A week of memorable TCs. How were you feeling while the votes were being prepared?

Where does the fault lie for the NaOnka boot falling through? What are your thoughts on Lisi's power play?

Does the change-up in alliance numbers cause you to re-consider your position in the game now and with whom it's in your best interests to be aligned?

Fuck yes windows opening all over the game :D

A Katie boot tomorrow would be all kinds of delicious. But for now sleep is a must.

Ugh, what is delicious and what is sensible are rarely the same thing :/

What the best result right now out of tonight would be for Lisi to leave. Leaving a foursome of Yul/Katie, Alina/Nay as a very unlikely set-up to turn on us the following round. The very reason Lisi oughtta leave is the same reason it is unlikely to work - her & Yul's closeness. To try break that pairing up from the other end (i.e. have everyone bar Katie vote Yul out) falls flat again because Lisi can stop that from happening very easily.

So if Yul & Lisi are basically immune where does that leave the target? Well it goes without saying Cat is a no-go for me. I will now add Erinn to that list - and keep her there all game unless she tries a big move later on - on account of the fact that I now believe that is my best shot at F3. To sit there with those two steals away the loyalty voters, and people are forced to choose between us.

Katie - yes she has been playing very well. Yes I would like to boot her a lot. But not at the expense of sending Yul off into Lisi's arms. A far better option is to play up the loyalty card with both Yul & Katie, pick off one of Alina or NaOnka, and hope they will follow through and not team up with the remaining pair or start heavily pushing an Erinn boot next round.

Alina or NayNay. Honestly, last round I would have said Nay - because I still have some bond with Alina at least. I don't have the bond with Nay that Cat does. But I have a legitimate fear about how close Alina & Katie are. And I see Nay as the least likely to start any kind of foursome next round, so for that reason I think she needs to stay over Alina. I ain't gonna get my way here though. Yul & Katie need to be kept sweet, even if it means loosening my grip and giving up some power. you gotta give a little to get a little.

I didn't answer your questions with that at all :D



Somewhat nervous. Then out with two idols and a little bit deliriously nervous. I took some comfort from Alina's "not voting for you/Cat/Erinn tonight" PM.



Totally on me :D Although I'm sure I'm not the only one to spill a little too much. That is the nature of the game when you are working a few sides.

I reckon though, Lisi's power play shows just how little we needed to fear Yul (or whoever) sharing shit with Lisi before. I think she made it last night specifically because she believed Erinn & I were in the minority over here (Cat not so much) and that she could flip us over now.

[quote="Helen]"Does the change-up in alliance numbers cause you to re-consider your position in the game now and with whom it's in your best interests to be aligned?[/quote]

Not really. See above for more deets. The big thing to come out of last night is that while we went from being in the minority to pretending to be in the minority, to now being legitimately swing votes. But we are swinging between what is best for Lisi (booting Katie) not being a great move for us, and what is best for Yul/Katie (booting Nay) which isn't so bad a move for us.

Alternatively, they are teaming up as we speak to pick one of us off :D We won't know for sure until we see the colour of their votes. I'mma predict the social survey tonight though. It would be the perfect night for it with the way the game is shaped, and that's a challenge I can actually beat Yul/Erinn at

We actually did have both sides voting with us?

Wow. We are good

And naOnka is a vote for Erinn now. I'll have to weigh very carefully whether Yul or katie might be a better option.