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Post by pepper on Jan 25, 2020 20:15:30 GMT -5
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Post by pepper on Jan 25, 2020 20:16:53 GMT -5
Dewie: Overrated player and production favorite archetype. Dewie is Boston Rob without the Redemption Island. Dewie sports a Chicago Cubs baseball cap. The “B” hat now becomes a “C” hat. The Bostonian accent, get rid of it. Dewie speaks with Inland North American dialect, the proper accent that roams the streets of Chicago. That’s how you’re supposed to visualize Dewie when he plays the game of Survivor, because that’s what Nate Probst has enforced us to believe. Nate’s uncanny infatuation with Chicago Dewie boggles my mind. Remember Nate’s top ten series? Dewie was included in every list: 3rd best overall player, 3rd best immunity challenge competitor all time, 4th best at pure strategy of the game, 8th best character, and has his “rivalry” with Nate in Japan as the #1 rivalry ever in ER Survivor lol (Check the Top 10 thread, I’m being serious and I’m not making these placements up for fictional reasons). Third best overall player and fourth best strategist? How? Nate’s on crack. The series has had ten winners and many great non-winners (whose gameplay centered around dominant strategies) that went deep jury and/or made it to the final tribal council the 2 out of 2 or 3 out of 3 times they played. Dewie’s strategy every season is the following: Right from the jump, he provides around camp and becomes the voice of his tribe in challenges, and naturally appoints himself the leader of an alliance (much like Boston Rob). He’s loyal to a fault to the members within his alliance and alienates any outsiders which paints him a big target in the earliest stages of the game. How far does this strategy get him? Dewie has gone home first and a total of pre merge three times, middle of the jury once, and was runner-up once. You have to be absolutely nuts to think that this strategic approach and track record claims top 10 overall players or strategists, let alone f*cking top 3 and top 4 lol. I just learned something right now. Dewie has played 5 freaking times! Lol! That’s far more than anyone else in ER Survivor. What a complete shocker (Boston Rob leads CBS Survivor with 6 seasons). Also, that choice for #1 best rivalry is pathetic. Superboy and Holly had polar opposite religious and political beliefs, Jonas and James were outdoing one another in terms of who was a bigger POS human being in a war of personal attacks, and Jimmy antagonized Pepper all of the Vietnam merge and flipped over his 12 person alliance to depart him from the game. All these wonderful feuds that stemmed from genuine hatred and impacted many outcomes, and Nate decides to put his and Dewie’s ongoing inside joke at first place instead. The inside joke (for those that didn’t watch Japan): Dewie complains about immunity challenge rules and Nate’s decisions as a host. The complaints “infuriate” Nate and the both of them start “bickering” back and forth. That’s your #1 “rivalry” in all of ER Survivor. This is seriously starting to get out of hand. I’m starting to dislike Chicago Dewie, and I never had a problem with him. I think he’s a good (not great) player who is important to the history of the show. It’s just that Nate’s blatant favoritism and over-praise of the character makes it hard sometimes. It’s actually a blessing in disguise that Nate cancelled the series. I bet Nate was chomping at the bit about bringing Chicago Dewie back a sixth time for ER Survivor: Redemption Island. And in true Nate fashion, I can guarantee you Nate would’ve created five burner accounts and placed them all onto Dewie’s tribe. The burner accounts and Dewie would’ve made merge allowing Dewie to dominate the whole season and finally reel in the title of sole survivor that Nate’s been waiting for since the moment he first laid eyes on him. At the reunion, I bet Nate would’ve gone on to call it the best season ever, despite it actually being complete sh*t.
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Post by pepper on Jan 25, 2020 20:39:59 GMT -5
Alad: I love Alad. The Survivor fanbase loves him too. He’s a top five character ever in the book of ER Survivor, without question. My list goes as follows: 1. Ashley, 2. James, 3. Jonas, 4. Alad, 5. Phil. That’s as far as character is concerned. If we’re switching the subject over to Alad’s abilities as a player of the game, there’s nothing to write about. Unfortunately. Alad basically borrows personality traits from all of our favorite lovable characters to ever play real life Survivor, without actually playing the game. Let me give you some examples. Alad has similar qualities to Eddie Fox. He’s goofy, not too bright, and is always up for a showmance (Alad had a fling with Kaitlyn on Namibia equivalent to the one Eddie had with Andrea on Caramoan). Alad also strikes me as the type of guy to think that opening up a bar for dogs is actually a good idea. Moving on to the next character Alad resembles, Rupert. Revisit any tribal council in Namibia where Alad’s name gets written down, and you’ll see that it sparks an intense emotional reaction out of him. It’s regular behavior for him to go around threatening anyone who voted for him. Alad’s temper tantrums mirror the one Rupert threw on Pearl Islands when he found out Johnny Fairplay wrote his name down at tribal. The night Alad bit the dust in Namibia is by far my favorite moment in the history of Nate’s Survivor. Let me play it back for you. Right before Nate snuffs Alad’s torch, Alad turns around to his tribe and let’s them know he won’t be voting for a winner at the end. Jimmy immediately responds with “Come on man! You're better than that!”. This riles up an intensely upset Alad even more who bounces back with “who gave u permission to talk to me captain fück boy? if it wasn't for E making this game way harder than it needed to be then i'd still be there tbh. E u on my shïtlist too hoe. ash, phil, and kaitlyn, i'm done with y’all too. please don't ever attempt to speak to me ever again. kaitlyn u actually ugly af i just wanted some a** pics.” (Tribal Council #16 - Irrugarate Tribe, pg. 3). Lmao. I swear this man knows no high road. Alad is the first and only player ever to be escorted out of a tribal council, all because he couldn’t control his emotions. One last character that Alad reminds me of is Tarzan (One World). I hate to say it, but Alad is the closest thing ER has to a 60 year old man with Alzheimers. This is no hot take. Me, Don, and Alad were in an alliance for all of Namibia. On multiple occasions, me and Don had to triple check with Alad right before the vote to remind him whose name we was writing down because he would forget every ten minutes. When you align with Alad, you got to always remain cautious of friendly fire due to his limited mental capacity. So yeah, Alad takes bits and pieces out of many iconic Survivor favorites who provide great entertainment, but are absent in the sense of playing to win the game. The comparisons could go on forever, but you get the point.
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Post by pepper on Jan 25, 2020 20:53:05 GMT -5
Vova: Parvati. Parvati’s style of gameplay: manipulative flirtation and charm. Vova’s style: manipulative dialect and charm. These styles of play help them get valuable information out of other castaways that give them power and it helps them carefully maneuver throughout the game. If you told me that on a real life island, a beautiful woman rocking a bikini with blue eyes and a glowing smile was cutting people’s throats left and right because everyone was telling her everything, I’m believing it a 100 percent. If you told me, that a man on the internet that goes by the username “bigdaddyvova” and every other word that comes out of his mouth is either “RQ” or “deadass” is playing an online game cutting people’s throats left and right because everyone was trusting him with valuable information, I’m gonna question the truth to this story. Seriously, idk how he does it. Vova did the same exact sh*t for three seasons straight and not a single person bat an eye. The man just has a way with words; His vernacular deadass makes him endearing. It’s exactly why he’s always your best bet for the final tribal council (just like Parvati). The cherry on top to this whole comparison? Parvati was originally going to be first voted out on Micronesia, but Johnny Fairplay decided to quit. Vova was first voted out on Tonga, but a swarm of inactive castaways led Nate to bringing him back and giving him a second life. Both Parvati and Vova went on to make it to every final tribal council after these events (a collective 5/5), and each pulled out a win. Imagine how different their legacies would’ve been had people in their season never quit.
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Post by violet vova on Jan 25, 2020 22:11:00 GMT -5
lmfaooooo
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Post by Alad on Jan 27, 2020 1:14:18 GMT -5
Alad: I love Alad. The Survivor fanbase loves him too. He’s a top five character ever in the book of ER Survivor, without question. My list goes as follows: 1. Ashley, 2. James, 3. Jonas, 4. Alad, 5. Phil. That’s as far as character is concerned. If we’re switching the subject over to Alad’s abilities as a player of the game, there’s nothing to write about. Unfortunately. Alad basically borrows personality traits from all of our favorite lovable characters to ever play real life Survivor, without actually playing the game. Let me give you some examples. Alad has similar qualities to Eddie Fox. He’s goofy, not too bright, and is always up for a showmance (Alad had a fling with Kaitlyn on Namibia equivalent to the one Eddie had with Andrea on Caramoan). Alad also strikes me as the type of guy to think that opening up a bar for dogs is actually a good idea. Moving on to the next character Alad resembles, Rupert. Revisit any tribal council in Namibia where Alad’s name gets written down, and you’ll see that it sparks an intense emotional reaction out of him. It’s regular behavior for him to go around threatening anyone who voted for him. Alad’s temper tantrums mirror the one Rupert threw on Pearl Islands when he found out Johnny Fairplay wrote his name down at tribal. The night Alad bit the dust in Namibia is by far my favorite moment in the history of Nate’s Survivor. Let me play it back for you. Right before Nate snuffs Alad’s torch, Alad turns around to his tribe and let’s them know he won’t be voting for a winner at the end. Jimmy immediately responds with “Come on man! You're better than that!”. This riles up an intensely upset Alad even more who bounces back with “who gave u permission to talk to me captain fück boy? if it wasn't for E making this game way harder than it needed to be then i'd still be there tbh. E u on my shïtlist too hoe. ash, phil, and kaitlyn, i'm done with y’all too. please don't ever attempt to speak to me ever again. kaitlyn u actually ugly af i just wanted some a** pics.” (Tribal Council #16 - Irrugarate Tribe, pg. 3). Lmao. I swear this man knows no high road. Alad is the first and only player ever to be escorted out of a tribal council, all because he couldn’t control his emotions. One last character that Alad reminds me of is Tarzan (One World). I hate to say it, but Alad is the closest thing ER has to a 60 year old man with Alzheimers. This is no hot take. Me, Don, and Alad were in an alliance for all of Namibia. On multiple occasions, me and Don had to triple check with Alad right before the vote to remind him whose name we was writing down because he would forget every ten minutes. When you align with Alad, you got to always remain cautious of friendly fire due to his limited mental capacity. So yeah, Alad takes bits and pieces out of many iconic Survivor favorites who provide great entertainment, but are absent in the sense of playing to win the game. The comparisons could go on forever, but you get the point. LMFAOOOOOOOOOO DEADASS CRYING LAUGHING RN WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE BRO |
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Post by Dewie890 on Jan 27, 2020 10:39:21 GMT -5
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Post by pepper on Jan 31, 2020 16:42:12 GMT -5
Cole: Jeff Varner. Both are infamously responsible for desperately exploiting sexual identity to change the direction of a tribal council vote in which they were the intended target going home. Absolutely pathetic. Both also have no clue what a merge looks like. Varner once mentioned on Rob Has A Podcast that before every season, he has all these types of crazy plans and future big moves in mind, but they never come to fruition because he’s always out too early. This has Colton Carter written all over it. It wouldn’t shock me in the slightest if Cole had a google doc somewhere titled “Survivor To Do List” - A checklist of different ways he wants to stir the pot and cause chaos in Nate’s version to make him the greatest villain and character that ever lived. All the boxes, however, always remain empty and none of them ever get checked off because he goes home too prematurely. And as a result, his ever going pursuit to be the greatest character and villain that ever lived fails in conjunction.
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Post by pepper on Jan 31, 2020 16:42:50 GMT -5
Ashley: Sandra. The Queen of ER Survivor. Two time winner, sass master and social goddess. You can also argue that Ashley’s two wins, much like Sandra’s two wins aren’t all that super impressive as standalone victories. Like I don’t even think Japan would crack top three in my individual winner rankings (I got Briq’s Tonga at 1, Alex’s Bermuda at 2, and Brian’s Madagascar at 3) and the Congo win would be bottom tier. It’s when you take into account that Ashley won two times, which no one else has done, that makes you recognize her as the greatest to ever play.
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Post by pepper on Jan 31, 2020 16:45:05 GMT -5
Kaitlyn: Morgan (Cagayan). Every scene involving Kaitlyn is centered around her attractiveness. Kaitlyn is always doing one of the following two things: talking about how hot she is or flirting with all the guys to get what she wants to further herself in the game.
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Post by pepper on Jan 31, 2020 16:46:08 GMT -5
Kenny: First half of his career, Malcolm. Kenny’s first two seasons - Survivor: Madagascar and Survivor: Japan - he was the total package. Those are hard to come across in the world of Survivor. A total package is someone who is very good to great in all three aspects of the game: social, strategy, and competitions. They have absolutely no weaknesses in their game. Players like Kenny 1.0 + 2.0 and Malcolm always go very deep because their overall abilities allow them to survive a long time. They make plenty of social connections early on to keep themselves off the chopping block and then when the game reaches the nitty gritty, they’re able to flip votes in their favor and win individual immunity challenges. But in the end, their time is always up right before the final tribal council (barring the small chance they win out every immunity challenge to end the season). Kenny 1.0 + 2.0 and Malcolm always come close to making final three, but get voted out in the end game for one reason only: They win if they sit in one of the final 3 chairs, or at least have very good odds of winning if they get there. Along with that, Kenny also won fan favorite on his original season, which is why he was cast on Survivor: Japan - Fans v. Favorites, a la Malcolm being apart of the Favorites tribe on Survivor: Caramoan. That’s the evidence I have to prove that Malcolm pretty much summed up who Kenny was in the first half of his career. For the second half, Kenny fully downgrades into Russell Swan (Philippines). Survivor: Vietnam is Kenny’s third appearance; It’s the hungriest and most passionate Kenny has ever been for the title of sole survivor. Almost coming close to winning two times will do that to you. Right from the start, Kenny decides to take on the leadership position for Son Tinh, given that he’s most seasoned vet of this tribe and has a long history of camp life experience. This is basically the exposition to what then becomes the greatest piece of tragedy literature in ER Survivor. Kenny 3.0 and 4.0 is our tragic hero. The tragic flaw committed here is that Kenny was unable to successfully lead a tribe due to unfortunate circumstances he had no control over. On Vietnam, Son Tinh had E, who’s notorious for demolishing team morale and being the worst immunity challenge competitor the show has ever had. Son Tinh participated in three immunity challenges and they lost all three. The passionate Kenny survived the first two tribals Son Tinh was sent to, but was voted out in the tribe’s final visit. This is the same exact fate Russell experienced with his Matsing tribe in Survivor: Philippines, aka the most losing-est tribe in irl Survivor history. The best part about this whole comparison? Malcolm (Kenny’s first half counterpart) was also apart of the Matsing tribe. How f*cking poetic is that. Maybe there was a rite of passage or some spiritual transformation that explains why Kenny moved from embodying Malcolm to acquiring the character arc of Russell Swan. Kenny’s tragic arc doesn’t end with Son Tinh though. He comes back a fourth time to redeem his previous outing in another All-Stars season: Namibia. Everything seems to go fine for Kenny 4.0 until the first swap where he’s placed onto a tribe with E again.  First immunity challenge they go? You probably already predicted it. They lose. Lmao. Poor Kenny. Mans was having major flashbacks and I’m pretty sure PTSD kicked in immediately after the loss. He’s going to tribal with E again in the pre merge and this time E has an idol. Kenny’s game was over. Kenny stayed in true Russell form till the very end when he had his own “Dear Lord...I mean Jeff” meltdown at tribal council. When learning of the 2-2-1 tie and coming to terms with his impending doom right before the revote, Kenny cried foul: “This vote was bound to happen to me. Like this man Nate put me on Son Tinh tribe 2.0. How am I supposed to survive this Nate 😩😩” (Kenny, Tribal Council #5 - Torra Tribe, pg. 2, 2017). Damn, what a tragic ending to a promising start of a career.
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Post by Coke on Jan 31, 2020 17:43:30 GMT -5
Cole: Jeff Varner. Both are infamously responsible for desperately exploiting sexual identity to change the direction of a tribal council vote in which they were the intended target going home. Absolutely pathetic. Both also have no clue what a merge looks like. Varner once mentioned on Rob Has A Podcast that before every season, he has all these types of crazy plans and future big moves in mind, but they never come to fruition because he’s always out too early. This has Colton Carter written all over it. It wouldn’t shock me in the slightest if Cole had a google doc somewhere titled “Survivor To Do List” - A checklist of different ways he wants to stir the pot and cause chaos in Nate’s version to make him the greatest villain and character that ever lived. All the boxes, however, always remain empty and none of them ever get checked off because he goes home too prematurely. And as a result, his ever going pursuit to be the greatest character and villain that ever lived fails in conjunction. ill accept that |
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Post by pepper on Feb 6, 2020 17:28:43 GMT -5
Bryan: The unsung hero. Michelle (Kaoh Rong). The Survivor community gives Bryan a lot of flak for his Vietnam win, because he played a super UTR game. In my opinion, he’s overlooked and one of the most underrated winners we’ve ever had in irl or ER Survivor. He played an old school game: solidified the most personal bonds and kept the target off his back all 39 days. The same things can be said about Michelle and her win in Kaoh Rong.
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Post by pepper on Feb 6, 2020 17:29:39 GMT -5
Jgrubs: Ozzy. Or Joe (Worlds Apart). All the guys want to be him and all the girls want to be with him. You can count on him being the best looking guy every season. Jgrubs can be invited to play a fifth and a sixth time, and the casuals would never get tired of him. They love them some Jgrubs. Ozzy and Joe (Worlds Apart) currently share the title for best immunity challenge competitors on Survivor. Keyword: Currently. If Jgrubs were to ever get a chance to compete in real life Survivor immunity challenges, he would be the new sheriff in town. The self-proclaimed athletic background and puzzle intelligence of Jgrubs leads me to believe he would break Ozzy and Joe’s immunity wins record as if it were a walk in the park.
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Post by pepper on Feb 6, 2020 17:30:09 GMT -5
Alaina: Purple Kelly.
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Post by pepper on Feb 6, 2020 17:31:45 GMT -5
Briq: A carbon-copy of JT. JT was the first player to play a perfect game in his introduction to the game (Survivor: Tocantins), while Briq was the first ever to play a perfect game in his introduction to ER’s version (Survivor: Tonga). A perfect game in real life Survivor is defined as one in which the winner has no votes against him/her from beginning to end and in the finale receives all the votes to win. The definition of a perfect game at ER is a little different though. On ER, the whole idea of “no votes against, all jury votes for” is non-existent. There would never be a 7-0 finale vote. That’s too anticlimactic. Survivor players on ER intentionally throw their votes on the clear-cut runner ups for a dramatic finish. A perfect game in ER Survivor is probably best described as one where you can run laps around everyone for 39 days in every aspect of the game (social, strategy, competitions) and no one does a single damn thing about it. That’s what Briq did on Tonga. Heck, Briq could’ve ran the laps f*cking backwards. He still would’ve finished first. That’s how far ahead he was of the competition. Regardless of Briq’s easy triumph, he only received 4 out of 7 votes to win. But, let’s be real here, he deserved all seven. Nate Probst himself has said “Briq was deserving of a 7-0. If Cochran and JT [had] a clean sweep, Briq definitely [should have gotten one]” (Survivor: Tonga - Final Tribal Council & Reunion, pg. 8). Evidence backing up Nate’s opinion: Jury member Azri, who was one of the three votes for runner-up Vova explains his decision in his voting confessional - “Sorry Briq, couldn’t give you unanimous vote” (p. 7). Azri and the other two runner-up voters knew Briq was going to win, but they decided to throw their votes on Vova to keep the viewers on the edge of their seats. Briq’s Tonga win on paper may not read 7-0, but in our minds it will always be. Let’s move on from Tonga and onto Briq’s Vietnam and Namibia. Briq was in complete Tonga form for the whole first half of Vietnam. Strategically and socially speaking he was dominating until all the bottom feeders/non-threats decided it was time to take out some big threats right before the endgame arrived. Briq places 9th on Vietnam; Briq’s gameplay this season doesn’t get him to the promise land, but you still applaud him for his valiant efforts in trying to get there (similar to J.T.’s 8th place effort on Heroes v. Villains). Namibia is where I start losing respect for Briq, the player (similar to J.T. in Game Changers). I’m still undecided on whether I’d call Briq’s showing in Namibia bad or completely f*cking terrible. What once was a silent assassin controlling all operations via social and strategic mastery was now an incompetent player with see-through moves and poor decision making. That’s why Briq gets 15th place this season (J.T. gets 16th). I just finished my Namibia re-watch two days ago. Briq couldn’t get anyone to work with him other than Stan. In the biggest tribal council in Survivor history (Survivor: Namibia - Tribal Council #10), Briq was the number one suspect going home so Stan handed him an idol. They played it correctly, Briq was safe, and they piled up four votes on Young Mark and got him out. Young Mark!!? Young Mark didn’t give a single f*ck about the game. The dude went on Survivor to push forward his rap career and promote the newest mixtape he was going to drop as soon as filming was over. Every single confessional Y.M. had on Namibia, the man was rapping his a** off; He didn’t have a single care in the world about the game meanwhile you had the most dangerous players like Ashley and Vova all up in their confessional talking about how they can’t wait to get Briq out the game, so they can dance on his grave. What the hell was Briq thinking? Idoling out a superthreat Ashley or Vova in the biggest tribal council ever would’ve been HUGE. The game would’ve changed significantly. The Young Mark vote never made the slightest sense to me. It’s one of the stupidest decisions I’ve ever seen on Survivor (up there with J.T. giving his idol to the other tribe/supervillain Russell Hantz). It was at this exact moment that Briq’s legacy fell off a f*cking cliff. Briq is no longer the greatest winner ever and he lost his spot in my top 3 players all time. He is now an honorable mention for top 10. I have him 11-15. I’m actually starting to take back what I said earlier about Kenny’s multi-season arc being the greatest tragedy Survivor has ever had. Briq’s arc surpasses it...Especially when you consider the following food for thought: If Nate’s series was still continuing today and Season 20 rolls around...You’re at home watching the very first moments of the premiere... We’d get an aerial shot of Nate yelling “39 days. 16 People. 1 Survivor.”...Shortly after, a cast of returnees would arrive at shore with Nate introducing them to the season’s theme. You probably had connected the dots already as you see some of the faces...Season 20 is ER: All Winners. Only problem is that Briq is nowhere to be found. He was left off the cast, just like J.T. was left off Winners At War.
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Post by Donald on Feb 6, 2020 20:04:35 GMT -5
the ym vote makes sense if u remember that atp we hadn’t technically merged. Him and stan put they self in a position to have control over alad and I on our tribe. It was a short lived move but definitely wasnt as dumb as you made it out
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Post by briqsquad on Feb 6, 2020 21:55:19 GMT -5
the ym vote makes sense if u remember that atp we hadn’t technically merged. Him and stan put they self in a position to have control over alad and I on our tribe. It was a short lived move but definitely wasnt as dumb as you made it out just let him have it |
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Post by Donald on Feb 6, 2020 22:15:17 GMT -5
the ym vote makes sense if u remember that atp we hadn’t technically merged. Him and stan put they self in a position to have control over alad and I on our tribe. It was a short lived move but definitely wasnt as dumb as you made it out just let him have it Everyone in the game was like “Ym?!?!?” but as soon as it happened I understood exactly why yall did it lmao. And it was smart on yalls part cause ym was definitely finna ride with donalad |
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Post by briqsquad on Feb 7, 2020 1:39:04 GMT -5
Everyone in the game was like “Ym?!?!?” but as soon as it happened I understood exactly why yall did it lmao. And it was smart on yalls part cause ym was definitely finna ride with donalad it would've been either you or alad if it werent for stan tbh. He wouldnt put your names down for some reason |
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