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| Round One-Geodude!!! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 5 2014, 12:01 AM (81 Views) | |
| Roark | May 5 2014, 12:01 AM Post #1 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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I'm naming all of these topics after random Rock-type Pokemon! I'll start with the classic that is Geodude. I'll say something of substance in a bit, but this is just to get the ball rolling some! This is actually my first game outside of deviantART, so I'm really nervous but at the same time excited! I figured if I can get 4th, 3rd, and 2nd there I at least have a chance at surviving a few rounds here! :lol: Anyway, my entire character is to be really excitable, since Roark seems to be that way! I'll also talk about how I'm a new Gym Leader and stuff, yadda yadda, and probably also mention mines, the underground thing in Sinnoh, etc. I'm glad I actually played the Sinnoh games so I have all this material to use for small talk! I actually am annoyed with my "dad" Bryon since he's telling people that I'm always late! It'll be pretty obvious soon enough I'm in another timezone, but to hear from both Gardenia and Volkner that he's calling me lazy is just annoying. I forget how Byron's even supposed to act lol, so it could be in character but whatever. I guess it's fine, for now. Gives me something to talk about I guess! This is already going on long for something that's supposed to be short, and I got some more PMs to answer so cutting this off here! |
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| Roark | May 5 2014, 01:14 AM Post #2 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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Alright, all I have to remember to convert the time is to flip AM and PM and then add two hours. Neat! ~FIRST IMPRESSIONS~ Gardenia: Ehhhh, I'm not really sure what to think of her right now. She seems like a nice enough lady, and she made a Katy Perry reference...I'm not sure how many points I should give that. She also seemed really eager to get to know me, which I bet she's doing with everyone. Volkner: He's already building a character of being a "cool" youngster type, so good for him. Not my favorite type of character but I see the effort and he talks about nothing/background talk well enough. I see him possibly being of use to me. Byron: He's really emphasizing the relationship between us, so I'm just playing along with it for now but I really do hope we don't appear to be a duo or anything. I'm probably being paranoid about that, but it's hard not to pay attention to such things. Maylene: I send her a PM and she replies mainly talking about how she didn't even know this game was Arena and meta stuff. That's fine with me, I don't think she knows much about Pokemon so I will adjust my pointless chatter appropriately. I do aim to please! Fantina: Her French accent is really cute and spot-on so far, from what little I actually know about French. I look forward to getting to know her, although she messed up an IMG tag in her reply to me and I couldn't help but laugh. That probably sounds mean, but I think she's precious. Crasher Wake, Candice, Dawn, and Lucas will be done after I see more from them. Once I do all of these, I'll probably c/p it to the Lurker thing. American/Not Australian Club: Me/Maylene/Fanitna. Thank gosh I'm not the only one! |
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| Professor Oak | May 5 2014, 02:22 AM Post #3 |
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You've played three games and finished 4th, 3rd & 2nd in them? That is quite the resume Keen to hear the rest of your first impressions! You mentioned the timezone aspect at the end of that second update. Do you think that will be a factor at all? |
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| Roark | May 5 2014, 02:48 AM Post #4 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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I have played in another one and got 8th, too. To be fair, the 2nd place one was a bit more of a casual thing but I count it anyway. I think that will be a factor, as I'm already having a lot more time to develop relationships with Fantina and Maylene. I also hope that we aren't seen as some timezone alliance thing, but I think it's way too early for alliances right about now so I'm not too worried about it. Luckily, I think with my hours I should be fine to be able to talk with folks in other timezones. I'm also planning to wake up a bit earlier than usual so I can have some extra time before votes. But it's not that radical of a change, just like from getting up at 6 to 5:30 or something. Speaking of early alliances, Fantina is probably trying to crush them or something because she ranted for like a paragraph about how narrow-minded early alliances are. So, I have a feeling there's quite a touch of bitch underneath this cute French thing. I like it! Maylene has started talking about the secret group thing and other game related stuff, so she's definitely getting down to business quick. I should keep an eye out for what she's doing, I think she's one of those types who is going to demand information. As for strategy, I'm just trying to be everyone's friend, which is my bread and butter initial strategy for everything. Of course the lines in the sand are eventually drawn and then it all gets real, but for now there's no harm in it! If I do get myself tossed into the duel, I'll just have to rely on my decent challenge skills. I'm not sure how well they will hold up in this crowd, but I've won a few in three of my four other ones so I'll just hope for the best if my back is against the wall! |
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| Janine | May 5 2014, 03:39 AM Post #5 |
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True-Blue Aussie
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im impressed which is hard since u r not australian u filthy swine. do you think that your pokemon can defeat the other types in the duels |
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| Roark | May 5 2014, 04:28 AM Post #6 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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I'm glad I've overcome that handicap. Direct comparison: Brendon/May/Lucas/Dawn-They don't have a set type and Rock-type isn't very versatile so no. Roxanne-I am clearly the better Rock-type trainer! I work in mines all day, she just got out of school. Brawly-I'm screwed because he can break all my rocks Wattson-Rock-types also know ground moves so I got this. Flannery-She's toast Norman-Probably could Winona-Rocks trump wings Liza-Could go either way Wallace-I'm doomed Gardenia-She'll drain away my Pokemon's health Maylene-No way Crasher Wake-He actually said he could kick my butt already, depressing Fantina-No clue Candice-I got this Volkner-Piece of cake I win six or seven of those. I guess this is why Rock is always fought early on. ;_; Looking over the starter questions, there's also the thing about secret groups so here we go: I'm likely going to not trust my Secret Group person. It's hard to tell how much they like me when it's just a forum that's very easy to be fake in, and I would not put it past anyone to try to reel in little ol' me as an easy boot. ;_; Once they put their money where their mouth is, I guess, I can really start trusting them. But it's going to be hard for them to prove anything to me unless I go over there and manage to stay safe. I guess I'll have to see who I get in particular to make the right judgment. Funnily enough, I just got like a 10 sentence in one massive paragraph PM from Maylene discussing secret groups some more. I love this girl when she's showing her personality but right now she's just using me to bounce ideas about the game and the format and the twist off of. As long as she likes me, I guess. Another weird thing about Maylene (I feel so judgmental ;_;) is how she talks like this is her first ORG in like, forever. It just comes across as fake when it's been alluded to every PM. She's even talking about the first game in this series now. She is stifling my character and persona but I will have to stand for it because I love playing socially to stay the hell out of danger. I must sound so weak right now, but I'm usually more fierce when things hit the fan. |
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| Roark | May 5 2014, 06:37 AM Post #7 |
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Due to Maylene and I both realizing we've talked to each other more than the rest of our team combined, we are officially a thing. I was waiting for her to take the plunge and she did. Lol, the timezone thing really did work here but I think we do get along well despite me complaining about her in here. The ~fire~ in her is back or something after all the game talk. |
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| Roark | May 5 2014, 07:14 AM Post #8 |
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~FIRST IMPRESSIONS~ Crasher Wake: I don't like that he only responds in a paragraph each time (I've been known to send up to 8 paragraphs, really I'm a bit psychotic) but at the same time it doesn't bug me because he somehow manages to address all the points in a sentence each? I dunno, not bad but not my favorite. I'm fine with him as long as he's fine with me! Lucas: I like the entire personality he's created since Lucas is pretty much a blank slate. What I don't like is the frequent fakeish comments that make me inwardly groan. Stuff like "I hope my secret group partner is fun and interesting like you" just makes me cringe. I'm probably doing the same thing unknowingly, so it's not that much of an issue. I just like complaining about what I can! Overall, I like him and he seemed quick to reply. Left: Dawn, Candice |
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| Roark | May 5 2014, 12:43 PM Post #9 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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Crasher Wake has discussed with me the possibility of him volunteering to go into the duel so that he can win easily and come back to us. He seems very unsure about whether to do it or not (and mentioned he didn't want it to be known to others he was thinking about it) so I told him his secret is safe with me. And it is, actually! I don't see a scenario where I have to throw him under the bus at all, since Gardenia/Candice/Dawn seem to be sort of less here than everyone else? I wouldn't call them inactive or anything yet, but I think they have a chance at being more at risk than the others in this group. Wake also alluded to liking Byron and me, and saying he needs strong people with him in this region. Seemed like an alliance grab to me, so I'll have to see if I can get him to outright push it since I usually don't like taking hints. So, I feel safe with Maylene, Wake, and Byron (we've had good background talks) for right now. I'm somewhat confident Fantina and Volkner like me, as does Lucas. I just don't have much of a read on Dawn/Candice since they haven't been on to reply yet and Gardenia just said "let's talk more later." I'm going to go to bed soon in hopes I can wake up a bit earlier than usual and catch these people. Even if I oversleep, I should at least have a short half an hour to pump messages out. |
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| Roark | May 5 2014, 12:49 PM Post #10 |
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Newsflash: Apparently I'm Fantina's favorite. As usual, the paranoid side of me is all "she's lyinggg to youuuu" but then I'm like "why would she lie about this, really? it'd be pretty pointless and dumb" so I feel like she may be exaggerating a tad but won't want me out. This is good! I actually do like Fantina a lot, her and Maylene are probably my top two right about now.
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| Roark | May 6 2014, 07:13 AM Post #11 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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First Impression Finishes: Candice-I don't really like her all that much, she's gotten shorter and shorter in messages and I don't think she'll even be around all that much. I'd be willing to ditch her sooner than most of the others! Dawn-She's definitely better than Candice! Her personality she has set up is cute enough, and she's been sending alright messages. I don't think I'm going to be too close to her, though, especially with recent developments. So! 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. ;_; |
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| Roark | May 6 2014, 09:43 AM Post #12 |
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So, Maylene told me that Gardenia and Candice were actually shocked about the alliance, as well. We'll see if we can get those girls to flip on Volkner. At the same time, Byron is working away at getting Volkner to flip but I don't think that'll be too effective. If it works for him, that's fine but if Volkner becomes the boot target he's gotta be up for booting him. As long as I know who to prevote for eventually, this round will end well! It's been narrowed down to Dawn, Lucas, or Volkner so we'll have to stay tuned and communicate the vote well among our solid five. Lucas and Volkner both haven't messaged me back in forever, so I'd rather have Dawn stick around. Best case is if the girls are willing to throw Volkner to the wolves! Apparently they wish to use Lucas and Dawn as votes or something, so this could pan out that way. |
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| Misty | May 6 2014, 10:26 AM Post #13 |
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This confessional is amazing ![]() Great updates! |
| Don't worry Mysty I saved u | |
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| Roark | May 6 2014, 12:47 PM Post #14 |
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Call me Roark the Rock!
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Thanks, Misty! I still have no idea who the target is, but now Candice is on so I can press her about that alliance Volkner included us in. She already pressed me about Maylene and I's relationship, which I didn't like answering too since my closest ally and I being a very public pair has happened before. I guess it would have caught up to me, anyway! |
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Once I do all of these, I'll probably c/p it to the Lurker thing. 

Lol, the timezone thing really did work here but I think we do get along well despite me complaining about her in here. The ~fire~ in her is back or something after all the game talk. 
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