July 7
Currently, I am trying to go under the radar. I do not want to make myself seem like a threat as I have done so in previous games. It is dangerous making yourself seem overly active or too strong too early in the game and you may get voted out.

I have spoken to most of my tribe mates. I get along well with Erik, Kim and Amanda. Based on what I have heard from these players, the person who is going to get voted out at the first tribal council is Morgan. I shall vote accordingly.

What happened in previous games out of curiosity?

Out of about 12 games, I won 2.
In a couple of those games, I got voted out early for appearing too strong.
In a few of the other games, I made it to the end but was in the wrong alliance and ended up getting voted out.

July 11
At this point in time, I think my position in the game is safe. I have started conversations with other members in my tribe and we all seem to get along pretty well at the moment. In my opinion, Amanda is the person I think exhibits most leadership qualities. For example, during the recent live challenge, she was pretty vocal in saying she wanted to play first. I worry that later on, she could pull off a few blindsides. My goal is to work with Amanda as much as possible and make her think that I am just a follower. If and when the time comes that I find out she is plotting to vote me out, I will come up with a plan to blindside her.

Based on what I have heard, Ryan will be going home. This is unfortunate because Ryan and I have a few things in common. He seems like a pretty cool guy. Unfortunately, he hasn't been active enough for me to argue his case. Thus, my vote will be for Ryan at this tribal council.

July 14
At this stage of the game, things are not looking good for me. I have been nominated by Eric and am pretty sure that the others are targeting me. Even though my chances of staying are slim, I will do whatever I can to stay in this game.

After nominations were announced, I spoke to Eric. He apologised to me for not seeing my message earlier and talking to me. I told him that I'm on my own in this game and would pledge full allegiance to him if I stay. If the tribe were to vote me out, it would be pointless since I'm not much of a threat. He told me that it had not been looking good but he'd see who he could put up that might give me a chance. I told him that it would help me if he bought me more time and didn't post his replacement nominee until tomorrow so I could have an extra 24 hours to swing peoples votes around.

I tried to tell him that because Sundra is now safe, he will have made an enemy. Seeing as there are only 7 members on our tribe, I told him that if I work with him, and we get Sundra to work with us, we would only need one other person to vote with us for the plan to work. He said he wasn't too convinced that Sundra would trust him, but I told him that if I stay and we work with Sundra and a fourth person, we will totally change the game and he won't have an enemy in Sundra.

Having just spoken to Sundra, I feel that I have a slightly better chance of staying as she said she would most likely be voting to save me. I told her about my plan and she seemed to agree. I also told Sundra that we need to watch out as I am convinced that Erik, Amanda and Stephen are in an alliance with Eric.

I am going to keep campaigning to try to stay. Ideally, Eric will put up one of Amanda, Erik or Stephen, but that most likely will not happen. If he puts up Kim, then I will have to keep campaigning and try coming up with another plan.