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Post by Woods on Sept 16, 2013 19:24:01 GMT -5
(Sorry, Billy yelled at me, told me to condense this mess!!!! )
Looking around the island, I see a wide variety of people, that I can use to my advantage... and some people I need to stay away from... well, one in particular.
I was watching the returnees get off the helicopter and I was excited until the final person came off the copter.
Jermaine... why are you here? I don't need you here ruining this for me.
I have known Jermaine for probably 5+ years and it has been full of bad blood. We have always been on opposite sides of every argument... which I refused to back down from, as I was usually standing up for the underdog against the veterans who were ganging up on them. We have had our fair share of arguing, voting each other off, cursing and yelling at each other.
My only saving grace is that or this game, I am going by "WOODS" ... hopefully he wont make the connection between the screen name and / or the pictures!
Game plan for Jermaine... pretend I don't know him, work with him if I have to and share with no one that I know him. Keeping my hands clean when it comes to Jermaine!
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Post by Woods on Sept 16, 2013 19:25:05 GMT -5
I like Aaron. He is a history major going for his Masters Degree... I have a history degree myself. Gives us something to relate over... We were talking game early on. One of the first people I talked game with. We were both concerned on how tribes would be picked...
** Convo between myself and Aaron **
Aaron: im confused
Woods: i think there is going to be some kind of twist in the beginning where someone doesn't make it
or maybe there will be some challenge... and the winner will start a school yard pick...and whoever doesn't get picked, will go home right away... thats my thinking
Aaron: oh that'd be kinda interesting
Wood: well, if that goes down... I hope i survive. haha
Aaron: well as long as we're social in the beginning i think it'd be ok
Wood: Im trying! I like you though, we have some things in common... so if we end up in a school yard pick... i'll make sure i pick you, if I need to save you!
Aaron: oh, definitely. seems like we'd be a good fit for sure.
Aaron is a history major, I was a history major... we related on that level and it transitioned into game play. He is def. someone I would hang with off the island... I think we will be able to do some damage in this game if we are on the same tribe.
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Game Play Thoughts: I am going to play this game in steps... first step, surviving the first challenge and getting on a tribe. There are too many people to not start with a twist. Make a couple close friends and make sure they help you get there. After that, we try to make the merge... then we try to make jury... then we make it to the end. Baby steps!
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Post by Woods on Sept 16, 2013 19:25:42 GMT -5
So we are hanging out... and this younger kid comes running over introducing himself and before I could even get my name out, he let out his biggest concern with the game...
B.K: i hope people dont use my age agisnt me
Woods: how old r u?
B.K im 14
Time to get this kid on my side... hes obvious scared and will be a vote on my side, if i can ease his anxiety!
Woods: age dont matter. ha. at 14, you would be an assett to the tribe
B.K: ya well ya im the youngest in the cast everyone else is 18+ it kinda is but i dont know how others thinnk
Woods: i think it would be. b/c you would always be around, most likely.. no disrespect intended. but at night, you probably dont have a lot to do like college kids, who have classes and work at night after school.
know what i mean
B.K: ya completely understand... im somewhat hoping people underestimate me
Woods: I think they may... just play it cool, live it up... and enjoy your time in the game
is this your first game?
B.K: Yes, is that necesarily a bad thing?
Woods: No
B.K: so alliance? even if we arent on same tribe we can meet up at merge?
Woods: Sure, I'll work with ya as much as I can...
Another person to watch my back in order to get me through the first round of this game and onto a tribe... never hurts to have friends... my only concern, this being his first game... he probably had this same conversation with 15 other people... guess we will find out.
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Post by Woods on Sept 16, 2013 19:26:13 GMT -5
Brenda.. she seems like a cool chick... seems a little lost when it comes to the game. I was talking with her a bit, she said she likes the way I think... maybe this means she'll like the way I think when it comes time to voting and will vote with me?
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Brookie... I said hello, her response was, "youre hot!" ... now, thats for the compliment and I am going to compliment you too, even if I don't mean it because its great for my social game... but don't think you will see this guy in a survivor island-mance... that never ends well. Im here to win. I can find girls back home!
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Joe... I like joe but something joe said scared me a bit... he said, "you look familiar!' ... thats not good when it comes to these games... did I screw you over in a past life?! Got to go back and try to figure that out, discretely. I do like him though. We had a good chat. someone i could work with.
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Quanz - not a fan. The first returnee that may need to go, aside from Jermaine. If I could manage to get them both out, I'd be ok with that. You had your turn, go home... plus he was very BLAH in our initial conversation like he was too cool to talk to me.
This is going to be an interesting game...
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Post by Woods on Sept 16, 2013 19:29:12 GMT -5
After a long day on the beach, I think we found a way to beat the caste system...
Woods: I think I know how to beat the system and get us some security the first couple rounds of this game?
Aaron: Go ahead...
Woods: 21 people, 3 tribes, 7 people each... a core group of four could control any voting that would happen in any of the tribes... pending we all end up on the same tribe with performance rankings.
Aaron: But the triangle is smaller on the top and wider at the bottom, what if it is 5 - 7 - 9?
Woods: good point... but I think the theory will still work... but who do we bring in?
Aaron: who have you talked to?
Woods: really, the only people I trust are you and animal.
Aaron: I have talked to a few people but nothing substantial.
Woods: yeah, same here. I'd like to bring in Animal.
Aaron: But if we bring him in.. you need to make sure that he thinks I'm the third.
And not you and me to make him feel more comfortable with the idea.
Woods: No doubt. Let me go work on this...
Aaron is my main wingman in this game, so far. We have really clicked and that is where my allegiance lies... but I also like Animal... so if I can keep them both safe, I'll be a happy Survivor.
Woods: may i suggest an idea to you...
Animal: yes you may
I then went on to explain the concept behind the core group of people working together, the same way Aaron and I talked about it but I made it appear to be an original idea that no one ever heard before...
Woods: what do u think?
Animal: I think it's a good idea...it'd just be hard to arrange unless we all threw the challenge? o.O and it could get obvious
WHAT?! Why are we throwing challenges? Maybe I picked the wrong person to work with... did he leave his brain at home?
Woods: oh no, animal. you are looking at this all wrong my friend... four of us work together to get on the first tribe....so we dont have to go to tribal...but if the unfortunate happens... and we end up on second or third... we would be ok b/c we have each other
Animal: Oh duh, I got you, very smart. Im down.
Then it was time to figure out who the four people would be... of course, I wanted Aaron to be in my group... but then Animal drops names that didnt include Aaron.
Animal: How about you, me, fei and Zack...
What do I do? What do I do? ahhhh, Aaron made a good point earlier and its time to use that to my advantage now...
Woods: wow. dude. what if the tribes are not even? what if its 5 - 7 - 9... instead of 7-7-7?
Animal: Or 3 - 7 - 11...
Woods: true dude. maybe we should do 5?!?!
Animal: yeah.
Woods: What about... me, you , fei, zack and Aaron?
Animal: I'd be game for that...
Woods: and the Animal House Alliance was born...
I named the alliance after Animal to give him a bit more security in his decision than I already have. I let him control the decision making with little input so he feels like it is totally his call on the creation of this.
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Post by Woods on Sept 16, 2013 19:30:38 GMT -5
This first immunity was a killer... but I had a great strategy the whole time...
Tree mail said that we could work together... so as you guys know, I formed the #AnimalHouse to help get me through this phase of the game. Well, Aaron and Animal dominated this challenge. They were on box 4 before I posted for box 2... but this also meant they had the passwords for each of the cages as well. As they shared the passwords, I unlocked my cages and just continued on my way without having to look up one answer. I let myself stay in 3rd place for most of the challenge as I did not want to look THAT strong and get the amulet but I wanted to secure my IMMUNITY! Half way through the challenge, I realized that they were posting double pictures... which blew my mind.. as it clearly stated in the directions that you couldn't do that.. but I continued on my way hoping that their errors would not move me to the top of the scoreboard and win me the amulet!
In the end, #AnimalHouse prevailed and Animal won the Amulet and I won IMMUNITY for myself...
a very successful day for me and my crew...
yes, this was a devious plan as I did not contribute much and just rode coattails but at the end of the day, I am here to win... if I have to use #AnimalHouse to do that, I will. great guys and 1 girl BUT only one of us can win!
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Post by Woods on Sept 16, 2013 19:31:01 GMT -5
Brahmin - My tribe couldn't be more ideal. 4 of the 6 people from #AnimalHouse made this tribe. gives me 3 less people to worry about. Joe is also on this tribe. My side alliance... so thats another person I dont have to worry about!
Vaishya - There is no one on this tribe I care about. Any of them could go and it would not impact my game at all.
Shundra - This tribe is my least favorite though. Aaron and Zack are in this tribe. I can't lose either of them as that means we lose numbers... but if we lose one of them, I could pull in Joe and it wouldnt be my side alliance anymore and I would be in the clear.... This tribe is also clearly divided... Tabby / Honey v.s. Quanz / B.K ... so Aaron and Zack really are the swing votes to decide who goes home... but I know one thing, it wont be Aaron since he will be receiving the amulet!
Game on!!! time to go sit back and relax and watch this first round unfold!
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Post by Woods on Sept 17, 2013 16:21:16 GMT -5
Jeffy and Tabby went to Redemption Cove... not worried about this at all... neither of them had any impact on my game at all.
This round made me realize one thing... I need to be more social with some people. I had no connections with the people in the second caste tribe from this round. If I would have been in that tribe, I would have been screwed!
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