If he had thought of it then. I get the impression that he didn't. Nobody knows for sure except Ian.
Forgetting for a moment that he gave his betrayal away (stoopid), what was really going on is that after almost 12 hours he figured out that he could do a "noble" thing and win back respect if he gave up the challenge. Funny how the more time passed the more inclined he was to be noble, Something he could have done at least six hours earlier.
If he had thought of it then. I get the impression that he didn't. Your guess is not necessarily any more accurate than mine.
Nope, he lost his will and gave up the challenge under the guise of being noble.
It if was just a matter of giving up and losing his will, he could have taken Tom's offer to take him to the final two for quitting, where he certainly had a better chance of beating Tom than Katie did, not only when Tom offered him that on the pole but after he jumped off. While I think Katie's emotional outbursts and tears were calculated, I don't think his was. I think he honestly wanted people to like him and was hurt that Tom (who had become a father figure) voted against him and lost respect for him. Sorry, but I'm getting the impression that some people here simply can't accept decisions made on the basis of nobility and respect instead of greed and are reading more into what Ian did than was plainly there. I imagine that it's very easy to see everything people do in selfish terms if you dismiss any possibility of people doing things for any other reason.
If it makes people feel any better, sacrificing his own position in the final two to win back the respect of Tom and Katie can be viewed as a selfish act. Ian was willing to pay off Tom and Katie for their forgiveness. He did get something out of it. Money is not all that people care about and I'm not sure why people can't believe that Ian was willing to pay for respect.
"If he had thought of it then. I get the impression that he didn't."
My point exactly. If he wasn't so stupid it would have taken 12 hours to figure it out.
"Money is not all that people care about and I'm not sure why people can't believe that Ian was willing to pay for respect."
I'm not sure he deserves respect for figuring out that he could buy back some respect and at the same time quit the challenge without giving the appearance that he was quitting. On the other hand, that's a pretty smart move.
Naw, still took him 12 hours to figure it out. Stoopid.