without the votes that went to Ukraine which were on the side of sympathy
i'm like gonna wait to see the further 'evidence' before affirming that thought, but i believe it
Ukraine still would've done WELL in the televote, very much so, but Chanel would've got an extra roughly 40 points or so, likely [like if she got 10s in countries that 12'd Ukraine, some of them 12s woulda been her's instead; or if Ukraine got 8 and Spain 7, likely would be switched for some]
Ukraine wouldn't have broken 300 televote points, possibly could've been close to it but yeah. i am happy for Ukraine, fine song, but yes.
so ultimately Chanel woulda beaten Ukraine by like 20-30 points, and the UK by 15-20 or so
being roughly:
1. Spain - 500 pts
2. UK - 486 pts
3. Ukraine - 480 pts
Well. This was a premature way to end my streak that hadn’t been anticipated as one of the ways it would end, but I suppose here we are! All I will say on the matter is that the system used to track accounts n IPs n all that jazz is dodgy and inconsistent.
Close to beating my previous best merge streak of 44, but not quite any cigar. Like 7-8 months down the drain, for almost nothing yesss so true. BUT it did give an amazing chance to get close with many people I otherwise probably wouldn’t have, and for that, ‘che lo rifarei’ !!
If you were not tagged that’s my bad, I had this list like… 15 merges ago and have since just added like 3 names to it, so yes that’s just where I’m at.
I'm going to make this quick and to the point. I have debated for a while posting this and just feel like it is the right time.
You know the saying for Tengaged: "gay until proven straight". Well, since I've started on this site, I portrayed being a straight white male from the UK. As some of you already know, that is not the case (the straight part).
I am bi! It's not easy growing up in central UK unless you are a straight white male. I dated girls throughout high school and college to "fit in". Now, I was generally attracted to them and I still do like certain types of girls but in not so much a sexual way. I have always liked guys though. Recently, due to quarantine and other factors, I have been able to do a lot more positive self-reflecting and thinking. I really do have some amazing friends on this site that I have been able to talk to them about this and explain my own situation and have them give their advice and thoughts. It has helped me grow so much as a person over these past few months.
As if that wasn't enough...my real name is not James/Ja(v)mes :O
I know this is probably more of a shocker but my real name is Pablo! (Most of my friends call me Pabs). I chose James when i first started because I was unsure of posting my personal information on a public website. I quickly saw that people had their jobs called and families notified when they evicted someone in a frookies or told someone they were stupid. I was not going to risk that happening to me. After awhile, i debated telling the truth but never thought it was necessary. I still don't think it is, but I figured since I am opening up about myself that I should just let it be known.
Anyways, I still have a long journey ahead of me because I still live in the UK and I know my family would not be accepting of this. They'd still love me but their comments over the years have suggested otherwise. It's going to take time, but right now is not it. I am positive about it though and know everything will work out!
I'd like to give a special thanks to the following people who have listened to me vent and/or also given me advice. I truly appreciate each of you and you don't realize how much it has impacted me!
Hello! So … 100 merges ago, which was like less than 2 years ago, I made a blog about who I had merged with when I had merged 100 times. So we are back again for the #200 merge extravaganza as that has just been hit! EVERYONE MOVED!!!
But honestly kinda no life of me, if I made that blog at the end of July 2020, that was 619 days ago. 100 merges later, let’s say every merge takes roughly 6 days, 5.5 days for game, and then half a day waiting for a new tribe to fill. Roughly. That’s like… 600 days. Meaning that for almost all of the 619 days since then I’ve been… in Survivor. And that kinda sounds about right. Damn either get a job get a hobby or get some friends.
ANYWAY here are those I will offer a hug to for merging with J2999! And reminder as with last time, the only numbers counted are the ones where we merged FROM the same tribe. If we were on opposite tribe’s, the number is not counted.
Don’t see your name? It’s not me, it’s you. Play with me and we’ll merge in the next 100 yessssss amirite !!!!!
