Merge Discussion?

[Lynne]

sam knocking the rules down to 1 could be rlly bad, what i think is that since we're one body of 5 now that we should discuss any potential for merge and the cons and pros before anyone makes a vote, cuz 1 person could potentially change this for the entire tribe.

lets air out our thoughts here and make a GROUP decision ks? *g*

[Matt D.]

pros: now that jamie and lew are gone.. they've lost 2 of their best scorers. They kept Jen who isn't very good and honestly only Mark is as good. I think we'd have a good shot at beating them. We control our destiny if we stay together.. and i'd say we would have a 50% chance of winning considering Mark, Tori, Tyler have to sit in the challenge (since they sat out.) the other two would have to be either Katie, Jen, Stacy, or Matt O.

cons: if we do merge, it's probably 100% likely that one of us will be going. I don't want it to be one of us.

I'm still looking for whatever might be able to help us get an edge. I KNOW it's out there and I'm going to keep looking. Hopefully, we can find it. If it's something realy good, then it won't matter either way if we do merge or not.

[Will]

i agree completely with what Matt just said above. theres no doubt in my mind that we can beat them now with Jamie and Lew both gone.

and there's also no doubt in my mind that we would all be picked off one by one until there was none of us 5 left, if we chose to merge.

we can totally take them on in the challenges. i guess i'd say no to a merge right now. what do you guys think?

[Lynne]

i'd have to agree w/ the both of you, voting off jai took out one of their key competitors, lew was also prtty good too. we have a better shot together as 5 and on our own than we would together as 5 against them.

[Kevin W.]

I would jump on this opportunity to merge if Jamie and Lew werent voted out. It is VERY suspicious and I don't like it one bit.

There are so many questions I have that I would just feel unsafe merging with them now. I am also sure one of us would go.

Questions:

Have Matt/Tyler been alligned with Katie/Mark/Tori all along? (Possibly, since Katie is VERY close with Matt and Tyler.)

Lew voted with Stacy and Jamie last time as a sympathy vote, or was it really? What was the vote this time?

Did Jen not know Lew was going, or was she in the know all along?

Are Jen and Stacy truly outsiders now, up for grabs, and if so...shouldnt we merge now so they dont get voted off next?

But yes, I think Xavante is beatable but most likely at the price of Jen and Stacy. I have a very strong feeling that the "outsiders" are now in very good with Matt and Tyler.

[Lynne]

i don't see them having too many outsiders

if we can send them back to TC it could create a rift between the two sides of matt and tyler's alliance, they'd have to pick sides and the other side would be more vulnerable to our flirtations *g*

[Kevin W.]

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING! We must win the next one.

[Matt D.]

we should at least wait for them to make the first move.. if they don't.. then there's no point in revealing what we think just yet.

[Kevin W.]

Yeah...I'm honestly feeling no, it's not the right time. We still have more energy left to beat them to a pulp with.

[Will]

i completely agree with what everyone's saying. everything that has happend is way too suspicious and it would be complete suicide for us 5 to merge with them.

i know we can beat them now especially since Jamie and Lew are gone. we would be giving them the game if we merged at this point. lets force them to vote their own out and cause a rift over there.

[Ryan]

Sorry to disregard you guys and vote for a merge.

I do believe that this is our best shot to break them apart. We're at a point where they potentially have multiple stragglers, for whatever reason. Maybe people are realizing the hopelessness of siding with Matt o. and Tyler. In any case, I think we need to merge now before they off the people that might give us an advantage and strengthen whatever it is that is going on over there.

Sorry for making an executive decision here. I just feel we need to be more active in taking them down. What's a game of Survivor without risks, anyhow?

[Kevin W.]

I just really dont think there are any outsiders. The three Zazas are with Matt and Tyler now, as much as we would not like to believe and they have Jen too. Stacy is really our only hope, and she isn't one to turn on her alliances.

Katie, Matt, and Tyler are very close and won't be broken up and I know for a fact that every single person on that tribe, maybe minus Stacy will vote for Lynne when we merge.

I donno, I just dont feel good about it...I feel like we could win a few more challenges.

[Lynne]

the risk, ryan, was that they're obsessed w/ getting me out, i won't last 1 round after a merge

[Kevin W.]

I was thinking abotu this during church.

I think we should obviously stick together, and our best chances of that are grabbing Jen and Stacy.

Who does Jen hate? Katie.

I think Katie would be a great target to go after, it sucks cause shes the bomb but we gotta save our own skins.

[Matt D.]

You know Ryan.. I completely respect your executive decision. I feel confident that you ARE able to crack Xavante. I told you that you'd be appointed the leader of Bajau if we did merge, and I feel that this will be very true. We're all counting on you Ryan, and will be grateful if you can pull anything out!!

Kevin, I disagree with your idea to vote out Katie. To crack a tribe, you don't go after someone who's an instrumental part of the tribe. You go after someone who's the weakest link (but they dont know it). Who's that on Xavante? That'd be Jen.

I've been playing up Ryan as our loose cannon and the person that'd be most likely to defect from Bajau. If Ryan can start telling people that he's heard from us that Jen's been talking to us about turning on them.... Xavante people will be more inclined to vote for Jen.

If this scenario happens.. a few good things happen. We all make jury. Nobody would suspect that Ryan and Stacy would actually be with us (we dont want to reveal that too soon if we dont have to) and our 6 person alliance would actually have a 6- 5 advantage over Xavante!!

We should definitely talk to Jen about grabbing her vote for two reasons. First.. it's THERE for the taking. If we can get her to vote with us, then we're good to go. Second, it'll make what Ryan is telling them true.. Jen IS talking to us.

If it doesn't work though, then ANY of us can beat Jen in a tiebreaker.. She's the worst person i've ever seen at challenges so.. we'd get the edge no matter what.

[Kevin W.]

Matt, you are a genius!!!

She's the worst person i've ever seen at challenges so

[Lynne]

i'm down w/ any plan that does not mean i'm the 1st merged boot *g*

[Kevin W.]

Well, I'm still worried...Jamie was very adamant about us not merging or else we'd be screwed.

[Lynne]

well i want to say good luck to everyone past merge, that i loved bajay and working with you all, i hope we can still work together and if i am that first boot i want you to know that i just loved this tribe, loved our people and hope that one of us can take home the gold and send home the xavantes

[Kevin W.]

Goodbye Bajau, FINALLY!