No that was one of the most stressful moments in the entire game right now, like legitimately it was so awful and those results were also the most stressful of the game for me because I totally thought that you doing something like a vote dump was possible and just prayed that I'd done enough to mitigate the damage. However I do think I played it off as a joke as well as I could have and then we talked privately, where what was initially me just making sure that you hadn't caught on to what was happening in the game turned into the most amazing, genuine conversation of the entire game or honestly that I've had with anyone from MS for a long time so overall I'm glad that that little snaffoo happened because I think it brought us closer together as friends. And I'm super excited for this game regardless of the outcome to be over so that you will talk to me again.In post 137, Shadoweh wrote:I can't believe I caught you plotting behind my back and believed you were joking. It's pretty ridiculous. I should have told Mallow to votebomb Skelda instead of Menno but despite my 1 in trust I actually trusted you guys. Haha. If you can convince me there was a reason to do that to me besides that my name carries a reputation I'll consider voting for one of you.
Re: why you were a threat, I agree with what Empire said. Everyone who I talked to thought you were this big scary threat, so maybe in a sense it was based on reputation, but you and I have talked in this game about how perception is everything so regardless of whether or not there was any truth to the idea that you were playing a better game than me or not, people thought that you were and so for me taking you to the end was suicidal. And honestly, I think it's pretty clear that my odds of winning are higher sitting next to Mallow right now than if Mallow was exchanged with you, like that's just obvious. Also I think there are some jurors like Vij who I talked to particularly little, and I think right now the people I'm sitting next to also talked to them super little whereas you did a little more outreach in some of my weak spots. And additionally from my perspective you were responsible for the IPS vote (not that I think that was any kind of turning point in the game like Empire claims, I think our alliance was able to succeed because we had the numbers not because we took out IPS when we did). But I think the reason that vote was a nice move for your resume was because you were very likely to be the person who IPS would have come after whereas IPS definitely wasn't coming for Empire or I, and it was your relationship with Vij that ultimately made it happen.