Post by jay on Feb 28, 2018 6:53:46 GMT
Going to group Round 8 and 9 together. More of a summarization than an analysis.
Round 8
This round was pretty easy compared to the crazy ass merge round that it followed. Blake/Kate/Brady/Ryan were the obvious minority after the 6-5-1 vote. There wasn’t really much for them to do other than win immunities, which Shon and Chris ended up winning.
Kate and Brady tried to make a group with Ryan/Sarena/Adam to possibly vote out blake but it never worked out. Ryan flipped and paved the way for the vote to be split 4-4-3. It was originally going to be split on Kate and Brady but Shon pushed for Blake to be the one to get votes. Kate and Sarena used their idol, Brady smartly didn’t use his idol, and Blake ended up going home.
I really wished Blake tried to mend things with Adam and Sarena. That was probably his best shot at surviving. The three of them started off as such a powerful and tight alliance and it is a shame things turned out as they did. If they were able to realign, Blake would survive and Sarena wouldn’t have had to use her idol as she was in a tough spot from telling everyone she had a double vote. Even though he made costly errors in the game, Blake played the game hard and was one of the standout personalities of the season.
Round 9
The round starts with a four person alliance being created, consisting of Adam/Sarena/Ryan/Chris. They were called the “Bottom Bitches” because Adam/Sarena were in the bottom of the majority 6, Ryan was in the bottom of the minority 4 that he had just flipped on, and Chris was in the bottom of his 4 person group. This group was a really smart concept but it did not last long at all, as Chris reported everything back to Shon/Jeff/Mike.
Shon won immunity again. He really didn’t need it but it ensured that either Kate or Brady would go home. Obviously some controversy occurred in the comp that resulted in Kate and Brady getting self votes. They were having votes split on them anyways so it really didn’t matter, unless some paranoia started to kick in. Spoiler Alert- it did.
Chris reporting the “Bottom Bitches” alliances really sped up the eventual downfall of Adam’s game. People already wanted to turn on him and this just gave them an excuse to do it early. Mike/Shon/Chris/Jeff/Jenn decided to also put votes on Adam after realizing that they could split it three ways just in case Adam tried to pull something. It was kind of confusing considering they weren’t actually sending Adam home, but it didnt matter in their minds since they would have the majority afterwards anyways.
Kate goes home after some suspense with it coming down to 3-3 with one vote left. It was finally her time to go after remarkably surviving every tribal in the game that she could have gone to up until this point. Like Blake, she made some costlyyyy errors since the merge and even since the Holli vote that signaled for her exit.
The lines are definitely clear. The Mike/Shon/Chris/Jeff/Jenn exposed themselves as the majority 5. There isn’t much room to work with for the rest. Unless they come together and use an idol (that they have to first find lol) or somehow miraculously get someone to flip, they’ll probably be voted off for the next couple of rounds. I absolutely dont expect them to be all voted off because MIke/Chris and Jeff/Shon will eventually turn on each and they will be needed in that power struggle.
Round 8
This round was pretty easy compared to the crazy ass merge round that it followed. Blake/Kate/Brady/Ryan were the obvious minority after the 6-5-1 vote. There wasn’t really much for them to do other than win immunities, which Shon and Chris ended up winning.
Kate and Brady tried to make a group with Ryan/Sarena/Adam to possibly vote out blake but it never worked out. Ryan flipped and paved the way for the vote to be split 4-4-3. It was originally going to be split on Kate and Brady but Shon pushed for Blake to be the one to get votes. Kate and Sarena used their idol, Brady smartly didn’t use his idol, and Blake ended up going home.
I really wished Blake tried to mend things with Adam and Sarena. That was probably his best shot at surviving. The three of them started off as such a powerful and tight alliance and it is a shame things turned out as they did. If they were able to realign, Blake would survive and Sarena wouldn’t have had to use her idol as she was in a tough spot from telling everyone she had a double vote. Even though he made costly errors in the game, Blake played the game hard and was one of the standout personalities of the season.
Round 9
The round starts with a four person alliance being created, consisting of Adam/Sarena/Ryan/Chris. They were called the “Bottom Bitches” because Adam/Sarena were in the bottom of the majority 6, Ryan was in the bottom of the minority 4 that he had just flipped on, and Chris was in the bottom of his 4 person group. This group was a really smart concept but it did not last long at all, as Chris reported everything back to Shon/Jeff/Mike.
Shon won immunity again. He really didn’t need it but it ensured that either Kate or Brady would go home. Obviously some controversy occurred in the comp that resulted in Kate and Brady getting self votes. They were having votes split on them anyways so it really didn’t matter, unless some paranoia started to kick in. Spoiler Alert- it did.
Chris reporting the “Bottom Bitches” alliances really sped up the eventual downfall of Adam’s game. People already wanted to turn on him and this just gave them an excuse to do it early. Mike/Shon/Chris/Jeff/Jenn decided to also put votes on Adam after realizing that they could split it three ways just in case Adam tried to pull something. It was kind of confusing considering they weren’t actually sending Adam home, but it didnt matter in their minds since they would have the majority afterwards anyways.
Kate goes home after some suspense with it coming down to 3-3 with one vote left. It was finally her time to go after remarkably surviving every tribal in the game that she could have gone to up until this point. Like Blake, she made some costlyyyy errors since the merge and even since the Holli vote that signaled for her exit.
The lines are definitely clear. The Mike/Shon/Chris/Jeff/Jenn exposed themselves as the majority 5. There isn’t much room to work with for the rest. Unless they come together and use an idol (that they have to first find lol) or somehow miraculously get someone to flip, they’ll probably be voted off for the next couple of rounds. I absolutely dont expect them to be all voted off because MIke/Chris and Jeff/Shon will eventually turn on each and they will be needed in that power struggle.
