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Post by JUDGE DREDD on Nov 17, 2014 21:54:16 GMT 10
You have survived the first round. I'd congratulate you if this were considered an achievement. Was this an easy vote? What are your thoughts regarding the combatants? Will you be attempting the duel yourself in search of reward? Do you betray The Law?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 18, 2014 12:40:47 GMT 10
While I'm waiting to hear back from some key players, I'll give this an update. Right now I'm worried, because people just aren't getting back to me. Here's roughly what's happened: Superwoman is the first to try to initiate an alliance. Me, her, and HQ. Fine by me, I like HQ. We obviously need a 4th. I've been getting along well with Joker the last few days, so I think he's worth a shot. Ivy as an alternate because she seems good at PMs. I tell Superwoman all this, and then suggest booting Two-Face. So I go to Joker and tell him I want him and HQ, and also that Two-Face needs to go. Two-Face's PMs have contained nothing notable for me, and I've heard the same from a couple others (including HQ) so I thought that would be a safe bet. He says I'm the first person that's actually suggested a concrete alliance and boot target - and everyone else is being vague. Ok, that's fine, I've only suggested one name, and I'm going to keep it that way, slinging too many names will make you a target. HQ messages me and says she wants to work together. Perfect. She says she's not a huge fan of Joker. I say, ok, do you like Ivy better? I tell her Superwoman and Joker have both suggested working with me and HQ, so if we like either of them, the door is open. Waiting to hear back. Two-Face asks me who I'm thinking for a target, which I think is a good sign, because that means Joker probably didn't blab. So I told him I'm just going with whoever sucks the most at PMs (which is true, cuz it's him, no offense) but I'm acting like it's not him. And he says "ok, who sucks the most at PMs" and I have no idea what to say next. Meanwhile I haven't heard anything useful from Ivy or Catwoman in eons, although I currently owe Catwoman a PM. Superwoman told me Catwoman is targeting ME. If it's true (and I'm only 50% sure that it is), means Ivy is probably in on it as well. And I have no idea WHY she would target me, because I've never come after her, and I don't think I'm sucking too horribly at PMs compared to everyone else. So I'm guessing it's just Superwoman baiting me - I think the worst thing I could do is start raging and confronting/targeting Catwoman right now, so I'm not going too. Most of the time, a lack of contact makes me incredibly paranoid, but I've learned if I keep my cool and don't freak out about it, things usually work out. So I'm hoping that's the case here. I did have three people tell me they wanted an alliance, after all. I've been making friends with Deathstroke, because I figured other people might not bother. But he wants to know who the target is, and I don't know what to say to him, or Two-Face (who are BOTH online right now, eep) until I hear from HQ (who is ALSO online right now and better get back to me soon before I have a meltdown). After tonight I'll know where I stand! Except these results are going live in the middle of the night, ew. 24 hour rounds is a fast pace!
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 0:33:33 GMT 10
I'm surprised but not surprised. If the vote was 5-2 that means a lot of people went to some decent effort to blindside me. Why was I worth that kind of effort? I have no idea, but I clearly did something wrong and if I can find out what it was, I shall. Who the heck was the second person that voted for Dent? That would be good to know. But ugh, 5-2 means I can't do anything useful with them when I come back. Deathstroke is there now, but I think he made his decision independent of my influence and he's probably on board with someone else already. People can just take turns sending us back in, really, and since Deathstroke is blameless, I think they'd probably pick me over him. But do I really want to go to some other team? And who of these 29 people should I PM first? I like this challenge, so I think I've got a decent shot, but Green Arrow is far from inactive.
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Post by WONDER WOMAN on Nov 19, 2014 0:39:55 GMT 10
I fucking hate waking up to find I have been voted out. Happens to me all the time in US games/Yog's game. Good luck baby!
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 0:48:19 GMT 10
My new superpower is making people VANISH from the online user list at the mere SIGHT of my PMs. HAW HAW HAW. ARKILLO'S MIGHT.
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Post by WOLFSBANE on Nov 19, 2014 3:53:23 GMT 10
lol Good luck, dude.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 4:16:00 GMT 10
Thanks! I'll be re-running your challenge a few times to practice.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 13:10:24 GMT 10
I may have burned all of my bridges over at DC Villains. I am very confused and kind of a wreck. Not sure what team I'm going to yet, but it'll be either Red or Yellow.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 14:35:16 GMT 10
Well, give or take a few seconds, I genuinely feel like that was the best I could do in that challenge. So if I go home because of this, I won't feel like it was because I didn't try hard enough, or because I flubbed it. Hopefully.
I've been sending out PMs all freaking day and it looks like I'm going to Yellow. I owe you hosts a nice update, but I am going to take a break right now, because I need some me time.
BY THE WAY, IS EVERYONE AWARE THIS BOARD RESIZES ITSELF WHEN I RESIZE THE WINDOW?! IS THIS NOT THE BEST THING EVER? Why does anyone use invisionfree for ANYTHING?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 14:46:44 GMT 10
Everybody is telling me Yellow is a bad idea. Red might have some inactives. I'm inclined to trust the judgement of others over my own. Red or Yellow? I need to PM more Reds.
Hosts, feel free to silently scream at your computer screens which team I should join. It'll probably help.
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Episode 02
Nov 19, 2014 15:06:22 GMT 10
via mobile
Post by WOLFSBANE on Nov 19, 2014 15:06:22 GMT 10
*screams at my phone* Did you get that?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 15:22:08 GMT 10
I got indigestion. I think you're on the wrong frequency. But thanks.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 16:06:04 GMT 10
All right, here's your update.
It looks like HQ was the person who didn't vote for me over on DCV. Good for her, I liked her. Always a good bond when you're the first two people to show up by half a day. I thought she had better control over things, but apparently she wasn't in the majority. I asked her if she felt like she was in danger (because Flash tells me she's the target), but she feels confident she's got some "tricks up her sleeve". Well I sure hope that works out for her, it would be nice to have an ally survive this mess.
I think her, Joker, Flash, and Deathstroke all told me that I'd be voted out immediately if I came back. Which is curious and frustrating, because it seems like people from DCV are really doing some hardcore recruiting of duelists. So they want just a bunch of randos to come over, but they want Arkillo gone NOW and PERMANENTLY and SCREW HIM and make sure it's KNOWN TO EVERYONE so they can all tell him if he even thinks about coming back. But yay, let's welcome Deathstroke with open arms, and Two-Face with open arms.
Wtf did I DO? You can hear all my theories on that, but I'll save it for my exit speech, which I hope is not imminent.
Anyway, based on this, I'm assuming that the people who did the most ignoring of me are the ringleaders over there, which means Superwoman, Ivy, and Catwoman. I'm not quite clear on why they decided to write me off, but it happened pretty early in the weekend I think. Deathstroke acted like he was undecided for a while, and then definitively jumped back into DCV, so I think they gave him some really good promises if he came back. Same with the Flash. And now Frost wants to go back with them. COME ON IN, EVERYONE'S INVITED, EXCEPT YOU, ARKILLO, GO AWAY AND DIE. I feel like Wreck It freaking Ralph.
I don't really know where Joker stands, I probably liked him second-best out of this group, and I was looking forward to having someone that was online all the time to talk to. But nope.
I've just been giving the other tribes all the info I can, and the reaction has been a lot of surprise. "Wow, this guy PMs a lot, why did they vote him out?" YOU TELL ME! Anyway, Blue is a disaster, just like I thought. None of them seem to have any interest in working with me, and the way they post in the forums and act in general makes me suspect that I'd feel like a foreign exchange student if I set foot in their tribe.
I'm not going into my Red vs Yellow dilemma. The more I post here, the more I can feel guilty about later. But I am having trouble deciding.
I'm probably going to have to wake up for the vote reveal on this one, or to check some messages at the very least.
All of this is meaningless if I didn't win my duel, but nobody can say I didn't try. And even if I screw up and get booted again, I still always have a chance. Again, arena is fantastic. And I'm used to this whole win-challenges-to-stay-alive thing, seems like I've been ending up there a lot lately. But it sucks to have reached that point this early in the game. I'm truly a drifter. I need a TRIBE. I need some freaking allies.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 19, 2014 17:00:12 GMT 10
If I accidentally oversleep, put me on Red, please.
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