Voting History

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: jimmy johnson



reason: jimmy johnson is probably the most annoying guy on the entire cast (followed closely by tyrone). he might be more active than chase and sash, but personally i would rather get rid of someone that bugs the shit out of me than someone who does nothing. it might not be the best strategy, but who needs strategy when you've got nipples the size of oreos?

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: na-onka



reason: she has bad breath. that and she hasn't been on the board in 4 days. alina told us she was going to flip on her old tribe and vote with us against na-onka. i'm not sure if i trust her yet, but i was going to vote for na-onka anyway so it doesn't really change anything for me. if she votes with us, great! if not, there's nothing else i could have done... and i'm not using my vote nullifier this early. i'd rather get voted out with it still in my pocket than waste it on an inactive like na-onka.

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: na-onka



reason: the breath situation got worse... someone needs to med-evac this bitch and take her to a dentist.

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: tyrone



reason: i don't know what happened earlier today, but whatever it is, it fucked everything up. alina, sash, tyrone and i had a pretty solid alliance, but now it seems like no one trusts anyone. i don't know if the drama is legit or not, but i can't ask tyrone because he's an idiot and i can't ask sash because he's never online when i am. i basically have to trust what alina tells me, even though she could very easily be lying to me. it would make sense if she was trying to play the tribes against each other.

anyway, part of me doesn't want to vote for tyrone because he's an idiot and he's a loose cannon. the longer he's in the game, the longer the target will be on him and not on me. but he's fuckin' annoying and for the sake of my own sanity, he's gotta go. i just hope that it's not me tonight.

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: kelly b



reason: i am pretty sure alina is going to flip back to her original tribe tonight and vote out either sash or myself. she might even get creative and throw a vote to a random person on the other side to make it look like she's really still with us... but at this point, it's seems pretty clear that she's not voting with us. then again, sash isn't even voting this round, so it's not like she could vote with us...

anyway, i am really out of options right now. sash hasn't voted yet, 7 minutes before the deadline... alina isn't responding on aim... and the other side (aside from brenda) hasn't said a word to me since we were put on the same tribe, so that sure as hell isn't going to start now. this tribe sucks moose balls (donkey balls just wouldn't do it justice) and i can't wait for next round because it sounds like something is going to happen... maybe a merge, or better yet, the start of the jury.

however, the only way to guarantee myself a spot in the next round is by using this...



so, tonight i am using the hidden idol i just found (it sure didn't stay in my possession very long, did it?) and hopefully it will at least throw a fork in their plans. the reason i'm voting for kelly b is that she literally hasn't said a single thing to me, and she's on the board all the time but never helps out much in challenges.

[Shannon Elkins]

i'm using the hidden idol on myself, by the way

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: kelly b



reason: part of me wishes i had used my vote nullifier on sash so that i could have single-handedly voted out kelly b, but the other part of me is glad that i didn't. who the fuck self-votes this far in the game? if sash goes home, it's his own damn fault. but, i'm going to do my part and vote for kelly b again. i don't expect her to be voted out, but she's way too damn cocky for someone with one leg.

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: jane x3 (i would like to use my triple vote prize AND my vote nullifier prize)





also, i would like to use my vote nullifier to cancel out yve's vote... i figure she will probably vote for me since her and i have never been on a tribe together, and she would probably vote for me instead of jill.

reason: well it's probably going to be me tonight, but at least if i am going out, i'm going out with a fight. it sounds like most people are voting for me; alina said she was going to vote for jill, but it's not like she's been overly honest with me so far; jane said she was thinking about voting for jill too, but thinking and actually doing are two separate things; and jill said she was voting for jane.

brenda told me i should vote for chase, but i'm pretty sure she just wanted me to throw my vote... i mean, chase? why would they vote him out? he doesn't do anything.

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: kelly b



reason: i would not be surprised if i was getting voted out tonight, but it sounds like some of the original espada members have finally stepped up and decided to play. benry approached me with a plan to vote out kelly b. everyone realizes that kelly b is one of the strongest players in challenges, and with her massive arsenal of prizes, the longer she stays in the game, the harder it will be to take her out.

so, this is basically the best news i've had in a while. i'm still in a bad position in this game, and the numbers are so stacked against me that i probably won't be able to make it all the way to the end... but if voting out kelly b will save me for an extra round or two, i'm all for it.

it still could be me leaving tonight if kelly b (or anyone else) uses some prizes against me. however, i am literally at the end of my rope, and if i am voted out, i can at least say i did everything i could to stay in the game.

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: yve

and i would like to nullify the votes cast by: benry and kelly s



reason: there are so many prizes in the game right now, it honestly wouldn't surprise me if i was voted out... but brenda, jane, jill and i agreed to work together in hopes of switching up the game a bit. as it stands, benry, kelly and yve are pretty much guaranteed to go all the way, unless the rest of us work together and take one of them out. since yve won the challenge advantage prize from the silent auction, we felt this would be the best option.

i don't know if this will work or not, because as i said, there's a lot of prizes, including at least 1 hidden idol. plus, i don't really trust jane. i do trust jill, but i know she will ultimately look out for herself (which is totally understandable, because that's what i would do too). i do trust brenda, but she's more of a strategic player than you'd think.

so let's see how this plays out, and hopefully it's not me joining the jury!

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: brenda



reason: being the last one standing from the original la flor tribe, i know that my head is on the chopping block. i am probably considered a threat because a lot of my original allies are on the jury, so if i make it to the finals i have a good shot of winning the entire game. that definitely puts a target on my back though, and i would not be surprised if every single person voted for me tonight.

however, since i plan on playing my hidden immunity idol, that means whoever i vote for could end up being voted out (unless the others decide to split the votes, which is also possible). honestly, this has been the hardest decision for me so far. i have a lot of respect for benry, and he told me that my best bet of staying was to vote for yve... but he couldn't say for sure whether anyone else would vote for yve. i don't want to do anything that will screw benry, because i'd actually like to see him win the game. but i don't know if it's really in my best interest to vote for yve.

then jane approached me today and said that she would vote for yve if i promised her that i wouldn't vote her out next round. i just don't know how much i can trust jane at this point. she has only messaged me twice in this entire game, and both of those times she lied to my face... so, my vote tonight is a test for jane. assuming that benry, brenda, kelly and yve all vote for me, that means it all comes down to two votes -- jane's and mine:

if jane honestly voted for yve, it will end in a 1-1 tie, and i will re-consider my vote in the re-vote.

if jane lied to me yet again and really voted for me, brenda (her closest ally) might be blindsided.

or if people thought i had a hidden idol and split the vote, this tribal council might be pretty whacky.




anyway, tonight i am using the hidden idol i found (seriously, these things don't seem to last long). no matter what happens tonight, i think it will make the game very interesting!


interesting fact: as i came on to the board to cast my vote, the only other person online was jill... and when jill was blindsided last round, she made it clear that she blamed brenda. so maybe that's a sign from the nicaraguan gods that i'm doing the right thing...

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: brenda



reason: well, this is it... we are down to the final 5, and it's time to go big or go home. these next two rounds are extremely important because it will determine: 1) whether or not i make it into the finals, and 2) who i will be up against if i do make the finals. for me, the best case scenario would be for me to be in the finals with benry and kelly because neither of them have done very much in this game. both of them pretty much just stuck with their original alliance, and they both got outplayed by the two-headed monster named brane... that's brenda + jane, btw. and brane is a fitting name because they actually made some very smart moves in the last few rounds.

anyway, i am casting my vote against brenda. i personally would have preferred to vote out jane because she is much stronger in challenges and she is more of a threat to win the entire game. plus, jane is like the definition of shady. if you look up shady in the dictionary, there'd be a picture of jane's face with the caption "i just tried to fuck you over... so want to work together this round? "

unfortunately, benry and kelly want to vote out brenda instead, and i need to vote with them in order to cut off at least one head of the two-headed monster. even still, who knows if benry and kelly are on the same page. they have been voting together in the past, but it's very possible that one or the other has been working with brenda and jane all along. all i can do is fulfill my part in this, and hope the others do the same.

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: kelly s



reason: 12 seconds... fuck. i have nothing personal against kelly s, but she is definitely the least deserving of the final four. i mean, she's the only one who hasn't won a challenge. she skipped at least one challenge because she was drunk. last round she admitted she never made any attempt to talk to me in the game. then she didn't even bother answering her question at this final tribal council... overall she just doesn't give the impression that she is really playing this game to win, and to be honest, her being in the final three is a waste of space because i don't think anyone but yve would even consider voting for her.

anyway, i know i'm getting voted out tonight, but at least i had a pretty amazing run this game. of all the games i have been in, this was the one that i "survived" the most. i really overcame a lot through the course of the game. i went from being practically voted out in 13th, to outlasting all of my original tribemates and making the final four... although it sounds cocky, i honestly do think i would have won this game if i was in the finals... i know i made more decisions in this game than kelly... i know i made bigger and more intelligent moves than benry... and i know i could talk circles around hick-speaking jane. seriously, i can only imagine what her opening speech will be like... "i desrve to won dis gmae becauz i playd smart"

anyway, my vote's for two-legs.

[Shannon Elkins]

i am casting my vote for: benry



reason: without a doubt, benry played the best game. he was the only player to actually integrate his strategy with people on both tribes, and out of everyone in the game, he definitely had the best balance of playing a strong social game, a strong strategic game, and being a fierce competitor in immunity challenges.

for me, it was a pretty easy decision to vote for benry to win, but i have to say that jane really impressed me at the final tribal council. she definitely put up a good fight, and she gave the jury some good reasons why she deserves to win. ultimately, i couldn't vote for her to win over benry, but she definitely earned her spot in the finals and validated herself as a deserving player. good job, jane!

kelly really had no chance of winning, and her lack of passion for this game really shone through at the final tribal council... there were a few jury questions that she didn't even bother to answer, and the ones she did answer were clearly half-assed. i stand by what i have said about her in the past: she wasn't deserving of being in the final three.

anyway, thanks for a great game, brad! i had a blast playing, and can't wait for the next season!

[Zach Galifianakis]

How did you make the flashing vote? That's badass.