Round 7: THESE PEOPLE ARE A FUCKING MESS

[nickdrinkwater]

Me calling my mom to be picked up from this fucking island after hearing all the shit that's gone down




I'm sure you guys are getting your information on the drama from much more (I hesitate to call them) reliable sources them myself, so I'll spare you the details and let you get them elsewhere. It seems to me that it stems from Jordan/Rocky vs. Jake with other people at varying degrees of involved, but the fact of the matter is whatever actually happened in relatively irrelevant as to what actually happened because at least now it's exposed Jake to being a shady motherfucker, and we can continue forth in this game being aware of that.

Now, I say it's irrelevant because what's important now is seeing the response to this information with new players entering the fold and in the court of public opinion, Jordan is coming off way worse than Jake, who seems to be dealing with this in a calm manner. So, I think that's something to note in the upcoming days.

Rankings! (in terms of who I want to work with)

1. Tyler (in terms of, he won't turn on me, not that I trust him with all the info I know or thoughts I have)
2. Sid (he's very even headed, I'm hoping he can steer clear of this drama but we'll see)
3. Charity (I think atm this is a necessity for my game, but in a few rounds she'll likely see a significant drop)
4. Jake (I just need to see his trustworthiness more, we had a great talk, but I'm skeptical)
5. Kyle (he's very smart, but we have numerous things we can connect on and I think he's close with Charity, need better talks with him though)
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6/7. Eddie/Taylor - Yeah, no. But like, yeah I have to play along for now. I feel like Eddie made himself known to early and he's not gonna be for long, Taylor might be around longer, but girl still hasn't talked to me about the Amanda situation and has seemed very fake in pms.
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8. Adrian - UGH. Probably going to be a necessary evil for my game. Cannot fucking BELIEVE Tyler thinks we should trust him again though, like, dude, you wrote his name down twice! How naïve can you be?
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9. Rocky - Haven't talked to him yet but seems through second hand sources that he's very much in Jordan's group, and I get the feeling Jordan is going to end up being the target.
10. Jordan - Great dude; OTT in every aspect. It's Friday, tribal is on Monday, slow. your. fucking. role. Can't work with somebody this hectic. 


Groupings (according the Jake, adapted by yours truly)

The lightning rods- Jordan and Jake (Jake seems to think that if he gets through this round he'll be forgotten about, and while that may be right, if he makes end game him surviving this shit show will be brought back up as to why he should be targeted. 

The Power Players (these are the players who are sizing up their competition and will begin to want to target each other in the upcoming rounds- Eddie, Taylor, Kyle, Charity 
                - Sub groups of this category are Kyle/Charity & Eddie/Taylor (I believe that if this is true and plays out this way, Eddie will leave                     first of these players followed almost immediately by Charity). This group could have two of the idols as well in Eddie and Kyle,                     although I would not be shocked if Jake or Charity had on instead.

The Squirrels - Sid and Rocky (This is because they could easily become road kill for this vote since they have affiliation with Jordan. Sid easily could maneuver his way through it and become involved in a lot of different people's plans. I think next round will reveal what Sid's game could start to look like. Rocky on the other hand could be identified as the secondary option to Jordan, but if that is the case, it's all Rocky's doing. If Rocky can remove himself from this drama, he might have legs, because he has connections with, guess who, Charity.)

The Periphery (OG Nawa) - Nick, Tyler, Adrian (I literally cannot get away from these two and Nawa as much as I try. But basically this crew is involved minimally in the drama and people are starting to look at them as people they can pick up and use at more crucial tribal councils. This is kind of rattling because advanced players would probably identify a player in this group needing to be the merge boot to continue forth with rivalries in place, but that's only if there isn't a person identified as a top ally to the lightening rods. These players will become more crucial in upcoming rounds. That being said, Adrian and Tyler could end up going head to head once this current drama settles itself out.)

Final thoughts on the prospect of me having to choose a "side" this round because this game is filled with dumbasses who think there needs to be sides in order for them to play the game (I blame all the idiots who think BB is peak strategy)

[nickdrinkwater]

Me upon realizing on my FINAL. FUCKING. PEBBLE. that me being a dumbass has once again reared it's head and that I didn't properly throw a pebble at ANYBODY.



And like, even if I wanted to correct myself my stat line would've been:

Nick has thrown 1 small pebble at _____  which just would've been a bad look.

God I hate myself lol, at least now nobody will think I'm smart anymore?

P.S. tbt to when I dragged people for their reading comprehension and little did I know I'd be sitting here like this @ myself:

[amanxtc]

[nickdrinkwater]

Look, I’m not certain about what tomorrow brings in terms of the vote- what I want to do or what Kyle wants to do since he seems non-committal. But I do just want to say to Taylor post game, this is irony at its fucking finest. Like it’s pretty rich that you’d say this to me given, you know, the last time we went to tribal together. Like, let’s have some self-awareness about what you’re saying and who you’re saying it to.

[nickdrinkwater]

I literally will never understand why players who benefit more by keeping a low profile want to make moves that declare “This is my side!!1!”. It’s so infuriating.