Episode 14 - I Am No Longer in a Good Mood.

[jordan]

I am in a really good mood right now.

I've now gotten two self-votes and have used both of them to my advantage. I almost want another self-vote this round, so that no one's mad after the vote goes down! I think there's a very small chance I'll be going home this round, but those are always the famous last words aren't they.

Erin's gone, and while yeah it sucks that someone I could trust implicitly is gone, I think it was the right move for me to kind of support this ousting. Finally someone left who's jury vote I'm almost guarenteed to get if I make it to the end. If game goes down the way that I think it might, I'm going to have a tough time getting jury votes. I'm playing both sides and probably have been for too long. And I'm probably going to keep playing both sides in order to have some semblance of a chance to win this game. Part of the strategy. I told myself at the very beginning that I wanted to control every single vote and that's exactly what I've done so far. That's what I'll tell the jury if I make it that far.

This vote is going to be no different. For the fifth or sixth time I'm going to be the deciding vote here, and it's going to suck doing whatever I have to do. Jeffrey/Hooker/Tucker are going to vote one way, and Morgan/Tom/Stephen are going to vote the other way. And then there's me.

[jordan]

Oh, maybe this won't be too horrific. I'm gonna keep playing up the Stephen should vote for Tom angle, and hopefully Jeffrey/Hooker will let me keep him around for another round

"Stephen" (2:23:50 PM): jordan come back!
"Stephen" went away at 2:57:03 PM.
pinkertonantics (3:29:57 PM): hey now
"Stephen" (3:30:08 PM): haha hey man
pinkertonantics (3:30:15 PM): they were having this long ass town hall meeting
pinkertonantics (3:30:17 PM): so boring
"Stephen" (3:30:27 PM): haha i figured it was something work-related
"Stephen" (3:30:30 PM): you made it!
"Stephen" (3:30:50 PM): although i do admit it was hard for me to see erin go (friend-wise) but i feel like it's kinda better for me in the game
"Stephen" (3:31:08 PM): at this point it's hard to see like everyone left get voted off
"Stephen" returned at 3:31:25 PM.
pinkertonantics (3:31:33 PM): yeah totally .. on my end i couldnt really see the benefit in tucker voting for her
pinkertonantics (3:31:45 PM): but it's definitely a wakeup call that every vote from here on out is gonna be, like, impossibloe
"Stephen" (3:32:31 PM): well i wanted to talk to you extremely bad because i feel like now (more than ever) we HAVE to watch out for each other
"Stephen" (3:32:42 PM): i feel like we are sitting in the exact same position
pinkertonantics (3:33:12 PM): oh yeah absolutely
"Stephen" (3:33:29 PM): here's the way i see it, and i'll see if you feel the same way
"Stephen" (3:33:52 PM): we can either do what tucker did and join the side with the idol, and risk being 4th/5th if tom and morgan go
"Stephen" (3:34:04 PM): or we can join with tom and morgan and fight this crap
pinkertonantics (3:34:42 PM): yeah i feel exactly the same way
"Stephen" (3:34:46 PM): it's so tough
pinkertonantics (3:35:06 PM): obviously going to the end with the original guys would be the best, but my gut is almost saying sticking with the idol might be easier/best
pinkertonantics (3:35:30 PM): esp after this vote - if they were pissed off about me voting for juice they wouldve taken me out this time for sure
"Stephen" (3:36:17 PM): right, there's so many risks either way. i just can't see a way me and you can be in the finals if we go with them. and basically, i was thinking if we hit top 4 with tom and morgan, we could take tom out and go to the final 3 with morgan.
"Stephen" (3:36:25 PM): (im thinking its gonna be a final 3 in the end...)
pinkertonantics (3:36:34 PM): yeah for sure
"Stephen" (3:36:37 PM): but yeah, im not decided at all... i don't know what to do
pinkertonantics (3:36:49 PM): i agree with you that the end game is better if we stick heroes
"Stephen" (3:36:51 PM): i think tom would slaugher both of us in the end just because he's like a legend
pinkertonantics (3:37:04 PM): oh yeah i agree .. our plan was to vote him out in the f5 or f4 all along
pinkertonantics (3:37:05 PM): haha
"Stephen" (3:37:11 PM): yeah exactly
pinkertonantics (3:37:15 PM): at least mine was
"Stephen" (3:37:27 PM): oh for sure, and the thing is, i just had a talk with tucker
"Stephen" (3:37:42 PM): and i guess his ultimate reason for getting erin out and not doing heroes F6 was that he thought he'd be the first boot
"Stephen" (3:37:52 PM): i was thinking me/you/him would be fine because i could have swung erin over
pinkertonantics (3:37:54 PM): thats interesting that hed think that
"Stephen" (3:38:20 PM): i didn't want to jump the gun and think that far ahead and risk ruining it though, which is why i kinda avoided the topic
"Stephen" (3:38:34 PM): but now, it's already gone. i can tell tucker is 100% with jeffrey and hooker.
pinkertonantics (3:38:55 PM): well yeah, just because it guarentees him final 3
"Stephen" (3:38:57 PM): i feel like tucker and jeffrey are sooooo dangerous now.
pinkertonantics (3:39:00 PM): unless we take one of them out
"Stephen" (3:39:09 PM): but i feel like it's better for us short term to take their side.
"Stephen" (3:39:21 PM): so is it worth going for the end, or do we take baby steps?
"Stephen" (3:39:24 PM): UGH lol
pinkertonantics (3:39:29 PM): that's what my gut is saying too, again because of the idol
pinkertonantics (3:39:39 PM): we know we're not going to be screwed using it
pinkertonantics (3:39:45 PM): if we're on the idol's side
pinkertonantics (3:39:52 PM): or maybe we can find a way to flush it out somehow
"Stephen" (3:40:03 PM): ohhhhhhhh
"Stephen" (3:40:04 PM): actually
"Stephen" (3:40:13 PM): that would be really smart because we if we did juice plan 2.0
pinkertonantics (3:40:54 PM): you mean this time?
pinkertonantics (3:40:55 PM): or later
"Stephen" (3:41:04 PM): not sure
pinkertonantics (3:41:07 PM): if we hang with them for like the next round or two
"Stephen" (3:41:18 PM): the idol does expire at final 6
pinkertonantics (3:41:19 PM): then try and convince hooker or tucker that jeffrey would slaughter everyone in the ifnals
pinkertonantics (3:41:22 PM): right
pinkertonantics (3:41:37 PM): you and i will both of a lot of enemies at that point
"Stephen" (3:41:41 PM): i just feel like i trust tom and morgan more than putting my life in hooker's hands
pinkertonantics (3:41:44 PM): oh absolutely
pinkertonantics (3:41:46 PM): no question about that
"Stephen" (3:41:55 PM): but they'd have to respect the gameplay too...
pinkertonantics (3:41:59 PM): exactyl
pinkertonantics (3:42:01 PM): exactly
"Stephen" (3:42:08 PM): and with both of us doing it
"Stephen" (3:42:10 PM): both in the finals
pinkertonantics (3:42:11 PM): they wont have a choice if they hate everyone up there
pinkertonantics (3:42:12 PM): right
"Stephen" (3:42:17 PM): one of us would have to win
pinkertonantics (3:42:21 PM): yeah
pinkertonantics (3:42:33 PM): i think i do trust at least hooker .. they couldve taken me out this time and didnt though .. which is good
"Stephen" (3:42:56 PM): just the thought of helping jeffrey make the end kills me
pinkertonantics (3:42:59 PM): i know
pinkertonantics (3:43:03 PM): i really dont want him in the f3
"Stephen" (3:43:10 PM): he'll win!
pinkertonantics (3:43:20 PM): i mean, you could spin it that the only reason he stayed is because of the idol
pinkertonantics (3:43:22 PM): but hes an underdog
"Stephen" (3:43:29 PM): yeah he's still done a lot
pinkertonantics (3:43:36 PM): right
"Stephen" (3:43:41 PM): i have a question though, how are you and tucker?
pinkertonantics (3:43:41 PM): i dont like it
pinkertonantics (3:43:50 PM): id want to be in the f3 with you and hooker or tucker
"Stephen" (3:44:36 PM): i think we'd want to try to make it hooker, tucker, or morgan for sure because tom/jeffrey will kill it
pinkertonantics (3:44:45 PM): absolutely
pinkertonantics (3:45:00 PM): me and tucker seem to be good - he was saying there was no way he would vote me this time
pinkertonantics (3:45:03 PM): even if hooker/jeffrey wanted to
"Stephen" (3:45:22 PM): see...
"Stephen" (3:45:26 PM): he didn't say that to me
pinkertonantics (3:45:34 PM): well i mean i was grilling him on it
"Stephen" (3:45:37 PM): in fact, he made it sound like i'm their next target
pinkertonantics (3:45:41 PM): because of the self vote fiasco
pinkertonantics (3:45:44 PM): ack really
"Stephen" (3:45:54 PM): well kinda, and i don't get why
"Stephen" (3:46:13 PM): it just sucks because all game i've been defending tucker and looking out for him
"Stephen" (3:46:22 PM): and now it's like he doesn't even care
"Stephen" (3:46:30 PM): maybe i'm just overthinking it, but it's kinda sad
pinkertonantics (3:46:33 PM): yeah i really dont know what his thinking has been
pinkertonantics (3:46:45 PM): i can try and talk to him too about this next vote
"Stephen" (3:46:53 PM): tom told me tucker said getting erin out was more for him to separate me and erin
"Stephen" (3:47:02 PM): so now that it's done, i dont see why he would want me out too
"Stephen" (3:47:48 PM): well i trust you more than anyone left
"Stephen" (3:47:56 PM): and i 100,000% am not writing your name down
pinkertonantics (3:48:11 PM): yeah same here dude
pinkertonantics (3:48:36 PM): the only conceivable reason that tucker would vote you this round .. is if jeffrey/hooker decide to go after you and he doesnt want to get on their bad side
pinkertonantics (3:48:41 PM): i effing hate that they would have that much power though
"Stephen" (3:48:58 PM): well honestly if they did that, we could always vote tucker
pinkertonantics (3:49:09 PM): that is true
"Stephen" (3:49:11 PM): idk... it would be risky but i don't wanna go home!
"Stephen" (3:49:12 PM): lol
"Stephen" (3:49:27 PM): i def. feel like you are gonna be fine though
pinkertonantics (3:49:32 PM): yeah .. or the other option would be to just get them to go after morgan or tom
pinkertonantics (3:49:34 PM): and vote with em
"Stephen" (3:49:40 PM): i feel super nervous which is why i know i need to fight like hell for immunity
pinkertonantics (3:50:08 PM): say that voting you out .. a guarenteed vote .. would be dumb. i dunno if theyd go for it though cause of the juice vote
pinkertonantics (3:50:16 PM): but its an option
"Stephen" (3:50:30 PM): right
pinkertonantics (3:50:49 PM): but heres the thing .. they cant vote you out without 4 people
pinkertonantics (3:50:58 PM): and i wont vote for ya
pinkertonantics (3:51:08 PM): but i would consider voting tom if the cards were all in place
pinkertonantics (3:51:18 PM): so maybe theyd go for that
"Stephen" (3:51:24 PM): well i dont think tom and morgan would vote either of us, so yeah, they can't get 4 for me or you
pinkertonantics (3:51:30 PM): exactly
"Stephen" (3:51:33 PM): and ahhhh
pinkertonantics (3:51:34 PM): really at this point its whatever saves the two of us
pinkertonantics (3:51:35 PM): haha
"Stephen" (3:51:39 PM): that makes me feel so much better
"Stephen" (3:52:01 PM): to be completely honest, i really think you'd have a better shot at winning than me too, but i would want you next to me in the finals over anyone else
"Stephen" (3:52:11 PM): i think ive pissed more people off
pinkertonantics (3:52:17 PM): ha ive pissed off just as many
"Stephen" (3:52:46 PM): just a feeling, but yeah, i think we can make this happen
"Stephen" (3:52:56 PM): it's better than we are in this swing position than like tom&morgan's
pinkertonantics (3:53:09 PM): absolutely
pinkertonantics (3:53:11 PM): i really hope you win immunity
pinkertonantics (3:53:15 PM): that would make this way easier
"Stephen" (3:53:27 PM): i'm gonna try!
pinkertonantics (3:53:37 PM): ill help ya out if i can in any way .. haha
"Stephen" (3:54:03 PM): haha thanks
pinkertonantics (3:54:51 PM): also we should see who the villains want to go after before saying anything to em
"Stephen" (3:55:00 PM): for sure
"Stephen" (3:55:19 PM): if they mention me, prolly don't try to convince them for tom because we dont wanna make me/you too obvious
"Stephen" (3:55:33 PM): i doubt your name will be mentioned, but i'll keep my ears open for sure
pinkertonantics (3:56:13 PM): yeah definitely
"Stephen" (3:56:46 PM): so what were you up to on our drunk night?
pinkertonantics (3:57:10 PM): hahaha
pinkertonantics (3:57:16 PM): was that friday?
"Stephen" (3:57:25 PM): yeah!
"Stephen" (3:57:33 PM): and i just looked up my text on my phone
pinkertonantics (3:57:38 PM): EPIC
"Stephen" (3:57:56 PM): "I AM DRUNK TOOOOO MANNNNN WE GOT THIS SHIT ALL THE WAY LOVE FTW HEROES"
"Stephen" (3:57:59 PM): lmaooooooo
"Stephen" (3:58:08 PM): i love my lack of sentence structure
pinkertonantics (3:59:41 PM): hahah just one of the things that makes it so amazing
pinkertonantics (4:00:06 PM): it was one of my buddy's bdays .. so we drank a lot of whiskey on his roof and then went down to somewhere on the lower east side that i'm having trouble remembering at the moment
"Stephen" (4:00:58 PM): haha @ your text to me
"Stephen" (4:01:09 PM): "Dude this is drunk love, but heroes are gonna take this shit !! "
"Stephen" (4:01:11 PM): lol love it
pinkertonantics (4:01:49 PM): haha what time was that at
pinkertonantics (4:01:52 PM): we started early
"Stephen" (4:01:59 PM): oh idk i closed my phone
"Stephen" (4:02:05 PM): it was somewhere in like 200 old texts
pinkertonantics (4:02:13 PM): ha awesome. no evidence
pinkertonantics (4:02:15 PM): what were you up to
"Stephen" (4:02:27 PM): haha i actually got drunk on skype with some friends
"Stephen" (4:02:31 PM): the ones i saw in new york
pinkertonantics (4:03:51 PM): hahaha awesome
"Stephen" (4:04:03 PM): i drank like a blender of pina coladas
"Stephen" (4:04:06 PM): and a bunch of shots
"Stephen" (4:04:09 PM): i was feelin good
pinkertonantics (4:04:16 PM): that sounds delicious
"Stephen" (4:05:02 PM): haha yeah
"Stephen" (4:05:10 PM): well i am gonna run to the mall to return something
"Stephen" (4:05:12 PM): ttyl!
pinkertonantics (4:05:18 PM): sounds good man .. we've got some time to figure this all out i think
pinkertonantics (4:05:28 PM): im glad we seem to be somewhat on the same page though
"Stephen" (4:05:28 PM): yeah, let's see what happens with immunity
pinkertonantics (4:05:30 PM): for sure
"Stephen" (4:05:32 PM): yes, totally!
pinkertonantics (4:05:34 PM): no need to go nuts .. yet
pinkertonantics (4:05:35 PM): haha
"Stephen" (4:05:38 PM): lol yeah
"Stephen" (4:05:40 PM): see ya!

[jordan]

I'm so lost on this vote right now.

Apparently Tom has been going around saying Tucker to everyone. I could see why he wants Tucker gone, but why would he tell Hooker and Jeffrey that? Is he trying to flush out the idol? What is Stephen going to do? Is this going to come down to Tucker vs. Stephen? That would force me to choose between my two closest allies. This vote is RIDICULOUS.

[jordan]

Also for the record I am no longer in a good mood.

[jordan]

Tom/Morgan/Stephen are trying to blindside Jeffrey.
Tucker/Jeffrey/Hooker are voting for Stephen.

And then there's me. Haven't I been here like 8 times before? time to pick a side time to pick a side? When the hell are these sides going to start talking to each other. Probably in the jury house !

[jordan]

Dude I really don't know what to do here. Should I just throw a vote out? Random vote for Morgan?

It's either vote with Jeffrey/Hooker/Tucker and vote out the person I trust probably the most in the game

Or vote with the Heroes and blindside a guy with an immunity idol.

On paper this sounds like a no-brainer. But my gut is just telling me to get rid of Stephen. I think it's because Hooker and Tucker are depending on me a lot more than the Heroes are. Who knows where their allegiances really lie ... right? Am I just trying to justify something to myself?

I am so lost. An hour to go..

[jordan]

If I do end up voting Stephen...

that sentence didn't feel right at all ...

If I do end up ... doing that. I'll have to tell him/Tom/Morgan that Jeffrey lied to me straight up. Said he was going to play the idol. It was too late to change the vote so I just pandered. And then OH SHIT!!! OH NO!!!! HE LIED TO ME!!! IM SUCH AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!

....does that work? I'm such a terrible person.

[jordan]

At least I got Jeffrey to use the idol. This one will be easier to spin. Way easier:

soo word is that i think tom/morg/stephen are trying to blindside you now
Jordan Gremli
thats the third person theyve told me theyre going after though, so who knows
Jordan Gremli
not that it matters..
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorklmao
Its Oh So Bjorkthey're just a bunch of trainwrecks.
Its Oh So Bjorki've never seen a more wishy washy group of people
yeah seriously
Jordan Gremli
so ya know .. play the idol if you wanna keep your record clean 
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorkyou didn't know? ashley voted for me the TC megan left 
aww no i didnt know that
Jordan Gremli
bad times
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorknot gonna lie it's part of the reason i hate her
10:29 PM
ha totally fair
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorklmao you're so psychic
Its Oh So Bjorki finally posted my vote
Its Oh So Bjorkand you IM me
oh yeah - i have proboard xray vision
Jordan Gremli
i see all
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorklmao i'm totally paranoid sometimes that i post my vote or a confessional in like
Its Oh So Bjorkthe tribe camp
hahaha me too
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorkcause in fans vs. faves, i had a convo with allan
Its Oh So BjorkAND HE POSTED IT IN OUR TRIBE CAMP 
that is horrific
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorkand it wasn't even me being my normal fun self. it was me being like "we need to get out everyone from peru!"
oh of course
Jordan Gremli
the toast never lands butter side up
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorki've never heard that expression in my life before
hahah really?!
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorktruthfully
its a good one 
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorkit rings very true to my life
ugh, they seem to think they got tucker to defect
Jordan Gremli
at least thats what theyre saying
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorkoh really? good thing i used the idol then lulz
i was gonna suggest that actually
Jordan Gremli
you might as well .. next round we have the numbers easily and then its outskis
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorki'm a total geek and i actually just want to find a new one again
totally fair

[jordan]

So there we go.

I did really try to keep Stephen in. I really did. I'm alright about the way this (supposedly) is going to go down. Wouldn't it be funny if I got voted out like 6-1? Anyway. Stephen is going home and that sucks. But again no one is going to be mad at me. Hopefully Stephen, Morgan, and Tom will see the "reason" why I "switched" my vote from Jeffrey to Stephen. But if they don't it won't be too big of a deal. Tucker will still be cool with everything, and Jeffrey and Hooker will still think they can trust me. Maybe they can? Maybe they can't. I don't even know at this point.

All I know is that I really hope this goes down the way I think it's going to.

[Tom]

May 26, 2010 21:48:56 GMT -5 jordan said:

At least I got Jeffrey to use the idol. This one will be easier to spin. Way easier:

soo word is that i think tom/morg/stephen are trying to blindside you now
Jordan Gremli
thats the third person theyve told me theyre going after though, so who knows
Jordan Gremli
not that it matters..
Jordan Gremli
Its Oh So Bjorklmao
Its Oh So Bjorkthey're just a bunch of trainwrecks.
Its Oh So Bjorki've never seen a more wishy washy group of people
yeah seriously
Jordan Gremli
so ya know .. play the idol if you wanna keep your record clean 
Jordan Gremli

And there ya have it.

When Jeffrey told me about this conversation the next round, my trust with you kinda went down the drain, Jordan. I can sorta see your logic in doing this, but yeah, after hearing about this...I just had to assume you weren't gonna have my back in the endgame. And thus, the crazy idol blindside.