Survivor: Blitz (Mashies edition!)

[Pine]

Stand by as I check in with the jury.

Survivors, you may compose one post to make your case. Please wait until I give you the go-ahead.

[Menalque]

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[Pine]

Survivors may post their final cases when they're ready. When all three have posted, the jury may ask as many questions as they like within 10 minutes

[entreri]

Hello Jurors! I'm very proud of the game I played. Early on I made an F2 with monty, and about halfway through the game I realized this F2 had a serious chance of working. From there my game was two fold: to maximize the chances the F2 actually got me to the end, and to maximize my chances of winning against my eventual opposition.

It felt to me like Monty and I controlled pretty much the entire game. Every vote we knew where everyone was voting, and essentially had our pick of the targets on each and every vote. Neither one of us was ever on the person not going home.

In my opinion, your votes should clearly go to Monty or me and as a juror you need to decide which one of us deserves your vote more. I would argue, as the one who saved my partner and brought him to the end, that person should be me. I made sure monty knew he needed to idol. I pushed the votes onto Flum instead of Monty the following round. I idoled to save monty, and finally I got lucky on the dice roll and picked to bring him.

[PrivateI]

Jury, this is a live game--the rules are fast and loose as it is. Regardless, thanks so much for playing.

I haven't played one of these in a LONG time, about six years, if my recollection is correct. Since then, I've been on the other side of it a number of times, creating games, hosting them, hoping someone would eventually host one of their own. Tonight, through a series of circumstances I didn't expect, I got to play this game, and no matter what the outcome of this vote is, I'm so thankful to everyone involved. Coming in with the mindset that this might be the last/only game I play for, say, ANOTHER six years, I came into it hard, and I was going to do my utmost to make it to the end.

There are some of you who I betrayed in my efforts to get to this point and I apologize to those of you I hurt. Specifically, Menalque and Chemist, yours were probably the hardest votes, and I appreciate both of your earnestness and straightforwardness this game. And Menalque, legitimately, if you don't play a "real" LSG, I will be quite cross with you.

As far as my gameplan goes, I think you've probably guessed it from the jury bench. I was working with Entreri hand-in-hand from round 1. Round 1 is also when I found an idol, which would be a turning point for me. It meant I could play a little more recklessly, which I did with the Chemist vote, because I knew I was still going to be safe. It also meant that Entreri and I could jointly control every vote's outcome.

A combination of factors got me here, not least of which was my buddy Entreri. But through it all, I didn't want to leave this game with regrets. Again, no matter what happens, I'm proud of the game I played, and I am so so so excited that I made it to the end, and frankly, excited I did it with Entreri by my side.

You have a tough decision in front of you, jurors. I look forward to your questions.

[Iprobablysuck]

hello jury hello jury

today i will talk with you to convince you to vote for me IPS

I believe I deserve your votes because I played a nice, steady game without a whole bunch of well, luck and reckless shit happening. (besides the coin flip lol)

To get here all I needed was steady alliances with people like Menno, Chemist and at one point even Fluminator for a brief time. While I was at risk at several points it was these alliances that kept me afloat in the game.
While I didn't always vote in the majority, (many times I would've if it weren't for idols but that's besides the point), I think I almost always had a good idea of people's plans because I was able to convince them to tell me about theirs and other peoples'.

My game was very much built on going with the flow and not causing many issues. While this may seem UTR I believe it was a very effective way to play the game. I didn't need two idol plays to get here, and I don't believe I was too much of a sneaky snek either. I know I didn't talk with some of you and I am sorry but I never opened sitechat, RIP.

Uhh I know this is short but time's a little bit tight for me so i'll end with this: Y'all are great and will make the best decision. thank you!!

[Menalque]

may we begin?

[Pine]

The jury now has ten minutes to ask questions in a free-for-all style.

Survivors, answer questions or don't at your leisure.

GO

[Pine]

(expired on 2020-02-24 21:45:00)

[McMenno]

entreri why did you bring monty and not datisi or ips i know you wanted to completely overshadow his game but still

[Ircher]

@IProbablySuck: Why did you never try to communicate with me?

@Entreri: Why did you never try to communicate with me?

@PrivateI: Why did you betray me in round 2? I thought I could trust you?

[Chemist1422]

who blindsided me and why

[Menalque]

monty: why me and not fluminator? did you and flum coordinate that?

[Menalque]

entreri: why did you bring your greatest competition with you to FTC?

also: you and monty sheeped on more than one vote in the early game (most notably ircher) how was this being in control of the entire game?

[McMenno]

who blindsided me and why

it was both of them

[Menalque]

to all: how were the strategic moves you made what got you here as opposed to the strategic moves made by others?

[PrivateI]

Ircher, basically, you were the major vote, and it wouldn't suit me to try to do something like vote out IPS there. You were an immunity beast, dude! I am sorry for not being able to give you more of a heads-up though.

[entreri]

entreri why did you bring monty and not datisi or ips i know you wanted to completely overshadow his game but still

Exactly that reason. He is here only because of me through the entire lategame. I had a solid path to the finish without him, but he did not have the same without me. Our games are very similar by virtue of how we played.

As for brining datisi or IPS, they have two very different games from my own and I'm honestly less confident about winning vs either or both of them than vs monty. I picked the person I thought I had the best chance to beat.

[Iprobablysuck]

Ircher: I apologize but the early game was very hectic and I wasn’t sure what your discord handle was or if you posted. I wish I had a better answer but that’s it.

[entreri]

@Entreri: Why did you never try to communicate with me?

I tried, but I couldn't add you as a friend on discord b/c you weren't accepting requests and I didn't see you on site chat.

[Menalque]

entreri and monty: how would you say the division of labour worked out in your F2? why?

[Fluminator]

ENT YOU KNOW I WANT TO VOTE FOR YOU BUT WHY DID YOU BRING YOUR CLONE TO THE END.
I have no odea which of you two did it better.

Tbh I'm quite impressed with IPS's play this game and I'm probably voting him unless one of you stick out by the end.

[Iprobablysuck]

Menal: not trusting Fluminator if that counts, I believe if I followed him I’d have been out much earlier. (Sorry flum but you were fishy)

[entreri]

entreri: why did you bring your greatest competition with you to FTC?

also: you and monty sheeped on more than one vote in the early game (most notably ircher) how was this being in control of the entire game?

I don't believe monty is my greatest competition. I think his endgame doesn't stand on its own. He was the figurehead and was going home if I didn't save him. That's not the case for me.

I don't think you need to be the first person to say someone's name to be the dominant force behind the wagon. I believe we made sure everyone knew ircher was the target on that vote, and we wanted to control the following votes so we didn't want the target to be on our backs by taking the credit for the early push.

[Ircher]

@All: What was the biggest mistake you made this game and how/why?