~Round 8~ I'm Back In The Game

[James Clement]

~ Round 8 ~ I'm back in the game

WOW! I can't believe I made it this far, after the reputation I got in this game, after making bad first impressions, I really did not think I would make it past pre jury, let alone into the FINAL 12.. Okay so up to the final 12, so far. Last tribal.. Was INSANE. How I pulled off getting rid of Sydney is BEYOND me. I mended some broke ties, and got in good with certain people, that eventually led me to success last tribal council. I have been getting close with Tyson, who is also closely alligned with Ethan, who is also alligned with me ! So us three have a solid thing going. I also convinced Sarah to vote with us, as well As ALINA, Me and Alina had real talks (refer to week 7 conf) and basically we apologized, and now were good, and she also voted off someone who could of possibly helped her in this game. But hey! Better for me . So anyways, I was still anxious to see what was gonna happen at the other tribal on the other team last round, everyone had told me like an hour before, that everyone was changing their votes to Crystal, which saddened me, because I truly LOVE crystal , and it was sad to see her gone. And plus that is another loyal ally for me , gone out of this game... It was definitely a bittersweet round for me as far as who got the vote, and so on.

So now onto this round, so this round, we were informed, that there would be a challenge in which, the last place player would get the boot! I was kind of nervous because this week has been BRUTAL for me, with exams, and the last week of my summer courses, my teachers have been cramming in the work.. So I was kind of nervous for that, and we would ALSO have a completly seperate tribal council for this round as well. So the challenge began and the first thing I saw was Andrea using her necklace to save herself from the elimination challenge. I found that to be like a whatever situation, she hasnt seemed to be too active recently, so it was probably a good mood for her in the end. So anyways, there were 9 dinosaurs and at he end of the challenge whoever was on the dinosaurs would be safe. And the other 3 would do a duel type challenge, where the person in last would be gone. 2 of the dinosaurs had immunity, as well as the 2 people who stayed on dinosaurs the longest would also win immunity. So my strategy for this challenge, was go for the dinosaurs who would have less people going for them. At this point I wasnt even concerned with winning immunity, i just wanted to stay in the game... So basically i went for dinosaurs no one was really going for, and luckily I survived and stayed in the game! Tom, Monica, Ethan & Ben all won immunity. Ben has been doing good in competitions recently, even though were supposed to be allys, i'd like to see him gone soon. Tom is honestly my number 1 target at this point, him , sydney & monica seemed to have a tight crew, and now that sydneys gone, I would love to vote him out the next time he is vulnerable at tribal. So anyways, Alina was eliminated in the elimination challenge. And this is honestly a "whatever" elimination, because I only kissed her ass for an extra vote to stay in the game, and get rid of Sydney. I had no intentions of really being friends with this girl. So anyways, basically, with Alina gone, and onto this vote. & Since both Tom & Monica are safe, my alliance is going after Colby, he is another huge floater that i would LOVE to see gone pre jury. Hes a huge floater and someone i do not really talk to, so he has to go. Lets see how long I can keep the ball rolling, and see how many more of "the other side" I can knock out