Post-IC 5

[Greg Buis]

Five Immunity Challenges. FIVE LOSSES. So frustrating because I was doing so well, and I thought my team could actually take this one. But no.

What sucks is that I just can't see what I could have done differently to keep from getting FIVE STRAIGHT LOSSES.

What sucks is that maybe I could have even just won ONE challenge if we hadn't been forced to keep our inactive players.

What sucks is that we only had FOUR people helping in this challenge, while they had up to SEVEN. Yes, I know two people were "sitting out," but nothing was stopping everyone on their side from helping.

What REALLY sucks is that even though I haven't won ANY challenges, I'm now a prime target for the original Sinregla since I've been as active as I HAVE been. They don't care that I blew my entire evening to fight a losing battle, and they CERTAINLY don't care that I blew two hours of my BIRTHDAY to fight ANOTHER losing battle.

So in the end, what sucks is that after putting in all this time and effort, the majority can dismiss every bit of it by voting me out straight away. All that energy invested, without even the honor of getting to help decide the end of the game.

Shitty luck....

[Greg Buis]

Oh yes, what also sucks is that maybe I could have a better position in the game right now if we didn't have to keep voting out PAIR-of-potential-allies after PAIR-of-potential allies.

What also sucks is that Shane, my only real friend in this game, has been excluded from exile and is almost certainly doomed against the pair from Sinregla.

Shitty luck!!

[Greg Buis]

Alright, time for a bit of non-whining.

The one silver lining that I can see is that while Natalie has an idol at this point (confirmed by Russell), there is literally no way she can hang on to it after this upcoming pair of TC's. If she still has it after the first TC, she MUST use it when there are only two voting members left at TC (i.e. a default tie).

[Greg Buis]

Back to whining!

Sinregla sees me as a threat, but what SHOULD I have done differently? If I'd let up on challenge effort, that would have ENSURED that my team would lose - I had to participate to give my team a fighting chance. I'm a threat now because I did exactly what I needed to do, even though I failed every time.

[Greg Buis]

Back to non-whining...

This pair of TC's is bascially every-man-for-himself, since only one will come out of it alive and into the merge.

I told Shane (BEFORE I was exiled!) that his best chance is to approach Corinne and encourage her to help him flush out Natalie's idol. This is in Corrine's best interest because if Natalie doesn't have the idol for the second TC, it still gives Corinne a chance in the tie-breaker. But if Natalie MUST play her idol before votes are read, but does not, it removes a major threat in the game.

So Shane's best chance is convincing Corinne as to what HER best chance is.

Good luck to them!