> The people who win the money aren't making anything. It's CBS who's making all the money from all you people watching it!
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> Li-Just played Perfect Dark for 6 hours-face

[tangent]Actually, they're making money from the advertisers who want the exposure that all of you are giving to the show.[/tangent]

> > Now, aside from all the strategies I've heard about how to win/survive, it appears that the only successful way to win is to lie at some point during the 39 days on the island (i.e. telling person A you are going to vote for person B to get booted but actually voting for person A). First of all, do you think that someone could win without ever lying? Second, is lying acceptable in this situation? Why?

It sounds not that far removed from the classic Avalon Hill board game Diplomacy. To win, one must form alliances and know when to backstab one's ally.

Alliances are legal in the game and only one person can win -- I think it is an imperative to form and break alliances (read: lie).

According to the CBS website alliances are legal and part of the game. However, you cannot make alliances to split the prize money after the game is over.

Someone might be able to win by forming alliances and not being the stabber, only being the stabbee. I think it would be hard to do, but it would be possible.

> > Bonus question: Do you think a person who would never lie outside of this situation would lie because of the money or because it is a TV/Game Show where the rules are different?

Yes. It's a game. It's akin to bluffing in poker or breaking alliances in Diplomacy.

-Faux "hasn't watched the show" Pas