Agent Shep's Report //Round Two//

[Phillip Sheppard]

[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #6

Today has been an interesting day full of tough challenges and alliances formed. Starting with the latter I actually discussed it with Grant and he was absolutely interested in the prospect of it all. Of course we went into further detail with it as shown:

Phillip Sheppard 3:30 pm
Did Matt come to you about a suggestion of an alliance?

Ellimist 343 3:30 pm
he did during the first few days, with you, him, brandon and me. Is that what you've heard?

Phillip Sheppard 3:31 pm
He brought it up recently, like two days ago. You, me, him, and Brandon, yah.

Ellimist 343 3:32 pm
I would honestly love that, we are the four that is usually online the most and I know you three are active, I am very active, just didn't get a chance to prove it the first challenge
he said he wanted to find a fifith, but wasn't sure who he thought would be good to work with us

Phillip Sheppard 3:34 pm
Yeah. I actually wanted to bring up the idea of you, me, and Brandon alligning too but I guess he beat me to the punch haha. I think out of everyone I get along with you two the best. :-)

Ellimist 343 3:37 pm
I agree with that too, I like Matt, but he doesn't talk as much, lol He hasn't asked me for a three-way with Brandon (yet, not sure if he will), but I really like you and Brandon the best so far. We should approach brandon about this on the side. And try to see if he asked Brandon for a side alliance.

Phillip Sheppard 3:40 pm
If he has then Matt is definitely a sneaky guy, either way I'll keep loyal to you 100%. Brandon too but at the same time you and I also would be silly not to think 'Hey, this guy is a veteran, he's amazing at challenges and is a good talker, he could win this.'

Ellimist 343 3:42 pm
That has been in the back of my mind, but right now we need him, but we reallly need to keep our eye on him wayyyy down the road. But for now, you two are my main allies, with Matt on the side.
Is there anyone else you feel comfortable with?

Phillip Sheppard 3:43 pm
Absolutely, us three = core alliance for now. In terms of anyone else I feel comfy with... not sure as of yet, maybe Ashley or Natalie.

Ellimist 343 3:43 pm
I still haven't caught Natalie online. I like Ashley so far,andrea and kristina i've talked to a few
I would be comfortable with Ashley, I need to talk to natalie, but if you think she is a good person, I see if i can feel her out.

Phillip Sheppard 3:45 pm
Well it looks like we're both comfortable with Ashley. She seems straight up and wants to prove she's a hard worker. :-)

Ellimist 343 3:46 pm
ok, so you, brandon and I = Core, Matt and Ashley on the sides, love it!
you and brandon have my 100% trust

Phillip Sheppard 3:47 pm
Likewise, you two have my absolute trust too. :-D

Ellimist 343 3:49 pm
it's good to find people this early in the game, i'm just hoping we don't have any tribal swaps anytime soon. But if we do, we can still try to watch out for each other even if on different tribes until we can reunite during the merge.

Phillip Sheppard 3:50 pm
Absolutely, I'd like to keep Ometepe together as a whole going into the tribal swap or merge. A large majority of us seems trustworthy enough to where I think we'd continue to vote together going into that.

Ellimist 343 3:52 pm
I do too, the only people i don't know really well is Natalie, and I've only talked to Kristina and Andrea on PM's and just a couple times on AIM. But they seem really nice.

Phillip Sheppard 3:53 pm
I got to know Kris/Andrea to a degree on AIM, Natalie has been a bit touch-and-go yeah.
I honestly think Andrea though hasn't shown too much of what she can do in this game, like... she fell out of the first challenge relatively quick due to work and is sitting out of this challenge due to work.

Ellimist 343 3:54 pm
I thought about that as well, if it's too often it could really hurt us. Because since she is sitting out this time, she has to participate next week.

Ellimist 343 3:56 pm
we seem to have the same thought process, which is a good sign between us.

Phillip Sheppard 3:57 pm
Yeah. :-) I think we'll work together great in this game.

So the core alliance is myself, Grant, and Brandon which is fine for the moment. I trust them 100%, Grant a hare more but that's just from socialization. Now going on to the challenge...

... it was a terrible challenge for Ometepe. It was pretty much all luck-based except for the puzzles at the end which Francesca was in charge of doing. She did a fine job, just for the record. The other five in our tribe that participated were myself, Brandon, Grant, Ashley, and Natalie.

We came in 2nd Place so we have to vote out one member of our tribe and Andrea's name was the first one that escaped my mouth.

Grant 9:47 pm
any thoughts just in case? (it stays between us)

Phillip Sheppard 9:48 pm
Well of course I would not vote against you, Brandon, Ashley, or Matt. That leaves Nat, Andrea, Francesca, and Kristina... honestly? I would see myself voting Andrea before any of the other three.
She's on every day but she hasn't really done anything prominent in comparison to say Natalie or Francesca who have really picked up a lot of momentum. Kristina also worked her butt off in Challenge #1 so you can kinda see where I'm getting at.

Grant 9:50 pm
I definately agree with you, and what really worries me is that she HAS to compete in the next challenge, and not sure if we can count on her (Andrea)

Phillip Sheppard 9:51 pm
Exactly. I'm onboard with voting Andrea out if we do place 2nd... if we miraculously manage to get 1st then we can obviously keep it to ourselves but have it ready to go just in case later on.

Grant 9:52 pm
Ohh definately, what we say her stays here, you can count on that. And if we do get first, we can reevaluate next round, but I'm for Andrea right now

So overall this has been a good day for the Specialist. We'll have to wait and see who survives Redemption Island tomorrow but until then...

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[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #7

The only thing worth talking about this round is Redemption Island. The two people that survived out of the five there is Brianna from Yaxha and Margaret aka Ed from Nakum. This does not really change my strategy at all. Also worth noting that today I officially submitted my vote for Andrea so if all goes according to plan, she'll be going home.

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[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #8

What the hell happened today?

I come on an hour or so before T.C Votes can be changed and come to find out that a LOT of unusual things have been happening since my being away. Here are some examples...

A PM from Brandon:

Hey Phillip whats up? I was hoping to catch you on aim last night but never saw you sign in. I was just trying to figure out if the vote was still Andrea liked we talked the other night. I tried talking to Matt and he was acting odd not saying much, then Ashley talked to him and he said there were different names being thrown around (Andrea, Ashley, Mine, Yours) which sounds odd, no idea why either me or you would even be considered for this vote. I'm hoping he was just blowing smoke but if anything has shifted we have to correct it, let me know if you hear anything and I will do the same.

Conversation with Natalie:

Phillip Sheppard 3:14 pm
Have you heard anybody's names being brought up?

Natalie 3:15 pm
hmmm i have heard a few.
I heard people that talked to Matt and he said that 5 names were being thrown around
sooo that puzzled me.

Phillip Sheppard 3:16 pm
Yeah I've heard that too, it seems almost like it could be hot air because of how MANY names are bring brought up... Matt might be trying to stir things up, dunno.

Natalie 3:17 pm
yeah i think that could be a possiblity.
i haven't talked to him personally at all, so i don't really know how to feel about him.

Phillip Sheppard 3:18 pm
Well for me, I'm probably going to vote for Andrea honestly, her name has been the one most frequently brought up.

Natalie 3:19 pm
ooh yeah i also heard her name being thrown around the 2nd most too.

Phillip Sheppard 3:20 pm
Well she didn't do much at all in the first challenge due to work obligations/timing and in the second one she sat out. It makes sense at least to me anyways.
Whose the one being thrown around the most?

Natalie 3:20 pm
oooh yeah i definitely hear you on that. that does make sense.

Phillip Sheppard 3:22 pm
Is it my name bring brought up the most or something?


Natalie 3:22 pm
well i heard Andrea's name, then Matt's mostly. but i can't remember the other 3 names i heard. i think i heard Ashley and Grant as well?
lemme see what it was...

Phillip Sheppard 3:23 pm
Mk, no prob, take your time. I'm just a touch spooked. xD

Natalie 3:23 pm
oooh okay from those 5 names i heard... it was Andrea, Phillip, Brandon, Ashley and Matt.

Lastly my conversation with Brandon after he got on AIM:

Phillip Sheppard 3:24 pm
I think I know why our names are bring brought up.

Brandon Q 3:25 pm
No idea why our names were being thrown out there
Why is that?

Phillip Sheppard 3:25 pm
I heard Ash's as well. Remember? The three of us had the most difficulty with the challenge yesterday because we kept missing smashing our plates.

Brandon Q 3:27 pm
I can see that being a reason, but at the same that was luck involved and anybody could have had the same problem we were having

Phillip Sheppard 3:29 pm
Right.. people try to stretch for reasons to vote people. :-\

Brandon Q 3:30 pm
I would have hoped it would have been more based on activity and who hasn't been around that much

Phillip Sheppard 3:31 pm
Me too. Lets just stick to our original gameplan, if people are as genuine as they want us to think they'll do the same you know? If anything, if Matt can't be trusted because I'm getting this impression from people that he's the one stirring things up, I'm trying to pull Natalie into voting Andrea.

Phillip Sheppard 3:34 pm
Have her thinking about it, hope she does vote Andrea.
:-\ and if worse comes to worse, pray to god it isn't either of us that is the actual target.

Brandon Q 3:38 pm
I'm trying to still see where everyone stands with this vote, I know a lot of people were turned off by Matt last night and how he handled the vote and throwning names out there. I want to make sure we are on the right side of this vote that way if we were to go to tc next time we arent in a minority situation and go next

Phillip Sheppard 3:39 pm
Good point, tell me quick if something changes since I submitted my vote yesterday and I can only change it in the next 20 min bud. :-)

Brandon Q 3:42 pm
I will let you know pal, I'm just trying to see where everybody stands right now with this that way we dont screw this thing up. I haven't submitted my vote yet they are due 8et right?

Phillip Sheppard 3:42 pm
Right.

Brandon Q 4:05 pm
Everybody seems to be voting Matt and I think we should do the same, at least that's what I'm going to do. Him throwing our names out there isnt cool and I dont feel I can trust him and if I cant trust him now its going to be hard to trust him later. I just feel its the right way to go.

Phillip Sheppard 4:06 pm
I can't change my vote now, it's an hour before tribal. ><
But mentally I'm voting Matt? Haha. x.x

Brandon Q 4:06 pm
Seriously? Thats such a dumb rule they have in place

Phillip Sheppard 4:07 pm
Sorry. :-( Hopefully it doesn't do too much bad to me.

Phillip Sheppard 4:08 pm
We'll still control half the votes after this though thankfully.

Brandon Q 4:08 pm
It's fine man I understand completely and it's my fault for not realizing that rule and getting here sooner after I got off work to check in on everything :-(

Phillip Sheppard 4:09 pm
It's fine. I mean Andrea will hopefully understand through the votes that she needs to step it up is all and it's nothing personal. Thats the angle I'm looking at.
Gotta adapt on the fly, right? Haha.

Brandon Q 4:11 pm
I wasn't expecting this vote to get all out of hand like it did and I'm sure she'll understand, she has the opportunity to prove herself at the next challenge

Phillip Sheppard 4:12 pm
Yeah for sure.

Phillip Sheppard 4:17 pm
brb

Brandon Q 4:17 pm
ok

Phillip Sheppard 4:29 pm
Back.

Phillip Sheppard 4:34 pm
What's up man? :-)

Brandon Q 4:37 pm
welcome back
Not much I just voted whats up with you?

Phillip Sheppard 4:37 pm
Nothing much.. heard Kristina also is unable to change her vote due to the voting deadline. So that's two Andrea.
The Specialist has learned his lesson.. don't vote preemptively.

Brandon Q 4:41 pm
Brandon will make sure to not vote early in the future in case that becomes a problem
I'm talking to Kristina and matt said we were the 2 best guys and such
I'm wondering now if they made it up what he said

Phillip Sheppard 4:43 pm
Whose they? So confused..

Brandon Q 4:43 pm
The thing was I wanted to ask him about it and he got quiet and didnt reply
Ashley Andrea and Nat all said he threw our names out there

Phillip Sheppard 4:43 pm
Hm... that's concerning as hell..
The bright side is we still have the numbers; you, me, Grant.. we can pull in Kristina.
That's considering this is the actual issue.

Brandon Q 4:45 pm
We got to figure this thing out because if its not true thats a major issue and we'll have to regroup
We do have numbers still with Grant and Kristina and we can pull in Fran too if we need her

Phillip Sheppard 4:46 pm
Right, the common ground is you/me/Grant. We're rock solid.

Brandon Q 4:48 pm
I like Grant he's a good guy and I think we can fully trust him
I want to try getting to the finals with both of you if we can pull it off

Phillip Sheppard 4:50 pm
Definitely I agree, lets hope the three of us make it through this tribal without any or many scars from the chaos. :-\

Brandon Q 4:51 pm
True we still gotta make sure we pull through here and figure out exactly what happened since the girls may have very well faked this thing and we'll have to fix things

Matt came under suspicion to the point that Brandon felt switching our votes to him would be the smartest thing because of him stirring the pot. It is also suspect that Andrea, Ashley, and Natalie have some sort of alliance going on so... it's a lot of information to process. I could 'not' switch my vote though due to the host's rule.

So when Tribal Council went down for our tribe.. well, take a look at how it went down for all three tribes:

Zapatera #2A
Mike - 5
Sarita - 2
Julie - 1

Nakum #2B
Cindy - 6
Blake - 1

Ometepe #2A
Andrea - 5 (Does not count)
Matt - 4

That's right... Andrea played a Hidden Immunity Idol. Now I know for sure that Kristina and myself voted Andrea and that Brandon switched his vote to Matt.. I'm pretty sure that Andrea, Ashley, and Natalie voted together for Matt, a little girl's alliance. Cute.

Brandon, Grant, and myself need to regroup. Our three person alliance is still rock solid but now we may need to replace Ashley... probably with Kristina. We'll see with the days to come but I must say that I am disappointed. As the Specialist for my tribe I should have seen this coming.

My great, great grandfather must be disappointed in me...

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Oh a little side-note before I forget. I have one slim theory about where the idol came from. Perhaps the four returnees each came into the game with an idol already in their pocket. The question is then... why would Brandon save Andrea? Unless one of the three returnees from the other tribes sent it to her.

I don't want to analyze this too much but I need to make a mental note... share my suspicions with Grant and Kristina and solidify what I have with them, keeping Brandon at a need-to-know basis.

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[Phillip Sheppard]

Day #9

The only bit of info I can really share for this date are the people who got eliminated and the amount of votes they got. I was not online during this date in question.

Zapatera #2D
Sarita - 6
Burton - 1

Nakum #2E
Blake - 5
Judd - 1

Now on the other hand I 'did' come up with a theory about Andrea and her idol. I am pretty sure that it has something to do with Redemption Island with that being the main twist. If so then how? The 1st Place winners, similar to how Mike in the real show earned the ability to give love to anybody in the game from family.

It could possibly fit because Margaret & Brianna survived the first duel and in turn, Andrea got an idol. I'm willing to bet that it was Margaret because in a Skype Call before I believe I ranted about Andrea in some way or form so she could be taking advantage of that. Or the two of them could possibly be friends outside of the game, who knows...

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