Post by Dragon Episodes on Oct 10, 2007 12:46:07 GMT -5
On the last episode, Mamba continued their winning streak sending Cobra to Tribal Council for the third time in a row. In a vote of 3-2, Alex was cast out of the tribe. What will happen in this episode??
Cobra
Shawn confesses…
OMG!
Tribal is over and done with and I'm still here! Wow. I'm shocked, honestly. Alex and myself worked Jack as hard as we could. I really think he screwed himself. He admitted the deal we had was MUCH better yet he wouldn't go for it. If i'm gone next, Jack has not a chance in hell in the merge.
It's a shame, really. He made a dumb dumb move. I told him I'm with him and frankly I have no other choice.
I know if we lose next time I am done for, so I'm just grateful to at least still be here.
Alan and Shawn…
Alan : Well it seems you voted against the alliance I thought we were all part of? What's happening?
Shawn : I promised Alex I wouldn't vote for him and I wasn't told about being safe until the last second
Alan : hmm okay
Shawn : you can ask Jack, Alan, I really had no idea what was going on. I had no clue until just a minute or two ago that I was safe
Alan : Alright, just feels like you were playing both sides of the fence, but it's probably not your fault. That Alex was a little troublemaker - he had a go at talking everyone into voting for everyone else at some stage in the last two Tcs lol
Shawn :honestly, i didn't know what to believe with him, lol, i kinda realized he was going back and forth and lying
Shawn : and he was stirring up some shit earlier by telling me morris was spreading lies and stuff, so i was just lost, LOL
Alan : Man he was like talking to three people at the same time and telling us all different things. Even when we told each other and pointed it out to him, he just kept going! LOL That's why you weren't in danger dude. Rather a no show than someone stirring that much shit
Shawn :i had no clue he was doing all of that, wow, lol
Shawn : he definitely had me snowed i think
Alan : I think maybe so. He did it a bit at the last TC, but he really turned it on yesterday - just lacked all subtlety so we had no choice
Shawn :shit, lol. i feel like such an idiot
Alan and Jack…
Alan: They targeted Morris
Jack: I saw
Alan: Phew, dude that last minute exchange of IM's had me panicked
Jack: Seriously, the last hour, I've been bombarded.
Jack: The truth is that I had a better chance of going farther if I'd gone with them, but I'm such a softie for loyalty.
Alan: I'm considering having my first ever chat with Shawn - something along the lines of sux to be you
Alan: I dunno about that Jack. Alex and Shawn have both shown an ability to turn on anything
Jack: Talk to him, don't be a prick.
Jack: Yeah...
Jack: it sounded pretty sweet, though.
Alan: Which almost certainly means it was crap
Jack: Yeah, maybe that's why I stuck with you and Drunky.
Alan: Drunky?
Jack: My own personal nick name for Morris I made up just now.
Jack: Look at his picture, after all.
Jack: What do you think treemail means and how can we study for it?
Alan: Deciphering pictures into phrases/titles etc?
Jack: Maybe..
Alan: Pretty common challenge type
Alan: I'm playing nice with Shawn btw. He's playing all little lost lamb "oh I never realised Alex was such a rascal" ..... I managing not to vomit
Jack: I think our best chance is Jenn/MattG after merge, but I'm not sure.
Alan: Yeah I think I can get MattG and Laurie. I just need to determine how much they may have sold out to the new tribe. I'm worried about that idol rumour
Alan: Even Mag is in play really - we just need to know how much their new pals have influenced them. From my point of view the thing to do is get Macaw back together, make sure you get immunity and take out some of the others, then spring you as a useful outside vote to start breaking Macaw up
Jack: If it's all the same, we should start at f7, with voting out Macaw.
Alan: Fair enough
Jack: Because at f6...we're tied, and they have to know by now I have votes.
Alan: Yeah. The point is that Morris and I should be able to sell them on getting rid of one of Mamba first cos we feel vulnerable at first.
Jack: I think Ricky would be an easy vote there.
Mamba
Laurie and Luke…
Laurie: I sense a merge or a switch or something
Laurie: it's now 7-4 I think?
Luke: its weird, i really felt one coming last round but everyone was like "no", and now THIS roud i dont feel it, and everyone is like "ya, somethings coming"
Luke: maybe im just off
Laurie: yeah I didn't think it was happening last time, I don't know why......but now I think it's tomorrow so we have time to freak out about it before the weekend ;-)
Luke: lol, blaahhh ... i'd rather we merge then swap
Laurie: well yeah of COURSE that would be ideal
Luke: lol, swappings are just so sketchy
Luke: although we all seemed to luck out last time that happened, lol
Laurie: once we merge, it won't matter much for a while, I don't think
Luke: hopefully, lol, anything could happen in the merge
Laurie: that's true - I know a few people on our tribe at least want a few of them gone pronto
Luke: meh, i dont know jack/alan/morris/shawn at all
Luke: morris i actually know from nother game to be honest, but i haven't spoken to him in forever
Laurie: Morris is way cool, and I never knew any of the others before this game - Alan was on our original tribe, but Jack and Shawn I've only seen in the big group chats
Luke: same deal
Luke: a merge would be exciting, it'd be crazy to see how it all comes together
Laurie: yeah I think so too
Luke: blaaah, nerve wracking to think about >_<
Laurie: I know - we've had it too easy for a while I think, going to be hard to adjust to harder strategy I think
Luke: i agree ... like our tribe has bigger numbers, but i dont know if everyone on mamba like wants mamba to stick together
Laurie: I don't know either to be honest
Luke: can i ask you something, honestly? u dont have to answer if you dont want to
Luke: again, like dont shoot yourself in the foot or anything, but, what are your plans come merge? cuz like ... i got nothin, lol, and i've been thinking about it, and im nervous about all the macaws getting together in the merge
Laurie: ok to be honest, I haven't talked that far ahead with anyone
Laurie: I'm not sure what's going on over there with the other Macaws, and I have a feeling with how crazy things have been over there they've made their own deals
Luke: fair enough, thats cool
Luke: ya i think thats one of the bad things about being on a strong tribe ... no one is really, or at least i think anyways, going all out on strategy. and im afraid that'll come to bite us all in the end
Laurie: and to be honest, I didn't make ANY deals before the split, there was hardly any time...so I don't even know what the other Mamba Macaws are doing - and you're right, we haven't had to think about all of this yet
Laurie: that's why i said I think we've had it too easy ;-)
Luke: lol, true true. i hope i didnt offend u or anything, but just from being in a tribe with 2 ppl left knowing you guys still have 5 it gets intimidating. i believe you though cuz the tucans didnt make any deal like that when we seperated, cuz like u said, we had like no time and no one was thinking that far ahead yet
Laurie: no you didn't offend me at all, and I totally understand your
Laurie: so anyway..... I can't speak for anyone else, but I have no reason to get back together with Alan......... I like Morris a lot, but we made no plans either
Luke: the only person i feel loyalty to is emma on our tribe, and its' pretty much because we've been together since day 1 and have always been honest with one another
Laurie: I hear ya - and I have felt the same about Mags and MattG for the same reason
Luke: iuno, like it just sucks cuz like i feel emma and ricky got really close, so i kinda feel like a lone ranger of sorts, but i could be wrong
Laurie: I don't know what to tell you there
Laurie: I mean - I have no insight on that - Ricky gets us all together a lot when there's a gang of us online, but I haven't been paying attention to who his closest buds are, ya know?
Luke: ya, no the only beef i have with ricky is apparently he like .. tried to get me out when we first formed, even though we have yet to lose immunity 0_o
Laurie: he mentioned it to me, yeah, and I kinda blew it off
Luke: iuno, so ya it kinda put a sour taste in my mouth for ricky, and just from things emma has said about him it makes me feel shes kinda with him, but don't know for sure
Luke: so .. me just being paranoid im like "r u against me too?!" lol, but maybe im just crazy
Laurie: well I'll keep my eyes open and let you know, ok?
Luke: sounds good, i'll do the same for ya
Laurie: I mean - I pretty much know that at some point Mag and I are going to be targets since we've been doing well in challenges, people will want to oust us early in jury stage, i would think
Luke: meh, targetting immunity threats is dumb
Luke: i'd rather oust people who don’t have my back or who i know will try to get me out
Laurie: yeah, well, it's a delicate balance........ because you don't want someone to win like 6 immunities in a row
Luke: true enough
Luke: by that time your F4 though so, it'd be all good ;-)
Luke: iuno, like u said theres a balance
Luke: u wanna be strong enoguh to make allies, but not too strong to be targetted and whatnot
Laurie: yeah.......I admit sometimes I get rid of someone just for being strong like that
Laurie: EXACTLY!
Luke: oh i'd be lying if i said i've never done that, usually though if its someone who i think will help me get far ... im cocky enough to think somehow maybe i'd get immunity down the line and all would be good ... lol
Laurie: haha well that's where real strategy comes in, I guess
Luke: blaaah game talk hurts my head
Luke Confesses…
So Alex is gone ... me and Emma are the last remaining Tucans. It feels weird ... the girl I would have thought to be the first out of our tribe, is one of the last two. And now there are four Parrots and five Macaws still playing strong.
I don't know what to do in this game. I feel so powerless ... I have my alliance of four, I have Emma ... and I have five Macaws drooling over making the merge together.
So I talked to Laurie. Laurie has no loyalty to a "Macaw Five", but she's loyal to Mag and Matt and Morris ... so the only one she doesn't care about is the one with individual Immunity. Odd, no?
Ricky and Mag…
Ricky: It sucks Alex was voted out, he was a really nice guy.
Mag: that damn jack
Ricky: Stupid Jack/Alan and their venture to take over the world !
Mag: you are so right about those 2
Ricky: Yeah; a night ago I don't remember if I told you, after the immunity challenge it was just me and Jack left in the chat; and he started to talk Strategy to me. So I went along with it; I tried to get him to vote Alan, to see what would happen this vote; and turns out, he is so far up Alan's ass its not even funny lol.
Mag: ugh
Ricky: I don't know anymore if Alan has the idol.
Ricky: I just hope someone on our end has it.
Mag: i know i dont lol
Ricky: I know I don't either haha.
Ricky: I think it would be out of Alan, Matt G and Laurie who have it.
Ricky: I don't think we're switching tribes tonight. Hopefully we can beat them.
Mag: again!
Ricky: If we lost though, who would we vote out
Ricky: I like everrryone.
Mag: Iknow. but i guess i would lean more towards Emma even though I really like her
Ricky: For me it'd be a toss up between Emma / Jenn. Emma's a little more active, but i've been with Jenn longer.
Mag: I actually could vote Jenn, we havetn talked but for that first night together on this tribe
Ricky: I think we'll win though.
Mag: im hoping
Mag: what i fear... is one or 2 of us go over there
Ricky: Twists are preplanned, Tina had no way of knowing we were going to pagong them.
Ricky: If anything, it'd be them splitting up
Ricky: and us splitting up, and we'd have majority
Ricky: in both tribes.
Mag: and we would target Jack & Alan?
Ricky: yup, jack first, just incase alan has the idol.
Ricky: I don't know if she'd be up for it, Laurie doesn't seem to want to make alliances; but its been awhile since last asked, do you think she'll have a change of opinion anytime soon.
Ricky: I would be up for going to the final four, with you two.
Mag: yah she seems really leery of making any formal committments, but i can understand that... iv gotten screwed over by agreeing to things to soon in the past, but I really DO like & trust you!
Ricky: Oh don't worry, i've been screwed over too many times by that haha.
Ricky: This game has alot of honest people I think, and thats whats going to make it hard at Final Nine.
Mag: I agree
Mag: but I feel close to you and to laurie
Ricky: I think we'll go all the way to the end, we just need to watch Jack and Alan; and make sure they don't stir anything.
Ricky: Cause they could be our downfall.
Mag: right.... i dont know them but i dont trust em at all
Ricky: Alan is just a sneaky sneaky sneaky man.
Ricky, Laurie, MattG, Emma, and Mag…
Laurie: ya know, strategically I was thinking I may sit out...... otherwise they're going to be all OVER my ass come merge time ya know?
Ricky: Yeah but really at merge, they cant really do anything lol.
Mag: well ok lets suppose on this challenge
Laurie: don't they know we're trying to take over the world here Mags
Ricky: We just need to make sure Alan and Jackshit don't win it. Tribal Council = Not for mamba, Cobra can keep it ;-)
MattG: yeah, they've got their butt grooves in the stumps already
MattG: wouldn't want to ruin them
Ricky: We'll win tonight lol.
Erin: for sure:-)
Mag: ok and lets say this right now
Laurie: yeah - Mag did you see what I said about me and you maybe sitting out, so we dont' get bullseyes on our back for the merge? or dont' you care? LOL
Mag: if it IS individual --
Mag: we dont vote for us
Mag: we all vote jack
Laurie: i'm down
Ricky: Ricky's vote.
MattG: I'm all for sticking to tribe lines
Ricky: JackShit: OMG bye Jack :-D!
Erin: yeah, cobra's already more than half gone, let's finish them off;-)
Mag: YES Laurie I agree... I feel like they are gonna target you and me BIG TIME
Laurie: so if it's tribal and it's all the same.... I"m thinking we sit out and let everyone else dominate anyway without us - hahaha
Ricky: Are we going into merge assuming Alan has the idol? I know one of us could have it, but we don't really need to worry about that if its the case. If we think Alan has it, at f9 we can make him use it on Shawn or Morris.
Ricky: By four of us voting alan, and three of us voting Shawn or Morris.
Laurie: here's a thought - where you talked about splitting the vote - why not 1/2 for Alan and 1/2 for Jack that way one of them goes regardless?
Ricky: If jack is still there at f9, that would be the plan.
Ricky: We just can only do it when there is three of them, not four.
Laurie: ah ok
Erin: who do you think the next target on cobra is now?
Ricky: Shawn.
Ricky: Its shawn or morris.
MattG: shawn is like a phantom, I swear I always forget he's there
Ricky: He should've left over Alex; Shawn didn't even show last immunity.
Ricky: It shows they arn't voting with their heads.
Erin: all of tucan's gone except me and luke now
Ricky: Alan and Jack are going to stir like no tomorrow at a merge.
Laurie: no they're not - and they're making it QUITE obvious who's in control over there
Laurie: yeah it's like Lex is in charge "ok, here's what we do - take out all our strongest players BEFORE merge!......"
MattG: they'll try to stir things up of course, they know their in over their heads. as long as nobody here jumps ship because "alan has immunity" which we're not even sure of
Ricky: Just remember that we'll find out if alan has it at f9.
Ricky: We have to make sure alan and jack never win individual.
Ricky: hopefully we have a cocounut challenge lmao
Laurie: I think Mags has that covered LOL
Ricky: We need to watch Jenn though, if Shawn is still around.
Ricky: Nah I think jenn will be okay, and I think Shawn is gone this tribal.
Ricky: She hates Jack lol
MattG: ha, well thats good, we've got power either way
MattG: they'd need more than 1 person to jump sides to make it work
Ricky: Yeah, and i know for a fact us four wouldn't, and emma wouldn't.
Ricky: I don't think luke or emma would jump without the other doing so, and it wouldn't be in their favor to do so.
Ricky: I think this will work out without any problems.
MattG: it should for sure, regardless of that pesky immunity
Ricky: I don't care about that immunity really, as long as Alan doesn't have it, and whether he has it or not, at final nine, we've got a safe way to find out, so it all works out.
MattG: yep. it just kills me that he could (and probably is) lying, and the longer he stays in the game the more chance he has to win immunity etc
MattG: personal motives but I just want him gone asap
MattG: heres my thinking
Ricky: I think we're set to win this though regardless of what it is.
Ricky: Alan just does nothing it seems, from what we can tell.
Ricky: Jack is jack.
Ricky: Shawn is invisible.
Laurie: Morris tries hard, I know that
Ricky: and Morris is their entire team.
MattG: agreed, he's the only one
Ricky: I hope there is some sort of twist, that doesn't hurt us, happen tonight.
Ricky: Cause we don't do anything, but win lol
Laurie: well whatever it is, I feel better about this whole chat now, just knowing that we all seem to be on the same page strategically
Laurie: and I talked to Luke last night for a bit and he's not going anywhere
Ricky: This is how i personally would want it to go, so i'm glad everyone agrees on that.
MattG: I think we're all on the same page...if only cause half of the other tribe seem to be a bit on the "asshole" side
Laurie: I think it's silly to split up when we all have played a part in putting ourselves in this position ya know?
Ricky: Yeah for sure.
MattG: agreed, doesent make a lot of sense...plus everyone in our tribe is a good/cool person, I wouldnt mind one bit if any one of us won
Laurie: it seems that way, yeah
Ricky: If we lost the challenge tonight, that would be probably the most horrible thing to happen all game lol
Laurie: no kidding
MattG: yeah it's been almost too easy for us so far
MattG: no drama
Ricky: We just need to go into it, and just finish what we started. There is no reason they should beat us this round, and if they do. :-P BOO them.
Laurie and MattG…
Laurie: I had a nice chat with Luke last night - he seems like a good kid too, he mentioned that he feels alone b/c he thinks Ricky and Emma are tight now
MattG: yeah, I like luke too...I mean I dont MIND ricky, but if Luke wanted to stick with us I wouldnt have a problem with that
Laurie: ok I think that's what he was getting at, but I figured I'd just talk around it and tell him that he's safe tomorrow with me no matter what happens
Laurie: tomorrow now being today that is
MattG: yes, good stuff. well the way i see it we're sitting pretty. Especially if we have a group of 4, depending on immunities and what not. Plus we may have another too, the only agreement I've made in this game prior to ours was before the tribes switched to Morris, and we agreed we'd help each other out after the merge if we could.
MattG: If he wants to jump ship right away and vote for jack, then power to him, it's just more numbers for us
Laurie: ok and I have no problem with that at all, I like him a lot, and I know he plays a pretty straight up game
MattG: ok good stuff, it wasnt an alliance just a promise that we'd give each other a hand if we could...I'm hoping If I was on Cobra he'd do the same
Laurie: yeah he seems like he's good like that
MattG: anyways, the important thing is that we're in a good position regardless
Laurie: I think so too
MattG: as long as the immunity idol doesent throw a wrench into things
Laurie: yeah............ I'm worried that Mags and I will go early because of it........ Ricky has a good idea, except that I don't want to vote for Morris for no good reason
MattG: yeah splitting the vote is a good way to do it I say, as long as another one of them doesent start saying he has immunity
MattG: they'll use it to confuse us I'm sure
MattG: when for all we know...ricky could have it
Laurie: well once they use it that's it, so we keep splitting til we force it out I guess
Laurie: yeah that's true too
MattG: if say, ricky has it, we can split it all we want down to the final 5 and never find it
MattG: I sincerely hope that doesent happen
Laurie: well, between you and me, I would want to get rid of him before 5, I think - but keep that between us. I'm not sure how close he is with Mags
MattG: I agree, for now all we need is for Mamba to vote down tribal lines, then after we get down to 7 (or 8 if morris comes over) we will have control
Laurie: yeah good plan
MattG: ok good stuff
MattG: hopefully you, Mags and I can have a good chat sometime soon, just to nail down some strategy
Laurie: I'm feeling pretty good about all this right now
MattG: agreed, honestly I trust both of you immensely, and like I said, I wouldnt mind at all if either of you won either...so I'm not going to backstab anyone just to win an online game
Laurie: nah me neither.......it's rare to make real friends in these games, and that's how I feel about the both of you, sincerely
MattG: I agree fully, thats why I applied for this game, plus to win some challenges, and so far it's been both so I'm more than happy
MattG: if it means we make it to F4, then all the better
Laurie: agreed!
MattG confesses…
{Well if it wasnt before, it is official now, Myself, Laurie and Mags will be sticking together. I can only hope we can reconvene with Morris as well, because I feel that a group of us 4 would be great. All the same, being with Laurie and Mag makes things a lot easier for me, no scrambling or anything of the sort, we're going to be in control regardless. I like the other people in our tribe, but when it comes right down to it, I'm not going to have any trouble voting them out. I looked back on my application and interview last night, and I am playing the game just like I said I would, which I am very happy about...if all goes according to plan there is no way why I shouldnt win this game. I have made ZERO enemies (though few people have) but I think with the right strategy (and a little immunity luck) i could take the game. Only time will tell.}
Ricky confesses…
On my tribes end, I have control. Sure Laurie, Matt G and probably Mags think they’re pulling the strings…but I’ve got the core alliance on this side. If we go to tribal council, any of the three of them could have the secret immunity; we just need to take a gamble and go with who we think wouldn’t have it out of the three and that is Matt. If Matt goes Mags and Laurie are going to be upset I think, but what can they expect? He did try to arrange my boot…
I talk to Laurie and Mags the most in the tribe; and I’m aligned with Mags. The fact of it all is however that when she may be aligned with me, her obligations are to Laurie and Matt G. When push comes to shove I’m the one who would take the hits, and even when we’re not openly acknowledging this…it’s a fact. I think the older three think of me as naïve. They don’t understand that it’s the way I’m trying to portray myself. I want them to think I’m not totally one hundred percent aware of what’s generally going on, and I think for the most part they are thinking I’m some sort of moron.
Jenn hasn’t been around much and neither has Emma; nor has Luke for that matter, but my plan is to use these three till their utters are all milked out. I need them in this game, and they definitely need me…
So no matter what…I’ve made merge, getting past F9 will be my challenge. It’s time for me though to step it up in the immunity challenges. I don’t think anyone expects me to be a challenge whore, but little does anyone know -- that’s exactly what I am. I’m going for every single immunity, cause In the end the only person you can rely on to win a game is yourself.
Its time to step it up a level, cause if I don’t. I’m gone.
Cobra
Shawn confesses…
OMG!
Tribal is over and done with and I'm still here! Wow. I'm shocked, honestly. Alex and myself worked Jack as hard as we could. I really think he screwed himself. He admitted the deal we had was MUCH better yet he wouldn't go for it. If i'm gone next, Jack has not a chance in hell in the merge.
It's a shame, really. He made a dumb dumb move. I told him I'm with him and frankly I have no other choice.
I know if we lose next time I am done for, so I'm just grateful to at least still be here.
Alan and Shawn…
Alan : Well it seems you voted against the alliance I thought we were all part of? What's happening?
Shawn : I promised Alex I wouldn't vote for him and I wasn't told about being safe until the last second
Alan : hmm okay
Shawn : you can ask Jack, Alan, I really had no idea what was going on. I had no clue until just a minute or two ago that I was safe
Alan : Alright, just feels like you were playing both sides of the fence, but it's probably not your fault. That Alex was a little troublemaker - he had a go at talking everyone into voting for everyone else at some stage in the last two Tcs lol
Shawn :honestly, i didn't know what to believe with him, lol, i kinda realized he was going back and forth and lying
Shawn : and he was stirring up some shit earlier by telling me morris was spreading lies and stuff, so i was just lost, LOL
Alan : Man he was like talking to three people at the same time and telling us all different things. Even when we told each other and pointed it out to him, he just kept going! LOL That's why you weren't in danger dude. Rather a no show than someone stirring that much shit
Shawn :i had no clue he was doing all of that, wow, lol
Shawn : he definitely had me snowed i think
Alan : I think maybe so. He did it a bit at the last TC, but he really turned it on yesterday - just lacked all subtlety so we had no choice
Shawn :shit, lol. i feel like such an idiot
Alan and Jack…
Alan: They targeted Morris
Jack: I saw
Alan: Phew, dude that last minute exchange of IM's had me panicked
Jack: Seriously, the last hour, I've been bombarded.
Jack: The truth is that I had a better chance of going farther if I'd gone with them, but I'm such a softie for loyalty.
Alan: I'm considering having my first ever chat with Shawn - something along the lines of sux to be you
Alan: I dunno about that Jack. Alex and Shawn have both shown an ability to turn on anything
Jack: Talk to him, don't be a prick.
Jack: Yeah...
Jack: it sounded pretty sweet, though.
Alan: Which almost certainly means it was crap
Jack: Yeah, maybe that's why I stuck with you and Drunky.
Alan: Drunky?
Jack: My own personal nick name for Morris I made up just now.
Jack: Look at his picture, after all.
Jack: What do you think treemail means and how can we study for it?
Alan: Deciphering pictures into phrases/titles etc?
Jack: Maybe..
Alan: Pretty common challenge type
Alan: I'm playing nice with Shawn btw. He's playing all little lost lamb "oh I never realised Alex was such a rascal" ..... I managing not to vomit
Jack: I think our best chance is Jenn/MattG after merge, but I'm not sure.
Alan: Yeah I think I can get MattG and Laurie. I just need to determine how much they may have sold out to the new tribe. I'm worried about that idol rumour
Alan: Even Mag is in play really - we just need to know how much their new pals have influenced them. From my point of view the thing to do is get Macaw back together, make sure you get immunity and take out some of the others, then spring you as a useful outside vote to start breaking Macaw up
Jack: If it's all the same, we should start at f7, with voting out Macaw.
Alan: Fair enough
Jack: Because at f6...we're tied, and they have to know by now I have votes.
Alan: Yeah. The point is that Morris and I should be able to sell them on getting rid of one of Mamba first cos we feel vulnerable at first.
Jack: I think Ricky would be an easy vote there.
Mamba
Laurie and Luke…
Laurie: I sense a merge or a switch or something
Laurie: it's now 7-4 I think?
Luke: its weird, i really felt one coming last round but everyone was like "no", and now THIS roud i dont feel it, and everyone is like "ya, somethings coming"
Luke: maybe im just off
Laurie: yeah I didn't think it was happening last time, I don't know why......but now I think it's tomorrow so we have time to freak out about it before the weekend ;-)
Luke: lol, blaahhh ... i'd rather we merge then swap
Laurie: well yeah of COURSE that would be ideal
Luke: lol, swappings are just so sketchy
Luke: although we all seemed to luck out last time that happened, lol
Laurie: once we merge, it won't matter much for a while, I don't think
Luke: hopefully, lol, anything could happen in the merge
Laurie: that's true - I know a few people on our tribe at least want a few of them gone pronto
Luke: meh, i dont know jack/alan/morris/shawn at all
Luke: morris i actually know from nother game to be honest, but i haven't spoken to him in forever
Laurie: Morris is way cool, and I never knew any of the others before this game - Alan was on our original tribe, but Jack and Shawn I've only seen in the big group chats
Luke: same deal
Luke: a merge would be exciting, it'd be crazy to see how it all comes together
Laurie: yeah I think so too
Luke: blaaah, nerve wracking to think about >_<
Laurie: I know - we've had it too easy for a while I think, going to be hard to adjust to harder strategy I think
Luke: i agree ... like our tribe has bigger numbers, but i dont know if everyone on mamba like wants mamba to stick together
Laurie: I don't know either to be honest
Luke: can i ask you something, honestly? u dont have to answer if you dont want to
Luke: again, like dont shoot yourself in the foot or anything, but, what are your plans come merge? cuz like ... i got nothin, lol, and i've been thinking about it, and im nervous about all the macaws getting together in the merge
Laurie: ok to be honest, I haven't talked that far ahead with anyone
Laurie: I'm not sure what's going on over there with the other Macaws, and I have a feeling with how crazy things have been over there they've made their own deals
Luke: fair enough, thats cool
Luke: ya i think thats one of the bad things about being on a strong tribe ... no one is really, or at least i think anyways, going all out on strategy. and im afraid that'll come to bite us all in the end
Laurie: and to be honest, I didn't make ANY deals before the split, there was hardly any time...so I don't even know what the other Mamba Macaws are doing - and you're right, we haven't had to think about all of this yet
Laurie: that's why i said I think we've had it too easy ;-)
Luke: lol, true true. i hope i didnt offend u or anything, but just from being in a tribe with 2 ppl left knowing you guys still have 5 it gets intimidating. i believe you though cuz the tucans didnt make any deal like that when we seperated, cuz like u said, we had like no time and no one was thinking that far ahead yet
Laurie: no you didn't offend me at all, and I totally understand your
Laurie: so anyway..... I can't speak for anyone else, but I have no reason to get back together with Alan......... I like Morris a lot, but we made no plans either
Luke: the only person i feel loyalty to is emma on our tribe, and its' pretty much because we've been together since day 1 and have always been honest with one another
Laurie: I hear ya - and I have felt the same about Mags and MattG for the same reason
Luke: iuno, like it just sucks cuz like i feel emma and ricky got really close, so i kinda feel like a lone ranger of sorts, but i could be wrong
Laurie: I don't know what to tell you there
Laurie: I mean - I have no insight on that - Ricky gets us all together a lot when there's a gang of us online, but I haven't been paying attention to who his closest buds are, ya know?
Luke: ya, no the only beef i have with ricky is apparently he like .. tried to get me out when we first formed, even though we have yet to lose immunity 0_o
Laurie: he mentioned it to me, yeah, and I kinda blew it off
Luke: iuno, so ya it kinda put a sour taste in my mouth for ricky, and just from things emma has said about him it makes me feel shes kinda with him, but don't know for sure
Luke: so .. me just being paranoid im like "r u against me too?!" lol, but maybe im just crazy
Laurie: well I'll keep my eyes open and let you know, ok?
Luke: sounds good, i'll do the same for ya
Laurie: I mean - I pretty much know that at some point Mag and I are going to be targets since we've been doing well in challenges, people will want to oust us early in jury stage, i would think
Luke: meh, targetting immunity threats is dumb
Luke: i'd rather oust people who don’t have my back or who i know will try to get me out
Laurie: yeah, well, it's a delicate balance........ because you don't want someone to win like 6 immunities in a row
Luke: true enough
Luke: by that time your F4 though so, it'd be all good ;-)
Luke: iuno, like u said theres a balance
Luke: u wanna be strong enoguh to make allies, but not too strong to be targetted and whatnot
Laurie: yeah.......I admit sometimes I get rid of someone just for being strong like that
Laurie: EXACTLY!
Luke: oh i'd be lying if i said i've never done that, usually though if its someone who i think will help me get far ... im cocky enough to think somehow maybe i'd get immunity down the line and all would be good ... lol
Laurie: haha well that's where real strategy comes in, I guess
Luke: blaaah game talk hurts my head
Luke Confesses…
So Alex is gone ... me and Emma are the last remaining Tucans. It feels weird ... the girl I would have thought to be the first out of our tribe, is one of the last two. And now there are four Parrots and five Macaws still playing strong.
I don't know what to do in this game. I feel so powerless ... I have my alliance of four, I have Emma ... and I have five Macaws drooling over making the merge together.
So I talked to Laurie. Laurie has no loyalty to a "Macaw Five", but she's loyal to Mag and Matt and Morris ... so the only one she doesn't care about is the one with individual Immunity. Odd, no?
Ricky and Mag…
Ricky: It sucks Alex was voted out, he was a really nice guy.
Mag: that damn jack
Ricky: Stupid Jack/Alan and their venture to take over the world !
Mag: you are so right about those 2
Ricky: Yeah; a night ago I don't remember if I told you, after the immunity challenge it was just me and Jack left in the chat; and he started to talk Strategy to me. So I went along with it; I tried to get him to vote Alan, to see what would happen this vote; and turns out, he is so far up Alan's ass its not even funny lol.
Mag: ugh
Ricky: I don't know anymore if Alan has the idol.
Ricky: I just hope someone on our end has it.
Mag: i know i dont lol
Ricky: I know I don't either haha.
Ricky: I think it would be out of Alan, Matt G and Laurie who have it.
Ricky: I don't think we're switching tribes tonight. Hopefully we can beat them.
Mag: again!
Ricky: If we lost though, who would we vote out
Ricky: I like everrryone.
Mag: Iknow. but i guess i would lean more towards Emma even though I really like her
Ricky: For me it'd be a toss up between Emma / Jenn. Emma's a little more active, but i've been with Jenn longer.
Mag: I actually could vote Jenn, we havetn talked but for that first night together on this tribe
Ricky: I think we'll win though.
Mag: im hoping
Mag: what i fear... is one or 2 of us go over there
Ricky: Twists are preplanned, Tina had no way of knowing we were going to pagong them.
Ricky: If anything, it'd be them splitting up
Ricky: and us splitting up, and we'd have majority
Ricky: in both tribes.
Mag: and we would target Jack & Alan?
Ricky: yup, jack first, just incase alan has the idol.
Ricky: I don't know if she'd be up for it, Laurie doesn't seem to want to make alliances; but its been awhile since last asked, do you think she'll have a change of opinion anytime soon.
Ricky: I would be up for going to the final four, with you two.
Mag: yah she seems really leery of making any formal committments, but i can understand that... iv gotten screwed over by agreeing to things to soon in the past, but I really DO like & trust you!
Ricky: Oh don't worry, i've been screwed over too many times by that haha.
Ricky: This game has alot of honest people I think, and thats whats going to make it hard at Final Nine.
Mag: I agree
Mag: but I feel close to you and to laurie
Ricky: I think we'll go all the way to the end, we just need to watch Jack and Alan; and make sure they don't stir anything.
Ricky: Cause they could be our downfall.
Mag: right.... i dont know them but i dont trust em at all
Ricky: Alan is just a sneaky sneaky sneaky man.
Ricky, Laurie, MattG, Emma, and Mag…
Laurie: ya know, strategically I was thinking I may sit out...... otherwise they're going to be all OVER my ass come merge time ya know?
Ricky: Yeah but really at merge, they cant really do anything lol.
Mag: well ok lets suppose on this challenge
Laurie: don't they know we're trying to take over the world here Mags
Ricky: We just need to make sure Alan and Jackshit don't win it. Tribal Council = Not for mamba, Cobra can keep it ;-)
MattG: yeah, they've got their butt grooves in the stumps already
MattG: wouldn't want to ruin them
Ricky: We'll win tonight lol.
Erin: for sure:-)
Mag: ok and lets say this right now
Laurie: yeah - Mag did you see what I said about me and you maybe sitting out, so we dont' get bullseyes on our back for the merge? or dont' you care? LOL
Mag: if it IS individual --
Mag: we dont vote for us
Mag: we all vote jack
Laurie: i'm down
Ricky: Ricky's vote.
MattG: I'm all for sticking to tribe lines
Ricky: JackShit: OMG bye Jack :-D!
Erin: yeah, cobra's already more than half gone, let's finish them off;-)
Mag: YES Laurie I agree... I feel like they are gonna target you and me BIG TIME
Laurie: so if it's tribal and it's all the same.... I"m thinking we sit out and let everyone else dominate anyway without us - hahaha
Ricky: Are we going into merge assuming Alan has the idol? I know one of us could have it, but we don't really need to worry about that if its the case. If we think Alan has it, at f9 we can make him use it on Shawn or Morris.
Ricky: By four of us voting alan, and three of us voting Shawn or Morris.
Laurie: here's a thought - where you talked about splitting the vote - why not 1/2 for Alan and 1/2 for Jack that way one of them goes regardless?
Ricky: If jack is still there at f9, that would be the plan.
Ricky: We just can only do it when there is three of them, not four.
Laurie: ah ok
Erin: who do you think the next target on cobra is now?
Ricky: Shawn.
Ricky: Its shawn or morris.
MattG: shawn is like a phantom, I swear I always forget he's there
Ricky: He should've left over Alex; Shawn didn't even show last immunity.
Ricky: It shows they arn't voting with their heads.
Erin: all of tucan's gone except me and luke now
Ricky: Alan and Jack are going to stir like no tomorrow at a merge.
Laurie: no they're not - and they're making it QUITE obvious who's in control over there
Laurie: yeah it's like Lex is in charge "ok, here's what we do - take out all our strongest players BEFORE merge!......"
MattG: they'll try to stir things up of course, they know their in over their heads. as long as nobody here jumps ship because "alan has immunity" which we're not even sure of
Ricky: Just remember that we'll find out if alan has it at f9.
Ricky: We have to make sure alan and jack never win individual.
Ricky: hopefully we have a cocounut challenge lmao
Laurie: I think Mags has that covered LOL
Ricky: We need to watch Jenn though, if Shawn is still around.
Ricky: Nah I think jenn will be okay, and I think Shawn is gone this tribal.
Ricky: She hates Jack lol
MattG: ha, well thats good, we've got power either way
MattG: they'd need more than 1 person to jump sides to make it work
Ricky: Yeah, and i know for a fact us four wouldn't, and emma wouldn't.
Ricky: I don't think luke or emma would jump without the other doing so, and it wouldn't be in their favor to do so.
Ricky: I think this will work out without any problems.
MattG: it should for sure, regardless of that pesky immunity
Ricky: I don't care about that immunity really, as long as Alan doesn't have it, and whether he has it or not, at final nine, we've got a safe way to find out, so it all works out.
MattG: yep. it just kills me that he could (and probably is) lying, and the longer he stays in the game the more chance he has to win immunity etc
MattG: personal motives but I just want him gone asap
MattG: heres my thinking
Ricky: I think we're set to win this though regardless of what it is.
Ricky: Alan just does nothing it seems, from what we can tell.
Ricky: Jack is jack.
Ricky: Shawn is invisible.
Laurie: Morris tries hard, I know that
Ricky: and Morris is their entire team.
MattG: agreed, he's the only one
Ricky: I hope there is some sort of twist, that doesn't hurt us, happen tonight.
Ricky: Cause we don't do anything, but win lol
Laurie: well whatever it is, I feel better about this whole chat now, just knowing that we all seem to be on the same page strategically
Laurie: and I talked to Luke last night for a bit and he's not going anywhere
Ricky: This is how i personally would want it to go, so i'm glad everyone agrees on that.
MattG: I think we're all on the same page...if only cause half of the other tribe seem to be a bit on the "asshole" side
Laurie: I think it's silly to split up when we all have played a part in putting ourselves in this position ya know?
Ricky: Yeah for sure.
MattG: agreed, doesent make a lot of sense...plus everyone in our tribe is a good/cool person, I wouldnt mind one bit if any one of us won
Laurie: it seems that way, yeah
Ricky: If we lost the challenge tonight, that would be probably the most horrible thing to happen all game lol
Laurie: no kidding
MattG: yeah it's been almost too easy for us so far
MattG: no drama
Ricky: We just need to go into it, and just finish what we started. There is no reason they should beat us this round, and if they do. :-P BOO them.
Laurie and MattG…
Laurie: I had a nice chat with Luke last night - he seems like a good kid too, he mentioned that he feels alone b/c he thinks Ricky and Emma are tight now
MattG: yeah, I like luke too...I mean I dont MIND ricky, but if Luke wanted to stick with us I wouldnt have a problem with that
Laurie: ok I think that's what he was getting at, but I figured I'd just talk around it and tell him that he's safe tomorrow with me no matter what happens
Laurie: tomorrow now being today that is
MattG: yes, good stuff. well the way i see it we're sitting pretty. Especially if we have a group of 4, depending on immunities and what not. Plus we may have another too, the only agreement I've made in this game prior to ours was before the tribes switched to Morris, and we agreed we'd help each other out after the merge if we could.
MattG: If he wants to jump ship right away and vote for jack, then power to him, it's just more numbers for us
Laurie: ok and I have no problem with that at all, I like him a lot, and I know he plays a pretty straight up game
MattG: ok good stuff, it wasnt an alliance just a promise that we'd give each other a hand if we could...I'm hoping If I was on Cobra he'd do the same
Laurie: yeah he seems like he's good like that
MattG: anyways, the important thing is that we're in a good position regardless
Laurie: I think so too
MattG: as long as the immunity idol doesent throw a wrench into things
Laurie: yeah............ I'm worried that Mags and I will go early because of it........ Ricky has a good idea, except that I don't want to vote for Morris for no good reason
MattG: yeah splitting the vote is a good way to do it I say, as long as another one of them doesent start saying he has immunity
MattG: they'll use it to confuse us I'm sure
MattG: when for all we know...ricky could have it
Laurie: well once they use it that's it, so we keep splitting til we force it out I guess
Laurie: yeah that's true too
MattG: if say, ricky has it, we can split it all we want down to the final 5 and never find it
MattG: I sincerely hope that doesent happen
Laurie: well, between you and me, I would want to get rid of him before 5, I think - but keep that between us. I'm not sure how close he is with Mags
MattG: I agree, for now all we need is for Mamba to vote down tribal lines, then after we get down to 7 (or 8 if morris comes over) we will have control
Laurie: yeah good plan
MattG: ok good stuff
MattG: hopefully you, Mags and I can have a good chat sometime soon, just to nail down some strategy
Laurie: I'm feeling pretty good about all this right now
MattG: agreed, honestly I trust both of you immensely, and like I said, I wouldnt mind at all if either of you won either...so I'm not going to backstab anyone just to win an online game
Laurie: nah me neither.......it's rare to make real friends in these games, and that's how I feel about the both of you, sincerely
MattG: I agree fully, thats why I applied for this game, plus to win some challenges, and so far it's been both so I'm more than happy
MattG: if it means we make it to F4, then all the better
Laurie: agreed!
MattG confesses…
{Well if it wasnt before, it is official now, Myself, Laurie and Mags will be sticking together. I can only hope we can reconvene with Morris as well, because I feel that a group of us 4 would be great. All the same, being with Laurie and Mag makes things a lot easier for me, no scrambling or anything of the sort, we're going to be in control regardless. I like the other people in our tribe, but when it comes right down to it, I'm not going to have any trouble voting them out. I looked back on my application and interview last night, and I am playing the game just like I said I would, which I am very happy about...if all goes according to plan there is no way why I shouldnt win this game. I have made ZERO enemies (though few people have) but I think with the right strategy (and a little immunity luck) i could take the game. Only time will tell.}
Ricky confesses…
On my tribes end, I have control. Sure Laurie, Matt G and probably Mags think they’re pulling the strings…but I’ve got the core alliance on this side. If we go to tribal council, any of the three of them could have the secret immunity; we just need to take a gamble and go with who we think wouldn’t have it out of the three and that is Matt. If Matt goes Mags and Laurie are going to be upset I think, but what can they expect? He did try to arrange my boot…
I talk to Laurie and Mags the most in the tribe; and I’m aligned with Mags. The fact of it all is however that when she may be aligned with me, her obligations are to Laurie and Matt G. When push comes to shove I’m the one who would take the hits, and even when we’re not openly acknowledging this…it’s a fact. I think the older three think of me as naïve. They don’t understand that it’s the way I’m trying to portray myself. I want them to think I’m not totally one hundred percent aware of what’s generally going on, and I think for the most part they are thinking I’m some sort of moron.
Jenn hasn’t been around much and neither has Emma; nor has Luke for that matter, but my plan is to use these three till their utters are all milked out. I need them in this game, and they definitely need me…
So no matter what…I’ve made merge, getting past F9 will be my challenge. It’s time for me though to step it up in the immunity challenges. I don’t think anyone expects me to be a challenge whore, but little does anyone know -- that’s exactly what I am. I’m going for every single immunity, cause In the end the only person you can rely on to win a game is yourself.
Its time to step it up a level, cause if I don’t. I’m gone.