I was gonna do the same thing for
Ovambo but that tribe is a mess right now. As of last I read, Ralph & Kristina think they are sitting pretty with one foursome with Grant/David, and another with Steph/Julie. They think they can just boot Mike/Matt and they seem to have forgotten Ashley exists. Meanwhile grant is making his own plans to pull his two #1s David and Ashley closer to each other even though they don't particularly click? He'd probably have Mike in as part of that too. Ashley wants her/Grant/Steph/Ralph. Julie & Steph both are being patient vets and letting it settle I think. Matt is a good troll, but he's completely left out of everything here so not quite the great troll someone like Gregg is - you need to combine trolling with strat or you just won't last.
I'll just do a semi-rankdown and you'll get a feel for who is where by the end.
18.
Elyse - ofc
17.
Christine - she is back, she sent a few PMs, she needs to do a lot more yet.
16.
Matt - I like his troll tactics, but he needs to do more gamewise or he'll be first boot over there without some catastrophic challenge fail or call-out or something.
~gap~
15.
Cochran - I find it hard to justify putting him this low, but he's just not clicking with me? I am finding it hard to see his personality.
14.
David - Another one who's just not sticking out from the crowd. He's putting in good work though when he's here. Give him some time. Right now he's being overshadowed by nearly everyone.
13.
Mike - Good confessionals and lots of plans
when he's here. But if he doesn't put some more work in he's getting lined up to be second boot. Only Grant seems to have him in any kind of plans.
12.
Whitney - If I'd done this last night, Whit would be way higher. Great start and very bubbly. Not a pip out of her today though, and things are beginning to happen without her.
11.
Julie - Julie is being patient, fair enough. And her schtick will drop off in a round or two once they are past the meet-and-greet section. Right now it's distracting me from whatever she's doing to get voted most trustworthy. I think that might stem more fom other people
not wanting it than her wanting it
10.
Steph - Steph is playing-by-numbers so far. She can be a lot better than this. All I see now is xeroexed PMs being shot around and idk how to put it - a haphazard kind of uneven start? She's in no danger, but not grabbing me either.
~gap~
9.
Sophie - Don't get me wrong, Sophie is killing it so far, but I find myself rooting against her and wanting to see it all blow up and Sem turn on her? Already?? I don't even know why
I guess if Nama ends up as a predictable and dull tribe I'll be blaming Sophie for being so damn good :P
8.
Rick - I like Rick's game here a lot. It's slow and steady, but effective. Not as effective or as universally fun-to-watch as the people above him though. He has piqued my interest though, quite nicely. I want to see how it develops.
7.
Ashley - Is Ashley a social 'genious' using her charm and bubblyness to get her where she wants to be? Or just a natural? idk. She is so very likeable though. Whitney with teeth. She does need to branch out from just Grant and build more with Steph before she can count herself as safe.
~gap~
6.
Semhar - similar to Sophie, Semhar is very good. And she pulls it off with a little more fun and a little more aplomb than Sophie does. If this was a ranking just on capability, the two would likely be #1 & #2 between them. And she will shoot right to #1 if they somehow come to blows in the first round or two. I just fear so much for that tribe becoming dulldulldull. It's a compliment really. Goddamn pair of Spradlins!
5.
Papa Bear - PB is great, the perfect noob player. He is lacking a little on the social side maybe but purely down to lack of experience - he's not in any kind of danger yet. I think in an all-noob cast he'd maybe even be in control instead of just on the fringes? I know we haven't even begun down the path of idols but I'll already put money on him being the one to find it.
4.
Jim - Jim is the shining light of Nama right now and the key to it not becoming a snoozefest. While Sophie is setting up her majority Jim is slowly but surely working
all the angles. He could become the HBIC at this point if he wanted to. Well, he doesn't know that. but even if he did - I don't think he'd want to <33 Trying to get voted last <333 I love that outside the box approach. he will deliver bigtime at some future point in the game, I just know it.
3 & 2.
Kristina &
Ralph - These two <3 I can't even separate them. They are such a quality pair. From Ralph's faltering footsteps into learning to PM to full-on organizing alliances. Meanwhile Kristina blowing up over Matt. And Matt will most likely leave too. I think part of these two shining is thanks to the more experienced Julie & Steph both taking a back seat strategically. They are setting themselves up to be the pivot pair between two alliances for later but it's all going to come crashing down. not this round, but soon. And they're not even doing anything too terribly wrong - they just don't know about two pretty fundamental things. They can read this later and know for future games;
- 1) Everyone else on the tribe is also playing the game
- 2) People talk and compare stories!
Don't even worry you two, I was so horribly guilty of #2 in my second game I tanked my whole merge majority
1.
Grant - It is hard to think he is a noob too. He is like the opposite and anti-thesis of Kristina/Ralph and doing everything right. Strategical but still engaging. Trusted by all but with a sneaky side. Voting his list the other way to fuck everyone else's up <33 He reminds me a lot of Bobbi-Jon.
by Brenda » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:39:12 pm 
