episode ten - "Muted Laughter"

[Sam]

so, which part of the giant clusterfuck was I at when we spoke last.

Oh yeah,

I don't know how I want the votes yet, but what I do NOT want is a backlash at Final Five where they vote me out instead of Sagar. So in the past few days I've been doing a few things to lessen that future possibility.

Still a possibility, but moderately lessened due to recent events. Let's recap.

So we're going into the final seven tribal council vote, and I'm feeling pretty good. Sagar's fake conversations have apparently worked and convinced Ryan and Joe that Adrian's a schemer. Joe is having intense conversations with me about working together. Including one an hour before the vote where we talk about how we are going to own.

Sagar and I are pretty confident.

Ryan seems ready to go.

Of course, meanwhile behind the scenes, about 800 things I have no clue about are going down lol.


So the vote comes and after an unfortunate misstep, the votes go up very early.

It's 3 votes for Adrian then...

one vote for Ryan?!?!?


actually.....

i'm going to do a video confessional now.

brb


INTERRUPTED NOTE TO SELF: Sagar mentioned he might lose 6-1 to me at jury. Bad bad bad. Tell him he can reveal that the faked screenshots were my idea ~ this helps me a lot.

Sagar said that he hadn't been speaking bad about me. WHAT! THAT'S TERRIBLE. show him some of the nasty things you said about him to others to spur him into revenge.

[Sam]

video confessional part 1: youtu.be/yJ4mX6B-_vM


part 2: youtu.be/Zb8fYKsZHO8

[Sam]

Okay, my strategy.


My strategy is to envision the game from every player's point of view. My strategy is then to tweak their vision of the game world in ways to my advantage. I do this by saying certain things (usually about how players/jury members like or dislike me, or how players are liked/disliked over all).

Ultimately, one strategy might be to get a Mbochi to create a final 3 alliance with me that does not involve Sagar. I would then go to the other two members not included in the final 3 and offer them a "Revolution" with the evidence provided.


I have the feeling that Dave is not interested in seeing me much further, however I will hopefully have a phone conversation with him tomorrow pretending that we are going a far ways. I am not taking him past final 3. He could easily win this game.


My strategy is very very odd at this moment because I literally have zero defined alliances haha. I mean you could call Sagar one but it hasn't been formalized. I might formalize it soon. To me maybe it doesn't need to be said because it's so obvious.

It's so weird playing a game without alliances lol. But it's kinda been working so far. *shrugs*


I'm focused more on creating global attitudes that fit my advantage. Examples:

Renee hates me (more likely to be taken along to f2).

UPCOMING: Ryan hates me because I lied to him!

UPCOMING: Adrian thinks I'm a complete idiot and would never vote for me! (probably true.) the best stuff has a seed of truth and then flowers of bullshit.

UPCOMING: Sagar might have a good chance of winning after all!

FIGHTING: Tomas is dumb! (I don't want this attitude to take hold)

PUSHING: Dave is a threat to win! (halfway there)

Dave/Jose are a fearsome pair! (possible, depending on Tomas's reaction)

Sam is an idiot! Pushing / acting like this so people are more likely to drag me along. Note: this could backfire lol.


Anyway, tomorrow I hope to phone talk with Dave and Jose, and ideally start the process of working on Tomas, though that is going to be hard. We'll see I guess.

I had a phone talk with Sagar tonight. It wasn't very productive. I guess he is feeling like he burned all his bridges and now no one will talk to him. Probably. But he wasn't being very helpful. I told him to feed me ideas to say to Mbochi but he didn't offer any. He was being kind of grumpy. I didn't want to push that too much because you know people get angry when you tell them to do things.

I didn't want to tell Sagar everything I know because I know he'll spread it if it's to his advantage. I really don't have that much info right now anyways. But I definitely am keeping select bits to myself. I just want to appear to be giving Sagar all my info. Cause I'm saying terrible things about him behind his back (he knows about this) but it could still cause trouble if he believes it.

That'd be pretty dumb of him to believe that I wouldn't want him in the F2 though lol, given our alliance the whole game and the fact that he's massively hated.

I'm not sure I want Sagar in the F2 atm. I'll think more. Right now I'm not against it, but I don't know if I NEED to. And I am still worried that when the inevitable backlash against us comes it'll be me voted out and not Sagar. And the farther we get along, the more likely it is to be me voted out.

So if it was looking like Sagar was going this round I might not be against it.

I hope Joe uses his anti-immunity on Sagar. Then I wouldn't have to go for immunity.

Then again I don't think I can break Dave/Joe atm. I have no angles. So I might have to go with the Tomas/Sagar/Sam thing.

God I need Jury members to hate me STAT! lol. =D i guess i'm not being a big enough bitch. =(

maybe I should ask Sagar for tips

[Sam]

www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=days+since+November+9th

isurv1vor16.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=announcements&thread=39&page=1#693

[Sam]

ooh hoo hoo

jose told me that the vote for adrian was a last minute thing

dave told me they had planned it for awhile <---this i believe


liar liar pants on fire!

lol like I am surprised that people are lying in this game though haha. just felt good to ask the questions and tease that out. =)

joe is shifty. we were on phone and he wouldn't make plans with me past sagar leaving. he even told me "every man for himself" lol. who does that at this situation?

[Sam]

who would have guessed that 4am is prime strategy session time lol.

[Sam]

okay my QUICK to-do list

send a pm to tomas. think about what to put in there. possibly say dave/joe wanted me in an f3?

think about what I want in this game. though i never get what i want lol so maybe i shouldn't think too hard.

write down things i want to say to dave and joe at our next talk. i did get to a lot of my points above, but i could have done more i think.

also i am kind of disappointed in not pressing harder on my phone call with dave i felt like i could have asked more pushing questions when he was tired. but i didnt really have any questions i feel like i know it all! i mean i know he's super close with joe, doesn't like sagar, recently betrayed tomas. i feel like "what else do i really need to know"?



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ok. so i just brainstormed some PATHS TO VICTORY


PATH #1:

somehow get Tomas to vote for Joe. this... will be hard. i have some ideas.

If this works and Joe goes, then all of a sudden it's Sam/Sagar/Tomas/Dave.

Sagar will be forced to stick with me at this point, b/c he doesn't want Dave in the finals.

Because I have the most iS points, and Sagar is #2:

We can 2-2 tie and get out Dave. If Dave wins immunity we can vote out Tomas.

I don't think Sagar would take Tomas, the guy who didn't really betray anyone with 4 Mbochi on jury, to final 2.

So then it's Sam/Sagar where I win.


PATH #2:

Vote out Sagar.

F4 is the hard part. I either have to win Immunity, or bind Tomas to me (so they vote Tomas because I would win in a 2-2 tie). Possibly I could get Joe to vote Dave b/c he's a giant threat BUT this is a long shot. AND WOULD REQUIRE YOU GIVE ME MORE THAN TWO DAYS for the final four round lol.


Should I somehow survive the F4, it would be harder at F3, but not impossible.


Crap, I am way too liked. I need to either make people hate me or be seen as really really dumb. God it's so hard to do that though. =(

lmao.
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Quick + Dirty Jury Analysis


Sam VS. Sagar

Renee - Sagar
Chris - Sam
Ryan - Sam
Adrian - Sam


Sam VS. Tomas

Renee - Tomas
Chris - Sam
Ryan - Sam
Adrian - Tomas


Sam VS. Joe

Renee - Joe
Chris - Sam
Ryan - Sam
Adrian - Joe


Sam VS. Dave

Renee - Dave
Chris - Sam
Ryan - Dave
Adrian - Dave

[Sam]

things are looking a bit up.


who would have guessed my strategy sessions would take place at 4am and at 8am lol.


ANYWAY QUICK SUMMARY:


i talked on phone with joe quickly cause dave was waiting lol. joe was shifty. he lied about planning to vote out adrian. he was saying dave was a threat to win which was good. then he said if sagar won immunity it would be "every man for himself." and I was like WHAT?!?!? you don't even trust me enough to make a fake alliance with me for that??? who does that lol.

so I don't trust that shifty fucker one millimeter.


so then I thought a lot about my strategy.

and given that Joe has no use for me, I was thinking a Sam/Sagar/Tomas/Dave final 4 would be good for me.

more on that later.


then I talked to Dave on the phone which was nice, our first strategy session. blah blah blah we caught up on a lot of old things and i pushed some of my important points. Dave told me he would "do anything and listen to anyone as long as they had a plan to get Dave further" lol. That's pretty brazen to say out loud. I'll probably be repeating that to Tomas and Joe.

So after Dave said that I started coming up with 'plans' for me and Dave to go 'further.' Here's how I feel right now. Joe is feeling a bit alarmed after voting out Ryan and Adrian and wants a more secure vote. Dave/Joe are super duper tight. So I didn't want to suggest anything to either of them that I didn't support the other.

So I floated an idea to Dave that we should make a final 3 of Dave/Sam/Joe, "because now's a good time to make alliances." That way we could work together, and also he's working with Joe anyway lol so that won't ruffle any feathers. Dave said it sounded like a good idea and he'd think about it and maybe talk to Joe about it. So I just threw that out there.


THEN I went to Tomas, and said Dave wanted an f3 alliance with Dave/Sam/Joe (which he did, lol). Because I wanted Tomas to hear it from me first before Dave goes and claims "I started" that F3, which I did lol.

So I caught Tomas on Skype this morning. yay. I really wanted to talk to him! And I think I got to him first which is good. I made a lot of good points. Actually maybe you want to read it?



[7:36:36 AM] Sam Burkett: hey man
[7:36:41 AM] Sam Burkett: how's it going?
[7:36:47 AM] tomas: hey sam!
[7:36:56 AM] tomas: great, what about you?)
[7:37:02 AM] tomas: what's new?
[7:37:33 AM] Sam Burkett: going really well
[7:37:37 AM] Sam Burkett: had a good day at work yesterday
[7:37:53 AM] Sam Burkett: learned a lot
[7:38:35 AM] tomas: really? nice its good, i was at school for much last days but now im free from school till monday lol
[7:38:50 AM] Sam Burkett: oh nice!
[7:38:53 AM] Sam Burkett: three day weekend?
[7:39:25 AM] tomas: yeah, and also today so 4
[7:39:34 AM] tomas: but i havent school at fridays usually
[7:39:37 AM] tomas: which is good lol
[7:39:46 AM] Sam Burkett: haha cool
[7:39:58 AM] Sam Burkett: what are you studying? you mentioned something about anatomy and sport medicine before
[7:40:02 AM] Sam Burkett: i took an anatomy class
[7:41:11 AM] tomas: yeah i had few anatomy classes (for 2 years)
[7:41:27 AM] tomas: im studyin sports management and training of ice hockey
[7:41:42 AM] tomas: at faculty of physical education and asports here in bratislava
[7:42:03 AM] tomas: but your anatomy is way difficult then i had ever have lol
[7:42:35 AM] Sam Burkett: haha i'm not sure about that
[7:42:39 AM] Sam Burkett: i wish i remembered it all
[7:42:47 AM] Sam Burkett: i had to memorize like every muscle and insertion point and nerve innervation
[7:42:59 AM] Sam Burkett: oh and action of the muscle lol
[7:43:07 AM] Sam Burkett: it was a lot of stuff to memorize!
[7:43:56 AM] tomas: yy we had also this
[7:44:16 AM] tomas: every muscle, every innervation and insertion points
[7:44:19 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah
[7:44:48 AM] Sam Burkett: did you have to name the muscles on dead bodies? =/ that was the part i didn't like very much
[7:45:28 AM] tomas: and there was like : "musclus levator labii superioris et aleque nasi
[7:45:31 AM] tomas: and stuff like this
[7:45:32 AM] tomas: i mean wtf
[7:45:55 AM] tomas: but lot of anatomy knowledge im using till now
[7:46:00 AM] tomas: specially muscles
[7:46:11 AM] tomas: no no
[7:46:14 AM] Sam Burkett: oh yeah i remember that haha. especially the muscles of the arm. each one had like four names
[7:46:14 AM] tomas: oh god no
[7:46:24 AM] tomas: but people which studying medicine here in SR have to
[7:46:32 AM] tomas: in Slovakia i mean
[7:46:46 AM] tomas: but not at our faculty
[7:46:55 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah
[7:47:16 AM] Sam Burkett: that was the not fun part lol
[7:48:15 AM] tomas: yeah it's really interesting that im in sports i would never expect that im gonna learn anatomy in such a big amount lol
[7:48:39 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah? haha i guess it's important. last week i got to test all the different muscles by doing different reflex testing. like hit the tendon on the knee with the hammer type thing
[7:49:39 AM] tomas: nice and known test
[7:49:50 AM] tomas: yeah that's a bit problem here in slovakia
[7:50:09 AM] tomas: that lot of new trainers are people with license but without basical knowledge from sport
[7:50:43 AM] tomas: because there are 2 ways how u can become a sport trainer (i mean big sports like ice hockey, soccer,basketball and stuff not fitness trainer or so)
[7:51:55 AM] tomas: first is that you can do license D,C,B on your own ..u dont have to be in sports school, you just pay for it, go to seminars and pass the exams
[7:52:22 AM] tomas: another way is to study sport university (there are 2 here in Slovakia)
[7:53:00 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah?
[7:54:09 AM] tomas: and when u are studying here, you automatically gain licenses for example if u are studyin ice hockey after first year of succesful study you gain license D, then C and so... but better on this is that you have all licenses when you will finish, i mean also A and A+ (it's for international trainers)
[7:55:24 AM] tomas: so it's better, and in my opinion license out of the school sucks, because people which retreiving them know really nothing about another knowledge(not only about that sport) like anatomy for example
[7:56:24 AM] Sam Burkett: oh, okay I see what you mean
[7:56:30 AM] Sam Burkett: that makes sense
[7:56:39 AM] Sam Burkett: what license are you currently on at school?
[7:56:51 AM] tomas: im workin on A:)
[7:57:01 AM] tomas: i am at the final year of university
[7:57:24 AM] tomas: and still have time to play ORG survivor lol im kiddin this is for the last time, promise
[7:58:20 AM] Sam Burkett: haha
[7:58:29 AM] Sam Burkett: you wouldn't want to play another one?
[8:00:25 AM] tomas: i dont know yet, i have to study but maybe later i will... this is my first after long time, i was playing ORG maybe 2 years ago and if this game is not so interesting i wouldn be probably playing:)
[8:00:50 AM] Sam Burkett: haha yeah I know what you mean
[8:00:57 AM] Sam Burkett: this game is very interesting lol
[8:01:07 AM] Sam Burkett: I think I was as shocked as much as you were after this last Tribal Council
[8:01:27 AM] Sam Burkett: I thought I had lost for sure
[8:01:51 AM] tomas: yeah man i really was, i mean i was sure that dave and joe are tight together
[8:02:04 AM] tomas: but
[8:02:31 AM] tomas: i was thinking that dave is trying to bring adrian to f3 and kick him out of the game then
[8:02:37 AM] tomas: whatever
[8:02:42 AM] tomas: i ll be honest now:)
[8:02:50 AM] tomas: i really want to go to f2 with you
[8:02:54 AM] Sam Burkett: haha i'll be honest to you too
[8:03:22 AM] tomas: i dont want sagar around because he is deadly in challenges and dave and joe are supertight together
[8:03:36 AM] Sam Burkett: I agree 100%
[8:03:52 AM] Sam Burkett: Dave told me he and Joe had planned to vote out Adrian at this point like lots of days ago
[8:04:15 AM] tomas: yeah they had to
[8:04:16 AM] Sam Burkett: so they are clearly working very close together I don't think anybody can break them apart =/
[8:05:06 AM] tomas: you know i was closest ally with adrian, right.. but i wasnt sure for 100% that he wont gonna turn with dave against me in finals because i wasnt sure how close they are, but you know..it was joe all the time
[8:05:54 AM] Sam Burkett: I think you are right
[8:06:10 AM] Sam Burkett: I think Dave and Joe talk all the time and are really close
[8:06:47 AM] Sam Burkett: they told me they thought they couldn't trust you with the Adrian vote so I couldn't tell you about it.... but I think you are trustworthy lol
[8:07:17 AM] Sam Burkett: I mean you are probably one of the most trusted people here.... you stuck by your alliance the whole game until they backstabbed you first
[8:07:22 AM] Sam Burkett: I really like that
[8:08:09 AM] tomas: thanks man
[8:09:35 AM] tomas: well it have to come one time, and at least it's more interesting with twists and stuff, you guys with sagar are still here lol for 2 rounds, and probably will for next be if i wont win immunity lol
[8:10:37 AM] tomas: it's great for the game, and also i wanted sagar's out because his strenght in challenges but i really didnt want u gone u are the most friendly one so far
[8:10:59 AM] Sam Burkett: oh thanks haha =)
[8:11:09 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah Sagar is really strong in challenges
[8:11:32 AM] Sam Burkett: people think that they can beat him in the finals but... i mean renee would vote for him to win they are good friends. chris is good friends with sagar too
[8:11:51 AM] Sam Burkett: and ryan might be angry and not vote for a mbochi, so he could vote for sagar, who was trying to save ryan
[8:11:53 AM] Sam Burkett: so I don't know
[8:12:29 AM] tomas: i agree
[8:12:39 AM] tomas: final 2 with sagar is deadly
[8:12:49 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah
[8:12:56 AM] Sam Burkett: but like you said though
[8:13:01 AM] Sam Burkett: dave and joe are really really close?
[8:13:05 AM] Sam Burkett: so i dont know what to do about that =/
[8:13:17 AM] tomas: i guess man
[8:13:23 AM] tomas: i dont know what will happen tonight
[8:13:54 AM] tomas: i havent talked to joe or dave till last tc, because i couldnt caught them online
[8:14:00 AM] tomas: sagar typed me message
[8:14:05 AM] tomas: so i have to catch him here
[8:14:12 AM] tomas: i talked only with ya
[8:14:30 AM] tomas: but i guess in case that i will survive in some way lol
[8:14:39 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah
[8:14:42 AM] tomas: we have to
[8:14:43 AM] Sam Burkett: dave and joe said they wanted sagar out next
[8:14:45 AM] tomas: stuck together
[8:15:24 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah
[8:15:32 AM] Sam Burkett: if you want to make a final 2 with me like you kinda said earlier...
[8:15:37 AM] Sam Burkett: I think I would be up for it =)
[8:15:46 AM] tomas: yeah thats maybe they played their advantage
[8:15:57 AM] tomas: i guess that joe havent much iS points
[8:15:59 AM] Sam Burkett: i feel like... we could make a great pair... and share information and stuff... and take it to the end
[8:16:04 AM] tomas: so maybe that's this way
[8:16:21 AM] tomas: yeah it will be great:)
[8:16:39 AM] Sam Burkett: do you want to do it?
[8:16:42 AM] tomas: to form that F2 alliance right now
[8:16:52 AM] Sam Burkett: i think the jury is gonna be really surprised when they see us together at the end! haha
[8:16:57 AM] Sam Burkett: they aren't going to see it coming
[8:17:15 AM] tomas: yeah it should be epic end of this epic season
[8:17:34 AM] tomas: i guess we 2 can do this, and also, there is no way how we can do it on our own against sagar,dave or joe
[8:17:48 AM] tomas: it will be epic to see us 2 there
[8:17:56 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah you're right
[8:18:20 AM] Sam Burkett: this is going to be awesome haha
[8:18:49 AM] Sam Burkett: i want you to know though
[8:19:07 AM] Sam Burkett: that yesterday Dave was really wanting a final 3 of me, dave, and joe
[8:19:12 AM] Sam Burkett: we didn't make it official or anything yet
[8:19:16 AM] Sam Burkett: he was just kind of talking about it
[8:19:24 AM] Sam Burkett: i didnt agree to it or anything
[8:19:59 AM] Sam Burkett: please keep that a secret lol
[8:28:03 AM] Sam Burkett: when I first heard Dave tell me about the final 3 he wanted of Dave/Joe/Sam
[8:28:07 AM] Sam Burkett: the first thing I thought was
[8:28:16 AM] Sam Burkett: 1) wow Dave and Joe are really tight lol
[8:28:26 AM] tomas: yeah dont worry i will
[8:28:34 AM] Sam Burkett: and 2) i wonder if Dave and Joe are going to make final 3's with everyone else
[8:28:39 AM] Sam Burkett: to keep them safe you know?
[8:28:44 AM] Sam Burkett: they might make one with you too
[8:28:59 AM] tomas: yeah because dave was a little bit affraid of me and adrian it makes sense, because it will be 2-2 its more risky then 3-2 lol
[8:29:38 AM] tomas: yeah im sure they will make another f3 with me
[8:29:49 AM] Sam Burkett: haha
[8:31:12 AM] Sam Burkett: i think they might come to you and apologize and stuff
[8:31:20 AM] Sam Burkett: are you like mad at them or anything for doing that?
[8:31:24 AM] Sam Burkett: i might kinda be a little upset lol
[8:38:10 AM] tomas: sorry i was at phone:)
[8:38:21 AM] tomas: yeah dave was already apologizing me
[8:38:32 AM] tomas: u know, i am not so mad, but yeah im upset
[8:38:43 AM] tomas: its not wise to be mad on somebody in this game lol
[8:38:56 AM] tomas: and on other side, it has to come one time
[8:39:16 AM] tomas: but yeah im upset they wont let me know
[8:39:31 AM] tomas: thats why i want us to go to finals not somebody other:)
[8:39:44 AM] tomas: okay sam im gonna have a lunch
[8:39:50 AM] tomas: talk to u later)
[8:39:55 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah that's true i see what you mean
[8:40:16 AM] Sam Burkett: i was kind of the same way when Sagar lied to me all those times. i couldn't be too mad for too long lol, but i was still upset

[Sam]

At one point Tomas spoke almost verbatim one of my talking points to me before I could even say a word, so that was nice.

Tomas is definitely smarter than I thought btw.

See though thats why I don't like typing, it took me an hour of one conversation constantly paying attention to do all that! And I got through only 66% of my talking points!

anyway part 1 of our convo went well i think. in part 2 i will float the idea of breaking up Dave/Joe and voting out Joe.

i have no idea if that will work or not. my schedule is so busy. =(

cause like I said the F4 of Sam/Sagar/Tomas/Dave is perfect for me.

we'll see though. I'm sure there are other people with other plans.

Sagar just needs to shut up I've been hearing stupid things he's been saying about me to them because he can't just shut the fuck up and stay quiet for one day while I work some magic. He was talking about how I was going to win the game. FUCK YOU, SAGAR!!!! GOD!!!!

ugh.

[Sam]

a few updaters....


So I talked to Tomas again this morning. He was all for voting out Sagar and making it a 2-2 tie next round, which we were supposed to win by both winning the immunity and giving it to Tomas, and having more iS points.

I see where he was going and he made some good points.


However the more I think about it the more I don't want to vote out Sagar.


That would put me with Dave / Joe / Tomas / Sam. I don't see a way to break up Dave/Joe right now. Also I'm kind of sick of coming up with crazy plans to break people up lol.

So in this scenario I either have to rely on Joe, who has told me to my face he doesn't want to make future plans with me, to vote out Dave for being a threat. When I'm a bit of a threat.

Or, I have to do ALL of the following things:

1) Win Immunity against Dave and Joe. God knows Tomas won't win.

2) GIVE IT TO TOMAS.

3) TRUST TOMAS TO VOTE WITH ME

4) And somehow win the mystery point tiebreaker game.

Um... yeah, no.

Okay before writing that I was still maybe 25% sure I was going to vote out Sagar, but now I'm like 0. lol.

So I need to be pushier about manipulating Tomas to vote for (ideally) Joe. I need to push haaaaaaard. maybe i could tell him Joe wants him out or something.

Cause I really don't want to go to that final four.

I'm pretty sure I don't want this immunity.

I still don't want to be an immunity threat for next round. I really don't think I need it. Though I'm sure lots behind the scenes is going on, I think I'd be okay for this round.

Plus if I won I would have to share points with Tomas which wouldn't be good.


I think I need to push hard to get one of Dave/Joe out this round, because then I'll have tons more power. It's gonna be really tough though.

[Sam]

tomas: hey sam, im just letting u that i voted for sagar, i talked with Dave and yeah he and Joe are together but i forced them to vote sagar for sure in case using my erase vote... i just didnt want to be off this game in this round, if there is a possibility to survive. Plan with sagar is the best, but he never replied me, not on proboards and not here, so im affraid that he's gonna work with dave and joe, so i forced dave to vote to sagar and i know how he's talking so i really think that he's voting for Sagar..as well as Joe.. so i casted my vote for Sagar.
reason why im letting u this know, is because i really want to go with you not with them so i wanna to let u know before TC, better than after its. Also u can vote whatever u like, i wont be mad, i just voted for Sagar finally because i had no response from him and also i want to survive till final 4



I just feel let down right now. Really disappointed.

I thought it would work and for once I would be in a good position of my own making.

I have been not having a clue what was going on the whole game and I thought this round I might be able to put myself in the swing of things, one last time.

I thought I had gotten tomas to vote for joe but I guess not. I don't think it's my fault really though, I don't think I could have done anything else. Maybe not taken that nap just now and bothered tomas again?

anyway, without Sagar around I really have no shot but to win immunity. and with finals I have no time to do immunity. no time at all. it's just bad timing i guess.

I feel helpless but I guess Dave/Joe outplayed me. Good on them.

Without a shot of winning, there's no way I can devote more than 15-20 minutes a day to this game. I can't be calling Dave and Joe and having long conversations when I need to study. I have a C in this class and a C- means failure. Failure means repeating a year = $30,000 extra = even more money in lost wages and time and everything. It's simply not an option. Plus I have 3 other cumulative finals to study for.

I will just sort of hang around and check the board to vote and stuff and see if the Immunity is something i can do in 15 minutes, or if randomly someone wants me to vote some way, but other than that I have to be done.

It was a wild ride though!

Here's my tomas conversation this morning that didn't work out (AGAIN, lol) as my last contribution:


[8:29:32 AM] tomas: hey sam
[8:29:38 AM] tomas: so what about tonights vote
[8:29:40 AM] tomas: what do u think?
[8:29:57 AM] Sam Burkett: hey
[8:30:04 AM] Sam Burkett: i was just thinking about that haha
[8:30:07 AM] Sam Burkett: i'm glad you came on
[8:30:37 AM] Sam Burkett: it's tough with Dave winning immunity.... I always knew he was good at challenges i think he's just been holding back lol
[8:31:01 AM] Sam Burkett: plus if he gives half of the iS points to Joe it's like a mega disaster haha, cause then both Dave and Joe would have more iS points then you
[8:31:53 AM] tomas: yeah thats true
[8:32:05 AM] tomas: thats definitely true
[8:32:17 AM] tomas: i havent heard from them back im affraid that they will vote for me lol
[8:33:03 AM] Sam Burkett: sagar was saying something about them talking about voting you out... not that we can really trust what he says though, lol
[8:33:16 AM] Sam Burkett: so take that with a huge grain of salt lol
[8:33:26 AM] tomas: yeah lol
[8:33:39 AM] Sam Burkett: you haven't talked to them at all?
[8:33:44 AM] tomas: so do u think that sagar is going rather with them then with us?
[8:34:07 AM] tomas: nope i have, but not about strategy till now because i wasnt here around
[8:34:11 AM] tomas: im gonna use my negate for us
[8:34:19 AM] tomas: which means we can reach a tie at least
[8:34:25 AM] tomas: but with sagar vote we can kick off Joe
[8:34:31 AM] tomas: or with other vote we can kick off Sagar
[8:34:38 AM] tomas: whatever u like more
[8:35:23 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah
[8:35:28 AM] Sam Burkett: oh good idea with the vote negate
[8:35:37 AM] tomas: so practically
[8:35:46 AM] tomas: we can vote for Joe with sagar and promise him f3
[8:35:57 AM] tomas: and i will negate dave's vote for ex
[8:36:07 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah
[8:36:40 AM] Sam Burkett: hmmmm..... sorry just trying to think this through. this is a tough decision..... and i think we have to make the right one
[8:36:43 AM] tomas: im gonna have some meal
[8:36:49 AM] tomas: i ll brb
[8:36:58 AM] Sam Burkett: alright i will think... come back when you are done?
[8:37:11 AM] tomas: yeah of course i m gonna let skype on
[8:37:17 AM] Sam Burkett: alright cool =)
[8:37:18 AM] tomas: and i will write u in 15minutes
[8:59:43 AM] tomas: im back
[9:00:00 AM] tomas:
[9:00:07 AM] Sam Burkett: welcome back!
[9:00:15 AM] Sam Burkett: how was your meal?
[9:01:05 AM] tomas: great)
[9:01:15 AM] tomas: i enjoyed it much
[9:01:19 AM] tomas: okay so for our plan
[9:01:49 AM] tomas: i think that sagar would come rather with us then with other 2, but you know, its still sagar, he can make a lot of mess and repost chats and stuff
[9:01:54 AM] tomas: idk what is the best way
[9:02:05 AM] tomas: but i dont wanna be next to go lol
[9:02:24 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah i know =/ i don't want you to go either!!!
[9:02:41 AM] Sam Burkett: i mean i would rather not have to deal with Sagar at all. but the more i think about it, if we vote him out now
[9:02:53 AM] Sam Burkett: there is a very big chance that you would get voted out next round with the iS points =(
[9:03:05 AM] Sam Burkett: especially if they hand immunity over to joe
[9:03:09 AM] tomas: yeah yeah i agree with that
[9:03:49 AM] tomas: well honestly i will be targeted in either way next round because lack of iS points, but maybe is still better to destroy dave/joe 2 at least
[9:04:37 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah I think so, those two are REALLY close and allied, i'm pretty sure they've been working together for a long time. they planned the Adrian vote for a long time ahead of time
[9:04:47 AM] Sam Burkett: plus if Joe goes, then we have Dave and Sagar
[9:04:54 AM] Sam Burkett: Dave hates sagar he would never work with him lol
[9:05:06 AM] Sam Burkett: and Sagar thinks Dave is a gigantic threat to win the whole game and immunities
[9:05:08 AM] Sam Burkett: so sagar wouldn't work with dave
[9:05:16 AM] Sam Burkett: which means me and you are safe
[9:05:56 AM] Sam Burkett: so that's my reasoning at the moment...
[9:06:04 AM] Sam Burkett: but like you said, that means we have to figure out how to get Sagar to vote for Joe
[9:06:19 AM] tomas: sounds good to me
[9:06:37 AM] tomas: so yeah man we can stuck with this plan to destroy Dave/Joe
[9:07:08 AM] tomas: but do u think that sagar is working with Joe?
[9:07:22 AM] tomas: because if he is not i dont see reason why he wont vote with us
[9:07:30 AM] tomas: im gonna negate one vote
[9:08:23 AM] Sam Burkett: sagar called joe lots of names and has told me in the past he didnt' like jose lol, so i dont think they are working together
[9:08:49 AM] Sam Burkett: i think sagar would vote with us too but.... it is Sagar lol
[9:09:06 AM] Sam Burkett: trying to think the best way to handle it all
[9:09:29 AM] tomas: yeah but i guess this is best way for us now
[9:10:01 AM] tomas: you know, that i was the one who really dont want sagar around... for real.. but now i think it's best way for us, because iS points will be very deadly next round
[9:10:31 AM] tomas: they probably will also in case that joe will left the game, and probably for me but it still bigger shot
[9:11:34 AM] Sam Burkett: hopefully if i win i can give the points to you, or maybe if sagar wins the next immunity he can give them to you to make sure Dave goes
[9:12:08 AM] Sam Burkett: i really dont think sagar wants dave around any lol, he thinks everyone on jury is gonna love him
[9:12:40 AM] Sam Burkett: but like, at teh final four, me and you will have the control so we can decide whats best then =)
[9:13:16 AM] Sam Burkett: whether we want sagar out or dave. im leaning sagar just cause he's a bigger immunity threat and like i said before i think people might vote him to win
[9:13:35 AM] Sam Burkett: but we can decide that later as long as me and you get to f2 the rest is just minor details lol
[9:16:56 AM] tomas: just to say you.dont worry about my tribal council words
[9:17:16 AM] tomas: it will be just part of our plan lol
[9:18:45 AM] Sam Burkett: haha alright
[9:18:50 AM] Sam Burkett: i think this plan could work!
[9:18:54 AM] Sam Burkett: what do you think we should tell sagar though?
[9:19:33 AM] tomas: yeah that's right sagar will be bigger threat then, but we will see about it later:)
[9:19:36 AM] tomas: yeah definitely
[9:19:41 AM] tomas: we have to contact sagar
[9:20:15 AM] tomas: i am little bit affraid that i wont be able about deadline of TC so i hope we can make our plan till 3-4 hours from now
[9:20:23 AM] tomas: we just need to have sagar around
[9:20:53 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah i think thats a good idea
[9:21:14 AM] Sam Burkett: i think if sagar hears about the plan for you too he will feel better about it and trust it more
[9:21:32 AM] tomas: yeah dont worry im gonna contact him
[9:21:39 AM] tomas: in case that he wont be able on skype
[9:21:53 AM] tomas: im gonna write him message and cast the vote for Joe and negate for dave
[9:22:05 AM] tomas: and u just type him same on skype and talk about the details
[9:22:10 AM] tomas: but im gonna let him know
[9:22:28 AM] Sam Burkett: oh okay that sounds good
[9:22:31 AM] Sam Burkett: i will do that
[9:23:23 AM] Sam Burkett: ever since dave/joe offered me that final 3 a few days ago they haven't talked to me since.... but ive also been busy i guess
[9:23:40 AM] Sam Burkett: if they talk to me and want me to vote for you i will let you know about it
[9:24:33 AM] Sam Burkett: you said you haven't talked to dave or joe since the last vote for Adrian?
[9:25:27 AM] tomas: i guess that they offered it to whoever
[9:26:17 AM] tomas: they now that it can be one of them easily this round so i guess they offer to everybody to vote with this round, but in general they will choose best opportunity for them
[9:26:35 AM] tomas: and in case that they will survive it's almost imposible to destroy them
[9:26:48 AM] tomas: so that's maybe why we have to stuck together with sagar lol
[9:27:00 AM] tomas: yeah, dave typed me just after TC and apologized
[9:27:02 AM] tomas: joe typed me PM
[9:27:20 AM] tomas: and i caught him on skype to have a small talk but after it they havent contacted me
[9:28:54 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah I think you're right...
[9:29:05 AM] Sam Burkett: i think they are offering to everybody. if they haven't offered you one already they might today lol
[9:29:46 AM] tomas: yeah that's because they are not in so much comfortable spot this round
[9:29:48 AM] tomas: and we can use this
[9:30:00 AM] tomas: okay sam im gonna have a nap for some time, i ll let this on
[9:30:07 AM] tomas: so in case u want to write something just write
[9:30:12 AM] tomas: also if sagar shows him up
[9:30:17 AM] tomas: but i already messaged him
[9:30:59 AM] Sam Burkett: what did you say? i just want to make sure we say to him the same thing
[9:31:00 AM] tomas: in case he wont shows him up till idk 2 PM im gonna cast my vote and negate vote for Dave
[9:31:07 AM] tomas: and lets hoping that sagar do same
[9:31:13 AM] tomas: what do u think sounds good?
[9:31:29 AM] tomas: im only told him that i have a plan wait im gonna repost it
[9:32:14 AM] tomas: Hey sagar!

There is plan for staying us two in this game. I know that dave and joe wont bring me to finals with them, and after Adrian's left there is no need for me to stick with them, so let me know if u are inrested in. Im guessin it's me or you tonight but we can be both safe. If u are in catch me on skype or wheenever (not on facebook im not online these days lol)
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[9:32:53 AM] Sam Burkett: oh nice i think that will work
[9:33:04 AM] Sam Burkett: i will talk to him too if I see him online
[9:33:13 AM] tomas: it has to:)
[9:33:21 AM] Sam Burkett: it sounds like a great plan!
[9:33:53 AM] tomas: yeah we can make that f2 still
[9:34:05 AM] tomas: it will work, we jsut have to catch sagar
[9:34:39 AM] Sam Burkett: yeah!
[9:35:02 AM] tomas: gonna have that nap
[9:35:09 AM] tomas: in case that joe or dave will ask me
[9:35:20 AM] tomas: im voting for sagar(which is definitely a lie lol)
[9:35:32 AM] Sam Burkett: haha I will say that too to them
[9:35:40 AM] Sam Burkett: alright enjoy your nap Tomas!
[9:35:42 AM] Sam Burkett: talk to you soon
[9:35:50 AM] tomas: thanks sam, talk to you later:)
[2:33:51 PM] tomas: hey sam, im just letting u that i voted for sagar, i talked with Dave and yeah he and Joe are together but i forced them to vote sagar for sure in case using my erase vote... i just didnt want to be off this game in this round, if there is a possibility to survive. Plan with sagar is the best, but he never replied me, not on proboards and not here, so im affraid that he's gonna work with dave and joe, so i forced dave to vote to sagar and i know how he's talking so i really think that he's voting for Sagar..as well as Joe.. so i casted my vote for Sagar.
reason why im letting u this know, is because i really want to go with you not with them so i wanna to let u know before TC, better than after its. Also u can vote whatever u like, i wont be mad, i just voted for Sagar finally because i had no response from him and also i want to survive till final 4
[4:44:16 PM] Sam Burkett: ah... sagar just came online like around 3:00pm he left me a message, did you get to talk to him then?
[4:46:53 PM] Sam Burkett: i hope you see this and we get to talk again before the deadline =)
[5:13:47 PM] Sam Burkett: ah tomas, if you have voted, I think you might not be able to change it. you could ask the hosts though I guess.
[5:14:03 PM] Sam Burkett: I wish you would have talked to me at least before finalizing your vote
[5:15:48 PM] Sam Burkett: I'm afraid you let Dave manipulate you and get into your ear and got you to change your vote. Dave is really really really good at survivor so I guess it's not surprising
[5:15:55 PM] Sam Burkett: it's that sort of thing that is going to let him win this game

[Sam]

that was cathartic. sad it's all over for me but I think I did a great job. =) I did the best I could, and I got far!

I feel like I'm done now and that's good. On and forward to the next big thing!