Yali Tribe

Hi Keith! Just kicking off your Episode 03 confessionals with a couple of questions, feel free to answer them whenever.

1) So you guys have managed to survive your first tribal council, did you learn anything new or was anything confirmed for you about your tribe?

2)The votes came in unanimously against John Rocker, is it fair to say that you guys are a pretty unified tribe? Is there a weak link in your group at all?

3) How do you feel about the people on the other tribe? Is anyone standing out to you at all?

> 1) So you guys have managed to survive your first tribal council, did you learn anything new or was anything confirmed for you about your tribe?

I learned that Dale might be a bit of a loose cannon at tribal. Gonna have to clear with him not to do that if I'm trying to blindside someone with him. What was confirmed is that the alliance is strong (for now). I don't think Missy, Jac, Nad, or Drew are targeting me anytime soon.

>2)The votes came in unanimously against John Rocker, is it fair to say that you guys are a pretty unified tribe? Is there a weak link in your group at all?

I don't think we're unified. There is the alliance (me, Drew, Missy, Jac, and Nad), and there are the outsiders (Reed, Val, and Dale). It's a pretty boring dynamic, but I think it might change soon.

>3) How do you feel about the people on the other tribe? Is anyone standing out to you at all?

They seem to be WAAAAY more on top of things than we are. I don't know, they just seem like they are more of a group. Maybe it's the fact that they all have double the posts we do. I would not be surprised at all if we go on a long losing streak. I guess if I had to pick out a couple, So, Kelly, and Jenn seem to be the most vocal in challenges, so they probably feel pretty comfortable in the game. On the other hand, JR was also vocal in challenges and he just got voted out. Whatever. It's pretty much impossible to figure out what is going on on another beach.

Are you saying that there is an advantage to having a higher post count?

Also, how are your relationships within your tribe so far? Anyone you particularly enjoy just hanging out with?

>Are you saying that there is an advantage to having a higher post count?

Not really. Having a high post count in itself is not a big deal. But because they have that high post count, my assumption is that they have been talking to each other as a group much more than we have, which means they probably have better chemistry. So it's really more about the assumptions I'm making about the post count than the post count itself.

>Also, how are your relationships within your tribe so far? Anyone you particularly enjoy just hanging out with?

I'll break it down person by person

Drew: Probably my closest alliance. I've talked a lot of game with him and I think he sees me as one of his closer alliances. I get that he is playing hard, and I understand I'll probably have to take him out at some point, but I don't think that is any time soon.

Missy: Hot. Mess. I guess based on that last message she sent me, I am her closest alliance, but I don't feel great about her. She is kind of weird, and she is playing VERY hard. She is pretty much our Debbie. I could see myself just getting sick of her, airing out all of her dirty laundry to the group, and taking her out in one fell swoop.

Jac: She's in my alliance, but I don't feel like I have a SUPER strong connection with her. That being said I don't want her out any time soon, because I may need her idol at the next stage of the game. It puts a tribe at a real disadvantage if they lose the idol this early.

Nad: Like Jac, she's in my alliance, but there isn't a super close connection. Just another number. She did BEAST that first challenge, so I'll have to keep tabs on whether she'll be a big immunity threat down the road.

Dale: I think Dale has more game than people give him credit for. He's on the outs, but he has an alliance with Missy and with me and Drew. I gotta keep my finger on Dale's pulse

Reed: We have a pretty strong relationship outside of the game (maybe more so than anyone else). I'd like to keep him around because he seems like he'd be loyal to me.

Val: I get no read from her. I feel like she almost feels bad for me sometimes when I talk to her, because she thinks I have no alliances. I don't think she wants me out (I don't think anyone wants me out), but at this point I'd vote for her next time just because we talk the least.

So I would say this to you, EMBRACE your personality and embrace others personalities. We gave you keith because we know you had the personality to pull it off. Remember this is a game for fun and you will ahve the most fun adn be the most successful if you can get out of your head and just let yourself experience it as yourself. Don't overthink it too much, go with your gut :)

Noted Jeff. I think the recent stuff with Missy making up all of these lies to potentially get me on the chopping block has messed with my head a little. If we can take Missy out tonight and go back to the "one big happy tribe" stage of the game, I think I'll let my personality shine through a little more.

But I think it's also worth saying that I'm really not here to do a Keith impression. I'm not really going to try to play the character Keith, I'm just going to be me with a Keith avi.

Oh and we love that you're not doing a Keith impression, the greatest Stranded players are the ones who really make their avatars their own.

Speaking of returning to the "one big happy tribe", do you really think that's possible? Are Missy's antics easy to fix?

The one big happy tribe thing is possible if we can take Missy out. As long as it stays unanimous and nobody starts playing like Missy after she is gone, I think that can be a moment where the other 7 of us can say "well thank God she is gone!" and kind of bond over that. I don't think everyone is suddenly going to become best friends, but I think we will be a much more unified group.

Although, once Missy's gone, who would you say would become the next target?

At this point, I'm really not sure. But we do have some time to figure all of that out. After she goes it is going to be tough to really know who is with who and what is going on, so I'd be willing to just kind of take a backseat and go with the numbers until I get a solid understanding of the tribe dynamic.

So are you saying that you don't have a firm enough grasp on the tribe dynamics yet?

Pretty much. After Missy goes, I think things are going to be pretty up in the air and pretty much no one will have a firm grasp on the tribe dynamic. I think the alliance of Me, Jac, Drew, and Nad will stay together, but maybe I'm wrong. I still do feel like I could work with Dale and Reed, but I don't have anything set in stone with them. Things could really go either way, but at this point in the game I just have to make sure I stick with the numbers.