Post by porsche on Mar 14, 2016 19:04:04 GMT
First of all, I found some weird images on the POV board. Do these mean anything?
Anyway, I'm feeling like this game is about to start heating up. Amy left which was no problem. She was less of a threat than I thought, but still, I didn't really need her for my game and it was a vote everyone agreed with except for Marvin (and even he apparently voted her out, according to what he said), and it let me continue to remain in good with everyone.
The HOH competition was next, and I knew that I needed to throw it. I could put up Will with no real blood on my hands, but I had an alliance, or an implied alliance, with everyone else and I felt like it benefited me more to just stay out of power and try to get through the week without making an enemy for no reason, especially when I felt like I was good with everyone.
So Jen won. Honestly I think I would have preferred Austin though. He said he would have put up Louise and Will and I think it would be a lot easier and less dividing to save Louise. But Jen won, and she put up Marvin/Will, which were the nominations I was going to recommend to her so I'm pretty happy. I would have preferred for Marvin to stay off the block but there was no way that was going to happen.
I'm not sure what would happen if the veto got used. I'm assuming David would be the replacement nomination, just because Jen is close with Louise and has the deal with me, Cody and Mark, and a separate one with Sarah and Austin. I think David would survive against anyone, so if Will won the veto, I would probably be forced to let Marvin go. That would be the worst case scenario. David has also been talking about winning the veto, pulling Will off and trying to get Mark up and out. I'm not sure who Jen would put up if that happened. I could see her putting Mark up and I think I would vote him out then? Marvin is probably better for my game, just because so many people want him out, although apparently I'm one of the people Mark trusts the most? That would be a tough call, though I haven't talked with Mark in forever. I would just need to be careful that Jen didn't put up someone she saw as well-liked as a pawn (like me!)
If I won the veto, it would probably be smartest not to use it. I'm assuming Marvin would be safe anyway. Marvin winning, taking himself off the block and then being able to easily get the votes to send Will out would be the best case scenario. If I won and used it, that would make Jen mad at me. Though if I vote to keep Marvin, that would make people mad at me anyway. Hmm.
Onto the fun part, which is the voting. If the nominations stay the same, I want Will out. He told me a while back that I was one of the ones he liked the most or something, but I have nothing concrete with him, and I'm not sure what he would do if he won HOH. If I keep Marvin in on the other hand, it might make some people mad, but his pandora's box power would be gone and even though the way he made the alliance was weird, he has nobody to work with but me, and he and Jen are already going after each other. It helps me to keep that conflict ongoing.
I'm sure Louise and Sarah would vote him out. Cody and Mark I'm not sure, though Mark is apparently good with Will and considered nominating Marvin. Cody didn't seem too fond of either of them the last time I checked. And Jen would break any tie to send Marvin out. However, Marvin told me that his power from Pandora's Box was that it could cancel three votes. In that case, there are only four votes that count, and he would need three to survive, which he can easily get from me/Austin/David.
This would upset Jen and it goes against what I've been trying to do this whole game, which is to do the option that doesn't get any blood on my hands and keeps everyone happy with me. But voting out Marvin is good for Jen's game, but it's not good for my game and I need to be selfish. I could see this as a potentially house-splitting move, with Marvin/David/Austin/me on one side and Jen/Sarah/Louise/Mark/Cody on the other, and me and Austin would be trying to play the middle. I would need to do some damage control so the other side considered me one of them. That side would have the numbers but they wouldn't be as unified. Sarah and Louise don't really talk to each other, and Mark put Sarah up. The person who would be connecting them would be Jen. I hate having to talk about her like she's a threat, because I really do like her, but she's in a very good spot, especially if Marvin goes and I need to keep an eye out for that.
I decided what to do about the Mark alliance. It was probably a mistake to talk to him about a bigger alliance, because it's easier for me to get exposed, but he did include me in the alliance and he wants to work with me. I'm not crazy about the way it came about, where I wanted to talk with him and get closer to him and feel out where he stood and he just made an alliance while I was away without talking to anyone. But still, he isn't close to a lot of people and the alliance could be a possible option for me, so I'm not going to sell it out. Me and Jen did tell Louise about it though, and her reaction was kind of weird. She seemed threatened by Mark and said "ok!" a lot without really offering her thoughts. She wasn't as cool about it as I was hoping. She also apparently has an alliance with David that she didn't tell me about so maybe she's a stronger player than she seems, though she was starting to talk about David as someone we could lose down the road, so maybe she didn't remember.
In the next couple days, I want to think hard about my position and what the best move is for me strategically, assuming that Will does go. I'll need to figure out who to vote out and around when I should do it. It's easy for me to make alliances and connections with these people, knowing in the back of my mind that I can't be loyal to all of them, but it's much more difficult to actually plan out when I will need to vote these people out. The other thing is working harder socially. I feel like I've started to slack off a little bit, and in order to play the game I'm attempting to play, I need people to feel close to me and continue to see me as an ally. I've had a lot less strategic conversations recently, and I need to work on having more of those.
Anyway, I'm feeling like this game is about to start heating up. Amy left which was no problem. She was less of a threat than I thought, but still, I didn't really need her for my game and it was a vote everyone agreed with except for Marvin (and even he apparently voted her out, according to what he said), and it let me continue to remain in good with everyone.
The HOH competition was next, and I knew that I needed to throw it. I could put up Will with no real blood on my hands, but I had an alliance, or an implied alliance, with everyone else and I felt like it benefited me more to just stay out of power and try to get through the week without making an enemy for no reason, especially when I felt like I was good with everyone.
So Jen won. Honestly I think I would have preferred Austin though. He said he would have put up Louise and Will and I think it would be a lot easier and less dividing to save Louise. But Jen won, and she put up Marvin/Will, which were the nominations I was going to recommend to her so I'm pretty happy. I would have preferred for Marvin to stay off the block but there was no way that was going to happen.
I'm not sure what would happen if the veto got used. I'm assuming David would be the replacement nomination, just because Jen is close with Louise and has the deal with me, Cody and Mark, and a separate one with Sarah and Austin. I think David would survive against anyone, so if Will won the veto, I would probably be forced to let Marvin go. That would be the worst case scenario. David has also been talking about winning the veto, pulling Will off and trying to get Mark up and out. I'm not sure who Jen would put up if that happened. I could see her putting Mark up and I think I would vote him out then? Marvin is probably better for my game, just because so many people want him out, although apparently I'm one of the people Mark trusts the most? That would be a tough call, though I haven't talked with Mark in forever. I would just need to be careful that Jen didn't put up someone she saw as well-liked as a pawn (like me!)
If I won the veto, it would probably be smartest not to use it. I'm assuming Marvin would be safe anyway. Marvin winning, taking himself off the block and then being able to easily get the votes to send Will out would be the best case scenario. If I won and used it, that would make Jen mad at me. Though if I vote to keep Marvin, that would make people mad at me anyway. Hmm.
Onto the fun part, which is the voting. If the nominations stay the same, I want Will out. He told me a while back that I was one of the ones he liked the most or something, but I have nothing concrete with him, and I'm not sure what he would do if he won HOH. If I keep Marvin in on the other hand, it might make some people mad, but his pandora's box power would be gone and even though the way he made the alliance was weird, he has nobody to work with but me, and he and Jen are already going after each other. It helps me to keep that conflict ongoing.
I'm sure Louise and Sarah would vote him out. Cody and Mark I'm not sure, though Mark is apparently good with Will and considered nominating Marvin. Cody didn't seem too fond of either of them the last time I checked. And Jen would break any tie to send Marvin out. However, Marvin told me that his power from Pandora's Box was that it could cancel three votes. In that case, there are only four votes that count, and he would need three to survive, which he can easily get from me/Austin/David.
This would upset Jen and it goes against what I've been trying to do this whole game, which is to do the option that doesn't get any blood on my hands and keeps everyone happy with me. But voting out Marvin is good for Jen's game, but it's not good for my game and I need to be selfish. I could see this as a potentially house-splitting move, with Marvin/David/Austin/me on one side and Jen/Sarah/Louise/Mark/Cody on the other, and me and Austin would be trying to play the middle. I would need to do some damage control so the other side considered me one of them. That side would have the numbers but they wouldn't be as unified. Sarah and Louise don't really talk to each other, and Mark put Sarah up. The person who would be connecting them would be Jen. I hate having to talk about her like she's a threat, because I really do like her, but she's in a very good spot, especially if Marvin goes and I need to keep an eye out for that.
I decided what to do about the Mark alliance. It was probably a mistake to talk to him about a bigger alliance, because it's easier for me to get exposed, but he did include me in the alliance and he wants to work with me. I'm not crazy about the way it came about, where I wanted to talk with him and get closer to him and feel out where he stood and he just made an alliance while I was away without talking to anyone. But still, he isn't close to a lot of people and the alliance could be a possible option for me, so I'm not going to sell it out. Me and Jen did tell Louise about it though, and her reaction was kind of weird. She seemed threatened by Mark and said "ok!" a lot without really offering her thoughts. She wasn't as cool about it as I was hoping. She also apparently has an alliance with David that she didn't tell me about so maybe she's a stronger player than she seems, though she was starting to talk about David as someone we could lose down the road, so maybe she didn't remember.
In the next couple days, I want to think hard about my position and what the best move is for me strategically, assuming that Will does go. I'll need to figure out who to vote out and around when I should do it. It's easy for me to make alliances and connections with these people, knowing in the back of my mind that I can't be loyal to all of them, but it's much more difficult to actually plan out when I will need to vote these people out. The other thing is working harder socially. I feel like I've started to slack off a little bit, and in order to play the game I'm attempting to play, I need people to feel close to me and continue to see me as an ally. I've had a lot less strategic conversations recently, and I need to work on having more of those.
I've been so caught up in all my alliances that I haven't ever really considered Will as a real option, and I really want to say yes to him. I am not good with emotional appeals. Though Will did tell me that if I wasn't on his side, he would give up and stop campaigning altogether and then later told me in that same conversation that every other person he talked to but 1 told him he had their vote which is weird. But David did tell me that I wasn't his target and made it seem like I was Will's #2 before this. I know his trust in me has taken a hit, but hopefully he won't hold it against me too much.