Board Thread:Season 17 - Sardinia/@comment-10863763-20140519004341/@comment-24776269-20140519041818

You know, trust is a tricky thing. It's easy to obtain, harder to keep, and even harder to win back. An interesting cycle, to be sure.
 * Zane: Has anyone broken your trust yet? Or is it too early in the game to be lying and deceiving already?

I'll be honest, I myself have probably already broken someone's trust. That's the nature of the game: you have to gain the respect of others before ultimately breaking that bond down the road. But my trust has yet to be broken. Why? Because I'm careful with my trust and with whom I play this game. I align myself with those who did nothing to give me doubt that they could not be trusted. Once I place a limited amount of faith in someone, and they prove to be more than capable of being a strong ally, that's when I break out the big chips and start to depend on others a little more.

As for lying and deceiving, you'd be truly stupid to think that other contestants would wait until later on in this game to lie to you and/or stab you in the back. If you really believe that people aren't willing to pull out all the stops at this early stage in the game, I'll call you a moron to your face. Now, there's a difference between using deception to advance yourself in the game and using deception to cause drama and create chaos. One of them actually works to your advantage, while the other just makes everyone hate you. Luckily, we haven't had much unnecessary drama and chaos at camp, which means everyone's playing a great social game. The alliance that sits atop that social totem pole will decide who's going home tonight.