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Hey, so before I get to the question, I was reflecting on the bus and I think that since my gameplay (and confessional) has been a bit everywhere it might be helpful to see exactly what head space I'm at in the present moment of the game, having had a nice break to think.

This game has been a really interesting venture.

Most of my moves to this point were about helping other people.

Voting Chio to keep the tribe together.
Revali and me coaching Pelison in Shield Surfing.
Throwing the challenge to protect Riju and Mipha.
Keeping Oven in the dark for all my allies being prepared to be on the front line for them.
Filling in Epona on the 48 hours they missed.
Warning Royal Horse about the split vote on him.
Warning Mipha about the vote turning on her within hours.
The stray vote at Hunnie to protect Oven if he got stray voted and three idols came out.

Those things didn't really directly benefit me in any way. I could've kept my head down. But I wanted to show that I was prepared to put others first and make that a reason to keep me.

The one "attack" that I made was against Revali and Kass, which was covering my tracks on the Hunnie vote. And that was because all my genuine acts of kindness have been ignored or perceived as chaotic/untrustworthy, and so I had to artificially create a threat that I was trying to protect her from... And yeah, that's probably burned both of them, and may not have been the best play...

But where the game stands now, I didn't think I can shake the perception that people have of me. But this outsiders alliance finally gives me that chance to prove that I'm actually playing the way that I'm trying to play. A fiercely loyal group of five who are bonded by our desire to not be picked off? This is THE chance to play the strongly loyal game. I just hope that we can make it happen...

I mentioned it earlier, I think that social game is going to matter a lot this game. I really do. For a lot of us this is our only social interaction for the month or two. So anything and everything I can do to be genuinely kind and genuinely self sacrificing in my gameplay is something that I think will pay off. And it's also a way to play that I don't think is expected of players nowadays. Definitely not in the TV show. In the current meta? I get impression from talking to people that it's pretty similar. People are thinking about a hard game. Who are the scariest strategists? Those are the people that are expecting to get to the end... and so the threats people are going to be looking for. Sidon and Horse are the only two people who have mentioned the notion of loyalty to me. And even then, Sidon apparently has just been stringing me along anyway. Horse similarly was more talking about his ability to hold grudges than his ability to remain loyal.

If the Resurrection Chamber players make the jury? I think I can get their votes easily. They'll see my messages of support and genuine push for encouragement. They experienced the solidarity of our struggle in the chamber. I genuinely just want this game to be a good game. And I think that if the people like Riju and Magda and Teebo make the jury? I think they're going to respect that. If we weren't in the middle of a pandemic, I doubt my game would have any chance of success. But the emotional investment that's gone into this game? That's going to be the deciding factor when this is all done.

Having had time to reflect, I do think I can win this game. My gameplay is completely unorthodox (though I'll admit I'm not caught up on current meta, but it's definitely unconventional by the show's standard), and that'll either make the jury impressed enough to give me the win, or write me off as a ludicrous potentially hypocritical hippy in a warzone. But I think an underdog story will definitely help.

I'm going to tune up my motorcycle and ride it to the final three. Then I can find out if this ride is the right one.

Next post will be answering the questions!

Also when I heard Mipha's name half an hour out from deadline I should've froze the votes and given us more time to talk... and come up with another plan.

I think I waited one round too long. Using it to save Mipha would've been the best way to build trust with her. And then someone in the game might have trusted me. Though everyone would've been hilariously pissed at 72 hours of Tribal Council =P

"Oaki wins immunity this round for being the most unloved player, they were on average ranked the lowest in that question."

I BURST INTO LAUGHTER

I love being publicly here on the bottom. It's genuinely the funniest thing ever.

Though I have to say, after I submitted I suspected that either a swap was going to happen where people were paired with their least favourites.

This is even better.

I've won immunity three times and all I had to do was pay $499.

Nobody being allowed to PM me honestly won't change much, nobody told me anything anyway =P

I really can't tell how much of the hate coming my way is a genuine hate or a frustration of "we need to get this guy out".

I think it's the second? Given Kohga still tries to be civil with me. But it definitely gets lonely.

... is...

Is Prince Sidon trying to signal me by liking posts in the tribe forum?

Not sure if he's trying to signal me but he's randomly liked some posts from Royal Horse, Revali, and myself...

I... have no idea what this is trying to communicate.

and naturally I told Oven that he's trying to signal something so hopefully that'll help me find out what everyone's talking about without me.