Episode 2

[Chase Rice]

Ok last tribal council we voted out Sophie which was an easy choice. The bitch self voted so there ya go. Nothing really worth mentioning with her.

So we moved on to the 2nd immunity challenge. Each person on the team had to do a puzzle in the fastest time possible and we were competing as individuals to beat the other 2 tribes in each heat. The puzzles got harder in difficulty as the game went along and I chose to take on the hardest one because everyone else said they sucked at puzzles.....I also suck at puzzles so right away, this wasnt the challenge for us.

Brenda took the easiest puzzle for our group and played against Chelsea and the ugly Steph. She won 2nd so she did keep our teams score at 0 so I was happy about that, but I wish she could have tried to take on a harder puzzle and let Bobby Jon get the easiest.

Semhar took on the next hardest and played against hot Steph and nobody from black tribe. She won and got us a point and we took the lead. Semhar did a great job

Mick played against Sydney and Misty and came in 2nd place which was cool, still tied for the lead.

Shawna, Aras and Tom went next. Shawna won first place and moved us into the lead

Gregg played Matt and Penner and he won dead last....by 5 minutes. And 5 minutes in this puzzle thing is a lot in my opinion.

Amber, Jay and Savage went next and Amber won last for us so that put us back down to 0 and she lost even worse than Gregg did

Bobby Jon and Tammy with Black tribe not having anyone play. Tammy won SO BADLY and Bobby Job won 2nd by default.

Finally I played Cochran and Matty and I came in 2nd behind Cochran (smart ass)


So at first we thought the blue tribe had won the challenge but due to the a screw up with what I assume was the host on a drinking binge. We had to do a tiebreaker.

After we found out we lost people came to me and said "whats the vote?" and I didnt know how to tell them to vote because I had decided who I wanted to go yet.

So we find out there is a 96 piece tie breaker puzzle and we need the fastest person to submit a score. So I asked everyone to please attempt the puzzle and tell me their time so we could figure out the best choice. I did the puzzle in 5:37 and I said "heres the time to beat so far" so that people would be motivated to try. Almost everyone tried but couldnt beat 5:37 so i asked Brenda, she did well in her group and said she wanted to step up more in the game. She also was on the chopping block so I thought it was good chance for her to prove herself. So I said "heres the time to try and beat" and she said "oh i cant beat that score, theres no need for me to try"....so that pretty much sealed her fate. I want people who are gonna try. I just wanted her to open the puzzle and attempt it one time and see if maybe she could do it. Maybe she would have an epic round and score like a minute and a half, but she would never know, cause she didnt even try.

So I ended up submitting a time of 4:31 and I lost by 2 seconds! TWO FUCKING SECONDS.....I was so close and we needed it so bad. And the worst thing is that the Black tribe won meaning its 8-6-6 for tribes.....and whats even worse than that is. They won the challenge and had 2 people not submit scores. So really it was like 6-7-7 and they won with less players than us. They are a force in this game for sure.

So we are going to tribal and the Black Mamba is going home. This is another easy vote so weve decided to kill Brenda.

[Chase Rice]

Ok so Brenda came to me and asked me who the vote was and I told her it was between her and Gregg. Which sucked because it was really just gonna be her leaving but I hated to tell her she had no shot. So anyway, she goes back and tells Gregg that I said it was between the two of them and now I look crazy. So Im just trying to do a little damage control and told Gregg it was just to get her calmed down and stuff so she wouldnt try any funny business. Which it was, Brenda really was leaving and Gregg really was safe. He just was an easy name to call out at the moment when Brenda asked about the vote.


So anyway, Brenda got voted out and the votes were brutal. I actually felt bad for her. my vote was supposed to just be ironic, but ended up looking dickish when put up with the other votes, like BJ's bloody vote, Semhars poem and Ambers "making my life hell" speech.......it sounded like Brenda was the bitch from hell but she really wasnt bad at all, just wasnt as social at the start of the game as she should have been. Those bonds you make the first few days are the most important and its hard to crack into once a pecking order has been made.

[Chase Rice]

Today I decided to do some sleuthing into the other 2 tribes to find out about their dynamics and what I figured out pretty much matches what I already had in mind based on who's personalities would mesh.

Chorizo
Main Group
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Chase
Shawna
Amber
Bobby Jon

Other Cool Kids
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Mick
Semhar

Cool but on the outs
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Gregg
Brenda

Salchicha
Main Group
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Matt
Chelsea
Sydney

Next Level
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Sandra
Aras

People that think they are tight
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Jay
Cochran

Bottomfeeders
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Mike
Sekou

Bayonaca
Epicenter
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Penner
Steph V
Steph L

2nd in command
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Misty
Tammy

Hoping for a Tribal Swap
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Tom
Savage
Matty

idk if any of this is accurate but its the assumption im playin off of at this point.

[Host Lex]

Which players from other tribes did you talk with to try to get this info?

[Chase Rice]

As far as Salchicha goes, my group and their group really seems to mesh well in general. Right from the start a large portion of their tribe and a large portion of mine talked cross tribal lines and just clicked in general. So through talking to everyone you kinda figure out their personalities and you just know who would team up and who probably wouldnt. I also know that the captain picks were in order of who they thought about possibly aligning with from the start, so I assume once the tribes formed the captains went ahead and formed a solid majority of the people he wanted, in Matt's case. Matt seems like he'd want 2 hot women with him (Chelsea and Sydney) and Sandra is really stong and social and same with Aras. So thats why I believe that is the core group over there.

Bayonaca is a different story. I talk to Tom on that tribe and nobody else haha. Tom said that the vote was originally Savage but it flipped to Matty. WHich clearly means neither of them are in the majority. So I asked Tom why they came to that decision and he told me that he had just recently been told so he didnt know why it flipped.....so clearly he isnt in the majority either. Since there are 8 players there. By default the main 5 are Misty, Penner, V, L and Tammy.....Tammy was chosen way late in the captain picking thing, so Misty didnt think at the time that she would be working with Tammy very much, so that means Tammy isnt in the center of the alliance (I think of alliances like dart boads, with expanding circles. Once an outer ring is wiped out, then the next ring beings to get crushed)....but based on challenge performance, I think Misty isnt in the center either. i think she is the first captain who has been pushed out of the leadership role for their tirbe. And her tribe has been taken over by Penner and Steph V. They seem like they are calling the shots over at Bayonaca with Misty still thinking she is running the show......however, I got news for all of them, none of them are running that tribe. Steph L, is the leader of the tribe. Steph L is a solid link to all other players on her tribe, she also is personalable and connects well with others so when a tribal swap comes she will walk away unscathed meanwhile the bigger egos like Penner and Steph V will be seen as threats and bossy and will be voted off quickly. So Steph L is the biggest threat from the Bayonaca tribe and is the real leader of their group. The leader of the tribe is the person with the most solid connections.