#13th-jack

, so nobody's around, which is great on the one hand, because it means I don't have to do anything. But on the other hand, I mean, I know this isn't true because it's literally the first day, and there's no way that I have been completely put on the outs this early. but where the hell is everybody what is going on maybe it's not maybe it's you maybe it's your family what is going on

 anyway um i would say most people are at various degrees if not around myself included but man i got nothing from coco they were just like hey and i was like hey how are you and they're like good how are you and then i texted them back and i was like oh whatever you know whatever i'm doing today and just nothing like i don't know i this tribe is wigging me out a little bit i really want to make sure that i'm able to contribute a lot on this first challenge because i am not at a point where i feel comfortable enough with my instincts not being rusty where i would know that i'm safe if we went to tribal on a tribe this small I don't love it I don't love it ideally we go to one tribal have a 5-1 vote get everybody unified all on the same page awesome and then we swap is that going to happen? I don't know

 think this is just 99% paranoia of me not having played an organ so long, but I really do feel like something's weird. And I know that's not true. I know that's not true. However, I don't know. I'm really curious what the other tribes look like, because people seemed a lot more active in the marooning, and I wasn't really able to be around for the marooning. because Fridays and the weekend are not great for me. Monday through Thursday have a lot more time. So, like I said in my submissions channel, the goal for this weekend is to survive. The goal is to be helpful in the challenge, not put too big of a target on my back, but get to the point where people feel chill with me. Ideally, this round, I at least have some vibes about where a vote would go if we don't go to tribal. Ideally, we don't go to travel at all. And we just get some vibes on how people are feeling, feel everything out, and then go from there. Because I need to get my sea legs back a little bit. Also, hosts, please let me know if doing these voice confessionals is just like dog shit or what. It's easy for me, but I'm happy to type it out if need be.

, so point of clarification with the the photoshops, not a furry thing. I have, I have gotten that before. And, you know, no issue with the furry community, shout out to car seat headrest, Andrew McCutcheon, things of that nature. but that's not the vibe I'm going for. It's more that I just think it would be boring to Photoshop my face on a bunch of bullshit. And also that means that my face is Photoshopped onto a bunch of bullshit, which I don't necessarily want to go in places. So hence that. So I do want to clarify that real quick.

, now that we got that out of the way, I've kind of been thinking about why I'm doing this, because I haven't done an orc, as I said, in like three years. And I think I've kind of thought about how I've played in the past and like not to get all like, for instance, if you were, I'm actually good at these. um but i've done well in some of these before but i think that um part of the reason that i want to play this is that i feel like i've played kind of cagey and like in a in a bullshittery way uh for lack of a better term and i think it would be fun to really go balls to the wall in a way that i haven't before so i think i'm kind of trying to do that here i think small tribes generally good idea to make yourself available to people. And I think being at least somewhat open is appealing to people. So I kind of threw to Andrew, like, Hey, I haven't heard that much from Coco. Interesting. I framed it in a way where I was like, Oh, I hope it's a challenge or whatever, where we can work together and do this because that is true. I do want to work together. I want to work with all these people. I'm not closing any doors, but I think at the same time, planting that is a little bit more forward than i would normally be and you know maybe andrew takes that and is like freaked out by it maybe andrew takes that and we can really get something going i have no idea i it could be either um but i think end of the day i'm not playing for a million dollars i'm playing for entertaining a bunch of random people on the internet and entertaining myself mostly myself and i want to do something where i'm having fun if i'm going to do this so that's kind of my um my mo for this season right now

 so clint told me that he's it's like not a bit and he's just doing like he's just using clint eastwood as like a uh like an avatar but like none of the conversation is a bit with that being said if he were trying to be clint eastwood i think i'd be getting like the same answers for the most part he's like i i know he lives in texas i'm just imagining like well I'm gonna mosey on down the turnpike and like I don't know befriend a Vietnamese family in Detroit or something Clint Eastwood movie Clint Eastwood movie

 think I'm just, like, going insane because nothing's happening, and I built this up in my head, like, oh, I'm gonna have to do all this shit. Um, but nobody's here, and there's no challenges. Um, so I think I've realized that actually I just like doing puzzles, mostly, and doing challenges and working together with people and doing stuff like that. And, like, the whole mandatory riffing is less my speed. I enjoy riffing in a curated environment I don't know these people why do I there's only so many small talk questions one can ask but I have to so they don't vote me out and it's like give me something to do I'm hoping there's some idle shit that gets revealed at 4 because otherwise I'm going to go bananas

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, so just kind of thinking out loud here. If there's a map, I think the obvious person to reel in here would be Sam's. I think we had a good conversation here. Andrew and Clint, I also feel decent about. But I don't know. More reservations than I have with Sam's. And then Coco and Sol, right? Sol? So I'm not really looking to share that with them immediately. My other idea is maybe I just try to be like, hey, let's do this as a tribe, which would be really funny. And it might work because there's four tribes. There's a lot of people that we have options for to swap besides our tribe. So maybe I'll do that. But I think my thought is, if it's a map, we just, I just reel in Sam's and see if there's anyone he wants to bring in. And then, hey, we got three.

, first one here I'm going to talk about the challenge, mostly. I think that our tribe is in a good spot if we actually have Sol come back around and do this stuff. I mean, if not, it was never a really easy vote. But I trust Sol. I think my idea pitching is enough to get it to the point where I think nobody will be like, oh, he wasn't around. He fucked this challenge up. So I think that's totally fine. If we lose, I'm not so sad about it. Hopefully we win. I don't know, this Black Lodge thing kind of puts a twist on things, which I enjoy. I'm very curious about how this pans out. And so I'll kind of go into my strategy with that in the next one.

 black lodge i have no idea what the fuck is going on um but i'm not telling people that so i did some like light googling on the black lodge i've never watched twin peaks so i don't really know the deal so apparently there's like some thing about like switching bodies like replacement i i didn't quite understand it from when i looked at um but anyway uh from what that, I was like, what could I do? Because I wanted to go, but Clint volunteered already. A, I don't want to piss Clint off. And B, I kind of want to go. But I think that if I go, and I make it like a me versus Clint thing, then not great. So I came up with a sort of semi plausible idea, which was that the people in the Black Lodge get switched. I don't think that's actually what happens it would be interesting if that's what happens but I don think so but basically I told Sam and Clint this theory which I would like I really be surprised if this were the case But my idea is if nobody volunteers then it just random So if this happens, then I have a one in six shot of going, which is like really not bad. If one of them goes, fine, whatever, we'll figure it out. If it's Coco or Sol and it is a tribe switch, awesome. That's great. If it's not and is a tribe switch, I feel good enough with whoever of Sam's, Clint, Andrew remains that I'd probably be fine. The other thing is that me telling Sam's and Clint this, I think, has kind of created a semi-natural excuse to have an alliance of three or four, depending on Andrew's inclusion. which is nice to really have in the books rather than me just feeling good about these people because I told Sam this and he went oh shit, I really don't want Clint to go I feel the best about you two by far which was like cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching so we'll see what happens here but I don't know, I'm really liking my position

, update. No vote needed for the Black Lodge. So it seems like it's just going to be Clinton going. So I really hope it's not a tribe switch, and I hope that I was just blowing smoke, and that we find out some information. and you know maybe if Clint goes and comes back then I have a little bit of social capital to be like okay I want to go this time and you know build some cross tribal relationships that seems fun and yeah see if it's anything that's worth going into because I would like to play a little fast and loose with advantages in these games So anything where that's a possibility would be really cool.

 and Sol not submitting something? Very annoying, frankly. I know Sol's busy. I don't know what the hell Coco's doing. If we go to tribal, I want Coco gum.

 of throwing around the idea of if we win here, maybe sandbagging the next challenge. I don't know. I don't want to be like the challenge threat person. I've been that before and kind of been targeted for it. So if I can do that, get rid of somebody who I'm not really vibing with, I'm more than happy to do it.

's of course assuming that we aren't last place in this challenge if we're last place then i really want that buffer um for at least another round and in that case falls to the wall but if we win this i don't know maybe some shenanigans happen

, number one, best first impression, probably, probably Sam's I think Sam's and I are. I feel the most comfortable with Sam's, I feel pretty comfortable with Clinton Andrew as well talked a bit of game with them today which is nice, but Sam's feels the one that's the most locked in for me. All three of them I think are making very strong first impressions. But yeah, I'm vibing with Sam's the most so far.

, for the second one. Do you think that being fake can get you ahead in the game? Yes. Or is it better to be your true self? Also yes. I think being fake can get you far. You know, I think there's a line between being fake and being dishonest. I think you can, you know, fake a little bit more interest in someone else's hobbies or interests than you might actually have, and that's totally fine. That's just called having a conversation with somebody. And being not an asshole. So yeah, I think you can be fake. Being your true self is easier, for sure. It's a lot less to remember. But I think you can get away with being fake for a bit. You just really need to keep the mask on and never let it slip. I generally lean towards being my true self in these things. It's easier.

 then number three, how's everyone contributed to the team and the creative challenge? Clint obviously made it looks like Sol kind of came up with our description at the buzzer, which is great. Andrew Sams and I kind of just threw ideas at the wall. And then, you know, I feel like I contributed a decent amount in terms of ideas with my sort of the Duwamish art style. But yeah, I would say I would say Clint, and to an extent, Solz and I were probably the three who contributed the most and then Coco was like I'm at work I can't do this which like shit or get off the pot buddy

 uh in terms of familiarity with twin peaks not super familiar i looked up what the black lodge was for this um and i didn't understand it really at all i might try starting it pretty soon because the show seems interesting and i've been meaning to get around to it and i like lynch's other stuff but i would say on a scale of one to ten my familiarity with uh twin peaks is like a two or a three

 think for number two, I've talked a little bit about how the lie low, turn on the jets at the end strategy has been what I've done in the past, and I found it to be a little boring. So I think that the other strategy is to just not lie low and then just kind of jump into action to begin with. And I don't think it'll win me the game, but I think I'll have more fun doing it. And I think that I'll be able to take more out of it than if I were just to kind of lay low, do nothing, and then be like the least bad option at Final Tribal.

 Lodge, I think it will impact my game. I'm not exactly sure how yet. I think we'll get a little bit more information once this cycle ends, and we'll be able to know what is actually going on there, at least maybe a little bit, although nobody from our tribe is there. But I think we'll have an idea. We'll know if it's like that tribe switch sort of idea that I had had earlier. I might try to volunteer for this one just because why the hell not? and see if I get there. I'm hoping to be involved with the Black Lodge, for sure.

 have no idea how, what kind of impression I've left on people. Truly, you could tell me anything between I'm America's sweetheart and everyone thinks I'm a condescending asshole, and I'd believe you, or anything in between. I just try to be myself, and, you know, usually I do okay. People generally like me, even if they think I'm... I've been told that I come off condescending sometimes. I think more so in real life than in person because I kind of have resting snark tone. So I think that that can make me sound like a dickhead sometimes in real life. Whereas in the game, I think my words are taken more at face value. And generally, I'm well-liked if seen as a little boring, whatever. I think my impressions are generally good. But we'll just have to see.

, Black Lodge. Not what I thought at all. What the fuck, Mike? What the fuck? I mean, holy shit. On the one hand, like, fuck that. I don't want to message all these people if I win. on the other hand, like, hey, maybe a little vacation in this game isn't such a bad thing after all. No, but ideally, I wouldn't go to the Lodge. My thought on volunteering, because I did volunteer, is that I really don't want Sol or Coco to go, because I like Sol, but it seems like I actually have an alliance of four that has locked in of myself, Sam, Clint, and Andrew. So, objective numero uno. Make sure that we maintain the majority on this trip. I would really prefer it be Coco to go. I really like Sol. But if Sol has to go, Sol has to go. So, yeah. I volunteered for the lodge. If any of the other three of them volunteer, Like if Clint volunteers again, I mean, like, please, you go do it. I think I could win, though. I really do think I could win. If so the million dollar question is is it the same advantage every time I not entirely convinced that it going to be the same advantage every time So it's still a bit of an unknown. So I think that it's really tempting to just be like, I don't know. I, this also all hinges on our tribe finishing in third, particularly, which feels unlikely. Although honestly, I put up a third out of four level performance on that jigsaw. Let's just clap it up for me right now. Uh, 1425 on a 99 rotating jigsaw. I feel like that is like, you're looking for a third out of four performance. That's, that's what I put up right there. I'm like God call me like somebody I don't know new Randy Velarde shout out Action Bronson but I don't know this is a total ramble at this point I'm volunteering I don't think I'm going to go if I go I think I'll win because I'm generally pretty good at challenges this just wasn't really a good showcase of that but we'll see I'm very intrigued by how this Black Lodge ends up playing out.

, if I'm Fuggles, I'm so fucking pissed that this is my advantage, because not only is it exhausting, it also puts a huge target on your back. I don't think it's that helpful. At a swap it might be helpful, but right now there's really no... There's not a lot that this gets you. And multiple people have already brought up to me that Fuggles would be a target because of this. So yeah, I don't know, not great.

, see, the thing is, that was my whole idea in joining the VC. So it's actually kind of fucked up that you thought of the strategic loophole that I was trying to exploit, if you really think about it.

 anything, I'm the victim here.

 is fucked. Oh man, this is like the easiest vote of easy votes. Trying to get people to just tell Coco because A, I think the scramble might be funny, and B, there's no advantages, and C, I kind of want to keep Sol in my back pocket. I like Sol, and I don't want to make them the decoy. So yeah, I think this will work out really well.

 know what? Credit to Coco. They're trying. Unfortunately, they're trying is with the subtlety of a brick fucking wall and has completely made everyone from apathetic at worst towards them to being like, yeah, this person's got to go. um yeah like what are you doing i don't know uh coco i think is is mega dead um i threw my vote in i think other people will as the day goes on and if i had to guess i think we'll have an early tribal 5-1 coco vote thrown on clint although honestly i was pretty straight up with coco there's a chance that Coco writes my name down instead, but I don't care.

 you, fuck you, fuck fuck you, fuck you, fuck fuck you

 fucking sucks oh my god i mean the good news is that there's half the cast that hasn't been to tribal and so theoretically this shouldn't be like that much of a squab screw insofar as people shouldn't be that tight so given that there's four tribes yeah i'm the only one but i should be able to survive this as long as i'm not like completely fucked by like pre-existing relationships or something because i know nobody in this game and even fuggles is on the other tribe that's the only other person i've been able to talk to who i've had good conversations with so like man this fucking blows

 little update for everybody post swap um i thought i was like really fucked but i think that just no one is around in this game i i think i'm in a game where everyone is actually chill and oh my god it's amazing it's so good i keep going to check my phone and nobody's messaging me it's beautiful um no but on a serious note i think i think i'm in a decent position particularly because of the black lodge boys fuggles and void um i think fuggles is actually being legit with me that he like that we're vibing together i feel like we're vibing together and void said he's only told me and him about his advantage which he said is a idol that he has to pre-play the round before. I give that like a 75 chance of being what it actually is I don know It feels like not as good as the Fuggles advantage But I don know Maybe it because he lost a round He also said he lost half a vote which is intriguing. It doesn't really mean anything other than basically if it's tied, you lose your vote. But we're in a tribe of seven. So it shouldn't really be applicable. um my plan as of right now is to just kind of be like gregarious like fun guy to be around and i realized that i'm not the only soul tribe person i think it's a three two one one split so at least there's that like they're not gonna beat me with hammers for that and that alone so we'll see I think this void thing is promising my next step tomorrow is idle hunt I do think there is going to be an advantage planted somewhere I just gotta find it

 Hunt so far has been a complete and total bust. I've tried pretty much everything I could think of to look in the server. I looked at all the channels. I looked at the Google Doc for Ever Survivor. I looked at all the roles. Not seeing anything yet. I'm going to keep looking, but I think there's a non-zero chance that nothing gets planted until 4 o'clock. So I'm going to give it the old college try for, I don't know, a little bit longer today before 4. And then once I do that, I think this evening I'm really going to try to look around once we have a challenge, because I think there's a shot that that's when it gets planted at four. But I don't know. Maybe it's here right under my nose and I just don't see it.

 fucking damn it i mean what are the odds that i brute force the answer to the last step god knows how many steps there are and now it gets changed and i i know you guys can't see this because this is a voice memo but i am standing outside and i literally just crouched down because I am in fucking anguish. I have no idea what to do with this. So I solved it too well. I was too, too effective. And God damn it. I just got that ping from Nicole and I am already way ahead of you, Nicole. So don't worry. Um, God damn it. What the fuck?

. Mid-idle hunt update. Fuggles showed me the first command because I was just completely spinning out, and I forgot to check for stuff that I had checked before, but it hadn't been in there yet. I just forgot to check that. So anyway, I got interruptions, and now we've got this other puzzle, which is just... bear of it. I mean, I really don't know what the answer to this is going to be. I know the answer is not television

, allegedly, Star and Fuggles have this idea to coordinate with our tribes to claim these things. But the more I think about it, I don't think coordinating makes sense. Because if you say, oh, we're only going to take these, and you're going to take these, then everything becomes a jump ball. and actually we're just fucking ourselves because then they have a 50 chance at all of them and we each only have 50 and a half i guess theoretically it means that there's more opportunities at each one but i'm not sure in practice if that's actually going to be helpful so I don't know I think this is kind of a faulty strategy the more I think about it

 reason I say this tribe is a shit show is because we had a perfectly good plan from Fuggles, you know, that I didn't think would actually work. But it was a plan to coordinate. And I think that myself and Void and Star wanted to coordinate our tribe. And everyone was like, no, it's okay. We're just not going to. and then we did end up getting second place anyway and Theo ended up going to the Black Lodge, which is great because I don't even talk to him to fucking begin with, so I'm not losing anything. Great. And Theo has a little bit of a target on their back, which is awesome. But we don't go to Tribal. Fuggle, Sam, and Sol don't go to Tribal. Andrew and Clint do go to Tribal. I have confidence that the two of them can survive this tribal more than I do Sol. So hopefully we come out of this the observing five as I've dubbed them right now will make it through and we can go on to the next challenge which is live and I'm not really sure how that's going to go but we'll see.

 right, I'll answer these questions now. Can I work collaboratively on the clue that was posted in TreeMill? Yes. Will it get me anywhere? No. I have been banging my head against the wall to an absurd degree, and I really have not gotten anywhere. So I'm going to keep going, but I think until we get some sort of clue, I'm not going to get anywhere. How's the swap shaped out? Fine. I think I'm in an okay spot. I don't know. Everyone's so quiet, it kind of spooks me. So I feel good. Fuggles is the person I feel best about so far. Maybe Sam's, actually. That's not true. But Fuggles is the person who I'm still talking to right now that I feel the best about. So I don't know. I feel like it's okay. I really don't think I'd go to Tribal because I literally have heard nothing from John They did show up and claim stuff which was great But like dude where are you Knowing more about the Black Lodge how that going to affect things I think I do want to go to the Black Lodge eventually. I think that if I go to, if we go to tribal and then knock one person out, ideally I go to the Black Lodge and I chill for a minute there. Because that means that I have made it through a tribal, I've established these connections, and now I can go to the Black Lodge and get through a couple cycles that way. Yes, I lose a vote. Is that going to make or break me more than a swap fuck might? No. So that's kind of what I'm thinking about. And I get some sort of advantage, which would be nice. Not really looking forward to voting anybody out. I like everybody who I've spoken to. So that one doesn't really apply. And I feel like I've connected okay. I feel like I've come across in a positive light, which is more important than anything. I don't think anyone has a reason to want me out, which is the name of the game at this early juncture.

 one of two things is happening at this tribal. The first is the obvious, which is that John is just going home, and then we get the final 20, and I'm still here. The other option is that everyone is pulling the wool over my eyes for no real reason that I could think of, and that John has been playing this part to perfection. I'm leaning like 98.2 to the former. I really don't think I'm going here, which is nice. I think if we go again, I might have to put in some light work, though. So we'll see.

 because of that, I would really love to have the idol, but I am so fried from it. I really have no idea what the answer to this stupid thing could be. And so I'm just spinning out. And maybe I'll try to work on it a little bit more tomorrow, Monday. But I don't know. It just doesn't seem like it's to be.

've essentially survived multiple tribals with no votes against me. I'm calling this so back. We are so back. I think that I am going to create an environment for the scavenger hunt that is so toxically positive that even if we lose, I will not be sent home. My goal is to make everyone else on my tribe look bad and to score 90 points in that order. Let's get it.

 for the idle hunt I'm officially a stupid dumb dumb baby and I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing so I think until I get another hint I'm done with that for now

 the fuck does that mean?

, I could talk in fucking nonsense too.

 right, I'm going to keep it real. 59's not doing it. I don't have time to do any more. I'm legitimately kind of pissed at everyone not named Limer Star right now. Omar's got to go. Simple as that. Hopefully we don't have to go to travel, but if we do, I see no argument for anyone besides Omar. So, yeah, that's kind of my thoughts right now. All right.

 think if there's any pushback on an Omar boot from Star or Lime, that's like a big fucking red flag. Because they just haven't been around that much. And is there really like void or corny? I'm a little... Yeah. The alarm bells go off. So this is really... If we go to tribal, this is our kind of... in for a penny and for a pound moment for them and i need them to be in for a pound

, I know we're not in first, but we could be in second. And if we're in second, then I can get to the Black Lodge, where I face Theo. And, frankly, I feel pretty good about beating Theo on the challenge. We'll see. If not, I got another one. And I don't think I'd lose two in a row. Anyway, give me a free little round. So, we'll see. But, so far, I don't know. Really hoping I get to go to the lodge

 is something to be said, though, for the idea that if you can survive the disaster tribe, you're generally set up pretty well because the guns aren't drawn at you. And I feel like my connections with my OG tribe are pretty strong. So if I can come out of here, you know, we're down to four, maybe. And it's like me, Star, Lime, and either Void or Corny. and then I have my connections with Andrew, Sam, Sol, and Clint. No, that's terrible either. I mean, I really would rather not have to go to all those tribals, but, you know, there are worse situations to be in.

 hosts, if you're listening, this is the time to rig the game for me and give me an idol. Because if we're keeping it a buck, I'm probably the most active confessionalist here. If I go, you guys are not knowing anything about this game. So, I mean, I already found the idol. It's just I didn't solve it. And then you changed it. So it wouldn't even really be like rigging, rigging like that. It would more be rectifying a pass wrong. Reparations, if you will, because straight white men have not been given enough in proportion to what we've done. You know, I've always said that straight white men are the most underrepresented group we have in this nation.

, so we're going to tribal, and I'll start with the good news. I'm not going home. I really, I don't see a world where I go home with this tribal unless we go with our real code red. When I get there would be a shot. More on that later. I don't think I'm anyone's target right now. Let me rephrase. The consensus vote is Omar. Omar is inactive. Omar is this. Omar is that. Omar's not around much, no. Omar didn't do anything in Scavenger Hunt, no. But also, three of us did anything in Scavenger Hunt. I mean, Void got a deck of cards and a VHS. Congrats. We still lost by 20. So Star and I were really the only ones who put in a really, really strong effort. So Star is the person I trust most on this tribe right now. I mentioned this earlier, but I would say Star and Fuggles are kind of my one A and one B, with Sam's also being around there as well. Sam's might be higher, but I just am not talking to him right now so it's hard to compare Star and Omar have a pre-existing relationship Star wants to keep Omar. Star and Omar were on the same tribe All of this to say I think if we can make it through this vote with Star, Omar, and myself then I don't think I go home on this tribe at all is it okay let me go to part two

 shitshow going on at this tribal. First thought was easy Omar boot. Then Star and I were thrown around the idea of maybe we get out Void, because Void has been a little sketchy and I think that Void, Corny, and Arlime could potentially band together and be an alliance here. Now, um arleim did not go for the void plan and i really don't think they're a trio anymore but i still think this is a really advantageous opportunity because what arleim said to me is that there is a black lodge alliance forming and that he inherently trusts void because they both went to the black lodge which is like why are you saying this to me man you this should merely be implied i don't know what you're thinking so i told all this to star and now star who really close with omar and i kind of had the same wavelength idea which is this is a great opportunity to do a 3 So ideally ideally ideally the votes are myself Star and Omar on Void Void and Corny on Omar, and then Lime on Corny, because Lime wants Corny out. We're going to tell Lime, okay, we're just going to do 4-2. Have to keep it super on the down low. From Lime's perspective, they're getting rid of Corny. They probably feel like they'll be able to pull Void in. And then the two of them plus Theo, Black Lodge Alliance. Plus they feel better about Omar. My guess is in Lime's head, he's using me in order to get what he wants. And then I'll just be next out or Omar will be next up. but I'm preemptively striking here. And if I have my way, void will be out of here by the end of the day. And I will have completely toppled this tribe structure with myself, both at the top and as a swing vote. Okay.

 has officially hit the fan. I'm just really hoping that I haven't played myself out of the game, but I just told Corny that Lyme was gunning for him and that there's a Black Lodge Alliance and I'm spilling a lot. And I really don't feel as good about this game as I did six hours ago. But I, I think this is just going to end up being Lyme going home. I really hope not. I really hope I don't get fucked here.

 I go, fuck it, I had fun.

 god, now I'm getting into a fucking VC with Corny, and I... Motherfucker!

, so we are swapping. I think there's going to be a lot of sort of Monday morning quarterbacking about how Arlein really played himself out of the game. And to an extent he did, but he didn't really do that much wrong. He was just too open with his information. and like he trusted me and I kind of just had thrown my lot in with Star already at that point and I don't know I feel like I played the fuck out of that route but if I knew there was a swap coming I might have done that because I really did it to set myself up to go to another tribal on that tribal configuration but now we're swapping and I'm kind of wondering would have made sense to just boot Omar. I'm really hoping that saving Omar bears fruit here. Or that Omar's on another tribe and that his challenge performance or lack thereof is a boon to me that way.

, what a swap, huh? What a swap. What a swap. In my best Sam Rickinson voice, I think you should leave. Yeah, what a swap. I end up with all of my Observe Alliance members. I've got Omar, who literally told me I'm voting with you here. So theoretically, this should be easy. Clint says he and Ryan are tight I don't know how much I trust that I again it's Clint's first org I'm not sure how well placed his trust is considering that they didn't go to a real tribal um I don't know um but I'd be really surprised if I'm the person who gets targeted here. I've also got this little one-on-one with Bethany, which is nice. Looking forward to that. Getting to know her a little bit better. We're the two oldest people on the cast, I think. It'll be nice to talk to another advanced adult Yeah I feel really good about this swap I hopefully Void and Omar not hopefully Void and Omar both feel more comfortable with me than they do with each other. So if the servers flip, it would be one of those on the other two, and I'd probably know about it. So, my goal right now is to vibe, win challenges, and keep this crew alive as long as possible. Let the others kind of draw some blood. I think Fogles and Star are tight. Who else is over there? Corny's over there, so we'll see about that. But Soul's over there. Soul, unfortunately, will probably be a casualty over there. wish it worked out but I'm not holding my breath that Sol's going to make it out of this swap if we're in it for any period of time so yeah this is going to be mostly about me making relationships maintaining relationships and hopefully just chilling and having some stress free tribals

, Tribal. On the surface, very complicated. On the level right below that, very easy. On the level below that, even more complicated. So this is kind of a complete clusterfuck from the outside looking in. However, it seems like the old Observed plus Ryan has a nice little five-man voting block here. And if I got to bro down to get through this, I'm down to bro down. Ryan seems like a cool guy. I trust Sam's Andrew and Clint here. We kind of need each other's backs. The issue is that we are all connected to the other four pretty strongly, or at least Sam's and I are. And so I think that this is going to end up being kind of a cold war between Sam's and I for who can maintain their connections into the next swap. I'm okay with losing the battle to win the war here. My bigger concern is getting through If Sam really wants to take out Oma or Void I not gonna push back that hard against it because it yes it limits my flexibility in some ways but if I can also get in with someone like AK, if I can get in a little bit better with someone like Ryan, then that really opens things up. And I still have my connections with like Star and Fuggles and Corny on the other side and Sol that when there's another swap or when we merge, I can maneuver in such a way where when the four of us get targeted, because we will, it'll probably be Clint and not me, or Sam's and not me. I am worried I'm going to be the more visible one, which is why I really want to keep Clint around, because Clint is probably going to play himself out of this game. I mean, I could be wrong, but he's just like a very straight-up guy, and I think that someone will take the shot at him pretty early, which gives me cover. So right now, figuring out a target, having a really good conversation with Ryan right now, and hopefully we get through this unscathed.

, turns out this is not going to be an Omar sacrifice, but this may be a Voight sacrifice, which I would prefer between the two. Another interesting development, in addition to my sort of Observed plus Ryan alliance, Bree just asked about an alliance with Samsonite, Bree, AK, and Omar. so that would put me in official or unofficial alliances with everyone except void um which is interesting i think i think void is the quote-unquote easy vote here but is it worth it for me to tip off i don't know if i tip off void maybe he was lying about what he got and he actually can play something. Maybe he's already played it. Who knows If I tip him off I just don know who my target would be I mean taking the swing at AK would be kind of crazy but maybe I'm just fucking crazy because that like really upends things and it really would be interesting. Now this is just pure, pure, pure, pure, pure, pure hypotheticals. I don't know that I'm going to do this. I'm leaning heavily against it. But part of me wonders if Void does have an idol that they can use or that they're going to use here. If I could use that to my advantage because I do think Void trusts me. And keeping Void and Omar around while weakening Omar is an intriguing idea. So, I don't know. I have to think about it.

, fuck.

 would kill to be a fly on the wall in any of their confessionals right now. I would kill somebody. I would, oh, my God. If I'm AK, whatever, I'm sorry, man. Like, you just, I'm going to be honest, you found that David Hint thing? I was like yeah I I think if you found that you might have found that idol and if you found that idol then I need to go so bye bye

'd also like to say that I think void is playing this so well for me personally right now I I cannot believe he told me it is so insane not only that he told me and but I was I was like oh Andrew's gonna go clinch even asking that just open this up and just ah this is like man, this is what makes these things fun for me. So I'm really happy right now that we're going to go back and shit's going to blow up and it's all going to blow back on Void. And, you know, I guess my damage control is just going to be, hey, I figured Ack was the person who was kind of the bridge in all this. So if we want to maintain this alliance, we need to make sure that we cut the head of the snake. so that's my that's actually my rationale a little bit also the idol thing but that's gonna be the rationale I give to Sam's and Clint and Andrew Andrew if Andrew's mad at me then he can fucking go to and they I'm sorry any pronouns I think actually if Andrew is mad at me Andrew can go to hell because I saved his ass so beggars can't be choosers

 right. Damage control didn't really need to do much. I mean, maybe with Fuggles, I just told him I was thinking Keevo because he's going to figure it out anyway. Whether Void tells him or whatever. The fact that Void knew means that I don't think it would stay secret forever. And I think I would rather just explain it in a way that makes sense the bubbles rather than hide it and then him find out later and not trust me as much. So I gave him my rationale, which was not really my rationale, but I think it's a plausible one, which is that I thought I was the boat, so I threw a hanky in case there was a split because Boyd said something, whatever. If that was what happened, it's a totally logical train of thought. I don't want him to think I was protecting Andrew the way I was, because ideally I don't want people to realize Andrew and I are as tight as we are. And I feel like I had some really good conversations with Andrew today. I feel really good, really good about Andrew. I do worry that I am going to be perceived as a threat sooner rather than later. Because I think that this, Andrew in, that like, oh fuck, he's thinking on his face. And yes, I saved Andrew's ass. But at the same time they might just be like willing to cut me at like nine which is not ideal So I think I'm gonna have to take a little bit of a backseat here. And that's why Omar is getting offered up on a silver platter here. Because Andrew wants to keep Boyd around, which I think is smart. And Andrew had mentioned to me, we had a really good conversation earlier. And he was like, hey, like, mostly men in this game. Mostly white cast, like, Bree is, like, thanks. A woman from Europe, whatever. And Andrew was like, I don't know that I want to take Bree out. Like, I don't want to, basically, Andrew does not want this to be a sausage fest, which I totally understand. And I was basically like, I'm not voting for you here. I didn't plan on it anyway. But I think it helped. So I think my plan is 

 take a backseat for the next couple of votes if we don't swap. If we swap, I might have to take a little bit more of a leading hand than I would want to otherwise. But we'll see. I do think there is going to be another swap relatively soon. Especially if Theo goes to the Black Lodge. It's 15. I think we're going to 3 and 5. And that's a situation where it could get really scary for me really quick. So fingers crossed it's not that. And if it is, that the swap works out for me.

. This could not have worked out better. We save Sol. Sam gets immunity. Oh, man. Could not have worked out any fucking better. Now it looks like it'll probably be Jem and Omar. Apologies to Jem, but I don't know you. I can't give any real opinion on the matter. Star is safe, which is good for me So Well Hopefully Sol can beat Theo up And then We beat Final 15 Wow, kind of flying

 I get voted out here, I'm going to get myself put on a list.

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, Nicole. Thanks for the question. I think the question that I would ask everybody is, how do you think you are perceived in this game, and what has your role been so far in this game? I think it's interesting to think about these sort of things. Like the show, I mean, at the end of the day, there are sort of primary, secondary, and tertiary protagonists, antagonists, deuteragonists, stuff like that. supporting characters. So I think my role has probably been, I mean, not to toot my own horn, I feel like I've been a pretty big character so far this year. If I were on the show, I would probably, my edgic would probably be like complex personalities, that CP? Positive to mixed, maybe honestly maybe no tone at all but I feel like I've put myself in a good situation I've given my thoughts pretty consistently and I think my role thus far has frankly been a decision maker I've really called a lot of shots so far and when I have been put into situations that are not as advantageous for me. I've made them much more advantageous. I think keeping someone like Void around over someone like AK or being able to save Andrew like that, I think has put me in an awesome position And it created a clear hierarchy that I was on the top of frankly and if we go to tribal here we kept brie if we swap i feel good with how many people are on this tribe uh five of them yeah it was it was four two two so five other people i could be swapped with i would feel good with any of those five uh on the other side i've got star i've got fuggles um Um, no corny. Gonna do a quick little sky point to corny. Uh, here's my guy. Sad to see him go. Um, I feel like I'm in an okay spot if we swap. Uh, as long as I don't get completely fucked. And honestly, I've already been completely fucked by a tribe swap. And I've had another very advantageous situation. And I think both of those things, I took what I got. And I, uh, I made it even better. So I'm not too scared of a swamp buck because I've already 

 it. So I think that's my perspective on my game. In terms of other personalities who I think are probably major players, I think Fuggles is clearly a major player. Clint, clearly a big personality. Star is somebody who I have to imagine is doing a lot. Andrew. But yeah, I think if I had to guess the two biggest edits on the show thus far would be myself and Foggles. Foggles probably the biggest edit, just because he's able to communicate with everybody. He's a pretty active player. He's been around a ton. And myself. I think that's kind of been the story of the season thus far, from my perspective, which is obviously very limited.

've weirdly been thinking a lot about the movie The Jake Lebowski during this game. And, you know, there's a really famous line in that where the dude, Jeff Lebowski, tells Walter, you're not wrong. You're just an asshole. And I think that my philosophy in this game is you're not an asshole. You're just wrong. I think that a lot of times people have such a limited perspective on themselves in the game and the people around them that sometimes malice is attributed when that's not necessarily the case. And I am somebody who is not afraid to be wrong and not afraid to admit when I am wrong. And I think that helps me a lot in this game because I'm not so willing to hamstring my own perspective for the sake of my ego. Um, and I'm aware that everyone has their own perspective, point of view, wants, needs, etc. And I think that sometimes people really lose sight of that. And they don't think about what does this person want? And how can I make my goals seem like they fit with theirs in such a way that I'm the only person who could align with them in that way? So, yeah, I don't know. I'm really hoping that I get to stick with this tribe a little longer because I feel really good about my two alliances, which is really just one big alliance. and hopefully you know we have one more tribal Brie unfortunately would be the one to go there and then we merge and the fireworks really start

 was being a stupid, dumb idiot when I said I wasn't scared of a swap. This is way worse. The only, the only real consolation I have is that I know Sam was scared shitless of the idea of a tribe swap. so I just I am begging I am begging him to see reason and merge us because I could be totally fucked here because if they're looking at that tribe they go oh shit there's four people who are from that observed tribe we should take one of them out and I've probably got the weakest connection to anyone over there and because Sam's is going to be in the lodge and oh my god oh my god this could be really bad this could be really fucking bad Sam I need you to make the right decision and not absolutely fuck me here

 right, so step one of my plan to save Buggles, get him to swap out, is complete. This does two things. First of all, it saves him. I don't think I could have saved him and not completely blown my cover. So glad to do that. The other thing it does is that it probably makes that group of four very confident. and I'm not opposed to the Tully booth, but Ryan brought up something interesting, which is basically that Jem is not around, which I've gotten to. I get it's Jem's birthday, whatever. I had heard that from Fuggles as well, that Jem is just not around. And I think that this group of four who I have never met being so willing to protect me for a round is strange. it's weird. I think they're really tight and they're, you know, got some stuff running down their leg. Poop, right? Poop, to be clear. And they're willing to make a deal here to sort of curry favor with Andrew and Clint and Sims. I don't know any of these people. If there's anybody they're going to flip on, it's me. So, if there's a way to weaken them, it's an interesting bargain. I truly do think they going to vote for Brie like taking a shot at Jem is intriguing Because then Tully is big time with us. And I can kind of play both sides a little bit here. I think you get Tully, Fuggles, Void, myself, maybe Theo and his extra vote on one side, and than everyone else on the other. And I'm the only one who's kind of playing both ends, so to speak. I think that if that happens, too, Ryan is a perfect fall guy. It makes too much sense. Ryan's saving Tully. Ryan and Tully are a duo and each have broken up. Nobody's looking at me. on the other hand, the majority, Andrew and Clint, are a clear duo. They need to be broken up. Nobody's looking at me. So, I think my goal over the next few hours is to really think about whether I want to consider taking this shot at Joe. Oh, we could use Brie. Wait. Oh, this is intriguing. I literally haven't talked to Bree at all, but... Hmm. I'm going to think about this a

 little bit more. But I went from thinking I was completely doomed to really liking my position for, like, the fourth time in this game. And I continue to really like my position.

 other thing to consider is that Clint had to pick someone who could not vote for him on the jury. And given his actions, I'm thinking he picked Fuggles and he was like, oh, I'll just vote them out. But I think this puts a little crimp in his plan. And so I wonder if he'll be as militantly anti-Fuggles. Yeah.

. I am 80% sure this goes my way. 20% is in the back of my brain thinking this is too easy. Tully Bree, we merge. It's too easy. It's just... It's just too easy. But maybe that's just the kind of game this is. Maybe I'm overthinking it. Maybe nobody wants to be the one to actually draw first blood. Everyone's going with the flow. And, you know, Tully and Brie are going to be the first casualties of this sort of merge group thing. But, I don't know. I think you, if you're them, you've got to pull the trigger, right? Like, it's silly. There's going to be 14 of us. And it's going to be the sort of core Observe 4 alliance, plus Sol, plus Ryan. and with a lot of free agents in the middle like I don't know man this feels like a mistake on their part but if it's a mistake that they're willing to make I will gladly let them

, that sucks. I think the hardest part of all of this is that I feel like I didn't trust my gut. And I forgot the most important thing that I talked about, which is that people have their own perspectives. And I think that I wanted so much for them to want to take Bree out that I distorted what would actually make sense for them. And I even said it. I said it doesn't make sense for them to take Bree out. I said it. I chalked it up to them playing scared, but they didn't. And honestly, good on them. They got us to do their dirty work, and they took out Andrew in the process. So, nothing you can do. Handshakes all around. We're at Final 14. Do I think it was a mistake to completely blindside everybody? Yeah. Now, the fact that it is a majority or it is unanimous makes it a little better. But I think there a real argument that Richie particularly really exposed themselves and took out somebody who was like with them It was stupid You should have taken the shot at me And that's why I just don't understand why Andrew. I mean, I do. Andrew's very paranoid. But also, Andrew is, I don't know. It didn't make any sense to me. It made no sense whatsoever. If you take the shot at the group, you take the shot at the guy, you have no connection between them. Try to rebuild those connections. Why leave me around? It doesn't make sense. So, Richie, I was not bitter about it at all, but Richie pissed me off with this whole paragraph. It was very sort of condescending, and I don't even know if that was meant to. but it was like a whole copy pasted paragraph immediately after uh tribal happened uh i don't buy it so richie's trying to do some jury management and you know maybe i'm next but i've got time to look for this idol and uh i don't know i think if if i can use that idol i think it's smarter to use idols as weapons than shields and i think i've got my man who can point my weapon out

 also think something that could be good, could be bad for me, is that basically everyone has come to me like, well, what do we do? And it's like, am I the brains of the operation here? I don't want you to think that. I shouldn't be the brains of the operation. Somebody else should be that. I am happy to, you know, be seen as second in command to whoever. And I think that Clint's outburst does help with that a little bit. But man, I don't know. This might be bad.

, today is a day of regrouping. Yesterday did not go well for me in this game. Today is a day to completely rebuild my position. Theo is seemingly with us now, so that should be enough for a tie. What I think I'm going to do is... I don't know. I have two options that I'm kind of bandying around in my head. The first of which is just to say, okay, let's get somebody, you know, really on my side, take the heat off me. I think Fuggles is doing that, honestly. So I don't know that I need to do that. So I guess my plan B would be maybe I play up a little bit of the anti thing which I had been doing But I really just cannot emphasize how much of a mistake it was to particularly take Andrew out even if I think it was a good idea to take one of the four of us out I think it was the worst play he could have made in that regard because it's somebody who really trusted him and he put in a lot of the legwork and he's the person who people feel burned by I think so there's still 14 people left in this game I think that him pissing all those people all these people off like that is like you know feather in your cap right now but you've got a lot of game left and I think he's banking on people just getting completely blinded and wanting Fuggles out or Star out and now I don't really see it. I don't know. I think this is a mistake for Ritchie, and I think this is really good for someone like Buggles or Stark.

, feeling a little bit like a stupid dumb dumb idiot with the idle hunt. Turns out it was just four words that were on there. Yeah, trying to figure it out with Fuggles and Sams right now. I've got chats going with both of them to try to figure this idle out. But like, I don't know. I know that Straight Story and The Grandfather are Lynch shows. The psychic metaphorically thing is very confusing to me. And I feel like that's really tripping me up. I just don't understand what I need to do here. And I feel like it'll all click into place. But finally, there's been some progress there.

'm going to fucking do it. I'm going to fucking do it. I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. I just – I should have had this two weeks ago. Someone found this literally within two hours before I did. I found it in a fucking public – like a fucking idiot. I was looking in a fucking one-on-one with Fuggles, and I found it, and I'm going to lose my fucking mind. I'm going to lose my mind. Holy shit. I'm so dumb

, so Mike told me Specs knew I had the idol already. Ah, oh well. Good news, I do have the idol. Bad news, I was trying to do something kind of cool with narrative and like, oh, what if, you know, the player was not exactly honest with the spectator and I thought it would be interesting and be a real surprise for you guys. But apparently you guys know, so that's fine. But yeah, I've got the idol. I finally found it 13 days after I should have gotten it. but better to have it than to not so plan is tomorrow do this challenge fucking crush it win immunity and see if it makes sense for me to use this on somebody else and if it does I'm happy to use it if not then hold on to it for another day and if I have to use it on myself. I really don't want to do that. But then I guess I guess you just can use it on somebody else.

 good thing is that if we can get Ryan and Void on board, then they can't split without Ryan or Void. Because there's 13 of us, 5, 8, 5, there's no way you could split in such a way that would prevent an idle play. So, a successful idol, I mean, if they just say, hey, I'm going to, we're going to pile votes on Clint, and Clint plays the idol, and we vote someone out like Richie or Star, man, things get a little bit more open then. So, we'll see.

 I did end up telling Sam's and Clint, I really don't think they're going to leak this. I'm throwing around an idea in my head, which is that if I lose immunity and Clint loses immunity, then I might pass it over to Sam's. Because if I can't survive that, then I'm not winning this game anyway. so I need to be able to survive a round without it and I think that Sam's would be willing to give it back to me in the event that I am not voted out I would hope that he would give it back and honestly, if he gets me like that, he fucking gets me like that I don't know what to say So, a lot to think about. I'm just really hoping I win this challenge.

 right, got my son in the backseat here, so if there's any baby babbles in the background, that's why. But I think that I've lost immunity here. Well, I know I've lost immunity. Hopefully I get to go to the White Lodge, but I have my doubts. So if I go to the White Lodge and I get something that might be useful, that would be great. If not, I think I've just gotta pull the trigger and just sell Clint out. Hi, Robin! Yeah, I've just gotta sell him out. And hopefully it works. I think they're self-interested to the point where they're very predictable. And so I think that it makes sense for a lot of people to just have a vote that they might be able to use rather than Clint. who is a wild card in these situations. So we'll see. Hopefully it works. I may end up passing the idol to Sam's just to make sure that it stays in play. But that's my plan right now.

, maybe not. Richie and, you know, sidebar, I'm still not sure if it's Richie and he's just spelling it like that or if it's Richie like Christina Richie. For my sanity, I have decided to pronounce it Richie, even though I do think that is incorrect. I just think that makes more sense in my head for someone's name. anyway so Richie has thrown Star and Theo as potential names here and I told him I wasn't going to tell anybody I did tell Sam's but I trust Sam's candor here so this leaves us with a couple options option number one I'm just getting totally played same song and dance from Richie I play the idol and maybe they just flip the vote I don't know. Option number two, he's being legit. And then option number two has two branching ideas. The first of which is that Richie we just go with it We go with the plan for either Theo or Star whoever ends up not immune whoever they decide and go along as happy little campers The other option which is frankly what I'm considering a bit more right now, is that I think Richie is overplaying himself a little bit, and for the same sort of reasons that he wanted to target Andrew the last time around, I think he's making his alliance for a little too obvious too. And I think that's part of the reason it was a mistake to go after Andrew. Now your alliance is very clear. And I think the troops can rally around and maybe just boot him. Something to consider. I think either way, this tribal is going to be a little bit more alive than I thought. it's not necessarily just going to be selling Clinton down the river. So who knows? Maybe it'll be me. But if I'm getting that feeling that it's just going to be a split on Clinton and I, I've got my backup plan in my pocket, man.

, I think that this round is getting complicated quick. I honestly think I have too many irons of fire right now. And I'm going to piss somebody off really bad. No matter what I do. So. I think that... I think after all this, Theo is the vote that makes more sense to me. So I may just do that. But... Man, I just... I truly don't know. Truly don't. I'm... I've really been myself.

 fucker i should have just voted out the uh i pissing me the fuck off like oh my god i can't believe i can't believe you wanted to vote for me and you just didn't follow what i said how could you how could you be so dramatic how could you be so missed how could you do this to me it's like dude shut the fuck up i've known you for like two minutes you voted me you were totally fine with voting me out and but didn't vote for richie anyway and you gave a fucking sermon on your parched so just like cry me a goddamn river man

, to be clear, totally beefed this vote. Just like, real bad stuff. In a way, it might work for me. For two reasons. One, it's the optimum individual immunity, it gives me a little bit more time to build some ground back up. The other is that I may have accidentally pioneered a strategy called intentional hyper-goating, where I just make the end now because nobody thinks I could win and then I reveal my whole grand strategy, Kaiser So Say Stop. So we'll see.

 I lose immunity to a bunch of stupid rules. But not getting immunity here is really tough. It was completely out of my hands and I feel like my back is as against the wall as possible. My only, I think, real hope here is something that I've pitched about Fuggles and Theo, which is that I am like an awesome decoy vote right now. You can do some bullshit because everyone is just going to assume they're voting for me. And you could pull something. It would be interesting. I think that Theo is rational slash game body enough to see it. I think Fuggles is like, I stuck my neck out for this guy. I can't do it any further because I think the Richie vote was kind of the straw that broke the camel's back. I don't know, man. I think yesterday I really just did not play well and I dug myself a really deep hole. And I think that, I don't know. I don't know what to think about my chances, but I'm going to keep fighting. Okay.

 think the thing that really pissed me off about this whole situation is that I, from the beginning, was trying this Theo plan, and I really didn't waver all that much from it beyond Richie kind of freaking out. And then obviously I switch at the end, but at that point that had already, um, my goose was cooked regardless. I think that the real fucking gall, honestly, of Theo and Jem to be like, oh, you, how dare you, you don't do exactly what I say. And just completely disregarding whether I think there are things that I can do without you. it's some real just like white savior bullshit i mean obviously i am 99 sure all three of us are white but so maybe white savior is not the right word but the whole like i should be lauded and i think that the what has really annoyed me is that i think jem has really tried to come from a moral high ground this entire time with me and with the stuff with richie and i think that it's really disingenuous and I don't know I think if you're just going to vote me off because I didn't do what you said but you're framing it behind me being messy and writing all this shit and saying all the shit they said just to justify themselves it's really disheartening and you know I haven't played an org in like three years and I was really enjoying this and honestly I don't think I'm going to play another anytime soon it's It's really annoying. I don't know.

 fucking way, right? Like, there's no way. There's no way, right? Is Mike just getting my hopes up here? What's going on?

 right, figure I'll do a little voice confessional now that the game has been turned back over to the jury. I am going into this, frankly, more open-minded than I thought. I think time has given me the ability to cool off a little bit on Bree. But I feel pretty open-minded. I think right now Ryan is the most likely person to get my vote, but it's like, I don't know, maybe like 40% Ryan, 35% Bree, 25% Sol. Like, I feel like I could really be swung by speeches and tribal council, which is pretty rare for me. Usually I go on pretty set. I've tried to be a pretty good juror and get perspectives from other jurors in a place where they're not just trying to grandstand. Because honestly the jury questioning a lot of times is who the biggest asshole Who the one who willing to ask the most dumb ass questions Um, and then, you know, me, me, me, why did you do this to me? And that's not really my style. so I think I'm going to go for Ryan, but if Ryan really biffs this final tribal, it is wide open. I think I'm really just looking for honesty from the jurors. And I am looking for self-awareness and to not be pandered to. I think pandering like that is really lame, and they shouldn't do it. So I think self-awareness is really going to be what determines this, because three of them have played very low-key games. So I think that having the self-awareness will be very helpful, and I'm really interested to see what their perspectives are.