Confessionals

[danniboatwright]

 Final Seven: Bet you're surprised to see me here . . . 

Wow, that last round was crazy as fuck. I originally wanted Kim out, but then literally within the last hour before the voting cut-off, a few people outside of the coalition decided to start saying they were switching their votes over to Ciera! Apparently, she'd tried getting people to target each other one too many times and finally got publicly ousted. She played way too hard for no reason, and it looks like it finally caught up with her. Of course, it probably didn't hurt that I've been casually mentioning that Ciera seems to be playing everyone against each other all day . . .  
Anyway, we may have just managed to vote Ciera off without taking any heat for it, which is fantastic! Now this leaves Kim in the game, who Morgan supposedly hates, which means she's more likely to continue working with Gabe, Burton, and I for at least another round instead of switching over to the other side of the tribe. 

It would be amazing if Morgan and Kim were secretly working together this whole time, though, making it look as if they hate each other on purpose. Then, this round, they along with Sash and Morgan #blindside me. I would be so psyched to go out in an epic way like that. 
Otherwise, I feel like I've succeeded in creating targets to hide behind so far. It started with Coach, and now I've done it with Ciera. I plan on doing it again with Nick and Morgan. 

Morgan definitely needs to go sooner than later, regardless, though. Being the loudest and most aggressive, she's more than likely getting credit for these moves, which will garner her jury votes from the already (assuming)bitter jury. I think my best shot right now would be against Sash, Kim, or Gabe, because I've been playing a relatively quiet game compared to some of these other people. With Burton, I feel that he may get votes just for being nicer than me.

As for this new challenge, I'm probably throwing it again. I didn't even submit anything for the last one. This one seems like it's specifically designed to expose one's targets for only a slight chance at winning immunity, so I definitely won't be having any of that. On the other hand, I definitely don't want people to start to suspect that I'm throwing the challenges, so I may try to win at least the first few machete hits, until I'm ultimately taken out after the second round. I'll probably go after Morgan. She'll expect me to continue pretending like we aren't working together, anyway.

Also, this is the first round since F11 that I haven't gotten any votes! This is cause for celebration! I'm going to go steal some coconuts. 

[danniboatwright]

Holy crap, I won my first idividual immunity challenge!
While trying to throw it . . .
Woops.

This is a double edged sword. One of the biggest things I had going for me in this game is "being horrible at challenges". On one hand, I'm safe tonight, but on the other hand, I will be a lot less safe next round. I already know at least one person is going to try to use this win as leverage to get others to want to get me out before F4. If they were smart, it wouldn't necessarily be about the win itself, but rather the fact that nobody had me listed as their highest target.

Before the results were revealed, I heard that Kim and Nick were trying to get Morgan to vote for either Burton or myself. This means that Morgan is either making up lies in order to reduce the chance of Burton and myself flipping, or that something is probably going on between Kim, Nick, and Gabe. Last round, Kim, Nick, and Ciera supposedly thought about targeting Gabe because of his Vote Nullifier. It's strange if they really want to target Burton now, instead.

If I put my tinfoil hat on once more, Gabe may be working with Kim, Nick, and Sash in order to vote Burton or Morgan off. Moreover, Kim and Morgan may actually be working together in secret. On her way out, Ciera announced that Kim had an idol. I don't believe it, really, but you never know. If Morgan gets the four of us to vote for Kim, and then tells Kim to play her idol, RIP Burton. She'd probably get away with that, too, which would make the move pretty impressive.

On the subject of Morgan, I think I'm finally confident that I've figured out her strategy. It's obvious to me now that she knows the game. Would somebody who knows the game go around insulting everybody, though? I've been touching on this for a while now, but I'll just go outright and say it this time -- I think Morgan is playing a character. This character is mean and abrasive, and is allergic to grammar. This makes such a character the perfect goat. However . . . when she was desperate and about to get Pagonged, she began using grammar. At Tribal Council tonight, even, her answer pretty much screamed, "I'M MEAN AND EVERYONE DISLIKES ME, TAKE ME TO THE END". If she's at FTC, my prediction is that the facade ends, and the real player emerges. Cue the "everything rude I said in this game was strategic", and etc. I'm not knocking it, either -- it's a smart way to play. I'm not falling for it, though, and if I make it that much further in this game, I'm going to make sure Morgan is one of the final members of the jury.

Until then, though, I'm just going to continue to make her feel like she's in control of this game. She wants us to vote for Kim, so I'm going to vote for Kim. It doesn't really matter which of Kim and Nick go this round, anyway. So long as Burton surives this round, I plan on changing the game up once again next round . . . and that's bad news for Sash. Huehuehue

[danniboatwright]

Fuck, well, nevermind about me finally having an easy round, then. Burton has all of a sudden decided that he'd strongly prefer if Morgan went THIS round.
I don't know why this guy is so damn paranoid lately. Is it because this is the first round that he can't hide behind me? Does he think I'm too close with Morgan? Is he just trying to make his "big move" of the game?
He claims that he's simply afraid of Morgan or Sash going on an immunity run after F6, which is pretty ridiculous. A scenario like that is extremely unlikely, given the types of challenges we've had thus far. His reasoning has got "excuse" written all over it. Here's the thing . . . I'm not so much concerned with Morgan going this round instead of Kim, but rather, I'm afraid that Burton is going to fuck up big time and get himself voted off. If Kim and Nick have already pitched voting Burton or I off to Morgan and Sash this round, him going around campaigning for Morgan to go now is dangerous. Kim and Nick are desperate, and if they've really wanted me out for several rounds now, why not make a desperate move and vote off my right hand man? Ugh.

I wanted to keep my plan a secret until next round, but Burton has pretty much forced me to expose it early. My plan was, we tell Morgan and Sash we're voting for Nick with them. Then, the three of us would proceed to vote for Morgan or Sash, with Gabe playing his Vote Nullifier so it's 3-2 (assuming Morgan and Sash flip). Yeah, it's an overwhelmingly simple play, but it'd work. Then, the next round, we choose who goes, and so on until the F3 (which would exclude me in the scenario I ran by him).
He's not budging, though, which frustrates me and sketches me out. This is the second time he's tried really hard to switch the vote from being Kim. I don't like that coincidence.

The worst part is, I can't just outright TELL him that Kim and Nick threw his name out there as a target, either. I was told hours prior to Burton and I's conversation, so if I tell him now, he'll be questioning as to why I didn't tell him about it before.
So . . . I went to Morgan instead. I told her that Burton was being sketchy (nothing specific), and that it might be beneficial to show him screenshots or something of Kim and Nick trying to get her to vote for him. Again, this could have also been a lie, but I wouldn't mind Morgan throwing some fake screenshots at Burton, regardless.

At this point, I think I've already done as much as I can for both Morgan and Burton this round. By the end of it, whoever Burton wants me to vote, that's who I'm going to vote for, because if I don't, he'll find somebody else(Read:Gabe) who will. This round is going very similar to last round, and if that's the case, I'm feeling A LOT better about accidentally winning immunity!

Until I'm voted off next round.

[danniboatwright]

     

Why can't people just listen to me? Ugh. This would have been such a simple round, but Burton felt the need to go around campaigning for Morgan to go all of last night and this morning. Then, like I predicted, one of them went and told Morgan that Burton wants her out. I'm sketched out, though -- why would Kim just outright tell Burton that she's voting for him? In a game where idols are a thing, that's incredibly stupid. I'm going to have to call shenanigans on this one.
Regardless, I tried to make sure Morgan was still voting for Kim, but you never really know in this game. And by that, I mean that you never really know how terribly people are going to play. Burton could just be telling me these things in order to make sure I don't try and flip the vote last minute, which alienates me a bit. Just based on the facts, though, the vote is probably still between Burton and Morgan. One of them will go tonight, and the more I think about it, the less I really care about the outcome. Morgan and I have been on the same page recently, whereas Burton seems to want to argue against every plan I throw at him. Morgan is a bigger threat to win the game than Burton, which is good for me to have somebody like that around. If Burton has truly sealed his fate, then I can't risk weakening my own position running around trying to save him when he'll just do it again next round, and the round after. This is the second time he hasn't listened to me, and in Survivor, you don't always get three strikes before you're out.

[danniboatwright]

Hurray, this round went even better than I expected! For shitty reasons! Wooo!

Figures that the first round I win immunity is the first round I can't control. Everybody is acting all sad at Gabe going, which I find amusing. I mean, I was blindsided, sure, but it was Gabe who went out instead of Burton! Call me a cold-hearted bitch, but I haven't had a real chance to speak with Gabe all that much for the last couple of rounds, so Burton staying over him is probably the wayyyy lesser of two evils.  I was also told that the vote swung between the two more than a few times over the course of the round, so luckily Burton's campaigning didn't seal his fate just yet.

Morgan has claimed that her and Sash only flipped because of Kim having an idol, which makes sense. If they were to actually vote for Morgan instead of Gabe, and then pull an immunity idol, the vote would still be 2-2 between Morgan and Gabe. I'm not buying it, though, because if she knew about Kim's idol, I should have heard a lot more about it from her. The votes could have easily been split, or we could have leaked the wrong target. No, I think this was planned.

Everybody is upset that Gabe went out, but I'm more upset that Gabe went out ALONG with the Vote Nullifier! LOL. This sucks some major ass. All of my plans just went out the window along with Gabe, and so now my fate in this game rests with Morgan, and which side she chooses to go with during this new round. I trust her about as much as I trust anybody else in the game right now, so I feel about as fantastic as usual going into this new round . . . 

My only chance now is to understand the games others are playing, and then to try and use those games to my advantage.

Morgan: I think Morgan plans on taking me to the F4, and then having people blindside me because I'm a "big threat", so she herself can slip her way into the FTC along with two idiots. She shouldn't logically want me gone before then, because once I'm gone, she should become the next biggest threat to win. On the other hand, I don't think she wants Kim out, either, because Kim is practically the perfect goat in every way. Controls Sash, but also throws him under the bus often as a "big threat".

Kim: Possibly working with Morgan in secret. May be too stupid to realize what Morgan's game is, and thus wants to sit beside her because she views herself as the "less annoying one". Wants me out.

Nick: Biggest question mark left in the game. Not sure what his game is, but he's working with Kim, and thus probably wants me out pretty badly, as well.

Sash: Seems to know how to play, but may be too close with Morgan to work with me to get her out because of pesky loyalties. 

Burton: About to turn on me big-time, if he's smart. I'm probably the target this round, anyway, but Burton will likely spend it throwing me under the bus to everyone, regardless. 

So, with this information, what can I really do? I could screenshot Morgan throwing Sash under the bus, and send that to him . . . convince Nick that Morgan is the bigger threat to win instead of me . . . Nick might be able to rope in Kim for a round in order to get Morgan out . . . and then convince Burton that I have the numbers for Morgan to go instead of me. Thing is, if Morgan goes, that probably buys me about one more round of safety at most, and in my opinion, Morgan and I are the only two here who are playing well enough to deserve first place. Kim winning over somebody like Burton would be a hilarious tragedy. So, for game reasons and for fan-based reasons, I really can't have Morgan going this round . . . even if if I'm in danger of being voted off. -_-

As of right after the results, I think my only option is to trust(Read: make sure) that Morgan realizes that she needs me in order for her to make it to the end, just as much as I need her, and hope that one of Burton, Nick, or Sash go this round. It's not really my thing to let go of the steering wheel so deep into the game, but for this round, that may be what I need to do.  

[danniboatwright]

DANNI! WINS HER SECOND. STRAIGHT. IMMUNITY! 

I actually tried to win it for once, and I managed pulled it out! I'm pretty relieved to have it, 'cause last round one of my allies got blindsided. This round has been super fucking sketchy so far, and it's just getting sketchier.

The supposed plan right now is for Burton, Nick, Kim, and I to blindside Sash. Apparently this began with Kim telling Burton that she would be willing to take Sash out this round, given that I'd won immunity. Everybody is bitching about how Sash is such a big threat and shit, which is funny to me. And suspicious. Why not take Morgan out this round over Sash? What makes Sash a bigger threat than Morgan? Is Kim pushing for Sash because she has a secret alliance with Morgan? Is Morgan the true target, and I'm simply being fed bullshit again like the last round? Perhaps the target is Burton, and the bullshit is just as bullshitty as it was last round. I really can't be sure. I definitely want to make a play before this round is over, though.

Morgan just recently messaged me, saying how she felt sketched out this round, and how nobody has been messaging her. Now, this could obviously be a trick in order to make sure I waste whatever I got from Shiprweck Lagoon on her . . . and so I'm going to "do" just that. Even if she's lying, I can't risk losing Morgan this early, and so I've come up with a plan.  Everybody knows I've gone to Shipwreck Lagoon this round, but nobody knows what I have. So, I'm going to tell them what I "have". Burton and I have been conversing about it today, joking around as to whether I might get a Tyler Perry idol and such. I'm going to tell Burton that I received a Forced Idol, which means I HAVE to play it on somebody this round. I'll then tell him that I'm playing it on Morgan, just in case Sash, Kim, and Nick are simply splitting all of our votes so that they can vote her out. My hope is that it's actually Burton, Nick, and Kim who are planning on blindsiding Morgan, and so he'll go back to them and switch the vote to Sash because of me "playing my idol" on her.

Of course, I could just play my Black Vote Power Thing on her, but I plan on lying about its powers and limitations next round, in case I don't win immunity again. I can't bluff an idol, because Kim has already had one, and so if I try to fake a screenshot, she'll know I'm lying immediately. Plus, I don't actually know what this thing does, so there's pretty much no way I risk handing it over to Burton or Morgan. For all I know, it could simply nullify their jury vote . . . or it could allow them to vote whoever they want off, including the player with immunity. Yeah, no thank you! 

[danniboatwright]

HUEHUEHUE, MY PLAN MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED! RIP SASH 
That is, if they'd even planned on voting for Morgan over Sash, anyway.

This new round is going to be a tough one for me. I'm giving it my all in order to win immunity, but it may actually be better for me if Morgan wins it. Here's my thinking: If Morgan wins immunity, would Burton vote for me knowing that Morgan, Kim, and Nick have/had a F3? Moreover, how about while knowing that they think Burton would likely beat everyone besides Morgan? I think Kim is dumb enough to take Morgan to the F3, but Nick isn't. I could drill into Burton that if I go this round, the next vote would likely be Kim and Morgan vs him and Nick, where Burton and Morgan would have to do a fire-making challenge. However, if Nick goes this round, then the vote is myself and Burton vs Morgan and Kim, in which Morgan and I would have to do a fire-making challenge. I'm not sure if he'll take the bait, but I haven't got too many other options if I don't win immunity. The point is to make sure Morgan is there with me during the F4, so they can take her out instead of me.
Obviously, if Morgan wins immunity, the correct move for him is to take me out, but I'm hoping he gets spooked by the possibly of having to compete in a fire-making challenge. At this point in the game, it's either Danni wins, Morgan wins, or Burton wins, as far as I can tell. 

Oh, and I can't lie about my Black Vote thing anymore, 'cause apparently Burton has already seen it before in some other ORG. Shiet. ;(

[danniboatwright]

 Final Seven Four: Bet you're surprised to see me here . . . 

Another crazy ass night playing Pure, goddamn. So, first, after the immunity results were revealed, everybody began calling for a live tribal council out of nowhere. I didn't like this one bit, 'cause it basically meant that I'd have about ten minutes to do as much as I can to make sure my name wasn't going to come up. I still had some pretty good plans to switch the vote onto Nick, but I had to go with Morgan in the end, because of the time disadvantage. Ah well.

This was followed by news that instead of a Final Three . . . there would be a Final Two! Do you hear that? Yeah, that's all of my endgame plans going out the window once again. LOL. I'll need to revise them for what, the sixth time now? Luckily, I've started to come up with an idea already.

So, for my plan to work, it was pretty damn important that either Kim or Burton won immunity, which the latter did, thankfully. My plan is to try and get Nick voted off this round by having Burton vote for him with me, leading me to battle him in fire-making challenge. If I win this fire-making challenge, I most likely win the whole game. I need the F3 to consist of myself, Burton, and Kim, where Burton hasn't won immunity. Kim is the least likely to win right now by miles, so I'm basically going to tell her to choose between myself and Burton as to who she wants to lose to. I'm pretty sure she sees me as the better player, so hopefully she'll take me. To even get to that point, though, I'll need to beat Nick, which I'm not looking forward to all that much. I've been throwing so many challenges, I have no actual idea how good I am at them still!  Nick could easily beat me, and then I'd go home this round, anyway. Burton might even flip and vote me off along with Kim and Nick, which doesn't seem like the best move for him, in all honesty, unless he can make Nick the biggest target after I'm gone. I'd much rather this to having no options at all, though, so I've got my flint at the ready! 

[danniboatwright]

So . . . I suppose I should write something here in closing, eh? 

Well, I'm pretty happy with my game this season! I pulled off some big moves, fucked up some other moves, made so many small moves that I can't even remember them all, got into an ORG fight, got my rival voted off, made a ride or die alliance with my other rival, went on an accidental immunity streak . . . all in all, it was a pretty crazy ride, and I had a lot of fun! I've won an ORG before, so I was never really . . . desperate to win this time around or anything like that. My goal was simply to try and play an interesting game and see how far I could get. Winning definitely would have been a pretty cool way to end the experience, but it just wasn't in the cards. I feel like I had a pretty good shot, though, so long as I hadn't fucked up and forgot about Tribal Council being a few hours earlier than usual.

For anyone wondering, my final endgame was this: 
1) Get Burton to vote for Nick with me.
2) Convince Nick that my answer at TC was for him, tell him Burton and I are voting for Kim, and then have him "also" vote for Kim so that I'd be taken out by Burton at F3 and not him. This makes the votes 2-1-1, so I wouldn't have to do a firemaking challenge.
3) Make sure Kim or I win the FIC. 
4) Tell Kim to essentially choose who she wants to lose to out of Burton and I. Give her a condensed version of my jury speech. 
5)
6) Profit.

Unfortunately, it was already 7:45 PM when I'd remembered votes were due at 8:00 PM instead of 12:00 AM . . . so I simply couldn't swing Steps 1 and 2 in fifteen minutes. Am I a little disappointed with how I went out? Sure. Am I relieved that I don't have to go 48 hours in an endurance challenge? HELL YEAH! 

So, the winner is pretty much either Burton or Nick. I don't forsee them taking each other, unless one of them tries to pull the classic "I played this here game with muh integrities, and now I brought muh toughest competitions to the finals,". I'm pretty sure that everybody in and outside of the game knows that Kim isn't winning at this point, so it's essentially going to be a choice of average player vs terrible player. If I had to choose out of the three, though, I'd probably go with Nick. Whether he willed it or not, I think Burton pretty much just rode my strategy to the end, even while arguing with me about it the whole time. I haven't been on the jury for long, but I've already heard a few not-so-nice things about his social game. Nick, on the other hand, always made an attempt to communicate with me, even while he was gunning for me, or busy with work. That's good social play, and I like good play of any sort! 

Anyway, like I said, this ORG has been super fun, and I look forward to taking part in how it ends! 

Boatwright out! Or something like that. Ish.