Silas Survives ~ Twelfth Round

[Silas Gaither]

Final 8! That was such an intense round! Two blindsides, two big threats go out! I got my way in both votes, so I'm pretty happy! <3

[Silas Gaither]

I pretty much said everything that needs to be said about the Malcolm boot in the last thread. He came to me with a plan to blindside Brenda, I ratted him out and I pulled in Savage/Brenda/RC/Bob/Courtney to blindside Malcolm out of the game and get more leverage for myself. Later, fucker! <3 Apparently he went out with an idol in his pocket. I am HOWLING with laughter! He got exactly what he deserved!

So yeah, after all that, RC and I decided to flip to the group we just lied to (Jay/Morgan/Sean) and blindside Savage. Lol. I felt like we were playing for fifth and sixth place if we stuck with the Paget alliance (Savage/Brenda/Bob/Courtney) cause I think that both Savage and Brenda wanted to take Bob/Courtney to the end, where they'd most likely win. I just felt like I'd be handing over power to them, and I'm not about to let that happen! None of them had any end game deals with me either, which was suspicious. So by flipping to the Bayamon alliance (Jay/Morgan/Sean) and taking out Savage, now we have a Final 5 deal of me/RC/Jay/Sean/Morgan. Within that group, I have two Final 3 deals with me/RC/Jay and me/RC/Sean. Then I still have Courtney/Brenda/Bob, who'd presumably still want to target Morgan/Sean/Jay, and they'd need my vote to do that. So I think I set myself up perfectly in the middle and I have so many different ways I can play from here.

It was a tough decision, cause I really do like Savage. PLUS this is the second game where I've brutally blindsided him. I like Morgan from another game, but lol, she's trying way too hard to be a villain, and she was so petulant after we made her look like an idiot and she voted for Bob, when we blindsided Malcolm, and she had no idea. Like, girl, you were never considering taking me far into the game at that point, we never even had an alliance, why're you so pissed that I lied to you?! If I was basing the last vote on emotions, I would've voted out Morgan, but from a strategic standpoint, it made sense to keep her and take out Savage. It's unbelievable that NuPaget merged with 8-4 numbers, and now it's 4-4! The game really has taken a turn, Malcolm/Morgan/Sean/Savage/Brenda were the power alliance before, now Malcolm/Savage are out and Morgan/Sean are against Brenda. I don't want to get overconfident, but wow, after feeling completely on the outs at the merge, I really think I've made some power moves to set me up well at this point!

Basically, RC/me are in the middle of two alliances. It's Sean/Morgan/Jay (Bayamon) against Brenda/Bob/Courtney (Paget). Both of them need our votes to take the other side out. The problem is, we've lied to both sides and blindsided them in the last two votes, flipping from Paget to Bayamon. My concern is they're just going to get sick of our flipflopping and team up on us. So that's why I think I need to pick a side, at least for a couple of votes, or else I'm going to appear shady as fuck, as if I don't already. I still want Morgan gone, but I still feel like I can get her out any time I want. Jay promises that when it comes down to it, he won't pick Morgan over me, and still wants to go to the Final 3 with me/RC. Sean wants a Final 3 with me/RC too, he says he thinks Morgan/Jay are big threats to win, and we need to take them out, maybe even before Final 5. So RC/I are leaning towards sticking with Bayamon for at least another round, where it seems Bob will be our target. I'm starting to trust Sean more and more. It's ridiculous, cause we hated each other earlier in the merge! We both wanted each other out badly, but I think we both see the benefit in working together at this point.

Sean told me that Brenda knew that Savage was being blindsided, cause Jay tipped her off. This is what Brenda told Sean. But Jay is saying that I tipped Brenda off. I've caught Jay in a few lies now, it's frustrating, cause I love him! I just don't think he trusts me, but there's no way I'm ever voting him out. Ugh, whatever! I probably am not the most honest player in the game, to be fair, but except for when I blindsided Malcolm, I've more or less had full disclosure about everything with him. Brenda has the Luv Shack idol too, so we have to be careful of that. I'm not sure if she'll play it this round, cause we don't even have numbers to split, but she'd have to be brave not to. I'm hoping that Brenda/Courtney/Bob will just continue to target Morgan, and lobby for me to join them. So if Brenda does idol someone out, it'll be Morgan, which I couldn't care less about! I'm not going to them targeting Morgan, cause then they could just go to her, and flip the script on me. So I'll just listen to what they have to say, and tell them what they want to hear. It sucks to lie, but it's needed, to protect myself. If people realise there's no chance of me/RC siding with them, it could be the end of my game. So that's why I'm happy to continue to play both sides at this point, cause I think everyone in the game feels like they need my vote to get what they want. Which is PERFECT for me. <3 I just have to make sure it doesn't backfire, eep!

Also, Final 8 is when I was blindsided in CYS12. I really want to make it through this round, so I improve on my last placement!

[Silas Gaither]

Just some more comments I wanna add.

I felt like earlier in the merge, RC/I were relying on Jay to keep us safe. But now since the Malcolm blindside, I think we managed to reverse that, and he's relying on us more. That's how I prefer it.

I'm having so much more fun this season than CYS12. I would describe my gameplay there as hesitant, passive and scared! I just followed Yul/Bobdawg and hid in their shadows. I think this game I'm so much more aggressive and cutthroat and I've really initiated the blindsides of some power players! No matter what, I think it's a vast improvement. I won't be satisfied with anything less than a win though! ^_^

[Silas Gaither]

Brandon, you're really testing my love for you with this challenge. Fml. ;___;

[Silas Gaither]

Lol, what a mess. <3 That was gonna be a boring as fuck round, but at least I added some drama!

Apparently I'm an "interrogator" cause I ask so many questions to people. Brandon, you said that about me in GSurvivor. I guess it's true, whoops. >_<