Silas' Thoughts

[Rob Mariano]

Do you tihnk you are well positioned having returned to the game?

[silas]

last time i thought i was well positioned we saw where that landed me :-p

I do believe with 2 entrenched sides that i'm not in anyones cross hairs NOW. The problem is do i want to lay low and make it far with no ripples, or do i want to make a power move to try and place me in a better position for the end game at the risk of becoming a target now

[silas]

wow. wooooow......wooooooooooooooooooow

Let's get the bad out of the way first. What a big blindside, and i wasn't a part of it!!! I'm worried that people view me as completely with that group of chicken/russ/ralph/erik which i didn't want, and i'll be lumped with them. Gary/me/bob being all in the middle means that them not telling me are major red flags. Yul and lex not telling me anything isn't surprising.

Really need to talk to Ami as i thought she trusted me. Bob and i are good now. Then there is gary. Oh man, gary. The man has always been a headache to talk to as he gives wishy-washy answers, wants info but never gives you a striaght story. It's like richard 2.0. only richard never gloated. After this vote Gary got pretty high and mighty about doing what he says and wants to move forward and proving myself to him. What a total tool. not only will he never receive my vote but i'd like to get him out sooner rather than later. For the record i maintain i don't take these games personal, so i'm not mad at him for lieing to me and keeping me in the dark. I am mad however for treating me like he's so high and mighty and being a jerk, so for that i'll go after him. But for my game's sake i'll play nice

It's going to be interesting to see how i manage things from here. I don't have to be screwed. Heck, this did dirty work for me (the good news) of breaking up this alliance without my hands getting dirty. I still think me and bob could be close as i am trying to convince him that two DMi people have to make it to the end to have a chance to win.

Hopefully all my attempts to get in good with John pay off, we'll see how things play out. Really exciting times right now. Yay everyone but gary :-p

[silas]

lol now Gary is telling Russell let's get me out first. Hahahahaha game on Gary. I'll keep playing dumb with you, i know what you're up to. I got my eyes on you

[Natalie White]

saw this and thought of our recent convo

[silas]

it SEEMS like bob dawg is going home. I don't want this as he's my DMI buddy. I tried my hardest to get russell to use his idol on him to save him and get gary out, without being too pushy. I got close but no cigar, russell wants to save it one more round. hopefully me or ralph aren't being blindsided.

In the meantime i've concocted to throw my vote away to Ami. It allows me to tell everyone i voted bob, tell bob i didn't vote him, and create some confusion and doubt in Ami that hopefully I can exploit.

[silas]

Well this round is progressing. Originally it seems like people were going to vote out Ralph. I was all "nuh-uh!" about that. First i approached ami and had a very difficult discussion with her about trying to vote out gary and explaining why it was important. After solidifying with her that i'd choose her over ralph (ehhhhhhh) we decided on lex this round instead of gary.

Then i talk to gary and try and get him to vote off lex. Saying it keeps people from voting for him and we can get rid of ralph's idol if he has one (lol, i know he doesn't) So that's interesting.

If lex goes home, Ami gets the credit for bringing up his name, i get the credit for making it happen that'll be nice to have in front of a jury

[silas]

For the first time all game i can say this vote was all my orchestrating. I was the one to work on ami to vote with us. I was the one to convince Gary to vote lex to make it a lex vs us vote instead of an us vs gary vote. The fact they went for me probably was more to try and hope ralph wasted his idol. Nope. Sucks for them.

But seriously Ralph, your lack of voting could have cost me my game. Not cool.

What happens next? The most interesting talk will be the one with John, since this is a pretty big breach of our agreement.

[silas]

I think my social/strategic game play has been massively improving.

My newest deal is convincing Ami to vote out Gary (my biggest enemy) and ralph to use up his double vote by not knowing what Ami will do. This leaves Ralph/Russell as a pair (with me), John/Yul as a pair, and me/Ami as a pair. I KNOW ralph/russell will go after john/yul first, the'd probably respond in kind. It allows me and Ami to just mop up the survivors. We know we can't let john or russell in front of a jury. I think i could beat Ami or Ralph, so that would be my desired final 3.

[silas]

love this. love love love this. I've orchestrated the last two votes. Gary has to appologize to Lex? It's Ami's fault? Puh-leze, this has been all me and i feel like i'm finally hitting my stride. Ami is a tough player and i feel like i managed her perfectly, got gary to get so excited about not getting votes last round that he foolishly voted out lex, and now john lies to me twice so i don't have to worry about keeping any word with him. This really has worked well and has allowed me to stay behind the scenes for now, while at the same time have some great ammo should i make it in front of a jury of what i've done

[silas]

Dear moderators, no more posting length/speed challenges. Let's go back to those DMI type challenges with pentahalons with puzzles, mazes, trivia, etc. thanks

Much love, Silas

[Rob Mariano]

So how did the last round go for you Silas?

[silas]

Well i'm sad that Ralph is out. Obviously he's my good buddy and I was placed in a scenario where I had no choice but to vote for him.

Pending how this next challenge goes i think things should be fine. Unless there are prizes floating out there, i know russ has no intention to vote for me (he'd go for john or yul) and ami shouldn't (she wants russ or john out). So while I can't predict who is going next, I do feel comfortable that it shouldn't be me (again without any twists/prizes being played)

In terms of making it to the end i've been thinking about what i'd say for a long time now. I think Russ and JOhn are the 2 toughest on the jury to beat. I have a good chance against Yul and Ami so those 2 would be best to face. Apparently the jury is rooting like crazy for Russel so he might have to be next to go if he loses, but john or russell going is fine with em.

[Rob Mariano]

Good survival there buddy!

Here is where you will do your challenge: survikakadu.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=fics777