Round 8 - Game On

[Benji]

After a fairly transparent and straight forward tribal council (considering the consequences), we are left with quite a group in front of us. First, I want to talk about the winners/losers from last night's vote of Chris and Kristine leaving. 

Winners:

Devon

There's no good reason he should be here. Everyone knows his threat level and had a heightened sense of worry about him... yet he sows enough chaos that he GAINS the respect of everyone he duped with the Fake Idol Hunt and doesn't have his name written down even ONCE! In addition, after the vote Spencer solidified his promise to work with Devon AND GIVES HIM ALL THE DETAILS HE NEEDS TO FIND THE IDOL! Plus, Alex, Sam and Brandon all independently recognized that now Chris and Kristine are gone, they will need to work with Devon to have a numbers advantage. Devon is somehow back in the drivers seat. Amazing.

OG Dreyfus (Sam/Spencer/Torry/Brandon)

They are still tight and don't want to take anyone from Slyvain to the end, if they don't need to. They have a very solid 4. The Slyvain 5 are so fractured, it's confusing why they were so willing to get rid of two loyal members. They only need one number to take out Grace/Alex/Jason and they will easily find that number in either Jessie or Devon. Probably both, tbh. 

Losers:

Jason

I could talk about how Grace/Alex lost a little here, but they didn't lose as much as Jason. Jason, you're such a good guy and so aware of what good gameplay looks like. Why did you get rid of TWO PEOPLE who WANTED TO VOTE AND WORK WITH YOU. Grace wants you out at final 7 or something (why? I have NO fucking clue because the girl doesn't have a CHANCE if she ditches Jason). Kristine was sharing information with you and wanted to work with you. Chris told me multiple times he wanted to go to FINAL TRIBAL COUNCIL with you. WHY WOULD YOU GET RID OF SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO GO TO THE END WITH YOU!? I know it's because of your love for Grace and her manipulation of your vote this round. This is a game for $1,000 and it makes zero sense to get rid of two people who showed loyalty to you and one of which (Kristine) you wanted to be in YOUR final tribal. Doesn't. Make. Any. Sense.


Grace

Grace has now put herself in a position where she has to win out to the end or hope she can win over someone from Dreyfus enough to take her to the end. I don't see it. Her game ended tonight, in my opinion. She doesn't have the votes or people to work with. Why let Kristine get under your skin? You've played enough ORGs to not let the game get personal for you like it did. Kristine wasn't coming after you and wasn't planning to come after you. Now you have to work with Devon or Jessie. Sam has Jessie in her pocket, so that leaves Devon. Why would Devon want to join people that attempted to orchestrate a blindside on him? I don't know where she thinks her game is headed. Torry/Sam/Spencer are playing this girl like a fiddle and she thinks she is the mastermind. It's almost satisfying to watch. 


My list of who is *currently* in the best position from best to worst:


1. Spencer - in almost everyone's good graces. Has been controlling almost every vote. Is so perfectly controlling the game, but perceived as under the radar. 
2. Torry - She is well liked, plays along with people well and is willing to crush her competition. 
3. Sam - Has a lot of influence, but isn't as well liked as Spencer and Torry. People are skeptical of her when she's under pressure, too. 
4. Devon - I can't believe he is still here and in this good of a position. 
5. Brandon - He's looking like he's trying to make a move and branch off, but it might be too little too late. He's on the bottom of the Dreyfus alliance, too. 
6. Jessie - as I stated at the Jury Round table, it may be too late for this girl to do anything to win this game. She's so fucking nice, tho. 
7. Grace - Her closest allies are two people in worse positions than her. 
8. Alex - Only shares information with Grace. Is not good at accepting someone else's ideas. 
9. Jason - Voted out two of his allies and is aligned with a girl he's in love with who has a boyfriend and is ready to vote him out. 

[Ricky]

Only Non Dreyfus winner we could get is Devon at this point. I can't see any Slyvains winning this season. 

Grace: She tanked her game this past round (see issues with Kristine and having her two main allies at the bottom of the pack) 

Jason: Just lost the two people who would be the most loyal to him. I dont think even he sees a path to the end for himself. He seems pretty checked out of the game right now. 

Alex: How DOES Alex win in the end? Maybe next to Grace and Jessie? or Jessie and Jason? But even then, I think Jessie might beat him. He's been too stuck with Grace, if I put my phone down for even a minute his chat with Grace goes up to 99+ messages I need to catch up on... I don't. He should have put this amount of effort into his relationships with other people too. 

Jessie: She would need a HUGE comeback. She just wasn't active enough. 

Devon: Yes, he can win. Only Slyvain that has a shot at winning. 

[michaelbrady]

Dreyfus > Slyvain since day ONE. The superior players, the superior alliance, and the superior people.
Slyvain got cocky, got sloppy, and now they are f-u-c-k-e-d

[Benji]

Pre-Results breakdown

Now that the dust has settled, I am curious how this round is going to go. The voting blocks (as they seem):

Alex/Grace - leaning toward a Devon/Jessie split. These two want Devon out bad.
Torry/Spencer - No clue where their heads are at, but I can say with confidence they'll vote together.
Brandon/Sam - currently talking like they want to split Devon/Jason. They know that Jason is valuable to Alex/Grace. Maybe this will save Devon? Doubt it.

Devon - his game has been very low key since the merge. Not sure if he's actually busy or down and out. Hoping he steps his game up, or he will 100% be gone.
Jessie - Everyone thinks she's working with Devon (at least in conversation). Sam is convinced she can get her vote.
Jason - will vote whatever Grace tells him. Has zero allies left.

Based on the current situation, Devon is going home. I really hope he puts up a fight this round, because I think he will stay if he does. He hasn't been talking with ANYONE and everyone is starting to give up on him. People have mentioned wanting to work with him, but the less he talks to people, the more weary they are of his devious ways.

The more I have thought about these votes, I'm not sure how they will split votes when Devon needs to have his name written down and Alex/Grace/Sam/Brandon can't decide on splitting for Jessie/Jason.

Additionally, Alex/Grace/Sam/Brandon all think they're masterminds and they've convinced one another to work with the other side. It's this beautiful mess. Can't wait to see if this creates too much confusion on the vote.

[michaelbrady]

Arrogance isn’t attractive

[Jay]

how tf does Slyvain have an 8-4 advantage and then lose 4 straight players to even up the tribes, WILD

[Ricky]

EVERYONE IN THIS IDOL HUNT:

"Hmmm, did you see X, Y and Z?? I wonder what the significance of those things is?"

AND THEN PROCEED TO:

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:lockY13654365:

:lockZ654654:

:lockzzzzz: 

:lockyyyy:

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BUT NO ONE THINKS OF JUST DOING:

:lockxyz: 

OR EVEN JUST

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NONE OF THEM DESERVE THIS IDOL!!!!!

[Jay]

Am i #teamJessie ?

yes

[Benji]

This is for the players after the game is over:

So. Devon was just sitting around waiting to be voted out. This morning, I was convinced it was Devon. A Jason/Devon split. What happened? Grace and Alex got paranoid and thought that Sam staged the pulling of names and now Grace is forced to write down Jason's name. Grace freaks out. Freaks out Alex. Alex and Grace decide to go after Sam. They tell Devon, Devon is like "yep whatever, not me". They go to Jason and Jason agrees. Alex goes to Jessie to sweet talk her and tells her it's all Devon's plan. Jessie has been closest with Sam and that's when the chaos starts. Jessie tells Sam that Slyvain is trying to get Sam out...

Alex - I got some respect for you, but as a fan of survivor, I always hated the person who lied about who said what. Throwing Devon under the bus to your and Grace's terribly executed plan to get rid of Sam is some real bullshit. Y'all thought you had Jessie and it blew up in your faces. Worst part? Jason is still probably going to go home and not you or Grace. smh.

Grace - Not sure what you were doing this round. Why choose Jessie to trust this half-assed plan? Spencer and Torry were READY to make moves and you chose the goat that Sam sunk her teeth into. Rookie mistake, imo. Test some waters before you think you've got shit under control.

Sam - why not vote for Alex tonight? He was READY TO WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN. Shit, he still might. And you want to keep that mess around because... you... trust him? Makes zero sense. You'll probably be gone next round with Alex's vote, too.

Jessie - Props to calling out Alex/Grace to your trusted few. It sucks you spread that it was Devon's idea (which Devon was a do-nothing this round, but draggers gon drag him because... he's alone? idk)

Devon - You survived another fucking round, you lucky son of a bitch. Clearing your name after this vote is the biggest hurdle in front of you. Either way, I don't know how or why you're still not on the table to be voted out tonight. Props, my man.

[kyle]

I just wanted to come in and make some quick comments as I've fallen behind in my commenting. But I want to really narrow in on Jessie who I think is being underestimated with her winner potential. I feel as though yes, she is a bit of a long shot winning and needs to make a move if she wants it to happen. However, she is aware of how she is viewed by her OG tribe and knows she needs to do something about it which shows great self-awareness on her position. However, she also seems to have good relationships with everyone on both sides, making her manoeuvrability high and gives her options moving forward which is a great place to position yourself. I think she is positioned well enough to slide through a round or two and have options getting to the finale. If she can step up, and be the swing vote in one or two votes and make moves that benefit her, I think she can sell that angle. But a big part of this is who she is sitting next to in the end, and how the jury feels about them. Benji could be right that it might be too late, but I still think there is a chance she can do it. She just need to invest the time and show she wants to win!

Also with Sam, yes her confessionals are cocky af, but I can still see her with great winner potential if she manages to be sitting in the finale. She seems to have a really strong social game (and maybe im reading that wrong) but she knows how to play the people. And while many of the viewers may not be a fan of her cocky attitude in confessionals, something tells me that the players view her in a much different light. (Also host correct me if im wrong jut basing off confessionals.

Torry and Spencer are still the dream team. SPencer is aware she is a threat and him taking her out in the very end would be heartbreaking but also impressive.

Devon's ability to reposition himself has been the most impressive. How he found a way to survive round to round really peak to how good of a player he is.