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Topic Started: Aug 4 2017, 06:05:21 PM (1,938 Views)
Boudica
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Okay, so:

1) Montezuma was right that there were returners? Wtf Klick r u made of literal magic?

2) Washington and Hannibal is maybe not terrible for me? I wasn't involved in either of them being voted out, and had decent relationships with both for the durations I interacted with them. Certainly better than it being any of Saladin/Dido/Stalin/Monty/Tokugawa

3) Willem on the jury is probably fine for me? He's going to be a pretty neutral slate if I make FTC, so he'll likely echo the broader sentiment of the jury and be influenceable during FTC

4) MERGE FUCK YEAH.
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Gustavo Gutierrez
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Christine Lagarde
Aug 22 2017, 06:56:25 AM
nice
but enough about borobudur!
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Boudica
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I don't I know what to do now.

I'm confused by not having to hustle
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Boudica
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Going through torchwalks, I now realize that pre-merge was a massacre of non-Western leaders

Go us >.>
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Boudica
Aug 22 2017, 09:27:41 AM
I don't I know what to do now.

I'm confused by not having to hustle
Do torchwalks from your cat

Do ones for the final four!
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Francis Bacon
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you count as western dont u
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Boudica
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yeah all the F4 are Western leaders.

The last non-Western one was Poca unless you want to ignore historical context and call Gilgamesh non-Western.
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Would you like to carve a bust of me for your library? Get in line!
In Civ 1.0 the player who signed up as Sitting Bull dropped out and their replacement wanted to be Washington. I did not realize the unfortunate implications until it was too late.
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Boudica
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That is unfortunate.
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Sappho
Aug 22 2017, 02:03:18 PM
Do torchwalks from your cat
Halo's is that she hates everyone and they all suck.

Flo is too dumb to understand the concept of torchwalks.
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Boudica
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Also I forget who my 5 choices were, but I think I had Wu Zetian and Montezuma as two of them?
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Boudica
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STONEHENGE!
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Boudica
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DRUIDIC PRAYER CIRCLE HAS BEEN AIDING ME ALL GAME.

IT IS TIME FOR IT TO GIVE ME ONE LAST PRAYER TO VAULT ME TO THE END.
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Boudica
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I am actually reasonably confident going into this challenge. Not gonna be doing it tonight, since I have a soccer game and might do a drink or two after, but tomorrow or Thursday I'll give it a go.

But yeah, I'm broadly fairly confident in my writing, and my "correct grammar" is generally pretty good. It's just gonna be about maintaining composure and typing the best I can.
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how long would you be willing to go before youd drop out of your own accord?
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Good luck, buddy.
So long and thanks for the fish.
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Gustavo Gutierrez
Aug 22 2017, 06:20:47 PM
how long would you be willing to go before youd drop out of your own accord?
Until I fuck up.

I'm doing this on Thursday partially because if I end up going for like 10 hours, at least I'm just fucking my friday and can call in sick and nap.
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Boudica
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The bright side is I think this could be a challenge that Napoleon and Theo are okay at. With Theo, it's definitely a composure thing. She's clearly an intelligent person, but I think she doesn't handle pressure well, like, at all.
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I need to remember to load up on caffeine drinks to consume during my FIC run
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Boudica
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I think I will title my FIC thread "On Druidic Prayer Circles"
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Boudica
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We'll see how I feel tonight for the challenge. I may take the extension so that I don't fuck my Friday.
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Sizzle Sizzle
#FMF
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Boudica
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i should probably respond to PMs
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Boudica
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Probably starting the challenge around 10pm tonight. Going to dinner with my parents prior.

Hopefully everyone else sucked, because I don't want to have to stay up past 4 doing this challenge lol.
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I know I've been quiet the past few days. Real life this week has really gotten in the way, and I'm just glad that this is a point where I haven't had to hustle.
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Anyways, just chilling at home - worked from home the 2nd half of the day and got all my shit done early. Am tired as fuck, so I didn't try to jump start next week.

After I get home from dinner, I just need to center myself and focus on slaying this challenge. The last two I've managed to get by without winning, but I don't think I can make a miracle happen again if Alex wins immunity.
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Well I fucked up that challenge.

Here's to hoping that Theo or Napoleon pull it out, or that Alex manages to somehow suck worse than I did.
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Can't do anything now but wait. If Alex wins, my only, only chance is to convince Nap that Theo is a bigger threat than I.
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Looks like Theo is going to be last to do the challenge.

Hope she kills it. Alex winning here ends me.
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Well I still beat Alex and Nap got the immunity. Should be straightforward enough, just gotta make sure Nap doesn't have buyer's remorse about the last round.
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The person who needed immunity absolutely the least ended up winning it.
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Anyways I'm feeling about as confident as I can here w/o having the necklace around my neck. Just need to check the pulse on everything, make sure I don't need to remind Napoleon of how insta-win Alex is right now, and that'll be that.

And I'll be in my first FTC. It's stunningly close.
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It does scare me a bit that I won "last juror" in majority rules, but maybe I'm just Lulu.
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Oh god all the specs are in here I'm scared.

They're all like "I wonder what Boudica's last thoughts are" I bet.
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Anyways I need to curb the paranoia. The previous vote went the way it did because Napoleon and Theo were trying to optimize their chances of being able to axe Alex here. They both took a harder desired FTC opponent in order to improve the chances that Alex would lose FIC.

Going back on that now just looks really dumb.
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hypothetically though what would your last thoughts be if these were them
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Boudica
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idk yet.

If this were to be my last thoughts, I feel like I would catch wind of it and probably go down fighting.
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Just shot Nap a ping to make sure everything's okay (subtly, of course). Again, the decisioning apparatus that would vote me out here is super bizarre, but not impossible so gotta shield against that.
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Okay people aren't PMing me so now I'm a bit nervous. I think that me being safe here is very much not a foregone conclusion and I may need to push things a little bit to ensure it.
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Okay Theo still seems bought in on Alex being the bigger threat.

Basically, she thinks she's legitimately played a better game than me, whereas she doesn't think that about Alex. I think in a lot of ways she's right (she's literally never been on the table once despite the entire game knowing she's a massive threat), but I think I have my arguments and feel-good narrative that I can run with and try to make something happen.

There's also the fact that I am very confident with my ability to argue in FTC. I think a piece that's been missing from a lot of the decision making of people in this game is the fact that FTC is a thing where we say shit, and the fact that I've been really good at convincing people of keeping me in this game when I have no right to be here is probably indicative that I'll be good in FTC as well. Hopefully that stays missing.
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Ugh waiting is the worst.
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You've never done an FTC before, if you make it what kind of arguments are you expecting to make?
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That deserves a well thought-out answer that I'll give after this TC is over!
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Ugh so Nap isn't 100% on Alex yet.

Thankfully I have time to fix that. At DCU game right now, though
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At least Zoltan is starting tonight. That sucks exciting
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Update: Zoltan is very good

Also Mullins forgot how to score
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Boudica
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Yay we won.

Also, Napoleon is making me crazy nervous and idk what to do about it
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Boudica
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Yeah Nap isn't pming now this is probably bad.
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Okay Theo says things are fine so hopefully they're fine.

I don't know what else I could really say at this point. The rounds where I went super round I had leverage and game equity I could dig into but at this point there is really not that much other than making my argument the appealing one.
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So I just realized what the tiebreak mechanic is and jfc that's a dumb tiebreak mechanic.
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It basically makes the winner of the FIC allowed to choose the F3 with very little recourse among the other players.
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Yeah okay I think I'm fucked now.
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Boudica
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Maybe not, but this is why Alex is terrifying as a competitor.

He's so strong. I was outclassed and got lucky if I beat him here.
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It would be quite a thing if the hail mary giveth and the hail mary taketh away, though.
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God I am terrified right now.
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Boudica
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Oh my god.

Is Alex KILBY?
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Theo relayed some stuff that Alex told her in PM, and it sounds like he was maybe referring to his loss as T-Bird in OW.

I mean, there are a lot of other people it could be (Jess referring to her Dan loss would also make sense), but idk I just have a feeling.

Not that any of this matters now.
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1 minute.
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And that's time.

The moment of truth.
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YES!
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YES YES YES YES YES.

VIDEO CONFESSIONAL INCOMING!
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Video confessional is uploading.

Win or lose, I hope I've done everyone proud. I've poured my heart and soul into this game, and I'm really gonna be gunning for the win.
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none of you are getting bailouts
nut
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The only question is, which color will be yours? Congratulations on surviving and good luck at FTC!

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GOING FOR GOLD BITCHES
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I am struggling to come up with the third part of my tripartite argument.

I will not settle for less than tripartite
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Last video confessional:

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Anyways yeah, time to wait about 2 days for the reveal. Feeling probably 70-80% that I've got this, but, like, we'll see.

Specs, feel free to shoot the shit w/ me or w/e because yeah I don't know what to do now.
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rate spec avatar choices
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Sappho the best by far.

Tbh a lot of the choices were interesting/quirky, which I appreciate.

Except Meyer. Twilight sucks :)
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Fun fact: After I got my offer at Cap One my senior year of college, they flew me down for a sell day. I emailed my "Origins of Feminism" professor to ask her if it would be okay for me to miss class, etc, and her response was:

YOU WILL BE MISSING SAPPHO

Oh btw this was the chair of the Classics department.
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