R10: Manipulation Is My Middle Name

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Alright so not only did I make merge, I made the jury yay! I am pretty happy about that, now it's the time when all of these plans that I came up with are about to come into play. Right now Dreamz thinks Courtney has an HII and wants to split the votes, and Courtney thinks Dreamz/Peter are gunning for her. I am trying to get as close as I can to them to see what their targets are. We could easily pick them off one by one, but what's the fun in that when there are sneaky little bastards on our side of the fence too?

As I see it... I want to try and orchestrate this vote in a way that nobody will vote me, Katie, or Gabe and that is to have our side vote for either Courtney or Brenda, and their side vote for Peter or Dreamz, then me and Gabe are having a tough time figuring out whether we should go for Brenda or go for Peter first, the cards are really in a crucial place and we have to make the right moves.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Best Case Scenario: Someone other than Peter, Courtney, or Brenda wins.
Worst Case Scenario: They win.

If Brenda manages to win the immunity challenge, then our whole game-plan this round will have to shift around a whole 360. I do want one of the big threats gone because they are the ones that will ultimately walk around with the crown of sole survivor on their heads if they are not stopped. However, if those votes are not there for Brenda to leave we'd have to shift for Courtney or Peter. Right now, I'm trying to rekindle the connections I had with most of my tribemates and make sure nobody is thinking of voting for the 3 of us. It's gonna be tougher to vouch for me and Katie due to our challenge skill. However, if Katie wins the immunity, then I have to vouch for Gabe and keep the votes off of him, that's the only real hope at this point in the game.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Convo with Courtney (I never added her on my Dani AIM but had her on my regular one:)


JJillHott 11:13 pm
That challenge was hard
overdrive82891 11:13 pm
yeah it was
did you get any flags?
JJillHott 11:14 pm
grats on merge
I dont remember
overdrive82891 11:14 pm
thanks congrats to you too
i only figured out katie's and brenda's the others people would post in before i got there
lol
JJillHott 11:14 pm
I did the same
overdrive82891 11:15 pm
yeah I saw where you posted in katie's lol
JJillHott 11:16 pm
I feel very vulnerable.
overdrive82891 11:16 pm
how come?
JJillHott 11:16 pm
I feel like Peter and Dreamz will be pushing for me.
My tribe entered 4-7
entered the merge*
overdrive82891 11:17 pm
well she's been saying that she wants peter gone
and he's been kinda like a ringleader on livy
JJillHott 11:17 pm
whos saying that?
overdrive82891 11:18 pm
im saying that, he just seems like he wanted to be the leader here
oh
brenda
lol
JJillHott 11:18 pm
Why hasnt anyone taken out Dreamz yet?
overdrive82891 11:19 pm
im not sure, and we won the immunities so we never got the vote to do anything :-\
*to
JJillHott 11:22 pm
What do you think you will be doing this tribal?
overdrive82891 11:23 pm
im not sure yet, all depends on what happens after the immunity challenge, i mean im sure dreamz will definitely gun for you


Basically this is the same thing I did with Brenda, just less manipulation within it. I am trying to get her that feel of "Peter is the Livy Leader, so you should gun for him." I know it's me throwing him under the bus, but it's either we get screwed over or we live to see another day so it's obvious the path I'm taking.

So Benry won the IC which is good I figured he probably would have won it, now comes the crucial part of the game and that's the TC vote.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

So I can't vote for 3 TC's (sucky sucky) which I think is 2 now if the Spencer TC and this one count. For the most part, I can still control the vote if I can find a way too, I really hope that NOBODY suggests my name because I am not about to get voted out when I can't do anything. However, I can still dig up any bit of info I can on the vote... right now its looking to be between Dreamz and Courtney, and personally whoever leaves out of the 2 of them, I wouldn't mind either way since they are both a threat to my game and as long as Danielle's aren't showing on parchments then I am pretty happy. I am leaving my fate in my plans in Katie and Gabe's hands to finish what I wanted to start.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Geez... I literally get on AIM and everyone goes super quiet, that is never a good sign or maybe I'm just being paranoid lol. I hope that the targets for this tribal are still Dreamz and Courtney and something didn't change to me while I was sleeping in bed because that would suck.

Anywho, I am going to try and rope in Boo in the meantime for an F5 alliance with the Original Tiberius members, just I've heard Boo's been close to a lot of players in the game so that in turn makes him the wildcard at this point meaning he's probably gonna go whichever way the wind blows, but I think at this point if I offer him to go to F5 with us, he has to take it I mean idk who in their right mind would turn down an F5 deal with your original tribe.

Apparently Chase and Boo are tight... but yet Chase wants to vote Boo at TC? and Benry wanted Katie now Earl? Seriously, these people are being left in the dark about the vote and are refusing to vote with the majority.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

This is the fun thing about this TC... I can't even vote and yet I got both sides asking me to rope in votes to keep them safe, this is perfect, I'm so glad my vote is blocked this tribal, or else I'd be the swing vote right now. Courtney is going around making deals with people promising to give them her rewards from Grotto and whatnot, like geez no telling how many people got promised that same thing, its pure manipulation. I'm in the middle of one side, one who I plan on keeping loyalty to, the other I'm trying to tell them as many things they want to hear so that they don't think of voting me. Playing one side isn't a strategy that's new to me, I've done it in the past and usually I'm busted down the road, but right now while my votes are blocked.. I can pull as much wool over one sides eyes as I possibly can because I don't have to cast a vote and say "Haha, I'm not with you."

I feel so evil, and the thing is, I think everyone here trusts me and likes me for the most part, so it's a pretty good feeling to know I got people that don't plan on writing my name down at the moment.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

So Dreamz is out because of a stupid vote changer... anyways the future is look really bleak for me, Peter, Gabe, Katie, and Boo at this point. What we need to do is try to swing back over Earl, and maybe got for a new target like Chase, cause we need Earl's vote if we're going to have any chance of surviving Tribal Council. I hope maybe I can win the next IC, I should be high up on their target lists, but I can only talk to people and see what I can do. Chase said he trusts me, Benry likes me, I like to think I'm in a good spot with the opposing side, but Katie, Gabe, Boo, and Peter I'm not so sure of, I want me, Katie, and Gabe in F3, and I'm gonna do my best to make sure I get there.

One of us needs immunity, it gets a target off one of our backs yeah, but not all of us, I feel at this point as a leader and I have to lead and make sure we don't get taken down.