Leader, Schemer and Chameleon

In last weeks episode of Survivor, Tom pled with the rest of the tribe not to penalize him for showing his strength in the challenges. Over the course of the show's history, the alpha male has not been the most successful strategy. In trying to predict the winner of this season's Survivor, let's look at what types of players have historically been most successful.

(PRWEB) May 4, 2005 -- Writer Ben Aaronson examines this issue in detail on www.survivorpw.pw, looking at "The Leader," "The Schemer," and "The Chameleon" as successful Survivor strategists.

Mr. Aaronson sees the Leader as an "alpha-male," dominating the reward and immunity challenges. While this strategy is great as long as there are two teams competing, because the Leader tends to make his own team stronger. However, it quickly becomes a liability when the game becomes individual, since the Leader is now a threat to the others.

The Schemer will do whatever it takes to further himself in the game, even if this means pledging an alliance one week, and disregarding that alliance the next week, if a better opportunity arises. Mr. Aaronson calls the Schemer "a smooth talker and a master manipulator, using other players like chess pieces to move himself closer to the ultimate prize."

Mr. Aaronson sees the Chameleon as the most successful type of player thus far in the show's history. Not being an obviously strong individual, the Chameleon is usually not seen as a threat and tends to blend into the background. This strategy, although passive, tends to get the Chameleon deep into the game.

Read more of Mr. Aaronson's analysis of the types of Survivor players on www.survivorpw.pw, and try to figure out which of these types will carry the crown of Sole Survivor in this competition.

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