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🌙 $urvivor 19: $audi Arabia (EoE) ~ Moon Mode
📺 Episode 11 / final-9
$eason 19(M) Episode 11 : "CEO of the Hated Club"
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$pecies ⚖
24-Aug-21 11:13 PM
$eason 19(M) Episode 11
$pecies: Previously on $urvivor...
The castaways returned to camp shocked, having just witnessed 6 idol tokens played and Goose sent out of the game. Clink was mad that Nerf had publicly asked for his idol token back at tribal council, while many players were mad that Jonas was once again rubbing them the wrong way.
Everyone paired up in preparation for their next immunity challenge. The pairs were Sophie and Jessica, Nerf and Jonas, Vikram and Moss, Bloody and Borges, and Simon and Clink. It was then revealed that the pairs would have to negotiate to determine which of them would attend Tribal Council, and who would be safe from the vote by instead heading to the Edge of Extortion. Moss and Vikram agreed to form a secret duo and attend Tribal Council together, while Bloody passed Borges an idol token in exchange for safety. Sophie, Jonas and Simon also all chose immunity and departed for the Edge.
The 6 vulnerable castaways prepared themselves for tribal council. Vikram and Moss quickly decided that they would gun for Clink, as he was playing the middle at previous tribal councils. Nerf also took the opportunity to paint a target on Borges’ back by suggesting that he had thrown out Clink and Jessica as targets.
At tribal council, Nerf played a micro idol on himself, but it proved ineffective and negated zero votes. Borges stuck to his own plan and played a full idol for himself, which negated the 3 votes against him, and sent Clink to the jury with 2 votes, with him warning not to trust Jonas on his way out.
9 are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Intro plays.
https://youtu.be/VMAfZIEDJow
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$pecies ⚖
25-Aug-21 10:50 AM
NIGHT 30
ALQAMAR
Borges, Jessica, Moss, Nerf and Vikram return from tribal council after Clink has been idoled out.
Jessica | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
So what went down at the last tribal council is that after Nerf made something “official” with me, which I’m not planning on sticking to but for now he can be my number, we talked about possible threats and stuff. I made sure that we wouldn’t be targeting Moss by telling him that Moss isn’t a threat and there’s no point in going for her. I knew he’s close with Vikram so I eliminated him from the possibility. So that just left Clink and Borges. I started to get closer to Clink before this so I was kinda leaning doing Borges and Nerf told me he was as well. In fact, Borges threw my name out to him, so that made up my mind for me and I was set on Borges. What made it easier is that he also threw out Clink's name, so me and Nerf were able to easily get Clink on our side. However, that was only 3/6 people, so I decided to get Moss on board. It seemed like it would be Borges going but too bad he had an idol, which I did not predict at all. I still don’t regret it though as we were able to flush an idol out and while yeah Clink went, he was my second choice to go behind Borges, so I’m not that upset.
Nerf | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I played my idol tokens because something wasn't right. I knew Jessica telling Moss about our plan was a bad idea. Well, at least that's another vote in jury for me and once again, I got something to TRY and fall back on. Clink is gone, still 1/3 of my main targets gone. I just gotta do the same thing as last tribal council. This [bleep]s up a lot of things though, I will say that.
Moss | @Alqamar
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So that was another vote that I controlled, which will help me as we approach the end game. I asked Borges to vote Jess so in case Nerf freaked out or Clink put a vote on me, I'd have Jess as back up. Vik and I voted Clink. Nerf was dumb and left Vik out of the vote and I haven’t leaked to Vik yet about Nerf’s shadiness. I’ll do that to bring Vik closer and really highlight to him how bad it is that his closest ally Nerf completely left him out of the vote. To make sure Jess doesn't get sus why I didn't vote Borges with her, I'm going to tell her now that Borges voted her and I had to vote Clink because I found out last minute Borges had an idol and to protect her I needed to vote Clink.
Vikram | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Somehow Clink went home. I was left out of many plans… To be honest, Borges and my relationship has been the highlight of this $eason for me. Who knew we both would work together?
Borges | @Alqamar
- 1 Idol Token
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Ok so, if Vikram is really with me I may survive this round because I’d have Moss, Bloody, Simon and Vikram - that’s 5 with me. (finds an idol token at one of the trees in the forest) Not this! YES! NOT THAT! THAT WAS SO RANDOM! OMG!
Moss | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
What's wrong with me - I’m turning into a villain and I don't like that. I’m usually the hero! I think all the shadiness that's been going on is just a bit much. Can’t I just have one ally who tells me everything? Is that too much to ask for? Apparently Nerf and Vik wanna go after Simon next vote, which is good to keep heat on him. When Jonas and Sophie are back, I will check in with them and see where they’re at. I kinda think I want Bloody or Nerf to go next. We’ll see.
Jessica | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Sophie and I have a complicated story arc. I can't wait for her to come back to camp as I need someone to rant to, even if she tells everyone else, she always finds a way to calm me down.
Sophie, Jonas, Simon and Bloody return to camp from the Edge
Sophie | @Alqamar
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Jess is being conflictive. I don't know if that's a word, but she's sending mixed signals. She said our edits so far here are just like two people yelling at each other about how one keeps betraying the other. I think she's CALLING ME OUT so I don't believe her saying that she'd go to rocks with me, even though I literally have it in writing. I need to probably engage with her and have more conversation about what happened last tribal that I didn’t go to and then see how we can move on from there but you know that's a lot of work. So much work but whatever. My last conversation with Bloody was her yelling at me to put aloe on because I got really sunburned but out there at the Edge and umm we didn't have any game talk.
Bloody | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
My goals for the round are to keep in Nerf’s good graces, maybe finally talk to [bleeping] Moss, bring more value to Jonas and Sophie, solidify relations with Borges and Vikram, and I don’t know what to do with Simon and Jess. All I know is if the vote comes down to me or Borges, I don’t want there to be a reason to vote me ahead of him, so if I can AT LEAST play nice, I’m doing more than the bare minimum, which is more than I think a lot of folks in this game who get burned will do. I’m also not sure if going for the next immunity is right for my long game. It lets me survive to the next round, yes, but it also makes me a “challenge threat” and ups my visibility, but if Borges wins it, I do think I’m kind of [bleep]ed. I will have to weigh my options upon the challenge tomorrow and see how the vibes are. If we can find two more tokens between now and next tribal, I’ll feel a lot better, but in the meantime, we just burned three successfully and Borges found one more.
Simon | @Alqamar
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I’m a little annoyed with Borges at this point because he always tries to push his own plans and doesn’t really try to hear what I have to say. Every time, he tries to push to vote someone who trusts him less than they trust me. In the swapped tribe, he pushed Vik's name, then at merge pushed Zach because he was going after him, then he tried to force me to vote for Sophie at Final 11. Dude chill out - I’m not gonna do what you want. You don't need to get what you want all the time. I told him to go for the Nerf at the last tribal but NO IT'S better to go for Clink because Clink trusted me more. Few more rounds and I will vote that dude out if he will try to push his own ideas more.
Sophie | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I just talked to Borges and he was like “Can I join the hated club now”, saying that I'm hated and that I'm the CEO of the hated club. Am I hated? I don't know, I guess I am. He said “those nasty people voted me, thank god I had an idol”. Umm Borges, you voted me. You're the reason I'm the CEO of the hated club! Don't come whining to me about your problems, please. Thank you. But I played along anyway and I said WELCOME TO THE CLUB. Yeah I'm out here real gaming guys.
Jessica | @Alqamar
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I’m actually pretty happy with my current position in the game as I don’t believe I’m anyone’s number one target right now. I feel like I’m in a spot where I have different people from both sides trusting me and I’m kinda holding things together. I just need the next tribal to go my way and I feel like I’ll be set.
Vikram | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Omg I feel so good about my current position in the game. Borges is trusting me a lot now and Bloody likewise. Moss and I formed a great bond of being together till the end. Simon talks game to me and I think he won't go against me thinking I'm not threatening but yeah he isn't on my side. Sophie is good with me. A lot is going on that I’m not on anyone's radar at the moment. Distrust between Borges and Nerf, Borges and Bloody being a duo, Sophie and Jonas likewise. Jonas is a chaos creator and Simon is a big threat after the Final 11 tribal. This is awesome for me, I just have to make sure I am not seen as a floater.
Jonas | @Alqamar
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I was feeling pretty bad before the last round but enough chaos has happened that things are actually looking up for me I think. That last visit to the Edge might've done me very well. Ideally I want to take out Vik next. He is a floater and unpredictable while leaving in Nerf/Borges to target each other at the Final 8 so that me/Moss/Sophie/Simon can get easy numbers at Final 7.
Simon | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Nerf is someone who is gunning for me right now because he is mad that I played one of his tokens at Final 11, but that's not my problem. If he would keep that token in his pocket, he wouldn't have that problem. Dude, you messed up, and you are mad that someone else played the idol on one of your targets. Another thing, that dude is chaotic as heck. He lied to Jonas, Sophie and me when Goose was voted out. And then in the last tribal, he tried to blindside Vikram and Borges. After that? He confronted Moss that she didn't vote with him for Borges, like he asked Moss to vote for someone she knew since day one.
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$pecies ⚖
25-Aug-21 09:29 PM
After being in the game for a full month, the castaways talk about their winning edge over their remaining competitors.
Jonas | @Alqamar
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I'd like to think I have one of if not the hardest pathway to FTC over anyone else left in the game. No one had the ups and downs I've had, no one had more heat in the pre-merge, no one had to play harder and in an almost herculean effort I've come into the merge with 11 votes against me and have yet to get another one, 4 votes into the merge I've been able to do the unthinkable and fade into the background while still maintaining my reputation.
Bloody | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I’m a known threat that no one has bothered to deal with. My edge over the rest is that I have actively kept my enemy in game, I haven’t explicitly lied to anyone, but instead gave them a little more truth than my core allies would be comfortable with, all in the effort to make me everyone’s second choice for who to target. So long as I keep stoking the divide between Borges, Jonas and Nerf, while reinforcing my loyalty to each, I effectively stay close to relevant game info and off the parchment.
Jessica | @Alqamar
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I feel like my winning edge over my competitors is that I’m able to make moves but still control my threat level as some of these people are doing the most extra things and lying for no reason and they aren’t realizing it’s just making their threat level skyrocket. These men are dumb and are going for each other.
Vikram | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Honestly, I think my winning edge is my adaptability and people underestimating me. I’m proving them wrong. I have been vocal in public and UTR strategically and hence I have been so flexible with my game. I got my way in Clink’s vote and I was never seen as a threat. That’s a mistake by these people and I may as well prove them that at FTC. Yes, I'm making it for sure.
Moss | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I'm not sure what my winning edge is, like will these people be bitter? Goose and Clink, who I had good social relationships with, may be bitter. I flipped on both of them, so I could see that. I just realized none of them left their Legacy of Love with me, not even Zach. So I think I don't really have anyone so far who's rooting for me on the jury.
Simon | @Alqamar
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I'm in a really weird spot at the moment. Sophie loves me after I played the idol on her at Final 11, but my threat level has increased a lot since that tribal... I would say that my loyalty is something uncommon in this game. And that can be my edge over other people. I proved time and time again that I'm loyal to people who are loyal to me. My idol play on Sophie was a signal to other people that I'm here to protect my people, and I don't know if anyone else here is ready to risk their own game to save their allies.
Sophie | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I know I’m tight with Jonas, and with Nerf but I don't really have anyone else. I really wanna be tight with Simon but I'm too worried that he's more of a middle manager to put too much trust into him. I’m a little slow on the uptake but we're getting there. I dont think I’m in the worst position though since I was a target early in the merge, and got my way out of the mercy of others, I'm not too much in the hot seat right now. I think my idol play onto Simon of “you scratch my back I'll scratch yours” kind of exemplifies what I’m trying to go for in this game and that it has altered how people are looking at me because if people help me, I'll help them.
Borges | @Alqamar
- 1 Idol Token
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I was kinda UTR before but I don't hide. I was a villain and I'm turning into a hero because I'm at the bottom right now. I'm not really concerned about getting to FTC and not being able to tell a great story, I'm more worried about getting to FTC, which I will only make it if people are really dumb but maybe if I'm in a Final 4 with Jonas, Simon and Moss or probably maybe Bloody, they would try to take out Jonas for sure but af FTC it will be really hard because Simon is a really great player, Bloody is playing nice but she's more UTR so maybe it's not that much of a concern. My goal right now is getting to Final 7 but I want to make it as far as I can. I never play for the prize but right now I just want to have a clear path. If I see I have a path to the end, I might just go all in for it and that's it.
Nerf | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I won't deny that I feel a bit drained. Borges really took a toll out of my motivation. Dude basically ridiculed me and I just feel angry at him now.
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$pecies ⚖
25-Aug-21 10:45 PM
$pecies: Come on in, guys!
The castaways march in.
$pecies: More than a month into the game, we’re finally down to single digit!
Jonas: Halfway there, woop!
$pecies: More than half actually. Before we get to your immunity challenge, I'll take back the necklaces.
Bloody, Jonas, Simon and Sophie reluctantly hand back the necklaces to $pecies.
$pecies: Immunity is back up for grabs and today there will be only one necklace available in Wheel of Fortune!
Here's how it works, you will have to solve a puzzle sentence by guessing one at a time to check if they are in the solution. Before you guess a consonant, you must spin this giant wheel of fortune to determine how much you will have to pay for each time the consonant appears in the answer.
If you want to check a vowel, you can buy them directly without spinning the wheel as you will be charged a flat rate of $380 for each instance of the vowel you guessed being in the puzzle sentence.
Once you have figured out the answer, you must raise your hand. The first player to solve it correctly will win immunity to earn a guaranteed spot in the Final 8.
The players get ready for the challenge.
$pecies: $urvivors ready... Go!
Bloody | @Alqamar
- 1 Idol Token
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I might be insane, but I might throw this spectacularly. Jonas called it based on the edge mail that it would be some type of puzzle and I told him I’m terrible at puzzles so I’ve already seeded that with him. In truth, I could probably win this. We’ll see how I’m feeling, I may say I’ll throw a challenge and then play and the thrill of the challenge takes over. All I know is the worst thing to get here would be second place, and knowing Borges said he is GOING FOR IT hard. We shall see.
Borges | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I'm not good with word puzzles, so I was just dumb and spent almost 9k in the challenge. was desperate and not thinking clearly. No way I'm crying over the spilled milk, I'll see this as an opportunity to tell people I have a little less than 20k and am not a threat for challenges, but I got more than 26k left in my wallet, so it isn't that bad. I don't think I'll make it past Final 5 though, so it's alright I guess. But I just wasted my shot at later immunities so I need to get my threat level down low so that people will keep me at Final 5 and at least Final 4.
Nerf | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I lost. No chance I won. I panicked during the entire challenge and lost 13k. God damn it! At least I can say "oh [bleep] I lost 13k bro, I suck at this shit, I have no money".
Bloody | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
The way I was going to throw that comp and then decided to actually go for it at the end... and totally, completely fumbled. I’m most CERTAINLY not going to win.
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$pecies ⚖
25-Aug-21 10:56 PM
The players try to solve the puzzle as quickly as they can without keeping track of how much money they are spinning away.
$pecies: Everyone has done it pretty quickly! Let's find out how much each of you spent and who wins immunity today!
Starting from 9th place and going to 1st for maximum suspense obviously...
In 9th place, we have Moss, who had a time of 26:45 and spent a total of $5,980.
In 8th place, Simon, who had a time of 21:43 and spent a total of $5,780.
In 7th place, Sophie, who had a time of 17:08 and spent a total of $9,410.
In 6th place, Jonas, who had a time of 14:59 and spent a total of $4,200.
In 5th place, Nerf, who had a time of 12:11 and spent a total of $13,790.
In 4th place, Borges, who had a time of 12:02 and spent a total of $8,680.
We're down to 3 - Bloody, Jessica, Vikram...
In 3rd place, Vikram, who had a time of 11:03 and spent a total of $8,690.
Jessica spent $5,530 while Bloody spent a bit lesser with $4,820...
Spending more here didn't help as Jessica's time was 10:11 while Bloody was the only one to finish in less than 10 minutes. She had a time of 8:32!
BLOODY WINS IMMUNITY!
Borges: SOPHIE WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT SPELLING?
Sophie: I'M NOT SURE. it’s just the English language being xenophobic.
$pecies: The key to success is to develop a winning edge. Congrats, Bloody! I will see all nine at tribal council where one of you will become the fifth member of our jury. It won't be Bloody.
Bloody | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
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STOP IT YOU GUYS. HOW IS EVERYONE SO BAD AT THESE CHALLENGES?? I should not have won this! HOW AM I A STRENGTH BASED PLAYER ALL OF THE SUDDEN?
Jessica | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I am shocked at how much everyone spent in the challenge and it’s kinda concerning to see that Bloody is this good at immunity challenges. It’s a note to keep in the future but I’m very happy with how I was able to perform and being so close to winning immunity because I didn’t even really try that hard and I feel like if I did I would have been able to possibly win it.
Vikram | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I can't believe I was 3rd place in the challenge! That was awesome. Maybe I should have used my money more efficiently, like if the spin was $290, I could have guessed Z and so on. Anyways, what’s done is done and I didn't need immunity that bad, so I'm fine with it and proud of myself. I was surprised by Nerf spending 13k but yeah he’s on the chopping block.
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Moss | @Alqamar
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I'm not surprised Bloody won, she's been winning or doing quite well on challenges. Hopefully that puts a target on her back.
Simon | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I'm not surprised that I was almost last in that challenge because I suck at challenges in general, but at least I had a lot of fun playing that challenge. Bloody is immune for the 3rd time in the merge, which will put a huge target on her back for sure.
Jonas | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I’m kinda mad I had to spend so much money here when I didn't want to play in it really.
Sophie | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I suddenly feel very poor and I really need to remap my spending habits, because uhhhh spending 9,400 is NOT it. Thankfully, I was above the halfway mark, so now if I do math correctly, I'm just below it. I need to be more fiscal… I think that's the word, bouta become a scrooge.
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$pecies ⚖
26-Aug-21 02:34 AM
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DAY 32
ALQAMAR
The castaways have different targets in mind.
Vikram | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
This vote is gonna get so chaotic. I hope I'm forgotten in all this chaos. I have connections with Bloody, Borges and Moss. With Nerf, yeah I trust him less after last tribal but I don't think he will go against me. Simon and Jonas need to go.
Bloody | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Obviously I’m ecstatic about winning immunity, but I’ve had two people say something like “Omg three immunity wins now! Good for you!” and I see that as “I’m clocking you, challenge threat”. But real talk, this immunity is proving crucial. I think we can still make it out this round without Borges going home, but without one of us winning immunity it would have made securing safety for the other much more complicated, since there are people who love me but hate Borges, and people who love Borges and hate me. Now that it’s solely a Borges potential vote, we can adequately assess whose number we have secured and start painting a comparative narrative for who we want to go instead of Borges.
Moss | @Alqamar
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It hit me today, have these people figured out I'm with everyone and probably the hardest person to remove right now? If I go, it would open up their games. I'm with Jonas/Sophie, then I'm with Borges/Simon, then I have a duo with Vik who leaks info to me, then me and Jess reconnected after the last vote. So, I want Nerf gone, he's officially on my radar now. He needs to go. He’s too much of a wildcard that will go with the wind but then I think is he someone good to go to FTC with? He’s messy, he hasn't really had any successful plays, but then dragging him to the end is risky because of the wildcard factor.
Sophie | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I WANNA PUSH A VOTE ON MOSS BUT NO, PEOPLE ARE WHINY LITTLE BABIES WHO ARE STUCK IN THEIR WAYS. Same with Vikram, I don't have that good of a game relationship with him, so I do have a reason to get rid of him but at the same time I don't see how everyone else is going to vote for him. If I have my way I would definitely put a target on Vikram and Moss just to keep this whole little drama going on but what can I do?
Jessica | @Alqamar
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I really want one of either Jonas or Sophie to go here. They are way too dangerous and one of them just really needs to be chopped. I’m ensuring this happens by getting Nerf and Borges to trust each other and trying to make them believe the fact that Sophie and Jonas are manipulating them. I’m approaching this a bit more with force as I’ve stayed under the radar for long enough, it’s time for a change and for the real Jessica to shine.
Sophie | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I have no doubt that I'm gonna be targeted again this tribal. I'm just popular like that. I'm living rent free in people's brains but you know, we're just too cool. Now, I'm possibly thinking I want to go for a Borges vote tonight because he's kind of annoying me in all honesty. I feel like I could foster something there between us but I doubt it would last because we would each continue making moves against the other. I think Nerf is already mad at Borges and then I would assume that Simon is as well because he's the reason that Clink got out last round and he was pretty tight with Clink. Jess might be down too because she voted Borges last tribal, though I'm wary about her positioning.
Bloody | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
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- 1 Idol Token
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I’ve got a couple of paths forward in this game - preparing for the worst, which would be Borges going home, but I think it would open me up to being more of a game piece for the likes of Jonas or Nerf. If Borges has any viability of staying this round, I feel like we need to identify a target that he can counter. Nerf’s name has been pushed, but I just don’t feel like that’s a compelling vote, like between breaking up a power duo by getting Borges out, or… taking out a kind of annoying player that switches sides occasionally? The most compelling target we could put against Borges would be Jonas. He’s similar in visibility, he’s got a core alliance but is working with everyone in some sort of game sense, and he’s also pissed a few people off to the point where, emotionally, I feel like some people might get behind his departure.
Borges | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Jess came to me and she said that “okay so you and Nerf have to work things out because it's totally dumb for you to to gun for each other and let Jonas and Sophie move on one more round”, which is actually true and would actually be great for me because that means I don't have to fight with Nerf right now, because I have Bloody, Moss and Simon for sure and if I get to Final 8 with them, I'm in a really good position. I told Jess and also Vikram that if Nerf said my name once, I would just gun for him and it would be either me or him going out. I'm not actually sure if I gun for Nerf, he'd go out or not because I don't know where Jonas and Sophie would like to vote since they are kind of unpredictable right now.
Moss | @Alqamar
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Going into this vote, I'm pretty sure Jonas will want to make a move on Simon/Borges and maybe vice versa because Borges told me earlier about going after Jonas, which isn't good for me. I think it's one round too early to blow up those pairs. I think people see me, Borges, Simon as a three, so maybe it's not bad if one of them goes to change that perception, I trust Borges more but Simon is more integrated with everyone. I think I can get Borges to do Nerf cuz he'll be scared he's coming for him, but Jonas/Sophie will be tricky and Vik won't want him to go, so let's see what I can find out.
Jonas | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
I kinda want to get rid of Nerf here, like he is just such a mess. I wanted to hear him out at least but then when he is going around and literally pitching ideas to me and then going to the same people he is trying to target to throw me UTB and say I was coming after them, like it’s too much.
Simon | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Personally, I would love to slay Nerf because that dude is annoying as [bleep]. I'm not sure if he was ever honest with me in this game. I noticed that Nerf is using the same pattern when he talks to people. He asks people what they like, and then he builds up a whole story around that one topic. He heard that I played football for a few years, so he only talked to me about football. Moss told him that she loves dogs, so he talked to her only about dogs. If that's not sketchy, then I'm not sure what is. Nerf also lied to me about the number of tokens he had. “I only have one" and then he played two tokens in the last tribal council. He lies to people for literally no reason.
Nerf | @Alqamar
- 1 Idol Token
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I made a deal with Borges. He came to me saying "yo if you vote me out I don't vote you to win", so we made a deal to pretty much keep each other safe this vote. Jessica tried to get me and Borges to try and work together here for the vote, and by using my bond with Jessica that was strengthened at the last vote, along with Vikram, I was able to get them to push for Jonas to go home here. We would have me, Bloody, Borges, Vikram and Jessica all voting out Jonas here with the rest of Moss, Sophie, Jonas and Simon probably voting for me.
Borges | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Okay so the plan is to vote Jonas out although Nerf actually was the first one to realize that me, Simon and Moss are a trio from OG Khutob and that's actually true but he watered around and spread that so that's not good. Jess wanted to vote either Jonas or Sophie, Vikram wanted to go for Simon initially but then he was alright with going for Jonas. Jonas has lied to me a lot and Nerf told me that Jonas told him I threw Nerf under the bus which is true, but that means Jonas is just trying to play in the middle and make me gun even more for Nerf and Nerf gun even more for me.
Jessica | @Alqamar
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So it’s Final 9 and there’s still a solid strong quad left, we can’t let Sophie, Jonas, Moss, Simon take over half of Final 8. I’m really pushing for one of them to go. I really hope I’m able to succeed at it. If my plan fails, I guess It’s not the worst case scenario in the world though as the other two targets are Nerf and Borges - I want both of those two out anyways. But in a perfect world, Jonas goes here.
Vikram | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Jonas is my preferred target to vote out tonight. And that's what's happening. Yay! He could have been my number 1 ally had he told me about Kasnoy getting unanimous votes and the Zach vote. So I can’t trust him. The jury would love to see him voted off, so that's a plus for me. He is also so vocal and OTT. He is causing chaos and I don't want that now as I’m in a good position now. As Nerf and Borges going against each other is very bad for me, I threw Jonas' name so that Borges would be down and he is. Jonas threw him under the bus and threw his name, so Borges is down. Bloody obviously is down. Nerf is too as I told him to trust me that voting Jonas will develop trust between him and Borges. Moss will do it I guess as she doesn’t trust Jonas. Apparently Jess told Borges too that she wants Jonas. So it should be ideal for me as I have 4 people with me after this vote. So I'm doing what I should to make sure Jonas goes. I'm worried about him having tokens though.
Borges | @Alqamar
- 1 Idol Token
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A LOT IS HAPPENING. Everyone was basically saying that Jonas was spreading that there was a real beef between me and Nerf but I promised I wouldn't gun for him if he didn't gun for me and he did the same. Then I was talking to Jonas like I was supposed to and threw Nerf’s name, but Jonas asked me if I wanted to do Nerf. He was like “Omg did you tell Nerf I told you his name?” and I was like yes, that means Nerf already leaked that but he denied it and okay but later like we started just leaking everything among us three - me, Jonas and Nerf and it was a real mess. I didn't know who Jonas was with, I didn't know who Nerf was with, and I honestly didn't know who I was with. I didn't know if it was best to vote Nerf out or Jonas out because by voting Nerf out, I’d blindside Vikram and Jess, and by voting Jonas I’d blindside Sophie and Simon.
Nerf | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Some bullshit has been spread about me that I haven't done, and has been HIGHLY exaggerated, and they're acting as if I'm spreading all this shit and whatnot... which, well. I WAS, but this vote I've been trying my damn BEST to try and lay low. Like, do absolutely nothing and tell everything I was doing to Borges to try and get his trust again. Do I think it's working? Yes. I think it's dumb for me to try and take out Borges because I know damn well I'll just go home right afterwards. But I do know I am closer to Jessica and Vik, which does give me a slight edge. Now Vikram told Moss about the plan. And if an idol token is played on Jonas tonight? Vikram is the god damn demise of me for telling Moss. I've been trying to tell people that Moss IS NOT with us. I will throw my vote onto Jonas because I'm angry at him, and I don't care that she told him. I do hope, if I stay I can try and pick up Sophie for myself. I don't think anyone is expecting me and Borges to work together, unless, you know, Vikram [bleeps] it up by telling Moss. So, if I get [bleep]ed over by idol tokens for the 3RD TIME? 3rd time isn't the goddamn charm!
Jonas | @Alqamar
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To my knowledge what’s going on here is, Nerf tried to snake me when I made a deal with him to vote Borges. I guess he couldn’t fathom the idea of some votes being on him as a backup plan. So they won’t be and they will now be my main plan. I’ll be getting at least 3 votes here, depending on how smart Borges/Bloody are. They might vote me out here to clip the threat while it’s literally up to them. But I think with Jess being so sketchy that they might not be so confident I am getting the votes and thus I may squeak by with a 6-3 against Nerf.
Jessica | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
OMG everything's falling into place. Stay in your lane ma’am. All day today I’ve been trying to make Sophie and Jonas feel safe by telling them I’m after Borges, even going to Simon and everything. And I kept making sure with Borges and I even lied to him saying Sophie is voting for him so that he doesn’t try to flip on us and I kept reassuring Nerf.
Sophie | @Alqamar
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I don’t like how the alliances are forming up right now. Jonas wants to go for Nerf but I wanna keep Nerf around. Jonas, Bloody, Borges want an alliance of us four because we’re the targets? I think I might wanna peel off into my own group. I hate that I'm not able to wiggle around much.
Moss | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Even though we technically have the numbers, Jonas could go here. Sophie will prolly flip. She was barely talking to me all day and she told Jonas she wasn't happy with the Nerf vote. Jonas going isn't horrible for me because it gets him out without me doing it but it’s not great because I lose an ally and on a personal level not good because I like him. It leaves Jess/Nerf together and I'm sure Sophie will link up with them to make a 3. She sees that as a beatable Final 3 I'm sure.
Simon | @Alqamar
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Here's how my conversations with Borges looked like.
Me: "Yo I heard that Jonas is saying your name to people."
Borges: "Ooh yeah I heard that. We need to get him out."
Me: "He won't get votes to do that."
Borges: "Doesn't matter, he is only one who is openly throwing one of our names under the bus."
Me: "What about Nerf?"
Borges: "He is voting Jonas with us."
For [bleep] sake dude, what the [bleep] was that? I guess he thinks that I'm dumb enough to not notice that he is trying to get all my allies out, so that he will be my only option left in game, and then he will control all of my moves because other people will try to get me out.
Bloody | @Alqamar ![MergeIcon MergeIcon](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/869095314974470184.png)
Okay, so Jonas wants to take out the “orange toy gun” boy. He can't even say Nerf out loud, like he’s Voldemort or something! At least, that’s what he’s telling us. Meanwhile, he’s also spreading Borges' name. Borges was shocked and I was like “Have you been sleeping these past rounds? That’s Jonas’ game. He puts names out first and people just go with them because they’re not their own names”. Supposedly Simon is pushing Borges hard to vote Nerf here and lord knows Jonas is more annoying than usual for this vote. He is begging me not to snake him every which way. So you know I am promising and reaffirming loyalty, but we have some options in front of us and honestly, Nerf going here wouldn’t be the best for my game, certainly not the worst. I feel like he’s a piece on our “side” that Jonas can take out and call the “common enemy”. Either way, I’m not pushing names this round at all. I am going to evaluate the ones that have come into my lap, and Borges and I will navigate from there and decide which way to go tonight.
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$pecies ⚖
26-Aug-21 09:44 AM
All nine remaining players enter tribal council.
$pecies: We will now bring in the members of our jury - Zach, Deaze, Goose and.... Clink voted out at the last tribal council.
Zach, Deaze, Goose and Clink walk in and wave.
$pecies: Bloody, congratulations on winning your second immunity in a row! How is it different playing with immunity?
↳ Bloody: Not gonna lie, it feels lovely, $pecies. Tribals of course will always be stressful regardless of if you’re safe or not, but knowing your name will not be read gives you an opportunity to breathe a bit.
$pecies: Jessica and Vikram, looking back at the last few challenges, for the rounds which required spending, the average spending has gone up every round. Is this a sign that everyone is more hungry for immunity? Is everyone in danger every round, or is it the same few people each round? How does that affect your decision as to who to vote?
↳ Jessica: Hmmm I don’t think it means everyone wants immunity that badly. It's just this last competition there was no choice but to spend a lot and the auction had a lot of stuff so of course it’s going to be more expensive. But yeah it’s definitely been expensive lately and I feel like the target has been changing every round as different people have been going than the ones from last tribal. But I do hope that one of the targets stuck.
My decision tonight is just making sure I’m set up well for the next round and for survival.
↳ Vikram: To be honest, it only partially means that because this challenge has been more of a paying one, so that could be it, but we can see better clear cut answers in the upcoming tribal. It’s not everyone in danger each round, but some people are definitely sneaking through for sure without being noticed. That doesn't affect the decision much, we all want whom we vote to go home, and kinda as long as it ain't us.
$pecies: Borges and Nerf, looking back at the swapped tribes, we have 4 members each from Qummah 2.0 and Sajid 2.0, and 1 member left from Khutob 2.0. At this stage of the game, do tribal lines mean anything anymore? Has the game moved on or can you never truly move on from those past relationships?
↳ Borges: I think due to every tribe going to at least once one tribal before the swap, all are fractured enough so tribal lines don't even matter. We even had people from the same swap tribe idoling each other out, so no I don't think that matters at all. We also had a ton of intertribal twists like the Edge, which helps this to not be a stagnant game, the relationships are fluid.
↳ Nerf: I don't think tribal lines mean shit. I would know. I'm the only god damn person from Khutob 2.0. Everyone else is dead. Gone. Clink, Deaze and Zach all got sniped. So, for me... no, tribal lines don't really matter because well, they CAN'T matter for me. I was on Sajid for 2 rounds so I feel like it wouldn't matter, for me it's not really possible to hold onto tribal lines. I feel like the game has moved on majorly and I feel like you have to keep your options open. But, I don't know if I'm going to even survive in the first place. So, who knows Species. Who knows.
$pecies: Jonas and Sophie, you were not at the last tribal council. Did the results surprise you? Have you caught up on what happened? How does that affect your vote tonight?
↳ Jonas: A little bit, I thought Clink was playing a good game - he was friends with everyone but I guess when you're friends with everyone it only takes a couple people comparing notes and then you're friends with no one. We got caught up and boy oh boy am I glad I wasn't there, sounds like a wild ride with another double idol play.
↳ Sophie: To be honest I wasn’t too surprised, I heard about Clink playing both sides, but it was a shock that there was action taken that quickly. To be honest it’s kind of interesting that there was the double idol play but hopefully it just means there’s less to worry about tonight.
$pecies: Simon and Moss, we're at the Final 9 now - fewer than half the castaways are left. When do you think the endgame begins? Do you expect to see people making a bigger push in the endgame? How do you factor that in when deciding how to vote?
↳ Simon: Endgame can start at any point because we are at that moment in game when people start thinking about their dream FTC. And of course people will start pushing their own agenda because there are still 9 of us and there are still a lot of different possible combinations for FTC. But sometimes people are pushing too hard to get what they want, and that can backfire on their faces. All of that will play a huge role in how people will vote in this tribal and in future tribals because all of us want to win this $eason and all of us will do everything in our power to make that happen.
↳ Moss: I'm not sure, I think people look at it at different points. I'm thinking vote by vote because if you think too far ahead you can get lost in that and it's not really helpful in looking ahead if you can't get by the current vote.
$pecies: Well, let’s see how this vote goes. It’s time to vote. Jonas, you’re up first.
One by one, the players make their way to the voting booth to vote.
Jonas (votes against Nerf)
You are just too damn sloppy for me to not take out here. You keep doing one thing and then running around behind my back telling everyone I was the one who did it. Your story doesn't make sense and everyone sees that!
Nerf (votes against Jonas)
It's me or you tonight. I know that. But do you know? Who knows.
$pecies returns to the voting podium with the urn.
$pecies: If anyone has idol tokens and would like to play them, now would be the time to do so.
No one? Alright then. Once the votes are read, the decision is final, the person voted out will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately. I'll read the votes. First vote...
Jonas
Nerf
Jonas
Nerf
We're tied, two votes Nerf, two votes Jonas.
Jonas
Nerf
Nerf
Nerf
$pecies: That's 5 and that's enough. Nerf, I'll need you to bring me your torch.
Nerf: Whatchu know about rollin' down in the deep. Bottom the entire game my game goin' down like a steep.
Vikram: GG, Nerf!
Sophie: I love you so much, Nerfy.
Nerf: No hard feelings for 7/8 of you.
Jonas: Bye Nerf, I hope I am not the 1/8!
Borges: GG Nerf. I'll explain it when I get to the jury.
Nerf: Borges? I didn't go back on our deal.
Borges: I was told yes and wasn't going back before it and I got hella paranoid, but GG.
Nerf: Thanks for the great experience y'all! Just remember this is a game, and don't threaten your jury votes. I met some real genuine friends here, keep it real, and to that one person? I know what you've been doing the entire time! And I will campaign for you to win in the jury.
Nerf brings his torch to $pecies.
$pecies: Nerf, the tribe has $poken. It's time for you to go.
Nerf walks away. Once out of view, $pecies speaks again.
$pecies: Well, you've just eliminated the last member of Khutob 2.0, but that only gets you this far. Now what? Grab your torches and head back to camp. Good night.
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$pecies ⚖
26-Aug-21 10:37 AM
FINAL WORDS
Nerf | 9th Place
Well, I just got [bleep]ed over really, really badly. And hey, props to them. I was the shit-stirrer of the cast, and hey it was fun while it lasted. Tried to make my mark and I feel like it worked out. Worked from the bottom the entire game, glad to have made it this far.
Nerf bequeaths Jessica and Vikram $1000 each.
VOTING HISTORY
6 votes against Nerf - Bloody, Borges, Jonas, Moss, Simon, Sophie
3 votes against Jonas - Jessica, Nerf, Vikram
NEXT TIME ON $URVIVOR...
$pecies: Two players get extorted from winning immunity and everyone gets extorted at tribal council...
Episode 12 is scheduled to be released at 10 PM (EDT), Aug 27th (Friday).
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