Russell's Mindgames

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Jeff,

So basically John (the biggest challenge threat) left. And now I have an alliance with 7 of the remaining 9 other players. But I think after this last tribal there is a new front runner for who I want to take to the end (besides Mick). And that person is.....*drum roll*


KELLY!

That's right. One of my more resent alliances is with the crazy person of the season. You see with the argument John picked with Kelly obviously got John mad at her. So now since he's on the jury John would vote for me over her. SHe also seems batshit crazy, and I know from experience that people who act like that during the game always shank the jury questions at the end

I think she trusts me too. As last round I told her John was targeting her and now that she has that Russell seed of trust in her brain I can use her as a scapegoat if the tables ever turn (which they probably will) and I'm the one being targeted for lying so much.

PS: I figure it'll be a jury of 9 and a final 2. So I'm not sure how I can take both Mick and Kelly to the end. Unless in a final 3 challenge I throw it But I guess I'm getting a bit ahead of myself

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Jeff-o-rony,

Targetting Brett now. And I've PM'ed everyone I have an alliance with (Everyone except Laura and Brett). Either asking them who they're voting for (ones with bigger egos, so it seems like their idea) or telling the ppl trying to go UTR to vote for Brett so they trust me.

Once he's gone I'll target Laura since she's the only left I don't have a relationship with. I PM'ed her just then but I figure she'll probably be pretty anti-social to me since I waited so late. So It's Brett this time and Laura next time, all things going well.

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Host Prost,

So Brett went (Just like I predicted ). And I was talking to the game about Mick and then I was able to slip in the possibility of a 5 person alliance. I said we can both put one other person in and unanimously decide on a 5th.

I chose Marisa (We been good since the start of the game and she's been loyal to me). And he chose Nat, when he said this I was like SHE'LL KICK OUR ASS AT CHALLENGES! but then he brought up that if we have a challenge threat in our alliance then others would target her over us. So I agreed with him. And the 5th person was either gonna be Betsy or Ashley and we decided on Ashley because Betsy is running around scrambling and getting really paranoid.

Now we haven't talked about the alliance with any of the others the out of fear they might be tight with someone out of the alliance and not go for it. So I need to talk that over with Mick.

So that's the alliance. This week it was either gonna be Jaison or Betsy. We decided on Betsy because of her scrambling. Me and Mick then went on to talk about our 2 person alliance. I suggested we be like Rob and Amber (I'm Rob ) In that "Fear keeps people loyal." We'll lead everyone on so if they ever need to do any scrambling they'll come to us instead of the others. And of course to say loyal to each other

Oh yer. Incase you were wondering I don't want to go to the finals with Kelly anymore as she has been accused (by Betsy) of making alliances left, right and centre. It might not be true but I'm betting my dollar it is. Also as the last remaining Galu she would get votes for that.

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Prostage Stamp,

It's lookin' really bad for a pimp right now. At the challenge I tried SOOOO hard to win, but like it has 1000's of other times, my slow internet failed me. But what's even worse them me not winning immunity is that the only two ppl in the game I'm not close to (Nat and Laura). Did win immunity. But wait, it gets even worse! Before the challenge I told both Mick and Kelly I wanted to take Nat out. And at tribal chat she said this is a chance to take the snake out.

So I am REAL nervous now as both Mick and Kelly are ignoring me right as we speak on AIM. Mick won't tell me who he wants out and Kelly doesn't even say word one to me! So right now I think I'll grab onto the final straw I have left in my pocket. Before the challenge Jaison offered me a 4 way alliance (Him/Me/Marisa/Ashley) and at first I thought he's only saying that to save his own ass. But now I need it to save mine . SO I PM'ed Marisa and Ash to see if they were still in. Marisa replied saying yes and Ash hasn't been online yet.

However at tribal Jaison ALSO said something along the same lines as Nat. So there is a very good chance he will turn on me and the first vote will be 7-1 Russell is eliminated.

But the worst bit is my solid alliance (and friendship, I guess) with Mick has crumbled. As he obviously is going to stab me in the back.

But if I somehow MIRACULOUSLY make it past this tribal. I'm on the home stretch because the final 3 should be Me, Marisa and Ashley and if it's a final 3 there, I can easily beat those two, and if it's a final 2 I'll do my everything to win the challenge and get myself that spot in the list of winners VERY UNLIKELY THO

[Russell Hantz]

!

WOW! I AM IN TOTAL SHOCK RIGHT NOW! I just got reverse blind sighted. The plan didn't go down the way I was hoping. But as long as I'm still here it's all good ;D

**Will jump on and a proper empty later. But I gotta get to school right now.

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Minister Prost,

WOW! I survived probably the most epic vote of the game so far!

But Jaison ended up going instead of Mick. This would be cool if it weren't for one thing that Nat let slip in the (superbly awesomely funny) fight at tribal. Is that she had the idol. I didn't even know there was an idol in this game. But if I don't win immunity it's basically my death bed.

Because you if you couldn't tell before you can tell now Nat is playing this game HARD! She is stirring up shit at tribal to try and convince the rest of us that if we go to the end with her everyone will be pissed on the jury. Now of course Russell isn't dumb enough to fall for it But if she has that idol and dominates the remainder of the challenges the will probably get to the top 4 if Ash, Marisa stay loyal to me. So I'll have to try SUPER hard to win immunity then so we can give her the boot.

But I just PM'ed Ashley asking about the idol. I didn't ask directly but what I want to know is when it expires. So I know when I can target Nat.

I also sent a PM to Nat basically say, well this...

Hey Nat,

How's it going?

Look I hope you didn't take it so personally that I targeted you. I hope you realize I only did it because I thought you were a threat. And out of all the people left I didn't have an alliance with you. Forgive me?

Immediately after I posted that I regretted it. It was a bad strategical move, as Nat will try and use it as leverage to get others not to trust me. But when I wrote that I thought she might take it easy on me for being honest with her. But I can tell now she's playing for keeps and she will use anything as leverage to get herself further, just like I would .

[Russell Hantz]

Hey JP,

So basically, I'm fucked.

I didn't win immunity AGAIN. And Natalie did AGAIN. And now the 2 alliances remain (me, marisa and ashley vs. the others). And Ashley has the idol. She says she'll give in to which ever one of us is being targeted so we'll have majority.

BUT after the challenge she goes to me. I talked with Mick to try and get him to flip but he says he wouldn't and that Nat was targeting her, so she's says she will play the idol to protect herself. Now I would believe this, except for one thing...



I DIDN'T JUST COME OUT OF HAVING OF HAVING BRAIN SURGERY, AND I DON'T HAVE 75% OF MY BRAIN PARALYZED!!!

Sif Mick would say your going to be voted out even though you have an immunity idol to protect yourself . He's obviously lying. Or maybe she's lying to me

However I came up with a super awesome new plan. Nat is in control of the game atm, however she has a MASSIVE ego. So what I'm going to do is build up here ego by being all nice to her and I've told Ashley to start a fight with them so that Nat will hate her and target her. And then when Ashley plays her idol Laura will be the only one with valid votes .

(And yes I do realize those last two paragraphs contradict each other).

lol. This is an awesome game but it's doing my head in .

I just hope I make it past the next vote. Because in the end I know I could easily win a jury vote against any of them.

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Peff Jrost,

ALOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT LAST CONFESSIONAL!!!

So basically that final 6 vote was a tie. And Laura had an equal amount of past votes as me (TBH I can't remember when she got 4).

I smashed Laura in the challenge even tho I thought I stuffed it up and got caught up in something that took more than 2 minutes. But than in a move to protect his closest allie (and I guess better friend) Mick decides to quit the game . This is ok though I think at 1st. Because I was pretty sure the idol would have expired at the final 5 tribal (like it does in the show). So I can rip up this challenge (which I did do for once ) and then we can vote her out. But than Ashley comfirms my worst fears THE IDOL IS STILL ACTIVE!!!

So winning immunity becomes extra important for me now. Because I'm 80% sure (and Nat agrees) that Ashley and Marisa have a final 2 deal. So if it were me and one of them I'm gone . So I give it my all and totally kick immunity's ass ;D

So at this stage Nat wants to target Ashley. And I would maybe possibly like to go to the final 3 with Ashley more just because Nat would MAYBE like to go up against me more than Ashley. But before I can even begin to set this plan into motion the plot thickens even further...

Marisa has a 3rd idol . She told me this and I think I believe her because she explained how she got it and it seems complicated enough not to have been made up (plus I trust her ).

And she''ll obviously play it. So my only option left is to vote for Ashley and hope the other two do as well. I know Nat is and I PM'ed Marisa (but obviously she will anyways).

So it looks like the final 3 will the me, Marisa and Nat. If Marisa wins immunity she'll take me to the final 2, if Nat wins she'll take Marisa and if I win I'll take Marisa. So you can see why I need to go all out 100% in the next challenge. Because I know I can beat Marisa in the final

PS: If there is a random twist and it is final 3 I've already won this game

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Jeffery,

lol. It's been a while. So basically I though Ashley would be going, but Marisa ended up giving her idol to Ashley. So she could save her (told you they had a final 2 alliance ). So Ashley stayed. While is good and bad for me. If I win immunity it's bad, it would be WAAAAY harder to beat Ashley or Nat than Marisa in the final. But on the other hand if I don't win immunity, it's good. Because both of them would take me to the end.

So anyways I ask you for an extension (thanks for allowing that btw ) because I had school, and I don't think I can afford to miss a day with the level of intelligence I have . But it didn't matter anyways because when I was getting ready to pull an all nighter, I noticed Nat's post count had risen a bit and was continuing to rise (I took both players post count when the challenge started). So I was freaking out! Because if she also stays up all night (or stays away during the day, if she's American) She'll beat me. Luckily she already PM'ed me saying if she won she would take me. And after a few hours of just doing the challenge I got really bored and PM'ed her. She presumed I was trying to make a move in the game (even tho I just wanted someone to talk to ) But we ended up talking (she couldn't get off the subject of the game). So I ended up offering her a deal, as I thought she would smash me in the challenge if I continue. I said, "If you swear on your word you'll vote Ashley out at the next tribal council, I'll drop out of the challenge.". Of course she accepted And the deal was made.

So in no way do I trust Nat. But I do believe she is scared to go up against Ashley, so she probably will take me anyways.

But I also think I might have a chance of winning because...

1. Nat's head was always in the game and if she just kept talking about her own strategical move at final tribal she would loss those all important swing votes.

2. I think I can sweet talk and ego-stroke my way into the jury's good books. Compared to Nat.

3. I'm more hungry for this win. So I'll be ready to go that extra distance if need be at the final tribal.

However having said this, I would have rather gone to the end with Ashley or Marisa. If I had've won immunity, I would have totally taken Ashley to the end. Just because I feel I need to stay loyal, to someone who's loyal to me.

Now excuse me as I go throw-up from my own super corny and mushy words.

You make me sick Russell!

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Jeffiner,

;D ;D ;D

Nat honored the deal. ;D And I'm in the top 2.

So I'll be facing the jury. This is were I'm going to win the game. I'm going to kiss total ass, study past season winners final tribal strategies and be MAKE SURE I can't get caught out on a lie. I do this right, and I WILL win the entire game

But just before any of the jurors say anything to me. This is the predictions for the votes...

Ashley - Me (100%)
Marisa - Me (70%)
Mick - Nat (90%)
Laura - Nat (60%, I think I can swing her vote tho)
Jaison - Me (80%)
Kelly - Nat (100%)
Betsy - Me (70%)
Brett - Me (I'll talk him into it )
John - Me (Same as above)

[Russell Hantz]

Hey Jeff Prost,

Arg! I lost

My plan to sweet talk them into voting for me failed because Nat was using the exact same strategy

I still thought I might get a vote from Marisa and Jaison. But I guess they voted on who they thought deserved it more

I made FvF (Which I was already expecting ). So I guess I'll have to come back and kick ass in that.

But for now I guess Nat earned that win and hats off to her. But if we're both back in FvF I'm out for blood

Only fucking with ya Nat

[Natalie White]

LOL ♥

Good game Russ

[Jaison Robinson]

Rofl I knew you were sucking up to me to get a vote with the final tribal, but unfortunately since you did abandon me and everyone did tell me that, it was a little too late. Nice try tho Russ! Ya snake

[Russell Hantz]

^ haha

Well at least I did better than I did at United