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Down the Rabbit Hole; 7/19/11 - Pre-F17 Tribal (+ Reward!)
Topic Started: Jul 19 2011, 09:14 AM (94 Views)
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"Down the rabbit hole" - to enter a period of chaos or confusion (Urban Dictionary)

So, had my first lengthy message from Coach today. I almost called it a "meaningful conversation," but his note left me with one of the biggest WTF expressions on my face while I was reading it.

I basically was making small talk...again, adhering to my "try to connect with everyone, no matter how hard, painful or difficult it is" mantra, not realizing Coach was going to give me a run for my money on all three of those fronts. I had asked him, since he was the "Dragon Slayer," what my nickname might be. His response:

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Im not much of a nickname guy..........I think Shanes Nlog handle is "Softheadboy" so I could start dropping that here and there and see if it picks up? Fuck it we'll try it and see............... Most dumb shits probably wont know what it means but well go with it. And I'm pretty sure th ereal meaning of that is coke head so we could skip it if you want, but Powers does use that so it would be cool. Hit em up..............


Um...yeah. I told him I might just stick with "Shane," and quickly switched topics.
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Followed by a moment of crazy lucidity from coach. Wow. His thoughts on what might happen at tonight's Reward Challenge:

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I would prefer the reward be for us ........if we win?............that we get to hand out 3 Immunities to their tribe. ;) Saving them 3 could benefit us enormously later! ........YEah I know Im just dreaming here, but Im bored.........


Sure, the odds of that happening are low...but still, an interesting and possible option. That by winning on Sunday, perhaps the women won the advantage of some of them having individual immunity for this vote. And the Reward tonight might be that, if the men win, we get to assign immunity to a few of their members...but if the women win, the winning women (if it's another individual challenge) win Immunity. Or something.

I mean, yeah...odds of us guessing correct are low. And Brobst is probably reading this, chuckling to himself about how far off we all are. But thought mostly that this was an interesting and plausible concept coming from Coach...which astounded me the most. :)
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And as for tonight...no idea what to expect. NOBODY on Baikal thinks that Sunday played out so simply that the winning tribe simply got a couple extra days in the game to consider things.

So...we're preparing mentally for all sorts of twists. From having to shuffle or swap, to getting to assign immunity, to having to adopt the Yenesei name and go to Tribal Council in their place.

And with so many possibilities on the line, I by no means feel safe through the evening, until we understand the dynamics of the evening. But I'm HOPING that 1) it's immediately clear up front that we WON'T be voting anyone out tonight, no matter how things play out and 2) that Coach doesn't somehow end up with Immunity.
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My "Baikal" Tribal thread disappeared...this bodes not well...
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Oh...that's why. :P

(But still wondering if somethin' somethin' else is up)
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I've been a busy little bee and am finally catching up on this thread.

A+ for Confessional updates

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Curt Clark...making Brobst's life easier since January 2011.
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I'll post more on my thoughts on this shuffle (which, thankfully, was not a complete surprise) tomorrow. As well as on my new tribe.
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*(Well, not like you need Confessional prompting.....but here are some pretty fonts...)*



HOW HAS THE SWAP WORKED OUT FOR YOU SO FAR?



And of the 4 new players on your tribe, who have you chatted with so far and how do your impressions of them from public posts coincide or differ now that you can chat with them one on one?




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How has the swap worked out so far? Terrible. I was hoping, hoping, hoping we would get either Deena or Crystal because they, at least, might be willing to save themselves. But right now, we're in (what seems to be) a solid 4 vs. 4 tiebreaker situation.

And yes, this is a chance to knock out a couple Katorgas or James...I could EASILY turn on them. But when I say EASILY, I mean, it's as simple switching a vote. But, and this may be stupid, I'm just not willing to do so. I've grown to like all three of them, and were I to have picked three folks to splinter off with me, it would have been precisely these three folks.

So, as of now, it looks like Ace's ranting/raving at the women has shut down their communications, as I haven't heard from any of them since early this afternoon. But, may approach Scout or Jill this evening if I hear no further developments, and try to convince them that James, Frank and I will need some women to join forces with at a merge, but right now their original tribe is six strong, and it is not an option...unless Trish or Gretchen goes home.

If that doesn't work...thinking of "accidentally" copying Trish or someone on a fake email, implying something or other. Haven't fully worked that one out yet.

But for now...thinking of forcing a tie. Even if that means someone randomly going home, I'm willing to risk that for myself.
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As to who I've chatted with, I've tried chatting with everyone. Didn't really get anywhere. I haven't found Trish as annoying as Ace and Jamie have, but she's up there. Scout and Gretchen are both friendly, and Jill hasn't messaged much.

So far, no real surprises.
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PS: Trish just started a "Getting To Know You" thread on the Tribe Board. No way in HELL am I gonna be the first one posting there...

And, what, am I supposed to make stuff up? I can't give REAL answers, because of the anonymity of the game...

*Sigh*
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Elaborate about this PM of yours:

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I'm one click away from starting a "Thunderdome" thread in our Yenisei Tribal Board for us to take these battles out of PMs and get them all out in the open.

For or against?
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Ace was forwarding messages to the men that had snippets of a verbal feud that he and Trish had been engaging in.

Figured rather than have each of us battle via PM verbally, we could just have an open space where we could all yell at each other. At the very least, might be amusing. But heard back from nobody but James, who warned against it.

Now, keep in mind, there's a part of me that is wondering if Ace is making up this feud with Trish, but lying about that would seem to be a change in character for him, but the feud and his ire is also out of character, so not sure what to believe. A small part of me is wondering if he will be switching his vote, but that would surprise me.
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Shane,Jul 20 2011
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Figured rather than have each of us battle via PM verbally, we could just have an open space where we could all yell at each other.  At the very least, might be amusing.  But heard back from nobody but James, who warned against it.

That would have been fun!
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