Round 11

[sarah]

Me after I saw that I survived the vote last round, not understanding why people are letting me get to the end.  I guess cause Andrea and Aubry were a pair?  Idk.

This round should be fairly simple I think.  Hayden wants to target Jamal and Phoebe again, the presumable last pair left in the game.  After Jefra and I bonded hardcore last night after talking about band, realizing that we are the same age, and realizing that our birthdays are less than a week apart, she told me that she wants to sit with me at the end.  With Hayden.  So I think Jefra will want to vote Phoebe/Jamal, and I don't see why Andrea wouldn't do that as well after her shit she tried to pull last round.

So, that leaves me tying the vote if I vote with my buds Phoebe and Jamal.  But am I then willing to go to rocks at final six with only a 2/3 chance of making final 5, the furthest I have ever been in a game?  ABSOLUTELY NOT.  Would I be able to flip Jefra to vote Andrea out in the re-vote, very possibly, but idk if I am willing to gamble that much.

Now onto Hayden, I hate that he keeps winning.  It is not giving me the chance to even consider taking a shot at him.  Idk if he is building a resume by racking up these challenge wins, or actually destroying his resume in the process.  Because if I do sit with him at the end, I will call him out on being safe so much and just getting to do whatever, but still constantly being left out of votes till the last second.  He really isn't playing a strong social or strategic game in my opinion, but I think he could be a decent talker.  I am afraid I will put my foot in my mouth at FTC, so I have to make sure I am sitting next to some goatsssssss.

I think it may be a F2 since Justin hinted that that wasn't out of the question???  Which would suck for me I think.

Jamal says he is not playing his idol till Final 5, but that doesn't make sense to me.  If you are getting 3 votes this round, play the damn thing.  Like that is not fair to me if he forces me to draw rocks.  And I simply won't do it if he wants to be that selfish.  But I think that he is just relying on me a little here that I will swing the vote Phoebe's way.  But his comment just showed me that he is just interested in protecting himself with the idol at 5 and not me, so idk what I would do at 5 without immunity.  One perk for keeping Andrea in at 5 is that she most likely does not have an idol, so she could potentially be an easy vote.  But I am also unsure if there are more advantages out there somewhere, and if this or next round is the last round to play them.

LIKE UGH I NEEDED IMMUNITY FOR ONCE!!!!!!

[sarah]

Or another viable plan is if Jefra/Hayden/myself tell Andrea to vote for Jamal, while "we" (and I put this in quotes cause this is not how I would actually vote, but it's how they would think I am voting) vote for Phoebe. We would do this because Andrea clearly needs to be told by someone to vote some way, cause she doesn't have a mind of her own and Aubry isn't here, and Hayden/Jefra/myself wouldn't want her to clue Jamal/Phoebe in on our actual vote in case they have an idol, so we would tell her to vote the decoy. Making it 3-2-1.

HOWEVER, this gives me the opportunity to then vote with Jamal and Phoebe this round to get out Andrea in a 3-2-1 vote. I think I would be sitting right in the middle between Jamal/Phoebe and Jefra/Hayden next round, which is of course where you want to be in Survivor, but I don't know if betraying Hayden and Jefra is the right thing to do. Cause how I see it everyone wants to take me to the end right now besides likely Andrea. I mean Hayden actually probably doesn't, cause I still think he is smarter than that, but at least he is telling me he wants me in the end.

[sarah]

Andrea and I had a super fun chat!!!! It is a shame I can't just shut her up and put her in her place by saying that I knew that her and Aubry were targeting me the second that they had decided it themselves cause I don't want to out Phoebe like that, but Andrea really takes me for a fool who doesn't understand any of the dynamics that went down last round. It is a shame that she doesn't understand and still only understands what Aubry has led her to believe. And that is that it is Aubry's way or no way.






I may be sinking my own game by putting the target on myself again this round, but I am not one who can simply bite their tongue in situations like this. So I just hope that my allies will have my back and that if I put my foot down and say that I am voting no one other than Andrea that enough people will go along with that and do it with me. I should be able to convince both Jamal/Phoebe and Jefra/Hayden that I will vote with them next round though, so there is no reason we can't take Andrea out here. We'll see though. And of course I have work again tomorrow so I won't be around at all before the voting deadline which sucks again.

[sarah]

I think I need to get Phoebe out this round? And breaks my heart to do so Even though Andrea will likely vote for me this round, and next round, which really really concerns me, I don't think I can betray Hayden/Jefra again. I want nothing more than to vote Andrea out this round, but I need Jefra and Hayden to have my back going forward. And even if I do vote with them this round, I can still totally see them turning on me next round, especially Hayden because he is really really dumb not to, but I just have to hope that they will stay loyal and then target Jamal again at Final 5, or even Andrea.

As well, me voting out Phoebe and Jamal voting for Andrea, shows that we are finally voting apart and that we aren't a pair. Then if we can both get through to Final 4 we are at least guaranteed to make fire against either Jefra/Hayden (assuming they are the ones who are left). So I think this is the way to go. Now if Jamal won immunity at Final 4, then I guess I have to make fire? So that'd be unfortunate, but if he doesn't I think he would be forced to make fire against most likely Hayden if he doesn't have immunity. And if Jamal can take out Hayden, then perfect. If not, oh well, there is nothing else I could have done to help. Also Andrea winning immunity next round could fuck things up, along with idols and everything, but I just have to keep doing what I have been doing and trust the process.

[sarah]

Just wanted to say a quick thank you to all the hosts for having me! And I also want to apologize to the hosts and the few PWs that were following cause I couldn't finish out this game the way that I would have liked cause of work But I gave it my all and I came super close to beating my all time best placement! But all in all, after this being my third game this year and getting pre-jury on the last two, I finally feel redeemed and happy with myself and gameplay, so thanks again for the opportunity!

[kevin]

You did great!! You’ll get a win soon I’m sure!