I absolutely despised the pick'em, because people were so dumb and obnoxious. First of all, thank GOD I'm not on that atrocious tribe with Yul and Parvati and Lisi
I was a fan of Yul when I lurked but he was so... arrogant in a very off-putting way last night, at least on this tribe there are tons of Zambians (not necessarily a good thing but it makes it hard for me to stand out in the wrong way), there's Catalie who I like a lot, Brenda who I'm fond of, Alina who I've bonded with. And Monica's super nice too. I think we can win these pre-merge challenges, I know that I can pull my weight but from what I remember from Zambia, a LOT of the tribal challenges were like, "pick a representative" and therefore became more individual/duos/trios.
I don't really get the Refugee twist yet. I'll have to see it work out in real time to understand it. It seems like Paloma/Shannon probably lucked out though? They're completely safe. I have talked massive shit about Paloma so far, because I think she sucks, but it's all in good fun. At least as far as she's concerned it is.
These Zambians though, ugh. Coach is someone I like outside of the game but I will always be wary of him IN games. He is dangerous and pathological and I do not appreciate not being on his side, and just knowing him and having a good relationship with him is not sufficient enough to be his #1. He'll latch onto another Matty, not an Erinn.
Tyson is psychotic, and he will be psychotic in this game. I would rather him leave sooner than later but he's not showing any signs of having to go right away. We're kind of talking normal game stuff now, sharing notes, but I'm trying SO HARD to look trustworthy to him without giving away info/opinions, cause he'll run with that.
Oh, and Corinne can get the fuck out. She's impossible to talk to, she's dumb as hell (but thinks she's the most intelligent thing to ever grace the internet), and sucks in challenges. Die, bitch. And Paloma? LOL, what a joke of a person. I'm glad that I'm not the only one hating on her, but we're outnumbered by the people who inexplicably love her. I am glad she's not a "real" tribemate, at least not yet.
Taj is the only one I can see myself wanting to work with from Zambia, besides maybe Coach. Obviously she's retarded for not voting me to win and she's emotionally imbalanced in and out of games, but I think my relationship with her has improved to a point where if she's willing to work with me, we can dominate. It's just getting her to trust me that's the issue cause I think she believes I have a problem with her.
I want to work with Catalie, a lot. I know she's one of the best of the best and I want her on my side because of it. I've never gotten to play with her before, and now seems as good a time as any. I don't know if she has any package deals, but she picked Brenda first and I am 99% sure that no matter how much Brenda denies it, Brenda comes with Alina. And apparently Alina wants to work with me? That's good, because I was a bit worried about her after a few PMs- she is very short and I wasn't sure if it was because she didn't like me, or because that's just her style
