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[Dominic Briones]

I wanted to start this thread to keep track of my notable moments in the game since I have a bad memory. Hopefully this will be needed for when I make final 2.

[Dominic Briones]

Round 1
Socially, I made an alliance with David because we connected on a personal level. I also worked with Joe during the HoH and this turned into a deal. I pushed for Chima to leave because I recognized her as a threat. This, however, didn't work in my favor.

Round 2
I feel like I was a main influencer in getting Rachel to backdoor Danielle whom I thought was a possible threat and a wild card that I didn't want messing up my game. I assured Rachel we could get the votes, and worked on doing just that. I also became a part of the "Brolliance" and strengthened my connections around the house.

Round 3
I won PoV and had to make a decision. I wanted Lori to leave, and felt that Joe was safe against her. Ultimately, I wasn't sure if using the PoV would be a risk that would pay off (in trying to prove to Joe that I was loyal to him), but in the end, I think it worked out for my favor to not use the PoV since Joe didn't hold it against me, and I kept Chima appeased (as well as keeping the house happy). Lori ended up leaving, which was what I was hoping for.

Round 4
At this point in the game, I was one of only 4 people to not see the nomination chair (Daniele, David, Dominic, Rachel), which I think spotlights my social game thus far. I had my sights set on Keesha and Chima as the biggest threats to my game, and wanted them out sooner rather than later. This is where I lied to Rachel to get the girls to split their votes between Drew/James so that, even if Jason voted against Drew (which I was worried about), then the votes from me, David, and Joe were enough to take out Keesha. The plan worked, and we didn't end up needing to lie to Rachel. Oops, this is where I made an unnecessary enemy, but it seemed to work out in the end.

Round 5
After James wins HoH, I make sure to secure my place with him. Lucky for me, he nominates the 2 people I would have. The whole week, James was informing me of Rachel's attempt to get him to backdoor me. Even though James swept the week, the best outcome for me was Rachel leaving, so this was definitely a good week for me.
This was also the week that it seemed I had some definite options in the coming weeks, with David and I having 3 different 3-some alliances. Davinic/Joe, Davinic/Drew, Davinic/James.

Round 6
Joe, my new final 2 (well he's tied with David at the moment, but this was the round I really felt we solidified our agreement and I felt I could trust Joe 100%), wins HoH, so I am safe safe safe. I win PoV, which makes me doubly safe. Chima and Dani are the targets, with Chima being the potentially bigger threat. Simple round, not a lot of pizazz. However, this is the round I made James a new target because James is closer to David than me. Need to think end game and keep people around who have me as their number 1 (David and Joe... not James).

Round 7
This is the round Jason left. I didn't really do much strategically, and I felt pretty safe with David in control.

Round 8
This is the round things started to get interesting. I felt I was the only person who wanted Joe to stick around, so I played along with David, James, and Drew, saying that, yes, Joe needed to leave bc he was a challenge threat. Really, I wanted James to leave, with Drew/Dani as possible backup plans. At the point Drew won PoV, I felt Joe was a goner. So when Drew used PoV, things started to shake up. I found out that Drew was after Me/James/David, but what seemed like a shit storm about to start was actually spun in my favor. I relied on my closeness with David and Joe to stay in the eviction vote, and it meant that Joe was still around for me, and I was now playing 2 sides with neither really knowing that I was actually conflicted between Joe/David and after James as my potential target.

Round 9
Joe wins HoH, and I feel this is the PERFECT week to get James out. Then he wins PoV. I am pretty sure Joe won't nominate me. But I pretend to be worried when talking to David/James. I tell Joe to let on as if he was thinking about nominating me. In the end, Drew goes up, and even though Joe probably wants me to vote out David, I need to now swing back and play the other side, voting with James to keep David. This was potentially a dangerous move, knowing that David was a great candidate to win. But I still felt confident that I was David's number 1 (though later found out I probably wasn't). And I also knew Drew was after me. Voting him out seemed logical.

Round 10
I felt about 99% sure I was safe this round. With Joe as outgoing HoH, I knew that an eviction vote would either come down to James having to choose between me and Joe, David having to choose between me or Joe, or Joe having to choose between me or David. (Or me getting to choose, which meant I would stay regardless). In each of those scenarios, I felt I would have the one vote to stay. Naturally, James won HoH, so he was safe (even though I would have loved to have voted him out over Joe if given the chance). That meant either Joe, myself, or David would vote to evict. I felt 100% safe, but knew I sadly needed to get David out, bc at that point, I did NOT want to go into the final 3 with David and James. I still didn't know David had James as his number 1 ally, but I knew they were close, so I figured David would just throw the final HoH if we got f3 together (assuming both James and I would keep him since he was telling us both we were his f2). However, I didn't have to betray David, because Joe wins the final PoV, even though I tried my hardest. I thought I was guaranteed safety. But James/David threw me under the bus. Luckily, I was able to convince Joe that I was 100% on board with our f2 (which, at that point, I was). Joe evicts David, which was the best case scenario since James won HoH.

Round 11
So I'm sitting in the f3 with, arguably, the biggest challenge threats of the season. However, I did have 2 wins under my belt, which, ironically enough, made me the person with the next greatest amount of wins (behind Joe and James having 5 each). Plus, I had finished 2nd place in a few competitions, so I knew I wasn't completely out of the picture. I had full intentions of sticking with my f2 with Joe, but also had mad respect for James' game. I wanted to win the endurance badly, but obviously James outlasted me. However, I ended up winning part 2. TBF later!

[Dominic Briones]

updated

[Dominic Briones]

updated!