerns were with Nathan (who's obviously a big strategist) and  Jules (who strikes me as totally sincere, but proved herself to be a comp beast in Ireland.) But I'm feeling more and more at ease with them both. Nathan and I have a solid rapport. Plus, we're both Canadian. So, minority country represent. (Sorry, Alf, not sorry. Canada best.) FFP's move this week is to vote out Hunter. He hasn't spoken at lengths with anyone, from what I can tell, and is rubbing a lot of people  the wrong way. Paige, Jules and Nathan are locked in on that. On the other hand, there's a strong undercurrent pushing to flip it, being spearheaded by Miranda. She could get Hunter very easily, of course. And I think Will wouldn't be hard to convince. If Shannon and I wanted it to be, the vote could be a 5-4 final count (factoring in the strike on Nathan, of course.) Given that we're both founding members of FFP, you'd think that our decision would be a no-brainer. But there's that little voice, always present, asking if it might be a good idea to flip the vote and pick off a strong competitor who might round back on me later in the game. I could convince Shannon. I know I could. And then it'd be a matter of rounding the numbers out with Will, which I think Shannon could swing. It comes down to this: do we eliminate the obvious non-fit in our tribe, who's hell-bent on game talk and nothing else? Or do we eliminate the strong competitor whose scheduler directly cost us immunity this week? It's a tough call. I know which way I want to go at the moment. But... shucks, where's the fun in revealing it to you folks without a ballot to accompany it? ;)

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Episode 8: “Can someone give me a fucking chill pill?????” - Paige, Confessionals

Pat

Video Confessional

Jeremiah / Junior

Well lets start from last night, the moment we won and I saw Nic's tribe loose was heartbreaking. He was my final two and that shit goes down the drain. Now I have to regroup, my number one ally went home so now I have this new tribe. The past few tribals its been about surviving, my first tribe in athens I could have been the last person standing if we went to every tribal, the second tribe I had to survive, literally do everything to not go to tribal I got very luck. Now its time to srategize and start making the right small moves as much as I love everyone here I need to start prioritizing whats important and thats me winning this game.

Will

So I have to say, this new swap makes me feel suuuuuper uncomfortable. The only saving grace is that there is four returners on this tribe so at least there is no clear majority on the tribe. What worries me so much is that I don't see how it can be even remotely likely to pull in a newbie to vote another one off. Miranda will be hard to talk to because of how we voted off Owen, and by extension Hunter as well. What also scares me is that Nay has told me that Hunter wants to go after Jules or myself. I don't think Nay has enough influence though to convince Hunter otherwise. I have yet to talk to Pat or Shannon though but it seems I really have to now. I just really really want to get through this new Megara tribe. I feel like I am in deep doo-doo over here. If I can just make it to the merge, I feel like I can really do some damage, especially if I can get back together with my closest ally Alf. Here's to hoping though I'm not screwed over by anything!

Hunter

I feel so accomplished this game, I am probably jinxing myself, because I am the last one to have never been to tribal this season! Lol I will probably go at my first one. I absolutely love my new tribe and the size of it too, I finally feel like we are getting somewhere in the game and loosing people. The merge is almost here! My goal is to make it there without going to tribal. Two targets I would like gone are Alf and Mario, they are challenge threats and/or have been mentioned as others as targets.

Shannon

So Ryan said we had so do a confessional... So here it goes I am extremely happy with the tribe swap. I miss Mario and Jeremiah a ton though, we had all gotten pretty damn close! But I am so unbelievably happy that I managed to stay with Pat this entire time. He is definitely my best friend in the game. Honestly I am really excited to meet new people and play with more people in this game. I totally fan girl-ed when I realized that Paige and Nathan were on my tribe. It was amazing. I am also so very happy that we won immunity. I had seen the torch game played before and it looked so confusing, but playing it with my tribe was fun. I think it was a lot of fun to call and talk to everyone about the challenge. It brought us closer together for sure! :) <3

Paige

HEY...... IT'S ME SOMEHOW. I honestly don't really remember where I left off at. So I'm going to just take a wild guess. I survived the first vote with Corinth and we sent home Grace, I really don't know why I'm so paranoid all the time?????? Can someone give me a fucking chill pill?????? Whatever please don't talk shit about me and how paranoid I am k??

After that I bonded with Nic a good bit, I really did like him and I found him to be a really cool person and I would be lying if I said I wasn't thinking about flipping and tying the last vote we had so that he had a chance at staying. But......... It was way way wayyy too early for me to flip like that and lose the trust of all the returnees.

So Nic went home..... RIP Nic I know you probably hate me but I still think you're a cool pal!!!!!! ANYWAY!!!!!!!!! We tribe swapped again (thank u jesus bc I was not safe alone with Casey and Hanne) I actually really feel good with the new tribe. Me, Nay, Jules and Will have a chat for the returnees and I'm pretty confident with that. Also Shannon is pretty rad. And I've talked with Hunter before. WORK.

OKAY SO YEP. THAT'S IT I THINK????? Continue to pray for me if I mean anything at all 2 you.

Bran

on the new new sparta it is so hard you don't understand preface: there are 4 returnees and 4 newbies i started an alliance + chat with the newbies and have a side alliance with logan and MJ to ensure we have the numbers for tribal but anyway i started talking to casey and hanne and they're so cool and so is alf and i can't get rid of MJ because he's a number for logan and i lmao this is so terrible i hate my life vote me out

MJ

.......I........DONT KNOW. WHAT. TO. DO. MAX DAWSON SEND HELP. So we did another swap right (thank u JESUS)!!! Then we had to dO STUPID FRICKING PASS THE TORCH WHICH I HATE because it took away 24 hours that I NEEDED to strategize with these people. Like....y'all just took away an entire day that I NEEDED in order to cement the alliances that I needed to... ANYWAYS. I got my little returnee troops together so we're a solid 4. Thank god there are no idols so I don't have TOO much to worry about other than a tie tbh. OH. The FUNNIEST shit happened. After we swapped those little punks Bran and Logan BOTH had the AUDACITY to propose an alliance to ME. Like??? Are you serious right now??? You gotta be fuckin kidding me right?????????? Honestly who TF do they think I am like do they think I'm stupid???? Or just dumb???? Like I can't figure it out. Like honestly screw BOTH of them cause we ALL KNOW they would've voted me out had NuSparta gone to tribal council. SOOOOOOO WITH THAT SAID, BRAN WILL BE RECEIVING 4 VOTES TONIGHT AT TRIBAL COUNCIL ! Paybacks a BINCH. We would vote for Logan but he has immunity so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'll get him next time :~) So what's the goal? Avoid a 4-4 tie and possible rocks, because returnees would be 3/4 people drawing, and the odds wouldn't be in our favor. I am all for drawing rocks though :) I'm not scared of a fricking pebble. (Make that the ep title after im rocked out thx). So last night I was working on flipping Mario, cause Logan wants to vote Casey but he said he would've rather voted Mario out but can't bc gold medal so then I went to Mario and was like !!!! Logan wants you out but since we can't vote him let's vote out his closest ally, Bran!!!! He picked up what I was throwing down, I think, but said he would rather vote Hanne cause she hasn't talked to him. Then I realized.....well how can I get him to not target Hanne? EUREKA! Put him in an ALLIANCE with Hanne! The alliance that I'm trying to put together later today is of me, Hanne, Mario, and Jeremiah cause everyone likes Jeremiah, apparently. Unfortunately, if Mario and Jeremy don't go along with it, then we'll be seeing a tie which is just no good. I do think that I have the ability to AT LEAST swing Mario though and put the returnees in a good position moving forward. But if something *does* just go....horribly wrong...then.....rip...me !

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 28 So that challenge went by fast, and I kinda dont know what to do now, do I risk being the only newbie to be eligible for rocks or do I betray the newbies and just survive, thats been my motto this whole game is just survive to just make it to the next phase, & idk what I would do if I were to leave it up to chance. I want to trust hanne so much but than I think about it and why would she trust me, she has never met me before and I know all she wants is to survive as well. Will the returnees trust me or will they just throw me to the dogs. I guess we will find out tonight.

Alf

Audio Confessional

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Episode 7: “@God @Max please send HELP” - MJ, Confessionals

MJ

#ISurvivedGermany2k15 SORRY I HAVENT MADE A CONFESSIONAL IN A WHILE ! SO let's back track a lotttttt. So the Sparta tribe was revealed which was Casey, Hanne, Emma, Paige, and Nay. The only ones I was necessarily excited to see were Paige and Nay. Hanne's gonna have it out for me probably because of what I did to her in Greece, but tbh I don't think she'd start gunning for me until later in the game (if I make it that far) lol. After that Emma was voted out. Which was RIDICULOUSLY obviously like... She didn't have a chance tbh ! Then we swapped. And then, with perfect timing (smh) I had to go to GERMANY with basically NO WIFI. So on NuSparta it's me, Nay, Hunter, Bran, and Logan. And like. Honestly. Usually I get super frickin excited about tribe swaps because that's when I actually get to play the game and start moving it in a direction that favors me, but I have NEVER been swapped on a tribe that put me in a position like this. So Hunter and Bran are an obvious duo, they're both from Corinth. Nay and I, on paper, are an obvious duo just because we're returnees. BUT we're having to play like we want to take each other out in a few rounds which idk if the newbs are buying or not. So Logan, with a gold medal, is basically the swing vote at this point. He's supposedly in a 3 person alliance with me and Nay but I don't trust him AT ALL. Like. It just wouldn't make sense for ANYONE to align with us but, you never know. The newbies do crazy things sometimes. So where do we stand now? Well. The plan AT THE MOMENT is for me to win this gold medal (@ God @ Max please send HELP) and then I want to mist Hunter into turning on Bran just in case Logan isn't actually with us. I'll make a video confessional later explaining how I plan on getting Hunter on my side, I've thought about it a TON and I think I've come up with something that will work. OH while I was still in Germany I was also informed by both Nay and Logan that Bran wanted me out because he was threatened by me cos I'm the "fan fav" and I DIED laughing like... Who even am I like...what fans do I have? Like... I'M NOT. A. THREAT. LET ME LIVE. I'M JUST A SMALL CHILD I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M DOING HERE GOSH. So if we are to lose immunity this round (WHICH BRAN WANTS TO THROW BTW LIKE. NO. FUCK YOU BRAN. SIT THE FUCK OUT YOURE NOT THROWING SHIT AND IF YOU DO THROW IT THEN YOU BETTER BELIEVE YOURE GONNA BE THE ONE GETTING BOOTED. ILL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND SERVE UP THOSE JAKE B IN GALAPAGOS TEAS. DONT FUCKING PLAY THAT BULLSHIT WITH ME YOU DONT KNOW WHO YOURE MESSING WITH. FUC K!!!), I'll have to do basically everything in my power to get Bran out. Not because Bran is a threat, mind you. But because I feel like there's more playing room with Hunter. If I can get Hunter on my side, it increases my chances of getting further way more than Bran would help me get further tbh. Oh and also Nay has decided to take the backseat now and I'm like noooooo you're so much bETTER THAN ME. WHICH HE IS. But he's letting me do all the work now because he played really hard and aggressively while I was in Germany and it kind of started to but him in the bum, so he thinks I have the skills to fix it and put everything back together. Wish me luck. So overall, the dynamics on this tribe are weird as fUCK and if I fail to get Hunter to swing then Nat and/or I are FUCKED.

Shannon

Jeremiah, really just made me cry with his inspiring personality. A 16 year old just taught me a life lesson that brought me to tears. Just goes to show you can always learn. I just have to thank this game for giving me this opportunity to meet some absolutely amazing people, and even if I don't win I will take away some great friendships and some amazing memories. Thank you Jeremiah! Please always stay so positive and keep being a role model for others :) <3

MJ

...fucking??? Silver medal?,, again??? Looks like I have a rendezvous with death if we go to tribal. F u c k

Pat

Video Confessional

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 25 First of all good job Pat, you actually did it. I am kinda pissed that he gets a "heart" competition something that doesn't take talent it just takes hard work, like why can't I have that kind of comp where if you work at it than you will do good. So my only hope to stay alive just got immunity and now I just have to hope that I can get dragged a couple of tribal immunities until I can get on my own two feet and do some damaga Lastly this isnt the end of me I will try and get mario out he was the back up plan if this happened so hopefully we can make it happen. Also Mario threw some shade when he said, this tribe only gets gold and silver medals.... Like yea I know I got a silver medal thanks for reminding me lol

Shannon

I HATE POTO & CABENGA! Can I have QWOP back?! I will QWOP for days if you take back this damn game!

Miranda

I haven't done one of these in a while, so first of all: Owen :( The Argos alliance was just too tight to save him. Which means I'm leaving next. I expect to lose this challenge, and leave the game, which sucks, but seems pretty inevitable. I'll pitch my case to anyone that will listen and that's really all I can do.

MJ

So hunter got??? 30 FUCKING minutes on a puzzle and thought it would be OK to post that????? He legit just threw this challenge I'm So fucking pissed and it looks like we're actually about to lose immunity altogether now so Like fuck like I'm Honestly so fucked if Logan isn't with us I'm done I'm just fuckin I'm I'm Gonna fucking Fade away like Start planning my funeral tbh and let Molly host it please I'm so donnneeeeee goodbye world

Miranda

I mean... wow. That was intense. This really glorifies one of my traits I'm not proud of, which is pessimism. The more pessimistic you are about an outcome, the better it feels when you don't fail. And we didn't fail. This is Jules' THIRD mess up on a challenge. Two of which have hindered me, and one of which has helped me. I need another tribe swap. Desperately. Preferably one which gets me away from these vets. My loyalty to them is a little bit below nada. Maybe I would side with them if they made me feel like for even a split second, I could stay over someone who has messed up three times, but they don't make me feel that way. They make me feel like it's certain that if we lose, I'm going. And I don't want to go. I may be nonchalant, but I really want to play and stay in this game. What I need more than anything is a GOLD MEDAL. I could fuck shit up with a gold medal. Imagine me maybe swinging one of the vets with a gold medal and getting them on my side. because one of them will HAVE to be the targets, and one of them will need to run to me for help if I have that medal. Here's to hoping I can at least get it...

MJ

Turns out we won immunity ..... Hunter still a bitch tho 4 getting 30 minutes on a goddamn puzzle!!!!! I hope wE SWAP AFTER THIS COS I WANT HIS HEAD ON A SILVER PLATTER BUT I JUST DONT HAVE THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW TBH BUT........@ HUNTER... I'm coming for you BINCH !

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Episode 6: “You got to risk it to get the biscuit!” - Grace, Confessionals

Pat

Been a while since I've been around these parts! Sorry, y'all. Been in Philadelphia, watching my hockey team clinch a playoff spot. And then a baseball game for good measure. Was supposed to be throwing a good friend a birthday party, but I was able to delegate because she understood how important and spontaneous this trip was. Anyway, on to game talk. Laura was the first evictee from the newly formed Argos tribe. My rationale was pretty simple: I couldn't vote out Mario. I wouldn't and won't vote out Shannon. And of the two remaining, I've spoken to Jeremiah. I hadn't spoken to Laura. So, easy decision. That said, I'm concerned going forward. Jeremiah and Mario sure seem to have some kind of alliance going on. Shannon, Mario and I aligned early on and I don't think Mario will continue to live up to that alliance. He's the type to strike when the iron is hot and take out a strong competitor. And, without meaning to brag, I think I'm probably the second strongest player on the tribe after Mario himself. So, that would be why I'm pretty upset that Jeremiah volunteered without discussing with the tribe. He passed it off as just needing someone to volunteer and a dead chat, and I told him I believe him. But I don't. I think this is highly indicative of a growing divide in the tribe — Mario and Jer vs. Shannon and myself. If I'm right, it means our worst case scenario would be Jer winning gold and us losing immunity somewhere down the line. That would leave it to a firemaking competition between Mario and either me or Shan. And I don't like either of our odds. It feels weird to be actively cheering against a tribemate. But that's where it's come to. Hope he snags the silver and they're both vulnerable next time out. And in the meantime, I especially hope we can keep winning immunity and all make merge so that doesn't become an issue. I don't think keeping Laura around would've been an adequate solution to the problem, though. I meant what I said at tribal: I know nothing about her. And in this case, you can trust a person who thinks they're sneaky to become overconfident. But the quiet ones, the subtle ones... they're the ones you need to watch for. I hope this was the right move. I did mull it over a lot on the eight-hour drive back. But what's done is done. Can only hope it doesn't come back to bite me in the ass. I miss Grace and Sami.

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 20 Okay first of thank you Laura for giving me a chance to stay, I mean it wasnt your doing more than it was mine but either way. Second of all Pat well you were a little rude today after you found out I was doing the arena I am going to give you a lesson something you can apply for life as well, "If you want something go and get it" Lastly, if anyone beats me for that gold medal its not going to be because they worked harder than me, its going to be because they have sheer talent. I have spend all night and will spend tomorrow perfecting this game if anyone beats me its not going to be because they out worked me its going to be because they just have the talent that I somehow cant find. We will see what prevails tomorrow talent or hard work.

Logan

Please don't let Branden get last in this Arena, but don't let him win the gold medal, either. Second or third place, please. Second or third place.

Miranda

... I'm so sad. I can't believe Laura left. I mean, I know she was in the minority for that tribe, and that original Megara would most likely stick together, but I thought it would be Jeremiah going and not Laura. o.o I know Laura had a connection with Mario and I didn't think she'd be the immediate target... clearly that was wrong. Frickin Jeremiah ughhh. All I have left of official "alliance" wise is Hunter... who's stuck on a different tribe... and who even knows if he'll still want to work with me if we ever make it back to each other at a merge or what not. I wish I had something to say about my tribe. ANYTHING. But it's just been kinda dull? I hope new Megara can keep up the competitions because it's what I need to be safe. Oh yeah! Will and Alf killllled it in that last immunity so I'm thoroughly glad I didn't volunteer. I kinda wanna play in another arena, but I can't, so oh well. Will seems pretty confident in this dolphin game so I think he'll place pretty well?

Pat

Perfect! That couldn't have gone any better. Jer is unable to win immunity for at least two more rounds. Ditto Mario. Assuming we win here, the power is swinging back in our hands. I really like this competition, too. It helps that I'm doing pretty well. Show time!

Paige (and Teddy for some reason)

Audio Confessional

Bran

lmao my life is ruined i wanna die shoutout to logan i love you logan thanks for telling me who IS and who is NOT with me

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 21 Fuck this, like are you serious I poured my heart and soul into that game just to get silver. I knew whoever won this game would be sheer talent. But I feel sad for all these challenge "beast" because at the end none of them will be there. At this point I need to pull something out of my ass but I will end up in that final council not because I am a comp beast but because I talked to people and got to know them, this is just a small bump on my way to the finals.

Shannon

I am so extremely relieved that it is not Argos going to tribal!! I was so worried. this game is getting real!!

Paige

Audio Confessional

Grace

I may have just dug my own grave...crap Come on tribe work with me here!

Alf

Audio Confessional

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 22 So its day 22 can I say that I am happy to be here after 22 long days who knows theres still 19 people left so idk how much I have accomplished if this was regular season we would be to like 12 people right now but its fine hopefully we dont go to tribal until another tribal swap idk if I want to bet on my social game right now with this megara three that I have to deal with but lets see how this plays out.

Bran

nathan when you see this just know you ruined my life

Jules

Video Confessional

Grace

So I had to scramble all day today to make sure that Nic and I aren't getting voted out tonight. I've been talking with Paige since the tribe swap and if all goes according to plan tonight's tribal council should be the first big move of the season. I had to stick my neck out on the line and if this doesn't work out, or if Nic and Paige flip or have second thoughts this all going to blow up in my face and I'll be going home. But it's like my homeboy Wes said, "You gotta risk it to get the biscuit!"

Logan

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Olympics Cast Assessment

We talk shit about our cast before they even got a chance to play

Including people who didn't get casted

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Episode 5: “Honestly at this point I am going for BLOOD” - Bran, Confessionals

Hunter

My tribe kind of figured this type of twist going back to four tribes of five. It's quite interesting because I'm on with Bran from my previous tribe, Nathan from the hidden winners tribe, Logan the speculated cheater from previous failure Athens and MJ from returnee tribe Argos. Bran: I might stay aligned with him since we've already played together, so there's some trust even though he might be betraying me at this very moment Nathan: He seems pretty cool, he seems pretty relaxed about everything, but he talks with an air of intelligence so he understands the game so well Logan: It's speculated that he cheated and he was on a failing tribe, I've talked to him though, also he cant be voted out at our next tribal if we go to one MJ: He hasn't been on yet

Shannon

This whole night has been completely crazy. We had to vote out someone for the first time, which meant we lost Sami. I never thought I would actually feel bad to vote someone one out, but it actually made me sad. So that was disheartening and then all of a sudden, Tribe Swap. I knew it was coming, but WHOA! I'm not sure yet how I feel yet about the new tribe. But I am really glad that I am still with Pat and Mario. We had really started getting close in the old tribe. Which also means that we have the numbers, so we have that bit of relief. But who knows if someone will switch or not. Its like the game finally got real.

Bran

Honestly at this point I am going for BLOOD we just swapped and the Sparta tribe was revealed and I feel like the only thing left to do is target the fan favorite MJ and I want Logan's head on a platter I know he cheated in the paper toss challenge like?? 800????? that is laughable it's so false he is going DOWN

Will

I absolutely love how this swap turned out! I get to be on a green tribe, my favorite color! But in all seriousness it is really sweet because it is 3 Argos and 2 Corinth. So even though I doubt we will be losing any challenges, there is a pretty big safety blanket. As long as we don't let Owen even have a chance at a gold medal, we will always have that buffer.I'm also glad no winners are on this new tribe because I feel like people will side with them first. MJ being on his own tribe I think is ok. I trust him about 90%. I'm sure we would have gone far together, but I don't see any scenario with the two of us sitting together at the end. If his time gets cut short on his new tribe, it's just one less dirty deed that has to go on my hands.

Pat

Losing Sami? Sucked. Hardcore. She and I got to talking this morning — she asked me my feelings on the vote and I couldn't/wouldn't lie to her. I'd want honesty if I were the one asking. Felt appropriate to return the favour, such as it was. The good news is, I think in part because of that, I've made a rad new friend/football buddy. You'd be surprised how hard it is to talk football up here when everyone is either disinterested or a Pats fan. Fuck the Patriots. Also, she seemed to take the game as a very positive experience, which is big. I hope she plays again in the near future. If alliance lines hadn't been drawn so quickly, I think she could have definitely done some damage playing her "under the radar" game (albeit accidentally.) Anyway, moving on to the tribe swap... I'm oddly okay with this. Grace was probably next on my chopping block, if I'm being honest — she's just the one I talked to least. So seeing her go elsewhere takes that blood off my hands for the time being. Argos is a solid tribe at this point. Shannon and Mario are both known entities at this point. Both hella good competitors and fun people to have around. Very optimistic about Jeremiah, too, who I've been keeping a close eye on. And Laura... haven't spoken to her yet. But she seems like a good competitor, too. So that makes five strong players. I hope we can keep running train on these immunity comps. But, last round showed what happens when you get complacent — you overestimate your abilities, you underestimate your opponents, and you end up saying bye to someone you'd much rather keep around. A definite day of mourning for Megara tribe. Thankfully, I'm not a Megaran anymore. For every door that closes, a window opens. This window is named Argos, and it's going to be the last bit of the house standing when Pat huffs, puffs and blows the other tribes' campfires down. Odd metaphor, I know. But just run with it.

Jules

Video Confessional

Jeremiah / Junior

Day14 So the tribal swap came today, I was expecting it and to tell you the truth I knew it was going to screw me over. But this is what I need if I am going to be a likable winner. When the edit comes out I will be the underdog who won so this is exactly what I need to prove myself as the best. So far Laura and Shannon are chill. Everyone has PM'd me idk if that is a good thing or not but I will let you guys know tomorrow if I can split up the Megara tribe or whatever they are called.

Alf

Audio Confessional

Nathan’s Hair

Video Confessional

Logan

The swap was pretty abrupt. One minute, I was eating cereal. The next...boom! New tribe. So, I've been on New Sparta for a couple of days. Everyone started playing really hard right out of the gate. It's way different from how it was at Athens. We were chill over there, but now I'm having to watch everything I say. It's taking some serious adapting. Anyways, tribe breakdown: Nathan is charming and charismatic, as well as pretty cutthroat. I enjoy talking to him, but so does everyone else. He didn't win for nothing and is definitely a threat. I like Hunter! He's easy to talk to and seems genuinely nice. I'm not sure where his head is at in the game, though. Since he's from Corinth, which was a strong tribe originally, I'm cautious in trusting him. But, I want to. Branden... I'm not sure how to take him? On one hand, I find him to be endearing. I want to like him. But, I've heard some things he's supposedly said about me that makes me hesitant. MJ hasn't been on much since he's in Germany.

Miranda

So much to say... so much to say... Well, since my last confessional, we hit tribe swap. YES, tribe swap. I'd view this as an accomplishment but seeing as we're back to the number of competitors I thought there were originally, it's just kind of a downer. I loved Corinth. You don't realize how good something is until it's taken away, which is the entire premise of Corinth for me. That tribe was everything, a bunch of challenge beasts who never lost an immunity? Not to mention Laura and Hunter and I held a majority which made me feel safe. Even now on this new Megara tribe WITH individual immunity, I don't feel safe. This challenge is already shaping up to be a loss for us. The only person on our tribe who WANTS to play (Jules) can't. And I can't have a loss. A loss means I lose my immunity necklace which I'm terrified of. Owen and I automatically feel forced together by this swap. The automatic assumption is 2 corinth vs. 2 argos, however, I need that not to be the case. The way I see it goes a little like this: Argos was a 4 person tribe. That means the likelihood of there being a 3 person alliance/majority is strong. That leaves one outcast/outlier in the group. My job is figuring out who it is. Right now, my gut tells me it's Will. Will is the new returnee on the block, as he just played in Mali, and therefore is less acquainted with these vets? If Owen and I can swing Will, that'll be key. My problem is I'm not SURE that Will is an outlier. What if he just runs back to tell his team? What good will that do? If we do face tribal, I'm going to have to go for it though. There's no way I'm going to let Owen leave without a fight. All this could be avoided (or at least put off) if we get an immunity win. This would be my major preference because as much as these strategic scenarios are running through my head, acting on them is a whole different thing.

Grace

Real talk, the new Corinth Tribe is a hot mess.

Shannon

I HATE TUMBLR SURVIVOR JEOPARDY!! Y'all can kiss my ass with all this trival knowledge you have!!! Honestly, just a little bitter. That was amazingly fun, now I'll go cry in a corner. Sorry I let Argos down :(

Logan

It was nice seeing Nic and Jeremiah again at trivia, even if it was brief. Maybe it's weird, but I do miss them. Hopefully Jeremiah is able to get through this tribal council.

Grace

Finally, my love of random Survivor facts proved somewhat useful.

Jeremiah / Junior

Day 19 So at this point I could literally go to every tribal and be safe how amazing is that. I am not scared of going home next all I care about is if I should throw the next challenge to get Mario out. Yes saving laura is important but if shannon doesnt bite than theres no point in risking my place in the game to save laura, I have a tight alliances with shannon and a tight two is better than the three megara has. Honestly this game was meant to win with competitions, but I am going to win it with social game.

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Tumblr Survivor Olympics Retrospective Video. This was intended to be posted before FTC results but it took a while to finish the middle portion.

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