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Day 13; An Omen?
Topic Started: Jan 22 2013, 05:58 AM (32 Views)
Austin
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The door to Lydia is wide open!

Or as Austin would say. I find and get in back door of Lydia....

if this is all true, she feels like the bottom of the 5 over there.

She wants to know who my alliance is, and I just can't give that up. But I will protect Lydia for offering deal together. If we can get a cross tribe alliance here, we can be unstoppable.

Hopefully we can talk a lot today and develop a plan. I need my tribe to keep Lydia safe if there is a swap tonight.

Say goodbye Matty - you cocky bastard. I sure hope your days are numbered.

Lydia spilled everything. Seems she wants someone to talk strategy to.

How can you get instincts about someone on message boards? Maybe I'm just lucky.

Maybe I'm being duped.

But I found Joel in Borneo. I found Erinn here. And now I may have found Lydia.

The push will be to protect Koblenz down the road. I've seen how that plays out. Loyalty gets you to final 6. Something else that must be developed around the final 7 gets you to the finals.....

I have work to do.

And let the record show

If I was gonna get in a Survivors back door, by the way.... We all know who I would pick.
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Making progress.

I probably oughta correct something from the last post...

I think technically - I'm going in Marty's back door.

There's a lesson from Survivor: Oklahoma that it's good to be able to use again.

You gotta protect your alliance from all angles. Make your fortress impenetrable. The moment you let one of your core know they aren't as high up as they thought, they look for greener pastures. I worked that to my advantage at the fairgrounds. And I hope I am doing it now.

I may have pulled Lydia away from Marty here just like I pulled Karen away from Frank there. Lest I look like a cocky jerk - they are looking to make moves too - I haven't done anything magical - all I have done is talk - it's about finding those that the self ascribed power-players see as pawns - that they in some way diminish or cast aside. They get over-confident - they forget that everyone is here to win. No one is here to roll over and just follow the leader.

You left your back door open, Marty. There's a fox in the henhouse. And you are the mother hen...

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On the other hand... Lydia could be the great power player and I have fallen into her trap. If so - good on her - you play the game like that - and I would respect it. Balls to the wall, baby.
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And can I just say that as much as I adore Holly, it is nice that she is kidnapped. It means I can focus my attention on Lydia, Kim and Erinn.

I'll update her in full when she returns - unless, of course I get kidnapped next....

Just like I advise - you gotta make everyone feel like they are tightest with you. Or they'll wander. I learned that in Borneo. Like I said, loyalty only gets you so far.

A little more heavy lifting to do today - but we are almost to the top of the next hill on this roller coaster - time to put those arms up in the air, coast a little bit, and scream my ass off through the loop-the-loop....
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No Marty.... for the record, I don't tease you beady-eyed sack of....

Let's keep you on edge. See if we can get you to make an unforced error....
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Austin,Jan 22 2013
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On the other hand... Lydia could be the great power player and I have fallen into her trap.  If so - good on her - you play the game like that - and I would respect it. 
Balls to the wall, baby.

So, what have your chats with Lydia during her kidnapped stay been like last night and today?
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Lydia has told me everything, in her words. She is the bottom of a 5 person alliance with Marty and Becky as the head, and Ken, Tanya and Lydia.

Lydia felt like she was in a good spot - she was supposed to be the person sent over here when Becky was.

But suddenly a vote that was supposed to be for Ami became Edgardo and Lydia says what becky told me was not true - that she was not aware of Edgardo trying to control the tribe.

And suddenly instead of Lydia coming over here, suddenly it was Becky.

That Becky is playing a very friendly social game and is in tight with Marty.

Lydia appears to be solidly for planning for a position better than top 5 for herself. That Marty is twisting things around to throw others, and Lydia particularly under the bus.

I want to believe Lydia.

But I'm making up my story - so Lydia could be making up hers.

But if it's true - it's a HUGE opening for future moves.

The only concerning thing. Lydia hasn't been on at all since this morning. Now she did mention trying to kidnap me so we can talk more. But you would think you'd get all your ducks in a row just in case you end up having your lines of communication cut off.

So we'll see.

In the meantime - I'm trying to be mouthy about Marty - have a little fun. Let the bitch out a little bit. And go after the person I have identified as my nemesis....
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HOWEVER. I have a big but... (Not a Big Butt...)

My absence from the challenge tonight is gonna be tough. I think I have the numbers in my favor to stick around - but you never know what can happen.

Especially in a tribe that values participation and presence.

Have I done enough to prove my merit....

We have to win tonight. We have to.
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