Lets face it, in life we all have people we're friends with and people we would rather not be seen with. So,in keeping that in mind.. it takes a lil bit of everything to be soul survivor. Friendships are made and broken. Alliances are made and broken. Having friends gets you farther. I like the my theory on mixing things up.. letting the winning team on a challenge decide who gets voted off from the other team. The whole alliance thing has bothered me since ...sigh.. richard. There is more backstabbing, lying, cheating in alliances. Id love to see my theory put to test, at least for a few times if not a whole season. The whole idea is get the other team voted off anyway then be down to one tribe where the individual immunity is in place. Id love nothing more than to see a couple alliances broken up.. by complete surprise when jeff would suddenly announce.. not only does the winning team of the challenge get immunity, but they also get to decide who to vote off from the other team. So much for alliances then. Yeah I know, there will always be the outwitting, outplaying, outlasting.. but an interesting twist in the game would shake things up for sure.. then definately it would take more outwitting, outplaying and outlasting. And one final thought.. why not really make this reality tv.. let the fans have more of a roll.. possibly a one time vote during tribal counsel.. either letting us vote someone off, or deciding who stays and the one with the next highest number of votes voted off.. goes.

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Survivor is intersting as a game in that in some ways it is like a microcosm of real life....sped up and condensed of course. Just like in real life, there are some rules that if you break there are well-defined consequences for, but once you get beyond those, you have a lot of discretion as to how you choose to play the game, just as you have a lot of discretion as to how you choose to live your life. There is not necessarily a defined right or wrong, but there are some ways that will tend to win the respect and admiration of others, and some that won't. We have been shown time and again, that the most respected players are those who got themselves to the end (either through dominant strategy or dominating at challenges, or both), were not viewed as just a hanger on (or if they did seem like a hanger on for a while, then they surprised everyone and siezed control come end-game a la Danni), worked at camp, provided, were friendly and helpful to others, and minimized the amount of backstabbing and outright lieing that they had to do. Many have said that it is a game about back-stabbing and deceit, and that that is good strategy, but I disagree. Ritchard, Tina, Tom, Danni, Aras, Yul, Earl, and Ozzy showed that you can reach the final and win (or almost win in the case of Ozzy), by playing a fairly clean game with minimal backstabbing (and usually the victim was already seen as a villain or was already planning their own backstab). Guys like Boston Rob and Dreamz, who made backstabbing the centerpiece of their game were rightfully taken to task by the jury. If you are going to play that way, you better bring someone very unlikeable or even more underserving with you to the end.

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