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Post by Pua on Aug 21, 2019 21:29:28 GMT -5
Well, one good thing about this "first post being the header" thing is that you always see it no matter what page you're on, so I'm going to use this space to give you a basic grasp of where my head's out. First things first, let's react to the team I've been placed in!
Nick Wilde - Cool beans. We've been together in a few groups. Megara - Aah, the social butterfly of the game! I'm pretty sure this resembles the actual order he listed his picks in, if not pretty close! I'm not surprised to see her on top given they had a few quippy interactions in the social thread. Pua - By far the smartest, funniest, cutest player in this group! I'm not surprised that Nick chose me given we've shared the first two chats together. Queen of Hearts - Another social butterfly (though not nearly as spammy as Megara!). Probably a good ally to have too! Reepicheep - Aah I'm really glad Nick choose him! I like him a lot. WALL-E - Invisible on the public forums, so I'm assuming he was paired with Nick in the last group chat. (I feel WALL-E and Megara are also pretty close, so it's good he chose them together) Wreck-It-Ralph - He also has a bit of a social preference, but I'm assuming Nick also paired with him last chat, possibly?
I feel this group is a mixture of Nick's connections (me, Pua) and Megara's (mostly notably WALL-E), with some other social butterflies thrown in? I have no idea what WALL-E's like, but otherwise this looks like a pretty solid group! The only weak link, funnily enough, could be Nick himself, but I have a theory that him and Megara are close so I don't feel it should be too much of a problem! It's possible we could even form a strong alliance together with us 7. I mean, it'd kind of be the most obvious alliance ever and will sooner than later fizzle out, but hey, at least it's something! It's a bit peculiar how Prince Edward wasn't chosen, but he is a bit meh so I can understand it.
Now, for a basic relationship chart going into this episode!
------- Nick Wilde - I guess I have to put me first since he chose me, huh? I feel that's the most blunt form of loyalty, at least at this stage of the game! Reepicheep - I really like his roleplay, and he seems fairly loyal to me/Nick/Edward given he stuck by the code Edward made! Darth Maul - He clued me in on the Eeyore vote, which was nice of him, and he's a pretty cool chap himself! Prince Edward - He's fine. Nothing too much to say about him, really! But I don't see him turning against me right now. [everyone else] Rapunzel - Yeah, the vote count confirmed she's going home sooner than later. No need to get attached to her! -------
Obviously, this will be outdated by the end of the episode after I interact with my new team members, but this is where my head's at going into this episode. I'm in a pretty good position right now and flying under the radar, so hopefully I can keep it up!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 21, 2019 21:33:07 GMT -5
Oh my oinkers, those Phase II chats look tasty! I'll have to think for a while about who I want to pick...
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 21, 2019 22:34:11 GMT -5
I mean seriously I don't even feel swayed by Rapunzel's bribe at all because it's only $5! Like, what the heck can I even do with $5? But I guess it's nice to know she cares about me somewhat, even though I already bad-mouthed about her to Darth Maul earlier.
Also, I think I figured out the point of the challenge. If you think no one's going to press the button, then it's always best to not press the button, but if you think even one player's going to press the button then it'll always be advantageous to press the button (there's no pay raise between 1 and 2, but everyone else's pay goes down significantly so it'll still be worth it). Of course, if everyone thought the latter, then everyone would get $500 and we'd all be better off just not pressing the button! But the problem is, there's no significant advantage towards pressing the button even one time. If it was like $2,500 for one button press and then each press afterwards is significantly lower, then maybe it'd be worth it to press it once, but as-is there's no point to pressing the button unless you want a $250 lead over everyone else in the team for some reason, and even then it'd cost $250 of your potential winnings to do it. That's a hard pass for this oinker!
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Post by Captain Marvel on Aug 21, 2019 22:54:20 GMT -5
heya! I'm back. Since you did so good answering my first question, I've decided to ask you a second one!
If The Job “President Of Earth” Actually Existed, Who Would You Want To Be Doing It? Why are they the best candidate? What would you expect/want them to do in that position?
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Post by Pua on Aug 21, 2019 23:27:42 GMT -5
I'd want myself to be president, of course! I'm the best candidate because I like money and power and totally won't abuse my position in anyway! I'd want myself to give myself a billion dollar salary and use my power to make everyone love me and want to buy all my merch and give me lots of praise and attention!!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 21, 2019 23:31:01 GMT -5
Hi meg 😊 and also Hi to everyone else👋🏽 Yeaaaah these two are definitely allied!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 10:08:12 GMT -5
OK, now I think I get the challenge. If no one pushes the button, then everyone gets $2000. If only one person presses the button, then everyone still gets $2000, but then after that is when things go downhill. So basically there needs to be at least 2 button pushers to cause any disruption at all? I still don't really see the benefit in pushing the button at all, though.
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 22, 2019 11:29:42 GMT -5
If one person pushes the button, that person gets $2,000 and everyone else gets $1,500
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 12:03:12 GMT -5
I mean honestly this challenge would be a lot easier to understand if the left most column was just how many players pushed the button in total! But I think I finally get it now, sort of?
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 18:50:06 GMT -5
I love when group chats completely die out! This seemed like a really promising group too...
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 18:53:53 GMT -5
I was briefly thinking about choosing someone I've never interacted before but has a decent social presence in order to broaden my connections, but it's fairly likely nothing will come out of that. I obviously won't pick Darth Maul since we literally talked yesterday. I was kind of thinking of picking Nick, but ultimately I feel comfortable enough sticking with my Reepicheep pick. I could've picked someone else from my group chat if, you know, they actually bothered to talk in it! So much for meeting new friends!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 20:30:03 GMT -5
I've realized that you will ALWAYS be better off if you push the button (unless you're the only one to press it, but even then everyone else will still lose $500). There's no reason not to press it unless you're sure no one else is going to press it either. That's the dilemma. At the start of this round I was kind of excited since this seemed like a cool group of players, but like hardly anyone is talking and it just feels like a lot of wasted potential. Honestly I don't even care about half of these players -- why not press the button, stir up some chaos? I really don't want to lose any more unnecessarily! But I have a decent read that no one's going to press the button in my team (though of course I could be wrong). And if this team does want to do something more serious down the line then me pressing the button might put a hamper to that. I dunno, I'm probably still not going to press the button, but this is the first time I've actually thought about doing it!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 20:56:31 GMT -5
I'm a little bit anxious. Not so much about the challenge results, but seeing who picks me for Phase II (probably no one).
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 21:01:29 GMT -5
Wow, my team was the only one in which no one pushed the button. I'm so proud of us!
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 21:02:16 GMT -5
And I KNEW Rapunzel was going to be the only one to start a group chat with me! I didn't say it, but I definitely though it, so I still called it!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 21:09:43 GMT -5
Wow, that challenge sounds super scary! I'll have to put a bit more thought into whether or not I want to Put Up since everyone can afford to Pay Up now. Statistically speaking, it's very unlikely everyone's going to Pay Up of course, but there should be a slimmer competition, which is good if I want to win first (which I don't need too) but bad if I want to avoid last (which I really need to). Since it's still really early in the game, I don't feel the need to nullify any votes on me, and I don't think I'm going to hand-select who I want in my group either for Phase III.
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 22:08:19 GMT -5
My game has been going ok. I'm a little stressed after seeing three votes on me, but I'm hoping it was mostly done randomly and is not the sign of pressure to come. Do you have any idea why people picked me? Nope, no idea at all! Can't think of a single reason!
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Post by Captain Marvel on Aug 22, 2019 22:16:19 GMT -5
hi it's the most powerful being at disney back with another question that you should totally answer to avoid getting pulverized by mjolnir
What does friendship mean to you?
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 22:21:46 GMT -5
Friendship is when two or more people care about each other a lot and look out for their well-being! That means being by their side to cheer them up or just have fun, but it also means being honest with them if they've done something wrong or if they make them or someone else be uncomfortable. Friends should always strive to make each other better people, not endlessly showering them with praise or ridiculing/teasing them. They'll have their good times and bad times, but true friends will always make up in the end and understand each other and themselves better at the end of it!
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Post by Pua on Aug 22, 2019 22:22:55 GMT -5
I love that I wrote all that in 2 minutes, meanwhile I'm still struggling for like 20+ minutes to write even a decent sentence to write to Reepicheep. Ugghh!
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 10:48:27 GMT -5
The Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve may be fit to rule, but it is the animals who inhabit it who make Narnia what it is. I have been unable to form any close connections outside of our phase II chat; Team Navy had a promising group, but I believe that larger groups lead to a lesser sense of camaraderie. You are the closest anyone is to me and I am happy to have this state of affairs continue! Gathering a group of players seems like a good idea. I have money saved up, as I refuse to pay up under any circumstances, so I could bid on the 8 player chat this round? The events of the vote are amusing, then, as I did not hear the Eeyore vote from anyone before proposing it. I was placed in a 3 person chat of 'unchosen' players, including myself, Prince Naveen, and Rapunzel, and none of us had any idea of whom to vote; eventually upon receiving no signal, I checked the post counts and saw Eeyore had the fewest, and so sent the signal for him. Lol, so I guess I wasn't the only one with a loner group! I was expecting Cheep to be a bit more well-connected than me, but I guess we're both rocking in the same boat, which is alright! This was my response to him: I was also part of a set of 'unchosen' players, except it was just a 2 person chat with me & Darth. I'm assuming not many players applied to be team captain so a lot of the groups just got decided randomly? I thought someone from Darth's chat might've been in your group, but apparently not! Pretty interesting how we all had the same idea then! I'm not sure of who would be a good 6 to pick, though. There might not be a need to bid on a group anyhow since the vote will most likely land on Rapunzel/Samuel or some other low-poster. It could be best to save our money and let chance decide where we land so we can broaden our connections. The thing is I don't know how long any group of 8 at this stage will last since I hardly know anyone and it's hard to gauge where everyone's loyalty is at. But if we did want to get a group together it would be best to group players who already have connections with one another. Like I don't know Megara that well but I'm assuming she and Nick are fairly close since he had her at the top of his list on the Navy team. And I feel Megara and WALL-E are close together too since they follow each other and were in a lot of groups together, even though WALL-E doesn't have that big of a presence on the public forums. So a group of me/you/Nick/Megara/WALL-E could potentially stick? But I could see WALL-E being a target early, and I'd only be connected to Megara/WALL-E through proxy, and even then we'd still need 3 more, so it's a lot to juggle!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 18:09:38 GMT -5
The code we had last round was workable but we could not send anything more than a name with it (and some of the players could not be selected). Would you be available to test something with me? I noticed that likes give a notification, I am wondering if like->unlike->like would give multiple What kind of funky code is Reepicheep planning?
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 18:10:46 GMT -5
Also, according to Rapunzel the Yellow Team is already set on voting out Stephen, so this should (hopefully) be an easy vote out!
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 18:16:58 GMT -5
Some other things I've learned through these 1 on 1s:
-Reepicheep's last Phase III chat was with himself, Prince Narveen, and Rapunzel (jeez, how does that girl keep showing up everywhere!?) -Sorsha picked Reepicheep for a 1 on 1, but Reepicheep himself didn't choose anyone b/c he forgot and fell asleep (lol) -Rapunzel gave $5 to everyone to see who'd give it back or want to be her friend (which tbh is not a bad idea, but I think it'd be more effective if she donated like $50 instead)
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Post by Captain Marvel on Aug 23, 2019 18:31:22 GMT -5
your question answering prowess is top tier, so I'm back!
What does the ideal life look like?
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 18:42:24 GMT -5
Well first of all, I wouldn't have to work very hard, if at all! I would have a cute, little house that has everything I need. I would have enough money to have food delivered whenever I want, along with a stocked fridge in case I want a snack! Better wifi would also be really nice. Uhhhh I think that's about it? That should be enough to keep me happy, on top of everything I already have. I'm not a very needy piggy!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 18:56:48 GMT -5
Reepicheep: My noble swine, are thou available to partake in an experiment of mine?
Me: Oink, oink!
Reepicheep: Most excellent! Now, tell me, how many notifications have you received?
Me: One.
*35 minutes later*
... Oink?
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 20:42:05 GMT -5
Test.
Test!
Test.
Test!
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 20:42:29 GMT -5
Test.
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Post by Pua on Aug 23, 2019 20:42:42 GMT -5
Test.
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