Round 2 Letters:
From:
kneeneighbor
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/11/2013 8:31:00 PM
Subject:
Letter Home
Message:
Things are going swimmingly on team BCS.. It looks as though my previous tribe partners (caesari, da_goat, pureh21) and I have a soilid 4 and we have recruited shlog3131 to join us. Philly is a not job and we know he can be cut lose at anytime. I feel like I am influencing how things are run, with out actually steping into the spot light.
While I think my odds of winning are slim (maybe 5%) the odds of me sticking around to the end are good. I also have been talking with pobolanz who is clearly full of **** 90% of the time.
My biggest asset in this game is time. I am able to sit in front of my computer and spend time on the game for much of the day. It allows me to be able to spend time on challenges and working the commincation lines.
I was also banking on a wrestlemania challenge becuase I knew I was going to be one of the few with knowlage on the subject. I played it somewhat safe by picking Lesnar and the Rock becuase while thinking their opponents would win, I didnt want to leave the possibility of them scoring big points if something happened.
Knee
From:
ahrens
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/11/2013 8:50:00 PM
Subject:
Letter to home
Message:
I think this is all that needs to be said. Sorry for the book.
Letter to home:
Well, since the last time I wrote home, things on the island have changed.
To be honest, I had written a letter of resignation last time because I didn’t have enough time to commit to this game. Obviously I changed that and I have found time to play. And play I have.
Before the last merge, I reached out to polabonez (Tyson) because we did the ultimate team challenge together. I just made some small talk and it ended up that we ended up on tribe mid-major. My other tribemates of mb625, psap & katzphang88 were all on tribe Under Armour last time, so we had a connection. Katz and I were in an alliance to start, and katz aligned with psap and mb last time, so I was linked up with them.
But this is when the **** hit the fan. I was a little upset at psap because I was low man on totem pole, and I knew that since he told me I would be eliminated if Tribe UA lost the last challenge. I knew that if I wanted to do better and have more fun, I had to change things. Then I got the mantra that was made famous from Step Brothers “I’m here to **** **** up!” I’m trying to get Tyson to call me Brennan from now on.
Anyway, I assumed the role of double agent. Swany623 and I were the essential wild cards of the group. Since we had 8, if both of us went to the same side, that side would have power. Swany lined up with psap, I lined up with pola, except nobody else knew it. I even told katz that I was on his side while subtly trying to get katz to switch up. He wouldn’t, so we had that 4-4 vote, but I’ll get to that.
I successfully identified that psap had acquired the idol, and learned that pola knew what he was doing. I think he was planning on lumping me with his alliance then casting me off eventually, but I feel like I played really well so he has bumped me up. Not sure completely, but I’m pretty sure this is the case.
Basically anything psap said was used against him because pola saw all of it. And then when vote came, it was supposed to be 5-3 for sjurat, but obviously I voted the other way and drew the tie. Psap still didn’t know that I was the one flipped until about 2 hours before the picks for the firebuilding was due. I did a pretty fantastic job of deflecting and cheerleading and conspiring. I’m proud of it.
After the vote psap is still trying to get me to flop on pola. I’m not sure why, but my new goal is to get the idol from him. Not sure how, but should be fun.
Now that that book is over, I think my strength is ******* **** up, a la Brennan. I did a fantastic job of not letting psap know so he couldn’t use the idol. My weakness is not being sure what to do with the million dollars if I win. Wait, we don’t get 1 million? Lame. Well my weakness would have to be I don’t watch survivor, at all. So I dunno what I going to happen once its 1 big happy tribe. Should be fun, I’ve already learned on the fly. I have been going through some of the old survivors to get pointers.
My chances are winning are still pretty low I think, although if I make the final 2 I feel like I’ve only ****** psap off and I have made the biggest play of the game, so people may respect that. But I dunno what I am doing, so pretty low. But I think polabonez has the best chance of winning. He has friends on the other side, and knows what he is doing. I hope this idol isn’t guess random sports places again and more of a puzzle, but we shall see.
Matt
From:
phillyboy107
To:
Survivorxii
Received:
4/11/2013 9:17:00 PM
Subject:
Letter home
Message:
Since being back on the island I have had some stuff happen. I joined an alliance with shlog and 3 others. I have been playing the game pretty independently though. I have nominated my self for a 2nd entry in the challenge because if we lose I will go back to redemption island which I plotted to do. This way if I win people will want me to stay on the island and if I lose I will go to redemption island and get to compete by myself which will them help me have a great story for the title because I will have won 2 redemption island and once I get back I will have an alliance still and I will team up with swany as well and take home the crown. Also I think da goat has a alliance going with some people.
From:
shlog3131
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/11/2013 9:20:00 PM
Subject:
Letter From Home 2.0
Message:
Yoyo,
Im surprised to still be around. As a rookie I did not hold out much hope of making it even this far. I have only Psap to thank for this. HIs slick maneuvering got rid of csudak and redraider with little stress for us. Unfortunately though I didnt end up with him and the rest of UA holdovers.
Things have taken a turn for the worse. Now I find myself as the #5 man for the adidas 4, my closest ally Psap is a dead man walking in Mid-Major after being betrayed by Ahrens, and I have found that this whole game is being run by a single player with an intricate web of allies that runs at least 8 players deep... Pola.
My future in the game is in serious jeopardy. Granted I have not made enemies like psap but I also do not have enough connections to survive. As I said Im the #5 man in an alliance in a tribe of 8. The 3 guys Im in with on the tribe are out numbered 4-3. Every tribal I lose either cushioning or an ally. There is a movement afoot to try and bring together players from various alliances that are low on pecking orders but I think it will be in vain.
My strengths are: The actual challenges and my ability to play with my integrity. Also my ability to maintain a low profile.
Weakness: My inability to connect with many of the veteran players.
My pick to win it is Caesari. There is some speculation that he is in with Pola as well as the Adidas 4.
From:
psap
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/11/2013 10:45:00 PM
Subject:
my big *** letter home
Message:
Random info:
Ahrens was a hidden ally of Pola. They played Team Challenge together. I think he was buried from the start and actually caused csudak’s exit accidentally. Me, MB, Shlog, Csudak and Red agreed to work together while on UA. Csudak chose to elim Ahrens first vote. Halfway to the vote, csudak flipped and was organizing to vote me out. But I had warned mb and shlog to tell me if this happens so we can flip on csudak. We did and he went home. But he went home I think because pola convinced csudak not to vote out Ahrens (his buried ally) ; csudak chose to flip against the wrong guy and supporting pola cost him his game. Only pola knows for sure. I think csudak was played and doesn’t even know it.
Somehow in the forum in the developing fued between pola and I, Ahrens got dragged into it. Idol accuasations were made, and somehow everyone ended up thinking I had the idol. People seem to believe this. And now (thank you guys!!) the way you worded the “next” idol it seems sealed. I have a idol just like Abi did. But this time people actually believe I have one.
Mlee was golfpro ; Goat is his brother in law. Both from small town in Idaho sharing the same IP address. Pola “says” he is convinced Goat is MLee is Golfpro. But he never seems to get around to eliminate him to save the integrity of the game from cheating.
I just gave Goat all this info to see if I could help myself somehow. Nope, all he has is his 4 – no plans in his vision to take on the larger pola alliance.
Can’t get tsut or sjurat to budge against pola. Trying to entice them to make a BIG move with our 3 votes and take a leadership role rather than be a follower. No balls on either of them. I am going to have to start taunting them that pola has his hand so far up their ***** that they are pola’s hand puppets.
I can’t break pola’s larger alliance (HEY – everyone can’t be #2 or #3 in this pecking order guys!!!!) nor can I convince the Adidas 4 that they need bigger numbers to take on pola (how about me, mb and swany – help a brother out!).
My odds of surviving 1 more vote is 50% ; 2 more votes 0%. Calculate my odds of winning from there.
Many people ****** off about the stacked deck approach to the game. I am outing Pola every chance I get. I know he will send me home. Just trying to poison the well sufficiently to limit his success.
Pure and Knee are the only ones in the game I know nothing about.
No one in this game is that interesting outside of pola, me, and Ahrens. Don’t really respect anyone else’s game to this point. I would bet caesari has some cards to play I hope. Reached out to Stal and Goat but neither has any relationships outside of their immediate sphere. No one is playing across tribes but Pola and I.
I still look out for my allies. I landed Shlog with the Adidas 4. I brought in swany into my group and then used his relationship to Philly to get intel over there and to help him if it helps me – doesn’t seem like it is going to matter. Philly rides the short bus. He wants to go back to RI – he thinks he’s safer there.
From:
pureh21
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/12/2013 2:02:00 AM
Subject:
Letter to a Friend #2
Message:
Hey guys.. its me again.. just wanted to give you an update on how things are progressing here on the island. I've made it through the 1st "cut" as we recently had a challenge on redemption island that would allow one removed player to return. It just so happens that phillyboy, a guy that my tribe had cut, won the challenge and is now back in the mix. As luck would have it, he's on my tribe again and for the most part he feels slighted and feels like he has a target on his back because my tribe this time is the same as last time for the most part with a few new people added.
I still have an alliance going with 3-4 other members so at this point I feel safe even if we have to cut someone from the tribe. Our big challenge this week is for the masters!! You know how i roll.. i love golf and i feel as if its one of my strengths along with nascar, baseball, and college sports. I'm scared that they're gonna throw out more NBA, soccer, and hockey but hopefully those come soon while i have these alliances built up as i'm definitely not strong in those sports.
Right now I'd probably say that i have about a 10 % chance of winning this thing but alot of things will have to go my way with the challenges and what sport they're centered around and at what point they're played.. If i were to guess a winner at this point i'd probably lean towards a guy named polabonez as he seems like he may know what he's doing. I hate to vote for an opponent because you know i'm a "union" guy and back my fellow "brothers" but that's just how i'm feeling tonight.
From:
polabonez
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/12/2013 9:44:00 AM
Subject:
The Letter you have been waiting for.
Message:
Well.... I thought that there was a light inclination of a chance that MAYBE, possibly I could potentially be making a trip home...... but... Nope.
It's good for the ratings, after all....
As far as the tribe goes, obviously we just survived a pivotal firebuilding challenge... One that we were lucky to get anyhow. At the tribe split, I finally found myself at the short end of the stick Psap had an alliance of 5... I had an alliance of three... What was worse, of course, is that they have the immunity idol.
So my only chance of survival was to get one of the 5 to flip, and of course making sure it was the right person who wouldn't rat me out in my attempt.
You see, I had already made a deal with the 5 to keep me alive, and in turn I would make sure to protect their allies on the BCS Tribe... I also had to vote for my own (tsut) and throw an off vote to secure their chance of victory.
I agreed, but had no intentions of laying down at this piont.
Luckily for me, psap has given me enough info that I knew ahrens was just their vote block 6th man.. .and it just so happens before the tribe split that we had talked for the first time and I brought this all to his attention. We hit it off well, and since has been a blast.....
That last vote, the idol still would have hurt us... so I stuck to the plan and psap thought I was throwing an off vote, I purposely had sjurat not open any of his sitemails and told the other 5 that he said he would miss the vote... They sitemailed him to double check that, and he didn't open them.. Combine that with the fact that ahrens should win a damned oscar for his double agent work.... We wanted them to feel good about the vote so nerves wouldn't bring that idol out (which they felt they were going to win 6-2, and possibly 6-1). And that's when the **** hit the fan over here.
Currently, I'm taunting psap and acting a bit like a child. I'm saying things like "used ahrens to win the game for the vets" because that's exactly what he wants me to say so he can use it against me while he shows ahrens my sitemails and tries to get him to join back.
ahrens is playing along... mostly because this is just a small part of the plan to get him to give us the idol before we execute him.
It probably won't work, it was devised when we were drunk... but hell it passes the time while we have to endure a long *** masters challenge. Which, by the way, I'm excited to say I'm doing well at... mostly from copying some of sjurat's suggestions and then just picking names of guys I recognized from Tiger Woods 2013 on XBOX.
The other tribe is more interesting to me. Shoe and stalagna decided to run with psap's allies, schlog and phillyboy... rather than the safe haven of the Adidas 4 I tried to tell them to hook up with... Now that psap is in trouble, I am hearing rumors that he is arranging to take my boys shoe and stalagna out over there first...
But hat's not going to happen, either.
Anyways... I guess if you were watching this show live on TV I'd probably be the favorite to win it right now. Every move I make just seems to work out... but what the viewers don't know... is I don't really care to win. I've done that already.. I might just play to stir the **** up and send the ratings through the roof.
Who will win then? Probably tsut or ahrens... I plan on bringing everybody I've worked with along with me... and at some point blindsiding shoe right when he has his confidence built at his highest level. After all, what are friends for?
As far as my personal strengths - hell, I don't know... This is MY game... Nobody knows and understands the game better than me (and possibly dubs)... As much as you learn from winning the game you can learn from running it (as I'm sure you are learning)... What were Michael Jordan's strengths at basketball? Pretty much everything because he is the best god damned player of all time... I'll use that one.
Weaknesses - Probably that I don't have the same desire to win like the last time... Dont' get me wrong.. .I'm not playing the "win or lose just have fun" card.. I don't plan on losing. I won't lose, I have too much competitive nature to let that happen... All I'm saying is whoever wins the game will win the game because I decided they would win the game.
It's my game right now. I control it. The people who make the jury should thank me for being on the jury. The 5th 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st place finishers should thank me for allowing them to be there.
I AM POLABONEZ.
PS: Yes, it's 8:43AM and I have already started drinking. A day off and a tee time in 30 minutes... Bloody Mary's are on the house.
From:
stalagna
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/12/2013 9:58:00 AM
Subject:
Letter
Message:
Well I thought I had the tribal split figured out with Survivors that were in the final for one tribe vs. other Survivors that didn't fare as well, but that didn't pan out. I am still on board with my original alliance- pola, tsut, sjurat, and shoe. It did hurt us when we got spilt on the two tribes, but pola has managed to keep them together over there. As for shoe and I, well that may be a bit tougher as we know there is an alliance here of the old Adidas tribe.
I still think pola has the best shot of winning, but secretly hope that someone decides to blindside him before the final 3 or 4 players remain.
I think my strength is this game is my alliance with pola as well as my biggest weakness.
From:
tsut30
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/12/2013 9:59:00 AM
Subject:
Letter to home
Message:
Here we are, in tribe mid major. There seems to be a bit of a split in our tribe, pitting polabonez, myself, sjurat and ahrens against psap (who according to one unnamed person, with perhaps airtight? info, is repas), mb625 and swany. That's where KNOWN alliances stand amongst us. Pola is playing the game very strong and is a favorite to win the game. To win the game, someone will have to make a very strong and bold move to get pola out, in my opinion... Until next time...
From:
da_goat
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/12/2013 4:53:00 PM
Subject:
Hello Hosts!
Message:
This game has certainly gotten pretty interesting....did we expect anything less a game that pola is playing? Our core 4 alliance is still solid.....knee, caesari, and pureh are all in it together and were very fortunate to all be on the same tribe one the merege occurred. Who know who will win....I am gonna go out on a limb and say that tsut will win as he finds a way to beat pola in one of the final challenges and takes him out. If not tsut, then sjurat will do it. I am hoping to make the next merge....after that then we'll see. My strength in this game is a good alliance, faring well in challenges, and luck, like getting us all on same tribe again. My downfall is probably the social game....just not my cup of tea.
From:
shoe21
To:
survivorxii
Received:
4/12/2013 5:47:00 PM
Subject:
Letter to home
Message:
Hey horvie and ghutton,
I'd first like to say I'm have a blast with this survivor... There's a lot going on now since alliances broke up. Me and stalagna are fighting our way on the BCS tribe wit the monster 4 Adidas boys. On the other side pola is somehow working his magic staying alive... Honestly if I keep quiet and keep working my ways I should finish in the top 5 no matter what. I think it's gunna come down to me and pureh21... I would love for it to be me and pola but think everyone will eventually catch on and he will get screwed over... I think I have 75% chance if it comes down to me and pureh21. I also would like to say I'm looking forward to when it's all said and done cuz I would love the cheaters and the guys bein sneaky to get brought out for everyone to see...
Love,
Shoe21