#trust me Ryan's gonna help Logan

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Logan thing I literally noticed by accident

Okay-- so,

We all know Logan's parents are out of the picture.

It's pretty obvious.

So, I'm now gonna talk about something completely different but it's still relevant to Logan.

So... you notice how their noses are literally the same in shape? Also, their skin tones are EXTREMELY close to one another. One last thing to note is that the eye shape is also pretty similar. (Note that the hair color may not be the same, since it's likely Ryan has black hair due to his eyebrow color... But parents with blonde or brown hair can have a kid with black hair, as long as both parents have the recessive gene, or someone in the family had the gene.)

This is pretty farfetched, but I honestly like the idea of Ryan being Logan's dad already, so now that I accidently made this connection while swooning over Ben's dad just makes my stupid lil au even truer.

Although, it's too farfetched for him to be his dad, so I'm making the safe bet that he's just related to Logan, like perhaps an uncle. It could explain why he doesn't really say anything about Logan, or there wasn't any hint that he was his dad. It could be that he left his family a little after Logan was born, so he would never know how he looked like after some time passed.

(fast pass spoilers here!) He also probably doesn't know the names of the kids (obv), so he won't realize Logan is his nephew for a bit until someone mentions his full name around him, and he's like "Hol' up-- That sounds like the name my sibling gave to their kid--" He also wouldn't care for the parents either, therefore he doesn't know his mom and dad are being kept here. Once he realizes that Logan's his nephew, he'll realize his parents are here. Because if the parents got kidnapped as well, Logan's guardians would also be here.

(end of fast pass spoilers)

Now, let's circle back to the first thing I talked about.

I may have an idea on what could've happened to Logan's parents because of the Ryan thing...

Since I was looking for pictures of the grandparents in all s2 episodes, I happened to be reading over the dialogue. When I read this at first, I was like "hm, great words spoken by James." Then I realized, "...WAIT-- WHAT IF THIS WAS THEM SELF-REFLECTING ON THEIR OWN MISTAKE WITH THEIR OWN KID--" And yeah, that's how I came up with this dumb little theory:

What if by possibility, Logan's parents were in danger, and whoever was the child of Mary and Jame's tried telling them about it, but they didn't believe them. So, trying to keep Logan safe (he was just a few months old at the time), they left him at their parents house, lying about needing to run some quick errands with their spouse, and never returned, possibly dead. Mary and Jame's heavily grieve the lost of their child. They already had one run off (Ryan left them after Logan was born, there was a huge fight about his alcoholism problem), and now their second child was missing, possibly dead.

They raised Logan as a sort of apology to their own child. And because of the trauma, they were really protective of Logan.

Now, this could also explain why Mary and Jame's were the first to believe the kids. The situation reminded them of their own kid, and they realized that there could be a chance the gang was in danger, obvious evidence being Tyler. So, to make sure the other parents didn't make the same mistake they made, they stepped up and encouraged the other parents to believe the gang.

Again, this all could be pretty far-fetched, but there's always the chance of it being right. (I also realized Ryan may have seen Mary and James, but never hinted at saying they were his parents, but then again maybe it's either too soon to reveal that, or he couldn't exactly notice since it was likely from a distance.)

That's all I have for now. Bye bye 🧖

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1K FOLLOWER EVENT!!!!

I am so grateful that 1000 of you wonderful people want to read my stories about Benny’s characters! For the celebration, I wanted to do something a little different from the title fics, so we’re going to do Prompt Improv! Those of you who follow @hermioneshandbag​ and @logans-chestnuts​ may be familiar with this, but for my new friends, here we go!

How it Works:

There will be a list of dialogue prompts, places and scenarios. You will pick one or two dialogue prompts, one place and one scenario. I will improvise a drabble or short fic based on your choices. 

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Send in as many as you want, and I may write more than one of your choices!

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The Lists

Characters

Billy Russo

Ryan Brenner

Benjamin Greene

John Whittaker

Sam Adams

Caspian X

Nick Tortano

Tom Ward

Dialogue

“Well! You always know how to brighten up my day!”

“I’d rather count the freckles on your nose.”

“Who’s a good boy??!!”

“Is this seat taken?”

“The bed is taking up the whole space. What exactly did you have in mind?”

“Wellll!! This just got really interesting.”

“Did you really just say that?”

“Are you bleeding?”

“Please pass the cyanide, I don't want to go on living.”

“I hope it was worth it.”

“No, you don't get to say that, not now.”

“I can do this all day.”

“I need a nap.”

“Do you really think that's a good idea?”

“I’m allergic.”

“Clean it up!”

“Was that supposed to make me swoon?”

“I can't stop!”

“We need a lot more practice.”

“If we survive this I am going to kill you.”

“Oh, and I suppose it's my fault?”

You sure you know what you’re doing?”

“Yeah, right there.”

“You gonna eat that?”

“Do you ever stop talking?”

“Look, don't ask any questions, just run!”

“Are you crying?”

“My eyes are up here.”

“What is that purplish mark on your neck?”

“Am I going to run into you everywhere now?”

“I never thought closets could be so exciting.”

“What in the world is that?”

“Please give me a chance to explain.”

“It’s not what it looks like.”

“I can’t believe you kept this all these years.”

“Why is your hair orange??!!”

"What's in it for me?"

“Are you planning to wear that in public?”

“Oh, no you don't!”

“How dare you!”

“Chocolate solves everything.”

“Exactly how drunk are you?”

“It wouldn't be the same without you.”

“Stop that, people will see!”

"Sorry, one's more than enough for me."

"Scoot over next to me and nobody will see anything."

"Do you always have to take everything too far?"

"You're dead to me!"

"You are quite possibly the very dumbest person in the long and storied history of dumb people."

“Ma’am, is this your dog?”

“No, it’s really not that complicated. He’s a bad person.”

“Hey… what’s wrong with your face?”

“The king is missing.”

“Ah yes, come in. Close the door behind you.”

“How could you do this to me?”

“Um, sorry. That one’s not for sale.”

“You’ve got thirty seconds to explain to me what you’re doing here.”

“Ain’t nobody ever told you who your real daddy is?”

“I know this may be hard to believe, but I’m on your side.”

“Never heard of that being used as a murder weapon before.”

“Just sit around and cry, then. I don’t have that luxury.”

“I’m sorry. I thought you were someone else.”

“That’s the nice thing about telling the truth. You don’t have nearly as much to keep track of.”

“Of course we’re best friends. No one else would put up with our shenanigans.”

“That’s the least of your worries.”

“Do you trust me?”

“You found it on the beach? You know, when most people take a walk on the beach, they pick up seashells.”

“Sir. This is for children only.”

“I haven’t tried this on a human yet, but it should be very similar.”

“What? I meant it as a compliment.”

“Who put this in my coat pocket?”

“I can’t do this any more."

“I know you did your best, but it just wasn’t enough.”

“Even if I could stop it, I wouldn’t.”

“You have got to see this.”

“I don’t really think of myself as a thief…”

“Are you just going to keep walking by or are you going to come in?”

“Please return to your assigned seat.”

“Dude. It’s 3 in the morning.”

“I can’t believe I used to think he was attractive.”

“Where are your clothes?”

“Well, you have me here. What now, pray tell?"

“I can’t believe I’m telling you this.”

“I should have told you this a long time ago.”

“I am only telling the truth when I say that you have not behaved completely as a gentleman in this matter.”

“I thought we were friends!”

“I thought I loved you, but I don’t even think I know who you really are.”

“She’s evil, but she does have a point there.”

“I didn’t know you could talk.”

“Sweetie, what were you thinking?”

“What makes you think it was an accident?”

“I know you’re here. You may as well show yourself.”

“This isn’t going to be a typical best man speech.”

“We thought at first that it was part of the performance.”

“I would break his thumbs right now if I could.”

“Why are you helping me?”

“That’s the worst reason I’ve ever heard to have a baby.”

“I didn’t even recognize you!”

“Is it worth breaking your vows over?”

“I told you not to read that.”

“Put the turkey down.”

“I didn’t ask to be abducted.”

“That’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard.”

“Where did you learn how to do that?”

“I thought you had him!”

“Humility is not one of my many virtues.”

“How can you stand living here?”

“You don’t have the correct paperwork.”

“Careful not to break the—oh.”

“I wasn’t going to say anything, but yes.”

“Well aren’t you the cutest little thing?”

“Please don’t use sarcasm. It confuses me to think you're capable of wit.”

“After we lost you, things just weren’t the same.”

“If you were logical you would’ve killed me already.”

“Well, that could’ve gone better.”

“Sometimes I feel like she’s still at my side.”

“We’ve been waiting two hours.”

“Your services are no longer required.”

“I feel like we’ve met before…”

“Does he hit you?”

“Yes, it’s a questionable line of work, but I’m good at it.”

“She’s in the building.”

“Wow! It’s an honor to meet you.”

“I’m cured. I swear.”

“My chances of living to a ripe old age are unfortunately excellent.”

“Let’s face it, you don’t exactly blend in.”

“Forgive me if I’m misreading things, but do you want to kiss me?”

“Seriously?”

“That does not look good.”

“You were in an accident. Can you tell me your name?”

“Pretend to be here with me, this creep won't leave me alone!”

“Is that a gun/knife/crossbow in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”

"I can't believe you did that!"

“That is the worst line I have ever heard.”

“The next time you break the law, don’t do it in front of so many witnesses.”

“Sometimes being a total bookworm pays off.”

Places

Hallway

Sidewalk

Lake cottage

Hospital

Your residence

Restaurant

Wedding

Funeral

Jail

The beach

A Society function/ball

The Forest

A cave

the mountains

A ship

A shop

a park

Library

An attic

A bar or pub

Scenarios

Reunion

Injured In a fight

Best friends to lovers

Stranded together

Drunk

Jealousy

You’re his tutor

Meet the parents

Waiting Room

Cooking/baking

Kidnapped

Blackmail

Mistaken identity

Both reaching for the last one

Forbidden love

Belated love epiphany

Road trip romance

Second chance

The one that got away

Marriage of convenience

Lose a bet

Wingman fail

Bodyguard

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Every Upcoming Blumhouse New Horror Movie For 2021 and Beyond

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In just over a decade Blumhouse Productions has gone from a very smart agile indie to possibly the most significant horror production company out there. It’s slate is huge, it most quickly and cheaply, trusts in its creators and favours originality and genuine scares. Though the pandemic has meant certain release dates have had to move, or not as yet locked in, it’s clear the Blumhouse juggernaut is showing no signs of slowing. It has several film in production, with release dates set for 2021 and even more movies in various states of development.

We’ve rounded up the latest on all of Blumhouse’s upcoming horror movies. Note: we have not included TV, we haven’t included anything which is clearly not a horror and the projects which have been in development hell for many years are summarised briefly at the end. We’ll keep this updated so pop back for all your Blumhouse needs.

Image from 2013’s The Purge

The Forever Purge

Release date: 9 July 2021

This fifth installment of the The Purge franchise will reportedly be the last with creator and writer James DeMonaco promising a ‘really cool’ end to the series. This movie was originally scheduled for a summer 2020 release – filming wrapped in February 2020 – but dates inevitably shifted and now it’s aiming for Summer 2021. While DeMonaco wrote the script, the movie is directed by Everardo Gout who’s best known for his work on National Geographic series Mars. The movie stars Ana de la Reguera and Tenoch Huerta with Josh Lucas and Will Patton. 

Welcome to the Blumhouse (second batch)

Release date: 2021 tbc

This imprint which launched in October and streams on Amazon Prime will get another four installments in 2021. The series once again aims to give a platform to upcoming and underrepresented voices. The movies are:

Madres

A pregnant Mexican-American woman and her husband move to a migrant community in California where she starts to experience strange visions and phenomena. Is it the legendary curse? Or is something more sinister going on? This is a first feature from Ryan Zaragoza and stars Tenoch Huerta (The Forever Purge) Ariana Guerra, Evelyn Gonzalez, Kerry Cahill, and Elpidia Carrillo.

The Manor

Residents of a nursing home are haunted by supernatural forces in this film from Soulmate director Axelle Carolyn. Barbara Hershey stars as a woman who’s recently moved into the home following a stroke who suspects malevolent beings are at prey and needs to convince everyone around her she doesn’t belong there at all in order to escape.

Black as Night 

Teenage misfits battle vampires who are attacking New Orleans’ disenfranchised in this feature from Maritte Lee Go which sounds like it might appeal to a young female demographic as well as the usual Blumhouse fans. It stars Asjha Cooper, Fabrizio Guido, Craig Tate, Keith David, Mason Beauchamp, Abbie Gayle and Frankie Smith.

Bingo

Set among an eldery community in the Barrio of Oak Springs, Bingo sees a stubborn group of friends lead by the matriarchal Lupita who keeps them together a family, face their toughest threat yet when they discover their Bingo hall is to be sold to a powerful force. Gigi Saul Guerrero, who directed an episode of The Purge TV show and also a segment of Blum’s Into The Dark horror series takes the helm.

Halloween Kills

Release date: October 15 2021

Originally planned for October 2020, this follow up to David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween reboot (which was a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 Halloween) will now arrive in October 2021 to carry on the saga of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her family in their ongoing battle with Michael Myers. The previous installment was a smart addition to the franchise dealing with themes of PTSD in the wake of what Laurie experienced as a teen so we have high hopes for this. Blum has said the movie will be “Huge” and “Intense” and will feature returning legacy characters from the original. 

Halloween Ends

Release date: October 14 2022

The third part of the reboot trilogy is planned for 2022 and will bring to a close this part of the saga. Ahead of the release of Halloween Kills it’s difficult to predict which direction part three will take us in but if IMDb is to be believed Laurie, her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and Granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) will be in a final showdown with The Shape.

Paranormal Activity 7 (as yet untitled)

Release date: 2022 TBC

Announced back in 2019, Blumhouse is supposedly planning a seventh installment to the found footage franchise, with Oren Peli the creator of the original Paranormal Activity attached to write. No plot details have been released yet and it’s possible the unexpected events of 2020 have affected plans for this. The latest in the franchise – 2015 Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension is the least profitable of the series but still grossed $79M worldwide from a budget of $10M.

Vengeance

Release date: 2021

This is the directorial debut of actor and comedian BJ Novak (who was one of the writers on the US version of The Office, where he also played Ryan Howard), which follows a radio host from New York (also played by Novak) who travels down South in an attempt to solve the murder of his girlfriend and discover what happened to her. The movie co stars Logan’s Boyd Holbrook as well as Ashton Kutcher and Issa Rae. The production began in March 2020 but was put on hold due to COVID19, but has started back up again and Blum says they’ve almost finished shooting what he describes as “a cool, offbeat movie”.

Five Nights At Freddy’s

Status: Pre-production

Currently in pre-production is this adaptation based on the popular horror video game franchise where a night security worker at a restaurant called Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza is terrorised by sentient and murderous animatronic characters who come alive after dark. The movie was originally optioned by Warner Bros with Gil Keenan to direct but is now with Blumhouse under Chris Columbus. Despite delays, Blum is confident this is still very much on the cards telling Inverse “”It’s still active. We haven’t quite figured it out, but we’re getting closer every day.” The videogame franchise featured several sequels and spin offs so if Blum and Columbus can make this a hit there’s every possibility for multiple sequels.

Wolfman

Status: Pre-production

After the massive success of The Invisible Man, long time Blumhouse collaborator Leigh Whannell has signed on to tackle another classic Universal monster with the Wolfman. This is one of the strangest but most exciting titles on Blumhouse’s slate with Ryan Gosling attacked to star as a man who is cursed after being bitten by a werewolf. Gosling is a massive talent, Oscar nominated twice, who is selective with his projects so we can only imagine the script must be something special. 

Mother Nature

Status: Pre-Production

Announced back in May Mother Nature marks the directorial debut of Jamie Lee Curtis herself. An eco-horror co-written by Curtis and Russell Goldman who’s head of development at Curtis’ company Comet Pictures, this is the first film in a three year first look deal Comet Pictures has with Blumhouse. Details are scant but it looks like this will be themed around climate change. “I’m 61 and my motto now is: ‘If not now, when, if not me, who?’” Curtis told EW. Well quite.

Untitled John Ridley Paranormal Thriller

Status: Pre-production

Novelist, screenwriter and director John Ridley is set to write and direct this chiller based on this article entitled ‘Project Poltergeist’ which tells the true story of a young boy who is purported terrified by supernatural occurrences in a public housing project in the 1960s. “This is an incredible true-life narrative of a young man dealing with horrors – both paranormal and racially systemic — in a community that is scarred by hate, yet ultimately brought together by hope,” said Ridley, speaking to TheWrap. “I really appreciate Blumhouse’s commitment to telling stories that seek to entertain audiences even as it challenges them.”

Patrick Wilson in Insidious

Insidious 5

Status: Pitch

It’s been ten years since the very scary first installment of Insidious, one of the franchises that really helped put Blumhouse productions on the map, and the series shows no sign of disappearing into the Further just yet. A fifth film is apparently on the cards with star Patrick Wilson set to direct. The film will focus on the Lambert family ten years on as son Dalton prepares to go to college. “We’ve had a lot of luck with first-time directors who are actors, even Jordan Peele (Get Out) or Joel Edgerton on The Gift,” Blum told Den of Geek.

Caroline Ward in Host

Untitled Rob Savage project

Status: Pre-production

Sure the defining horror movie of 2020 has to be Host, a low budget indie written, shot and released in just 12 weeks during lockdown, a Zoom horror which perfectly captured the zeitgeist. After rave reviews, Savage and his team, screenwriters Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd and producer Douglas Cox signed with Blumhouse for a three picture deal. In typical quick and dirty style they’ve already begun work on the first of these features, which will reportedly be scarier and more ambitious than Host. Definitely one to watch.

Untitled Dracula project

Status: Treatment

Announced back in March, Jennifer’s Body and The Invitation director Karyn Kusama is attached to another Universal Monster project – a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Kusama told the Kingcast podcast that it would be a fairly faithful adaptation which will lean into the idea of multiple voices and points of view to tell the story, and perhaps present a slightly different version of the Count himself. “I would just say in some respect this is gonna be an adaptation called Dracula but it’s perhaps not the same kind of romantic hero that we’ve seen in past adaptations of Dracula,” said Kusama.

Untitled The Thing Remake/Untitled John Carpenter/Blumhouse Project

Status: Pitch

January of 2020 saw rumours that Blumhouse was working on a new iteration of The Thing, based on the (relatively) recently unearthed longer version of the story the movie is based on Who Goes There?, by John W. Campbell Jr. – the longer version is called Frozen Hell. Though there are two separate entries on IMDb for this project they are clearly the same ‘Thing’ – the ‘Untitled John Carpenter/Blumhouse Project’ suggest the Halloween 2018 director David Gordon Green maybe attached.

Firestarter

Status: Script

This new adaptation of the Stephen King novel has been kicking about since 2010 but there has been some movement recently. Zac Efron has been cast in an as yet undisclosed role and Blum has promised a “faithful” adaptation. At one point Akiva Goldsman was attached to direct, then later Fatih Akin but as things currently stand The Vigil director Keith Thomas is the frame to re-tell this story about a young girl with the telekinetic power to set things on fire. There was a previous adap of this story released in 1984 starring Drew Barrymore and directed by Mark L. Lester, with a miniseries Firestarter: Rekindled broadcast on the sci-fi channel in 2002, so this sits within remake territory.

Untitled Elizabeth Moss Project

Status: Pitch

This is a proposed adaptation of Virginia Feito’s novel, Mrs. March, with Moss producing and set to star. The novel will be published in 2021 and has been likened to Shirley Jackson. According to the synopsis it follows an upper Eastside housewife “who unravels when she begins to suspect the detestable protagonist of her husband’s latest bestselling novel is based on her”. Moss’s Love and Squalor productions with partner with Blumhouse on the project

Also in development:

Blumhouse has a multitude of other projects at different stages of development many of which likely won’t ever see the light of day. Here what else has been mooted.

Mark Duplass in Creep

Creep 3

Status: Development unknown

Third part of the Mark Duplass/Patrick Brice series – reached script stage, last updated Dec 2016

Curse 

Status: Optioned

Werewolf story based on a graphic novel, optioned April 2018

Devil’s Night

Status: Development unknown

Night before Halloween story, reached script stage, last updated July 2017

Families 

Status: Development unknown

Cannibal horror, reached script stage in 2015, last updated January 2017

Fangland 

Status: Development unknown

Dracula as an arms dealer. Script in 2009, last updated March 2017.

Intruders

Status: Script

Dead Snow’s Tommy Wirkola is attached to write and direct this domestic abuse thriller, last updated May 2018.

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Invasion

Development unknown

A home invasion occurs at the same time as an Alien invasion. Script as of March 2018, last updated July 2020

M3GAN 

Status: Script

Housebound director Gerard Johnstone is attached to this story about a robot doll who develops sentience, with Get Out’s Allison Williams attached. It reached the script stage in July 2018, but no news since.

Magic Eight Ball 

Status: Script

This project about the kids’ toy has been kicking around since 2006 with the latest version of the script listed as June 2019. Currently Jeff Wadlow of Fantasy Island is attached

Sleepwalker 

Status: Script

Alexander Aja who made Switchblade Romance is listed as attached to this, though there’s been no update since September 2017

Snapshot 1988

Status: Optioned

Mike Flanagan was attached to this adaptation of a Joe Hill story, though nothing’s been updated since 2016

The Black Phone

Status: Treatment

Another planned adaptation of a Joe Hill story, with Scott Derrickson attached. No updates since the treatment in 2017 though.

The Breathing Method 

Status: Development unknown

The only story from Stephen King anthology Different Seasons not to be turned into a movie, Scott Derrickson was also attached to this, but there’s been no movement for years with the last update in May 2017.

Untitled Chris Hardwick/Blumhouse Project

Status: Pitch

Collab with comedian and actor Hardwick, no news since October 2017

Untitled Dee Rees Horror Project

Status: Treatment

Collab with Mudbound director, Rees, described as “ghost story centering on an African-American lesbian couple living in a small town”. No news since May 2017.

Untitled Jason Blum/Chris Morgan Project

Status: Script

This collaboration with producer Chris Morgan has been around since 2013, with the latest update April 2017. The synopsis reads “A group of students get in over their heads with their new technological invention.”

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A LunaTic and her Gunn (Part 35)

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Ashley and Dom hit Colson's early Tuesday morning. They're all in the kitchen.

Colson and Dom making phone calls, working out last minute details for I'm Ok. They're gonna shoot the video tomorrow.

Ashley and Luna deal with promotion and other things regarding Nightmare. Confirming it's up and streaming, that sketches of their merch have been received and that they'll have proto types of them before the end of the week. Finishing up by scheduling a meeting with Randall Marshall from AL's chapter of the ACLU for next week.

The girls sweetly tell Their Boys goodbye before they leave for a radio interview at KISS FM.

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"THIS is gonna be FOOKING SICK!!" Dom declares hopping around the kitchen like a jumping bean. Laughing, Colson agrees as he looks for his weed.

"Hold on man, I'll be right back." He tells Dom, heading upstairs. Looking around his room, Luna's leather catches his eye hanging on the knob of the closet door.

"I hate that FUCKING thing." He thinks to himself, fire flashing inside of him as he grabs a mason jar of bud.

Back downstairs Colson asks Dom if he thinks Ashley would mind doing him a favor. "I don't see why not, Mate. What is it?" He asks as Colson explains.

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The interview is fun and engaging. Ryan praising them on Nightmare's instant success, it's empowering message and insane video. Applauding their efforts for wanting to help AL as they mention the merch donations. The girls are delighted and proud. Ashley mostly talks as Luna chimes in when she wants to.

"Now, I have to ask. Shot by a woman, all female cast, written and sang by 2 powerful women. Was it an all female production from top to bottom too?" Seacrest asks.

"No." Luna steps in. Her next words surprise Ashley. "We're backed and produced by MGK and his Guys."

Ryan pulls his head back "Are you who he's dating, Brooklyn? I've been hearing rumours." He leads.

"The idea was to flip that old saying 'Behind every great man, is a great woman.' Here you have a strong group of men backing strong women." She responds, completely side stepping his question. "We're not looking for separation or dominance, Ryan. We WANT support and equality." She finishes firmly.

Ashley smirks as Luna shrugs her one shoulder to Seacrest's annoyance. They chat a bit more about the project and the women involved. Ending the interview with Thank Yous as Nightmare plays them out.

Off Air Ryan says to Luna shaking his head "You're never gonna give me anything On Air are you, Loons?"

"Nope." She confirms with a smile to his laughing hug before she leaves.

"Tell him I said Hi." He yells down the hall to her laugher as she skips away.

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Back in Ashley's Wrangler, she looks at Luna. "I thought you were gonna out yourself for a second."

Luna looks at her sideways. "Psh. Yeah right." She laughs "Just giving credit where credits due." As she fires up a joint.

"Clever cover up." Ashley accepts it from Luna.

"I thought so." Both girls laughing, getting stoned as they head to Ashley's favorite nail salon. Luna needs a manicure after NY.

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Ashley and Luna walk into Colson's to quick kisses and Colson pulling Ashley back out the door. A confused Luna grabs a beer and heads upstairs to change. She's going to sit by the pool, burn, hang out with Dom, Benny and Rook. Trying to make sense of the dozens of lyrics rolling around her head

🎶Out on the West Coast//They got a saying//If you're not drinking//You're not creating//And I've//Found the music//Yeah, I've got music//Boy Blue//Without you🎶 She writing a love song about CA to NY. Knowing in her heart, it's metaphor.

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"Thanks for your help." Colson tells Ashley as they get back into his Rover. He's lighting a joint.

"I'm telling you, Kells. She'll like this one, and you might have a chance if you explain it to her well. She may even tuck the other away for you, but she'll never get rid of it."

"I know, Ash." He sighs. "I can't fucking stand seeing it though, especially with her shoulder the way it is."

"Welcome to Life With Loons, Kells. You wanted a rider, you got one." She takes the joint from him.

"I know...." He sighs again with a groan.

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After taking a shower Luna throws on a thin short, blue flannel dress with fishnet thigh highs, chunky, heeled booties and a solid red lip. Her blonde hair loose. Colson watches her get dressed. He loves the way she moves. They're headed to his friend Logan's for a party. She grabs her leather to his dismay.

"Kitten...." He starts. "Can I talk to you for a sec." She looks at him concerned. Sitting next to him on the bed, leather in her lap. "I don't know how to say any of this." He tells her, thinking of Ashley's words.

"Just say it, Colson." Luna's part worried, part becoming annoyed.

"I hate that fucking jacket." He spits out, without thinking.

"What." Her lip is cocked, eyebrows furrowed. Confused.

He grabs her leather and holds it up in front of them. "All THIS." He cirlces the safety pins securing the bullet hole. "I fucking hate THIS." She's silent, looking at him sideways. She flips her right arm over. Exposing the cockroach on her right forearm again. He gives her a nasty look back.

"I knew she was gonna be a fucking cunt about this." He thinks annoyed.

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"Mothersfuckers steady be trying to tell me what to fucking do." Her mind flashes angrily.

She breaks her silence, trying to choose her words. "We're new, so we're gonna be careful here. I get that you don't like Jax and I's relationship. And me getting shot while on a job with him only amplifies that. But you need to look at THIS." She circles the bobby pins on the jacket "As not of him, but of ME. I didn't need him to save me. I dropped that cop, MYself. I had enough time and adrenaline to get me AND my shit the fuck up outta there. On my own. He was a simple helping hand, a reason why you don't do a job alone." She states matter of fact. She puts her hand on the side of his face, looking into his blue eyes. "The jacket isn't a big deal to me, but, you trusting me and respecting what I do is, Bunny. I will always take your opinion into consideration. But, please don't ever think you can tell me what to fucking do, Colson. Ever." She leans up and kisses his silent lips.

"I feel like This Bitch just mind fucked me. And that I should feel bad for not seeing her strength in it, the way she does." He thinks confused with himself.

She stands up, tucking it in her bag. "I'll grab a new one tomorrow." She says nonchalantly.

"No. Don't." He finally tells her. "Wear whatever you want, Kitten. You're right." He stands up, pulling it back out of her bag and her into his arms. Giving her a deep, understanding kiss. His touch makes her body flush and lips plump, any annoyance slipping away. "I love you, Loons. Every fucking little piece of you." He tells her after the kiss. "I did get you something though." He kisses her on the mouth before letting her go to pull a box out from under the bed.

She laughs loudly, blue eyes sparkling as she opens the box to find a FABULOUS black leather jacket with studding and small red details.

"THIS MOTHERFUCKER." Her heart bursting.

"You weren't playing, hunh?" She asks continuing to laugh as she slides it on.

"No." He laughs sheepishly with her.

"You're a fucking maniac." She tells him, laughing still as she jumps into his arms and throws her arms over his shoulders. "I love it, tho. Thank you." Kissing him. 🎶And then She had 2🎶 She sings to him, both of them laughing. Kissing each other passionately, her legs are wrapped around his waist as his hands grip her thick ass. She squeezes him tightly with her body as he slides his middle finger inside of her, making her moan out. Kissing hard, bucking against his hand. "FUCK me." She begs him into his ear.

He slides her down his body, whipping her around quickly, his cock is throbbing for her. Bending her over, he runs his hands up her ass, pushing her flannel dress up before he slides her black patties down to her ankles.

"Fucking black." He smiles to himself.

❗SLAP❗ He spanks her hard with his large hand before running his finger along her soft pussy lips. Dropping his pants, he stands behind her red ass, dick bulging. "You want this?" He teases her. She begs Yes, before he slowly pushes into her moans. He groans pulling her back by her hair "FUCK, KITTEN!!!" He calls out, gripping her hip, fully entering her. Beginning to fuck her hard.

She bounces her ass off his dick, walls clenching around the size of his huge cock. Seeing stars.

"Who's dick is this?" He demands.

"MINE." She pants at him.

"WHO'S DICK IS IT?" He pulls her hair tighter.

Slamming into him, she moans loudly with authority "MINE! It's MY FUCKING DICKKK." Her cries make them both explode for the other.

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Walking into the party, Colson introduces Luna to a couple of his friends. Logan, his brother Jake and Jake's fiancé, Tana. Colson and Luna sit sharing a beer with Them, Mod, Phem, Benny, Rook, Slim and a few others. He pulls her intimately into him, by the neck. Kissing her on the forehead just before Tana yanks her away to both of their disliking.

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Colson continues to bust it up with The Brothers. Talking about Jake's upcoming wedding.

"You guys seem to really got IT." He tells Colson, commenting on him and Luna. "Think you'll take the plunge, Bruh?" He asks him.

Colson chuckles, looking down. "I don't know if she'd let me lock it down like that, Dawg. She's something else...." He trails off. "She DID get tatted with me tho."  Colson beams, proudly showing off their matching ink to The Brothers.

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Looking for Luna a bit later reminds Colson of his birthday. He's on a balcony looking down, trying to find her again. Then he remembers what Tommy did. Leaning over the rail, just the same, he bellows "BROOOOKLLYYYYYNNNN!!!!!" Searching for THAT bangled wrist. He finds it and her eyes. They stare into the other, mesmerized, locked in silence with only them, The World raging outside their bubble. He throws his arms up with his cigarette burning, grinning at her for a moment before he goes to get her.

"Damn, she looks good in that jacket." Colson stared long at Luna before heading down to meet her. "I fucking love her." He thinks, happy she chose to wear his.

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A smile breaks out onto Luna's face as she hears Colson holler for her. "Oh, thank Fuck." She sighs in relief, like their first night. Lifting a freshly painted, black fingernail, she finds him. Tana finally goes silent to Luna, once they lock eyes. All she can hear is her love for him

🎶I see🎶My Bunny🎶Swaying🎶His Newport is on fire🎶His hands are up🎶From the balcony🎶He's calling "Brooklyn"🎶I think🎶Move Bitch🎶Move Bitch🎶I'm in love🎶I'm in love🎶I'm in love🎶

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Sitting at the table playing Dominos, Colson watches Luna walk to grab them 2 more beers. He fires up a joint as he sees a Dude walk over to her and put his hand on the small of her back, making Colson's blue eyes go dark. She moves away from Dude, shaking her head, saying something and flashing a quick smile before walking back towards him with their beers. Colson stands up quickly when he sees Luna stop abruptly. She throws words over her shoulder before continuing to walk back towards him, rolling her eyes.

"What the fuck was that?" He asks her as she sits down next to him. Opening their beers. He passes her the joint.

"Nothing, she sighs, taking it. Handing him his beer. He looks at her. She knows he's not accepting that. "He tried to hit on me, I politely declined, he called me a cunt." She throws her hands out. "It's whatever, Bunny, don't sweat it." She says giving him a reassuring kiss.

He kisses her back, checks out his hand but keeps an eye on Dude.

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As Slim, Rook, Benny and a slightly drunk Colson leave the party, he's holding Luna's hand. Walking passed Dude, Colson hears him say "Yeah, THAT'S that stuck up cunt."

THAT'S all it takes.........

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To be continued.......

[lovelylogans]

PRINCESS BRIDE AU

BC I CAN also i just rewatched it and it’s one of my fav movies so

LOGICALITY/PRINXIETY BUCKLE IT UP

please. please. y’all already know roman is buttercup. upcoming royal??? yeah it’s roman, obvi

westley is virgil. 1. bc he was socially awkward to the point of throwing himself down a hill as a way to communicate to his former love that he’s actually alive, 2. westley’s snark is iconic

logan is inigo. bc he studied for years and years under the greatest swordsmen. like, canonically. boy is inigo. 

patton is fezzik. partially bc i like the idea of gentle giant patton and partially bc of the way he nursed everyone back to health (inigo from drunk stuff, westley from death) and also like he’s so soft and gentle and the end where he gets two white horses???? it’s patton y’all

deceit is humperdinck. on a related note, please let deceit’s canon name be on the level of ridiculousness of humperdinck @ thomas and co i’m begging

vizzini is uhhh. uh. hm. you know what. full absurdity here it’s the dragon witch (you know how the dragon witch was like a throwaway character except i’m basically shoehorning her into every fic i have?)

(the magician and his wife who resurrect westley are now joan and talyn, i don’t make the rules, except i do)

also tw mentions of suicide, and also torture 

ACTUAL PLOT UNDER CUT

so! roman as the slightly bratty upcoming lord of the land or whatever on the farm, and virgil as the farmboy

virgil is a Useless Gay and as such whenever roman asks him to do anything he just “as you wish” and tries hard not to be too obvious about staring at him and covers up his affection with snark

roman, who is an Equally Useless Gay, just kinda. keeps giving virgil these useless commands (”farmboy! ....um. hand me those reigns!” “...the ones... you’re holding?” “THE OTHER REIGNS” “....as you wish”)

eventually roman does a “farmboy. fetch me that pitcher.” and virgil does and whispers “as you wish” and roman grabs him by his lapels and brings him in for a kiss

virgil however fully recognizes that he has to up his social class in order to be with roman so he goes sailing before they can marry but the dread pirate anx attacks

roman is devastated, ofc, and makes the “i’ll never love again” vow

let’s do the time warp again!

five years later!

roman’s accepted a proposal from deceit, bc 1. he’s the prince and 2. if he’s gonna be miserable may as well be miserable in a high social standing, right

plus he always kinda dreamed of being a prince as a kid, didn’t he? maybe this way he can enact some change

it is hard to remember such things when he is trotted out in the public square like a prize goat, but he clings to it regardless

except!

he goes out riding (one of the only things he still loved) before the wedding and gets knocked out by the dragon witch and co.

logan and his husband fiancé boyfriend (?) patton have mostly accepted this job bc they need money, and keep accepting the job bc... well, money

logan swears they’ll get out of it and he’ll find the six-fingered man, and patton doesn’t like the unscrupulousness of it but. well. they have to eat somehow

and he debates with the dragon witch about and he goes “you were not hired for brains!” “but i was,” logan says coolly, sharpening his sword. “and if you speak to him like that again, you’ll see precisely the other reason you hired me.”

yeah they don’t like it

anyways logan starts the fast/alas harm/charm rhyme game with patton to cheer him up. and then they keep it up bc it annoys the dragon witch

roman wakes up and logan notices someone following him (spoiler it’s virgil) and the dragon witch threatens roman. everyone on the boat hates the dragon witch, basically

but roman jumps into the shrieking eel-infested waters, swimming to the boat, bc as miserable as he is he doesn’t wanna be murdered for a war

patton ends up smacking the eel on the nose and bringing roman into the boat, huddling over him protectively and asking if he’s okay

roman gives him a why would you care look, and patton gives him some extra food as sympathy

the CLIFFS of INSANITY!!

and patton climbs them all up, shortly followed by the Mysterious Masked Man

“INCONCEIVABLE!!” and the dragon witch cuts the rope, and the masked man managed to cling to the rocks

the dragon witch makes to leave logan behind and patton looks anxious and logan smiles and shakes his head and says “i’ll be fine” “just... be careful, okay? people in masks can’t be trusted” and they kiss and the dragon witch urges patton and roman on

basically as soon as the dragon witch is out of earshot logan calls down to him

“slow going?” “look, i don’t mean to be rude, but this isn’t as easy as it looks. i’d appreciate if you didn’t distract me.” “sorry.” “thank you”

five seconds later... “i don’t suppose you could speed things up?” “look, if you’re in such a hurry, you could throw down some rope or something?” “well i’m not sure if you’d accept. i mostly want you to speed up so i can fight you. potentially to the death.” “...that does put a damper on our relationship.”

ten seconds later... “look, okay, i’ll throw down the rope, and step back from it.” “why do you want to help me so bad?” “well, that sword you’re carrying.” and then he goes on a tirade of how that exact blade and how beat up it is etc. is evidence of a good swordsman and it’s been  a g e s  since logan’s had a good duel

“...all right, fine. anyone told you, you talk too much?” “i could rescind that rope offer--” “on seCOND THOUGHT”

so virgil reaches the top and logan offers him a breather until they duel, and logan lays out his backstory in all kinds of matter-of-fact language

he tells the story of the six-fingered man after virgil catches him looking closely at his hands, and explains that he went from studying sword-making to sword-fighting after the death of his father, along with the twin scars on his face

he also explains the whole “we’re working with the witch to pay the bills” kind of thing and also patton

“you seem a decent fellow. i hate to kill you.” “you seem a decent fellow. i hate to die.”

do yourself a favor watch the swordfight again it’s glorious (that link also includes the inigo/westley convo)

logan, a nerd, lists off the routines. virgil, also a nerd, offers counterpoints

it’s the debate, basically. it’s their debate but with swords

“who are you?” “no one of consequence.” “i must know.” “get used to disappointment.”

logan gets his sword knocked out of his hand, and very matter-of-factly says “kill me quickly. and tell patton--tell patton--”

“i’m not going to kill you, for goodness sake’s. i’ve never had an equal like this. however, i can’t have you following me, either.” and whacks logan over the head

meanwhile, they see virgil coming up over the hill, and the dragon witch takes roman and leaves patton (who is worrying VERY MUCH as if he got past logan then--)

virgil comes up over the hill to a rock thrown at him and smashed very near his head. he whirls around, bringing up the sword, and patton emerges from behind the rock, another rock uplifted.

“what did you do with logan?!”

“he’s alive, just unconscious.”

“oh thank god,” and he lowers the rock, beaming. “this business is so dangerous the only reason we stick with it is because we’re broke” “well, understandable. i did the same for five years.”

“...so, uh, what now?” “i just kinda figured. well. i don’t want that nice prince to die. if you’re trying to save him, you can knock me out. i’ll kneel to make it easier for you, if you like.” “well that’s very kind of you”

ft. battle of iocaine powder, with a blindfolded roman, and virgil smirking as the dragon witch rattles off the varieties of reasoning (”you fell victim to one of the classic blunders!”) and eventually swaps glasses and dies anyways

virgil crosses over and unties the blindfold

“who are you?” “no one to trifle with. and that’s all you need to know.” “to think--yours was poisoned!” “no. i’ve spent the past five years building up an immunity to iocaine powder.”

eventually virgil lets roman stop to catch his breath and roman promises ransom, adding that deceit is a fantastic tracker

“you admit to me you do not love your fiancé” “he knows i do not love him” “are not capable of it, you mean” and roman draws himself up to his full height

“i have loved more deeply than a killer like yourself could ever dream--”

virgil snarls and pulls roman along, keeping going before they get caught by deceit

eventually roman snaps that he knows he’s the dread pirate anx, admit it! and virgil does, and roman snarls that he can die slowly, cut into a thousand pieces, etc etc etc

virgil, kind of testing him, asks about the love that he apparently killed. who is “poor and perfect, with the most beautiful eyes” and they bicker more and more, virgil saying “i remember this farm boy, i think.” and talking a game about how he died well and said “please. please, i need to live.” because he had true love

they bicker more and more and roman screams “i DIED that day!” and they see deceit’s horses, and roman snarls “you can die too for all i care before shoving him down the hill

“AAAAAS..... YOUUUUUUU... WIIIIIIIIISH”

and roman immediately throws himself down the hill after him

deceit realizes they’re heading to the fire swamp

roman and virgil have their sappy reunion “you’re alive! if you want, i can fly!” and the “death cannot stop true love. only delay it for a while” 

and then... fire swamp

roman gets a bit singed by the fire, and virgil explains how he took the dread pirate anx is actually multiple people; ryan, cummerbund, etc etc, while carrying roman through the forest. and then he sets him down and basically immediately roman gets sucked into lightning sand, and then the rous’

they make it out of the fire swamp and straight into deceit’s calvalcade, ft. six-fingered man

“you mean you wish to surrender to me? very well, i accept”

but also roman sees them trying to kill virgil and basically surrenders so they promise not to hurt him

“i thought you were dead once. it almost destroyed me. i can’t do it again.” and deceit whisks him onto his horse before he can say a proper goodbye to virgil

virgil gets knockt out and taken to the pit of despair

(fun fact: the henchperson in the pit of despair in the movie terrified me so much as a kid, oh my god)

anyways they clean his wounds and basically prep him for the Death Machine

roman, meanwhile, is moping quietly around the castle, as deceit basically covers for it with his father’s failing health. roman has stress dreams and nightmares about the wedding, before he marches to deceit’s office and declares that he will be dead by the morning after their wedding

deceit simpers that he could never cause roman grief, and they’ll alert virgil’s ship, etc., all that, and casts some shade, but roman stays strong. eventually they make a deal that if virgil wants roman, sure, but if not, please consider deceit as an alternative to death.

deceit reveals that he hired the dragon witch, as they walk to the pit of despair, and the six-fingered man starts virgil up on the Torture

after that, logan and patton (since reunited) are having a merry old time knocking people out in the thieves’ forest and avoiding arrest, when patton at last reveals the discovery of the six-fingered man

CHANGE OF PLANS, logan declares, and basically drags patton into this plan. he also needs, well, another swordsman, so he may as well go looking for...

virgil! who is Suffering, highkey, when deceit struts into the room. roman has since figured out his letters to virgil haven’t been sent, and he is. Angry About It, which makes deceit Angry at him and roman has basically been locked away until the wedding

back to virgil! as deceit is ranting about the true love, which is a once in a century ordeal, and so deceit snarls “then no man in a century will suffer as greatly as you will” and cranks the machine up to fifty

and uh. he ded y’all

not before screaming loud enough for basically the whole country to hear, including logan and patton!

who move towards the screaming, and are basically like “well, we’re in the middle of a forest, now what” until they stumble along the henchperson, who gets Knocked soundly along the head until he reveals the pit

they cart out virgil’s body to joan and talyn, and logan basically tells them that it would greatly displease deceit and so they have their whole thing (and TO BLAAAVE, which means to bluff! and rewatch the whole situation because it’s so funny and also like. oh my god. joan and talyn as miracle max and valerie)

so they get him the little chocolate covered miracle pill and haul virgil out

“bye bye, boys! have fun storming the castle!”

they feed him the miracle pill, but, uh, virgil’s physicality is....... incredibly limited

“let me explain! no, there’s too much. roman’s marrying deceit’s in less than half an hour. so we gotta break into the castle. and i have to kill count rogen.”

“great. the only trouble is i can’t move and there are sixty guards on that door”

basically they come up with the whole, like, demon entrance plan, which is hilarious, and come upon the head guard

“give us the gate key.” “i have no gate key.” “i see. patton, tear his arms off.” “oh you mean this gate key!”

wedding is happening, which.

“mawwaige..... mawwage is what bwings us togezzer... today.”

oh my god. oh my god it’s the precursor to the hewwo meme

anyways they keep talking “wuvvvvv.... TWU wuv!” and deceit snaps they speed up for it and they get the shortest vows ever

deceit gets roman taken to the honeymoon suite by his parents and he goes racing out to face virgil, logan, and patton, who is carrying virgil

in comes the six-fingered man, and six guards, who logan slays with ease

“hello. my name is logan sanders. you killed my father. prepare to die.”

dude fuckin sprints outta there, and logan follows

meanwhile, patton continues calmly carrying virgil until logan starts shouting for him to break down a door

patton gently installs virgil into the arms of a knight thing and stops logan from basically knocking his head against the door, before punching it down for him, and going back to get virgil

roman’s being escorted by the queen, who he gently kisses on the cheek

“what was that for?”

“you’ve always been so kind to me. and i’ll be killing myself once we reach the honeymoon suite.”

“....won’t that be nice. HE KISSED ME!”

logan has his Badass Fight and gets jabbed pretty bad in the stomach, but not before enacting his awesome revenge

roman dully enters the suite, and preps to stab himself in the chest, until he hears a voice from the bed

“there are very few perfect chests in the world. it’d be a pity to damage yours.”

“VIRGIL! OH, VIRGIL!”

and he rushes to kiss and hug him, and basically virgil reveals he can’t move all that much right now and is in a fair bit of pain

“won’t you forgive me?” “what did you do?” “i got married” “well, did you say i do?” “well... no.” “then you didn’t get married. don’t you agree, highness?”

and roman whirls around to see deceit

and virgil gives the badass to the pain speech

god it’s so. yes.

and virgil manages to stumble to his feet and hold out his sword, snarling “drop. your. sword.”

it’s scary enough that deceit basically immediately forfeits, and roman ties him up, beaming

logan stumbles into the room, holding his stomach “where’s patton?!” “i thought he was with you!” 

and they hear patton calling from the window, beaming and holding the reigns to four white horses

and they uh... happily ever after, running away together, to Be Gay and Do Crime

[infinityknight25]

Cast: Doctor Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Captain America: Chris Evans Thor: Chris Hemsworth Sam Wilson: Anthony Mackie Bucky Barnes: Sebastian Keep Scarlet witch: Elizabeth Olsen Ant man: Paul Rudd Agent Coulson:Clark Gregg Black Panther: Chadwick Bozeman Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson Hawkeye: Jeremy Renner Tony Stark: Robert Downey Jr James Rhodes: Don Cheadle Spider-Man : Tom Holland Bruce Banner: Mark Ruffalo Professor Xavier: James McCavoy Wolverine: Tom Hardy Deadpool: Ryan Reynolds Cyclops: Ben Winchell Storm: Britne Oldford Jean Grey: Bonnie Wright Colossus: Stefan Kopicic Corvus Glaive: TBA Scene 1: A meeting room in Avengers Tower. The group is made up of Black Panther, Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Black Widow, Hawkeye, James Rhodes, Agent Coulson, Ant Man, Scarlet witch, Thor, Spider-Man, Sam Wilson and Doctor Strange. The team has been dealt a tremendous loss. Thanos has just killed Vision obtaining the mind stone. The group is sitting around the table. All are clearly bothered by the previous events. Scarlet Witch has tears in her eyes. Stark and Banner come in through the door. Strange is staring out the window at NewYork.

Stark: We are working on an alternative power source to bring Vision back. What are we going to do about Thanos and his Black Order? Clearly we are going to need more man power than what we have. Coulson: Well I can bring in my team and a few others but i don’t think that’s still enough to make a difference. Strange still looking outside. Doctor Strange: I met a man at a Conference in upstate New York. He had incredible intellect and ran a school that doubled as a safe house for his kind. They are being harrased secretly by the Government. Thor: His kind? Are they Inhumans? Is this Black Bolt you speak of? Strange: No. They are something else. Although the Inhumans could also prove very useful in this war. Coulson looks like he is confused Coulson: I can talk with the Inhumans but this group your speaking of…… I have no clue what your talking about. I’ve been the director of S.H.I.E.L.D and haven’t heard of any other group of people being targeted by the Government besides the Inhumans… Well terrorists… Are they terrorists? Strange: No they are not terrorists. They are something else. Something extrodinary. Coulson: Thor and I will go speak with Black Bolt to see if he’d be willing to join us in this cause. Captain America: The rest of us will go to upstate New York to this school to speak with this man that Stephen has been talking about. Scene 2: Outside of the Xavier’s school for gifted youngsters. The group is made up of Sam Wilson, Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Doctor Strange, James Rhodes, Ant Man, Bruce Banner,Spider-Man and Black Panther. The grass is green and lush. They walk past a well kept statue. To a set of big wooden well polished doors. Captain America knocks. Deadpool: (from behind the door) I’ll get it!! (Deadpool opens the door and sees the Avengers) Wwwwwwhy the freak are the Avengers standing outside the school? Wait…. I said freak. (Deadpool slides in to the center of the circle of heroes with arms outstretched) I’ve made it to Disney!!!! Professor Xavier: (not yet seen)Wade quit torturing our guests and go to the training room. (Comes wheeling into the scene) You need to hone your…. Stephen. It’s a pleasure to see you. (Xavier’s face seems bleak) Please come inside. Xavier turned and wheeled back in the house. The heroes walk into the forier. Looking around they are astonished at the various ages in the kids at the school. Tony: So what is this? Some kind of foster care place? Steve why do you think these people can help us? Xavier: (Using his power of telepathy speaks to the Avengers) Some of the children could be considered fosters. However that’s not the main purpose of my school. It’s to teach these younger people to handle their powers. We are mutants. Ant man: What…. What uh What just happened? Hawkeye: How did you do that? The group comes into a auditorium like classroom where a young African American woman with white hair is speaking to a small group of teens. Xavier: Everyone I would like you to meet Storm, Cyclops, Colossus, Bobby, Kurt and Jean. They are some of the members of the X-Men. Tony: (Laughing) X-Men? What’s the X stand for? Extrodinary? Xavier? Xavier: You doubt us? Tony: Yeah I do. Okay? And let me tell you why. Bruce: Tony Tony: No don’t Tony me right now. There is a giant Alien bent on destroying everyone in his path and your going to bring us into your school for the cult. Show us some parlor mind truck and think we are gonna be at your feet begging. Oh help us! help us! That’s not the way this is gonna happen . Do we need help? You bet but I don’t need my time wasted either. Logan walks into the room and stands beside Professor X. Storm: Professor. Xavier: Just a moment Storm. Mr. Stark, I understand why you feel the way you do. I want nothing more than for us to help you. Trust me there is no need for hostility. Tony: We just got our butts handed to us by an alien army. A friend is dead and now you want to sit over there and tell me your magic trick is gonna save lives. Logan’s claws shoot out on his right hand. Captain America keeps staring at Logan. Suddenly there is a large wind outside accompanied by a loud crack of thunder. Everyone’s attention turns to Storm. The young black girl with the white Mohawk. Xavier: See not all our powers are the same and I can assure you they all might come in use in your war. Captain: (Asking Logan) Don’t I know you from somewhere? Logan: What did I steal your girlfriend? Bucky: Did you serve in Germany? Logan: I did a tour there. What’s it to yah? Tony: Does anyone born in the early 1900’s ever die? Logan: I wasn’t born in the 1900’s bub. Suddenly there’s a crash outside. And a voice shouts from outside the school. Corvus Glaive: Charles Xavier. Thanos requires tribute. If you do what is asked of you, no mutant shall die. End scene

[challengersvschampions]

Episode 3 — “Stick a Fork in My Eye” (Molly)

there wasn't a swap and i'd rather stick a fork in my eye than play with this ugly bunch of assfaces any longer

Dravuni Tribe: where instead of socializing, we just complain about how boring and unsocial everybody is. Also, I miss Hanne. She deserved better.

I have this bad feeling something's going to happen with Jeopardy. Either we're losing or swapping, and I'm unhappy about both possibilities!

Ok so we won the first two challenges and I am happy about that. But it is getting a little boring. Our tribe is already not sure active and since we don't have to do anything we just sit and wait for the next challenge most of the time. I feel super close to Jakey, Riley, and Logan. I then feel pretty good with Adam, Callie, and Elliott, and then Ting Ting, Eddie, and Alex I still don't get great vibes from. If I had my way Alex would go first. He seems overly eager to do everything, and I think he just thinks hes the best at everything....which is awkward. Like he really wants to do Jeopardy but I think there are gonna be TS parts? And like...why wouldn't the two people who have been here since the beginning compete? IDK it's strange. But no one I have spoken to has brought him up as someone they feel good about. So hopefully he doesn't have any strong ties and he would be an easy boot from our tribe. If he wants to compete that's fine, if we win cool, if we lose we can blame it on him. I just can't tell if the tribe is really dead or people are just not talking to me though, Callie doesn't seem to talk to a lot of people either, but I know she talks to Jakey which is good cause that is a mutual person. Except she was being kind of shadey...she gave me and Jakey different locations for her guesses...so if you were going to lie to one of us wouldn't you tell the other? Idk. But I still feel good about our relationship, I'm just not gonna put too much stock into it yet. I'm also pretty sure the idol or whatever items there are have been found. Every box has had to have been searched at this point. I hate having idols, but I would rather have it than let someone else have it.

first day w/o hanne in the game..

so we finally lost an immunity, oh lord, now it's time for the fun! tribal!!! ok lowkey i am glad we've lost because just sitting around only talking to people personally and not talking game has been KILLING ME, but it's been good, ive been building connections with people and now it's time to test them. This tribal for me is going to help me prove whether im still a flop who's delusional and thinks im doing good, or whether I actually have the potential to be a decent survivor player and maybe even take it all the way!! The first thing i did when i saw we lost was message my #1 ally right now jake, and me and jake basically concluded we want to stick with people like ryan, logan, riley, ting ting, and then eddie/callie, however for some reason jake is sceptical about them? is that a word? specitical? what the FUCK is that word????? ANYWAY, he doesnt trust them for whatever reason, but i do, i dont want them going home, ive worked hard building relationships with them the most tbh and they could be huge assets for me down the line, whether i decide to genuinely be loyal to them, or if i want to use them to flip later on... i need them to stick around and be my cute little guard dogs in my corner. So anyway, i proposed the idea to Eddie about making an alliance with me/him/callie/jake, which im 100% for but jake thinks we're just being fake with it, so be it, as long as i have them all together that's what i need for my game. I'll decide later on if im gonna stick true to it, right now, it's too early to decide that kinda nuclear decision. As far as everyone else ive talked to, the consensus seems to be that we want to vote alex out, he's an example of someone playing a little too hard too far, he's kinda just rubbed people the wrong way too, and this early in the game, those little mistakes are all it takes to get your torch snuffed. But im not about to get cocky like i did all in egypt, who knows, maybe everyones playing me, and im gonna be unanimously voted out, kudos to them if they do, because im not here to just play, im here to SLAY. also the only person im not really talking to on my tribe would be elliot because i heard he threw my name out there, so right now im just gonna deal with alex but after alex is gone he better watch out because if you come for me by yourself, im gonna do what i do best and rally an army to get your ass out of here, catch the tea on that. ALSO IM SO MAD I WANT TO GO TO TRIBAL BECAUSE I HAVE THE OPPURTUNITY TO FIND THE IDOL....BUT I MIGHT BE AT WORK STILL DURING TRIBAL AND NOT GET THE OPPURTUNITY TO FIND IT DFKAJDFS, if i miss the idol because of w*rk...oh she's gonna be mad. and im she.

[22/07/2017, 4:19:11 PM] Eddie Bracco: annnnnnnd logan threw out my name [22/07/2017, 4:19:12 PM] Eddie Bracco: how cute [22/07/2017, 4:19:23 PM] Eddie Bracco: I’m not surprised tbh listen bitch logan can throw your name out all they want, just keep their name out ya mouth okay?

Yay first Tribal of the season :) Whilst I'm nervous to see how it goes down, I know I need to go to one before a swap occurs. I was brought into an alliance with Eddie, Alex, and Callie. At first I was all for it cause I didn't have any other group. But now Alex is speaking to others about not trusting Callie and I, so eh on that alliance. I then was brought into an alliance with Callie, Logan, and Riley. I already love this alliance so much. We decided that Adam and Alex are the most common names to be thrown around so far, so hopefully one of them is the plan. I absolutely love Logan. I decided to go ahead and do something I haven't done since my very first game and ask him to be my ride-or-die. We have shared pretty much everything each of us knows. Then with the group with Riley and Callie, I feel I'm set up kinda well for a swap. Personally I feel like voting out Adam or Alex is kinda a waste this early. Neither are really all that big of threats to me yet. I mean Alex is spreading that he doesn't trust me, but he doesn't really have all that big a following. I would muuuuuuch rather get RTP or Jakey out. They have the most connections with other players and I feel would potentially work with the Champs come merge. I'm also like 90% confident they threw the Immunity comp. They are also much bigger threats to me in the long run. But as to not rock the boat, I guess Adam or Alex it is.

I KNEW something bad was going to happy and I'm not happy about it because, yeah, I complained about the game being boring, but now I have to actually do things!! Gosh, and I'm playing a lot more assertively than I have in the past, so I'm pretty sure everything will blow up in my face probably. So Jakey and Ryan couldn't pull off the win in Jeopardy, meaning we're headed to tribal. A little after the results were posted, Elliott confirmed to me that he was in an alliance with Alex/Callie/Eddie. Okay, cool! To earn some trust, and because he already guessed it, I confirmed to him that I was working with Jakey/Riley/Ryan. Also, sidenote, I have a tiny crush on Elliott maybe? But I'm not wearing any love goggles, my game is purely strategical, alright. Anyways, as far as I'm aware, the sides are: Jakey/Riley/Ryan/me versus Alex/Callie/Eddie/Elliott, with Adam and Ting Ting as free agents. Instead of going for the classic thing where our two alliances battle for power, I thought it would be more fun for everyone if that didn't happen because that's just boring, which is why I tried to make an alliance consisting of Callie/Elliott/Riley/me! Games are more fun when they're fluid after all, and well, I like to have fun. I think this alliance, if it can hold up, will be great. Elliott said he wants to be my ride-or-die and Riley's a really reliable person, so they're the two people I trust most in the game. Having them both in the same alliance with me helps with keeping information straight. While Callie is more of an enigma in the game for me, I would rather her be on my side than working against me. It's sort of a "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" deal. From my perspective, the alliance benefits all four of us equally, since we can protect each other and give each other information from the opposing sides. It's a win-win for everyone involved, and it puts all of us in a more beneficial position moving forward. But only if we can be honest and trust one another. Even though this tribal is the first one, I feel like it will set the course for the rest of my game. It seems like the vote is coming down to Adam or Alex. Things could change since it's still sort of early, but this tribe is full of babies who don't wanna throw out names or rock the boat, so I doubt it. I'm pretty sure Adam/Jakey/Ryan/Ting Ting are geared to boot Alex, so with Riley and I, that's a majority. Honestly, I would rather have Alex go. Actually, if I had my way, Eddie would go over both Adam and Alex. I haven't played enough with Eddie to know for sure, but thus far, he hasn't impressed me. He has a horrible social game (at least with me) and is pretty transparent. But I digress. Even though they're both pretty nonessential to my game, Alex seems like more of a loose cannon than Adam. At least Adam is somewhat straightforward. Alex is all over the place, tries (and fails) to act duplicitous, and is plain messy. But I need Callie and Elliott to be on board with an Alex boot. Problem is, Elliott is worried about knocking out one of his numbers. If Elliott is worried, then I'm sure Callie has some hesitations too. Which I understand. It's scary to put yourself in a vulnerable position this early on. So Riley and I have to do something to convince them to cut ties with Alex. Or, maybe we don't have to do anything? If it seems like everyone is booting Alex, Callie and Elliott will probably follow suit to be in the majority. That would isolate Eddie though, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I mean, I'm sure someone will fill him in, but still. I guess we'll see what happens.

Good morning to everyone in the world except Elliott who can’t keep his fucking mouth shut. :)

Dear Diary, Today has been such a WEIRD DAY! Well, and also last night. So we lose the challenge, which of /course/ was going to happen because I had to be at work extra late and therefore missed out on the initial flurry of strategy, and when I get home the chat with Ryan/Logan/Jakey was hoppin' along with this new chat with Logan/Callie/Elliott that I still don't entirely understand where it came from but we're just going with it at this point! And basically, it's been between Alex and Adam as far as most people have heard. HOWEVER. I find out from Logan that a Certain Person has been dragging MY name through the mud for seemingly no reason - or, well, because apparently Riley's choice to play is shady and I can't be trusted because of that. But anyway. So yeah, Alex is running around trying to fuck up both me and Adam, and honestly I am not about that. So we're trying to get Alex to go, and it seems like that's pretty much the majority decision, seeing as almost everyone here is apparently in the as-long-as-it-ain't-me mindset. There was a bit of resistance from Elliott last night when we were on call in that group, because I think he still likes the idea of having Alex around as a number for him, and I was getting a little nervous because Logan was really pushing a) that Alex was targeting me, which I didn't love since I would rather have my name be mentioned and brought to the front of people's minds as little as possible; and b) that we should vote out Alex, which while I completely agree it didn't feel like it was the best time or place to be going hardcore for that. So I was like, let's chill out a bit fam and see what people are saying tomorrow, and now it does seem like most people actually are voting Alex. Am I nervous? Yes. Do I think I could be going home tonight? Absolutely, especially if the sides are 5-5 right now. But I'm doing the best I can. I had a talk with Alex this morning and basically just told him I knew he thought I was suspicious and was like "I really like you and I'm sorry we haven't talked and I hope we can work together!! <3" And, yeah, that was sincere for about five minutes and then he went back to the whole not-responding-to-me thing that just makes me feel unappreciated and snubbed and so sorry Alex but I gotta do what I gotta do. Also, Adam is cute and I can't let him go. If I do end up going out tonight.....Logan will win this game. Know. THAT. xoxo gossip girl peace out

MJ asked for a more in depth confessional from me but sadly this round is pretty boring in terms of my gameplay since last round went pretty much perfectly in what happened even though i do not understand the logic behind it at all. I guess these people really are stupid to vote one of their own off so early in the game thinking one of us will be the next one hehe suckers as for my alliance, i am still really loyal to shareef and jessy the most from my tribe as of now. simon was really sketch last round and instead of working things out like we were supposed to, he was playing stupid games. carson... a mess in terms of coming to a decision and it gives me heartburn because i am pretty blunt and direct in most things i do and all this flip flopping around with things is the exact thing i dont do so grrr. he is still a good egg right now but i am sus of him since he has quite a lot of knowledge of idol places that people have looked even tho he says no one talks game to him like lmao. kait is just a good player and if i havent had the chance to play with her i would probably fall for all this but i have played with her multiple times and have watched her play. there is a reason she always does well and im hoping other people start to become woke unless they enjoy getting picked off one by one. molly bores me really we cant keep a conversation up so i need to bounce. i like sam as a person but as a player um she gotta go after that alliance mess as for this round, i thought for sure we would lose like the other tribe has ryan who was beast in soloman at it while my tribe couldnt decide who was playing until 10 minutes before. i would have volunteered but i dont watch survivor so oop! when they came back they tricked me into thinking we lost but we won so yay! and hopefully we switch so i wont have to talk to these freaks anymore! tho im scared for callie on that ugly tribe :( please pull through tonight :( I NEED YOU IN THIS GAME WITH ME GRRRRRRRR if she stays i hope to be on a tribe with her or for one of us to be on the comp beast tribe so we never have to worry about tribal hehe

so we won immunity b/c jake rlly did that and threw so yeah! anyway let's talk about my game i guess. i felt bad and didn't wanna vote 3 girls out in a row but then i realized i was being stupid and let gender influence me like bitch if it's best for my game i'll do it. idk why i let that get to me! i'll be a second rate christine stein and have fun doing it! but yeah. anyway. i'm pretty sure i'm in a good position on my tribe and i'm glad we won the immunity challenge because i don't wanna lose either of carson/lexi/shareef and it could've been pushed to that point if we were forced to oblige to my deal with sam and kait. i like sam and kait but i have a feeling they might not like me or something which would suck b/c i like talking to them but it's whatever if they don't lmao. also, i think shareef is seen as the leader of the group from other people's perspectives. i like this because i can make myself manuever around the game behind the scenes for now, and when it's best to vote shareef out for my game i'll do it. hopefully we win immunity again if we don't swap so i can avoid having to pick who to vote because i wouldn't wanna do that. i like where my tribe is at right now and if we swap i can make better bonds and try to get myself situated. i'm not going to let emotions get in the way of what i came here to do: win! this is a game bitch!

i honestly can't deal with carson's boring bullshit anymore. quit talking to me like i'm a second class citizen on this tribe. quit talking to me at every second of every day. I. DON'T. CARE.

we've FINALLY won a challenge! despite lexi throwing a vote at molly at tribal bc shareef was paranoid as fuck, our tribes doing good. im really hopeful that me and sam winning jeopardy will help the tribe view me as more of an asset rather than as an extra vote. i wanna have more alliances and stuff and im not able to rn bc i dont think people view me as a SERIOUS player, but maybe thats a good thing? they can view me as a non-threat until i stab em in the back. i hope yasawa can ride this momentum from this win because we NEEDED it.

ok first tribal :(. i feel bad for ryan and jakey because of how badly they lost. like it makes sense that the champions would have won. they literally only got a dollar. lmao i'm shook. but anyways. so it's bubbled down to adam and alex i think for tribal (unless everyone be blindsiding me). and honestly i'm fine with either going. only alex has told me adam and basically everyone else has said alex so... like apparently he's rubbed people the wrong way and he's gotten freaked out over this tribal and gotten paranoid which is just making it worse. essentially he's digging his own grave. like he came to me talking about alliances and i was like what... On 7/21/17, at 10:21 PM, Alex C. wrote: > As I said before, Jakey/Adam have an Egypt connection. > > And tbh, none of those five have approached me for a grouping but they're still active members in the tribe (and as am I so one would assume that they'd approach me for an alliance) > > And the other people on our tribe don't seem to have those connections and so I'm trying to like... build a thing against a potential majority alliance. (Plus a lot of those people are also close to some Winners as well, like a lot of them that could be an issue come a swap) i mean i hope that there aren't any premades because that would be sad but anyways i feel pretty close with the majority of this tribe and you know conversations are a thing. but yeah. interesting round. hopefully we don't have to go to tribal again.

So i was at work all day long, expecting to come back to nothing big, BUT OH BITCH WAS I WRONG... I COME BACK HOME TO NOT JUST A CUP OF TEA, BUT THE WHOLE KETTLE EXPLODING EVERYWHERE. So the plan was to VOTE. OFF. ALEX. He's sketchy, and i dont trust him at all. Now i know why. he's been coming for ME. ME?? EXCUSE??? apparently he's been running around to every single person trying to get them to vote me, which obviously has me SHOOK. BUT ting ting, ryan, callie, and eddie all informed me of his little plan which makes me feel a little comfortable because why would you tell the person you're voting out the plan???? wouldnt make any sense. Also apparently elliott has been trying to push for everyone to vote me out over alex, i dont know what his issue is with me, ive tried talking to him and the convos just dont go good, the first one went ok but everything after that just nothing. Know this, im going into tribal tonight, finding that idol, and if my intuition leads me to even the slightest doubt ill be playing it. But i really do not want to. I do feel confident though as of now, my only worry is being idol'ed out which im hoping since i have the clue to the idol, no one else has an actual idol yet?? but either way, alex, if you think you're gonna come after me and im not gonna come for you twice as hard think again, because ive got my numbers lined up and youre not one of them so see ya never. And if i do survive tonight, which we'll see if my social game is strong enough to pass the test, im coming with my guns set on little old elliott and im sending him BACK to wherever he came from.

So basically this round Alex is dying :/. I was really close to him and really liked him, but he really is digging himself in. He's playing too hard and everybody is sketched out by it. This isn't a tribe where you can go on call with everyone and it just be a normal thing because everyone is calling. It's a very quiet tribe and nobody wants to be the one to bring up game talk first. I warned him about it and he felt perfectly fine about being the one to put together alliance so he kinda did it to himself. Other than that I have an alliance with Jakey, Adam, and Callie. Callie has an alliance with Logan, Elliott, and Riley which Elliott doesn't want to tell me about but Callie did. Then Elliott threw me under the bus in that alliance by telling them that I told him something that I specifically told him not to tell people I told him. So basically Elliott is shady as fuck and he can go. I no longer trust him. He had my trust but he's proven to just be a weasel who can't keep his mouth shut. I'm really nervous that Alex will expose the alliance we've had everything will go to shit. I forgot to finish this confessional so that's all your getting. Hope I don't get voted out.... pretty sure I am though lmao

https://youtu.be/qTRw-08eAfs

ROUND 3 CONFESSION!! AHHHHHH! JAKEY THREW THE CHALLENGE IM SCREAMMIIINNGGG! Shook. Here’s the chat logs cause they explain it better than I can! [2017-07-21, 9:52:43 PM] Sam: ryan and jake don’t wanna throw [2017-07-21, 9:53:04 PM] kait ~~/: LMAO YOU ASKED [2017-07-21, 9:53:15 PM] Jessy: say i'll go [2017-07-21, 9:53:16 PM] Jessy: LKJHLKJH [2017-07-21, 9:53:19 PM] Sam: I WAS LIKE PLEASE HELP ME [2017-07-21, 9:53:26 PM] Sam: I told them we went to rocks [2017-07-21, 9:53:30 PM] Sam: carsons here so i can’t now [2017-07-21, 9:53:43 PM] Sam: so they think it’s like really divided now [2017-07-21, 9:53:49 PM] Jessy: pm jake and be like [2017-07-21, 9:53:51 PM] Jessy: "Jessy will go" [2017-07-21, 9:53:52 PM] kait ~~/: should've sent Jessy, yeah [2017-07-21, 9:53:53 PM] Jessy: BKLJASDFKLKLSMA [2017-07-21, 9:53:57 PM] kait ~~/: ^^^^ [2017-07-21, 9:54:10 PM] kait ~~/: SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR PRECIOUS JESSY ______ [2017-07-21, 9:56:02 PM] Sam: [2017-07-21, 9:55:21 PM] Sam: jessys in a lot of trouble [2017-07-21, 9:55:39 PM] jakey: are yall working together [2017-07-21, 9:55:41 PM] Sam: yeah [2017-07-21, 9:55:45 PM] jakey: queens [2017-07-21, 9:55:54 PM] Sam: we were on the wrong side of rocks [2017-07-21, 9:56:08 PM] Jessy: KLJHKLJHKJLH [2017-07-21, 9:56:48 PM] kait ~~/: fuck [2017-07-21, 9:56:50 PM] Jessy: ask him if he can throw and still be safe over there [2017-07-21, 9:57:05 PM] Sam: [2017-07-21, 9:56:18 PM] jakey: riperooo [2017-07-21, 9:57:00 PM] Sam: are you safe good over there? [2017-07-21, 9:57:23 PM] kait ~~/: when jake don't give a shit if Jessy leaves >>>>>> [2017-07-21, 9:57:24 PM] Jessy: wtf why wont he throw for me KLJKLJH [2017-07-21, 9:57:30 PM] Sam: [2017-07-21, 9:57:09 PM] jakey: idk [2017-07-21, 9:57:11 PM] jakey: no one talks [2017-07-21, 9:57:12 PM] jakey: JKFJKKJFJK [2017-07-21, 9:57:14 PM] jakey: i think id be okay [2017-07-21, 9:57:21 PM] Sam: omg thats so boring [2017-07-21, 9:57:26 PM] Sam: this tribe is nuts [2017-07-21, 9:57:39 PM] Jessy: when he's on a tribe with 5 champions i WILL not throw [2017-07-21, 9:57:56 PM] kait ~~/: MOOD [2017-07-21, 9:59:25 PM] Sam: [2017-07-21, 9:57:31 PM] jakey: ik i dont even feel like im in a game [2017-07-21, 9:57:32 PM] jakey: JKFJKFKJFJKF [2017-07-21, 9:57:39 PM] jakey: i told my chat im on the wrong tribe! [2017-07-21, 9:59:20 PM] Sam: (cwl) [2017-07-21, 9:59:44 PM] Jessy: GOD LBJKASDLKFMDSKL IS THERE RLLY NOTHING HAPPENING OVER THERE [2017-07-21, 9:59:46 PM] Jessy: WHY CANT HE THROW THEN [2017-07-21, 9:59:49 PM] Jessy: WE'RE LEGIT LIKE IN HELL [2017-07-21, 9:59:55 PM] kait ~~/: RIGHT [2017-07-21, 9:59:57 PM] Jessy: send him that [2017-07-21, 9:59:58 PM] Jessy: BKLJSADFKLMDLSKM ______ [2017-07-21, 10:00:35 PM] kait ~~/: honestly when he wants us to throw when he gets swap fucked [2017-07-21, 10:00:38 PM] Jessy: form a cross tribal alliance [2017-07-21, 10:00:52 PM] Jessy: omg lets make CODES [2017-07-21, 10:00:58 PM] Jessy: like u and scott did in hosts [2017-07-21, 10:18:08 PM] Sam: JAKEY JUST SENT ME AN ANSWER [2017-07-21, 10:18:10 PM] Sam: SCREAMING [2017-07-21, 10:18:17 PM] Sam: AND HES SCREWING UP AND NOT BUZZING IN [2017-07-21, 10:18:24 PM] Jessy: OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG [2017-07-21, 10:18:25 PM] Jessy: BKLJASDFLKMDFLKMLSMKA [2017-07-21, 10:18:27 PM] kait ~~/: OSLKGJSDHJSKLSKJHDFJDKL [2017-07-21, 10:18:30 PM] Jessy: DONT TELL THE REST OF THE TRIBE [2017-07-21, 10:18:33 PM] Sam: still carson keeps fucking up [2017-07-21, 10:18:34 PM] Sam: I WONT [2017-07-21, 10:19:11 PM] kait ~~/: sigh we shouldn't've let carson play [2017-07-21, 10:19:17 PM] Jessy: ik i shouldve just played [2017-07-21, 10:19:18 PM] Jessy: KLBJADKLFMSDMKLA [2017-07-21, 10:19:24 PM] Jessy: i was like asking carson in pms if he wanted to play or not [2017-07-21, 10:19:27 PM] Jessy: and he was so indecisive [2017-07-21, 10:19:30 PM] Jessy: i was just like ok play then.. [2017-07-21, 10:19:31 PM] Jessy: HKLJHKLLJH [2017-07-21, 10:20:04 PM] kait ~~/: god if he loses for us! [2017-07-21, 10:20:36 PM] Sam: he got it wrong again [2017-07-21, 10:20:42 PM] Sam: buzzing too early [2017-07-21, 10:20:45 PM] Jessy: ogmogm LKJBSAKLMFASDMKL [2017-07-21, 10:20:48 PM] kait ~~/: can you beat him to the answers [2017-07-21, 10:20:49 PM] kait ~~/: like [2017-07-21, 10:21:02 PM] kait ~~/: oh or jake [2017-07-21, 10:21:03 PM] kait ~~/: NCM AKJFSDKL [2017-07-21, 10:25:22 PM] kait ~~/: HHAHAHAHAHAHAJSKDLFS;S'D;LMGSD [2017-07-21, 10:42:07 PM] Sam: HE THREW IT FOR US [2017-07-21, 10:42:11 PM] Sam: IM FUCKING SCREACHING [2017-07-21, 10:42:29 PM] Jessy: Carson prob thinks he did so good [2017-07-21, 10:42:29 PM] Jessy: KLJHLHKLKJ [2017-07-21, 10:42:40 PM] kait ~~/: OMGGGSDJSDKL D; Here’s jakey throwing: [2017-07-21, 10:15:40 PM] jakey: DAY 7 [2017-07-21, 10:15:44 PM] jakey: ;) [2017-07-21, 10:15:46 PM] Sam: <3 [2017-07-21, 10:22:28 PM] jakey: ian rosenberg [2017-07-21, 10:22:45 PM] Sam: I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU [2017-07-21, 10:22:50 PM] jakey: <3 <3 [2017-07-21, 10:29:43 PM] jakey: aiga, enil edam, [2017-07-21, 10:29:46 PM] jakey: uh [2017-07-21, 10:29:55 PM] Sam: i ahve samoa nicaragua worlds apart [2017-07-21, 10:30:00 PM] jakey: libertad [2017-07-21, 10:30:01 PM] Sam: but it’s not worlds apart [2017-07-21, 10:30:11 PM] Sam: was enil edam one? [2017-07-21, 10:30:14 PM] Sam: should i risk it? [2017-07-21, 10:30:17 PM] jakey: i think so [2017-07-21, 10:30:22 PM] jakey: yeah [2017-07-21, 10:30:50 PM] Sam: ily [2017-07-21, 10:30:59 PM] jakey: im yellING [2017-07-21, 10:31:05 PM] Sam: JESSY GONNA SCREAM [2017-07-21, 10:34:48 PM] Sam: i can’t wait to tell jessy [2017-07-21, 10:34:49 PM] Sam: thank you [2017-07-21, 10:34:57 PM] Sam: you got us at swap/merge [2017-07-21, 10:35:00 PM] Sam: if we make it obvs [2017-07-21, 10:39:56 PM] jakey: <3 <3 Side note: Simon told Molly he wants to keep her and vote out either Carson or Lexi and all she needed to do was get Kait and I on board.

I probably left out important details out of this cause I'm literally sick and dying rn btw. [2017-07-20, 1:16:34 PM] Callie ♡: i’m alex being all “omg challengers unity!!!!!!” in the tribe chat and listing out how we can keep the numbers. BIH… half these ppl have friends on the other tribe wyd?!?!?! [2017-07-20, 1:16:49 PM] Callie ♡: not that im surprised cause this aint even the first time he said it [2017-07-20, 1:14:47 PM] Eddie Bracco: Okay but they're talking about making the chat right now https://m.popkey.co/6106b4/Zmqor.gif [2017-07-20, 1:38:56 PM] Callie ♡: so i got like more than half the tribe’s map guesses without asking heh but like that’s only if they’re telling the truth so zzzz but odds are that everything has been found already anyhoot [2017-07-20, 1:48:20 PM] Callie ♡: everyone’s so aggressive. lKSJHDAHK CACKLING. i hope they go after each other [7/20/17, 4:19:52 PM] Adam 🦋: you 😂😂 you're the only person i wanna work with, but i've talked to callie the most too after you and i think maybe we could trust her 🤔 hbu do you have anyone in mind eddie sent me that ^ https://68.media.tumblr.com/1d4b77ab0a9db61e95a3797658adeb1f/tumblr_o6f6fqcAen1rrt01ro1_400.gif [2017-07-20, 1:50:46 PM] Callie ♡: but tbh its prob not tru cause like which dumbass would admit who they talk to the most. like i literally told alex i liked elliott a lot. and i told adam i liked jake the most. anywho! [2017-07-20, 1:51:16 PM] Callie ♡: unless it is true and im just so loved aw https://68.media.tumblr.com/41399c7dcc99b69388de05d609f7323c/tumblr_o6f6fqcAen1rrt01ro2_400.gif [2017-07-20, 5:28:32 PM] Eddie Bracco: Btw adams searches are a4, d4, c4 e6. And thats if he aint lying [2017-07-20, 5:43:16 PM] Callie ♡: I'll ask him later and see if he says the same thing LESLWLBSKDL ...and by later i meant he told me a few days ago [2017-07-17, 10:21:36 PM] Adam 🦋: btw i guessed c2, a4 , and c4 so don't waste your guesses on those lol he left c2 out to eddie tho so is it a mistake OR! Update: I’m being bullied by the hosts so if I leave early.. It was a RIG. [2017-07-20, 9:57:32 PM] mj ultra . _/: This message has been removed. [2017-07-20, 9:58:19 PM] Callie ♡: i missed that [2017-07-20, 9:58:24 PM] mj ultra . _/: lies [2017-07-20, 9:58:27 PM] Callie ♡: i literally did [2017-07-20, 9:58:31 PM] mj ultra . _/: more lies [2017-07-20, 9:58:31 PM] Callie ♡: i was messaging eddie [2017-07-20, 9:58:37 PM] Callie ♡: im HONEST. [2017-07-20, 9:58:39 PM] mj ultra . _/: omg 3 lies in a row [2017-07-20, 11:23:05 PM] Callie ♡: i called ryan tonight laid ease! [2017-07-20, 11:23:39 PM] Callie ♡: ill talk about the call after my shower heh [2017-07-20, 11:45:04 PM] mj ultra . _/: ... [2017-07-20, 11:45:09 PM] mj ultra . _/: Are u out the shower yet! [2017-07-21, 12:24:05 AM] Callie ♡: i had a meltdown. the usual. so while i was experiencing this...i decided i would call some friends! then i realized lexi and kait are at the other camp and i can’t get past security from this camp to that one. and yall living in the weird timezone aint ever reply to my messages here. so i decided id call ryan since he had just messaged me! and u know what happened then? after the probable initial shock that he was on call with someone sounding like a blubbering idiot. we talked about the good ole days. me when i literally wasnt here for them so… anywhomst. he explained how sam hanne and… molly? or coulda been jessy? made him first boot for a couple of seasons. why is he pushing that so hard? its like when i have one fight with lexi and tell everyone our ties have been SEVERED. THE DUO IS NO MORE! and then 2 days later going back and asking what she had for breakfast. but then again he could be telling the truth and really not be that close with them. idk! he said he was sam’s adversary so we shall see! and then he says me lexi and him can be an iconic trio. hm. then we get to jenn’s boot and talk about how that would happen and mention probably a weird split vote or like rocks since jenn is good at those. and then he says he’s happy hanne left since she’s one of the people who made him a first boot. ive always wanted to play with hanne tho :/ cause i followed her tumblr. LKDJHAHSKDLAS thats literally the only reason. she was probably iconic im just too far outta the loop on any season that i wasnt in. anyways he says what everyone else is always saying …being scared of shareef. bih…we all are. WHOM is that good at games. so anyways we had a few laughs and the call didn’t really give me any info BUT! would ryan vote me out in the near future? n- i sure hope tf not. Apparently Elliott is more of a paranoid player than….I am... [2017-07-21, 2:26:15 PM] Eddie Bracco: Elliott is super paranoid [2017-07-21, 2:26:34 PM] Eddie Bracco: He's all like "we have to push for ryan and jakey to play cause i think its a swap and the people who are playing will switch to other tribes" [2017-07-21, 2:52:28 PM] mj ultra . _/: everythings not that deep btw. [2017-07-21, 7:08:21 AM] Eddie Bracco: Also, btw Adam said hey to you last night cause he was planning on talking to you and then eventually bringing up the alliance idea Spoiler: he didn’t. [2017-07-21, 2:16:49 PM] Eddie Bracco: But someone told jakey that elliott said he wasn't comfortable with adam in the game [2017-07-21, 2:18:36 PM] Eddie Bracco: So clearly adam and jakey are working together [2017-07-21, 2:19:03 PM] Eddie Bracco: Cause again adam said him and jakey had only talked about personal stuff no game but then jakey said this to him apparantly 2 nights ago [2017-07-21, 2:19:10 PM] Eddie Bracco: If i remember what adam said correctly [2017-07-21, 2:19:57 PM] Callie ♡: Messsssss [2017-07-21, 2:20:00 PM] Eddie Bracco: I told elliott and he's freaking out now :/ I love conflict that doesn’t involve me. [2017-07-21, 2:21:10 PM] Eddie Bracco: And elliott thinks there's a majority with out us [2017-07-21, 2:21:26 PM] Callie ♡: Uhhhhhh [2017-07-21, 2:21:33 PM] Callie ♡: Do u think... [2017-07-21, 2:21:45 PM] Eddie Bracco: Idk [2017-07-21, 2:21:49 PM] Eddie Bracco: Im freaking out [2017-07-21, 2:21:53 PM] Callie ♡: MOOD [2017-07-21, 2:21:57 PM] Eddie Bracco: Bfvbffndcbu [2017-07-21, 2:22:10 PM] Eddie Bracco: How are we three rounds in with nothing solid Either cause everyone was comfortable since we didn’t go to tribal or like the people who are friends already feel comfortable. Logan/Riley (Ryan)? Adam/Jake (Ting Ting)? Anyways, Alex was so pumped to do the challenge for us but then literally backed out because of a “rehearsal”. I feel like Elliott probably told him about his swap theory that he told Eddie and then he backed out but who knows. Jake said he wanted to play which sketched me out cause I remember he played in Generations I think and his team did really poorly so I feel like he’s probably throwing cause even Ryan was like “I can play or not whatever” and like… he’s good at jeopardy so like… idk. I could just be reading into this a whole lot but I’m sleep deprived so anyways. ~THE NIGHT BEFORE OUR FIRST TRIBAL~ [2017-07-21, 8:02:24 PM] Callie ♡: Ugh they really had to lose this one... I haven't been feeling well! Freaks!!!!! [2017-07-21, 8:18:03 PM] Callie ♡: I'm gonna get in troubleeeeeeeeee [2017-07-21, 8:18:38 PM] Callie ♡: I'm in an alliance with Alex Elliott and Eddie. And now Logan just suggested me them Riley and Elliott [2017-07-21, 8:18:51 PM] Callie ♡: And then Eddie was working on something with me him Adam and jakey [2017-07-21, 8:18:55 PM] Callie ♡: HOOOOOO MY GOD I really didn’t think I put THAT much effort into talking to people but like I guess I did? Or maybe they just wanted the extra numbers to go after each other idk! [2017-07-21, 10:18:32 PM] Callie ♡: I HATE THISSSSSSSS [2017-07-21, 10:18:45 PM] Callie ♡: IM IN THREE ALLIANCES.. IM GONNA KMS [2017-07-21, 10:18:56 PM] Callie ♡: i can’t wait to be exposed and be voted out It takes like one person to expose that I’m in any one of those three alliances. I’m LEGIT aligned with every person except Ting Ting. On 2017-07-21, at 10:48 PM, mj ultra . _/ wrote: > What's up w/ Ms. Kiesha's Cult? adam literally just said he liked me or whatever to eddie and then we knew he was close with jake so they like collectively came up with the alliance On 2017-07-21, at 10:48 PM, mj ultra . _/ wrote: > And the other one w/ Elliot Logan and Riley.................................... this alliance is so pure like………..theyre all so nice KLSJADGJHSKDK [2017-07-21, 10:51:15 PM] mj ultra . _/: yeah u don't fit in [2017-07-21, 10:51:19 PM] mj ultra . _/: :P [2017-07-21, 10:51:24 PM] Callie ♡: rat That alliance was brought to me by Logan who just said: [2017-07-21, 8:13:43 PM] Logan: But I wanted to ask you- what do you think of riley and elliott?? [2017-07-21, 8:16:43 PM] Logan: Oh ajsjahzhx well like I get the best vibes from you guys and tbh I was hoping we could like maybeee work together?? If you wanted And then went on to say that Elliott said he liked us and that they hadn’t asked Riley but that Riley wouldn’t mind the group. Me: knows this because Logan & Riley are friends but gotta pretend like I don’t! [2017-07-21, 11:06:18 PM] mj ultra . _/: Do you actually feel like you might leave? [2017-07-21, 11:07:13 PM] Callie ♡: idk tbh but like all of this could blow up easily since it takes like one person to leak an alliance and everyone seems to be in cahoots! [2017-07-21, 11:07:23 PM] Callie ♡: im copying and pasting my entire conversations with everyone into a doc so i can send it in the tribe chat if i go [2017-07-21, 11:07:46 PM] mj ultra . _/: FUCK [2017-07-21, 11:08:27 PM] Callie ♡: ting ting is safe cause i mean… girl aint msg me since day 1 [2017-07-21, 11:10:59 PM] mj ultra . _/: That's a good thing? [2017-07-21, 11:12:26 PM] Callie ♡: if im voted out then it is for her! [2017-07-21, 11:12:40 PM] Callie ♡: but so far the only name i’ve heard is alex I called with Alex/Elliott/Eddie talking about possible targets and of course, I don’t say anything right away until they do. Eddie brings up Riley, while Alex brings up Adam and Elliott just sits there on mute. At this point, I want to say Ting Ting because she’s not directly associated with the tight friendships but she is a number to Jake/Adam I think but Alex says that he trusts her and mentions needing her and whatever. She leaked everything he said to Jake who leaked it to our alliance of Adam/Eddie/Jake/me. I was going to pitch to the Logan/Riley/Elliott group to keep Alex by spreading something about Adam. :/ I like Adam and would prefer Jake since he has more connections on the champions tribe but he’s kinda untouchable at this point in time. Before I get to do that though… you guessed it! Alex ruins it by telling Logan he wants Riley out?? (idk if it happened or if Logan just wanted us to get on board but whatever) The Logan/Riley/Elliott alliance called and Logan leaked that they called Alex just before and that Alex said he felt like mine and his conversations were superficial...which I mean he ain’t wrong because like... why would I directly tell him anything when he makes everything so obvious and sketchy and that he didn’t trust me. (Tbh no idea if Logan is lying so zzz and it’s not like Alex didn’t report back and tell us about the call. Elliott/Eddie had to keep asking about it and he barely gave us anything lmao but still want to keep him cause he’s a bad liar and better number for us cause no connections). I told Eddie to tell him about the connections after the first night we called because they had a good relationship already and also because I literally didn’t want to so it couldn’t be traced back to me telling him. Anyways, so I thought he was all up to speed BUT! Dun dun dun… he told Logan that he really wanted to go after Riley because they barely had talked to him and because of the “catfish” thing which is literally what I’ve heard Eddie say about Elliott saying it. Also, Eddie legit said that he’d prefer Riley to go over anyone. Anyways, back to the call… Alex also said to Logan that Elliott didn’t give him enough to work with because of his one word replies and then Logan said something about Eddie being sketchy but Alex defended him. Sus. So I mean like it could just be a ploy to make Logan think Elliott and I aren’t close with him and trying to save Eddie from being the other potential target but idk and I also don’t really care. Yawn. The rest of our group call goes with us debating on whether to do Adam or Alex and Logan/Riley pushing for Alex while I don’t want to show my cards just yet and Elliott outing Eddie by telling the group that Eddie said Jake told him that someone said Elliott was uncomfortable with Adam in the game. Anyways, I leaked to Eddie about that alliance so he can trust me and I outed Elliott so I can be his only true ally. ^_^ The alliance hangs up and says we should think it over for tomorrow after talking to more people. ~MORNING OF OUR FIRST TRIBAL~ [2017-07-22, 2:10:40 PM] Callie ♡: i just actually threw up.. depression is ending me finally… so the tribe can’t! [2017-07-22, 2:10:42 PM] Callie ♡: http://68.media.tumblr.com/ddbbf6259b5dfd21eac9f7772aee3c76/tumblr_inline_osc5uyTa5u1r87rix_250.gif I wake up and I SHOCKINGLY… have a message from… Ting Ting but that’s as far as that story goes because it was a short conversation and we mentioned whose names we heard etc. I talk to Ryan and the same thing and both conversations end up concluding at Alex. Love boring moves! Anyways, Alex sunk his own ship too much because he deadass called the entire cast because it’s all I hear from every person I talk to. Did I leave him behind yet? No. [2017-07-22, 2:29:35 PM] Logan: Idk when ill be home so I may just send in a vote for alex now and change it if we decide on something else? But I do just shortly after. So I abandon him since he’s unsavable at this point. But just in case he calls out the alliance at tribal... I tell Jake first (because Adam is at work and I know they’re close) while coordinating with Eddie on what to say and then after that we call in the alliance to talk about how sketch Alex is being etc. and how he’s targeting Alex and then random stuff. Jake tells us how Jenn left on rocks because Sam told him at jeopardy so whew that theory was right but didn’t say much about the Hanne vote. I don’t tell Eddie that I also tell Logan and Ryan about the Alex/Elliott/Eddie chat. Gotta keep all my allies happy! When I tell Ryan though… [2017-07-22, 6:56:45 PM] Ryan Palmer: lol well I think hes been making a couple different chats apparently [2017-07-22, 6:56:54 PM] Callie ♡: WHAT [2017-07-22, 6:57:20 PM] Ryan Palmer: yeah he apparently had another chat a couple day ago? idk I didn't get a lot of info about it they knew huh… and i let eddie talk me into saying we just made the chat today.. IM KMSSSSS I like how vague he is about it and didn’t say who told him. I thought we were allies huh!!! I don’t question him cause I honestly do not care. I just panic a little because I know how easy it would be for Ryan or Jake to get Alex by leaking that Eddie and I spilled the tea on our alliance. [2017-07-22, 7:11:16 PM] Callie ♡: ryan said alex wouldnt talk to him [2017-07-22, 7:11:17 PM] Callie ♡: but like [2017-07-22, 7:11:42 PM] Callie ♡: alex said ryan said the vote was adam And by panic… I mean… [2017-07-22, 8:11:20 PM] Callie ♡: EVERYONE’S ACTING WEIRD [2017-07-22, 8:11:22 PM] Callie ♡: ILL KMSSSS [2017-07-22, 8:11:23 PM] Callie ♡: S [2017-07-22, 8:11:23 PM] Callie ♡: S [2017-07-22, 8:11:23 PM] Callie ♡: S [2017-07-22, 8:11:23 PM] Callie ♡: SS [2017-07-22, 8:11:24 PM] Callie ♡: S SOOO I’m like obviously anxious at this point and need to know every detail and try to figure out if someone is playing me so I just start asking questions or talking to people in general. [2017-07-22, 6:46:44 PM] Callie ♡: do we know who adam is doing [2017-07-22, 6:46:53 PM] Alex C.: No idea D: [2017-07-22, 7:02:04 PM] Alex C.: Adam said he's voting Jakey [2017-07-22, 7:02:36 PM] Adam 🦋: yes I was just talking with jakey too and he made me feel a little better!! alex asked me who I was voting and jakey said I could just tell him I'm voting jakey that way we see if he runs to him or not because obviously I'm not Did they plan that… DID ALEX SAY I ASKED AND THEN THEY PLANNED TO TELL ME THAT… I doubt it but I like being dramatic. While tribal is happening, I keep messaging people to see if they have any tells and some people are acting really… off but I relax a little. I planned on throwing my vote so it would tie in the case that Alex had an idol and if he suspected me turning on him since it was super quiet all day in our group or if someone leaked. It’d cancel his votes and tie against me and Ting Ting and I picked her because I thought there would be a chance I could get the votes to stay against her. Realistically, he doesn’t have an idol since he would’ve told someone about it already because he talks about everything and/or he wouldn’t play it because he feels safe but I like the paranoia after stray votes.

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MAQB: The Cost of Extended Training for NFL Combine; How 'Hard Knocks' Will Look This Season

News and notes from around the NFL, including how trainers are preparing for extended combine prep for players opting out of the 2020 season, what we can expect from this season's 'Hard Knocks,' how Joey Bosa's big payday could help his brother and more.

Real football practices get started this week. Let’s go …

• To me, part of the issue opt-out guys face is purely financial. Normally, it’d cost an agent upwards around $30,000 to get a player housed, fed and trained in the eight weeks leading into the scouting combine—a cost that’s gone up over the years and become increasingly vital to any player’s pre-draft process. Now, rather than eight weeks, we’re talking seven months. So I decided to turn over some rocks on this Monday, and called Pete Bommarito, who owns Bommarito Performance Systems in South Florida, as part of that.

He’s been training athletes for the combine since 2000, and doing it through his own company since 2005. And as such, the last couple weeks have been crazy for him as kids have explored opting out of their college seasons (Miami DE Gregory Rousseau told us in

this morning’s MMQB that he’ll be working out there going forward).

“We’ve already started our draft prep,” Bommarito said this afternoon. “It’s very simple, we’ve got a number of NFL free agents working, we had four going at a time last week. And with the draft prep guys, we’ll just run them with those guys. We’ve been prepared for something like this.”

So how does it work? Bommarito’s plans for the players are intricate but the idea on this is pretty simple. The opt-outs would go into training with the free agents, working half-days three days a week, and full days two days a week, from now until Christmas. After that, they’d move into the normal draft prep, leading into All-Star games and the combine (their days at that point can last 10-12 hours).

As for the cost, Bommarito says that of the aforementioned $30,000, training a player for two months for the combine runs around $15,000-$16,000. In this case, Bommarito said, the standard for training, given the slower ramp-up and longer duration, would cost around $5,000 per month. That, of course, is before you get to housing, a rental car and stipend, which are generally a part of the package agents offer players.

Bottom line: This will get costly for agents, and might not be cost-effective once you get beyond the elite kids.

Also worth mentioning: A lot of trainers are courting agents, the same agents who have been in the ears of college players the last few weeks. XPE Sports sent a plan to agents that broke its program into General Prep/Foundational Movement (Oct. 5-Nov. 13), Speed/Position training (Nov. 30-Dec. 22) ahead of combine prep, with breaks for Thanksgiving and Christmas worked in. EXOS gave agents an even more detailed plan (that one’s below), with four periods (Sept. 7-Oct. 2, Oct. 5-30, Nov. 2-21, Nov. 30-Dec.) before combine prep.

Clearly, a lot of people were ready for this.

• Had a good talk on Monday with NFL Films supervising producer Ken Rodgers, as he worked through tomorrow night’s premiere of Hard Knocks: Los Angeles, which will be a very different Hard Knocks than what you’re used to. For one, it’ll feature two teams. And obviously, the circumstances under which it’ll be staged are very different.

“Practices look different, the locker rooms are different, how they arrive to camp, the testing, everything’s different,” said Rodgers. “We’ve got the video and a look inside that’s deeper than anyone’s seen. There’ll be more intimacy than anyone’s seen inside a COVID-safe environment in any workplace in America. It’s really not just a story of the Chargers or the Rams, this is a story of an American workplace trying to get back to productivity.

“To me, it’s a document of its time.”

Of course, there are also limits. Rodgers said in a normal year, a crew of around 45 NFL Films folks would flood the Hard Knocks site. This year after negotiations with the league and NFLPA, the limit is 13 and those 13 have to stay six feet away from players and coaches at all times, which, says Rodgers, “is completely different for us.” That’s meant, for example, longer lenses and the elimination of wide lenses.

And it will mean a different show than you’re used to. How? Well, we got to that with our questions for Rodgers. Here’s more: 

MMQB: How will tomorrow look different for the viewer?

Rodgers: I don’t think the product will look that different. Our focus has been to keep quality just as high. I do think the camps look extremely different. So the process looks different, if not the product. Everything at these two camps looks different this year.… It is fascinating to see how these two teams are dealing with it on a day-to-day basis. Everything is different in terms of what you’re gonna see, but I think the filmmaking, to our crew’s credit, has changed technologically, you’ll see a lot more Zoom meetings, robotic camera footage, rather than actual camera operators, but the actual quality is the same.

MMQB: So you have the same number of robo cams (12) in each facility, but are you using those more than normal because of the limits?

KR: I’d say probably the same. The addition is the Zoom meetings that we are a part of, we’re recording those. They’re actually having less meetings in the robo-filmed rooms than usual. So yes, we’re actually using them more, but they’re having less of them, so it evens out. Then in addition to that, we’re filming all these Zoom meetings, so the net gain is humongous. Between robos and Zooms, we’re leaning much more heavily on robotic-operated or Zoom-operated cameras than human-operated cameras.

MMQB: Do you guys feel pressure, given the historic nature of this?

KR: I do feel a sense of history being captured. I can sense NFL Films producers of future years watching this footage as we’re capturing it, because I experienced the same thing as a young producer watching the footage of the 1970s that was captured before I was born. I can imagine future generations of NFL Films producers who didn’t live through this crazy, upside-down football season, and this crazy upside-down year in America not really understanding what it was like. And feeling a little bit of retrospective pride that we captured it the right way, and as fully as we are capturing it.

MMQB: Has this made the relationship with the teams more vital to getting it done?

KR: Not at this point. I gotta be honest, it took trust on behalf of the players union and the teams at the beginning of the process, that we were gonna go about our business the same way the players were. So we are undergoing testing every day, we’re wearing the tracing bracelets just like the players are, we are not going out to dinner, we’re not having guests visit, our crew’s not hanging out together in hotel rooms. We’re undergoing the same protocols the players are, and once they understood that, the trust level was there. That was what was required to gain that trust.

• Interesting to see the Patriots sign ex-Texans RB Lamar Miller. There was some concern in Houston that the torn ACL he suffered last August would rob him of some of his explosiveness at 29 years old. But the sense I’ve gotten is that Houston didn’t believe he was shot pre-injury, and people there think he can still be a quality depth option for a good team. That said, it’s tough for New England to have to go this well having spent first- and third-round picks (Sony Michel, Damien Harris) on the position over the last two years, while also having vets James White and Rex Burkhead on the roster.

• This today from Packers GM Brian Gutekunst, on the season ahead for his college scouts: “As far as our scouting staff goes I think we’re kind of prepared on a number of different fronts to attack this. But I think we have to be very flexible, too, because things will change and we’re going to prepare. There’s going to be a draft, we’re going to have to acquire players, so we’re just going to have to do it a few different ways.” 

One very common refrain I’ve heard from people on that side of the business the last month is that teams with well-connected scouts are going to be at a huge advantage this fall. And that makes sense. With school visits unlikely to be allowed even if there is a college season, a scout’s ability to get people on the phone and get reliable information will be paramount. Which honestly is sort of like how journalism has been the last few months. Your Rolodex is always important, and even more so now.

• I’d say ex-Patriot/ex-Titan CB Logan Ryan overplayed his hand a little in the spring, in holding firm on his expectation of getting into eight figures for 2020. That said, if I’m a team that needs secondary help now, Ryan makes a ton of sense. He’s a great team guy and brings corner/safety flexibility, not to mention a ton of big-game experience.

• One fun leftover from my conversation with Joey Bosa (as seen in MMQB)—I did ask if he thought about how his payday may have helped his brother Nick financially. “Oh yeah, and I think he’s gonna far surpass it when the time comes because that’s the kind of player that he is, and not only him but every great young d-end that comes into the league now is gonna have a bar to get to and to surpass,” Bosa said. “I’m sure it’s gonna be passed up pretty soon here. But just to do that for my brother, I mean, I can’t say enough about the player he is and the person he is, how hard he works. He’s gonna deserve every single penny he gets.” And as for how he got word over to Nick, here’s that story: “He was playing his video games, so he had to run the headset on, headset off, and he was looking at me with this face. Like, ho-lee s---. But we were all waiting on it, and he couldn’t have been happier. Calling everybody and seeing the giant smiles they had on their faces, for me, it just means more than any dollar amount. And I think in his head, he’s thinking, ‘Oh, what am I gonna get?’” Health-permitting, Nick Bosa will get a lot.

• This tweet from Joe Burrow was the one for me …

He’s overstating it a little, but I can look back at my notes from last summer and see that he was seen as no better than a third- or fourth-round pick going into the 2019 season. So if he hadn’t had the 2019 season, that’s what he would’ve been. Or he’d have had to try and get a sixth year of eligibility. Either way, that’s a pretty good window into some of the collateral damage if the college season is called off.

• Ravens LT Ronnie Stanley told the Baltimore media Monday that his contract situation is “not really in the forefront of my mind.” But it should be for the Ravens, who’ve helped develop Stanley into a top-five player at his position, and an essential piece of Lamar Jackson’s supporting cast. His draft classmate Laremy Tunsil got $22 million per year. It’s fair to think Stanley’s worth that much, too.

• We gave you the updated numbers on COVID-19 lists in the MMQB, and Monday was another good day in that regard. League-wide, one player went on the list (Titans LB Josh Smith) and one came off of it (Vikings LB Cameron Smith). Overall, that’s a good day.

• If Derrius Guice did what he’s alleged to have done, his NFL career should be over. The details, if you haven’t seen them, are horrible.

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People ask about pet peeves/characterization flaws a lot, but... for each character you’ve written for of Ben’s, what are some essential character traits you go for?

Oh, this is a good one Dani. Under a cut because they got very long. 

Logan: 

All of my Logans feature the essential characteristics that we see in the show - he loves decadence, doesn’t shy away from the fact that he has money, or that he’s in the public eye. To an extent, people play with his honesty - but I think that that’s actually something that a lot of writers ignore, so I definitely don’t. 

But three of the core Logan characteristics that have nothing to do with those things are: 

1. Logan’s never going to make someone feel like shit for being “beneath” him in status, because I truly don’t think that bothers him. There’s no way that all of the people he hooked up with were of the same social class or status as him, and I think it’s really demeaning when people make him out to be a super materialistic asshole. So he won’t shy away from bringing up the finances or living situations of other people, but he won’t ever demean them for it.

2. We see Logan as someone that’s always over the top, but all of my Logans are very reserved when they don’t have to be “on”. I don’t mean boring, but I mean that there’s a very different Logan present when he doesn’t have people’s eyes on him/have  to lead the way. 

3. As a part of his honesty, my Logans always admit their faults. It’s not easy for them to do so, but he knows that there’s only so much you can hide - and when he cares about someone (Reader, Juliet, Em, Mark) he doesn’t want to have to put on a show - so he doesn’t. He doesn’t offer this information freely in many cases, but if you ask, he’ll talk about it. 

 4. Bonus - I think that Logan is always going to find a way to keep himself entertained, and sometimes it has nothing to do with the physical presence of anyone else. I think that he’s very careful and purposeful with what he says - at all times, and will speak to people in certain ways to make every conversation worth his time, even if it’s a meaningless interaction.. 

 Ryan

People are quick to judge Ryan based on his appearance and his lifestyle, but when I write Ryan, I write him as going into every situation knowing that this is going to happen. He’s prepared for it, so it doesn’t shock him. What does shock him is when people don’t do this - like you, in Vegas. 

Ryan cares about authenticity in everything he does, but I think that comes down to the way he treats and asses people, too. He’ll fib and stretch the truth, but he’s not afraid to be honest with people, even when he knows it’s going to hurt them. 

 For me, Ryan’s not as cut and dry as he seems to be. I think people misjudge him a lot, and I try to write him with that duality just below the surface, because he’s so much more than people assume. 

 Benjamin

We see Benjamin’s anxiety, and we see it often, but for me, that anxiety was WORSENED by Julia - and so the more time he spends away from her, the better he’ll get and the less it will impact him. He knows how to control it - and would have HAD to in order to survive, so he just needs that confidence back to really be himself. 

 My Benjamin has a lot more confidence than he lets on - and when he decides something, he sticks to it (like the attraction he felt to Reader in TP wasn’t something he was going to ignore or deny after he realized it, but he was content to let it simmer, because he didn’t want to make waves). He trusts himself, especially now. Benjamin might be British, but he’s not a proper British snob by any means. He doesn’t mind being in situations where things are a little extravagant, but he prefers simple and laid back. He doesn’t speak formally, doesn’t dress formally, even though he’s a little more put together than a lot of other men his age. He’s smart, but he never tries to shove it in people’s faces purposely; it might come out in tiny little pieces - him talking a LOT about a topic he likes, having some obscure piece of knowledge - but he doesn’t do it on purpose.  

 Billy

For me, it really pains me when people say that Billy has no capacity for love - and doesn’t feel it. We see Billy’s emotions throughout, so when I write him, I angle it as for the majority of his life, there were times when he felt love and acceptance and all of those emotions - but didn’t know how to process them or adequately return them. He still isn’t the best at reciprocating emotion, but that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t feel it - and understand the implications of it.

 Billy might not have had a formal education beyond high school, but that doesn’t make him an idiot. I think his real world experience was a lot more important to him than going to college would have been. He’s street smart and really perceptive, even if not academic. I think he was an overly bright student, and someone that really absorbed knowledge. I always write Billy as very perceptive. 

 I will NEVER write Billy as someone that’s going to go out of his way to spoil people that he barely knows, or even the ones he’s actually with. Yes, he’s got money and he’s going to flaunt it - but he didn’t earn it for other people, he earned it for himself. He’s not going to shy away from buying people presents, but it’s not going to be super expensive all the time - Billy sacrificed for that money, he’s not going to give it away. Anyone that’s WITH Billy that knows his history, too, would accept that. He’ll never skimp out on the things that are important to him (a place to live, bedding, his Rolls, etc) but I’m sorry, for me, Billy isn’t going to buy you a ton of expensive jewelry or flowers once a week or shower you with gifts. That’s fundamentally not who Billy russo is. 

 Caspian 

 Caspian wants to learn and experience things 24/7/365. He likes downtime because it gives him a chance to breathe, but he’s still learning and growing. Caspian learned firsthand how important it is to always be willing and open to suggestions and help and advice from others - and that hasn’t changed since he became King of Narnia. 

 Caspian is very trusting - almost to a fault. He still tries to see the good in people even after they don’t deserve it, but when it gets to the point where that trust is gone? You can’t earn it back. 

 Sam Adams

 Sam’s always going to be a little bit of a rebel with a wild streak in him. No amount of pressed clothes or fancy parties or responsibilities are going to dim that spirit. He’s fought through too much, lost too much, cared too much to turn his back completely on the personality and drive that allowed him to get to where he is. He understands responsibility and that he needs to set an example, but you’re only gonna (at most) get like 90% seriousness from him, and that’s on a good day. This goes with the other one, but Sam is insanely stubborn, and it’s one of his best qualities. He believes in what he does and says, and it takes a lot to get him to change his mind. In some cases, that’s a good thing, because it strengthens his resolve, but in other situations, it makes your life very difficult. 

 Sam has no problem lying and being sneaky to get what he wants  or needs - but he won’t ever outright lie to his wife about important things. Tricks, yes. Sneaky secrets and surprises, of course. But about important or dangerous things? Never.

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Episode 1 - Should We Just Call It A Day And Vote Out A Heterosexual Or What ~ Isaac

Okay so right away I like trixie! Shes funny and I think we'll work well together. RTP is cool too since he likes HAIM and all HAIM lovers are great. Its fun having raf back on my tribe since we played before but I want to make new relationships so I dont want to just default to him. I also played with Eric before but voted him out so awk i hope he doesn't hold a grudge!! Im liking the tribe tho but hating this twist so much. Im using my idol at the first tribal FDSKJFSDH but then what if I get voted next since i dont have one.

I'm really nervous because I don't know anyone that well on my tribe except for Logan, and they all seem to know each other. I'm gonna slap on a smile and pretend that I have confidence.

WOW I JUST GOT IN AND IM EXCITED!!!!! well ummm I like to say ummm that everyone having idols is like ummm a bad thing because... if everyone plays it but one person.... they be idol'd out umm... yea. and plus... I have to like keep myself safe somehow...

This tribe? Loving the concept. I want to work with Bryce because I know he's a sweet baby boy. He'll be loyal if I scoop him up first. Also, Trixie is as cracked as ever. I love that we all have idols. Guaranteed safety is a concept I love, but Trixie also told me she has an extra idol. Now, she might be lying since she said that Willow told her that one "houseguest" got an extra idol. This ain't Big Brother, and I would have preferred if she did not have an extra idol. She is straight up lying to me, but we'll see how it goes from here. Tonight is for forging bonds.

Okay, this season is cute as heck! I am gonna give a full tribal first impression. Akito: My boy, we work well together and hopefully that can continue here. Isaac: Tends to get medevaced but I still adore this sweet boy and I look forward to playing with him again Jackson: Very social initially! I see myself in him, he also just started college and yadayada. Kelsey: We've exchanged like 4 messages but nice enough Linus:  A GOOD BEAN WHERE DID HE GO IN HOENN WE JUST DONT KNOW Mo: Pun Boy tm, but this is my turf so we're gonna have to share that title QuilLynn: Listen. She likes adore Delano. that's all I need Tyler: HE DOESNT LIKE MY PUNS that's all, see ya later 

Love my tribe not doing much for the challenge! I got 9 of our 16 points so hope it shows that I'm trying. Although I only got 9 of a possible 18 possible points I could have gotten so yikes 50%! 

im shocked we won immunity i didnt do anything sooooooOoo I was busy checking to see if i was pregnant jk

People I've socialized with: 0 

We meet again Raffy... We. Meet. Again.

I love my tribe its so cute! Jackson is my friend from TS Ebola and I love him so much so yay! Mo is great I'm really glad Him me and Jackson could form a good group so early! Logan is great he guested a week in a BB i'm in and he was nice and said he's glad to be playing a game with me so woo! Tyler is nice so far but you can tell he is cocky af and I know even though he's new he's good at these games! I'm hoping we lose immunity, because I think I'd like to take tyler out asap, but if we win at least I know i'm not first boot. 

So like yay for reward. Like winning a competition? A concept. Now, I feel like sending RTP to exile was the best decision since he was not going to participate in the challenge, but sending Tyler there was also an added bonus. I've played with Tyler before and I do not really trust him. I do not want him to make merge or be on the same tribe as him. So like, he can go sooner rather than later. Finally, me vs. Mo? We love a hero/villain dynamic. :) 

We lost the reward challenge, it would of been nice to go to exile and date someone on the other tribe. We would of some funnnnnnn like bring out the margarita bring out the nachos and quesadilla with guacamole. Because it's about to get HOT in here!

ok so my tribe is cool except trixie...they are annoying...im over it...and i got to go to exile because im gonna be at a wedding....lol take that! 

so... we lost. yep. hoping to kill an inactive, hoping to not die. that's all

We won! Loving the concept! Being safe is such an icon and Willow is such an icon. Anyways, I plan on working with Bryce, Trixie, and Richie because they seem like nice people. Literally nothing else to say because no gameplay yet.

Oh god.... oh god no..... this is bad this is really bad

im trying to get richie to showmance me and then we can later on down the road suddenly find out we're cousins and i think that'd be pretty funny. also i love willow she is so sweet and I hope she has a fun time hosting

I'm literally so fucking gay and I just want a showmance like ???? I get here and the only people who I can legally attempt to seduce are Tyler and Mo? So obviously I pick Tyler because Australians are hot and Tyler looks hot and that's fun. So I was like "lol let's vote out a str8 yeah" and then Willow descended from the heavens on her hoverboard and was like "he str8 scum" and I can't believe I'm about to get voted out because I slandered heterosexuals.

Guess who might be using their Jordan Pines idol! THIS GUY!!!!!!!!!!

Yay my tribe won immunity. Queens! I just hope that we can keep winning because I haven't talked to anyone. God I need a better social game.

" it will have juice and im living for juice" - Tyler 2k17 Heyo im alive! I was sent off to exile this round... And i came back with an Australian Super Idol! I was given the option to mutiny my tribe, but its a no from me, i tried convincing Ryan to come over but he has some sense in him so he didn't :(. The idol hunt was really intense, there was about 4 different clues leading other clues. It was an adventure and a half. So at 6am i found it! (With no sleep cause sleep is for the weak). Im not telling anyone about the advantage cause.... everyone's a ho. This whole tribal situation is very complicated with all the idols going around. I expect me to be a target this round so im 100% playing an idol considering i have two! I feel like if we just get 3 or 4 people to vote one person who won’t expect it we’ll be good it's hard because you want the vote to be unanimous so everyone feels included but this twist means we have to blindside someone every time Which means we might have to tell the person we vote for a name Yeah its going to be difficult But I bet the person getting the most votes will play an idol so if we just do our own little thing we should be good - My thoughts atm, also sent that to Jackson But now i think I'm going to vote for someone who would never guess that anyone else would vote for them, get rid of a juicy target while i can. Not sure if my vote will have any impact but it will have juice and im living for juice ;). No ones really chatting to me and im assuming most people will play their idols... so #YoloSwag

Yay we won reward!!! Happy to start off on a good note. Sad tho that regan striked. Hope she starts trying more. But I guess it would be nice to have an inactive to vote if we lost a challenge. Trying to socialize with 8 other people is hard but I think I'm doing alright so I hope I've made no enemies.

Tower 7 was a controlled demolition.

Hi there~! I'm Kelsey Valentana Mikaelson, coming to you live and IN full HD colour~! And, what else, it's time for a tribal! Going into the tribal, I was kind of groaning since I was fully expecting to be targeted but alas; I don't think it's going to be me! Now, don't get me wrong, I get that "as soon as you think you're safe, you're GONE!" and all that, but the drama doesn't seem to be circulating around me on tonight, and it's a welcome change! I think, for the most part, people are more set on letting Isaac get the boot tonight, which...eh. I tried throwing Linus' name out there but it seemed to get a bad reaction. Oh well. I still don't want to see Isaac Thunderf*ck go tonight however and this idol twist is very well placed to prevent that. I told Isaac he might receive votes tonight but, for the main part, it's between Linus and Tyler. I think Isaac really genuinely trusts me but I can't tell him he's the majority because...well, I'm actually being SPOKEN to! It's such a weird thing to happen to me, usually I have to do all the bone bashing for myself, but people are actually coming to ME and telling me options, it's uncanny! I don't want there to be any chance AT all of me losing those resources. Speaking of resources, if I had to guess who's puppermaster-ing at this point, I'd look over at lil' Jackson over there. I thought it was sweet and romantic that he wanted to talk to me about the vote and, don't get me wrong, it makes me feel swell but NOT swell enough to realize that the people he suggested to me were the very names everyone else seemed to have "heard" and not came up with themselves. For the most part,  I think my best option is just not...being Krazy Kels and blasting it, but sweaty, I'm only going to be calling Ms. Jackson if she nasty, you feel me? All in all, I'm feeling rather confident about tonight. Either Isaac goes and everyone feels comfortable with telling me plans; Tyler goes who's just...slimey. Or Linus goes! Who's basically just here for the food, I feel. Anyways, say goodbye to Derrick or Kim Chi. And THAT'S all there is to it~! Christmas was ROBBED! -Kelsey V Mikaelson

Hi I'm Jackson and this is my first Confessional. Okay so yeah about this tribe. Not sure how I feel. It's been helpful not having a One World twist (meaning I don't have an obligation to get to know the other tribe) but I haven't made a lot of connections here so it's kind of a wash. Quillynn is my babe and I hope people don't figure out how close we are (because I'm not turning on her anytime soon, that's for sure). Mo quickly pulled us in for an alliance, and while I like him, he's gotten a little attached to Tyler which is kinda messy. Akito is kind of strange but she's nice, and I think not many people talk to her so she's looking to work with me. I get paranoid vibes from Logan but otherwise I like him. Linus, Isaac and Kelsey have been barely active at all, which is problematic but it kind of makes me want them to stay over someone like Tyler (who I think is kind of a big threat). Either way we lost both challenges so that kinda sucks, although at least it means my friend Trixie is safe. Not that I don't want the other tribe to go to tribal at least once though. Any opportunity to finally vote Ryan M. out should be taken, as the students of Kvaloya learned the hard way. Oh by the way I hate this idol twist. I mean I'm probably gonna like it later on in the game when I want to vote out someone who's already used theirs, but for now, it sucks. The people I'm working with want to split the votes between Tyler and Isaac in case one of them idols, but I'm worried something could go wrong. Also it'd be awkward if Isaac went home and Tyler basically knew that he was the backup in case Isaac idoled (which is the truth of the situation, since Mo doesn't want Tyler out even though me and Q do). Okay I'm trying to get this done cause my friend wants to go to dinner so let's  end this here and hope I don't get voted out with like one vote lol

(Late)

okay yoooooo I’m here I’m still recovering from the trauma of my last game so my heart is still healing and I’m not running on full steam at the moment so i haven’t really talked to anyone theres no one on this tribe that i really have clicked with which kinda sucks but its mostly my fault for not speaking to anyone but also no one reached out to me either so they all suck too!!!! we won the first reward and immunity so things are looking good hopefully we can maintain this momentum so that i have time to build some relationships before things set off!

VOTING CONFESSIONALS

Tyler Kelsey voting you because both Tyler and Isaac are gonna play their idols. Maybe but this is a gamble and this vote is a throwaway. Might be me not gonna be surprised if it is everyone having idols is bad.

(Voting for Tyler)  Tower 7 was a controlled demolition

My vote tonight is for Isaac. I’m sorry love, I hope things work out for you <3

Tyler is a manipulative backstabbing little snake in the grass and while hes not masterminding now sweaty, tyler, it's your time to PACK

Logan - I don't know what the fuck is going on but I might as well throw my vote on somebody. Sorry dude. 

I will also be voting for Logan cause YOLO swag money get bitches 

Logan voted out (4) Tyler - (2) Isaac - 2 Logan - 1 Kelsey

Tyler, Isaac, and Linus idoled

Jackson, Quillynn, Linus, and Kelsey voted Tyler

Logan and Mo voted Isaac

Tyler and Isaac voted Logan

Akito voted Kelsey

[hos17armageddon]

Jury Questions

Agustin, Tate, the jurors have gathered and would like to ask you a couple questions about your games this season.

Jenna

tate: why wasn't our final 2 mentioned in your speech?

agu: ur cute can u explain to me in 140 characters (a tweet) why i should vote for you

Alex

Hey guys!

First and foremost, I want to give a huge thank you to the hosting team for putting the season together because I wouldn't have expected to come back and redeem myself after what had happened in my last season so thanks for the second chance, it meant a lot! I also want to say thank you to the cast because you were all awesome and you made this game what it was and I enjoyed every minute of it! Now that I have all that out of the way, I want to get to you two:

Agustin,

I don't think we really did much to each other's games other than basically trying to secure any votes that would be needed but even that in my opinion is a stretch. I think you explained your game pretty well, however as narcissistic as this sounds, I want to vote for someone who I had an effect on in their game if that makes sense, like I want to feel like I played a role in getting the winner to their win so my question for you is: Did I play any role in your game or was I just another face in the crowd for you?

Tate,

You were my Day 1 ride-or-die and you were the person who I was down with from the get-go so to see you there is amazing because you were some I trusted 100% and you helped me get out of some tight spots and because of you, we were able to make the counter-alliance needed to get us to the Jury phase and to get us a good majority in the game. My thing with you was that you had a lot of F2 deals throughout the game and it kinda made me feel some type of way in the Jury because it felt like I could've been an expendable asset for you however I was glad to see that you were true to it being us two at the end if we could've been able to do it so that was a pleasant surprise to see in your Jury Speech. I really don't have a question for you because you pretty much answered it in your speech because I did want to know who was your true F2 deal in this game.

That's all I've got and I just want to wish you two the best of luck in this questioning and at the vote.

Zach

Agus!

I want to start off by saying that I am extremely proud that you made it to final two! You were probably my number one ally, and i’m super glad that although I had to fall, you managed to slither your way to the end! However, as I am a fair player who respects game play and such, my vote is not locked and it won’t be solely based on our friendship.

I will admit that I didn’t see your game at all until the end phase of the game (and reading your jury speech). Until the light was revealed (other words… I understood your game), I was rooting for you purely as a friend, not a player. However, multiple jurors brought up the fact that you were vetoed multiple times, which implied that you had a social game.

So, with that being said, my first question to you is how did you manage to prolong your life in the game after my eviction? I realize you had Ryan and Elsa with you, but elaborate on how you slithered your way into the majority alliance and managed to make it all the way to the end. I’m very interested, and impressed.

Now, before reading either speech, I figured just off my knowledge that you played a more social game, and Tate played a more strategic game. Whether this is true or not, I want you to explain why you are more deserving than Tate in the strategic field. I’m not saying that strategic is necessarily better than being social, but I want your thoughts as to why you’re more deserving than Tate.

That’s it! I wish you the best of luck, and i’m glad that we became friends during this and that I am proud of you, regardless of what the result may be.

Tate!

I want to start off by saying that my exit speech regarding social game was not applicable towards you. If anything, you were more near the top of of the list of people I respected.

After reading your speech, i’m intrigued by your level of gameplay. Am I shocked? Not necessarily. It was quite blatant that you were one of the biggest contenders to win from even before my eviction. I wanted you and Keegan out as I felt like you two were running the show. But that being said, although your strategic game seems to be excellent, your social game, at least to me, lacked a bit. By this, i’m referring to the fact that we never really talked at all during the game. I understand communication is a two way street, and that it may be my fault too, but a social game can be critical to winning, and you’re the one at the end, not me.

This leads me to my first question. What makes your game stronger than Agus’? You can take into account any aspect, but I want a semi-detailed response on why you think your game is stronger in any suit of gameplay. In addition, what was the sole indicator as to why you took Agus to the end, and not Ryan?

Now, I am also a little curious about my eviction. I never really talked with Keegan about it, but I want to know your perspective on it. You mentioned in your speech that I was an “all-around threat”, so elaborate. Why was I evicted? What made you evict me over James? — I would like to also mention that I am not bitter, nor mad one bit, I just am purely curious.

And with that, i’m done! I want to congratulate you on making it to final two, and that it was a pleasure meeting you! I wish you the best of luck!

Adrian

Hey boys, congratulations on making it to the Final 2, its not an easy task and really commend you both for having excellent social games to really navigate these tough waters.

That being said, I think the pleasantries are over and I need to dig in to the meat cause the appetizers that were your speeches left me wanting more, and really seeing the jury house claiming that they want to vote each of you because you mentioned them in their speech more or that you lacked in mentioning them is really pathetic.

So, lets begin with Agus.

You have a way with words, lemme tell you that. You really magnified your game quite a bit and it left me seeing clearly on how you managed to play this game with little to no blood on your hands since you won absolutely nothing. But you did it. I'm really impressed, but I need more than smooth talking for you to grab my vote. So I have some questions for you, and I hope you don't lie to my face again when answering these cause that would be really pitiful- since you lied to me pretty much the entire game.

1. Did you only rely on your social bonds to get you through the game? Cause you mentioned multiple F2s with many different people, and they kept getting shot down one by one.

2. Has it come to your mind that you might be scrutinized for having no competitions as you kept throwing them left and right? You can see for someone like me that respects people with a physical game where I am despised with this aspect of your game correct?

3. Did you actually captain any moves? Like did you make any impactful decisions? The only notable thing that you have done was through the power of your Envelope, and even that wasn't really good for you since you had your F2 at the time nominated. And he was gonna go home, had Logan not used that Rose Gold Veto.

4. What was one thing that you regret playing this game? Not winning comps? Losing so many F2s? Making alliances that you planned on never being loyal to?

5. If Ryan had taken you to the end, who did you honestly think would vote for you?

6. Finally, please make a final plea on why you deserve my vote over Tate. Appease me.

Keegan

Agus: you mention that you used your "amazing" social game to get vetoed or saved a lot. To me, this says people nominated you because you were expendable. It's not exactly a great game if everyone is using you as the "safe" nom to try to backdoor others. From my point of view, you constantly being nommed and vetoed says far more about others people games than yours. You were just a pawn used by others to get bigger threats out. Why should I not believe that?

Tate: tbh I can't think of a question to ask you. I loved our secret little alliance we had and I'm sad it didn't get us both to the end. But I think you played a very strong, smart game. Good luck!

Lauren

tate: was evicting me the correct move in your opinion? agus: do you think not winning any comps disproves a part of your win equity?

We will provide any jury questions directly to you if we get them but at the moment this is what we have, your answers and closing statements will be due tomorrow August 15th at 9PM EST

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Fantasy baseball roundtable: Werth a worthy waiver add

Jayson Werth has been money for the Nationals this season. (Getty)

The 2017 baseball season is into its second month, still early enough that fantasy owners should remain vigilant on the waiver wire. The Yahoo fantasy baseball crew is here to help identify the players to go after:

Q: Which outfielder, owned in less than 40 percent of Yahoo leagues, are you most interested in adding to your fantasy team?

Funston: JAYSON WERTH. He’s carrying a .900 OPS through his first 30 games, and he’s typically hitting second or sixth in the lineup, which keeps him close to the significant action created by Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy. If he can remain healthy, there’s a lot of production to be had in MLB’s top offense.

Behrens: I’ll give a shout out to COLBY RASMUS, because he’s binging lately. As we’ve seen in the past, his hot streaks can help carry a fantasy roster for a week or two. Over the past week, he’s going deep every other day, putting together a modest hitting streak. 

Pianowski: JAYSON WERTH is a reasonable add, because any path to the Washington lineup is a good one. Also, riddle me this: how can SHIN-SOO CHOO be at a mere 13-percent owned? Clueless manager Jeff Banister is finally giving Choo run in the first and second slots in the order, where an OBP-overlord belongs. Better days are ahead in Texas, in spite of the man in charge. 

Del Don: MANUEL MARGOT. I’m repeating myself, but this is a leadoff hitter on pace to finish with a line of .266-70-14-51-19. He’s attempted eight stolen bases on the year and should be owned in more than 35 percent of leagues. 

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Predict the line: Aaron Altherr, at age 26, is finally enjoying breakout success thanks to a new (shortened) swing. How far will this new approach take him – predict his final ’17 line in Home runs, Stolen Bases and Batting Average?

Funston:  He certainly looks the part. And the new, compact swing is clearly paying dividends. I’m mostly buying, though, you’d have to expect that lofty BABIP (.413) to come down to earth a bit. I’ll put him down for .284, 24 HR, 84 RBI, 80 R, 18 SB

Behrens: This breakout was supposed to happen last year, but it was pushed back by injury. I think he’s mostly for real. Even his outs have been loud. I’ll go 85-27-88-15-.299. 

Pianowski:  On board. Jayson Werth 2.0. Dial up .285-90-28-84-13. I’d buy high on him, actually. 

Del Don: I’ll put Altherr’s final line at .275-20-12. 

Q: Which infielder, owned in less than 40 percent of Yahoo leagues, are you most interested in adding to your fantasy team?

Brandon Funston: DANNY VALENCIA. Valencia got off to a rough start, but he’s been on a nice roll  of late – he’s a top 25 fantasy bat since April 25, hitting .375 with 5 HR in that 13-game span. He entered ’17 ranked top 40 among all hitters in OPS combined for the previous two seasons. He occupies a nice spot in the M’s lineup behind the likes of Robinson Cano, Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager. And he offers three-position utility in Y! leagues. He’s a nice gap-filler to have on your bench.

Andy Behrens: I’m gonna cheat here just a bit and say HERNAN PEREZ, who sits at exactly 40 percent ownership as of this writing. He’s eligible at a zillion roster spots (OK, four: 2B-SS-3B-OF), he’s hitting well lately and we know he has plenty of speed. You need to own guys like this if you hope to reach those games-played maximums.

Scott Pianowski:   If you missed out on Yonder Alonso, LOGAN MORRISON could be Alonso-lite. He’s especially useful in OBP leagues, and seems locked into the cleanup spot in Tampa. 

Dalton Del Don: RYAN SCHMIPF is up to nine homers over 104 at bats. That puts him on an amazing pace to finish with 41 home runs with a .173 batting average. That kind of power from the middle infield position is worth owning in all leagues. 

OVER/UNDER: With a new fly ball-focused approach, Yonder Alonso is tapping into power like we’ve never seen previously from the 30-year-old veteran. How high will his re-tooled swing take him when the dust settles on the ’17 season  – Over/Under 26.5 HRs?

Funston: UNDER. Alonso is currently hitting about two fly balls per every grounder, which is a major shift in his batted ball profile, and this has been a conscious effort by Alonso. He’s sacrificing some contact to in this new approach, but he was always good at making contact, so he can afford to make this trade off. That said, he’s seen his fair share of DL time in his career, in including 60-day DL stints in ’14 and ’15. That leads to the UNDER bet here, though if he manages to stay healthy I think he’s likely to finish right at this number.

Behrens: I’m a sucker for these changed-his-approach stories, I guess. I’ll take the OVER on Alonso. Credit to Eno Sarris for jumping all over this story back in March. Alonso’s swing tweaks are apparent, and the results to this point have been terrific. I fully believe he can clear the fence another 16 times over the next four and a half months. 

Pianowski: OVER. I have zero shares of Alonso, which breaks my heart. Here’s another case of why it’s important to be aggressive in April, and to ask “why not?” when others ask “why bother?” The Wait for Proofers get crushed, again. 

Del Don: OVER. I’m all in on Alonso. 27 homers sounds about right. He’s hitting more fly balls than ever and should be owned in all leagues. Alonso’s 194 wRC+ ranks No. 7 among all hitters in baseball. 

Q: Which starting pitcher, owned in less than 40 percent of Yahoo leagues, are you most interested in adding to your fantasy team?

Funston: JOSE BERRIOS. The Twins’ top farm arm is getting recalled to start over the weekend, and I’d I’m still interested despite his woeful ’16 MLB debut. Berrios has a live arm, and he’s killed it in his 39.2 IP at Triple A this season (1.13 ERA). He’s a worth a second look.

Behrens: You guys, I make the worst pitching choices. Do not listen to me. I’m mostly a believer in PATRICK CORBIN, but you should not trust me on this one. All of my pitchers are doomed. 

Pianowski: I still believe in PATRICK CORBIN; don’t hold the Colorado start against him. And when an ERA and WHIP disagree, trust the WHIP — in this case, it will steer you to DANIEL STRAILY. With all the pitchers on the DL, it’s harder to shop in this neighborhood than usual. 

Del Don: HECTOR SANTIAGO. He has a 2.76 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP, so I’m not going to question the results. His peripherals aren’t exactly dominant, but his 8.8 SwStr% is a career high. 

PICK ‘EM: Rank these low-K, low-BB early-season stalwarts in order of expected rest-of-season roto value, and indicate which of them you’d be willing to roster (if any) in a standard, 12-team Yahoo mixer – Ivan Nova, Mike Leake, Andrew Triggs, Dylan Bundy, Jeremy Hellickson?

Funston: Bundy has recorded a Quality Start in all seven of his outings, which is tops in the league. But he pitches in a tougher division/league/home park than Nova, and Nova has only issued three free passes all season. I’ll give Nova the edge over Bundy. Then I’ll consider Leake, because he’s a fairly proven commodity with a handful of 12-win, mid-to-upper 3 ERA type seasons under his belt. Triggs would come next, with Hellickson playing the caboose.

Behrens: Gimme BUNDY and NOVA, in that order. You can have the rest. 

Pianowski:  Nova is in the right league, the right park, with the right pitching coach. This has gone on too long for me to distrust it. I traded #HarveyDay for Mike Leake a few weeks ago, so I’m a little biased on Leake. Bundy and Hellickson are passable in deeper formats, though Bundy as a nasty division to deal with, and Hellickson doesn’t miss many bats. 

Del Don: Oh I’m all in on Nova. He’s the real deal. I will then say Bundy and then Triggs (that cutter). The other two I’d ignore for the most part. 

Follow the Yahoo crew on Twitter: Andy Behrens, Dalton Del Don, Brad Evans, Brandon Funston, Liz Loza and Scott Pianowski

[survivoremathia]

Ep. 13 - "Basically now, its time for 'Ye Old Big Moveth'" - Ali

LOGAN

I would have won. Fuck u tn Ali.

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This is insanity. I think in my fear I might be able to flip people to Lydia or Trevor. Because I'm angry. AND IF I GO, I've got one HELL of a voting confessional that's gonna make Lydia not last much longer. Bye bye. You're a sweet person, but no matter what the tarot cards say, you're a threat here.

OWEN

So! Logan tells me that Ali said that Trevor wanted me out this round???? Which is okay. Because I kind of wanted him out too except I wouldn't vote for him. Except now apparently he's voting me?? Anyways I go to ryan and tell him that Trevor is gonna win but I don't wanna vote him and then right afterwards Trevor texts me and says.... 'I'm voting you out' lmaooooo Good one Ryan!!! You sure played me!!!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa!!! So I told Trevor it's okay and that I already knew but that I wouldn't write his name down and idk it's just frustrating??? I'm in a bad position. I can't talk to anyone without them telling someone else except for maybe Logan. Which means the only person I have to rely on is Trevor but he's also like....going. To win. ?????? Idk what Ryan's plan is? He told me he couldn't beat JD or Ali. And there's no way in hell he beats Trevor. So idk what he thinks he is doing. Like why does he want Logan or me out and then leave three people who beat him in the final six with him when it's most likely going to be a final three....????? That doesn't make sense to me. But it's okay!!!!!! :) My focus this round I guess has to shift from targeting someone else to just making sure it isn't me. Fun. I'm gonna lose

LOGAN

I had my anger directed at the wrong girl, apparently. Hopefully... hopefully Lydia won't play her idol on JD. I'm praying so much. If she does, that idol is going to RTP, and we're screwed. I snaked on Ali and Trevor and it backfired, too. I told Owen about Trevor targeting him... maybe... I don't know. I want Owen to trust me, so I gave him The Herb (moly), so hopefully he won't get too pissed. I'm gonna vote off JD because she's #cominforme. Bye hun.

OWEN

IM LITERALLY BEING SO MESSY BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO I HAVE NO WHERE ELSE LIKE I MY BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL???? So I talked to Trevor and he says him and Lydia will vote for JD. But I couldn't help myself so I went and talked to Ali and told him that Lydia and Trevor decide everything?????? Oh my god????? Help. I'm being way too messy but like.... let's see what happens.

RYAN P

Lydia and I are running this game. This round is super tricky and Lydia and I need to set ourselves up to be in the best possible position at the f6 and i think we figured it out. owen and trevor say they have logan....and jd and ali say they have logan....so rather than pick a side and be wrong we are going to split ourselves up...im going to vote owen/trevor with jd and ali while they think logan is voting that way...and lydia is gonna vote with owen and trevor for jd thinking logan is voting that way...essentially logan gets to decide what happens tonight...if logan votes out jd then i just act like i did 4 rounds ago and freak out about keeping owen and trevor around....if owen goes then its all good. lydia has an idol which means next round when jd uses her oasis thing if she is still here we can use that idol to keep us safe at f5 and f6. the only thing that would fuck this plan is if they target me or lydia which we are both going to try and prevent. wish us luck!

TREVOR

https://youtu.be/3BceS13kH3k

ALI

https://youtu.be/-EF8P2K3xRU Hey, this is the video for last round that didn't upload in time.

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Whew, this vote is developing. Basically now, its time for 'Ye Old Big Moveth'. What it'll hopefully be, is moi,JD,Logan and Owen voting out one of Ryan/Lydia/Trevor, who are a scary trio. Its the right move for me, as those three are all SUPER scary at the end. Furthermore, if it falls through, I have my idol to save myself next round :) Furthermore, Ryan has been spreading that I'm a threat! Like, little old me? I'm a wolf in sheep's clothing, where the zipper has gotten stuck! Like I could be a threat, but I've probably flubbed stuff up. But I'm SOO excited that people think I'm a threat. Who knows, maybe I'll pull this off! :)

OWEN

So there are some things in the world that have happened that could be true or false. Here is the scenario where nobody lies to me: I've successfully convinced Ali, JD, and Logan to vote for Ryan, and I also made Ali think it was his idea. I went to him and I was like...listen look at who is in charge! And they've told me all this stuff about you and JD! And also pls don't tell! Thanks! And he was like who do we vote... And I faksjhjdfs I was thinkign Ryan bc if Lydia used her idol, she can't give it to Trevor and she prob wouldn't idol Ryan - but before I could say all of that, Ali brought up Ryan himself!!! :') Wow this mist!!! Honestly Ali is a smart guy. Except for his mouth. Because he also....told me....he has.....an idol. sajkdfhadskjfadskfhakjshfkjsahfdkjshfkjdshfkjshkjdfhskjdfhkjsdhjkdshdj fuck? I literally ok. He lied to me at first and then. One sec lemme find the tea. [5:24:50 PM] Owen (Island of Shade Host): Do we have any idea what happened to sams idol??? [5:26:01 PM] Ali: I think it died with him :( Like, the hosts said he tried to pass it off, but it was too late. [5:26:17 PM] Ali: Fun Fact: I had no idea that he had an idol, till after he was voted out. [5:26:40 PM] Owen (Island of Shade Host): Omg imagine if you had gotten it though that would be so great awwww [5:26:54 PM] Owen (Island of Shade Host): He never told you??? [5:27:21 PM] Ali: No :( [5:27:31 PM] Ali: Can I backtrack...? :) [5:27:40 PM] Ali: I was gonna keep it under wraps [5:27:48 PM] Ali: But its BURNING ME UP INSIDE [5:27:56 PM] Ali: I have it :) Please tell NOBODY [5:28:58 PM] Owen (Island of Shade Host): HDJDJDJD ARE TOU SEEIOUS [5:29:00 PM] Owen (Island of Shade Host): Ali I'm dying ????? If he's telling the truth then first of all wow that was easy to get him to spill and second wow what the fuck. Whew!!!!!! So I talked to JD and Logan as well and they're allegedly all on board to do Ryan. Hnnnngh Then on the other side, Trevor apparently talked to Lydia who talked to Ryan and somehow they all decide to save me and vote JD instead because of JDs item in the labyrinth and because they're annoyed by JD and stuff???? fsakjhfdsjkds god I seriously am in too deep. Which potentially means: JD and Ali vote Ryan, Lydia, Ryan, and Trevor vote for JD, and Logan and I are the swings. That's where the problem comes in because it means....someone is gonna be pissed. But I really do think it's best if Ryan goes, becayse Trevor and Lydia are gonna want to keep him over me, but they might not want to keep Ali and JD over me later. Plus, I'll earn JD and Ali's trust. And then next round, I potentially have options again because JD and Ali might still think that Trevor is a threat, and I can tell Lydia and Trevor that it's my plan to split votes between JD and Ali next turn. It'll all be okay. Hopefully. But that all only matters if everyone is....telling the truth. Which is unlikely. I find it hard to believe that JD and Ali will keep their mouths shut. So I'm still assuming I'm leaving tonight - but if I do, at least I can say I tried!!!!! I'm feelin a coup lfsjhdfsl let's see if the universe feels back.

LYDIA

https://youtu.be/UE6PddGcAU8

OWEN

Ryan was apparently trying to get Logan to flip so idk. There's a third possibility: me and Logan vote for Ryan, Trevor and Lydia vote for JD, and Ali, JD, and Ryan send me home 3-2-2. But if that happens oh well. I don't want to just vote JD.

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Someone's getting blindsided. I hope it's not me.

ALI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Md6VtXyFwY My video confessional from this round. This video is older than my written confessional, so should probably be put first.

JD

So yes, this tribal will go one of three ways. Ether it's me, Owen, or Ryan. I think that the idol, oHHHH sorry, I think that Lydias idol is going to get played not Ali's. (ALI HAS AN IDOL, Bless Sam, if he's just have stayed with me and Ali this would have turned out so much different) Bless Ali too but he is young and I think that we both trusted Lydia longer then we should have. I think that shes going to play the idol and ether me or Owen will go home. Or she'll play the idol for Trevor and Ryan will actually go home. That being said it's all assuming that myself, Owen, Ali and Logan are all voting together and that we are a solid group. This vote will show that or not. And let me tell you something, if you have said at the start of the merge that my final 4 was going to change to Ali, Owen and Logan, I would have laughed in your face. https://68.media.tumblr.com/97226d044462bda6b48745561f125a60/tumblr_o5yc9zGZ8N1uzh224o1_500.gif And I guess after tonight we will see what happens. The only other option I can see if if Owen and Trevor aren't actually at odds and Owen is still working with them. Then I'm going home tonight, then Logan, then Ryan then Owen. Cus Lydia and Trevor will not sit with Owen, but probably think they can beat Ali. I'll vote for Ali over them any day of the week, but I also know everything that they has thought in this game.

[survivor-all-stars-blog]

EP 11: “I Can Either Have Fun and Lose or be boring and lose” - MJ

guess i got stoned

I know I haven't made a confessional is what's probably around two weeks, but there are some things you just don't want to remember and shouldn't bother saying in this heat of the moment so from tomorrow on, we're starting fresh. Or as fresh as you can be when you're 10 feet into a giant hole you dug yourself. 

Dang – my first vote against in the entire game so far, and it was more of the "You rock but I have to vote SOMEONE" variety. Seems like I always get those. Or the avalanche of blindside votes. Not much in between.

Anyway, despite being generally pretty messy as far as tribal councils go, both of mine went as planned/expected. I'd have really liked to save Matt if I could, but MJ was being overbearingly pushy on saving Jake and nobody seemed intent on upsetting the apple cart. Not much you can do when nobody else will follow. Wes and I were pretty much on an island and, with tribe sizes still being this big, it didn't make sense to fracture the tribe. Not when there are still reasonable targets before myself.

Caspian, though, came as a surprise. Wow. Owen was saved from being double-clocked and Logan (!!!) lost a life. Unexpected as hell. But they don't seem too torn up about it, which is excellent. Doubly so because it's the music video challenge.

So why am I in a good spot on this one? Well, for one, I'm pretty good at editing video. For two, I've got Jack/Steffen on Andaman and Logan/Jake/Ruthie on Kabru who can devote all their energy to the one tribe. I can imagine having too many people spread too thin could be an issue, so I'm glad we have a good balance.

Now, why am I in a bad spot? I worry I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I'm responsible for editing two videos and filming myself lip-syncing to them, too. That could be an issue. I really can't procrastinate on it. I'm at work til 4, so I'm spending my day with Victorious (our shape-inspired tune) and The Galaxy is Ours (space, whaddup!) on loop. Hopefully I'll know the lyrics by tonight. And in the meantime I've also started gathering some stock video footage that I think could look badass in the right circumstances.

On the Kabru side, Logan (all-star that they are) has already sent their video my way, and it's absolutely awesome. After the HvV2 video, I'm totally not surprised. They go all out on these comps, and there are probably a very usable 2:15 out of the 3:00 video. If everyone on both my tribes approaches the video with this kind of enthusiasm and commitment, I have a hard time seeing either one lose.

Nobody has yet sent in on Andaman, but it's still super early. Lydia and Jack both sent pictures of their makeup last night (Jack in Skype, Lydia via Snapchat) and they both also knocked it out of the park. Steffen said he'd get on it after class, and I suspect Kait will follow suit. But I know she's also filming two videos so I don't want her getting overwhelmed, either.

As far as my videos, I've got a fairly basic idea for the space video. I might even be able to do a Bowie homage with a red lightning bolt on my face while air-playing my guitar?? Idea just came to me, but it could work. I'd need to do that video after my Kabru video though, otherwise the makeup might leave a mark that I can't immediately get off. I also had an idea involving a lightbulb, but I'll keep that one under wraps for now. Much more fun to see the end result.

As far as the Victorious vid goes... gosh, I really don't know. High energy, high impact, lots of aggression is the guidelines we set for ourselves. I've got some workout gear in the basement – maybe a high-intensity type workout vid? Getting in shape fits the theme too, right? Just spitballing at this point. I won't even be able to put much work in until after work, so I'll be caught up in my head in the meantime.

But.... AAAAGH, I love these comps. Forcing the creative side out usually ends pretty well, especially when others are around to do some of the heavy lifting. Steffen was great in offering ideas last night for the music video. We didn't end up using them because they just didn't fit QUITE right... but it's not an easy thing to be willing to throw out ideas like he did. He's down on himself for not being able to contribute much, but from my perspective he was the only one trying to provide concrete ideas. That gets him some brownie points in my eyes. Four brownie points, to be exact. Four for you, Steffen Coco. You go, Steffen Coco.

Okay, I'm brain-spewing all over the confessional page again. I'mma wrap this up. But I'm ridiculously excited to see what we can come up with here.

Phew. Everyone has been killing it today. Since the last confessional, we got stuff from Kait, Lydia and Jack on the Andaman side, with myself and Steffen still to go. On the Kabru side... less content. But Logan's still a star, and they sent me the intro that's going to kick so much ass paired with the video.

I'm in the hero or goat position right now on both tribes, I think. Andaman has been absolutely crushing it. The only way I see us losing is if I don't pull through on this video. And to do that, we still need a few shots that I'm planning on doing. But I've already gone through the content I've got and made notes on where the best segments are. Should speed my job up tonight a little bit.

As for NuNuKabru (which, it just occurred to me, has the same syllables and cadence as goo goo g'joob) I'm not exceptionally worried. It would be nice to have video from others, but I think Logan and myself alone could make a great video if we have to. Everything else is just a bonus. And fortunately, I know Ruthie's planning on sending something. Pretty sure Jakey is, too. The more, the merrier, and the better content we'll have to make a video we can be proud of.

The music video is horrible and I will never forgive myself if we lose this challenge. THIS IS MY CHALLENGE I HATE IT. Thank god I took over the album creation because my tribe would have been toast.

ummmmm so MJ and Logan went to rocks for me which I'm really grateful for. I know Ryan and Ari and Jenna all really love them and say they're an ANGEL CHILD and I was always like "ya logan is rlly nice" but now like NOW. NOW. NOW THAT LOGAN AND I HAVE TALKED MORE AND LIKE..... THEY DID THAT FOR ME JUST. WOW. I love them so much and I understand why they are so well-liked, because they really did do that selflessly for me and I dfskajhksdj oh wow. MJ idk about. Apparently he had to "flip a coin" in order to decide. And like... He went and told Kait that Jenn had told me that Kait wanted me out, but Jenn thought that I had told Kait and was like "I'm sorry but I can't switch my vote, I don't know what you told Kait but I'm done" or something along those lines and I.... whew. So MJ like.... I don't get it. He could've flipped on me, in which case yeah.... I would've revealed everything he had told me. I have it all written down, and if he crosses me somehow, then without a doubt I'm blowing up the things he said. 

At this point, I need to give up any inkling of confidence or control I might have had some point earlier in this game (which honestly was never that much). Now, it's all about survival. I am literally hanging on like.... by my teeth or whatever the phrase is. I'm terrified. If we lose this immunity (which by the way fuck all of you for making us do this when I had strep and also when I'm on a tribe that needs to win and is dysfunctional af), then I could very well be screwed because Logan drew the rock and Steven, Jenn, and Jimmy all just voted on the same side...twice.

I've been working on building a relationship with Steven. I do genuinely like talking with him, and if anyone is gonna maybe flip to help me, it COULD be him... Especially if Steffen talks to him about the whole Kait/Jenn/Jimmy thing. But idk

MY LAST CONFESSIONAL SUBMITTED WIHTOUT ME BEING DONE SORRY

anyways... STeven. Idk why he'd go against people who just went to rocks for him. And then... Maybe I could try to turn the three of them AGAINST MJ, but I seriously doubt it. And if MJ is INTENDING to stay loyal to me, then I could end up burning the one connection I have.

And theeeen there's Jenn. Idk if there was ever any hope of her switching her vote last time. Maybe she never planned on it. But we talked for nearly an hour before she thought I told Kait something.

I waited a couple of days before talking to her again, and I just kind of told her that I didn't want to ruin anything personal between her and Kait or her and I. I still like both Kait and Jenn as people, and I don't want there to be any hard feelings about anything that happens in the game. That has always been my philosophy. I'm a little bit hurt that Kait completely lied to me for honestly no reason... She didn't HAVE to come to me and say she was "so upset" like.... If she wanted me to be dead meat, and I'm already not on a tribe with her, and she ISN'T talking to me now, why did she have to be fake in the first place? Idk. I guess I'll find out after the season ends. I won't hold a grudge over it though, I'm sure she thought she had to or something. oh well :~) All it did was take the very little trust I had left in her after the not voting Jimmy and not submitting her immunity thing and...completely destroy it!!! Whew. Like I am justified now in any action I can possibly make against her (not like that time will ever come).

I don't know if I could reach out to Jenn if we end up going to tribal. Regardless, I may have options. Very few options, but options nonetheless.

I mentioned in a prior confessional that I wanted to see the Malaysia trio CHOKE kfdshfdj in the game, and yeah... That's still true. I don't want any of them to make it far at this point (if they do, good on them). But I want to make myself very clear in saying that that is on a game level only. Personally, I enjoy all three of them, and I think they're great people, and I don't wish them any harm. But they've all wronged me in this game way more than I've wronged them. If I can get one of them to trust me again, that could be ideal (like Jenn...) but unfortunately, it seems hella impossible.

Please let us somehow, by some miracle, win immunity. I will praise the all star gods that be if I can just get SOME SORT of break here. I NEED it.

im getting a really awkward vibe from people on kabru.

at least im safe on andaman i guess, but im so paranoid that even pat bit my head off so! who knows i might be going but i just gotta hope.

im willing to flip the game, if other people are.

i cant believe challenge results ruined my entire day. time to die.

Steven said he'd talk to me tomorrow which is good. The problem is like... MJ has hardly talked to me since the vote tied initially. I don't get it. He went to rocks for me and like legitimately risked his alliance with Kait and Jenn in order to protect me and....idk. He HAS been going back to school though, so I don't blame him and idk. He's probably as tired of this as we ALL ARE.

If MJ sticks with me and I can somehow flip Steven, that'll be good.

Otherwise... I go to Jenn. And try my damnedest. 

jessy, i said id work with jake. lets see if this works.

if me, ruthie, and mj vote together we can take control of this tribe? but idk about mj. mj's insane and is playing a gr8 game everyone loves him. but. lets hope he tries to mix SOMETHING up.

Well, one out of two ain't bad. 

I feel pretty bad about the terrible video quality on the Kabru video. With more time, I could have salvaged it. But we were pressed right up against the time limit. I got the video in with one minute to spare. Remind me never to sign up to edit two videos again.

I'm glad we killed on Andaman, though. Everyone kicked ass (except Carson, who did nothing because it "wasn't a good time for him." Sorry, dude, but we're all busy.) I feel like Andaman would've been an easy vote for that reason, but I'm glad we didn't need to go there. I'm especially impressed with Jack for the booklet and the trading cards. He went to infinity and beyond. (See what I did there?!) But everyone who participated really carried their weight, and that was a hard-earned win.

On Kabru, I take a lot of responsibility for the way that went. My video was not the best quality, and it was hard to edit a cohesive video with such mediocre content from myself. Ruthie had some usable clips that improved the video, and Logan, as mentioned in my previous confessionals, thoroughly killed it. IMO, they carried a lot of that video.

Where we lost the points was adherence to the theme, which... ehh. I thought we did a good job of outside the box thinking, but I guess the judges disagreed. C'est la vie. (Oh, and @Jenn Tramkellan @Justin, YOU try memorizing lyrics to two completely new songs in less than a day!!!)

Anyway, I think Jenn's comments about this tribe being full of clowns isn't entirely wrong. It would've been so much better to have more people contributing to the video. Out of seven people, we had three contribute to arguably the most visible part. Credit to MJ and Wes, the cover art was beautiful and the execution was fantastic. But some more support from a video perspective would've been appreciated. I was expecting more footage than we got, and had to use a lot of stock footage as a result. Had I known what we were getting, I might've tried to incorporate more.

Anyway, no sense looking in the past. This tribal is looking more or less straightforward. I think most of us are on board with taking out someone who didn't contribute on this challenge. MJ might object on this tribe, given his links to Carson and Jake, but I'm not playing MJ's game. I'm playing my own.

He's probably going to target Ruthie, but I'm not writing her name down this round. For one, she's taken enough hits recently, and two, she was a key contributor to the video. 

With a merge incoming, the thought of taking out a competitor is crossing my mind. I haven't made it a secret that I want Jake out, and this round is no different... but a part of me would feel bad taking him out now, given his circumstances. I hope his friend gets better. 

It sounds like Carson might have stuff going on in his life, too? But literally the only thing he said was "I'm so sorry for not helping that much but this is just not a challenge good for me at this time". And... it wasn't exactly a great time for me to put in five straight hours of recording and editing, either. But that's the name of the game, right? 

Anyway, I'm going to push Jake a little bit if the opportunity arises, but I already get the sense that Carson's name will get a lot more traction. And this is prime 'anybody-but-me' territory, especially with a presumed merge looming.

Anyway, this game has gotten past the super stressful portion. I'm doing better than I expected already. Since this round started, I've just been having a ball. This is the most fun I've had in a game since early October when I was still delusionally happy in Crusade.

Yikes I gave up on these. Literally had heart palpitations over the revote and all that jazz and luckily the rock draw worked in my favour but honestly now I'm starting to develop some personal dilemmas. Owen has been talking to me a lot more now and I know it's because we're both on deaths door waiting for someone to take our last lives. Kinda puts me in a predicament though if I were to work with him. I feel I may have revealed too much so he may #expose me but meh tbh LOL. He has good motives tbh. He brought up about us outsiders trying to band together if we can all survive....which all tea all shade I really want to do, especially with my tea time queens Ruthie & Steffen if they make it. I'm not sure what tribe Ruthie is even on though so if they were to boot her and I made a move I'd be down one. However Lydia has told me she feels kinda lost in her group, obviously. Only thing is every time she talks to me she disappears after 2 messages like hun. I need a convo not a passing hi. Anyways I know she likes Owen cuz of things and I know we have our past experience together, both good and bad but we could work something. I just feel with every group I go to I'd be thrust to the bottom. I think the Malaysia 3 want me as a number should a splinter in the two lifer group happen, which it will have to eventually. I just don't know what to do. It would really hurt my personal character to boot Jenn or Jimmy. I would vote MJ, if Owen would to survive. However that means flipping the Malaysia pair which may not happen because they probably don't want so many people left with 1 life b/c of them. I need to be careful not to put my eggs in too many baskets because knowing my luck a fucking elephant would stop over all of them. 

mmmmmmmmmmmm im trying to be quiet this round idk. just hoping for the best for tribal tonight. not much has really been happening on my end bc ive been busy, but yesterday i mostly just tried to do some light damage control w the malaysia ppl.

im the only person going to both tribals this round which makes me v nervous. jake is getting targeted on our tribe and the only way i can save him is if he, ruthie, carson, and i all vote for logan (blindside). which would suck bc i like logan a lot.

the issue w that is that im gonna be alienating pat and wes and theyre really gonna feel like they cant trust me after that if that's what i decide to do. the only like, thing that like...idk. im just thinking like, its still early in the game (f15!), are they really gonna hold a grudge against me for the rest of the game, especially with a merge literally right around the corner? but ugh. its just v messy. i hate being the middle man and having to make decisions like this. i feel like ppl (pat and wes) will be intimidated by me if i go thru with this logan thing. it just really sucks. idk. voting out logan would make kait suspicious of me too its just all a big mess.

i really dont want jake to leave tonight because i think that would be really boring and tbh i dont think he deserves to go pre merge? like he already lost his closest all early in the game like... that sucks. nobody gave him a chance to play and he was just constantly given a bad hand. obvs him blowing up when he got voted out of A didnt help v much but like........ whatever. jake staying in is good for my game. its better for my game than for anyone else's. this is gonna seem v selfish of me but ive played selflessly in all of my other seasons, helping GROUPS of people as well as helping myself, and that's only gotten me the win ONCE. so clearly i need to play it differently here. i should benefit myself more than others.

additionally like.....its already v unlikely ppl will let me get to the end so i might as well try to make this season interesting and keep ppl on their toes so they play harder. i can either have fun and lose or be boring and lose, so obvs im gonna take the fun route at this point.

i need to talk to carson to get him on board with this and hope for the best. jake leaving would be a p bad hit to my game anyways.

I can't wait to be idoled out tonight. Please god, Ryan, Jules, Ari and Jessica make the merge be after this tribal council. I can deal with the disadvantage myself but I'm sick of these tribes. 

AHHHH

stuff is actually happening in this game

im willing to make a move with jake because i feel like im on the bottom and i owe jessy and jake.

however, while jake and co are not certain about if not mj will flip, i think ruthie might flip because shes pretty much saying that she'll flip on jake.

while others might not see ruthie as a threat, like i havent, i definitely see her as one now.

BUT, if we can pull thsi flip off with me mj jake and ruthie, and get out logan, thatll be PERFECT, because something will actually happen in this game. im nto too worried about repercussions because... fuck that. im playing for fun

soooooo I've made a lot of progress with Steven today. He said nobody had really talked to him yet fsdkjdfshj so it's a good thing I did. Last round, Jenn so kindly emphasized to me the fact that she's worried that I'm going to form some sort of super counter-alliance with Steffen, Ruthie, Jake, Lydia, myself, and Steven and some others... Which was not true before. But now? Thanks for the idea, Jenn!!! hehehehehe :~)

I went to Steven and said basically like... There's a big group of people running things, look at who has two lives and at who has one and it's pretty clear. And I appealed to the part of him that has been just trying to survive these last few votes and told him if we joined forces with people like Steffen and Ruthie (who I knew he likes) then we had a chance to be making a change and making moves instead of being used!!!! And he said he agreed :~) He said he was morally concerned bc Jenn and Jimmy went to rocks for him but... I dont' think he'd have any reason to lie to me. And we talked for a loooooong time about all the group dynamics and how something needs to be done. I genuinely like the guy and I think he feels the same about me and if he isn't lying to me then damn I have a CHANCE in this game again.

I told MJ to go and talk to Steven and Steven was gonna talk to MJ and... If they can just decide on a damn name then whew. whew. whew. whew. whew. Pleaseeeeee Lady Gaga and other goddesses above let me have this one more chance. I need to make it a little further. 

I've always talked about how I have a lot to prove and I CANNOT fathom coming in a place that is DOUBLE DIGITS again after FUCKING OLYMPICS. I'm DONE with that! Awful horrible scary time. I need to make the merge at least or jury or something, hot DAMN

I might not be dead yet

coup ko͞o/ noun 1.a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.

Get ready, bitches. A coup is coming.

#SURVIVORNOTFRIENDVIVOR lets get this hashtag trending!  A possible alliance with MJ, Carson and Jakey?  SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!  It sucks because I love Logan and Pat (Wes I could care less about tbh because I feel that he hates me :/)  I'm just ready for big moves and for the game to really start. I have no idea of what we're doing but I'm so ready for this, bring on the fireworks <3

ok but also i'm probably screwed anyways rip

im nervous now bc even if ONE thing goes wrong, this plan is ruined.

if even ONE person rats, this might blow up in my face.

guess thats the problem with big moves, huh? 

we'll see what happens i guess

oh wow im a flop with confessionals huh... anyway just when u think im down and out i keep on kicking! I will not DIE in this game, @jenn remember sarawak?? u should know by now never to count me out!! mj and carson and voting with ruthie and i to blindside.... basically everyone in the game LJFLJKFKLJ. IM LITERALLY SHOOOOOK THAT I GOT CARSON TO DO THIS LIKE I DIDNT THINK HE WOULD... cause hes such a "idw rock the boat D:" type of player. but i literally sucked his ass these past two days to get his vote like im literally exhausted LKJHF.. mj wouldnt go to carson about it so i had to convince carson of it so carson goes to mj and im just shook that happened..

its funny bc logan is mesaging me like "sorry ur going :(" LKJHFLKJHF

me: omg its okay i knew it would happen :( i hope u do well!

KLJFHKLJF GODDDD... sucks bc i like logan WAY more than wes and pat but they have way too many ties and they only have one life left so we need to get them out NOW because if they make it to merge/swap theyre literally SET to WIN this game. no fucking joke. sorry logan if ur seeing this bc you were the nicest to me this whole time on this tribe but i have no other means of survival.

i cant wait for everyone to literally be shook it will truly be something. theres a chance carson is lying to mj/me/ruthie but that would be so stupid of him?? i hope he has enough intelligence to pull this off! i have faith in humanity! yeah, wish pat had one life kljfh

WHY! Why do I get so attached to people? Literally the last few days I've been talking to Owen a lot and I feel he's a strong potential ally but I've had to play fake because despite Owen's suggestions MJ hasn't seemed to bite Owen's idea so I also can't have it even just as an option. Ideally I would like to vote off MJ because out of everyone on this tribe he's extremely connected and he has no relevance to my game, nor me his. It leaves me yet again with a dilemma. I'm half tempted before tribal to send Owen my fake idol which seems kinda legit and say I'd play it on him if he voted MJ. Only thing is I'd have to get Jenn or Jimmy to also switch to MJ and when it's proven the idol is fake by not being played I've pretty much lied to everyone so I'm like? I don't think I could do that much for someone who so staunchly wanted me out only a week ago. It's hard because I like his motives further down the line, and he's also connected to those I'd like to hook in with. I don't know. I know I've had to play the liar tonight and I really don't like it. It's not me and it's not kind. False hope is worse than knowing you're leaving, and boy do I know how it feels. 

Why does everyone I get attached to leave as soon as it happens? If I somehow magically leave tonight then damn, but in all fairness I have no connections anyway? The Malay 3 is a nice group to be attached to, because I know they're carrying me a long, but I don't think people are attuned to the extent we're aligned, or how prepared I would be to chop ties. 

Steven's been quiet for the past hour. I think I'm gonna take that aaaas he's voting me out. So if this is it, peace out, it's been a little bit fun and mostly hell.

History sure does repeat itself, huh! Last TS season I was in: hosted by Ryan, 25 people, small ass tribes, and me getting screwed over by a group who were already friends.

sounds a lot like this game

So hey felicia, AND I HAD TO DEAL WITH RUTHIE THROWING HERSELF UNDER TO, even to the point to save my game in the future which is great, but like that still means I lose an ally, which is annoying, and honestly, had I not been skating by with 1 life, I would've been a lot more aggressive.....or I would've still been crying in a corner, which one is more realistic tbh.

But anyways, we now got a couple of days to do the music industry challenge, which is like the general lip sync comps that I LERV, but with a bunch of this extra shiva, so Im rolling in pain here, but here my team comes in clutch, Pat and Jack win us immunity and I MADE DAY 29 OFFICIALLY, IM AT DAY 100 I CAME AND I DID WHAT I NEEDED TO DO!!!!!!!! But now I need to continue whatever the heck I'm doing and if this is not merge, WHICH WOULD BE EVIL YA BUMS, I will literally die cause this is 10 people left in each game, like what freaking else am I going to be able to do. Especially with freaking someone having an idol, and yes someone (probably Carson) has an idol, cause Owen got the clue from Alex, but someone got it at the volcano which is dumb as heck, or not really dumb but now Im skating on eggshells again cause this aint gucci at all.

So as we won immunity, we got to go to the adventure again, and UNFORTUNATELY, I made Lydia waste 2 of her lives on mercury cause I can't figure that out, but APPARENTLY, I figured out the way to safely get through Jupiter, but I couldn't beat the flash game so now Im sitting here without the ability, so now Im here trying to get Pat to do it too, and turns out THIS FLASHGAME IS HIS JAM, but I'm also sitting here with a Danny Devito picture and a crying Pat and rn this just feels weird.....BUT IM ROLLING WITH IT.

So now Im waiting for tribal to happen, waiting to see what hell is raised and hoping for merge real quick but who even knows at this point, Owen feels dead and Steven ain't telling me anything but Im also here predicting immunity results

On 1/30/17, at 8:54 PM, Steffen Bøhn wrote: > I stay safe in game a On 1/30/17, at 8:54 PM, Steffen Bøhn wrote: > how about you stay safe in game b remember when I quoted the future

that was in a pm with Jimmy

Like back off Raven cause Steffen is in town, *hair flips*, anyways gonna die like a bum, so lets see what the announcement will be tonight.

and that's how owen died

I hope MJ gets blown up somehow. He's playing the best game wihtout a doubt.

I didn't expect it to hurt this much but I think it's because I know if I would've survive this then I could've gone to merge and jury. I would've been okay with just...making it to that point. I'm really upset now though and idk what to do. I'm sure it'll be fine. I just wanted a lot of things very badly and idk anymore kdfsjhdsfkjfhdskj

I'm a little upset with Kait for not ever messaging me at all like....even now? Nothing? Idk. I don't know if I'll feel upset at these people for a long time or what. I think I just need to take some time away.

Thank you hosts for a great game and a great twist. A lot of things didn't go my way and I really really really really wish they would have :( 

[ecoorganic]

MAQB: The Cost of Extended Training for NFL Combine; How 'Hard Knocks' Will Look This Season

News and notes from around the NFL, including how trainers are preparing for extended combine prep for players opting out of the 2020 season, what we can expect from this season's 'Hard Knocks,' how Joey Bosa's big payday could help his brother and more.

Real football practices get started this week. Let’s go …

• To me, part of the issue opt-out guys face is purely financial. Normally, it’d cost an agent upwards around $30,000 to get a player housed, fed and trained in the eight weeks leading into the scouting combine—a cost that’s gone up over the years and become increasingly vital to any player’s pre-draft process. Now, rather than eight weeks, we’re talking seven months. So I decided to turn over some rocks on this Monday, and called Pete Bommarito, who owns Bommarito Performance Systems in South Florida, as part of that.

He’s been training athletes for the combine since 2000, and doing it through his own company since 2005. And as such, the last couple weeks have been crazy for him as kids have explored opting out of their college seasons (Miami DE Gregory Rousseau told us in

this morning’s MMQB that he’ll be working out there going forward).

“We’ve already started our draft prep,” Bommarito said this afternoon. “It’s very simple, we’ve got a number of NFL free agents working, we had four going at a time last week. And with the draft prep guys, we’ll just run them with those guys. We’ve been prepared for something like this.”

So how does it work? Bommarito’s plans for the players are intricate but the idea on this is pretty simple. The opt-outs would go into training with the free agents, working half-days three days a week, and full days two days a week, from now until Christmas. After that, they’d move into the normal draft prep, leading into All-Star games and the combine (their days at that point can last 10-12 hours).

As for the cost, Bommarito says that of the aforementioned $30,000, training a player for two months for the combine runs around $15,000-$16,000. In this case, Bommarito said, the standard for training, given the slower ramp-up and longer duration, would cost around $5,000 per month. That, of course, is before you get to housing, a rental car and stipend, which are generally a part of the package agents offer players.

Bottom line: This will get costly for agents, and might not be cost-effective once you get beyond the elite kids.

Also worth mentioning: A lot of trainers are courting agents, the same agents who have been in the ears of college players the last few weeks. XPE Sports sent a plan to agents that broke its program into General Prep/Foundational Movement (Oct. 5-Nov. 13), Speed/Position training (Nov. 30-Dec. 22) ahead of combine prep, with breaks for Thanksgiving and Christmas worked in. EXOS gave agents an even more detailed plan (that one’s below), with four periods (Sept. 7-Oct. 2, Oct. 5-30, Nov. 2-21, Nov. 30-Dec.) before combine prep.

Clearly, a lot of people were ready for this.

• Had a good talk on Monday with NFL Films supervising producer Ken Rodgers, as he worked through tomorrow night’s premiere of Hard Knocks: Los Angeles, which will be a very different Hard Knocks than what you’re used to. For one, it’ll feature two teams. And obviously, the circumstances under which it’ll be staged are very different.

“Practices look different, the locker rooms are different, how they arrive to camp, the testing, everything’s different,” said Rodgers. “We’ve got the video and a look inside that’s deeper than anyone’s seen. There’ll be more intimacy than anyone’s seen inside a COVID-safe environment in any workplace in America. It’s really not just a story of the Chargers or the Rams, this is a story of an American workplace trying to get back to productivity.

“To me, it’s a document of its time.”

Of course, there are also limits. Rodgers said in a normal year, a crew of around 45 NFL Films folks would flood the Hard Knocks site. This year after negotiations with the league and NFLPA, the limit is 13 and those 13 have to stay six feet away from players and coaches at all times, which, says Rodgers, “is completely different for us.” That’s meant, for example, longer lenses and the elimination of wide lenses.

And it will mean a different show than you’re used to. How? Well, we got to that with our questions for Rodgers. Here’s more: 

MMQB: How will tomorrow look different for the viewer?

Rodgers: I don’t think the product will look that different. Our focus has been to keep quality just as high. I do think the camps look extremely different. So the process looks different, if not the product. Everything at these two camps looks different this year.… It is fascinating to see how these two teams are dealing with it on a day-to-day basis. Everything is different in terms of what you’re gonna see, but I think the filmmaking, to our crew’s credit, has changed technologically, you’ll see a lot more Zoom meetings, robotic camera footage, rather than actual camera operators, but the actual quality is the same.

MMQB: So you have the same number of robo cams (12) in each facility, but are you using those more than normal because of the limits?

KR: I’d say probably the same. The addition is the Zoom meetings that we are a part of, we’re recording those. They’re actually having less meetings in the robo-filmed rooms than usual. So yes, we’re actually using them more, but they’re having less of them, so it evens out. Then in addition to that, we’re filming all these Zoom meetings, so the net gain is humongous. Between robos and Zooms, we’re leaning much more heavily on robotic-operated or Zoom-operated cameras than human-operated cameras.

MMQB: Do you guys feel pressure, given the historic nature of this?

KR: I do feel a sense of history being captured. I can sense NFL Films producers of future years watching this footage as we’re capturing it, because I experienced the same thing as a young producer watching the footage of the 1970s that was captured before I was born. I can imagine future generations of NFL Films producers who didn’t live through this crazy, upside-down football season, and this crazy upside-down year in America not really understanding what it was like. And feeling a little bit of retrospective pride that we captured it the right way, and as fully as we are capturing it.

MMQB: Has this made the relationship with the teams more vital to getting it done?

KR: Not at this point. I gotta be honest, it took trust on behalf of the players union and the teams at the beginning of the process, that we were gonna go about our business the same way the players were. So we are undergoing testing every day, we’re wearing the tracing bracelets just like the players are, we are not going out to dinner, we’re not having guests visit, our crew’s not hanging out together in hotel rooms. We’re undergoing the same protocols the players are, and once they understood that, the trust level was there. That was what was required to gain that trust.

• Interesting to see the Patriots sign ex-Texans RB Lamar Miller. There was some concern in Houston that the torn ACL he suffered last August would rob him of some of his explosiveness at 29 years old. But the sense I’ve gotten is that Houston didn’t believe he was shot pre-injury, and people there think he can still be a quality depth option for a good team. That said, it’s tough for New England to have to go this well having spent first- and third-round picks (Sony Michel, Damien Harris) on the position over the last two years, while also having vets James White and Rex Burkhead on the roster.

• This today from Packers GM Brian Gutekunst, on the season ahead for his college scouts: “As far as our scouting staff goes I think we’re kind of prepared on a number of different fronts to attack this. But I think we have to be very flexible, too, because things will change and we’re going to prepare. There’s going to be a draft, we’re going to have to acquire players, so we’re just going to have to do it a few different ways.” 

One very common refrain I’ve heard from people on that side of the business the last month is that teams with well-connected scouts are going to be at a huge advantage this fall. And that makes sense. With school visits unlikely to be allowed even if there is a college season, a scout’s ability to get people on the phone and get reliable information will be paramount. Which honestly is sort of like how journalism has been the last few months. Your Rolodex is always important, and even more so now.

• I’d say ex-Patriot/ex-Titan CB Logan Ryan overplayed his hand a little in the spring, in holding firm on his expectation of getting into eight figures for 2020. That said, if I’m a team that needs secondary help now, Ryan makes a ton of sense. He’s a great team guy and brings corner/safety flexibility, not to mention a ton of big-game experience.

• One fun leftover from my conversation with Joey Bosa (as seen in MMQB)—I did ask if he thought about how his payday may have helped his brother Nick financially. “Oh yeah, and I think he’s gonna far surpass it when the time comes because that’s the kind of player that he is, and not only him but every great young d-end that comes into the league now is gonna have a bar to get to and to surpass,” Bosa said. “I’m sure it’s gonna be passed up pretty soon here. But just to do that for my brother, I mean, I can’t say enough about the player he is and the person he is, how hard he works. He’s gonna deserve every single penny he gets.” And as for how he got word over to Nick, here’s that story: “He was playing his video games, so he had to run the headset on, headset off, and he was looking at me with this face. Like, ho-lee s---. But we were all waiting on it, and he couldn’t have been happier. Calling everybody and seeing the giant smiles they had on their faces, for me, it just means more than any dollar amount. And I think in his head, he’s thinking, ‘Oh, what am I gonna get?’” Health-permitting, Nick Bosa will get a lot.

• This tweet from Joe Burrow was the one for me …

He’s overstating it a little, but I can look back at my notes from last summer and see that he was seen as no better than a third- or fourth-round pick going into the 2019 season. So if he hadn’t had the 2019 season, that’s what he would’ve been. Or he’d have had to try and get a sixth year of eligibility. Either way, that’s a pretty good window into some of the collateral damage if the college season is called off.

• Ravens LT Ronnie Stanley told the Baltimore media Monday that his contract situation is “not really in the forefront of my mind.” But it should be for the Ravens, who’ve helped develop Stanley into a top-five player at his position, and an essential piece of Lamar Jackson’s supporting cast. His draft classmate Laremy Tunsil got $22 million per year. It’s fair to think Stanley’s worth that much, too.

• We gave you the updated numbers on COVID-19 lists in the MMQB, and Monday was another good day in that regard. League-wide, one player went on the list (Titans LB Josh Smith) and one came off of it (Vikings LB Cameron Smith). Overall, that’s a good day.

• If Derrius Guice did what he’s alleged to have done, his NFL career should be over. The details, if you haven’t seen them, are horrible.

• Question or comment? Email us.

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[survivoremathia]

Ep. 8 - "I'm Fully Ready to Amass an Army" - Matthew

http://survivoremathia.tumblr.com/post/158417598191/announcement

http://survivoremathia.tumblr.com/post/158440201536/merge-tribe-name-and-buff-announcement

http://survivoremathia.tumblr.com/post/158440315206/reward-2-survivor-auction

RYAN PALMER

So my wonderful alliance, The Fam, is not something I plan on being a part of for very much longer rn. The Jay vote was handled completely wrong. I mean....I'm not upset it was him...but the way we did it....no. First of all I was told we were voting Jay not asked. In fact...Trevor just stated "I'm voting for Jay." What the fuck. That's not how alliances work. And then we didn't tell Isaac or David. And during this Trevor told me that Scott was voting for Isaac but clearly Owen knew he was getting that vote. I'm over it. I talked and apologized to David and Isaac about it last night and basically threw Trevor under the bus to them. Then we merged! And I told Matt about everything. He seems to really like J.D. and Ali so I am fine with working with them if comes to it. Matt really is my #1 ally at this point so I hope things work out. I am sure Trevor/Owen/Lydia will be pissed at me but this is just a game so it's not personal....I just don't like they way Trevor is playing rn.

LOGAN

Okay so full rundown of merge! I think I'm in a bad position right now, but I really want to have a F2 with Duncan. I think between my sunshiney personality and duncan being duncan we could probably get there? Maybe? Idk. Still scared of trevor, but maybe people will see me as less of a threat now that the other bangladesh peeps are gone. RIP rob and eddie, you are missed. 

DUNCAN

Oh my god they killed Jay! That's literally so sad :'( Jay mom wasn't lying when she said this was going to be an intense season. It's already been filled with tears, but now that we've merged, here comes the blood. I don't think I'm on the top of anyone's hit lists, but I'm not in a safe spot  rn so I could  be an easy peasy merge boot. But just happy to be here at the end of the day. Making merge every Athena game? nNut!! Now I have to get through 10/11 more votes....................party! I know Samuel trusts me bc I have him that idol and spit shined his ass the last tribal. Logan and I are kind of at a weird place. We trust each other more than other people but we need to find a fucking home or else we're gonna be get our torches snuffed back to back. As for merging with the other tribe? I'm so relieved to be back with Owen. Like thank the fucking lord there's someone who I can trust again bc all these players are dangerous as get out. I'm a lamb in a pack of wolves. The gag is I'm a wolf in a lamb costume. What I need to do is just law low for a couple rounds while not taking any power position and just strengthen bonds with my tribe mates. Idc who the vote is as long as I can make sure the vote isn't for me and I'm not next on the to go list. I want to do a f3 with Owen and Trevor bc they'll always be a threat as a duo before me, Owen had my back, and I can't get Owen to ever vote out Trevor so why not just work with him? Right? Ummm other things to say? I'm so glad I got the merge tribe name! Oizys! The goddess of misery and anxiety! Everything I've been feeling since this game has begun :-) although it's been stressful I've had a good time bc of how intense this season is. And if I win it, it will be definitely earned. Getting to the end in monuriki was kind of like a cake walk I'm not gonna lie. Getting to the end in motu? Emotionally draining? But with idol help it was manageable to get to the end. This time? Nothing could have prepared me for this. Like, this is so much more intense. It's not only a new ballpark, it's an entirely new game altogether. With merge happening the game has been reset and we'll see if I can play slither or sheep my way into some group. 

TREVOR

https://youtu.be/EwI-sf7ATD0

DAVID

Im here to step it up! I hate all of my alliance for making me not vote with them but also i have no one else I care about so i HAVE to stick with them those BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways MERGE ITS HERE I DID IT MOM. I still dont have Scott added so theres that

MATTHEW

Merge time! So, a 13 person merge with a 5-4-4 original tribe split is hot as hell and I'm proud of us as a cast for being so messy that we've kept the numbers super even. With the swaps and drama that's been going down, it's really difficult to judge at this point where exactly the lines are going to be drawn for the rest of this game. Numbers wise, people who have had bad blood previously are going to have to kiss and make up just to survive which is GLORIOUS for me, especially because I'm already working on becoming BFFs with Logan again after we found ourselves on opposite sides during the first NuOthrys vote. Duncan still seems to be difficult, however, because we don't even talk but I already hear he's doing things that are contrary to what I want to happen in this game and it's just a whole lotta yikes. As of right now, there's one person that sticks out like a sore thumb as a huge target, and that's my old pal Trevor. I absolutely adore Trevor, we were really close a long time ago and I still view him as an absolute sweetheart and great person, but he apparently hasn't been doing himself any favors in this game. Obviously, he has some major connections; a boyfriend for starters, and a BFF in Lydia. Even though that's only a small three, it's the same sort of fear I had about the Bangladesh trio. When you have a group of people who are so close, they basically function as one vote, which is really hella scary down the line because if you needed to flip someone it's not happening. I don't think it would be absolutely necessary to split them up this early, but Trevor has gone to the labyrinth like every single round. I know he knows about the coveted Door #9, which I've had my eye on since literally round 2 of this game, and it really scares me that he could have a whole lot of advantages that I don't know about. Another thing is that I've been able to meet back up with Ryan, my original closest ally on the starting tribes. According to him, Trevor lead the Jay blindside and left a lot of people uncomfortable. Apparently, he's also been making alliances left and right with basically everybody. I don't doubt this at all, especially because Trevor told me the night we merged that he wanted to bring Sam and I into his majority. That's awesome because it keeps his target off of me and sorta lets me know what he's planning, but it also sketches me out that he's playing so hard. I definitely think he will be able to shoot himself in the foot eventually, but I kinda view Trevor as an easy target that I can use to build trust with other people. When you make a big move, it really bonds people together, which is why I always trusted in The Hydra alliance of myself/Sam/JD/Ali. If we make another big move by dethroning Trevor, I can continue to solidify bonds with a much larger group of people. Anyway, the auction throws even MORE items into the game, because it's not like we already have an ENTIRE ROOM IN THE LABYRINTH where anyone can willy nilly pick up unlimited extra votes at any time right? I've been perusing my options here, but I've been tempted this entire time to bid on what Trevor is bidding on to prevent him from going to the labyrinth. I don't think this is the smartest idea for me because it exposes my hand very early and also would prevent me from going to the labyrinth and getting my hands on whatever is behind Door #9. My best course of action is just to be vigilant when results are posted and beat Trevor to the punch. The current plan of action is to weaken Trevor in any way possible and go in for the kill. I'm fully ready to amass an army to take him down that I can hopefully ride out for a few rounds. I'm definitely going to be putting myself out there, but with Trevor is gone, these people are going to need a shield. And I'm just going to be the shield that they can trust for a while.

OWEN

Lmao so there's a SECRET SECRET on this tribe behind the ninth torch door and I have a big feeling that everyone knows about it. So it's literally become a race to the labyrinth. I've already taken two major L's tonight with the auction items I got being useless and/or disadvantageous SO!!!! Hopefully I can get to that damn door first. [9:00:07 PM] Jay Berghuis (Emathia Host): The labyrinth is now open and I am getting off the train. [9:00:09 PM] Owen: Can I go to the labyrinth pls It literally took me two seconds so fingers crosst huh! Update: Fuck my life. I hate my luck in this game. I'm sixth. Anyways.... This merge of 13? W H E W. Once again, this game has been some kind of amalgamation of seriously weird relationships. There's Trevor, Ryan, and Lydia which is probably my closest like "collective" alliance here. But then there's Matt and David who are other tie-ins to Ryan since the four of us had an alliance too. But then there's Sam, who I want to work with, but I can tell he trusts Trevor more than me, which makes sense since they started together. AND THEN DUNCAN SOMEHOW HAS TO FIT INTO ALL OF THIS because at the beginning of the game I swore allegiance to him, but he has never fit into the other plans or groups I've made?? And then there are the newbies, Ali and JD. I really wanted to start this game with newbies on my side. I REALLY wanted to get to play with new people. And I really do like Ali. But Ali/JD are already doing what Sam says I'm pretty sure, and like.... They want to work with Trevor which probably includes me but as a fifth or sixth? Idk. And then there's like Logan/Isaac/Scott who I think are probably the most on the outs. It's strange because the pairing of Sam/Trevor has attachments to Ali/JD/Duncan and Lydia/Ryan/myself, with Matt falling somewhere in there too. It's a huge shit show orgy of alliances and I don't like it because it's not fun. I don't know why but I'm really not having fun. I know too many people in this game and not in a good way. I don't feel like I can truly do what I want because I have to keep in mind a balancing act with so many other relationships. I don't want to screw Trevor, I don't want to screw Duncan. I don't know. The whole Sam and Trevor thing makes it harder too. And I'd like to think I have Duncan as a number one, I probably do, but I can't be sure whether Duncan will think I'm lying or not. So what I need to do for a bit is just, let things be as they are. There are still 13 people in this game. I've proved in the past that I'm willing to make a move, I'm willing to flip a script, I'm willing to go against a majority. I've done it all. But like... This is a true Greek God-like family where the family tree gets all fucked up cause people can't keep their penises in their pants!!!!!!!!!!!! So I'll let the Gods eat each other's heads, fuck each others wives, swallow each other's children, do all that shit, and at the end of the day hopefully I'll be here in a few rounds to look at all of the pieces left and pick up the ones I want. Until then, my short-term goals are miniscule: don't get voted out, and keep Duncan safe. I literally have no luck in this game. I can't rely on an idol or any other power. I get the same damn message FOUR TIMES in a row. And two seconds wasn't fast enough to get anything else out of it. So :) Let them use their powers on each other and maybe they'll forget about me when they think about all the other people doing shit! Whew!

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I cannot believe the shit Ali tells me???? Like Trevor and I are talking and Trevor's telling me all this stuff that Ali said about the labyrinth and everything and like sadfkhfjd Ali literally told me all this too and we've been talking for less than 24 hours. It's like... Good because information, bad because everyone else gets the same info?? But now he's trapped in the labyrinth so I guess he can't spill all the tea anymore!!!! oOPS! And JD.... JD. I love this girl because she doesn't quite understand.... And I want to be friends with her too I'm cryin fksjddhfsjd these newbies are something else huh!

LOGAN

SO. THANK YOU MATT FUCKING SUMMERS. Matt comes to me before labyrinth opened and he goes "So there's this locked door that opens post-merge that both Trevor and I know about." And I FUCKING WENT IN THE DOOR CUZ I GOT FIRST PICK. AND GUESS WHO HAS AN EXTRA VOTE?

http://survivoremathia.tumblr.com/post/158455510956/immunity-challenge

JD

Sooooo, I've really not good with auctions. I mean, that really isn't a surprise i guess. But all well. My alliance got some stuff and that's what matters... Partly Because it can still benefit me and partly because now i know what a lot of people got/ what it does

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I feel... Much bad. Like i feel so stupid for questioning Trevor. This is way your not supposed to talk to anyone outside the game about the game. I shouldn't question him really because him really because i feel like him and Lydia both want to take me or and or Ali to the final. 'i helped carry a newbie with me, while protecting myself' they'll have another thing coming though if that's their plan. 

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Omg ALI!! I'll come for you! We'll find out..... After tribal though~ it sucks because i cant communicate with my closet partner. So i just hope he's okay with what I do for tribal... Even though it's all basically the same as we've been playing.

http://survivoremathia.tumblr.com/post/158512844281/announcement

ALI

https://youtu.be/Odf-Lk8GHIo

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Can I just apologise for chewing gum in my last video confessional? It sounds super distracting and annoying- sowwy! :)

TREVOR

https://youtu.be/HaJC-MgoVqU