Post by Sundra Oakley on May 20, 2008 10:48:22 GMT -5
Well this was an interesting round, even more so as we merged and the jury formed at the final 12.
So, we merged, and initially it looked to be Annan + Waldheim vs the rest but that soon went to pot after I found out how close Ozzy was to both Kathy and Rudy. They'd both promised him to not vote him out, and Rudy said that she would vote for me over him, this added to the fact that he's generally a snake anyway, I wanted him out.
So I went to work on securing the votes. Kathy point blank refused to vote for him and gave me a list of names she felt comfortable with so I asked her to vote Silas rather than James [who the others were targetting] so with that, it's one less vote in James' direction, plus a stacked vote against Silas that may come in handy down the line. So it was hardwork but I got BJ to vote Ozzy rather than James, then obviously James, Alicia and Steph were all in, giving us 5 votes for James, 5 for Ozzy and Silas as the swing vote. I tried to persuade him but he ended up voting for Kathy, as he didn't want to be the one who sent either home as he didn't want either to go [yet he told me that both want him out and he doesn't know who to vote for first, which baffled me] but that meant Ozzy was voted out. Plus, he sent me messages after Rudy told him I wanted him out, [thanks Rudy! ] begging me to not vote for him saying he weren't after me because he'd promised Kathy, it was the first message I got from him since merge, needles to say that it made me vote even quicker, his first message to me isn't even "hi" Afterwards I got wind that should he survive, he would target me .... better luck next time.
So at the final 11 and where does it leave me? In a very, very good position I think. I do believe I'm playing every single side possible in this game and doing it SO well. I've Kathy [my strongest ally, I trust her completey and plan on staying loyal to her]. I then have Rudy who although we are butting heads on the vote etc, I've made it clear I want to work with him, and we talk a lot. As do me and Steph, and as Steph and Rudy want each other gone, I do feel that gives me more power as I get information from them both. Don't get me wrong, ideally I'd love a F3 of myself, Kathy and Rudy, because I get on with them both best on a personal level but I do think the fact I play a good social game does get me a lot if trust, and thus information. How strange though considering both Kathy and Rudy are a lot older than me ... though they both hold great conversations, and it's not forced, I genuinely like them both and get on with them both so easily.
Anyway, back to my great position. Next up is Bobby Jon. We've been on the same tribe since the start, I think he trusts me the most. He has ideas on the votes, which is great but they aren't exactly the same as mine, so he does take some persuasion, but I think in the end he'll always vote how I ask, I think he's easily swayed, plus I've gave him [or anybody else for that matter] any reason to not trust them.
Silas is next and of course, he's the snake I'm constantly warey of. I know he's close to Tom and although it won't be happening this round, Tom is next on my list as that duo need to be split up, and soon. Silas is rubbish at messaging, so it's hard to work out whether he's just generally lazy with messages, or he doesn't want to reply because he's planning other things. I think he's just lazy. I've no doubt he has things up his sleeve, but he's told me he trusts me as I've proven to be a trustworthy person. And with that he told me that he's targetting Kathy [my closest ally] and that he thinks she is a snake. I defended her, yet not to the extreme where I've made how close we are obvious. I did tell him Kathy did vote him but said it was the same reason he didn't vote for either Ozzy or James, so I do think he has some trust in me.
Then Alicia and James have their own little pair going on and yeah, I voted with them, and I will carry on doing so if it's in my best interest, so as far as they're concerned, I'm part of their group so they've no reason to target me. Neither does Tom as I told him people were targetting him thus gaining his trust [hopefully] meaning I won't be a target of his anyway. Stacy is going this round hopefully so I don't need to worry about her, and I've spoken a little with Tina too, but I don't think I need to worry about her.
Overall, I couldn't put myself in a better position. After this vote it will hopefully see Annan's numbers cut again, therefore making the job of taking out threats [Tom, Silas if I don't think I need him and he doesn't start talking more, Steph etc.]
The only long-term deal I have is with Kathy, I feel that once the threats are gone, it is then that me, Rudy and Kathy will team up and pick off the rest.
I'm getting ahead of myself already but I can see a possible F5 of myslelf, Kathy, BJ, Rudy and Tina. I'll see how the next couple of rounds go before I bring that up. In the mean time, I'll carry on doing what I've been doing since the start, it's worked out well so far.
So, we merged, and initially it looked to be Annan + Waldheim vs the rest but that soon went to pot after I found out how close Ozzy was to both Kathy and Rudy. They'd both promised him to not vote him out, and Rudy said that she would vote for me over him, this added to the fact that he's generally a snake anyway, I wanted him out.
So I went to work on securing the votes. Kathy point blank refused to vote for him and gave me a list of names she felt comfortable with so I asked her to vote Silas rather than James [who the others were targetting] so with that, it's one less vote in James' direction, plus a stacked vote against Silas that may come in handy down the line. So it was hardwork but I got BJ to vote Ozzy rather than James, then obviously James, Alicia and Steph were all in, giving us 5 votes for James, 5 for Ozzy and Silas as the swing vote. I tried to persuade him but he ended up voting for Kathy, as he didn't want to be the one who sent either home as he didn't want either to go [yet he told me that both want him out and he doesn't know who to vote for first, which baffled me] but that meant Ozzy was voted out. Plus, he sent me messages after Rudy told him I wanted him out, [thanks Rudy! ] begging me to not vote for him saying he weren't after me because he'd promised Kathy, it was the first message I got from him since merge, needles to say that it made me vote even quicker, his first message to me isn't even "hi" Afterwards I got wind that should he survive, he would target me .... better luck next time.
So at the final 11 and where does it leave me? In a very, very good position I think. I do believe I'm playing every single side possible in this game and doing it SO well. I've Kathy [my strongest ally, I trust her completey and plan on staying loyal to her]. I then have Rudy who although we are butting heads on the vote etc, I've made it clear I want to work with him, and we talk a lot. As do me and Steph, and as Steph and Rudy want each other gone, I do feel that gives me more power as I get information from them both. Don't get me wrong, ideally I'd love a F3 of myself, Kathy and Rudy, because I get on with them both best on a personal level but I do think the fact I play a good social game does get me a lot if trust, and thus information. How strange though considering both Kathy and Rudy are a lot older than me ... though they both hold great conversations, and it's not forced, I genuinely like them both and get on with them both so easily.
Anyway, back to my great position. Next up is Bobby Jon. We've been on the same tribe since the start, I think he trusts me the most. He has ideas on the votes, which is great but they aren't exactly the same as mine, so he does take some persuasion, but I think in the end he'll always vote how I ask, I think he's easily swayed, plus I've gave him [or anybody else for that matter] any reason to not trust them.
Silas is next and of course, he's the snake I'm constantly warey of. I know he's close to Tom and although it won't be happening this round, Tom is next on my list as that duo need to be split up, and soon. Silas is rubbish at messaging, so it's hard to work out whether he's just generally lazy with messages, or he doesn't want to reply because he's planning other things. I think he's just lazy. I've no doubt he has things up his sleeve, but he's told me he trusts me as I've proven to be a trustworthy person. And with that he told me that he's targetting Kathy [my closest ally] and that he thinks she is a snake. I defended her, yet not to the extreme where I've made how close we are obvious. I did tell him Kathy did vote him but said it was the same reason he didn't vote for either Ozzy or James, so I do think he has some trust in me.
Then Alicia and James have their own little pair going on and yeah, I voted with them, and I will carry on doing so if it's in my best interest, so as far as they're concerned, I'm part of their group so they've no reason to target me. Neither does Tom as I told him people were targetting him thus gaining his trust [hopefully] meaning I won't be a target of his anyway. Stacy is going this round hopefully so I don't need to worry about her, and I've spoken a little with Tina too, but I don't think I need to worry about her.
Overall, I couldn't put myself in a better position. After this vote it will hopefully see Annan's numbers cut again, therefore making the job of taking out threats [Tom, Silas if I don't think I need him and he doesn't start talking more, Steph etc.]
The only long-term deal I have is with Kathy, I feel that once the threats are gone, it is then that me, Rudy and Kathy will team up and pick off the rest.
I'm getting ahead of myself already but I can see a possible F5 of myslelf, Kathy, BJ, Rudy and Tina. I'll see how the next couple of rounds go before I bring that up. In the mean time, I'll carry on doing what I've been doing since the start, it's worked out well so far.