Post by Dragon Episodes on Oct 10, 2007 12:52:32 GMT -5
On the last episode, Cobra kept with their losing streak and failed in the immunity challenge. Knowing his head was on the chopping block, Shawn went to Jack to try to force a tie against Morris. Jack gave Shawn false hope, as when tribal council rolled around, Jack failed to vote, sending Shawn to his fate. With 10 Survivors left, the Piranha Tribe is born, merging the two tribes. Can the remaining Cobra tribe members find alliances with the old Mamba tribe members, or are their fates already sealed? Find out in this episode.
Piranha Tribe
Emma confesses…
MERGE!!!
I kinda think it came at the perfect time too. The old cobra members must be sweating right now, cause it looks like Mamba’s sticking together. I’m not sure about how much I can trust anyone, but right now they all seem pretty trustworthy. I can’t see a reason why they wouldn’t be; we got along really well, and no one was voted out so there can’t be any hard feelings about that.
I’m hoping people realize that I’m not a threat -at all-. I mean, I’m pretty much a kitten wearing these huge fuzzy mittens covered in rainbows, butterflies, unicorns, and other symbols of happiness!! I’ll do whatever I’m told, and the only way I’ll ever win individual immunity is if there’s some twist and the person with the most wrong answers actually wins. So this is the part in my confessional where I’m supposed to reveal my genius fool-proof plan to actually win this thing right? Mhm, I should probably get working on one of those. Right now it’s pretty much just staying on the down-low challenge wise, and hoping for the best. Oh, and I’m also hoping the Mamba and Luke/Ricky/Jenn alliances are legit.
Laurie confesses…
Im SO HAPPY Morris made it through. We were just getting to know each other better when we got split up, and I think since he is an ex-Macaw as well, the 4 of us hooking up for this weird part of the game is a good idea.
I'm fairly certain that Ricky suspects that Mag, Matt and I are a team already. I'm not sure that he wants to be invited into our club or not, just a few things he's said, where he mentions the 3 of us as one unit specifically. I have nothing against Ricky, and I like him very much - but he seems like a good player, and I would imagine he is getting his act together to get himself further in the game.
I think once it got to 8 that we could pick up Luke and Morris and take out the other 3. I don't know the other girls too well - they're very good in challenges as well, but we haven't really had any personal conversations. So those two, Emma and Jenn, would be MY personal 1st choices to go, but if I'm part of a group, I like to see what their thoughts are 1st. Matt will want to go for Ricky ASAP........ but I have a hunch Mags won't. Or maybe I have that backwards? Haha
Anyway, one more vote til jury. So far so good, I've kinda felt bad being on this tribe, in that we KILLED the other tribe in challenges. Even though I sat this one out (which was a strategic move on my part so I don't get a big ole bullseye on my back too soon!), I felt bad when it was another crushing. Should be interesting to see how they all perform when it's individual though.
Laurie and Ricky…
Ricky: You talk to alan or jack yet LOL
Laurie: no not yet........ Matt filled me in a little this morning about how the maze of "who's in charge" has already started - I laughed
Ricky: lmao. Alan is ridiculous he is being so two-faced, he is trying to arrange me to be booted I think; and trying to weezle his way in.
Ricky: He is making sure to talk everyone up. He realllly tried to work Emma.
Laurie: yeah well, that's not likely
Laurie: Matt told me his opening convo with him started "so, I hear you're ricky's bitch"
Ricky: Yeah his opening to Emma was something like. "So I hear everyone thinks Ricky is pushy."
Ricky: He tried to cut a deal with me, he didnt' get to asking cause I "went away".
Ricky: But he wanted me to tell him he was safe and was going to make jury.
Laurie: LOL hang on let me see what I said to Matt, but it was something like "oh I'll totally play along with whatever he says"
Laurie: ah here it was - My Alan Plan, by Laurie B:
Laurie: whatever bullshit he throws at me about me...... I think I'll confirm it and make it 10 times worse!
Ricky: I had an idea to make the immunity idol go byebye ;-)
Laurie: oh yeah?
Ricky: Well it would make it go byebye for those three if one has it.
Laurie: OH! Before you go any further - Morris is willing to vote with us,
Laurie: according to Matt
Ricky: I hope so. He seems nice, he told me right away Jack was talking major crap on me.
Laurie: yeah I think matt said he "couldn't wait to get away from them" or something
Ricky: I want to give Morris a chance to get to know our side.
Ricky: Not so much Jack and alan though.
Ricky: I bet we could trick Alan into voting jack off.
Laurie: oh I wouldn't want to play that risky, I'm happy being invisible to those 2 for a bit, so they don't target me since I was strong in immunities, ya know?
Ricky: I am hoping to win this individual immunity lol.
Ricky: Since there targetting me.
Ricky: Even though we are solid and have the numbers, its still nerveracking lol
Laurie: oh yeah I know how it goes, believe me
Ricky: But yeah, last night, Alan made his move in a second.
Ricky: He couldn't of made it anymore obvious lol
Laurie: well we can't really fault him for it, anyone down THAT many people going into merge would have to if they were worth anything, ya know?
Ricky: Yeah for sure.
Ricky: But I feel that he didn't seem like he tried to win those challenges.
Ricky: When he couldn't get an answer, he didn't try to google or figure it out.
Ricky: He just gave a "dumb" answer for humour.
Laurie: yeah I agree there
Laurie: you gotta be tough to hang with THESE ex-mambas - haha
Ricky: I wish Jenn was on more then just challenges.
Laurie: yeah she's probably the one I've talked to the least
Ricky: Hopefully she picks up activity.
Laurie: well, I think once we get down to the 7, things are going to get really interesting.......
Ricky: Its going to get hard and a bit shady, but in the end.
Ricky: At f7, theres six other people I wouldn't mind winning the game.
Ricky: I want to win, but I wouldn't be disgusted with anyone else winning.
Ricky: Just knowing we accomplished pulling through with all our tribe members, got to the final seven.
Ricky: Like thats good enough there.
Laurie: i have to say I agree
Ricky: The one thing about our seven is, i'd want Jenn more active though.
Laurie: well, we'll have to see how the next few rounds go....
Ricky: Are you going UTR? (under the radar) in the challenges.
Laurie: I haven't figured that out yet, to be honest
Ricky: I think you should just do what you do, and if you win each time, then you win each time.
Ricky: But if you're really worried it'll bite you in the ass later in the game, and you think you'd be okay without immunities this early. Then you should UTR.
Laurie: yeah but there's pros and cons to playing it either way
Laurie: I think Mags will be tough to beat in anything - she just seems strong all around, ya know?
Ricky: Yeah for sure.
Ricky: I'm just happy that its more then likely jack and alan wont be winning any immunities
Laurie: oh no I wouldn't think so....... unless they've just been f***ing around this whole time to make us THINK they're dumbasses?
Ricky: that'd be dumb, considering winning immunities will not help them win this game lol
Ricky: they've already made their beds.
Laurie: well yeah there's that......
Ricky: I just hate that out of all seven people, Alan chose me to target. ahh.
Laurie: well I don't think there's anything to worry about, I know it's unsettling, but you know we all have your back til they're gone
Ricky: Yeah. The thing that is unsettling though. Matt suggested voting Alan first, which is who we assume has the idol and say morris doesn't vote with us.
Ricky: it would be 4 votes alan
Ricky: 3 votes jack / 3 votes ricky.
Laurie: if they pick you, you don't know that yet - they could just be F---n around
Laurie: or you could win immunity
Ricky: If we were to vote Jack this round though, I think it would be a clean boot; cause there is nooo way he has the idol. lol
Laurie: you don't think?
Ricky: Not at all.
Laurie: well we can do that, and then split it at 9 when we're SURE we have it.......
Laurie: er rather have the numbers
Ricky: Yeah thats why Alan's boot at 9 is so safe.
Laurie: well I'm sure we'll all get a chance to talk about it but it makes sense to me
Ricky: Yeah, it'll work out either way more then likely, im over thinking it
Laurie: yeah I think maybe you are - but it never hurts to plan ahead and think forward
Ricky: If the tie was broke with a revote.
Ricky: by just voting for me or alan.
Ricky: then it'd be fine.
Ricky: or me and jack I mean.*
Laurie: totally :-D
Laurie: either way haha
Laurie and MattG…
MattG: A lot of chatting going on last night
Laurie: damn and I missed it!
MattG: mostly Alan trying to find out who was in charge, and getting really frustrated when everyone kept telling him a different name lol
Laurie: OMG YOU GUYS DID THAT!!!!!!! I JUST posted in my journal that I can't wait to do that for real - hahaha
MattG: haha, Ricky said emma, Emma said me, I said Mag mostly because I knew Mag probably wouldnt be on over the weekend)
MattG: but yeah, he definitely tried to get at me...
Laurie: ok so if he asks me, I'll say Luke ah, you just made my morning
MattG: haha, yes, exactly....it will seriously be golden. But yeah, I'm 99% sure we're gonna stick together as Mamba to vote out Alan and Jack, unless they pull something pretty major out
MattG: but oh that Alan is crafty
Laurie: right - the only one I would be concerned about is Luke.....since he told me he feels alone over here sometimes............. but I'm sure he knows sticking with us is a better move
Laurie: so tell me, what's Alans "grand plan"
MattG: ruffle as many feathers as possible. Honest to god first thing he says to me is "So I hear you're ricky's bitch"
MattG: I was like "PARDON??"
Laurie: SHUTUP! wow that's pretty harsh right there
Laurie: oh I can't wait, whatever bullshit he throws at me about me...... I think I'll confirm it and make it 10 times worse!
MattG: "thats what I heard, Ricky's telling everyone that he's running the show"
Laurie: now see, we know that's a lie right there because we all agreed NEVER to admit we run the show - haha
MattG: exactly...he's just trying to create a break in the tribe...which is smart...but cmon, theres better ways to go about it
Laurie: oh yeah
Laurie: i can't wait to talk to Morris, have you gotten to chat with him yet?
MattG: yep, we had a nice long chat actually
Laurie: oh good
MattG: he's with us 100%
Laurie: I figured as much
MattG: he's happy to be away from Alan and Jack
MattG: in fact he wants to screw them over more than anything, but i said when the votes will be 7-3 or 8-2...theres no real way to screw them over MORE than we already are
Laurie: well good, so we are totally set then - I mean when we get to 8, even if Ricky bands the other 4 together
Laurie: (because as far as I'm concerned, we'll have those 2 out before 8, somehow)
MattG: oh agreed...unless theres some immunity victories that are unseen, they will be gone. Also Alan told me that he "doesen't" have immunity, as much as that is worth these days
Laurie: ya know what I was thinking........ wouldn't it be a real kick if Ricky has it, after all the stink he's making about THEM having it?
MattG: oh lordy, who knows. Morris thinks Jack might have it too...but lord it's just making everyone crazy
Laurie: yeah I know........ well if neither Jack or Alan have it, we'll know that by F8
MattG: indeed we will, and with Morris on our side we can split votes quite nicely from here on out
Laurie: yeah exactly!
Alan and Laurie…
Laurie: Morning Alan - er evening to you - how are you today?
Alan: Evening for me. I'm sad. All my Macaw friends that Morris and I strived so hard to rejoin, seem to be Mamba's now
Alan: MattG is some sort of Ricky convert?
Laurie: It's been an interesting week, to say the least
Laurie: I'm not entirely sure about that, Ricky is taking a leadership position, so we all just kinda let him, ya know?
Alan: Oh okay. Just MattG sounds like an admiration society so I was wondering
Alan: How's Mag? I haven't seen her online
Laurie: haha - tobe honest, nobody has really talked about much yet, simply because we haven't HAD to
Laurie: She's not online much, except for the challenges.........where she comes in, kicks ass and leaves
Laurie: but she's good, I like her a lot - good woman
Alan: Well yeah - Morris and I had to work our butts off of course. We ended up dealing with Jack cos Karen was a quitter, Alex was the most overt sneaky person I've ever been in a game with and Shawn was just daft
Alan: Yes I liked Mag when we talked in Macaw
Laurie: I don't know Alex much - it surprised me that Karen quit, from what I know of her that's not like her
Laurie: so............ are you saying it wouldn't break your heart if we targetted Jack? ;-)
Alan: It was strange - we actually voted Shawn out that episode, but Tina let Karen quit anyway
Laurie: wow - so Shawn got out last, correct?
Alan: Well it wouldn't break my heart, but it would pretty much confirm to Morris and I that we're on the bottom of the barrel. Yes Shawn went last - we couldn't bear Alex for one more day he was such a little troublemaker
Laurie: Well, don't look at it as bottom of the barrel.........you know anything can happen in these games. There's 1 or 2 people on my side here that I rarely talk to........and who knows where that hidden immunity is, that could change EVERYTHING and I think we all know it
Alan: Well that was the odd thing. It came up in our tribe that I had definitely had it (I don't), but the only person I knew who thought I did have it was MattG ... love to know how that got around
Alan: Anyway the idol is definitely amongst the former Mambas
Laurie: really? Because we all thought that you or Jack had it, because I think the night it was found, you were the 2 on line the longest? or something like that
Laurie: I'm thinking maybe Ricky has it, because he's the one who keeps mentioning it
Alan: Nope I discovered the challenge about an hour after it went up. It only took 5 minutes to complete, so anyone could have got it before then. I believe that neither Jack or Morris got it because they didn't seem to know about the challenge until it was brought up by Shawn
Laurie: unless they're doing a REALLY good job of keeping it on the down-low? Just from what I've seen, that Jack seems like a crafty one
Alan: Haha - well I've known Jack in games before. He's certainly a player, but he also tends to tell the truth as much as possible - that's the best way after all. He's given up anyway I think. Ricky and MattG made it pretty clear he's going this round unless he wins immunity so he seems to have lost interest
Laurie: I haven't talked to him at ALL except in the IC forums, and he seems like he's a pretty funny guy. I don't know why people give up, if I were in that position I would always be trying to cook something up
Alan: I agree he should try, but he was pretty much told what was going to happen - and he always worried that Morris and I would join up with Macaw again anyway so he seemed pretty bummed
Laurie: hmm - I wish I knew what to say here
Alan: You don't need to say anything. It's pretty much the same message from all of you I think. Jack will go then probably Morris and I, unless (hopefully ) some issue starts the Mamba group infighting. I'll just be a cheap slutty vote to last as long as I can - it's all you can hope for when you have a run of losses like we did
Laurie: I just think what it came down to was............. nobody on Mamba has any allegiance or loyalty to Jack......
Alan: Well Jack leaving means that the original Macaw group will have a 5/4 advantage anyway so ..... ya never know
Laurie: as far as infighting.......... well, I'm sure that's only a matter of time,
Laurie: and yes, you're right with those numbers too - anything is possible
MattG and Alan…
Alan: Hey there MattG. We're back together - albeit one of us is feeling a bit battered
MattG: aww Alan it's ok, now we're all on even footing
Alan: Hahah - well I hope we're going to consider reviving the old Macaw group. Morris and I held on by sticking to that. However apparently Ricky claims you're his bitch from Mamba?
MattG: well obviously...don't you know ricky runs the show here
Alan: Knowing Ricky I imagine he believes that
MattG: oh of course he does...but I'm not too worried about that
MattG confesses…
{Well looky here...Alan is back, and hoping to rejoin good ol Macaw. Unfortunately for him, it wont be happening. And i even have an excuse. See this is where having "individual immunity" will bite Alan in the ass. He's been pretending to have it, and now we're going to take it from him. Why would we want to bring him to the final 4/5 if he would be immune? makes no sense. I'm going to explain that to him in no uncertain terms...and when he goes back and says he doesent have it, it will be just another nail in the coffin for him.}
Later on..
Alan: I'm back - oh and btw I do not have the immunity idol. If you read back over that conversation we had, you'll discover that you reached an assumption and I merely didn't correct you. Since you're the only person I said anything on the topic to I can only assume you let it slip somewhere, so find out who to and you'll know who was talking between tribes cos Shawn and Alex both came up with it at one stage.
MattG: oh I know you never said you had it...
MattG: but it's not that you havent talked about how easy the challenge was with anyone else
MattG: trust me I dont think you have it
MattG: good tool to induce mass panic though
Alan: I know I don't
MattG: so anyways...whats this about me being ricky's bitch?
Alan: So basically I'm on the losing team so I have to attach myself whereever I can. I was hoping it would be a version of Macaw
Alan: so the story goes
MattG: unfortunately I'm not sure how deep original tribal lines run these days
MattG: especially with a lot of people not liking jack
Alan: Really, well he's alright, but mainly a means to an end of getting us through to merge. We had to use someone cos Alex was a really nasty little piece of work and caused trouble from the start
MattG: yeah i heard Alex was a tad nutty
Alan: Morris and I mainly had to work against the perception that if we both made it through Macaw would be ascendant at merge
MattG: yeah...and of course now we have all the Mamba's in our ear about voting down new tribal lines
MattG: we're obviously in an unenviable position
Alan: of course
Alan: The thing is that I think Morris and I know we're in last position from Macaw now so we'll be happy to go with however you want to vote down so that we make up part of your jury anyway. Is Ricky the big problem over here? I certainly was hearing cross tribal stuff about him, and I know he and Jack don't seem to get along.
MattG: oh I know that much...but Ricky is pretty tame on our side. hasnt been ruffling any feathers
MattG: though i know Jack will try and change that
Alan: Jack will? Try to stir up about Ricky? Yeah he probably will he never said anything good about him
MattG: yep, and in the IC chat yesterday he pulled no punches
Alan: Really?
MattG: yup, him and ricky do not like each other, that much I know for sure...Jack is gonna try and screw ricky at every turn
Alan: Hmmm so who are the other's I haven't met. Emma & Luke?
MattG: that would be them indeed
MattG: Jenn as well i think
Alan: K and what do we think of them?
MattG: all good people...not as into the game as maybe you or I
MattG: but good people
MattG: I wish I could be more help with the whole alliance situation...but Mag kinda calls the shots
Alan: Really?
Alan: Not like Morris was "the evil mastermind" I hope
MattG: haha, I still laugh thinking about that
MattG: but no, not like that
MattG: she knows the most people in this game as far as I know
Ricky and MattG…
Ricky: So hes proposing to get me out first lol
MattG: no, he never said that. All I know is that he wants to rejoin Laurie, Mags and Me...and we wont have him...but we'll string him along so he doesent have time to try and recruit anyone else
Ricky: Tell him you'd want jack out first then.
Ricky: and maybe he'll vote jack too
MattG: well heres the thing though
MattG: Morris will vote with us
MattG: for sure
MattG: I'm talking to him now
MattG: he wants Alan out
MattG: we can split the votes 5-3
Ricky: Are you positive he'll be with us though, cause I think i'm going to be their target lol.
Ricky: so if morris ends up flopping, it'll be me or jack going if alan does have the idol.
MattG: no no, we'd split between Jack and Alan
MattG: for sure
Ricky: yeah but what I mean is, say morris isn't being honest
Ricky: it'll be 3 votes ricky (morris, alan and jacks votes)
Ricky: 3 votes jack
Ricky: 4 votes alan
Ricky: alan deflects, me or jack go, tie-breaker challenge.
MattG: even then Ricky...we re-vote
MattG: 7 for Jack
MattG: 3 for ricky
MattG: it seems pretty foolproof to me
Ricky: your right.
Ricky: okay i'm okay then.
MattG: theres no way I'd let a mamba go before those 2 fools
Ricky: i'll try to win immunity, just incase though haha
MattG: well thats probably the best thing to do ;-)
Piranha Tribe
Emma confesses…
MERGE!!!
I kinda think it came at the perfect time too. The old cobra members must be sweating right now, cause it looks like Mamba’s sticking together. I’m not sure about how much I can trust anyone, but right now they all seem pretty trustworthy. I can’t see a reason why they wouldn’t be; we got along really well, and no one was voted out so there can’t be any hard feelings about that.
I’m hoping people realize that I’m not a threat -at all-. I mean, I’m pretty much a kitten wearing these huge fuzzy mittens covered in rainbows, butterflies, unicorns, and other symbols of happiness!! I’ll do whatever I’m told, and the only way I’ll ever win individual immunity is if there’s some twist and the person with the most wrong answers actually wins. So this is the part in my confessional where I’m supposed to reveal my genius fool-proof plan to actually win this thing right? Mhm, I should probably get working on one of those. Right now it’s pretty much just staying on the down-low challenge wise, and hoping for the best. Oh, and I’m also hoping the Mamba and Luke/Ricky/Jenn alliances are legit.
Laurie confesses…
Im SO HAPPY Morris made it through. We were just getting to know each other better when we got split up, and I think since he is an ex-Macaw as well, the 4 of us hooking up for this weird part of the game is a good idea.
I'm fairly certain that Ricky suspects that Mag, Matt and I are a team already. I'm not sure that he wants to be invited into our club or not, just a few things he's said, where he mentions the 3 of us as one unit specifically. I have nothing against Ricky, and I like him very much - but he seems like a good player, and I would imagine he is getting his act together to get himself further in the game.
I think once it got to 8 that we could pick up Luke and Morris and take out the other 3. I don't know the other girls too well - they're very good in challenges as well, but we haven't really had any personal conversations. So those two, Emma and Jenn, would be MY personal 1st choices to go, but if I'm part of a group, I like to see what their thoughts are 1st. Matt will want to go for Ricky ASAP........ but I have a hunch Mags won't. Or maybe I have that backwards? Haha
Anyway, one more vote til jury. So far so good, I've kinda felt bad being on this tribe, in that we KILLED the other tribe in challenges. Even though I sat this one out (which was a strategic move on my part so I don't get a big ole bullseye on my back too soon!), I felt bad when it was another crushing. Should be interesting to see how they all perform when it's individual though.
Laurie and Ricky…
Ricky: You talk to alan or jack yet LOL
Laurie: no not yet........ Matt filled me in a little this morning about how the maze of "who's in charge" has already started - I laughed
Ricky: lmao. Alan is ridiculous he is being so two-faced, he is trying to arrange me to be booted I think; and trying to weezle his way in.
Ricky: He is making sure to talk everyone up. He realllly tried to work Emma.
Laurie: yeah well, that's not likely
Laurie: Matt told me his opening convo with him started "so, I hear you're ricky's bitch"
Ricky: Yeah his opening to Emma was something like. "So I hear everyone thinks Ricky is pushy."
Ricky: He tried to cut a deal with me, he didnt' get to asking cause I "went away".
Ricky: But he wanted me to tell him he was safe and was going to make jury.
Laurie: LOL hang on let me see what I said to Matt, but it was something like "oh I'll totally play along with whatever he says"
Laurie: ah here it was - My Alan Plan, by Laurie B:
Laurie: whatever bullshit he throws at me about me...... I think I'll confirm it and make it 10 times worse!
Ricky: I had an idea to make the immunity idol go byebye ;-)
Laurie: oh yeah?
Ricky: Well it would make it go byebye for those three if one has it.
Laurie: OH! Before you go any further - Morris is willing to vote with us,
Laurie: according to Matt
Ricky: I hope so. He seems nice, he told me right away Jack was talking major crap on me.
Laurie: yeah I think matt said he "couldn't wait to get away from them" or something
Ricky: I want to give Morris a chance to get to know our side.
Ricky: Not so much Jack and alan though.
Ricky: I bet we could trick Alan into voting jack off.
Laurie: oh I wouldn't want to play that risky, I'm happy being invisible to those 2 for a bit, so they don't target me since I was strong in immunities, ya know?
Ricky: I am hoping to win this individual immunity lol.
Ricky: Since there targetting me.
Ricky: Even though we are solid and have the numbers, its still nerveracking lol
Laurie: oh yeah I know how it goes, believe me
Ricky: But yeah, last night, Alan made his move in a second.
Ricky: He couldn't of made it anymore obvious lol
Laurie: well we can't really fault him for it, anyone down THAT many people going into merge would have to if they were worth anything, ya know?
Ricky: Yeah for sure.
Ricky: But I feel that he didn't seem like he tried to win those challenges.
Ricky: When he couldn't get an answer, he didn't try to google or figure it out.
Ricky: He just gave a "dumb" answer for humour.
Laurie: yeah I agree there
Laurie: you gotta be tough to hang with THESE ex-mambas - haha
Ricky: I wish Jenn was on more then just challenges.
Laurie: yeah she's probably the one I've talked to the least
Ricky: Hopefully she picks up activity.
Laurie: well, I think once we get down to the 7, things are going to get really interesting.......
Ricky: Its going to get hard and a bit shady, but in the end.
Ricky: At f7, theres six other people I wouldn't mind winning the game.
Ricky: I want to win, but I wouldn't be disgusted with anyone else winning.
Ricky: Just knowing we accomplished pulling through with all our tribe members, got to the final seven.
Ricky: Like thats good enough there.
Laurie: i have to say I agree
Ricky: The one thing about our seven is, i'd want Jenn more active though.
Laurie: well, we'll have to see how the next few rounds go....
Ricky: Are you going UTR? (under the radar) in the challenges.
Laurie: I haven't figured that out yet, to be honest
Ricky: I think you should just do what you do, and if you win each time, then you win each time.
Ricky: But if you're really worried it'll bite you in the ass later in the game, and you think you'd be okay without immunities this early. Then you should UTR.
Laurie: yeah but there's pros and cons to playing it either way
Laurie: I think Mags will be tough to beat in anything - she just seems strong all around, ya know?
Ricky: Yeah for sure.
Ricky: I'm just happy that its more then likely jack and alan wont be winning any immunities
Laurie: oh no I wouldn't think so....... unless they've just been f***ing around this whole time to make us THINK they're dumbasses?
Ricky: that'd be dumb, considering winning immunities will not help them win this game lol
Ricky: they've already made their beds.
Laurie: well yeah there's that......
Ricky: I just hate that out of all seven people, Alan chose me to target. ahh.
Laurie: well I don't think there's anything to worry about, I know it's unsettling, but you know we all have your back til they're gone
Ricky: Yeah. The thing that is unsettling though. Matt suggested voting Alan first, which is who we assume has the idol and say morris doesn't vote with us.
Ricky: it would be 4 votes alan
Ricky: 3 votes jack / 3 votes ricky.
Laurie: if they pick you, you don't know that yet - they could just be F---n around
Laurie: or you could win immunity
Ricky: If we were to vote Jack this round though, I think it would be a clean boot; cause there is nooo way he has the idol. lol
Laurie: you don't think?
Ricky: Not at all.
Laurie: well we can do that, and then split it at 9 when we're SURE we have it.......
Laurie: er rather have the numbers
Ricky: Yeah thats why Alan's boot at 9 is so safe.
Laurie: well I'm sure we'll all get a chance to talk about it but it makes sense to me
Ricky: Yeah, it'll work out either way more then likely, im over thinking it
Laurie: yeah I think maybe you are - but it never hurts to plan ahead and think forward
Ricky: If the tie was broke with a revote.
Ricky: by just voting for me or alan.
Ricky: then it'd be fine.
Ricky: or me and jack I mean.*
Laurie: totally :-D
Laurie: either way haha
Laurie and MattG…
MattG: A lot of chatting going on last night
Laurie: damn and I missed it!
MattG: mostly Alan trying to find out who was in charge, and getting really frustrated when everyone kept telling him a different name lol
Laurie: OMG YOU GUYS DID THAT!!!!!!! I JUST posted in my journal that I can't wait to do that for real - hahaha
MattG: haha, Ricky said emma, Emma said me, I said Mag mostly because I knew Mag probably wouldnt be on over the weekend)
MattG: but yeah, he definitely tried to get at me...
Laurie: ok so if he asks me, I'll say Luke ah, you just made my morning
MattG: haha, yes, exactly....it will seriously be golden. But yeah, I'm 99% sure we're gonna stick together as Mamba to vote out Alan and Jack, unless they pull something pretty major out
MattG: but oh that Alan is crafty
Laurie: right - the only one I would be concerned about is Luke.....since he told me he feels alone over here sometimes............. but I'm sure he knows sticking with us is a better move
Laurie: so tell me, what's Alans "grand plan"
MattG: ruffle as many feathers as possible. Honest to god first thing he says to me is "So I hear you're ricky's bitch"
MattG: I was like "PARDON??"
Laurie: SHUTUP! wow that's pretty harsh right there
Laurie: oh I can't wait, whatever bullshit he throws at me about me...... I think I'll confirm it and make it 10 times worse!
MattG: "thats what I heard, Ricky's telling everyone that he's running the show"
Laurie: now see, we know that's a lie right there because we all agreed NEVER to admit we run the show - haha
MattG: exactly...he's just trying to create a break in the tribe...which is smart...but cmon, theres better ways to go about it
Laurie: oh yeah
Laurie: i can't wait to talk to Morris, have you gotten to chat with him yet?
MattG: yep, we had a nice long chat actually
Laurie: oh good
MattG: he's with us 100%
Laurie: I figured as much
MattG: he's happy to be away from Alan and Jack
MattG: in fact he wants to screw them over more than anything, but i said when the votes will be 7-3 or 8-2...theres no real way to screw them over MORE than we already are
Laurie: well good, so we are totally set then - I mean when we get to 8, even if Ricky bands the other 4 together
Laurie: (because as far as I'm concerned, we'll have those 2 out before 8, somehow)
MattG: oh agreed...unless theres some immunity victories that are unseen, they will be gone. Also Alan told me that he "doesen't" have immunity, as much as that is worth these days
Laurie: ya know what I was thinking........ wouldn't it be a real kick if Ricky has it, after all the stink he's making about THEM having it?
MattG: oh lordy, who knows. Morris thinks Jack might have it too...but lord it's just making everyone crazy
Laurie: yeah I know........ well if neither Jack or Alan have it, we'll know that by F8
MattG: indeed we will, and with Morris on our side we can split votes quite nicely from here on out
Laurie: yeah exactly!
Alan and Laurie…
Laurie: Morning Alan - er evening to you - how are you today?
Alan: Evening for me. I'm sad. All my Macaw friends that Morris and I strived so hard to rejoin, seem to be Mamba's now
Alan: MattG is some sort of Ricky convert?
Laurie: It's been an interesting week, to say the least
Laurie: I'm not entirely sure about that, Ricky is taking a leadership position, so we all just kinda let him, ya know?
Alan: Oh okay. Just MattG sounds like an admiration society so I was wondering
Alan: How's Mag? I haven't seen her online
Laurie: haha - tobe honest, nobody has really talked about much yet, simply because we haven't HAD to
Laurie: She's not online much, except for the challenges.........where she comes in, kicks ass and leaves
Laurie: but she's good, I like her a lot - good woman
Alan: Well yeah - Morris and I had to work our butts off of course. We ended up dealing with Jack cos Karen was a quitter, Alex was the most overt sneaky person I've ever been in a game with and Shawn was just daft
Alan: Yes I liked Mag when we talked in Macaw
Laurie: I don't know Alex much - it surprised me that Karen quit, from what I know of her that's not like her
Laurie: so............ are you saying it wouldn't break your heart if we targetted Jack? ;-)
Alan: It was strange - we actually voted Shawn out that episode, but Tina let Karen quit anyway
Laurie: wow - so Shawn got out last, correct?
Alan: Well it wouldn't break my heart, but it would pretty much confirm to Morris and I that we're on the bottom of the barrel. Yes Shawn went last - we couldn't bear Alex for one more day he was such a little troublemaker
Laurie: Well, don't look at it as bottom of the barrel.........you know anything can happen in these games. There's 1 or 2 people on my side here that I rarely talk to........and who knows where that hidden immunity is, that could change EVERYTHING and I think we all know it
Alan: Well that was the odd thing. It came up in our tribe that I had definitely had it (I don't), but the only person I knew who thought I did have it was MattG ... love to know how that got around
Alan: Anyway the idol is definitely amongst the former Mambas
Laurie: really? Because we all thought that you or Jack had it, because I think the night it was found, you were the 2 on line the longest? or something like that
Laurie: I'm thinking maybe Ricky has it, because he's the one who keeps mentioning it
Alan: Nope I discovered the challenge about an hour after it went up. It only took 5 minutes to complete, so anyone could have got it before then. I believe that neither Jack or Morris got it because they didn't seem to know about the challenge until it was brought up by Shawn
Laurie: unless they're doing a REALLY good job of keeping it on the down-low? Just from what I've seen, that Jack seems like a crafty one
Alan: Haha - well I've known Jack in games before. He's certainly a player, but he also tends to tell the truth as much as possible - that's the best way after all. He's given up anyway I think. Ricky and MattG made it pretty clear he's going this round unless he wins immunity so he seems to have lost interest
Laurie: I haven't talked to him at ALL except in the IC forums, and he seems like he's a pretty funny guy. I don't know why people give up, if I were in that position I would always be trying to cook something up
Alan: I agree he should try, but he was pretty much told what was going to happen - and he always worried that Morris and I would join up with Macaw again anyway so he seemed pretty bummed
Laurie: hmm - I wish I knew what to say here
Alan: You don't need to say anything. It's pretty much the same message from all of you I think. Jack will go then probably Morris and I, unless (hopefully ) some issue starts the Mamba group infighting. I'll just be a cheap slutty vote to last as long as I can - it's all you can hope for when you have a run of losses like we did
Laurie: I just think what it came down to was............. nobody on Mamba has any allegiance or loyalty to Jack......
Alan: Well Jack leaving means that the original Macaw group will have a 5/4 advantage anyway so ..... ya never know
Laurie: as far as infighting.......... well, I'm sure that's only a matter of time,
Laurie: and yes, you're right with those numbers too - anything is possible
MattG and Alan…
Alan: Hey there MattG. We're back together - albeit one of us is feeling a bit battered
MattG: aww Alan it's ok, now we're all on even footing
Alan: Hahah - well I hope we're going to consider reviving the old Macaw group. Morris and I held on by sticking to that. However apparently Ricky claims you're his bitch from Mamba?
MattG: well obviously...don't you know ricky runs the show here
Alan: Knowing Ricky I imagine he believes that
MattG: oh of course he does...but I'm not too worried about that
MattG confesses…
{Well looky here...Alan is back, and hoping to rejoin good ol Macaw. Unfortunately for him, it wont be happening. And i even have an excuse. See this is where having "individual immunity" will bite Alan in the ass. He's been pretending to have it, and now we're going to take it from him. Why would we want to bring him to the final 4/5 if he would be immune? makes no sense. I'm going to explain that to him in no uncertain terms...and when he goes back and says he doesent have it, it will be just another nail in the coffin for him.}
Later on..
Alan: I'm back - oh and btw I do not have the immunity idol. If you read back over that conversation we had, you'll discover that you reached an assumption and I merely didn't correct you. Since you're the only person I said anything on the topic to I can only assume you let it slip somewhere, so find out who to and you'll know who was talking between tribes cos Shawn and Alex both came up with it at one stage.
MattG: oh I know you never said you had it...
MattG: but it's not that you havent talked about how easy the challenge was with anyone else
MattG: trust me I dont think you have it
MattG: good tool to induce mass panic though
Alan: I know I don't
MattG: so anyways...whats this about me being ricky's bitch?
Alan: So basically I'm on the losing team so I have to attach myself whereever I can. I was hoping it would be a version of Macaw
Alan: so the story goes
MattG: unfortunately I'm not sure how deep original tribal lines run these days
MattG: especially with a lot of people not liking jack
Alan: Really, well he's alright, but mainly a means to an end of getting us through to merge. We had to use someone cos Alex was a really nasty little piece of work and caused trouble from the start
MattG: yeah i heard Alex was a tad nutty
Alan: Morris and I mainly had to work against the perception that if we both made it through Macaw would be ascendant at merge
MattG: yeah...and of course now we have all the Mamba's in our ear about voting down new tribal lines
MattG: we're obviously in an unenviable position
Alan: of course
Alan: The thing is that I think Morris and I know we're in last position from Macaw now so we'll be happy to go with however you want to vote down so that we make up part of your jury anyway. Is Ricky the big problem over here? I certainly was hearing cross tribal stuff about him, and I know he and Jack don't seem to get along.
MattG: oh I know that much...but Ricky is pretty tame on our side. hasnt been ruffling any feathers
MattG: though i know Jack will try and change that
Alan: Jack will? Try to stir up about Ricky? Yeah he probably will he never said anything good about him
MattG: yep, and in the IC chat yesterday he pulled no punches
Alan: Really?
MattG: yup, him and ricky do not like each other, that much I know for sure...Jack is gonna try and screw ricky at every turn
Alan: Hmmm so who are the other's I haven't met. Emma & Luke?
MattG: that would be them indeed
MattG: Jenn as well i think
Alan: K and what do we think of them?
MattG: all good people...not as into the game as maybe you or I
MattG: but good people
MattG: I wish I could be more help with the whole alliance situation...but Mag kinda calls the shots
Alan: Really?
Alan: Not like Morris was "the evil mastermind" I hope
MattG: haha, I still laugh thinking about that
MattG: but no, not like that
MattG: she knows the most people in this game as far as I know
Ricky and MattG…
Ricky: So hes proposing to get me out first lol
MattG: no, he never said that. All I know is that he wants to rejoin Laurie, Mags and Me...and we wont have him...but we'll string him along so he doesent have time to try and recruit anyone else
Ricky: Tell him you'd want jack out first then.
Ricky: and maybe he'll vote jack too
MattG: well heres the thing though
MattG: Morris will vote with us
MattG: for sure
MattG: I'm talking to him now
MattG: he wants Alan out
MattG: we can split the votes 5-3
Ricky: Are you positive he'll be with us though, cause I think i'm going to be their target lol.
Ricky: so if morris ends up flopping, it'll be me or jack going if alan does have the idol.
MattG: no no, we'd split between Jack and Alan
MattG: for sure
Ricky: yeah but what I mean is, say morris isn't being honest
Ricky: it'll be 3 votes ricky (morris, alan and jacks votes)
Ricky: 3 votes jack
Ricky: 4 votes alan
Ricky: alan deflects, me or jack go, tie-breaker challenge.
MattG: even then Ricky...we re-vote
MattG: 7 for Jack
MattG: 3 for ricky
MattG: it seems pretty foolproof to me
Ricky: your right.
Ricky: okay i'm okay then.
MattG: theres no way I'd let a mamba go before those 2 fools
Ricky: i'll try to win immunity, just incase though haha
MattG: well thats probably the best thing to do ;-)