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Time for the fifth update. This post is a lengthy one, and you'll see why at the end of it.




























#12
Played by: beatles20147
9th place in the game

Really? The guy who rhymed in every single post in the forums, with the exception of the jury house? Why is he out this early?

Let's make one thing clear: I loved Joe's rhymes. I thought it was a very great schtick, and even better that he didn't do it too much in PMs. A lot of players were afraid of that.

Joe was on Jalapao and sat pretty for a very long time. In fact, I'll bet that if there was one name that was never brought up to be voted out before the merge, it was Joe. Everyone liked him. He was smart, funny, and non-threatening. Strategically, he was JT's right-hand man and also was allies with Sydney and Taj and perhaps a couple others. There was never a reason to target Joe while he remained on Jalapao.

The tribes merged, and Joe was in the majority with seven members to Timbira's three. Things were looking very good for Joe, and he entered the final nine with all seven members of Jalapao intact.

What happened next was something four very crafty players in the game couldn't foresee. There was a mutiny on the horizon, and they didn't see it coming. It was like Marquesas all over again - the five outsiders in the tribe came together. It was the two leftover Timbira members, the two outsiders of Jalapao, and Brendan who had mutinied into Jalapao at the beginning of the third round of the game.

Without letting the plan leak at all, this ragtag group of underdogs came together and made their first (and only) strike at the least threatening person in the opposition - Joe. How he survived while not being quite as active as the rest of Jalapao, they didn't know. He was the obvious target for them, however. None of them had a very strong connection to him, and so no one really opposed him leaving first.

It was one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, blindside I had ever seen in an ORG. Joe, as well as his three allies, had not seen it coming.

But Joe took it in stride. While the new alliance of five posted poems at Tribal Council out of respect (and cockiness, for one person) Joe posted final words that summed up his surprise and respect for what had happened. It was all cool with Joe. He joined the jury immediately, and while he may have not expected it, he knew it was all just a game.

Beatles20147 was one of the "outside shots" in casting for Tocantins. I hadn't seen him play in any games, though I knew he did before my time. As one of the most respected posters on Sucks, I felt like he could be a great addition to the cast. His only drawback was not being online as much as others, which says quite a bit as many cast members were extremely active. Beatles made the best possible use out of his night hours to log in, but when five people had turned against his alliance, he made for an easy first target.

And what kind of post would this be without Joe's amazing Final Tribal Council poem? Enjoy.



First off let me say hello
Seeing you in the final two makes me aglow
But now that I'm here, I want some info
I believe I have a right to know
This game went up and down like a yo-yo
It's never black and white like an Oreo
It's rocky and bumpy, not a smooth plateau
Remember before the merge, how it looked like it'd go?
Jalapao kept the black tribe down like we were Jim Crow
Alas, I got cocky and had to eat crow
I tried to sneak my way to the end without lying too low
But I was kicked out into the (metaphorical) snow!
Rode to the jury house on a ski tow
Me getting the boot was a major blow
Rhyming in the game was given the heave-ho
But that happened long ago
And it was too awesome to turn me into a foe
Of course, neither of you were behind that, yo
So don't worry, I won't kill you like the PLO!
Over the course of our little game show
People were lying like Pinocchio
Lines more inventive than Jacques Cousteau!
As we say in Texas, it was one heck of a rodeo
But I wouldn't change a thing, no, no, no
As I watched everybody's strategy grow
I enjoyed it from head to toe
Congrats on a great game! Now then: so...
JT, you were always my bro
But was our F2 deal real or just for show?
Taj, you played it hard, that's fo sho
What was your best/most subtle move is what I want to know?

PS: One more question for you both before I go
I'm from Texas, do you remember the Alamo?