Pua
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Post by Pua on Oct 1, 2019 22:10:21 GMT -5
Ahhhhh I'm so happy I made it!! I ended up getting Dog and Bud out anyway, so that worked out great! Wish Nick was still around, but eh you can't always get your way. And hopefully he'll have some bias towards voting me if I have to face the jury (which I'd probably have to considering my challenge performance is lackluster). No need for relationship charts or anything of that sort!
Alex got the top money slot, which was unsurprising, but apparently Megara actually got the next most cash, which may or may not be a good thing? I mean I'm happy she made it, but that means it's going to be Queen, Cheep, and Sorsha vying for the top elimination slots, and I'm a bit nervous about that!
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Post by Pua on Oct 11, 2019 8:32:22 GMT -5
I would be a very lost piggy without your help, Edna!
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Post by Pua on Oct 11, 2019 8:40:04 GMT -5
Also I'm not entirely sure what's going on with Cheep's new status but I luv it.
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Post by Pua on Oct 11, 2019 16:43:23 GMT -5
Uggghh, that was so close too!!
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Pua
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Post by Pua on Oct 12, 2019 18:02:16 GMT -5
Woah, it's been a whole day since I've written in my confessional!! That hasn't happened for a while.
I've been spending basically all of my free time practicing the puzzles. Our team is (probably) going to start tomorrow, so I'll have lots of time to prepare. I installed like a bazillion puzzle apps on my phone to practice during work, and that's been fairly helpful. I also have this old Picross game on my 3DS that I haven't played in ages, and there was this logic puzzle book I bought a really really long time ago but haven't used it much, so those'll come in handy. Honestly, playing the puzzles has been a lot funner than I anticipated. I didn't realize there were so many funky puzzles out there. Well, I knew a few of them beforehand, but I haven't actually thought to play them, and it's a lot more fun and productive than other things I could be doing.
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Post by Pua on Oct 13, 2019 21:28:59 GMT -5
Well, we're going to be starting pretty soon. Honestly I feel a bit tired, but I have a liter of soda in case it gets too bad. I have a bad feeling about doing it this late, but I don't think we're going to get it done any other way. Ugh, I really hate awkward shifts!! I guess this is the challenge that determines whether my team loses in the most anti-climatic way possible or if we turn this thing around and get one more chance to take home the whole thing. I'm sure most of you are probably already asleep by now, but wish me luck!!!
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Post by Pua on Oct 14, 2019 1:38:41 GMT -5
This challenge is a nightmare I want to go to bed...
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Post by Pua on Oct 14, 2019 1:59:23 GMT -5
It. Has. Been. Nearly. 4. Hours. Since. We. Started. And. We're. Not. Even. Halfway. Done. What. The. Actual. Hell.
We've paused for the night, so we're going to pick it up sometime tomorrow. Possibly. Alex's really busy so it might be hard to find another time. Though tbf I'm pretty sure no one anticipated this challenge lasting as long as it has!!
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Post by Pua on Oct 14, 2019 21:30:33 GMT -5
Wowzies, it's time for my daily confessional post!! Our availability is all over the place, but we're going to try to get the challenge done between Tuesday and Thursday, so that's neat. Also, I stumbled upon this neat puzzle called Hashi/Bridges that I've been playing pretty much all day, but that's not even apart of the puzzle list for the challenge so I dunno why I didn't bother just studying some more instead, lol.
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Post by Pua on Oct 17, 2019 11:10:18 GMT -5
Oh my gosh guys. Can you believe it's been two whole months since this game's started!? Time sure flies by when you're having fun!
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Post by Pua on Oct 17, 2019 11:14:45 GMT -5
Also, I was watching this Youtube video about this guy trying to get free shirts from over a 1000 colleges that was randomly recommended to me a year later and look at who's on the bed! Another Pua sighting!! Also also, the icon for this forum looks so much better than the official Disney one, lol. Why the heck is it so scrunched up!?
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Post by Pua on Oct 19, 2019 15:14:41 GMT -5
AHHHH WE DID IT!!!!
Only one more challenge to go!!
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Post by Pua on Oct 19, 2019 15:27:55 GMT -5
Welp, I'm super terrible at Go. Hopefully someone on my team's a Go mastermind?
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Post by Pua on Oct 19, 2019 15:28:58 GMT -5
Oh wait, everyone has to play. And there's no communication allowed. Uhhh.... better start studying up, I guess!
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Post by Pua on Oct 20, 2019 17:09:26 GMT -5
So yeah, apparently no one on my team's played Go before. I mean, on the plus side, if none of us have played it before then it's fairly likely no one on the Purple Team has either, but yeah. My practice has not been going well so far, but hopefully I can prepare enough to give at least a decent performance during the challenge.
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Post by Pua on Oct 20, 2019 22:15:53 GMT -5
Ack, of course I get the first game! At least I'll have all of Monday to prepare, and some of Tuesday as well. Not sure if this change actually benefits or hinders my team, but at least it'll get done a lot faster!
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Post by Pua on Oct 22, 2019 20:56:47 GMT -5
After spending a good chunk of today and yesterday studying up on Go theory, trying out multiple puzzles, learning all about eyes and ataris and what not, and practicing multiple times between work and my spare time, I can confidently say I still have no idea what I'm doing. At least I'm better than I was yesterday, but that's not saying much! After this game's over I don't even want to think about Go ever again. It's far too complex and gives me a headache trying to understand all these nuances.
So, I guess this is it, the last challenge. In about a half hour I'm going to match against Queen, hope I do really well, and then that's that. The rest is up to Alex and Edward. I'm at least confident Edward will do somewhat decently, considering he even took entire notes dedicated to Go! I want to aim to win, obviously, but if I can't do that the second best I can do is lose by as small as a margin as possible, considering the final results are based on cumulative score rather than a best of 3. I'm really nervous, but also really glad this is almost over. It's been a wild ride, and I intend to end it with a bang!
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Post by Pua on Oct 23, 2019 0:54:53 GMT -5
That game took a lot longer than I was anticipating! But I'm glad it's finally over. There's nothing left for this little piggy to do. I can just kick back and relax until the live reveal, sipping some coconut milk, rolling in mud, helping out Moana, yada yada yada. Technically it says I'm only not supposed to talk about my scores with my teammates, but yeah I'm not going to bother with spoilers. You'll have to wait until the live reveal to see how well I did. You might even be surprised by the results! Or not. We'll see.
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Post by Pua on Oct 24, 2019 23:18:48 GMT -5
Well, I was going to write something up before the Live Reveal, but I got lazy and didn't finish it on time. At the same time, I feel this confessional deserves closure, so I guess this is it. It's been a crazy 2 months and 1 week that we've been playing this game. Reading back my introduction, I realized that in many aspects I did live up to my expectations. I payed up a lot of challenges, obviously, but I had a decent enough social game to have several great allies & friends. But I also exceeded them in some aspects. At first I thought I'd be quite shy around group chats, and in some aspects I was, especially during the beginning of the game, but gradually I gained more confidence and start applying myself more, especially when the jury hit. While I had a lot of missteps and regrets, overall I'm very proud of the game I played, and played pretty much how I envisioned I would and then some.
I haven't talked about this before, but I just wanted to say how fantastic my team has been. Edward has been great, as I expected, but Alex has been such a sweetheart as well, which I didn't quite expect. Not that I thought he'd be a jerk or something, but I didn't have the best impression of him during the game. It was at the end of Taboo that I realized this group was a real gem. It has been so much fun playing with them, and while I really wanted to play with Cheep, I'm happy with how things have turned out.
This has been such an amazing game. I really, really want to win. Badly. But even if we lose, Queen, Megara, and Sorsha have played well by their own rights, and they definitely deserve to win as much as our team does, so kudos to them if they pull it off. Win or lose, I'm happy to have enjoyed this game to its fullest. Until the results are revealed, this is Pua, oinking out!
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