Shii Ann has been compared pre-game as being as machiavelian as Rich. Do you have a winner w/Shii Ann? Here are my points:

1 - Minority status

Shii Ann is the only Asian American to have played the game. At the time, Rich was the only gay person to have played. Yes, there were other minorities on both series, but nonetheless, Rich could be seen as a minority who won, and Shii Ann has that same potential.

2 - Doing wierd stuff

Rich - walking around naked, not really socially acceptable.
Shi - eating chicken guts. Not nearly as bad, but definitely different enough to be perceived as being... well, different.

3 - Doubletalk

Rich wouldn't even admit to alliances to Jeffy. Shi has been saying one thing in confessional and then another to the tribe.

4 - negative perception, yet not enough to get booted

Rich was seen as arrogant from the beginning. He grated against people as they initially setup camp. Yet when the first TC came around, the camp voted for Rudy and Sonja. He never received a vote until the merge.

Shii has also rubbed some people wrong, but the fire sleepers were even worse, thus she was protected.

5 - corporate backgrounds

Rich is a corporate trainer, Shi is a corporate recruiter. They both understand business politics, interpersonal relations, and they know how to say what they need to in order to get what they want and to get things done.

Shii Ann has what it takes to go the distance. Not sure how she'll form an alliance, unless it is with Jake AND Ken. She has Jake, but she needs a third if she wants to make F3.