Post by Phillip Sheppard on Aug 16, 2011 3:34:51 GMT -5
OMG, so much has gone down the past couple of rounds. Let me start off by saying I LOVED THIS CHALLENGE!!!! I won a HII Clue, 2 doubles votes and a TRIPLE VOTE. I actually did not see the hidden clue in the feast right away, but when I did I noticed that in the title of the picture it said Ethiopia. That is likely what country the food was from, and it is a country in Africa. Now NaOnka had also guessed it, but she was an hour too late. I was shocked how quickly she figured it out, but ole Phillip got there first!!
NaOnka Mixon 2:40 am
I just found it
Phillip Sheppard 2:42 am
coool
the guess is a country
NaOnka Mixon 2:42 am
I guessed Ethiopia
Phillip Sheppard 2:42 am
k
Phillip Sheppard 2:45 am
I'll guess a different country
NaOnka Mixon 2:45 am
I guessed Ethiopia cause that was in the URL of the image of the food
Phillip Sheppard 2:46 am
nice, they made it kinda obvious!
if you get it be careful who you tell
Since she is going to have the correct answer, she'll figure out I got to it first. I am going to make a deal with NaOnka anyway to go to the end. I have to trust someone implicitly in this game and I'm gonna have to spill the beans on my having the idol and also my doubles votes and triple votes. NaOnka and I have gotten to know each other over the past couple of days, I think I can trust her to work together and make it to the Finals, I will plead the whole thing to her.
I am going to first warn her as well about Jimmy. NaOnka trusts Jimmy, but thats going to be a mistake! I'll reveal and prove to her in the conversation below, that Jimmy was out to get her and totally on board with the plan to vote her out. NaOnka needs to keep this to herself for now, I'll urge her to do so.
Jimmy J 1:24 am
if we get na this week
we are safe for the next 2
Phillip Sheppard 1:25 am
k, well then we have to trust that Anthony, Gillian, Joel and Matty would be willing to vote this way,
Jimmy J 1:29 am
could be
Phillip Sheppard 1:30 am
k, up to you. your right we could do it without NaOnka... I don't know Matty very well but he is with Joel
Jimmy J 1:30 am
i just think this is the safer way
Phillip Sheppard 1:30 am
NaOnka than Jenna?
Jimmy J 1:30 am
yeah
blindside jenma
Phillip Sheppard 1:58 am
ok, talking to Gillian, we are thinking it may be safer to vote Lex, because he is gonna be with Julie no matter what, and if we kept NaOnka we would only need 1 more person to get Jenna out, just Joel, not both Joel and Matty we would need otherwise
I know Joel is gonna be down for it, Matty I don't know for sure
Jimmy J 1:59 am
if we vote lex we look like a target. and why wouldnt joel and matty be together/
Phillip Sheppard 1:59 am
what do you mean we look like a target?
Jimmy J 2:00 am
julie will see that as a shot at her. idk man
Jimmy J 2:00 am
this is game changing
Phillip Sheppard 2:00 am
yah maybe, but remember, without Lex, Jenna, Sarah and Julie had 5 votes
with Joel, we have 6
Jimmy J 2:01 am
with joel and matty
Phillip Sheppard 2:01 am
Matty I don't talk to enough to be sure, but I'd assume so
anyway, even if Jenna used her triple
without Lex to vote with them they can't even force a tie
if we keep Lex they could force a tie
Phillip Sheppard 2:02 am
and based off Carlos's rules it would stay a tie in the revote
jenna
In addition, Jimmy I don't like. He is very paranoid, he thinks everyone is plotting against him, he may jump ship at any moment and is quite a difficult guy to trust. Part of the reason I want to work with NaOnka instead of Jimmy is she can tell me if he is plotting something against me like I did for her, and honestly I want him out pretty soon too. Check out the convo below and see what I mean.
Phillip Sheppard 2:33 am
but yeah, we should talk to NaOnka and Gillian if you think we can still trust Gillian
Jimmy J 2:33 am
lol if you trust her i do. but she was giving off vibes like i was your target lol
Phillip Sheppard 2:33 am
lol wtf!
what did she say
Jimmy J 2:36 am
nothing really
Jimmy J 2:40 am
idk how to explain it
Phillip Sheppard 2:40 am
NaOnka is on
Jimmy J 2:40 am
you know how you get vibes that people dont want to talk to you?
Phillip Sheppard 2:41 am
sometimes yeah
Jimmy J 2:41 am
that's what it felt like
[glow=red,2,300]So this all leaves me with a General Gameplan to work with all the way to the finals!!![/glow]
Final 10: Ok so this current round, its could get very complicated. Joel is so extremely complacent sounding when I speak to him and not concerned or the least bit worried. I am not sure if this is just how he is or what, but I'd think considering his back was against the wall he'd be more excited about having a second chance in the game.
Phillip Sheppard 2:23 am
what are you thinking for the vote
Joel 2:23 am
Didn't you tell me Julie?
Phillip Sheppard 2:23 am
yeah, but are you ok with that
you know what I thinking lol
Joel 2:24 am
I guess. :-\
My plan this round then is to get everyone together in a groupchat, Gillian, Jimmy NaOnka and Anthony, and we all 5 vote for Jenna. Joel has been too noncommital, Matty I hardly get to talk to for game talk. I did speak to Julie and she sounds down for voting Joel. So, if the 5 of us vote Jenna, she will go and we will come out on top. Jenna is a bridge between both sides, Julie obvious with the Private "real" AIM as well as Joel and Matty. In addition she has the last Outcast Reward ( except me )
Julie 1:18 am
so, any idea for the vote/
?*
Phillip Sheppard 1:18 am
Not sure, I was figuirng it was Joel or Matty most likely
Julie 1:19 am
Either is fine with me
Final 9: If I can get through this vote without using any rewards, and I can totally trust NaOnka as I suspect I will be able to, the rest of the game will be a cakewalk. My core group is going to NaOnka, Gillian and Anthony who wants to work with NaOnka and will just go with the flow. Between my Triple vote and the 2 doubles votes, the 4 of us would have the power to make the Final 6, even if every vote was against us. I will tell Jimmy this round that I have a double vote and I will use it to nullify the effect of any nullify vote our opponents might have. In addition, that down the line we will blindside NaOnka. I need Jimmy to feel safe enough with me that he will vote with us for at least another round.
If Jimmy votes with us and I use a double vote as well, Joel/Matty/Julie/Sarah will go home regardless, even if they have a nullifier and use it. I think Jimmy will stick with us as long as he thinks he is in good and NaOnka is out before him being the paranoid ass he is.
[Final 8- Now we no longer need Jimmy. If I can get Gillian, NaOnka and Anthony here, which shouldn't be that hard, the game is ours. We hold 4 votes, + with my Triple it goes up to 6 votes. Worst case Scenario, Jimmy flips over to the Joel/Julie camp, AND those 2 work together, AND they use a nullify vote, all 3 happening together very unlikely, we still come out on top 6 votes versus 5.
Final 7 Same as above, except I use my last double vote instead to ensure our numbers
Final 6: If I make it here, I believe I will have the idol, which would give me a guarantee to the Final 5. The only way this would fail is if NaOnka, Gillian or Anthony had betrayed me earlier.
Final 5 +4: If the last member of the Joel/Julie group wins immunity, the vote would not fall onto me I don't think, I will have a finals deal with NaOnka and Gillian trusts me. Same deal at the Final 4. It could get rough and they may decide to do me in, but hopefully my alliances and social gameplay will keep them with me.