Well I think it goes both ways, JP.  Yes, people "knew what you could do" so you were a threat, but I merely meant that you had a lot of preexisting relationships with the members of Tambaqui that I did not have, so when we merged, that gave you a definitive advantage in that respect.  Trust me, I know just as well as you do how previous reputations can affect games lol.

And as far as challenges go, my entire effort postmerge was going to be limited in challenges because I really did not have that much internet access.  I COULDN'T even have a chance of winning any sort of posting challenges, so why really bother?  I did what I could, and I don't feel incredibly bad about it since I never needed immunity anyway...  Besides, I pulled out the Final 4 in the clutch because I wanted free reign to vote for whoever I wanted lol.  I'm not challenge inept :P I just didn't always have time and I didn't always need it.