Round 6

[porsche]

This has been a frustrating last few weeks. I thought I was doing so well the first three rounds. I was good with everyone, threw competitions left and right, and I thought everybody felt they were tight with me. It all started to fall apart with the Will vote. I got what I wanted but based on his reaction, Will wanted to work with me. And I ended up letting go of Marvin the next round anyway.

I'm in an okay spot, but I'm not in a great one. I know that. There are a lot of people who I trust and who I know I'm good with, but there's also a lot of people who I don't trust at all. I don't think I'm their primary targets, but I know I'm on their radar. I think Jen and Austin would be targets ahead of me, and I do have my veto. The only one I told was Austin and I believe him when he's said he hasn't told anyone. Nobody has asked me what my prize was though, which is weird. Did they seriously forget? How could anyone forget me getting a special prize that nobody knows what it is now that we're in the final 8?

Earlier I was saying that I saw the dynamics becoming Jen/Mark/Cody/Louise/Sarah vs Marvin/David/Austin with me in the middle. That was partially correct, except not really. Right now, I see the sides as Jen/David/Austin/me vs Mark/Cody/Louise and Sarah has connections with both sides I think? The sides are far from tight, however. Jen and David are not close and will probably go after each other. Austin is mad at Sarah because she sold his fake alliance out to Mark. Sarah and Jen sold each other out to David. Louise and Mark are not close. Well, that's what they're saying. I wouldn't rule out them being secretly close, but Mark is not exactly the most subtle player, so I would be really surprised. Basically, everything is a mess.

The last round, I really wanted to keep Marvin. I'm sure I would have had the votes to send Mark home, as long as I made sure David distrusted him. I think I would have had the votes to send home Cody too. Even Louise would have been a good outcome. But Sarah was talking about possibly backdooring David and then settled on Jen once she volunteered. I'm a little mad at myself. If I had told Sarah about Cody's alliance with me/Mark/Jen and made Sarah hold off until her and David could be online and got him to tell her about the Mark/Cody/David alliance, I think I could have gotten Cody up and out if Sarah suddenly heard that if Marvin went out, she was the only one not allied with Cody.

But I decided not to do it. Sarah has a big mouth, so she could have easily told Mark and Cody that I ratted out the alliance to her. She already told Mark that Jen volunteered when she promised Jen she wouldn't tell anyone, and she told Mark about the rumored alliance with him, Cody and Austin. Sarah has not been around much and David has been on vacation so getting them to talk wouldn't have been easy anyway. It was too much risk for too little reward for me to sell out the alliance.

The other option to keep Marvin safe would have been using my POV on him. A part of me really wanted to do it. He's been a very loyal ally. However, it would also cause chaos. Sarah would be mad at me for saving her target and making her get blood on her hands. Jen would be mad at me because now she's trapped on the block and she might be going home. Mark and Cody would be mad at me for saving Marvin. I feel like Sarah would put up David as the replacement, and losing either Jen or David would be bad for my game. And then after that, everybody would see me as too close to Marvin, I would probably be getting nominated, and I wouldn't have a veto. No thank you.

I had to vote to send Marvin home. I toyed with the idea of doing a hinky vote, but I figured everyone would suspect me anyway, and there's no point in hinky voting if the blame is going to fall on me. With all votes being revealed, I'm very happy I voted for Marvin. I'm upset Marvin is out because he would be loyal to me, but with me letting him go, hopefully that makes the other players trust me more.

Cast rundown as always, in order of how much I want them around:

Austin: Austin has become my #1 at this point, I guess. I really feel like I'm his #1 too. He's kept the secret of my POV as far as I know, and we need each other. I feel very good about him and I enjoy talking to him. It doesn't hurt that he's come close to winning some competitions. Hopefully that will soon translate into actual wins. He is going to become a target soon though, and I need to make sure he stays safe.
Predicted Nominations: Cody/Mark. He's thrown out the idea of putting up Sarah but I hope he would calm down if he actually won. Louise would also be far from safe under an Austin HOH.

Jen: Jen is great. I know she's a strong player and I can't go to the end with her, but as long as there are people in the game who I don't trust, I need her around. I see her and David going after each other, which isn't a bad thing longterm, but I need to keep them in check for now. If Jen won and used her HOH on David, that helps her game, but it doesn't help mine. One other thing is that she can be a little hotheaded. As soon as she heard Sarah told Mark she got nominated, she flipped out.
Predicted Nominations: Sarah/Cody

David: I'll be very happy when David comes back from his vacation. I need him around and I need him to win. He's in a very good spot at the moment, however, and it worries me. Jen would put him up and Sarah might, but he's got the trust of both sides. He's given lots of information to me and I value that, but he seems cool with working with Mark and Cody and that worries me. In a couple days, how did he go from this:

David (22:20:57): Ooooh be
David (22:21:00): He is sneaky
David (22:21:05): We should vote out Mark
David (22:21:18): He made an alliance with me and Cody during the vote
Porsche Briggs (22:21:30): LOL
David (22:21:28): SNEAKY BASTARD

to this:

Porsche Briggs (11:36:24): though I have no idea where Mark/Cody's loyalties are
David (11:36:27): I think they are most loyal to each other
David (11:36:33): But I feel good about them
Porsche Briggs (11:37:11): Even though they've made multiple alliances?
David (11:37:25): Let me rephrase
David (11:37:46): I feel good about them in the fact that they won't nominate us if they win
David (11:37:53): Plus, everyone has made multiple alliances lol

Like, something must have changed to make him feel more comfortable in that alliance. He's considering it as an option now, though luckily it sounds like he views it as secondary to me and Austin. I suspect he realizes that Mark/Cody trust him more than they trust me/Jen, which isn't that comforting.
Predicted Nominations: Louise/Jen. Maybe Sarah, depending on who he believes.


Sarah: I can't really figure out where Sarah stands in the game. I was worried when she won that I could be going up as a pawn but it doesn't sound like she even considered me. That makes me trust her more, though she is getting worse and worse at holding a conversation. Last night, I was talking to her and she just disappeared in the middle of the conversation even though she had a green circle next to her name. I asked her a little later what she won for her pandora's box. No answer. I haven't even heard anything from her today. Gamewise, I can not tell where she stands. I was worried she was in an excellent spot. She was getting out her top target, Austin and Jen trusted her and she was telling information to Mark too so I assumed he and Cody trusted her. She had a lot of connections and I didn't think anybody was going to target her.

After Mark told me Sarah told him Jen volunteered, I passed that information onto Jen and she got pissed. Then after I told Jen that Sarah told Mark that Jen told Sarah (lol) that Austin was in an alliance with Cody and Mark, she was done with Sarah and even talked about putting her up. It's the final 8 and we're stuck in a Telephone game. A very similar thing happened with Austin. And David doesn't trust her either. On one hand it's great since I was concerned about Sarah becoming a player that would be very hard to kill, but it also seems a little bit too easy. Idk, idk. The important thing, though, is that I can never tell where she stands. She put up Mark but then she told all this information to him and it doesn't sound like she's even on his radar, which is puzzling. She also has a reward from Pandora's Box and I have no idea what it is.

Mark: I gave Mark the David test today. This afternoon, I was talking to both Mark and David and Mark asked for my opinion on who the threats were. It made me very uneasy. I want Mark to think I trust him, but I also don't want to give him any ammunition against me. My solution was to tell Mark I thought David was a threat, and tell David what I was doing. Then all I had to do was sit back and wait and see if Mark said anything to David. The results?

Mark:

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Mark Byron (16:01:34): I feel like we need to start shifting gears from nominating quiet people to nominating threats
Mark Byron (16:01:41): What do you think?
Porsche Briggs (16:03:37): yeah, I see your point. We're at the final 8 now
Porsche Briggs (16:03:57): but some of the stronger players in this game are on our side
Mark Byron (16:04:32): I feel like the only person left isn't necessarily strong is Louise
Mark Byron (16:05:04): I didn't think Sarah was strong, but then she won HOH and got a power
Porsche Briggs (16:05:36): Louise doesn't talk a lot of game at all
Porsche Briggs (16:05:46): I'm not totally sure where she stands, but I do think she's in good with Jen
Porsche Briggs (16:06:03): you know who is strong that we're not working with, though?
Porsche Briggs (16:06:06): David
Porsche Briggs (16:06:28): he's a veto beast
Mark Byron (16:07:41): I really don't understand why he tried so hard and all of those veto competitions to just not use the veto
Mark Byron (16:08:05): It's like, terrible big brother 101
Porsche Briggs (16:08:39): I don't get it either. I've been in like one veto competition
Porsche Briggs (16:08:54): but if it was week 1 and Kaitlin kept me off the block because I actually talked to her
Porsche Briggs (16:09:02): and I'm not close with either Amy or Clay
Porsche Briggs (16:09:05): I'm throwing
Mark Byron (16:09:49): Right. Now, I've only been in 2 of them
Porsche Briggs (16:10:12): and one of them you were on the block
Mark Byron (16:10:04): So I'm batting 50%
Mark Byron (16:10:15): The other I was trying, I just suck
Mark Byron (16:10:22): Lol
Mark Byron (16:10:42): A maze was the perfect challenge for me though
Porsche Briggs (16:11:15): I was happy not to do the maze. It would have just been embarrassing
Mark Byron (16:13:21): Haha awww
Mark Byron (16:13:28): Well win this one, OK? 

David

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Porsche Briggs (16:05:04): hmm, Mark is trying to get me to name threats we should start worrying about
Porsche Briggs (16:05:13): should I mention your name and see if he brings it up to you?
Porsche Briggs (16:05:15): lol
David (16:05:11): LOL
David (16:05:13): YES
David (16:05:19): Omg yes
David (16:05:31): He's terrible at keeping multiple conversations though
Porsche Briggs (16:06:30): DONE
David (16:06:40): Seriously though
David (16:06:55): It keeps us separate and we can see if he's going to spout off anything to me
Porsche Briggs (16:07:19): yeah, I think it's really smart
Porsche Briggs (16:07:26): it looks like I trust him enough to be open
Porsche Briggs (16:07:33): and whether he tells you or not
Porsche Briggs (16:07:35): it's interesting
David (16:10:13): He wants me to guess who you said lol
Porsche Briggs (16:10:47): what? Like, "Porsche said who she thinks was a threat. Guess who!?"
David (16:13:02): Literally that
Porsche Briggs (16:13:15): wtf
Porsche Briggs (16:13:31): he's told me you were dumb to try in the veto competitions early on
Porsche Briggs (16:13:33): lol
David (16:13:25): He said I got 6 guesses lol
David (16:13:33): Ironically
David (16:13:36): I WASN'T
Porsche Briggs (16:13:57): you were actually throwing?
David (16:13:57): No but I wasn't actively trying to win
Porsche Briggs (16:14:27): that's a little sad
Porsche Briggs (16:14:35): either everyone else was throwing or they just suck
David (16:14:50): Exactly, so it's not like I did it on purpose
Porsche Briggs (16:15:20): and then Clay posted that Sonic thing
Porsche Briggs (16:15:24): which still gives me nightmares
David (16:15:55): Hahaha
David (16:16:21): "Don't go telling everyone I said this but Porsche totally wants you gone"
Porsche Briggs (16:16:40): did he say that
Porsche Briggs (16:16:42): ...
David (16:17:37): Yup
Porsche Briggs (16:17:50): I'm not telling him anything else at all lol
David (16:17:45): Because I have too many veto wins
Porsche Briggs (16:18:02): HE INITIATED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO OUR THREATS WERE
Porsche Briggs (16:18:09): what the hell Mark
David (16:18:17): I wish you could see my face trying not to laugh in the airport terminal

I think this was a really good idea to give Mark that little test. He definitely trusts David more than me, and while that's not really a surprise, it's good to know for sure. Hopefully he thinks that I trust him because I was open about seeing David as a threat and he thinks David trusts him because Mark passed the information on. I really want to confront him, but the connection between him and David is a good thing. He tells David information and David passes that information onto me. I also want David to trust me with info. I find it hilarious that Mark apparently has no idea that me and David are on good terms, and meanwhile we've been comparing notes on him all along. The one side effect is that I think this made David trust Mark more.

David also shared some other things Mark said:

David (16:00:46): Mark says he wants Jen gone the most but after she's gone, he may come after you
Porsche Briggs (16:01:05): he said that?
David (16:01:05): Not explicitly
David (16:01:20): But he mentioned how he's scared of you and Austin, how he thinks you're a threat and how he doesn't trust you
David (16:01:29): So to me, that means he doesn't trust you lol

I really wanted to rank Mark lower, but the bottom three on this list are all people who I don't trust at all. It's very hard to choose between them. Of the three, though, Mark is the least dangerous. He tries to be sneaky, but his moves are very obvious and I see right through him. Just look at the conversation we had.
Mark: Targeting threats is a good idea. Who do you think the threats are? This is a confidential private conversation that is confidential
Porsche: Well, David is a threat because he's won a lot of veto competitions
Mark: That is true. David has won a lot of vetoes
Mark: These competitions are hard, huh?

Even if David hadn't tipped me off, I'd like to think I would realize something was off.
Predicted Nominations: Jen and Austin. Louise and I aren't far behind on his target list.

Louise: I have no idea what happened with my relationship with Louise. I adored her in the beginning of the game. She was even my favorite. But somewhere along the way, I lost her trust and I have no idea why. Before Marvin left, he shared this conversation with me:

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Louise Cliffe 5:28 pm
sorry, i talked jen into voting will so that we can be the middlemen***
because now no one trusts Porsche or austin
cody's being all like "if they want marvin safe then i'll keep him safe too by nominating them"

so we're in beyond a good place right now hehe

Which is very interesting, considering that Louise threw Mark under the bus to me for the exact same reason:
Louise Cliffe (22:48:11): mark did campaign to me to evict marvin so he may have tried to play two sides???
Louise Cliffe (22:50:14): that does not sound very good of him
Louise Cliffe (22:50:39): he may have wanted to divide the house, partially

and
Louise Cliffe (22:57:40): i think i would definitely put up mark as i believe
Louise Cliffe (22:57:47): the way he treated you, it just sounds like he was misleading you

I'm sorry, but nobody is that nice. She would put up Mark for no reason other than that he misled me? Yeah, right. And when I talked to her about the Will vs Mark vote, she said she would do whatever I wanted (which she also said during the Amy vote and the Clay vote). But when I talked to Jen, she said Louise said the exact same thing to her, that she would do whatever Jen wanted.

I feel like I know Louise's MO. She plays herself off as cute and naive and like she wants nothing more than to do whatever's in your best interest. I don't believe for a second that she voted for Marvin because she "thought the house was leaning that way." I told her Austin was voting out Will, even though she played dumb later. I have a theory she knew exactly what she was doing and voted for Marvin and then campaigned to Jen to keep him in order to divide the house and isolate me and Austin and put herself in the middle. She's coming off as incredibly sugary and fake, and I'm not going to let her cutesy personality and hehes fool me.

Onto more recent concerns, I have not had a solid conversation with her in ages. It's all very surface level stuff. "Hi", "How are you?", we tell each other about our days, the conversation lasts for a little while longer and then dies off. I've tried to do a good job making Cody and Mark think I trust them and I think I've succeeded but I have been awful at being fake with Louise. It really concerns me, because I have no idea what she would do if she won HOH.

I just want to know what happened with my relationship with her. Was I just blind to her the whole time? Did something happen to make her not trust me? I can't think of what it would be. When Mark approached me for a bigger alliance, I told her about it. I didn't tell her about the David and Austin alliance, but she shouldn't know about that anyway.
Predicted Nominations: Can I take anything she says seriously? I'll go with me and Mark.

Cody: Cody is someone who is very hard to read. I have lots of lighthearted surface level chats with him and it's very difficult to actually talk game unless I'm the one to initiate it. However, I had a game talk with him and it went surprisingly well. He told me he doesn't trust Jen and gave me some reasons why and the reasons were pretty good. I'm not down for getting Jen out obviously, but I really do appreciate him coming to me about it.

So why is he last? I'm of two minds about him. First is that even if things go great, and two of Louise/Cody/Mark leave in the next two rounds, we'll be one round away from final 5 with one of them left and people like Jen and David are going to be itching to kill each other. It would be great if whoever is the last one standing from those three is on my side. Assuming that the next two weeks go my way, obviously. Who would I rather have close to the end? Mark, who I can't even have a simple game conversation with without him ratting me out? Louise, who I can't even have a conversation with, and who is shady as fuck? Or Cody, who I have an okay relationship with, even though neither of us trust each other?

However, I also have to look at it strategically. Just because Cody is good socially doesn't mean he isn't a threat. In fact, he's even more of a threat. The people I need out are Mark, Cody and Louise. Mark and Cody are all but a confirmed pair, and Cody and Louise are very, very close. If Cody goes, Mark and Louise are on their own, and the rest of the people in the game would target each other before they would come after me I think. It's not perfect, but if Cody goes, I think my positioning improves a lot.
Predicted Nominations: Jen and Austin




So I think I'm in an okay spot. I want Cody and Mark out but I feel like they would go after Jen and Austin first. I only have to really worry if Louise wins, but I would just use my veto. I'm studying for this competition because I really want to win HOH. The time for throwing is over. If someone like Austin or Jen or even David won that would be great because I would be safe and I'm sure at least one of my three targets would be on the block and I could try to get them evicted. But I can't just sit back and hope for the best. I want to make moves and get out people who are threats to my game. I don't trust my allies to not waste their HOH on each other or even on someone like Sarah. If Cody or Mark gets upset, so what. They clearly weren't on my side anyway.

[porsche]

This round is going so much better than I expected. I was so scared when I saw Cody was in the running, and I was so happy when I saw David beat him. My one regret was I knew that Jen was going to be in danger. He said she was his target and I didn't want that to happen at all, but I didn't think I had a choice. Well, I wasn't going to evict Jen. She's one of my strongest allies, but I had accepted the fact that she would be nominated, and I was already thinking about taking her off with the veto (probably not my secret veto) or making sure she was sitting next to someone like Louise and Sarah and getting the votes. I would have loved to send out Mark or Cody but with David trusting them I had given up on that.

But then Jen talked to him, and then all of a sudden David was messaging me basically saying he was strongly considering putting up Mark and Cody. I would love to say I convinced David to put them up, but I didn't do much besides agreeing with him and putting forth arguments when his mind was mostly made up. This was Jen and David's move. I know that I come out looking pretty good for this: Mark and Cody are mad at Jen for selling out the alliance, they will be mad at Austin when they find out he's the reason the alliance rumors started, and David put them up. But I also really wanted to be able to put this move on my resume. Oh well.

I find it funny that Mark and Cody are the ones getting the blame for having deals with everyone. They definitely did, there's no question about it, but I was playing both sides pretty hard too. Early on, I was scared that what is happening to them would happen to me. Everybody would compare notes, decide they couldn't trust me and then I wouldn't have anyone.

If the nominations remained the same, I know David is saying he wants Mark out, but I'm really wanting to get rid of Cody. I had a conversation with Mark last night and while he wasn't completely honest, he was semi-open, and I was pleasantly surprised that he was willing to talk it out and admit some of his faults. I don't trust him at all, but I did respect that. Meanwhile, Cody was the exact opposite.

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Cody Calafiore (23:50:01):
I wasn't aware there was a problem

Cody Calafiore (23:50:34):
No one's mentioned that they were concerned with me
Cody Calafiore (23:50:46):
so Im just a little sad i wasn't able to talk it through
Cody Calafiore (23:50:54):
because im definitely not aligned with everyone

Porsche Briggs (23:51:32): yeah, I thought you were pretty well liked

Porsche Briggs (23:51:50): do you know what David is saying then?

Cody Calafiore (23:57:41):
I don't know

Cody Calafiore (23:58:26):
I can tell anyone right now that I talk to Austin/Jen/Sarah hardly any at all

Cody Calafiore (23:58:30):
and now that David nommed me

Cody Calafiore (23:58:39):
i guess he isnt my biggest fan

Porsche Briggs (23:58:55): that's probably a good bet lol

Porsche Briggs (23:59:14): well, I did hear rumors about you being in an alliance with Austin and Mark

Porsche Briggs (23:59:19): but I know you've denied them

Cody Calafiore (23:59:27):
Sarah told me that she heard that from Jen

Cody Calafiore (23:59:30):
and that's why I told you

Cody Calafiore (23:59:38):
I was concerned with Jen

Cody Calafiore (23:59:50):
and then im pretty sure Jen told David about that alliance with us four in it
Porsche Briggs (00:00:10): yeah, I think so too

Porsche Briggs (00:00:19): David even told me this morning that he was going to nominate her

Porsche Briggs (00:00:21): and he didn't

Cody Calafiore (00:00:26):
so it's like who really is aligned with everyone

Cody Calafiore (00:00:36):
and who was cocky enough to volunteer

Cody Calafiore (00:00:44):
and shady enough to spread all this drama

Porsche Briggs (00:01:36): yeah, I see what you're saying

Porsche Briggs (00:01:49): Jen was at the center of a lot of this

Cody Calafiore (00:02:11):
I also was told jen/austin/sarah had an alliance

Porsche Briggs (00:02:47): those three did seem close

Porsche Briggs (00:03:36): although I'm not sure how close they are anymore

Cody Calafiore (00:04:46):
yeah so at this point austin/jen are very very low

Cody Calafiore (00:04:47):
for me

Porsche Briggs (00:05:11): Austin too?

Cody Calafiore (00:05:32):
yeah i don't talk to him at all

Porsche Briggs (00:06:27): mhm, it did seem weird you three got grouped together
Cody Calafiore (00:07:11):
Like honestly talked to mark the least out of that original group that was made too

Cody Calafiore (00:07:26):
and now like it seems like people are associating us as some sort of thing
Cody
Calafiore (00:07:29):
and im like um okay

Porsche Briggs (00:07:57): yeah I assumed the two of you were a pair

Porsche Briggs (00:08:00): to be honest

Cody Calafiore (00:08:18):
But why would you say that?

Cody Calafiore (00:08:34):
Like I don't understand what makes anyone assume this?
Porsche Briggs (00:08:46): idk, it just felt like you two were close?

Porsche Briggs (00:08:49): its hard to explain

Cody Calafiore (00:09:05):
Like if you wanted to see our chat history its very basic
Cody Calafiore (00:09:16):
I felt like I had better conversations with David aha
Porsche Briggs (00:09:20): I dont need to see your chat history lol

Cody Calafiore (00:09:30):
Aha I wasn't offering

Porsche Briggs (00:09:36): and look how that worked out :/

Cody Calafiore (00:09:38):
I just mean that its all really generic convos

Porsche Briggs (00:09:48): gotcha

Porsche Briggs (00:10:00): so everything that got brought up

Porsche Briggs (00:10:04): isn't true?

Cody Calafiore (00:11:34):
What's been brought up?

Cody Calafiore (00:11:57):
All that I've heard was what he said in his nomination ceremony
Porsche Briggs (00:12:04): yeah

Cody Calafiore (00:12:06):
which was like just that im working with everyone and thats not true

Cody Calafiore (00:12:16):
and the only other thing ive heard is the me mark austin
Porsche Briggs (00:12:18): seemed like he was saying he had an alliance with you
Cody Calafiore (00:12:19):
and thats completely untrie

Cody Calafiore (00:12:29):
We've never talked about an alliance

Cody Calafiore (00:12:32):
once

Cody Calafiore (00:12:39):
like not in a single or group sense

Cody Calafiore (00:12:51):
so thats why im not so much annoyed that he nominated me just what he said while doing it

Cody Calafiore (00:13:21):
cause it's definitely misinformed and he never ever asked me about it

Cody Calafiore (00:13:33):
which is what I would do if i felt concerned with anyone
Porsche Briggs (00:14:09): yeah, if I won HOH (and with the way my competition record is, not very likely) I would clear up any concerns I had with anyone before the ceremony

Cody Calafiore (00:14:10):
But yeah I mean i'll just win this POV and ask him about all these alliances that I have.

Cody Calafiore (00:14:44):
Because I definitely have people I can name that I have no intentions of keeping safe

Cody Calafiore (00:14:53):
I bet if I asked him that question

Cody Calafiore (00:14:59):
he wouldn't give me a straight response

Cody Calafiore (00:15:15):
which leaves me to wonder who really is "working with everybody"

Porsche Briggs (00:16:11): and you're saying that's Jen?

Cody Calafiore (00:17:05):
Well I mean clearly she's not working with me so that's not everyone but I definitely think she's been stirring the pot.

Cody Calafiore (00:17:50):
Im sorry but I never mentioned that alliance that was formed with us four to anyone (even though it was really dead quiet/lil awkward) because that's shady as hell.

Cody Calafiore (00:18:09):
But I definitely had people tell me that she told them that there was one

Porsche Briggs (00:18:22): yeah, it felt like everything went dead in the chat ever since jury started

Cody Calafiore (00:19:03):
Yeah but I definitely wasn't fully confident in that group of four / nor did I start it so I could have easily gone and told everyone

Cody Calafiore (00:19:11):
but that doesn't promote me to be trusting/loyal

Cody Calafiore (00:19:19):
and I really have tried to be

Cody Calafiore (00:19:35):
just like when I was looking out for Jen by getting marvin out that round

Porsche Briggs (00:19:52): yeah, and then it turned out that's not what Jen wanted
Cody Calafiore (00:19:51):
and then she essentially turned it around to me like it was something I wanted...

Cody Calafiore (00:19:57):
I couldn't have cared less.

Cody Calafiore (00:20:14):
like I didn't speak to either of them all that much and I wasn't nommed. I could have just sat there

Cody Calafiore (00:20:26):
but I wanted to send Marvin home to benefit our group
Cody Calafiore (00:20:38):
considering he had nommed jen and he was a stronger hoh threat

Cody Calafiore (00:20:48):
so its just ridiculous to me that she's been so shady

Cody Calafiore (00:21:00):
Because I've done nothing but be loyal at this point

Cody Calafiore (00:21:29):
and if anyone ever felt like they wanted to know anything or where I stand all they'd have to do is ask and I'd tell them

Porsche Briggs (00:21:51): that's true, you were open with me about how you felt about Jen earlier

Porsche Briggs (00:22:02): sorry I'm not talking much, I'm a little distracted

Cody Calafiore (00:22:23):
Yeah I mean im extremely open

Cody Calafiore (00:22:36):
like if anyones asked me how i feel about people I've told them.

Porsche Briggs (00:23:28): yeah, and I do appreciate that

Porsche Briggs (00:24:30): I feel bad because our four looked strong at first and I was happy but now obviously its fracturing

Cody Calafiore (00:25:26):
Just like now. I'm sure you have a good relationship with Jen but I'm completely honest that at this point I have no reason to trust her (and i feel like they're completely justified reasons) and I'd probably put her up in a heart beat

Porsche Briggs (00:25:49): yeah, I'm not surprised at that

Porsche Briggs (00:26:04): if she did sell our group out, that was a really good move of her. Because now she's safe

Porsche Briggs (00:26:38): it is a little awkward for me though, I like both of you
Cody Calafiore (00:27:28):
Well Louise has known for ages

Cody Calafiore (00:27:34):
she approached me almost instantly

Cody Calafiore (00:27:39):
knowing about it

Cody Calafiore (00:27:56):
and then now also Sarah/David had heard that

Cody Calafiore (00:28:04):
so im just assuming everyone was aware

Porsche Briggs (00:28:09): Sarah brought it up to me

Porsche Briggs (00:28:30): and I assume that was obviously part of David's reasoning

Cody Calafiore (00:29:02):
Well all I can say is that I've never lied to anyone this game and I definitely don't agree that I have alliances with everyone xD

Porsche Briggs (00:29:49): and you didn't have anything outside of us?

Cody Calafiore (00:38:34):
Nothing other than just normal like conversations trying to keep friendly with everyone else

Cody Calafiore (00:39:09):
I've never promised anyone else anything nor have they in return

It's so gross. He's being so defensive and repeating the same things over and over. "I'm so loyal!", "Jen sold us out!", "I'm not working with anyone besides you and Mark!" I'm so over him. Cody, you were put up because you had alliances with everyone. People know. You can't just go to all your separate alliances and tell them how loyal you are and expect that to work if everybody already sees through you. I'm just playing along in this conversation with him because, frankly, it's funny.

I mean, if Cody is telling the truth then everybody in the house is lying to me. Well, not Austin because I know he made it up. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Even Mark has contradicted some of the things Cody is saying. Cody is the bigger competition threat and if he can't be honest with me, I don't want him in this house.

On the other hand, getting rid of Mark definitely isn't a bad thing. He's been just as involved in the multiple alliances as Cody, and when I told him I thought David was a threat, he didn't waste any time taking it straight to David. Plus, in the middle of our talk last night, he told me he was heading to bed and then he stayed on for another hour talking to Austin.

One thing that did stick out to me was at the end.

Porsche Briggs (00:26:04): if she did sell our group out, that was a really good move of her. Because now she's safe
Porsche Briggs (00:26:38): it is a little awkward for me though, I like both of you Cody Calafiore (00:27:28): Well Louise has known for ages
Cody Calafiore (00:27:34): she approached me almost instantly
Cody Calafiore (00:27:39): knowing about it

Very interesting, especially after the conversation with Louise Marvin showed me. I asked Louise about what Cody said and she denied it and said she would go ask Cody. I'm not sure what to believe. I don't trust Louise and it would be weird that Cody would say he heard it from Louise if Louise didn't actually say it.

I also talked with Sarah and she told me some interesting things

Sarah Miller: And that was the only alliance I had all game until Cody and Mark made one with me a couple of days ago

Sarah Miller:
Mark Byron
Anyway
I was 100% being truthful that I wanted to go to the end with you and Cody and David

So that means that Mark and Cody were allied with everybody except for Austin and Louise, and I'm not sure about Louise. I'm very, very happy that David did this. If Jen went, me and Austin were probably getting nominated next round.

Sarah also told me something very worrying

Sarah Miller (23:15:04): I think she has that effect on everyone
Sarah Miller (23:15:07): And I think you probably do too
Porsche Briggs (23:15:50): what effect? Making people feel close to them?
Sarah Miller (23:16:41): Yeah
Porsche Briggs (23:17:09): ugh
Porsche Briggs (23:17:16): I dont want people to see me that way at the final 8
Porsche Briggs (23:17:55): that's always bad news
Sarah Miller (23:20:01): I am pretty sure that's why Will was so mad
Porsche Briggs (23:21:36): I dont think I follow
Porsche Briggs (23:22:14): I wasn't trying to be fake with him >.>
Sarah Miller (23:23:01): Like I think you are just so much better socially than most of the people in this game that it makes people feel more engaged with you than they usually would
Sarah Miller (23:23:11): So then when you don't act in their best interests, it triggers a feeling of betrayal
Sarah Miller (23:23:15): Whether like actual word was given or not


Ugh. These conversations are always a bad sign. If Jen and Sarah are telling me to my face I'm a good social player, then everybody else must be thinking that I'm a social threat and it makes me pretty scared. I'm not sure who would go after me and who wouldn't. I consider Jen, David and Austin all strong allies and I want to think they would be loyal, but once we get close to the end, who knows?

I do have my veto though, and it can bail me out if I'm in trouble in the next two rounds. It's also possible to get someone like Louise or Sarah out. Say Cody stays wins the HOH and puts up Jen and Austin. As long as I'm not an initial nominee, I can pull one of them down and if Cody/Sarah/Louise don't win the veto, it can be used to take the other nominee down too and then Sarah or Louise will go up and out. I have to decide if it's worth it though. I wouldn't want to selflessly use my veto to protect my allies and then get stabbed the next round. And while I love Austin, Jen and David a lot, I want to win more and they'll have to go at some point. On the other hand, I don't really trust Louise, Sarah or Mark/Cody, so getting one of them out is a good idea. But maybe I won't have to make that decision. This late in the game, if I get nominated, I'm using the veto. If I went up at the final 9 against Marvin, I would gamble, but not anymore.

[porsche]

Stupid. So stupid. asdfwew I feel like punching something right now. I KNEW ABOUT SARAH'S DPOV BEFORE SHE USED IT. She came to me before the veto ceremony, told me about it and said she wanted to work with me. It was 5 AM at the time and I didn't think she'd actually use it so I said cool, kept it to myself, David put up Louise, she talks to me afterwards, says she's going to use it and now Jen is going home. Fuck this.

I'm so mad at myself. I should have just went to David, say listen, Sarah has a DPOV, you need to put her up. And then either I get her not to use it and Cody goes home, or she uses it to save herself and then Louise is the swing vote between Jen and Cody.

Did I have a chance to convince her not to use it? I don't know. I didn't think she would but I obviously misread her fatally. I don't even remember our conversation. And David wasn't online at all yesterday. I don't know. I'll just keep replaying the last day in my head, wondering if there was something I could have done to save Jen. Which I'm sure there was. UGH.

I would have been in a great spot too. I would have had the David/Austin/me alliance on one side which would target Mark/Louise/maybe Sarah, Jen on the other who would target Mark/Sarah. And then Sarah approached me and while she wanted to work with Mark which is ew, she also wanted to work with me. I even smoothed things over with Louise, and if Cody left, me and Jen wouldn't have to compete for her loyalty. And then if Mark left next, I would be in a fantastic spot and a close ally of everyone left.

The Louise thing is interesting. Turns out Marvin threw her under the bus to me and threw me under the bus to her. He told her there was an alliance with me, Austin, him and Amy. Which isn't even true. It was Marvin/David/me/Austin and Marvin/David/me/Amy. Why didn't he throw David under the bus? David voted you out Marvin! Louise told me that Marvin said that when we voted out Amy, he knew the alliance wasn't real. Which, well, he isn't wrong. But the votes weren't there to save her, even if the alliance was real. Marvin claims a mystery person voted out Sarah but I don't believe that.

Jen told me I had her jury vote which is great. I would say I had Marvin's too, but since he threw me under the bus, who knows. I would much rather prefer Jen stay though. I don't think it will happen. I would need Sarah and I really don't see it. I'll talk to her if/when she gets on later but I don't have high hopes.

It's going to be all about the HOHs going forward. I really want to win this next one, put up Cody/Mark and FINALLY get one of them out. If one of them comes down, I'm putting up Sarah. I don't care about her anymore and if there was ever a chance of me taking her to the final 2, I can't because she's actually made moves. 

If me or Austin don't win, me or one of my allies will be in trouble. I'm expecting to get put up if Mark or Cody win. The target will probably be Austin, but still. Sarah would probably target Austin and Louise would probably target David. If me or Austin don't win, there is a very good chance I'm going to lose an ally.

HOWEVER, I have my secret weapon. I'm tired of sitting back and watching my allies go home. If I don't use the veto next week and let Austin or David go, I can make it to final 5 but what then? I don't want to have Mark or Cody win this game because I was too passive. I have no issues using my veto next round in order to mess up someone's HOH.

I'm just running through scenarios in my head right now. Cody or Mark wins, 2 of me/Austin/David go up. If the person not nominated wins veto, all three of us are safe. If I can make sure I don't go up, even as a replacement by getting Sarah and Louise to stick up for me, then as long as the veto is used, I can pull out my secret veto and me/Austin/David control who goes home. The more plausible scenario, however, is Sarah or Louise winning. If Louise won, I think there's a chance she would put up Mark. It depends how close she is with them. If Sarah won, I would try to convince her Louise needs to go, and if she didn't put her up and put up David/Austin for example, one of them gets vetoed off, she puts up Louise because she trusts me. If I'm concerned Louise is going to stay over David/Austin, I can just pull out my veto and then Sarah basically has to pick who to send home between Mark and Cody, and then it's the house vs them in the next HOH.

I don't know. I'm going hard for this next HOH and if me or Austin don't win, I'll figure things out from there. If I get a chance to get out a Louise or Sarah and especially a Cody or Mark on one of their HOHs, I'm taking it.

I felt awful not using my veto for this round, but I just couldn't. If I used it to save Jen, Austin was the only available replacement. The votes were there to get him out for sure. Mark and Cody wanted him out. I'm not sure how close Sarah is with Louise, but Sarah is convinced he hates her. I also didn't really want to ask Sarah what she would do in a Austin vs Louise vote because then she would know I wasn't telling her something. I brought up Austin making an alliance with her earlier and she laughed at it, so yeah, I don't think she's fond of Austin. If she actually would have voted out Louise over him I will be even more upset, but I do think given the choices I had I made the right move. Either lose Austin and the veto or lose Jen and keep the veto. Both of them are on my side.

Quick cast rundown:
Austin: Please please please win this HOH if I don't. Please. I really trust him and Jen said that of everyone besides Cody, he has the least chance of getting her vote. If others feel that way, he could be a good F2 partner?
Cody: I want him out so badly and I will always second guess myself if there was something I could have told Sarah to get her to let him go. I mean, the conversation was at 5 AM and I think she had already made up her mind, but ugh. I had a conversation with him last night where he was telling me how he couldn't understand how people didn't trust him, how alone he was (this was AFTER a DPOV was used on him) and how he never did anybody wrong. I just couldn't take it anymore. I was tired of being fake, so I asked if we could be open to each other. This is the conversation that followed:

SPOILER: Click to show

Porsche Briggs (22:32:46): well, do you mind if I'm completely candid with you?
Porsche Briggs (22:32:53): I'd rather us talk this out, you know?

Cody Calafiore (22:36:06): definitely want to be candid 100%

Cody Calafiore (22:36:09): im about to go out though

Cody Calafiore (22:36:11): for like a few hours

Cody Calafiore (22:36:17): but ill be back later but i definitely want to

Porsche Briggs (22:37:00): oh
we can talk later then

HE NEVER CAME BACK AHHHH
David: I really need him in this game. He's been a great ally and I need somebody who can win competitions. Down the road, if Mark and Cody are out, that competition skill could be a threat instead of an asset but I'll deal with it then.
Louise: Well, we talked it out. I denied having a big alliance with Marvin which was easy since Marvin looked shady for selling her out too. I hope she believes me. I'm not positive that she did, but I think she's more likely to work with me than someone like David and Austin and hopefully Mark and Sarah too. I know she would choose Cody over me though.
Mark: Pretty sure I'm going up if he wins. I asked him and he said "it depends on who sells each other out". He really needs to stop winning vetoes. That's twice he was out the door but stayed because of a clutch win. I'm torn on who I want out between him and Cody if I get a choice. On one hand, Mark is dangerous and sneaky and has already sold me out. Cody is more of a joke but he's also very tight with Louise and that's dangerous.
Sarah: I don't trust her anymore but I'll try to make her think we're a duo. Her move might have been good for her game, but it isn't good for my game and when I pointed that out, it didn't seem like she cared. I think she wants to work with me but she's also with Mark and Cody. If she has to be sacrificed because of my veto, oh well.

[porsche]

Porsche Briggs (16:47:07): wait
Porsche Briggs (16:47:11): does that mean I'm going to win
Mark Byron (16:47:55): Almost but then Jen pulls and ika and votes for me and I win


.....what the fuck Mark