Confessions of an Olympic Gold Medalist

[Crystal Cox]

 Hello hello!  Oh my gosh I am back in this crazy Survivor Warriors game!  I am pretty excited to hopefully gain some redemption from last season.  I knew that there was going to be a huge twist in the game and it was finally REVEALED!  One Tribe One World!  All 20 of us are on one tribe together and our fate in the game relies on how well we do in challenges.  I think it is interesting in that it starts the game as completely individual.  YOU are the reason you lose the game.  I don't know exactly how it will play out and I am still trying to formulate how to incorporate a strategy into it because it really changes the entire game.  You can either A. Make a solid majority alliance and throw all the challenges to just get people out or B. Depend on challenges to get you to the end.


The only problem with option A is that there are so many variables and you would have to make sure 100% that you are with a tight group who wont turn on you.  It would be risky to ask people to throw challenges as well since no one would really want to lose.  

I have mostly been talking in the Survivor Warriors chat with the entire tribe.  It seems much easier to have a group to talk to than try and have a 1 on 1 with every person in the game.  The person I seem to like the most so far is Cirie.  Her and I quickly got over how annoying Keith was and having a fellow bitching partner was fun.  I told her day 1 that it may be early but I think her and I should start a "Black Widow" alliance and possibly incorporate Tasha in it and we can all be lovely black women in an alliance.  

I do like Tasha a lot as well.  Everyone else I have just been social with and have to take who they are at face value.  I can't get close to all of them because that would just be way too damn exhausting and then I would start forgetting who was who.

I am so glad that I was in the top 10 of the challenge.  I didn't go crazy overboard like Erinn or do stupidly poor like Keith.  I was pretty much in the middle of the top 10 which is a fine place to be for the moment.  I don't think it is in your best interest to do the best because once you fall into the bottom 10 someone is ready and willing to cut your throat.  Finding a way of balancing throwing a challenge yet not sucking at a challenge is going to be a struggle. 


Crystal Cox came to play baby.

[Crystal Cox]

I was actually really wishing for a strict puzzle challenge to be in the beginning.  I knew that I would be horrible at the puzzle and I only want to do horrible in a challenge when I don't think there is a chance for me to go home.  I am trying to be more outspoken and in your face this game.  I honestly felt like I held back a little too much last season and I want to be play different because obviously it did me no good.  I am playing it pretty blunt this round.  Tina is an obvious boot and I said as much in my Tribal Council answers.  Hopefully this will just lead the conversation to get Tina out with everyone.  Tina did talk to me round 1 and seemed nice but then she dissapeared.  WHO KNOWS.

I am just glad puzzle week is an easy boot week.

[Rob Cesternino]

You're racist

[Crystal Cox]

I am not racist! I just hate people of different color and backgrounds or nationalities. Jk.

[Crystal Cox]

This week I win immunity and that makes me very happy! I think this vote isn't going to be quite as easy because all of these people as far as I know have been actively playing in the game and socializing with people.  One thing I have started to notice is that a lot of these people are fucking COMPLAINERS they complain about puzzles complain about this complain about that.  They are losers and they must not realize how fucking annoying they sound.  I suck at puzzles too but you don't see me saying that I wont even be attempting to try it.  I am going to list some of the complainers so I can remember without having to look at the chat logs.  These people are starting to annoy me and I think it would be easy to get targets on their back especially since they don't seem that great at the challenges so far.

Robb
Silas
Adam


I need to try and solidify some type of alliance with Cirie and Tasha. I know Cirie would totally be down with it but I don't know where Tasha's head is at in this moment except on making sure she doesn't go to TC.  This whole thing so far has definitely made it hard for me to make alliances because it really seems to be a case by case alliance depending on who is going to the Tribal Council.  I think the people that are starting to perform really well like Erinn and Kathy are painting targets on themselves and once they fall below that line I think people should pounce and get them out.  If this continues on for a long time you want to be able to take out your competition.  

[Crystal Cox]

I am hearing that everyone is thinking of voting out Colton.  That is fine with me since I think the kid has the brain of a goldfish.  It isn't going to phase me with him being gone.  It might be a shock to him but I am sure he is used to being a pre-juror.   I don't know why his name was really brought up but I think he might be rubbing people the wrong way because his social skills aren't really on par.  He did say he was in the military and I definitely respect our veterans..but..I think it may have knocked some screws loose upstairs, but I ain't a Doctor, there is a V.A. for that.

[Crystal Cox]

I actually kinda feel bad for Colton because everyone snubbed him and when he was trying to talk to people (silas in particular) they were ignoring him lol.  I understand he is socially awkward and he did go after my Tasha so that was a big no no on his part BUT I talked to him the other day and he said he had watched American Sniper and started crying because he was in the army and had to make tough decisions like they did in that movie in regards to kids and stuff so I was like thats the saddest thing ive ever heard! 


All I know is I can have a clear conscious since I wasn't one of the monsters who voted out a war veteran lol.
The game goes on though, whatcha gonna do. 

[Crystal Cox]

One thing I am starting to notice in this game when I go to Tribal Council is right when Immunity Challenge results are posted there is a MAD MAD dash from all of the Servants going into TC to see who to vote for.  For the past couple rounds it seems like Adam and Jaclyn were the ones leading the charge.  This round Adam said that he wanted the vote to be Marcus and then the name Marcus just spread like wildfire, I am personally fine with Marcus since he really isn't all around that much and hadn't spoken to me since the first day of the game.  Chelsea (bless her heart) completely flips out and gets crazy and extremely paranoid.  She did want to start an alliance with me and Cirie though and of course we accepted.  Chelsea is the type of player you have to cuddle and whisper sweet nothings to make them not freak out and to let them know they are okay and cared for.  This round everyone was basically in agreement that Marcus is going to go but then..........  


THEN Marcus comes on and starts chatting it up with me and asks me who the vote should be for.  I asked him who he doesn't really jive with and he said Adam, Jaclyn, and Josh.  I told him I would be down to vote for Josh.  Marcus then goes and talks to people about voting Josh and I think that for some reason people weren't even thinking Josh and now that his name is brought up they think that it is a better choice. So literally within the past hour the vote has gone from everyone voting Marcus to everyone voting Josh.  I don't know if that is because of the strategy of Marcus or the feeling that Josh has done better in challenges than most of us and they want him out or what but I don't care either way as long as CC's name isn't being written down.  

[Crystal Cox]

I have made such a web of lies this week lmfao. So let me just get all this down.  BASICALLY no one wants to tell anyone they are going to be the next one out so I concocted the plan so its going to be a blindside this week.


Everyone is voting Josh out of the game.
Josh thinks everyone is voting Marcus out of the game.
Josh thinks Marcus thinks Jaclyn is getting voted out of the game
When Marcus is really in on the plan in getting Josh voted out of the game.
Jaclyn is also in on the plan that Josh thinks Marcus is voting her out just in case something leaks and josh tells Jaclyn what Marcus is wanting.

Go ahead and wrap your brain around that lmao.

[Crystal Cox]

We are officially in tribes bitches!  I am so excited you have no idea.  I was getting so freaked out by the hustle and bustle and fast decision making during the one tribe aspect of the game.  I get put into the Bastet tribe and the only thing really missing for me is my girl Cirie.  I got Chelsea with me and we have been working together ever since the Tribal Council.  Once we were put into the tribe I got with Chelsea and I was wondering what alliance we could possibly form with these new people, and she said that Erinn had already talked to her and was wanting an alliance of me, Dan (who i haven't talked to except once), Spencer, Chelsea, and Erinn.  Spencer and I really hit it off last round too.  I would say at this point I am most close to Spencer and Chelsea on this tribe.  I think we have a solid tribe.  We have two of the top performers in challenges in Erinn and Kathy.  

I am gonna start talking to Erinn a lot more.  I did have one good conversation with her but I need to get into her head a bit more and Dan I REALLY need to start talking to more since I had a very minimal conversation with him and I cant just align with him without having a good feel for who he is.  I can't wait to start competing because Crystal is bringing the 4 B's to this tribe Brains, Beauty, Blazing Speed, and Brawn. <3 

[Crystal Cox]

I found out that Dan is in a different time zone from me he is like 4 hours behind. Chelsea keeps hyping him up as this cool person so I have really been wanting to talk to him. I am really trying to form relationships with everyone on my new tribe, some people...I just can't..I try but they are so non responsive or don't have much depth (I.e. Erinn/Kathy)  So here I was minding my own business and the only people online at night end up being Dan and I. So I take the opportunity to strike up a conversation with him. He tells me he is a very emotional player and that right now no one in this game really stands out to him, but he said talking to me was like a breath of fresh air.


I do like hearing that about myself because I am pretty bad ass not going to lie. Dan is basically spilling his guts to me right now. He told me point blank "Most of the people I connected with are on the other tribe." which is like...yikes you really shouldn't be going around telling people that because people are going to think at merge you would just flip and lose all loyalty.


I think that was a rookie mistake of him to say that but it did get me to trust him a bit and I do like that he is upfront and honest because I would rather be stabbed in the chest then stabbed in the back. We both agree that Kathy and Erinn are non entities when it comes to the social game. Like..hello? Individual Immunity rounds are over..can't hide behind them immunity wins anymore ladies.


Kathy tried talking to me ONCE and it was "I heard we are working with each other I am so happy!" and I was sorta taken aback by that because I hadn't heard anything about working with her so I was kinda baffled by that comment. Like...what Crystal did you talk to and make an alliance with? Was it the other black girl Cirie? We don't all look alike you racist.  Like...what?

I am trying my hardest to have a great conversation with Dan, he doesn't seem that invested in the game yet he told me that he is really focused on another game right now. Luckily, I am the type of person who will look past all these things he is saying but hopefully he isn't this honest with everyone because that could get him into some trouble.



(Edit to after the convo with Dan)

Dan told me that I restored his faith in this game right before we signed off for bed which makes me feel very good. I told him we are going to make merge and kick out all the shitty people together. He also said from this 1 conversation that I made his top 3. (I better be number 1 Dan, hehe but ill take that I guess.)

[Crystal Cox]

Double Tribal Council is going to be interesting.  I think I have a good group going with Chelsea and Spencer.  We said we would vote together and align.  I told them I was thinking of voting out Kathy.  Kathy has been decent in challenges but her social game is really not on point.  She has been busy with exams and stuff which I understand, but I have tried talking to her several times and for some reason we just cannot connect.  The conversation dies even when I try and keep it going.  I feel like we don't have very much in common.  

Also, Chelsea told me that she and Kathy talked about idols, and Chelsea asked Kathy if when she won if she got a clue and she said she didn't.  Chelsea also told me that one day Kathy just randomly IM'd her and asked her who she guessed for the idol without having any kind of conversation or small talk before hand.

Chelsea told me she felt like that was very shady coming from Kathy.  I agreed with her.  I also brought this up with Spencer and he said that he didn't really talk much with Kathy either and agreed that her number is coming up soon and is a potential candidate for the vote.

Today I started talking to Dan (who is still kinda..meh unfortunately I feel like he doesn't like to talk to me for some reason.)  I asked him what he thought about this upcoming vote and instead of giving me a name he said "I heard you were considering Kathy?"  Which sorta pisses me off because I don't want Spencer or Chelsea going around telling people that stuff, so I need to have a conversation with both of them and figure out who I can't trust.


So I explain to Dan why I thought she was coming up in my mind and he said "Well I have a good rapport with her if that counts for anything, plus she is hella good in challenges."  so I rolled my eyes and sighed...First of all HOW DO YOU HAVE A GOOD RAPPORT WITH HER?! The bitch BARELY talks SMH. Obviously he is friendly with Spencer/Chelsea so I dont really want to go against what Dan wants because that could put my game in jeopardy. So I put on my best fake attitude and decided to agree with what he said (When I dont) and then I said who else do you think we should maybe take out then?  He mentioned Adam, Erinn, Sierra.  I mean any one of them leaving is fine with me in all honesty.

One of the reasons Dan said "Adam has connections to people on the other tribe."  I probably shouldn't have responded with "You do too you told me, lolz."  but I couldn't bite my tongue and not say it because you can't use that excuse on someone else if YOU YOURSELF have that same problem.  I then said "but, I dont see that as too big a deal because i don't think Tribal lines will be stuck to since the beginning of the game." (Which is true because if Cirie makes it I will definitely trust her and try to bring her in or get with her if she gets into a group.)

I am a little worried about Cirie though because I feel like Robb and Silas are together because they are both douche bags and those kind of people like to stick together.  Anyways...onto my thoughts on the vote..

I am more leaning towards Erinn because Erinn is good in challenges and I don't want to compete with her when it comes to the individual game.  She can't hold a conversation with me and when we merge you have to be able to socialize with people to figure out things and she doesn't do that very well. 

Sierra is never on because i think she lives in bum fuck egypt or something and has a different time zone.  She is very odd..in a fun way though and she was having me bust up laughing in the tribe chat with her crazy antics.  I feel like she would do whatever I say so I would rather her stay.

Adam is an interesting character.  He believes he will be targeted because he failed in the first task in the unscramble.  I think he would just vote any way someone wanted in order to be safe.  He knows his name is on the chopping block and I think he trusts me and I think he would also vote the way I want.

To best help MY game would be to vote Erinn out.  I have to figure out a plan to make it sound like it benefits everyone else's game.  If I have to suck it up and just vote with whatever Dan wants this round then I will do it but I will secretly not be happy about it.  

[Rob Cesternino]

"secretly" LOL

[Crystal Cox]

This is basically what I am thinking of Dan right now. 

[Crystal Cox]

Once the Treasure clue was revealed Kathy immediately came to me and was like "Here is a list of five names I think it HAS to be according to the clue, we should guess and tell each other."

Who the hell does she think she is that she can just come to me and force me to work with her for the idol?  I don't want her to have the idol pfft.  


Anyways, I knew the list of five on my own and brought it up with Adam, we both guessed and were wrong.  I then told chelsea who Kathy guessed and she guessed Tyson because he was one of the two left. anddddddd


My girl Chelsea got the first half of the idol! I am so excited!  I just hope my girl Cirie can figure out a way to get the other half.  I am also REALLY excited that I won the immunity over here.  It makes me feel very secure right now and the fact that I am liked is really nice.  I just hope that doesn't look too threatening to everyone else but I mean what can ya do, i was given the mystery which no one knew what it was so that really gave me a lot of points so I can say that to people.

Erinn came to me and tells me she is wanting to vote Kathy.  I am thinking "This could be great" so I agree to it.  The only thing I am waiting for now is for SPENCER TO GET HIS ASS ONLINE so we can brainstorm with him.  I just really have a problem with voting out Adam this round when he says he trusts me and Chelsea the most and I really don't want to throw away an extra vote this early.

The only wrench in my plan is the fact that Dan has a good relationship with Kathy.  In all honesty I don't want Dan to have a back up plan and I want him at my mercy lol.  I am thinking we tell Dan closer to deadline so he can't really scramble for votes for her and we can get her out of the game, this way he isnt blindsided at Tribal Council and doesn't completely lose trust in me.


I am also paying attention to the other tribe and looking at the potential guys alliance.  If the guys' numbers don't start dwindling I am going to have to look at Dan as a potential target within the tribe because I can't have that alliance in tact at merge, this is also why I need Kathy gone because I don't think she would vote out Dan if the need calls for it.