Round 07

[Russell Swan]

I've talked to Erik some more about the plan to form an alliance with me, him, Ralph, Chicken, and Eliza. I also reviewed it with Eliza and Ralph, and they both agreed to it. Chicken's being very vague about his strategy, but if we lose, I don't see why he wouldn't be on board also. He's just quiet. We can split the vote between Taj and Alex, and Taj will either get voted out with her idol or play it and Alex goes. That's assuming she even has an idol, but Erik and Eliza think that she does. Colby will still be one of my potential allies, but he'll be very uninformed about these plans to be safe.

Hopefully we just win the challenge again. I'm not surprised at all that Bob was voted out of his tribe. He was one of the Gunlom weaker links, and to be honest, I'm not really that disappointed that he left. Original Gunlom is now growing smaller, so it gives them more reason to keep me around. Sophie was also a strong competitor, so her going helps. I'm hoping my current tribe keeps winning because I kind of like my position here and think I'm safe for another few votes. Why lose that cushion? Let's send some more threats out of the other tribes so they're gone before I have to meet them.

Also, I like Dead Man's Island. I can maybe play a little riskier knowing that if I lose, I have the opportunity to come back. Just a little riskier.

[Russell Swan]

This game has literally gone out of control. What frustrates me more than anything is the fact that people are trusting too many people with details that they shouldn't, so plans of our tribe dynamics have spread to Jerri and the rest of the people in the game.

I'll post more later, but I guess the vote will be between Erik and Taj. Erik is going to risk being idoled, but he's fine with the risk so we're going for it. I'm not giving up my idol at this point.

[Russell Swan]

Ralph says he had an idol transferred from Jerri but isn't giving me details. Are we allowed to transfer fake idols to other players in this game?

[Russell Swan]

RANT: WHY do people assume that they're better players than they actually are and decide to tell people on the other tribes key details about what's going on? Without a doubt, 100%, everyone on every tribe is somewhat playing for themselves and their allies on the other tribes. I guess it's just part of a large cast of great players, but I'm personally not revealing anything of significance to anyone outside the group at the present time and wish that these people didn't as well.

Pretty much everyone is just out for themselves, too, and people are being sold out like mad right now.

We're voting for Alex rather than Taj because Erik doesn't want to risk being idoled out of the game. I suppose that's fine with me. He's starting to frustrate me with his style and overconfidence, but I still plan on working with Erik down the road.

[Rob Mariano]

Jan 30, 2012 11:54:24 GMT -5 Russell Swan said:

Ralph says he had an idol transferred from Jerri but isn't giving me details. Are we allowed to transfer fake idols to other players in this game?

Yup