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Post by Matt Quinlan on Mar 20, 2012 17:29:56 GMT -5
I haven't not spoken with everyone, and the only person I haven't really chatted with has actually been Matt; and that's only because we always seem to catch each other at inopportune times. The debate last round for me was whether I wanted to take out Cochran, or settle on Aras who the majority of the tribe was comfortable targeting. I felt like Aras was closer to me than most of the tribe, so it was a difficult decision, but I went with what would appease all of my allies and help weaken the Chorizo opposition that we faced since Aras constantly provided them with information. It was a risky move and we realized it could hurt us if there was a swap by possibly costing some of our alliance if they ended up in the minority on different tribes, but we convinced everyone in our tribe to go along with it. Chelsea, Jay, Sandra, and I were basically leading the vote. Jay and Sandra recruited Cochran. Cochran recruited Sekou. Chelsea informed Sydney about it. Aras told me he had approached Mike about an alliance, so I made sure that people didn't talk to Mike about the vote either before the deadline. Sydney attempted to do damage control by coming up with a story for Mike at the voting deadline that possibly helped us secure him for later. Everyone else agreed to the story of how a "last minute" flip sent Aras home. The rest of us were intentionally quiet to Aras and his allies about what actually happened, even after the deadline, so they didn't realize the full extent that we were against them. After the above quoted statement, I also decided that Cochran would be going home next because you don't just accuse me of not talking to you when we've had like six different conversations and he's always the one who lets them die after a few lines. So if we didn't swap, Cochran would've been gone at original Salchicha. I had Chelsea and Sydney on my side. We probably could've gotten Mike. So we had 4/8 votes and needed just one more to break the tie. However, there was a tribe swap. |
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Post by Matt Quinlan on Mar 20, 2012 17:48:42 GMT -5
The new Chorizo Tribe, surprisingly, consisted of five members from former Salchicha Tribe. I both liked and trusted Jay and Sydney. I was happy to end up with those two. Unfortunately, rather than Chelsea and Sandra, we ended up with Cochran and Sekou. So at this point, I knew we needed to capitalize on Jay and his connection with Cochran to stay safe and then use Cochan's connection with Sekou to get us 5/7 numbers. Sydney and I actually had a connection with Mick from original group two that we considered a legitimate option to help us as well.
Stephanie V, on the other hand, was on a tribe with all of us for the first time. The Hobbit tried taking charge in the challenge, and while she did do a lot of work that helped our group, it wasn't perceived well by Cochran, Jay, and Sekou who now all want her gone as the first target because she's the 'new Aras' which I somewhat agree with. Demanding that people post on time and don't go to bed so that we can win is just too much for her to be doing at this stage. So if we lost, I think we would've been forced to vote her out, and that would've made me a lot more comfortable because I trust the Jay/Matt/Sydney voting lineup to give us 3/6 and feel a lot more comfortable with that than our current lineup. Currently we risk Cochran/Sekou flipping with Mick and Steph, so we need to get through a vote.
Chelsea apparently is secure on her new tribe in the majority alliance while Sandra is more vulnerable and thinks that either she or Misty will go home. So the five people from Original Salchicha agreed to give the idol clue to her. Mick and Steph obviously knew what was happening and jumped on board. Stephanie V tried approaching all of us about alliances, and she went to Sydney trying to get the five of us to turn against Cochran and Sekou. At this point, I really don't think that anyone trusts her.
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