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Act 3; The Death of Ivan
Topic Started: Jul 7 2013, 09:26 PM (71 Views)
Buttercup
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Still in a bit of shock that Ivan had to lay down his torch. I know he had hinted at being busy and not chatting that much but kind of threw a monkey wrench into our plans.... and speaking of plans, how lucky can Leia get???? Twice now she was slated to go home to be saved by someone else laying down their torch. Think we have our ducks in a row regardless but its getting harder and harder to play nice with Leia as she seems quite oblivious to her surroundings. I'm sure I'm under estimating her to a degree but she just doesn't seem to think fully before chatting and only thing she seems good at is getting under people's skin.

Game plan with this one is to just keep her pacified and use her as a bargaining chip when trying to form my new alliance down the road. If I can show loyalty by sending a Jedi home then i have that in Leia. It sounds great on paper lets see if it executes itself just as nice ;)

Fangs are starting to show.... I'm ready to play, lets turn this bitch up to 11!
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MUAHAHAHA..... Well played sir, well played
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So funny little observation,
I remember in Germany the big thing we used to see who was a "threat" was the active poster tally that shows up at the bottom of the page. So i went and checked out the board and am very happy to see im in the bottom quarter of active posters. Maybe staying off the boards in that regard will work out in my favor. next goal is not being logged in as much and quite frankly this weekend will help. Forgot my one good deed for the year is coming up this weekend. I always volunteer at the Greek Orthodox Church down the street from my house this weekend for the Greekfest they throw. Spend the weekend laughing and goofing with friends while selling Gyros and Drinking Mai Tai's while making money for the church... that is something i can get behind, LOL
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Ok so we have been trying to crack this challenge and i think we had a good practice at posting in a specific order and doing so in a timely fashion. Lucy and I spent time today making list for our cast mates to use in case the challenge is what we think it is.
The more i chat with Lucy the more Im comfortable in saying she is gonna be with me for the long haul.

Atreyu and Johnny think im in a threesome with them and Johnny is in a threesome with me and Lucy.

While i think the Lucy Johnny Buttercup threesome is the only true alliance at this point i could be sadly mistaken but i have a good feeling about working with these two. I have noticed im a bit loose lipped lately as to what im telling people and hopefully this trust early on will help people have confidence in me down the road.

In my eyes the Jedi tribe of 4 is very strong right now and can continue to win challenges until a swap or merge or some Brobstesque twist it thrown at us.
(I know I said Jedi 4, when there is 5 of us but Leia is a deadgirl walking. just cant get too cocky or bossy and let her gain in traction)
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If Leia truly is the next to go..........then put yourself in her shoes.

How would you gain traction if you felt you were on your way out?
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well im sure me publicly stepping up and running challenge isnt going to "help" people in my eye and could come off as bossy. Wasnt my intention and hope it doesnt get portrayed that way but we shall see..

And as far as being in Leia's shoes i would hope that i was a bit more aware of my surroundings but ill beat you to the Hatch jokes from the Borneo page..

Leia just never seems to be on much and im getting the same story about her from everyone... dont know if she can gain traction to be completely honest
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Leia's game is the one i have been truely trying to figure out and she seems VERY oblivious to what is going on and I dont think she sees the downside to not private messaging people. It was alarming that she knew what was keeping Ivan busy in RL when everyone else didnt seem to know but I dont think ive done anything to put myself at bottom of this tribe yet so to hear the same feelings from 4 different people about her without much prodding makes me feel like im not too far off on my observations of her.
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BROBST,Jul 8 2013
09:49:58 PM
If Leia truly is the next to go..........then put yourself in her shoes.

How would you gain traction if you felt you were on your way out?

well lets try this again as ive thought of more.. Atreyu, who we thought was close with her forwarded us a message warning him that if she went home he was next so she obviously knows more than she is letting onto but Atreyu wouldnt have forwarded that message on to Lucy and myself if he believed her. I think that was her shot at trying to gain traction but it backfired because she is only really active on challenge days and doesnt have some of the small bonds we are perceived to have.

Damn got me really thinking about this. I dont want to feel confident in anything in this game, nor do i want to eat crow but i feel like i have my finger on the pulse on this one..
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Buttercup,Jul 8 2013
10:04:17 PM
BROBST,Jul 8 2013
09:49:58 PM
If Leia truly is the next to go..........then put yourself in her shoes. 

How would you gain traction if you felt you were on your way out?

well lets try this again as ive thought of more.. Atreyu, who we thought was close with her forwarded us a message warning him that if she went home he was next so she obviously knows more than she is letting onto but Atreyu wouldnt have forwarded that message on to Lucy and myself if he believed her. I think that was her shot at trying to gain traction but it backfired because she is only really active on challenge days and doesnt have some of the small bonds we are perceived to have.

Damn got me really thinking about this. I dont want to feel confident in anything in this game, nor do i want to eat crow but i feel like i have my finger on the pulse on this one..

As you will see in my confessional as well as in the Notables thread, I sent the message to Atreyu to feel him out. Watching the last clicked (or whatever) link told me what I needed to know. He went straight to the 4 of you and told you everything. I was a free agent. You all chose to ostracise me rather than utilize me. Its all good...

Its funny to me reading Atreyu and Lucy Lou's confessionals how I "threatened" Atreyu that if I was voted out he was next..... REALLY?????? LMFAO!!! How am I supposed to THREATEN him????? If I am voted offf I have ZERO power... how did I threaten him????? It was meant as a warning, a heads up.... A show me your colors which he did....

I wasn't as oblivious or as dumb as you all thought. I knew the deal. I refuse to grovel. I would have done 10,0000 times better on any other tribe.

By the way. Its obvious now but I wasn't close with any one on our tribe. Not Atreyu as you suspected and not Ivan as Lucy Lou suspected.
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Well it just seemed like you felt you were secure and werent trying to better you position so thought maybe i was overlooking something. but yes its obvious now that you didnt have a connection with anyone in our tribe but i dont think you can blame that all on us.
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I will say, I did want to legit work with you Leia. I felt pretty good about you, pre-tribes. I think I even mentioned you to a few people. I actually was surprised you were voted out.
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Buttercup, there is no blame here, only my own perspective. Thanks for responding. I can understand why you thought I felt secure but I basically stopped playing because I didnt want to play ugly and that was the only other option for me and I knew it.


Thanks Rose, when my confessionals open up you will see that pre-split I wanted to work with you too. Brobst asked me 2 people that I wanted to end up on a tribe with and 2 that I didnt. You and Daniel where the two I did and oddly enough Lucy and Ivan were the two I did not lmao. Oh the irony....
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Leia,Aug 16 2013
09:32:46 AM
You and Daniel where the two I did and oddly enough Lucy and Ivan were the two I did not lmao. Oh the irony....

Felt great about you pre-tribes, too, Leia. I definitely wanted to work with you had we been on the same tribe. Was disappointed to see you go.
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