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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 2, 2013 23:58:25 GMT -5
I promise I will answer my Pre-Game Questions, but I have something to say that's pretty damn urgent. Since I just signed-up, I decided to try to talk to everyone who's online right now, including Mikayla (a.k.a. The Girl Who Stabbed Me In The Back). And... She's not even answering me. Bitch, please, you were the one blindsiding me and now that's how you treat me after all this time? That's a very good winning strategy, babe!  |
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Post by Stephanie "The Hobbit"Valencia on Jun 3, 2013 1:26:53 GMT -5
I love you. Kick ass. I'm sorry I can't be in here with you! Rooting for you! |
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Post by Brenda "DropsHerBooty" Lowe on Jun 3, 2013 13:34:24 GMT -5
I replayed that video more times than I should have.
Good luck Eliza!
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 3, 2013 16:42:40 GMT -5
I love you. Kick ass. I'm sorry I can't be in here with you! Rooting for you! OH MY GOD, STEPHANIE! <3 I hope you have so much fun in your trip because you definitely deserve it. I'll fight my hardest to make you proud. |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 3, 2013 16:45:15 GMT -5
I replayed that video more times than I should have. Good luck Eliza! Thank you so much, Brenda! <3 By the way, I also love this one: |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 0:55:07 GMT -5
I have to confess that I was kinda lazy about starting the confessionals last night, but now I completely regret this, because there's so much going on that I finally realized this is not just another game, it's motherfucking All-Stars. Last night, I was genuinely trying to be a good, nice and kind person, but now I understand there's no freaking place for that kind of behaviour in Sausage Island, because every single one of us came here to play. And when I mean play, I mean ready to cut some throats and stab some backs. And, if that's the way they want to play, I can only say one thing:  But, since there's a lot of catching up to do, I have to start all of this in the beginning (a.k.a. yesterday). As you guys all know, I don't have a lot of relationships with a lot of these people here. I suck at being a Prediction Writer, so I probably never spend a lot of time talking and socializing with everyone when Third Helping and Lex vs. Brett were on the air, which I kinda regret now, because there's seems to be a lot of people with already beautiful structured alliances. In a way, I'm probably kinda jealous of them because they have a shot of making further into this competition only based on their friendships and not only their capacity of actually playing this game, but on the other hand, I feel like I have the privilege of having a blank slate in this game. Aside from the few enemies I probably made during my two provious games, no one here seems to have a definied feeling about me, which kinda gives me another chance of making a good new impression on their minds. All in all, I think my only problem with not doing enough of pre-gaming is that I don't really know what the hell happened in the previous seasons. I don't know who's bitter and mad at anyone else and I don't know what the hell the alliances are as of right now, which makes me absolutely angry due to the fact that I keep having to second guess myself every single damn time that I have to say even a word to anyone. And, believe me, that's not an easy job for a person like me, who's already used to spill every single detail to anyone. I have to keep in mind that this is not varsity football, but the fucking Super Bowl of Survivor. With that in mind, my first task at hand was definitely improving my social game as soon as possible. Between Sunday night and the end of yesterday's Captain's Challenge, I probably talked with between 15 and 20 players, which doesn't seem to be that big of a number in such a huge cast, but that's definitely something, right? Probably better than the last season I played, in which I made it to the Final Four without even talking to most of the cast. I'm definitely not proud of that at all, so stepping up that part of my gameplay, which is always a huge thing. I'm not gonna post every single one of those conversations in here because I would be just flooding my confessionals with useless talk, but there's definitely some people that I could see that spark of a connection, while others were just as fun as watching paint dry on a really rainy day. But, you know, if talking to boring people might help me get far in this competition, I'm more than ready, able and happy to do it over and over again. Like I said, I came back to Sausage Island with a big goal in mind: win the title of Sole Survivor. In Fans vs. Favorites, I have to admit I was more focused on making a name for myself and proving to everyone that I deserve to play in such a big and important series like Sausage Island. But, now I am here to do every single damn fucking thin that I can to win, because this is MY season. |
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Post by Andrea on Jun 5, 2013 1:26:59 GMT -5
Brownie points for you using a PLL gif<3
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 2:44:06 GMT -5
Since I barely knew anyone here, I decided to become the fake and overenthusiastic version of myself, which is never ideal because I end up being sick of myself, but really necessary at this stage, because the first night is always a perfect opportunity to make a good (not really) first impression on everyone's minds. And, also because I wanted to end up on good tribe, of course, because who in hell wants to spend their whole time trying to save their own butt every other day? I have two words: Not me! For once, luck was apparently on my side for once, which is... Weird, I guess, but a good thing, because I found a way to get what I wanted the most in the end. I have to confess that I had absolutely no strategy in this challenge besides spamming as much as I could. At the end, surprisingly, I grabed not only one, but two goddamn sausages, which is quite impressive, but I ended up being removed by Jason after he got the golden sausage. Yes, that's exactly what I wanted all along, y'all. What's better than sucessfully getting to prove to everyone that you're a good competitor but still don't get your own hands dirty in the process, right? I think everyone knows now that I'm definitely not a useless player, like Sekou or Phillip, except they don't have any reason to believe I'm a challenge-whore or something like that in any shape or form. In my mind, that's definitely a WIN-WN situation. After the challenge was over, 5 players became captains for 5 different tribes: Wanda, Sydney, Brandon, Kim and Jason. I have to say that I didn't have any problem with all of them getting to be captains. I spent loads of time talking with both Wanda and Sydney previously, Jason was kinda feeling a little bit sorry because he removed me from the competition and Brandon... Who am I kidding? Brandon is Bobby Dawg and we got long pretty damn well in Fans vs. Favorites. For god's sake, I even voted for him at the Final Tribal Council after he fooled me for pretty much half of the whole season. He can spend all of the time in the world trying to pretend that he's not Bobby but I can see right through all of his "funny" bullshit. So, the only captain which I didn't have any major connection was Kim and, well, I was quite fine with it. The 5 Captains had their meeting with Lexie and Bretty to pick their own tribemates and I don't understand what the hell happened, but in the end I ended up on a tribe that I kinda liked after all. I guess we're the one if not the most diverse tribe out of all five of them, because while Poseidon and Baci looks like the casts of a CW teenage drama, Kurudu and Tres En Gawd (seriously, Brandon, are you kidding me?!) seem like the reunion special of seasons one and two. I guess some people aren't even pretending they're not pre-gaming anymore at this point. Feroca (is just me or it sounds just like Veruca from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?) actually has a lot of different personalities. A sushi chef, a sassy latina, an oversexualized grandma, an alien, a diva, a dead weight and That Girl. In the exact same order:        Before tonight's big twist revelation, I guess we ended up being kind of a fun and light-hearted tribe, which was kind of a surprise to me because I was fully expecting everyone to be completely ruthless and cruel right away. We even created a joke about our tribe being called Shakira and all, but I guess all great things come to an end in the blink of an eye here in the Sausage Island, right? Because, just moment afters, we were faced with the first twist of the season:  At first, I was like "WHAT THE FUCK?!", but now I came to terms with it and I'm feeling just like "Are you fucking kidding me right now, Lexie?! Is this shit for real?"... Well, I guess I'm still pretty pissed about that. Seriously, I understand that from your point of view this must be a completely pleasure, but for me it felt like all of the gates of hell opened at the same time. A Tribal Council with freaking 35 votes is just... Just... I can't even describe how much I hate it, but I guess I can't do anything about that except vote, right? Talking about votes, it's amazing how something can start so good and perfect and then become the biggest clusterfuck of a trainwreck I've ever seen in my entire life so quickly. Why did you guys do that to me? What have I done to deserve this? Why, god, why?! |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 3:05:57 GMT -5
Right away, when the big twist of the Ultimate Sacrifice was revealed, the whole Feroca tribe decided to stick together because this Tribal Council would be like no other everyone has seen before, right? At first, I was kinda surprised about this decision, but it felt great in my heart because it felt good and very organized. Maybe too good to be true? Why do I really still expect to have good experiences in a game with a bunch of motherfucking liars and backstabbers? As you can see at the end of the conversation, the Feroca tribe decided to unite powers with another tribe, Baci, with the ultimate goal of taking out the ultimate useless player, Sekou, because he has no bussiness in this game other than being a comic relief piece of useless dead weight. In my mind, that's a good idea because it keeps the numbers on my tribe, makes another tribe weaker, takes a goat out of the game and, of course, doesn't create a lot of drama this soon in the competition. That seemed like an amazing idea, so we all got into a huge chat with the other tribe. But, like I said before, maybe too good to be true? Why do I really still expect to have good experiences in a game with a bunch of motherfucking liars and backstabbers? I'm not gonna post the entire conversation here because I don't want to crash the whole board right now, but it was REALLY fun getting to know everyone that I didn't get a chance to create more connections with the few people that I still didn't get a chance to meet over the day and a half I was playing in this game. We discussed previous seasons, previous reputations and even previous games outside of this franchise, but all the fun and games came to a sad conclusion after Jonas came, out of the blue, saying this: And, that, everyone, was the biggest wake up call I could ever receive in my entire game, because it meant the beginning of the season for me. Everything before was just a prelude to what's about to happen. It WAS too good to be true. No one here came back for another good experience and I was too naive to think that, because this is a cold-hearted and cutthroat game. It's a dirty game, but if everyone's playing like that, I'll do the same. |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 12:50:30 GMT -5
After that dramatic end to a perfectly fine conversation, it was definitely time to find out what the hell happened to the vote between after our big decision as a group and Jonas screaming at the Feroca/Baci chat about getting votes, because it looks like I'm out of loop once again. I don't know why, but that keeps happening to me every season over and over, but I'm not going to put my head down and just accept the facts this season, I have to get down to bottom of this whole ordeal. Since I'm not that much of a social butterfly, I started the scavenger hunt by talking with the people from my own tribe, which is a lot easier because I don't have to be all fake and nosy to get them to share the information I'm looking for. And, for my surprise, it looked like people weren't playing it safe for the very first, but rather trying to take out a big target right away. Seriously, at times like these I'm proud that I don't have a good reputation around here. I'm glad I have the fame of being the poor little underdog that was played by Ted and Bobby Dawg, because if not, people would probably be trying to have my head on a silver platter at this point. At the same time, I was shocked to find out people here seem to have some sort of a pack mentality. I'm pretty sure Sekou isn't going home because another more important and popular All-Star has decided he doesn't want it to happen, and since we have a lot of apparent sheep around here, no one is allowed to do anything else but accept the fact that Jonas is going home. Well, I think I finally understood why the hell I have my title of "The Dissenter" and not something like "The Cockroach". I definitely did not return to Sausage Island to bow down to every single decision that comes out of Brandon, Ted, Jason or Kim's mouth and be happy just because I got a chance to play with such amazing players. Fuck that! I'm not buying that kind of utter bullshit because I actually have a brain between my ears and I am allowed to think on my own, unlike most people here. Unfortunately, until more people decide to play their own games and stop being ruled by the big names of the franchise, I will have to pretend to be okay with their decisions, since I don't want to see my booty going out the door. But, I can promise one thing to all of you: their demise is coming to an end sometime, because it's about time for a revolution. It's time for the kings and queens to be dethroned and replaced by the people that really came here to play and fight their soul to get to the end of this game. And I'm gonna start this revolution even if that's the last fucking thing I do all season. In the half time, I have to start getting information, plantin my own little seeds into people's minds and, also, trying to make some alliances because if everyone already has one, two or a freaking thousand, I gotta find some for me as well, right? Aside from me, the most pissed person out of everyone about this whole decision was probably Wanda, which seemed to be bleeding Feroca red at that point, but, you know, not everything is as it seems, right? Wanda is absolutely desperate about losing any tribemate because that's one less number in Feroca, which means if we lose Jonas, we are going into the next Immunity Challenge with only 6 members instead of 7 like everybody else. Besides that, if we lose immunity next round, we're only gonna have 5 people in our tribe. Looking from that point of view, I was starting to get angry, stressed and depressed about this whole situation because no one seemed to be open for another option, which is very weird so early into the competition. Actually, some people were open to another option: Phillip. Oh, great, all of the two possibilities are from my tribe. Fuck my life! Right now, this is obviously a LOSE-LOSE situation for me because I'm damned if do, damned if I don't at this point. It doesn't really matter now if Jonas or Phillip goes home because Feroca will probably be one number down either way, which completely sucks for my game. But, still I had something in my gut saying all of this seemed a little bit too fishy to me. Why would everyone target Jonas? I didn't watch Lex vs. Brett, but he was the merge boot, not a challenge-whore or a strategic genius, y'all. The puzzle pieces didn't fit together... Actually, they didn't make any sense with that little bit of information I had in my hands, so I needed to find the truth hidden in the bullshit as soon as possible. |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 13:15:18 GMT -5
In the middle of my scavenger hunt, Jonas came up to me to reveal his big plan to save his own ass from getting evicted. I wasn't expecting anything genius or close to that coming from him, but his saving grace idea didn't sound interesting to me at all, because, well, a lot of people were already proposing that way before he did it to me. What an amazing plan, Jonas!  This is just going to save you a couple more rounds and nothing else much, because our tribe is still going to be royally fucked by having a number disadvantadge right from the get go. At least you could have a better idea to save yourself while getting the target into some other tribe, since it's YOUR ass that's on the line. At that point, I knew he wasn't going to be very helpful in my journey to find what the fuck is happening around here.  Right away, I thought Sydney was a great person. We had a great connection since our first conversation Sunday night and I'm glad she's not trying to hide that everything here is dirty because the bullshit already hit the fan. I don't think Sydney is gonna be able to work with me as far of right now, but she's good to me in a long term. After this Tribal Council, we're still coming back into the 5 tribes, but with 34 people still in the game, swaps are bound to happen sometime, so I need to create to create other strong relationships to make sure I can be a part of other people's plans too, and that's my main goal now that we're not exactly stuck with our own tribes yet.  I know I can't put all of my eggs into one single basket, so I need to keep talking to everyone that I can and make an effort to create a bond with them. If I recall it correctly, DDanielle was "married" to Bobby Dawg in Amanda's game, right? They're probably still playing together, but I can't let that stop me from having a deal with her, because I have to believe she's a smart player that knows that getting ruled over by the Big Names isn't a winning strategy at all. So, making a little deal with her now might help me in the future when she realizes that she needs to play her own game, not theirs. Well, at least I hope some people here are as smart as I think they are, but I might be exaggerating their intelligente after all. |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 14:38:22 GMT -5
Talking about strategies and deals, I am really trying to have a lot of them with very different people because I don't like to put all of my chances into one person that I can screw me over in a major way, just like Bobby Dawg did in Fans vs. Favorites. This time around, I'm really putting myself out there by making relationships and even proposing alliances, something that I was really afraid of doing in Season Four. As you can remember, since I was in very strong tribes such as Desterrados and Valente, I had a lot of time to get to know people and then transform those friendships into alliances, but, guess what? This is not Fans vs. Favorites. It's All-Stars, so I need to pick up my pace unless I want to be rolled over by the competition. In Fans vs. Favorites, I didn't have enough power or trust to have big alliances, like Coach and Ted did, but I had a lot of two-person deals, which I think might be the strongest and tighest type of alliance you can make. Mike and I worked together since the beginning because we realized that Coach was too big of a threat to keep until the end, but still a necessary piece into making sure that we got further into the competition. He was also the only person that I told about the (fake) Hidden Immunity Idol, which for me is a good thing, because I'm used to keeping those things to myself. Unfortunately, he got voted out way too soon for me, at the double elimination Tribal Council. Also, I had very tight deals with Kourtney, Semhar and Kelly. Still to this day, I'm depressed that I never really had a chance to work with Semhar because, girl, you are freaking fierce. If you weren't fucked over by the twist, I think we could have been an alliance to be reckoned with at the later stages of the game. Me and Kelly had some problems at the beginning of the merge, but after Coach left, we both realized that we could only count with each other against all of those boys. My relationship with Kourtney is kinda weird in every possible way. I like her a lot as a person, but sometimes she can come across as very overenthusiastic. That, and the fact that I know she's an incredibly sneaky player, makes me a little bit apprehensive about making deals with her because I don't trust her as far as I can throw her. But, in the middle of all of this drama, I think I found my new Mike, which I have to say I wasn't really expecting at all, because that wasn't the game I was planning on playing, but I had to take the opportunity to have a dynamic duo in this game because I need someone to watch over me whenever I can't and, even if I'm literally making a deal with the devil, I think she's well-connected enough for that role. And, yes, that's right, I'm now alligned with... From what I can see, Sandra seems really genuine about our alliance, because she's sharing too much information with me to be faking it. And, well, from what she told me, we really need each other now, because I've been completely screwed by my own tribe since there's a freaking (not that) secret pre-game alliance in there, which consists of: Are you freaking kidding me?! Fuck you, Wanda, for fucking me over and stucking me in a tribe with a complete 4-way alliance, which I'm completely on the outs. Seriously, what the hell have I done to her? Well, I can say one thing to her: karma may be a bitch, but I'm way worse when I'm furious. I'll make you pay for the hell you've done and, I promise, it's gonna hurt.  So, it looks like Eliza is still the same underdog after all this time. Again, I will have to fight week after week after week all over again because I'm out of the loop on my tribe... ON FUCKING DAY ONE! How awesome is that, everyone? I made it work in Fans vs. Favorites by throwing everyone under the bus, but I don't know if there's enough space to do that with only 7 people. Wait, 6 people since one of my tribemates is going home tonight. I would be crying if I wasn't laughing at how much fucked up I am right now. Seriously, I don't what to do to make sure I survive more than one round without wining the Immunity Challenge. Oh, well...  |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 15:11:41 GMT -5
 After being fucked all over by Wanda, my plan is to get Sandra, Phillip and I together to make a counter alliance in case we have to go to Tribal Council in the next few weeks. I know that's not enough to take one of Alexis, Vecepia and Wanda out of the game, but at least we have to get together as fast as possible because we need to have a solid three-person alliance in the Faroca tribe before we even start trying to throw one of the girls under the freaking bus.  So, I had to go against my will to form an alliance with Phillip. Really, you guys don't really understand how mad I am right now that all my fate is in the hands of a useless person who doesn't even have an AIM screenname. Seriously, I have to talk with him by PMs, which completely blows in every imaginable way possible. But, I still need him, so I sent him this: I'm disgusted at myself right now because of how fake I was in that PM, but I gotta what I gotta do, right? Right now, I'm so incredibly screwed that I have to take every chance I get and make the most out of it, even if that's playing with someone I hated and always wanted to get out in Fans vs. Favorites because he always seemed to be gunning for my girl Semhar. If you're reading this, my love, I'm so sorry that I had to try to allign myself with someone who was gunning for you, but you have to understand that I'm not a position to decline having an alliance with him right now. He didn't answer me until now, which is awful because I sent it almost 12 hours ago and I hoped this time I would already be telling him what the hell is going on in our tribe and that Jonas is throwing him under the bus to every single person. All I can do right now is just sit and wait until he magicly appears and answer my PM, which probably is gonna be at the Final Tribal Council, after the results are revealed. |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 16:00:53 GMT -5
If I have to say what's my biggest surprise as of right now in the competition, I would probably say it's Coach not being bitter or angry at all of what I did to me last season. I would imagine he would try to vote me out at the exact Tribal Council based on his reaction after I went against his decisions in Fans vs. Favorites, but he seems perfectly fine and moved on over everything that happened. I'm really glad that's the case, but I can't say I expected that from him at all. I think maybe the gods of Sausage Island finally made him grow fucking balls to realize that he's not suppose to hand his whole game on a silver platter to Ted or Bobby Dawg, you know? Especially now that his on the Season 2 tribe. Coach knows now his ass is on the line if they lose a couple immunity challenges, so he's opening up his game for a couple more moves, which is fine by me, because I'm not opposed to a Desterrados revival in this game. Oh, I'm all up for it!  I love that Coach also is smelling the fishiness in the air, because every thing seems completely set in stone, which is kinda ridiculous in a game called All-Stars. Everything should be crazy and chaotic, but this afternoon was strangely quiet for my taste. Where was all the hectic drama from last night? Okay, Jonas and Brandon had a little tamper tantrum at Tribal Council about Brandon's cockiness and honesty, but that's about it. We both know there's something behind all these decisions that we're not a part of, so I think now his reallly up for making a game-changing move when it will be necessary. It's nice and quiet
But soon again
Starts another big riot
You blow a fuse (zing! boom!)
The devil cuts loose (zing! boom!)Also, he didn't have to reveal the Alexis/Wanda/Vecepia/Jonas alliance if he didn't want to, because a lot of people are just saying "I don't what happened!" or "Someone told me the coaches decided everything and I'm going with the flow!" because they are afraid of telling the truth like it is. So, I think this is probably a beginning of a new era of trust between me and Coach, which is something that I didn't think would happen not only this soon into the competition, but at all, since we had freaking loads of issues and dramas during the merge of Fans vs. Favorites. I like this idea because Coach is pretty damn straighforward person and incredibly loyal when he wants to be. |
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Post by Eliza Orlins on Jun 5, 2013 17:36:06 GMT -5
Is Jonas for real, y'all? He's been acting all day as if he was a chicken with its head cut off around Tribal Council. I absolutely agree that Brandon is acting way too much cockier for my own taste, but the dude has immunity around his neck and, of course, a powerful alliance to back him out on all of his decisions, so why the hell would you mess with him this early into the competition when everyone is afraid of thinking on their own and just going with the flow until their back into tribes? That's just insane. The super duper paranoid part of me is starting to think this is all an act, but unless every single person in the whole game is just wasting a lot of their precious time lying straight to my face, I don't think it is. Well, but if I my crazy part is right, the Razzie Award for Worst Actor goes to... I mean, come on, he seems like a nice guy and all, but he's getting on my nerves because he's becoming a pure emotional player. If I was in his situation, which I thank god I'm not, I would OBVIOUSLY be throwing whole alliances under the bus, not Phillip who's a waste of space. The chance to evict a whortless player is gone with the wind, so you needed a better plan to save your butt from going home, which obviously you don't have. In the end, I'm kinda happy with this whole Tribal Council because it worked completely on my favor for once. Apparently, I'm not a target because I'm now well-connected and I got a chance to make some deals early into the competition, just like this one: It's amazing to see the seed you planted into someone's mind florish and become a possibly very solid alliance. From my point of view, DDanielle would be a great ally because she has a lot of rivalries which puts a bigger target on her back, not mine, and, also, she's old-school, so it makes me a litte bit closer to them. My focus right now is to win the next few Immunity Challenges because I'm definitely not sure what the hell might happen if we lose one and we have to go to Tribal Council with a very divided tribe between Alexis/Vecepia/Wanda and, possibly, myself/Sandra/Phillip. Until the swap, this game is will be very intense for me because my neck is on the chopping block at the Feroca tribe. |
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This is just going to save you a couple more rounds and nothing else much, because our tribe is still going to be royally fucked by having a number disadvantadge right from the get go. At least you could have a better idea to save yourself while getting the target into some other tribe, since it's YOUR ass that's on the line. At that point, I knew he wasn't going to be very helpful in my journey to find what the fuck is happening around here.