Post by Darrah Johnson on Sept 26, 2009 20:36:39 GMT -5
Well coming back for All Stars as a former winner I knew it was going to be a challenge for. I knew I couldn't come back guns blazing like I did in Pearl Islands. I couldn't play as aggressive as I did so I focused on going back to how I used to play when I first started orging. I played more of a social/strategical game. Before tribes were announced I made sure to communicate with several players and quickly made an alliance with Burton, James, and Amanda. But I knew that I would have to pull others in cause four people is not a majority at the beginning of a merge. On the original Mogo Mogo I learned playing both sides of the game but always remaining loyal to one side would get me far. I was loyal to the china alliance of Todd, Leslie, and James. But was also playing along with the idea of a tocantins alliance as well.
Things didn't change much when the tribe swap happened. I managed to get all the really active people on my tribe and had Burton from my main alliance on my tribe and pulled Sydney and Leslie in with us. Also due to the fact I had been shamelessly flirting with Nick since day one I pulled him in cause I knew he would be extremely loyal to me above all the others. But I also remained in contact with the other side which was of course Aras and Carolina. And when James and Amanda mutinied I got Sydney and Leslie okay with the idea of adding them to the alliance as well. So I had a 7 person alliance I helped create and in that seven I had another 4 some alliance.
At the merge I kind of laid low and didn't go all out at the challenges cause I didn't see it necessary seeing as even when Nick left I had the majority. I was one of if not the only key communicator in my alliance sending group pms and of course private ones keeping everyone in my alliance happy all the while remaining completely loyal to those I had been loyal to from the beginning. I was also offered several times to join an alliance with Aras, Carolina, Frosti, and Austin and while I accepted I never once intended on voting with them. I knew the best I would get would be third place cause if I had gone to finals with Carolina and Aras in a winners alliance I would of lost. So I used Amanda's dislike of Carolina to get rid of my biggest threat in the game first. Than because I thought Frosti was Jonny Fairplay in Pearl Islands we got rid of him next. And you know the rest. I didn't feel in danger until the double elimination tribal and Burton left. Than Sydney and Aras got rid of Amanda and I knew I wasnt in control anymore. So I had to bust my ass to win the last two immunities to make sure I was sitting here at finals.
Things didn't change much when the tribe swap happened. I managed to get all the really active people on my tribe and had Burton from my main alliance on my tribe and pulled Sydney and Leslie in with us. Also due to the fact I had been shamelessly flirting with Nick since day one I pulled him in cause I knew he would be extremely loyal to me above all the others. But I also remained in contact with the other side which was of course Aras and Carolina. And when James and Amanda mutinied I got Sydney and Leslie okay with the idea of adding them to the alliance as well. So I had a 7 person alliance I helped create and in that seven I had another 4 some alliance.
At the merge I kind of laid low and didn't go all out at the challenges cause I didn't see it necessary seeing as even when Nick left I had the majority. I was one of if not the only key communicator in my alliance sending group pms and of course private ones keeping everyone in my alliance happy all the while remaining completely loyal to those I had been loyal to from the beginning. I was also offered several times to join an alliance with Aras, Carolina, Frosti, and Austin and while I accepted I never once intended on voting with them. I knew the best I would get would be third place cause if I had gone to finals with Carolina and Aras in a winners alliance I would of lost. So I used Amanda's dislike of Carolina to get rid of my biggest threat in the game first. Than because I thought Frosti was Jonny Fairplay in Pearl Islands we got rid of him next. And you know the rest. I didn't feel in danger until the double elimination tribal and Burton left. Than Sydney and Aras got rid of Amanda and I knew I wasnt in control anymore. So I had to bust my ass to win the last two immunities to make sure I was sitting here at finals.
