Episode 6

[michaelbrady]

Post episode 6 content here!

[michaelbrady]

I’m just here to say Anna Lynn got swap fucked sooooooo bad and it’s not ok

[michaelbrady]

Episode 6 Thoughts (the round has ended but I still want to post some things here...these will be very random thoughts LOL)

Disclaimer: If I am critical of your game, please do not take it personally I LOVE this cast, everyone left in the game is so good at the game and brings their own unique fun aspect to the game. I just want to provide feedback on what we're seeing so you can learn afterwards what happened/what mistakes you might've made.

1) Felix got fucking robbed. Felix put in the most effort out of everyone yesterday, and essentially rallied 4 people together (him/brenton/aleem/carly) to give them all a chance in hell at surviving this swap. Had felix not done so much work, this would've been nowhere near a tie vote and all of these people would be screwed. But Felix did that. He completely misted Alicia and Rizo yesterday, making them believe he had their back and actually wanted Aleem to go. He did everything right, and it was SO close to working. Felix is a mastermind, a legend, and easily was one of the best players this season. Bad luck happens, and that's what this was. AMAZING game Felix, you're a legend.

2) The end of Aleem/Felix is very sad. I loved them together, their banter...the way they talked to each other was just so entertaining. They weren't villains really but instead more "trolly" in their own way. They just talked shit about everyone else and it was really so hilarious to watch. They were arguably (along with Anna Lynn/Rizo) the strongest power duo in this game, and one unfortunate rock draw essentially ends both their games.

3) Alicia and Rizo got bailed out by Dayle and Sarah. Alicia especially really pushed an Aleem vote yesterday and it would've meant the demise of her best friend Rizo. Luckily, Sarah and Dayle both sniffed it out and realized they were being played. Great job by the two of them to realize it couldn't be as easy as a straight Aleem voted.

4) No one trusts Carly. Like no one on either side does. I think this is probably coming from Carly really wanting to make everyone her close ally rather than just focusing on a few people and showing them that they genuinely have her loyalty. I think she tried to do too much and it completely backfired. Just a little sloppy gameplay. BUT I am a huge Carly fan and she does have her immunity necklace...I'm rooting for her to recover because she's so fun to have in the game.

5) Let's hope this is a wakeup call for Brenton. He needs to not be so naive. I love Brenton, his genuine kindness and love for the game is such a breathe of fresh air, but he needs to see that people will continue to try and take advantage of him. He needs to be willing to stab people in the back and not believe everything he hears

6) Sarah is so good.

7) Hugo is the MVP of this tribe. He's in complete control here and he's impressed me SO much this round. He managed to flip Gerda away from Malcolm...something I never ever saw happening. I'm still shocked to hear it. But he told Gerda what Malcolm did (throw Gerdas name out last round as a vote) and Gerda is believing it (it's true so LOL). Hugo is in two separate 3 person alliances: Hugo/Anna Lynn/Gerda and Hugo/Anders/Leanna, and he's been working with Malcolm. Bravo to Hugo, really great to see him thrive here.

8) Anna Lynn is not swap fucked, but it's because of HER social game. She did THAT. She looked dead in the water at this swap, and while she's not COMPLETELY safe yet.....she sure is looking a lot better now. One call with Gerda and Gerda loves her. Same with Leanna. Same with Hugo. It's just impossible to want her out and she's going to be in most likely the best spot in the game come the merge (if she's there).

9) Malcolm really fucked up last round. I knew that Malcolm (and Carly for that matter) really dug themselves into a whole at the last rounds tribal council. They should've just done the easy Lance vote. But they got paranoid, they did wayyyyyyyyy too much, and now both are in terrible positions on this tribe and in the game in general. Gerda no longer trusts Malcolm which is mind-blowing to me, considering how close they were to start the game. Malcolm's storyarc this season has been wild. He started off as a huge winner contender and is now in huge trouble to not even make the merge. I hope he does, I really want to see Malcolm bounce back but the problem is...i don't think he even realizes how bad of a spot in the game he is in. Hopefully he's able to find out somehow and play as the underdog and come back!

10) No Anders vs Felix Rivalry will come to fruition which is sad, but it's ok because Anders has a lot more people who want him out LOL. It's funny, Anders started off frustrating me from a hosting perspective because of his always questioning the rules and other things, but he's started to grow on me a bit. However, this cast wants his head on a stick. He really upset a lot of people in the scavenger hunt posting challenge and it has only grown somehow. He's going to be in huge trouble if he makes the merge, but I won't be surprised if he's actually voted out here.

11) Leanna needs to separate herself from Anders ASAP. Everyone thinks they are a final 2 ...which isn't actually true...but Leanna hasn't done anything to help her cause. She hasn't been to tribal and just hasn't really done anything in the game yet which is kinda disappointing although it's not her fault she keeps winning immunity. I need a signature Leanna moment this season, and I hope we get one. She could be in a lot of trouble if they lose a challenge here though, she needs to make it clear to Anna Lynn/Hugo that she is with them and not Anders...otherwise she could be collateral damage if Anders decides to use his "leave tribal" power.

12) Gerda impressed the hell outa me and I'm back on the Gerda hype train! I thought she'd be blindly loyal to Malcolm but she's showing that's not the cause. Bravo!

[austintexasholdem]

BRADY...Took it all from my mouth!! Well said King!

- I'm so sad that Felix is out of this game He was definitely playing one of the top games to this point. LEGEND
- I'm also REALLY sad this puts Aleem in a horrible spot on this tribe...especially if the 4 (Alicia, Rizo, Sarah, Dayle) want to throw all the challenges before merge. I feel like throwing comps usually backfires though. Someone on the bottom always figures it out, and then the blame game is the new aim. I'm still rooting for you Aleem, this would be INSANE if you somehow made it to Merge.
- I was a Carly fan but 2 sloppy rounds in a row...YIKES...I don't understand how you throw SHADE at Rizo & Aleem but not Alicia or Sarah. Doesn't really make much sense to me. You were planning to vote Aleem 10 min before Tribal, and were telling him not to use his idol, to get him to trust you?? and now your MAD at the guy because he didn't listen to you. You were planning to vote him. Am I just a bit crazy or are you? #sorrynotsorry
- Dayle, you bore me. Hey at least you got the vote off your back twice in a row now! I could see you as Sarah's Goat for final tribal council
- Alicia, I'm not the biggest fan of you because I liked the Felix/Aleem tandem. However, I'll give you some credit for pushing hard to get the vote off Carly. BUT MAN OH MAN there was one point where the votes were on YOU and Aleem and he was going to idol, and you would have been out. And you were pushing for the Aleem vote soooo hard. I wanted to see that backfire sooo badly.
- Rizo, you're in a great position...but I feel like you have no "fight" in your game. Your letting Anna-Lynn and Alicia stomp alll over you and both of them are going to have outside allies while you won't. I could see these girls all around you, SWARM you, and take you out whenever they want.
- Sarah (MVP) not much more to say
- Brenton  , LETS GOOOO MAN!!!! You have the best STORY LINE THUS FAR!!! ...Felix going out on rocks for you!Since Felix is out and  If Aleem doesn't win I want it to be you!! 
SHOUTOUTS to Gerda for picking it up! HUGO my NEW WINNER PICK, Anna-Lynn Social Angel, Anders- always keeping me entertained, Malcom - I think Hugo will pull the trigger on you if you lose one of the next 2 challenges before merge, Leanna-the do nothing queen

[robbie]

I thought episode 5 was crazy. Episode 6 said hold my beer.

Man oh man. We lost a good one this round, but I'll get to that. There's been some interesting dynamics that took place this round, and I'm so interested to see how they play out. On the Dormouse tribe we saw a split, and just when we thought Hugo would be in trouble after the Lance vote, the king showed us that he's here to stay. Hugo instantly went to work and got back in Malcolm's good graces. I dont think Malcolm was fully forgiving, but enough that he wasn't targeting Hugo for it. When trying to cover up his lie, Hugo told Malcolm that because everything happened so quickly, he didn't hear him correctly. Malcolm has a Masters degree in speech and pathology (I believe that's what he said), so he knows he spoke clearly. I think he will keep that in the back of his mind. I'm curious to see how he uses that information. Malcolm's target on this tribe is Leanna. He's been told stories about how Leanna knows so many people on the cast and will link up with them at merge. That's false, but I do see a world where she links up with Rizo, Anna Lynn, Alicia, Sarah and Brenton come merge. They're all around the same age and have similar interests. Malcolm targeting Leanna is also interesting because he wants to work with Anders on this tribe, and Anders wants to work with Leanna and target Anna Lynn. I think if they both just talked about it, they could settle on Anna Lynn, but Malcolm does like to get what he wants in these games. I dont know what the others would do. This tribe didn't go to tribal, so there's no telling how it would have played out, but some other interesting things that happened on this tribe are, Hugo told Gerda about Malcolm trying to target her on the previous tribe. Gerda believes him and is not as loyal to Malcolm as she was before. I honestly didn't think she'd believe Hugo and would tell Malcolm, sealing Hugo's fate; but she didn't! Queen Gerda! She also really likes Anna Lynn and wants to work with her. We love shattered expectations, and with being said. Gerda is the MVP of this tribe in my opinion. Imagine not being the best at challenges in the tribe phase, yet people still want to keep you around and work with you despite your bad Internet connections. On top of that, having people lie about your challenge performance to save you. Queen shit. The honorable mentions of this tribe are Hugo. I already explained what he did, but I really applaud him on his social game. I know he said that's where he "slacks" because he likes finding idols, but since he hasn't found/played any he's had to depend on his social game. Again...love shattered expectations. I also can't forget Anna Lynn. She has really put in work socially, but what else did you expect? She really is an icon and I love seeing her play this game. She's one of the sweetest people I've ever seen and if she makes it to merge, she is going to be sitting real pretty to go to the end! Her story of "Surviving Dormouse" could help her, although they haven't gone to tribal yet so it might not be respected. There's still a lot of game left before then. Anders is also sitting pretty on this tribe. I think Anna Lynn, Hugo, and Gerda want to target him, but unless they can get the vote to split 3-2-1, then there's no way Anders goes on this tribe. He has a lot of control on this tribe. I'm not sure if he realizes it, but he does. He also has his advantage, which allows him to skip a tribal, but he also cant vote. I have to say, I love the Leanna and Anders duo. They're both so quirky lol. They are like oil and water, but they work. I'm interested to see how the dynamics of this tribe play out if they do go to tribal given they have 1 less person after this round since Cheshire is now down a person.

My rankings on this tribe in terms of 'best standing' are: 
1. Hugo
2. Anders
3. Malcolm
4. Gerda
5. Leanna
6. Anna Lynn (although it would really be a fight to get her out)

The Cheshire tribe was pure madness this round, and it was such a joy to watch it all unfold. Two sides formed quickly, and it was a battle to see which tribe was going to come out victorious. On one side, we had Alicia, Dayle, Rizo, and Sarah. On the other side of the numbers, we had Aleem, Brenton, Carly, and Felix. Felix and Aleem did a great job locking down Brenton in the previous rounds because I thought there was a chance that he'd go back to Sarah....he didn't. Prior to the challenge, Carly was playing the middle, and it worked in her favor. The original plan for side Alicia, Dayle, Rizo, and Sarah was to tell Aleem he's the vote. Actually put 4 on Carly, and see if they can get Brenton to Aleem while the others vote Dayle. The goal there was to get Aleem to play his speculated idol, and take out Carly. At one point the goal was to get the other side to vote Aleem. I dont remember the reasoning behind it, but it wasn't a good idea. Alicia wanted to protect Carly so she wanted to flip the vote on to anybody else. Little did she know, Carly didn't have her beset interest. Dayle, Rizo, and Sarah refused to vote Aleem since there was potential that he had the idol,  so the vote landed on Brenton. Alicia and Sarah both promised Brenton that they'd tell him where the vote was, but of course they lied.  They told him the vote was on Aleem. I think  this was the first time we saw Brenton 'lie' in this game. He agreed to vote Aleem. Proud of you Brenton! It's just a game and it's okay. 
On the other size of the numbers,  we saw Aleem, Brenton, Carly, and Felix lock in on Rizo. The initial target was Dayle since that's who they all talked to the least, but Rizo announced that he wouldn't be at tribal because of a basketball game, so they saw it as an opportunity that if it went to rocks,  he wouldn't be there to convince them not to flip on him. Rizo's social connections said otherwise, but I'll get to that. After hours of hopping around on calls,  talking about the vote,  and thinking through every scenario...Aleem, Brenton, Carly, and Felix all decided that it was best that Aleem vote this round (because he still  hadn't been to tribal before this to lose one of his next two votes), play his idol on himself (although they were confident the vote wouldn't be on him since the other side literally TOLD HIM that they were voting him),  and send it to rocks. 

All of this happened exactly as planned at tribal. 4 votes Rizo, 4 votes Brenton. Aleem pulls out his idol and plays it on himself, thinking it would give his team an advantage in numbers for rocks. Keep in mind,  this was Brenton's first tribal ever. Although the challenges aren't exactly Survivor, the game play and strategy very much is. If he didn't feel like he was playing prior to this, I bet he did now lol. After giving them time to discuss and a chance to flip their vote, the 6 left to revote,  Aleem, Alicia,  Carly,  Dayle, Felix, and Sarah, stuck to their guns, and for the second time in All Out History,  we went to rocks. Sorry to the people who thought they made history. You weren't actually the first. We made a mistake when we said that. The order was Alicia first, followed by Felix, Dayle, Carly, and then Sarah. Alicia picked box 4....safe. Up next was Felix,  Odds were still in his favor, but he picks box number 3,  which was the purple rock, and Felix was robbed. The emotions were high! Felix was in tears. Alicia was in tears. Sarah and Dayle were bursting with excitement. Brenton was shocked. Aleem and Carly both knew they were screwed going forward, and Rizo was shooting hoops. He had no idea that any of this was going on, but boy was he hype when he found out. Post tribal,  the 4 who stayed intact all said their sorry's to Brenton. Brenton, being the great guy that he is, forgave them and said he understood. Let's see if they keep those promises going forward.

Seeing Felix go this round was terrible. He was such a joy to have in this game, and really brought something to the game that nobody else did. I think he was easily one of the best players in this game, but also in the community all together.  His insight in his prod chat was phenomenal. He literally thought of every situation.  He said he wanted to come into this game and take a newbie under his wing,  and ride it out with them. He delivered and did exactly that with two newbies. Aleem the Dream and Brenton the Ascension. Sorry I tried. There's no telling how his allies will do without him, but I know if we ever did a second chances season, Felix would be at the top of, "needs to be cast" list. He was such good casting, and such a great player. My rankings for this tribe in terms of placement are: 

1. Alicia
2. Rizo
3. Sarah
4. Dayle
5. Brenton
6. Carly (because she has her necklace still)
7. Aleem