Round One

Hi there! I’m here to solicit some answers from you, because you’ve got a head and I want to know what’s in it! If you refuse to respond to my questions, you may need to be saased, so do it or else!! I will be vicious.
Okay.

1. How do you feel about the results of the challenge? Are you happy with who won Immunity? Do you think it changed the way the vote will go down?
Revali choosing to go for immunity, and winning... that is a curveball. How unfortunate.

The backup target is Magda. Kass, Teebo the Newbie, and PATRICIA! have all quickly come to that conclusion, and I concur.

2. Any theories about who might have the advantage? Does that affect your choice this TC or your thinking moving forward?
I suspect the advantage is within [Magda, Kohga, Kass], in decreasing likelihood. It does not affect anything yet.

3. If you had the sole vote to eliminate anyone on the tribe, who would it be and why? Is this the person you think will actually be going home? If it isn’t, are you going to do something to change that?
Revali. If that does not count, Magda. Magda is pushing the agenda of social players naturally succeeding in the early game without consideration for things like trust and personal benefit, and that is an agenda that I am choosing to actively fight against this time a round. I also have no reason to believe that Magda would ever trust me more than others on the tribe. I think Magda will go home, though we are planning a 4-3 vote, so it is not certain.

4. On a scale of 1-100, how safe do you feel going into this TC? What about if this tribe has to go to another TC after this one?
I feel 98 percent safe at this TC. If this vote goes my way, I will feel 94 percent safe at another TC. If it does not go my way, I will feel 70 percent safe at another TC, though that is dependent on a lot of damage conroll.

5. If your entire tribe was drowning in the middle of the ocean and you could only fit one other member on your raft, who would you choose to save and why?
I would save Master Kohga. She is a good girl. I would have saved PATRICIA!, but she would not need saving.

That’s all for now! Stay tuned for more…solicitations. And try not to go home, while you’re at it.
Okay.

Revali has been a round for over an hour, with the two of us being the only two online. He has failed to respond to my three-sentence message to him expressing dismay at having to vote for PATRICIA!. I imagine he is catching up on messaging players that are more important.

I told all three of the minority that I would like to vote for someone besides PATRICIA! and threw out Newbie Teebo as an alternative. Let us look at the responses I received.

Apr 29, 2020 14:58:50 GMT 1 Roscoe said:
PATRICIA! has proposed a counter to herself in the form of Teebo. She says voting Teebo might keep the tribe unified and strong in challenges (considering Teebo's relative inexperience), and it also sounds like the two of them had a bit of personal conflict.

What do you think?

Apr 29, 2020 16:33:38 GMT 1 Magda said:
oh hmm... thanks for the msg despite my being so late in getting on this morning! i figured it might come to that. i have to say my heart is more with our precious little newbie than with patricia. i think if we're talking unity that voting out patricia remains the most unifying move. that's not a slight against patricia and im not dying to dump them or anything but yeah... plus on the tribal strength front i do expect a swap coming up early so thats why id value unity over challenge strength. also challenge strength is all hypothetical right now, and we dont know quite what to expect from challenges at this stage either, ie flash games like the puzzle or some of the more mental stuff, which teebo might be quite good at.

Magda is playing with her heart, at least early on. She wants the easy vote. She feels as though she needs to heavily justify the vote she wants to me, either to sway me or to get me to realize that her mind will not change. She decided this some time ago and is only sharing these thoughts with me after I asked.

Apr 29, 2020 12:07:37 GMT 1 Roscoe said:
It does sound like several people would prefer to settle on PATRICIA! as the momentum was sort of there earlier on. PATRICIA! has grown on me, but the impression I am getting from some is that they would rather not make this more difficult than it needs to be.

Apr 29, 2020 14:59:37 GMT 1 Roscoe said:
PATRICIA! has proposed a counter to herself in the form of Teebo. She says voting Teebo might keep the tribe unified and strong in challenges (considering Teebo's relative inexperience), and it also sounds like the two of them had a bit of personal conflict.

What do you think?

Apr 29, 2020 17:11:25 GMT 1 Master Kohga said:
Yeah, it's a tough spot. I have nothing against her at all, but my plan is to stick to my vote. She already knows that I'm willing to make that vote, and I'm sure that would sour a future relationship somewhat, though certainly overcoming such a thing is possible. I don't really want to complicate things right now.

Yeah, she pitched Teebo to me too. I straight up told her I wasn't going to do that. I like Teebo and that's a nonstarter for me.

Kohga wants the first vote of the game to be easy. He is being upfront about that. I appreciate the honesty - although his way of playing the early game is opposed to mine, he is not rolling around that fact the way Magda and Revali do. I like this response the best.

Apr 29, 2020 14:51:38 GMT 1 Revali said:
That is fair, if you do have a preferred vote, feel free to say something. I know Patricia is voting Teebo (or at least was), so if you concur with their reasoning it's at least something to bring up. Though I'm not sure how comfy I'd feel voting them out, then again no vote actually feels comfy.

Apr 29, 2020 14:55:09 GMT 1 Roscoe said:
I was about to message you letting you know that PATRICIA! suggested voting for Teebo. She has said that it might be a good plan for tribal unity, keeping the tribe strong, because Teebo's inexperience might hinder our chances in a potential tribal challenge. It sounds like she and Teebo also had some sort of personal conflict.

It makes sense to me, but I am wondering what your thoughts are on it.

Apr 29, 2020 15:05:36 GMT 1 Revali said:
I mean, it's an understandable pitch, but I'm not exactly won over by it. I get the reasoning and it definitely makes me reconsider just voting for Patricia. After all their main sin is being in a terrible time zone to converse with the rest of us, which really doesn't seem like something that should be punished with a vote. However, newbie murdering on the first vote also, has a bad taste in my mouth. Like Teebo has seemed able to learn to PM better and no doubt I think they'll need coaching on challenges, but like they don't have any super big flaws, and feel they should get a chance to actually play (then again the same can be said of PATRICIA) so I feel, conflicted. I'm still leaning Patricia but if people are swung over I can join on, cause ultimately I'm not gonna like whatever vote I have to make.

Apr 29, 2020 15:21:06 GMT 1 Roscoe said:
That is what I feel like an oddball about: voting PATRICIA! because she is not quite as active in messages as everyone else, which is largely caused by her location. I do understand how that line of thinking also applies to Teebo, though.

I cannot get away from the thought that PATRICIA! has not actually done anything that would warrant being voted, and in fact the current momentum towards her is simply a result of a natural disadvantage. But I do not know what to do about this, if anything.

Apr 29, 2020 15:52:12 GMT 1 Revali said:
I mean talk to Khoga and Magda about it when they are around I guess? Patty does seem to be sticking around to fight for their life, so like we will see what happens. Regardless I hope your day is going alright so far.

Revali wants PATRICIA! out. Revali sees it as an easy vote. More than that, though, Revali does not want to look like he is the one responsible. He feigns having no preference so that he can slide under the radar and continue to pick off the bottom from the top without consequence. He wants to leave this tribe with as many potential friends as possible.