FFS, It's a classic Survivor mistake. Making those who are on the bottom feel like they're on the bottom.
While I do have to take most of the responsibility for this, I still think there was next to zero indication that JD was unhappy with the alliance. I went back and looked at that conversation he referred to. It went:
J: How are you actually feeling?
B: I'd much rather keep Lin, but I want to maintain trust with you three so I don't want to push it
J: I feel like I’m in the same boat as you Brad. It’s just a matter of what we can do
B: I think we have to take our medicine and vote where Tiff and Erika want haha
J: Yeah for sure. Especially since I am not going to be fully active at tribal.
Like, what can I do with that? I gave my opinion and he said "Yeah for sure!" I think he's exactly the same as Sydney - volatile and temperamental. He goes and parties for a week and then gets upset at us because he's not driving the strategy?? Fuck off mate.
But... Like I said at the start, I have to take responsibility. If JD lacks the self-confidence to voice his opinions, I have to be able to recognise that and cater to it. I hope I get another opportunity to fix this.
Lindsey probably thinks I'm an idiot now, which is good, because she'll think I'm easy to manipulate (which it looks like I am). I believe I've done enough work with Will to make that an option for me down the track. But even on the minute chance that I manage to be the last one left in the minority and then picked up as a number in someone else's move. How can I possibly make it to the end in a way that will earn the respect of a jury?
Questions:
- I was kind of willing to go to rocks because at this point I'd hung my hat on the idea of making it old Kam vs old Maus. I want to take this opportunity to say I was totally right that we should have built those relationships with Lin and Will as a group. Now Lindsey couldn't care less that I was trying to get the vote off of her. My only hope there is that JD mentions that I was against voting her out. She won't take it from me.
- I've got no bloody clue.
- I was literally going to be one or two seconds behind her. I decided to wait to actually see Jeff's "Go" post, just in case I accidentally did it too early and it was void. Lindsey decided to take the risk and it paid off.
- I enjoy talking strategy. The more strategy I can talk, the happier I am. I don't really care about the non-game talk, I just do it because I feel like my social game is literally the only thing that's kept me alive after seven rounds of awful, awful gameplay.
