Volume VIII: Terminus, Chapter 2: Revival?

[Randy Bailey]

Well have I saved my game? Has Aras truely pulled through? All will be answered this round. Along with whether my hours put into finding the idol are all a waste

[Randy Bailey]

Our plan may be to vote Mookie this round, Tom is still worried that Aras may do his own thing and if we try take out Taj or Yul, he may go against us, so we will target Mookie who has his prize and also in that crew. At F10 I think we will target Ethan depending on Aras. Then Yul and Taj with the last member of that alliance being Terry. Him surviving is mainly for jury reasons, I believe taking him far will help my cause. At F9 I am pretty confident I should be able to get to the end. It does worry me ALOT that Taj and Yul will still be in the game, they are HUGE strategic threats and could try and flip it on me... Ashley could waver if they are around say I might target Yul or Taj this round instead of Mookie. I just can't have Aras flipping back to them because I can't play a game that would be so unstable.

I think I could target Yul, its just hard to tell with Aras. Taj will be untouchable for a while. Maybe the order should be Yul, Mookie, Taj, Ethan, Terry? That would be the most realistic order for me that I think I can get people to do. I have to look out for though at the end when the alliance begins to fold if Ash maybe tries to start trying to form alliance's with their alliance. Heres a look at the future problems in my head:

F11: Aras is the swing vote effectively. I still worry about him based on what he did to Cirie, however I do think his reasons were genuine. Yul or Mookie will go. This round will be HII free so perhaps it is best to go for Yul over Mookie. His prize is only a vote revealer which isn't too much of a concern as the lines are clearly drawn at this stage.

F10: This is when my 5 will have the numbers. I want Ethan around as long as possible as I know Ash can't work with him so Ethan should be safe this round. Perhaps against my best judgement. If I was to take out an active in Taj or Ethan, it would leave the fairly inactive Mookie and Terry with Taj/Ethan. I think it is best to take out one of the inactives because this is Aras' last time to flip. If he does and he decides to tie it, that could be a problem but if we vote an inactive, we should be all good. So Mookie perhaps at F10 would be better. Save the inactives for TB challenges.

F9: This is where I have to worry about my alliance falling apart. I feel my F3 is solid here. Then you bring Aras and Tom who I think, provided nothing happens, will be solid. Ash I am a tad worried about so I think we will target Ethan at this point. Just to keep her happy.

F8: This should hopefully be Taj's round to go. We will have the numbers and I know Ash will be in for this vote given she doesn't like Ethan or Taj so this should be safe.

F7: Terry will be left. He will be the last surviving member. I will talk to him prior and talk to him how I still want him to make AS (in reality I couldn't care less) so I will hopefully wrap up his vote.

Then F6 onwards. Who knows what will happen. I need to decide whether I bring Aras or Rob to the finals. I think it has to be Aras. I promised him I will and I am a man of my word. But Rob is a good friend so I worry about that. I also have to worry about Ash being bitter however I think she won't be. She will go at 4/5th. Tbh, I like Ash alot more than I expected I would. She is definatly alot different than I thought and had we talked earlier, we could of gone far. I will definatly want to play with her in the future. Then there is the jury. A F2 would be best for me. F3 or F4 FTC would be quite risky I feel. F4, Aras could possibly win. F3, 10 jurors. I should be able to get the votes from Ash, Nat, Tom and Cirie and need one more to tie it. Maybe from Yul or Terry. If I can tie it at F3, Rob will almost certainly vote for me in the revote. And F2, 11 jurors. I should get the votes of Rob, Tom, Nat, Ash and Cirie. That means I need one to tie it. Banking on Yul or Terry here tbh. I also gotta hope I can subdue Aras' challenge ability as at the FTC, that will be his only real arguement. I just hope my alliance doesn't get too bitter over me taking Aras to the finals. I think they will recognise I did what I had to in order to get us past that F12 round. None of this is final so we will see how things develop.

[Christa Hastie]

interesting plan best of luck

[Sydney Wheeler]

I like Ash alot more than I expected I would. She is definatly alot different than I thought

How is she different then you thought?

[Sydney Wheeler]

Aug 19, 2010 6:55:15 GMT -5 Randy Bailey said:

I think I could target Yul, its just hard to tell with Aras. Taj will be untouchable for a while. Maybe the order should be Yul, Mookie, Taj, Ethan, Terry? That would be the most realistic order for me that I think I can get people to do.

Randy ~ because your voting thread did not have an image that was viewable for this TC, We voted Yul for you, according to the comment made above that was left in your latest confessional update.

[Randy Bailey]

Well lets hope this goes to a revote. I can't see why it wouldn't happen with the boards malfunctioning, if Aras not voting for the first time the entire game and of his survivor "career" as he said (25 games) is not strange enough, despite the fact he said he is sure he voted, you can just look at my vote for proof that something was up that day. I still can see my vote... Yet apparently no one else can. I just don't think it would be fair to go to a TB, which could potentially change the course of the game where a revote will give the fair outcome of what this vote should of been. Why make a decision that will change the game when a revote can be as simple.

In other words I found the idol! Or Nat did. She found it in a place I had already looked and that completely confuses me. I am sure I looked there... Oh well