| Johnny's Rants and Raves; Confessionals duh. | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 27 2013, 05:56 PM (350 Views) | |
| Johnny | Jun 27 2013, 05:56 PM Post #1 |
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So the game begins and no sooner have I finished reading through all of Brobst's posts than I have three PMs waiting for me. Awwwww the social game. I must admit in the past I have had issues with being the first person to initiate conversations so to have three PMs waiting for me right out of the gate is good to see. I'm hoping that in a game of closed identities I can work on my initiating conversation problem. We'll see. Gah! I keep trying to type up more but I keep getting more PMs. THis is sure going to be interesting oh geez. So I've started talking with several people. Rose, Daniel, and Lucy are who I have spoken with the most. I keep forgetting to check the two boxes each time I send a PM but I'm sure I'll get used to it soon enough. Rose seems to be playing as if she is overwhelmed by the amount of people. Is it true? Is she really scatterbrained? Or is she trying to make herself come off as weak. Time will tell. Daniel seems fairly nice. Lots of idle chit chat with him but he seems talkative enough. Lucy started off with the little girl routine thinking when I said "Chill" I meant cold and not calm. She's since shed the facade, thank god. Anybody who is just playing off as a character I do not trust. Why? It's simple. If they are playing a character then they aren't playing as themself and if they aren't playing as themself then they aren't showing me anything about themselves or their true thoughts on the game and if you have people who aren't going to give you any of their true thoughts then they gotta go. Lucy seems to be the one most willing to talk game already next to myself. I'm trying to keep easy with game talk though in case whoever I'm talking to isn't ready for it. Keep the conversations moving. Don't just say lol. Always provide something for whoever you are talking to to build off of and try and insert a little bit of game in your message to see if who you are talking to will build on it. I've heard from Maximus, Laurie and Buttercup now too. Each of them seem to be in the idle chit chat character talk for now. Hopefully they break out of that soon so we can have some actual REAL conversations. We aren't on an island folks. None of us need to worry about collecting firewood, and no Laurie there is nobody chasing you around trying to kill you. That all said I don't want to come off as playing too hard too fast so if someone wants to talk game I'll talk game but if they want to talk about getting firewood... *sigh* I guess I'll go collect firewood. As for how I'm presenting myself I'm trying to be somewhat ambiguous. Have I played Orgs before? Have I played Brobst's games? Am I a complete newbie? Buttercup I feel from her most recent message that she has played in a Brobst game before but even knowing that that doesn't mean she was successful at all so whether people are new or they have played in every game under the sun, I'm going to look at them as the same. Everyone is a threat if I'm going to win. All of them have to be dealt with carefully. You can't just dismiss someone because they seem to be new. I've seen first timers dominate a game before. Gah! Here's this for now. I'll have more when messages calm down. And hopfully that doesn't become an IF ha ha ha |
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| BROBST | Jun 27 2013, 06:17 PM Post #2 |
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Fantastic first entry! Thanks for diving in here early on Night 1. ![]() AND....
......very well said. |
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| Johnny | Jun 27 2013, 06:47 PM Post #3 |
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I feel like I just send 2000 messages and yet my PM box says I've only filled 2 percent of it. Good god. This is definitely the most social org I have ever played. Guess it's a good thing that job I had wound up not working out or else I fear I wouldn't have had the time to truly immerse myself into the game. |
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| BROBST | Jun 27 2013, 07:14 PM Post #4 |
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Oh, I've got it set to a 10,000 message limit so that there's no way anyone would ever reach the limit.
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| Johnny | Jun 27 2013, 07:19 PM Post #5 |
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Now that you've told me that I am making it my mission in this game to reach that limit. Mwahaha. |
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| Johnny | Jun 28 2013, 11:16 AM Post #6 |
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One day down 38 more to go. Interesting that the game is starting without tribes and everyone can talk to each other. I've gotten to chat with a good portion of the cast and I'm feeling pretty good with most of them. Maximus has me feeling nervous though. He's coming right out the gate wanting to get a group together. It's pretty clear that he wants to be a leader which hey if he likes me and he wants to be a leader and attract attention to himself then fine go for it dude. I definitely see him as a possible early boot depending on how the tribes form up. I've spread around to a couple people what he is doing to put him under some fire once we really get started. However I fear I may have told too many about my thoughts of Maximus. I talked to I believe Daniel, Rose, Lucy and Buttercup about him. Buttercup has informed me though that apparently he is throwing around that him, Laurie, Daniel and myself are close. If Daniel is really close with Maximus then he could have easily told him my wariness about him which is unsettling. Couple that with the fact that Lucy told me he thinks he might get targeted for putting himself out there tells me that I need to watch what I say and who I say it to. I can't afford a slip up this early in the game when we don't even know our tribes yet. So I figure for the sake of keeping things organized-ish for this entry I'm going to do my day 1 impressions of everyone in the cast. And by “day 1” I mean 10 hours into the game. It feels like it's been so much longer than that... [Note: I'm writing this at 2:30 am but am waiting to post till tomorrow because I have reasons] Apollo – I have yet to hear jack from Apollo. He's checked in so either he's just not very chatty or he is laying back and is waiting for others to contact him first. I'll probably send this guy a message tomorrow and see what's up. Ivan – Ivan seems to be very much into playing his character. He's talking in broken english and everything he says is just flavor. Daniel told me how Ivan called him a pussy for not beating me up yet. Lucy said he mentioned punching men and ice queens and when I talked to him he mentioned how I need to spike up my hair and join his justice fighters. What the hell dude? Are you high or just an idiot? You do realize that if you don't give up this schtick soon that nobody is going to feel like they can trust you once we get our tribes and you'll likely be a pre-merge boot. Having fun with your character is fine and all but you gotta know when to turn it off and focus on the game. I want to give him a chance because it's never wise to just write someone off in the game entirely (a rule I will probably wind up breaking later on) but if he doesn't break his character then it will be tough to trust him at all. Daniel – My fellow martial artist. Daniel seems to be a fairly solid guy for now. I've talked with him a lot today and I think I've made the beginnings of a connection with him. I'm worried though about him because he might be close with Maximus and if he is then I need to watch what I say with him. I told him that I was a tad wary of Maximus and he seemed to agree with me but then again this is text and it is all too easy to lie over a message board. If I start out on a tribe with him without Maximus then I think I'll be good with him but if Maximus is there I'll be one worried Cobra Kai. Still trying to feel him a bit and see if I can get a better sense on him and his connection with Maximus. Johnny – This guy is awesome. I love him. If I could go to finals with him that would just be the most amazing thing ever. Oh hey. Wait a minute. He's me! That would explain his devilishly good looks! Marion – Marion was a little late to the party tonight but once she and I got talking I started forming a connection with her. I get a good feeling from her but I feel like I need to talk to her more so I can get a better feel for her. I feel like I could work with her but I need to connect more with her and also see if I can maybe get her to tell me how she feels about some of the others. We'll see. I have her on my maybe list. Leia – Leia who? Has she even checked in yet? If she has then I've missed it. If she hasn't she better check in quick and start chatting if she doesn't want to be booted out first. Rose – I'm loving Rose. Not much a fan of her movie but eh. I've got a group of three built up with Rose, Lucy, and myself. Will this alliance last till the end? Probably not but for now I'm networking and building connections with people, that way once we do get our tribes I should be guaranteed to have at least one friend on my tribe that I can work with. Rose though is currently my second favorite of the cast so I'm looking forward to chatting with her more and possibly working with her. I feel closest to her and Lucy out of everyone, but honestly this is day 1 of an alias game. How close can you really be to someone? Lucy – Oh man do I love Lucy. She started out playing the little girl act which was irritating but thankfully she dropped it fairly quickly and even admitted her own annoyance with playing the character. She's my top favorite at the moment and I feel pretty good with her. While I've exchanged the most messages with Rose, I've talked more game with Lucy. I love talking game but the problem with that is you have to be careful that you don't try and talk serious game with someone who isn't ready for it yet. Thankfully it seems that Lucy is ready to play already and unlike Maximus I don't feel like she's playing too hard. We've talked about how we would love to work together and hope we are on the same starting tribe and even if we aren't we can meet back up come a swap or the merge. That said though, I don't believe for a second that anyone who says we can meet back up at the merge will really do so. It's too early to make those kinds of commitments and then expect people to follow through on them later on. It's day 1, I'm not expecting any deals made before we get to the first challenge to really stick. Hopefully though Lucy and I really can work together and move forward in the game as I have a really good feeling about her. I talked to her some about Maximus as well at one point I even gave her the names of people who Maximus thought might be interested in working together. Sans on name. I left out Rose when telling Lucy who Maximus mentioned to me for the simple reason that I don't want Lucy to start distrusting Rose already and then our threesome just dies. I'll approach Rose about Maximus individually if need be, but if Lucy doesn't need to know about Maximus mentioning her then I see no reason to tell her. Atreyu – I saw Atreyu online for a good portion of the day. He messaged me once saying hi then I responded and then I haven't heard anything more from him. So either he didn't find me very interesting or he's just not talkative. Need to feel this guy out. Westley – I've only exchanged a few messages with Westley so I don't have a great read on him yet but he seems nice enough? I guess? I'm not really feeling comfortable with him yet. Definitely need to talk to him more Buttercup – Buttercup is probably the person I like the third most. She seems to be really cool and is easy to chat with much like Lucy and Rose. I would LOVE it if the four of us could start out on the same tribe. That would just be the best thing ever. I get pretty much the same read from her that I get from Rose and Lucy which is good I think. If the Rose-Lucy-Johnny threesome does take off I'd like to add Buttercup as our fourth. Romeo – So Romeo has been online but hasn't messaged me at all. So blah on him. Juliet – Juliet must be off sneaking around with Romeo trying to get some private alone time as I've seen her on too but haven't heard a peep out of her. Keep your pants Juliet, it's not the real Romeo. Maximus – Maximus has me the most nervous out of everyone. He's pushing to get a group together and he very clearly wants to take a leadership position. I'm keeping an eye out on him for sure. Our conversation died out earlier but tomorrow I plan on reviving it and seeing what's up with him and feel him out some more. I COULD work with Maximus if I have to but if I see a better option I'm going to take it. This guy though is the top threat I see at the moment. While he could very easily go early, if he gets enough people to drink his kool-aid we could be in for some trouble. Assuming the girls aren't lying to me he seems to be ignoring Buttercup, Lucy and Rose which is very unwise of him. Never dismiss someone in this game because you never know when you'll find yourself on the bottom and need someone's help. Adrian – My chats with Adrian haven't been too informative but what I've gotten out of her thus far has been good so I'm looking to chat with her some more and see if I can develop a better connection with her. I do have to wonder though... I think she is the Adrian from the Rocky movies but if so why was she seen so late in the trailer when Apollo and Ivan were the first two and everyone else who was in the same movie together was shown right after each other? Not really important but something I'm curious about. Lois – I've talked with Lois a bit more than I have with Adrian but it isn't much. I don't get the greatest feeling from her though so I'm a little wary. Definitely need to talk to her more and get a better feel of her. She was one of the later ones to check in so maybe she's still being cautious of who she talks to and what she says. Can't say that I blame her. Laurie – From what little I talked to Laurie she seemed to be sticking with her character to start and was talking about being worried about being killed by Michael. Seriously Laurie? Okay. You can go hang out with Ivan then. But to be serious our conversation was short and I'm told that she's getting close with Maximus which tells me to watch my back. I'm told she is drinking the Maximus Kool-Aid and if there is one thing I have learned in Survivor it's that you never drink the Kool-Aid. Not even if it's the delicious grape flavor. Trip – Who? Have you even checked in yet dude? I don't think you have. I got nothing on this guy. Hell, I don't even know what movie he is from! (feel free to fill me in though Brobst) So ummm a comment about him. Hmm. Well. He has a cool name? I guess? CHECK IN DAMNIT AND PLAY THE GAME! Okay. Almost 4am now. I've got more I want to say but it's late and I have to go to sleep. Though this won't be posted till I wake up so it's a little weird saying that. Oh well. Whatever. You'll probably hear more from me tomorrow night. God do I love confessionals. |
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| BROBST | Jun 28 2013, 11:38 AM Post #7 |
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Loving yours, dude! I knew I was right in getting you for this season ![]() ALSO . . . .
You're light years ahead of some people who've played here in the past for the first time in terms of understanding the "never ignore / never overlook" philosophy. AND . . . .
*SPITTAKE* :lol: |
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| Johnny | Jun 28 2013, 11:52 AM Post #8 |
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I love writing confessionals. I can't do them for every game I play or else I get confessional'd out but for games such as this I go all out. And of course I've got to insert some humor here and there ha ha ha! On the subject of PMs. "Talk to you soon." I'm learning to hate these little words. Can't we mix it up some people? I know it gets said a lot in these games from reading past seasons but good god people. I refuse to ever utter that phrase during the course of this game. I may say something like "Catch you later" but I will never say those four specific words strung together like that. Also. Feeling a bit more comfortable with Daniel than I was last night. He told me that everyone seems to like me which is good and he wouldn't tell me that if he didn't like me. Then again... the pessimistic side of me is warning myself that the really likable people tend to get blindsided. |
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| BROBST | Jun 28 2013, 11:56 AM Post #9 |
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he he, I know you read through Borneo and Germany. One of my fave entries last season in Germany was about that very thing. I believe I even titled it *TALK SOON* |
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| Johnny | Jun 28 2013, 12:02 PM Post #10 |
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Exactly. That's the entry in particular I'm referring to. I'm so glad I read through those to get myself better prepared for this game. I'd feel a lot more swamped than I already am if I hadn't. |
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| Johnny | Jun 28 2013, 02:38 PM Post #11 |
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So Daniel just sent this to me:
What in the funky fresh hell? How does Rose have the idol already? I haven't seen jack diddly squat about clues or anything from Brobst. I suppose it's possible I think it highly unlikely. Oh the flipside though. If she does have it I'm very glad I've connected strongly with her so she won't use it against me. |
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| Johnny | Jun 28 2013, 02:48 PM Post #12 |
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I'm an idiot. There's the idol. Okay. SO not only do I have to not disregard the other players I also need to not disregard the forums lest Brobst post another hidden Idol... |
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| BROBST | Jun 28 2013, 03:12 PM Post #13 |
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My post clearly states there won't be another...... |
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| Johnny | Jun 28 2013, 03:28 PM Post #14 |
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Yeah I know. Just using that statement as an example that I need to keep a constant eye on not just my PMs but now various forums as well. This is my fourth forum-based game and in the ones in the past I tended to ignore the boards themselves and focused more on the PMs but I don't think that's so wise here. |
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| Johnny | Jun 28 2013, 07:36 PM Post #15 |
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Lucy is very nervous right now and I'm not at all sure why. She's told me that some of the girls are trying to create a female alliance and she is worried that I might try and tell someone that she told me this. Chill out girl. I know it's early in the game but we're supposed to be allies so just chill. You've got no reason not to trust me and as for reasons why you should trust me I did happen to tell you about Maximus and what he's up to even though that could have been at my detriment. I'm just not sure what is up with this girl but I'm going to need to watch out for her and make sure she feels comfortable - that's for damn sure. |
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