Episode 14 - Little Asian Man

[Robb Zbacnik]

There is a good argument that says that I should have voted for Gary at tribal. But, I figured that if I switched now, I would still have Keith around to worry about. I feel like I need to organize the same people to vote Gary out next tribal that I did this tribal, so its not going to be any more difficult. This way, Keith AND Gary are gone, and I will have only had to make one switch.

As long as Gary doesn't win immunity, I'm very confident that he will be getting his torch snuffed.

[Robb Zbacnik]

So now the game is finally getting interesting. I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I did think that opening up a working relationship with Boston Rob would be key, and I thought the Gary/Rudy lack of a relationship would be my ticket to the finals of this game. I had been focusing all of my energy on convincing Rudy to vote out Gary, but it seems like the more realistic solution is the other way around. Rob and Robb have been getting into Gary's head a little bit, and he's slowly forming the opinion that Rudy needs to leave immediately.

In a perfect world, Rob wins immunity. If he wins, it forces Gary to vote out Rudy. Which makes things a lot simpler. However, IF I can convince Rudy to toss a vote Gary's way, then Rob and I could make a real power play and vote out Kathy.

[Robb Zbacnik]

The most important thing in this game is understanding each player's game motivation, and then exploiting it. For Kathy and Gary, its very important to each of them that they play honestly. Which is fine, but they are useful because they are predictable. You know where they stand and you know what they're going to do next.

Then there is Rudy and Boston Rob, who are real gamers - they came to play and came to win. They are useful because they are maliable. They are motivated by selfish agendas, and with the right amount of charm and shrewd negotiating, they can be made to do what I want.

This tribal is my coming out party. At this point in the game, its important that I make all the decisions about who stays and who goes. Through a whole lot of conversations and heavy campaigning, I have convinced everyone to vote for each other. Everyone should get one vote this tribal, except for me. That leaves me to vote out whom I choose. It feels like its too good to be true.

[Ian]

Nice move at last tribal council.

Now who the little asian man ended up to be lol