An explosive exit if there ever was one. Thoughts? Do you think it'll affect the game still in action?

And then there were seven. Looking at the game from the perspective of former-Refuge, former-original-Seuua, and former-original-Chaang, which group's trust holds your best chance of making it to finals? How about the same question for winning once you were to get there? (If any of that makes sense. Compound/complex/convoluted/FTW.)

Holylol, this might just take all weekend to answer.

In order of preference;

Catalie & Erinn - Logically, my best bet to win at the end is to be up against these two. It's there best chance as well. I believe the two of these see the logic in it too. So hopefully, three of us working toward a common goal will be enough to get us there, rather than trying to start a new trio at this point of the game. One which will undoubtedly have it's own new set of little particularities and secret agendas.

Yul & Katie - I believe I could convince Yul to bring me to the end. I also believe if I went there as a him/me/Katie set - and Catalie left at no fault of my own, that I could win outright. Getting Katie to believe this is for the best is gonna be a lot harder to do. Saying that, going to the end with a single one of Katie or Yul, alongside one of Catalie or Erinn is suicide. Yul or Katie would pick up Dan & the other's votes with ease, plus maybe more, while I'd split votes (and probably the smaller half at that).

Alina & Lisi - idk, I just don't know. They are down to two, so if they are planning to get to the end together, I'll certainly be trying to make sure I'm the third. They would be best off to go with Erinn I feel. But I'm still gonna try emotionally connect with Alina, and logically re-connect with Lisi over the weekend and the upcoming rounds. Could I win going with both of them? Maybe. Going with just one plus someone else? Unlikely.

But I'm playing this game loyal to Cat first and foremost. If she leaves, then - and only then - I need to go with one of the other pairs. If she stays, then Erinn needs to stay as well.

Where does that leave me for preferred boot target come Sunday? I actually have no idea right now I'll figure it out in the shower. Yul/Katie are gonna want Erinn out I fear. My first thought is that Lisi is my own personal best bet.

*their.

Ugh.

Fuck ya Helen. Sending my thoughts down the pairs direction.

Now I've gone and told Alina the only way we can ever work together is if she & Lisi team up with Yul & Katie to take Cat out. :/

It won't happen.

..but if it does, I win.

Now here is the problem with tonight. Erinn needs to not go home. Yul & Katie right now both want to vote Erinn. If Lisi/Alina get wind of that - which they will - they will vote Erinn too just to stay alive. And then me/Cat/Erinn's votes count for nothing.

So what we need to do, if me/Cat/Erinn is the end goal, is get either Yul & Katie voting one of Alina/Lisi. Or Lisi/Alina voting anyone but Erinn.

So my plan for today is not to play the obvious "hey still interested in voting Katie??" card, but I may go down the "Look, Yul is a challenge threat, if Lisi is willing to, then I will too" route.

On the Katie/Yul side, I'm gonna sow a few seeds with Katie that a of all make her start considering a Lisi boot to nip anything between her and Yul in the bud, which should also have the knock on effect of her thinking I'm protecting Alina, and have her lean toward an Alina boot to nip me/Alina in the bud as well.

Failing that, I may just have to win this challenge if Erinn doesn't, and out my Cat/me/Erinn F3 plan by passing Erinn the immunity. That could backfire spectacularly though.

Let me just pin this somewhere useful;

I totes guessed 37, too. You and I... one mind.

That's what my excel spreadsheet told me

Thoughts? Feelings?

we'll see once the votes come out :/

My first thought is how do tie-breakers work here?