Round 1: Kiss the Ring, Bitch

[Brandon]

City of Gold, bitches. Let's go.

Edit: I'm Scary Terry

[Brandon]

Ladies, gents, and Johns, I'm back. Hold the applause. Brandon Bellinger, the star not named Sierra of Jiangxi, is back. For those who didn't follow the game (lol the PWs are Frank and Aline so this is just for posterity and some dick stroking), Brandon was stuck with a ton of boring people and had too much time on my hands. He wrote epic confessionals, praising myself and smiling down RC, as he sluggishly went along with other people's plans. Then, after the merge, disaster struck our hero: he was blindsided by his allies by a vote, and was cast down from his alliance to being a filthy commoner, and it was entirely unjustified and out of no where. (I KNOW, I TRIED TO SAVE FRANK AND IT GOT ME FUCKED, AND FABIO DID TELL ME ABOUT THE VOTE BUT REMEMBER THIS IS ME CREATING A DRAMATIC STORYLINE). Brandon, having fallen from grace, tried to rise up, and formed a plot to take out his foes once and for all: give an idol to Andrea, and use it to stay RC and her dark lord, PG. Alas, PG was too cunning and struck where Brandon least expected: himself. He was vanquished by PG, who proceeded to bend over the rest of the cast and win the game. Now, Brandon is back and is even stupider, angrier, and less serious than ever, and he wants to win solely to make John-senpai proud. The First Book of Bellinger has ended, but it is time to reveal the Second Book of Bellinger. Welcome to Dorado.

[Brandon]

ERASED MY LONG ASS CONFESSIONAL FUCK HERE'S A SMALLER VERSION OF THE SAME THING

Anyway, here's a confessional with actual information and knowledge. Coming into this game, I have strong relationships with Alec and Fabio. Alec and I, are in fact, #BarnOwlBuddies because he told me to do the Pottermore quiz and we're in the same House (Ravenclaw) and both bought Barn Owls. Cute, huh? Fabio and I are heterosexual life partners in crime, and we're as tight as Ryan Lewis' production (srsly he makes Macklemore, without him Mack would suck). I know SierraDawnGoddess wants to work with me, and I'm firmly in her corner and want her to win a game desperately.

Matty is someone I don't know really, but I loved watching him play and want to get to know him because he seems like a cool guy, which also goes for Stephanie. Both of them were interesting and fun, so here's hoping I'll be able to chat them up each a bit.

[Brandon]

My plan with those whole one tribe thing is not try in any challenges. I don't want to exert any effort, and this is a great opportunity for me not to. While this first challenge is a team challenge, I don't really care? I tried for the first 4 and PB's clock is way off from mine, so I patted myself on the back and booted up Rocket League. I made sure I told everyone too, just so people get the idea that I really don't give a shit about challenges. Could this potentially bite me in the ass? Of course it can, which is why I'm going to focus on socializing. That's it. Build some relationships, and if I go to TC (which will be often), hope those relationships keep me safe. The only potential hole in that plan is there are multiple players who take this shit way too seriously, and see is as disrespectful to the host if you don't try. I'm sorry, but as someone who hosts and PWs often, you want to be entertained. People don't give a shit if you "don't try", as long as you make it interesting. Now, it's way less interesting watching a ton of gamebots try voting each other out. I promise, I won't be an annoying gamebot and complain how people aren't "respecting the game" or "not taking it seriously". It's All-Stars, we did something right to be here, and it was a combination of my humor and my stupidity that got me here. Why not keep the dream alive?

[Brandon]

Now all the Warriors hosts are going to TC with the Twisted hosts. This should be interesting.

[Brandon]

I believe the Brandon Bellinger journey is coming to an end. I hop online to hear that I'm the target because "Reynold convinced everyone to vote for me", which is absolute bullshit. Rey's not the sharpest tool in the shed, and definitely doesn't have a big strategic pull. Let's be honest, this is the Twisted folks: Sierra, Matty, Carter, and Joaquin. "Sierra Kunta, Esq" (Seriously that's stupid as shit) was the mastermind behind this. Now, I know John stressed the importance of not bringing past relationships into this, but she holds a mean grudge. I also liked her a lot too Flashback time *cue the flashback sound effect and wavy screen*

A long time ago in a game called Pure 2: Tasmania, I was in an alliance with our dear friend Sierra. She and I were down at the merge, our backs against the wall, and we survived the next two rounds due to some sweet idol plays and secret deals, getting someone to flip. Now, she was hated by the jury, and I mean hated. They despised her. So, at some point throughout the game, I pointed out she couldn't really win unless she was against some other goats. Understandably, she was pissed. It definitely soured things a bit, but it wasn't the end of it all. Flash forward to Survivor Warriors 6: Sc*tl*nd, and she's in the cast. Now, I'm really excited to see her play. She was one of my favorites in 4 and went too soon, and she's always been nice to me. So, she goes deepcore alias and seemingly does a good job, then gets taken out by the opposing alliance after someone flips on her. Cue Final 4, and she then reveals to the hosts one of the players in the game broke alias to her really early on, and says the person had a PW leak. Obviously a big deal, right? The hosts do our thing, go in, and can't find any hard proof there was a PW leak, and then the other player claims some people were in a pre-game alliance. It turns into a he-said, she-said thing and we just decide that neither player makes All-Stars. (Throwback to when something like this happened in Twisted 2 and someone only revealed alias info when it best suited their game) Sierra was very, very unhappy with this response, and takes it upon herself to send passive-aggressive messages in the jury chat regarding the decision, and tries to sway the jury from giving the person she was mad at the win. Now, while all of this was going on, she was messaging one of the hosts she was friends with. I'm paraphrasing here, but the two messages that come to mind were along the lines of "This series is shit because I'm not doing well" and "I'll make sure nobody plays in it once I'm done with it". Now I'm pissed. I can get being mad at our decision, but saying it's a shitty series because you didn't get your way just was pretty sad. Especially because she hosts a game, I thought she'd get it. The amount of time and work that went into it all (especially the graphics, from our brand new host), only to have someone shit all over it because they weren't happy with their placement and how we handled an issue. I can get not liking it and telling someone that, that's fine. The part that hurt is she messaged one of the hosts and called it a shitty series? Yeah, no. We never really had been friends but I had always liked her and rooted for her in TSG Luanda and in Warriors, so all of this really soured my opinion on Sierra. 

Anyway, flashback ends, I'm here on the chopping block and most likely going home, and I haven't really talked to most of the people in that alliance. Everyone is telling me I need to hardcore campaign, and I don't really think I can do much. I don't have a good relationship with Sierra, Carter, Reynold, or Joaquin, and I know Joaquin/Sierra/Carter/Matty are all buds. I'm going to see what NaOnka can do when she next gets online, and I'll just keep talking to Matty and hoping he can either vote Rey with us or try and convince the others just to boot Rey. I'm not honestly opposed to going home first, because it really fits my "legacy" in the game, but I'd rather not. I was hoping to last long enough to have some fun here, so I'll do my best to keep myself in. I hate kissing ass, but I guess I gotta go do it.

[Jaclyn]

Don't go You're one of the people in this cast I love, stay strong!

[Probst]

Brandon is mine, back off Jaclyn

[Brandon]

Sept 12, 2015 1:35:33 GMT Probst said:

Brandon is mine, back off Jaclyn

<3 u bby

[Brandon]

I have a shot of making it out of this one fam. Cochran and I were both talking to NaOnka separately, and she really didn't like how Sierra was here with a ton of pre-game relationships, and then even told me Rey tried to sell her on voting me out. I don't expect her to go to rocks for me, but I think she'll help tie it up and from there we can pull Matty in. I really, really like Matty, and I've talked to him more than anyone else since the game started. I finally today made a pitch, rather than make it earlier just so I could get him to like me a bit more and be more willing to flip on the re-vote if it came to that. I think it worked, because his response was basically "I'm not flipping now, but if it ties, I probably will", which is exactly what I wanted to hear. I feel pretty confident my side would be willing to go to rocks, and Alec/NaOnka are both really gung-ho about it. We already have one person who is feeling iffy on their side, and I just gotta keep talking to Matty and really driving it home. He sounded unsure about the vote in the first place, but didn't want to go against his allies, but who could blame him if he flipped to avoid rocks? I'm not out of the fire yet, but I'm getting pretty damn close. This also really shows how keeping calm is the best way to handle a situation. If I panicked and was desperate, it'd scare Matty off. However, I kept my cool and made a pitch that showed I wanted to be here but I wasn't going to beg for his vote because I'm feeling good that rocks would be drawn if he didn't. Nothing's scarier than someone who is calm in an intense situation, and my signature even says it: keep clam fam.

Lol I normally have a reason why I'm posting a gif but I just love Steins;Gate

[Brandon]

NaOnka is pushing for Reynold to switch his vote to Joaquin hard, and I think he might be buying it. If the vote goes 5-4-1 and Reynold's ass gets sent packing because he trusted us, it'd be absolutely hilarious and I'd only feel a little bad. 

[Brandon]

REY IS VOTING HIMSELF OUT. Okay, I tried to switch it up to Joaquin, which Cochran agreed with, but NaOnka/Fabio/Alec outruled us. Something something "going to war with the Twisted crew". They just fucking tried to vote me out, so I think the war already started. Still, icing Reynold over like this is so fucking harsh and it's something I totally would do. 

[Brandon]

God my confessionals are gonna piss some people off

[Joaquin]

Can't say this enough but why could we not be friends lol

EDIT: Yes Fabio, it was probably because of the edgic.