Week 10

[Natalie Cunial]

Ooops, I won. I tried real hard this competition. Just had to keep it out of most hands But now I have it and I don't want to waste it.

I've been on a good path so far. Making few enemies, staying unnommed and maintaining some power. I had a good path to finals, but is that what I want?

Or shall project chaos reign just for the sake of opening up the game wide open once again?

Is my goal to win or to make finals or is it to play spoiler? I have to reevaluate what my goal is and that will determine things...

[Natalie Cunial]

Well unfortunately I've had to do most of my legwork and things changed. Sucks I don't have HoH room yet. Was gonna be a key part of project chaos - invite someone in. Talk about noms, then put them up. Too bad Jules, you could've had a winner this week. Had to do it all via AIM instead.

But I basically had to go from nonentity in terms of overt strategy into making deals with several. Nick talked about the alliance that Jen and he made (Nick/Brian/Jen/me), I approached Jase for a F2, got David to go with "a plan" and have Jen as close as ever. Plus Ronnie, well I always have the fact that I voted to save him when no one else did. That's everyone.

Well originally this week I was planning to use the "spread the love" to put up Jen. But with HoH in my hands, I think I'll just have to use it next week instead.

I'd attack Jen just to prove to the jury that I can be the one that finally did her in (being the Brutus to her Julius or the Russell to her Danielle), but I need to ensure that one of Nick/Brian is gone first. Because if Jen were to go first, then Jase and David and even Ronnie could all jump to go with Nick/Brian. It remains a fact that whenever someone wants to get something done, they go to Nick/Brian. And they get away with everything. As a pair they're too strong. They need to be stopped first before they become the godfathers and everyone must ask favours of them.

But maybe Jase will get to them first and say that we're backdooring Jen and they'll be satisfied. But I can't say it outright.

I know I want Ronnie to be in F3 with me, and I think I want either Jase, Jen or David to be there as well - in perhaps that order. I just know that Jen has to go by my hands alone. David is too strong to take to F4, and Jase - well I worry he might have secret friends in jury, but I think I can prove that I'm more worthy than he is and he's still someone who could keep me safe. But I feel I'd have to drag him, more than he wants me in there with him.

So right now, I have to set people on seeing Nick/Brian as the devil and understanding that I still want Jen gone - but by my vote - not as the HoH. And I think using spread the love next week can accomplish that.

Well I definitely woke up with strategy though. I got plenty of information. Found out that Jase has ties with Brian, David has somewhat of a link to Nick and that Jen was a pawn to Nick/Brian (as I always thought).

Strangely, I'm starting to realize that the list I made a few weeks ago is starting to be my "ally" list instead of "genuine" list. But if anything this week, I've proven that I can always get people's immediate goals to match my own. Managed to turn David and Jen to go against Nick/Brian with Jase possibly able to tolerate them going up. And yet just last week all of them were quite linked to Nick/Brian and in fact dependent on them.

Let's hope the work I did this week can get me to F3 easy without needing to win more competitions.

[Natalie Cunial]

Hrm, I don't know what to think anymore. All I know is I will make F6 at least, and I still have my power to use next week.

Would be nice to beat last placement.

[Natalie Cunial]

same idea new list:

1. David
2. Jen
3. Ronnie
4. Jase
5. Brian
6. Nick

[Natalie Cunial]

Sometimes I wonder if Jen has too much of an influence on me. Either way, she's slated to go soon. I just don't want to waste my time having to do it. Especially when I know she's pretty much 100% behind me. But I can't protect her forever

So I'm trying to figure out who can I trust to take to the end.

And I really hope this replacement nomination does not screw me over. If Nick doesn't go, then I'm forced to align with him in all fakery.

This endgame is gonna be tricky, so I'm gonna have to win all the competitions I can to ensure I get to finals - otherwise I have to assume I'll be a target sometime :S

[Natalie Cunial]

Jen has a mind of her own and that's dangerous. She almost voted to keep Nick (and had the power to get David to switch his vote). I'm pretty sure I convinced Ronnie to vote Nick as well.

But because she almost tried to save Nick, I was tempted to put her up as third nominee. Just to spite her and get her out and prove that I was the one to do it. But I think I can still get her out at F3 or F4 by my hands alone. She's an unyielding ally right now to me and with Ronnie being the only one I can currently trust as much as she, then I have to keep her in until the biggest threats are gone. Nick is a threat. He's the most charming fool ever. I know, I was charmed by him before.

But as long as I can control people, I'm okay. Once they get mind of their own, I'm screwed. But Jen knows she's playing for second now. So she's not allowed to have mind of her own. She just has to get people she wants to finals That's Nick me and to some extent David. Unfortunately Brian won veto. Otherwise could've been a good situation for us.

This is probably (aside from S1) the trickiest endgame out there. There's the "S2 alliance" quotes intended, but we're all targetting each other. And I'm trying to look like I'm targetting same people as them, but clearly I'm not - as I'm the only one who wanted to break up the pair.

[Natalie Cunial]

To be honest, this makes for a more exciting game. Anyone can make finals now. There's no clear cut finalist like last two seasons (seemed clear that both Jen and David were powering their way to top)

[Natalie Cunial]

Even if I don't make finals, I have to admit the move I made this week is the strongest blindside that has happened so far - not only because I blindsided Nick, the evictee (who I righteously guessed was Jen's F2 partner), but because I blindsided every single person who voted him out in the end too...no one was originally willing to take him out it seems!

Everyone had to be convinced because they all have stated before that Jase is a bigger target for them!

Now with Jen and David at my side, let's see if we can quell some uprisings during fast forward week! Even if I lose an ally, I'll still have two or three good ones...and only one main enemy (Brian). F5 week is where I worry. I'd still like to keep Jen around though. If only because history and all Although if I didn't know Jen from outside, bam! throat slitted from behind by black widow Natty.