Round 02

[Russell Swan]

Colby Donaldson: Hey russel! What's up man? sry I forgot my computer charger when I went home so minicomputers been dead since Friday
Russell Swan: Heyy Colby! Oh wow, that sucks.
Russell Swan: Is it all better now?
Colby Donaldson: Yea I know. Hey great win huh? Yes I'm all set
Russell Swan: Alright, cool.
Russell Swan: I was happy we won, too!
Russell Swan: By a pretty big margin, lol
Colby Donaldson: Yea we kicked ass lol
Russell Swan: Richard did a ton, lol.
Russell Swan: I did a fair amount
Colby Donaldson: Oh yea he tore shit up and yea u did awesome , i sucked ass tho haha i was so mad bc i rlly was tryin i just couldnt timenit
Colby Donaldson: Did u talk to chicken or Richard?
Russell Swan: I haven't actually since we were doing the challenge
Russell Swan: They got off early today
Russell Swan: Have you had a chance?
Russell Swan: Or were you power issues keeping you off?
Colby Donaldson: Yea they messed me up, should we ask now or wait till tribal council
Colby Donaldson: Brb
Russell Swan: I think we should at least wait until we see what the challenge is.
Russell Swan: And then decide.

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Since when am I recruiting Chicken and Richard into an alliance with Colby? . He needs to disappear. I also will campaign for Greg to stay if we lose, even if it screws up my game, because I feel like I can actually hold a conversation with him. I can't even distinguish anyone else on the tribe from one another.

[Russell Swan]

Russell Swan: I think Bob might sit out.
Colby Donaldson: Okay cool so how should we make the tribe one?
Russell Swan: I think he needs to "officially sit out" first.
Russell Swan: Then we need to make our individual ones.
Colby Donaldson: Okay and they're in r confessionals right?
Russell Swan: Yes.
Colby Donaldson: They after that what do we do?
Russell Swan: Then we can decide on the group one and talk about it.
Russell Swan:
Colby Donaldson: Should we all meet online at a certain and decide?
Russell Swan: Yeah, if we can find a time that works for all of us
Colby Donaldson: I'm good all afternoon
Russell Swan: Bob sat out, so I posted my list.
Colby Donaldson: Okay, I'll post mine now then
Russell Swan: Any luck?
Colby Donaldson: Yea I'm all set
Russell Swan: You read the rules and understand and everything?
Colby Donaldson: Yup

...he didn't even log into the board after the instructions were posted and has no idea what he's doing. He's a total joke, or he's faking and actually pretty genius, which is very possible.

[Russell Swan]

Gary Hogeboom: so we wait til everyone does their own list then make a team one?
Russell Swan: Yeah.
Russell Swan: I was talking to Colby.
Russell Swan: ...and he's acting confused.
Russell Swan: Like we were going over the challenge and how it worked
Russell Swan: but he never even logged into the board
Gary Hogeboom: lol
Gary Hogeboom: what do u make of that?
Russell Swan: I think he's new to these games.
Russell Swan: He says the craziest stuff.
Gary Hogeboom: ya he told me that too
Russell Swan: We need to make sure he realizes he has to post an individual list.
Gary Hogeboom: yea
Gary Hogeboom: u kno call me crazy
Gary Hogeboom: but something inside me tells me colby is playing us lol
Gary Hogeboom: i have no proof, just a gut
Gary Hogeboom: but i could be wrong
Russell Swan: Honestly...
Russell Swan: I was thinking about that
Russell Swan: lol
Russell Swan: I just posted my conversation with him in my confessional.
Russell Swan: And said eithe has no idea what he's doing or he's faking.
Gary Hogeboom: he's faking
Russell Swan: Did he offer you a final 2 alliance?
Russell Swan: He offered me one.
Gary Hogeboom: or he's just trying to play hard and doesnt understand how things work
Gary Hogeboom: cus he truly is new
Gary Hogeboom: and doesnt understand things
Russell Swan: I think we should vote him out first if we lose. He's too suspicious.
Gary Hogeboom: ya something aint right
Gary Hogeboom: he also wanted an alliance, idk if he said final 2 but he felt i could be his mentor or somethin :-P
Russell Swan: That's what he said to me.
Russell Swan: lol
Russell Swan: He was asking about everyone else on the tribe
Russell Swan: I think he wanted to bring in Chicken and Richard.
Russell Swan: To make it "4 people"
Russell Swan: I just told him not to worry about it for now
Russell Swan: lol
Gary Hogeboom: haha
Gary Hogeboom: what a guy...
Russell Swan: I bet he did this with everyone.
Russell Swan: Well let's win this challenge.
Russell Swan: And not have to worry about it.
Russell Swan: But if we lose, I feel safe now.
Russell Swan: lol
Gary Hogeboom: haha yea i wouldnt let u leave bro
Russell Swan: Same.
Russell Swan: The 5 of us who did all that work on the last challenge...
Russell Swan: should be 100% safe
Gary Hogeboom: true dat

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Russell Swan: You see the challenge?
Chicken: yeah, doesnt seem liek a lot of work
Russell Swan: Yeah, we just all post an individual list basically, then sometime we come up with one as a tribe.
Russell Swan: I'll be around in the afternoon tomorrow.
Chicken: awesome
Chicken: we should be able to have a list by then
Chicken: did bob talk to everyeone or just post he was sitting out? lol I haven't really spoken to anyone today
Russell Swan: Yep, whenever everyone's posted, we can come together with one.
Russell Swan: Yeah, I actually talked to Bob about it.
Russell Swan: He suggested he sit out because Colby and Greg are our weak links.
Russell Swan: But this challenge doesn't require strength.
Chicken: exactly
Chicken: I was going to say it was a smart call either way haha
Russell Swan: So it sounds good to me.
Russell Swan: haha yep
Russell Swan: I talked to Colby
Russell Swan: He acted really confused about what was going on.
Russell Swan: I hope he posts a list, lol.
Chicken: yeah he better
Russell Swan: He's playing up the "new to these games, looking for advice" role.
Chicken: yeah, Im not sure if its the truth or not
Russell Swan: I was just talking to Gary about whether or not he's faking it.
Chicken: yeah, I am definitely suspicious
Russell Swan: He approached me about an alliance like the first day.
Chicken: same
Chicken: lol
Russell Swan: DID HE REALLY?
Russell Swan: lol
Russell Swan: I think he wanted the 2 of us in the final 2 with you and Richard.
Russell Swan: That's what he was talking about to me.
Chicken: oh lmao
Russell Swan: But I think he offered one to everyone.
Chicken: he didnt get that into it
Russell Swan: Like Gary.
Russell Swan: Too
Russell Swan: lol
Russell Swan: Okay, I'm glad we're finding out about him.
Chicken: I think he should be first to go
Russell Swan: Yeah, I agree. I feel a lot more uncomfortable after comparing stories.
Chicken: If you me gary richard and bob can all survive til whenever this first merge or whatever it is comes...we will be in an awesome spot
Chicken: based on strength
Chicken: and least shady for me so far
Chicken: haha
Russell Swan: Yeah, the 5 of us are really good.
Russell Swan: lol
Russell Swan: Greg isn't a bad talker if he'd just put some effort into the challenges...
Chicken: yeah
Russell Swan: Hopefully he steps up.

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Since Colby is not only annoying me to death but also starting to freak me out, I decided to talk to Gary and Chicken in order to assure his demise for this round if we lost and make sure that he didn't have any dirt that could be used against me. Interestingly, these two already seem to be on the same page and suspect him just like I do.

[Rob Mariano]

So have you got anything official (as in an alliance) with Gary and Chicken? Or anyone?

[Russell Swan]

Nope, I'm not focusing on making alliances right now. If anyone asks, I'll accept, though. I'm just assuming I'm in the core 5 (with Colby and Greg looked at as outsiders) but I don't know if I'd even last more than two votes.

My guess is that we'll get some kind of shakeup soon and too much strategizing at this point isn't necessary.

[Russell Swan]

We won the challenge, so my prediction of us not having to attend more than two tribal councils as a group may come true. Tomorrow, I'll try to struggle through some conversations with the rest of my tribe to see if anything new has developed since I wasn't around today.

I want to go to Ubirr next round, too.

[Rob Mariano]

Looking good Russell! Out of curiosity, have you played many proboard games before and if so what ones?

[Russell Swan]

I actually had a conversation about this with Greg because we've played together multiple times, but he doesn't remember me.

I've probably played about 50 Proboards games dating back to about 2005. I've been playing ORGs in general since 2001 through email, ezBoards/Yuku, and recently I've mostly done games on InvisionFree or phphBB. I'm in several other games at the moment which is why I've been slightly less strategically active than usual in this particular game. I'll step it up soon, though, when it's necessary to do so.

If you want links, I can provide a few later.

[Rob Mariano]

So did you find this game through Survivorsucks then?

[Russell Swan]

Someone actually invited me to this game, and I chose to accept because it looked to be pretty high quality.