Round 8 Confessionals

[Mike Dutz]

Wearing my ugly work shirt again...

[Mike Dutz]

I'll write that pros and cons list later.

Scared for this HoH challenge. It looks like another thing I am not going to be good at/will take too long to complete. *sigh*

[Mike Dutz]

Alright, so Sam did the nominations exactly as I would have done them if I were to win HoH. That's pretty good. I am waiting to hear back from him who he would like to see leave this round. Brittany says that he was saying he wants Neda to leave. That's unfortunate. I think Sofia is a bigger threat. I already know Brittany was wanting Neda out this round. I hope I can convince one of Brittany or Sam that Sofia is a bigger threat. Next round is where the PoV will be the crucial challenge if you do not win HoH. I want to win one of those challenges next round if I'm still around. I should be around still.  I feel I'm seen as the best option for people to take to the F2 at this point. Quite the change for me. I'm usually seen as too big of a threat to let anywhere near the end of the game.

I'm really considering my options for who I would like to take to the end with me. And I may have said in my video confessional that Neda may be the best option.

Let's look at the options here and weigh the pros and cons of being in the end with each person, shall we?

Brittany

Pros - Seen as playing a similar game to myself.  Has not won a single HoH or PoV.

Cons - Seen as playing a similar game to myself.  Looks like she has more friends on the jury than I do.

Sam

Pros - Has pissed people off.  Wasn't very social.  Emotional player.

Cons - Has won lots of competitions. Made moves along the way.

Sofia

Pros - Has pissed people off.  Probably not many friends on that jury. Not very social?

Cons - Has been seen as someone who was not afraid to make moves.  Has won many competitions. Brian endorsement.

Neda

Pros - Did not have a lot of power at any point in the game.  By the end of this, not many friends on the jury.

Cons - Underdog status.  Zach will want her to win.

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So I took a break while I was writing that up and I thought more about what my plan is for this round.  I don't think it would be wise for me to push for Brittany to evict Sofia just yet.  I definitely need to wait and see what Sam thinks.  But at this point, I think I need to win that PoV (which is something that has eluded me so far) and use it to make a deal with Neda that if I used it on her she will evict Sofia.

Sofia is my biggest obstacle next round, next to Sam of course.  If she sticks around she has a great chance of winning HoH and I also don't trust her to keep me in next round unless I were against Sam.  I think that Brittany and Sofia would want Sam out at that point and I'd probably have to agree because I'd need the best chance of winning challenges in the F3.  If Sofia was HoH next round and Sam won the veto then Sam could definitely evict me.  So this is why Sofia needs to leave this round.  Gives me a better chance of winning HoH in the F4 to guarantee my spot in the F3 and pretty much guarantees myself a spot in the F2 as everyone remaining would want to take me.  Sofia and Brittany have a F2 I'm pretty sure, even though it does not really benefit Brittany to go to the F2 with Sofia.  I wish she'd see it like that but I don't think she does so that is why I can't campaign to her to evict Sofia...not just yet anyway.  I need to see what happens with the veto.

[Mike Dutz]

Sent Neda a good luck in the veto message. I can't say much more to her but I wanted to send something so that I can claim later that I wanted her to win it or would have used it on her if I had won it. In case she wins, ya know?

Brittany says her and Neda talked and Neda said to her that her beef is not with either Brittany or myself and is strictly with Sam and Sofia. Brittany says Neda has said Brittany is a social and jury threat to people. So Neda is saying whatever to whoever basically. But I'd be doing the same. I don't know if what she said to Brittany has made Brittany consider voting off Sofia or what. I just had a "regular" talk with Brittany but I made sure I threw in things that would make her think about keeping Neda without making it apparent that I would like Neda to stay. Casually mentioning that Sam, Zach, Sofia are the only ones to win for a while. She said Sofia is probably going to kill for this veto and I said that she definitely has a good possibility of winning it.

I just hope I'm not being transparent lol.

[Mike Dutz]

Veto looks like something I could actually win. This veto is mine bitches!!!

[Mike Dutz]

I'll do the veto either late tonight or tomorrow sometime.

[Mike Dutz]

That had to be a smoking time...like really. Please let me win.

[Mike Dutz]

Really? FML @ Sofia winning all these challenges. Now I'll probably go up and I have to hope that Sam keeps me in a tie again or that Neda goes home 2-0.

[Mike Dutz]

I think something fishy is going on so I've messaged Sam and laid out my case as to why I should not be the replacement nominee. I think there is a chance that I could be evicted if he decided to put me up as the replacement. I told Brittany that I would not vote to evict her if she is the replacement and she never said it back to me. Rude. I think it'd be silly of him to put me up. He made an investment in an alliance with me when he saved me over Brian. I told him to keep investing in me and together we will have a 50/50 shot at that veto next round and can then guarantee ourselves a spot in the F3.

[Mike Dutz]

Interesting talk right now with Brittany. Neda campaigned to her and said she thinks Sofia and I are working together. Go home already Neda. Brittany said she will vote to keep me if Sam puts me up. Yay for confirmation on that finally. But Brittany did say to me also she wants to work with me above anyone else. Good.

[Mike Dutz]

Sam is putting me up and it really makes me wonder what Sam and Brittany have that he would rather put me up than her. Doesn't want to ruin something with her? Or is it just that he knows I trust him and he knows he can nominate me and I won't be mad?

[Mike Dutz]

Neda is campaigning hard and I really need this to be a 2-0 vote. I mean, hopefully I've convinced Sam that I'm with him enough that he'd keep me over her and he said he would...but who knows right? Don't want to risk it being 1-1. She is giving it her all right now. Britt and Sofia, vote now lol. Then results can go up and I don't need to sweat