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Post by keith on Jul 23, 2016 23:23:12 GMT -5
Just testing don't mind me
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Post by keith on Jul 26, 2016 21:41:00 GMT -5
Round 1/Final 15:Alrighty. I haven't really thought of a theme for this confessional. So I'll just run through the stuff that has happened to me game wise. I'll TRY to keep it chronological but that doesn't always pan out.
So to begin with I was glad that the AIMs were distributed after the tribe reveal. Talking to people before tribes is usually meaningless. On the day of the tribe reveal I talked to 2 people.
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Post by keith on Jul 28, 2016 15:13:26 GMT -5
As the challenge started I really did not have high hopes. Hoang looked like the only person fully into it. I tried contributing but got busy with work stuff and logged off for the night.
When I showed up the next day, Cochran had finally shown up and was being quite the OTT presence in the Ceviche chat. I didn't MIND it because he was being enthusiastic. That being said I have yet to actually talk to him 1-1Ally potential - 6/10He seems like the chatty overplayer type. And I am not certain I have the patience for that right now.Ken talked to me as we were getting ready to do the searching part and said that he wants to have my back. I appreciated that a lot and I feel like Hoang and I are very compatible allies. He seems to be a strategic thinker who doesn't care MUCH for idle chit chat. I would say he is my #1 in the game right now but I do recognize that a lot of people (both on my tribe and other tribes) likely see him that way too. I just have to make sure to keep putting in the work with him.Ally potential - 10/10 We make a good team so far.
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Post by keith on Jul 30, 2016 20:41:13 GMT -5
Round 2/Final 14Swap! I did not expect a swap to happen so soon but I guess since the game had to start at 15 people it expedited the swap. I was kinda underwhelmed by who I ended up with. I still am underwhelmed but I have to make due.
Tenerelli was the person I was most anxious to talk with post-swap. We didn't really have the best relationship on OG Ceviche. Over here we have talked a lot more and bonded a little. I feel a lot better with her than I did when the swap was announced. We have talked about working together and ditching Cochran.Ally potential - 7/10 I am still not SOLD on her being with me completely but its heading in the right direction.
This guy is sooooo boring lol. He just stops replying after a couple minutes ad disappears. It's pretty freaking bad and if not for someone else being just way WAY worse over here I would want Freberg gone first.Ally potential - 0/10 He gives me nothing to work with.
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Post by keith on Aug 2, 2016 12:25:37 GMT -5
Final 13/Round 3So we merged! LOL. There's no way this is permanent. But who knows! Soooo we have a 13 person tribal council. Kimmel won immunity which was all well and good since she was unlikely to be a boot target. I'll try to run through the people I talked to since we have merged.
Markham made it clear that she wanted either Holden or Tenerelli out this round. She and I have a pretty easy going rapport. Problem is she isn't on a lot. She is kinda set on wanting Holden out this round. I have changed my opinion on Malcolm a lot since we merged. I originally wanted him out for being boring/unresponsive. But I didn't want to alienate Markham. But then I heard he considers me an ally which was really surprising. And now he is kinda leading the charge to boot Yau, someone who I am fine with booting. So as of now I am on board with working with Malcolm. Alecia is the other boot target this round as far as I know. People find her to be boring and she isn't around much. I gave her the heads up and told her she needs to work on swaying Kent and McDevitt to her side. She appreciated it. Darnell and I have a weird relationship. He kinda tries to flirt with me? I LIKE talking to him but it's usually nonversations that go nowhere. We HARDLY talk game. Yau is so transparent lol. After the auction first thing he asks me "What names have you heard for the vote" "What did you get". Blatant info digging and he doesn't return the favor. I'd like him to be the boot but apparently there's fear of him having the idol. Hoang and I are back on good terms I think. He is great to strategize with. He and I agree that we just want to lay low and not make waves. We're on the same page for now. Kent has been a little wishy washy this round. Originally when I brought up that Yau could be the vote, he seemed reluctant. Today I am hearing that he is on board for a Yau vote. So yeah as of now what it looks like is this
Liz, Lindsey, Taj, Darnell, Yau - voting Alecia Tenerelli, Malcolm, Kimmel, Alecia - voting Yau McDevitt, Hoang, Kent, Keith - undecided
And I just heard back from Kent that he is trying to organize a split vote to take out Yau? Wow this looks messier than I imagined. I would PREFER to save Holden but I won't risk my neck for it. Looks like it will be an eventful day.
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Post by keith on Aug 5, 2016 14:27:38 GMT -5
Final 12/Round 4So this round is annoying to me. The majority rules came at an inconvenient time and put the target squarely on Malcolm/Amanda. Now I know I have mentioned how I don't like Malcolm all that much. But seeing him as such a good shield made me want to save him. I am just going to run through where people stand.
Amanda, Malcolm - Perceived tight pair. In trouble this round. BUT Malcolm has an idol. Tenerelli, Morgan, Richter, Taj, Markham - to vote Malcolm Kent, Hoang, Hamiltion, Holden, Keith - to vote Kimmel Yau man's black vote - Malcolm
I am trying to find a way to save both Malcolm AND his idol. I don't think it will work. Tenerelli is dead set on Malcolm going out. And I am pushing back against it hard. For all intents and purposes, I am screwing myself over by showing my cards so early. But I honestly couldn't care less at this point. I want to save Malcolm because I know he is a number on my side. If I can save both him and his idol, that's aces for me. On the other hand if I just let it slide, Malcolm and Amanda are the next two boots, I make it to Final 10. But IDK what happens at that point. Tenerelli is getting power hungrier by the day. And it's not going to end well for me if she is allowed to get much deeper.
Tenerelli has the vote nullify. Taj has the double vote. Tenerelli has McDevitt on her side. And POTENTIALLY Alecia as well. I need to relax. I am gonna vote for Kimmel and stop worrying about this.
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Post by keith on Aug 8, 2016 17:06:29 GMT -5
Final 11/Round 5 Recap:I wont go into too much detail. Natalie threw out a bunch of names out there - Me, Darnell, Alecia, Kent to name a few. In a very surprising turn of events, Morgan spearheaded the Natalie vote which really surprised me. But she didn't talk to me directly. I had to rely on info from Lindsey, Taj, Darnell to figure out what was going on. Ultimately Natalie left , Alecia got a vote here and there from Morgan I believe in case of an idol and Malcolm got to keep his idol. It was actually a really stressful afternoon. Sorry I couldn't confess about it. I was barely able to keep up on AIM being out of the house. It switched around a lot from what I know. It was supposed to be a Malcolm boot, then briefly a Morgan boot then maybe Alecia and then finally it settled on Natalie. It was FUN.Final 10/Round 6:Getting put back into tribes has been both a blessing and a curse for me so far. Especially because of the makeup of this tribe. I don't want to vote ANYONE out. I am smack dab in the middle here and it's BAD. It's too early for me to be in this position and I hate it. I am gonna be burning someone regardless of what I do at this stage. So lets see how this new tribe breaks down for me.
+ V/S + It's split right down the middle. Kent and Taj offered me an alliance of us 3. We made a group chat and all. Kent mentioned he does not like Alecia. She doesn't talk to him much. Taj has expressed liking me on many occasions. And I like her a lot too. Kent and I get along great. Kent is also a shield of sorts to me. Although I could very well be his shield. We won't know that part till we get there.
But on the other side, Malcolm and Alecia are literally alone in this game. Malcolm has an idol that AFAIK only him, Alecia and I know about. I have a very tight bond with Alecia since very early in the game. And I know Malcolm needs me so he will have my back pretty much all the way. He's also a superb shield.
So it's a lose-lose for me because voting off Malcolm would almost definitely alienate Alecia and loses me the big shield. Voting off Alecia is something I just can't do at this point. Although that would PROBABLY be the smartest move long term, I don't think I can bring myself to vote off Alecia. She's a loyal number for me and I don't want to lose her.
On the other hand, if I vote either Kent or Taj, it's likely going to run the entire other tribe the wrong way and it might very well unite the whole cast of 6 people against our trio. So if we merge next round, which I believe we will, then it's 6 v/s 3. We'd need both idols played correctly to get out of that situation and even then we'd be picked off at Final 8/7/6. And this is because Alecia/Malcolm's closest ties are to me. Everyone else sees them as disposable. The smart play for me here is to let go of Alecia, preserve Malcolm's idol and see what happens at Final 9. Lindsey, Darnell, Morgan, Ken, Liz and Kent aren't a united 6 by any stretch of the imagination. But if I openly side with Malcolm/Alecia, that very well COULD unite them all. I do have strong relationships with Ken. I think my bonds with Lindsey and Darnell are getting stronger too. If I side with Malcolm/Alecia it's going to put a huge dent in those and will exhaust all my social capital. One of the reasons Natalie got booted was because she played selfishly in a very open manner. I'll be following right in her footsteps. So I need to look at the consequences of my actions in both cases. On the other tribe I have 2 wildcards at the moment. Liz is a literal floater and will go wherever the wind is blowing. Morgan is against me because she doesn't trust me for whatever reason. We don't talk that much so I can't really blame her. Lindsey and Darnell to me are a pair. I don't think one will work with someone if the other doesn't want to. Ken is my only REAL in to the "other side" as it were. I think I am gonna talk to Ken about whatever I want to do and go from there. I am waiting for the challenge to be over and for us to "officially" lose. But regardless of what happens, this round is going to be both crucial and difficult.
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Post by keith on Aug 9, 2016 16:18:41 GMT -5
Round 6/Final 10 Cont'd:I thought about how I want to play this and I feel like giving Alecia the idol was the best long term move for me. Like I adore Taj a lot. But I don't know where her TRUE loyalties lie. This game has a lot of people who SEEM to be with you/loyal to you on the surface but will ultimately go with what suits their self-interests at the time. Which is fair. But that also means I need to keep people around who I know I can depend on. Alecia is one of those people.
Now the vote itself I am not sure about. I told Alecia I would be voting for her. She was fine with that. She sees the lay of the land like I do and that we would need inside info from Kent when we merge again. The question to me right now is Malcolm's vote. Alecia JUST told Malcolm that she found the idol. So we have to decide if we are going to risk piling our votes onto Alecia and HOPE that Taj/Kent do the same so that it's 4-1, or if Malcolm should vote with Alecia to make it 3-2. The latter is in case Taj and Kent try to pull a fast one on me and vote separately from me. But I don't THINK Kent would do that. I COULD see Taj using her double vote and splitting the vote just in case. But I am willing to risk it. If I go out trying to make a move, so be it. If I stay, I'll be in a great position. It's a gamble and one I am willing to take. No risk no reward right? Let's roll the dice.
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Post by keith on Aug 9, 2016 18:07:28 GMT -5
Also just to make it clear, if this works and Taj is idoled out, I will still feel bad. I like Taj quite a bit and I THINK she likes me. But I KNOW that Alecia will be more loyal to me long term. Taj didn't tell me about Nat throwing out my name as a boot till I specifically asked her. Yes that's a very MINOR thing but little things like that can add up imo. I really did enjoy my interactions with Taj and it's unfortunate that this is how it might end. But it's the game. Sorry Taj
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Post by keith on Aug 9, 2016 20:27:43 GMT -5
MORGAN IS PASSING A FAKE IDOL TO ALECIA. THIS IS COMEDY GOLD AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING. EVEN IF THIS PLAN TONIGHT GOES AWRY I AM SO FUCKING SATISFIED WITH THIS I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING.
Alecia: "Where did you find this"Morgan: "the forum""the forum""THE FORUM"
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Post by keith on Aug 9, 2016 21:23:36 GMT -5
^^^^^^ LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ^^^^^
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Post by keith on Aug 10, 2016 16:54:28 GMT -5
Round 7/Final 9:I am still reeling from what exactly happened during the Final 10 vote. So this confessional is a lot of reflection and a look back at that.
I'll start by applauding whoever found the real idol and hid this fake one. I did not for one single solitary second anticipate that it was fake. MAD PROPS to whoever pulled this off. That being said I am dejected because it led to Alecia being eliminated. I really liked Alecia. I clicked with her almost instantly. Even though I had my doubts about her true loyalties in one of the early rounds, especially when I heard Nat knew about me distrusting her, I believe she was ultimately loyal to me (and Malcolm). Was it the smarter long term move to let her get voted off? Yes. Definitely. I kept my relationships with Kent and Taj pretty intact because I do believe no one knows I gave Alecia the fake idol. Only Malcolm knows that I secretly wanted Taj gone. But Malcolm NEEDS me and he knows that so that information is pretty secure. Despite all that, I am sad that Alecia is no longer in the game.
BUT WE MUST MOVE FORWARD.
During last round I trolled Morgan. And during that convo we basically said we wanted the other out. If we're gonna merge this round, either she or I are the most likely one to be eliminated. Now since Morgan gave Alecia the fake idol, Malcolm and I are worried she has it. But thinking about it today I don't think Morgan has it. Actually I am gonna go through the remaining 8 people and state my take on them vis-a-vis idol
Darnell - Doesn't have it. He's not on the boards long enough to search for it. Kent - COULD have it. He was way too nonchalant about being idoled out last round. Hoang - COULD have it. He and I had an interesting conversation today
Why would Nick tell Hoang something different than what he told me. As of now my guess is that Hoang has it.
Lindsey - Doesn't have it. Same reason as Darnell. Liz - COULD have it. She was very skilled at the Hide and Seek comp. But I do feel like Liz isn't online enough either. Malcolm - Doesn't have it. He would have told me. Morgan - Her passing a fake idol to Alecia was super weird to me. Like why do that? There was no reason other than to be a complete dick to Alecia. But Morgan wanted Alecia out so I could see her doing it for the lolz. IDT Morgan has it. Taj - Doesn't have it. Same reason as Darnell and Lindsey.
As long as Morgan doesn't have it, I think I am good for the F9 vote. I am gonna push for a Morgan boot for sure. And she's gonna push for booting me. I feel like I would have the votes on my side. Kent, Malcolm, Liz, Darnell are people who I feel would rather I stay in over Morgan. Lindsey, Taj, Hoang might not want to vote Morgan but I feel like they might not want to vote me either so they might try to find an alternative. Which would be fine by me really cause that could lead to some stray votes and I'd be safe. So pure votes wise I think I'll be good. But there is a very real possibility of being idoled out. UGH. This game is starting to get REALLY fun and I don't want to leave so soon.
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Post by keith on Aug 12, 2016 18:15:28 GMT -5
Final 9/Round 7 Contd.Kent won safety to the surprise of no one. It was an inconsequential immunity since Kent was never going to be a voting target and based on the nature of the comp, Malcolm, Morgan and I were never going to win. So now we get to the vote.
I feel pretty paranoid that this is the round I will die. I don't have any power or measure of control. Which is fine. But I also have a very aggressive enemy in Morgan. She and I had another chat today which I will include in spoiler tags below.
I don't take alias lightly so I am CONFIDENT I never spread anything about her PERSONAL LIFE. If she thinks off handedly mentioning her timezone (which I am pretty sure I heard from Nat) is spreading personal info then IDK what to tell her. Now full disclosure I do know who people are behind their alias because I play a lot of alias games and come across these people a lot. Here is my ~official guess~ for the people behind aliases
Darnell - SI11 Jaison, Twisted Sally Kent - John Cody from Epic Hell, Amanda Kimmel from Pure6 Ken - IDT I know him but I could be wrong. Lindsey - Leanne from Good and Evil, Jerri from Rustic 5 Liz - ublaz Malcolm - Erik H from Rustic, Bubba from Pure6?? Not sure about this one either. Morgan - Eons Sally, Battlefield 2 Candice Taj - I am not a 100% sure that this is Twisted Host Sierra and if she isn't these two should really meet. I think they'd get along swimmingly. Nat - Tony from Pure6, Eons Phillip Amanda - Rustic Nick, Pure6 Ashlee
So yeah I DO know aliases. But I have not used that info gamewise. That's not my style. And to be accused of that by Morgan did not feel good.
Now onto the vote. Once again everyone and their mother wants Malcolm out. I have Malcolm on one hand telling me he is talking to people like Taj and Hoang. He's putting in effort. And then on the other side they are telling me he never talks to them. Now I know firsthand Maclolm isn't the most engaging guy to talk to. But he is very good strategically. AND HE'S A GODDAMN SHIELD MAN. It's a little irksome to me because I feel like this game might end up being where anyone considered a ~threat~ in anyway will get targeted by everyone else. It's a little short sighted gameplay imo but I suppose my own ego is at fault here because I consider myself a ~threat~
But regardless, there ARE people who would benefit from keeping Malcolm in the game. These people specifically are Liz and Kent. I know that Darnell and even Kent wants to target Liz soon. At least that's what they have made me believe. Liz on the other hand thinks Lindsey, Darnell, Hoang are a trio (this is almost definitely true) and that Darnell is Kent's minion (this is a stretch) Hoang and Lindsey are DEADSET on getting Malcolm out. That's not likely to change. Why not take advantage of that conflict and KEEP Malcolm around so that they keep going after him? Is it really that hard to see the logic behind that? Of course this requires 1 more number. So maybe that's where it is actually falling apart. Taj expressed to me that Malcolm doesn't talk to her so she prefers him going. Now I know from Alecia that Morgan and Taj are at least somewhat close. Morgan alluded to "needing" Taj's double vote down the line. Additionally, Taj slips up a lot here and there when I am talking game with her and lets me know that she knows more info than she is letting on. Which is smart gameplay but not very subtly executed by her imo. So yeah that's my issue at the moment. It would be immensely beneficial to Kent and Liz to keep Malcolm. But the others don't agree so they are diddling along with what others want. And that's understandable since it is only Final 9. Lots of game left.
On the "other side" we have Hoang, Lindsey and Darnell. In our chat today Morgan slipped up and said she chose Hoang over Nat. And in my chat with Hoang today he said he ~told~ Morgan to vote Malcolm. Sloppy gameplay there imo. I think if Malcolm were to leave tonight, Liz would be next boot followed by me and then Kent. Then Hoang would be taken out for being the ~leader~ and then Lindsey for being the most likable one left. The F3 would be Taj, Morgan, Darnell. It's a tossup to me who wins FIC/the game there. I personally like Taj the most of those three so that's how I would lean. This could change and Lindsey could maybe make F3 if Darnell really is more loyal to her. But ESSENTIALLY, it would be an FTC made up of the more UTR players. And while that is a perfectly valid and impressive strategy, it's not one that some of us (like me, Kent and even Hoang) have the luxury of executing. So it's a little frustrating when they lack the foresight or the necessary initiative to do what needs to be done.
HOWEVER, we know that Malcolm isn't leaving tonight. His idol has miraculously made it this far. That's an impressive accomplishment in and of itself. Looks like that idol is going to be played tonight. I would have most definitely preferred it being saved for one more round at least but alas. So that guarantees Malcolm staying in at Final 8 and potentially giving me one more round of safety since I don't think Hoang, Lindsey, Taj will let me get voted out over Malcolm. The WRINKLE here is idol #2. I know I said earlier I suspect Hoang has it. And Hoang is still the prime suspect because of the chatlog and explanation I posted in my last confessional. But there is a chance, however small that Morgan has it. And if she does, she has very reason to play it tonight. If she does play it tonight, she will be voting for me. Now my concern is, I am not really sure how people are ACTUALLY voting. My THEORY is as follows:
Hoang, Richter, Darnell, Taj, Liz, Kent - Malcolm Morgan - Keith Keith - Morgan Malcolm - Hoang.
Now apparently Malcolm said he wants to vote Hoang so that things get shaken up. He told me to vote him so that it becomes like a 1-1 tie between Hoang and Alecia's marked vote which is MOST LIKELY for Morgan because of the whole fake idol thing. I don't really want to do that for a couple of reasons. One is that I have told basically everyone I am voting Morgan so it would look a little sketch if I changed to Malcolm. Secondly, I don't trust that Morgan will vote Malcolm like Hoang said she would. As seen above I feel like Morgan will vote for me this round. She has nothing to lose by doing that ESPECIALLY if she has an idol. Actually now that I think about it, if Morgan has an idol and plays it, there's really nothing I can do lol. I would be flattered though if it takes TWO idols being played in one round to take me out. Even if one of those idols belongs to an ally of mine. So yeah I have to decide if I want to vote Morgan to ensure she either goes home or plays an idol, or do I believe everyone else and vote Malcolm. As of right now, I don't really trust anyone. I feel like I am just being lied to and that the vote is really me because Morgan convinced people to vote me somehow. So I am gonna keep my vote on Morgan. If she plays an idol, GG to her. If she doesn't she SHOULD be going home in a 7-2-1 vote. And if she HAS rallied people against me, I want my last vote cast to be for Morgan.
Now since I am on the topic of Morgan, I just want to state here that I don't dislike Morgan as a person. I haven't known the person playing as Morgan for very long but I have enjoyed knowing them. He's an entertaining person who has a different perspective on things than what is normal. I call him crazy a lot to his face but that's out of affection. Granted my way of expressing affection is not that good. I am myself not a normal person. Which is why I think I click with him in the first place? At the start of this game I IDed him almost immediately. We were TIGHT allies in the last game we played together and we talk a lot on our main non-alias AIMs. But I didn't want to use that to benefit me in the game so I tried something different with him in our first convo (the overly mean thing) From my perspective that rubbed him the wrong way BIG TIME and we never really recovered from that. He claims that's not the case and that he still liked me. It's hard to believe that honestly since I heard from a few different sources that Morgan did not like me. I DID apologize and from my perspective made conscious attempts to mend fences. It didn't work so I left it at that. Morgan accused me of saying talking to her was a waste of time. I am CONFIDENT I have never said that to anyone. All this is to say I didn't make it personal. I kept this ~rivalry~ to strictly withing game confines. That being said, I will be very proud of him if he does pull of my elimination here. Especially today since he got eliminated from another ORG earlier today (I don't THINK anyone else on here is in that game so IDT saying this is breaking any rules). But that doesn't mean that I don't want to be here too. I do want to be here. And I will keep talking to people trying to figure out how the votes are going till deadline. This is a bit of an emotional round for me but it only gets harder from here on out.
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Post by keith on Aug 12, 2016 19:19:56 GMT -5
LMFAO. Apparently the vote is Liz? Darnell just told me he heard from Hoang and Lindsey BOTH that the vote is Liz. THANKS FOR BEING GREAT ALLIES GUYS. REAL SWELL. But also Liz has the second idol HAHAHAHAHAHA. I might throw a vote Hoang's way for the sheer fucking heck of it at this point.
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Post by keith on Aug 12, 2016 20:31:24 GMT -5
The smart move here for Darnell, Kent, Hoang, Richter, McDevitt and Taj would be to vote me. They SHOULD do that. WILL they? I guess we'll find out in 30 mins. I switched back to Morgan and told Liz, Malcolm to do the same in case the 6 of them do a 3-3 split. This is all meaningless though because next round Liz, Malcolm and I will still be in the minority and even IF this works - we get Morgan out, her marked vote will be against me. So I am pretty much sealing my Final 8 placement here. But fuck it. I don't appreciate being lied to. And MAYBE because I kept my word and voted Morgan people will want to keep me around over Liz? IDRK and IDRC. I am EXCITED for TC results no matter what happens. Even if I am the one getting eliminated.
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