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Post Post #1 (isolation #0) » Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:36 am

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Post Post #38 (isolation #1) » Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:12 am

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hi everyone! You can find me on sitechat, via PM, or on skype at chevreeee
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Post Post #69 (isolation #2) » Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:08 am

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In post 67, Shrek wrote:Alright, I'm going to send a good deal of votes Mauthe's way now.

Why would someone sign up if they don't plan on playing? I see no reason to kill off an active person when we've got someone who's inactive right here.
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Post Post #139 (isolation #3) » Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:01 am

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I'm going to answer StD's questions first, since I think his first one frames the game better.

So what happened this game, from my perspective: I came into it not really sure what was going to happen; there were a lot of people who I have had interesting interactions with in the past (Shrek, IPS, even Monty). There was that game where everyone had an idol a while back, and in that game I completely melted down after trying to make a big move and failing spectacularly. So I wanted to go into this game with the absolute #1 perspective of "just stay calm". I didn't want to go for big moves unless they were necessary to maintain my stay in this game.

Anyway, so what happened was I chatted with a few people who I had rapport with, like mallowgeno, Aronis, and StrangerCoug, and Mjollnir contacted me on Skype and we talked a bit. Essentially, that led an alliance of myself, Cheery Dog, Mjollnir, PrivateI, Raya36, StrangerCoug, and Vijarada being pulled together. Barring major voting such as you placing all 42 votes on Cheery Dog, that gave us control of most of the votes. From there, it was just deciding what order to go in and how many votes to place. With you (Save the Dragons) and Mauthe using the bulk of your votes early on, it was best to have you guys hang around and get the other people with votes out first.

We were fortunate to have no opposition. Even though we lost Cheery Dog and Vijarada along the way, the five of us stuck together all the way until the final five. To me, it was a constant thought process of: is anyone scheming to flip on the five? No? Then I shouldn't either. That being said, I definitely did undervote on a few of our plans, and I threw hinky votes out to try to stir up some drama. At the final 8 I considered blowing up everything and asking randomidget if he wanted to take someone out to stir things up a bit, but I didn't.

A major concern was you, StD, and Mauthe never being the targets of our votes and being carried to the Final 7. This was definitely a game of "don't rock the boat". In our alliance's Skype chat, I always just agreed with the names brought up. Of course, I was worried that the people who had used all their votes would be dragged to the end as goats, but I just kept my ears open and realized that that wasn't going to be the case.

Part of all of this quiet gaming was a realization that at Final 5, Mjollnir would be target #1. There is no question that he was spearheading this alliance, planning meetings, giving directives. If myself or Monty or anyone of the alliance were sitting next to Mjollnir, we would've lost. So at Final 5, the big consideration was when to ice Mjollnir. Monty came to me asking what if any plans were out there, and I just went for it. We put votes on Mjollnir, and got him out, opening the game up a bit. It was obviously a sound move for me, as the next highest number of votes was on my head.

From there, it was tricky. I had 6 votes at the Final Four, and StrangerCoug had said he was gunning for me (probably because of Elizabeth and Tokugawa <3 ). Monty and I worked to make sure that Raya was on our side for the vote. Then, at Final Three, I believe Monty and I's working together from F5 onward was what made PrivateI take me to final two, but that is his story to tell.

For those looking for flashy gameplay, I'm not your girl. But I don't think either of the Final 2 are, and I hope I've shown that even if it looked like I wasn't doing much, I was constantly considering the game and consciously choosing not to act. This ensured that the boat wasn't rocked, and that I could ride the tides until I needed to make the major move that got me to this point.
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Post Post #140 (isolation #4) » Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:21 am

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StD, to your second question: my not interacting with you, whether it be in-thread or privately, was purposefully done.

Once you used all your votes, I realized what game you would be playing, as you looked for people to take you to the Final 2. And I totally thought those types of people were out there and planning on it, but I guess not. I just knew that I could not be that person who could take you to the end in that way. I wouldn't win if I had done it. So several times throughout the game I was like "I should talk to StD to see what he'll tell me" but I didn't because I knew that gave you artillery for other people looking to do the same. For example, I thought about talking to you to see if anyone else was considering a Mjollnir or Raya blindside and you could be our mutual contact, but I was afraid that Mjollnir was someone who you were in close contact with; you'd then rat me out, and I'd be the one blindsided in the alliance.

I definitely did not banter with you in the thread like Monty did, that's for sure. If that is what decides your vote, bummer! I've learned for next time. But I will say that at least when you were hail-marying at F6, I chose not to respond to you because I didn't want to publicly broadcast anything. I mean, look who did interact with you at that time: Mjollnir. And you were wholly right about it!

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1. I'm going to say it worked very well! I do think that unfortunately this game didn't receive the same level of heraldry as a queued LSG and thus, people maybe weren't looking as hard as they could've been for alliances. I'm fortunate to have found one and stuck with it. I also have to say that the eliminations of Cheery and Vija could've been any one of us, and they could just as easy be sitting here. That's the way a game like this is going to go.
2. I'm very proud of making it here, obviously! But mostly, I'm proud that I managed to keep it calm and not stir stuff up until it was necessary. Even still, I did toss hinky votes from time to time just to see if anything was riled up. Maybe that could've been a mistake. But I think it told me that this game wasn't the type to have a lot of shakeups.
3. Honestly, I wish I had skimped on a few more of the alliance votes. For the very first vote, I actually dropped 7 instead of the 6 we agreed on. when I saw 35 votes instead of 42, I knew keeping your word was a choice not a requirement there :P I definitely submitted less than required on subsequent votes, but never to the extent others did I guess, as I was below the average at F5. If I had done that on some votes, I definitely would've held more objective power in the endgame.
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Post Post #153 (isolation #5) » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:09 pm

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I know it may be too late, but I want to answer Mjollnir's question about hinky votes:

In Round Two I stuck an extra vote on Vijarada, and instead of sticking to the plan of six votes on Iprobablysuck in Round 3, I put 3 on him, 2 on you, Mjollnir, and 1 on PrivateI.

I did this just to see if any seeds of drama would be sown and possibly shake things up a bit. I felt fairly secure in the alliance, as I did this, but not so sure of myself to make the Final 2 that I wanted a little bit of paranoia to affect some people and hopefully get them to turn, using me as a piece to help them do that. What with no-voters casting random votes during those rounds and just the general strength of the alliance, those things never came to blows and as you can see from my lack of hinky votes after those rounds, I realized the best plan was to ride the alliance to its end.
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Post Post #157 (isolation #6) » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:51 pm

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Congratulations PrivateI!
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