[LemonJam]

16 contestants were inducted into their tribes and things seem to begin in good spirits, particularly Izoku who seemed to be having a great time

Drew: "Everyone that joined in were really easy to get along with, No arguments and everyone was given a role to do within minutes of it starting with everyone happy with their roles..."

Ariel: "First impressions of the tribe are mainly positive. There seemed to be a lot of talking and a little less doing at the beginning, but we pulled things together in the end. I think we can work well together in the future."

Jake: " DTM has taken on a kind of lead role in our team which is great, and a couple in the game seem to have faded in the background... perhaps a clever move on their part?"

Oh yes, paranoia, strategizing and alliances had already begun. Drew, Raph and Jake had already created an alliance together.

Jake: [I have an alliance consisting of] Me and Drew/Raph at the moment, yet it is always open to change

The alliance however may not have been subtle as they wished.

Locke: "JH and Drew are like a tag team, neither of those are ever gonna vote for each other."

Ariel was also keenly scheming and observing, perhaps not always correctly

Ariel: "I have started forming alliances. I plan to work with Raph, DrunkerThanMoses, JH95, and potentially Conzors, but nothing is set in stone as of yet. My observations seem to be that not much of my tribe is playing very hard. I don't know much about Locke, but I don't see Drew or JH95 strategizing that much (could be wrong though, don't know these people too well).

Over on Lanakila, the vibe seemed a bit less friendly, with players eyeing each other up and planning to create chaos from the word go.

Roy: I have made alliances with every member of my tribe. My only real alliance is to myself though. I am hoping to create as much chaos among them as possible.

Lucas: There are some weak links in the group who I think I can easily take down once I get my **** under control. Roy and Ben are clearly going to be strong in all of this, Lee is a dark-horse as well. Ben is extremely competitive, in a way I'd love him to be dismantled early on.

Reece was making some keen observations

Reece: "[They're a] Good bunch, there's a few I can already see bottom of the pecking order.. hopefully I'm not nearing there! I've been trying to boost morale so far and hopefully they've appreciated it now we're on top for now. I've seen people take on some roles already, Roy the silent strategist, Lee and Ben in leadership but Josiah. ... I don't know what the **** he's doing. I'm staying wary of some obvious threats and keeping them at side.. hopefully. I'm a few steps ahead of their thought process. I don't feel that much of a threat, but you're never to feel comfortable here."

And as usual, Ben wasted no time getting down and dirty

Ben: .[I have alliances with] Roy, Lee and Reece so far. Working on a few from Izoku. Of course I don't trust any of my alliances 100%. [The biggest threats are] Roy, DTM and Locke, but two for the moment are on Izoku (so I'll try what I can to persuade their tribe members to oust them) and Roy I'm working with as we need to keep the strongest on our team until the merge.

But does reputation precede him too much?

Roy: "Ben is the biggest threat in the game. We have had a rocky history in games of the past. I think he wants to work together in this game, at least that's what he told me. Regardless of whether I can trust him or not, I will try to get rid of him ASAP. He is a big threat, esp. when we do individual immunity challenges, and I'm hoping I can convince people of that. I would like him gone within the next few days. Everyone else I know I can beat."

Lanakila won the challenge meaning that Izoku had to face the chopping block. However, there were already frustrations about work delegation in Lanakila

Lucas: " Bar Lee and Ben, I don't think we really stepped it up and it's down to them that we aren't in the position of voting each other off. For the first couple of tribal councils, it will have to be the weak links."

Ben: "[They're] all good members, however most barely tried for this task and if wasn't for me we wouldn't have had a logo, poem, shelter or a tiki."

But the problem with Survivor is the harder you work, the bigger the threat you become.

Reece: "At the moment I think the consensus is to keep the team strong through keeping in the hard workers and getting out any stragglers. I'm happy enough to go with this plan until some big targets need to be cut loose."

However, whilst Lanakila could sleep peacefully [well, peacefully-er], Izoku had to vote out one of their own and inactivity was the talk around camp.

Drew: "Ryan wasn't seen once and Raph was only seen for around 30 minutes last night."

But for some it wasn't only a question of activity.

Ariel: "Taking out a player not in my alliance will allow a core four to rule in a tribe of 7."

Although it seemed obvious who was going to go, not everyone was happy with the consensus.

Locke: "Ryan has been a very strong player. I know from Elimination that Conzors and Raph aren't shy about asking everyone to vote for them so it wouldn't be too surprising if they were making sure others on our team weren't voting them out. Conzors is pretty much taking on the role as leader, which is why he must be taken down."

However, Locke couldn't get anyone to side with him and by a vote of 7-1, Ryan was the first person voted out and Locke immediately became the outsider.

Ariel - Ryan
Conor - Ryan
Drew - Ryan
Jake - Ryan
Jon - Ryan
Locke - Conor
Raph - Ryan
Ryan - Ryan

[Benjamin]

Good luck girls.

[LemonJam]

(no other write-ups are that long don't worry LOL)

[Raph]

Mollie is here for the final

[LemonJam]

is she fuck

[Jake.]

Great writeup!

[reece(:]

That was a nice read

[Raph]

Great write-up James!!

[Benjamin]

I knew some of you would see me as a big target and threat from the start, lol. I'm actually so surprised I made it to the final, I really didnt think I stood a chance.

[LemonJam]

After a seemingly easy vote for Izoku, you'd think that there'd be unity in the tribe, but Ariel was still playing hard, eyeing up the threats in her tribe.

Ariel: " I am afraid of what Locke and Drew could do if they pull in Conor and one other member. Pairs other than ones that involve me are incredibly threatening and must be eliminated."

And Ariel's contributions to the tribe weren't going unnoticed, as she started to make an impact on the tightest alliance in the game.

Jake: "Ariel is getting more involved, whilst my alliance with Raph has dropped slightly... hopefully it build again, my main alliance is currently with Drew."

Yet again, Lanakila won immunity and Izoku were faced with Tribal council yet again. Things were starting to look bleak for the tribe.

Drew: [Lanakila] have taken their time with both games and we've rushed into things both times.. it seems their tactics are paying off.

However, Locke's purchase of a rhino hurt the tribe in the challenge majorly and his outsider status was pretty much confirmed.

Locke: "I have a bit of a hard time caring about being a team player on a team that I hardly know, but it's always better going rogue anyway. Only problem is I'm probably next on the hit list after Ryan."

However, concerns were made about inactive members, and Jon's recent injury to his internet. Even alliance members of these players were starting to question their value.

Ariel "I've noticed that Raph has been very inactive, which hurt us in the challenge today. DTM also has not logged on. This concerns me because of the potential it has for sending us to tribal, but at this point I am not willing to vote out an alliance member."

So forth, the bromance alliance and Ariel voted out Locke by a vote of 4-2-1, Conor voting for Raph alongside Locke and Jon voting for himself.

Ariel - Locke
Conor - Raph
Drew - Locke
Jake - Locke
Jon - Jon
Locke - Raph
Raph - Locke

[Benjamin]

Locke - "Ryan has been a strong player".

[LemonJam]

Lockes apple and picking the rhino were two of my favourite moments tbh <3

[Benjamin]

Locke never made that apple.

[Raph]

The bromance alliance

[Jake.]

[Me. I Am Salman]

Who is in the final?

[Jenn-CityIVLyfe]

Originally Posted by Raph

The bromance alliance

Plus Ariel

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Salman!

Who is in the final?

Ryan, Locke and Ariel

[Drew.]

-slow reader-

[Black Dagger]

I was a proper little bitch for the first few lolol. <3

[reece(:]

So Conor actually decided to side with Locke who was gunning for him? :')

[Jenn-CityIVLyfe]

I think I'm living up to my delusional status already

[LemonJam]

Things had been quiet over at Lanakila. A little too quiet. The tribe seemed very united and everyone seemed to have their own personal strategies.

Josiah: "My current strategy is to be myself and make it to the end."

Lucas: "I'm just on 'get jobbers out mode' atm, when the tribe merges, then I will pounce like a mother-fing tiger."

However, not all was what it seemed. Ben was playing hard from the get go, not just restricted to his own tribe.

Ben: Currently I've spoke to most of my team. I seem to have the strongest alliances with Reece and Lee. [I'm] also trying to weed my way into Jenn.

Over at Izoku, Raph and his bromance alliance was sitting pretty.

Jake: "I'm attempting to work with Drew and Raph to make sure we make it to the end, which sadly involves getting rid of the bigger characters..."

Ariel: "Socially I think Raph is strongest in our tribe, because I don't think there's any way there will be votes to get him out."

On the flip side, Conor's most recent vote against Raph may have made him the outsider:

Ariel: "I can't see [Conor] surviving many more tribal's because he has alienated most of our tribe. That said, he has been active in the challenges, and I respect that."

However, Conor may not be in too much trouble, as alliance members began to target one another.

Jake: For the next eviction or whatever, [I'm targeting] Conor or Ariel. Ariel is determined to win.

Ariel: Who am I targeting? In a perfect world, Drew. I don't think Raph or JH95 will vote for him, and I do not have any kind of an alliance with him. The problem is that I don't have the votes to get him out, and that concerns me.

Izoku claimed their first win after an error made by Josiah, making him an easy target for the tribe. I dunno, so few of you ever sent me write-ups that I have no idea what went on with your tribe for the first three soz.

Josiah: [Lucas?] told Roy that I was voting for him to leave when in reality I wanted to vote [Lucas?] off of my tribe.

Ben: I got Salman believing everyone was going to vote him and that he should vote Josiah to help save himself.

In the end, Josiah was voted out by a vote of 6-2, only Roy voting alongside him for Lucas.

Ben - Josiah
Josiah - Lucas
Lee - Josiah
Lucas - Josiah
Mollie - Josiah
Reece - Josiah
Roy - Lucas
Salman - Josiah

However, this was not the only casualty as Jon succumbed to his internet injuries.

Ariel "Jon's inactivity has made me nervous, as he was probably the strongest part of my alliance."

The island nurse Josy informed us that due to his injuries he wanted to leave the game, leaving Izoku down 7-5.

[Benjamin]

[Black Dagger]

Lucas: "I'm just on 'get jobbers out mode' atm, when the tribe merges, then I will pounce like a mother-fing tiger.

LMAO.

Oh and Roy PM'ing me then voting me. Glad he went out early now lolol.