Good morning to the three of you who read these blog posts! We lost christian last night and are headed into what I can only assume will be a chaotic and painful merge round. Lowkey expecting someone we love and cherish to be our merge boot.
From the merge on forward, here's how this blog will work. I am going to make my call of the 5 top contenders right here, right now. Those are my guesses as to who will ultimately win the game. Then, during each round, I'll rank the three players who impress me most each round so I don't need to waste so much time writing the same diatribe about the boring ass nyiri tribe bros.
1-Carl: I think Carl is the best positioned player in the game, and one of the few who has articulated what his game plan is for the merge. With an idol in his pocket and a potential majority alliance heading into merge (granted they can flip over Tommy/Chelsea/Dan) he should be in a power position where he can call some shots and run the second half of the game. Luckily for Carl, he doesn't come off as an alpha like Dan or Aaron, so I'd guess our brochachos who like to talk about swinging their dicks and making BIG MOVEZ
TM are going to be the initial targets of the minority. All this to say Carl is playing a great middle of the road strategist game, and I have the most faith that he would be able to continue that trajectory, even if he isn't my ideal winner.
2-Dean: I'm calling the shot on the nyiri bros, and i'm like 95% hoping that this plan they cooked up completely backfires and they all go home lol. However, Dean will be an interesting one to watch because of his relationship with Jack. I think that despite Jack pledging his loyalty to the Poroto tribe to save himeself, this relationship with Dean will pick up again at the merge and he'll wind up giving the bros all of the information they need. My faith in Dean's win equity is pretty heavily staked in being able to rope Jack back in, so we should know pretty quickly come merge whether this relationship is important based on if Jack starts to lie or not. Curious to see where it goes. PS Still hate Dean srry
3-Aaron: The last contender out of the Nyiri bros because Nick is kind of an afterthought? Interested to see him linking back up with Tommy here at the merge, and by proxy with chelsea. I think those two will definitely be closer to Aaron than to Dean, and that could put Aaron in a powerful position within the alliance,as he'll have the largest contingent of people who consider him their closest ally. He's a bit of a douche so I could see him getting himself in trouble, but he's also smart enough to know when to shut up, unlike someone like Dan.
4-Kara: The heart wants what the heart wants, and I want Kara to win this season so I look at her game through rose colored glasses lol. I think that her alliance of John/Alison/Jack is going to be in a lot of trouble come merge. But I believe Kara would be the last person targeted of the OG Nyiri's in that group, and has a good enough social game to find someone to pick her up as an option should she need to jump ship. A lot could change based on
MISSY'S WHISPER that has Dean shaking in his boots, but I'm not going to stake too much on that until we see the players merge. Basically, I expect Kara to make it the furthest of the players on Poroto. so she makes the contenders list. <3 u Kara
5-Chelsea: I think Chels is in a weird spot, but then i think to myself "Who the fuck would waste a vote on chelsea right now?" and I feel better about her chances. We've seen in confessional that shes smart and that she is actually way more fun than she shows in the public threads, so I could see a world in which she hops into a majority alliance with the Nyiri bros at merge and hides behind them for a bit, and then turns the gas on around F9 F8 to start her run to the end. Maybe its just me projecting my hopes and dreams on to her, but I don't see her being a target any time soon unless Missy decides to cannibalize her or something.
**Disclaimer**
It is worth noting that last night Missy made a whisper to John basically alerting him to her intention to work together after she flipped on Elizabeth, which I take as a direct message to me that Missy is sorry she took out Liz and she now wants to work with one of my other faves. Thanks Missy, but you're still my bottom contender until I see some real work in the game, because currently you're near the bottom of everyones list of who they want to vote for
Looking forward to a fun merge everyone! Thanks for lurking
Danni's Contenders for the win: 5/5 remaining