Phil's Diary Room

[Phil]

lol a testament to my laziness: i just sent briq and vova on a task to find out if cole would be willing to take me off the block, and try to get him to do it. since i'm too lazy to campaign for my own damn self.

truth. believe it.

[Phil]

Briq and Vova when I tell them I have the DPOV:



briq: "i want james to stay but i want the dpov too."

BACK OFF. ITS MINE.

...


Then I threaten to use it and risk it going to waste if i dont come off the block. they better work something to get me off the block. then i wont play the DPOV and "they can keep it" for later. LOL.

[Phil]

Alright, I work tomorrow so I'll see what I can do about this round. I officially asked Cole to consider taking me off the block. LOL.

I talked to Briq and Vova a bunch, and we pretty much just held the conversation as if it was entirely possible that Cole could or would do it. I seriously don't think he would do it, but I also tried to entice Briq/Vova enough with the DPOV and said the only way I'm keeping it in play is if I'm taken off the block. I seriously don't know how likely it is that they would try to find a way to get me off, but I'm trying to play to their greedy side right now, because they clearly see the benefit of me being on their side with the DPOV. It seems dumb for them to try to randomly switch up the noms this round, but they said they'd ask around and find out. Like ... ok? Ok yeah go and find out. LOL

Briq/Vova seem like they want to get out Cole next round. In fact, everybody does, it seems. But then they speak as if they have sway with Cole or someone close to Cole, and were considering who Cole would even put up if he took me off. The likely option is Alad. I wouldn't use a DPOV on Alad (or James), but I'd just let it go to vote. Briq seems like he wants to get out Magnum this round, but also sees the benefit of getting out James. Vova pretty much straight up said he'd vote James over Magnum "because James can win comps". Which, um, this defeats the purpose of keeping James as a shield. He can win comps and he's targeting Cole. NOT YOU. Unless you're tight with Cole and you don't want James targeting him. *side eye* Then Briq messaged me privately like "omg I'm surprised Vova said that. You think we can trust him to vote with us?" WHAT.EVER. I don't care. But then I made an argument for why its DUMB to vote out James when you can vote out some other rando. Ok?

They also don't know that I told James that I have the DPOV, LOL. I can't not use the DPOV and just sit on the block, because James knows I f*cking have it and will campaign so f*cking hard to stay. He'll throw me under the bus to save himself, and he has TONS of ammo. My conversation thread with James is 13 pages long. So that's why I can't stay on the block and just trust the house (half of whom I don't really trust in the first place). But I'm not gonna blatantly betray James and not use the DPOV when we're both on the block. That would be suicide. I'd rather waste the DPOV than get voted out with it.

If I can get myself off the block, I *would* consider voting James, because I only care about myself, and if I have to go with the house on this one, then I have to go with the house. I'm honestly doing what I can to save James, but if in the end its not enough, then its not enough. I have to save myself before I save anyone else.

ANYWAY, here is my contingency plan for the DPOV:

If I'm still on the block: I use the DPOV on myself and put up Magnum. Reason: "I need to use this Diamond Power of Veto on myself, because I cannot be a pawn again. I made a decision to use it when I was nominated, regardless if I was told I was safe or not. It's too scary, and not nice to keep doing to someone. Since I have used the Diamond Power of Veto on myself, I get to choose a nomination replacement. I choose Magnum. Sorry buddy, I like you personally but this is strictly a game move to save myself more than anything. Since I'm taking myself off, someone needs to go up, and you and I just aren't really that close in this game, so it only makes sense for me to choose you. You can be the new pawn. Sorry and good luck to both nominees."

If I'm somehow miraculously saved from the vote: I won't use the DPOV. Whoever is put up as my replacement is just put up and we go to the vote. Hopefully it's someone not named Briq or Vova, but if its them...then...lol. They didn't seem concerned they'd be put up if I came off.

Ok I think that's my last update.

[Phil]

well cole already didnt use it.

at least talking about it to briq/vova opened up discussion with them on a more serious note. i think i learned something. therefore, even if james goes, i consider the dpov to have been useful.

[Phil]

also omfg how stupid of cole to use his veto right away without consulting anyone. WHAT A WASTE OF WINNING. Someone has no idea the power of conversation. You sit on that power, man. make people talk to you. oh well.

[Phil]

ALERT ALERT

FROM COLE

"Actually, f*ck them if they wanna tell me I can't change my mind. I'm taking you off. You just gotta promise to vote to get rid of James AND to keep me safe next week if you win HOH."


DO IT DO IT DO IT

My response: "OMG! <3 Deal!!"

DO IT DO IT DO IT

[Phil]

This is amazing. Omg I think I just made a big play to save myself! With the assists going to Briq and/or vova. Lulululuz. I knew I could use my DPOV as a bargaining chip somehow.

Well I've made a deal to Cole to evict James. Tbh I would do it.... And I would go against it. The beauty of it is that it all comes down to Briq and Vova!!! Lolololol I'm voting with them. I'm powerless against their votes, so basically however they want to do it, I will go that way. James can't even get mad that I didn't use my veto. I'm trying my best here, james. And Briq/vova DID tell me they wanna keep you and keep my dpov in play. Totally not site if they would vote a'kad. Tbh I'd rather not vote either. But I'm not gonna use my dpov on james just to evict magnum. I can try that play later.

I will jyst have to tell janrs that he will have to cintine to play to Briq and vova. Don't make waves. Don't give en a reason to want you out over alad, etc etc. I will tell him that I'm gonna work those two too. Looks like it was no guarantee that James would have been safe against magnum, but I dint know if I can say that to him. I honestly thinkable will go. No one is threatened by akad and evertone thinks they can use him. Tbh that makes him dangerous lol.

Honestly u will make my case for why james should stay... But... I think they will still want to vote him and I will follow suit. It is in my best interest to follow through with my veto deal with Cole. So really this is all up to Briq and vova and I don't even care. I'm safe and I have my dpov for later. Omg I am in F6!!

[Phil]

Mobile typos. Get over it.

[Phil]

I just voted for James and I am truly annoyed by the whole day, tbh. I know James was the target and that I promised Cole that I would vote James, but I was honestly hoping for more discussion from Briq/Vova about the actual vote. Instead, they completely ignored the fact that I wanted to keep James, and just said "Alright so James?" The whole day went on with absolutely not discussion whatsoever, and I found it very annoying.

I'm like ... are you guys even listening to me?

I am very annoyed at myself that I just caved and didn't even give James a sympathy vote. I had big plans for the DPOV but they wouldn't have worked anyway. I could have tried to save James and get out Magnumg, but it wouldn't have guaranteed me another round beyond this one. At least I know if my game is going to hell in a handbasket, I have the DPOV to save me one more round. I feel bad that I voted for James. I did have a lot of suspicions about him but in the end he was the one person who talked to me the most about things, and I appreciate that. Now I'm stuck in the game with a bunch of people who don't talk to me unless they want my DPOV. It's quite annoying.

[Phil]

This round was hilarious and frustrating. But whatever 7 person mega alliance was created in the beginning will have to start crumbling now. I'm the only person who wasn't in that. people should want to use me in this pivotal vote.

I'm the last person remaining who wasn't in that alliance!! And the only oerson who was in it was evicted during *my* hoh and my insistence. I feel so special.

It has been sooo hard infiltrating that alliance, so when james threw Cole under the bus after he revealed he wanted to deflect.... Omg James screwed up. Also should have just kept my vote for james. But tbh.... I do what I want. I am fiercely loyal even if it screws me. But I have my one round protection.OMG I need to win hoh so badly this round.

I want to go to Cole and just be like.... So james was dumb... You still interested in deflecting? Etc etc. Briq and vova rhink they have me in Their back pocket. I must learn more about vova/Cole. I still need to keep vova close because he has a secret power too Briq showed his true colors today, which caused me to switch my vote. He tied to blame the vote on me. Jury pandering? James spilled to me and I switched last minute based on the pure principle of it.

Comin up with a new plan to see if I can sneak into the F4.

[Phil]

[Phil]

I'm currently trying to find out what Briq knows. He thinks I don't have many posts, since I haven't revealed a number. I think I have a lot of posts, but I also know that I have been unable to post for the majority of hours. I mean, 1000+ is a lot, but someone could easily go over that if they were determined to. Out of the 48 hours for this challenge, I'm literally at work for 24 of those hours, so I'm clearly missing out on opportunities to post. And I took a second out to write this confessional, heh.

I don't trust Briq enough to give him my number, so I'm just gonna try and hope I win. If I embarrass myself by posting a lot and still losing, or by over posting, then that's ok.

[Phil]

Ok so I sent over 1700 messages. And tbh I still don't even know if Ima win. I see Jhonmarco creepin' about.

[Phil]

Cool jhonmarco with those 25 posts. I could have won after my first night of posting. Oh well.

Um so I'm targeting magnum. We don't talk. I talk to literally everyone else. Kinda too little too late at this stage. I think he's a silent threat that could sneak by.

I know Briq is probably a bigger threat overall, so I might target him if mags comes off. I might put up alad even though I don't want to. And plus I know the pain of always going up. I'd feel like a hypocrite trying to justify it lol.

Jhon and Cole are together. They're threatened by Briq.
Briq and Vova are together. They're threatened by Cole.
Alad told me to consider putting Cole up.
Briq told me to consider putting Cole up.
Cole told me to consider outing Briq up.
Jhon said Briq can wait till next round.

I don't really wanna put up Cole or Briq. I wanna keep alad and Briq and Cole in this so they're against eachother and not me.

If I put up mags, I would expect both Jhon/Cole and Briq/vova to vote for him. It just seems that way. But I'm always prepared for being blindsided.

I think alad might be the best pawn right now. Lololololol. Hmmmmmm

[Phil]

Basically what I'm getting is:

Its 3-3 with me in the middle and conveniently as HOH.

My goal is to whittle down each side, as I see it. Which is this:

Briq's Sphere of Influence vs Cole's Sphere of Influence

Briq - Vova - Alad vs Cole - Jhon - Magnum

IMO, both Alad and Magnum are on the periphery of each side. I know Cole would rather get rid of Briq, and Briq would rather get rid of Cole. But, if I'm interpreting this correctly, one person from each side needs to get put up, so the votes don't go overwhelmingly in someone else's direction. I've already dug my "Magnum needs to go" grave, so now I need to make sure Magnum goes. NO OFFENSE MAGNUM. I ... just ... never talk to you. And someone I literally never talk to is not someone I want to go to the F6 with and potentially the F5.

I COMPLETELY understand where both sides are coming from. But, I see the benefit of keeping Briq and Cole around. I TOTALLY see the benefit of getting rid of one of Briq/Vova now, though. Because Vova has an extra vote. But tbh, with my DPOV next round, I have the opportunity to get him out. Vova isn't exactly a good competitor, and I think he'll just go into next round assuming that I'll use the DPOV to get Cole out. So, I just have to hope that Vova doesn't have HOH or the POV, and then I could easily use the DPOV to get him up. It removes his extra vote from play, and tbh we could vote him out easily.

That's ideal. The huge hiccup in that plan would be if he won POV. Him being HOH isn't that much of a problem, because he wouldn't be able to use his extra vote ANYWAY. I mean, I'm hoping both Cole and Briq fight hard in that next HOH. I actually wouldn't mind if one of Briq/Vova won, because it would negate their votes. One of their votes has to be negated next round somehow, either by being HOH or by being nominated.

As long as I can ensure that one of them can't vote next round, I can control the vote. I need there to be 3 votes next round, two of which are on opposing sides, so I can just pick one side and essentially be my own majority. I need to pick at these sides. I'm in the middle, and I'm in the bottom no matter where I chose, so I just have to give myself options.


So my plan is to put up Magnum and Alad. Both of the "outsiders" (in my view) of each respective side. This might seem weird for me to target outsiders, because I've been trying to rally the outsiders. And hey I might be completely wrong about this, but dammit this is how I see the game. This round, hopefully Magnum stays on the block, so I can keep the vote Magnum vs Alad. Then Briq/Vova would hopefully vote to keep Alad (who, Alad has said he is tight with). Cole/Jhon would hopefully vote for Magnum at my request. And if they do not, then I have the tie breaker. TBH that should scare them enough.

Then next round, one of Briq/Vova/Alad needs to go.

I think both sides probably think I'm pussying out and putting up these periphery players, LOL. But I just need to make sure they keep attacking each other at every opportunity lol. I *do* believe Magnum is a silent threat and that he could potentially sweet talk his way deeper into the game. TBH, I'd rather fill the sweet talker role and find myself in the F4 rather than him. That's my plan right now. If it all fails, at least I stumble my way to a fifth place spot at the very least.

[Phil]

It's really difficult for me to sit here and listen to Cole tell me why Briq/Vova need to be split up. He has no idea I've been working with them for a while, but also that I've been plotting to split them up ever since I realized they only want me for my DPOV.

I'm planning on using the DPOV to put up Vova next round and get his extra vote out of play. I also plan to put up Vova this round to get him out if Magnum comes off the block. Then I can try to use the DPOV to get Magnum out next round, if possible.

I know I will face the wrath of Briq sooner or later, but I'm more annoyed by the prospect than fearful of it. I don't give a f*ck what other people think about my game. They think I'm stupid but I'm not. So it's hard to sit here and agree with Cole but then be like "but not this round smilesmile". I don't want to put a plan into motion to backdoor Vova because I *dont* want anyone thinking its ok to veto Magnum. It's not.

Anyone who vetos Magnum will have their next best ally put up and voted out. Mark it.

It's also really hard not to reveal to Cole that I have the DPOV which is why I don't care to target Briq/Vova now. I can target them later. It's so hard to just let them think that I don't get it. I GET IT BUT I DO NOT CARE WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR GAME. I ONLY CARE ABOUT MINE. I LITERALLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT ANY OF YOU. And I don't think I should, so I don't even feel bad.

[Phil]

Alright. Next phase of my plan.

Just because Magnum is up, doesn't mean he's for sure going ... it needs to be put to a vote. And now I'm to the point where I'm starting to feel bad because I like Magnum and he hasn't done sh*t to me, but it's just part of the game and for me he needs to go.

I just need to convince the rest of the house that he needs to go. Or, really, convince half the house that he needs to go. I only need two votes. This week, I'm pandering to Briq/Vova. They need to vote Magnum. I want to see if anyone comes to me and tries to get me to switch my plan. Cole has already told me that he thinks I should target Briq. If I need to, I will approach Briq/Vova and tell them that Cole is trying to save Magnum and have me put up Briq so they can vote him out. If there is any doubt in their mind about not voting out Magnum, I need to put an end to that doubt and make sure they do it. Those two are my key votes.

I had to tread lightly about telling Cole that I eventually wanted Briq/Vova split up. I made it clear that I wasn't going to nominate them, but that I was well aware of their threat status and that they can go later. But I need them to not have any doubts about me. I have established myself as a threat, both challenge wise and in terms of having power. They need to make sure that they feel like they cannot go against my wishes or else face the wrath of my DPOV. But, well, they will face it anyway. Unfortunately ... but its a game y'all. I just can't spill my plan to Cole or Jhon or anyone, lest they f*ck up and Briq/Vova find out I'm coming after them next round. I'm usually loyal to a fault, and I want Briq/Vova to think I am loyal to them, so that they will do what I want this game. In this game, I'm loyal to a certain point. I was loyal to James in the bitter end, but my loyalty to anyone died with James.

Let's see what this next day of conversations bring, shall we?

[Dewie890]

This is just a reminder that you have this eviction or next eviction to use your DPOV, if you do not use it you lose it. That is all, good luck buddy.

[Phil]

Update: people are squealing on each other and I love it.

Briq is telling me that Cole "is on the fence" and then says that Cole will probably evict Alad.

Then Cole tells me that "the group consensus" is to keep Magnum, but that he is admittedly solid with Magnum and can convince him to put up Vova if he were to win the next HOH.

I basically told Briq that Cole can do whatever he wants, and of course he is trying to save Magnum, because Magnum is his #2 (after Jhon). I told Briq/Vova in a group PM that all I need are those two to vote Magnum and I can break the tie. Cole can do what he wants.

Honestly, I do not care what happens anymore. If Magnum stays, then one of Magnum/Cole/Jhon are going to go go go anyway. So far, it seems Briq/Vova have been tight lipped about my DPOV. And as much as I say I'm gonna use it on them, if Cole & co. try something funny, one of those guys is gonna get burned instead.

Basically its up to Briq/Vova. If they vote for Alad, I'm gonna be pissed and I'll be tempted to try to get one of them out. But then I still run the risk of Cole/Magnum/Jhon, so I'd probably give those two bozos a free pass. LOL. If I was Briq I'd vote Magnum out, since Alad wants Cole gone, and Cole is still targetting Briq/Vova. AND BRIQ/VOVA KNOW THIS.

Cole is trying to be sneaky and now he's walking on thin ice. Even if Magnum goes this round, I'm tempted to get Cole out next regardless, LOL. Basically, its who can play too hard and ruin their game first. Idc though since I'm safe next round smilesmile

[Phil]

From Briq: "Alright phil here's the deal. We chose magnum to stay over alad because I got sources telling me that you planned on splitting me and vova up. Do I believe them? Yes and no. I believe you told them this because its obvious and also to appeal to them to make yourself not a target. I don't believe that you'll pull the trigger because if so you could have at this past veto. So I made a deal with magnum that if I keep him here he'll not split up me and vova. Basically, you'll be put up next week but you're not going home because of your dpov. This would be ideal because the following week we'll be up in numbers and easily make the final 3 while people won't suspect us three are working together. If you feel betrayed or if you don't trust me or vova, I understand but I'm trying to make us 3 transparent after this vote. How does this plan sound?"


LOL. FIRST OF ALL. YOU DON'T ASK ME HOW THE PLAN SOUNDS *AFTER* YOU FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT. THERE IS NO POINT.

Briq is being a bozo right now*, but like I said, he's probably gonna get a f*cking free pass from the wrath of my DPOV anyway, trololol.

SECOND OF ALL. LOL COLE (or Jhon...ooh so sneasky). WHOEVER IS FEEDING INFO TO BRIQ ABOUT ME ... trying to convince Briq/Vova that I'm targeting him in an attempt to save Magnum, even though Cole *JUST* told me that he can get Magnum to target Briq/Vova. Vova has his extra vote next round. I can't see how he *WON'T* be targeted. TBH, I'm still probably gonna try to target Magnum next round if he doesn't win HOH or POV. The reason I'm gunning for Magnum so hard is because in my opinion he (and Alad) were the only other people who could fill the same niche I'm trying to fill. Magnum is in a good "in between" position amongst the larger alliance. CASE IN POINT: EVERYONE THINKS HE'S ON THEIR SIDE. Cole thinks Magnum will target Briq/Vova. Briq/Vova thinks Magnum won't target them. This is the VERY niche I am trying to fill, and I was so close. Alad was completely against Cole, so I wanted Briq to keep him, trolol. It's smart to keep Magnum in because Magnum remains my target. Otherwise I would have targeted Vova LOLOL.

WELL, I kinda saw this coming. No one ever does what the HOH wants at this stage of the game. I set it up as best as I could. Also, this just reinforces the notion that I have that I will have to win my way to the F2, which is what I was expecting anyway. I am still trying my best to find another way, but I really don't see it happening.

* And by bozo I mean he probably is making the best move for him. UGH. LOL.