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Episode 14; Final 6 - Nexus
Topic Started: Jan 10 2017, 09:42 AM (121 Views)
Tyrael
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Oof. This has been my stopping point. I haven't made it farther than 6th since Sky Pillar. Mind you, there was a big gap in there. But I feel at 6 is when i really become the "there was big move at 7 so let's just all do a compromise boot" person.

I do think things are looking okay for me; at least, I think enough people see me as beatable but also likable that I'm not in danger. I don't think Karass or Azmodan will vote me. Ysera just told me that she/me/Karass/Lor was all she ever wanted (and that I was the one to deviate from it, but still!!!). Lor could vote me if he felt the tide were going that way, but I think if we bond over our communal dislike of Tracer that might be helpful. Speaking of her, she does not like me. She flat-out was like, "I'm voting you" at 7, only to be like "let's vote Soldier/Karass" at the last one. I don't think I can get back into her good graces, but, if Ysera still wants to stick to that F4, maybe she'll be the next boot.

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I don't even know if this is related to the game or not but recently I've just been . . . bleh. Like I feel like I just don't want to do anything but come home after work and just eat junk food and watch YouTube videos, but oh my gosh there is so much to be done, what with housework and paying bills and my jobs and this game and my song ranking and wharrrg. I guess I should've anticipated January was going to be busy. January was like the brunt of why the inimitable Joanna Newsom went inactive and I don't want that to happen again. I thought two days off this weekend would help, but it really didn't. I'm just stressed outtt.

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I'll answer Olaf's questions soonsies! But first I have to do that challenge at work because I procrastinated on it, whoopsy daisies :D As much as I would like to win and feel completely safe for once, it's nice knowing that I haven't had to ride on immunities to get this far, even if I've just always been on the cusp of elimination.
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What's your ideal Final 3, and how do you think you'll get there?

Who left other than you do you think is the biggest jury threat? Biggest challenge threat?

If you had the only vote to cast at this upcoming Tribal Council and were guaranteed the person you voted for would go home, who would you vote?


So is this for sure a confirmed Final 3? Dangeroonies.

I think I prefer Lor'themar and Karass. Lor feels like he sort of lapsed through this game, I think I could out argue that. Karass could actually be tricky, because it's clear that her game was to tuck under other's wings and go to the finals with like, 0 blood on her hands. That being said, as of now I don't think she's made ANY big moves, and while you don't have to be a Ciera to win this game, I think it's a lot less impressive for her general argument to be "I rode coattails very expertly"

The biggest jury threat is Ysera. I mean, if she makes it to the end and I'm on the jury, I want stump for her. Girl was PEGGED BY 7 OUT OF 8 PEOPLE TO BE THE WINNER AT F8 AND STILL MADE FINALS? Gurrrrrl. I feel like people want to give Tracer the win, but like . . . I have no clue why. From my PoV I don't really see what Tracer did, she played both sides a lot but it really dented her trust here at the end. And Azmodan . . . I don't know if Azmodan is a jury threat or not? I want to ding him on his early game inactivity but that was all real-life stuff. Otherwise, he pretty seamlessly integrated into the horde and was not in danger on Silicon, so . . .

Challenge threats are Ysera and Azmodan. The problem is that no one wants to get them out, so they keep being obvi threats but everyone is just like "doodly doo let's not vote them out this round!"

At this point I think I would vote out Azmodan. That keeps the prospective Yse/Kar/Lor/Tyr foursome strong with like, Tracer of all people on the outs. I think. I may just be really overvaluing my position in things.

I just want to make it past Final 6 soooo bad and please let none of the remaining challenges be blackout challenges because I definitely feel like Jal is still in the mix

Ysera = Shadoweh
azmodan = Drench
Karass = UpTooLate (not realistic I suppose but this is my dream)
Lor'themar = Cheetory6 (see Karass)
Tracer = ??? Is that a MATTP? by chance? or someone? idk

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So is this for sure a confirmed Final 3? Dangeroonies.

No, it isn't, I'm just asking about F3 specifically.
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Okey dokey boo

P sure Azmodan wants to do a ~big move~ this round, now I just have to weasel it out of him and see if I can manipulate it in a way which makes it MY big move without losing my friends -- or, if I just go along with it and still hope I can get Azmodan out before the end. But Ysera at least also has to go too . . . I think if the move is "vote out Ysera" I'd go with it, I reckon that me or Lor could beat Azmodan one of these times.

There's also the fact that I'm just in Tracer's crosshairs for the duration, so I have to deal with that. I thiiink Karass would be willing to go that route and Lor as well, and that's three, but what about ties :S
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I don't know what to do. I don't know what I can say to anyone to convince them to sway. They all think they're in good standing for the end, except for Lor but he's on a plane.

And also Tracer is just like "I'm going to see how things work with Az/Ysera/Karass" and I'm like that's all great and dandy but that's literally what everyone who isn't one of those three wants to do, we're just giving one of them the win. But if I tell her that, it'll get reported back to them and that'll just put me down farther on the list.

I hate that I'm going to get sixth place AGAIN.
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Like I don't even know how to phrase a PM to Tracer that doesn't incriminate me as working against those three.

And I just don't think I can make any of those three realize that they need to flip on each other to have a solid chance at the end.

Everyone is all about trust -- what the heck? We've swapped a thousand times, two shipwrecks, and been in merge for four rounds. I get that you need to work with people you trust, but it's also Final 6 and you need to be thinking about taking out people you can't win against.

I feel like I can talk so much sense here in confessional but if I tried it with anyone it would be an affront that would get out. Except Lor but he's not here and I think he already understands that. I think, maybe if I just let things rollick a bit tonight and see what I can conjure up tomorrow afternoon, I might have a chance?

I was feeling better but if I go in sixth place, as a compromise boot, again I'm just going to be really disappointed again. It would show that I just don't have the longevity to ever win this.
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I just have no energy to do anything anymore
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Unless I faked a post in the TC thread where I accidentally posted a confessional there
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I had a dream last night that I went out here, and somehow the game also ended tonight, like a real surivor finale or something IDK. But like, everyone was so celebratory, and happy to chat about it in Skype and sitechat and stuff, and I was just like . . . ugh. Unless I make it to the end, I think, this game is just going to be a major disappointment.

So I really don't know what to do here. If people haven't outright said they're voting me, their language leads me to think that. Azmodan is saying everyone save me and Tracer could push a Lor vote; Ysera is saying the Horde four could go Tracer. But it's all very scant wordage, like they're agreeing with me. Like Ysera was like, "oh you'll feel better in the morning when more people have talked to you!" but hers was the only PM I woke up to this morning. I think it's going to be another unanimous vote, but this time against me.

I'm just like, when are these people going to start taking out actual threats? Does Tracer really think she can win against Ysera/Azmodan/Karass -- any of them? I mean, just those three in general. I think if any combination of them end up being the F3, they're going to have a much closer FTC then any of them want.

But everyone is so trust-based. I'm afraid if I try to tell any of them this they'll just use it as ammunition against me. I feel like any of them would go and tell the others if I tried to explain this to them. Like I'm almost certain that's what Tracer would do, give that she's told me she's voting me this round. I think the only person who would see this is Lor, and he's on a trip and away. His V/LA really is quite a big bummer in terms of my game but such is the game I guess!!!! hughghaoijflsk.z;

I can't have like, ANY ideas of jury management because at this point I feel like it's just a challenge to GET there. I get what Soldier meant by survival now, I guess. I feel like my merge has just been terrible anyway in terms of the jury. Maybe I'd win against Tracer and Lor? Or maybe if the jury was really bitter? I don't think I have much of a shot, but I want to be there and have a say, at least! That's all I've ever wanted ;_;

So I guess I'll just keep lines of communication open, and see if some sort of plan arises that I can use. Otherwise, it'll be some last minute scrambling for me, and that's what Abathur did, and that's what Diablo did, and that's what Soldier did. I guess it will be retribution.
Edited by Tyrael, Jan 11 2017, 10:04 AM.
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Don't mind me, just drafting up something potential ;)

(that fake confessional is filled with far more truths than I would've liked, though :/ )
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