Episode 5 Updates/Thoughts

[Charity]

Post thoughts below!

[aubra]

So this round should be interesting. Kilby mentioned possibly going after Gaston. Which should be a good move for him. Blue has the most power right now. Kilby has an idol and is being told that the pink idol was flushed. The fact that one didn't come out last round should make him feel better about believing this since pink wasn't really on board with the vote.
But now Nich is talking about going after Taylor in order to weaken Kilby. Which means Kilby should probably target him instead of Gaston since Gaston seems loyal to him at least right now. I don't see Nich gains any traction to get out Taylor. The only way he could maybe do it is if Kilby moves forward with the plan to get Gaston out and then Kari/Nich rat him out to Gaston AND Gaston believes it. Since Gaston really wants Nicholas out it would be hard to see them working together. Nich's best move would've been to try to get Kilby to vote Gaston since he's already thinking about it... But he doesn't know another swap is coming and probably wants to break up the gray three. I predict Nicholas ends up going here but would like to see it be Gaston so that blue doesn't get to easily steamroll.
Kari had a confrontation with Josh in front of the whole tribe which isnt good since they were already saying they were uncomfortable with her dislike for him. It doesn't seem like she's in imminent danger though so maybe itll turn into a positive and people will keep her around to cause "drama" or whatever.

[jordan]

GALAGA Tribe thoughts

Taylor- She finally got her way with keeping Nicholas over Van on the last vote, but will she be successful again if the votes look like they are going towards Nicholas or will she just let him go? I welcome Taylor's voice to the game and thankfully her allies actually listened.

Gaston - Wishes he didn't take out Van and had taken the shot at Nicholas. Believes in Kilby 100% that he is loyal. Taylor, slightly less, but still feels highly loyal. Is paranoid that Nicholas or Kari has an idol and wants to split the vote, but Kilby told him not to do it. Is planning to vote Nicholas, but pretend to vote Spitzer out with them. Nicknamed Kari 'Scary Kari' due to her tirade against Spitzer. Has a gut feeling that something strange might be brewing though…

Kilby- Says he wants to take out all the big players who are playing the best games...which will definitely be bad for him if he has no threats to hide behind. He was leaning towards taking out Nicholas over Van last round, but now he's bouncing between Nicholas and Gaston. If he sticks to that logic of taking out the players with the best games, Gaston is the way to go. Nicholas' good game play has been sliding significantly. While Kilby's reason for going after players like Gaston is a little flawed, taking Gaston out would still be good in the fact that it cuts out the growing power of MAAA! (The four og Zaxxon). But will he actually do it?

Spitzer- Believes that after Kari learned his age that she changed how she interacted with him. He liked her before, but isolated her due to what he considered game decisions. Bad game decisions, Spitzer🤦🏻 Spitzer is offended that she thinks he did it because of white male privilege when he really did it because he sucks at playing a good social game which is only just barely adjacent to using his luck based swap privilege to justify not needing to talk to minority players who he might not normally talk to in real life🧐

Kari- She's allowing annoyances in the game to cloud her vision of what's really happening in the game. She believes she has a much better bond with Kilby, Gaston, and Taylor than she might actually have and doesn't seem to realize that Nicholas and herself are not in a position to call the shots, despite trying to. It's rubbing the others the wrong way. Kilby sees her as stubborn and he doesn't want a stubborn person messing up his game.

Nicholas- Might not be long for this game unless he can convince people to target Gaston, but if he goes back to saying Spitzer then he will likely die on that hill. Hopefully Nicholas is putting in the work today and pledging loyalty because he's in big trouble...

[jordan]

ZAXXON tribe thoughts

Alexander- Despite being tight knit with MAAA! (The Zaxxon majority) he is definitely sizing them up for down the road. He sees the good game Antoinette is playing, but also that she reveals a lot to him about how she plays. He sees the phoniness of Ali's relations with everyone and knows he can't be completely genuine. With Marcellino, he sees that he is capable of playing all sides, but feels like he has his loyalty currently. For the others on his tribe, he believes Ben is being flirty with him which Alexander finds awkward. Also thinks Ali might be crushing on him too, which he doesn't want the rest of his tribe targeting him for his heart throb status. Thinks Gina might get closest to Antoinette, which could be good for him since he couldn't initial bond with her. Ryan would have been his target as a threat if they had lost. On the other tribe, he knows Nicholas and Spitzer from past games and thinks he could have options there at a merge.

Antoinette- Is worried for her closet alli, Gaston over on Galaga. Feels good with MAAA! Antoinette says that Marcellino offered up his idol to protect anyone from original Zaxxon if they need it. In the meantime she is charming the minority members of the tribe. She believes Ben to be very smart and told him she wants to work with him although she really doesn't want him to get far in the game. She sees Ryan as very strategic who will do anything to win which scares her. Gina is her favorite of the three for being down to earth. Antoinette says the plan is to let the minority believe they have flipped one of MAAA! and hopefully they reveal if any of them have an idol. It seems a bit excess because if they did have an idol, they wouldn't necessarily need someone to flip and would still likely not trust anyone enough to tell them, but I get that this group has been winning a lot and are dying to implement some strategy.

Ben- For some bizarre reason, he still thinks it's best to stick with Gina and Ryan and try to flip someone with them. He thinks either flip Ali or Alexander and vote of either Ali or Alexander. That's not going to work...why are all the reminants of XEVIOUS slightly delusional? Oh how my favorites have crumbled🤦🏻

Gina- Originally wanted to flip Antoinette over to the minority group, but now realizes Antoinette was being shady and pretending to play dumb. Now thinks Alexander is the best bet to flip. Really wants to be reunited with Kilby and bring Ben in with original Galaga at merge.

Marcellino- Is hoping Gaston has not told anyone on Galaga that he has the idol. Also here's a take... I think Marcellino should have his daughter recap his game because she is much more expressive and passionate. Much more entertaining then Marcellino mumbling while rolling a joint😂 He is freaked out with the idea of playing with a majority and doesn't know how to play games that way. Also really hoping Galaga votes out Kilby.

Ryan- Really enjoys being on a more social tribe than previously. Is definitely buying the false narrative of cracks with the original Zaxxon group and feels positive that the minority will be able to navigate it. Luckily his tribe has won twice in a row because I definitely think Ryan would have been gone already had they lost.

Ali- Dropping the ball on the confessionals. Honestly not sure he has much going on strategically right now anyways. Ali thrives by laying low in majorities and then not being seen as a threat worth taking out by mid game. Honestly I need Nicholas to survive this round to meet up with Ali and ruffle his feathers into playing a different game. Please make it happen.🙏🙏🙏

[Charity]

Kilby and Taylor are about to make a H O R R I B L E move. I think they went from playing superrrrrr well to playing horribly in the span of 1 round, which is sad because I do wanna root for them . Nicholas is a good player, but nobody wants to WORK with Nicholas besides his two tribe mates... Nicholas is the perfect shield to keep around. And the argument is "Nicholas is so so so good" but everyone knows this? Zaxxon has already talked about targeting him, so Nicholas was going to have to do a lot of sweet talking to have more options. Gaston is a pretty good player, but he has 4 people on the other tribe literally praying he survives so they can scoop him back up. If this swap doesn't pan out well from a numbers perspective, Kilby and Taylor have just handed Zaxxon the win. Bookmark this I will only accept this outcome if it leads to Antoinette's win. Oh well. We're about to swap so I'll talk about everything else next episode.

[aubra]

This sucks. Kilby listed all the reasons he should take out Gaston in his confessional. But now he’s backing out? Not a fan of this move and I think it’ll hand blue the game.