My Strategic Plan [2-20-11]

[Kel Gleason]

I am currently in an alliance with Elisabeth, John, Gary, Ibrehem, Kelly, and Chicken although the latter three I haven't been talking to that much and I am aware that the first five I listed are a tight-knit group of friends. I'll make it more of an effort to chat it up with them but besides that... it's basically 7 versus 10 in terms of numbers in this game which makes it vital to win the upcoming challenges.

I have my final three set on taking Elisabeth and John because of the friction between them and the Villains because lets face it, anyone else I won't win against because of my own misdeeds but if I take people that are equally if not more disliked than me... that might give me a chance to win after-all.

The problem is competitions. Lets say my alliance makes it to the final seven; depending on if they want to keep Chicken before me or not I may have to win three to four immunity challenges in order to make it to the finals because I am sure the fivesome alliance & friends will stick together to the end. Competitions are my weak point but I need to dig deep as Jeff Probst would say and find my inner competitor to pull through. This is considering we MAKE it to the final seven because so many things could happen that squash that opportunity... such as hidden immunity idols.

The argument I want to push is that while I made a lot of misdeeds and aggressive moves that pissed people off, I didn't go at anybody either verbally like John and Elisabeth have. Yeah I tend to shy away from people who want to start stuff with me and block them but overall I make it an effort not to cause anymore trouble than necessary while John and Elisa don't mind to speak their mind and make it a point that they and the villains are not on the same side. That makes up for the social game. Competitively if I can win the final three or four I.Cs then that speaks for itself.

Strategically I will be honest but try not to say anything that puts me in an even deeper hole. I need to state most of my aggressive plays were pre-merge when I turned on Darrah & Parvati due to the unknown factor of them having a large number of allies on the villains. I'd rather stick with a group of five I know probably has no allies on the Villains instead of a group of ? that I don't know much about or can't guess where I stand with them.

So far I have my game lined up, it is all a matter of execution and whether or not we can win these next couple of challenges. If we can't, well, my goal is to at least reach the Jury stage. If I can do that then I will be satisfied with my game... and hopefully Bo will let me into another all-stars or favorites season hehehe.