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[Sandy]

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Best wishes. 

[ZackNT]

~EPISODE 1~

Hello readers!!

My name is Zack, I'm 20 years old, and my aspiration in life is to be a teacher, I've known I've wanted to be a teacher since I was in about 3rd grade, I was never a normal kid and wanted to be the firefighter or the policeman.

It feels like I've told that to about 30 people in the last 24 hours, since it was my first day in this game! As someone who would like to have some relationship with everyone in the game, having to talk to 20 other people is such a gigantic task. My biggest issue right now is I'm not sure as to what role exactly I play in this game. With all of the loud characters here, I feel like one of those INV1 characters, and I feel like this is where I can show you a piece of me.

A warning about my confessionals:
-They will probably be pessimistic as opposed to optimistic, I will probably think everyone is against me for the amount of time I stay in the game.
-They will probably be long as I like to talk about everything and every scenario.
-They will be filled with LOTS of paranoia.
-For this first one, my plan was to talk as little game as possible, I learned from a little birdie named Jacob that you all know from last season that a good strategy would be to just talk about personal lives, and I agree because it makes me look like you aren't just a vote or ally to me, you're someone who I'm genuinely interesting in knowing. So not a whole lot of game talk from me probably, my goal right now is just to get to know people, and hope they like me as a person.

With that said, let's begin!

This journey actually will start right when I posted my acceptance message, because that's when the game actually began, not by my hand. Pretty much .03 seconds after posting my acceptance message, I got a private message on here from BK, asking for an alliance. I must have stared at that message for more than a few minutes. Like, I do not know you at ALL and here you are already attempting to make a F2 with me. I said yes, who wouldn't say yes tbh, and I go about my business, already suspicious of someone lying to me, because I feel you don't just throw out F2s that early.

Next, I talked to Lexi, but before I say more, I have to go on a tangent.

I know quite a few people from this game are from Tengaged, myself included, so in trying to make a new name and impression of myself, I created a new Skype, and was gonna try and Elissa (BB15) it, and hopefully never have to say I'm from the site, because despite not knowing or talking to any of the other Tengaged people that are in this game prior to the game starting, I feel like it would be easy to take the 6 of us and make an alliance, and I do not believe that is fair of the game, so I wanted to cleanse myself of that Tengaged image, I also feel like it would put a target on all of our backs.

So anyways, back to Lexi. What's one of the VERY first things she says to me?

[9/12/2013 2:13:18 PM] zzzzlexi.: i swear ur skype was different last time i saw it...

And I'm just thinking "crap". I'm not one to spread my picture around everywhere, pretty much it's just my Skype picture is the only picture of myself I have on the Tengaged site. I'm private in that manner. So when Lexi says that to me, I'm thinking to myself I have to make a decision now, lie or tell the truth 5 minutes into the game? Well if she really does recognize me, I don't want a lie to be the first thing I say to her, so I say yeah, I'm who you think I am. Luckily it seems like Lexi does not want the Tengaged image either attached to her, so we agree to not say anything about each other not being on the site.

The other positive things I gather from the conversation I had with Lexi was that she told me that BK had done the same thing to her, and tried to make an alliance with her already. Two good things from that:
1) Lexi trusts me with information, and if someone's willing to make fun of someone within my first conversation with them, it means they trust me not to go to the other person and rat them out.
2) BK is in fact doing this alliance with everyone, I feel bad if he just chose us two (and later Brookie), because I don't trust him already.

So great conversation with Lexi! She also did not seem to get along with Fei she told me.

Next would be Brookie that I talked to. I got frustrated because she added my new Skype and talked to me like she knew me, and I just feel defeated because I really didn't expect myself to be so recognizable in this game to all the Tengaged people, it was getting creepy to me because I've never really talked to Lexi and Brookie.

Our convo really mirrored my convo with Lexi, don't talk about each other on Tengaged, BK has an alliance with both of us, and I chose to take this opportunity to say to Brookie:

[9/12/2013 12:46:21 AM] Zack: it helps! like I'm fine with helping you out but I didn't want to rely all on tengaged to play this, like I wanna use my own intuition and meet some new people
[9/12/2013 12:47:27 AM] brookieee =]: yeah same kinda
[9/12/2013 12:52:19 AM] Zack: like Tabatha kinda scares me :x but I mean I bet she's harmless lol

Not the greatest reaction I was hoping for, it looks like Brookie will be trying to rely on the Tengaged crutch to stay safe. I tried playing it off by taking a jab at Tabatha to prove it's not YOU and LEXI (I think they talk a lot and will be a F2) that I don't wanna work with, it's other people.

Only other big thing I remember happening in the last 24 hours was Fei/Greg invited me to a small call after basically the whole cast was in a call last night, I clam up and probably seemed awkward when there's a call with a gigantic amount of people, so I'm glad I got a 2nd chance to not be so weird, and be me to them. It was a really great and funny call I think! No game talk though, not yet. Not really gonna get my hands dirty yet and say bad things about people when I don't really know relationships yet, and just in general I just try to be nice to everyone. The only game related thing that really happened in that call was Fei asking me about Tengaged, after Ricky for some reason recognized me from the site in the gigantic call. Apparently we were in a Skype game together and if we were that's some great memory he has LOL, because I told him flat out I didn't recognize him at all. Fei asked me who was from the site, probably scoping out my loyalties with the site in general in this game, and I chose to keep Lexi's and Brookie's secret safe, and only said Tabatha, Ricky, and Honey. I downplayed it and said I only talk to a few people on the site, and I just run my game, and that's it. It was the truth, but it needed to be said since apparently I'm being lumped in with it, which is the exact opposite that I wanted to do in this game.

I think my relationships with some people are great, and if that gets me through a first vote, great! Though I also wouldn't be surprised if because I'm just talking and not GAME talking, people vote me out because they don't know where I stand. (There's the paranoia haha)

This is getting long finally to me, so I'll do a separate post where I talk about my first impressions of everyone!

Thanks for reading!!! =]

[ZackNT]

~FIRST IMPRESSIONS~ (after 24 hours)

I'll just go alphabetically.

AARON: We talked for a good while about sports/school, however, didn't feel the greatest connection with him, like I do with other people. I'll have to keep talking with him to get a solid opinion.

ANIMAL: Probably the person I connected with the most. Had the right sense of humor for me, and we really gelled, and had a fun talk. Definitely someone I would consider taking far, doesn't seem like he has many/any relationships from before the game began.

BK: Due to hearing from multiple people that he's throwing out alliances to them, I definitely do not believe our alliance is genuine, and because of people calling him "Burger King" and making jokes about playing Survivor on Instagram (which I have never heard of and died laughing when I heard it), and only being 14, he seems to be a strong potential for a first boot if I'm on the same tribe with him. Seemed really disconnected when I tried talking to him 1-on-1, not really interested in what I had to say. 1 word answers all the time are not the way to get my vote.

BRENDA: We've talked a *little*, not really about much yet. I feel she can also be a good target for a first boot if I'm on the same tribe as her, don't see really anyone protecting her yet, doesn't seem important to the game yet. She is nice though since she's from Toronto and actually LIKES the Sabres, so points for that! Not a solid opinion yet.

BROOKIE: Or "The Catwoman" as Fei and Greg put it, since apparently she went on the giant call with almost everyone just to meow. Seems like she'll be trying to be the comedy character in order to stick around so she can keep bringing humor. Also seems like she will rely on the Tengaged crutch, and if anyone, I feel like she will be the one to try a "Tengaged alliance", which is why I tried to shut it down, because again, I don't think it's fair to the game. She probably has a F2 with Lexi, as I think they talk a lot on Tengaged. However, with ALL that said, I think she and I can work together and help each other out. I would make a F3 with her and Lexi, but I would not like a "Tengaged alliance" with EVERYONE, and if it happens, I will jump off the Brookie ship.

FEI: We really connected I think so far! She definitely did not have to invite me to that call with her and Greg (Jedda was also there but it was like I came in, and he left), so the fact that she did invite me was really nice. I would work with Fei. However, I feel like she is suspicious of me in a "Tengaged alliance" due to asking me on the call, and I believe she said she has a lot of ORG experience, so maybe she views me as someone that can be easily manipulated and/or she probably knows how to play people. If Ricky and Joe are both taken out, I think she will control the game.

GREG: Besides Animal, probably the person I connected to the most. We seem to watch all the same TV, have the same sense of humor, and while on call with him and Fei, he was asking me a lot of questions about myself, so he seems really interested in me as a whole. He said his boyfriend made F2 in a season, so that makes me weary that he knows how to work the game in his favor (sorry if you're reading boyfriend =[). I think we connect a lot though, and I would work with Greg. If I had to guess who Greg would work with, it would be Fei, Nax, Ricky, Jedda, and Nicole. (More on that in the Ricky section.)

HONEY: Whenever she was on the giant call, whatever she said made me almost cry with laughter, no joke. Definitely will be taken far because of her comedy and personality. Game wise, I have not talked to her. Will probably make Jury, and then will be dropped because of being a Jury vote threat if I had my complete control of the game (not gonna happen).

JEDDA: I don't think I made I made the greatest first impression I'll admit due to saying this as one of the first things I said to him:

[9/12/2013 6:49:39 PM] Zack: Do you not like being the only one from Australia? :/

I did try to continue the conversation, but it kinda fizzled out after I said that. And the fact that he hopped off the call with Fei and Greg right after I got on, just seems fishy. I've gotta fix that rough patch I believe I have with him.

JEFFY: From Tengaged. Have not talked to him, no opinion yet.

JERMAINE: Seemed funny from the giant call, but have not talked to him, no opinion yet. Obviously being a former winner makes me weary that he knows how to play or work people.

JOE: I made it a point to talk to Joe. If he truly ruled his game with an iron fist, then either he's going to be gone early, or will make it far again, don't feel like he'll land anywhere in the middle. So on the chance he makes it far again, then I want to be right there with him in his good graces so I don't go anywhere. I enjoyed our conversation for the most part, he seemed nice, and we talked for a good amount of time. I have 2 complaints about Joe.

1) In his opening message: "Joe is back to represent the past Winners and compete against superior players." Now that may just be Sandy saying something Joe didn't say, but this is not All-Stars, so we are not the "superior players" Joe is probably looking for. Even Jermaine, despite being a winner, is back for some "redemption" since his season is not looked at kindly. Joe is back to rule another game.

2) He has his nose in the air it seems. I'm down here, you're up there. That stems from this comment he made to me:

[9/12/2013 7:48:08 PM] blizzaga1988: Well okay, I'm done playing that for the day. [He was playing Final Fantasy.]
[9/12/2013 7:50:30 PM] blizzaga1988: So now I can give you my full attention! Which, I'm sure, you've been waiting for.

To me, that makes me look like I was begging to talk to him, and that comment was off-putting to me, like he's really important. I don't have to talk to you, but I'm trying to cover as many bases as possible to keep me around. If Joe is that influential in this game, I don't want him slandering my name, since apparently people will listen.

I'll continue talking to Joe for sure, but I'm weary of him for sure.

JORDAN: Have not talked to him, no opinion yet.

LEXI: I can probably trust Lexi the most at this point with information. I suppose I have some blackmail on her and Brookie if I need to, but I would not like to use it. I believes she trusts me, since we talked badly about some people in our first interaction, so I think she trusts me to not say anything. I will definitely work with Lexi.

NAX: Have not talked to him, no opinion yet. Wouldn't be surpised if him and Tabatha have a F2 because of how I watch them interact.

NICOLE: Pretty nice from what I've gathered from talking to her. I don't believe she would be the "backstabber" type of person, just seems too nice. If she offers something to me like working together, I will believe it to be true at this point.

QUANZ: Just seems like a "nice guy", don't see the gameplay at all within him. I can see why he would want redemption, I don't see him making any big moves, I see him as someone like Joe or Ricky would eat up for a vote, and then throw away when no longer needed.

RICKY: If Joe is taken out early, Ricky will be the one to control the game. Seems close to a LOT of people already due to the way he acted towards them in the giant call (Fei, Nax, Greg, Jedda, and Nicole). You don't just call Jedda a slut if you aren't close with him. You don't make fun of Greg's race unless there's some form of being comfortable. Despite having about 16 people in that giant call, Ricky was probably talking half of the time. He has a lot of influence it seems, and people like him. Ricky is comfortable and it's not Day 1 yet. I didn't get the same vibe that Ricky was giving Fei, Nax, Greg, Jedda, and Nicole, so I wouldn't be shocked if they all will work together. Apparently he's from Tengaged, which I did not know, and he recognized me, so I'll be trying to use that to my advantage to form some sort of bond. Have not talked a lot with him, but I'll be trying to talk more to him in the near future. Again, just trying to cover as many bases as I can, and if Ricky controls the game instead of Joe, I want to be on his good side.

TABATHA: From Tengaged. Have not talked to her, no opinion yet. Probably will not work with her to keep up my veil with Lexi and Brookie that I do not want a "Tengaged alliance", nothing against her.

WOODS: Have just started talking to him, and an opinion hasn't really been formed yet.

Again, thanks for reading!! Sorry if it's a lot haha.

[ZackNT]

~POST-CHALLENGE CONFESSIONAL~

I guess a lot of bad came with a little good the last 2 days.

To start with the good:

1) Fei and I talked about helping each other out in the game, which pretty much has erased all doubt I've had about Fei, I think she means what she said.

2) Then, out of the blue, Woods (who I still have not talked to much) approached me with the offer of an "alliance" (though he's not calling it an alliance) with Aaron, Animal, and himself. Apparently Animal brought up my name, and that made me feel relieved because I was starting to think no one was caring about me in the game. Once a group chat was made, the others asked about other people to add, throwing Fei out, which I jumped on since I wanted to help out my new ally! In the slight chance Fei still has suspicion about me, I chose to also say that if you'd like Fei in the alliance, Greg and Jedda would probably be good choices to add to the "alliance", to keep Fei loyal. (This was since the 3 of them had their small call before they added me a couple nights ago, so I figured they liked each other.)

I felt like that would solve a few problems for me:
a) Fei would know I'm trying to help her, the next morning I told her about the group's talk in case something was said wrong by someone, which would
b) see if the rest are going to be loyal to this "alliance", and look out for my interests.
c) Smooths over any sort of rough patch I have with Jedda, but I'm probably over-reacting to that comment I made.
d) I like Greg a lot, so this can help get some bond with him.

Didn't really see a downside!

Until Fei told me that Woods bluntly told her something like "I heard you're friends with Jedda and Greg", and while Fei has been added to the group chat now, Greg and Jedda are noticeably absent still. More story on this another confessional I bet...

So onto the challenge!!! (and my storm of bad luck)

So my lovely place of work has inventory once a year, we count everything in our gigantic store once a year, and it just so happened to fall on the date of the first challenge! Found that out on Saturday. But I was getting out at 10ish, so I would've had a sliver of time to even try to attempt the challenge. Wrong. The inventory people in charge of counting our store sent us half the workers it was supposed to, so it took us double the time, meaning I got out at 1 am about.

I was soooo bummed about missing this challenge, it being the first one, and it makes me look like I don't care about this game at all since according to Sandy's post I'm at last place. :/ I'm really sorry to everyone about missing it, Sandy especially.

But that's how the cookie crumbled for me, and I'm on a tribe with BK, Tabatha, Quanz, Aaron, Honey, Jedda, and myself. If I had to pick between Shudra (yellow) and Vaishya (orange) tribes, I would've picked this tribe. I think there is easier targets on my tribe, and people that work have a better chance of working with me for this vote.

Animal may have won the Amulet, but I'd expect him to use it on Aaron since he participated in the challenge over me. (Assuming he will use it on his "alliance" mates.)

MY IDEAL SITUATION: I tell Quanz BK wants to gun for the vets (which Ricky told me), and Me/Aaron/Quanz/Honey AND/OR Jedda vote out BK.

2ND BEST SITUATION: Doubt this would happen but Tabatha would be my 2nd option, since I have not talked to her yet. One of the last I have to get around to introducing myself to. The same people would vote her out. Much prefer for this NOT to happen though.

According to Woods...:

[1:01:53 AM] Woods: but zack, from what i know, is social... so i dont thinkhe'll have any problems winning over Honey boo boo

...I'm this big "social player", doesn't help when I haven't talked to a few people in my tribe. But we will see how social I am when this vote comes around.

Basically, hopefully Aaron and I can have control of this vote. Of the people in this "alliance", he's the person I've talked to least. But hopefully having to be on the same tribe can put us on common ground.

Thanks for reading!!

[ZackNT]

Whoops forgot this part:

[9/15/2013 11:19:14 PM] Cody [Animal] Lasso: hey
[9/15/2013 11:19:26 PM] Cody [Animal] Lasso: have you guys seen david/nax's puzzle post?
[9/15/2013 11:19:37 PM] Woods: yeah, why?
[9/15/2013 11:19:54 PM] Cody [Animal] Lasso: he had a group call with ricky and jedda, then another with ricky, jedda, and nicole
[9/15/2013 11:19:55 PM] Cody [Animal] Lasso: lol
[9/15/2013 11:20:04 PM] Woods: really?!?!
[9/15/2013 11:20:07 PM] Cody [Animal] Lasso: and another with jedda, jermain, greg, and i can't see the rest
[9/15/2013 11:20:08 PM] Cody [Animal] Lasso: i42.tinypic.com/2a60eth.png
[9/15/2013 11:20:09 PM] Woods: haha, i didnt even look at that
[9/15/2013 11:20:24 PM] Cody [Animal] Lasso: LOL i was looking to see how long it took for their puzzles but then saw that

While that one with Jermaine is the giant call everyone was in, the other 2 calls definitely suggest an alliance with Nax, Ricky, and Jedda, and maybe Nicole as a +1?

*points back to my last confessional*

"RICKY: ...Seems close to a LOT of people already due to the way he acted towards them in the giant call (Fei, Nax, Greg, Jedda, and Nicole). You don't just call Jedda a slut if you aren't close with him."

Seems like alliance lines were already being drawn night 1!

[ZackNT]

And the tinypic alliance saga continues...

Nax deleted the tinypic shortly after I posted my confessional, which for those who didn't see it, had Nax, Ricky, Jedda, and Nicole in one group chat, and the first 3 in a separate group chat. Deleting it only confirms the rumors to me.

Lexi told me Brookie (who I still think have a F2) is being targeted by Nax/Ricky, and could use Animal's Amulet. I drop the hint that Animal began the suspicion about the alliance, and Lexi is going to try and get Brookie to ask Animal for the Amulet in order to get out one of Ricky/Nax (I'd much prefer Nax). It'll also hopefully free Lexi from the Ricky/Nax/Nicole/Jedda alliance rumors as since she's FB friends with some of them, she's being lumped in with them.

I don't think Animal would rock the boat and want a hand in his Amulet sending home one of Ricky/Nax though. I'm hoping he goes to me with this question, I'm not sure what I'd tell him and what I'd really want to happen.

I'm getting more involved with the other tribe's vote than my own it seems LOL...

On my tribe though, apparently Jedda (confirmed by Animal telling me), and BK (confirmed by Jedda/Animal) want to vote out Tabatha, no one really seems wanting to strike at BK which does kind of frustrate me because I don't want him to get carried throughout the game, but as long as it isn't me or Aaron at this point.

Quanz seems open to the idea of Tabatha, Honey not sure at all, and I have yet to talk to Aaron about wat he wants to do.

Thanks for reading everyone!

[ZackNT]

Hope I do this right!!



Understandably you've voted for me (so I've heard), since we have not talked at all.

I'm trying to prove I am not doing a "Tengaged alliance" by voting for you, and hopefully it gains me some trust with the right people.

Additionally, I am voting for you Tabatha because we are the only ones on our tribe to not talk. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

Good luck.

EDIT: Sandy ok'd me changing the picture because I did not use the right link. He saw this before I edited it.

EDIT2: Trying to make this look nice without all the extra text.

[ZackNT]

~POST-TRIBAL COUNCIL CONFESSIONAL~

When I got home from work, I wasn't that really nervous about TC until Quanz shared with me a convo him and Tabatha, with Tabatha saying she was voting for me.

Long story short, any action anyone did from that point forward to TC looked suspicious to me. Aaron logged off when I tried to talk to him. Honey talked to me about the vote, which made me think she was trying to not get my vote in case I was Amuleted by Animal. BK made a shady comment 15 minutes before TC:

[9/16/2013 11:45:06 PM] Brian?: I'm not revealing my vote but its nothing personal about who I vote and I actually hope that said person wins their redemption round

Come to the vote, it was so relieving that, even though it will last a short while, mostly everything everyone told me was true, and the vote was 6-1 for Tabatha to go.

An exercise teaching classes have taught me was to always write down "What I Learned" at the end of a class for future reference. I'll try and have this be a regular thing.

WHAT I LEARNED: Minority management is just as critical as majority management. Getting any votes against you in a TC is the sign of a failed or failing relationship with at least 1 person.

To make it a bit longer I'll rank everyone by how much I trust them right now because I have nothing better to do with my time!

By the way, #AnimalHouse now refers to the group of myself, Woods, Fei, Animal, and Aaron.
"Tengaged alliance" refers to the group or mixture of people of myself, Lexi, Honey, Brookie, Jeffy, Tabatha, and Ricky.
"Ricky alliance" refers to an group of people, the specific combination unknown, who are more than likely in an alliance or pact to help each other out, which is suspected to include Ricky, Nax, Brenda, Nicole, Jedda, and other unknown people.

PEOPLE I TRUST MOST (greatest trust to least trust)

1. ANIMAL- Despite no official deal, I feel like we each have each other's backs 100%. There's little kinks like for example, he did not tell me about Brookie's approach to him to use the Amulet on her until he told the #AnimalHouse (official name) alliance together, but no one is perfect. I do believe him when he says he did not give me his Amulet in order to make us not look obvious.
2. LEXI- Despite having a close bond with Brookie, I feel like I'm #2 in her book as well. In case #AnimalHouse fails, I'd go right to her for some help and I think she'd return the favor.
3. FEI- I feel like she'd have me higher but this is where she lands for me. In #AnimalHouse, and the only one of the other 4 in that group to have some kind of loose agreement with me to help each other out. Still suspicious about me being in a "Tengaged alliance", despite 2 people from the site being voted out.
4. BROOKIE- I do not believe Brookie would go against me. We don't talk that much, but I would help her out if she needed it.
5. GREG- I gel greatly with him. I don't know if we've talked ANY game, but we talk a lot about random and funny stuff. I wish him and Fei would talk more, and I would suggest something like a F3 with them.
6. AARON- The only one of #AnimalHouse to prove to me through votes that he is loyal to at least me.
7. WOODS- Has been wonderful with relaying conversations to me about the TC he's had with other people that were on my tribe to test if they were trying to pull a fast one on me being the only vulnerable #AnimalHouse member. Loyal to me, but have not had much 1-on-1 talking that isn't about game. I need to get on a personal level with him somehow.
8. JOE- I feel like these numbers are looking bad by now, but these are all people I still really trust! Joe and I have a similar relationship like Greg, just we don't connect as much I feel like, some of our interests are different, whereas Greg seems like a twin of mine. With that said, I believe I've been talking to Joe long enough to where if we were on the same tribe, we would watch out for each other.
9. RICKY- Now we can begin slightly doubting people. We very recently really connected on a personal level that I won't go into out of respect for him and his life. He did not have to share that at all with me, and because he did, I feel like I have some kind of importance to him. Definitely has a group, but does not openly share stuff to me about it, meaning I'm not as important as his group, whoever that specifically includes I don't know.
10. JERMAINE- In the one talk we've had, we connected on a lot of different things. Almost no game talk, but hopefully the fact that he got 3 votes at TC will make him a little more desperate for people to work with. If a lot of people developed the mindset of "we don't want someone winning this game twice", I'd target Jermaine over Joe though.
11. JEFFY- (Will include him and Tabatha because they may return to the game.) While I have not talked to him at ALL in this game so far, he is close with Brookie and Lexi, and I think if they brought us together we could easily help each other out.
12. QUANZ- I'm glad he warned me about Tabatha's vote for me because without him I would not have known about that vote beforehand. We're not really close at least on my end, yet we talk game, I still see him as a nice guy who will get eaten up by a big player and dropped when Jury begins.
13. HONEY- Out of the blue, just a bit before TC, Honey approaches me asking me about my vote. Me letting her know she was in no danger was very relieving to her. She also thanked me for my time like I was this super important person, and she said that she trusted me. While I have no idea if she's being honest, I however cannot trust someone after 1 conversation. I was surprised she voted for Tabatha, I thought they would've been close.
14. JEDDA- 14 sounds bad, but there's still a little bit of trust, I mean Jedda DID vote out Tabatha like he said he would, and was honest with me. Went as far to swear on his life that he wasn't voting for me when I didn't ask him to do anything like that. However I do need to watch him because he is a big suspect in the "Ricky alliance" along with Nax, and while Ricky and I talk quite a bit, Jedda and I don't. Also, I almost let him into #AnimalHouse if it wasn't for Woods being suspicious, and that could've been a game-ending move for me, since he could've told his alliance, and a lot of them could've been on my tribe. Seen as lovable by many for his accent, but for some, lovable = trustworthy, so he is a threat.
15. BRENDA- Now starts the people I do not trust. We've just talked once, not really a connection. I'm now suspicious of her being in the "Ricky alliance", because of her voting with Ricky, despite not really having a connection as far as I know, so something secret is going on there I think.
16. NICOLE- Also just talked once, no real big connection. She is a sweet girl, again I don't think she'll be this big liar, but she is lumped in with the "Ricky alliance" by association.
17. BK- Like I said in my voting, "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know." What I know about him: He did vote for Tabatha and was honest about that, but he's still a Mr. Shady Boots to me with all the alliance making, this image I have of him will probably never change at this rate.
18. NAX- At least I have talked to him in the group chat, but we are not even Skype contacts yet. Also a prime suspect for the "Ricky alliance".
19. JORDAN- Has not talked in the group chat I believe, we have not talked 1-on-1, have not added each other on Skype yet. I always look at him and say "Who is that?"
20. TABATHA- Simply here because we didn't have each other added on Skype, and she was the sole vote against me. I hope Jeffy beats her at Redemption Cove because I do not want to attempt to get a relationship with someone I voted out.

That's all of them! Thanks for reading again

[ZackNT]

~EPISODE 2~

I've spent the night trying to learn some iSurv1vor history, and in that, I need to make two notes/lessons for myself to work on improving.

1) Stop bitching about BK to everyone. If BK catches wind of it, that's one vote you may never get back. Just complain to the confessional for now.

2) While I feel like I'm being perceived as this gameplayer that people go to for safety which can be fine right now as a game of constant tribe switches makes you feel unsure of your position, I feel like I'm also being perceived as a "nice guy" by a lot of my fellow contestants, which has to be diluted if I want to not be seen as a Jury threat.

[ZackNT]

I finally added Nax and Jordan on Skype YAY so I can get some insight on them.

It just sucks to have to make the effort with most of these people by adding them and them not adding me, when it's a two-way street and they could've added me by now. It feels like I'm bothering them.

[ZackNT]

Well no one is really online right now, so I guess I just do a project here. =) I need the help of my goddesses in life to help me out with this.

A .GIF FOR THEM ALL

I'll just be giving my impressions of everyone so far though .gif form, because while I've been winning people over with my charm I'd like to believe, I don't think I've shown any of my humor here! First round jitters I guess. Ok so here we go!

AARON- 

BK- 

BROOKIE- 

GREG- 

JEDDA- 

JERMAINE- 


JORDAN- 

NAX- 

QUANZ- 

TABATHA- 

[ZackNT]

.gifs that would not post from the last post I made:

ANIMAL- 31.media.tumblr.com/ab044cccd1ca305576b8576e09e1ecb6/tumblr_mjs35w6pf21rnthpqo2_400.gif

BRENDA- 31.media.tumblr.com/e2d8487e6de62f946d06a377b8925273/tumblr_mlqg10OU3T1qdlh1io1_400.gif

FEI- 31.media.tumblr.com/7e7804aadeb83606d8463e77fcf19d37/tumblr_mta5x3yewO1qe4z3zo1_500.gif

HONEY- media.tumblr.com/5f898758af36aa84b4b69713447402c6/tumblr_inline_moocqonY5V1qz4rgp.gif

JEFFY- 31.media.tumblr.com/f9e1201d417a3eda75ad66ddd917f091/tumblr_mkrml9eF191qe4z3zo1_500.gif

JOE- 31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv9a6lesQo1qka4t0o4_250.gif
(He asked me "How did you feel getting that vote?" basically saying "You fucked up".)

LEXI- 25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ruhjSr601r8hbygo1_500.gif

NICOLE- 25.media.tumblr.com/177c51bd62115b29e077bba0f580a488/tumblr_mfepdu8fYH1qzmpdjo17_r2_250.gif

RICKY- 25.media.tumblr.com/8c67edbde14740a69faf91fe8334aa98/tumblr_mta89wjvmE1qe4z3zo1_400.gif

WOODS- 25.media.tumblr.com/2cb7678b28a97b45f3fedfb8c924b752/tumblr_mta8t6DSXd1qe4z3zo1_400.gif

[ZackNT]

***LIKE THIS POST IF YOU'D PREFER THE OCCASIONAL VIDEO CONFESSIONAL***

Since I can't watch Big Brother AKA Queen Elissa and Her Subjects right now, here I am, talking to you all. I'll talk about a slew of things.

Honey quitting doesn't affect me that much, I'm not sure where she stood with me despite her telling me she trusted me after 1 conversation. Brookie benefits most from Honey quitting in my opinion, as Brookie now slides into the "comedic character" role, and people will be more hesitant to vote her out in order to keep her around for the laughs she brings, like having that vibrator LOL that girl is crayyyyy.

Aaron quitting affects me way more, as he was a (so far) loyal member of #AnimalHouse, so we're we are down to 4. I still would like to work with us 4 together. Maybe Aaron leaving opens up the door for a new 5th member since it's still early, maybe I can squeeze Greg in there because I want him to stay around, and I don't know what power Ricky has over him as I still remember that first call with everyone where they were joking, but I think with enough witty humor and talking to, Greg can be on my team.

Tabatha leaving is GREAT for me since she was my vote for me, and I know she can't come after me anymore. That's all I really have to say about that, just makes me think about if other people told her it was a good idea to vote for me that weren't on my tribe.

In other news, Joe has by far been the hardest to read for me, he even surpasses Ricky. I know in his season (by my researching), he wasn't the best at social skills, and maybe that's why I feel distant towards him. I can't tell if he likes me a lot, or tolerates me. He seems very serious and I'm not the greatest with serious, I try to get laughs out of him, but I don't know he likes my sense of humor. He's a very big question mark!

Jordan still has not added me on Skype while Nax has. So Jordan is still a complete non-factor in this game.

Ummm, that's all I guess. Thanks for reading!