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Topic Started: Jun 27 2013, 05:56 PM (347 Views)
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Also. Westley? Seriously? Shoot me now. He's gotta go.
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Does everyone seem content with their new surroundings?

Or are any of these tribe members giving the vibe that they wished things fell differently with the shuffle?
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Content isn't he word I'd use. Some are relieved to be on a new tribe since they would have been gone next (Juliet) others don't like being swapped but think we got a good deal (Lucy). Westley has stated to me that he pretty much thinks Romeo and Trip are useless and he told Lucy he can control them and he also told her he wants me out so he's trying to set himself up to be the power player.

Romeo & Trip talk like they want to align with Lucy and I and take out Westley first then the girls which I'm inclined to believe because of Westley's past and how much of a pain he is. Lois is the only one who I've heard nothing from yet but she should be around sometime today.
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SHIT! Westley! Stop stirring the pot! And Juiliet! You are falling for his shit way too easily. No wonder you would have been next gone from Krypton!
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Like a cowboy back in the days of the wild west, I've got my lasso all around Juliet pulling her back in and away from Westley.


My next long ass Confessional just might be the biggest one yet. Hooo boy.
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I haven't started writing it yet, but just based on what's been going on today coupled with the analysis I'm bound to do on both tribes I'm expecting it will be quite long indeed. The one before Ivan left was 3 pages in Word I think so that's what I'm going to have to top here. So feel free to ask any questions you'd love to have answers to and I'll include them in it ;)


Just read Leia's final words, and I feel a little bit bad now. Not that I voted her out, but I wasn't very nice in my voting confessionals or in my confessionals about her. Oh well. Nothing to do about it now. It's a game and I think she'll see that. I tend to get a little mean in confessionals but it's easy to when you don't know who anyone is and it's kinda fun so hopefully if anyone does read through these after the game they'll see it's all in good fun and I (likely) won't hate any of them after the game.
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So right before the challenge starts Brobst gives us a mysterious message saying that just because you win the challenge you shouldn't get offline and it's advised that everyone stick around after tribal for an announcement. These annoying little alarm bells start ringing in my head and they all say the same thing: Tribe Swap. Up to this point I've been uncertain there would be a tribe swap in the game and have leaned against it thinking our dear host would want to keep us in tribes of three as long as possible. Turns out that wasn't the case because immediately after we voted out Leia who we all deemed as useless, Brobst posts a new topic saying we are going to do the Truffle Shuffle. Now what could such an ominous message be. Yeah that's right, the dreaded tribal swap.

We started out this game in 3 tribes of 6 and we have now become 2 tribes of 7. As Brobst was slowly revealing the tribes I was typing them out in a document already trying to psychoanalyze everything. The only problem I saw straight away was an obvious one: Wily E. Westley the Weasel. But I'll talk more about him when I get to his section. Before I talk about my own tribe though I want to look a little bit at the new Krypton tribe and discuss my thoughts on them:

KRYPTON:
So on Krypton we have 2 former Jedis, 2 former Bonsai and 3 former Kryptons. Now simple math says that the Jedis and Bonsais should form a core of 4 and take out the 3 Kryptons as that is the plan I initially was thinking should be done on my own tribe only swap the Bonsais with the Kryptons. But of course, nothing on Survivor is ever that simple so I wouldn't be surprised if something else happens. The Jedis though got split up as perfectly as they could be. Lucy and Atreyu were both much tighter to Buttercup and myself than they are with each other. If Lucy and Atreyu had been on a tribe together I'm not so sure they'd be as strong of a pair as how we are split now. But the way it shook out was perfect. Buttercup and Atreyu will work very well together at this point I feel. I've been told by Trip that he think both Apollo and Daniel have gotten close so again there you see the two tight pairs who it would make sense for them to team up. But as I said, things are not that simple. The three Krypton ladies on this tribe are Laurie, Marion and Rose. Rose I believe was close with Buttercup so it's possible that Buttercup could try and hook up with the Krypton ladies, pull in Atreyu, and then take out the Bonsai men. Or, Laurie could try and bring in Daniel since she and he were both friendly with Maximus and she could try and use that connection to bring both him and Apollo on board with the ladies and then oust the Jedis. Anything could happen. I would be hardpressed to pick one of the people on that tribe who I think is absolutely safe. There are so many different scenarios that could happen over there. Big part of why I would love to see them go to tribal as who gets voted out will tell us a lot I feel about the dynamics over there. I was about to type here that if I had to pick someone who was safe then I'd pick Marion but then I realized that there is a big reason that it could be her and here is what that reason is. Let's assume that Jedi and Bonsai does team up and let's assume that Buttercup tries to re-connect inroads with Rose and Daniel tries to re-connect with Laurie. Now obviously Buttercup won't want the Jedi+Bonsai alliance to vote out Rose and Daniel won't want the alliance to vote out Laurie so that just leaves one possibility: Marion.

Okay. So let's take a step away from Krypton now. We've got a lot of crazyness to talk about back here in my own Jedi camp. I'm going to go person-by-person and if I have any leftover thoughts they'll come after.

Trip – Pre-tribes I didn't get to talk to Trip a lot but I did get a good feeling for him. It seems that my old theories of a Trip-Apollo-Romeo alliance were far off base. However. It appears that Trip and Romeo are close enough that Lucy and I can form an alliance with and that's perfect. Trip is actually the one who came to us about the plan which is what makes me want to trust him more because it wasn't Lucy or I going to him with a deal and him just agreeing to it. Him coming to US with a deal and wanting to team up that shows me he is being truthful because if he wasn't there is no point in making that kind of lie. True you could say that we wouldn't be on the jury if we get voted out at this point so any lies he makes can't be spread around the jury house. However. What if we win 3 of the challenges? If he were to lie, vote me out, and then Lucy survives to the merge she can tell everyone what Trip did. So it doesn't make any sense for him to be lying to us right now so I don't think that he is. So yes, I trust Trip. I have to trust Trip. Next to Lucy I think he is the person who I can trust the most on this tribe.

Lucy – My number one girl from pre-tribes, original Jedi and highly likely to be my number one girl on NuJedi as well. What is there I can say about Lucy that I haven't already said? I trust her the most out of anyone. Now why would I trust someone so much when I have no idea who they really are in this game? It's simple. I can have long conversations with her talking about the game but when I talk to other people they tell me that with them she is standoffish or doesn't say as much or she doesn't seem to want to talk long-term. That's the opposite of how she is with me so that's why I am so sure that I can trust Lucy and that she trusts me. Why else would these people all be telling me the same things about their conversations with her. If she really isn't with me then damn girl has played me HARD and I will tip my hat to her but I don't think she is. As you know Brobst at the end of this month there will be a weekend where I will be on vacation and will unable to get online. Thus far I have told no one about this but I think tonight I am going to tell Lucy. Get a little bit more trust built-up and we can be aware of when it comes and can at the time plan a way to make sure I'm safe. Lucy and I are still working closely together and we really lucked out being on a tribe together once again. Westley is trying to work on her to get her to vote me out but guess what dude there is not a chance in hell that's going to happen. I think both Lucy and I are going to be safe at our first tribal as the NuJedi tribe. The second is a little more difficult but I'll get to that when I talk about Juliet.

Lois – Lois is another I didn't get to talk to much pre-tribes. Seems like each time I get a tribe theres a good number of people who I didn't talk to a whole hell of a lot. Thank god I at least got Lucy each time. And even still, I haven't gotten to talk to her much yet. She did come to me though with the idea of getting Westley out so that's great. Another person to add to the “Get Westley Out” clan. The thing has me nervous about Lois is that Juliet has previously told us that apparently Lois wanted to align with him from the start but since then Juliet has become more and more hinky so I'm not sure whether to believe her or not. There's the caution of don't tell Lois you want Westley out because she could easily go back to him. However. He already knows that I know that he is coming after me and he knows that I am coming after him so it doesn't matter if I tell Lois that I want to vote him out. Who cares? So I'll tell Lois I want to vote him out and she'll tell me the same. Is she telling the truth? Who knows. But it doesn't matter if she lies or not because if we just get a foursome to vote him out then all we'll find out is he is gone. Nothing about who else got votes. Nothing about how many votes he got. So she can do whatever she wants and say whatever she wants and no one else but her will know the truth.

Wily E. Westley the Weasel – God I love that nickname! And it's so descriptive of him. He comes up with all these schemes and they are just going to blow up in his face much like an acme product. Westley comes to me at the swap wanting to work together but I don't trust a word he says. I want him gone. Straightup. And it didn't take long for word to come back to me that he is trying to vote me out which honestly didn't surprise me considering he told me pre-tribes he didn't trust me so whatever dude. I already know he is working his ass off to get me voted out. He's trying to play the Bonsai loyalty card to Romeo and Trip while at the same time telling Lucy that whatever he tells them to do they will do and Lucy is forwarding all those messages right back to them. He tried to start shit with me and Juliet telling her that I told him that she told me that he was saying my name. Wish I could explain that a little simpler. I told Juliet though that I've never said anything like that about her to Westley nor anyone else. I'm hopefully I have torn her away from him especially after he was a fool and freaked out on her after she told him that she told me what he said. He's very reactionary. Whatever happens he has some kind of big reaction about it. I want to feel safe and secure that he is going ot be voted out should our tribe lose the next challenge but you can't be too secure in this game. I want to believe that everyone will vote for him but you can't be that confident especially since vote totals won't be revealed and anyone who is an ally of his has nothing to lose by not voting with him. What people need to realize though is this guy is trouble not just for me but for everyone. He's a constant pot stirrer. If you aren't fully with him he will do anything and everything to get people against you. I've talked before about wanting to play a game by the rules of chaos theory. Just cause as much chaos as you can before everyone teams up and votes you out. A large part of me has to wonder if that is what Westley is doing here. He's not an idiot. I know that much. Because from the start he identified me as a power player which I very much am in this game and that's another reason why he has to go is because he can see through me. I can't let the people who can see through my game or who have the potential to later to last in this game because I will be screwed and Westley can do serious damage to my game if I don't get him out quick. The thought comes to mind of throwing the challenge but unless we win the first thing I don't think it would be smart for this tribe to throw any challenges. If we get to Final 11 and we've won each of these first three challenges then I have no problem throwing that last pre-merge challenge to get him out but I would have to be smart about it. Either way he can not be allowed to survive to the merge or I could easily be dead in this game.

Johnny – Oh Hi that's me. Damn I look good on this tribe. Westley is my number 1 concern and after that... probably Juliet but we'll get to her.

Juliet – Speak of the devil Juliet is next! I started out liking Juliet. Pre-tribes she gave me information about Romeo not wanting to align with her that she never needed to give me so that put her off on a good start with me. She came to me wanting to create an alliance of her, me, Lucy and Trip with the intention of taking out the other three. She has also claimed to be on the bottom of Krypton and isn't close with Lois. If I take her at face value then she's perfect to be with she's been being very suspicious lately and people are starting to suspect that not only are her and Lois actually close but that she's also working with Westley and wants to go back to the Krypton ladies come merge with him in tow. That can not be allowed to happen. I'm trusting Juliet less and less and even if we do get Westley out tonight I still won't trust her because she is going around to Trip saying that she thinks we should vote out Lois first and then afterwards either Lucy or myself should go so that the Jedis don't come back together. Now while there is a real possibility that the Jedis could join back up at the merge we are also currently the only trie with four members. Both Krypton and Bonsai have 5 so isn't it more worrisome to have them join up again? Oh right. She wouldn't bring that up because SHE is from Krypton so of course she will want to direct attention away from her tribe. Doing this all though has caused her to be labeled as hinky, shady and all-around untrustworthy and if we lose a second challenge there is a high chance that she will be voted out over Lois because of this extra wheeling and dealing she is trying to do. Dear Players, stop trying to vote me out or make me a future target. I don't like it and I will wind up voting you out because of it. Forever your Friend, Johnny.

Romeo – Romeo started this game out on vacation but since then he's come back barreling through. On original Jedi Atreyu was the one sending me long and detailed messages. Now on NuJedi that person is Romeo. He's definitely a smart guy. Can see the intelligence in him which causes me to be wary. If you're smart and you have a brain then you are strategic and dangerous and I need to keep my eye out for you. Romeo talks like our foursome of him, me, Lucy and Trip will roll through the merge and pick up people and we'll be at the end but I don't think that's really what he is planning in the slighest. Romeo is playing for Romeo. I'm not faulting him for that but it makes me wary of him. I do think we have him for this first Westley vote. After that I have no idea what he is going to do and that worries me. He could buy in to what Juliet is saying and try and vote out a Jedi to lessen our numbers and that worries me. He's not at the top of my To Vote list, but he's number 3 on this tribe. Only Juliet and Westley are above him.

Finishing points for this episode. Everyone seems to be on board for a Westley vote but there are two things I need to keep in mind in this game and anyone who is reading these confessionals should take these two things in mind as well in any future game that they might play:

1. Remember that just like how you are able to lie easily to other people in this game, they can just as easily lie to you. Don't blindly believe someone and take them at face value because that could earn you a one-way ticket to Ponderosa.

2. Beware the Forward. On this site people can easily forward any message you send them to someone else and then that person knows everything you are saying. But just as they can forward your messages you can forward theirs. Use this tool wisely and always be aware of it.
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Looking like a 4-3 vote if we lose tonight with Lois as the swing. Sooooo not excited for this. I might be voted out which will suck. Stay tuned viewers.
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Two entries above my just possibly be the biggest Confessional entry I've ever seen in one of my games. :D


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Johnny,Jul 11 2013
05:40:03 PM
Looking like a 4-3 vote if we lose tonight with Lois as the swing. Sooooo not excited for this. I might be voted out which will suck. Stay tuned viewers.


Does fear suddenly exist in this Dojo???




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It better be! It's just over three pages in word. Having a swap and crazy Westley drama certainly gives one a lot to type about. Probably could have typed more but I was on a bit of time crunch on it so I shortened it a tad.

There is no FEAR in this Dojo! But there is uncertainty. And there is caution. I'm feeling a lot better about Lois now. She's forwarding messages telling our side that Romeo and Juliet are snakes and not with us so the question follows why would she do that if she was with them? It doesn't make sense so Ithink she is with us. I'm tempted to throw the challenge and force everyone's hands NOW but if I do that and it's obvious that could be just the fuel they need to get Lois to flip and vote me out so that's out of the cards for tonight.
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I will say this. I hope that if I am voted out tonight that I ams till able to post confessionals in here and if not just my thoughts in the Ponderosa board. A sort-of "Post-Mortem Rants & Raves".
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Yep, you can always still post in your Confessional even if you've been voted out.
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Excellent! And I've already got my voting confessional typed up for tonight if we lose and I would not be shocked at all if we lose tonight. I'm fully expecting Westley and/or Romeo&Juliet to throw tonight's challenge.
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(((AFTER WESTLEY WAS VOTED OUT)))


This quote would be more appropriate if I was playing as the lead from Hackers but I'll say it regardless.

Mess with the best, burn like the rest.
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