I didnt say it was the only reason, Space Alien; I did say it was a major reason. But honestly, do you think me coming to people with deals 2 or 3 days late into the game would have helped me? Maybe, like 1 or 2 more extra tribal councils. But I've been around this site (IMDb) too long to know that if you dont form an alliance on day 1 of a game youre pretty much either just going to be left out and get voted out first or second (lets be honest, it's just easy to vote out someone who is barely active/doesnt socialize as much) OR will be someone's secondary alliance. In the latter case, yes you are working with someone and you have allies, but you are not that person's top ally.
I didnt want to be an alliance's 4th or 5th guy. And that's what I knew I would get if I came over to you guys with offers for an alliance.
Besides, I used my idol on the third round of challenges. So probably 5-6 days after the game started. Not a whole lot of time considering I was busy with real life AND had other IMDb stuff I had to take care of at that time. There just wasnt enough time.