Post by thiago on Jun 29, 2013 18:59:13 GMT -5
Things really kicked off this round.
I was blindsided when Quincy was voted off.
I was very sad to see him go and figured he was in a good position. He was my closest ally and I am heartbroken to no longer see him playing. From what I understand, he got a bit comfortable in feeling safe and stirred the pot by telling different people information, which is a shame.
It does look clear to me that the challenge was thrown by Selena, Colleen, Dominic, and Luca, given their scores were so low and they are all thought to be in an alliance with Ellen/Ben on my tribe anyway.
It seems like Cassie and Chase were really stupid and decided to agree to split the vote between Colleen and Luca, allowing the other four to easily take out someone who didn't have the idol most certainly. Poor Michael seems to always be on the outs. I have also heard that Selena pulled the bait and switch multiple times now by saying she wanted Luca out, just like last round, and everyone once again bought into it. She is really playing a devious game it seems.
AJ and I were speaking and I revealed to her some of my concerns about what Quincy had revealed to me, and she opened up to me. I wanted to break whatever wall we had up because when hearing her saying things behind my back it was concerning, so I wanted to confront them and take a risk. She gave me an explanation that I half bought, but I felt she dolled it up a bit in AJ fashion. She did then go straight to Cassie (we are talking within seconds) when I revealed to her that Ben told Ellen everything Cassie did pre-game to try and turn AJ against Ellen. I did this to gain AJ's trust a bit and also make Ben even more of a candidate to boot. However, Cassie messaged me and she wasn't happy. I told AJ that doing things like this is not going to earn my trust, and she was very apologetic. She said that she's questioning Cassie's motivations a lot and I was very honest with her. I have been suprisingly honest in this game. I told her that I do feel Cassie stirred the pot there and Ellen did genuinely seem to like AJ pregame but just felt that she didn't like her. I think AJ feels she was played a bit by Cassie, which is good for me if that's how she really feels because I would like AJ to do her own thing with me.
Cassie got very emotional when talking to me and said that she just doesn't like people talking about that situation because it was bad for everyone, but I think at the end of the day Cassie feels upset because she was caught, not because of any guilt she has for what she did. I tried to patch things up with her and I think I patched the leak up with tape, which means it may burst again in the future.
Mark then told me that him, AJ, Dominic, and Chase were in a sort-of alliance and that Chase and Dominic are probably at odds after Dominic blindsided him with the Quincy vote. I was told something similar from Henry so I believe it. I'd rather let that tribe just self-destruct because I don't trust any of them. I just hope that the next 3 boots aren't Michael/Cassie/Chase and they idol out one of the other four because if we merge at 12 then Ellen/Ben join those 4 and it's a strong 6 at least at the merge and I'm toast.
I also decided to confront Ellen about what Quincy had told me, regarding her thinking I bait people into saying bad things and then manipulate what they say to make her mad at those people. This is really outrageous and the main reason I joined this game was because Ellen told me she needed me or else she'd leave early, and it hurt so much to hear that she was saying that about me because I've been so honest with her and I've given her important information this entire game. Apparently Ben knows this and told AJ that I tell Ellen everything. Both her and Mark found it funny because they said that Ben is one to talk about telling Ellen everything, which is actually very hypocritical of Ben, so I found that funny.
Anyway, so I confronted Ellen and she found back telling me that Colleen screencapped a convo they had and that it was clear. She showed me the convo and it was very visible that Colleen manipulated something I said to make it look like I'm the bad guy, when Colleen herself actually baited me into saying something poorly about Ellen. I even told Ellen during that conversation what I had said, but she decided that Colleen would never lie to her. I think that Ellen is being played by her own team. I think she's so hung up on being a target that her view of reality is distorted from paranoia, and that Luca/Colleen/Dominic/Ben are using her and Selena as a target figurehead and free vote, respectively. However, there's nothing I can do or want to do to help Ellen now. She has completely violated our trust by telling people things I've said to her about AJ early on when she's on skype with her alliance and now she's being a hypocrite and believing Colleen over me when Colleen is playing her. I think Ellen will really regret her distrust of me when the game is over with.
Since all that happened, I've really focused on my social game with Knox and AJ. I know I have Mark and Henry, or at least I think, in my corner, as we are very open with one another and are on the same page stategically. AJ and I have bonded even more than normal and we've both discussed getting the 5 of us together (Mark/Knox/me/her/Henry). I told her I'd get Henry, she tried to get Knox but he is still hestitant to work with me, so I've really been working on socializing with him. I even caught some strong flirtation from his end so I think that things are going well between us and hopefully I can reel him in and we can be a strong 5. We cannot trust Wendy because she seems to be getting close to Ellen now and really, no one trusts a thing Wendy says; however, I've tried to be social with her but it is really difficult to have a conversation with Wendy.
I'm happy that we won the challenge because it buys us more time to soldify and strengthen an alliance for now. I think this is a temporary solution for most of us and not something we all want to the end, which is fine with me. I need to start playing for myself and using my social abilities to prove to people that Ellen and myself are on poor terms, that Ben needs to leave, and that I can be valuable to their games. I can't dominate strategically and I want to feel good after this game. I felt so sad after the last game even though I won. I'm doing this for leisure time. I don't want to hurt anyone and it seems it's only me getting hurt quite often. However, perhaps that's just karma.
I'm optimistic that I can continue to avoid Judgment, and when I do actually go, I'll have a group backing me up without being a figurehead target. There are so many layes in this game that it's really a bad idea to try and overplay. I need to lay back and let these people sink themselves when their double dealing creates drama for them. For now Ellen and I appear to be okay, but I'm not okay with her at all. i don't trust her and I think she's simply a problem in my game at this stage. She has done more hurt to my game than anyone here and I can't forgive her for using me so hard. I even question how legitimate her "F2" with Quincy was, given that her own alliance took him out, which may also be a sign that Ellen really has no control over her alliance, which makes her useful to keep around. This is why I'd rather see Ben leave. He has more potential to win than Ellen does.
I was blindsided when Quincy was voted off.
I was very sad to see him go and figured he was in a good position. He was my closest ally and I am heartbroken to no longer see him playing. From what I understand, he got a bit comfortable in feeling safe and stirred the pot by telling different people information, which is a shame.
It does look clear to me that the challenge was thrown by Selena, Colleen, Dominic, and Luca, given their scores were so low and they are all thought to be in an alliance with Ellen/Ben on my tribe anyway.
It seems like Cassie and Chase were really stupid and decided to agree to split the vote between Colleen and Luca, allowing the other four to easily take out someone who didn't have the idol most certainly. Poor Michael seems to always be on the outs. I have also heard that Selena pulled the bait and switch multiple times now by saying she wanted Luca out, just like last round, and everyone once again bought into it. She is really playing a devious game it seems.
AJ and I were speaking and I revealed to her some of my concerns about what Quincy had revealed to me, and she opened up to me. I wanted to break whatever wall we had up because when hearing her saying things behind my back it was concerning, so I wanted to confront them and take a risk. She gave me an explanation that I half bought, but I felt she dolled it up a bit in AJ fashion. She did then go straight to Cassie (we are talking within seconds) when I revealed to her that Ben told Ellen everything Cassie did pre-game to try and turn AJ against Ellen. I did this to gain AJ's trust a bit and also make Ben even more of a candidate to boot. However, Cassie messaged me and she wasn't happy. I told AJ that doing things like this is not going to earn my trust, and she was very apologetic. She said that she's questioning Cassie's motivations a lot and I was very honest with her. I have been suprisingly honest in this game. I told her that I do feel Cassie stirred the pot there and Ellen did genuinely seem to like AJ pregame but just felt that she didn't like her. I think AJ feels she was played a bit by Cassie, which is good for me if that's how she really feels because I would like AJ to do her own thing with me.
Cassie got very emotional when talking to me and said that she just doesn't like people talking about that situation because it was bad for everyone, but I think at the end of the day Cassie feels upset because she was caught, not because of any guilt she has for what she did. I tried to patch things up with her and I think I patched the leak up with tape, which means it may burst again in the future.
Mark then told me that him, AJ, Dominic, and Chase were in a sort-of alliance and that Chase and Dominic are probably at odds after Dominic blindsided him with the Quincy vote. I was told something similar from Henry so I believe it. I'd rather let that tribe just self-destruct because I don't trust any of them. I just hope that the next 3 boots aren't Michael/Cassie/Chase and they idol out one of the other four because if we merge at 12 then Ellen/Ben join those 4 and it's a strong 6 at least at the merge and I'm toast.
I also decided to confront Ellen about what Quincy had told me, regarding her thinking I bait people into saying bad things and then manipulate what they say to make her mad at those people. This is really outrageous and the main reason I joined this game was because Ellen told me she needed me or else she'd leave early, and it hurt so much to hear that she was saying that about me because I've been so honest with her and I've given her important information this entire game. Apparently Ben knows this and told AJ that I tell Ellen everything. Both her and Mark found it funny because they said that Ben is one to talk about telling Ellen everything, which is actually very hypocritical of Ben, so I found that funny.
Anyway, so I confronted Ellen and she found back telling me that Colleen screencapped a convo they had and that it was clear. She showed me the convo and it was very visible that Colleen manipulated something I said to make it look like I'm the bad guy, when Colleen herself actually baited me into saying something poorly about Ellen. I even told Ellen during that conversation what I had said, but she decided that Colleen would never lie to her. I think that Ellen is being played by her own team. I think she's so hung up on being a target that her view of reality is distorted from paranoia, and that Luca/Colleen/Dominic/Ben are using her and Selena as a target figurehead and free vote, respectively. However, there's nothing I can do or want to do to help Ellen now. She has completely violated our trust by telling people things I've said to her about AJ early on when she's on skype with her alliance and now she's being a hypocrite and believing Colleen over me when Colleen is playing her. I think Ellen will really regret her distrust of me when the game is over with.
Since all that happened, I've really focused on my social game with Knox and AJ. I know I have Mark and Henry, or at least I think, in my corner, as we are very open with one another and are on the same page stategically. AJ and I have bonded even more than normal and we've both discussed getting the 5 of us together (Mark/Knox/me/her/Henry). I told her I'd get Henry, she tried to get Knox but he is still hestitant to work with me, so I've really been working on socializing with him. I even caught some strong flirtation from his end so I think that things are going well between us and hopefully I can reel him in and we can be a strong 5. We cannot trust Wendy because she seems to be getting close to Ellen now and really, no one trusts a thing Wendy says; however, I've tried to be social with her but it is really difficult to have a conversation with Wendy.
I'm happy that we won the challenge because it buys us more time to soldify and strengthen an alliance for now. I think this is a temporary solution for most of us and not something we all want to the end, which is fine with me. I need to start playing for myself and using my social abilities to prove to people that Ellen and myself are on poor terms, that Ben needs to leave, and that I can be valuable to their games. I can't dominate strategically and I want to feel good after this game. I felt so sad after the last game even though I won. I'm doing this for leisure time. I don't want to hurt anyone and it seems it's only me getting hurt quite often. However, perhaps that's just karma.
I'm optimistic that I can continue to avoid Judgment, and when I do actually go, I'll have a group backing me up without being a figurehead target. There are so many layes in this game that it's really a bad idea to try and overplay. I need to lay back and let these people sink themselves when their double dealing creates drama for them. For now Ellen and I appear to be okay, but I'm not okay with her at all. i don't trust her and I think she's simply a problem in my game at this stage. She has done more hurt to my game than anyone here and I can't forgive her for using me so hard. I even question how legitimate her "F2" with Quincy was, given that her own alliance took him out, which may also be a sign that Ellen really has no control over her alliance, which makes her useful to keep around. This is why I'd rather see Ben leave. He has more potential to win than Ellen does.