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The new Dublin tribe; First assessments
Topic Started: Jul 17 2017, 03:06 PM (26 Views)
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We've been together less than one day; but the next challenge is only a little more than a day away. So I got to work right away, as soon as we were reshuffled, and here's what I've found...

Todd and Zeke appear to still be on a good wavelength with me. Assuming they're not just playing me (as I wondered if Rudy/Dave/Joel might be), I think there's a good shot we could make it into the merge together. Of course, I realize there may be another reshuffle before the merge, but we'll just have to deal with that if it happens.

So I've been fudging the truth, but still being candid with Todd and Zeke. First, I've kept my alliance with Rudy COMPLETELY secret from them. I have done that by portraying Rudy as someone who is hard to read and seemed to be into the character role-playing rather than the game. Now, it's possible Todd/Zeke may not believe me...or they may test my loyalty in the future by proposing we vote out Rudy if we all make it into the merge. One thing at a time. At this point, I'm just been maintaining the same general level of candor with both of them, in case Todd/Zeke compare notes about me.

Actually, I've been describing Rudy the same way to EVERYONE. Same with Dave who I've been portraying as a wild card who took a little while to begin actually dipping his toe into the game. Which brings me to Joel...

I've been portraying Joel as someone who seems to be more of a follower and seemingly looks up to me, when talking about him with Todd/Zeke. This is to hopefully establish with Todd and Zeke that we could potentially "use Joel as a number." In reality, I'm just trying to keep as many aces-in-the-hole on the table as possible: Todd, Zeke, Joel, and Rudy alike. Because you never know who is going to get eliminated when, or who might want to target who at what point.

Joel, for some reason, seems to have warmed up to Brooke. Now one thought I've had is that maybe Joel has joined with Brooke and Ozzy as a sub-alliance because Joel is having doubts about me? Or maybe he has something going on with either/both of them, but still wants to keep me as a number. When I asked Joel for his "advice" on how I could more actively engage Brooke...he offered up the example of how he and Brooke bonded over their love of bacon. Ooookkaaaaaayyyyy...

WTF, Joel??? Is he just putting a lot of trust into Brooke because he's glad she's giving him more in their conversations than other people are giving him? He's just trying to see the best in people? Or is he trying to pull me in as part of an alliance for them? Joel did indicate to me that Brooke seemed receptive to the idea of having a working alliance with the two of them, me, Todd, and Zeke, and possibly Ozzy. So maybe Brooke/Ozzy are thinking in terms of cultivating "trust-clusters," and they view me and Joel as temporary numbers to get them farther?

So I tried to engage Brooke myself. The gal keeps her cards very close to her chest. She's given me very little. Certainly not anywhere near as much as I've gotten from Rudy, Joel, Todd, Zeke, or even Dave. It's been mainly small talk. When I tried picking her brain about past Survivor seasons, she claimed that she wasn't as familiar as I was because she hadn't seen a lot of the seasons I'd cited. She did name-drop Russell Hantz as one of her faves, which makes me wonder if she's more of a casual fan.

I'm going to take a wait-and-see approach with Brooke. If she wants to use me for voting numbers in her favor, I will let her do so. But I can't say I'm all that confident about how reliable she'd be if we were in a post-merge situation together. Because then there's Ozzy...

Ozzy has reached out to me and he's shown he's interested in talking game. I'm very curious to see what I can get out of him, since Todd and Zeke have alluded to not being able to get a whole lot out of him thus far -- although they say Ozzy has been more talkative than Brooke or Leann. Ozzy is another wait-and-see.

Leann has given me very little, which is disappointing seeing how lively and animated she is on the public boards. And Amanda was a little late to the party after the reshuffle happened, but she has reached out to me as well and she seems to want to continue talking with me. So I have to proceed as though we will be forced to go to tribal council tomorrow night...and evaluate who the weakest link would be, and how I could keep the target off of me.

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