Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-26497595-20160327175256

Happy Easter! Or happy March 27th for some. #politicallycorrect

Let's get into our power rankings merge preview!

1) Cydney Gillon - This girl has blown away my expectations so far. She's kept her multiple personalities in check and her luck has truly been nothing but positive til this point. Everything so far has worked together to put Cydney in an impeccable, enviable position in the game; she has two tight allies, one of whom has an idol; she has Debbie working her ass off to win Cydney's loyalty; she'll soon have some new tight allies in Tai and Julia courtesy of Scot. I have no doubt Cydney is making a deep run.

2) Kyle Jason - The trend has begun to return with Debbie claiming her distaste for Jason openly to Michele. However, even Debbie wants to work with Jason and now that they've made the merge, Jason is going to be very desirable to both the Beauties and the Brains, as well as Scot who now absolutely needs Jason on his side - as if he wasn't 100% committed to his bounty-hunting buddy already.

3) Julia Sokolowski - She made a big move by voting out Peter and isn't going to get any credit for it. Julia is going to make a deep run, and I see a lot of potential in her game after seeing how calm and flexible she was in the face of danger, but I can't see her winning. Regardless, I am confident she won't become the queen of this jury.

4) Debbie Wanner - This is when Debbie's facade is going to really pay off. For those of you Walking Dead fans (there may be none, if so RIP this analogy), Debbie is basically the Carol Peletier of Kaoh Rong. She puts on a believable caricature but is secretly the biggest badass out there. She just needs to keep the rest of the contestants looking at the flowers while she blats them in the back of the head one-by-one.

5) Neal Gottlieb - Now that the Brains have lost their momentum thanks to Aubry, it seems like Neal will be lucrative prey for the potential Beauty-Brawn coalition. However, Neal has the Chan Loh idol (he DOES have it, right? There was absolutely no mention of it or even him for that matter last week). He might be the target on the Brains side, but that tricky idol could very easily switch up the game all over again. All he has to do is put on a convincing act that he doesn't have it. Then again, people were suspicious of him when he DIDN'T have the idol; what will they think now that he actually does?

6) Michele Fitzgerald - What's with all the Michele hype all of a sudden? Talking smack about Nick in confessional doesn't make her a frontrunner; I get the sense Nick is very easy to talk smack about. From what I hear, Michele has a tendency to be weak-willed and pessimistic. I'm going to wait a while before considering her as a contender for the win. Being a Jersey girl with attitude does not a victor make.

7) Scot Pollard - He's armed with information and loyalty. That's fantastic in the short term, but Scot lacks the protection of actually HAVING the idol. If a truce is formed between Brain and Beauty to combat the Brawns from floating to the end, Scot will more than likely be the target as the more likeable between he and Jason.

8) Tai Trang - Normally having an idol would automatically place Tai at the top of the list, but his willingness to give that idol away gives me pause. He had to be talked out of using it on somebody that was trying to get him voted out THAT MORNING. If Scot or Jason need his idol, or just feel like having it, I feel pretty confident they'll be able to take it from him.

9) Aubry Bracco - I thought about having Aubry high on the list this weekend, but - just by process of elimination - she has to be low. She stuck her neck out and really hurt the Brains' cause this week. They had Peter's hands tied and would've had the momentum to carry them forward a lot farther with the help of Neal's idol, but Aubry kinda blew it. As awesome as it was to see her cross out her vote, she could've at least crossed it out a little more as to not SHOW Julia that her name was already on the parchment before it got switched up.

10) Joe del Campo - If the Beauties get wise to Neal's idol, who will they target? Probably the guy least likely to have Neal's idol played on him.

11) Nick Maiorano - Lots of talk about Neal's idol this week, and this is perhaps the biggest effect it has. Nick's biggest enemy in the game isn't his ego, or his physical prowess, but a little carved piece of wood in the pocket of a pair of ice cream pants. On another note, I find it rather funny that, as right as Nick was about Debbie, Michele disliked him so much that she simply did not want to listen to him. This speaks volumes about both of them.

Obituary - Peter Baggenstos

Memo RE Dr. P. Baggenstos: If somebody finds out you're trying to vote them out, it doesn't mean you CAN'T vote them out. In fact, it means you ABSOLUTELY SHOULD vote them out. Peter's elimination was through no fault but his own; I am certain he would have survived if he hadn't spoken for the three days of this cycle. Maybe next time you head into a game for a million dollars, actually know how to play the game beforehand. 