[James]

Damn Michelle you did so much more in this game than I knew! I had no idea about you and voce so you played that really well to me. I wish we could've worked on our relationship after the Paul vote but I totally understand why it didn't! I was working with steph closely and after mike left I knew you two weren't in great communication so I had to side with her. You wouldve been the clear winner, which wouldve been awesome to see on a second chances from the first person being voted out s40 <3

i honestly felt like u were playing my game but better! So voting u out was purely bc u were a threat! We wouldve been too powerful if we were fully on the same page. The stranded universe woulda imploded 

I guess you could say... Our Universe would explode

[Michelle]

also since my theory was someone gave it to me, i woulda just told people i had it if they asked (sydney was the only one to ask tho). Bc if i lied and they knew they gave an idol to me that would be so embarrassing 

and i told paul bc i thought why not! 

[Michelle]

Damn Michelle you did so much more in this game than I knew! I had no idea about you and voce so you played that really well to me. I wish we could've worked on our relationship after the Paul vote but I totally understand why it didn't! I was working with steph closely and after mike left I knew you two weren't in great communication so I had to side with her. You wouldve been the clear winner, which wouldve been awesome to see on a second chances from the first person being voted out s40 <3

i honestly felt like u were playing my game but better! So voting u out was purely bc u were a threat! We wouldve been too powerful if we were fully on the same page. The stranded universe woulda imploded 

I guess you could say... Our Universe would explode

ohohoho i see what u did there ;)

[Mike]

i know the idol thing is so full circle lol!!!

ya voce told me that paul told you i had the idol. But it didnt make too much of a difference to me since it was always gonna get played at 6 

That's what I figured too - you had to play it no matter what do my goal was to get the focus on Sydney, which it was, and then redirect to hit Voce, hoping you'd misplay your idol for Sydney to protect her. 

The way it came off during the tribal it felt like you, Sydney, AND Voce all had idols but this makes way more sense and gives a lot more strength to Sydney's game.

[Michelle]

ya imo it really helps bolster sydney's game to me! 

If i didnt win immunity i wouldve played it on myself. And i gave it to sydney intending for her to play it on herself/build back trust. So if voce didnt have his then he'd be gonzo - suppose that's also slay of voce too 

[Mike]

ya imo it really helps bolster sydney's game to me! 

If i didnt win immunity i wouldve played it on myself. And i gave it to sydney intending for her to play it on herself/build back trust. So if voce didnt have his then he'd be gonzo - suppose that's also slay of voce too 

My big concern for Voce's game is he was going to overvalue "saving" Sydney at my boot with his idol play. He seemed surprised when his name came up there (or made a comment like "oh wow thanks guys..." that felt directed at Hali Steph and I for lying to him saying we were gonna vote Sydney). Came off as socially and strategically unaware even after he called out that booting Sydney didn't make sense to him. Then he technically misplayed the idol and if it wasn't for Sydney we just don't know if he plays for himself there or not.

[Michelle]

ya imo it really helps bolster sydney's game to me! 

If i didnt win immunity i wouldve played it on myself. And i gave it to sydney intending for her to play it on herself/build back trust. So if voce didnt have his then he'd be gonzo - suppose that's also slay of voce too 

My big concern for Voce's game is he was going to overvalue "saving" Sydney at my boot with his idol play. He seemed surprised when his name came up there (or made a comment like "oh wow thanks guys..." that felt directed at Hali Steph and I for lying to him saying we were gonna vote Sydney). Came off as socially and strategically unaware even after he called out that booting Sydney didn't make sense to him. Then he technically misplayed the idol and if it wasn't for Sydney we just don't know if he plays for himself there or not.

ya this is my thing. I assumed he would have played it no matter what since it expired that night. But perhaps sydney fumbling to get hers out the bag is what prompted him to use it? Since in his mind it came off to me like he thought he was with y'all after voting paul. Then u all TURNED on himmmmm - u are cold blooded fr lol 

the reason i was gonna want to sit next to voce is bc oftentimes he would ask me "what should we do" or "i'll vote how u vote" which to my POV made it seem like he wasn't making as many decisions? Vs Stephanie and Sydney who i thought were making lots of decisions w/o me so woulda been harder to downplay their games against mine. 

am excited to see how the f2 will talk about their games, and see if there's all this stuff they were doing that i didnt know about! 

[James]

ya imo it really helps bolster sydney's game to me! 

If i didnt win immunity i wouldve played it on myself. And i gave it to sydney intending for her to play it on herself/build back trust. So if voce didnt have his then he'd be gonzo - suppose that's also slay of voce too 

My big concern for Voce's game is he was going to overvalue "saving" Sydney at my boot with his idol play. He seemed surprised when his name came up there (or made a comment like "oh wow thanks guys..." that felt directed at Hali Steph and I for lying to him saying we were gonna vote Sydney). Came off as socially and strategically unaware even after he called out that booting Sydney didn't make sense to him. Then he technically misplayed the idol and if it wasn't for Sydney we just don't know if he plays for himself there or not.

ya this is my thing. I assumed he would have played it no matter what since it expired that night. But perhaps sydney fumbling to get hers out the bag is what prompted him to use it? Since in his mind it came off to me like he thought he was with y'all after voting paul. Then u all TURNED on himmmmm - u are cold blooded fr lol 

the reason i was gonna want to sit next to voce is bc oftentimes he would ask me "what should we do" or "i'll vote how u vote" which to my POV made it seem like he wasn't making as many decisions? Vs Stephanie and Sydney who i thought were making lots of decisions w/o me so woulda been harder to downplay their games against mine. 

am excited to see how the f2 will talk about their games, and see if there's all this stuff they were doing that i didnt know about! 

To be fair, Voce was doing that with me too. And well... I'm James the big evil of this season sooooo... I think he was doing that with everyone lol.

[Michelle]

My big concern for Voce's game is he was going to overvalue "saving" Sydney at my boot with his idol play. He seemed surprised when his name came up there (or made a comment like "oh wow thanks guys..." that felt directed at Hali Steph and I for lying to him saying we were gonna vote Sydney). Came off as socially and strategically unaware even after he called out that booting Sydney didn't make sense to him. Then he technically misplayed the idol and if it wasn't for Sydney we just don't know if he plays for himself there or not.

ya this is my thing. I assumed he would have played it no matter what since it expired that night. But perhaps sydney fumbling to get hers out the bag is what prompted him to use it? Since in his mind it came off to me like he thought he was with y'all after voting paul. Then u all TURNED on himmmmm - u are cold blooded fr lol 

the reason i was gonna want to sit next to voce is bc oftentimes he would ask me "what should we do" or "i'll vote how u vote" which to my POV made it seem like he wasn't making as many decisions? Vs Stephanie and Sydney who i thought were making lots of decisions w/o me so woulda been harder to downplay their games against mine. 

am excited to see how the f2 will talk about their games, and see if there's all this stuff they were doing that i didnt know about! 

To be fair, Voce was doing that with me too. And well... I'm James the big evil of this season sooooo... I think he was doing that with everyone lol.

i could see him playing up the "sidekick" role with everyone to avoid being targeted. There's a lot of merit to it. And if he's in the f2 it will all depend on how he sells it for me. If you're gonna build up a low-threat perception then it's gonna take a great FTC if ur up against a more high profile player. At least for me/what i look for! 

Since i wanted to take him to the end bc i thought i could beat him, i'll need him to tell me why i'm wrong lol 

[James]

Uh oh, Voce is struggling.

[Hali]

did anyone else do the puzzle and finish it? haha

[Missy Byrd]

Hali and Mike I literally love y’all on this jury

[Michelle]

i haven't even attempted tbh, just hit a bowl and tapped out of gamemode 
michelle be tired 

[Missy Byrd]

I love the hype y’all give my post to

[Hali]

i haven't even attempted tbh, just hit a bowl and tapped out of gamemode 
michelle be tired 

challenge queen has to rest

[James]

Well Voce just wiped his whole puzzle. Rip.

[Mike]

ya imo it really helps bolster sydney's game to me! 

If i didnt win immunity i wouldve played it on myself. And i gave it to sydney intending for her to play it on herself/build back trust. So if voce didnt have his then he'd be gonzo - suppose that's also slay of voce too 

My big concern for Voce's game is he was going to overvalue "saving" Sydney at my boot with his idol play. He seemed surprised when his name came up there (or made a comment like "oh wow thanks guys..." that felt directed at Hali Steph and I for lying to him saying we were gonna vote Sydney). Came off as socially and strategically unaware even after he called out that booting Sydney didn't make sense to him. Then he technically misplayed the idol and if it wasn't for Sydney we just don't know if he plays for himself there or not.

ya this is my thing. I assumed he would have played it no matter what since it expired that night. But perhaps sydney fumbling to get hers out the bag is what prompted him to use it? Since in his mind it came off to me like he thought he was with y'all after voting paul. Then u all TURNED on himmmmm - u are cold blooded fr lol 

the reason i was gonna want to sit next to voce is bc oftentimes he would ask me "what should we do" or "i'll vote how u vote" which to my POV made it seem like he wasn't making as many decisions? Vs Stephanie and Sydney who i thought were making lots of decisions w/o me so woulda been harder to downplay their games against mine. 

am excited to see how the f2 will talk about their games, and see if there's all this stuff they were doing that i didnt know about! 

So about the Paul vote (and this gives merit to your Steph making decisions statement - Stephanie is 100% the reason I shot at Paul when I did. She convinced me to pair up with her and Voce to shoot at you and Paul early...I 100% wanted you and Paul at f5 and she played me GOOD to make me move against you guys before I was ready. I even told Voce earlier in the day that I wanted Sydney like you, Paul, Hali and I had been discussing only to have Stephanie basically be like "Mike you're a fucking idiot if you don't want to take Sydney to the end". With Sydney, I felt like I was directing traffic for her a lot. She offered me f2 after the Morgan boot so I was just kinda keeping her around as a number to keep happy and she actually seemed annoyed when I left her out of the Paul vote but I just didn't know how to work with her moving forward when she was never here. To her merit, she's the only player that can really say she averted being the target at the Morgan, James, Rodney, Paul, Naseer, AND Mike votes. Impressive in and of itself 

[Mike]

did anyone else do the puzzle and finish it? haha

Girl you know it. Did it for shits and giggles. It was easy

[James]

Lol Steph wins! That was anti climactic. Gonna be a tough uphill battle for whoever goes up against her.

[Mike]

did anyone else do the puzzle and finish it? haha

Girl you know it. Did it for shits and giggles. It was easy

LOL and I got the answers wrong anyways. Puzzle was easy though!