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Post by Tom on May 9, 2010 0:17:39 GMT -5
Wow. Just...wow. This game is nuts. Frikin nuts. What the...
There are no words. Will video this thang up in the morning.
Wow, wow, wow...
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Post by Tom on May 9, 2010 20:56:15 GMT -5
I honestly don't know how I was ever going to vote ANY of the Heroes out. If I can't even do it to Jeffrey, it was only going to get worse. You guys are seriously amazing, and I just have no idea how I ever would have been able to choose. I don't want to be a part of that, and I guess this is my ticket out of having to be a part of that. I think Erik basically foreshadowed the rest of the game for me with this paragraph from his goodbye post. Up until now, the votes have been easy. There's always been a scapegoat, someone everyone was willing to toss aside for whatever reasons. But now...now we're getting down to it. 11 of us left, 7 of whom are Mighty Heroes, and very few "burn-through" votes left to make. How am I going to vote out Ashley? Jeffrey? Tucker? Stephen??? Like, this is what was my demise in iS: China, I think. As Skylar kept winning challenges, I kept being forced to make votes that I just HATED making. The Deighton/Donna double-tribal votes stick out the most. I feel like I've played an excellent social game this go-around, unlike in iS: All Stars. In All Stars, I basically only communicated with my TRIFORCE brethren (for the most part), so of course it was easy for the other 567 people in that game to vote me out 10th. Here in All Stars 2, though, I've definitely made a conscious effort to talk to EVERYONE on my tribe. I mean, thank goodness I made the bond that I did with Megan! Had I just ignored her (which is what I felt like doing when she first joined us), I very well could have been in that faceoff with Jeffrey (and probably lost against him). It's for that reason I'm trying to maintain this random bond with Ashley, even though she's kinda just been floating along since the beginning. I might need her down the road. So I have all these bonds. Great. Excellent. But then...I still need to keep voting. And I almost envy Erik's position - just bowing out, leaving on his own terms without being wounded or anything. I'm happy for him, considering he says his last iS game left a really sour feeling in his mouth. Good for him, getting this redemption. But where does this leave ME now? I was spared the agony of having to vote Erik out - but that still leaves so many others. Maybe it's silly, but I'm not just a strategic robot who will vote people out and not feel anything in the process (or afterward...). And that's what fascinates me about Survivor / iSurv1vor. Because there ARE some strategic robots out there who will make any vote they need to make in order to get themselves another round further. And then you have people like me who tend to grow soft as the game progresses. Make no mistake about it, I've made it halfway through this game and intend to trek all the way to the finish line. I don't wanna get 5th place and a jury spot again and feel like that was good enough. No. I want to WIN. When people think of "Tom" several seasons down the road in AlumniVille, I want them to think one thing: Handsome devil. OK, two things: Handsome devil, and SOLE FRIKIN SURVIVOR. |
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Post by Tom on May 9, 2010 22:42:37 GMT -5
MERGE YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY
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Post by Tom on May 10, 2010 13:29:13 GMT -5
Wow. I've hit the merge. This is what was supposed to happen the last All Stars, but well... I'm really proud to have made it this far. Already this game has been hugely redemptive for me after my fairly early exit in AS1. 'Course, that doesn't mean I'm about to lay down my torch like someone else just did... (ILU ERIK <3) Huge accomplishment getting here, no doubt. Coming into this game I wondered if I still "had it." Going into the first All Stars I was Mr. Alumni: everyone knew who I was and I basically knew everyone else. But a lot had changed in the past two years. Yes, I still followed the series and everything, but with Peru came this new Skype Era of ORGs and as a result the social bar was significantly raised. So I knew coming into All Stars 2 that I would need to up my social game, talk to folks on Skype, etc. It was a little weird at first, but I quickly came to LOVE our amazing Hero chats. Ugh, seriously, best tribe EVAR. I'll never forget that. But alas, that's behind me. Now, I look forward to this merge. Look forward to weeding these remaining villains out. Look forward to going the distance.  |
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Post by Tom on May 10, 2010 21:49:21 GMT -5
H8 THIS CHALLENGE ALMOST AS MUCH AS I H8 BLOODY BOTTLES
Let the Hero/Villain bloodbath begin.
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Post by Tom on May 11, 2010 23:30:37 GMT -5
So I guess the majority is voting for RB this round, with me and Erin voting Hooker to split the votes in case RB has the idol (which he doesn't). I'm cool with this as it might gain me some favor with RB as he heads to the jury.
I'm assuming there's no tricky business going on here, on either the hero or villain side. If there is...hooray, that'll be a fun surprise.
I really do feel like the Heroes are together in this though. Let's take out these odious villains. <3
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Post by Juice on Jun 11, 2010 22:18:05 GMT -5
*sigh* No lawlz  Im taking 4 more drinks to make fup for it. Total lawlz-22 total drinkinggg-- 30 drinks I think? lol |
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