Benjis Drs
DR #1:
Im in an alliance with myself called "The Ninjas", hence the ninja emotion after my eviction vote for David. I plan to add more people to the alliance soon but for now just lil ol me.
DR #2:
So I'm finally in a concrete alliance. It's not one where we can steamroll everyone because in contains half the house, but its myself and 3 of the people in the game I consider closest to me. Myself, Casey, Michelle, and Scoot have come together to form the "Dirt Squirrels" alliance (heidy) . Scott having HoH is great because it should be easy to send a BB player to Redemption Island this week (unless the house wants Laure gone super badly). Other than those 3, I really like Troy even though I consider him one of the most dangerous players in the game. I think we'll work well together for at least the first 2-3 HoH's but it shouldn't be long before he tries to pull a fast one on me. I think if Laure could actually participate me and her would be very close but so far she's been sort of MIA. other than that, most of the BB people haven't talked to me, and as far as Daniel and Batria go, Daniel scares me and Batria would do what he did. Overall though, I'm excited for someone to make a big move so these BB people can stop being snoozefests and start being the entertaining players I know they can be.
DR#3
I just won week 3 Hoh! I think in a way its perfect timing, because I voted against Ramsey in the minority last week which could have put me in how water. Its even better that Michelle won the other HoH because she and I are in the same alliance, so even if my nominations win the Battle of the Block and I get dethroned as HoH, I feel good about staying this week.
DR#4
So i think im on the bottom of this game right now. This is the second week out of four in which I've been the sole vote to evict someone. My alliance with Scott, Casey, and Michelle seems to have been broken since Casey and Michelle voted to evict Scott. I very well may be going to redemption island at the end of this week. Pray 4 me!
DR#5
If the bidding on tribes or immunity didnt give away whos aligned with who then nothing will. As in troy is with the bb people not moi
DR#6
If Troy thinks he's playing me, he's got another thing coming. Like don't think I don't know you're only loyalty is to Nic/Rhea/Luke, I'm not stupid, I just need you in case we get down to just the survivors and I need a spare vote.
DR#7
I literally could not be more happy that we beat the #FAKES Nic/Troy/Rhea/Luke and I cannot wait for a BB person to leave.
DR#8
So basically I'm ecstatic we won Immunity and deflated the egos over there in the BB alliance. I'm gonna try to push hard for Luke to be the Survivor factions target for a few reasons. One, we don't talk and he wouldn't be much help to me if he made jury. Two, the other Survivor peeps want Troy gone, but he's a potential ally down the road, so imma try and keep him in. And lastly, because I think Scoot would beat Luke on redemption island which would eliminate another BB person, leaving Rhea, Nic and Troy very lonely. Sooo, lets hope Luke goes tbh!
DR#9
Bat messages me like "benji vote out rhea". Like excuse me, hi hello how was your day, mine was fine too thanks, like thats not a way to start a convo TBH
DR#10
Ok so Daniel is being a stubborn little annoyance and is being pouty about not wanting to vote out anyone except for Troy. I'm like, are you serious right now? Michelle is literally playing an idol on you, and you cant have the decency to shut up and sit back for one vote? My only worry is if he goes to Luke/Nic/Rhea and basically says he'll be loyal to them if all 4 of them vote out Troy. If he does that, he better be ready for what's coming because I've got my riot gear in my closet if push comes to shove.
DR#11
So the plan going into Tribal is to vote out Rhea. Not my initial choice, but between her and Luke I couldn't really care less who goes. I do feel bad though because I'm pretty sure Rhea just got voted out of Tumblr Survivor sooooo her night's about to go from bad to worse, rip :/
DR#13
Sooooo, I'm really hoping one of Nic/Luke/Troy wins HoH. I think this is the perfect week to get Daniel out, especially after his stunt last week of voting for Troy, and if one of the 3 BB people won HoH it'd be the perfect excuse to get him out.
DR#14
Whew, so I won HoH, which I didn't necessarily want this week, but its good to be safe nonetheless. I want Daniel gone this week. I want him sitting on the jury as soon as humanly possible. But, I have to keep up appearances with the "survivor krew". So I've been talking with Troy and Scott separately, and what I'm hoping happens is that Troy wins POV so that it forces me to put someone like Batria up as a replacement. Then, I'd have Troy, Nic/Luke, and Scott as the 3 votes I need to get Daniel out. If someone besides Troy wins veto, I'm gonna need a third vote from somewhere.
DR#15
Ok that reward challenge win was HUGE. I'm now guaranteed at LEAST 7th place which is awesome. On the other hand, my wish to get Daniel out this week probably wont pan out. Michelle is completely against it, so my only shot is to ask Casey or Batria, but I don't even know if its worth it at this point or if I'd just come off as power-hungry and as someone who's easily going to turn on his own people. I definitely want Daniel gone, but at this point I have to weigh the risk vs. the reward.
DR#16
I just made my first and hopefully only final 2 in this game, with Scoot. I know if we both somehow got to the final 2 he'd be tough to beat, but he's been the person I've trusted the most this whole game. I was the sole vote to save him when he got evicted, and if we somehow got to the end together, even though itd be tough, I'm confident in my ability to beat him. I'm surprised I've gone so long without having a final 2 with anyone because usually I like to solidify them early on but now I have one, and its nice to know I have someone who I (hope) I can put a lot of trust in. Scott has a history of flipping in these games, and by making this final 2 i'm not blind to that, but I'm hoping if we can somehow both be like this power duo that keeps going back and forth between sides then we can really run the tables in this second half of the game.
DR#17
Oh boy. Nic, Nic, sweet Nic. I finally had my overdue convo with Nic, one of my pre-veto nominees, and he may have just let some info slip... We were talking about who has really talked to who all season (on the subject of me and him never having a convo) and he mentioned that myself, Michelle, and Scott are the only ones that have never talked to him. Hmmm... so you're saying you've been talking to Daniel, Batria and Casey? That seems weird because I was under that they were in my alliance? This season gets more and more interesting by the minute.
DR#18
Still talking to Nic. I can't tell if these super long pauses between me asking him questions and him responding are because he's like messaging me while doing something else, or he's like relaying info, or whatever but its making my little paranoid brain run rampid.
DR#19
I think one of the main issues with the "if we pulled of the Daniel blindside" thing, is I know Michelle doesn't want Daniel gone because she wants the survivor krew to stay together. So the downside is I lose Michelle's trust, which is huge because although her game is very obvious and I think people sort of know how she's playing, she's still a very strong player and I definitely don't want to end up on the hitlist of a competitor like Michelle. Also she's just like a genuinely sweet person and turning on her would be like making a puppy go outside during a rainstorm.
DR#20
Jesus, I'm going to win the Pulitzer Prize for the amount of confessionals I've done today. I just realized that the amazing thing about having won Immunity for next week in the Reward Challenge is that if this whole week blows up in my face, hey, at least I have a week to mop up the shitstorm :~)
DR#21
Ok... I don't know how to interpret this but I found out Nic is Nic from all of the RRN games, and Troy, Casey and Daniel all played in RRN: Free Agents with Nic. Sooo, I don't know what that means in terms of them possibly being a thing... But uhm. Yeah.
DR#22
Daniel just walked from the game due to personal reasons. Its never fun to see someone leave the game that way, nevermind the in game stuff. I hope everything's ok with him. From a game perspective, this makes things a bit interesting because Troy won veto, like I wanted, but now my initial target is gone. I'm almost 100% putting Batria up as a replacement, but its the decision of whether we should backdoor her that has me thinking. We shall see.
DR#23
I feel good about who's left in the game, because now that I've actually talked to Nic I feel like I'm kind of in the clear for at least a couple of weeks. I don't get the sense anyone's really "coming for me", but its possible that either I'm wrong, or that no one's coming for me because I'm a floop. I don't really mind that Troy won HoH because we have some dead weight on the Survivor side I wouldn't mind seeing go, but I have a feeling he'll want Scott gone so I have to somehow protect Scott this week. I'm considering pitching a final four deal to Troy of me/him/Scott/Nic (which I don't intend to keep because let's be real Troy is the biggest threat still in the game). I think if I'm ranking who I'd be fine with leaving this week from the Survivor side I'd rank it like this:
1. Batria - the definition of dead weight, plus I don't talk to her that much so I see a situation where she could team up with Troy/Nic down the line
2. Michelle - too dangerous to let her get close to the end in my opinion, plus I think she's active enough in the game that if I'm forced to make a move against her, she'd fight hard to take me down. Also, it'd be interesting if she left because I almost feel like she is the thin layer of glue holding this survivor alliance/thing together
3. Casey - I want her in the game as long as possible. She doesn't do much, is close with Nic so if I want to flip I could use her, and I feel like she's kind of just floating and I'm completely ok with that
4. Scott - My final 2 deal, if he goes I need to revamp my endgame outlook, plus I almost feel like if he goes I'm not tied down to anyone which is dangerous because I'm much more likely to make a stupid decision
DR#26
May as well do a DR bc why not amirite? So HoH is basically between Scott, Nic, and Bat since 1. I'm throwing the comp, and 2. Casey has no computer. I don't want Bat to win, because I don't know where her head is at and if she won HoH I'd have to painfully obviously suck up to her and all of the sudden make conversation and ugh we don't want that. If Scott wins I'm pretty sure I'm good for the week. I have a final 2 with him, and Troy mentioned in his nomination speech that he had a final 2 with Michelle, and while I don't know if thats true, she's gone now and hopefully I'm his number 1. If Nic wins... I genuinely don't know what would happen. I think MAYBE he'd nominate Scott and Batria? I know he knows Casey from other games but I'm not sure if that factors into how he's playing, and I know he wouldn't nominate Troy. As for if he'd nominate me, I feel like there's a better chance if he wanted me gone he'd try to backdoor me. I want to win this veto BADLY. I didn't want HoH, but veto is a must. It's the only way I can guarantee my safety this week without having to really show where my head is at. Hopefully my advantage for POV will help fingers crossed.
DR#32
Also, I talked to Bat a lot over the past 24 hours, and she basically told me her plans and asked me for advice? Like I didn't realize she trusted me so much to just give me all of this info after I initiated one conversation... But she was asking my advice on whether she should nominate Troy, or whether herself and I should make a deal with Troy. I told her ultimately its her call and I'd be behind whatever she chose to do because you gotta make sure the HoH knows they're in charge. They won HoH. They don't want anyone else making their calls for them, even if they say they do.
DR#33
So Troy was basically like, in short, "lets make an alliance of me, you, the HoH, and my blatant ally Nic so that my me and my only number make final 5" and it was very uncomfortabke because its not like I can say "you know I'm gonna have to pass on the alliance, sorry" like of course I have to fucking say yes. And more than that, Bat is basically very on board with it and not worrying as much about the main issue at hand, that Troy needs to go ASAP. This just makes things more messy because now if I ever turn on Troy he'll feel ten thousand times more betrayed because we "had an alliance" and just ughhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHUGHHHHHHHUGHGH.
DR#34
I am sincerely regretting throwing the HoH comp.
DR#35
I'm pretty sure I'm going home this week. Troy claims he's going to use the veto on me, but the way he's saying it is weird, idk I'm just getting weird vibes from everyone. Honestly, Michelle coming back into the game was my downfall.
DR#36
TRAINWRECK AVERTED! Troy was nice enough to use the veto on me. I'm glad I'm going to the final five now, and I'm going with a group I feel fairly comfortable in. Me and Nic have been good allies for a week or two, Casey and I have been on good terms the whole game, I've been aligned with Troy pretty much since the beginning of the game without ever putting a label on it per-say, and even Batria, who would be my only concern heading into next week, can't play for HoH. I offered Nic and Troy a final 3 deal and it remains to be seen if they're down for it or not, but I think my ideal final 2, assuming Casey leaves this coming week, would be with Nic. Him and I don't have any huge moves to our names, so I feel like it'd be a pretty even bout. Troy would win against anyone left in the game. Anyways, I know final 5 HoH is dangerous to win since being the Final 4 HoH is CRUCIAL, but I think guaranteeing myself a spot in the final 4 could be worth the risk of winning HoH this week.
DR#37
I think I may have just made a move that, should I make the end, is going to be one of my main arguments for things I did to change the course of the game. Michelle coming back into the game was bad for me. She immediately went to Batria and threw me under the bus HARD. That's why I was initially nominated. Through my good relationships with Troy and Nic, I was saved from the block. I then convinced them to save Casey even though Batria clearly wanted Michelle to stay, as if I didn't see how obvious she was being about trying to protect her. So basically in the course of one week, Michelle almost ruined my game, and I turned around and got her evicted. I'd say that's a pretty big move if you asked me...
DR#38
Bat messages me 45 minutes before votes are due "Saving Michelle right???" Like first of all, we haven't talked in days, how about a "Hi". Second of all, you literally told me Michelle threw me under the bus, why would I save her. Thirdly, you really expect anyone, nevermind just me, to vote where you want them to if you only tell them where your head is at 45 minutes before votes are due?!?!? Like, not that I was gonna save Michelle anyways, but Batria gurl I have a personal life I'm not about to wait by my computer all day waiting for you to tell me who to vote for.
DR#39
By process of elimination I know a lot of the answers to these HoH questions..... BUT, even though it almost ended my game last week, I'm going to take a huge risk and throw this HoH. This week should be pretty straight forward, and its much, much more valuable to be able to compete for Final 4 HoH. If you're not HoH at final 4, there's nowhere to hide.
DR#37
I think I may have just made a move that, should I make the end, is going to be one of my main arguments for things I did to change the course of the game. Michelle coming back into the game was bad for me. She immediately went to Batria and threw me under the bus HARD. That's why I was initially nominated. Through my good relationships with Troy and Nic, I was saved from the block. I then convinced them to save Casey even though Batria clearly wanted Michelle to stay, as if I didn't see how obvious she was being about trying to protect her. So basically in the course of one week, Michelle almost ruined my game, and I turned around and got her evicted. I'd say that's a pretty big move if you asked me...
DR#38
Bat messages me 45 minutes before votes are due "Saving Michelle right???" Like first of all, we haven't talked in days, how about a "Hi". Second of all, you literally told me Michelle threw me under the bus, why would I save her. Thirdly, you really expect anyone, nevermind just me, to vote where you want them to if you only tell them where your head is at 45 minutes before votes are due?!?!? Like, not that I was gonna save Michelle anyways, but Batria gurl I have a personal life I'm not about to wait by my computer all day waiting for you to tell me who to vote for.
DR#39
By process of elimination I know a lot of the answers to these HoH questions..... BUT, even though it almost ended my game last week, I'm going to take a huge risk and throw this HoH. This week should be pretty straight forward, and its much, much more valuable to be able to compete for Final 4 HoH. If you're not HoH at final 4, there's nowhere to hide.
DR#40
Once again throwing the HoH could screw me... Why do I do this to myself... Troy told me he would be nominating me this week because he didn't want me to vote to save Casey this week. He assures me I won't be going home, but there's no security in being on the block. Honestly if they evict me this week, I'll have seen it coming because I'm naturally always paranoid, but it'll definitely be a blindside of sorts.
DR#41
If I don't go home, and that's a big "if", I'm really happy Troy won this week's HoH. Me, Bat and Nic are fairly even in terms of competition prowess, and I think it's important for Troy to be vulnerable next week. I think Batria especially would want Troy gone if she won HoH next week even though she isn't particularly fond of me after I caused Michelle to leave. I don't see her voting to save me this week, and if Nic and Troy are being honest with me than what should happen is Nic votes against Casey, Batria votes against me, and Troy breaks the tie by sending Casey home. I'm saying this all knowing fully well I could be going this week.
DR#42
I WON HOH AT THE FINAL FRICKING FOUR!!!!!! I can't believe that throwing the final five HoH actually paid off. Things are going like clockwork right now, and I just secured my spot in the final 3. I'm one competition win away from being in the final 2 and I can't believe it. As far as this week goes, I'm strongly considering blindsiding Troy. You would think that the fact that there's a 3/4 chance he'll lose the POV competition would settle my nerves, but the guy has won almost every comp this season. He's a force to be reckoned with, and even though I know he'll be extremely pissed if I cause him to leave, he'd beat me, Nic, or Batria in a landslide if we let him get to the end. Also I wanna at least give myself a decent shot at winning final HoH.
DR#43
First of all, fuck this veto. This puzzle is the worst thing in the world. Ok now on to real issues. I've been arguing back and forth with myself over the past 2 days on what I would do if I won the POV. I know if I won and didn't use the veto, Nic would most likely evict Batria, and the final 3 deal I made with Nic and Troy would have made it to the final 3. If that were to happen, I'd have a tough time winning HoH against Troy, but I'd have a 2/3 chance of making the finals because Nic would probably take me over Troy. If I used the veto on Batria, the downsides are these: I look like a major dickweed by betraying a final 3 deal I made, Troy probably hates me, and I have to rely on only myself at the final HoH comp to get myself into the finals. The upside would be, that if I was the one to cause Troy's eviction, I would be solely responsible for taking out the person who has clearly played the best game up to this point. I'm majorly conflicted at this point and I don't know what to do.
DR#44
Well, fuck me, right?! Just as I fully convinced myself that I was going to veto Batria if I won, Troy comes away with his sixth POV. This is going to be one tough road to the finals.
DR#45
Also, 4 HoH's and 6 POV's?!?!?!? Troy is some sort of machine, I swear. He better be ready for final HoH because I've just about had it with losing every single competition to this guy. King Troy needs to get knocked off his throne.
DR#46
I somehow ended up in the final 3 TBH. This whole season has been cray and its awesome to be the Survivor representative in the final 3. I'm one comp win away from making the end, and it would hurt too much to go out now, and come up short by this much. I know I'm going to have to fight for my place in the final 2, and that's what I intend to do. It's weird because I feel like Troy and I both feel like if we lose, we're getting voted out. Nic has been pretty good about not showing his cards on who he wants to go to the end with. It'll be tough, but this is where the gloves come off.