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| Professor Oak | May 2 2014, 07:31 PM Post #1 |
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| Roark | May 5 2014, 04:48 AM Post #2 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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Wow, it's really nerve-wracking for me to see all of you famous people watching! I'll do my best to explain what I've got going on here so that you can see inside of my head some. There is a brain under this helmet, despite all the jokes my dad makes about me! Anyway, I'd love to get down to the juicy opinionated stuff but I don't have a clear reading on a good number of the tribe yet. Those timezone blues again! I'm just glad that I can see what time these people will generally start trickling in, so I can plan accordingly to when I need to show up here. Sooooo, I'd have to say that my strategy is pretty simple. Be friends with everyone! And by friends, I don't mean alliances. That'd be an overplaying mess and I'd go back to the mines being laughed at by my fellow coworkers. I just mean that I'm going to be quite the sweetheart. I'll talk about anything they want to talk about, since at this point it's all a lot of fluff. I've been talking about overcoming prejudice (weird way to phrase it but it makes more sense in context?) associated with certain types of Pokemon with Fantina, while Maylene and I have been talking a lot about the technical stuff. Whatever makes them happy, makes me happy. I aim to please. ![]() As for how I'll do if I get sent to the duel, well, I may be young but I'm not that bad off! I'm definitely not one of the strongest at challenges, but I don't think my certain doom is spelled out if I get voted out. If I do win the duel, I'd likely take a walk over to Hoenn. See what's really going on over there, change of scenery, maybe if they are split enough actually survive. We'll just have to stay tuned, I guess! That's basically all I have for now, first impressions of everyone is scheduled next. Thanks for listening! |
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| Roark | May 6 2014, 07:38 AM Post #3 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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First of all, a tribe ranking! 1. Maylene-Her and I naturally clicked, and we're often on at the same time so that's an added bonus! She does tend to get a bit gamebotty, but after she gets it out of her system I find that she's pretty fun. 2. Fantina-I adore her entire French thing, and she's definitely fabulous enough to do Fantina justice! I also sense quite the mean player beneath her personality, which I find to be hilarious such as when she slips up and just starts cursing. 3. Crasher Wake-He tends to send messages that are easy to reply to, yet they aren't entirely devoid of substance so I like it! He's hinted that he likes me and my dad, so I think he'll keep me safe later on. 4. Byron-I enjoy talking to my dad, even if he's spread some really embarrassing rumors behind my back like saying to Fantina that I danced to her pageant performances. To my face he's very sweet and nurturing, so it's a fun thing. I haven't talked any game with him yet but I hope he's willing to vote with me. *GAP TO BE HONEST* Now it's a blur. 5. Gardenia-She's cute and I do hope she sticks around. 6. Lucas-I like his personality, but he's just dropped PMs and now that I'm in a secret group with him...yeah, not excited. 7. Dawn-She seems decent enough! 8. Volkner- Meh, he was cool but he hasn't replied to me at all and he's trying to do be a power player against people I like. 9. Candice-She's gone from replying with a paragraph to a few lines, and I don't find her character cute at all. Sorry not sorry! So, a game update! I logged on after I was done PokeSchool today in order to find out that things have gone quite a bit crazy. Maylene had sent me a PM saying "We need to talk, and quick" so I knew something was up. I checked the other six messages, and Fantina had proposed an alliance of herself, Maylene, and I which I'm very much in favor of! However, I asked Maylene if that was it but it's not. It only gets messy from here! Basically, Volkner messaged Maylene inviting her into an alliance of himself, Candice, Gardenia, her, and me. (Keep in mind I had no idea this was a thing, and just learnt that it is apparently one now!) Volkner wants to string Lucas and Dawn along and get rid of them down the line, and then have either Fantina or Byron get booted first. I am far from okay with this, and we do have our option with Fantina as she wants Dawn or Volkner gone first. The only problem with siding with Fantina is that I'm worried that we won't have enough votes to outvote the other side. We'd have three right there, then I could pull Byron in since he's my dad and he would not want to be targeted, and then I could probably get Crasher Wake in since he has hinted that he likes my dad and I. That makes the vote 5-5, since I'm assuming Dawn and Lucas will side with them. I don't know if we are going to get anyone to flip just yet, so it's pretty scary. I told Maylene about this plan, but she has yet to message me back so I hope she does so we can try to get this thing underway. I messaged Fantina, accepting her deal, and asking if I could bring my dad in and who else she'd want to get for a majority. Also, I'm not sure if Crasher Wake is going to be good with the vote for Volkner/Dawn, I'd hope he would be but right now he's after Lucas. I don't want to do Lucas since he's in my secret group. Candice and Gardenia are also protected since they are in Maylene and Fantina's groups respectively. This does narrow it down to Volkner or Dawn. I think Volkner would be way easier to topple, what with his thing where he's been mainly gone. Basically, I'm just hoping I get more information since I don't even know how Gardenia and Candice like this alliance, what Maylene thinks we should do, etc. It's a bit stressful, but I think this could turn out well. Being popular is hard since I'm being tugged between two sides. ;_; Oh yeah, as for my secret group it's me, Lucas, Wallace, and May. I honestly don't care for May and Wallace from what I can tell, and I sort of do hope I'm the last one standing first and can take an immunity Pokeball. |
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| Roark | May 6 2014, 07:47 AM Post #4 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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Good news! As soon as I finished that write-up, both Crasher Wake and my dad messaged me. My dad just wants me to save him, and Crasher Wake spoke of the same 5-5 situation. Apparently great minds think alike, unless Maylene literally just told him what I told her (minus the entire us apparently being on their side thing). Fantina will probably be on board, so now what's left is to decide who we are voting and if we can get any of them to flip. If anyone from this group flips, well...they are apparently after my dad so I'd be pretty sad. Oh well, I'm just glad they went after him and not me! I must be doing something right, here! |
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| Roark | May 7 2014, 10:03 AM Post #5 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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All right, I think it's time for another update here! Dawn's Boot: The five of us stayed strong (Roark/Maylene/Fantina/Byron/Crasher Wake) and then we got Volkner to flip to our side easily, and behind him were Candice, Gardenia, and Lucas. The vote ended up being 9-1 against Dawn, who then one and defected to Hoenn! I hope that she stays over there this round, a Hoenn is sent to the Arena, they beat whoever we send (probably Lucas, as of right now?) and then join us. That'd be ideal. So, I managed to get myself caught up in all sorts of alliances. I'll give a brief thing on each one! ROARK AND MAYLENE This is basically the one that I'm loyal to above all, and Maylene is sort of a perfect match for me? She's great to talk to, despite her getting caught up in game-talk a lot, and she also comes off a lot more bossy and forceful than I do! This means that she'd definitely be targeted before I would be. Volkner is already onto her being a power player or something, from what he told me. I just gotta make sure she sticks around! ROARK AND FANTINA Fantina still swears that I'm her favorite, and I do intend on working with her like I intend on working with Maylene. I think I may be better at playing the bonding game than Fantina, so that's a plus! ROARK, MAYLENE, AND FANTINA Pretty perfect. The two I connected with the most naturally, and I still feel like this is right deep inside my heart! However, outside of this group Crasher Wake also seems to be really reliable. I think as long as these two girls and him stay, I'll at least have a solid three people to count on. ROARK, MAYLENE, VOLKNER, CANDICE, AND GARDENIA This was a very random group that was formed when Volkner apparently panicked in a PM with Maylene over who to work with or something! He told me that he only trusts myself and Gardenia out of this group, so as long as I can get him to focus on Candice ahead of Maylene I'm solid. All three girls are pretty skeptical of this alliance, as well. I think it may as well not exist. ROARK, LUCAS, CANDICE, AND MAYLENE This is what Candice wants to push, and I'm not really a fan since I'm not too close with Lucas or trust Candice! It's supposed to bring two secret group duos together, but I'm pretty sure it's not even a real thing yet. I just listed it here since Candice brought it up and I know she'll do it again. The boot tonight is looking to be Lucas as of right now, and I expect it to stay the same really so dealing with Candice's antics as she tries to use this as a safety net for Lucas will be annoying. ROARK, VOLKNER, CRASHER WAKE, AND BYRON The boys' alliance, basically! I'm closest to Crasher Wake here and would prioritize his safety over the other two. I like my dad, but I don't think he's that strong of a player so I'm expecting that people will want to cut him sooner than later. Volkner is chill, he seems to really like me and trust me so I'm naturally going to try and use that for my own purposes! Crasher Wake just takes the cake since he seems really dedicated to my safety. Outside of these, there's also the fact that I'm still being friends with everyone! So far, I think the vote is looking like this: Lucas: Maylene/Crasher Wake/Byron/Fantina*Roark (let's be honest, here!) ???: Lucas/Candice/Gardenia/Volkner Out of the question marks, I expect Volkner to easily be able to boot Lucas. Candice is likely going to cling to Lucas, but Gardenia should get a move on, as well. Next time around, I think the movement to get Candice out will solidify and Maylene's just going to have to lose her. A lot of people think the girl's very shady, which she is, soooo it just makes sense to get her out of here. |
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| Roark | May 10 2014, 06:26 AM Post #6 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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Sorry to anyone who actually reads these for falling behind! I'll recap, it's not that much drama once you get past the initial blindside. So, late Round Two it was known to Candice that Lucas was basically screwed. She then went into scramble mode (along with some pushing by Maylene to get her to actually do this...to put it simply, Maylene absolutely despises Volkner and the feeling is mutual) and brought up a Volkner blindside to Fantina and I since her pals Lucas and Gardenia already knew. After some debating with Fantina and Maylene, I decided to take the risk in the damage control I'd have to do with Crasher Wake and Byron and go with it! It went off perfectly, although those two males were upset. Byron handled it better, it's actually a bit believable that he's over it? Not sure if he actually is, though! Crasher Wake, on the other hand, was desperate to kiss up to the majority. He apparently complained about my disloyalty or something to Fantina and Maylene, who tattled on him to me, so I tattled back that he is mad at them for not liking that he was in an all-male alliance. In reality, Fantina and Maylene just want him to own up to it rather than him trying to deny it! Those two were a bit annoyed with me hiding my involvement in that, but to be honest they (especially Maylene) believed that I was dragged into it out of nowhere as a fourth so I at least feel secure with them. I'm a bit worried about dad and Crasher Wake wanting to go after me in the future, but I think they are miffed at not just me but everyone else who was in the majority. Anyway, Round Three! Volkner returns and then we revolving door him since nobody trusted his story of wanting to make peace and be a brave hero later on who would volunteer to go in! Actually, maybe Byron did because he purposefully voted in the minority for Gardenia, who was set to be the target due to her relatively low amounts of activity. Crasher Wake also ended up voting for her, but to be fair he actually did miss Volkner's random reappearance so his prevote went through. Fantina's prevote also put her in the minority. She had a list that had the mutineers then Gardenia, but apparently according to her nobody else believed that either of the mutineers would be joining us besides me. So she scrapped it because people told her it was unnecessary? Her mistake, unfortunately! Volkner lives on in Hoenn, but I'm hoping his true colors shine through sooner than later! Which they will, judging by how well he handled Sinnoh. The vote for this round is Gardenia, and she has done very little to improve despite her promises to try to be around more. I feel bad, since she actually is pretty sweet and cute, but I need an easy boot that will tie the clashing forces of Crasher Wake and Candice up! Crasher Wake did allude to wanting to help her out to me, but he's not offering any other names so I'm assuming he realizes it's pointless and was maybe just hoping I'd say a name? The name he would offer up would probably be Candice or Lucas, anyway. Oh, and Fantina is worried that Gardenia will go after her since she was the one to push her boot to begin with before Volkner showed up again. I have her back, though, and so do a lot of people! That's all for now! |
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