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DAWS

MERICA(sic) TRIBE

HII up for grabs?
Carolyn MNM HII
Dan EEM Xtra vote
Mike EEM
Rodney EEM
Sierra EEM
Will NNM

JURY
Hali NNM
Joe NEM
Jenn NNM
Shirin MNM
Tyler MEM

ELIMINATED
So M
Vince N
Nina N
Lindsey E
Max MN
Joaquin ME
Kelly ENM

"My Word Is My Bond"
With only six castaways left in the game, immunity is more important than ever.
Also, castaways are puzzled at a tough reward challenge and a strong alliance begins to crumble.

Probst gets wordy
Mike has no option as we've left him, other than to break something open or continue to win.
The game, I guess it's maybe not any different than any season in that you start to feel—not paranoia, but the tightening of a body.
Mike has the advantage of being able to play loose because he has nothing to lose.
But the people who feel they have something to lose
—this alliance—
you start to feel this pressure of,
"What are we going to do? Is it going to be me? It can't be me, I know you don't want it to be you, but I don't want it to be me."
It's like when a football team starts playing defensively, and they sit back on their heels rather than playing offensively.
That's the only advantage I think Mike has, is, "Hey man, I've got nothing to lose…I can say and do whatever I want to any of you because all of you want to vote me out."

Ruwlz

1. Put the name of your choice for this week's boot in the subject heading.

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• Dan,kingfish, 03:05 PM, 05-12-15
• Dan,coldbrewer, 05:26 PM, 05-12-15
• Carolyn,Outsider32, 07:34 PM, 05-12-15
• Rodney ,Flowerpower1, 08:36 PM, 05-12-15
• Rodney,michel2, 10:09 PM, 05-12-15
  • not a vote,Brownroach, 10:30 AM, 05-13-15
    • RE: not a vote,Flowerpower1, 11:09 AM, 05-13-15
      • Never mind,Brownroach, 03:13 PM, 05-13-15
    • Found it,dabo, 06:49 PM, 05-13-15
      • RE: Found it,Brownroach, 09:35 PM, 05-13-15
• Rodney,Murphy3126, 11:38 PM, 05-12-15
• Rodney,tribephyl, 02:18 AM, 05-13-15
• Rodney,CTgirl, 12:27 PM, 05-13-15
• Mike,Jims03, 01:23 PM, 05-13-15
• Mike,Corvis7, 03:28 PM, 05-13-15
• Dan,Brownroach, 03:30 PM, 05-13-15
• Rodney,Sheldor, 05:47 PM, 05-13-15
• Will,dabo, 06:05 PM, 05-13-15
• Rodney,SuperGr0ver, 07:32 PM, 05-13-15
• Vote Tally,dabo, 08:00 PM, 05-13-15

I mean Really!

The others have to realize that they have to go after Mr. Two Votes before he is able to pull off a major surprise boot, especially if Mike wins IC again.

JP's comment about the most satisfying winner only applies to Mike, so I"m not putting his name in the subject title. Haha

I think Mike wins immunity AGAIN. Rodney, Will, & Dan, along with the extra vote conspire to vote out Carolyn. Mike, Carolyn, & Sierra vote out Dan with the extra vote. Carolyn uses her idol. Bye Dan!

Sixth place finishers have been big characters for the most part. The last four being Laura M, Tasha, and Jon. Rodney fits a a 6th place boot here but I think Carolyn, unless she plays her idol, is blindsided out of the game.

My alternate is Rodney.

Dan plays his vote doubler, Carolyn plays her HII, whomever Mike, Carolyn, and Sierra vote for will leave. I think it's Rodney, but it could possibly be Dan.

For Jeff to say that it is anybody's game, we need a vote that will turn the game around. That can only happen if Mike wins immunity. The scrambling we see late after the IC also indicates that Mike is safe. So, Rodney or Dan?

Unless Carolyn tells Mike and Sierra the nature of the advantage, they will assume it's an immunity idol, maybe even Tony's super idol so they won't dare vote against Dan. Like FP, I'll go for Rodney. Dan doubles his vote against Carolyn who plays her idol and votes out Rodney.

michel, Mike, at least, already knows what Dan's advantage is -- he mentioned the extra vote in a confessional. I think they all probably know at this point.

BR: I don't recall him doing that, can you find it somewhere? ECST or in michel's recount? I am dubious that he knows about it? So, if he does, that would make it interesting.

It was during the recap at the beginning of the last episode but I must have misinterpreted what Mike meant. Apparently he was referring to Dan getting, i.e. receiving, two votes at (the previous) TC.

Not confessional. At TC right after Shirin got voted out and was taking her torch to be snuffed.

Mike: "Dan still got two votes."

It was in the recap too (confirmed by michel's editing thread). I guess I heard it as "Dan's still got two votes."

LAST EDITED ON 05-13-15 AT 10:11 AM (EST)

Ow! This week's vote makes my head hurt. The Mike Show can't go on without Mike, so he's safe, but he won't vote BC unless he has to. Carolyn is the next strongest competitor after Mike, but I doubt these guys can see that. Sierra could be one of those boots we never really got to know, except that she doesn't like Dan, but for a chance at a million, she might put up with him for a few more days. Will & Rodney are becoming a potential power couple, but Will is not a threat. Rodney could beat Will, Sierra & Dan in F3. 2XDan is a target, but it can't work beautifully if he gets voted out when he uses is. Carolyn will sense if need to use HII is there. My scientific wild a$$ guess is 3 votes against Dan, 3 votes against Rodney & Mike votes Carolyn. Assuming 2X is available each round, Mike votes Rodney on revote or Will gets scared & flips.

I'd love to see Dan get idoled out by Carolyn, so I know that won't happen!

Don't even care if I'm wrong, it just feels soooo riiiight.

Thanks, Ziggy Flowerpower! You made this week VERY easy.
Go Mike! Hurry up and end this season!

Because FloPo says so!

Rodney had said that Mike goes out at F7 and Tyler at F6. Tyler went out last week so its time for Rodney and Mike to go head-to-head and Rodney loses.

LAST EDITED ON 05-13-15 AT 01:23 PM (EST)

I'm voting for Mike, following the, "What would be the most disappointing boot" train of logic.

I'm going with Occam's Razor here. The most likely boot is Mike. I don't care what Jeffy said about a great winner or whatever - he lies all the time if it'll mean more viewers for his show. Plus the fact that they're focusing so much on voting for next season and putting that reveal in the finale makes me think it's a disappointing winner.

I'm leaning toward Sierra as the winner now. Or Carolyn. Or even Rodney. The only two who will not win are Will and Dan.

Carolyn knows Dan gets to use a second vote at some point, and Mike tells her she's a target, so why would she keep that intel secret? They should all want Dan out of the game, and since Mike likely gets immunity again, this is a good time to do it. Dan votes twice, and Carolyn bounces him with her idol.

I've been wrong 5 weeks in a row so don't listen to me!

Editors made me think Dan was on the outs and that Carolyn would not turn on Tyler, etc. For that alliance to get Tyler to vote for *MIKE* last week along with the 3 other guys (Rodney, Dan, Will) while the girls voted for Tyler (along with Mike's vote) tells me they were all working well together to execute that plan and fool Tyler.

I think Mike wins Immunity (or finds a HII) and so they go after the biggest challenge threat Carolyn using Dan's extra vote but Carolyn plays her idol and Mike, Carolyn, and Sierra vote out Rodney (since Dan and Will are no threat to win a physical challenge nor to get jury votes).

Knocking out Will this time would be unexpected and counter Dan's advantage. It would also shake up both Dan and Rodney's games.

At. Rodney

Still wishful thinking, but hopefully if I vote Rodney enough times eventually I'll be right. And FlowerPower's SOTS was SOOO good and I'm really hoping it's right. Bye-bye Rodney!

Alt: Will
Alt Alt: Carolyn

I really want to see ALL of a tribe gone. A blue collar final three would be awesome, and still do-able at this point. I just want Sierra to stay. She's my mom's neighbor. Go Sierra!

Rodney: 7
Dan: 3
Mike: 2
Carolyn: 1
Will: 1