Post by Tim Dormer on Aug 19, 2016 5:25:06 GMT
Well as of the start of this round I am officially on nu Bruxelles. Holly is out of the game and I received two votes at tribal. Don't be fooled, I know how close I was to going home. I bet if Austin had voted I likely would have gone home in a revote. I am thankful Cody and Dustin stuck by me, they ultimately gave me new life in the game as it hit a massive reset for me this week. In the last 4 rounds I have lost 2 of my closest allies, been almost voted out, voted in a minority, but I also received the idol and made some good friends. While the negatives certainly outnumber the positive outcomes, the positive certainly outweigh the negatives. I am on a new tribe with a bunch of new faces (see tribe assessments thread for my thoughts on the cast). This is my second chance to really make proper decision and new connections.
I felt really bad about voting for Holly, even though she cast a vote for me. In normal games I would have been furious, but she was doing what she had to, in order to remain in the game. I hope we get to talk after the game. I really wanted us to do well together. Dustin and I immediately cement that we are going to continue looking out for each other on this new tribe. To be honest, he and Cody were the only members of old Amsterdam I even remotely wanted see. I was almost voted out due to residue of Simon’s villainy, by the wallpaper that is Natalie and Austin. They can all stay on Amsterdam, and I am hopefully Cody can ride the tribe out and meet me at merge later.
My new tribe’s breakdown is 4 original Bruxelles (Dorothy, Julia, Carrie, and Burnie), 3 original Luxembourg’s (Ian, Jaclyn, Kathy) and 2 original Amsterdam (Dustin and I). It would be easy to assume tribal lines are going to happen and people will group up like that. However I feel like due to Bruxelles one time at tribal council (where they voted out an inactive), means they are likely more receptive to working with others. Old Luxembourg I could see aligning. I think Dustin and I in a minority might look bad for us, but I think it will ultimately help us.
Our tribe is very strong and active. We destroyed this challenge and I got stuck at exile. I will be honest; I don't really want to be at exile. It takes time away from me communicating with my tribe and I already don’t get to do as much of that as I want. I feel like we have the strongest of the two tribes and it will be harder for us to go to tribal. It will also make the tribal councils that much harder. Here is the problem though, I feel like all 3 remaining idols are likely on our tribe (I have one, Carrie must possess one from all her time on exile/camp, and I feel like Jac/Burnie might have the other). I do know that Jasmine played an idol last week at Luxembourg’s tribal council.
I have made an incredibly strong connection with Carrie. I love her, and think I would like to see her win this thing. I also really like Dorothy and Burnie. I feel like Dustin and I would fit in nicely with old Bruxelle. Julia seems eager to do well too. Ian and I had a conversation about the idols, and about what’s been happening on each tribe. He is a nice guy. Jac/Kathy are the two weakest links in my opinion on our tribe and would likely be where i played my voted. Then again who knows what is really happening with these idols. Having 4 in the game is going to make it hard for anyone to do very well.
Bootlist:
1. Kathy
2. Jaclyn
3. Julia
4. Ian
5. Burnie
6. Dorothy
7. Dustin
8. Carrie