You're in good hands. Hope you stick around and chat with all of us, they're a fun group this season!

Welcome to the lodge, Ryan. We have been dying to hear what someone from your tribe has to say.

Aw so sorry to see you here Ryan. You obviously have a good head on your shoulders for strategy .. whyever did you wait so long to use it?

I think if you had talked with people the way you did yesterday a few days earlier, you would have okay tonight.

*wakes up*

Oh, thanks for playing, Ryan. Sorry it ended that way and hope you enjoyed your time in the game.

Also, one final question for you to answer over in your confessional once have time to reflect on your experience.

Thanks Jeff, I plan on checking in chatting and keeping up with the game.

Glad to be here(I guess) Ken, thanks for the welcome. I`m dying to here what you guys have to say as well. Already been reading through things.

I think you`re right Brenda. I knew I had put myself behind the 8ball to start with. I think me showing up late to challenges really hurt. I knew it couldn`t happen no more. I had just been on a crazy schedule lately that was unexpected. I almost completely missed the challenges I was there for. Its real funny though because Daniel was more useless in challenges than me and was actually hindrance, props to him for whatever he has put together. I remember first TC he werent even there and christy answered one of Jeffs questions about attendance with "If someone talked there way out earlier I don`t see why you can`t miss a tribal" or something to that affect. So I was suspicious of that.

Its tough to say why I didn`t use it sooner. As someone said in another thread its an untrustworthy position we are put in. I felt there was a group at the top that I had to be careful what I said to. So I tried to find who I thought were on the bottom and work with them. I thought Joanna Rob and Christy were 3. I feared all along people were just trying to tuck up with them so I didn`t want to say too much to them either. I thought alliances were formed off the bat. I could tell when people were talking to me they were just 'making nice' with me. No one ever gave me the feel that they were letting me in on anything, and they never did all the way up until the votes were read lol. I just couldn`t work my way in. I could`ve tried harder but that might not have worked any better ya know.
I would love a shot to play again one day and would definitely be more prepared heading into. Some people seemed like they had done this before and was all foreign to me at first. I had a blast regardless but, I was just starting to get into the game. I think some people definitely made a mistake and only time will tell just who it was but, one or 2 people just set themselves up to finish 4-6th.

Who would you like to see do well?

Anyone you're hating right now & wanna see crash & burn?

Aww Ryan I am actually pretty sad to see you go. I was hoping it was you who would mutiny over to Helios, I thought you might have been the next to go, Rob thought for sure though that it would be Jeanne.
How did the votes go?
Also, who did you like on Asteria, who was nice and not really nice, what was Rob like, who was talking strategy, and were any of you guys as dumb as Rob seems to think you are?

Well I`m not sure how accurate some of my assessments were but, I think Jeanne is in a bad spot if I`m right then I hope she does well. Who knows though she could`ve been part of the main group that put it together.

I`ll say whoever wrote
"you don`t deserve what is going to happen tonight" on their vote. Which I think was either Jeanne or Shawna and possibly Joana.

I`m not hating on any of them though. Like I said in my confessional thread I knew there was a good chance it was me and that if it was I tip my hat to them for playing it as well as they did and wish them the best of luck.

After the first vote I knew it was going to be me. Some of the comments on the votes were funny to me.
"don`t hate the player hate getting played"
"as someone said you weren`t under the radar you weren`t even on the radar"
I`m sure there was another I`m missing. Man those guys are so cool

I wouldn`t have mutinied probably even in hindsight. I think the best chance I stood was trying what I tried. I felt like I`d go quick at helios and there were some tough challenge competitors and asteria so it was too risky. I never considered it really. I never took an idol clue either for that matter. I considered it a few times but I would`ve had to do it in the first week or it maybe weren`t worth it.
How do you know Rob thought that?
The votes went 6-1 my vote going to Daniel.

Early on in the game Joanna or someone mentioned voting out Butch or Jeanne and someone else said something to me that made me think Jeanne was on the bottom. So when Ted came aboard I wanted to try and use him to my advantage since he would presumably be on the bottom. So that was 3 I felt good about voting together. I didn`t aggressively message Ted right off the bat though and that may have been a mistake. Like I mentioned b4 though I was out of the loop really and people weren`t giving very much off to me info. wise. So I would message people and just try to subtly get some things across and I probably didnt do a good enough job particularly early on but I didn`t want to erk people early in. Anyway when speaking with Shawna after we lost the challenge she suggested me Ted and Jeanne 4 block the vote since Rob left and it was 7 of us. I thought Rob leaving helped because I was sure he was with Christy and Joanna as 3 and possibly Daniel as a 4. When Shawna suggested that it was music to my ears(if she was playing me then very well done Shawna!) but I thought it could work but all the factors had to be right. Jeanne had to be on bottom and know it Ted had to not have a deal in place already that he thought was better than what I was pitching. I thought it all hinged on Ted the most. I had doubts though because Ted was saying much in our talks either. He was just taking in info from me more than anything.

Tough to say who I like I don`t think I really know any of them. No one really talked strategy with me much. I think people were just telling me stuff I wanted to hear and I wasn`t in their core groups I suppose. I`m not sure doing well in challenges would have made a huge difference I think I was just late to the party. I don`t dislike any of them though they all did speak to me some. Rob probably spoke with me the least I should`ve tried to speak with him more but, I didn`t trust him really. I don`t think the people on asteria are dumb or don`t know if Rob believes it or that is just cocky bravado. I actually wanted people to think I was a little dumb about some of things. I thought if they perceived me as a dumbass it would be beneficial to me. No one over there at all is thinking about challenge threats post merge. I thought laying back in challenges could help also(I did know I had to bring it next challenge though) I guess some are secure in their alliances but I think a few people could be Ricks and Ednas and not know it.