Post by Sandra Diaz-Twine on Jan 10, 2012 22:05:30 GMT -5
Day 0
I'm so excited to be a part of this adventure!
Survivor is the greatest game ever developed. There is absolutely nothing I don't love about this game. It tests your strength, your mind, your social skills and your intuition. You never know what's going to happen, who you're going to meet, who you will align with or what crazy shenanigans people will do. You could throw the same people into the same game fifty different times and get fifty different outcomes. It's crazy. There is literally nothing like it.
Overall I think I'm a very strong competitor. I play hard in the challenges, I'm vocal with everyone in the tribe, I don't fall into the background and I'm not afraid to make moves if it's going to help me out.
My whole strategy is to play hard so that when you get face-to-face with that Jury, you can present a strong case as to why you should be voted as the winner of the game. I'm totally ready to make strong relationships with people, to give the challenges my all and to step up as a leader.
This game is particularly crazy to me because of the amount of people here. Fourty-two Survivors?! Are you kidding me?! I don't even know how this game is going to play out ... will five tribes go to Tribal? Are there are going to be two or three games being played simultaneously? Or will this game take months with one or two people leave every few days?
It's going to be crazy. The moment I saw that this game was going to have such a massive cast I knew I had to play. What better way to test your skills than going up against as many people as possible?
My strategy in the first few days is going to be simple. Be strong and active. If you're strong and active you're going to have people coming up to you to work with you. It's basically a walk in the park. I don't think I've ever been in a situation where I couldn't get along with everyone. I know in the beginning I'll have no problem at all.
What's going to kill me, especially in a game this size ... is that I'm going to be seen as a threat. I already know that. It's in my nature. I wish I could be under the radar, or not try to over-analyze and strategize every moment I can, or be weak in challenges ... but that is just simply not me. I'm a fighter, I'm a player and I'm a thinker.
So I need to find a way to use my strengths, while at the same time not having them make my overall game weaker.
And I honestly have no idea how to do that.
I'm hoping that since there are so many people in this game that I won't be the only one with such a target on my back. Why get rid of me when there are still, for example, 27 other players left? I think my strategy for the middle part of the game will be to convince people to keep me around simply because I will always be a target and a threat later on.
What I know is this ... with 42 players, there is no way in hell that an alliance formed on Day 1 is going to make it to the end. It just won't happen. There will be way too many twists, turns and temptations to sway people off the path.
So I'm going to try and be a free agent this game. I'm going to be "loyal" until it's not convenient anymore. When I first signed up for this game I didn't even think that would be my strategy. I figured get an alliance, be secure and move on.
The more I think about it though ... I don't think that'll be very effective.
So I'm definitely going to try to win the trust of the tribemates I have, but I don't think I'm going to be very loyal to anyone in particular. I think people will see me as very loyal and committed, because I'll be a strong leader ... which I think will just make me more powerful when I do decide to jump ship.
We'll see. I don't even know who I'm playing with yet. It's going to depend on personalities, abilities and connections ... but right now ... I don't see this as a game where you pick a few people and make it all the way. It's too big.
We'll see. I'm here to play. And I can't wait to get started!
