1. I’m Garrett, a.k.a Charla, a.k.a Woo’s better half. This is technically my fourth season, but only third if you just count Stranded. I tend to be a bit of a crazy person, but who here isn’t? I mean, Wardog, Rocker, Liz, Stephanie: this is an insane asylum of a tribe. My stats for Stranded are pretty atrocious. I’ve attended five tribals across my two seasons, been voted out at
3 of them, and voted correctly at
none of them. I’ve never found an idol, won an individual challenge, or made an ally. If I had one sentence to describe my playing style, it would be “great ideas, terrible execution” (though some would argue about the former
).
2. I guess I’m looking at my tribe, and I’ve got some doubts. Jessica, Liz, Aurora, Steph: you think I’m naming people from this tribe but really I’m naming people who would gouge my eyes out with a spoon if given the chance. Basically, everybody hates me. I’m like Bob Dylan when he switched from acoustic to electric. Or CD Projekt Red after the release of Cyberpunk. Or that dude Chris from that show where everybody hates him. Basically, I’m screwed.
But look, of course I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve. Already, two operations are underway. The first, Mission: Dossier, should be reaching the other tribe right about now. And if things go to plan those suckers will be throwing challenges left and right (and maybe sending me an idol - woah could you imagine)! My other scheme, which is currently untitled, has been in the works for the past 110 days. Hopefully I’ll survive long enough to enact it, but I can assure you it’ll be golden if I do.
So I guess I’m optimistic. Would I prefer it if I didn’t have all of the Garrett baggage coming into Tuamotus? Of course. But will that baggage crush me before I even board my plane?... To be determined.
So to answer your question, I’m looking forward to playing with Tai? Maybe Hannah? I’m not looking forward to much to be honest. The Stranded Coin is right up my alley though, and if Excursion was any indicator, I will be the most chaotic coin peddler this game has ever seen
3. Alright, so, I think I have a new plan. As Dean once said after Excursion, put me in any game where social strategy matters and I’ll be right back to a low placement. He’s right. I may have done well in Excursion, but that was just because ‘getting voted out’ isn’t a thing there.
Or maybe - just maybe - it was a different reason. As you may recall, Woo and I knew going into the season that we wouldn’t be able to play it timing-wise, so we played very flippantly, just trying to have fun. Contrast that with my two Stranded seasons, where I kept trying every trick in the book to survive, because I wanted TO WIN. See, that’s the key difference there. In Stranded, I tried to win. In Excursion, I tried to have fun. It has nothing to do with my failures socially. I mean, maybe that’s part of it, but I really think it’s a mental thing too. I have to enter Tuamotus not trying to win, and simply try to have fun.
So like I said, I have a plan. My strategy this season will be to implement the George Costanza rule in everything that I do. If you’re unfamiliar, the Costanza rule is based off of a legendary episode of Seinfeld in which George has an epiphany and realizes that he should do the opposite of whatever his gut tells him. And believe it or not, it works! (oh spoiler alert btw). He begins to have success that he never had before, and I think the same plan is in line with my own success after I tried to purposefully lose in Excursion S1.
Could this backfire on me? I really don’t think so. My gut is usually way off anyway, so this could put me back on track. And I’ll pick and choose of course. I won’t throw a challenge just because my gut says not to. But in a case like someone confronting me about coins or something, who knows what I’ll say? Maybe I’ll tell the truth just because my gut instinct says to lie. Or maybe I’ll try to convince the person confronting me that they were really the culprit all along. I have no clue, but it should make for some fun times; and, ideally, a surprising dose of success!
