Confessional #2

1. Any alliances?

2. Any ideal boot orders?

3. What do you believe the first challenge will be?

4. Are you enjoying the new IM interface?

1. Any alliances?
Well as of now I'm trying to stay on everyone's good side, but to be honest the only true alliance I'm trying to create would be between myself, Tai, Adan and Yasmine, and Wallace potentially. Betsy is an an unknown variable for now. As far as Philip goes, he's been singled out by almost everyone as being a huge threat, since he's an experienced player, everyone believes he is playing everyone else. The funny thing is I think I am the first person that he approached for an alliance, he said he approached me first since he liked that I was the first to take the initiative to post first on our camp site message board, so he therefore wants to work with me. As for me I don't think I'll be able to man-manage him further down the line, so he'll need to be gone sooner rather than later. He believes me, Adan, and himself are in an alliance with him, and that we're looking for a fourth, little does he know no one trusts him.

2. Any ideal boot orders?

Philip first, he singled himself out by saying he was experienced and by being the only one to chose a different answer in the "a far off reward" challenge. Imagine that, I'm already set up for my first blind side on tribal #1. I didn't want to have to resort to this so early in the game... Hopefully he'll lose at on RI since I definitely wouldn't want to see him back. For now I think Wallace or Betsy would be second to go.

3. What do you believe the first challenge will be?
Almost everyone has arrived at a consensus that it will be some sort of survivor trivia questions.

4. Are you enjoying the new IM interface?
Indeed, makes communicating with your tribe mates much easier, and it allows deeper insight into everyone's personality.

Immunity Challenge
Well let me first say that, the immunity challenge on Sunday was probably the most crucial factor in order to ensure anyone from Tombuka has a chance of winning this game. Since now were on equal terms with the other tribe (6v6) and the next one is just as important in order get numerical advantage come the merge.

Immunity Challenge Format
On another note in terms of the immunity challenge format, I think the challenge would have been more fair for the host to offer us 4 multiple choice answers, A, B, C, D and the contestants having to answer virtually instantaneously as to a eliminate any advantage anyone may have by having a better internet connection speed, having them answer A, B, C, D instantaneously would mean that no would have the time so search for the answer hence making challenge success the result of a person's repertoire of knowledge and not a how fast can u google challenge, just my thoughts.

Betsy the Wild Card
That said Betsy is a loose canon so in really we're on 5 people who are capable of any sort of abstract thinking. Its just hard to even have any logical conversation with her, everything just always resorts to flirtation with her and all she always that she what to vote out the old fat a** first (Phillip) and Tai second since both me and Tai are both asian and henceforth allegedly we wont vote for one another. To Betsy's credit, despite her delusions she right, I won't vote for Tai because me and her have made a truce to go to the final three (3) together along with Adan. As for Betsy and her wanting to vote out the fat a** I go long with it since thats the plan anyways, but she'd be booted second.

Phillip the Player/Russell Factor
I think their is a consensus that by myself, Tai, Adan and Wally that Philip is a bog threat, he's playing everyone and constantly changing his alliances. The guy is sort of a bully so to speak, and I think me and I are united to get rid of him the first chance we get, sort of the way the Zapatera six (6) united to get Russell out. Phil will be blindsided because he wants Betsy out first and then Tai. But the weird thing is is that before the challenge the plan for him was for us to vote out Wallace, however after the challenge me, Adan, Wally and Phil were at camp (tombuka chat) and Phil devised a plan to join forces with Wally to vote out Betsy first and then Tai. As I've said before, I cant have that happen, he's my biggest threat at this point, and I have no ability to man-manage his decisions, I need people who our suggestible to my ideas in order for me to work with them.

Alliances
I think thats why I make a good team with Tai and Adan, and i'm also beginning to trust Wallace as well, all three of them have logical minds and can be reasoned with, the four of us have a pack to go to the final four (4) fogether. But it is just detrimental that we go into the merge with majority numbers, so hopefully we won't have to vote anyone out soon.

Individual Immunity Idol
ding, ding, ding.... I have it, the most important thing is that i know no one else has it. But in reality I have to give credit to Tai, its only because of her I deciphered the clue, but apparently its only good up to the merge, after the merge it wont be valid any longer, so thats definately a limitation it has, As I think my position is safe in this tribe, the idol probably wont come into play. Funny thing is I made Wallace think Phil may have and also made Phil think Wally may have,I'm trying to take all the heat off me, Tai and Adan both know I have it. The three of consider ourselves to be the Cook Islands three finalist, Yul is myself, Ozzy is Adan, and Becky is Tai, our characters race all match, oh the irony, I even have the idol as Yul did, to bad it isn't the Cook Islands idol, because if it was you could already be giving me the the title of sole survivor.

The Other Tribe
The other tribe looks stong, having 7 active members, but the funny thing is me and Tai were both able to predict Alice would be getting the boot first. I suspect Felicity, Roger and Zayden are thight together, they surely have a fourth in their alliance but I have yet to figure out who it is.