k, so since it's the weekend, and as soon as I can actually put a good chunk of time in here no-one seems to be round, I'm gonna address the state of the game and hopefully answer your questions along the way.
Let's start with the supposed 7>4 split. lolno, there is no way that will last, what we have here (and Daniel's distrust of Alina shows) is we have more like a 4+3>4 split. Ony for the fact that Corinne volunteered to leave, and we didn't manage to send em to more than one TC, and the split over there would be far more defined. So sure let's start with the four who have the most power right now;
Daniel is the easiest player to manipulate here, has the loosest lips, and is probably the easiest person to target if that's where I wanted to go. But because of the first two points, that's not what I want right now. Hell I'd drag him all the way to F3 if I could do it without pissing off Cat or Palomé.
Lisi I'll put here, but only because I have no real read on her yet. She is likely closest to Yul. I do know the player outside the game somewhat, but I've never played with Lisi, so I'm not really sure what she's capable of. I know she can play UTR intentionally very well, and she is likely employing that tactic here until the dust settles. I also know she is not afraid of flipping or big moves, so I'm in no rush to see her leave yet.
Yul is smooth & very cool-headed. Seems strategically decent too, and rumour has it very good in challenges. He won't fall for the same baiting / paranoia-mongering that Daniel would for sure. However, for all his skills at the game he is missing any sort of unpredictability. Which makes him far easier to deal with
Right now I am trying to appeal to his sense of fair play and justice, while emphasising I am of a similar mindset only more fun :P
Katie is motherfucking dangerous. If I had free reign to boot anyone, it would be her first. Her closeness to Daniel means I can't use him as that particular tool though. It'll have to be something cobbled together with the ex-Chaang members if I want her ousted. And at least Nay seems close to her as well, if not Monya too. :/ I'll figure something out here. Perhaps rumours that she is in possession of the idol might force enough chickens to be headless & hasty in their decisions?
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Moving onto ex-Chaang. These three come as a set, and my gut says we will have more luck using these against Seuua than visa-versa. However, I also feel I could trust these three less than say, taking out Katie and then teaming up with Dan/Yul/Lisi. So idk where to go now with this;
Ugh, everything
Monya says is coming across as so damn fake right now. IDK if I can trust her again in this game but I need to at least keep up the pretense of it. So we are bonding over some game-chat as well as some non-game chat. She'll be around for a while for sure, so I may as well get used to her.
I'm employing a very similar tactic with
NayNay. Again I don't feel close to her, or that she's being genuine with me at all, but at least here I know she will find it hard to attack Catalie. Now this means she'll find it all the easier to boot me so she can try have her all to herself, but how & ever :/ Predictable is good in this game.
I struggle the most with
Alina. I know how hard she wants to win here (more than anyone?) but I don't know how far she is willing to go. She is an emotional player despite herself, so I am gonna slowly rebuild shit with her hopefully. Get her back to the position where she feels I am her #1. First thing I did with that Daniel PM for example was to forward it onto her
She is perhaps the person I'd like most to flip, but she'll be far from easy to do it with. Clumsy Daniel will help that though, for sure.
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The good thing about being down in numbers is that it makes sense to stick together, even if we are to be picked off one-by-one. I guess all of us are hoping not to be next, so immunities are crucial, along with making myself the most attractive option as someone to work with in future rounds. Don't be mistaken, I am gonna be trying my hardest to flip the script, but I still have the same back-up plan as everyone else here :/
I do like
Erinn, and it suits my game best if she stays around, but not at the expense of my two girls. :/ So unfort that means my job this round is paint her as more of a challenge threat than I, and less likely to be either active or willing enough to work with whoever in the future.
First priority remains to get them to turn on each other of course. If Erinn becomes first Juror, I don't want her leaving the game unnecessarily pissed at me.
These next two are both my girls, and I'm gonna do everything in my power to make sure all three of us stay for this round, next round and beyond;
CatCat gets a free pass this round, so at least I know she's going nowhere for now. It might be me to leave though, now there's one less ~tret~ that can be voted for :/ I made sure to forward that Daniel PM onto her & Palomé to show that wasn't a favouritism move, just a logical one. The trouble here, and I've mentioned it before, is that anyone with eyes can see how close we are. People tend to target pairs, while a smarter player would use the fact that it gives you twice as many tells to pick up on, and makes them twice as predictable. idk if anyone see will see it that way though. Yul maybe?
With
Palomé at least, our relationship is more hidden. It's a good thing we trust each other so much, that allows me the freedom to perpetuate that myth amongst the likes of say Monya, that me/Erinn/Cat are far closer. Now when she tries to use that back, I ought to hear of it.
I stand by the opinion that Palomé is playing the best game of anyone here.
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I guess that leaves just me. Fuck I'm hot in this one.
A big part of me says I'm screwed without immunity next round, but lets see what I can do to change people's minds over the weekend.
so already damage control is underway.