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~ FINAL THREE!!! ~
Topic Started: Aug 15 2011, 08:39 PM (39 Views)
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WELCOME TO THE FINAL THREE!


I'd love for you to write anything you want about what you think your best moves that got you here were.....how you would define your strategy....etc. etc. etc.


This is also good practice if you are in the Final 2. Good to think ahead since Final Tribal Council is getting close.
Some of the things you post here might end up being good points to make if you're still there at the end.



Also, how about enlightening readers as to how you think the last challenge will play out.....who would take who.....who would you take.....who would take you, etc.



CONGRATULATIONS!




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First, I have to start off by addressing everything that went down Sunday night. Through all this craziness and FC stuff, I almost forgot.

One, how awesome was that TC? Yeah, you're welcome ;)

I think it's safe to say that Danger Dave has lived up to his nickname in this game so far. But, there is still one obstacle left to get by. One more challenge to win. If I can't do it, it will all have been for NOTHING.

That last challenge obviously took forever and made us all a little dumber in the process. But, that's okay by me. A win's a win. Then, at TC, as usual I tried to stir up some shit. Why wouldn't I? I'm still fighting an uphill battle here, so any chance I get to instigate something, I HAVE to take advantage of it. By asking is anyone wanted to make a deal, I was really just trying to expose people, namely Hunter. Mr. Host-man took it one step further for me by asking everyone INDIVIDUALLY if they would take me F2 deal. I never really thought anyone would anyway, but that just guaranteed that none of them would. I knew that at the very least it would tell me whether the 3 guys all thought they were going to the Final 2 anyway. Clearly they did. If someone had been THAT desperate, they would have taken the offer.

But, then things got more interesting when i decided to force the tie. I knew I would be safe, so why the hell not? It also made Ace feel like he could trust me more and I need someone to feel that way. By no means do I trust that Ace will take me to F2 now, but it does increase the chance that he would. I did bail him out after all.

After the tie vote is when everything came unraveled. Frank was exposed for really not knowing exactly what is going on. I even told him that I WANTED him to stand up for himself, which was true. Then, Hunter tried to slyly "tell Frank" to promise a Final 2 deal for changing his vote too lol. Eventually Frank caught on to that, so I knew it was time to just cut that talk out lol. But, Hunter also exposed himself when he did promise me F2 if I changed my vote. Which I didn't. Hey, nothing personal good buddy, right? Isn't that what you told me after you tried to blindside me?

I didn't really address Ace too much at TC because I was really just trying to expose Hunter to the other two. He had F2 deals with everyone and now they ALL knew it. And Frank voted for Ace, not me. So, I'm hoping that bears some weight now. Sure, Frank eventually changed his vote (like I expected him to), and "saved" Ace, but let's be real. He only did that to save himself.

So, yeah, what a fun night that was for me. I'll be back in a minute for my thoughts on your other questions.
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Okay, I'm gonna answer these out of order. It's easier that way. And I'm "dangerous" :)

I think the last challenge is going to be difficult. That's a given. It will also be crucial for me as usual. Point blank, I win this challenge, I win this game. I have too much in my "argument bank" to lose to either of these guys. I don't think that is being cocky either. I really don't.

The challenge itself looks like it will be a puzzle of some kind. Tree Mail mentions "immunity in pieces", "search", and "some assembly required". I'm taking a lot from these clues; moreso than usual in fact. I think that there will be a picture of an immunity necklace broken into several pieces. Then, they will be scattered somewhere, likely through the different threads of our gameboard. We will possibly need to find them and send them to you. Then, maybe once we have sent you all the pieces, we will have to put them together in one reply. Or we will need to put them all together on our own once we find them. And then we send the completed necklace picture to you when we are done. Either way, it will be tough and the key will be to maintain focus. I lost my focus last challenge and it nearly cost me bigtime. Now, I need to keep my cool and pull this thing out.


Ace is good at challenges. He's quick and bright. Much moreso than Hunter, so I'm hoping that my decision to get rid of Hunter doesn't cost me. I just knew that there was zero chance that Frank or Hunter would have taken me to F2 if they were in the F3. They both voted together last time. So, that was smarter for me to breakup if I had any chance of going to the Finals if I don't win immunity Thursday. So, yeah, Ace is good. But, last time I checked, so was I. (shows off necklace)

Frank, on the other hand, has NOT been very good in the challenges. He possibly has a slower computer too. But, there is no way I'm discounting him either. He's smart too. He just hasn't won. He has as much chance as anyone to win it. But, not if I can help it.

Be back in a second to answer more questions. Gotta start a fire.
Siberia's effin cold.
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Forgot to mention who is taking who to the F2 if they win.

No one will take me. They both think I will beat them, no matter what they say.
I don't know who I will take yet. I go back and forth on it constantly. I was really thinking I'd take Ace, but the more I think about it I'm more likely to get Ace's vote on the Jury even if I do vote him out in comparison with Frank. I think Frank might vote for Ace. Also, Frank would probably be easier to beat. He didn't make as many enemies as Ace, but he also didn't play as well strategically or in challenges.

Ok, on to the other questions.


I'd love for you to write anything you want about what you think your best moves that got you here were.....how you would define your strategy....etc. etc. etc.


You'll have to forgive me for not wanting to write too much about about my FTC points and strategies. I don't want to jinx myself.

But....

Some of my best moves:

1) Building strong bonds/alliances with several people from early on (Hunter, Ace, Jamie, Coach).

2) Winning 5 out of 8 Individual Immunites (obviously). Gonna need to win 6.

3) Causing Katorga to vote out Jake instead of Billy. Sure, it may seem insignificant now. But, everything is important. If Billy had gone home that day, who knows what would have happened. Jake was getting tight with Jamie and possibly Ace. I needed to cut that off and I was able to change the vote to Jake after the group had agreed to vote off Billy, who had my back.

4) Convincing the New Baikal members to throw the challenge to get rid of Teresa. No matter what game she was spitting, she would have turned on us after the merge. No doubt in my mind. She had actually convinced Frank and Hunter to keep her. But, again I was able to get my way and get rid of her.

5) Gaining people's trust and loyalty after "apparently" dire circumstances for me. It all started when I first received votes after the initial merge with Baikal. As I was receving votes, I used that opportunity to message people like Coach, Jamie and Hunter and tell them I'd be pulling for them if I got voted out. It just assured that they would trust me more if (when) I stayed. It especially worked with Coach, who by the end of his game trusted me more than anyone else.

I also used this method to gain people's support after I was nearly blindsided. This one was much easier though, since Hunter really had turned on me. I gained Crystal and Deena's support. There were a couple of other things that happened that helped me too. When Scout was being voted out, Deena effed up and said she thought I was getting votes from the girls. She was actually just confused. But, I used that thought to help myself again. I messaged Scout and Jill asking why they would vote for me? She told me that my name never even came up. My response "Why is it that I trust you more than anyone in the game right now?" Her response to me? "You're a good man Dave." Point for me. Hopefully, it will point= Jury vote.

6) Exposing Hunter and Ace for how they've played the game. I went on a rampage after the blindside attempt on me. I let everyone know how hurt I was that Hunter had turned on me. I said I respect good strategy, but his was dumb. I said he was "well on his way to winning the game without blinsiding his best friend in the game." Heh. There is always a lot of truth in everything I say. But, it's really just a matter of perspective.

With Ace, he had repeatedly told other people that so-and-so had "attacked him personally" after he had an argument with them. So, when he started saying the same thing about me, I was ready. I literally hadn't attacked his RL character at all like he claimed to others. But, he actually had gloated and mocked me after the vote. So, I forwarded the entire conversation to Jill, Crystal, and Frank, so they would see what was really going on. I wish I could remind Frank of it now actually, but the LAST thing I want to do right now is tell Frank that Ace has been a jerk at time in this game.

There are more moves, but I need to move on :D I will dig deeper if I'm in the F2.
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Some of my strategies in this game:

1) Be friendly from the beginning and throw out words like "trust".
2) Stay in control without anyone really realizing it. It totally worked when I was able to get rid of Jake and Teresa in particular. Didn't quite pan out the whole game though unfortunately.
3) From tight bonds early. Worked with Hunter, Ace, Jamie, and Coach. Later I added Frank, Crystal, and Deena.
4) Trust the people I said I would from the beginning. It worked for a LONG time.
5) Stand up for myself. I definitely DID NOT ride any coattails. I made sure my opinion was heard. Most notably with the Coach vote. Now, I think I will have his jury vote if I make it that far.
6) Don't be TOO social outwardly. I tried not to be too social on the Mountain etc. (see Jamie, Trish). It just expands the target on you as people become afraid that you have too many friends.
7) Be the most likable person by the end. Yeah, that probably worked. Not the way I drew it up though lol
8) I was one of the first people (that I know of) to start forwarding emails to people that I trusted. It just solidified the bonds.
9) Pay attention to what people are saying, and more importantly what their motivation is for saying it.
10) "Creating Safety"- I coined this term back on July 8. You have to create relationships and situations in this game to keep yourself from being voted out. Little did I know that eventually Creating Safety for me was going to become synonymous with "Winning Immunity".


Finally, there was a point (also July 8) where I mentioned that I might have to turn on either Hunter or Ace if I wanted to win this game. The key would be how I set it up. I needed to either 1) find out/say that they were trying to screw me over first or 2) instigate something between them and make them want to vote each other out. But, the key here was that I couldn't do it unless I could set it up where I couldn't be BLAMED for it. That was Hunter's big mistake. He did exactly what I thought I might have to do at some point. But, he didn't get the job done and it was easy for me to blame him for it and turn him into a villain by the end for it.

(Author's note: My strategy really did change at a certain point and I had no intention of screwing Hunter over. I wasn't lying when said that. At that point, I really believed in my head and my heart that I wanted the most trustworthy and decent people to make it to the end)
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