Episode #1 - A whole lotta Sausage grabbing

[Ibrehem Rahman]

Episode #1

One armed Brett and Laughing Lex stand on the volcano, looking down at the excited contestants coming from below. The evil grins on the faces of the hosts prove that the last five seasons were just the beginning.

As Lex & Brett shout from the top of the volcano, they start drifting sausages at the heads of the castaways. It was a complete sausage fest. Literally. As the group fights over sausages (and the productions food supply, those of which are angrily cursing Lex & Brett) the 5 captains are chosen. The next interesting portion comes with the tribe divisions.



This season is hopefully going to become better than season 2 for me. I have already been plenty social speaking with most people in the cast. This has already given me a chance to bond with people, and hopefully mend past relationships that were a bit rocky. It also gave me the chance to talk to people with whom I have not spoken to in a long time, and meet some new faces. It also prepared me for the tribe divisions as it gives me some room to make alliances, and let's me start to plan ahead instead of scramble to talk to people. Hopefully I can be with some people who I clicked with.

We will see how I feel after the tribes are split and revealed. I have made one alliance so far with Brandon. This may come as a shock to anyone who knows what went down in season 2, but I am not holding a grudge. It is over and done with and time to move on. Plus it will make an unlikely duo who can hopefully power through this game. I am loyal to him as long as he holds his word. I will be watching though to make sure I can fully trust him.

[Ibrehem Rahman]

The tribes have now been split. How do I feel about this? At first glance I should be happy. People I know and talk with, which means people's games I should know a bit better. I does comfort me that a small bit, but I am also watching my back. Four of the people left did vote me out last season, and while this is a new season, you never know how the past may come back to bite you, even when everything is said to be changed.

Brandon. We had our little tiff in our original season together. We have spoken and have struck a deal. This has been placed in the past, and I hope it stays there. If this is the case and I can trust Brandon, than I should be completely fine. There should be no reason for me to stray away from this deal. Brandon also proposed an alliance of Miki, Candice, him and myself. With this it gives me the options to play with this alliance, but also gives me time to see if I can use this alliance if something happens where it falls apart. I need to be able to keep my position high up in it, and not be at the bottom.

Miki. She is someone who because of my lack of social ability in season 2, I could have potentially made moves with. She is someone with whom I have spoken to quite a bit. The only thing that worries me is her duo with Candice, but that can be looked at later on. Even if she has intentions of doing something later on, I have to make sure I have a way out of it. Keeping close with Brandon, and Judd will make sure that I am not outnumbered if we ever get into a position where the alliance has to break.

Judd. He is who I absolutely trust. He is my number one at this point. I do not think he would turn on me, and I wont turn on him. It is as simple as that. When speaking to Brandon, I proposed him as a fifth for the alliance, and Brandon and Miki agreed. Little do they know that I will be loyal to them, but if I need to save Judd somehow, well I am going to. We get along very well, so I would like to see us go far in this game together.

Coach. I do not know him very well. Seeing as he is the only non season 2 member on the tribe. I have only spoken to him once so far, so I will have to get to know him. I just need to make a bond here, even if it won't last too long. You never know where this game will go, and I may need him somewhere down the line.

Candice. We don't know each other too well. She is in about the same spot as Miki with me. I think we can get along, but I think she will have her own plans in mind during this game, and will do what she has to do to get where she wants to be.

Christa. We never really spoke, so I need to change that this game and get to know her more. She is kind of like Coach to me at this point, but only that I should have a previous social something with her, but unfortunately I do not.

I think that my position should be fine on this tribe. I will have to keep an eye out because as soon as you get comfortable, the game is over for you. I will be monitoring each situation, and staying in contact with everyone as much as possible. Hopefully we can win, as we are a strong tribe. Everyone playing is tough and is here to win. This is the most competitive game I have ever been apart of and I am loving it so far.

[Ibrehem Rahman]

Ok, so to recap this episode...

There was so much sausage grabbing it got a bit scary out there. Captains won, pick their tribes. I like my tribe, Elyse is now on my tribe. Hosts are evil. Made us all go to TC. Me no likey. Jonas go byebye. Next challenge soon. Ok.. so...

Now that Elyse is on the tribe it makes things a little more interesting. From what I gather speaking to everyone, Elyse and Brandon don't get along. PERFECT! Why? Well, they can be at each other throats and lobby for each other. Leaving me safe in the middle at this point.

What was interesting though is Brandon had proposed to me an alliance including Miki, Candice, himself and myself. Now, I agreed to this because I am not stupid and don't need a target on my back. I generally do like these people but I think eventually they would all toss me to the side. What makes this interesting is that speaking with Coach & Elyse, they seem to think they are on the outs (technically true) and that I am also on the outs, and that we should make an alliance of Coach, Elyse, Judd & myself...

That leaves me in the middle... Being safe in a tribe of 7 with a split of 3-3. I obviously agreed and played along. It gives me options. Obviously it could backfire when I have to choose a side, or if I get found out, but I don't plan on having that happen. I am still going to be loyal, just to those I know I can trust.

Brandon's little outbursts and "blunt" talks aren't going to get just him targeted, but everyone close to him. So while I plan on working with him, I plan on staying as far away from him as possible, so that I don't take the heat for/with him. I also know Elyse is a "do anything to win" kind of player, so that will be in my mind as well.

I am playing this game to win, and am not just going to sit back and let others play the game for me. I am putting myself into positions where I am going to be safe in a number of situations. I'd honestly like to see people from both of the alliances walk out of this game, so we will see what happens if we go to Tribal. For now though, it is all about keeping myself in a position with these people for having them want me around.

So far so good.

[Ibrehem Rahman]

This concludes episode 1