Post by Stephanie Valencia on Apr 25, 2013 15:40:00 GMT -5
The tribes have merged and we are now officially Vipengele. There's a lot going on in the game right now. Rob, to the chagrin of many, is not out and, in an even stranger turn of events, he probably isn't even being voted out this round. There seems to be a sort of truce going on. Rafe, Pete, and Natalie have turned their attention away from Rob and onto Corinne. Add to their trio the votes of Rob, Boo, and myself…and the six of us are in the majority. Boo gave me the heads-up that the rest of the girls are planning to vote out Rob, but I reassured him that I'm not voting with them. My vote is for Corinne. She's a strong player but I'm not close to her; she's more of a danger than a help to my game.
Brenda asked me who I was voting out and I explained my rationale for voting out Corinne, and I added that Corinne had lied to Rob about her last vote, causing trust issues between Rob and me. While this is true, I said this on purpose to see how Brenda would react, because of course, she did the exact same thing. The more time goes by, the more I feel insulted by the way Brenda talks to me. You don't need to call me "babe" in every single message, you don't need to tell me that you miss me at the start and end of every conversation that we have…Brenda thinks I'm stupid and I'm not cool with that.
I've been trying really hard to keep my cards close throughout the game. I'm straight-up and honest (usually) when someone asks me something outright but I've tried to conceal my allegiances to a certain degree. Drawing a line in the sand is inevitable at some point and I've really been trying to my best to delay that moment as much as possible. But it seems like now's the time. With what seem to be five votes against Rob and five votes against Corinne, I'm the swing vote. Both sides are asking me to vote their way and now I have to make a choice. No matter what I decide, I'm going to be effectively severing an alliance, both with the person voted off and their allies that stay.
As much as I need Rob to leave this game soon, this isn't the time. If I vote against Rob, I'll basically be slapping Rafe in the face and he's my absolute number-one ally. And plus, if Rob can really tone himself down, he might actually become a viable ally again and I'll have no reason to want him out. Maybe a six-person alliance—Rafe, Pete, Natalie, Rob, Boo, and me—wouldn't be bad idea. We'd have the numbers, control all the votes, and easily cruise to the final six. It would mean turning my back on the original Tingbani girls…but then again, I'm about to do that this round anyway.
Brenda asked me who I was voting out and I explained my rationale for voting out Corinne, and I added that Corinne had lied to Rob about her last vote, causing trust issues between Rob and me. While this is true, I said this on purpose to see how Brenda would react, because of course, she did the exact same thing. The more time goes by, the more I feel insulted by the way Brenda talks to me. You don't need to call me "babe" in every single message, you don't need to tell me that you miss me at the start and end of every conversation that we have…Brenda thinks I'm stupid and I'm not cool with that.
I've been trying really hard to keep my cards close throughout the game. I'm straight-up and honest (usually) when someone asks me something outright but I've tried to conceal my allegiances to a certain degree. Drawing a line in the sand is inevitable at some point and I've really been trying to my best to delay that moment as much as possible. But it seems like now's the time. With what seem to be five votes against Rob and five votes against Corinne, I'm the swing vote. Both sides are asking me to vote their way and now I have to make a choice. No matter what I decide, I'm going to be effectively severing an alliance, both with the person voted off and their allies that stay.
As much as I need Rob to leave this game soon, this isn't the time. If I vote against Rob, I'll basically be slapping Rafe in the face and he's my absolute number-one ally. And plus, if Rob can really tone himself down, he might actually become a viable ally again and I'll have no reason to want him out. Maybe a six-person alliance—Rafe, Pete, Natalie, Rob, Boo, and me—wouldn't be bad idea. We'd have the numbers, control all the votes, and easily cruise to the final six. It would mean turning my back on the original Tingbani girls…but then again, I'm about to do that this round anyway.