Congratulations on surviving the Merge Round

It looks like you have taken the upper hand - what are the next steps?

Where do Dan & Ted fit into your long-term plans?

Wow THAT was a tense Tribal. But for once I am on the right side of the numbers. Its so hard to believe.

We are still in the minority in terms of official numbers. So I still consider myself an underdog and im going to have to keep fighting hard.

I have to work on Daniel while Helen and Brian work on Ted to keep them in the game. I think it will probably be Christy or Rob to go next. We want to be absolutely certain Rob doesn't have an Immunity Idol though.

Talk me through the reasoning behind your idol bluff at TC.

I got a lot of last minute PMs and I really didnt think Daniel and Ted would go through our plans. So I figured I'd try and scare them off voting for me.

The reason I actually tried to play it, was because I said I was playing the game as honestly as I could blah blah blah, all that good natured rubbish. So by playing it, I confirmed that I was being honest about my intentions and at the same time, it exposed my Idol so now I dont appear as threatening. Even though the Idol was fake, now everybody knows I dont have one. So if we get Daniel and Ted possibly flipping back next vote, I may be safe from the vote.

Ive heard so much about how full on intense USA Stranded is. So to be honest, I am just grateful to have gotten this far.

Im going to be playing as hard as I can to make it as far as I can! But I am really happy just to get this far.

Well done on jury too btw <3

Thanks Brenda. Im glad I was able to make it this far and I am just hoping I wont be on the Jury at all if you know what I mean.

Still a lot of work for me to do. But I am alot closer than I was an hour ago.

You sent out a message a few minutes before TC pushing Christy's name instead of Shawna's. Would that have been a preferable result for you? Why did it change?

How do you see the game playing out for you from here on out? Do you have an F3 in mind that you are working towards or are you just playing by ear?

Rob would have been the most IDEAL, although seeing him crack the shits is also very amusing for me to sit and watch. But he is a smart player and he knows hes on the chopping block now, so if he has an Idol he may use it.

As for Christy, we chickened out of doing Rob because he may have an Idol and it was a bit of a clusterfuck after that about who to go for. We just went Shawna because we thought she was the least likely player Rob would give his potential Idol to. In the end though, regardless of who we voted out, Asteria are one less in numbers. In maths terms, we succeeded regardless.

Im going to just play this like checkers and remove the bigger threats ASAP. I want to keep Joanna as long as possible, because Daniel likes her so I can keep both on tap. Of the remaining Asteria members; Rob, Christy and Ted, I would like to boot Rob first and foremost. However I see Ted as being dangerous as well and would like to send him home since he can flip flop his way to the end.

As it stands, I think I have the following alliances set up;

Penny-Erin-Helen-Brian: The Helios 4. I trust everybody here as close to 100% as you can in the game I think.

Penny-Erin-Daniel-Joanna: Another 2 votes here which should give me 6. That means if we boot Ted this round it will prevent him from flipping but it also might be too soon, since Ted-Rob-Christy-Joanna can team up and hurt us if Daniel jumps back on board with them.

I actually like Christy, but by default she may be the next one to go. Unfortunately I cant risk blowing all my votes on Rob in case he pulls an Idol. I cant vote Joanna because Daniel will be upset and I need him for the moment. I cant vote Ted because if he gets win he'll reunite with old Asteria and potentially outnumber us. Hmm... decisions decisions.

My ideal Final 3 at the moment is of course Brian and Erin. Purely on a strategic basis, as I think I could argue ive played better games than the pair of them. Helen could very easily beat me, but this all changes as the merge progresses obviously.

I'd love the REAL Immunity Idol right now, because it would mean I would have it just in case Rob pulled his and then I could counter it ensuring at least I didnt go home.