Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 17, 2019 11:11:54 GMT -5
Oink oink!
Don't have a lot of time to post rn since I'm at work, but just popping in to say hello! I'll give a more proper introduction later.
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 17, 2019 11:21:07 GMT -5
OINK
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Post by Hades on Aug 17, 2019 12:30:35 GMT -5
Hype for pig puns
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 17, 2019 13:55:41 GMT -5
Okay, what do these likes mean? Is it how many times you like other's posts or how many times people like your posts?
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 17, 2019 13:57:19 GMT -5
I liked your post to find out
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 17, 2019 14:23:13 GMT -5
Hehehe, I knew I could sneak a like out of you. :P
Also, looks like it's the latter. That'll probably be important sometime in the future, maybe.
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 17, 2019 19:46:59 GMT -5
Alright, now that I'm home and comfy, I might as well flesh out my introduction a bit! I'm Pua, that pig from Moana, who's a pet of Moana's (obviously). I choose Pua mostly because he's super adorable even though I'm not a huge fan of the avatar but also because he sort of resembles my playstyle in a sense. He's not too showboaty or witty -- just a cute, friendly sidekick that's nice to have around and will inexplicably be dumped halfway through the movie so Moana can drag around this dumbass chicken instead I mean why couldn't Pua come along he was robbed of so much screentime!!! I will never not get over that! But hopefully I can redeem Pua by demolishing everyone else and snagging a job at Disney, I suppose. Not like a pig actually needs a job, but whatever.
I don't really have a concrete strategy when approaching this game. I mean, I only have a basic grasp of how the game even functions, so like I probably won't know what I'm doing until a few phase cycles in. I usually have a decent social game, so I'll probably prioritize buddying up as much as possible, which is good strategy in most LSGs usually anyway. But it might be tougher than I'm used to since I'm much more comfortable talking in PMs than group chats and there's basically nothing but group chats this game, so it's going to take a bit to adjust/adapt to that. I also ordinarily don't do too well during challenges, which is fantastic given like 80% of this game is challenges, so I'm probably going to bank on doing well enough in the group challenges to buy out of some of the individual challenges. Otherwise, uh... I guess I'll just take things one step at a time and see where that leads me.
There's not really much else to talk about game-wise. I'm pretty much "meh" on everyone right now, and Rapunzel still hasn't shown up yet, so hopefully she shows up soon. Nick's fine enough I suppose. I'll keep this confessional updated whenever new developments arise or something random pops into my mind. In the meantime, y'all are free to ask me questions if there's something you'd like to know like where my head's at or what I plan to do in the future or my favorite color or whatever. I guess that's about all I had to say. Sorry if it's a bit rambly -- that's just how most of my confessional posts end up. This is Pua oinking out (for now!)
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
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Post by Pua on Aug 18, 2019 7:42:51 GMT -5
Guys I took 24 minutes to finish that stupid jigsaw puzzle from Buzzy and I'm too embarrassed to even upload it.
Also love that Rapunzel popped in to post a PM but didn't bother to post in the challenge thread, apparently. 10 hours till deadline and we haven't even chosen our artist yet, yaaaaay!
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 18, 2019 14:40:16 GMT -5
OK, now I got it in just under 16 minutes. I mean, that's an improvement I guess, but it's still last place!
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 18, 2019 14:40:50 GMT -5
Points for effort??
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 18, 2019 15:12:18 GMT -5
I beat my record by 7 seconds, ffs. Wish I could say it was 7 minutes! I'm probably throwing in the towel on this stupid jigsaw puzzle. Like I don't understand how anyone can get ten minutes, much less five. I'm probably missing something major or am just majorly dumb because it seems like I'm the only one here who can't do jigsaws to save their life!
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 18, 2019 18:05:11 GMT -5
Well, those images sure were small! I think I already have most of them down, unless the mods did something bastard like force us to guess a specific species of alligator or some other shenanigans. I really don't see why you wouldn't want to pay the fee for Phase II? At least this early on. I mean, ostracizing yourself sounds like a pretty good way to be booted early! Why not spend 50 bucks and make some new friends instead?
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
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Post by Pua on Aug 18, 2019 18:25:06 GMT -5
We may have a Queen of Hearts, but it's blatantly obvious Megara is the true social queen here. She has like 4 times the posts of the next highest poster (player wise) and like every other post in the Animal Kingdom belongs to her. On a whim I checked her profile and saw she's following four other players? (Lamp/Narveen/Edward/WALL-E). I'm assuming these are players she probably likes -- WALL-E was a strange one until I remembered he's in her team. I imagine she already formed an alliance amongst her team (wish I could've done the same for mine but uhhhhhh I didn't exactly get the best roll). Miiiight not be the best idea to broadcast your likes/allies out in the open like that, but hey, what do I know? I'm just a dumb pig, oink oink!
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Arista
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Post by Arista on Aug 19, 2019 13:56:44 GMT -5
If someone were to follow you, would you follow them back?
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 19, 2019 14:45:47 GMT -5
I don't do follow backs.
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 19, 2019 15:09:08 GMT -5
I don't see how Nick thought I was going to get #9? He shouldn't drawn that one a bit bigger. Otherwise he did pretty good job at drawing, though the red arrows in some of them are a bit cheap, lol.
Rapunzel on the other hand gets -1 effort for almost costing us a point. Like it's one thing if you don't have anything to add but don't try to sabotage your own team!! Like there's no reason to change "wedding cake" into "cake", and it was clear by the layers he drew it like that intentionally! Grr...
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 19, 2019 15:10:33 GMT -5
On another note, this header thing where the top post of every topic gets put on the top of the page no matter what page you're on is taking a bit to get used to!
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 19, 2019 15:27:01 GMT -5
On another note, this header thing where the top post of every topic gets put on the top of the page no matter what page you're on is taking a bit to get used to! Trying to figure out how to fix that!
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 19, 2019 18:13:28 GMT -5
Lol, what are the chances I got grouped with Nick again? Plus Prince Edward and that mouse are here too, so that's cool I guess!
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 19, 2019 21:43:20 GMT -5
Hmm... Put Up or Pay Up? Since 4 teams earned less than $50, that means 12 players are automatically going to compete in the next challenge, so I don't have to worry about there being a small playing pool or force-eliminating myself. How confident am I in my ability to count multiples of objects? Eh... I don't think I'd get first, but I don't think I'd get last either. I do have a lot of spare money, but $500 is still like a third of my balance, so I don't really think it's worth it to Pay Up rn unless I'm super nervous or something.
Phase III chats are another beast entirely. I really have zero clue who I'd want to team with. I guess I'll just hope someone I like picks me? I'm uncomfortable picking at this stage, and there's always that fear of "what if whoever I pick doesn't like me" and whatnot. So I don't think I'd be paying for chats at this time. I'd be too overwhelmed with choices anyhow.
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 19, 2019 21:45:06 GMT -5
Also, are those cash grab threads from the first challenge really gone forever? I mean it doesn't matter that much, but like what if hypothetically speaking there was some important info back there I'd want to quote/reference?
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 19, 2019 21:47:58 GMT -5
I just hid them to remove clutter, the threads still exist though and I can give you access again temporarily since it was taken away without warning! In the future though, you'll lose access to each team forum at the end of Phase I, which is why we created the private group chats with your team, as the message history of those can be viewed indefinitely.
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 19, 2019 22:26:57 GMT -5
Nah, that's alright. I'm just a curious piggy!
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 19, 2019 22:57:47 GMT -5
I usually have a decent social game, so I'll probably prioritize buddying up as much as possible, which is good strategy in most LSGs usually anyway. But it might be tougher than I'm used to since I'm much more comfortable talking in PMs than group chats and there's basically nothing but group chats this game, so it's going to take a bit to adjust/adapt to that. Problem solved -- just talk to players 1 on 1 in the group chats and pretend no one else exists!
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Arista
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Post by Arista on Aug 20, 2019 0:16:56 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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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 20, 2019 0:35:32 GMT -5
Ooh, question time!
1)I feel me & Nick did pretty good! I feel fairly close to him right now, mostly b/c there's not really any competition so far! Rapunzel didn't help at all (in fact, listening to her advice would've made us place much worse!) so I couldn't care less about her atm.
2)I haven't used the ShoutBox at all, but it's fun to scroll through there sometimes. I try to post more in public forums than I usually do since private communication is fairly limited, and I feel I did a good enough job at having a visible enough presence. Just as long as I'm not at the bottom-bottom I should be OK for a while.
3)Well, it was only $50 so it wasn't that much of a waste! It's not super active rn, but I'm sure it'd fine good use within the next 2 days.
4)Nah. As long as I'm friendly enough I should be OK. There's a lot of inactives to choose from, and at this stage of the game they're more likely to be targeted than I am.
5)Oink, oink!
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Post by Pua on Aug 20, 2019 0:41:25 GMT -5
Thank you for your insightful questions, Arista!
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Arista
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Post by Arista on Aug 20, 2019 10:50:13 GMT -5
Hmm... Put Up or Pay Up? Since 4 teams earned less than $50, that means 12 players are automatically going to compete in the next challenge, so I don't have to worry about there being a small playing pool or force-eliminating myself. How confident am I in my ability to count multiples of objects? Eh... I don't think I'd get first, but I don't think I'd get last either. I do have a lot of spare money, but $500 is still like a third of my balance, so I don't really think it's worth it to Pay Up rn unless I'm super nervous or something. Phase III chats are another beast entirely. I really have zero clue who I'd want to team with. I guess I'll just hope someone I like picks me? I'm uncomfortable picking at this stage, and there's always that fear of "what if whoever I pick doesn't like me" and whatnot. So I don't think I'd be paying for chats at this time. I'd be too overwhelmed with choices anyhow. What if, in turn, someone you don't like picks you? :b
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 20, 2019 11:12:31 GMT -5
Lol. I don't really dislike anyone persay. I mean even if Rapunzel picked me I don't think I'd care that much. It's just that naturally I'd prefer to be aligned with people I like who are competent enough at challenges, and someone like Rapunzel doesn't quite fit that bill!
Also, the group chat was a lot less interesting in a hope. Prince Edward did a few back and forths with me pretending to be interested in Fire Emblem and giving some of the most blatantly fake small talk I've seen and then it just sort of died, lol.
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Pua
Player Nineteen
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Posts: 103
Likes: 83
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Post by Pua on Aug 20, 2019 14:33:45 GMT -5
Sire Pua, I enjoyed your performance in your film even though you were cruelly left behind when the great voyage began; being abandoned as friends go searching across the seas is my biggest fear and I envy your ability to stay strong and determined throughout. Finally, someone else shares my disdain at being left behind in Moana!! And completely unprompted to boot. I thought he wasn't going to post in the PM chain other than his short introduction yesterday but then he did this really cute roleplay and said nice things about everyone in the chat! He's definitely my fav now . Gl on the elimination challenge little mousey!!
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