Post by Tim Dormer on Aug 15, 2016 3:06:04 GMT
So Tiffany went home last week. She ultimately did that to herself. I informed her several times to watch who she trusted with what information. Hotdogs is a real slime ball, she trusted him and he burned her with all the information she gave him. I did keep my word and voted for hotdog. I feel like I showed my loyalty and still voted for the person who has made the least effort to get to know me. At the end of the day, I am going to vote how I want, not how everyone else wants me to vote, even if I am willingly in a minority. I don't feel the need to go out of my way and be malicious like the old me, and I do think I have made enough inroads with the majority of the tribe to recover from this.
I really feel disconnected from this week. This challenge came at an awful time. I couldn't compete due to plans I had already agreed to, so I logged on while i had been drinking to see what was happening. Basically I had told people that I thought we would be heading into a triple tribal council with a swap after, and funny enough that is what is happening. I am happy to see what a new tribe has to offer because I am been overly vocal about what a dump my tribe has become. I signed on in time to read the rules only for the challenge to be over. Dustin basically helped Hotdogs to win.
On the bright side of Hotdogs winning, he isn't around to vote me out; the downside is he isn't here to be voted out. He has made a huge effort to vote me out by going around spreading that i have the idol. I do have the idol, but I have not told anyone that. I think I have done a good job of brushing it off. I have stated that maybe he has it, he is now coincidentally given people the password. I didn't get the urn with the clue to the idol and our tribe chat had a clue posted in it for two days before I even got back to the tribe. Cody has informed me that Austin and Natalie think I have the idol (due to Hotdogs influenced) and they said the vote should be on someone else because they believe I will play the idol this week. I won't be playing the idol this week. I do not want to stay if I have the majority of the votes to go. That being said, I do honestly believe Cody has my back at least at this point.
I do feel like Dustin and Hotdogs have an alliance, that being said I am working extra hard to connect with Dustin. Especially if Hotdogs isn't here, he should be relying on me. Since him and Holly had a huge blow up when she got back from exile. She got a tribal idol clue and noticed the clue she got from Dustin in week 2 was faked. They had a massive blow out. This is not how I would have handled this situation. I feel like people are continuing to make the same mistakes over and over that I have been warning them about. I told Holly to keep the information she gained to herself until it was useful. This was a situation where she had a one up on Dustin, and she chose to confront them about it.
I feel like everyone I choose to align with seemly self-destructs their game. I almost don't want to be a part of it. Holly came up with a plan wanting to do a 3-2-1 vote, with 3 votes going for Natalie, 2 for Holly, 1 for Dustin. It’s a complicated strategy to make work. She wants Dustin to waste his idol which he doesn't have. I did hear from Cody this afternoon though that she’s changed her attitude and wants to go after me. Honestly, Holly is probably my favorite person here but I feel like her leaving will be better for my game in the long run. I need to find some allies that aren't going to be train wrecks. I feel like that very well could be Cody. A shake up in the game with the tribe swap might be very good for my game. I would welcome a reset especially on a tribe away from hotdogs. Let us go at it cross tribal for a while before I come for him at the merge. I expect to see Dustin pulled over to Hotdogs tribe, so I likely won’t be seeing him for a long while, if not be lost forever to Hotdogs.
I am leaning right now to voting for Holly. With Dustin, Cody and myself that at least forces a tie. Austin and Natalie very much just go with the flow; I can't see them sticking their necks out for Holly without some sort of revelation for the two of them. I am really going to hate to be separated from Holly whether she leaves, or people somehow feel I am a big enough threat to go. Like I said, I don't have enough knowledge about what’s been happening this week, and it probably would be smart for me to play my idol just to secure my spot in a swap. However I really do trust Cody is looking out for me.
Bootlist:
1. Hotdogs
2. Natalie
3. Austin
4. Dustin
5. Holly
6. Cody (surprise, surprise a new closest ally)
I can't seem to find someone I really want to work with long-term. I hope there is someone on another tribe that wants to work with this Aussie and that I will get to make the merge! Until next time!