I haven't done one of these long DRs in awhile READY SET GOOOOOOOOOO!
So the game right now is....weird. I've been waiting so long for the trio to leave and now that they're suddenly gone everything is just awkward. I was working on getting the house super united against the trio the round I was on the block against Heather, which was working out great with g0 deciding he wanted to evict me three times (DICK!) all by himself
But now with them gone, it's kinda like an alliance of seven all picked off the opposing alliance and suddenly realizes they have to turn on each other. That stage in games is always awkward, but it's even stranger here because usually the larger alliance will lose a member or two along the way...which is what I was hoping for. If Sofia stayed that round she would've nominated Zach and I, and it was starting to look like I'd be staying over Zach in a vote. If Zach happened to leave and it wasn't my doing, that'd be good for me. And if Ryan or Heaven won and got rid of one or two of the Coven, also good for me. I was banking on some of that happening. I usually make different deals with different people knowing that some of those people will be taken out along the way so I won't have to betray the deal. Now I'm gonna have to get my hands dirty which is fine and fun but messy
I have two F2's right now. One with Zach and one with Neda. Candice and I apparently have a F2 but I completely forget ever making/accepting it so there's that
Neda...is a much better person to go to the end with than Zach. I've worked super close with Zach all game and its been a lot of fun, so betraying him wouldn't be very easy if I get the opportunity. Buuuuut I'm not the type to choose friendships over the game at all. Zach will be seen as a bigger threat to win than me because he's been a bit flashier and I've made a few enemies (several of which have recently been bumped up from Pre-jury to Jury YIPPEE!!!!!). Part of me would like to risk going to the end with him since the game is a bit less....'serious' now after the trio fiasco and because I'd like to try to outargue him there, but it might not be worth it
IDK IDK none of that matters right now really. I'm willing to betray him but I might never get the chance or he could betray me first anyways WHO KNOWS!
Moving onto this round. Zach was gonna nominate either Candice and Matt or Neda and Matt. I was on Skype with him and I reallyyyy really wanted him to nominate Boog and to not target Candice. It's FAR better for me. Boog will put me up if she wins and I don't think Candice would quite yet. If Boog leaves this round then I feel like I'm in such an ideal spot. Sadly Zach and Boog are bffs as of like two days ago and Neda and I joke (but srs) about Boog having a crush on Zach when they talk on Skype. SO THAT'S A PROBLEM!
He was adamant about not wanting to do Boog/Candice because he just made a deal with Boog to not target each other until the F4. Wtf kinda deal is that. FUCK that! I reminded him that Boog just nominated us both within the past few rounds and told him I'm almost positive that Boog wanted to backdoor him when Heather and I were nominated. I know that's true because Neda told me but I couldn't reveal that really, so I just kept pushing it and told Candice she should tell Zach that if she wants to stay
Then Neda came on Skype with us and volunteered to go up as a pawn to gain Zach's trust. I thought Zach would take that deal for suuuuuure. He gets to keep his promise with Boog AND nominates someone who's volunteering and who he just nominated so it's super easy. But the swaying worked and Zach suddenly flipped into wanting Boog/Candice up. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
I think Zach feels like I did it to save Candice but that's not exactly the case, it was more so about getting Boog out and keeping Neda from becoming a secondary target. Neda and I were a bit sloppy on Skype last night in terms of secretly being closer than we let on tho so Zach might've picked up on that
Really hoping that Boog doesn't win Veto with her advantage. I can't believe I bombed another one so badly. I won these two comps in my original season but did so poorly here. I COULD'VE SWEPT THE WEEK! Would've felt great to win Veto and keep noms the same to hopefully send Boog out, but I'm getting very used to not relying on comp wins to get what I want this season. There are other craftier and more fun ways to go about things and that's what I've been relying on all season so I'll just have to keep going with it, comp wins aren't terribly important to me right now. Or maybe I'm just telling myself that since I blow at comps this season
Matt's telling Zach he's nervous about me because I'm right in the middle of everything. I want this man's head on a STICK! Sadly he's gonna go a bit further, F4 at least I think
He's been after me since he told Rachelle he wanted me backdoored for being in everyone's good graces week two. Like every other round someone reports back to me that Matt was subtly trying to get them against me. I think Matt thinks he's being subtle but he never is, and he seems to have no idea that I hear all about it all the time. If Boog leaves this round I'm gonna push hard for him to leave next
Every time I click that final winner tag in HoH/Veto it's always the last person that I want. FUCK HER ADVANTAGE!
It's gonna be Matt vs. Candice now and Candice is gonna leave. Things would've been so perfect if Boog left this round. Now I'll be entering F6 with both Boog and Matt still in so I'll have to focus on getting them out over maybe shifting attention towards Zach. Not goooooood!
This is gonna get super awkward too. Boog and Neda(?) will evict Matt. Brian will evict Candice. Zach and Brian will expect me to evict Candice so Zach can boot her in the tie, but Candice is gonna try to work hard for my vote because she knows it'll keep her in. Another fun eviction with both sides expecting my vote like old times
Candice hitting me up everywhere while I'm out to dinner with my family. NO WHERE IS SAFE!
This has been my life almost every eviction vote. More so earlier in the season. Casey, Drew, Shilpa, Rachelle, Mike and now Candice. Being right in the middle has been good for me but it definitely has its cons when each side always assumes they have my vote. My vote has been directly responsible for sending a few people out and their game hinged on my vote keeping them or booting them. Unsurprisingly this makes a lot of the eliminated players/Jury quite mad at me! I'm easy to pinpoint as the person who could've saved them but didn't so they'll hold it against me. Not good not good
Candice bitched to Boog that I ignored her PM/IM/Text/Snap/Facebook message
I CAN'T JUST GAME TALK IN THE MIDDLE OF DEALING WITH CUSTOMERS AT WORK OR WHILE AT DINNER WITH MY FAMILY LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!!!! Tho I'd be pissed if I was trying to campaign and couldn't get a hold of a key vote so I get it
I should just straight up lie to people and promise them my vote every round. That would be far easier (: . I've gotten back to Candice but now she's at work so we might not have time to talk it out
Gotta sleep and didn't get a chance to talk to Candice so I had to send her a PM. She gon be maaaaaaad
Neda and I talked for awhile and she evicted Candice too so that helps. Glad that my vote wasn't the key for this one even though that's the way Neda is phrasing it to Candice/Boog - telling them that since Candice doesn't have my vote then Neda's just gonna vote with majority. bleh
I had a really good talk with BRI-GUY tonight! He gave direct answers and all. Who knew! It was fairly juicy stuff and was about us two conspiring against Zach. I'll recap tomorrow