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Post by cody on Oct 9, 2013 5:42:45 GMT -5
I had a nice long confessional and accidentally deleted it all so I'm writing this.
I AM LIVID.
Sorry I've been MIA a bit, I had a midterm yesterday, and another today. Lovely.
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Post by cody on Oct 9, 2013 5:52:26 GMT -5
With Brookie gone, it means my side is up 5-3. We're not quite to the point of splitting votes, in fact- I doubt we will. There's no idols, or hidden items, so what's the point really? Anyway...
Some interesting things came up in TC last night (well, two nights ago, w/e) but a lot of people seem to think I am most likely to win the game. This is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because hey, it means I may actually have a shot at this thing, but it comes with a cost- a target on my back. Suddenly, people are beginning to think of me as some huge threat / force to be reckoned with? Wut. It's kinda frustrating, because I don't feel like I've done much to warrant it, but what can I say? If I can successfully navigate the next few weeks, it will be worth it.
There are a couple of approaches I can take when it comes to countering these allegations.
1) I can play a bit more Under the Radar. This will require me to be less social, and less active, and appear to be less of a threat. When I say less social, I mainly mean with people like Ricky, Jedda, and Nax -- but a little with my own alliance as well. I don't want them to think I'm ~play up the social game~ to get Jury votes, so I want to appear weak and feeble. This way, it'll lessen the likelihood of my alliance blindsiding me. If they think they can beat me in the end, why would they want to take me out prematurely, right?
2) I could strike first. The fact that people view me as a threat has me HELLA paranoid that I may be blindsided sooner rather than later, which is super frustrating. I just proved to these people (Joe, Jermaine, Brenda, and Woods) that I am loyal to them by backstabbing the Nicole, Ricky, and Jedda, so I would hope they'll be loyal to me. Honestly, me backstabbing my alliance is highly unlikely, because they've done nothing to cause me to doubt them, it's just my paranoias. But it's a possibility.
I guess, 3) I could also sacrifice myself to go to Redemption Cove for my alliance, if they doubt me enough. Meaning, I could give my 50 coins away to Brenda/Woods and somehow get myself in the bottom 2/3 or something, idk. If this makes them trust me more or whatever and is my only shot to not be voted out/blindsided, then hell yeah I'll take it. I'm confident enough in my competition skills to survive on Redemption Cove, but I'd rather not. I'd rather stick around with my alliance and hope they trust me, because I'm putting a lot of trust in them now. It's just frustrating that I'm all choked up to be some huge threat, when I felt I had an easy pass to the final 3 up until this point-- I felt confident I could play middle man in my alliance between Joe/Jermaine and Brenda/Woods, but if they view me as a threat, maybe they will want me out before the final 5? Who knows? I could also be blindsided at the final 4, I guess.
Let's say I go to the final 5 with my alliance. Brenda goes 3-2. Then I assume Woods would go 3-1... buuut Joe/Jermaine could blindside me. 2-1-1. I guess at this point if I'm paranoid enough I could vote WITH Woods in the initial vote- I could explain I felt Brenda was the 5th in our alliance, so I voted her out. Then get him on my side to vote Jermaine, so it'd tie 2-2 between Jermaine and whoever Joe/Jermaine vote (between Woods and I). If Joe/Jermaine were honest with me and voted Woods, I will vote Woods out in the re-vote, but if they lied and they actually voted for me, then Woods will keep me in the TB because he'd have no reason to doubt I wouldn't have kept him, hehe- the trickery!
Anyway that's way far ahead and I just wanted to voice my opinions and thoughts.
Time to go study for my microecon exam which is in like 12 hours. Jesus Christ.
Oh, and the live event tonight- I just hope to win immunity. I think these answers are gonna be very telling, and hopefully it gets a target off of my back, but who knows? Eek.
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