Episode VII - The Shift

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To be written upon completion of the Heroes & Villains Double Tribal Council and the two idol clues being distributed.

TUCKER
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Damn, that was interesting.

For about twenty minutes, Me and Jordan determined the fates of Allan and Morgan. Whilst initially I wanted to take Morgan out she wants to escape from real life, who are we to deny her the opportunity?

On the other side of the coin, Allan has gone. I don't know what will go through his head, but Ashley is without her closest ally and will either defect to Villains or try to confide in me.

Time will tell, this meeting between Production, Erik, Bud and Jeffrey is going to be very interesting. With fifteen players left who knows what will happen.

TUCKER
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Red is the new Purple.

TUCKER
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OK.

No more than an hour into the new tribes, and I approach Juice. It seems that he's been on the outs for quite some time, so as opposed to going with Bud I decided to focus the alliances attention onto him.

He's got what we need, a vote and we've got what he wants, the numbers. I've said to him that Bud won't be a factor in this game if he decides too - and during this time Bud has been forcing down his throat about the possibility of him flipping.

What a way to show distrust especially to the new tribemates through a person you were destined to vote off sooner or later. With Juice in the ranks the Heroes have majority on both sides, Morgan can join whichever side confident that we can remain a strong unit now that we've got a +1 on our side.

Although actions will speak louder than words.

TUCKER
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A little insight into the whole picking situation last night.

Prior to the meeting, Myself, Erik and Jordan all banded together and planned the potential switch - with the possibility that Jeffrey would move over and I'd go to Villains we decided that the best way to put Jeffrey and Juice in our good graces is to protect them, so since Erik and I could only pick people from the other team, I called dibs on Juice and set the ball rolling.

Talking to Juice he seems very happy to have some people on this side with (his words, not mine) "Common Sense", we spoke about alot of things but the one thing that stood out was the last vote that occured prior to the switch;

The reason the vote was so scattered was that they knew Jeffrey had the Hidden Idol, and people feared the worst by the thought that he could use it on the very argumentative Joel so a bloc of voters went in the direction of Juice as a back up plan. It's clever but I would've flushed the idol out through Jeffrey instead of hatching a plan that was bound to backfire... if you cannot hit the source why bother?

So, in a very weird way, there is a controlling alliance. If it all goes to plan then our group knows the following;

Ash - Erik - Erin - Jeffrey - Tom are the majority numbers on Heroes, as long as Jeffrey has that idol he wont try anything too risqué unless he has a brilliant plan sorted out.

Jordan - Juice - Stephen - Me are the majority numbers on Villains, meaning that we could throw and eliminate the riskier players like Bud & RB who are each others closest allies.

Dun dun dun!

TUCKER
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Morgan being exiled is quite a cool concept. And a dangerous one to say the least, but at least this gives her some time to have a few days to relax back into the swing of things.

With the Exile Coast now introduced, a whole new portion of the game starts. The Idol clues are null and void until Jeffrey uses it (which I've still got reservations about). It's like the game has started anew. Which is cool, let's do this.

And the battle between the new tribes begins.

TUCKER
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I'll get this out of the way. New Tribe Evaluations! But I'm only doing those I haven't competed with yet in this game.

Bud - Arabia
I like this guy, he has nothing bad to say against me so far and I'm enjoying it. He does like to throw his weight around which makes him a little bit of a risky player. As for an alliance? I'm not 100% on that, whilst he'd be good to act as a shield I don't think taking him further than what he thinks he's entitled too is a smart move on my part.

Juice - Canada
I'm a fan of Juice, a pretty solid player and he's admirable in the sense where he led his tribe to win their first immunity when the others decided to bow out. Blah blah! If anything, I don't see him as a typical Villain, I'd trust him.

Hooker - Peru
I like this guy too, a very quiet player though. I've hosted him alongside Park in a different game and he did really well despite the odds against him.

RB - Montenegro
Should be interesting... we started out on different tribes this season, now we're back together again. Nonetheless I do like him and it's cool that we're on a team but this side of the fence is definitely his territory so I'm playing it quiet around him. I screwed him over last time, only makes sense I try to do it again!

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Jordan and I were talking, he revealed some interesting information.

RB had told Juice that if we go into a vote that he would attempt to target Jordan or myself. This is why this guy landed a spot on the Villains because he is playing very stupidly if he's wanting to take me out.

This Immunity Challenge I got 3-4 of the top 10 submissions. Why would you want to take out somebody who wants to win Immunity for your side that you're on?! It's crazy talk, if the game was at an individual stage then wonderful... crack on and good luck.

So the possibility of Bud being eliminated first from the new team could be held back in lieu of RB taking the hit. If you come after me, I've got an alliance that will say differently.

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Immunity feels awesome. A Villain could leave this round, they gain Morgan and the tally could become 8-6 to the Heroes.

I survive another round, the majority grows. This tribe isn't so bad as I suspected, Bud and I made a strong team. And on that note, I give Bud a tonne of respect, he's going through some rough times right now just like me and he's just going through the motions and not letting it get on top of him.

It's admirable, almost heroic. See you in Round Eight!

TUCKER
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