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urrout wrote:

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chsdz wrote:

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amanda was not all abt her 4 clique. she's smarter than that. in china, she blindsided james who was in her alliance as well, and todd wasn't quite willing to do that. she pushed for it. why would she now, in micronesia, suddenly be much a better friend to james and decide to keep him around though she knows how huge a threat he is. unless you are saying amanda is playing differently and worse in micronesia, i don't see how you can write of all her accomplishments. by all means, give parvati all the credit in the world, but you are clearly being biased against amanda and you know it. amanda wanted to keep james around because she felt like she was on the outs. that is playing the game - knowing and sensing that people want to vote you out and being self aware of ones own position in the tribe. but a part of me believes amanda is just a real cunning hypocritical person, and was acting in front of james. i get that feeling... she's pretending to be very sympathetic because she wants james vote. period. and she's very good at it. sorta like parvati not minding if amanda were voted out but not wanting any part of it.. just so she would secure amanda's vote. amanda would have done the same with james if he weren't evacuated. like i said, prior to ozzy being voted out amanda didn't need to do anything but remain in her alliance. so why expect her to do something. just like how its argued that amanda didn't do this that. blah... it can be argued that you wouldn't know what amanda would have done assuming jason was voted out instead of ozzy, at the next tribal council right? you are faulting amanda for inaction. but my point is, she's reacting to what is happening... true, brought about by parvati and cirie.. but whats wrong with reacting and changing plans accordingly. todd reacted to amanda's suggestion to blindside james in china. might as well argue todd was worthless as well since he didn't think of blindsiding james, the guy with TWO hiis at final 7. but todd still won and i think he deserved it. so it doesn't mean just because you aren't the one who initiates blindsiding the biggest threat, you don't deserve to win, and you do nothing but get dragged through the whole game.

If Amanda did not want Ozzy gone so soon, Amanda needed to do something to keep her alliance strong and safe. She was in with the other alliance and had to have known Ozzy was not safe and that they wanted him gone as soon as possible. Even James seemed to know Ozzy was in trouble. Amanda should have realized it was the best time to boot Ozzy herself since she picked the right time to boot James.

She let Parvati threaten her alliance and did nothing to stop her so it fell apart earlier than she wanted. Parvati and Cirie made the move to keep their F3 alliance safe and they did not trust her enough to tell her. Parvati and Cirie also created a backup plan by booting Ozzy. It forced Amanda to stick with them in case she decide to switch to Ozzy and James over them. Amanda had no backup plan in case somebody betrayed her alliance. She allowed herself to be kept out of the loop and lost an ally.

She has no backup plan to save herself now except immunity if Cirie and Parvati want her gone. What if C/P had planned to switch over to A/N in some form because they thought they could not beat her at final TC? Maybe they did but Amanda screwed up there plans by finding the idol. All we saw her do was check with P/C if they were still F3 and she seemed to believe them even though she has seen them lie. We saw her do nothing else. That is not good strategy. That is just hoping they are still with her.

That is Amanda's problem. It appears that she is just tagging along with C/P.

Please did it ever occur to you that Amanda saved Cirie/ and perhaps even Paravati. Amanda could have easily let it slip that she had the idol. And who do you think Alexis/Natalie were going to want out, one of each other? Or Cirie or Parvati. I wouldn't say Amanda's done thing but what could she do, James wouldn't work with Jason, and Erik doesn't want an alliance with her because shes' a jury threat. Amanda/Natalie don't want to go to the end with her either. However spoilers say that she does make it to the end... (And so what if she wins an immunity or two to make that happen) Lots of great players have lost out because they were unable to win Final 3 immunities.