Post by Kathy Sleckman on Mar 4, 2015 18:35:44 GMT
Damn, this is gonna take forever to type out a full confessional, since I'm typing between posting for the challenge AND I'm in law class. Blech. Gotta love posting challenges plus that weird ten-second lag ProBoards makes you take between posts in a thread. I've never actually encountered that before.
Anyways, this game is already kicking into high gear. Especially with the twist in place, everyone is scrambling socially to ensure they have someone with their back if they go to tribal. Like I said last night in so many words, this twist makes me so nervous. I don't know anyone, they don't know me, and I'm not the best performer in challenges a lot of the time. But in talking to people, I think it was Silas who made the best point so far:
THE WINNER OF EACH CHALLENGES IS A TARGET.
The highest performer, if the hosts actually announce the scores or the ranking of the pharaohs/servants, is now known to be a good challenger, and this early in the game, if that player then ends up at the second or third or so tribal, they likely go home. So my original goal of winning this challenge, given my likelihood of winning in the future, is not my goal anymore. (As much as I'm sure I could beat the Fairplay record. Sigh.) Now I'm just trying to stay out of tribal/in the top ten. If the hosts don't end up announcing the score rank, I'm gonna be so, so mad.
Talking to people has been fun. I'm going full Kathy on everyone, making bad puns and being a joking, crude middle-aged woman as best I can. So far I think it's working in my favor. People seem to be receiving me well both in the blast chat and in private chats, and I hope I'm not just misreading that.
Sierra's a character, I have to say. She's already got 350 posts- she flat out told me. A) THAT'S A TON HOLY SHIT I NEED TO CATCH UP. B) We didn't talk about trusting each other or anything before she let that slip, so either she's trying to scare me and is a good player or girl has no clue what game she's playing. I'll probably go to her soon with a deal to watch each other's backs, just to see where her head's at. Silas is the only person I've actually made any deals with so far, and it's really just because he was the first person to directly chat with me. He seems pretty straightforward, and he has said he's giving up on the challenge and just going to tribal. I don't know if I believe that nonsense or not, but if he does and if I do, I've told him I won't say his name. I don't know if I'll stick to that yet, because again, it's hard to really trust anyone when it's been less than 24 hours. But at least I think someone has my back, and I hope I'm not given a reason not to honor that as long as I possibly can.
The other people I've talked to include Chelsea, Spencer, Crystal, Tasha, and Dolly, but the talking I've done with them is either mostly rooted in the blast chat or very minimal so far. I get good vibes from Crystal, Tasha, and Chelsea, and I'm hoping that eventually I'll be able to work with them. Or just work with people in general. Because this whole "playing the game alone" thing? Yeah, it's not freaking easy.
That's all I've got for now. Back to confusing the shit out of the people behind me in law class with the image of my face 'shopped onto Wigglytuff. (They're staring at my screen, and it's so fucking funny.)
Anyways, this game is already kicking into high gear. Especially with the twist in place, everyone is scrambling socially to ensure they have someone with their back if they go to tribal. Like I said last night in so many words, this twist makes me so nervous. I don't know anyone, they don't know me, and I'm not the best performer in challenges a lot of the time. But in talking to people, I think it was Silas who made the best point so far:
THE WINNER OF EACH CHALLENGES IS A TARGET.
The highest performer, if the hosts actually announce the scores or the ranking of the pharaohs/servants, is now known to be a good challenger, and this early in the game, if that player then ends up at the second or third or so tribal, they likely go home. So my original goal of winning this challenge, given my likelihood of winning in the future, is not my goal anymore. (As much as I'm sure I could beat the Fairplay record. Sigh.) Now I'm just trying to stay out of tribal/in the top ten. If the hosts don't end up announcing the score rank, I'm gonna be so, so mad.
Talking to people has been fun. I'm going full Kathy on everyone, making bad puns and being a joking, crude middle-aged woman as best I can. So far I think it's working in my favor. People seem to be receiving me well both in the blast chat and in private chats, and I hope I'm not just misreading that.
Sierra's a character, I have to say. She's already got 350 posts- she flat out told me. A) THAT'S A TON HOLY SHIT I NEED TO CATCH UP. B) We didn't talk about trusting each other or anything before she let that slip, so either she's trying to scare me and is a good player or girl has no clue what game she's playing. I'll probably go to her soon with a deal to watch each other's backs, just to see where her head's at. Silas is the only person I've actually made any deals with so far, and it's really just because he was the first person to directly chat with me. He seems pretty straightforward, and he has said he's giving up on the challenge and just going to tribal. I don't know if I believe that nonsense or not, but if he does and if I do, I've told him I won't say his name. I don't know if I'll stick to that yet, because again, it's hard to really trust anyone when it's been less than 24 hours. But at least I think someone has my back, and I hope I'm not given a reason not to honor that as long as I possibly can.
The other people I've talked to include Chelsea, Spencer, Crystal, Tasha, and Dolly, but the talking I've done with them is either mostly rooted in the blast chat or very minimal so far. I get good vibes from Crystal, Tasha, and Chelsea, and I'm hoping that eventually I'll be able to work with them. Or just work with people in general. Because this whole "playing the game alone" thing? Yeah, it's not freaking easy.
That's all I've got for now. Back to confusing the shit out of the people behind me in law class with the image of my face 'shopped onto Wigglytuff. (They're staring at my screen, and it's so fucking funny.)
