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Post by Pua on Sept 8, 2019 22:26:17 GMT -5
Ahhh, I'm so happy to make it this far! Only 5 more rounds to go until Final 8. Hip hip, horray!
--------------------- Reepicheep - Obviously. Prince Edward - We're probably still good, I hope! Buzzy - I don't imagine him turning on me anytime soon. Prince Naveen - It was great getting to meet him the past two chats, and I'm hoping to grow closer to him eventually. Nick / Anne / Sorsha / etc. - We haven't met for a long time, so I'm not sure how good we are. <everyone else> --------------------- !!!THREAT LIST!!! Pixar Lamp - I don't know how good he is at challenges, but he has a solid social and strategic game. Will easily wipe anyone he faces in FTC (or whatever it's called in Disney) Megara - Not as threatening as Pixar, but still has a contestable social game. Dr. Doof - The big challenge threat of the season. A lot of people are going to be gunning for him, so he'll be voted out sooner or later. ---------------------
Did you see something new? I added a threat list, which should be pretty self-explanatory! With only 5 votes left in the game, it's important to make sure they count! I feel it's most optimal to play as if I'm vying for the jury slot at F8, which I probably would be since I don't have a lot of cash, nor am I that great at individual challenges. I'm going to do a more in-depth of what I feel the threat level is for each player coming up along with a few other thoughts and stuff.
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Post by Pua on Sept 8, 2019 22:26:56 GMT -5
Also I'm fairly convinced that Mickey put me on the Navy Team on purpose this time!
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Post by Pua on Sept 8, 2019 22:47:19 GMT -5
My impressions of each person left in the game from a threat perspective. Air Bud - Kind of goofy. Not sure what he's done this game. Probably not that big of a threat. Alex Trebek - I don't think he even has a code! Not very social, not likely at all to win a jury vote. Basically Eeyore. Anne Boonchuy - She's nice! I think she might've had some groups. Could see her being a mid-low tier threat. Buzzy - He's not active much at all. His challenges were cute but he still hasn't done most of his requests and it's been like a week now? Not sure what his pitch would be to the jury. Dog with a Blog - Fairly clueless about his game, but I assume it's somewhat decent? I dunno. Dr. Doof - Big challenge threat, and I assume he's fairly good socially as well. A solid threat for both the challenge and jury slots in endgame. Megara - Big social threat, though I don't know how much she's accomplished strategically. Nick Wilde - Hmm, is he really all that active? Probably a low tier threat. Pepe - Fairly solid social game, though probably not the biggest threat around. Pixar Lamp - A solid, well-rounded player in all categories and the player I'm most afraid of. Prince Edward - A bit difficult to talk to, but he's a decent threat and has captained quite a few teams now, which might count for something? Idk. Prince Naveen - From what I've gathered he seems to have a decent strategic game, though I don't know if he's that much of a social threat. Pua - The greatest pig of all time and the best player to ever play Disney World Domination!!! Queen of Hearts - Solid social threat, probably has a good strategic knack as well. Reepicheep - I'm probably biased, but he's probably played one of the best games around here so far. Well rounded in all areas, though will sadly probably not make the end due to his self-imposed restriction. Sorsha - Isn't very well connected, but if she makes the end she has a decent case to make for herself given how many votes she received. Wreck-It-Ralph - I don't think he's done much at all, really. Probably not a threat. Zack and Cody - Not sure how to rank them? I don't think they're that big of a threat, though. So, through writing this, I'd say my biggest threats when it comes to wooing the jury would be Dr. Doof, Megara, Pixar Lamp, Reepicheep, and probably Queen of Hearts. That's already quite a bit, and I'm probably underestimating a lot of players as well. Things can quickly change around here as well, and if I don't pick things up I could very well end up as a goat, and I can't end up as a goat. I'm a pig! It might be a bit early for this, but I'm thinking of what things I could possibly draw in for my jury case. Obviously I'd want to focus a lot on my relationship with Cheep and the code we created together. I'm also one of the only players (if not the only players) to have correctly voted in majority so far, which is a testament to how clued in I was to the game state. I didn't orchestrate a lot of the votes, but I did communicate with Cheep what votes I wanted, and he used that to influence how the vote went down, so I did have some influence over a few of the votes. If I can take down a few more threats, I'll have a decent case to present during FTC if it comes down to that, and if I can still manage to stay under the radar on top of all that then that'll be even better!
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Post by Pua on Sept 9, 2019 21:47:39 GMT -5
We're not really talking in our team outside the challenge, so at least I won't get too emotionally attached to Doof before he has to leave!
Also, there were a few things I was meaning to talk about at the start of this episode but they slipped my mind! Apparently Cheep chose to gave all the jewels to himself and then distributed the money to everyone (or at least I'm fairly sure what happened). I don't think Z&C was all that happy about not getting a free pass out of the elimination challenge, lol. But I'm happy with the extra money! Right after I'm done writing this I'm going to pay for fee for the random chats. It seems like they'll be fairly large, which is not too ideal b/c you're more likely to end up with players you don't want in there, but it's probably worth it given we're only going to have 1 on 1s the last phase.
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 15:50:41 GMT -5
So while we're polishing off this challenge, do we want to talk about the vote at all? Looks like they'll be pretty small chats for Phase 2, assuming nobody blocks us that is :P (I definitely expect to be blocked tbh) Nobody is coming to immediate mind at the moment, but I'm sure you can spit out whatever thoughts you have while you have the chance to :P Seriously? I mean, at least pretend like you're not blindsiding him!
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 19:28:25 GMT -5
The only name I've previously voted that is still in the game is Buzzy, I didn't have good reason to cast that vote when I did it, and I don't know if that matters now, seeing as other than me posting about it now nobody knew I decided on not voting Sphero or other viable candidates. But it's currently my thought process for the next one. Yeah, so apparently the sole vote on Buzzy a few rounds ago didn't come from anyone on the cash grab team but from Dog with a Blog, maybe even independent of the chat we had. Idk why he admitted that really but OK. The names I've heard for this round are Anne and Ralph, though as I didn't expect to get any votes this round I may not have the most up-to-date info! I'd be fine with either of those, personally. Huh, I thought him and Anne were closer that that. At least that makes it easier to ally with Anne if that's something I want.
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 19:30:35 GMT -5
LOL, I just discovered Pepe's actively unfollowing players who've been eliminated from the game. Like, what's the point of that, exactly?
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 19:40:31 GMT -5
Seriously, Alex's been offline for 20 hours!? Jeez, how did this guy make it this far?
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 21:10:52 GMT -5
Hey, sorry, y'all, I got called very last minute onto a work trip. I'm pretty darn open into Anne, Ralph, or Sorsha--Sorsha in particular has been going for big plays, which could be frightening as we get closer to the end. OK literally Sorsha is the exact type of player you'd want to align with then, lol. Is Alex really that deluded to think he's at the top of the totem pole or does he just not realize how these games work?
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 21:24:10 GMT -5
I was gonna ask Alex what he meant by "big moves" but I knew he wouldn't bother to check back in after making that post, and I didn't want others judging me for a question that I thought was likely to go unanswered anyways.
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 21:34:02 GMT -5
So basically everyone got about the same amount of cash. That's cool, I guess! Now that I got some extra cash to spare I might want to consider Paying Up since I am absolutely terrible at geography, but I'll think about it for a bit.
In the meantime, I guess I'll just wait and see what Phase II chat I end up in!
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 21:35:08 GMT -5
DR. DOOF!
OF COURSE IT'S DR FREAKING DOOF! AAAAAAAAAAARRRRG!
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 21:55:50 GMT -5
I think I'm getting the impression Doof sort of likes me? Or is at least buddying up to me a little, idk. I'm not sure if a Doof vote is still going to go through, and I can't really manage anything with this group! Also, I just realized one major difference between Phase III 1 on 1s and Phase II 1 on 1s -- you can't have multiples 2-person chats at once. I was thinking maybe Cheep could choose me and I could choose someone else, but nope -- if I want to be paired with Cheep, I have to only be paired with him. That's going to make organizing any type of vote more difficult. On one hand there's some things I'd like to touch up on with Cheep, but on the other hand it's probably important to increase my connections rather than staying in my comfort zone. Yet again again, my 1 on 1s outside of Cheep haven't been amazing. Rapunzel wasn't much of a gamer. Buzzy was incredibly inactive. Talking to Edward can feel like talking to a brick wall at times. Sorsha and Anne seem like they'd be decent choices on the surface, but I'm afraid they won't be that active or otherwise don't want to open up much game-wise, so I really don't have a lot of good options available to me! I'll have to think about this a bit.
Also, I'm somewhat surprised no one decided to nullify Doof's ability to be in a chat. I'm thinking either everyone thought some one else was gonna do it or they just didn't think it was worth risking themselves being out of a chat as well.
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Post by Pua on Sept 10, 2019 22:00:42 GMT -5
Well, I did have this devious idea where I would bring Anne into a 1 on 1 and tell her Doof was throwing her name out to convince her to vote him out, but I'm obviously not getting the votes of my own chat so I dunno. Like the only names that pop out as good "Choose Me!" candidates are Naveen, Queen, and maaaaybe Nick. It could be beneficial to get a chat with Megara or Pixar. Megara seems a bit more approachable out of the duo, but I don't feel comfortable trusting Pixar with any of my thoughts.
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 12:35:07 GMT -5
Mmm, I'm kind of at a dilemma. If I don't bid anything I'll likely get a 1 on 1 anyways, but there's a lot of players I'd rather not be paired with. If I do bid on a 1 on 1 and choose someone who was bidding on someone else then they probably wouldn't be happy with me! And of course I don't want to mess with whatever plans Cheep had. I think I'll just bid a small amount that Cheep could override if he wanted to (even smaller than last time b/c even that was bigger than what he bid!).
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 12:48:12 GMT -5
If you're looking at my chat ranking and wondering "why didn't I put Reepicheep higher?", it's because with our code I feel it might be better to get closer to other people, but I think there's a few things we could still touch up on so he's not low-low. It's likely someone who bid higher than me would choose me anyhow, thus nullifying my list, but in case they don't I want to at least guarantee myself a chat.
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 18:26:45 GMT -5
So I guess Pixar's signaling Anne now? Um, alright then! He made a post earlier in the Food thread too but I couldn't interpret that with the codes I had (if it even was a code). So much for Air Bud's code, I guess! I think I'd want a better team than that anyhow. I might change my bid but like I kind of don't want to bother either. Plus, if I do get in a chat with Anne I could potentially stir up something ~spicy~.
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 19:02:49 GMT -5
Oh, so Cheep's not in a group? I guess maybe he didn't have enough money or just blocked someone else instead. Also I see that he signaled for Anne as well through the parenthesis code, so I dunno if it's smart for me to fight it.
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 19:07:56 GMT -5
Hiiiii, sorry been busy I'll help make this quick, the 2 names I've been coded are Ralph and Anne and those seem to be the big two that are being pushed Well, I guess that's extra confirmation! I've gotta figure out where Wreck came from though...
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 19:10:03 GMT -5
I'm gonna push for the Anne vote to try to help you here Ralph OK, well thank God for this post for reminding me Ralph was in this group because I was just about to post that I'd prefer voting Ralph, lol.
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 19:49:43 GMT -5
I wrote a whole coded message to Cheep but forgot to actually add the extra space and line at the end to signify I was writing in code, oops! Luckily I had a convenient excuse to make a quick edit!
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 20:15:18 GMT -5
I'm not sure where your name originally came from but I think it might be best to keep yourself quiet for the next few rounds and stay out of the firing lines, hopefully that'll help OK, being "quiet" is literally the exact opposite advice Ralph should take, lol. Guy only made one thus far but as soon as his name comes up (a mere minute after, in fact) he suddenly gets all chatty. Tbf there's not a whole lot to talk about rn but I remember him being really silent in my earlier group chat too.
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 20:39:51 GMT -5
So for funzies (and to give a simple visual representation of my third post this episode) I decided to make a tier list of the rest of the players in the game in terms of how likely I feel they are to win the jury vote based on what I've gathered/assumed about their game (not the game in general -- I don't think a lot of my high tiers are exactly well positioned!). I debated a bit with Queen of Hearts before moving her down a tier. I was thinking about moving Z&C up, but part of me isn't sure how good he is strategically. Also could maybe move the princes up, Naveen in particular, but ehhh I dunno. Sorry it looks a bit uneven -- I manually edited it and wasn't picky in making sure everything was lined up.
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 21:26:26 GMT -5
I had this funny feeling that Cheep's going to be eliminated from the competition, I get paired with Anne, and I make shit happen. It's probably not that likely, but if it did then at least I have proof that I called it!
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 21:43:20 GMT -5
Hell yeah Pixar's gone!!! Sorry bud, you were a really great player, but it turns out you were too threatening!
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 21:50:42 GMT -5
I did code the rich chat members to you, but in case you missed it, it's Dr Doof, dog w/ blog, pepe, Zack and Cody, and myself. It means I'm getting a huge amount of information each round about what the chats are and what the vote is - but it also means they all are too and so taking any of them out would be ridiculously difficult Welp, looks like my tier list's already outdated, lol.
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Post by Pua on Sept 11, 2019 22:05:39 GMT -5
Also before the Phase III decision is posted I'm going to take an educated guess and say there's going to be 4 teams of 4.
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Post by Pua on Sept 12, 2019 7:03:08 GMT -5
Well, 2 teams of 8 was my next guess! That's a bit less desirable than teams of 4. Hmm...
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Post by Pua on Sept 12, 2019 7:04:46 GMT -5
Also I had a feeling Ralph was going to pay for votes despite hardly being in danger at all, lol.
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Post by Pua on Sept 12, 2019 12:30:19 GMT -5
Well apparently the Rich Chat formed their own alliance and designated Air Bud as their "sixth". I don't really like that at all! But given how many chats and codes they have it'll be hard to make a move on any of them, but that won't stop me from trying!
Also it's kind of funny reading Pepes post in the layoff post knowing he knows Pixar was never in the rich chat.
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