Prince Edward
Player Seventeen
Does anyone know how to get back to Andalasia?
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Post by Prince Edward on Aug 18, 2019 9:20:40 GMT -5
I'm back! It's been a while since I played. I have a job now and much less free time, but this game isn't supposed to require a lot of time, so I decided to give it a shot. The time that's been required to play the game so far has been even less than I expected, however. My team doesn't seem to be that active: Yzma has only sent one message and Air Bud has sent two. Game talk hasn't really started. And when this is the only way of privately communicating, I feel like I'm falling behind. I'm imagining some teams really getting to know each other and having dozens of messages. Luckily, everyone only has two people they can talk to, so a slow start in this game isn't as disastrous as a slow start in a regular game. But there's a flip side to that: depending on how large the groups will be for phases 2 and 3, when the vote comes up in phase 3, I probably won't have met two thirds of the players. That means that it's going to be important to get the players I haven't met voting for someone who isn't me. I can do that either by being in groups with influential players in phases 1 and 2, and by doing a good job talking in the Animal Kingdom forum and the shoutbox. The former is luck-based (and based on my first impressions of Air Bud and Yzma, I doubt they're going to be influential), and the latter is something I've always struggled with. I usually just ignore the general forum, and my post count is always very low. But in this game, I can't afford to do that. I suspect that for the first vote, people will be looking for something easy (though I wouldn't mind getting rid of a threat), and I need people to know that I exist. Hopefully I'll have enough money to get into a group chat for phase 2. If I have the money to buy it, I'm taking it. On the other hand, I think I'm going to be choosing to Put Up for phase 2, unless my team finished in the top 2 and I have a lot of money. I'm going to need to save my money, and I think I should be okay. There's bound to be one inactive in this cast. And in general, I don't see myself Paying Up a lot. It's a risk since I'm only decent at challenges, and maybe there will be a round where everyone but me chooses to Pay Up and I'm automatically eliminated. But I need the money for other things: nullifying votes if I feel in danger, surviving if I'm tied for the most votes and most importantly, for the social game. The phase that's probably the most important is phase 1, I can pick my team, and end up with good challenge performers and people I want to talk to, which increases my chances of getting more money. It would also be huge to get into a chat for phase 2, mostly just for helping my paranoia. In phase 3, I can pick the players I want and how large my group is going to be. This will probably be when the most game talk happens, and if I'm with people who might be considering voting me out, they're much less likely to openly talk about it.
The thing that I have to be the most concerned with is getting rid of the challenge threats. They have a huge advantage in this game: they're very unlikely to go home during phase 2, so the only chance to get them out is phase 3. But they will have lots of money from doing well in phases 1 and 2, and they can use that money to buy vote nullifiers, making it almost impossible to get them out. If a group of challenge threats get together, they can spend their money on getting into the same team in phase 1, letting them get more and more money. They'd be unstoppable, and I can only hope nobody thinks of this strategy, and that the money given out in phase 1 is appropriately calibrated. Question for the mods: The rules say that How can this happen for round 1? Everyone starts off with $0, so nobody has any money for this until round 1 is over.
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Round 1
Aug 18, 2019 10:55:26 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 18, 2019 10:55:26 GMT -5
You’ll see once the current challenge moves onto Part 2! We have something planned for that.
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Arista
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Post by Arista on Aug 20, 2019 0:17:42 GMT -5
♪ Questions ♫ Feel free to answer any that pique your interest!
1) Having seen the results now, how are you feeling about the first Cash Grab challenge? To what extent do you feel camaraderie with your teammates? 2) What impact have the Shoutbox and Animal Kingdom had on your game so far? 3) Do you think the money either saved or spent on the Phase 2 groupchats was worthwhile for you? 4) Are you more worried about your safety in the upcoming Elimination Challenge or Layoff Vote? 5) Care to share a song with me?
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Prince Edward
Player Seventeen
Does anyone know how to get back to Andalasia?
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Round 1
Aug 20, 2019 8:44:15 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by Prince Edward on Aug 20, 2019 8:44:15 GMT -5
♪ Questions ♫ Feel free to answer any that pique your interest! 1) Having seen the results now, how are you feeling about the first Cash Grab challenge? To what extent do you feel camaraderie with your teammates? I'm feeling pretty good. We were in the middle of the pack so I have money but i'm not seen as a threat. It would have been nice to get more money, but this isn't bad and I missed some questions that should have been easy (conveyor belt over factory) I don't feel great about my teammates. We only talked about Yzma's phone. That was nice since it at least got us talking (though i feel bad for her for going through that scare). Otherwise, our conversation was going nowhere. Have I gotten worse at doing the initial getting-to-know-yous during my hiatus? The phase 2 chat is also going slowly. I really wanted to at least come to an agreement not to vote for each other. It seemed like yzma was hinting at wanting to talk game at the end but there wasn't enough time. I actually feel ok about yzma: she had other stuff going on and was still more talkative than air bud. Air bud, though, I don't feel a connection with him. I've gotten into the trap before of assuming that people that don't talk won't make good allies and that people who do will, but this is the only PM we had. It wouldn't kill you to talk a little bit more. I dont expect either of them to push for my elimination but i doubt theyd go out of their way to save me. It's the same for me. Huge. They're the only way to get your name out there besides the group chats. I should probably do more in there. Worthwhile, I think. It was only 50 bucks and anything I can do to get more connections I'd worth it. It hasn't been that active besides me talking about fire emblem with pua but after kind of missing an opportunity in phase 1, even weak connections are better than no connections. Yes to both. I felt like I did ok on the challenge if it was a regular immunity one. Maybe some people would take forever triple counting everything to make sure they don't leave. If everyone does that, I'm screwed. For the layoff vote I am very nervous. Nobody has talked about the vote with me! That would be a sure sign of death if this was survivor but here most people have only talked to 6 others. But the only communication for the vote is in the phase 3 groups and I can see it being a very disorganized vote like a 6-6-5-4-4-3-2. But if two groups agree on a target ahead of time they can control the vote. And i don't g feel like anyone will go to bat for me if my name comes up. Never give up on your dreams by two steps from hell
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Arista
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Round 1
Aug 20, 2019 10:55:02 GMT -5
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Post by Arista on Aug 20, 2019 10:55:02 GMT -5
Do you want to try to control the vote, or go with the flow?
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Prince Edward
Player Seventeen
Does anyone know how to get back to Andalasia?
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Round 1
Aug 20, 2019 18:33:41 GMT -5
Post by Prince Edward on Aug 20, 2019 18:33:41 GMT -5
Go with the flow. I'm fine taking a gamble in round 1 to put me in a better spot. That's why i didn't pay up and why my top choice was a 2 person group. If I go home this round, I probably wouldn't have won anyway. Maybe if I get really paranoid I'll make a thread to talk about the vote but that always goes badly for the person who starts them.
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Prince Edward
Player Seventeen
Does anyone know how to get back to Andalasia?
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Round 1
Aug 20, 2019 21:45:56 GMT -5
Post by Prince Edward on Aug 20, 2019 21:45:56 GMT -5
Oh shit, I wasn't actually expecting to get my chat. Now I'm nervous: what if the larger groups all vote the same way and target me for some reason? I'm also missing out if a large alliance forms (since this is the phase where people have to talk game). But if I can survive and get a connection in Anne then it's worth it. I don't see a large alliance being formed within 24 hours and if it is formed, I don't see it being strong. One on one connections is where it's at.
The phase 2 group chat that I was in was so bad it's almost good. We have Nick Wilde, who posted once at the beginning to say
and then said
And then never posted again. It's the only PM chain he has! How hard is it to talk in here especially since he was online enough to post in public!
Pua and Reepicheep are actually animals I could see myself working with. But we never agreed on anything, even a simple agreement that we wouldn't vote for each other. Reepicheep tried to get us to come up with a code under an hour before the deadline. Nobody had said anything so I spitballed Except I never said what the trigger word would be! And nobody replied to me! So now if one of me, Nick, Pua or Reepicheep posts ANYTHING in public, the others will wonder if they're talking in code!
The best part of all of this is that the code only covers 26 letters so Pooh, Ralph, Yzma and Zach & Cody can't be signaled but the people in the chat can be.
Oh well, time to talk to Anne. I told some white lies here. She was my #3, not in my top two (not saying that she was my #1 since I want some heat to be on Megara). But she'll never know my rankings. And I didn't like her music.
I might have been a little too forward here, but I tried starting my other chats like conversations I'd have in a regular survivor game and by the time 24 hours was up, it felt like they had gone nowhere. And I went for a 2 person chat so I could build a strong one-on-one connection, which isn't something I've had a chance to do in this game before. I can't afford to be coy.
Now I have to hope that Anne's active and that I can survive this vote.
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Captain Marvel
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most powerful character in the disney universe confirmed: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1biFn3DDyh/?u
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Round 1
Aug 20, 2019 23:47:01 GMT -5
Post by Captain Marvel on Aug 20, 2019 23:47:01 GMT -5
hi I have a scenario and question for you! if you want to be my friend you should answer!
Imagine You’re Walking In A Forest And You Found A Black Suitcase. Inside It, Holds 1 Million Dollars And A Piece Of Paper Stained In Blood With A Single Word “Don’t”. Would you take the suitcase or leave it? Please explain your thought process behind the decision and what you would do after you discovered the suitcase and made your decision.
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Prince Edward
Player Seventeen
Does anyone know how to get back to Andalasia?
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Round 1
Aug 21, 2019 8:22:19 GMT -5
Post by Prince Edward on Aug 21, 2019 8:22:19 GMT -5
My first instinct was to take it and run but after thinking about it, I don't think I would. A million dollars is a lot, but I wouldn't risk my life for money. That much money doesn't just appear out of nowhere without a good reason. Whoever had it last doesn't want it anymore or can't use it. Maybe I'd take like $10,000 of it but that would probably be just as bad as taking all of it. Can i inspect the suitcase for tracking devices?
After leaving the suitcase, I would turn around and walk away and I wouldn't tell anyone about it. I wouldn't want anything to do with it.
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Captain Marvel
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most powerful character in the disney universe confirmed: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1biFn3DDyh/?u
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Round 1
Aug 21, 2019 9:07:15 GMT -5
Post by Captain Marvel on Aug 21, 2019 9:07:15 GMT -5
Can i inspect the suitcase for tracking devices? sorry "prince" i'm the one who asks questions in this thread
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Prince Edward
Player Seventeen
Does anyone know how to get back to Andalasia?
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Post by Prince Edward on Aug 21, 2019 20:42:00 GMT -5
This is my confessional. I'll do what I want!
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Prince Edward
Player Seventeen
Does anyone know how to get back to Andalasia?
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Likes: 36
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Round 1
Aug 21, 2019 20:59:21 GMT -5
Post by Prince Edward on Aug 21, 2019 20:59:21 GMT -5
I like that despite the problems in my code, everyone in my group used it to signal to vote for Eeyore. It seems like eeyore's about to be leaving.
Also, the code I just posted for me and Anne is also referring to everyone in the game based on alphabetical order. There's no way this can go wrong!
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