Post by TWO-FACE on Dec 16, 2014 20:29:56 GMT 10
Final 3! Congratulations, how do you make it Final 2?
I'm tied for my highest official placing in a Versus game If I believe what I'm being told I'm like Richard Hatch going up against Rudy and Kelly at the Borneo F3.
Ivy tells me she has to take me as she doesn't want Superwoman to win and she has given me a number of reasons why Superwoman is playing everyone and will win. Superwoman says she's always got my back, but I'm see a lot of backs that she has also accumlated through this game.
If past history of these challenges is anything to go by there is a good chance I win this next challenge and will have to make the choice. There is also the option of stepping off Hatch-style and let the ladies fight it out, but that's always a risk. Plus I always enjoy doing the challenges and it's a bit of a discredit for the effort that goes in to them.
Then again the two ladies could band together and hand my head to me, it would be the ultimate payback for Ivy and I'd be thinking about it if I was her
You looked like you were positioning yourself to make a move with Batman, how does his leaving affect you?
In a way I was hoping Batman would vote against Ivy, which he did, but Superwoman deciding to keep the Villains intact scuttled that plan. I wanted Ivy out of the equation at that vote for the same reason Ivy wanted Batman out. She was more of a chance of winning the next battle whereas Superwoman wasn't and it that would give myself and the Bat room to move at the next vote.
That being said I'm not too disadvantaged by the outcome.
How do you see this final battle play out?
I'm guessing it's a turnaround of previous rounds where the hero will now choose who they want to protect, leaving the other player to exit the game.
Unless the last two go to a challenge, that would be nice.
You have to be thinking about the end and the jury now, what are your thoughts?
There are a lot of players who I did not really connect with on the jury (Arkillo, Starfire, Scarlet Witch) those who we were opposed to but may show some reasoning (Huntress, Nightwing) and then those who we spoke to a know a bit about our game (Batman, Harley, Wiccan) then whoever leaves next round should I survive who may or may not be bitter.
If we were to go to the end we will be talking up about being able to control our destiny throughout the game either by winning challenges or keeping in enough peoples good graces to want them to keep me around. We don't have a lot of dynamite moves, but I've got a few stories that would uniquely help me, like explaining our pit decisions, explaining the idol find and handover. Would that impress the jury? I'm not sure, but I need to try and sell it.
What do you think about the two ladies?
Both of them think this game is in the bag for them. My biggest concern is why they want to take me to the end. Admittedly the choice has been out of their hands with me being immune, but one always wonders if it's a genuine reason or they feel they can pummel me in the end.
But to the ladies. Most of it I mentioned in my message to Batman in yesterdays riveting episode, but personally...
...Poison Ivy has made inroads from the Kapow issues and credit to her for doing that. She has touted her loyalty to me and admitedly she has come through by filling me in on what is going on and what she plans to do. She has also put her money where her mouth is by voting out Harley over me at that last vote. Still the outburst nearly had me on the verge of just chucking this game in. I know that's unfair in a way as everyone plays differently, but I'd rather people rely on their nous than resort to garbage tactics. Part of me wonders what her motives to bring me this far are and how much credit she will get if we are the Final 2.
...Superwoman on the other hand is antithesis of Ivys outburst. She provides everything that I hope for from fellow players. Frequent and intelligent conversation and discussion of the game. She has also kept me in the loop of where things are at and where she stands, but it's clear she has done that with everybody else. She has had her fingers in so many pies in this game that her Superpower must have been tripling the amount of fingers she has. Like I said before she says she has my back, but can I be sure and I also question why she would like me at the end.
How is your game vs morals battle going?
This is honestly a difficult situation.
I'm competitive, no doubt, so as Superwoman is shaping up to win the majority of jury votes removing her seems the natural move. If I was going to spend almost 5 weeks on a game it doesn't make sense to roll over at the final hurdle.
That would mean potentially putting a victory in the hands of someone who took things a little too far and I sort of don't want to reward that behaviour. Ivy seems genuinely apologetic, and embarrassed, about it and I know that tends to happen in games so I feel I'm softening on that stance.
I'm tied for my highest official placing in a Versus game If I believe what I'm being told I'm like Richard Hatch going up against Rudy and Kelly at the Borneo F3.
Ivy tells me she has to take me as she doesn't want Superwoman to win and she has given me a number of reasons why Superwoman is playing everyone and will win. Superwoman says she's always got my back, but I'm see a lot of backs that she has also accumlated through this game.
If past history of these challenges is anything to go by there is a good chance I win this next challenge and will have to make the choice. There is also the option of stepping off Hatch-style and let the ladies fight it out, but that's always a risk. Plus I always enjoy doing the challenges and it's a bit of a discredit for the effort that goes in to them.
Then again the two ladies could band together and hand my head to me, it would be the ultimate payback for Ivy and I'd be thinking about it if I was her
You looked like you were positioning yourself to make a move with Batman, how does his leaving affect you?
In a way I was hoping Batman would vote against Ivy, which he did, but Superwoman deciding to keep the Villains intact scuttled that plan. I wanted Ivy out of the equation at that vote for the same reason Ivy wanted Batman out. She was more of a chance of winning the next battle whereas Superwoman wasn't and it that would give myself and the Bat room to move at the next vote.
That being said I'm not too disadvantaged by the outcome.
How do you see this final battle play out?
I'm guessing it's a turnaround of previous rounds where the hero will now choose who they want to protect, leaving the other player to exit the game.
Unless the last two go to a challenge, that would be nice.
You have to be thinking about the end and the jury now, what are your thoughts?
There are a lot of players who I did not really connect with on the jury (Arkillo, Starfire, Scarlet Witch) those who we were opposed to but may show some reasoning (Huntress, Nightwing) and then those who we spoke to a know a bit about our game (Batman, Harley, Wiccan) then whoever leaves next round should I survive who may or may not be bitter.
If we were to go to the end we will be talking up about being able to control our destiny throughout the game either by winning challenges or keeping in enough peoples good graces to want them to keep me around. We don't have a lot of dynamite moves, but I've got a few stories that would uniquely help me, like explaining our pit decisions, explaining the idol find and handover. Would that impress the jury? I'm not sure, but I need to try and sell it.
What do you think about the two ladies?
Both of them think this game is in the bag for them. My biggest concern is why they want to take me to the end. Admittedly the choice has been out of their hands with me being immune, but one always wonders if it's a genuine reason or they feel they can pummel me in the end.
But to the ladies. Most of it I mentioned in my message to Batman in yesterdays riveting episode, but personally...
...Poison Ivy has made inroads from the Kapow issues and credit to her for doing that. She has touted her loyalty to me and admitedly she has come through by filling me in on what is going on and what she plans to do. She has also put her money where her mouth is by voting out Harley over me at that last vote. Still the outburst nearly had me on the verge of just chucking this game in. I know that's unfair in a way as everyone plays differently, but I'd rather people rely on their nous than resort to garbage tactics. Part of me wonders what her motives to bring me this far are and how much credit she will get if we are the Final 2.
...Superwoman on the other hand is antithesis of Ivys outburst. She provides everything that I hope for from fellow players. Frequent and intelligent conversation and discussion of the game. She has also kept me in the loop of where things are at and where she stands, but it's clear she has done that with everybody else. She has had her fingers in so many pies in this game that her Superpower must have been tripling the amount of fingers she has. Like I said before she says she has my back, but can I be sure and I also question why she would like me at the end.
How is your game vs morals battle going?
This is honestly a difficult situation.
I'm competitive, no doubt, so as Superwoman is shaping up to win the majority of jury votes removing her seems the natural move. If I was going to spend almost 5 weeks on a game it doesn't make sense to roll over at the final hurdle.
That would mean potentially putting a victory in the hands of someone who took things a little too far and I sort of don't want to reward that behaviour. Ivy seems genuinely apologetic, and embarrassed, about it and I know that tends to happen in games so I feel I'm softening on that stance.