#instead of a blindside on eviction night

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I know it’s killing people who think Cory and America are fake and were going to trash each other while campaigning that they are filling each other in on what they are saying and navigating a shitty situation with open communication and respect.

LMAO FRR

Im also so elated they’re under everyone’s skin LMAO, fan wise and player wise.

Like i hate all the unprompted shit talking, but it’s so funny seeing Matt, Jag, and Blue get eaten up by their guilt & jealousy so they resort to trash talking behind Cory and America’s backs to justify their feelings and the blindside.

Americory living rent free in their heads and its so funny.

I typically don’t care too much for showmances, it’s always my least favorite part of the season bc of how they’re edited, but Americory has been such a breath of fresh air showmance, relationship, and gameplay wise (as messy as they are😭).

They truly care about each other and it’s just so sweet how genuine and respectful they are with each other, especially in a game like this. And a lot of that comes back to Cory just being a genuinely good dude.

The fact he’s still fighting to stay but refuses to drag America down or isolate her the way the hgs wanted him to, good food.

Even though Cory is going, he and America have been making sure to set up a path that either of them can walk on for the rest of the game and succeed. America has been putting sm work into it, especially with Cirie, and I feel good about her chances.

They’re such a solid team.

I’m gonna miss these lil BB nerds being together after this week 😭

[anxiously-kk]

ok so i’m about to be reflective and rambly about some of my thoughts on the season so im putting it under a read more incase you want to skip because it is soooo long omg

ok so a lot of criticism on this season has been about The Flip™️ and how it ruined both corys game and the season. but i don’t think it’s that simple. to me there are many moments and choices that get made that helped build into the situation we are in now. flipping the vote on reilly week two which gave matt a huge chip on his shoulder and a wild vendetta against those who wronged her leading him to base so many moves on what she would want. was it good for cirie and izzy at the time i think it was but it did have long term consequences. you could also say that hisam telling his alliance they had to get matt out next but them flipping on hisam instead plus cirie green lighting matt saving jag(this isn’t all on her but she said she regrets not trying to stop him harder so i added it) lead to them forming a super tight bond that has helped them run the back half of the game. you could say leaving cameron (and bowie to an extent) out of the red blindside turning cams focus onto the ladies was unnecessary and it would have been better to include them. maybe that was the smarter play cause cam would have tried to stop it or maybe it made an unnecessary enemy. Maybe if meme hadn’t also been left out of that blindside till the last second cory wouldn’t have been able to get her to go along with the flip.

now in regards to the flip in question by this point that early core group had flipped (and blindsided) their alliance members more than once and cirie told matt she played path to power but not cory which eventually got back to him gave cory a reasonable opinion that they didn’t trust him and could cut him easily just like hisam and red. when you add that info to the fact that jared was acting like a total fool and on some extreme anti-cory shit that week plus izzy saying point blank america needs to go asap i wouldnt have felt secure with them either. now let’s be honest should have flipped that vote at that time even with all that info most likely not in my opinion because izzy at least liked him and was working with him while felicia could never let go of the belief that he was untrustworthy and that hurt him down the road. but would that have got him much further in the game? and would it have stopped the matt nag show? that’s hard to say because you can’t change one variable and assume every other event stays the same you know? like if izzy stayed but cory grew closer to america would they have gotten sketched and cut him earlier, or if he decided to ditch america would she have felt like she couldn’t trust cory and tried to turn people against him, if the blow up didn’t happen that week jared probably wouldn’t have been evicted that same night, so who would have gone in his place and how would that impact the game, if two people who were evicted didn’t have a whole week to chill in the house and put the game on pause would it not have given jatt time to set themselves up as the power structure or would cory have been able to keep momentum going and put together a solid group? instead? so i do think they should have taken out felicia that week probably but i don’t think doing so guarantees better results. i think its physics that’s like every action has an equal and opposite reaction and that’s true here too. this is a living game where people react to what is happening around them. every choice someone makes builds on each other any of those moments that i mentioned could have the right move or they could have backfired but they don’t exist in a vacuum you can’t isolate them from each other because one scenario only exists because of a choice someone else made

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Monday, August 2, 2021

Frustration as Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire (AP) Anger and frustration mounted in Congress as a nationwide eviction moratorium expired at midnight Saturday—one Democratic lawmaker even camping outside the Capitol in protest as millions of Americans faced being forced from their homes. Lawmakers said they were blindsided by President Joe Biden’s inaction as the deadline neared. More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk of eviction, some in a matter of days. The moratorium was put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the COVID-19 crisis when jobs shifted and many workers lost income. The eviction ban was intended to prevent further virus spread by people put out on the streets and into shelters. Congress approved nearly $47 billion in federal housing aid to the states during the pandemic, but it has been slow to make it into the hands of renters and landlords owed payments.

Breakneck pace of crises keeps National Guard away from home (AP) In the searing 108-degree heat, far from his Louisiana health care business, Army Col. Scott Desormeaux and his soldiers are on a dusty base near Syria’s northern border, helping Syrian rebel forces battle Islamic State militants. It’s tough duty for the soldiers. But their deployment to the Middle East last November is just a small part of the blistering pace of missions that members of the Louisiana National Guard and America’s other citizen-soldiers have faced in the past 18 months. Beyond overseas deployments, Guard members have been called in to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters and protests against racial injustice. For many, it’s meant months away from their civilian jobs and scarce times with families. While Guard leaders say troops are upbeat, they worry about exhaustion setting in and wonder how much longer U.S. businesses can do without their long-absent workers. “This past year was an extraordinary one for the National Guard,” said Gen. Dan Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau. Does he worry about exhaustion setting in? “That’s something I’ve been very concerned with right from the start.”

Western Wildfires May Take Weeks To Months To Contain (NPR) Pockets of the American West continued to burn over the weekend, as another nine large fires were reported on Saturday in California, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. The 87 fires still active in 13 states have consumed more than 1.7 million acres. Just shy of 3 million acres have been scorched since the start of 2021, with months left in what experts predict will be a devastating fire season. In southern Oregon, the Bootleg Fire has become the largest active blaze in the country. The 413,000-acre inferno was contained at 56%, as of Saturday night. A fire line has been constructed around the entire perimeter, ranging from 100 to 150-feet wide between the burn and unburned areas.

Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect (AP) Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items—bacon—hard to get in California. “Our number one seller is bacon, eggs and hash browns,” said Kim, who for 15 years has run SAMS American Eatery on the city’s busy Market Street. “It could be devastating for us.” At the beginning of next year, California will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 that requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves. National veal and egg producers are optimistic they can meet the new standards, but only 4% of hog operations now comply with the new rules. Unless the courts intervene or the state temporarily allows non-compliant meat to be sold in the state, California will lose almost all of its pork supply, much of which comes from Iowa. Animal welfare organizations for years have been pushing for more humane treatment of farm animals but the California rules could be a rare case of consumers clearly paying a price for their beliefs.

Why are so many migrants coming to one of Europe’s smallest countries? Blame Belarus, officials say. (Washington Post) Europe’s newest migration crisis is unfolding in one of its most unlikely places. Lithuania, a Baltic nation roughly the size of West Virginia with fewer than 3 million residents, hasn’t been known as a destination for undocumented immigrants: Each year, the country sees roughly 70 people unlawfully cross its border with Belarus. In July, the number skyrocketed to more than 2,600, consisting mostly of immigrants from Iraq and sub-Saharan Africa. Officials expect the numbers to grow in the coming weeks. This new flow of people did not begin organically, Lithuanian and European Union officials say. Instead, they say, it is the result of an audacious plan by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to weaponize migration in response to E.U. sanctions. In June, Lukashenko threatened to allow human traffickers and drug smugglers to stream into Europe. E.U. officials say they have evidence that his government is also encouraging immigrants to travel there: coordinating with a Belarusian travel agency to offer tourist visas, setting up flights and then transporting people from Minsk to the Lithuanian border. Lithuania, which has virtually no experience with large numbers of immigrants, has scrambled to construct a barbed wire fence along the border.

Thousands protest against COVID-19 health pass in France (Reuters) Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on Saturday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide array of public venues, introduced by the government as it battles a fourth wave of infections. It was the third weekend in a row that people opposed to President Emmanuel Macron’s new COVID-19 measures have taken to the streets, an unusual show of determination at a time of year when many people are focused on taking their summer break. The number of demonstrators has grown steadily since the start of the protests, echoing the “yellow vest” movement, that started in late 2018 against fuel taxes and the cost of living. An interior ministry official said 204,090 had demonstrated across France, including 14,250 in Paris alone. This is about 40,000 more than last week.

Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires (AP) Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats Saturday after being told to evacuate some hotels in the Aegean Sea resort of Bodrum due to the dangers posed by nearby wildfires, Turkish media reported. Coast guard units led the operation and authorities asked private boats and yachts to assist in evacuation efforts from the sea as new wildfires erupted. A video showed plumes of smoke and fire enveloping a hill close to the seashore. The death toll from wildfires raging in Turkey’s Mediterranean towns rose to six Saturday after two forest workers were killed, the country’s health minister said. Fires across Turkey since Wednesday have burned down forests and some settlements, encroaching on villages and tourist destinations and forcing people to evacuate. In one video of the Bodrum fire filmed from the sea, a man helping with the evacuations was stunned at the speed of the fire, saying “this is unbelievable, just unbelievable. How did this fire come (here) this fast in 5 minutes?”

Afghans flee (NYT) A mass exodus is unfolding across Afghanistan as the Taliban press on with a military campaign and the U.S. withdraws. At least 30,000 Afghans are leaving each week and many more have been displaced. The Taliban have captured more than half the country’s 400-odd districts, according to some assessments, sparking fears of a harsh return to extremist rule or a civil war. The sudden flight is an early sign of a looming refugee crisis, aid agencies warn.

As the Taliban closes in, Afghan forces scramble to defend prisons holding thousands of militants (Washington Post) Huddled in brightly lit yards late one recent night, hundreds of inmates taunted a team of about a dozen special forces who were rounding the walls along the top of Kunduz prison. The appearance of elite soldiers was an anomaly, a sign to the prisoners that something was happening. “What’s going on?” they shouted. “Is tonight going to be our last night in here? Taliban fighters planned to storm the compound that evening, according to information gathered by local intelligence officers. Government forces hoped the show of force would spur prisoners—some in possession of smuggled cellphones used to communicate with the Taliban—to wave off the attack. Without enough fighters to hold the city’s front lines and reinforce the prison, the special forces’ move was a gamble. But it appeared to work: The night passed without incident. As Taliban militants close in on Afghanistan’s provincial capitals, they are inching closer to central prisons that house around 5,000 of their fellow fighters, leaving the government scrambling to secure the detention facilities. If just a fraction of the detainees were to escape, Afghan security officials warn, it would hand the militants a significant advantage on the battlefield, where they are already making steady gains.

Burkina Faso sees more child soldiers as jihadi attacks rise (AP) Awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, Fatima Amadou was shocked by what she saw among the attackers: children. Guns slung over their small frames, the children chanted “Allahu akbar,” as they surrounded her home in Solhan town in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region. Some were so young they couldn’t even pronounce the words, Arabic for “God is great,” said the 43-year-old mother. “When I saw the kids, what came to my mind was that (the adults) trained these kids to be assassins, and they came to kill my children,” Amadou told The Associated Press by phone from Sebba town, where she now lives. She and her family are among the lucky ones who survived the June attack, in which about 160 people were killed—the deadliest such assault since the once-peaceful West African nation was overrun by fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State about five years ago. As that violence increases, so too does the recruitment of child soldiers. The number of children recruited by armed groups in Burkina Faso rose at least five-fold so far this year, according to information seen by the AP in an unpublished report by international aid and conflict experts.

Behind the Rise of U.S. Solar Power, a Mountain of Chinese Coal (WSJ) Solar panel installations are surging in the U.S. and Europe as Western countries seek to cut their reliance on fossil fuels. But the West faces a conundrum as it installs panels on small rooftops and in sprawling desert arrays: Most of them are produced with energy from carbon-dioxide-belching, coal-burning plants in China. Concerns are mounting in the U.S. and Europe that the solar industry’s reliance on Chinese coal will create a big increase in emissions in the coming years as manufacturers rapidly scale up production of solar panels to meet demand. That would make the solar industry one of the world’s most prolific polluters, analysts say.

Americans Spend Nearly 60 Billion Hours a Year on Google (PC Magazine) Collectively, Americans spent 57.3 billion hours on Google per year. Its video equivalent, YouTube, comes in second with 29.6 billion hours, followed by Facebook with 9.7 billion hours.

[rennyforpresident]

Renny’s BBSim: First Boots Week 10

Welcome back to Biiiiiiiiig Brother!

@ashleaevans @bathroom-sand @kaysarswhore @kayysarridha @kelleekim @lahallucinations @maxdoesbb @misshoh @music-obsessednerd @nerdphobic @nomwastaken @pawn2393 @phylisisley @remember-caltoru @rennyforpresident @shaolinbynature

Previously, @phylisisley was blindsided and sent home in favor of keeping her showmance partner, @shaolinbynature. @kaysarswhore had yet another messy HOH reign, but once again, she’s back in jeopardy. Will the Block Destroyers remain strong, or will @kaysarswhore‘s antics finally catch up to her?

It looks like the Block Destroyers will NOT remain strong

@pawn2393 is solely attached to @ashleaevans now. He just feels like he can’t win against either of the two people he’s in an alliance with. He needs to win HOH, and prove that he’s here to play this game too.

Speaking of the HOH competition

Oh look, yet ANOTHER endurance comp. Well, we all know at this point the one person in this house who refuses to do well in a comp, so last place goes to

@kelleekim in the DR: “I have no idea why I can’t win a comp! Maybe if we had something other than stupid endurance comps, I’d be able to take one home!”

After thirty minutes, @ashleaevans and @pawn2393 are talking. Suddenly, @ashleaevans gets distracted and loses his grip

But, seeing his BFF fall, @pawn2393 loses concentration too!

It comes down to @misshoh and @shaolinbynature. Will we see our first ever four-time HOH? Or will someone else finally take control? After just 42 minutes up on the can...

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@shaolinbynature! You have won HOH AGAIN and have earned safety for the week, in addition to the right to nominate two of your fellow houseguests for eviction!

@kaysarswhore talks to @shaolinbynature in the HOH room later that night.��

@kaysarswhore: “You know I’m not winning this. You have no reason to target me because you know I’m losing the whole thing, right?”

@shaolinbynature: “I truly don’t care! I’m tired of your lies, and I want you gone. I don’t even want you to get second or third place. You have to go this week.”

The two end up in a screaming match, until @kaysarswhore storms out of the room, angry that her antics won’t work this time.

At the nomination ceremony, it’s pretty clear what’s about to happen

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@shaolinbynature: “I feel like I’ve made this speech a thousand times before. @kaysarswhore, it is your time. I feel it in my bones. You’re time has come, and @misshoh, if I were you, I’d fight like hell to win that veto. If she wins it, your goose is cooked. This nomination ceremony is adjourned.”

@kaysarswhore: “I’m sick of this!! Why couldn’t she have gone home last week? I just have to win veto and hang on by the skin of my teeth again this week, and then win HOH again my damn self, since @misshoh couldn’t seem to do it.”

@misshoh: “She’s right, I need this veto. At the very least, I need @kaysarswhore NOT to win the veto. I just need peace in this house for once!”

Because there are only six people left, there is no veto selection!

Zingbot is here! He walks in, slaps all of you across the face instead of zinging you, and then demands that you follow him into the backyard for the veto competition. When everyone walks out, it’s a mental comp! Finally, and even playing ground.

Throughout the competition, Zingbot seems meaner than usual. He walks around and gets in people’s way on purpose, he insults people during the competition, and he even starts throwing rotten tomatoes at people!

Zingbot: “Move faster, idiots! This wouldn’t happen if Julie were still in charge!”

A few houseguests fell behind early, and just can’t catch up (I’ll give you three guesses who’s last though)

@shaolinbynature, @pawn2393, and @kaysarswhore all are working feverishly on their puzzles. Who will come out on top. By the skin of their teeth, the winner of this competition is...

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@kaysarswhore! You have won the Power of Veto (I couldn’t make this up I swear @kaysarswhore hacked my goddamn simulator)

Just as @kaysarswhore begins to celebrate, the producers come on over the speaker system in the backyard: “Julie, give it up! Take off the helmet and exit the backyard!”

Just then, Zingbot removes his helmet to reveal that it’s been Julie Chen in disguise the whole time!

Zingbot Julie: “Give me my goddamn show back! You’ll never take me alive!!”

Julie then hops the fence and runs away from the house. The houseguests, all stunned into silence, head back inside.

@kaysarswhore in the DR: “I don’t even care that Julie broke into the house, I won veto!! I made it to final 5!! Against all odds, I am STILL HERE BITCHES!!”

Of course, we know who’s coming off the block. But who’s going up as a replacement nominee? Will it be @kelleekim, the eternal last-placer? Will it be @ashleaevans, the only eligible person who’s won HOH? Or will it be @pawn2393, a former Block Destroyer and current middle-rider?

At the veto ceremony, 

@kaysarswhore: “Because I have vetoed one of our nominations, @shaolinbynature, you must now name a replacement nominee.”

@shaolinbynature: “I feel like this is the point in the game where the going gets tough. So I want to see the tough get going. You’re the closest to @misshoh, and you haven’t felt the taste of the block yet. Sorry, but...

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@kelleekim in the DR: “I’m heartbroken. @misshoh is my BFF in this house, and to lose her now is gonna wreck me. I just hope that I can avenge her going forward, if I manage to stay!”

The nominees are locked, and the houseguests are left to their own devices. In a final attempt to sway people against @kaysarswhore (because this season is truly the season where everyone tries to get out @kaysarswhore and fails), @ashleaevans decided he has had enough.

@ashleaevans, in front of everyone: “Everything bad in this house is because of you! You’re the one to blame for the kitchen fires, for the messy voting, and for the ugly alliances! I’m sick of you, and I hope everyone in this house targets your ass next week.”

@kaysarswhore: “I hope they do! They’ve targeted me every week I’ve been here, I’m not afraid of them. I’ll just win like I always do.”

It seems like @ashleaevans‘s plea is working with the house, and @kaysarswhore‘s allies might finally decide to flip on her.

But we’ll save that for another week. For now, it’s EVICTION NIGHT!

Arisa: “Hello houseguests! Final 6! But soon to be final 5. Tonight, let’s get straight to those speeches.”

@kelleekim: “Hey guys! I just want to say, I’ve loved playing this game with you all and getting to know you, but I don’t want to go yet! I think it’s clear why I should stay over @misshoh: you can always beat me in any comp! Take me to the end as an easy win, I don’t care. Just keep me around!”

@misshoh: “I have fought hard these past 81 days, and I am going to continue to fight hard for the rest of them. I don’t care whether I have to fight here or in the jury house, I’m fighting. Keep me around, and you won’t have to worry about what I’m fighting for.”

Arisa: “Such passion! Let’s vote!”

@pawn2393 decides to officially cut ties with the Block Destroyers, and votes out @misshoh. He knows he can beat @kelleekim moving forward, and desperately wants to win a comp.

@kaysarswhore, on the other hand, still wants her alliance with @misshoh to stay strong. She votes out @kelleekim to keep her ally in the house.

That means that @ashleaevans is the deciding vote. Will she weaken @kaysarswhore‘s grip on the house by voting out her ally, or take out @kelleekim?

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@ashleaevans votes out @kelleekim in a surprise twist. He doesn’t want this floater wild card to make it any further, and feels like @misshoh​ will be easier to convince to cut @kaysarswhore​ later on. @ashleaevans​ really said

Arisa: “When I reveal the name of the evicted houseguest, they will have one minute to gather their belongings, say their goodbyes, and exit the Big Brother house.”

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Arisa: “Come on out @kelleekim​!”

Arisa: “Why are you here!!!??? What made them vote you out over anyone @misshoh​?“

@kelleekim​: “I think @misshoh​ just got in early with the alliances! I went in way more focused on playing with my heart than with my head, and I didn’t want to make too many waves! My strategy was to lay low and not be threatening, but unfortunately, that came back to bite me in the ass when people voted me out for it!”

Arisa: “How are you making your jury vote decision? What criteria are you going by?”

@kelleekim​: “I’m voting for whoever took me out tonight! I only want to lose against the winner. And @misshoh​, love her to death!”

Arisa: “It was great having you back with us! We’ll see you back here on finale night when you cast that vote and help crown a winner.

Only two more evictions until finale night! What could possibly happen next? For now, from outside the Big Brother house, I’m Arisa Cox, and remember, someone is aaaaaaaaalways watching!”

@kelleekim​ I have NO IDEA how you’re sitting here evicted, but ur under the radar game is iconic in every sense of the word! As I write this I have no idea who wins, but I am SO ANXIOUS to find out who’s gonna take it all

[duckball]

episode XXIII: The Bitches Final Conspiracy

  Welcome to another eviction night here on Big Brother where while last I left I was waiting on baited breath for the results of the Field Trip and was feeling giddy about the prospect of Christie going on her BFF Tommy's HOH reign for the ultimate drama my dreams were crushed at the veto ceremony...

But First...Julie says that the past 24 hours have been a buzz with activity in the house with secrets exposed, alliances forming, and votes flip flopping what will happen tonight is anyone's guess as we cycle onto our previously on weekly recap....

It's day 58 in the house but before we get to that like I said lets us revisit the house post veto where Kat was originally Tommy's target from the start but at the end of the day he can't discount Cliff...

Cliff isn't surprised Tommy took Christie off but Kat has a tendency to survive eviction and so Cliff wants to make sure she doesn't survive this one

Kat is more nervous then ever this week then she's ever been

This is Nicole's worst case scenario as she has to choose between her two closest friends plus Sis is dressed as a giant bird and she is afraid of birds so it's a living nightmare

Kat tells Cliff to not throw her under the bus and he promises...next clip she wakes Michie up as she's paranoid...she knows she has Michie and Holly's vote and probably Jess's but she knows she needs 4 votes to stay

Tommy doesn't know who should be target for the week and converses with Christie and Nick to think of strategies for what is best for their game to make it to final three. With their sights set on bringing down Holly and Michie Cliff would be best to stay as he will jump when they ask him to where is Kat is a loose cannon and close to the duo.

Nick tells Cliff that he's leaning on keeping him in the game and pitches a 6 person alliance of the three of them (him/Christie/Tommy) with Sis, Cliff and 

Nicole with aim to pick off Holly, Michie, and Jess once Kat is gone... Cliff is game

Christie doesn't want to go to the final 6 with a couple and so all she needs is Holly and/or Michie out

Nick then pitches things to Nicole saying she's the swing vote as He, Sis, and Christie are voting out Kat and Jess, Michie and Holly more then likly are voting out Cliff which leads to more pressure on Nicole as again both of them are her best friends in the house

Holly and Michie are kind of on the outside in all this...they want Kat to stay in this game... Holly and Kat have a final two however it's a slippery slope as people think that she and Kat know one another outside the house and that the girls/Michie are in a final three

Kat tells Nicole she loves her and respects whatever choice she makes and promises that if she stays that she will protect her and Jess as THEY are her final three (um...and that final two with Holly? we don't want another bitter jury now do we?)

Nicole tells Cliff about how stressed she is and Cliff tells her of the final six that he agreed to with Christie/Nick/Tommy/Sis for him and Nicole however she doesn't feel right with Jess not being a part of this group and she trusts Jess Nicole wants to be honest with Jess and tells her about that final six deal that Cliff agreed to that leaves Jess out...Jess is kind of pissed as they don't seem to include her in anything...Nicole however would rather vote Cliff out then it would be 5 (Nicole, Jess, Holly, Michie, Kat) against 4 (Christie, Tommy, Nick, Sis) for power

It's one thing to blindside your enemies but it's another to blindside her friends as Jess tells Kat about that final 6 deal that Cliff made with the other side of the house...Kat is devastated as the Bitch or rather Bastard was conspiring against her and she goes to ask why Cliff made a deal that doesn't include Jess and Cliff tells her that he's on the block and he'll do whatever it takes and it's the only way any of 'Cliff's Angels' (Cliff, Kat, Nicole, Jess) has a chance of winning you know despite Kat being evicted and Jess being on the outside of the proposed 6 Jess then rats to Holly about the 6 being proposed that doesn't include her, Holly or Michie....Holly then tells Michie and this whole episode is a game of freaking telephone

It's so stressful for Nicole as she knows whoever she goes for it will change the vibe of the game as they know it

It is now time for the live vote and eviction where everyone is already dressed for tonight's HOH however before the competition and vote the nominees say their piece

Kat says it's her third time on the block and she's a bit sad that it's her and her 'dad' against each other. She gives Cliff props for not only fighting his way back from banishment as well as being voted out winning Battle Back and then proceeding to become HOH. His social game is also strong and yet she is the bigger threat...she gives Cliff props for that and congratulates everyone for their immunity from going up though that depends on who wins HOH because Cliff is just going to make more deals along with Nick so conspire away bitches

Cliff loves his family their love keeps him sane in a house that is sometimes filled with insanity. He loves the game that's why he signed up to play the game and to prove that age doesn't matter. He wants to stay. He's sorry that it's come to this point where he's against Kat and tells her the results are in and he's not her father.

As HOH Tommy Can't vote neither are the nominees

Nick votes to evict Kat Christie votes to evict Kat Sis votes to evict Kat Nicole votes to evict Kat

it's official with 4 votes to evict Kat is out

Jess votes to evict Cliff Holly votes to evict Kat Michie votes to evict Kat

The votes are in...by a vote of 6-1 Kat has been evicted

Julie Interview time where she comments about how Kat only hugged Jessica goodbye and about her confronting Cliff the other night. Kat knew she had nothing to loose and everything to gain by that confrontation as she knew she was going home (though she was a bit upset about having to wear the HOH costume instead of a cute dress and heels). She is loyal to a fault and believes Jess has been genuine and it sucks that she was being left out of plans. Julie can't say things as Kat is jury. Julie asks if she would choose Holly or Jess/Nicole if things came to it in the game and she said Jess/Nicole every time. With Michie she was all keep your friends close and your enemies closer and would of put him up as soon as she got the chance.

It's now time for the HOH competition... Tommy as outgoing HOH can't play...today is August 15th AKA Aug-Toberfest. It is a traditional slip and slide where they have to fill up a beer stein to grab a ping pong ball...the first person with the ball wins power

we will see who wins this competition as well as who he or she nominates on Sunday night (or you can watch the competition in real time on the Feeds) Wednesday is POV (and with OTEV last week ZingBot shouldn't be far behind!) Thursday is eviction night where we will see the third member of Jury be chosen

And now for Fantasy.... 1st Heather 26 four active players (Tommy, Michie, Nicole, Jess) 2nd Brandon -9 two active players (Nick & Christie) 3rd Kat -26 one active player (Holly) 4th Patrick -30 two active players (Sis & Cliff)

[bbfallenstars]

HOUSEGUESTS, PLEASE READ THROUGH THIS POST THAT WILL DETAIL THE SCHEDULE, RULES, STANDARDS, AND EXPECTATIONS I WILL HAVE FOR YOU ALL THIS SEASON.

Typical Schedule

Day 1: [Eviction] / HOH Competition Revealed

Day 2: HOH Winner Announced / Nominations Due / POV Posted

Day 3: POV Winner Announced / POV Ceremony

Day 4: Eviction / HOH Competition Revealed 

[REPEAT / 4 DAY CYCLES]

NOTES:

* If a Live Competition/Live Night is taking place I will warn you at least 24 hours in advance

Basic Information + Rules

Alliances

If you want to create an alliance please PING one of the Hosts within your Diary Room with the houseguests you wish to have within it, the name of the alliance and we will create it for you within the server

If you are to have a call with members of your alliance please create it outside the server, but make sure to add all of the hosts to the chat

Diary Rooms

Throughout the season the hosts will give you DR prompts to answer so we can further understand how you are playing and to help guide us within our weekly Cast Assessments.

If you want to send a VL DR {a DR sent for the Viewing Party to see} simply just put [VL DR] in front of a message within your DR and we will send it out for them to see. Once it has been sent we will inform you that has indeed been sent

You may have up to 2* viewers within your DR for support and guidance. However, never at any point should the viewer be dictating your game moves and be the driving communicator within your DR or they will be sent removed.

NOTE:

* If you are a Server Booster, as a houseguest, you will be given the right to add up to 4 viewers inside of your Diary Room instead of the typical 2.

Other Rules

Screenshots of private conversations are NOT permitted within the Space Hub chat, however, they may be sent between one another through PMs or Alliance. Chats

There will be absolutely NO speaking with viewers or evicted houseguests about the game, if found out you will receive a strike.

If you do no submit on time, you will receive a strike (this entails voting or getting what you need to done on time)

Standards + Statement

Firstly, I wish this wasn’t something that needs addressing but after many discussions within the community and for everyone’s safety and security within the game I need to talk about my standards and expectations I have of you all during the game.

I want you all to know that I brought you back because I saw so much more star potential with every single one of you. Of the near 75 past houseguests, I saw you as people who could bring some amazing gameplay, drama, and  redemption to this series. However, more importantly, I chose you because I believe you are all amazing people beyond what occurs during the game. There are a few things I absolutely will not tolerate over the course of the game and I’ll start with bullying.

Bullying

If you came into this game with a strategy to terrorize the other houseguests or bully them, come up with a new strategy ASAP. If I am ever informed of another houseguest being sent personal attacks, threats, or low blows you will receive a strike and I will not be lightly handing out warnings. I’ve been extremely lenient in the past when it comes to this stuff, but this is a game that is supposed to be fun and a safe place more than anything else and that strategy or behavior is not going to be tolerated for one second.

Discrimination

This is yet another conversation I genuinely wish did not need to be brought up, but I need you all to know the severity of what I’m about to talk about.

Firstly, as you can see this is an all white production team and within our cast we have many BIPOC individuals. With that, I need you to know that if at any point you experience discrimination or microagressions, you bring it to me right away and whoever was the perpetrator of those comments and threats will be removed from the game immediately for your voices will not be doubted, but heard without hesitation. We are very lucky to have such an open minded and diverse cast with so many personalities and backgrounds and it is my expectation that everyone will be treated with respect with no exceptions. Furthermore, to those are white in the cast, if you are in DMs with someone and they begin throwing microagressions or racist, homophobic, transphobic, or ableist comments about another houseguest take accountability and bring it my way. 

We all want to win, it’s the main reason why we play these games. I cannot guarantee that some of you won’t be hurt, blindsided and/or upset with experience in the game, because oftentimes that’s part of playing. However, if at any point that hurt comes from other houseguests and their remarks then you will be heard, and they will be taken care of.

Again, I chose you all because you all showed to me you are mature and amazing people beyond this silly game, and are people who will play the game with integrity and acceptability. So whether you win this game or become our first boot once again, you all know you have a whole community waiting for you outside of this game that will continue to uplift you, embrace you, and empower you.

Final Remarks

The production team is so excited to get this season going, but ultimately it’s up to YOU to make this season a truly amazing experience. Have fun with this experience whilst also playing this game to its full potential. I believe in all of you, and no matter what placement you get, you have already made me so proud by coming back into this series and letting me see all of your amazing faces play in this ORG once again. I have been planning this season since April of 2020, and seeing it finally blossom is fulfilling for me in itself. Now, bring the passion and energy and show us what you can do. Good luck!

[bigbrothernetflix-st]

EPISODE SEVEN

“I AM THRIVING. ABSOLUTELY THRIVING.” - joey

HOH: Nathan UPSIDE DOWN: Emma NOMINEES: Jev & Kiki POV: Joshua FINAL NOMINEES: Josh C & Kiki EVICTED: Josh C (6-0)

ARIA

So,,,i highkey fucked up but all good things come to an end, I couldn't play the middle forever but the way it ended was just a little earlier than i expected. Also i handled the backlash of the dpov HORRIBLY! I did so many things wrong this week its insane even though i was on all day calling people i still fucked up,,,but its fine nothing i can really do to change that. But from here i want to fix things and do better, which does start with addressing where I fucked up so lets start with that woot woot (also holy shit that double was so draining this is the first time ive felt legitimately tired in a while and its only 1 am) 

1. COMP FLOPS

-literally all my allies flopped on the comps when we REALLY needed to win and its even worse combined with the information I was told where people told me they were throwing just to do well instead- its clear they weren't being honest with me and I settled into their lies without an ounce of hesitation 

2. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

I just really settled certain things poorly leading up to this night, i think somewhere i majorly fucked up is with emma, if i was able to get her to vote out nick or get jacob to dpov someone she would vote out i would be in a much better position atm but i didn't and therefore ive exposed myself. And if i was able to receive knowledge of her rose gold dpov before hand i couldve worked out a new plan that way

3. DAMAGE CONTROL

This is where i **truly** fucked up and its gonna show in my jury management too, like theres NO way i could ever get nicks vote at this point in time. Also my gut instinct after the vote was to lie about the way i voted to kiki/joshua/nick/jev when i shouldve came clean and used a bullshit excuse about how i heard nick was after me or something. It's gonna damage my relationships with all of them

SO wabam here i am slightly fucked due to me being a mess but its okay!! I'm still in the game and while im not in as good as a position as I was last time im still certain i can get back into everyones good graces!! And i mean this vote did reveal that a lot of people consider me to be in a duo with them??? which um is kinda weird HBFSHDF Like joey and emma were both calling us duo of the season and i was like....k cute cool totally called that and knew we were a duo yup yup- FBHJDSBF LMAO but i mean in terms of my own position you have the two trios (jacob/bri/nathan and jev/kiki/joshua) who are going to go after each other with Josh C and Emma leaning toward jev/kiki/joshua while me and joey lean towards jacob/bri/nathan. Its crazy that its literally f10 and its five versus five with hardly any true middle player (for now wink wonk) 

But now that nick is out I need to think about whats next and whats my next big move. I think rn im involved with a lot of moves but im not the face of them (bri using pov on nathan, jacob dpoving bri) and such but if i want to win I have to make a move of my own and DEF need to work on jury management bc again nick is gonna hate my guts after reading my gbm,,,as yousef would say "oopsie whoopsie" so I think from here I need to get back in jev/kiki/joshua's good graces SOME how and im really tempted to come clean about my vote bc i think thats going to hurt me in the long run and theres literally already an alliance of all five of that side so like....whats the point of sewing mistrust but also, i do kinda want to try just being a dirty crime snake this game and seeing how much control I truly have on this game. Literally EVERYONE except those three knows my true vote and i've told them all to keep it to themselves so we'll see what happens,,,, im kinda tempted to pin the vote on emma just for funsies and tell them that "jacob told me hes close to emma" or some bs like that but also,,,thats kinda mean yknow? Its also a testament to test how much that trio trusts me which im GUESSING is less than emma but who knows maybe ill get lucky :DD 

Anyways in terms of moving on I really need someone who actually likes me to join jury so its not completely set against me the whole time but also im not sure how thats gonna go down ugh. I mean in terms of end game my options are starting to become limited because nathan/bri/jacob would all BODY me at the end bc at this point they've been the face of big moves and I hope my big move can be turning on one of them and getting them out at some point so when i really start to look at a realistic f2 I can win,,, im kinda leaning toward my new duos of emma or joey which is kinda a shocker to me too lemme tell u HFBSDF but joey's perception of the game seems,,,,messy and I think i can beat him while emma is def doing better but she hasnt snapped yet so i think i can maybe beat her. And then jev/joshua/kiki depends im not sure yet but the thing with them is none of them are gonna want to bring me to the end which is super frustrating (i mean i did just snake em so,,,maybe its deserved) 

The thing is that I like being honest about my vote so trying to have an honest game convo with any of those three is gonna be really hard,,,,esp considering they were all my targets for live night but here we are :') And i really dont know what to do at this point which is really annoyinggg (annoying @ myself theyre all lovely) I think im gonna have to wait a bit before i can try getting them all to fully trust me rn i dont know this has been such a mess but im doing my best!! Before i end this probably poorly aging paragraph its trust ranking time

1.myself (FUCK, and i cant stress this enough, EVERYONE)

HUGE GAP

2.Brianna (shes slowly becoming more stuck in jacob's trap but i do still think shes loyal to me, god IS a woman!!!)

3.Jacob (hate having this man so high bc hes bodying this game but he tells me a lot ig :/ )

ANOTHER GAP

4. Nathan (we need to call and discuss live night but he isnt going to like nominate me or anything)

5.Joey (apparently we're a f2?? not sure where that happened but also hes cagey idk)

-smol gap-

6.Josh C (told me his alliance!! shame he doesnt know im gonna rat him out to my side teehee)

7.Emma (we're also a duo?? almost forgot about that but i fucked her over here a bit but i can build the trust back up i THINK)

anothe gap

8.Jev (he talked to me after live night and didnt ask about my vote so thats cute....not sure where we stand...help)

9.Kiki (we talked briefly after the vote but idk if they realized im a snake yet)

10.Joshua (the silence is deafening) 

Not happy w/ my position yet and im likely to just come clean to joshua in a call tmrow because hes honestly really sweet and his friendship means a lot to me but i need to figure out how I leave me connection with jacob/bri out of it.. ill think of something

praying im not the most hated here but if i am it wouldnt be the first time ig, and thats on pewiod <3

JOEY

LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I AM THRIVING. ABSOLUTELY THRIVING. Not a damn soul is coming after me, and more importantly, I have numbers on my side, and no one’s gonna be pissed off at me on BOTH sides of the house. People say Josh C is playing both sides? Nah, it’s me. I need him out because I’m trying to ride that middle man status. My ideal plan is to see Emma go home next week, so that way I ain’t responsible. I want to get rid of Jacob at Final 7, and I will damn sure make that happen. Aria and I have a Final 2 that I plan on sticking to. Seeing Nick go was sad, but good lord it was I-C-O-N-I-C.

EMMA

Everything in this game lately has honestly pissed me off first it was me getting blindsided during live night even though i didnt really want to vote nathan if i was being honest i wanted brianna out over nathan because i thought nathan would be more easier to work with them boom Dpov and boom nick going i am like a little unsure if i regret using the dpov or not i do regret it well because nathan won hoh and sent me to the upside down and nick probably wouldnt try super hard for hoh but then again it seemed my so called allies were probably more closer to nick but i am not even sure my so called low confidence is my weakness in my games but i dont know how to be more confident pretty sure everyone beats me in the end at this point unless if i win an hoh if i do at this point Jacob/Brianna/even nathan getting nominated i didnt want nathan out before like if i won hoh i would of put him to the upside straight up nominate brianna and jacob if one of them goes off the block joey gets put up as a pawn after the upside down week im gonna do whatever to make it to the end idc if i go to the end with somebody i cant beat i just want to make this game enjoyable for me as i can i dont want to float for awhile then bring a goat to the end NNN 

EMMA

my shit list  in order to who i target to who isnt on my rader

Jacob > Nathan > Brianna > Joshua = Aria > Jev > Kiki/Josh C > Joey

who i like most to who is most annoying to play on a game level (i dont really hate or dislike anyone on a personal level)

Aria > Jev > Joshua *tiny gap*  Nathan > Kiki/Josh C >>>>>>>>>>> Jacob > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Joey = brianna also joey would be higher but he lied to me for no reason even tho i didnt mind putting alot of trust in me and i love brianna on a personal level but girl i am not good socially with her which is my fault and her fault also jacob kinda assumed stuff about me like not big stuff like meta  but he still told other people except me (people who are out who i love)  Gina/Jakey > Saira=Nick=Monty=Mo *small gap* Nash >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dog shit > Taylers dinner (dylan and the og homies know it) >>>>>>>>>>>> DEM

but yeah this game has made me happy because everyone is nice except dem but its been hard to play it because if i felt better i think i would of been playing a 100x times better game

JEV

So I'm safe but it comes at the cost of one of my two favourite people in this game. I've arguably grown closest to Josh C throughout this game, but I promised Joshua that if he saved me with veto I'd vote however he wanted and he wants Josh C to leave over Kiki. This week is me and Nash as final noms levels of ugly.

HOST WEEKLY CAST ASSESSMENT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNaW65lCJ0&list=PLFEwPPy8j010XXwntq80VSU0qLNTNpSIN&index=8&t=0s

[nedakalanstar]

Imagine thinking Jessica made a good game move by blowing her load about her temptation. Now Paul will flush out her power and Cody will just go home next week instead. And she ruined the potential blindside on eviction night. This house is full of fucking flops.

[duckball]

episode XXXV... The Beginning of the End

Welcome to another eviction night...seems like  yesterday that David was getting the boot night one and now here we are with five players remaining and after tonight we will be in the final four so who will not make the cut the Newsie or the Wine Safari Tour Guide....well it's been a crazy day in the house apparently and the crazy is still coming with the one thing apparent is now former outsiders Cliff and Nicole are running the show....

It is day 86 and Julie says how the house is insane right now in it's current state as we flash to the veto meeting.

Holly relies on Cliff and Nicole and is confident that she will be safe and they will keep their words.

Tommy meanwhile is feeling confident as Nicole told him that he was thinking about possibly breaking up the showmance.

If they take Holly out they know that Tommy will be gunning for Michie and not them where as if they get Tommy out they know Michie will go for them to keep his showmance. Cliff is going over all the angles with Nicole.

Tommy says how he knows Nicole and Cliff are in a tight spot but he promises them Michie is his target and to sweeten the deal he'd throw them the next HOH competition.

Cliff admits to Michie that he doesn't know where Nicole is voting at the moment and that there is a possibility that they won't be on the same page AKA she may vote out Holly.

If it's 1-1 Michie gets the tie breaker vote and Holly will stay...

As of 9:12 PM Julie was listening in on the feeds and Nicole and Cliff still don't know what way they are going to vote....it's going to be a nail biter especially since Michie can't play in tonight's endurance competition for HOH ensuring him a spot in final three.

Now we get Tommy dropping the bomb to Cliff and Nicole that the ex Girlfriend Christie was talking about was his aunt and he'd known Christie from day one. He needs to be transparent and have them not hear it second hand from Michie and Holly.

Tommy's confession could of went the wrong way for them as some of them are questioning that IF he stayed and made it to final 2 he'd have the advantage of Christie trying to sway the jury in his favor.

Nicole tells Tommy she just is worried she will keep him and he will dump them for Michie. He tells them no Michie is such a beast he needs to go and that not only will he potentially toss HOH to her or Cliff but he will owe them. Michie was listening in to this and so now he plans to twist Tommy's words to make him sound as if he was unreliable

Apparently earlier today Nicole called a house meeting that lead Michie and Tommy to go at it and they will be showing some of that fight at the end of the episode but first lets head to the living room where in just a few moments Cliff and Nicole will cast their votes but first appeals....

Tommy thanks his Pretty Women cast, his family the functional dysfunctional, the houseguests he loves them...today was rough today was game today wasn't personal whatever happens happens...he wants a few minutes and wants to say he's been a superfan and he made it and encourages those who have a dream of being on the show to pursue it

Julie teases that Tommy took up all Holly's time before she makes her appeal. She thanks god for all his strength, her family who she hopes she made proud, Michie's parents for raising such a fine person, the houseguests especially Tommy she loves them and knows they will be friends outside the house and then gives an empowerment speech.

Nicole votes to evict Tommy Cliff votes to evict Tommy

I'm so glad they were loyal to their final four deal however at the same time not splitting up the showmace means that unless one of them wins HOH instead of Holly they will be going out in spots three and four.

Tommy whispers to Michie 'you got me'. Julie says the viewers at home don't know what he was talking about. Michie went to the 'have not room' where Tommy was sleeping then says that Michie came up with a lie telling the others Tommy planned to toss the HOH to Nicole or Cliff and then if he won the veto landing him the sole vote then he'd use it to blindside Cliff....

Julie says we will see the fight on Sunday.

Julie asks Tommy if she thinks Cliff and Nicole made a mistake and he says time will tell and he would of rather taken third to Cliff and Nicole cause he like rooting for the underdogs.

Now it's time for the HOH competition the winner of the game is guaranteed a spot in the live finale and has a one in three chance of winning the half million and they will also be able to play in next weeks HOH... It's called CRASH and TURN... Michie can't play. This is the endurance competition where players stand on a round disk suspended by a rope on a turntable

Sunday is the rest of the HOH competition (unless you want to watch live on all access) as well as the explosive Tommy/Michie fight to which we get a soundbite of

Wednesday is the last POV of the year

Thursday we find out who the final 3 will be

Julie tells the houseguests it wouldn't be a movie set (the theme of this HOH) without some special effects and on cue the players get rained on Well that's it...tune in next week to my final eviction night recap (unless I'm blessed with a day shift on September 25th and recap the finale) but First....Fantasy Time 1st: Heather 34 points (42 points active players) 2nd: Kat -23 points (11 points active players) 3rd: Patrick -40 points (-6 points active players) 4th: Brandon -42 points (0 points active players)

[hos17armageddon]

Agustin’s Opening Statement

Greetings everyone! Wew, what a season! First off I'd like to congratulate Tate on making final 2. I'd also like to thank and congratulate Steffen, Dan and Owen for a great season, you were amazing hosts!

To start off my speech, I feel like it would be interesting to tell you guys how I felt before entering the game, since I believe it's something that impacted my entire game one way or another. Basically, I had just come out of Island of Shade 2, in which I basically got circlejerked out of the game, considering I was actually having a good game but people still wouldn't work with me because I was an outsider and I got voted out at the first tribal I was in. In addition to this, I headed into this game knowing that there would be a certain period in which I was going to be pretty busy and not be able to dedicate that much time to this.

Knowing these two things, I feel like I can explain my early game better. Basically, what I needed to do, more than ever, is to make strong bonds with the house. As soon as the game started, I made good bonds with Elsa and Ryan, and within a matter of minutes we made the Lucid Alliance, which would be a very important alliance to me during the entire game. But I wasn't going to settle with that, and I immediately started bonding with most people. During that first night, once it was announced that someone would be voted out in a day, I panicked, I could see myself leaving. So, halfway as a joke, halfway as a resource, I created the Forced Alliance, consisting of a literal majority of the house, CharA, Jenna, Keegan, Lauren, Logan, Kage, Ryan, Elsa and I may be missing one or two more people. The decision is soon made to vote out Dylan, and we follow. During that day I have my small fight with him, and while it ended up being irrelevant, I convinced Jordan, one of the people he threw under the bus, to vote Dylan out with us, while he initially would've voted me out. During the James vs Jordan vote, I wanted to vote out James because I heard he was the second vote on me (first being Dylan) but I strategically decide to vote out Jordan, in order to ensure my loyalty to my allies. I believe I would've been able to change the flow of this vote if I wanted to, but I didn't want to seem like I was overplaying. I did mention it to a few people, however.

During these first few weeks, my main focus was to make bonds, more importantly with Ryan, Elsa, Jenna and Logan. Soon after talking with Jenna, once the Forced Alliance starts falling due to people moving on with their games, we decide to form another alliance: Ohana. It consisted of the two of us, Elsa (invited by me), Zach (invited by Jenna) and Adrian (invited by Jenna). While at the time I still was more looking forward to honoring the Lucid Alliance, I have to admit I was a bit wary of Ryan -- unlike Elsa and myself, he was not an almost complete stranger to the community, so while I trusted him I didn't want to make my entire game depend on him.

During week 2, James was leading by far the HoH competition, and considering before I had told a few people -- when I still wasn't sure of who to trust -- that I had voted him out, I decide to start working on him ASAP, talking to him and stuff and well he simply told me I wasn't getting nominated if he won, which was a good thing. While the Ohana alliance worked out at first, we soon found out that Adrian leaked it to Ryan and when he fell nominated alongside Jenna, the logical thing was to get him out. We make Ohana 2.0 soon after, with just the other four. These alliances made me grow really close to Zach as well, who would be a great help to my game.

Initially, I had no need of winning competitions. I was in a pretty solid position socially, with several alliances protecting me, so I decided to throw every challenge for a while. Although admittedly, there were a few people that I had little to none contact, and this soon ends up backfiring on me during Week 4, when Tate ends up as one of the HoHs during the Double Eviction week and he decided to nominate me after the PoV. I have to admit I initially freaked out a bit which is what led me into opening my envelope, which didn't help my case at all. However I managed to get people to save me, staying almost unanimously, with everyone but one person saving me.

During week 5, thanks to my own envelope, the trial nominations happened, and Adrian, who had just got back with buyback, managed to win the HoH. While I knew I would most likely be safe this week, I also knew that it was very likely I would lose a close ally here, as whether it went to the side of Ryan and Elsa or the side of Jenna and Zach, it could go wrong. I ended up passing it to Jenna who told me she was passing it to Tate, who was passing it to Zach and who was passing it to Elsa. This didn't happen, Tate sent it to someone else and I lowkey panicked a bit. "Luckily" it ends up ending with Zach and Logan nominated. I loved Logan and I would've loved him to stay but there was no way I was voting out one of my closest allies, Zach. Thankfully for me, Logan was the one sent home and Zach managed to stay.

Week 6 was another tough blow, but it was also a week in which I learned a lot. I fall nominated during the International Week section, which clearly meant something: My social game was starting to be lackluster. Once I fell nominated with everyone's but two people's votes, knowing that Jenna and Adrian had auto-nominated and that Zach was basically becoming my f2, it meant that one out of Ryan or Elsa had voted me for nomination. So I go to the Lucid Alliance and ask them about it. Elsa later admitted that she was the one that placed a vote for me, because she felt people would use the diamond PoV on me. Whether or not she actually believed that ended up being irrelevant, as then SHE won the DPoV and saved me, putting Jenna in my place. Sadly, I lost Jenna, one of my closest allies here, but if I had been a final nominee I would've been evicted against anyone, so it was a bittersweet ending. During week 6 we also had the flashforward week, in which my heavily implied f2 was HoH, meaning I was safe.

During week 7, thanks to last week, I was aware that there was a majority alliance formed by Tate/Lauren/Keegan/Ryan/Elsa. Sadly, Keegan becomes HoH and he nominates James and me. I managed to convince Lauren to use the PoV on me, which was good, but sadly the renominated person ended up being Zach, and even sadder, he ends up going home. As this point I had lost my main two allies, one after the other, Jenna and Zach. My other allies still in the house were most notoriously Elsa and Ryan, but they were part of the majority alliance. This led me to form The late but great alliance, formed by James, Adrian and me. During Survivor Week, however I ended up aligning more with Elsa and Ryan again, and we decide to target Keegan. Sadly, he used his Idol and Elsa went home. This eviction helped me a lot though, with Zach, my f2, gone and with Elsa, his f2, also gone, this led into me asking him an obvious pact in the Lucid Alliance: Let's f2 each other! And so we did. This new f2 soon proved it was good: I fell nominated during James' HoH and Ryan saved me with the PoV, and we were able to evict Keegan, a big challenge threat. During week 10, once Tate won HoH, I decide to fake a small freak-out by calling out that Tate was going to nominate me and James. I'm sure this is something that caused him to rethink things, as he ended up nomming me with Ryan instead. Luckily, Ryan saves himself and Lauren ends up being nominated. I felt like the plan at that point was to eliminate Lauren, and it goes that way, after I managed to campaign to both Ryan and James to keep me.

Finally, near the end, during f4, Ryan wins both HoH and PoV and keeps me safe. He wanted me to take James to f3, but I had other plans. I have to say, having Tate begging me to take him to f3 was one of the most satisfying things in this entire game! And, worth mentioning I had already pretty much decided to take him, I do go along with it. Why? Because this forced a f3 in which I was getting taken to f2 no matter what, instead of an f3 in which Ryan was taken to f2 no matter what. Tate promised me f2, so he was taking me. Ryan also would've respected our f2 and would've taken me. I did this fully knowing that Tate was a harder foe to beat in f2 than James, so this is the time where this move may backfire, but it gave me a bigger chance of making f2, and with me having used my power to care about my game mostly. Had Tate not contacted me to take him to f3, I would've personally contacted him to let him know more or less what was going on, and trying to force him into promising to take me to f2. This move also allowed me to take a hit at Ryan's game, which would've been useful if I ended up in f2 with him. F3, Tate ends up winning and taking me to f2, just like it was going to be.

That's basically my story and I know, it was quite long, but I felt like explaining my entire game was the best way of doing this.

Notable things:

-I managed to convince people to save me with the PoV several times, proving my solid social game. -Even the times I was not saved; I was able to survive the vote with a wide margin.  6-1-0 against Ashley Sarah and Steven, 2-0 against Lauren. -I got cornered in this game several times, yet I always managed to get away from that corner and I made it all the way to f2. -I often made my own moves and had my own agenda. -I had several allies and people I aligned with thorough the game. -I didn't win a single competition, throwing most of them and the ones I didn't throw ended up being partly irrelevant, seeing how I made it this far anyways. -I was almost always honest, telling people when I was voting them out (if they reached out to me anyways) and without blindsides, except for James at f4. -I had an amazing early game, which allowed me to survive the entire game.

Sorry this went on for so long! I hope you guys aren't just going to not vote me because of a long speech (tmi) I look forward to your questions, feel free to drag me, I will answer everything, etc.