Post by AJ on Aug 19, 2009 19:44:56 GMT -4
This is a great challenge... it took a lot of thinking before I knew what to do. Here's a look at my thought process:
First, I fairly quickly decided that I was going to bid all of my money. I surmised that most of the other people were probably going to do the same thing (on both tribes), so trying to save money would just put me at a disadvantage later in the game, especially since the results of our bidding won't be revealed publicly. Second, I'm not too afraid of going to tribal council... I think that I'd be able to survive the vote, since I have decent relationships with a number of people and I contribute far more than a couple of the other tribe members.
This led to quandry #2: what do I bid on? The Vote Check doesn't interest me at all, since it's usually fairly easy to figure out who voted for whom. The Challenge Advantage would be great for the Final 4 or Final 3, but since I obviously can't guarantee that I'll get there, I don't see much point in bidding on it... especially because I think I'm pretty strong in challenges anyway. The Trump Card is useful, but in a lot of situations it would have the same effect as either the Vote Nullify or Extra Vote Options, and I prefer those two because of their versatility. Between Vote Nullify or Extra Vote I prefer Nullify, because they can accomplish essentially the same thing except a) Nullify can be used all of the way until the Final 3 whereas Extra Vote ends at the Final 5, and b) Nullify could actually be used to cancel out the Extra Vote if it's used at the right time and against the right person (an unlikely scenario, obviously).
My decision basically comes down to Vote Nullify vs. The Mystery Boxes. The Mystery Boxes are really tempting, even though one or more of them could contain something really bad for all I know. I suspect (and hope) that not a lot of people are going to bid on them because we don't know what they are. I love the idea of having Nullify, but if a player is in a really bad situation (ie. more than one vote separated two voting blocs, like a 6 vs. 4 situation) then Nullify is pretty useless. As such, I'm going to bid on all three of the Mystery Boxes, in hopes of winning more than one of them. I'm taking a risk by splitting up my money so much, but worst case scenario is that I lose all of them and my tribe gets to keep all 500 pounds for immunity, which ain't so bad. To make a long story short (too late), here are my official bids:
1) Mystery Box - 201
2) Vote Check - 0
3) Mystery Box - 98
4) Trump Card - 0
5) Mystery Box - 201
6) Vote Nullify - 0
7) Challenge Advantage - 0
8) Extra Vote - 0
First, I fairly quickly decided that I was going to bid all of my money. I surmised that most of the other people were probably going to do the same thing (on both tribes), so trying to save money would just put me at a disadvantage later in the game, especially since the results of our bidding won't be revealed publicly. Second, I'm not too afraid of going to tribal council... I think that I'd be able to survive the vote, since I have decent relationships with a number of people and I contribute far more than a couple of the other tribe members.
This led to quandry #2: what do I bid on? The Vote Check doesn't interest me at all, since it's usually fairly easy to figure out who voted for whom. The Challenge Advantage would be great for the Final 4 or Final 3, but since I obviously can't guarantee that I'll get there, I don't see much point in bidding on it... especially because I think I'm pretty strong in challenges anyway. The Trump Card is useful, but in a lot of situations it would have the same effect as either the Vote Nullify or Extra Vote Options, and I prefer those two because of their versatility. Between Vote Nullify or Extra Vote I prefer Nullify, because they can accomplish essentially the same thing except a) Nullify can be used all of the way until the Final 3 whereas Extra Vote ends at the Final 5, and b) Nullify could actually be used to cancel out the Extra Vote if it's used at the right time and against the right person (an unlikely scenario, obviously).
My decision basically comes down to Vote Nullify vs. The Mystery Boxes. The Mystery Boxes are really tempting, even though one or more of them could contain something really bad for all I know. I suspect (and hope) that not a lot of people are going to bid on them because we don't know what they are. I love the idea of having Nullify, but if a player is in a really bad situation (ie. more than one vote separated two voting blocs, like a 6 vs. 4 situation) then Nullify is pretty useless. As such, I'm going to bid on all three of the Mystery Boxes, in hopes of winning more than one of them. I'm taking a risk by splitting up my money so much, but worst case scenario is that I lose all of them and my tribe gets to keep all 500 pounds for immunity, which ain't so bad. To make a long story short (too late), here are my official bids:
1) Mystery Box - 201
2) Vote Check - 0
3) Mystery Box - 98
4) Trump Card - 0
5) Mystery Box - 201
6) Vote Nullify - 0
7) Challenge Advantage - 0
8) Extra Vote - 0