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Post by WONDER WOMAN on Nov 25, 2014 21:56:52 GMT 10
So no returnee for Whamm this round. With an uncertain future, are you trying to predict game shifts to stay ahead of the vote? Or do you feel you can stay in a good position here for a while yet?
What do you make of the three who are currently in the arena? Any preference as to who survives and how important is it to lure them across to Whamm?
What's the ideal play from this position for Arkillo?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 26, 2014 5:31:02 GMT 10
Tigra is lobbying for FLASH to stay? Tigra, shut UP, you're gonna get us all killed!
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 26, 2014 5:59:53 GMT 10
I am so thankful that I learned that "X" means "I agree", because Hunt just gave me a big fat X in my support of keeping Mystique.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 26, 2014 7:21:36 GMT 10
Starting to worry that Flash has the idol. :/
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 26, 2014 15:24:28 GMT 10
oh no, I had a really good update typed up and I didn't hit post! I'm sorry, there is so much going on.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 26, 2014 15:53:31 GMT 10
This is hhhs, and I don't know who's gonna come up on top, but I'm finally part of something super exciting. So, Huntress made the mistake today of posting in our group thread about how she hates Flash, and then privately PMing me saying she wants to KEEP Flash and vote out Mystique or Tigra. Tigra being the person IN OUR CORE FOUR with me/Night/Hunt. We need to catch up soon, darling. This round is shaping up to be Tigra versus Mystique, and I love both of them and don't want them to leave. The ball is kind of in your court, because realistically, you have a good relationship with both of them, and I don't want to vote one out and have you completely freak out on me again for betraying you, so we need to be on the same page here with what happens. She said she "couldn't bear to decide between the two" so she wanted ME to decide. A beautiful trap. The only way out? Reject both options and lobby for a Flash boot. Ugh, so people want to keep Flash? I thought that would be an easy vote that would hold off any drama for one more round at least, I don't really know what kind of dynamic it would create if he stuck around, are you/Night/Tigra on decent enough terms with him? I'm not voting Tigra, for the same reason you would never put Night's name down, so I'm hoping we can take that one off the table. And if we're keeping people around that we want to work with and have good connections with going into the merge, I really like Mystique. I don't know how many rounds we have left on this tribe, there's a chance the merge could be next round, so I don't want to lose her if we have the option of keeping her around. Is she doing anything we should be worried about? I got the impression she was getting along really well with you and Night. So then she comes back with: I've always had a decent relationship with Flash, always have since the beginning of the game. I think that we're not necessarily going to be able to hold off from Tigra and Raven targeting each other this round though, that's my fear. Especially if we have to vote again next round, because I feel like the merge is coming at 14 or 16, so we're getting to the point where we need to make a serious decision. I don't want to have to vote either of them, I really don't. But here's the issue - Raven and Tigra basically cannot stand the other. They both want each other out, and again, if we have one more vote even after we vote Barry out this round, we're going to be in a seriously shitty position. And I feel like whatever decision is made, we're all going to be upset and pissed off? And that's like literally the last thing I want to have happen. Oh really? Let me ask Tigra how much she hates Mystique I have no issues with Mystique at all? That was really the final straw for me. I know that Night/Hunt have been full of crap this whole time, but playing along with them has been a necessity. Rogue's round they snuck in a vote change last minute, and made a secret board to slander Tigra and didn't bother telling me about it (but Mystique did!) Now they suddenly want to boot someone I LIKE and replace them with FLASH, who I'm sure they've been pumping full of promises this whole time. NO. I AM FREAKING DONE WITH THIS. I'VE GOT BLACKMAIL AND I'M GOING TO USE IT. If you get Tigra or Mystique out of here, NOBODY is going to be able to oppose you, and I'm going to watch FLASH coast along in this game ahead of people that I've grown to like. I've been arguing with Huntress all day, and it has been the most beautiful passive-aggressive war ever, with me acting all innocent like I'm not holding her PMs over her head. The last thing I want is drama, beautiful, so the less we got of it around here, the better. I talked to Tigra and she said she really doesn't have any objection to voting Flash if that's what we decide we wanna go with, and that she's a little behind on PMs with Mystique, but otherwise doesn't have any serious issues. And Mystique tells me she's happy to vote Flash. I think I got as much history with Flash as you, sweet cheeks, I'm the one who told him DCV was bad news, and we've been in touch ever since. And that's why I ain't comfy having him stick around, cuz I know he's jaded and is just gonna do what he needs to do to survive every round. He could run off ANYWHERE at the merge. If we can get Tigra and Mystique to like each other, is there anything stopping is from voting Flash? And this gem to Night: Hunt was real worried about Tigra/Mystique this morning, said she thought it was going to be one of the two of them going tonight because they hated each other and she didn't want drama in the tribe right before the merge. And Hunt was all torn up, cuz she loves 'em both and didn't want to have to choose. Hell if I did either. So I checked in with Tigra and it turns out she and Mystique are doing just fine. Their schedules don't really sync up perfectly, but they she's got no problem with Mystique. Tigra said she'd be fine voting for Flash if we can all agree on it. So I reported the happy news to Hunt, nobody has to choose between nobody, we can keep all the people we like, and this vote will be real smooth. And obviously Mystique is on board, too, Flash is the only person she wants gone right now, and since Flash has been throwing her name around, it wouldn't have been a hard sell anyway. But Hunt kept fighting back in the group thread. Wouldn't give up. Fortunately, I PMed Flash earlier and said "who are you thinking about voting for?" And he said: Heard its a toss up between mystique and tigra. Still waiting to hear a little more on both but I can't vote till close to deadline unfortunately. What have you heard/thought? BOOM, more ammo. So now I post a manifesto in our group thread about how we need to get rid of Flash. Hunt, I dare, I DARE you to fight back. Go ahead. Go ahe- oh she totally did. So then I post the final blow in our group thread: Yeah, Flash finally got back to me and said he was thinking about Mystique or Tigra. I think he thinks Deadpool's stray vote last round was some sort of signal, and I'm guessing he's heard Mystique's name from somebody, but it ain't me. Real smart of him to target two people at once. If this is what he's like on day 1, I don't want to see him on day 2, the guy's going to cause fracturing no matter what, and I sure as hell don't want him targeting anyone in this group. Any objections? Message is clear to Tigra, vote him out because he's targeting you, and trust Arkillo because he told you when he found out. Message is also very clear and very different to Huntress. I DELIBERATELY LEFT OUT THE PART WHERE YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TOLD HIM TIGRA WAS A BOOT OPTION. I'M GOING PUBLIC WITH THIS SH8T IF YOU DON'T BACK DOWN. THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. Within 6 minutes: No, I'm fine with him leaving. SUCK IT. Ok, so, Huntress is not going to take this lightly. There's going to be retaliation. She could try lying to Mystique/Tigra that I am voting them and get them to flip. She could try publicly outing me in a forum, or screaming at me in a PM. Flash could have, and play, the idol, but I don't think Hunt would have been lobbying so hard for him if that were the case. Hunt could go to Flash and tell him I forced everyone to vote for him, get him pissed, and have his vote be for me (instead of Mystique or Tigra). So if Flash has the idol, it's me in the arena instead of Tigra or Mystique. Mystique might genuinely hate Tigra and flip. But you know what? It's okay. I very rarely get to throw my weight around, and this was dang fun. And I'm glad I tried it. The possibility that I could get away with it is well worth the risk. So I'm going to bed tonight still feeling nervous, but feeling pretty good about myself. If it's meant to be it'll work out, and if not, at least I tried something.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 26, 2014 18:36:00 GMT 10
HAW HAW HAW. Failed! BUT I'M OUT OF THE ARENA.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 27, 2014 0:45:38 GMT 10
Yeah, looks like Hunt went with the "lie to Mystique and get her to flip" option. Yet once again I hear you fed him my name first. So I guess my demise was due to Mystique failing to take the 30 seconds necessary to fact-check something that I'm sure she knew was false. Although based on the other stuff she said in the PM, I think she might have been with Night/Hunt all along: Yet once again I hear you fed him my name first. I did not vote for Flash obviously because I didn't believe he was a threat to me personally. I deemed Tigra more problematic personally due to her connections with you and others as well our seeming inability to get along with each other. Now the most obvious threats moving forward are the DCV girls and Night/Hunt/Starfire as they are known alliances. The first bold part sounds like a line Hunt fed her directly, that tension stuff was bs. Also I don't think Mystique is dumb enough to think we can actually do anything about Night/Hunt/Starfire, because she just killed off her last chances of doing anything about it. So I'm guessing this is just another test to get me to try to flip on Night/Hunt so they have an excuse to boot me. I'm really proud of how I covered all of my bases last round and made sure nobody had anything concrete against me - I've basically been treating PMs as if they were being posted to a public forum, because I know everyone's sharing, looking for things they can use to throw each other under the bus. Unfortunately, there's no accountability before we hit jury - you can lie to people outright and vote them out and there are 0 consequences. I think I just underestimated how ruthless everyone was going to be in this game. Good for them, if it works, then go for it, I got outplayed. This is not the game where you can coast on innocence, you gotta backstab. But lol at it being TIGRA that gets the boot, even though I willfully opposed Hunt and Flash on that vote. And now I made top 16. Glad I'm not in the arena for this one, screw flow puzzles. I'm not really sure if I have any options at this point, it's basically night/hunt that get to pick who goes this round, so I'll probably get a lot of confessional time. I'll probably have to do that thing where I just suck it up and agree with everything they say if I want to survive, which is why I'm glad I took a chance last round, because I don't think I'm gonna get any more. It's ironic that Hunt's justification for keeping Flash is that he's good at challenges, when has THAT argument ever worked for me? I've won one challenge, and it was the only one that mattered for me, so here's to hoping I can pull a repeat performance if it ever happens again. Beast is in the arena, too, lol. I am out of friends in this game. Rogue. I think that's the only one left. F2 let's go!
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 27, 2014 7:25:24 GMT 10
I keep scanning my inbox for hope, but none has manifested itself so far. Not doing anything until someone explains themselves.
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Post by WONDER WOMAN on Nov 27, 2014 8:23:53 GMT 10
So what have you heard from Huntress and Nightwing since last night? Anything?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 27, 2014 10:55:48 GMT 10
Commence shameless pandering to Night/Hunt! :whiteflag I had to go to them because they were ignoring me, not a good sign. Hunt telling me she's heard all these "rumors" that she's actually started herself and told only to me. That kind of thing will get you a fast track to a padded cell in real life, but dang does it work great for ORGs. I'd tell you everything I got from Hunt but it was really difficult to see - there was so much excrement smeared on the screen. I went to Home Depot and got a snow shovel, give me 4-6 hours of digging and I should be able to make something out.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 27, 2014 12:33:16 GMT 10
Now Hunt is acting like she's interested? But she's dropping hints that she wants to send Flash in, and wants to know if "we're on the same page", which as far as I can tell means "ok, I have some dirt on you that I gave to Mystique, so I know she won't be working with you. Now I just need you to slander Flash so I can report that to him, and then you'll have 0 options, sound good?"
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 27, 2014 12:36:22 GMT 10
omw lol we lose Beast and Tigra in the same day, I'm guessing that's what prompted Hunt's sudden mood swing. I'm a lot more viable if I have less friends.
Wow I have outlasted a lot of stellar individuals in this game. Will do what I can to outlast a few more.
I don't know what I should respond to Hunt - what's a good strategy at this point?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 27, 2014 13:27:01 GMT 10
Final 16, baby.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 27, 2014 13:27:40 GMT 10
But RIP Tigra and Beast, seriously, everyone from Marvel Heroes was just the best.
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