~ ROUND THREE ~

[VIPW jamie]

bcz fk u vic 

[VIPW jamie]

i said this in the skype chat but after watching Dalton's confessional it's clear Hugo is going to be the next target. If I was Tyler I wouldn't really trust Ethan and Dalton that much anymore, they just axed one of his best allies. He should play along to working with them but when the vote comes, idol Hugo and take out Ethan. This will at least give him some leverage in the game. It would be a great move for him but I'm not sure if he will think of it.

[alex]

I think Tyler, as a new player, and seeing how the last Tribal went is gonna kinda fall a bit into the background now. He is an eager player, and he wants to make moves, but he is so confused with everything, and I think at this point even if he does think about that AMAZING plan you just mentioned, it won't go down simply because he would be too scared to fuck up and even further screw himself up.

The thing is, he kinda doesn't have anything to lose at this point, and while a more experienced player would be able to see that he is in a pretty fucked up position and make the move he needs to make... well, he IS new and at the end of the day, when you are playing your first ORG (and especially when you can't hide behind a character cause you're playing as yourself) it is a lot harder to execute risky moves that could get tons of people to hate you.

BUT I pray I am wrong, cause I am SO #teamTyler that it's not even funny.

[alex]

BARGAAL

The Molly blindside was a complete shocker to me, since I was out that entire round. I dislike Ethan the most. I am completely team Tyler & I do like that Hugo is finally stepping up. This tribe is very boring

HADAR

I find it beyond lame that Simon voted out Saxon, and then goes ahead and talks mad shit about how he was so annoying, and all this shit. Simon is fake, Saxon was his best friend and the second things didn't go well for him, he jumped ship and talked shit, and pretended like he wasn't BFF's with Saxon. If I was any of the others that would raise major red flags because he is turning on someone SO quick. He probably just became one of my least favorites in the game, to be absolutely honest. 

What I do find very interesting is that Devon realizes what a threat Ricky is, but he is like in debt with the other so he is not willing to make a move yet. I really like their tense alliance though, and I would love to see this kid who Ricky is taking under his wing be the reason to his undoing. Even though, this game I am finding Ricky to be VERY entertaining, and I find myself rooting for him. 

MENDI

Christian has honestly become SO whiny. Like I understand the fact that you are not fully behind your tribe's idea, but holy shit at least make the most out of it. You CHOSE to sit out, so why are you being such a little bitch? Next time don't sit out of a creative challenge if you think you can come up with something much better. Like for real... And I do like Christian but I think he thinks he is WAY better than he actually is, because quite frankly he is the one who is obsessed with Will, not the other way around. 

SALAHLY

Matheuzs doesn't want Constance to leave now? WHAT?! I hope that's the case because I really do enjoy her presence as an underdog. I also really appreciate Taylor trying to explain herself about the Constance situation, because so far I thought she was just kind of a bully. 

[Tyler Poirier]

First Order of Business: R.I.P. to Molly she was a goddess taken out before her time. She should have played her idol! I think it was a smart move on Dalton and the others' part though to take her out while they had the chance. Dalton hit the nail on the head with his confessional about Molly being extremely well-connected and how that could be a powerful position for her to be in. Molly leaving kind of shows that being too well-connected is just as much a downfall as it could be helpful. Nevertheless Molly leaving makes me sad

(i hope this works, sometimes idk how to computer)

Second order of business: I'm not surprised Saxon left, but he definitely handled himself well so kudos to him!

Other orders of business:

Right now I'm a big Taylor fan. I think she's got herself in a pretty great spot right now on her tribe and I'm hoping she'll stay in that good spot. Each round I like Allan a little more, he's very entertaining and the fact that he's doing a garnet count thing is just the cherry on top! Salahly is my favourite tribe at the moment.

[Head PW 2.0]

So I FINALLY got caught up and I wrote these notes as I watched confessionals, so it's alphabetical some are from round 2, some are the round 3 ones, sorry if it is all over the place....

Allan: I love that he's making the efforts to still include Constance, it shows just how much more well rounded of a player he is compared to the rest of his tribe. He doesn't join in on bullying or any mean-spiritedness and just tries to still help her fit in. It just definitely solidifies him in the best position on the tribe (in my opinion)

Casey: (round 2) I love this girl but she needs her ego checked. Her alliance with Jesse may put her in a good spot at the moment, but they're on a 6 person tribe and a duo is threatening. If they haven't already, someone's going to catch wind and it will be bad news (like me and Hodges in iS Haiti RIP). She just needs to dial back that cockiness, continue building relationships with other people and try to not make the duo of her/Jesse so obvious.


Christian: Sitting out of these longer challenges is usually not a good idea especially if you were the one on the outs before (he did get the majority of the votes), because people spend hours on calls planning the song, recording it, planning the art, and these longer challenges really help form bonds. I hope that he's still on calls even if he can't add anything to the conversation about the challenge. The only plus to it is if they lose he can say "well it wasn't my fault" but they can also say "because you didn't help". It's a catch-22.


Constance: (Round 2) I get the "wanting to come into a new game with a fresh start" attitude, because ideal world that happens, but the truth of the matter is, in orgs, whether you've talked to someone before or not, if you've played a game, you have a reptutation. And people talk, so other orgers will know your reputation. So regardless if you've never talked to Samm before or not, he's going to know of you because you've played an org and he knows other people from that org. You can't stop opinions from spreading. So instead of getting upset, you have to either own that opinion or change it. Instead of doing either of those options, she is playing a victim (at least in this confessional). That being said, I get where she's coming from in regards to the remaining 5 members, someone is going to be on the bottom, but she's not making efforts to put stuff aside and reach out to change that.


Dalton I will give it to him, the Molly vote was a smart move for him. I really like that he's also trying to push it onto Ethan/Frank, so that he's still able to build other relationships with Tyler. I don't like that Hugo is automatically the odd man out now though, I want someone to snatch him up and use him. I think that he's in one of the best positions on his tribe and I'm interested to see how he handles a swap situation.


Devon (round 2): I LOVE that he is conscious of Ricky being a threat. I love that he's afraid, but that means NOTHING, absolutely nothing if at some point he's not willing to go after him. He's smart to not try at this point because I honestly don't think he'd have the pull and Ricky is probably the biggest asset on this tribe challenge wise. I can see Devon at a swap trying to flip on Ricky and being similar to Yap in Endure and it biting him in the ass. I think Ricky will ultimately get the better of him.


Ethan (round 2): I think that he's played really well, the duo of him and Dalton is seemingly unstoppable on this tribe with Molly out. I think that he is getting most of the credit for the Molly vote which would look good on his resume, but I think that at a swap/merge he'll be targeted for the move, whereas Dalton will skate by. I definitely think they need to work on Tyler so that at a swap/merge he doesn't flip on them, but right now I think he would.


Frank I see him playing similarly to Conquest in that he's expendable and he thinks he's making moves but he's still at arms length away from the inner circle. The fact that Ethan/Dalton saved him was more about getting Molly out than it was about saving Frank. He's also doing what he did with me and instead of addressing any concerns about pregame relationships, he's just assuming they're there and jumping to conclusions, not everyone wants to work with the people they already knew. But thanks for the Endure shoutouts Frank! Apply for endure 4!


Hugo Dude make another confessional, k thx bai


Jesse (round 2) It's definitely smart of him to play this in stages. But I don't think it's smart of him to assume that he and Casey would be "set up" for the rest of the game if they make the first merge together. I think that he and Casey are forgetting that on such a small tribe that it's a threat to be a pair. Which brings me to..... Keith realizes this duo is a threat. I love that he is smart enough to take the opportunity to break them up and realizes it's best to do at 5 (again this is bringing Hodgelee flashbacks in Haiti). I know Keith said he wanted to sit back and bbe under the radar but I love this Keith. The quiet but calculating person who is building those social ties to take control down the road.


Lexi tbh I was so disappointed to see Lexi being so inactive. She got spared because of Ricky, but she honestly needs to step it up or she'll get taken out, Ricky is only going to carry her so far.


Mateusz Still a fucking star.


Mikki (Round 2): I like that she thinks Simon can be beneficial to the tribe, but I don't really like that she's just willing to take that as an easy boot instead of seeing any other options. Like I get that the four, Mikki, Devon, Ricky, Lexi are a thing but at 5 people, she could take out Lexi with Devon, Simon, and they could be strong still since Lexi was MIA and she'd gain a loyal ally in Simon.


Ricky I personally feel he's hands down playing the best in the cast right now. He's not only set up the tribe dynamics really well but pretty much every single person on his tribe is turning to him. I don't know what the drama was last night/this morning with Ricky/Constance/Ethan/Samm but Ricky needs to not make big dramatic situations and I think he could go to the end. He's setting himself up really well. Devon is really the only person looking at him, but even he's unwilling to make a move.


Giovanni I don't know how I feel about Ryan potentially being the swing vote on that tribe once Constance goes. I think that ultimately it could be the downfall of Samm because Samm is convinced he has Ryan on lock, but Ryan likes Taylor/Mateusz better. THe easier thing for Samm/Mateusz/Allan/Taylor to do would be to vote Ryan and hope that because he's secure in that swing vote position, that he wouldn't play an idol.


Gherman Okay, I have never had a real convo with him but I like this guy, maybe it's our giraffe alliance for life since we're not playing games together lol. But that's as far as I can go talking about him because when I was catching up he hadn't posted an updated confessional, I don't know if he has yet.


Samm I almost didn't watch Samm's confessionals because he and I talk all the time. But I'm glad I did, the fact that he thinks he has people on lock is going to be his downfall, he's going to get cocky and he's going to crash. As someone with more connections than me, he will be in a bad position at a swap/merge and he needs to try humility and just build relationships.


Simon On one hand I feel like it's karma that he's being deceived by people early on but at the same time I feel bad for him that he's so oblivious to being on the outs. I find myself rooting for him because he's an underdog, especially with Lexi being inactive, I'd hate to see him go. (I promise I love Lexi, but the lack of care just was disappointing)


Taylor Taylor has no problem getting in a good position. She's usually a loyal person, she's friendly, not an overall threat, and in this game it's no different. She's got pretty much everyone on her side and she's no one's target, I see that carrying through to the next stage of the game.


Tyler Ok. I want to like Tyler. I do. So I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt, chalk it up to him being a newbie, but boy he needs to not trust dalton. USE THAT DOUBT AND REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE AN IDOL, use it in the smartest way and you can swing it in your favor. But he said in the video that he wants to change things but isn't... WHAT? And he said that if you talk to him, he'll trust you? what? i don't understand his mentality. Maybe it's just not coming across good in confessionals.


Will I don't know since no real confessionals.

[alex]

WHERE ARE ALL THE MENDI CONFESSIONALS?! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN IF ONLY CHRISTIAN CONFESSES?!
AND LET'S BE REAL, HE IS KINDA A BIT DELUSIONAL ABOUT THINGS SO HE PROBABLY IS BEING LED ON YET AGAIN.

Hoping Will goes home (since he never posts shit). Or Casey since I can't understand her. Maybe Ryan because

In this, the most blah tribe, I am 100% team Christian.

[Head PW 2.0]

No I love Ryan Gherman. But Yeah Mendi needs to step up their confessional game.

[VIPW jamie]

I have zero idea why Mendi is splitting their votes on Ryan and Will. Nothing about this makes any logical sense as they are targeting William (WHO DOESN'T HAVE AN IDOL??) and if they are worried about Ryan having the idol, he is voting Will too so IDK WTF THEY ARE DOING. i almost want to give them all UTR because this doesn't make any sense

[Host Brandon]

Blindsiding Ryan with their single idol was absolutely SILLY.

Off to round 4. IT'S MERGE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Host Tommy]

Mendi's a hot mess thinking Hadars a hot mess when hadars not a mess at all lol
now mendi has 0 idols (rip) and hadar has 5 LOL. rip every mendi member