Tyler (TMac_Elite) Confessional EP:13
Confessional #13 This game got a lot more complicated. I lied to Joe/Justin which didn’t look good. I told Joe that why I voted out Josh was cause he didn’t talk to me which is true, but also because of the alliance I was in. My goal was to try to balance the “sides” in this game where it seems it’s joe vs eli. This week got very complicated and to the wire. I can’t remember if the chat with Justin and Joe was made the round or last round, but they were active in that chat really fighting for our votes for Eli. They wanted to vote for Eli again. Eli wanted to vote for Ryan because he feared there would be an idol played on Joe (or that’s what he said). That’s how the votes were laying out. I have the alliance I’m in with Skyler, Eric, Eli, Alf, and Brian. Then there was Joe, Justin, and Ryan. No one knew what Tris was doing. Joe said he was voting Eli, but he voted for Ryan last round so he might again. The decision came down to me, eric, and skyler. No one knows about how tight we are or our alliance. We were able to discuss which option was best for us. The idea of dwindling the numbers of Joe was one of the ideas I brought up. I also brought up the idea of Brian. Skyler suggested splitting the votes so we have the trust of either side, but then the vote might’ve actually tied. Then there’s a revote or rocks and that’s just messy. We tried to avoid that. It seemed our best play was to vote for Ryan, but flush an idol if Joe had one. Eric told him we were voting for Ryan so in case of an idol play then Eli would go home and an idol is gone. This also maintains the trust for Eric with Joe. We were blindsided at the vote when it ended up being 8-2* & Eli played an idol on himself. Not only were we shocked when Eli had an idol, but the fact that Justin and Tris voted with us was a little shocking, mostly Justin. This is when shit goes down.... Joe is rightfully pissed because I lied to him two rounds in a row and Justin just flipped on him. He’s alone and calls out me and skyler for being snakes immediately following tribal. He wanted us out and made that very clear. It was hard to deny we were playing the middle & it would be easy to vote us out, but it isn’t that easy. There’s two things going for us: 1. No one knows how close we are to eric. This allows him to get information from all sides because they all trust him, especially Joe because although he voted against him he was honest (oops). 2. Eli, Alf, and Brian are a much bigger target than me and skyler. This is what I was banking on with the vote this week. If I can leave the bigger targets in the game then even the people I pissed off the most (Joe) will see that they need me. This is what’s been causing controversy this week because Joe has changed his tune. There was an even bigger blow up in the chat where Tris called out Eli and Joe was going in too. Brian was being mentioned too and then Eli/Brian got involved. Eli got pissed at Tris and made a new group with justin alf brian and eric (if i recall from eric correctly) basically he replaced tris as their 5th vote. The argument in the main chat between tris and eli revolved around voting me. Tris wanted to but Eli didn’t. Tris had enough of Eli. This was perfect for me because it pushed Tris away from Eli and showed me that he’s going to push the vote away from me. He may trust me more than Skyler. It’s going to be perfect when I blindside him this week. It’s a difficult balancing act in the middle. I was caught this round and in a bad way, but keeping the big targets in paid off as they’re going at with each other. I can fade into the shadows and make the move that benefits me the most. Joe wants to vote out Brian. This is most likely how the three of me eric and skyler will vote with tris as our 5th because of his fallout. The fact the vote is hinging on Tris is concerning me a bit. He hasn’t talked to me at all and left all four of my messages to him on read. I won’t push any harder than I need to, but the blame cannot be placed solely on me for lack of communication. Justin tried to be high and mighty on me earlier about lying, but is lying as well. His plan was to vote for me or skyler and his preference was me. He does this while telling me he wants to vote with me. Lying is part of the game so I don’t care, but they can make the same recognition. It’s frustrating when people get mad in these games when you lie like it’s never happened before. I get it you’re frustrated, but if you’re gonna do the same thing then don’t put other players down for it, that’s all. As far as it stands, Eli and all of them are voting skyler which is why alf and brian are maintaining a correspondence with me. My fear for this round is what happens when Eli finds out I flipped. I’m hoping he will be less concerned with me and the fingers will be pointed at Eric. Although I want to keep Skyler and Eric safe, if they’re the targets ahead of me then that buys me at least 1-2 rounds and that’s huge this late in the game. I’m gonna let this round run it’s course and hope I’ve set myself up well for the next round.
