Round 7

[Charity]

Post round 7 thoughts below!

[atanveer]

I DONT WANNA SEE ROBERT LEAVE

[sid]

Maraamu Madness

Robert - Robert. I was so impressed with his social game at first but it's all downhill from there. He got so cocky! I've never seen somebody bar Robbie play so conceited and confident that they were the puppet master in this whole situation and be sure that nobody would compare notes. Idk maybe it comes with having Rob in your name. Also stop being so rude to Bridget and Willow. It's honestly getting super annoying be respectful to people, there's lighthearted fun and then there's being an asshole. I'm not a Robert fan anymore. 

Genki - Genki feels somewhat confident that Rob and him are the swing votes and have all the power although he is less sure of it than Robert. It appears he's told Michael about potentially voting Rob so he's trying to set up some distance between himself and Rob and get closer to Michael which is a smart move which sets himself up well if he does get blindsided. He said in his confessional he JUST NOW wants to tell Michael and Kaitlyn about the other four with Trey and Bridget. Way way way too late but that ship has sailed. Like why wait this long in the first place? Weren't you positive you were going to vote out Bridget. At the very least tell Michael yourself to further distance yourself from Rob. IDK people just need to play messier like my fave Brady. 

Trey - Trey got lucky honestly. He was being proactive with damage control reaching out to Michael which I give him props for. Being open to comparing notes with Michael and exposing Robert solidified his position towards the top of the new tribe structure. The top spot is firmly Michael having the trust of Trey and Kaitlyn. Trey needs to learn to trust somebody, he plays for himself and it's completely evident to everybody he talks to making them immediately distrust him. I'm rooting for him to bring home the bacon and hope it's not to late for him to find a ride or die in this final swap before merge. 

Bridget - Under the Radar but also... always on the radar? Bridget's game is crazy. To all you Bridget fans out there I don't know how you do it. Every round it seems like she doesn't do much but she was the catalyst for getting Brady to go OFF so at the very least she makes things happen inadvertently. She complains about being the vote every round and having her name thrown out ther but she's hasn't been super tactful in getting her name to stop being said if that makes sense. I think she needs to have more confidence in her own intuition and stop taking the lead from other people's play. Make your own moves girl. 

Michael - He did it again. His paranoia made him scramble and re-arrange the whole tribe structure giving Robert the Logan treatment. Leading the Logan exposed party he flipped Trey and Bridget to make a 4 to vote out Rob. I'm a firm Brady stan now because of how chaotic his gameplay is. He's doing a great job making Kaitlyn out to be a bigger threat than him to Trey and Bridget which is great for distancing himself from her but also dangerous is he wants to make a deep run with her. Who knew always thinking you're on the bottom would be so good for you game. 

Kaitlyn - Kaitlyn is super active and gaining trust with most people on her tribe. Robert thinks they're super close and so does Genki. Trey and Bridget distrust her on the basis that they trust Michael more than her for being open and distancing himself. Kaitlyn isn't in any danger and I think she'll perform well enough after swap to get into merge. 

[sid]

Koror Sadness

Honestly, Robbie, Molly, Chris. When you read this you've made me incredibly sad with your play this swap. It was short sighted to vote out Sam and Niki in this swap and you've considerably weakened your overall positions in this game by 1. not making any new connections and 2. exposing how strong Koror is. It's so arrogant to throw a challenge for what? To get our a player who has openly said they want to work with you? Doesn't make sense to me.

Chris - You get a special shoutout. You're the only one who's shown some self awareness of how bad these decisions have been. Your talk with Molly showed how much you've noticed your position has weakened and stated the "correct" move is to vote Robbie out. I love this idea but I agree with Molly that the timing is off. You should have done it last round over Sam. Now you got caught up in your feelings because Robbie told you about his idol. Yeah yeah, good on Robbie with the emotional manipulation. I feel like it should have sketched you out more because he waited so long to tell you. Boo two thumbs down.

Jordan - Do something. Please.

[sid]

Appari 

I don't really know what's going on here. 

Kyle  - You're my draft pick. You're doing great champ. 

Nikki - Great, amazing keep up the great work. 

Olivia - Wow wow wow you navigated this swap amazing positioning yourself with Kyle, Nikki, and Willow was great. I'd love to pick your brain on why you chose to side with minority. 

Angelica - Yikes. 

Willow - Love your style girl. Sorry I bashed on you I got caught up in the Robert mist. You're a queen. 

[Charity]

FINAL ROUND BEFORE A SECOND SWAP - With Michael/Nikki likely being the captains for this swap, I am excited to watch how they decide to shake up this game because OG Koror having the chance to link back up at merge would be a mess.... Meanwhile though, here are my thoughts on the game as a whole right now.


Maraamu -

This tribe will be attending tribal council, and we will likely see the downfall of one of my fav players. UGH! ROBERT! You were doing so good!!!! I had you as a winner pick virtually all season, and on top of that you've kept us entertained from start to finish. Your problem in this game, unfortunately, was that you got so caught up in the hype of having all of these alliances and as a result you failed to commit and tell one side that the other side existed. This meant that the second they compared notes, they were all going to turn on you. It's going to be a sad outcome but you join the ranks of Danny Butler in the "so much to offer but got caught" category of players I'd love to see play again.

Michael continues to impress me beyond belief in this swap, heck the reason he's on the bottom to be captain is because Koror tried to be clever (with the exception of Bridget and Trey) and tank him. He was also ranked low by people he's never met before, which makes sense? On both OG Aparri and swapped Maraamu, Michael started off in an... okay spot. People found him shady. But he has this magic about him that makes people want to go against their better interest and work with him. Honestly though, it's only a matter of time before he goes on another paranoid spell and targets the wrong person as a result.

Kaitlyn has done pretty well in this swap, but I do think Michael did a better job making the two Koror trust him. Kaitlyn's problem is that she doesn't reveal a lot of information, but I also can't blame her because of the Logan situation. Socially though, Kaitlyn is amazing and I will forever have a strong bias towards her. Trey has done an amazing job finding allies who want to stick with him long term. My fear with Trey is that he will ditch Michael/Kaitlyn and flip back to OG Koror, who have him pegged as #5 in the alliance. I hope he's smart enough to value these new relationships more. Bridget has also done a great job making new allies, and I believe she's smart enough to see that she's #6 on OG Koror. Bridget told me she's excited to play more chaotic at merge... which has me excited and scared for her life. Genki is the Kaitlyn to Robert as Logan at this point. Genki is just sort of going along with what Robert is doing, and hasn't done the best job jumping ship from his messy gameplay. I also know Genki has the ability to be more savvy than he's being right now. I'm hoping he doesn't make dumb decisions for this second swap.

Koror -

*Chris, Molly, and Robbie... I've been very hard on you two these past couple of rounds, just know I hyper analyze every game decision with a wholistic perspective. Molly, you are an amazing newbie and Robbie/Chris you guys are amazing friends outside of this. Don't be sad at anything I say LOL*

A bit more dimension was definitely added this round. Chris and Molly had one of the most powerful calls of the season, where Chris acknowledges how bad of a mistake they've made by advertising how strong OG Koror is. They actively threw the challenge to take out Sam, who was potential ally #1, and they voted out Niki who was literally ready to work with them in the merge. I think now they're starting to see this was a mistake? As a result of this mess, Chris discusses voting Robbie, which Molly disagrees with. Though I think Chris is spot on with his concerns at this point, I don't think voting out Robbie helps Chris's game at this point. Robbie then calls Chris, and exposes the fact that he has an idol. Immediately after this, Chris is quick to say that voting out Robbie was a bad idea and he regrets even coming up with the idea to begin with. Chris believes that Robbie is telling him this now because Robbie blindly trusts Chris? I'm not sure... I just know at the end of the day Robbie would cut Chris if it was the best move for him. Robbie continues to be a solid top guy for this game, I'm just waiting for it to crash and burn. Molly is kind of a mess, but I also get that she's getting her feet wet in this org world and I'm curious to see how she tackles a situation where she's in the clear minority... because it's bound to happen. Jordan has a lot of self awareness, but he needs to ACT!! Jordan please do something to excite us in the near future.. I'll be eternally grateful.

Aparri -

My favorite tribe in terms of overall players honestly. Kyle is an amazing social player, and he's got a good strategic mind. Same goes for Olivia, she's great socially and strategically. The difference between these two, however, is where they started out. Kyle overall is in the better position, purely because he's not going to be painted a threat in the same way Olivia is. Olivia also has waaaaay too many numbers, she has 3 people from this swap and 5 others from OG Koror. Add in herself and she's solidly connected with 9/(almost)14 players left. She's going to have to burn somebody very soon, so we'll see if she's smart about it. Nikki is a very fun/strategically savvy player, her problem unfortunately is that she's maybe someone's number 3 at best.... even Kyle is likely closer to Olivia/Michael than she is to her. She is going to need to work on finding someone who'd side with her over anyone, but I also believe her threat level could get her in trouble down the line. Willow is a sweet angel who needs to get locked in with the right people, she's done an amazing job making people like her on this tribe though. She gives me losing finalist vibes, but that's purely because I don't see Willow as the one who's going to make big moves. LOVE her though! Angelica did the right thing after her blow up on Rocky and just started laying low. She is definitely on the bottom of swapped Aparri, and with Robert leaving tonight I am curious to see what crowd she falls in with. I believe she will be a casualty in the near future, or will skate by due to her lack of solid connections. Such a contrast from her OG tribe honestly.

[currently reigning kilby]

IM SO UPSET