Post by ellen on Jun 19, 2013 13:25:15 GMT -5
6/18/13
Coming back from Judgment, we obviously eliminated someone who could have been a huge asset to us in team challenges. Going forward, it's going to be interesting to see if this tribe can still rally together or not.
For my game and for Luca's, based on Emily's parting words alone, I think that it was the best case scenario for Judgment to go down the way that it did. For the whole of the tribe though, it's impossible to say yet. We'll find out soon if we can pull it together or not.
At Judgment I was accused of having some kind of army fighting for me in this game, which honestly, nothing could be further from the truth. I have never before felt such a pronounced target on my back in a game. I've heard all about the seeds being planted about me, by certain people on other tribes, meant to paint me in some sort of horrible light. There's an obvious push from behind the scenes for me to leave sooner rather than later. If anything, that alleged army isn't with me, it's against me.
Take Hannah and Perry for instance, I really enjoy them both as people, but I know that in this game they will never have my back. They won't because of what certain people have told them about me, about what I'm apparently capable of and about what connections I have. So regardless of how well we'd get along otherwise, the truth is that they were never going to have my back over here. It's all a little bit fake.
So that leaves Knox and Selena, they're the swing votes right now. Based on what I've been told, at this point, I trust that the two of them will stick with Luca and I. Multiple parties are trying so hard to influence things though, it's going to be an uphill battle to keep everything secure.
6/19/13
With only one tribe being able to secure safety this round, a lot is on the line in this challenge. I feel like I want to win it so badly, not only to keep myself safe, but to help advance my tribe as well. Once again though, the odds seem stacked against us.
With me doing so much work on the actual layers, I'm a little worried that it seems as though I only care about Individual Immunity, which isn't true. I want to ask my tribe for assistance, but everyone's availability to participate is so sporadic, we can't get any sort of assembly line going to churn these layers out faster.
It's almost like no one on Eduro wants to step up into a leadership position. Hannah is trying and I appreciate and love her for it, but there's a severe lack of collaboration going on for all of us right now; there's just something we're not doing right.
Legatu and Proelia, both teams seem to be functioning like well oiled machines; the gap, in this challenge at least, just keeps widening and so the only strategy I can think of is to just be as meticulous and careful as possible. It's probable that we lack the physicality to go head to head with the competition in this one, so our best bet is to make sure that what we do have going is perfect and then hope that the other tribes sacrifice accuracy in the name of speed.
6/19/13
I'm so obsessed with Perry. I mean how could you not be. Here's a little gem of a conversation that the two of us had during the challenge:
Yeah buddy, this is All-Stars, the dumb shtick isn't going to fly this time around.
6/20/13
We lost again, which was honestly expected. Our morale is spiraling pretty low right now. I'm torn, because I want to keep the team strong, but at the same time I need to know that I'll be safe if we have to keep attending Judgment.
The fact that we were ahead of Proelia this time tells me that this team can succeed; it's just a question of when and if it will happen, or if the momentum has gotten away from us now.
The deal made between Knox, Luca, Selena and myself was for Perry to go at this point.
However, Knox and Luca were really dragging in the challenge, so naturally Perry is pushing hard for one of them to go.
Perry proposed to me that he and I ditch the dead weight and team up. Even if I believed that he wanted to work with me (which I don't,) I don't think that it would be a good move. Perry participated more in the challenge, true, but his actual contribution was pretty minimal. It's not like keeping him around is going to drastically benefit this team.
And also, since people on other tribes have taken it upon themselves to smear my name (hi AJ and Cassie!), calling me dangerous and untrustworthy and just throwing general shade in my direction, I see no reason to support their lies by turning my back on the people who have proven their loyalty to me. I'd just end up looking like the snake that they make me out to be.
My worry though is that if Perry realizes that campaigning to me is ultimately a dead end, he's going to try and find the numbers somewhere else... and a Perry with his back up against a wall, is a very dangerous thing. I'm not completely sure of how to handle things at this point.
6/20/13
Because he sees the writing on the wall, Perry has been hunting for the Hidden Immunity Idol all day. It's been pretty clear; he might as well be holding a flashing sign that says, "SHH, BE VEWY VEWY QUIET, I'M HUNTING IDOLS."
If Perry finds the HII, then most likely Luca is the one going out at Judgment this round, which would be a disaster. So it's time to either dig deep or GTFO.
Dominic and Gloria are two people that Luca and I agree that we can trust, so being in such close proximity to them, we all came together and decided to go all out.
***
***
I found it! I'm now the proud holder of my very own Idol... no our own Idol really. I'm definitely going to use it to try and further all of our positions in the game. Dominic, Gloria, Luca and I, we worked hard for it. It's honestly a miracle that I found it when I did. This couldn't have come at a more perfect time... we're about to head to Judgment, but Perry's still poking around... apparently Mark found the Idol on Proelia... my mind is racing and I can hardly contain my excitement! Shh!
Coming back from Judgment, we obviously eliminated someone who could have been a huge asset to us in team challenges. Going forward, it's going to be interesting to see if this tribe can still rally together or not.
For my game and for Luca's, based on Emily's parting words alone, I think that it was the best case scenario for Judgment to go down the way that it did. For the whole of the tribe though, it's impossible to say yet. We'll find out soon if we can pull it together or not.
At Judgment I was accused of having some kind of army fighting for me in this game, which honestly, nothing could be further from the truth. I have never before felt such a pronounced target on my back in a game. I've heard all about the seeds being planted about me, by certain people on other tribes, meant to paint me in some sort of horrible light. There's an obvious push from behind the scenes for me to leave sooner rather than later. If anything, that alleged army isn't with me, it's against me.
Take Hannah and Perry for instance, I really enjoy them both as people, but I know that in this game they will never have my back. They won't because of what certain people have told them about me, about what I'm apparently capable of and about what connections I have. So regardless of how well we'd get along otherwise, the truth is that they were never going to have my back over here. It's all a little bit fake.
So that leaves Knox and Selena, they're the swing votes right now. Based on what I've been told, at this point, I trust that the two of them will stick with Luca and I. Multiple parties are trying so hard to influence things though, it's going to be an uphill battle to keep everything secure.
6/19/13
With only one tribe being able to secure safety this round, a lot is on the line in this challenge. I feel like I want to win it so badly, not only to keep myself safe, but to help advance my tribe as well. Once again though, the odds seem stacked against us.
With me doing so much work on the actual layers, I'm a little worried that it seems as though I only care about Individual Immunity, which isn't true. I want to ask my tribe for assistance, but everyone's availability to participate is so sporadic, we can't get any sort of assembly line going to churn these layers out faster.
It's almost like no one on Eduro wants to step up into a leadership position. Hannah is trying and I appreciate and love her for it, but there's a severe lack of collaboration going on for all of us right now; there's just something we're not doing right.
Legatu and Proelia, both teams seem to be functioning like well oiled machines; the gap, in this challenge at least, just keeps widening and so the only strategy I can think of is to just be as meticulous and careful as possible. It's probable that we lack the physicality to go head to head with the competition in this one, so our best bet is to make sure that what we do have going is perfect and then hope that the other tribes sacrifice accuracy in the name of speed.
6/19/13
I'm so obsessed with Perry. I mean how could you not be. Here's a little gem of a conversation that the two of us had during the challenge:
Ellen: Do you want to update our letter tally with Hannah's 21st through 26th layers? I made one through the 20th, on the second page, if not I can do it though it's no big deal!
Perry: Say that again.
In English. 
Ellen: Perry, look, we all know you're smart, I watched your season and I specifically commented on it.
You don't have to be coy.
Perry:
Perry: Say that again.
In English. 
Ellen: Perry, look, we all know you're smart, I watched your season and I specifically commented on it.
You don't have to be coy.Perry:
Yeah buddy, this is All-Stars, the dumb shtick isn't going to fly this time around.
6/20/13
We lost again, which was honestly expected. Our morale is spiraling pretty low right now. I'm torn, because I want to keep the team strong, but at the same time I need to know that I'll be safe if we have to keep attending Judgment.
The fact that we were ahead of Proelia this time tells me that this team can succeed; it's just a question of when and if it will happen, or if the momentum has gotten away from us now.
The deal made between Knox, Luca, Selena and myself was for Perry to go at this point.
However, Knox and Luca were really dragging in the challenge, so naturally Perry is pushing hard for one of them to go.
Perry proposed to me that he and I ditch the dead weight and team up. Even if I believed that he wanted to work with me (which I don't,) I don't think that it would be a good move. Perry participated more in the challenge, true, but his actual contribution was pretty minimal. It's not like keeping him around is going to drastically benefit this team.
And also, since people on other tribes have taken it upon themselves to smear my name (hi AJ and Cassie!), calling me dangerous and untrustworthy and just throwing general shade in my direction, I see no reason to support their lies by turning my back on the people who have proven their loyalty to me. I'd just end up looking like the snake that they make me out to be.
My worry though is that if Perry realizes that campaigning to me is ultimately a dead end, he's going to try and find the numbers somewhere else... and a Perry with his back up against a wall, is a very dangerous thing. I'm not completely sure of how to handle things at this point.
6/20/13
Because he sees the writing on the wall, Perry has been hunting for the Hidden Immunity Idol all day. It's been pretty clear; he might as well be holding a flashing sign that says, "SHH, BE VEWY VEWY QUIET, I'M HUNTING IDOLS."
If Perry finds the HII, then most likely Luca is the one going out at Judgment this round, which would be a disaster. So it's time to either dig deep or GTFO.
Dominic and Gloria are two people that Luca and I agree that we can trust, so being in such close proximity to them, we all came together and decided to go all out.
***
Ellen: I wonder if it could be like three letters each, the 'acddeghks' clue, three biblical figures instead of nine.
Dominic: Mark thinks that our video could be a reference to David and Goliath.
Luca: Just think you guys... if you were Morgan where would you hide an Idol?
Dominic: OMG, you guys hold on...
Gloria: *Zzz*
Dominic: OMG, you guys I just got into ours... the password is 'davidslaysgoliath'... OMG!
Ellen: OMG!
Luca: OMG!
Dominic: Mark and I found it together but OMG, waiting to see...
Ellen: OMG, so ours must be something like 'estherkillshaman'...
Luca: Ugh... that doesn't work... we need this Idol guys... Perry is getting close.
Ellen: OMG... hold on, okay... OMG! Okay, just a second... ;D
Luca: What?!
Ellen: ...
Luca: OMG... what!?
Dominic: OMG... did you get in?
Gloria: *Zzz*
Ellen: ...
Luca: ...
Dominic: ...
Ellen: ... I GOT IN! The password is 'estherdefeatshaman'... OMG! I'm the first one in!
Luca: ... OMG! ;D
Dominic: Yay! ;D
Dominic: Mark thinks that our video could be a reference to David and Goliath.
Luca: Just think you guys... if you were Morgan where would you hide an Idol?
Dominic: OMG, you guys hold on...
Gloria: *Zzz*
Dominic: OMG, you guys I just got into ours... the password is 'davidslaysgoliath'... OMG!
Ellen: OMG!
Luca: OMG!
Dominic: Mark and I found it together but OMG, waiting to see...
Ellen: OMG, so ours must be something like 'estherkillshaman'...
Luca: Ugh... that doesn't work... we need this Idol guys... Perry is getting close.
Ellen: OMG... hold on, okay... OMG! Okay, just a second... ;D
Luca: What?!
Ellen: ...
Luca: OMG... what!?
Dominic: OMG... did you get in?
Gloria: *Zzz*
Ellen: ...
Luca: ...
Dominic: ...
Ellen: ... I GOT IN! The password is 'estherdefeatshaman'... OMG! I'm the first one in!
Luca: ... OMG! ;D
Dominic: Yay! ;D
***
I found it! I'm now the proud holder of my very own Idol... no our own Idol really. I'm definitely going to use it to try and further all of our positions in the game. Dominic, Gloria, Luca and I, we worked hard for it. It's honestly a miracle that I found it when I did. This couldn't have come at a more perfect time... we're about to head to Judgment, but Perry's still poking around... apparently Mark found the Idol on Proelia... my mind is racing and I can hardly contain my excitement! Shh!