Post by thiago on Jun 16, 2013 9:21:51 GMT -5
Well, here we are again. It feels like it's been one long ass game that's never ending.
I don't think my chances are very good. Fresh off season 5, I think I'm going to be a huge target. Even the people in my own season I didn't end off with the best terms, so it's going to be a huge obstacle to overcome if I'm to even make it to the merge.
I can't play the same game that I played last time. It really depends on my tribe and the direction the game goes. I'm trying to play it off that they all know my game and I just want to enjoy the game this time and see what happens. I would love to make it to the end but I'm not going to be some paranoid freak.
Winners who have done well their second time going:
SANDRA, DR. WILL, PARVATI, DAN
All of them came in not reminding people they won, and also playing it cool early and finding themselves in a majority somewhat. Later, as they stayed in the game longer, they amped up their game when their reputation became less of a worry and their reputation in the current game became more of a focus.
I need to play socially, but UTR and not aggressive. I'm not going to make alliances, I doubt I'll even be approached. I figure this will be a game full of people who tell one another things. I have a tendency to do well in all star games and that's because I keep my mouth shut and let other people ruin themselves. I'm good in challenges so I'm hoping that will make my tribe keep me around. I need my reputation to be less of a concern and my social likability to keep me in the game.
I think the tribes will be divided by GOOD/EVIL/IN BETWEEN
Good: AJ, CASSIE, CHASE, COLLEEN, HENRY, LUCA, MICHAEL
In Between: BEN, ELLEN, EMILY, HANNAH, KNOX, QUINCY, MARK
Evil: ANNIE, DOMINIC, GLORIA, PERRY, SELENA, THIAGO, WENDY
Those are my predictions for the tribes.
I understand that there will be many idols and individual immunities. I hope to win immunity but if I start winning a lot then people will target me, so I may have to consider not winning challenges unless it's clear I'm a huge target.
I want to be perceived as a threat that people will want as a shield, but not someone they actually think will be a threat to them because I don't have any allies. I want to be a powerless symbol that gets carried to the merge and I'll wait for opportunities to pounce on. I may end up playing more like Vecepia this time than I intended to last time.
I would also like to state that I would like NO ACCESS TO ANYONE to my confessional.
Here is a rundown of the players for me:
AJ: I think she's well integrated and I find her to be a little bit fake in how overly nice she is. She is calculating in what she says and I do find some of her comments to be a bit disingenuous. However, she has a lot of friends and I know she's one to be friendly with unless she gets Andrea'd. I know Ellen has a problem with her so we'll see what happens there. She's also very close to Cassie and Michael.
Cassie: Previous winner, seems to be a good player. I'll be very careful around her. I don't trust her at all. Ellen told me that she confided in Cassie with something about AJ and then Cassie went right to AJ and made up some stuff which caused AJ to want Ellen out, so Cassie is certainly a nasty player and she's going to find herself in some trouble.
Ben: We never clicked on my season and I don't see it happening again. Ellen said that he told her that Mark told him that me and Ellen are close so I think Mark and Ben must be close again. Ben seems to be well liked by a lot of people, so I'll have to treat him like AJ. He's certainly capable of playing a strong game so I'm going to let him drown himself. He's going to do well this season I feel. He does have issues with Selena though which I hope to capitalize on.
Selena: We got along well and I really want to make a friend in her. I think she will do well and if she likes me enough she will keep me very informed. I think she's someone that is very loyal to people she likes so I really need to work the charm on her. I think we could make an interesting, unexpected duo so that's something I'm wishing for.
Ellen: We are very, very close outside of this game, and sadly everyone knows it. I don't think she will do well this season. Too many people are talking about her I fear. However, her going will likely benefit me because it eliminates the pair problem. I would love to see it work out where we can play together so I'm not losing all hope just yet, but I think it will be very, very difficult. We have a pretty open line of communication at this point so we will see what we can manage to pull off.
Mark: We did make up since the season ended but I know he knows I'm close with Ellen and he's worried about that. I can see him being concerned about Ellen and trying to take care of her. I don't trust Mark fully at all unfortunately. I think he wants to play more for himself instead of "us" like last season. We'll see what we can do together but I'm never going to fully trust Mark. I just can't. I think he's going to really rely on his relationships with Ben, Knox, myself, and maybe even Gloria, because that's all he knows. He does know Chase but he isn't really a fan, although I can see him using Chase until he's no longer useful.
Knox: We had a great chat the other day. He even offered to talk to Gloria to help us mend fences. I think he's a smart player and he said he will have a lot of time this season so he will be an active one. I'm hoping we can play together but I know he knows I'm a good player so I'm not going to give him much information. I think him and Mark will be tight.
Chase: Friends with Mark but apparently plays too hard too quickly. I don't know him so we'll see what happens there.
Gloria: Shockingly we seem to be on OK terms. I'm willing to watch her back given I think we both know we have targets on our backs. I don't think she's genuine with me yet, I think she's still hurt and doesn't trust me but doesn't want a bunch of enemies so she's playing nice. I think she would take me out if the opportunity came up but if I'm good in challenges she'll want me around because she will want to avoid Judgment as much as possible. I don't have much interest in going deep with her but we may have to work together or else we're both screwed.
Luca: I may have made a mistake with him but I told him I was upset with his comments toward me in the PW lounge. I said it was because I didn't want to have anything against him subconsciously which is why I wanted to address it. In reality I could care less, but I thought this tactic might open up the discussion for us to work together, which is it did, so we'll see what happens there. I know he is well liked and could do very well once again so he's someone to be friendly with. It's also possible that he doesn't like me and thinks that I'm kind of crazy for bringing up something he said in the PW lounge.
Hannah: Don't know her but is friendly with Cassie and AJ
Quincy: He was hit and miss with me in the PW lounge last season so we'll see if he can like me. I think we are too similar to work together. I don't know him.
Perry: We spoke briefly and he seemed alright but I may have trouble chatting with him. I really need him though if I want to have a shot this season.
Michael: We chatted quite a bit during season 5 and we get along fine but, like Annie, there's this quality that makes me nervous. I know he's friendly with AJ which is concerning so I need to be careful around him. He told me I'd be a target this season so we'll see where things go with him. I don't think he wants me out but I also don't think he'd fight to keep me in.
Annie: We got along very well during season 5 and she seemed to be a huge fan of me. Great player and seems to have enemies and allies so she could be a great one to work with. However, she does make me nervous and I do think she's capable of backstabbing me so I refuse to give her too much information. We'll see if we can work together. Trust will be difficult with her.
Dominic: He seems to really like me and I think we could work together. He could be playing me but I think he wants to play with me and I know him and Ellen are tight and he knows we are tight also. I'd be more willing to work with him if he was less of a narc and powerhouse and played it cooler.
Emily: We chat a lot and seem to get along for the most part. I'm not sure strategically where she would fit in but I would like to open that avenue. She plays a bit more with her heart which is very different than me, so it could be an interesting relationship. I think she really appreciated my game but is also careful around me because she's aware of my capabilities. I can't pretend to be naive anymore under the guise of an alias.
Colleen: We get along well and I hope she likes me but I know she has a lot of other friends. There's also some other all star game going on so some of these people have that to worry about which complicates things even more. I would like to work with her but I feel I will never be able to wiggle my way in with her enough for her to want to keep me over her friends. She's a very smart cookie.
Wendy: I don't know wendy at all and I really don't have much interest in getting to know her. She wasn't my biggest fan during season 5 and she seems kind of Tina-esque-nuts. We'll see..
Henry: I really don't like Bill, but we chatted briefly last night and I didn't mind him. I think he has an ego and he's slimy but we'll see if I can work him a bit. I think he's willing to fight for people he makes alliances with early or friendships early, so if I can be someone he likes and wants to play with early on then hopefully that would solidify his trust early. I do think he's aware of the threat I pose but I need to really work my social game to reduce the reputation I have as a strategist.
We'll see what happens, a lot of this will depend on who the tribes are. I just hope to be on a winning tribe. I really need time to integrate without being a social/stategic/physical threat. I need to downplay my game and appear like I'm not really playing. If I'm viewed as an outsider/free vote I could become very powerful in a game like this where everyone is friends with everyone and everyone is in everyone's business!
Let the games begin!
I don't think my chances are very good. Fresh off season 5, I think I'm going to be a huge target. Even the people in my own season I didn't end off with the best terms, so it's going to be a huge obstacle to overcome if I'm to even make it to the merge.
I can't play the same game that I played last time. It really depends on my tribe and the direction the game goes. I'm trying to play it off that they all know my game and I just want to enjoy the game this time and see what happens. I would love to make it to the end but I'm not going to be some paranoid freak.
Winners who have done well their second time going:
SANDRA, DR. WILL, PARVATI, DAN
All of them came in not reminding people they won, and also playing it cool early and finding themselves in a majority somewhat. Later, as they stayed in the game longer, they amped up their game when their reputation became less of a worry and their reputation in the current game became more of a focus.
I need to play socially, but UTR and not aggressive. I'm not going to make alliances, I doubt I'll even be approached. I figure this will be a game full of people who tell one another things. I have a tendency to do well in all star games and that's because I keep my mouth shut and let other people ruin themselves. I'm good in challenges so I'm hoping that will make my tribe keep me around. I need my reputation to be less of a concern and my social likability to keep me in the game.
I think the tribes will be divided by GOOD/EVIL/IN BETWEEN
Good: AJ, CASSIE, CHASE, COLLEEN, HENRY, LUCA, MICHAEL
In Between: BEN, ELLEN, EMILY, HANNAH, KNOX, QUINCY, MARK
Evil: ANNIE, DOMINIC, GLORIA, PERRY, SELENA, THIAGO, WENDY
Those are my predictions for the tribes.
I understand that there will be many idols and individual immunities. I hope to win immunity but if I start winning a lot then people will target me, so I may have to consider not winning challenges unless it's clear I'm a huge target.
I want to be perceived as a threat that people will want as a shield, but not someone they actually think will be a threat to them because I don't have any allies. I want to be a powerless symbol that gets carried to the merge and I'll wait for opportunities to pounce on. I may end up playing more like Vecepia this time than I intended to last time.
I would also like to state that I would like NO ACCESS TO ANYONE to my confessional.
Here is a rundown of the players for me:
AJ: I think she's well integrated and I find her to be a little bit fake in how overly nice she is. She is calculating in what she says and I do find some of her comments to be a bit disingenuous. However, she has a lot of friends and I know she's one to be friendly with unless she gets Andrea'd. I know Ellen has a problem with her so we'll see what happens there. She's also very close to Cassie and Michael.
Cassie: Previous winner, seems to be a good player. I'll be very careful around her. I don't trust her at all. Ellen told me that she confided in Cassie with something about AJ and then Cassie went right to AJ and made up some stuff which caused AJ to want Ellen out, so Cassie is certainly a nasty player and she's going to find herself in some trouble.
Ben: We never clicked on my season and I don't see it happening again. Ellen said that he told her that Mark told him that me and Ellen are close so I think Mark and Ben must be close again. Ben seems to be well liked by a lot of people, so I'll have to treat him like AJ. He's certainly capable of playing a strong game so I'm going to let him drown himself. He's going to do well this season I feel. He does have issues with Selena though which I hope to capitalize on.
Selena: We got along well and I really want to make a friend in her. I think she will do well and if she likes me enough she will keep me very informed. I think she's someone that is very loyal to people she likes so I really need to work the charm on her. I think we could make an interesting, unexpected duo so that's something I'm wishing for.
Ellen: We are very, very close outside of this game, and sadly everyone knows it. I don't think she will do well this season. Too many people are talking about her I fear. However, her going will likely benefit me because it eliminates the pair problem. I would love to see it work out where we can play together so I'm not losing all hope just yet, but I think it will be very, very difficult. We have a pretty open line of communication at this point so we will see what we can manage to pull off.
Mark: We did make up since the season ended but I know he knows I'm close with Ellen and he's worried about that. I can see him being concerned about Ellen and trying to take care of her. I don't trust Mark fully at all unfortunately. I think he wants to play more for himself instead of "us" like last season. We'll see what we can do together but I'm never going to fully trust Mark. I just can't. I think he's going to really rely on his relationships with Ben, Knox, myself, and maybe even Gloria, because that's all he knows. He does know Chase but he isn't really a fan, although I can see him using Chase until he's no longer useful.
Knox: We had a great chat the other day. He even offered to talk to Gloria to help us mend fences. I think he's a smart player and he said he will have a lot of time this season so he will be an active one. I'm hoping we can play together but I know he knows I'm a good player so I'm not going to give him much information. I think him and Mark will be tight.
Chase: Friends with Mark but apparently plays too hard too quickly. I don't know him so we'll see what happens there.
Gloria: Shockingly we seem to be on OK terms. I'm willing to watch her back given I think we both know we have targets on our backs. I don't think she's genuine with me yet, I think she's still hurt and doesn't trust me but doesn't want a bunch of enemies so she's playing nice. I think she would take me out if the opportunity came up but if I'm good in challenges she'll want me around because she will want to avoid Judgment as much as possible. I don't have much interest in going deep with her but we may have to work together or else we're both screwed.
Luca: I may have made a mistake with him but I told him I was upset with his comments toward me in the PW lounge. I said it was because I didn't want to have anything against him subconsciously which is why I wanted to address it. In reality I could care less, but I thought this tactic might open up the discussion for us to work together, which is it did, so we'll see what happens there. I know he is well liked and could do very well once again so he's someone to be friendly with. It's also possible that he doesn't like me and thinks that I'm kind of crazy for bringing up something he said in the PW lounge.
Hannah: Don't know her but is friendly with Cassie and AJ
Quincy: He was hit and miss with me in the PW lounge last season so we'll see if he can like me. I think we are too similar to work together. I don't know him.
Perry: We spoke briefly and he seemed alright but I may have trouble chatting with him. I really need him though if I want to have a shot this season.
Michael: We chatted quite a bit during season 5 and we get along fine but, like Annie, there's this quality that makes me nervous. I know he's friendly with AJ which is concerning so I need to be careful around him. He told me I'd be a target this season so we'll see where things go with him. I don't think he wants me out but I also don't think he'd fight to keep me in.
Annie: We got along very well during season 5 and she seemed to be a huge fan of me. Great player and seems to have enemies and allies so she could be a great one to work with. However, she does make me nervous and I do think she's capable of backstabbing me so I refuse to give her too much information. We'll see if we can work together. Trust will be difficult with her.
Dominic: He seems to really like me and I think we could work together. He could be playing me but I think he wants to play with me and I know him and Ellen are tight and he knows we are tight also. I'd be more willing to work with him if he was less of a narc and powerhouse and played it cooler.
Emily: We chat a lot and seem to get along for the most part. I'm not sure strategically where she would fit in but I would like to open that avenue. She plays a bit more with her heart which is very different than me, so it could be an interesting relationship. I think she really appreciated my game but is also careful around me because she's aware of my capabilities. I can't pretend to be naive anymore under the guise of an alias.
Colleen: We get along well and I hope she likes me but I know she has a lot of other friends. There's also some other all star game going on so some of these people have that to worry about which complicates things even more. I would like to work with her but I feel I will never be able to wiggle my way in with her enough for her to want to keep me over her friends. She's a very smart cookie.
Wendy: I don't know wendy at all and I really don't have much interest in getting to know her. She wasn't my biggest fan during season 5 and she seems kind of Tina-esque-nuts. We'll see..
Henry: I really don't like Bill, but we chatted briefly last night and I didn't mind him. I think he has an ego and he's slimy but we'll see if I can work him a bit. I think he's willing to fight for people he makes alliances with early or friendships early, so if I can be someone he likes and wants to play with early on then hopefully that would solidify his trust early. I do think he's aware of the threat I pose but I need to really work my social game to reduce the reputation I have as a strategist.
We'll see what happens, a lot of this will depend on who the tribes are. I just hope to be on a winning tribe. I really need time to integrate without being a social/stategic/physical threat. I need to downplay my game and appear like I'm not really playing. If I'm viewed as an outsider/free vote I could become very powerful in a game like this where everyone is friends with everyone and everyone is in everyone's business!
Let the games begin!
