...Bees?
Jury
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Post by ...Bees? on Jan 27, 2021 20:47:50 GMT
T/H Hare: Um, dandilions please.e And carnations, and baby's breath flowers. And buttercups. And orchids. And the red flower from minecraft, the old one before they replaced it with poppys. And the dandilions from rimworld, the jungle flower from terarria, the flower wall background tile from starbound, Bees?: Those are all really good flowers, I approve. I wonder if any of the smells would clash though. Hm. Fuck it, we're about appearances here. I'm so tired of this round and we have so much more of it to go. I can't tell what degree of fucked I am being right now. It's really fun. Would you mind sharing your funeral? I may just need it. Tortoise: Hey Bees! Hare has been keeping me updated while I've been working, it's been a busy week. Just wanted to check in with you. Has anything new come up, or are we all still good? Bees?: Hi Tortoise  Well, you and I are good, that's not the problem. Just you saw the rule change, right? Grogu was quoting some PMs from people at me and I don't know what to think anymore. I don't know if I'm personally fucked here by everybody and it's some sneaky blindside, if it's just a desperate ploy to stay, or if I'm being riled up just to vote for somebody that other people want because I'm too trusting or emotional. It is unclear and messy, and I'm unsure what's really up. Droids
Droids:
I feel 100% I can trust you and I believe you trust us.
Avo I trust that I can read him, if that makes sense. And I think that moves post merge will be made against Avo before us and that's good with me.
T+H I feel like I can work with as long as the situation allows for it but obviously the tribe is getting really small now so they might start to panic. But if we were to merge? Yeah I think T+H are solid.
Bard and C3PO have a good social relationship so I trust that for whatever it's worth.
Grogu has sent us so much conflicting stuff that I'm not buying it. There might be some truth in there and I of course know that Avo would vote us to save himself. But there's no way I feel safe with Grogu moving forward.
Bees?:
Okay.
I'm hoping that to be the case. Cuz if it's not, I think I could be out on my ass here. And like, we just had a TC where somebody said something and thought a vote was going a certain way, and they went home, ya know? But if that is the case, you know exactly who you can and can't trust, so there's that. And I honestly agree with you. Avo is going to play hard and fast and it probably goes poorly.
True enough. I like T/H, but I don't know that I have a read on them. Then again, I don't know that they have a read on me either.
That's good. I also like Bard, we've had some chill conversations. I just.. man. I'm worried you know?
That's kind of the thing, there's a lot of stuff that doesn't line up, but I'm not sure *where* it doesn't line up. And I know that the vote here is gonna clarify that, but I am concerned about how it's going to clarify. But okay. I understand that, I'm going to trust in you because you've been nothing but honest so far, I can't see any reason why that would suddenly change. But I hope we're not being fucked here.
The thing is, what are you going to end up telling Grogu? Cuz I think if you leave the groupchat empty he won't take that kindly.
I've also had this song on repeat for the past hour cuz it feels apt:
Droids:
Hey Bees, I think I'm mostly responding to the group chat. I was responding with Grogu primarily before anyway.
I would appreciate if you just kind of ignored what I'm saying in there. I don't have plans to "make a big move" but I don't want Grogu to feel so alienated and angry at us if he is to come back somehow.
You know our true feelings and our plan is still to vote out Grogu.
-C-3P0
Bees?:
That's okay. I kind of figured you were going to have to say what you needed to say in order to keep things as nice as possible. I completely get not wanting Grogu to be angry. I think he's going to be no matter what.
And okay. I'm trusting you as I have all game.
Bard
Bard:
im at work and only got a sec here
grogu is tellin me the same thing here. whatever was forwarded was not sent to me so im in the dark about this whole pm scandal. can you explain what was sent?
my perspective of this has been sorta confusing because pre-challenge end there was no active target from anyone.
avo and t/h both suggested that you were likely the decider of this tribal. and then of course youve said that your impression was that avo would be directing things moreso. i dont think the droids were ever trying to pass off things, in fact any of my talks with the droids have been somewhat lighter on game talk.
i'll be back around in like 2 hours to figure this out more
fuckin god damn
and to think i just had curly fries. curly fries are a bad fuckin omen, bees.
Bees?:
I guess he had some PMs from like T/H and Avo that were painting me in a bad light where they were making it sound like I was pushing Grogu as the vote here, where they've told me the opposite that Grogu was pushing me. And I don't know what to believe with that. I can't tell if there's something going on where it's being all sides against each other or what. I really don't know, and it's been incredibly quiet. And I can't tell how fucked I am and in which way I'm fucked, ya know?
Oh it is very confusing, cuz that's how it went for me too. I can't tell if people are planning for upcoming merge connections here either.
I don't think Droids was pushing anything either, I think he's kind of innocent in all of this. So the question becomes, is it Grogu, or Avo/T/H? And where do you fit in? I know Grogu said that Avo was very adamant that the vote not be you, and Grogu said he told you this, even quoted a PM to that effect.
Alright, it's... fucking messy, like extremely fucking messy.
Oh no, do we need to blame you? Did you doom us all?
Clarification chat
Droids:
Okay so I've sifted through a lot of stuff, rereading pretty closely, and I'm still not sure where the misinformation is coming from. I haven't heard from Bard or Avocado really all day today, which is kind of worrying. Like do they just feel really safe?
What's the best move from here? I am worried about what you're saying (voting us one by one) but not really sure if those 3 would flip at all. Honestly they may choose to go to rocks??
Again this is my first game, so please don't mind all my anxious thinking.
-C-3P0
Grogu:
You're all good... so the misinformation is basically coming from people telling me that Bees is the one coming after me while telling Bees I'm the one pushing him. I think you can confirm to Bees from our convo, Droids, that I was looking for ways for ALL of us to stay and work together, and that I was not pushing him.
What I'm seeing here is that before TC, it seemed like people were laying the groundwork for one of us to go home. When I told you and Bees I felt like it'd be one of us, it was because I feel like the groundwork was there and whichever of us didn't win immunity was gonna be in trouble. Droid, people see you as an immunity threat, I think, and since you're safe this round, they're trying to take us out now to leave you with fewer friends in the long run.
I think they MIGHT be willing to go to rocks, but more importantly, I think they lose on rocks. You're safe, and you have nothing to lose here. You can't get rocks'd out, which gives our side the advantage. I think I am willing to go to rocks to keep Bees safe, and I think he's willing to go to rocks to keep me safe... because the alternative is... whichever one of us stays, the other is dead soon, and you're probably in danger too. If we go to rocks, they tie the vote 3-3... then you AND one of us AND one of them are immune from rocks. That means they have a 66% chance of going home to me or Bees only at a 33% chance. I don't think any of them are going to take the risk that they go out on that, so we're in the power position there.
Droids:
Yeah I got that sense too that it was one of the 3 of us, especially when Avocado came back and not Darth.
That's a good point about rocks. Most of my knowledge about the game strategy comes from watching Survivor and I think my hesitance comes from seeing it go badly on the show.
If we were to do rocks, who's name should the 3 of us be writing down?
-C-3P0
Grogu:
I don't really have a preference, I'll see if Bees does? The most important thing to me would be the three of us coming out okay.
But yeah the way rocks works would be:
Vote: We tie, 3-3. Droids immune.
Revote: Stays tied, 3-3. Droids still immune.
Rocks: Droids + the two tied players become immune. The other three draw rocks.
Bees?:
Hi. I'm here. I'm just.. processing.
Rocks would play out in our favour, it's true. I am unsure which to put it on. From the sounds of it, Bard knows very little of what is actually happening and whatever is is all from Avo and T/H.
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Post by ...Bees? on Jan 27, 2021 21:44:12 GMT
Clarification Chat
Grogu:
That was my take too was that Bard didn't know what was going on.
Droids:
Yeah I've gotten that sense too from talking to him, also his general absence...
And maybe T/H and Avocado would just flip on him to not go to rocks.
Do T/H and Avocado seem close?
I know at one point, people were saying Avocado and Bard were close. Like is there a chance those two would just flip on T/H instead of going to rocks?
Grogu:
Oh, I think I was thinking it'd be easier to get him on board with us if he hasn't been involved in all the planning rather than going after him? But not sure if that's what Bees was thinking tbh.
I think it's possible, I mean, I honestly think even Avo/Bard would flip on each other instead of going to rocks tbh, nobody wants to risk rocks this early, the only reason me/Bees are ready to do it is because we know we're dead shortly anyway if we don't go for it.
Droids:
Oh I get what you're saying now haha. I think I misread that.
It's been a lot to process and take in and playing this game has made me re-evaluate my reading skills/thinking skills.
Yeah it doesn't seem like a good idea to let rocks choose who is going out if you can prevent it.
So you're saying T/H or that it doesn't even matter who we write down?
Who do you think is the least connected looking towards the merge?
-C-3P0
Bees?:
Sorry, bees wilt under stress a little.
But I don't think going Bard is the way to go, I think Bard might be the most willing to do something else. And he's also implied that T/H and Avo are close. I don't know that there's a choice which isn't going to have blowout.
Droids:
Yeah I mean this is certainly a risky move.
I really don't want to lose either of you though.
I think I'm going to take a take a breather/have some work to do haha.
It's been a slow work day but I've been so engrossed in the game all afternoon. Gotta get back before someone notices.
-C-3P0
T/H Tortoise: I actually hadn't noticed yet, but thanks for pointing that out. Not sure what he sent you, but he probably knows he's on the bottom so I'd say he's definitely desperate. Keep two things in mind: - a quote is easy to forge - what others are telling him might not be the truth, because obviously nobody wants to piss him off too much. I just got messages from Avocado and Droids and neither of them have mentioned anything weird going on. So there's definitely nothing going on, unless they're blindsiding both of us. Keep the paranoia under control friend, we've got a whole game left to worry about Bees?: Oh I know that. It is incredibly easy to fabricate things. I know it's a lot of desperation, it's just also very catching, no? I haven't heard from Avocado all day, so I don't know where they're at. It's been weirdly quiet which also isn't helping my paranoia. And I know we do. It's just a rough morning. Tortoise: Oh yeah, I've been in Paranoia Street before. A long way in too. Avocado just came on I think, he just sent me a really short message. Take a coffee and enjoy your morning. I'm sure he'll check in with you pretty soon. Bees?: Paranoia Street is a terrible place and I do not intend to build a summerhome here. Yeah, we're talking now. Thank you for checking in and everything. I am sorry if I'm a little bit of a mess, this is just really rough and being played really hard. Hare: Apologies on the quietness of the day, I know I've contributed to that quite some. The reason for that being I don't want to talk to grogu right now. Or ever again, ideally. When avocado talks to us he's all for voting grogu. We're doing okay. I'm having a hard time even telling grogu what he wants to hear because I don't know what he wants to hear at this point. He's pushing you, I guess, but then to us he's like "oh but we don't want to vote out bees but haha you know he's all these things according to other people" so it's like, i guess he's trying to bait us into saying it to him? Hence why I am not interested in talking to him. Bees?: It's okay. I don't blame you for that, I really don't. I'm feeling that myself, a whole fuckton of that. And yeah, I don't know what he wants to hear either. I'm just tired and worried and want to be done with it. I can't blame you for that either. Just, thanks for the updates anyways, ya know? I hate this round. Avocado
Avocado:
bees. bard came to me and told me that you think that youve been fed misinformation about this tribal council. now i dont want to hold a grudge and be pissed at you just cause im being eyed up here otherwise i wouldnt have confronted you about it at all. im not the type of dude who gets angry or holds grudges easily so i honestly just want to shoot the shit with you and talk this out like men rather than just be cagey about it.
why exactly do you think ive been dishonest with you? ive been completely genuine about wanting to take our relationship to the merge and hook up with plagueis, and grogu would already be the consensus boot anyway regardless of what he said since i want to keep my allies (you and the other two chocolates) alive for this tribal council. i dont have a reason to lie at all and i really want to make things up so were not pissed at each other heading into this merge for no reason
Bees?:
Actually, it wasn't that I thought you specifically had lied to me, no. But you saw that there was a rule clarification, right? What happened was Grogu linked me to a lot of PMs from people and as the one person who wasn't involved, I was messaging Bard about it for an outside view. I honestly was also waiting for you to get back to me from the last PM we had before talking to you more about it all. I'm not looking to vote for you, I was looking to compare what I was being told with what I've also had and what other people had as well. At most it was just really wanting Grogu out and willing to do whatever to make that happen. That's it.
I'm not pissed at you, sorry if that's what came through. I'm just aware I'm being played, and trying to get a sense of in which way I'm being played. I trust that you have meant what you said, because you wouldn't have said it otherwise. Like there's a lot you've said which you wouldn't just say to someone you were going to lie to, right? That's a lot of effort for what kind of payout?
Avocado:
i'm like. 99% sure that the pms there was shit just humoring grogu and other people making sure that grogu wouldnt try and target them because they were afraid of the death tunnel he had already put onto you. if he messaged you something i said about you then let me be honest about it: i too was doing that. i was humoring grogu cause he was targeting you and i didnt want grogu to be pissed off at me in case he came back from the hole and started throwing my name out. i understand it was wrong to not stick up for you or try to push the blame onto someone else but there isnt really that much i can do in that situation without me throwing out the name of someone who i also want to work with and actually digging myself into a hole instead of nodding my head along like im pretending to agree with him. yes i did humor him but i have no intention of voting for you now or in the future and im being 100% honest when i say that. im sorry that i did bother with talking to him though and i understand being pissed over my pms when theyre quoted directly
here's the thing. you're not being played. nobody here has a reason to target you over someone like grogu who admitted that he knows he is in danger and is working every angle to get out of it. everyone knows that he is going to flip when he reaches the merge and keep being deceitful and nobody wants to keep that around or have that turned on them either.
youre right about there being a 'why' to you being played. as in 'why' would i go through all of the effort to immediately connect with you based off of the words from someone that i bonded with heavily on exile?? why would i target or try to play you when you're directly useful for bringing in plagueis and building up an alliance come merge? why would i put effort into forcing it onto grogu instead of droids if i'm just going to turn around and target you out of nowhere instead? that line of thinking literally doesnt make any sense at all. im curious as to what you think my motivations and end goal here is because there is genuinely no benefit to me trying to save grogu since ive been talking shit about him even since before this tribal council.
ive been completely honest about wanting to work together and move forward with you, this tribal council has just become more of a mess than it needs to be because of grogu himself taking advantage of the fact that people are nodding their heads along and agreeing with the name that he himself sent out. i apologize for making you feel like you were being played and if theres any way i can make it up to you please let me know. im not upset with you and im not the type to hold grudges and i appreciate that youre willing to talk this out like rational human beings instead of trying to start shit and flip people. the truth is that i have no reason to target you and that i was just making sure grogus rage wasnt turned on me. and im sorry for that.
also theres no proof that he didnt edit the text in the pms because that's a thing you can do without changing the time/date. so he could have easily painted me as saying even worse shit than i was which just flat out aint true man
Bees?:
Honestly? Just the acknowledgement that you did say the things to humour him is enough. Like I wasn't pissed, I was confused and worried. I know that PMs can be fabricated and I know that they can be put out of context, I know you can quite easily set somebody up with PMs if you try. So I was trying to get a sense of what was up and hope that we could eventually talk about it, which we are now.
I mean I am by Grogu, but yeah no. Paranoia is a hell of a drug, and that's also what I was thinking, but I'm the sort that wants a sense of things from people directly or not directly involved. So I am sorry for that.
Yeah no, that's what was so fucking confusing, because why would you do all of that if you were going to then insta-boot me? It made no sense. It wasn't even about saving Grogu, just making sure he was hella dead. That's all, but you're right it's really needless overplaying which has been so baffling, and I appreciate you being willing to talk to me directly even if I'm being a bit of a fuck.
I think it's half the mess it is because I'm the sort who is willing to talk shit out like a rational human being. Cuz if I don't talk to Grogu, he doesn't spin me this yarn of worse. If I don't confront him about "dude what the fuck, I thought we were friends" this doesn't completely go to shit. Hey, at least you admit that you were trying to redirect rage elsewhere. That I understand, that I can't really blame you for as long as I live. If you aren't forever mad at me for having a moment of intense paranoia for a little bit, then I think we'll be okay.
Droids
Droids:
I did not realize how serious he was about going to rocks. He has kind of proposed this to us before and in that PM he sent to Bard, it seems like he was willing to roll with Bard and Avocado to get to 3.
I think Avocado is going to be really mad but it seems like he has the most to gain from going to rocks anyway, and I definitely don't want to lose you.
-C-3P0
Bees?:
Oh yeah, he is very serious here. I think he's willing to do anything that keeps him alive, so if not pushing me keeps him alive and going to rocks does, he'll do it.
I'm not quite following your second sentence here. Are you saying maybe we should actually take a stand or stay where we're at? I know I certainly don't wanna go, that's for sure.
Droids:
Oops! I meant Grogu in that second sentence!!
As I said in that message to the group chat, I think I need to take a break from reading/thinking about the game for a bit!
I think our original plan to vote out Grogu still stands and I think we're in an ok spot moving forward.
-C-3P0
Just popping in quickly to say, if this vote goes against you we are 100% toast too. We haven't heard any drama from anyone other than Grogu and I think we have enough trust built up with the other people on the tribe that we would be clued in if there was some move against you happening.
We could just be naive, but to me it doesn't make sense for it to happen, that's why I feel ok. Now if suddenly the next vote is still on this tribe and it ends up as those 3 versus us then ok we have to scramble. But like, I think we still have a lot of possible moves to make in that scenario.
-R2
Bees?:
Okay, if you think that things need to change though, please tell me. I think I'm just burnt out atm because if this goes poorly in the way it sounds like it could, I think I'm fucked here and I'm not sure what to do about it. I don't know that I trust Grogu, but I don't know if I trust anybody ya know?
And yeah I know that, that's why I didn't think you were on board for voting me out, but if I am going it'll be cuz you're being blindsided too. And why I wanted to talk with y'all about all of this. And that's what I'm hoping here too, that there's enough trust built in places that we wouldn't be being screwed like this, ya know?
It doesn't really make sense, no, but it's not impossible. And I think we do have a lot of moves regardless, I just hope that I'm still alive to make them with you. This just feels messier than it needs to be.
Droids:
I honestly think a lot of this messiness is coming from Grogu, who is understandably scrambling to save himself any way possible.
They also don't have the numbers to vote you out, unless Grogu is involved. By his willingness to go to rocks, it doesn't seem like he's inside with those other 3.
-C-3P0
Bees?:
I think so too. I also think I may have put my foot in my mouth a little in the process of trying to compare notes with people. But hopefully it doesn't go all over.
That is also true, it's more paranoia talking than anything else. You are probably right.
Droids:
I think it was good to compare notes just in case something really weird was happening.
Avocado just confirmed that he would like to work with you moving forward.
I think R2 is right, that since Avocado wants to link back up with Darth having the two of us is a plus for him.
-C-3P0
Bees?:
I had a very long talk with Avocado, and he was honest about the fact that he was doing a lot of just telling Grogu what he wanted to hear, and that probably is what ended up being sent to me. And that he was more just redirecting the rage away from him, and like we talked a lot of everything out. So like, I think it's just all garbage and bad from Grogu. Cuz honestly, what does Avo have to gain by alienating me if he's counting on me for things? Paranoia is a hell of a drug.
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Post by ...Bees? on Jan 27, 2021 22:11:54 GMT
Clarification chat
Grogu:
Well let us know how you're thinking here, since you're crucial to this. You basically have the power this vote to decide who goes home.
Droids:
If you and bees are ok going to rocks, we are too.
It's just the matter of who we're writing down.
If there's no merge/tribe swap, who do you want to work with?
-C-3P0
Grogu:
I feel like it's a crapshoot between T/H and Avocado. Honestly, no idea or insight into which is better. But I am down for a rocks vote. HELL YEAH. Do you know how long I've wanted to go to Rocks? Lol. Never had it happen.
Droids:
It's for sure a memorable move.
Would there be someone advantageous to keep safe in rocks?
Maybe T/H is less of a threat than Avocado? It's hard to read their group dynamic.
-C-3P0
Grogu:
I don't know, I think like, we SHOULD keep Bard safe tbh out of the two but I don't think it's smart to vote Bard, so maybe it'd be smarter to like, go vote on TH and then hope Bard flips on Avo in the revote or something?
Avocado
Avocado:
yeah no. i was wrong to say that shit and agree with grogu without actually telling you to your face and im genuinely sorry that i made you feel that way. im being real when i say that i want to go forward with you in the future and hook up with plagueis to run things because with you me plagueis droids bonobo bard ranger and t/h we're clearly going to have an eight person majority already (and we even have room to trim that down if we want just so we arent faced with difficult situations in the future). like i have no reason to push it on you or either of my close allies here just for the sake of keeping an easy number in grogu whos already said that he has no allegiances and through the gummy vote ive already proven that i dont care about easy numbers even if ive spent the whole game with him
its fine dude. if i was pissed at you i wouldnt have come to you to hash things out and i got the feeling that you were confused and worried about shit because i would be confused and worried in that type of situation too. ive wanted to boot grogu ever since gummy left and ive tried to make that clear even by telling you about and defending the alliance that droids wanted to have with us when they were being pushed as the other potential boot alongside grogu should neither win immunity.
no youre cool. its chill and im glad that youre willing to listen and talk things out because if you werent then there was also the possibility that i wouldnt be able to level with you and show you that grogu's still trying to be manipulative and work every angle. i aint mad at you at all man and i literally locked in my vote for grogu at the start of this tribal phase. i just wanted to make sure you werent the one mad at me cause i understand i was partially at fault for even nodding along and giving grogu that ammunition in the first place. i might not be on much this phase cause im really busy but i just wanted to talk it out and make sure we were strong heading into the merge
Bees?:
I mean, it wasn't exactly you made me feel that way? It was more you were used to make me feel that way, which I can't blame you for, not really. You have to play the game for you too, and with known returnees, it is objectively correct to try to manage the person going home. I can't fault you for playing smart for you. It's part of why I like you even. You're a planner and I think your plans are even good, just I had enough given at me to make me wonder if I was still part of those plans. And also to forget that wait a second, Grogu doesn't know you and I have that Tragedy connection and is assuming we have no reason to be solid together. So I'm an idiot, and we've fully established this today.
True enough. Keep up the actually talking to me about shit thing and we'll be good. Yeah, that was the thing, I knew you wanted Grogu gone so bad. And there was a voice in my head being like "but what if he's just trying to make you angry thinking this dude is pushing you when he's not just so you'll do what he wants" which.... doesn't make sense with the fact you actually have plans with me, stupid anxiety brain.
I learned a long time ago, that the easiest way to get played by anybody is not to talk to other people. Because they're banking on it. Oh my vote was in for Grogu this morning too, I did unvote until I could clear shit up, but then devoted again. Nah, not mad. Mad doesn't tend to stay anyways. Hey that's honestly okay, I get the feeling everyone wants to fuck off from this round cuz it is a certain level of bad for everybody. We're good.
Droids
Droids:
I'm glad that you sorted it out with him!
I felt that paranoia creeping in there too. I kept re-reading messages with everyone and started to doubt my own read on Grogu. Grogu seems like a master at gaslighting. I don't even want to know what would happen if Grogu made it to the merge.
-C-3P0
Bees?:
That's the thing with players who go the manipulation route, they are really good at making you doubt things you already know. And I realized that Grogu couldn't possibly know I already had an alliance with Avo and you else he wouldn't have tried that route. It's honestly why I try to talk to everybody about what's going on to try to get the whole picture, cuz there are people who play that way as their whole deal. And often those people manage to get all the way to the top, so if we can drop that now, then okay.
I still have that voice of doubt, but I'd rather just keep my trust with you.
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Post by ...Bees? on Jan 27, 2021 23:49:58 GMT
Grogu
Grogu:
Sure, this can be Survivor. I guess. Do I hate Survivor? I might hate Survivor. Not sure.
Bees?:
Ain't that a mood. Having to rely on other people is also garbage. I'd like to not have to do that.
You might be right about that ranger bit though, I also actually noticed that was a name that popped up in an Avo PM. not so much T/H, but it was definitely something I saw.
Grogu:
Bard and Avo both mentioned Ranger to me, and Avo mentioned not wanting to touch Bard, which is why I figured it was a threesome there. T&H has stayed distant from mentioning anyone else like that
You haven't been posting much in the group chat -- everything ok? I haven't heard back from Bard yet, wondering if you have heard anything else
Bees?:
Hey sorry, I kinda needed to step away for a bit. This phase has just been a lot. I'm down with the plan and nothing has really changed far as I can tell. I'm just drained, my dude.
Grogu:
I feel you. I'm waiting for this to be over so we can just BREATHE. This is why I hate people who stir up shit, it turns it into all this drama lol. But I've got my vote in on T/H like we planned with Droids, so I guess the question now is whether we wait for the 3-3 (assuming Droids is with us) or if we try to clue in Bard. Bard's giving hints that they feel like T/H has been messing with them or not giving them the whole truth.
Bees?:
Never liked drama stirrers. They're exhausting. You could just tell Bard? Idk man. I don't really feel like I know anything, my brain is fried. So I'm gonna go eat some ice cream.
Grogu:
That's a good decision, I'm about to eat some Chinese food myself. Here's to seein' you on the other side. Eat an extra scoop for me please.
Bees?:
You got it.
Bard
Bard:
oh my god okay
im home
ghghhhhhh
i dropped a bigger pm to droids for some sorta explanation because this whole thing confused the crap outta me. i felt like they would have the most sober perspective. their response to me was essentially that they still feel that its grogu trying to throw crap at a wall and seeing what sticks with vague information.
now grogu had largely not tried to info dump at me. but just about 30 minutes ago i got a pm from them saying how there's conspiracies going into merge with complex relationships and people trying to get back in with alliances. so that all just seems from left field with everything else thats been said to me so far. hes also pushing that avo staunchly stood up for me which vaguely confuses me cuz either that means avo thinks im just a blind number for them or its just bs in an attempt to save themselves.
i dont think grogu ever brought you up as a vote until after shit hit the fan last night. now they didnt even push you hard to me but rather billed it as an "its my only option" deal. i feel like this is mostly repeating what ive already said tho. like theres so much being said but nothing has been new information???
i dont know whos doing it but the only person that actually benefits from thia chaos is grogu. everyone elses days have turned to crap and this all feels like its trying to cause turmoil before we head unto a merge. so yeah we are thinking about merge connections im sure
but the connections im thinking about are the people here. i dont know what the heck we are gonna see when we get to merge and thats a problem for another time. tonight in worried about us because i dont want whatever the hell is going on to ruin the trust that we've built.
where do i fit in though? im on the boat of lets not absolutely destroy each other right before we walk into merge. in terms of what ive done to influence this tc, i dint know my effect but im just trying to communicate with people so we can get on the same page. ive said it before and i will say it again, we have the fuckin work together or we're going to get royally fucked when merge hits. i have no big fuckin merge plans, im anxiously flying by the seat of my pants. i was gona for two hours last night at the start of tribal because i was just so damn anxious about whatever was gon a happen here. idk if it was my gut or luck but i felt this would be a shit show.
this is long winded, im sorry. and probably filled too much with my feelings and emotions but this is just a stream of conciousness. im not here to fuck with you or play tricks or sell you lies. im here to work with you and foster something actually strong because i like you too. i like your vibe. and ffffff i feel frustrated at this all.
Bees?:
Bard.. I really like you. This wall of feels is honestly incredibly helpful and a lot of why I messaged you about shit this morning. You are nothing if not very genuine all the time.
Everything that all of today has brought me to the conclusion of is, yeah Grogu is absolutely playing some shit and making everybody feel like shit in the process. And it's desperate and likely to backfire.
I do think you're right that we do all need to work together. If nothing else, this TC has probably brought us all a little more understanding of how each other works cuz we sure all compared notes to figure out the fuck was going on.
I came to you with this problem because I didn't think you would be trying to play me or lie, so I am glad I did.
I think the long and short of it is, all of this shit, nobody wants to deal with Grogu if this is what he'll do.
Clarification chat Droids: Yeah I think that's the best case scenario, right? Not going to rocks and hoping their person would flip would ensure the 3 of us stay together. I think T/H makes sense, I was hearing their name a little bit before the challenge anyway. -C-3P0 Bees?: T/H is probably not somebody anybody would fight for, so why not? Grogu: I'm into that, let's go for it. Droids: Okay that sounds good with me too! See you all on the other side -C-3P0 Grogu: Woo, T/H it is. Should we try to clue them in to avoid the blowback from it? By them I mean Bard Droids: Yeah maybe we should. I feel like there's going to be blowback either way though from a big move like this. -C-3P0 Grogu: Hey, it's only fun if we come to play, right?  Going to rocks alone is going to make us legends. We all get to be a part of history, and maybe even take out some big dirty liar in the process. And best of all, it's completely risk free to you guys, Droids, and only marginally risky for me or Bees here. FWIW, Bard seems to be suspicious of T/H too, so I'm at least gonna like... give them a heads up and see what happens. Avocado has just been AFK the entire day and refusing to engage or say anything, part of me wonders if that's a better vote, but I'm down to stay the course on T/H. Just put in a vote on T/H. I've gotta grab food relatively soon but if it's a tie vote anyway 3-3 then we'll have more time to talk after TC. Avocado Avocado: yeah. im glad you recognize and understand me trying to keep myself from being sunk or put in a worse position by the possibility of grogu returning from exile and coming back with a vendetta. i was trying to play it like i didnt really have a preference and was just agreeing with what he already had said but obviously that didn't really turn out that well. im a planner at heart and i share those plans with you specifically because i trust you to have my back and help me out when it comes to the merge. when we met up we automatically clicked and i intend to keep that relationship running for a long time because i genuinely like you too. i always planned on doing that. came right to you as soon as i heard that you were anxious and hearing shit so that we specifically could compare notes and come to an understanding. and i also think that the whole planning for yourself thing goes both ways which is why you were understandably nervous when grogu was telling you that everyone was lying to you and that you were secretly in trouble. same here man. ive been screwed over before cause i havent talked to people about shit that coulda been resolved super easily. the best way to avoid this would just be to have come to you earlier and admit to you that i was agreeing with grogu just to avoid flak should he manage to come back from exile but that didnt happen and it made some trouble that we worked out cordially and shit im in the middle of a dnd session right now so im gonna be off till the end of the phase but i suspect we're going to enter the merge and meet up with plagueis right after this. bonobo's probably gone from purple cause of his activity level but that could be subject to change Bees?: I honestly wouldn't expect anybody i'm working with to play against their own wincon. As it is, I think Grogu will have a vendetta against all of us, but like, eh, what are we gonna do? Yeah, and I appreciate that. And I did very much mesh with you too, so all of everything with this has felt especially bad. You're a plan and do something person, I'm a plan and wait for information person before action. And like, honestly? I couldn't fault anyone for trying a play that was a blindside under a blindside right? Cuz that would be dope as hell to pull off. True enough, but hindsight and all of that. I kind of default to telling people that I'm doing something before I do it so that worries can be slightly less, but I also get some people don't do that. And that's fine. We fixed it, and talked, so it's fine. Look at us, being fucking adults. Enjoy your session And I think so too. We'd better anyways, or things are about to get real awkward in this tribe I imagine. We'll have to see what happens over there, hopefully it wasn't nearly so crazy. T/H
Hare:
what can I say tonight except seeing 3 unanswered grogu PM's in my inbox in a row feels absolutely cathartic
let's see if I can juice out any more in this no-reply combo
Bees?:
Haha, I can imagine it does man. This whole thing has been something else. And i'd like to never repeat it again. I'd also like a nap, and a pony.
Droids Droids: It does make me sad because I genuinely wanted to work with Grogu when he replaced Finn. If Grogu had only tried to work together instead of all this stuff, I feel like he would be in a better spot. I'm kind of curious what his perceptions are of other people. Like does he think he can work with Bard, T/H, or Avocado? I'm interested to read his confessional once the game is over. -C-3P0 Bees?: Yeah, so did I. And I didn't want to have to vote him out either. I just don't know why this is the route he'd go, he could have been in a better spot yeah. I am also very curious about his perceptions. I think he thinks he can work with Bard specifically, but I'm not sure. Also just a thing to note for later, Avo started talking to me about what was going on because I had asked Bard what he thought was going on. So there absolutely is a connection there. Droids: Yeah I think some of the things Grogu was saying was true (like how Bard and Avocado didn't want to vote each other out). It's just hard to tell what stuff is true and what stuff he was just making up. He kept saying people were viewing me and R2 as a challenge threat and not sure if someone actually said that. I wonder if Bonobo will get voted out of the other tribe? I'm curious to know if it was chaotic over there too. -C-3P0 Bees?: Yeah I think some were, but true and that was part of the problem. I think everybody sort of told him what they thought he wanted to hear, and he then used that however he felt he needed to. I do think you as a challenge threat has come up just from being part of why we won things in actuality, but not like why anyone wanted to vote for you, just part of a discussion. I've been wondering about Ranger, that one could happen maybe? I don't know. I'm hoping it wasn't nearly as chaotic as it was here. Else everybody is going to be drained as fuck come merge. Speaking of being drained though, I think I need to just log off for a while after all of this. Droids: Yeah this has been a surprisingly busy day.. I've definitely been guilty of telling Grogu things I think he wants to hear. It makes sense that's what other people have been doing to manage him too. I feel really drained too. I hope you are able to take a good rest Plus we probably have another challenge at 7. I just hope it's not an endurance typing one again. -C-3Po Bees?: Sometimes TCs are like that. I hate to tell you, but merge is possibly gonna be like today. If we're lucky it won't be, but, this is sadly not unheard of. Well no, I can't rest, but I can totally eat ice cream and cereal for dinner. Not.. together. Like bowl of cereal, than use that bowl for ice cream. Surprise, all challenges from here on out are endurance typing challenges. But also ugh, this had better be one I can chill the fuck out on. Please, I'm begging you mods. I will only murder you in person slightly if you grant me this. Droids: I think we would actually be in a good spot if the merge were to be today. It's going to be a horrible next vote if we have to go to TC with the 5 of us. Hahah that's a good compromise. I may also have ice cream and cereal for dinner tonight too. I like your own bowl strat. Hopefully R2 could just code up some bots haha. -C-3P0 Bees?: True enough, I think we would be. I do not like the idea of what another tribal in this tribe would be like. You keep those thoughts to yourself. Thank you! Why use a different bowl when you can just... use the same? Less effort overall. Could R2 also code up a bot for me? I'd like to go sleep for a year now and I could use a bee replacement. |
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Post by ...Bees? on Jan 29, 2021 3:21:58 GMT
Clarification Chat
Droids:
Yeah I haven't really heard at all from those 3 today.
It would be ideal if Bard just flipped so a heads up is probably the best way to add him as our number.
I hope the merge is coming soon!
-C-3P0
Grogu:
Fingers crossed! If I don't make it through this, then, well, either I'll hopefully return soon and haunt everybody or I expect I may see you guys with me shortly after. Viva La Revolution!
Droids Droids: Yep, those are definitely private thoughts just for you. I made a batch of brownies yesterday night and who knew that I would be so happy to have that after TC today. Haha I'm sure R2 would be delighted to do that. On another note, I wonder how an AI bot would do at this game. -C-3P0 Bees?: Mm, you can keep them. You have my permission. Brownies are such a good choice. Let's thank past Droids for good decision making. I mean there is the concept of gamebots, and they often do well. Droids: Beep Boop -R2 Bot Bees?: Haha, wonderful. What does this bot do? Droids: So far just that, but with 5 years of funding I could probably teach it to roast the mods? Bees?: Oh dear, I think all I have to pay with is more bees. Bees are a currency you know. Droids: Hmm ok I'll see if the interns will be ok with that.... They seemed excited about the prospect of being paid anything at all Phew! All good, see?  Lindsays Lindsays: Yay we're back! Hope you're doing okay! MGL Bees?: Hi Lindsays! It's nice to see you again <3 We're very very tired after a crazy TC. How about you? Lindsays: Good Evening Bees! So good to see you again!!! :-) Ah sounds like this challenge may be some needed downtime. Congrats at making it through the TC. I am tired. I had a long day today but otherwise I am good! happy to have made it through TC as well! BCL Bees?: I am very happy for a chill challenge, I am less happy for immediate TC. But it is what it is. That's good! Survival is a nice thing. How has your time away been? Lindsays: Glad you survived! We has pretty lowkey votes on our side. All unanimous decisions. Mainly based on who contributed most to challenges. No real drama. How was your time away? Bees?: Man, I'm jealous. We had one unanimous decision. Technically the one yesterday was a unanimous one, but it got that way through a whole fuckton of drama. Grogu brought a certain brand of play with him and it drained everybody and was very confusing, and it was a lot of fucking me about specifically. I still don't know if voting him out was the right choice, but it at least shoo'd that brand of shit away, so I'll take it. It was... a rollercoaster. Started out nice, was pretty okay for a while, and then had the biggest lowest dip ever. It was not fun. And having immediate tribal after all of that is also not fun. But this is the game we've apparently signed up for, so we'll take it with grace as best we can. Lindsays: It is draining having tribal after almost every single challenge. Remember those good old days in dark olive garden when we didnt go to tribal? Good times. good times. Its like 2019...to 2020...and now 2021. Sorry to hear you went through that. This game is quite the mindfuck overall. On the plus side, I'm watching hunger games for some reason. Always fun watching people kill each other! Oh wait. This is your first time meeting bonobo right? And our first time meeting Tortoise/Hare. At least we have that. MGL Bees?: I remember not having tribal, it feels like it was last year. Oh it truly is. But today is better. Haha, it's a fun movie though, so good choice It is! Are they always so excitable? T/H is pretty chill, I think you'll like them a lot. Lindsays: Congrats on immunity!!! I agreed they are quite chill. Sorry out eating but will reply more later MGL Bees?: Thank you! I really like trivia, I'm just glad it paid off. I don't know if I absolutely needed to have it, but I am happy that I do. No worries Enjoy your food. Lindsays: I dont think you were really at risk anyway. But probably best to have time of relief especially after that beast tribal last time right? Nonetheless its good to think about the future and what is best especially knowing the returnees are back in the game. I'm done eating now! MGL We are crap at trivia but enjoy it! I go with friends but its mkre for drinking than answerinf NGL Bees?: Yeah exactly. I just wanted immunity to just breathe a little here, and it's really nice. And yep, returnees are a factor here and definitely a thing to consider. I have no idea what I'm thinking yet, would love some insight from you on dynamics here. Yay! I hope food was good. Bonobo|beenobo Bonobo: NEW FRIENDDDDD Bees?: Hey there. You've had some really funny public posting, glad to finally meet you. But hey, last tribal was a complete doozy on our end and it was really messy. So likely in and out tonight. Bonobo: oh you've liked my posting?? That means a lot considering i tie a lot of my self esteem to how many likes i get on a post no wworries!! take your time. Tortoise/Hare mentioned that grogu like overplayed and completely threw you under the bus? Is that the gist of what happened? Ours wwas not too chaotic, fortunately. We sent ranger home because he was a bit quiet/not well connected and I was trying to save my own sskin Bees?: Yeah! They've been pretty funny a lot of the times Thanks. Yeah, basically the last 24 hours was having a person manipulating everything anyone said to him to try to stay around, all while trying to use it in order to make me look like an awful person. It's been a lot. I may even call it early tonight I'm that tired. That's good. At least somebody had a chill tribal. Bonobo: I'm sorry It's been rough. Honestly, the bright side is he's definitely gone and there's no chance he's coming back if thiss is the only returnee twist we're getitng! If you need to head in early, definitely no hard feelings here <3 I'm just excited to meet you and can definitely meet you on your own terms! Bees?: Well, that's if there's only one chance to return. We'll have to see if that's the case. If we get multiple there may be another chance, and this multi-elimination is giving me pause. But it's whatever, it's a problem for future-bees. Thanks I'm excited to meet you too! I remember hearing positive vibes about you from your former Chocolates, so I've been looking forward to the chance to meet you. Bonobo: Yeah... true..... Here's to hoping they stay dead keep those holes SHUT! Unless the two players we eliminate here just end up going to like an outcast tribe with grogu and ranger??? idk. i'm hoping by the "the holes are done" means we're getting a diff death message and that means jury. AHH positive vibes>?? mee?? so excited to hear that. I've literally just loved your aura since i saw the potpourri tribe because it's such a good card in CAH and a good thing to bring into this game. I first assumed you were just a hydra wwith n heads! Bees?: I vote for death, I like death. Death feels deserved. I do not like that idea, but who knows. I am done with holes, that's for sure. Yes! Positive vibes! Haha thanks! I'm glad someone understood the reference I was making immediately. It was a last-minute idea that I just ran with and wanted a lot. That's what we were hoping someone would assume  Bonobo: yes... i need a JUST death and then I'll be satisfied with this game. Mmmhmmm it's like my favorite card to play because everyone has their own interpretation of it? Like just hearing "Bees??" "BEES???" "bees..." for 2 minutes straight is the only thing that makes that game worth it Bees?: It already feels like we've been playing this game forever, and yet, I don't think we're going to be not playing it any time soon. You, you get me. That was exactly why I knew I had to play it. Because come on, it's hilarious to be like "Here are all your tribemates, this guy, and that guy, and ....Bees?" the punctuation being very important of course. Bonobo: I feel like this game has been going by so fast! But that's probably because I've gone to more tribals than you So many people I know going back to back :S Though... we've all gone to quite a lot of tribals now that I think about it. ...Bees? on the The Red Tribe colored blue??? very confusing. Also are you pronouns just they because you are multiple bees? Or how would you want to be referred to? Bees?: It is very fast, yeah, but definitely. Repeat tribals will definitely make you feel a type of way. I've probably known a lot less than you who have gone out. Yes! I love it! Such a fun tribe. Yes please, use they for exactly that reason Bonobo: And here's another tribal!!! Congrats on knowing christmas knowledge!!!! I feel like torn because Dave has mispmed Hare/Tortoise a message meant for me to target them and I think that's push hare/tortoise against them so, yay i feel a bit safe but just dont know where to go so I want to hear what you want to do since you also have a connection to both of them and the exact opposite connection of me? you know what i'm saying? Bees?: Thanks! Yearly Christmas parties with a trivia game, you kinda retain that knowledge. Yeah I heard about that. Was I in trouble if I hadn't won immunity do you think? Just trying to get a sense of how bad a PM that was. I think T/H is more just scared that they're going to just be 4-1'd here. Which after the last tribal I went through, fuck that noise. They were just super helpful during it all, and I'd be a complete fuck if I didn't pay them back for that by not targeting them here. So I'm an honest person, which may be a flaw, so I'll tell you exactly what I was thinking going into this round. You're right, I don't know you particularly well. But I have liked what you've been putting down. I also seem to recall that Bard, who I like a fair bit, also likes you. And that was also somebody who was really good and helpful during the last round, and it seems a pisspoor way to pay him back. Lindsays I like, but I don't like them so much that I wasn't considering them as a vote option. I also really like Dave. So that's kinda where I'm sitting right now. If a vote swings towards you would I fight it? I gotta be honest and say no, cuz we don't have that connection yet, but it's not my first choice. Does that help? Bonobo: Yeah that definitely helps a lot. I think Dave/Lindsay wwould have pushed for a Tortoise/Hare vote, at least I hope they would have becausee the messages were like "oh tribal linse this tribal lines that." so I'd like to assume I was at least saafe from them and that this tribal is more pushing on either you or tortoise so hey I'll say the same thing back, you were the only one I hadn't met. I do think Lindsay would be a good compromise and I'd love to forward with you because I don't want to just be lumped in on old tribal lines and like don't necessarily feel like i'm top of the totem pole of maggie/dave/lindsay , you know? So all in all, I'd prefer to go for Lindsay here if you are down for it. We can put the knives down for a round mostly because yourss is a lot sharper Bees?: Gross, I hate pure tribal lines. No but actually. I will always go by how I feel about a person as a person. Doesn't matter when I met them or our history. If I feel good about them, and our interactions are good, then that's all I need. I'm not going to target somebody just because RNG said I didn't get to be around them nearly as long as anybody else and gotta keep on with tribal lines and numbers. This is a social game, and I intend to play it social. That's just me my dude. I can't blame you for that at all, so like s'all good. What do you think of the Maggie/Dave/Lindsay dynamic? It always kinda felt like Lindsays was just somebody was there, and Maggie was actually a competent person. I have no real qualms about a Lindsays vote. They had been somebody I had thought about voting if we had gone to TC in Dark Olive truthfully. That's not a knife, that's my stinger T/H Bees?: Hey, we're still together How are you feeling after all of that? Hare: hi, there's an idol hint in the news ticker check it out Signs below, a rainbow behind, Perhaps you've let me slip your mind? A visual novel is where I'm from, My human form's name is what you want. droirds warned me about the vote on me so im chill with that, apparently it was more grogu last minute stuff but i'm over him so yeah no worries there Bees?: Oh interesting. I wonder what that is. Thanks for pointing that out. Yeah, Grogu was doing all sorts of shit and looking for any target. I'm also beyond over him. I more was just checking to see how you were as a person after the hell that was that round. Hare: Oh yeah, I'm chilling. I stopped talking to him several hours before deadline as previously indicated. So I'm in the dark mostly to what he did afterwards. I managed to actually get through this round only minimally feeling that familiar feeling of internal dread and anxiety. Plus droids gave us the awesome heads up that we were gonna get a vote, so even that wasn't a surprise. I feel a surprising amount of peace, and I'm kind of just ready to jump right into this next phase of the game together. But you seem more involved as you just said so like.. if you need a break, take one lol Bees?: A lot of scrambling is what. I should have taken a cue from you and just left, it might have been less crazy. Oh well. I have learned. Is the secret to no anxiety to just not log in at all? I may have to try that one. That was nice of Droids to do. I was in no place to actually relay anything to anybody that last hour. I would like that too You happy to see Bonobo again? I'll just be slow tonight, it'll be fine. Hare: The secret to no anxiety is to know when to chill when you know you can chill. I trusted you guys so I knew we could log off and just let grogu fester. Also you will be happy to hear: grogu is in the same usergroup now as all the dead people who didn't make it out of redemption island. I am happy to see bonobo, and he also says (as expected) that he was on the bottom of that tribe and that he couldn't really get in. So I think the two of us are in an extremely good position to survive this tribe no matter what we decide to do. Gotta say though, these other two are super energetic as well! I am like, already starting to fall asleep and I can hardly match their wild energy. bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz man Bees?: That's honestly fair. I don't quite know how we managed to get that trust, but hey, I'll take it. I did notice that. I am very happy to hear that. I feel really good about that. Let's hope it's not them fucking us about. I've liked Bonobo so far, he seems chill. Sounds like they had fairly easy votes though the last two rounds. I don't feel immediately fucked here, no. Which is nice. Lol, I feel you. I kind of completely crashed here for a bit cuz I couldn't keep up with anybody for a time. But the nap was helpful and I am now raring to go again. Hare: I was really tempted to nap last night but I managed to not do it. I don't know about you but napping tends to send me into a downwards spiral in which my sleep schedule keeps going worse and worse and tries to do a full inversion. Haha, well, I saw grogu doing his thing, and so I told you everything I saw and trusted you were more sane than he was. Which turned out to be a good move. Bees?: Yep, that's exactly what happened. I couldn't sleep last night. But whatever, I'll just sleep early tonight. It's fine. Not really, but you know. I do pride myself on my sanity, yes. And I do appreciate all you did tell me, truthfully. It helped sort shit out a lot. Have you managed to meet the Lindsays yet? When I was last in a tribe with them they were kind of hilarious and very over the top, but I think they've calmed down a little in the time away. Hare: hAHAHAHAAAHA, MAYBE they calmed down with you, but for us they're just meeting us so they're for sure making the usual crazy impression they're trying to make with people. I had caps lock on when I was starting that sentence. Dave is exactly as fun to talk to as I expected, he sent me wendys training videos that actually managed to influence my dreams last night. I don't know who's going to get voted off here in this triple TC, which is uh, kind of worrying. How do you feel about this upcoming triple? I hope we are safe, but it has to be someone on this tribe and I don't know because we finally ran out of unlikable people. We might end up as the swing between Bonobo and dave/lindsays, since I don't think they are going to unite against us. Man dave just sent me a message that was intended for bonobo that kind of exposed him pretty badly he called bonobo/lindsay/dave a trio, and said "Well, bees is immune." implying you were the first choice. Which implies we are the second choice. OOPS that's not good for us, lol! Bees?: Hey sorry, more naps happened. Weird training video dreams sounds horrifying. Well, I wasn't exactly enthused by the fact that there was a triple, and I had no idea what was going to happen when this TC started. Oh that's real fucking awkward. I wonder if part of it was just assuming since they've been to so many tribals together, they'd just continue to stick together, and just meeting you least resistance probably, right? That's messy. But, maybe we can work around that. They might not be an unbreakable trio, especially not after the proverbial foot in mouth. Hare: I don't know how you feel about the others on this tribe, but we are down to do whatever to stay alive! What do you think about the others? Do you have anyone you prefer to keep or not vote out? We're super reliant on voting with you this round, especially after learning that we're the target and you were the other target. Our opinion really doesn't count if you don't agree with it... since you could just ditch us if you wanted to. SOS! Bees?: I mean really like Dave. He's probably the only person on this tribe aside from you that I have any strong feelings about. Lindsays is hilarious, but not people I felt I needed to keep, and I know nothing about Bonobo. I'm not 100% sure either of us were for sure targets, it sounds like the kind of PM you send to somebody you were just with and have numbers with to try to suss out whether or not you're sticking with them based on that or if you're going to be doing something else. Admittedly I may have a more favourable view here as I'm immune here and all. I do want your opinion, yeah? After the last TC we were in and everything, no plans to ditch you. Hare: Really? Okay. I like dave too, despite his misstep. But the message really was dave to bonobo, saying "Well, bees is immune." Implying they really did have a plan to just 3-2 or 4-1 you outright. And dave really did admit the message was intended for bonobo, and really did admit that I wasn't his first choice of vote when I asked. Implying you were the first choice. Also now bonobo just messaged me asking if he wanted to vote off lindsay. Hmm. That's awful convenient. I would be really happy to do that. Do you want to do that? Please let's all survive this It's okay, I might just be a bit scared. Dave might not be close to bonobo so he might have just said that like "Oh, wanna just do tribal lines?" . . you might be right. But I'm still gonna be kinda anxious. I'm going to be smiling and thinking it's really funny, so not the worst kind of anxious, but still kind of anxious. Bees?: Oh no, I completely believe you, like nah, after last round when it comes to shitty PMs, if you told me you got one, I believe what you say is in there. Also Dave told me about his mistep too. He actually sent it to me before your PM to me about it, so I dunno. I guess, even if you were his first choice, I don't know that he would have told you. But that's neither here nor there. At least he manned up about all of it. It's funny, I wanted to do Lindsays in a past tribe. I like them, sure. But their content is all over the map in a way that it's really hard to know what they're actually thinking. I don't blame you for being scared at all, been there dude. Trust. I don't know that Dave and Bonobo are super close, but it also could be a thing where like, Bonobo was willing to do Ranger last round and as a sort of nod of thanks or something it's like "hey we're cool, you wanna do one of these things?" but yeah. We'll sort it out. Breathe. Hare: Yeah, bonobo says Dave and Lindsay were super tight anyways. Bonobo says he wants to carefully think it through what to do here, so I think that is on you to carefully think it through with him. And if it's with you, then the only conclusion is that Lindsay goes home since you like Dave. I think bonobo might be more ambivalent to which of them goes, and just wants the best option. I don't think we have an irreconcilable relationship with dave either at this point. I just don't feel comfortable approaching him and asking him to vote out lindsay who he is allegedly super close with. Ok, this is far more managable. haha wasn't expecting the tables to turn for the two of us this quickly ,what a wild ride Bees?: Hm, I wonder if it's that Dave and Lindsays are tight or if it's Dave/Lindsays/Maggie are tight. Cuz that one I can definitely see. Dave and Maggie really hit it off in the second tribe. Yeah I don't blame him at all there. I'm already on it my dude. And I think you're right, Bonobo just wants to live, he doesn't exactly care how. I also think Bonobo was operating under the assumption that people were more likely to think along tribal lines. Which, idk about you, but I've always thought that was shit and never have intentions of following. So, I did kinda tell him that and we will see. You can't, but I can. And I don't mind so much, and I'll hear out if Dave has qualms on whatever, but I'll be honest, I don't see me wanting to vote any other way. Especially with returnees being unclear who is going where. I don't want a tension tribal, I just don't. You sure there's not a third head there, namely Mr. Toad? Dave Bees?: Dave! I have missed you so goddamn much. Dave: ...BEEEEEEEEEEEEES?! I have missed you a ton as well! I hope your TCs weren't too bad! Ours were unanimous both times. But enough game stuff! It has been frustrating as hell seeing articles about bees (or those wasp fuckers) and thinking "Oh I bet Bees would like this." I suppose I should have saved the links. Oh, I liked your roasts a lot and felt you deserved to have placed higher. Bees?: Hahahahahahahahaha, fuck no. Last TC was so goddamn bad, Dave. The first one was like fine. But this last one? Fuck man. I still don't know if booting Grogu was the right move, but there was so much happening. Grogu went all out on all sorts of stuff whether it was to save his ass or purposefully fuck me to get me sent out of the game, I honestly don't know. I have cried so many times today, it was a lot. It did end up a unanimous vote, but I'm exhausted. I had people talking to me about Wendy's and I was so sad I couldn't talk to you. I will admit I ended up liking a lot of your posts solely because it was the only way I could interact with you and remind you that you're my favourite. Thank you! I put a lot of effort into them so as to be honest but not too mean or underhanded. Your roasts were also really good. Dave: I actually sent Silverclaw a message along the lines of "Hey, I know the Comedy Central roasts ask the guests if there are any off-limit topics beforehand and I think I need to do that here." He told me as long as Site Rules were followed anything was fair game but I still felt terrible posting that one. That sucks that Grogu did all that, although I guess it justifies me not getting close to him. But seriously though I am so so glad you are safe. Take some time to regroup; you deserve it. I'll spill the details on Zero when you're ready. There will be plenty of Baconators and Spicy Chicken Sandwiches for all of us! Bees?: Haha that's honestly fair. I just couldn't think of anything other than Meme's roast for a long time. But hey, it seemed they liked it, so it paid off, no? Ha, that it does. I am too. I don't know if I was going to actually go or what. The other vote was on T/H there. There were so many times today that in my confessional I saw you online and I posted "I fucking miss Dave" so even if this is a fucking mess, at least I have you again. Yes, what happened with Zero? I've been wondering forever. And also secretly pleased. But that's besides the point. I would like a pound of bacon, please and thank you. Dave: It will take a little bit to fry up a pound (you can't rush quality!) but this should tide you over:  Zero started the phase telling Ranger and Bonobo that he had swapped away from all his friends. Then we were talking and I said the generic "I'm glad we are in the 4 and not the 2!" observation that everybody thinks but sometimes you have to say to keep conversation moving, and he replied something like "Do you think that will hold? Somebody will probably flip." Come on, man, even if you think that keep it in your pocket for after the first PM of a swap. He started to target Bonobo, who is actually a cool dude, and then tried to move it to Lindsay because he wanted to use Bonobo as a pawn later on or something dramatic like that. He played himself out of the game and nothing of value was lost. Bees?: Oh my god, those are adorable! Thank you! God I've missed you Dave. Nobody sends me random pictures, it's so sad. Lol. That sounds very Zero. Man had no tact whatsoever. So I was really happy when I saw he got poofled out. Too bad he's got a chance to rejoin us. I agree, nothing of value was lost, and it can frankly stay lost. Dave: Have you noticed the News at the top of the forum index? Signs below, a rainbow behind Perhaps you've let me slip your mind? A visual novel is where I'm from My human form's name is what you want. I don't know much about visual novels and my first Google for "visual novel rainbow" led me to an eroge that I'm pretty sure isn't relevant. Bees?: I have yes, I've been trying to think of all sorts of characters and I'm getting nothing. I've played a lot of Visual Novels, but I can't seem to sort it out. I wonder if we'll get more clues as it goes on. Dave: I am so glad that you sat out on the spamming challenge because I just learned about the bot and am trying hard not to take it out on the mods. Anyway other than that Hare seems like a nice guy! He started things off by asking if I was ready to have yet another opening conversation about hamburgers, which I suppose I can't turn down since I'm Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy's. Now we are swapping opinions about sandwiches. Not a bad change from the tradition of pineapple and pizza openers! Bees?: Mm yeah no, that was.. a choice. Like, I've seen that kind of thing not being allowed before because it's ridiculous, but they didn't say no to it here. Yeah I like T/H, they're pretty chill. Hare is much more around, and Tortoise pops up every now and then. Not the worst person to be swapped with from that clusterfuck of a tribe. I mean, okay, we were all chill and largely got along, it was just more that it became complicated. It is a good change, but I did just get a jolt of nostalgia for tribe hierarchy questions. Dave: Tribe Hierarchy questions? What do you mean?  I just looked up "Fuci" and got "a seaweed of a large genus of brown algae having flat leathery fronds." Truly you bees are the most fascinating creatures of the insect kingdom. How was Avocado, by the way? Darth got to talk to him a lot during exile and it sounds like they got along really well but the public posts he's made that I remember struck me as a little aggressive. I don't want you to feel like I'm just pumping you for info so if there's anybody you want me to talk about just say the word. Bees?: Apparently a sudden unplanned and unprompted nap was in order. But hello again. Oh I just meant those questions spectators used to ask that were like "how would you rank the hierarchy of your tribe?" or "describe your tribemates as different kinds of pizza" That's so pretty and nice. We bees are kind of ridiculous. I learned that there are actually some ridiculously coloured bees recently. Like look up Orchid Bees, they're very vividly coloured green and blue or purple bees. And I thought that was cool. Avo was interesting. Like he's really excitable and shockingly chill all things considered. But he was sort of involved in the last round where like, a lot of what went down was Grogu trying to frame Avo for shit I think, or maybe Avo was trying to make sure Grogu died, who the fuck knows. All I know is it was a mess and a lot of dumb. But like Avo shows up and was super chatty in a way that was nice after the nothing the first challenge was. And honestly that tribe was real quite for a long while where any game talk just didn't happen up until we did TC. So it was rough in many ways tbh. No I know, you would never. That's not your deal. I guess, tell me about the people I didn't meet? I heard a lot of people talking up ranger on the other side but not sure why. Uh, I don't know if there is anybody else I didn't meet that isn't here? Dave: Unplanned naps are amazing! Sometimes the couch or recliner is just too comfy and you have to drift off for an hour or two. Hope yours was nice and restful. Funnily enough I have had the pizza/pineapple conversation once this game and it happened organically. Bonobo convinced me to watch Worst Cooks In America, and in the episode I watched they were learning about flavor combinations like sour/sweet or salty/savory. One guy was tasked with making a sweet/savory dish and he gave a confessional where he's all "I've had Hawaiian pizza before, does that count as sweet and savory?" The editing was trying to make him look like an idiot but all I could think was "Yes! This guy understands it! Build on that, guy!" Anyway I had to tell Bonobo that story so that's my contractual pineapple pizza conversation. Glad I could hold off on it until this late in the game. Ranger started slow, picked it up, and then fell off a cliff. He didn't even notice that the roasts were for individual immunity until after results were posted, and when I asked him how he was finding the newcomer Darth he just said "Yeah I haven't really talked to him at all." When TC started I gave him several openings to brainstorm and he didn't reply to any of them. The entire time he was on the block, he sent me three messages and most of them were about gravy. I don't mind people coasting if I think they're willing to work with me but he gave me no impression that was the case. Bonobo mentioned that he wasn't super attached to Ranger and I think within two hours everybody on Purple was voting for him. Okay those orchid bees look really cool. I'd probably panic if I saw one IRL because honestly who expects rainbow bees? There are some locations where honestly I would not expect any bees. And yet here's a map of the honey bee distribution:  What is going on in the ocean???Bees?: It was needed more than anything else tbh. I don't know that I'd say it was great sleep. Haha, that's great. I think I've really mostly just talked Indian this game. I don't remember talking to anybody about pizza. It's a very good story and I am so very glad you shared it with me I want you to know that this entire paragraph is gold and made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe. I have missed you and your way with words my friend. It's just really funny cuz during the last TC Grogu had this suspicion that Avo and/or T/H were going to hook back up with Ranger again cuz it's all who they talked about, so I was very curious who this person was. And now I'm just disappointed. We had a similar first TC to that kinda. Though it was more Gummy Bear wanted to push for Droids cuz he thought they weren't connecting well or something, and everybody else looked at each other and were like "is this dude talking to the same guy we are?" so he was the choice from the very start of the round and we're pretty sure he didn't even see it coming. But that sorta set the tone of a tribe that would tell the person going home what they wanted to hear. Which sure was a relevant point of interest I should have paid attention to and last round wouldn't have been so bonkers. I can give you much better play by plays if you want. I would absolutely flip my shit to suddenly see a very bright purple bee fly by my head. That would be terrifying. I know you want to know what's going on in the ocean, but it's a bee secret, so I can't tell you that, Dave. Dave: Right now there are only four Wendy's restaurants in India but apparently we are planning to open 250 more along with an additional 150 "ghost kitchens" which unfortunately just means they are delivery-only instead of haunted. I imagine the Baconators will be made with lamb. Darth actually briefly suggested keeping Ranger so that we would have an "in" with Avocado and Bard. I got the appeal but it hinged on Ranger actually giving us an in instead of just flipping away from us like he obviously would. You mentioned that Grogu was making things up about you? What sort of things was he saying, and why did he end up voting for Tortoise/Hare in the end? I can respect bee secrets. After all, I have to keep a lot of fast food secrets! The Burger King is always trying to sneak into our corporate offices to steal our secrets. We actually discovered the virtual reality simulator he was using to train. Well congratulations! I'm very impressed with your trivia skills! Or your Christmas skills. They're both good! Oh god I had this sitting in a tab for 40 minutes and I thought I sent it. This is not a good PMing round for me. BEEEEEEEEEES I FUCKED UP I went to ask Bonobo if he wanted to stay in a trio from the last tribe only I sent it to T/H who is logically the only other valid vote in the context of the PM. I feel like a complete idiot right now. Bees?: Hey sorry, you know how I napped yesterday? Well that kinda meant I didn't sleep most of the night, so I ended up doing most of that in the middle of today. But I'm awake now. Dave...why haven't you made ghost kitchens hiring real ghosts? Won't somebody think about all this untapped labour force? Lol bless. That wasn't gonna happen. Poor Ranger Guy. God okay, so at the start of the round I thought I was being a good friend by giving him the heads up that his name was going around and he might be in trouble, right? Which I guess he didn't like and also took to mean that I was pushing him and it was a 1v1 scenario. And he was trying to make it seem like I was a duo with Droids cuz there was a slight wondering that went around the previous round as that was Gummy Bear's target, when it's like everybody liked Droids, I didn't defend them any harder than anybody else did. And then I apparently talk cryptically, and I'm sketchy. And just all sorts of little things which was like, let's throw as much shade spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks. At least, this is what I heard he was doing from Droids, T/H, and Avocado. Who don't particularly have any reason to lie to me. But you may have seen the rule change, and it was after Grogu had sent me PM logs from people that were kind of contrary to all of that and him saying he didn't push me at all. But everyone that round had done that whole just agree with what the guy who could come back and be pissed at you is saying. Grogu ended up on T/H because he was trying really hard to try to get Droids and I to vote with him to vote somebody from that side out, even forced rocks if needbe. After I confronted him about like "it sucks that you'd push me like that, but if that's what you gotta do, okay but I'm not playing the pretend this isn't happening game" he seemed willing to play ball. It was just incredibly hard to be sure who was actually fucking me about that round. And Grogu just came out as the type willing to do literally anything to stay around, but it was the literally anything vibe that set people off the wrong way. Oh god, I haven't thought about Sneak King in a long time. Thank you for that nostalgia, damn. But how are you feeling about TC here? Thank you! I've been to a lot of Christmas parties where there was a trivia element to it all. Oh no, you didn't. Oof. That's messy  Dave: YEAH THAT'S HOW I'M FEELING ABOUT TC RIGHT NOW Wonderful, T/H thinks I wanted you gone. I promise you that is not the case at all; I'm not throwing away the bond we had after only just being reunited. Bees?: Oh dude, no, absolutely not. I know you. T/H doesn't. I can see why he'd read a PM like that to be like "well damn, gotta go with our second choice now that fucking bees has immunity" which is not your scene. Breathe, we'll figure something out. But I guess the question is, was T/H your hoped for vote here? Dave: It was my ideal vote since Bonobo/Lindsay really showed their trustworthiness taking out Zero and Ranger, and I only just met T/H (and still haven't met Tortoise). It's not like I hate T/H or anything, but everyone else has a tangible reason for me to want them around. I was going to try and see how you felt before committing to anything but then I forgot to actually send the PM and then things exploded. Bees?: Yeah I kinda thought so. Tortoise doesn't show up super often. And I completely get that, I don't blame you for that one bit. Well, see, I have different thoughts. After that last TC, T/H kinda gave me a lot of what Grogu was saying and trusted that we wouldn't just straight up boot them. And I don't think I can just followup that trust by sending them home right immediately after, ya know? I don't know Bonobo but they're growing on me, and tbh, Lindsays was somebody that I kinda liked on the periphery before but I was prepared to vote out in a previous tribe. So that's kinda where I'm at? Dave: Yeah that makes a lot of sense. It's good knowing that people have your back. I'm not opposed to a Lindsay boot, although admittedly I'm starting to retreat into as-long-as-its-not-me mode so I'm not super opposed to anybody right now. What does Bonobo want to do? Or does it even matter? Bees?: Yeah exactly. Do I think T/H will always have it? No, but they did just trust me last round, and I don't wanna look like a fuck by being all "haha nope, suckaaaa" so I think that's a no go for me straight up. It goes without saying, but I'm gonna say it anyways, so are you. Haha, I feel you on that. Breathe Dave, it's just one PM fuckup. Even the best of those, right? And you've admitted where it was supposed to go and that you did it, which is more to say than any other PM fuckup in the past, so I don't see it as you're drawing dead. And in fact, it reads more like you were trying to make sure you were still in good with a guy you swapped with if numbers existed and that's what he wanted to do, not some straight up preplanned shit. I don't know what Bonobo wants to do, but he could be just super into a Lindsays vote too, so it might just be easy. Dave: I appreciate you saying that a lot. And yeah that's exactly what the PM was meant to be. Bonobo actually hasn't given me an indication of which way they are leaning in any direction yet, other than a generic "No matter what I lose a friend" message. Bees?: I mean, that's what I told T/H I saw it as. So, while it does make T/H feel a little wary, they're not calling for your immediate murder my dude. Cuz even with that, they do still like you. Just wary, ya know? I think Bonobo will do whatever keeps him most safe overall. Are they close with Lindsays or? Dave: I can't tell. That's not me hedging, I genuinely can't tell. Give me some time to send a few more messages to him. Bees?: No worries. I don't fully expect that they'd be completely upfront with me about how they truly feel, but Bonobo did say that they weren't against a Lindsays vote. 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Post by ...Bees? on Jan 30, 2021 18:55:49 GMT
Lindsays Lindsays: Food was okay. Chicken noodle soup to start and some fresh bread afterward with sandwich. Was quite tasty bread at least. With dynamics I'd say I don't know your relationship with tortoise and hare but we were excited to see you again! I'd assume since you and Dave Thomas were in same original tribe that you are still okay with each other? Bonobo is the new one to you and Bonobo was helpful in challenges and led our efforts. Of course we lost one challenge so it wasn't for everything. I did not get the sense (at least its what we are all about anyway) that anyone approached us only thinking about old tribes. We always think that its not fair to only think about old tribes as it's tougher to get to know people as a result. Tortoise and Hare have tried to get to know us so we apprexiate that. We don't really know how this vote will go tbh. I hope not as much drama as your last one though. Especially if we kmow redemption still out there for whoever goes... Bees?: Fresh bread is the shit. Excellent choices all around. I'm not too sure about my dynamic with T/H either, but we did survive a shit TC together so that might be a good sign. Well I'm not a tribal lines person, it doesn't matter when I meet somebody, just that I like somebody is what counts. That is very good to know. He's come across as awfully interesting so far and I kinda like him. But it's still early days so far. yeah, I also agree with that. i think you should try to meet people as people and see where things go from there. I am unsure as well, I'm hoping it doesn't go messy anyways. Cuz this all seems like a pretty chill group of people, so it's probably one that nothing crazy needs to happen, right? Lindsays: We completely agree that if you like someone you like someone. Cant rely on random mod or numbers to determine who friends are. We learned that quickly with timothee. He liked us but we knew he had to go because he was dull and more like a sexy blow up doll. But in first tribe he seemed more exciting only because we hadnt met all the cool people yet We hope Avocado and Bard are cool people too. We havent met them. Also even though you hadn't asked best to tell you what happened with zero. Zero was playing against everyone and also went rogue in the challenge. We all realized what happened and sent him out. It was already an exhausting challenge and didnt want to re exhaust ourselves that tribal. Apologies if you were close to zero. Sounds like this tribal already a bit dramatic too? MGL Bees?: Exactly, make up your own mind about who your friends are. Haha, he was a bit like a blow up doll, huh? You have a valid point. They're both pretty chill. Well, Avo is a bit of a go-getter, but he's funny. Bard is hilarious. Yeah that sounds about right. I'd heard he said something how all of his friends were elsewhere now or whatever. But yeah I get you, I didn't mind so much. He was somebody who did feel like a potential liability. Maybe a little, but idk. The PM to the wrong person could go a little weird but it might just blow over cuz it was so early in the round. Lindsays: We were hoping this round wouldve been merge and jury but that's not the case. We enjoy meeting everyone and that was one of our goals as we said in the application. apolgies for delay in response. Just finished after a lloooooong day. HI bees this is BCL i just walked into the worst news here! I here that we are the ones that will be voted out? Bees?: Hey sorry, it's been a busy evening. I fully thought we were going to have the merge but I guess I should have paid some closer attention to the name of the game being Barely Survivor, cuz it's sure living up to it. Yeah, that's kind of what it's looking like. T/H was really vital to making it out of last round in one piece, so I feel I owe them so I can't vote them out here. I don't want to vote Dave either. And T/H doesn't really want to vote Bonobo, so that leaves you. Lindsays: apparently that pm did go weird. and Now bonobo is panicking again. I was just thinking and zeroed in on something that he said that makes me think that he is lying about being on the bottom of the Chocolate tribe. so he has said this "Pineapple was easy as she was inact, but Snow Leopard and Monk were my friends? They just didn't click well with everyone else and ended up on the bottom after Snow Leopard was just playing way too hard. So I'm like SOOO happy we swapped because I didn't know if I was next..." then we merged . and we are all good and then made it here and back with yuoi. I was hoping we could go strong with you. Bonobo is all over the place. Tortoise and hare post too slow. Zero posts wrong. Others didn't commit to the challenges etc. he is excitable. I just didn't want to throw a friend under the bus.. but seems he is throwing us under the bus. I hoe that you stay with us :-) Im voting for bonobo in this Case, I trust you over him and I trust Dave. I am not sure if he is with us or against us though. Messaging to find out! Bees?: Oh that's interesting. I do think he thinks he was in the bottom of his tribe if his friends left pretty fast there. I'd heard about the Snow Leopard fiasco though, so that part tracks. I respect you not wanting to throw a friend under the bus, that is very honorable of you. But okay, thank you for telling me. Lindsays: I think if Dave could know that I had you, that he wold vote as a group of 3 with us would you group chat? 3 of us? I am hoping that Dave talks to you and you decide your with us. I would live to make a final 3 or 4 or something with us? let me know! with you all the way honestly mean that! Bonobo inst with anyone but past people like T/H so i wouldn't be surprised T/H and Bonobo will end up with snow leopard and monk upon merge and leave you and Dave behind? or if T/H isnt with them then they can be with us too and well leave them behind?? Bees?: I haven't really heard much from Dave today tbh. So we'll have to see what happens. I suppose he isn't if he's turning on you, but then again, I don't know if you were super close before now or anything? Snow Leopard isn't coming back though? Unless there's a second returnee phase, she didn't make it forward. I don't know who T/H really has. Lindsays: forgot about him, but even ranger or zero. could be other potentials as well. he said " I feel like we were never really sitting down and planning things ourself." he didn't like them votes he felt them to be as borring as zero did likely then when you left us week 5 they went for us and then we got them. but it dindnt work for them as we all stuck together and got back to you! anyhow think about it i would love to play the game going forward with you Buzzy, Fuzzy, and Wendzy|Dave, T/H, Bees
Dave:
There aren't a lot of ways to tie our names together.
So Bees has talked a lot to me individually and T/H individually and I thought that this would be a better idea than relying on Bees to keep everyone on the same page.
I'm dedicated to this trio; even if Bonobo and Lindsay came to me asking me to vote out T/H all that would do would be to make Bees mad at me and then I get taken out in a few rounds. I'm not about that life.
So what are the pros and cons of Lindsay vs Bonobo?
Bees?:
I don't mind buzzing around, but I do also like having a consolidated place to compare notes.
In a lot of ways both Lindsay and Bonobo are sort of on par with each other. But I guess Bonobo I can at least read where he's at, Lindsay seems more passive. Looking at the returnee tribe and then the other tribe, I think Lindsay only has other connections to us and Maggie, who Maggie has the same connections to us without Lindsay. Bonobo I think nets an opportunity for people I haven't met yet, also doesn't have anybody coming back in who might have a vendetta against him. I suppose it's like Lindsays feels like a net-neutral, and Bonobo is a net-positive. That's about where I'm at overall. You?
Hare:
Sure, I've just met lindsay, and she hasn't made a strong impression on us, so I'm totally down with voting her out here.
Dave:
I guess I'm in the opposite position where I can read Lindsay but can see Bonobo being a lot more opaque. The connections Bonobo has with people I don't know are with Bard and Avocado, who you two already have connections with so for me it's not a huge swing of the pendulum. Avocado also implied to Darth that Bonobo was far more likely to try and strike out on his own than Ranger, and I think that sentence is still true if you substitute Lindsay's name for Ranger's.
If I'm outvoted 2-1 then so be it but I don't think it's clear-cut that a Lindsay boot is significantly better than Bonobo.
Bees?:
That's very fair. I don't think it's that clear cut either really, just thinking impact and overall effect. I don't really feel strongly about either of them, I just sort of feel I have more of a sense of how Lindsays going would affect things than Bonobo. Feels like much less potential fallout overall.
Hare:
I was thinking about Bonobo's connection to bard and avocado earlier too and I'm not very worried about it. He was a bit scared he was going to be next on chocolate due to his activity, which doesn't seem like he had much confidence in them. Now that he's been swapped away from them for two tribes in a row, he's going to be set back in those relationships.
Hare:
Alright I'm casting my vote, then.
Lindsay still thinks I'm voting for T/H by the way. But 1) I'm voting with you and 2) Bonobo is also voting Lindsay.
Bees?:
Okay. I voted earlier. As far as I could tell Bonobo was on Lindsays too, so it's good to hear that we've all heard that.
Hare:
Woo, second round being the minority vote in a row!
Come on, big money... no idols... STOP!
Dave:
For what it's worth Lindsay on her own has approached me about a Bonobo vote.
Bees?:
Yeah, she's doing the same with me.
Hare:
And us!
Dave Dave: Okay I saw you say that you were heading off to bed but on the offchance that you come back let me know. Bees?: Hi, I'm here for a little. I just had to go and do dinner and some stuff and was pretty sure sleep was likely coming soon after. Dave: That's fine! I just need to talk about this vote. So once Bonobo and I shared a laugh about what an idiot I was, I asked him what he thought about the substance of the message itself, specifically him/me/Lindsay as a trio. He told me he needed to think about everything because no matter who got voted out he was losing a friend. This was a reasonable answer, especially under the circumstances, so I didn't think much of it. However, Lindsay said that Bonobo is on board with a T/H vote and that barring idol shenanigans we (i.e. the trio) would be fine. These conversations are happening at the same time. If Bonobo is saying that to Lindsay, then he should be telling me the same thing. That suggests to me that Bonobo isn't actually on board with a H/T vote. Now, even if both of them were I wouldn't want to trade in one round of safety for alienating you for the rest of the rounds so that's fine, but I don't like the fact that he's being cagey with me about it. If he doesn't want to vote T/H then he should tell me, and I'd understand - the purpose of my first PM was to feel out where he was! Anyway I guess the thing I'm trying to say is that I am down with you/me/T/H making a majority. I've talked more with T/H and it's been going well, especially under the circumstances. However, based on how this round has gone I would prefer to keep Lindsay and vote Bonobo instead. Bees?: That is very fair. Okay, so I appreciate all of your update here. Let me give you what my side and view of this has been. I kinda feel like Bonobo absolutely would tell Lindsays that he was going to vote for T/H even if he was going to be voting for them. That's just smart play, no? I've had Bonobo telling me that he's willing to vote for Lindsays, he's also said the same about voting them to T/H. I think he's just weighing his options and he's trusting you enough to say that he is unsure what he needs to do because he's going to need to be voting out someone who likes him either way. It's also possible that he's worried that you and Lindsays are an unbreakable pair, and because of this, he doesn't want to say he wants to vote Lindsays and have you instantly want to be gunning for him while he's vulnerable. Which, considering he didn't even say he wanted to vote Lindsays and your reaction is to vote him out, is kind of a fair worry. I think y'all need to talk a bit more, I don't want to make an assumption and vote that way before anybody has had a chance to talk shit out. During the last round, that was one of the things Grogu was really banking on; people not talking to each other honestly and acting out of fear. Avocado and I actually talking shit out rather than being worried about each other at other people is part of what fixed the round. Now, Bonobo hasn't said anything about being worried about you. I just think there's still a lot of time left and there's still time for him to tell you where he's at. Give him the chance to before writing him off entirely. Now if he doesn't tell you he's not in for the T/H vote, and is okay for Lindsays, then I have no qualms about voting him. I am officially off to bed now though, I'll be back in the morning. Dave: As much as I know it sucks having Grogu back for you I do have to admit I'm glad we don't have Ranger. Once I decompress from TC I promise I'll get right back to sending you bee memes! If you are lucky I may even throw in a wasp meme. Bees?: I've decided that I'm just going to focus on actually doing the challenge and ignore the elephant in the room until I have to. I definitely get you not wanting to have Ranger though. Yeah I get that, I am sorry that you had to vote out a friend, and I don't blame you for taking time to process. I will take as many memes as you got. Dave: Turns out I can't process last TC because I'm too busy trying to not get salty with the mods. Here's a preview, though.  Bees?: I will admit it made me laugh. But I think you kind of have a point. Some of what they allow and don't seem arbitrary as fuck all the time. Definitely the USB. You can upload so many more bees onto that! Dave: I hear it can hold 128 gigabees! Bees?: I gotta be tired and hysterical because I really shouldn't have laughed at gigabee as hard as I just did. I really should have taken the mods at their word when they promised this would be Barely Survivor. Bonobo Bonobo: Yeah same pure tribal lines are the actual worst!!! I appreciate you saying this because I was definitely getting good fun vibes from you and knowing that you're a genuine/honest person helps as well. Like whotf says, "look i'll be honest I wass going to get you out" except pure icons. I think Maggie can be soooo fucking cutthroat. Like she knows what she's doing and her and Dave are like a force I'm afraid of. I agree with the Lindsay thing just being there. She would always just repeat what Dave/Maggie would tell me but like an hour later so like I think the dynamic is Maggie/Dave make a decision and start telling the troops (Lindsay/I). Like I feel like Dave tried to do that here. He made a decision to get out Hare/Tortoise and (tried to) PM me like "looks like that's wwhat we're doing," and hey! I don't have to follow that anymore! and oooh is that a stinger in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?; ):; ); ) Bees?: They suck so much. And I hate when people insist that's the only way to work with people, it's boring! Good Haha, I mean, it wasn't I was going to absolutely murder your face, just pretending you weren't an option when I barely know you would just sound hella fake, and we're adults here that I think we can admit what's up. That's what I thought, yeah. She puts on a very pleasant nice face, but had a feeling underneath it all, if pressed she would stab a bitch. Lindsays was always kind of a lackey, and never one I thought could be stolen away, ya know? I guess I can see that, but my read on Dave is more that he was checking in with you to see what it is you wanted to actually do and if you were going to stick to that previous trio or not. But I'm also known for my optimistic views on people and their motives.  Bonobo: Yeah this game has been doing pretty good of avoiding tribal lines imo. All the swaps, all the tribals. I feel like I'm working more in voting blocks than alliances/developing a tribal identity. It's like everyone can be a target at one point so I'm hoping for a chiller merge. yeah maggie is just iconic like that, sorry not sorry, if i get stabbed by anyone in this game, i'd genuinely let her stand on my throat. I think I am definitely taking a very pessimistic view of Dave's message, but I hate feeling like I'm being pressed into a situation I don't want or being guided to make a move that benefits everyone else but me so I think I just immediately had a negative reaction to it :S. But oh well. i've already told Lindsay what I'm thinking because I'm not trying to play this game dirty or backstab her without letting her know because that'ss never nice. Bees?: If the game setup is trying to say we should do it, well maybe we should listen, no? It would be nice to have a chill merge. I'd love for some chill this game. Haha, no you're fine. I don't disagree. Yeah I completely understand that. Have you talked to him about it though? Like have you told him what kind of move it is you want to be making here and how you feel about it? That might go a very long way in clearing stuff up. I don't think Dave is the type to want to force people to do something they don't want to do, I think he just wants to actually be told what people actually think or feel and not what they think he wants to hear. Yeah I understand that. Backstabs are never nice. Bonobo: Yeah I agree, I don't think Dave was trying to force my hand or anything. I'm trying to like see where we stand because I realize this isn't his preference. He definitely is very receptive/understanding (which imo makes me worried that special powers or idols are in play :S) I got a message from Lindsay that was more of a "ok let's fix these issues that's encouraging you to vote for me and make it so that we can work together better" and like... that was not the vibe of the message I sent so I'm not sure how to respond!! why are TC so hard.. Bees?: Probably a good idea. Considering there was that whole secret subforum for a bit there, yeah I fully expect something's going to come out here. Which I am not happy about, but at the same time uh, ngl, having immunity makes me a happy bee. That's a weird tone tbh. It might just be she's hearing elsewhere that she's the vote and possibly maybe that you're the main proponent of it? Idk. This TC feels harder than it should be and I'm not quite sure why it is. Bonobo: Soooo nothing came out of that forum or at least Lindsay didn't have anything? Sad that she turned around and voted me T.T made it hurt a bit more. I'm just genuinely hoping Flat doesn't already mean Jury because damn I burned that bridge hard. Now we have a new challenge that we basically can't even game so this should be fun! Excited to see Grogu ?? /s Bees?: Or someone else got to the forum first. I honestly don't know. She was trying real hard to turn it around on you at the end there. I don't think Flat means jury, this feels like an odd place to start it. That's true, but I like the challenge. I feel okay about it. Ha, definitely not. Couldn't he have gone to the other tribe at the very least? Bonobo: Oh yeah, it's still out there and we're probably not going to find out what it is until it eventually screws us over! Exciting!! What was she saying? I did kind of ghost her at the end there which was probably not the best move, but also what was I supposed to respond when she was intentionally misreading my PM! I've been asking the mods so many annoying questions trying to make sure I understand all the rules of this challenge and all I know is I should have read a dictionary at some point during quarantine. And yeah he's... bitter to say the least Definitely feels like he came over here to start drama. So let's try and get that immunity and not have to deal with that! Now that you know what each person is capable of hopefully any tribal isn't as involved as that last one was. Bees?: That's usually how I find items, yep. So why would that change now? Oh just that she felt you were lying about being the bottom on Chocolate and probably had a lot more friends out there than she did. And you were all over the place. Which didn't really track with my experience either. Haha, I mean that's what you gotta do, right? Just be annoying. And then you can do the best at it. Oh, do I know. Our PMs so far have been kinda awful. I don't really know if we can go anywhere with anything, and I might need to just accept that. I would love to have immunity and not have to do a TC like that again. Yeah that's very true, I also think we have a really solid group of people for challenges, so I'm not too worried. T/H T/H: Yes. Dave/Lindsay/Maggie is what Bonobo said was running the last tribe, if I'm remembering correctly. Either that or he said it was just Dave and Lindsay.
Bonobo also indicated to me that he responded really well to your messages to him, he says you've got a fun vibe. I feel really good about this. This is starting to get really cool now.
Sorry, no idea what you're talking about on that last line. I don't get it at all.
~ Mr. ToadBees?: Yeah that's about what I figured, especially when Zero went. They weren't fond of him, it was mostly the Star Wars people who were. I don't think I'd say Lindsay would be running anything, that's not her deal as far as I can tell, unless it was just never her deal with me. That's good I'm glad he's not just saying it to my face to save his ass and actually means it. Hahaha, you're a riot <3 Hare: Right. Lindsay is talking to me now and indeed I do not have the impression she is running things. She said the votes were all decided for her. It must have been the other two then.. I could totally resolve this inconsistency by going back and reading my messages. But, reading is hard. Writing is easy! Bees?: Haha, I have the other problem. Reading is easy, writing back is hard. But yeah, like Lindsay feels like she's just somebody's number, and she's not mine, nor do I think she's gettable. How's your read of Bonobo? Is he more the sort who is willing to do anything to stay alive, but maybe not Grogu levels, or is he more he'll want to go with specific thoughts and plans for future? Hare: Bonobo felt like he was in danger back on chocolate. He was self consious about his activity level and thought he might be next (gummy bear was next, not him). He didn't freak out and just talked to me and I told him he was fine. He scores points there. Plus he managed to survive that last tribe while being outside the main power structure, so that counts positively as well. Outside his personality reads, I think the two of us might really end up being some of his strongest connections coming into merge. He's been separated from the more active people on chocolate for two tribes now (Bard and Avocado), and said he felt he couldn't get in on his last tribe - probably true from what he said and how people are acting now. I think he's really good for our games. Lindsay is really just somebody else's number. Maggie or whoever, I don't know exactly. I think she's the ideal person to take out in a swap right before merge. Bees?: Honestly that's kind of fair. He does seem like the kind who will talk to people about stuff, and I definitely like that. After last round, anybody who is actually gonna talk shit out gets a gold star in my book. He does seem a bit like maybe he could be in a slightly in trouble position, yeah. He's a pretty decent dude so far, I've liked interacting with him. I do think you might be right. Yep, exactly. It just feels like the right time. I do think though that Bonobo is the sort that will tell her he's going to be voting her out, he seems that brand of honorable, which isn't the worst. Just a thing to think about. I do think she's ideal pre-merge boot. Hare: Bonobo tells people that he cares about that he's voting them out. He felt bad for snow lepp, so he told snow lepp. I don't know if he cares about lindsay, but if he did, he would likely say something. I also don't know how to handle lindsay right now, we are just exchanging some how was your tribe how was your tribe talk. But bonobo told me that idol/advantage got claimed and he didn't get it, soooo... I guess dave has it? Hopefully not lindsay. Bees?: Yeah okay, he did tell me he was going to tell Lindsay, so it's not a question of is he going to. He's likely going to. Mm me either. It's a weird situation cuz I do kind of find her amusing and it's possible she does actually like me, I just don't really trust that she isn't somebody else's vote ya know? Oh interesting. Is that the password locked forum? Cuz I haven't figured out anything with that. It feels to broad a topic and their clues are ass. It could be either, hm. I don't know that Dave would use something to save Lindsay though, he doesn't seem the type to make that groupchat and then use an item for somebody who isn't super useful, cuz it instantly paints them as a pair which I feel like he'd want to avoid, no? Hare: Oh yeah, he said that the clue about the signs meant it was the sign challenge, and it was hidden in the spec forum. In the furry thread, some character had a rainbow behind him. Then the signs were below them. But I would rather be voted out than go in the furry thread again, so... Bees?: I knew it was the sign challenge, but I could have sworn I searched it well enough. But it would seem that I did not. But yes, it would seem somebody else did figure it out. So the question now is, what should we do with that information? Also, it kinda seems like Dave doesn't exactly agree what we want to do, so how do you think we should deal with this? Hare: I don't know. He likes lindsay, but we gotta do what we gotta do. I posted what I think in the chat and what I told you earlier. I know for example if I was like, seperated from bonobo for two tribes, I would show up like "haha hi" and then be like "danm no idea who this guy trusts or if he even likes me anymore". that's what I think about avocadobard and bonobo. which I understand dave is afraid of like how I don't know anything about maggie. Bees?: Very true. And I do think it's really in our best interest. True enough, like if someone has been away from you for so long, how are you supposed to know where their head is at immediately? it takes time. I think he just doesn't trust Bonobo and expects him to come after him at some point, while Lindsays he does know and she's a known factor. Hare: Wait a sec I just realized, have you met every person in the game? Not counting the returnees. That's pretty sick. We'll deal with that bonobo dave thing when it comes to it, if it ever does I guess. Right now I'm just HOLDING the line. Bees?: Oh, huh, so I have. Ranger was the only one I hadn't met yet. I didn't realize that. Of the returnees I've already met one of them. I don't even know if it will come to that sort of thing. There's just a non-zero chance it could, and I think that's part of the hesitancy we've been getting here. Hare: Is dave messaging you at all? Should I be worried if he isn't messaging us? Bees?: He's not really messaging me either. But he has kind of done that in previous rounds, so I'm not sure how worried or not I am here. Oh god.. Grogu is back with us. Hare: HAHAHAHHAHA oh man Bees?: And he's fucking immune. I feel personally attacked by this round. Hare: yep, but 2 tribes win immunity, and we just voted out our weakest immunity competitor (based on the last challenge results i think, but i don't know what she scored in the rest of the game) sooo lets at least just not come in last here, please no grogu immune TC, please Bees?: Right I forgot they still existed as a third tribe. And that's true, we did. Lindsay didn't do so hot overall. I'm good with words, and I'd like to think some of the rest of us are too. That's all we need. I do not need a repeat of that TC, I really don't. Hare: I'm okay with words. But yeah, this is a slippery situation TC because I could easily see it slipping into Bonobo VS. Dave -> grogu comes along and offers to save them both -> 3 of them decide which of us goes also the numbers idol totally got played on one of those other tribes, because it's not up for grabs this round. Wonder what happened there. Bees?: It's like a nightmare. The other fun thing is, like, I don't think that we'd have been in a better position voting out Bonobo either, so at least we made a good choice here? Yeah I saw that, I am very curious what happened. With it being Tragedy who went and a known idol play, i bet that tribe was crazy. Hare: Zero III on the other hand... from what I heard of him I don't think I am surprised he went home again? Also i am super glad we kept bonobo, he puts effort into challenges. He lead the charge on the spam comp as well he said. And dave too. As long as grogu doesn't throw? lol. oh wait he can't HAHA good. Bees?: Lol me either. He was very gametalk like all the time. I'd send that guy out myself. Yeah, he's already contributing a fuckton. I'm happy with the choice. We just need people good with words and stuff, not much more really. I don't think Grogu would throw, that doesn't seem like him. That's a particular brand of vindictive. I don't think he'd be that? GOOD Hare: [lowered activity due to challenge] Hey, grogu doesn't seem too mad at me. You on the other hand, he might just be mad at you. Just for clarity's sake: Is he going to you and being mad at me and happy with you? Bees?: Oh no, he's just being mad at me. He hasn't shit talked you or anything, I don't think he has anything he can specifically point to that is really your fault. I think he was sold on a story too, cuz he still thinks I was wanting Droids to go home before they won immunity and was trying to push him and made that round into a whole theatrical mess. But he's not even talked about you specifically or anything. So I guess, you're in the clear from that round? But I'm sure not. Tortoise: Hey Bees, Still here! Life's been crazy for me. Regarding Grogu, I think he realizes he's not all too well connected so immediately making multiple enemies doesn't really sound like a very good plan for him? Bees?: Hey Tortoise, i've missed you I hope it's a good kind of crazy, sorry if it's not. Well no, multiple enemies certainly not, but he probably feels that he can afford one. It's whatever. I'm not going to let it mess me up too badly. Grogu
Grogu:
Boy imagine if I was serious about that PM though lol could you imagine
Hi Bees
Bees?:
Don't really have to imagine as the thought went through my head as I was reading it. And frankly, I couldn't really blame you for it either.
I don't know if it was the right decision to vote you out, but the way it all played out it did feel like the only choice I had. I don't know man, that round so fucking much and it still is. I'm not going to apologize for it, I had to put my trust somewhere so that is what I did. I trusted and followed Droids on that vote and they wanted to vote you.
Grogu:
But all the theatrics... that was necessary?
After I quotedumped you everything to show you I wasn't lying to you? And you couldn't even just be honest with me?
Shit sucks.
Bees?:
That's just the thing dude. I had just as many people saying that quotes you gave me were things you had said to them or it was things that they just were smiling and nodding to tell you what you wanted to hear. And quotes can be fabricated and the like, so like, there was so much and I didn't know what or who to believe because like, there was you as a single person, and then the whole entire tribe saying otherwise, and what's more believable that one person is lying or the entire tribe is? And like, if it was the entire tribe then okay yeah, I'm an idiot and all of that. I knew I was being played that round, but I couldn't tell who by when so many things contradicted and there wasn't any way to actually prove which was the correct one and which wasn't. I was being honest, I just lied about voting with you.
Grogu:
well i wasn't the liar! I didn't alter a single quote I sent you. I sent you basically the entirety of my PMs with people. Other people told me that before TC, you were wanting to make a move against Droids. Then he won immunity, so I figured when people told me you were coming for me, it was true... but even then I still went to you to try to hash things out.
Just disappointing that you didn't believe me, that's all. I wanna try to move forward from that but the narrative out there now appears to be that I went all in targeting Avocado lol. I'm apparently everyone's favorite person to lie about
Bees?:
Yeah well, we were both played. Cuz I wasn't going for Droids either at any point. Like, that was not on my agenda at all. I wasn't pushing for anybody before that round or at the start of it.
I am sorry for that. There was just a lot of conflicting information and I made a choice. Avocado was in the center of it all, so not exactly surprised that part of it stuck around in people's minds too. But that's definitely not how I told it, even though I couldn't even tell it for the first little while.
Grogu:
Well, I'm going to steer clear of you. I'm definitely telling people I feel hurt/betrayed by the tribe at that TC because basically everyone in the game lied to me. But like, you got played too, you're not the head of the snake that I want to chop off, you're just another victim. Maybe we can chop the head off together.
Bees?:
And you have every right to feel that way. I don't have it out for you or anything like that though, but I don't blame you if you can't forgive me any time soon or at all. But maybe we can. Don't feel obligated to have to work with me though, I wouldn't blame you if there's no universe in which that's an okay situation. We don't even really have to talk if you'd rather not, I won't hold it against you.
Grogu:
It's Survivor, we're here to play a game, not be BFFs. I hate that you stabbed me, but I also hate even more that you got manipulated into stabbing me. If we can get further together under a mutual understanding of our places in the game and that teaming up might be necessary, awesome. If we can't, then that's fine too. I personally am viewing this situation rather pragmatically for the time being, but if people ask me how I feel, I mean, I'm gonna tell them I feel hurt you know? But just because someone hurts me doesn't mean we can't do business.
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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 5, 2021 2:10:55 GMT
Okay so this will be a huge mess, but have the backlog now that I can breathe and logging into the game doesn't make my brain scream. Well, some of it. More later. Avocado Avocado: YOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY MANS WHATS POPPIN. I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT CROCK POT OF BULLSHIT TO HAPPEN BUT HERE WE ARE NOW IN A SHIPWRECK whats up? how was the other tribe for you my dude? i cant imagine grogu comin back would be the most welcome of surprises. on our end plagueis was completely inactive and sent one liners to people after being gone for an entire day. so it was a really easy 4-1 from us anyway whats the plan for approachin this situation/shipwreck? weve definitely got the numbers to protect us, all that matters is just layin low and not drawin attention to ourselves Bees?: Hey my dude, i was not expecting a shipwreck either, but I think I've sort of given up on expecting anything. I'm just resigned to pain now. I'm that Ben Affleck smoking picture. I mean, the first part was fine? After the Grogu round like, i wasn't about to vote T/H and Bonobo was chill, as is Dave, so that kinda left Lindsays, and T/H wasn't gonna vote Bonobo, Bonobo was in a place of had to choose friends, but like we sorta all agreed Lindsays was a fine vote. And then Grogu came back and that uh, I will admit I've kinda fucked off from the game for a bit cuz it was a bit too much to handle, though we sorta half talked and like agreed to just ignore each other. That's really sad, I wanted to meet back up with Tragedy, damn. God I don't have a plan. I'm still a little shook and trying to get back into it. I imagine you're gonna get some via Grogu, cuz I'm pretty sure he's still mad at you too. However, I don't know that as a unit we'll be looked at? idk man, I expect Grogu to do Grogu things. Avocado: yeah no. the swap was the wackest shit and had my jaw drop. weve got 8 people left who havent been voted out once out of 13. i just wanna merge dude is that too much to ask. just a crumb of merge lettuce please. its late at night idek what shit im sayin anymore im just tryin to stay awake ok thats pretty much what ive heard. i just messaged dave cos i forgot to when the merge started and ive got a backlog of like 6 pms sitting in my inbox rn cos people literally have nothing better to do with their time then message a poor avocado who just worked an entire 8 hours today. i basically had that half talk with grogu just now too and was like 'ay yo little jolly green bih wanna truce?' obviously i didnt call him a bih but i did ask him if he wanted to truce and he said yeah. he said he wasnt mad at me or t/h but more the people who led him along which i think is implying you and droids i mean if we went maggie then one a us wouldve been idoled out. and the other options were me and droids anyway which i would personally prefer even less. so it sucks lol Bees?: It's some madness alright. Apparently in this game, asking for merge is far too big an ask. Just some merge, as a treat? :pleading: I gave up on the fight against sleep and just crashed tbh. But I'm here now. Mm, I did not have the same experience of a ton of PMs at once. I've had them trickle in very slowly, where I only had 2 max at a time. I don't know if that's preferable, it feels anxiety-inducing. Oof, sorry this is on a day you've worked real hard, that's rough. Mm, that's fun. That's about what I figured would happen, yes. I wasn't sure if it was you, Bard, or Droids he was most mad at, but I wasn't about to ask him to find out cuz that involves talking to him and I'm a coward who doesn't want that in my life right now, too stress. That's true, was there a plan to vote for Maggie in actuality, or was it always Tragedy? It does. I'm not saying I want anybody back, but like what if he comes back? Avocado: yeah honestly i gave up tryna message and went to bed cos pms were comin in faster than i could reply to them. like id respond to a message with 4 in my inbox then there would be seven in my inbox and i was like 'shiiit man dont you have anything better to do with your time'. maybe thats just cos i sent everyone a 'hi' at the beginnin of the merge just to catch up/introduce myself and make a good impression but either way it got the conversation flowing hes definitely most pissed at droids at this point i think. droids explicitly stated that hes the only one that they havent talked to at all for this entire phase which i think means that they want him gone asap. tbh i think if we put together the 5 that voted for him plus ranger thats already six?? then weve got a huge pool of people to choose from beyond that which im sure we can pull in at least one from. then from there itd make him the easiest vote?? idk what would you prefer yeah bard and i were leanin maggie at the start cos we had that plagueis connection but my mans was too inactive to stay. so i was straight up and told her i was originally wantin her then we formulated a plan to go after him instead. so she and i are on good terms now. if plagueis comes back then i dont really think hell have any ammunition? idk i might be honest with him as well Bees?: Don't blame you for that one bit my dude. Honestly I might take a break here again cuz it's getting like that, and these bees need to work! Millenials are just really into avocado, you should have known better. Ah yeah, I sent that after there were like 3 people I hadn't heard from, that way I could sorta manage the PM trickle to not be a flood. Mm, I guess. I just don't wanna deal with any of that shit. And that's probably right though, he probably wants to burn Droids in the nearest fire pit. I'm not against it. The thing to consider is that idol, but if we all were to coordinate our submissions, maybe we could try to keep an eye of where that prime idol is, cuz whoever has it I bet you will play it if they aren't immune. I don't necessarily want him out or anything, like I'm not gunning for him. I'm just also not about to defend him if he is in fact the target. But, I do think those of us from Maroon would be a solid group. That vote kinda felt like it brought us all together, ya know? I'm not typically a person who wants to work with people just cuz they were on a tribe together, but it just feels like we all got close. Ah okay, that makes sense. I'm not really surprised. Tragedy was running into being a vote target a lot, I just wanted to chat him again. Telling people they're in trouble usually helps them feel close to you, but uh not all the time *coughs*. Oh I don't think he'll be super salt or whatever, I more meant like, if he comes back you think he'll be chill or what? Honesty is the best policy most of the time. Avocado: YEAH man fuck early merges. this reminded me why i hate them. but i think when we go back to tribes and shit itll be better? idk. i just like having less people to talk to cos its less stressful which is why i tend to take more breaks during the merge. its fucken hard to keep up 12 different conversations at once so respondin to each round takes me about an hour. and thats not even countin the people who are online and not have any life who just respond to your pms and make things worse. you said it dude. my basic tactic has been 'yo. fuck that grogu round. that was wack ass shit and i dont wanna be associated with it'. like the more people talk about it the more that theyll have images of us seared into their minds and i dont want any assumptions and shit to be made on the basis of one round alone. i dont think its possible to coordinate submissions tho? like its so easy for someone to lie about where theyre going and then lie about gettin one? like its almost impossible to track either way. not to mention that we have to decide on whos getting the idol anyway (or at least who has the highest chance). itll be very hard to actually get the idol is what im saying. but yeah since prime idols are only good for one round anyway it kinda has to come out i think? idk. but thats what ive been tellin the other maroons basically. like we all voted together so having each others backs would shut down a lotta shit people are talkin about since they just wanna latch onto an easy vote uhh idk. he'll definitely be chill with you and maybe t/h cos yall werent involved in his boot at all but i dunno about the three of us on red. he got blindsided pretty bad but part a that is his own fault Bees?: Early merges are really hard and difficult and I do not like them one bit. Maybe it'll be better. It depends on how long we stay in those tribes, and what other shit these mods have planned for us. I do appreciate less people. But the fact that these tribes are chosen by somebody is interesting to say the least. Yep, it takes me about the same, and that's if I'm just doing smaller PMs. Ones to you or other people who talk in more than a paragraph or two takes me longer. Yeah, trying to figure out how to move forward from it but we'll see. I don't really want that either, cuz like, man, are we even fully sure what all happened in that round? I certainly don't want anything from that to linger. That is true enough, it was more thinking out loud, ya know? These are all very valid reasons not to. Yeah, I think if we just look out for each other, we'll be fine. That's also fair. It being a vote that everybody was a part of and there being an idol might kinda just show him he was screwed either way and maybe he'll be less bitter about it, who knows. Avocado: ok so i think that the plus side of this early merge is that we get to guaranteed reunite and touch up on the same page in terms a what our game plan is. for me im just like. as long as someone like you that i feel good with gets the immunity ima be happy. like im not expectin TOO too much as far as a tribe swap goes but its fun to be idealistic since weve been told ahead a time how this rounds gonna shake out. i think it would be funny if we had a double tribal as soon as we swapped to two tribes a six though. and by that i mean horrible. i mean honestly i prefer taking the time to write out a couple a paragraphs and connect with people than think of how im supposed to respond to someone asking how your day is for the 11th time?? maybe thats just me though cos i definitely have some thoughts about the weaker conversationalists on this tribe honestly i think at this point people are just like. backing off of what happened? like grogu is still kinda a focal point here but people are startin to look at the bigger picture. on my end i think im takin a hands off approach. like i dont wanna be associated with this tribal cos then itll just turn eyes on me later on in the game which is not good. like. as far as im concerned we can just wait to start actually playing the game cos there are still 'easy votes' within here as well Bees?: That is true, we do get to do that. Well, I didn't get immunity, but I think you like both of the people who did win? it is helpful that we know how the round will play out so I'll take it. God, keep those horrible ideas to yourself, will you? I also feel you on that, I prefer to get time to think about how i respond than to have to do a bunch of responding for the sake of it. But Avo, how was your day? Would those weak conversationalists be some of the recently returned folk? Yeah, I think so too. And I am cool with that. Nope, me either. I'll do what I gotta, but I'm not looking to make noise. Yep, hard same. Avocado: yeah im pretty chill with the people who won. i know bard has been vibing with you at least so weve definitely got at least some influence over the way they pick out the tribes. i think that's a bridge we can get to either now or later then? i still dont know how theyre gonna be picking the tribes which is kinda concerning but i think that theyre at least coordinated on what they wanna do. idk who would you prefer to hook up with? my main preference is kinda bard since weve been on four tribes in a row together now and i think were bros. but on your end in particular what are you thinkin? (ALSO yes a good chunk a them are some of the weaker conversationalists yes. how did you know.) in terms a this tribal council i think people are gonna be aiming to get rid a the person with the least amount of connections so that they dont piss off anyone heading into a swap. there are still a few people that are just kinda 'here' with no real influence and i think people wanna do away with that before they get into the meat a things just placement wise even Bees?: Yeah, that is a good thing for sure. I guess we'll just have to see what Bard/Droids wanna do. It's probably straightforward they get to decide how they want as long as they agree? I'm good either way really. I do like Bard's chill yet excitable vibe, so I wouldn't hate to be with him, but I also know what to expect from Droids. So I'm really good either way. Oh wow, you've had 4 tribes in a row? That's a lot. I think you're right. It makes the most sense to have it be the least controversial choice. I definitely agree with that. I think essentially those people are just all on the former Snow Leopard tribe, yeah? I have no qualms there. I'd say Rey is probably the one I'd like to vote out least, cuz she at least gives effort in what she says. Avocado: ok then were on the same page there. my main line a thought is that everyones gonna be looking to them anyway for what to do cos they cant face backlash for their choices or anything so im glad were in agreement on our perspective a this. honestly i think you can just talk it out with the two a them cos theyve both been pretty positive about you in general? like if you just straight up say where you wanna go i think that they might do it. joinin up with droids might be the more reliable option tho since you can foster that relationship further and the maroon tribe will look a bit less like a group with the split. idk i cant speak for their choices though so id recommend you talk to em directly yeah that generally seems to be where people are goin to. i will say that i dont really have a preference either way cos id much rather be in the final 8 than the final 13 right now, but regardless a how it shakes out i think that were gonna be in a good position moving forward. so ill just defer to the majority and wait on the back seat to see how shit pans out Bees?: Yep I bet they hate the fact that everybody will be looking at them though. That's never fun. Oh yeah, I have been a little. They've just been less around when I have been since results, but it's fine. I think I'm good either way, but thanks I don't really care, no. Whichever people actually want works for me overall. And I agree, I think we're solid no matter what happens. All about that backseat, yep. Bonobo Bonobo: I wonder if there wa sonly one item though? Like whoever found it firsst on red and blue and then it was hidden or if there wwas a separate one. Or maybe there's three because of the three tribes ahhhh. It's probably not too op otherwise there couldn't be three of them. That's frustrating :/ I don't think I was all over the place hahaha i just told her straight forward I was voting her because I don't like to give someone hope when there is none. Shrug! What are you going to do. I'm almost finished guessing at this point!! I've gotten a lot of info that's been helpful so I'm hoping I can finish and actually do well. That's terrible. I'm genuinely hoping we don't have to go to a TC again and knowing that he's sitting out is good so he can't like throw it/force us to go to a TC. I know that Dave/Hare&Tortoise have been great at challenges from what I remember and you winning immunity last round proves it to me, so I definitely agree with you ;0 Bees?: Maybe? I'm guessing there was one for each tribe. It might not be an idol, but it could still be, or it's something like a double vote or something very minor. Or even a hint for things. I don't think you were either, so idk. I think she was just trying what she could, and thought if you as her friend was already pushing her she might as well try something. I definitely get that. Not giving hope is good. I've finished. Good luck I think we're both just going to agree not to really interact with each other and sorta just let stuff settle. Cuz honestly, the worst part is, it's entirely possible he wasn't lying to me about some of the stuff he did say and the vast majority of that tribe was lying to us both. It's really hard to tell, I just made the choice I thought I had to make. And well, we'll see. I don't intend to like make him out to be some villain or person I hate. Cuz that's just the thing, I didn't hate him. We were friends, but a lot of stuff happened that was just madness. But yeah, I appreciate that he can't throw for revenge or anything. And yeah, I think Dave has statistically been the best this game on challenges. And I've heard good things about your challenge abilities, and T/H seems to be pretty good. I'd say I'm slightly above average, and word challenges are squarely in my wheelhouse. So I'm hopeful Bonobo: Yeah, the idol being used last round probably means it's not as strong because it probably would have been used instead Maybe a delayed power?? I'm so mad!! I thought I did so well with only 5 guesses for most of them. Didn't expect everyone else to already have it figured out. I'm glad no one has to go home for the first time with the dead players also competing! I think that's a good idea. I feel like we won't be in these tribes for long anyways? So maybe it's just dissipate ? Though things like that don't seem to go away in Survivor/someone will definitely hold it over your head ass a wway to encourage you to vote somewhere because people will grasp for crumbs wherever they can. Bees?: Lol that's true. But maybe it wasn't Maggie who picked that one up but somebody else. Who knows. Delayed powers sound interesting. I did a lot worse than I thought I did. I took so long to realize they were all connected. But yeah, I like that nobody had to go home. I kinda figured the dead were likely to do worst. I don't think we will be either, no. Maybe with enough time it'll cool down, but we'll see. I don't think I'm first on his revenge list at the very least. We'll have to see what happens. Bonobo: SHIPWRECKKKKKKKK I didn't even realize all the words were connected I just had like A LOT OF NOTES that I was using. The mods also like messed up my words like 5 times so I got a bunch of points removed so honestly think we would have lost if that wasn't the case :S They messed up like on my first guesses.... So they allowed it to backlog and gave me the clues back. How are you handling all the messages? Bees?: Oh man, that sounds horrible. How did we actually win then? D: That sounds so messy, ugh. Well, it sounds like more people are getting more constant messages than I am, so I'm doing real well I guess? I've only had like 2 as the most PMs in my inbox at a time since shipwreck has started, so uh, I guess fine? Minus the headache thing I got going on. You? Bonobo: Oh yikes that doesn't seem like a good sign? I mean I also sent a bunch of HELLO'S out to try and make it seem like I am a talkative/chatty monkey but I know i'm just going to wake up tomorrow and forget to answer any PM's.... Sorry about the headache!! Those are nightmares :S Bees?: Mm probably not. But I also didn't send out PMs, so what can I expect, right? I've at least heard from everybody at this point though, so I'll take that. Yeah, I hate headaches, but they sure love me. But today is better, so I'll take it. How about you? How's things going in monkeyland? Bonobo: Monkeyland is GREAT. I woke up pretty late today but it's not like I had much to do in quarantine :S I'm going to make some bananabread hopefully today! Which is merely a coincidence I swear! How's the hive? Bees?: That's fantastic! I woke up early and I didn't hate it. Banana bread is so good! I haven't had any in a long while. The hive is pretty decent, all we bees are content and can't really complain much at all. Bonobo: Mmmmhmmmm it's soooo good. I haave this like strawberry/raspberry jam that I put on it and toast the banana bread in the morning... so delicious monkeys knew what the fuck they were doing. Have you started working on the challenge? I haven't put together my outfit :S Bees?: Fuck, bonobo, tag your porn. That sounds amazing. Now I just wanna bake bread and I have nothing to bake with cuz I haven't gone shopping yet this week, and it snowed a lot last night. Monkeys know what's up re food. I haven't yet, but I know exactly what I'm going to be doing and I have no regrets. I'm the reason why there was the clarification about the outfits not needing to be for people My outfit only works for bees. Bonobo: no my banana bread must fly free from censors. AND THAANK GOD YOU ASKED. i'm doing something for bonobos of course. maybe nsfw, so I'll tag that do not worry Bees?: Ngl, the thought of just [CENSORED] Bread is making cackle. Is it what's in the bread, or the shape of the bread, or what it represents? Or is it the most scandalous where it's all of the above?  Haha you are welcome. I aim to help. Bonobo: Oh it'ss ALL OF THE ABOVE BAYBEEEEEEE. I'm making dick shaped bananabread with glass chips and throwing it through the white house window. SSuper scandalous I made a qute little design I can't wait for everyone to see it. I think after this challenge i'm becoming a fashion designer because my very real thought out and workshopped piece is that worthy. (i mean i spent an hour on it so it's gotta be good right???) Bees?: Amazing. That is the most scandalous bread I've ever heard of. Sounds perfect. Haha, I did not spend that much time on mine. I had a thought, and it was a very clear vision, and I ran with it. Used all 100 words and it painted quite a picture. I cannot wait for the reveals. How have you felt about meeting up everybody? You enjoyed the people who were new? Anybody you're getting to see again you've missed? Bonobo: i typed a message and it deleted... gonna cry I love how dave ssaid "over under on the coconut bras" and you just straight up delivered a whole coconut! truly giving the specs what they didnt know they needed. It's been fun if not exhausting. I definitely was more active day 1 of the shipwreck and then have gotten like 1 or 2 PMs to everyone else, but that seems pretty consistent across the board. It was nice to talk to monk and hear about what happened with ssnow leopard <3 He even sent me a little message she left for me which I thought was sweet. Dark Rey was also nice to meet considering she's been gone the whole game. I feel like everyone else, considering we swwapped so many times and so quickly, I've been in and out with? Except droids! Just met droids for the first time! I yelled at him for writing the code that maade us wwaste hours on the spam challenge What about you? any new friends? Bees?: Noooo, I hate when that happens. He was talking about how some people were probably just going to phone it in with a coconut bra and I was just like "oh well, about that.." Thank you, I'm glad you appreciated it. I just had the image in my head of a coconut with googly eyes just levitating in the air with an ominous buzzing sound and that just made me laugh a lot, and I ran with it. Yeah, it's been a lot. Aww, that is really sweet. I hadn't heard much from Monk at all, poor dear seems overwhelmed by the shipwreck. She's definitely trying to make up for being gone the whole time, that's fro sure. Haha, well the mods didn't tell them no, so what are you gonna do? I don't know if I've made new friends exactly, but I did just spend the last 6 PMs with cleric just sharing keyboard cats, so I'd say that's something. All of Ranger, Monk, and Cleric are less chatty but this might just be how they're coping with Shipwreck. And I kind of already had met everybody else once before. Bonobo: I've been typing mine up in notepad now or at least copying multiple times so that it won't happen agin. it happens like once a game every time and i forgot to prevent against it EVERYTIME. I mean it was a wonderful element and I hated the judging comment of "the bees have to fight for it," like NO THEY'RE A HIVE THAT'S WHY IT WORKS!! THEY SUPPORT EAACH OTHER. Also what did that map symbolize? wwas it just different species of bees and their habitats??? did it explain why there were bees over the ocean? why did assia have so many variants? Yeah it's hard considering 2/3 of them are ... first boots... and we're kind of seeing why they were boots after all. It feels like we're still deciding "who do i want to keep up conversations with" at like the halfway point of the game. I'll just yell at the mods! I made a lot of passive aggressive comments in my discord groupchat. It's a good venting tool. I think Ranger is a GREAT Pmer and fun to chat with, I do think that this is just the overwhelmingness of being surrounded by 12 other people. I can't wait to only have 5 active chains! And I hope the tribes last for.. quite a while. Bees?: Oh that makes sense. I think there is a setting where you can make the board save it. I haven't had this board eat a PM of mine yet, so of course this will be the time it does, calling it now. Thank you! At least you understand my artistic vision. Oh, so it's a map of where you can find honeybees across the world, and weirdly the map covers the ocean. It did not explain why there were bees over the ocean, so i felt I needed to explain that. Asia has a whole fuckton of different bees, it's surprising. Yeah, true enough. Monk giving just one-liners isn't exactly endearing them to me, but I get if other people have a different experience than I do. Yeah, it does really feel like that. I don't know if I like it. Perfect, shout at them! I'm sure they'll like that! I've heard Ranger is great, but he does kinda only RP which is fun except when we're in a TC and i wanna know what he actually thinks, not about his pet shark in a band. But I think it is just shipwreck overwhelmingness than anything else. I cannot wait for less PM chains, I need this. I'm dying. Dark Rey|too tired to come up with a pm title Rey: I've finally gotten to the point that I'm not just replying to other people's messages. here's my copy paste story There were a lot of inactives for a while. Every single elimination we did was for inactivity except for Snow Leopard. We were doing a modified Big Brother where the latest elimination to come down to us would be the head of household. Once we were out things got really intense. We had been able to buy advantages from a vending machine, and most of them got used up in the last tribal council. I was the one who was tied with Michael Cera, so I almost went out. how was your journey? blah blah blah i'm really tired. and i need to have dinner (i may have just sent the same exact message to Ranger) oh it added spaces XD Bees?: Haha, hi Rey. I actually had normal Rey as my Star Wars character pick I appreciate having a PM title that has nothing to do with bees. It's refreshing! I appreciate getting the story from your perspective, Cleric said about the same thing, but it's nice to know what all happened. I did hear a little bit about your TC from talking to Droids, Tragedy, and Finn. They did seem to speak kindly of you. Hearing about the vending machines was new though. That must be why some people had earned pennies in exile. My journey has been okay. It's felt slow a lot, but there's been a couple active TCs. I think you had the much harder path since most of the TCs I've been at were purely consensus votes. So kudos on making it out of there alive. I do hope you enjoy your dinner. I'm off to bed here myself, was just popping in to reply to a PM or two so as to have the amount I have to answer tomorrow to be that much less. I wish you good day Rey: Hmm. I wonder if this means we are destined to be enemies or allies. But, they didn't find the vending machine? Maybe there'll be another shot at it later on. I heard the Grogu one was particularly messy. Well, I'm answering today so you didn't even get a chance. How have the droids been by the way? Do you think they'll be open to working with me again? Bees?: We could be frenemies? Like purposefully antagonistic, but really when you look under it all, we're just the same. They didn't find the vending machine, I don't think. But pennies could be for something similar or later, idk. Interesting to hear about them anyways. Yes, yes it was. I still don't fully know everything that happened and who was truly lying during it. It might not be one we have the full story on til post game, which is unfortunate. Well, how about you have a good day today too! I think Droids would be open to working with you, yes. From what I heard about that TC, they didn't hate you or anything, just had to choose somebody and you were easy to agree on. How is Monk? I haven't heard anything from them or anyone even mention them. Rey: Ok, I'll start. uhhh.. honey is overrated you dumb bee. And these were pennies and not cents? Because they were called cents for us. I'll have to ask them I guess Yeah, I'm getting both sides insisting that the other is lying. Ultimately, I don't really need to know. But, I like finding the answers to such mysteries when the game is over. Today is good and busy! So much more messaging has been required. Oh really!!! I hadn't been talking to them much because I'm focusing on new people. That's not a good sign for them. If they haven't been talking to everyone. They sometimes were a little less active before. Bees?: Haha. You're not wrong. Uh, wait, I'm supposed to be mean. Uh fuck. I got nothing, cuz I haven't seen the Rise of Skywalker yet. I guess we have to be nice now? Hm, I have no idea. I could have sworn Avo said pennies, but fuck if I know. I think somebody lied, but it is unclear who did, and really, I think most of us would rather just put it behind us because it doesn't really matter. And it's certainly not how I want my entire existence in this game to be framed by, ya know? A lot of messaging has been happening. Sorry I sorta skipped out on the evening there, I was very peopled out. How has today gone? Well I think they're overwhelmed by Shipwreck, which is honestly fair. I've gotten a few messages now, but it seems like this is just a lot for them, the poor dears. Rey: OK. I love you forever I want to go all the way to the end with you. uhhh,, is that too soon. I might be getting a little carried away with myself. I keep forgetting to ask him XD. Yep. That's the vibe I'm getting from everyone involved. I feel a little peopled out as well, but I feel like I need to keep going because of the position I'm in. I can't imagine what that's like, except i can. because i'm in the same postion. haha Bees?: Hahaha. Maybe, but making me laugh is a good way to worm your way into our hearts Well here's your reminder!! *shrugs* Some rounds get messy, but they don't have to define the game unless people decide to make them. What position do you think you're in? I guess you were involved in the tie in the last tribal you were in and you were voted out round one. BUT I think out of everybody who was in the hole, you're doing the best at ingratiating yourself Clearly what we need is a game that is shipwreck ALL THE TIME. I'm sure that won't be horrible and stressful and bad, no ma'am. Rey: Hearing about that makes me feel better about my about my position. I'm not surprised, actually. I have been putting a lot of effort into doing so. what about alternate between 3 person tribes and shipwrecks. For this vote, I am not putting out any names myself because I do not know people enough. I will be waiting to hear what others are proposing. Bees?: That's good I could tell you that you were, and I think the effort is paying off. At the very least, it's paying off with me. I have liked our chats so far, as few as they've been. You're a madwoman. That sounds horrifying and uncalled for. I don't blame you for that one bit. I'm waiting to see what I hear as well, but so far it's been very quiet and nobody has really put forward anything. I imagine it'll be a consensus vote. I'll let you know if I hear anything? Rey: The fewness of the chats is something i really hope to fix when i'm in a tribe with fewer people. Ugh. I feel like no one wants to make the first move here. But, yeah. i'm glad you like me! I'll let you know when there's something on the table as well. Bees?: Well yeah, it's so much easier to talk to people when you only have 5 to talk to instead of 12. That's just madness. That's exactly what I'm seeing here. It's that tension of nobody wants to get a target on their back for moving too fast or anything. Alright cool Rey: I'm afraid that this will just lead to Cleric or Monk being the vote because it's "easy" Bees?: Honestly? I think that is likely to be what people do. Unless someone else brings up a name with a valid reason, there's almost no reason not to do something like that unfortunately Rey: eh seems like it's going that way Bees?: Yeah those are the only names I'm hearing. If it were up to you, would you have a preference? Rey: The problem is: I just don't know people well enough, and I'm really afraid of putting the wrong name out there. I don't know who's friends with who Bees?: No, Rey, what I was asking you was, if the direction of the vote is going to be one of your Snow Leopards, do you have a preference over which it is that leaves? I completely get not wanting to say any name that could get a target on you. Which is why I'm not asking you about that, I'm only asking you about the people that you do know. Rey: Oh I see. Well, I'm actually hearing confusing things about monk right now that i need to clear up that might impact my answer. i'll get back to you soon. Bees?: Okay, sure Just let me know. Rey: If I had to be the decider, I would choose Cleric at this point. Bees?: That's fair. That very much may just be who the vote ends up being from what I'm hearing. But I think you're safe. |
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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 5, 2021 4:27:51 GMT
Bard Bard: Holy shit I was so upsett I couuldnt respond to you here. HI I HOPE YOURE DOING WELL I appreciate this so much, it still gives me the warm feels readin back on it. Damn grogu was playin some shit but now it looks like grogu continues to play some shit?? i have no idea ranger has surprisingly not really talked bad about it hes been like pretty non-chalant "it was a numbers thing" which idk how to take but i guess so! i cant wait to hear about yall's stuff oh my goodness. we got cut off way too early i hate tribes so much. merge is scary as heck but im just glad to finally be the EFF off tribes. but also yes, hi bees! Bees?: Hahaha, hi bard. I missed you. I'm doing okay, as okay as I can be considering Grogu is back. I think we largely agreed to just not talk, and oo, I think he's mad at you too. He's definitely mad at Avocado though. That's real weird, I thought Ranger was supposed to be like cool or some shit? I don't even know man. Your enthusiasm is catching The Lindsays vote was kind of straightforward in a way? Like I had immunity and after the exhaustion of the Grogu round, I was not about to pay T/H back by voting them out or anything. And I like Dave, so it was between Bonobo and Lindsays. Lindsays were just a little hard to talk to, so it was pretty cut and dry. And then Grogu came back, it was real heated a little and i hated it, so I've kinda checked out of the game for the last little bit cuz uh haha, no fuck that. But I'm happy I get all faces now. This is Shipwreck though, this is just a round, then we go right back into tribes. Bard: I will get back soon!! heres where im at in pictionary MOUNTAIN AUSTRALIA EIFFEL TOWEL CAN COMMUNISM observatory Pot Of Gold HaRmOnIcA fRANKENSTEIN CEKIU ELGOOG POINT MANSION PLUTO ZDRLTBJWM BRMSTCKIOO .OX.OX.X Bees?: Oh my god, of course it's Point. Thank you. I was working on a lot of it, lets see if I can't catch up to you, but also you're amazing. Bard: im stuck so aHHH Bees?: I'm trying, I'll let you know if I figure it out. IT'S GLOW Bard: IM DUMB THANK YOU Bees?: SAME THO Bard: InJeCtIoN is the next one Bees?: Thank you!! Is the next one something about Cricket? Bard: VUVUZPM VUVUZCPM soRRY Bees?: S'all good Bard: Dark Rey got an idol piece eh Oh my Bees?: Okay well, I imagine these were those other subforums to get into, right? I know Bonobo found how to solve the thread but we don't think he's the one who grabbed it. We thought maybe Lindsays had it, but if not, Dave. Cuz me and T/H did not get to it. Bard: these were pretty different from the last subforum thing in the last round. plus this was a public grab for the idol. And there's 3 more pieces? but over here *ahem* >_> <_< i found a portion of the idol. so that kinda protects the idol from forming i think. Bees?: It was pretty different, that is true. I was just theorizing, ya know? But there are 3 more so hmmm. Oh! Well good work Very proud of you. Bard: Im thinkin that the 4 pieces are the one dark rey has, plus the one from each of the last round's tribes. a four part idol feels darn near useless but as people get voted out, the chance that it becomes a full idol increases. holy crap Bees?: It read like that anyways, yeah. So you may just be sitting on an idol waiting to be hatched, that's exciting! I appreciate you telling me Bard: well there's 4 pieces. thats gonna take some time to widdle down and frankly i dont know dark rey or anyone else who's got em! but also i should get back to you. HI BEEs. is me anxious as fuck bard back at it again with them white vans. Grogu has already come at me pretty hard SO I GUESS We'll see how that goes. eff thats not a pm i wanna get back to right now. i stopped responding to grogu a few hours before tc ended so im guessin he aint liking that. ranger generally seems to play it calm and cool. but idk either here. even though he came back a few days ago we've all been sorta peaced out and havent exchanged a hell of a lot. my understanding is that he spent time with grogu on an exile and then popped back into the game (where they had the choice of which tribe to go to). I know maggie was disheartened about the lindsays vote, but thats probably not too surprising. my impression is that they might have been one of her closer allies. i havent talked to dave quite yet but im sure I'll hit him up for some cheap nuggies. but yeah the plagius round was weirdly simple. we were just anxiious about an idol between maggie and plagius. plagius was SUPER confident in his position and basically didnt pm in favour of watching and memeing about the $gme stock stuff?? Literally thats what 90% of our PMs were about. and theres only 10 of them. the idol that maggie played was just nothin really. she kept it a secret from everyone and used it for protection Bees?: True. You're the first person I heard about any items from in fact, so there's also that. Hi Bard <3 I know that anxiety feel, I'm made of it today. Oh neato, what did he say to you? For me his first PM was him quoting my confrontation to him about all the shit during the TC but he changed the wording around to read that it was about me voting him out, and then followed it up with a "jk, imagine if I actually meant that tho lmao" so that's how it be. I haven't PMed him since we sorta agreed to ignore each other. And I don't intend to pick that PM chain anytime soon either. Interesting. So wait, you're telling me Grogu CHOSE to be on the tribe with me? That fucker. I hate that. I hate that so much. Yeah, I'm not surprised by that either. I know they were close, and I can't blame her for being sad. But Lindsays was always going to be a vote in somebody's pocket, and I'd rather have less of those in merge tbh was part of my thinking. Dave is really cool, but mak sure you call him Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy's if you want deals on nuggs. Ah, whelp. That's a bit awk. Why would you just sit there and not contribute? So weird. I don't blame Maggie playing that idol for protection, especially considering there's that chance that we went right into a merge or something then. Then you could guarantee it was out of commission for a round. And it's not like you could sit on anyways. Bard: items are effed. why must there be so much complexity. we got quarter idols we got prime number idols we got friggen two people gettin immunity. plus TC. plus we're going back to tribes. plus whatever the hell comes next. Grogu said he feels like he's being gaslighted! Thats a darn ugly term to see thrown out but here we are WELCOME TO THE SHIPWRECK. it was pretty short at least? i mean it's something anyways. it hasnt gone past that but he sent another that was ranting about no one fessing up to the tribal and everyone is sayin that no one said a name and honestly i am getting lost all over again. im just gonna leave any kinda response as a tomorrow problem at this point. UH YEAH he did choose that but im guessing he might have been seeking shelter with the tribe that had less people that voted him out. im so sorry for your luck there >_> that fuckin sucks im tryin to get to know Dave. i connected with maggie alright back on the last tribe so im wonderin if he and maggie are gonna be a unit comin in here. they seem somewhat fond of each other. also legit already asked him for a 10pc nug to not tell anyone what's really in the beef at wendys (its not bees donw worry, nor the abstract concept of bees). but yeah here we are. i have barely been piecing this together but the droids pitched to me a while back that we should hook up. im still pretty down for that if you are. that grogu tribal was legitimately the biggest bonding experience of this whole damn thing. Bees?: Don't you want flexibility? Don't you want to have so many ideas about items that you run into analysis paralysis? Isn't that the ideal? For the last little bit I've just been that one Ben Affleck picture while he's smoking? I'm just resigned to stress. Mm of course he does. Droids had said that that was what Grogu was doing too, so it's not the first time this word has come around. Oh my god, are we still doing that thing where we tell him what he wants to hear? cuz that's half of the problem from that round and why it was so ugly and messy. It's definitely a tomorrow problem, I say looking at the PM he sent me 3 days ago which I have not responded to. I suppose that makes sense. There was more of a chance of revenge even, so I can't blame him really, not really. It is what it is I suppose. Well, considering Lindsays is gone, I don't know that Maggie has too many friends that aren't from Dark Olive. I had heard that she was part of who called the shots over on.. whatever the opposite of Maroon was, I forget, was it purple? Fuck man these tribe colour names have been real hard to keep track of. Last round I actually was able to sort it out. It's definitely not bees, no, but it could be honey. I would be into that, yeah. I like you a lot and that and I'll take anybody that makes me laugh on the regular over other options. Bard: oh god youre me at the grogu tribal. there was two hours at the start of that tc where i just got so unreasonably stressed that i wouldn't look at the forum after results. when i finally checked in all hell had broken loose and maybe my stress was validated?? dont u love valid stress. im not quite there right now but im positive it could crop up!! Ok so grogu thing seems to be the biggest common thread in all of this shipwreck shit so far. ive got people askin me what went on and all the fun stuff. i think i was probably the most out to lunch on that vote so its hard to answer >_> i still gotta respond to the lil alien thing and half of me would rather crawl in a hole and not think about it. i have barely heard from t/h on grogu tho. lile everyone from maroon has been chattin about it but him. i guess its a clustereff right now but still right now i think maggie is a half decent contact for me but its also untested. one tribel where they played a tc isnt a great way to test the waters. with the lindsays gone shes gonna have to work her position back up. shes got the benefit of being active overnight so she could piece together whatever happened in those first 4 hours. im guessing she will have a good view of the gamestate also are u expecting me to rememver tribe names??? i just tried to make a list of everyone left and i had 10 names down. AND I REMEMEBRED THE RETURNEES. im a mess holy fuck (and i may have forgotten about t/hs existence whoops). the droids have already come to me wanting to with with me and you. we talked about it back on the last tribes actually. i think the last pm you sent was where i was like "oh fuck ok yeah im FEELIN it" god i wanted to respond so hard. hows the day goin so far here? im just comin in and hopin to get caught up on whatever grogu is stirrin up today Bees?: Babe, I've been like that re everything to deal with Grogu since that TC started. My brain just screams and refuses to do the think things. So that's how it's going for me. I do love valid stress, but I also hate valid stress? Cuz it's like OH GOOD, SO I HAD A REASON TO SCREAM, NEAT. I'm not surprised by that at all. Like, of course it was going to be the focal point here. I was in the dead middle of it, and I am not even sure what the fuck happened man. Oh hey, it's me with the last PM he sent me 3 days ago. I have in fact done that, and maybe that's the bad choice but fuck it, I'm not unmaking that choice. If I need to talk to him, I will, but I don't need to yet. T/H actually noped out of that round too. Like, they were there at the start, but then they actually logged out of the board for a little bit, and left Grogu on read. They said they had like 4 unanswered PMs at one point. But they've also not been super around this round, I've actually seen Tortoise more than twice, it's been surreal. That is also fair, yeah. I do like Maggie, she's sweet. She definitely is going to have to work hard, but I don't think she's one to count out at all. She probably would have the best view of what's going on. Yes clearly, I expect you to be notetaker man, your only job. Haha, at least you didn't forget them. Gold star. Poor T/H. I was so sad I couldn't keep talking to you, it hurt man. Nobody else is both a ball of anxiety and also the chillest mfer around, like nah, I need that energy in my life. It's been both slow and also overwhelming, so that's been a time. You'll have to tell me what Grogu is stirring, cuz I don't wanna touch it. I've already had to explain more than I've wanted to. Bard: HEY bit of a shorter one but i wanted 2 not ditch for 24 full hours (oops). kitty emergency tho grogu seems to be chillin out actually. he's told me that he's lookin for that whole storyline to bury down. now does that mean hes comin out swingin here or what? t/h seems to be interested in goin at dark rey possibly but he hasnt hard locked that idea down maggie aint one to count out, people are givin good reviews all round. seems shes walkin into a comfier spot with lotsa options with he big ally gone. UGH im sad too and i wish we were in a space with less people so we could shhoot the shit (come on mods, social distancing). we need a big destressing day that'd be great. massages and pina coladas all round how does that sound? Bees?: Hey it's okay. Is your cat okay? Give them pets for me, would you? Yeah, we actually talked a bit today too, and sorta like figured out a middle ground so I think we're good? Idk. I do think he doesn't wanna dredge up shit either. I wonder if his idea about Dark Rey is because it's known she picked up that idol piece? Of the previously voted out people though, she seems to be doing the best in communication, idk. Oh that I know. I would never count her out. She's charming, very much so. Having an obvious pair broken up usually helps the person who sticks around. God, same. I would like that immediately. It's been far too long since I've had a good massage. Bard: trying to get in has been fff impossible helo and good evening and at the end of this i will say good night!! my kitty is all good just gotta not jump from high places cuz hes older now and no mr kitty you cant do that anymore. hes ok. my wallet less so but hes my precious bean its all good middle ground is where we wanna be hell yea and it seems like this vote isnt like a grogu vs the world kinda thing. im hearing dark rey and cleric. kinda feelin more on the voting cleric out side of things tho. tomorrow is gonna be a lot of crap to figure out and i will give u a run down of what im thinkin for tribes! i gotta sleep and come back at this with the ol whiteboard and actually figure out what the heck Bees?: Lol hi friend. I was hoping you'd have a chance to get to me before bed, and I am happy you did <3 Okay good. No Mr Kitty, the jumps are not for you, stop it. Give him many many pets please, and also scolding. Oh yeah, middle ground is the ideal. It isn't that kind of deal, no. Which is good, because I'm not ready to revisit that bullshit again, no ma'am. I hadn't heard Dark Rey actually, but more Cleric or Monk. But I'm really indifferent. I do think Dark Rey is actually trying though, and I kind of wanna let her for a little, ya know? But I'll do whatever. Oh for sure. Droids did give me a bit of what they were thinking re tribes, so I have a bit of an idea of what they're thinking at least, would be very interested in hearing what you're thinking too Yeah, enjoy your sleep, we'll talk more tomorrow Bard: heyo! good morning i hope today is beautiful and youre ready for an adventure! ive been tossin out the idea if a cleric vote but i dunno how much traction its actually been getting. the returnees arent gonna do that clearly. and dave has told me he doesnt want to do a cleric vote. maggie has said she is willing but not jumping for it. i have not broached it with ranger yet. so im not sure if its something that will go through. have you heard much re the vote today? also for the tribes! i dont know if droids have sent you what we are thinking but heres the list tribe 1 bard ranger avo monk dave bonbon tribe 2 droids bees grogu t/h maggie dark rey cleric of course all depending in who gets voted out. Bees?: If an adventure means I have actual content in my PMbox, then yes please. I've heard that Cleric is a possibility, I've heard Monk equally as much. And yeah, I did hear that Dave doesn't really want to do a Cleric vote. I'll be honest, of the two, I'd also prefer a Monk vote. I have heard very little about the vote, I think everybody has been waiting for you all to decide the vote as well as tribes. Nobody has wanted to risk having the target of putting a name out there. It's all been waiting from most people. Yeah that's about how I figured it would play out. I would say your tribe doesn't quite look like you have anybody in a position where you're okay to vote for them though. I could also be wrong, I'm just saying, it looks like you got a lot of people you'd be cool with and friends with, and that any TC you'd visit would be hard. But they do look fairly balanced outside of that. And I don't think there's any sort of super obvious majority build anywhere. Bard: I know you'd prefer a monk vote but i think he might be crucial for me in this lil tribal phase coming up. I'd really prefer to have him in. Cleric on the other hand is being mainly defended by Dave and I'm worried that Cleric could be more harmful in the long run than Monk. Theyre both pretty small potatoes in it all since theyre both not highly communicative, but they are power in someone's hands. As for the tribe im takin, yah its gonna make it tough. BUT i think it's workable. im actually considering the possibility of letting monk (or cleric if they stay) go on that tribe. but with this vote being up in the air i dont even know what the right strat is gonna be. we also have no idea what further twists theyll throw in either. dear lord i hope you get more content in your pm inbox. ugh waiting. im waiting for my boss to tell me to eff off for the day (this was supposed to be a half day!!! and its almost 4!!) Bees?: Hey that's totally fine, I getchu. They are pretty small potatoes, you're not wrong. I don't think anyone is going to be truly mad however it goes. I think Cleric being very new, doesn't really know what they need to do in order to do better. That is very fair. We don't know what else there will be, so it could be anything. A double TC could happen immediately, I think planning just in case of that is your best bet. Mm not really. It's just been people not wanting to make much decisions. Oh that's terrible, I hope you get to go home soon! Bard: I am actually at home today! It's a work from home, which has partially caused a couple lil fires to put out at the office, but we're getting through! I'm running on wildly high adrenaline from dealing with work and then coming back here MY WORDS PER MINUTE IS SO UNUSUALLY HIGH RIGHT NOW Anyways, enough of that odd energy i just gave out. Damn, Cleric told me early on he isn't new, but maybe he's trying to cover up a bit out of nerves. It certainly feels like they don't have much of a grasp on things. They just suggested voting Maggie to me and that just feels so very out of touch with everything going on so far. I've left them a couple of comments on bulkin' up those PMs but I don't want to try and tell someone how to play, just nudges in a right direction ya know? Bees?: Lol okay, well here's to hoping you get to get to the part of your day where you don't need to be in pants. Haha, but I like your weird energy. And I'm sad my dose of it has been so small again Well, he said he played once before, so he isn't "new" but he's new. And nerves are probably a factor. Oh god no, why Maggie? That's an out of left-field choice. Poor dears. Definitely giving nudges to be like "okay give people hooks yeah?" is about all you can do. Bard: LMAO my main comment was literally "you gotta hook people in dude" and "gotta reciprocate PM size as best you can". I left it at those but i think theyd be much better served in a not complex game. I know the mods were desperate for people tho (i really didnt wanna play this tbh! i havent in years and fuck i thought this was something i wasnt gonna revisit buT NOW WE'RE IN THE SHIT NOW) I'm so sorry I want to give out a big ol dose of ENERGY but this is wild energy. Possibly magic. Im scared of it i must be careful. i hope you're good today though! im more and more excited to only have to deal with a smaller tribe and not have a million PMs. once upon a time i could keep up with it. that time is long gone. Bees?: Haha, it's like the main social game advice, gotta have a hook. Otherwise who is going to want to deal with you? Like come on. I think you're right, they needed a more normal game. But I do know mods were looking at almost needing to redesign to be smaller. So like, hey, good on people for trying anyways. Well I for one am very glad you revisited this It's all good, wild energy is fun though. Well, I'm alright. I keep trying to finish work but I'm being swept up in PMs, it's horrible. Smaller tribes will be amazing, I want so much. This is just stress honestly, but I guess it's partly fun? Maybe?? |
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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 6, 2021 22:00:10 GMT
Monk|A Monk and a bunch of bees walk into a bar.. Bees: I don't know how the rest of the joke goes, but I wanted to come say hi. It's nice to meet you It sounds like you went through the wringer to get here so kudos on doing so. Monk: hey! sorry for not messaging earlier, theres so many people to message and im a little bit overwhelmed with it all. And yeah the hole wasnt exactly fun, but at least im out of it now. How are you? Bees?: Hey that's okay That's why I wanted to reach out to you, just to make sure I didn't miss out on messaging you at all during the chaos of this round. I don't mind if you take a while to answer me back, it's all okay. Shipwrecks are overwhelming, you're not wrong. The hole sounded terrible from what Rey and Cleric have said. I'm doing alright, trying to keep busy but not too busy, just buzzing through life, ya know Monk: thanks, and yeah the hole kinda sucked, I signed up to play survivor not big brother!!!! for all we know the flat people are playing like the mole or something. Bees?: I guess when the game said Barely Survivor, they meant it. The thought of a Mole twist in a survivor game both enrages and intrigues me. Monk: yeah this game is incredibly confusing. so hows the game been on your end so far? Bees?: Well hopefully it's something which can be figured out eventually! The game has been interesting to say the least. There's been some easy rounds, some hard rounds, some confusing rounds. It's also been hard to predict what was going to happen next which can make planning really hard too. I'd say overall it's been good? I just never know what is going to be thrown at us next. Monk: Sorry my school got hacked. And yeah this game has been confusing as hell so far, and I doubt that will change with this vote. Bees?: I'm sorry, your school got hacked? What? That's crazy. Things okay? Yeah probably not. Nobody is even naming names at this point, so your guess is as good as mine how this shakes down. Monk: Its not that big of a deal, for me it just means I cant use the wifi. More effects the system more than anything else, which doesnt matter to me right now. The only name ive heard, is Grogu and even then its as a possibilty so ive got no clue on how thats about to play out. Bees?: Oh ugh, that sounds annoying. I hope it gets fixed soon Huh, I haven't heard that name at all actually. Was it just someone theorizing who might possibly be a target? Monk: Yeah it was, and tbh it makes sense if they are known to of lied? Which apparently is the story. Bees?: Oh, yeah I suppose that would make sense. I mean, lying is just inherently part of Survivor. I think it's more that particular round was a doozy. Though I don't think anyone is actually looking to do any sort of followup from that round during this vote. But I am honestly unsure, it's been that kind of quiet. Monk: ive also heard dark rey as a target. what do you think of that? Bees?: I didn't hear Rey as a target, but I've heard Cleric. I've liked Rey, she's nice. Didn't you vote with her at your last TC? Monk: Im now hearing myself, due to me coming from the hole and sending more brief messages than alot of other people. Im kinda nervious right now about that, particulary as ive just woken up, to find that im most likely the current vote. Bees?: It's definitely between you and Cleric. I don't know which way anyone is actually leaning cuz nobody has really strong feelings. But yeah, your one-liners are a lot of the push. Monk: I do get it, and it is something im working on to do better at, my social play is not very good by any means what so ever. If you can consider voting cleric, that would be great. I don't need an answer on it, regardless of which way you vote. I think this round people also dont want to make big moves, incase the people they target dont die and end up on the same tribe. I guess people just think ill be a realtively easy boot. Bees?: I think all anyone can ask of you is that you try. And that's usually all anybody really needs. I am weighing the options, yes. I don't know which way I want to go if I'm being honest. You're both on the lower end of conversations for me. I don't have any active desire to see either of you leave though. Yes, that is exactly what's happening. Knowing a swap is instantly happening via draft, you need to be careful so you don't have anybody upset at you once we're in closer quarters. I think you being away from the game due to being voted out means you have less people with you, so less people will be angry if you leave. And I think that's the driving force for any votes here. It's the fallout after the vote people are thinking about. Monk: Thanks for being honest at least. Im hearing things that I know are 100% false and its driving me crazy. Like I understand you have to lie, but at least make up a good one haha. At this point im just going around talking to people and trying to see where the line in the sand is about to be drawn. Yeah this definitely isnt a good round for the hole people to enter the main game at all, if it was an actual merge or even just a tribe I swap, I think there would of been a little room for movement overall. I guess I do need to be on a large disadvantge, due to already being voted out once already. Bees?: The way I see it, it doesn't cost me anything to be honest to you. Like, it's not like you don't know you're an option here, nobody is trying to blindside here. There's no reason to lie about it. Like sure, lying is part of the game, but it should really only be part of it when it's smart to, otherwise just be honest. I don't really know that this is a line in the sand situation, it might just be a coinflip for some people. Which, sorry, but I think that's what this round is. Nope, it really isn't. Like, you should have been allowed to have chances to interact with us before now. Returnees are typically screwed, but this feels more screwed than usual. Which, if it does end up being you in the end, I'm sorry for that. Even if it's not, sorry you were ven part of the "easy vote" conversation. Monk: Yeah I agree with that, lying should be used to help you, not just at a whim because you dont want your target (who chances are already knows) to know that you are voting them, when either they will be voted out, or stay in the game and know that you voted them. From where I see it, Dave is hardpushing me, because ive heard from people that cleric and dave are close. Im doing the numbers in my head, and if im not being lied to by everyone, I think its close to a 50/50 split currently. And eh i mean there does have to be an uphill battle for being voted out I guess , it wouldnt be fair to the others otherwise if I got to go back into the game after being voted out while everyone stayed here and played a game which was alot more demanding, than what we were playing down in the hole. Bees?: Exactly. I also think that being honest is a super good tool to have in your inventory, well timed truth can help a lot more than lies too. Dave does seem to have an opinion about the vote, yes. I don't know if it's a strong opinion or just, if you were to ask him, that's his choice. I don't know that they're super close or just of those from your former tribe, Cleric is the only one Dave has made headway with. 50/50 sounds about what I'm hearing too. Monk: Honesty is what basically formed all my bonds this game. Im an incredibly straight shooter, I say what I mean, and I dont go around plotting all game. I do understand alot of the time it does come across as incredibly blunt or even just like im not putting in enough effort, which im trying to fix. Dave is definitely the leader behind my vote, ive heard it from others and Dave is not responding to me at all. Dave certainly has made a tighter bond with Cleric than any of the other returnees, although ive heard far different stories, about how tight that bond actually is. Bees?: So you're the sort that is always honest, to a fault even? Well I don't think that's why people don't think you're putting in effort. But rather more of a case where if you aren't actually talking about much of anything, then it's a bit of like, what are you even doing? I will say that you are doing a good job of actually talking to me about what you're thinking and what you see is happening now that I like and tend to value. Didn't Dave say something about being busy with work today? Where'd you hear that Dave and Cleric have tight bonds? I hadn't actually heard that confirmed, just people having suspicions that that's the case. Cleric certainly hasn't indicated anything like that, Dave neither. It's not impossible that it's the truth, I just haven't heard that and I am curious where you have. Monk: Cleric mentioned liking dave from what I remember when I was speaking to them about it. Ive heard rumors of it as well, from people I think I can trust about it? Rumors are just Rumors though so its not 100% Did Dave say that in tribe chat? I havent heard that at least. Have you gotten any messages from them at all? As a sidenote from what I can tell the vote is swinging over to cleric? Its definitely going to be somewhat close though. Bees?: It's mostly rumors I've noticed. That people think that something is the case, and then someone takes somebody saying that to mean that it must be a thing happening. It was either in TC chat or the tribe one, yeah. I haven't heard from him since this morning. I think it was always going to be close. Monk: cleric and Dave are definitely close according to what ive just been told by cleric. And yeah ive seen it, at least that means there is a far lower likelihood that they are just ignoring me. And yeah I think theres going to be very little difference in vote numbers here, it certainly wouldn't surprise me if we got a 7/6 vote or something like that Bees?: Ah okay. Well then. And yeah, I don't think he's just ignoring. That doesn't seem to be his style. He is usually just less active until a little before Deadline, from what I recall, so i don't think it's indicative of anything. Something like that, I don't even know if it's going to be that close. We'll have to see. Monk: I do know bard is pushing to save me here. Which is certainly helping a bit. And alright, ill just wait to see Dave at deadline then, thanks for telling me. I will be around from now until deadline, just to see whats going on around, and ill tell you what I hear. Bees?: I guess you're close to Bard then? Or is that just since you've met up here? Yeah of course I don't think he's ignoring you specifically or anything. I'll be here, though I'm trying to finish off my work day. And I appreciate that. Monk: Closeish? Not incredibly close but close enough for bard to want me in the game over cleric. Bees?: That was the impression I had, yeah. I wasn't sure if I was reading that wrong, and like not voting for you to stay would make Bard grumpy or something, ya know? Monk: I would be grumpy if you voted for me to go over cleric  And really if I wanted to have any chance this round, I needed to forgive the people who voted me out to be begin with, otherwise they would just vote me right back out. Bees?: Haha, I know. I'm still unsure, cuz you've both actually been stepping it up since you became aware it could be either of you. Which, sorry, but, just call us made of Honestbee. Yeah that's very true and smart. Why were you voted out in the first place? was it just less connection/talking or something else? Monk: little bit of inactivity combined with me being allied with the tribe overplayer (snow leopard) combined with DnD being the only group that hadnt lost a member since the first vote at that point. there was someone more inactive on the tribe but noone wanted DnD to take control and I was seen as an easy boot due to my stance on the previous round. |
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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 8, 2021 2:20:05 GMT
Ranger|[insert relevant Aragorn joke here] Bees?: Hello, it is nice to meet you finally in person. I've heard good things about you Ranger: ah, bees! I've raised several bee colonies as part of my ranger training. Did you know the bees featured in the hit dreamworks animated film directed by jerry seinfeld were raised by me, in the art of acting? Bees?: I did not! That explains why they were so well trained. We have you to thank for that masterpiece it would seem. How you been? Ranger: Indeed! I'm known for being one of the best at training any animal species. My dad, however, was even better. Those bees that ate nic cage? those were from his colony! I've been decent. The games' definitely thrown me for a loop or two with all these twists and turns. How have you been doing? Bees?: Oh wow, those were our heroes growing up! That maybe one day we would get to grow up to eat somebody's face. Wow, I feel so honoured to be speaking to the son of the trainer. The game has been very intense, yes. More so than I thought we were going to get. I'd say I've been survivin, dunno about thrivin. Hoping for good upward momentum. Ranger: Those were some excellent bees, yes. Some of the best bees I've ever known. I met them growing up, they told me the secret to stinging people in the face...is to have a stinger at all. I expected something goofy but this game sure has been on another level or three. I don't think anybody's really thrivin, but at least we're still here. Feels like a long way to go yet. Bees?: *takes notes furiously* Oh is that all? Why, we could even manage that! That's so inspiring!! Thank you for your words of wisdom. Really should have taken them at their word when they said this was Barely survivor, whoops. The more you know! Are you also drowning under all of these PMs? Ranger: No problem, no problem. Thank the bees, for they are the true wise ones. Lol yeah, I guess it also fits the ''unsafe working environment'' theme they have going here. I feel like we should call OSHA. Barely have my head afloat. Good thing I brought my Ranger Scuba Mask. Bees?: I thank the bees every single day. I have more than one post in my confessional complaining about OSHA regulations being broken. There are so many violations here, it's unreal. How did they even get funding for this place? Do they come in bee sizes do you know? Ranger: I wonder if the moderators here will listen? Probably not, and they're likely bribing all the law enforcement to keep hushed. Such is life. I think they're funding it by siphoning out our souls and selling them on craigslist. They come in sizes for any animal! Need to go swimming with my bee colonies sometimes, you know. Bees?: Maybe if you ask them really really nicely? I haven't tried that yet and that might be the big problem with it all! Maybe this is one of those Danganronpa situations where we're just off in an area that nobody knows we're even here. Have we even seen anyone from the outside? I don't think the spectators count, they're definitely in on this. Wait, you had a soul before this? Oh no... Perfect! I need a way to explore the ocean. Ranger: Hmm, Sesame Street did teach me that the magic word is please. Maybe you're on to something. Hmm, mayhaps. Or maybe they even know we're in here and they're trying to get in to save us. Or maybe even the construction site is secretly on the moon. Who knows? I actually didn't, I sold my soul so in 10 years the hell hounds will attack me and I'll be able to add them to my resume of befriended animals. There's much adventure to find in the sea! I actually once tamed a shark, though I had to release him back into the wild because the giant tank I bought for him broke in transportation. Bees?: Please does do all sorts of wonders. As does a stern voice. Mixing the two is truly magic. Oh hm, maybe that is what is going on. Interesting thought. It could be on the moon, that wouldn't surprise me. But how will you be able to see them? Aren't they largely invisible? Or are these different kind of hellhounds? Well, now I want to consider the idea of bee pirates. Oh that's unfortunate, what was his name? Ranger: A stern voice saying please does sound like it would grab anybody's attention. That's like, the giant sword of words. People start respecting you when you use it. This place sure does have moon-level safety precautions. Ah ha, see, that's why I have to sell my soul, you can see if them they're after you. Jabberwock! He's doing well now, I hear he's in a band. Bees?: How could you say no to that? You really can't. The sword is formed out of the letters for Please, right? That's how I pictured it anyways. It does feel very moonlike. Ah, well I will make a note of that for later. Excellent name. Do you mean like Jabberjaw? Do they tour together? Ranger: It's impossible. They say one man dared say no....he was never heard from again, i'm afraid. Now i'm imagining a sesame street skit where they use swords made out of words they're teaching kids, or something. Indeed! They don't tour together though they are close friends I believe. (outside the roleplay for a second, I legit meant jabberjaw but fucked up the name F) Bees?: That poor man, he should have known better. Crossing word swords, are they? Intriguing. Haha, I wondered about that. It did make me laugh a little when I realized you were making a reference but accidentally made another one instead. Speaking of dropping the roleplay and all, perhaps we should actually talk a little game maybe? I'd certainly like to have a sense of what you're thinking this round anyways. Ranger: A moment of silence: f Jabberwock is the name of the island in danganronpa 2 and i think you mentioned danganronpa earlier so that got me confuzzled, probably. I want a lawyer you can't prove anything. Not going to lie, Bees, i'm a bit stressed today and just want people to make the target and i'll follow along with it. Just as long as the target isn't me, of course. Bees?: F. Oh, so it is. I haven't played DR2, so I was unaware. Why prove anything when we can just trust in the feelings in our heart? I feel that. I think everybody is. If it makes you feel any better, nobody has talked about you in a need to vote out kind of way, so I think you're good. From what I can tell, it's coming down to like which of Cleric or Monk or even Rey people might be coolest with booting. Ranger: I BELIEVE IN THE HEART OF THE CARDS! no wait, that's yu-gi-oh.. Well, that does help me make me feel better. I can say the same for you, you're not a target here unless i'm being completely hoodwinked. Hm, that does sound likely. Most of them were out of the game for weeks. Bees?: Anything can be Yu-Gi-Oh if you believe hard enough. I think that's how it works... That's good. Glad to hear it Yeah most of them were, and they're kinda showing a bit of why they were voted out in the first place. Cleric said something about this being their first actual chance to play Survivor, they were voted out really early in the only other game they played. I don't really know where Monk is at as he is King of Oneliners. And also not really being around. Rey I think is actually not being discussed. Ranger: Gotta feel bad for cleric, getting booted early a bunch is never fun for anyone. Yeah, I've gotten a few recent messages that makes me think rey is off the table as a boot option. Monk and Cleric are coming up a bunch right now. Monk was always the king of oneliners way back on those first two tribes lol guess he hasn't learned his lesson yet. You care either way who goes? Bees?: Oh yeah for sure, that does suck. And like, unless someone takes an interest in helping you out, you're not really going to have a chance to improve, right? Oh yeah, I haven't heard rey since last night and that was a quick "maybe? nah" moment. It's only Monk and Cleric right now. It does seem Monk hasn't learned anything, nope. And Cleric didn't really get a chance to learn from anything cuz they were a first boot, right? If it were up to me, I'd vote for Monk. Merely on the grounds that he's had much longer of a chance to actually improve and Cleric has not, and I wanna give that chance, ya know? But that being said, I'm not going to be upset if Cleric goes home. I'm not invested, just from my perspective, I'd rather give a shot to somebody who hasn't had one really yet. Ranger: Hmm, good point there. But alas, hard to help people improve like right in the middle of a major tribal council, you know what i mean? I think Cleric is like brand spanking new to this whole thing so maybe he'll be like, willing to go with anything, you know what i mean? just kind of a wildcard. Monk i'm not sure, he's probably new-ish to this whole thing as well. Hmm, not a bad point, though technically they both had equal opportunity to improve considering the big brother thing that was apparently happening behind the scenes. Then again, i get the impression that wasn't exactly high speed gameplay happening, either. Bees?: I mean yeah, you're not wrong. You're really not. I definitely follow what you mean. I guess with Monk he still feels like a wildcard in that I have no connection to the man so what he could actually be thinking ever is a mystery to me. He might be new, it's true. Well, they did have the Big Brother thing, yeah. But I think all of the early boots were people who weren't connecting well or good at communication, so does that really count if everyone is bad? Idk. But Monk had 2 tribes before Big Brother-a-palooza, Cleric instantly went from first boot to there. I'm just weighing the options from my perspective, that's all. I don't begrudge anyone for voting differently or disagreeing. That don't bother me. Ranger: Yeah, yeah that's fair. Monk's not to world's most talkative man, I suppose that's fitting for a monk really. So even I don't really know what he truly thinks and I think he likes me more than most lol. Yeah, that's typically how early boots go, so when you put a bunch of them together it's not going to turn into survivor cagayan or something exciting like that lol. i wonder if any of them even talked to each other. But yeah, that's valid, bees. Really this is just gonna come down to personal preference as neither of them are exactly who people want to drag all the way to the end, and whoever survives will likely be out soon as well. Bees?: No, no he's not. I guess it tracks, but I didn't want that kind of character roleplay. True enough, but can you imagine if it was like Cagayan all up in there, and they all agreed to pretend like they weren't capable of that kind of play? Can you imagine the mind fuckery? I had the impression they did sorta talk to each other? Maybe not much, but like, some. It seems like everyone is voting according to personal preference which sure, that's fine I guess? Better than like, complete consensus of "nah we hate that guy". You're absolutely right. I don't expect the person who lived to make it much farther, which is sad. Ranger: Lol, me neither. It's probably not intentional roleplay either so that makes it funnier at least. LOL, that would be an incredible twist. Hey, they tied in their last vote as a tribe so maybe something more exciting was going on there than we think. I'm sure they did a little bit, but the impression i got was that they were just weeding out inactives the entire time. Hm, I guess it is better morally though i'd always take a slam dunk vote over an up in the air split, though this one won't be so bad considering who the people in the split are. Bees?: Oh it's definitely not intentional. The impression I have is that Monk is just a no-nonsense type of dude. Like he's pure blunt honesty at all times. Which I guess makes him easy to read in a different sort of way. That is true, they did tie it up last time. So that part was exciting at least? But yeah, that's all I heard that it was all boot inactives or overplayers, that was it. On the plus side though, it does mean if either of them has an idol, we know who will go home instead. Ranger: Yeah, I see that. There's certainly some merit to that type of personality but it's not really one that's going to be winning tons of survivor games anytime soon. Who knows! Maybe it was the greatest tribal council this world has ever seen...or maybe it only tied because they fucked up LOL. True, if an idol is whipped out we can be assured it's not us going to the gallows, it's one of them. So we're pretty much guaranteed that next round. Bees?: True enough. Though idk, we've had some less than flashy winners before. It's not impossible. Maybe it was! Maybe it was filled with chaos and intrigue. But it kinda sounds like it wasn't. True, an idol isn't going to hurt us, not really. So I'm okay with whichever. Dave Dave: That is a really good point. I think everybody in this game chose to treat the title as a metaphor and not, you know, a literal description of what we got. There are a lot of design setup stuff that's subjective and I won't begrudge the mods for making this game the way they want it to be, but there is one thing they are not doing that I cannot forgive them for messing up. The logo at the top of the board should see the state of construction advance stage by stage each round. That would be a cool flavor thing. Honorable mention for things they should for flavor is more of those Geocities gifs saying "THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!" and then maybe a hidden idol clue awarded for signing their guestbook. Bees?: Honestly, I took it to mean that we'd get more tieins like Big Brother or Endurance like stuff tossed in, maybe not full Reality Show X, but you know elements from other things. I wasn't expecting something begging me to give MLS another shot. Yeah a lot of design is subjective and they are doing their best. The lack of changing logos is a complete oversight, you're completely right. God, I didn't need that Geocities flashback. We're old Dave. How has life been treating you friend? Dave: It's actually been really good! My boss approved a vacation request for March so I'm looking forward to that. A lot of people request Spring Break week off which means naturally a lot of those requests get rejected. But if you don't care about that? A week earlier or later and nobody bats an eye. My grandpa has a small cabin on a lake so a few college buddies and I are going to have a fishing weekend. I know we shouldn't be meeting up with the pandemic but all of us have been good about quarantine and honestly it's been over a year since I've done any social stuff at all so we're all willing to take the risk. How about yourself? What's the buzz over in your neck of the woods? Survivor MLS was so bad. I remember getting a spec account halfway through the game, logging on, and then five minutes later saying "Fuck this" and ignored the game until the reveal. Oh it turns out a gigabee is a real thing. It's a Chinese walkie-talkie.  I like my imagination version better. Upon further review the full name is the "Xiaomi Beebest Gigabee Walkie-Talkie". So it's two bee puns for the price of one! Now that's what I call a value menu. Bees?: Oh that's great! That sounds like it'll be a fantastic time Fishing weekends at a cabin sounds fun, though I'm more about the cabin than I am the fishing. Love a good cabin. Same old really. I'd say things are solidly okay. Nothing too exciting, but nothing particularly bad either. Waiting for it to warm up more cuz I am very sick of cold and snow. I don't even think I logged in more than once, including the reveal. It definitely set the bar for the need for truth in advertising, that's for sure. Huh. At least it's kinda cute? Also it's a walkie-talkbee, thank you. Dave: I'm not big on the whole sporting-aspect of fishing myself but I do like being out in nature. Also, it's been said that fishing is an excuse to drink beer in a boat with your friends, and I can't possibly say no to that. Walkie-talkbie is a great name. I can see why that technology replaced CBee radio. Bees?: I do like being out on a boat, that part is fun. Can't say I've done the beer aspect of it, as I'm not really a beer drinker. Hanging out with friends is always a yes. Well yeah, CBees aren't super portable. That's the first downside. Gotta have something you can bring with you on the fly. Dave: Hi Bees! I'm meeting a whole bunch of new people right now so I'm putting The Red Tribe on the backburner for a moment but you will always bee in my thoughts. Enjoy the shipwreck! Bees?: Hi Dave <3 Sounds like your PM box is buzzing a lot more than mine is. I hope you enjoy all of that though The only new person I've gotten to talk with so far is Cleric, and they seem chill. I never do, but thanks for the wellwishes nonetheless. Dave: How is it already midnight? These shipwrecks are exhausting. I agree that Cleric is nice. And Ranger doesn't want to murder me after all so that's good news. Thinking of D&D classes made me think of a joke. What road do you take to ...Bees?'s house? The Apiary-an Way! Bees?: I feel that in my soul. I kind of noped out of it and I have very few regrets about doing so if I'm being honest. Oh that's good! I had the impression that he was being fairly chill about everything so maybe you lucked out. Oh my god, Dave. That is both the best and worst joke I've heard all day.(It's also the first joke of the day for me) Dave: I fear Bonobo has it beat, that meme made me laugh so hard. Looking forward to the tribe draft later? As tempting as going for immunity is I'm not sure if I want to be in the position of drafting people. Bees?: Yeah that was amazing. He's hilarious. God, no. Like, I kind of want immunity, but fuck having to draft a tribe. There's like an ideal way to draft a tribe, but you could look like you're purposefully trying to get certain people to vote out and that's a bad look. Or you don't take one your friends and they get pissy about it. It's a lot of responsibility and could blow up in your face. Do not want. Dave: I have just submitted the stupidest entry and will be shocked if I don't get second-to-last. I won't get last because I guarantee one person will just be all "I don't care, here's a coconut bra and that's it." Speaking of Bonobo I'm back on board with him. My desires last TC were less about him and more about really liking Lindsay if that makes sense. Bees?: I'm very excited. I also have an entry which is made of stupid and I've been laughing about it all morning. Which I think is how you should handle this challenge. Just go all out ridiculous. Yeah I completely understand that. I didn't blame you one bit for how you felt really. I didn't dislike Lindsays, just, she wasn't giving me the same spark she had at the start. Dave: I honestly wouldn't be surprised if we got one flat person back. We'll split into 6/6 at 12, probably lose two people, get a flat person back and have the real merge at 11. So there's a chance I'll see her again! Although honestly any non-Zero would be fine; I wasn't surprised he was first out of Lavender. I really want to send you my stupid picture but I'll let it be a surprise. It's funny, last night I was thinking of all these cool things I could do before realizing no, this challenge is a trap. And having won the roasts I think that fills my quota of trying on subjective challenges for this game. So besides shipwrecking what's happening in the hive today? Is it abuzz with activity? My day is boring and consists of watching Worst Cooks in America when my coworkers aren't in the room. Bees?: Yeah I think you're right. I don't think we're done getting returnees yet. That sounds reasonable. So of course that won't be what happens because this game doesn't follow any of those rules. I was not surprised he was gone either. I don't exactly miss him. Oh I don't have a single picture, I have the parts that go into the idea. And really I paint more of a picture with my words. I will say I was partly inspired by a joke you made, so you'll know it when you see it. It's also very clearly made by me and for me. The challenge is definitely a trap, so go dumb. I have gone extremely dumb and I have never been more pleased. And I can't wait for results. I've been watching a lot of Mock the Week in between PMs today. It snowed a lot, so I've stayed in which was ideal. I also decided that for lunch I was just going to make a whole tray of french fries, like an adult. Aside from that, it's kind of quiet, which is ideal. Dave: Well now I'm extra excited! I hope it was the Apiary-an Way. Gotta be living on the desert island with a beekeeper's hat and toga. My entry is also very, very obviously mine. I haven't watched a ton of Mock the Week but I get sent clips every now and then and enjoy what I see. In general I don't watch a lot of British stuff although I am a few seasons in to Taskmaster. I don't know if you've seen it but it has some of the best creative thinking I've ever seen on some of the challenges. This is from season 1, and they have to shoot a video that will look good in reverse. The tree wizard song is catchy as hell: Bees?: It was not. It was about honeybees in the ocean. That's all I will tell you. Are we talking like a sexy toga, or one of those that still covers everything and doesn't let you show off killer thighs? I watch a lot of British TV actually. I love the panel shows. !!! I LOVE TASKMASTER!! I Have watched all but 4 seasons I think it is? I've watched so many of them. I would love for someone to run a Taskmaster LSG ya know? That would be amazing. I think one of my favourite challenges was hide pineapple upon your person. Just the whole idea of it was hilarious. Seasons that are filled with disaster people are the best ones. James Acaster is a delight, no matter what he's doing. He's my favourite. Dave: If there's anything pop culture has taught me its that all desert islandwear has to be sexy unless it's one of those islands with a 5 foot radius and a single palm tree. That would be really cool! Would people be comfortable videotaping themselves though? I would sign up in an instant. My favorite disaster person is Nish Kumar because he tries so hard and is so terrible. When Greg pulled him aside and asked him "Do you really want to be here?" was the best. This isn't Taskmaster but the video I linked above reminded me of this video which may not be funny but is certainly more impressive than Tree Wizard: Bees?: Anything is sexy if you have the right attitude I mean there is that. But, there are a fair few games elsewhere that people play that solely are video so I think if people know it's a requirement upon signup, it's probably fine and doable? But so would I. Yes! Nish is a delightful disaster man. He shows up on Mock the Week a lot and is hilarious there too. I always love any time Greg uses his teacher voice on somebody. It's always a treat. Oh wow, that's amazing!!! Very impressive skill. Dave: I don't know, sometimes attitude isn't enough. I don't think there's anything the guy in the middle could have done:  Greg really is the perfect person to be the Taskmaster. The teacher voice, the attitude, the fact that he's a 6'7 mountain of a man - I haven't seen the American version but I'm not surprised it folded after one season without Greg at the helm. Do you have any good Nish clips from Mock the Week? Bees?: You know, you got a point. The fact you just had that on hand though, :chef'skiss: He really is. I also enjoy that he will make digs at himself even, and doesn't hold back there and that's great. He is such a big boi, and we stan. We don't talk about American adaptations of UK shows. 9 times out of 10, they miss the entire point that the original show was going for and why it was popular. That 1 time exception is The Office. I do in fact! Wheel of topics always gives some good results, and I like this one: Dave: I love that "what was cheerfully referred to in the script as "The Accent" part. It's fascinating in a terrible way how common that is where a character with that accent is played by an actor who was born and raised in the US (or UK) without an accent. Then you hear them in an interview or whatever and it's just complete auditory whiplash. I know The Office avoided that fate intentionally, Steve Carrell went out of his way to not expose himself to the source material because he didn't want to just do a Ricky Gervais impression. You are making me nostalgic for that show now. It tapered off at the end but the peaks were so incredibly high. And the lows of that awkward Scott's Tots episode was quintessential cringe writing. Bees?: Haha I know. I thought you'd like that It really is interesting and not a good interesting. I suppose I get that there's that whole getting to stretch yourself as an actor by playing something you're not, and it's a skill like any other. But, I do think it would be far more interesting if as much as possible authentic people were cast. Though I don't hate the idea of taking whomever is best even if it may not be the particular vision you have for a role. Idk, a lot of the kind of casting calls are shitty for certain reasons. Ah i didn't actually know that about The Office. I'll be honest, I've never seen it. I just know it's an exception to the rule. It's been on my list of things to watch eventually, but I don't know if it's exactly my thing. I've seen clips at least! Of both that is. It may just not be my brand of comedy though, either of them really. Dave: In that case you may prefer Parks and Recreation. The first six episodes are "What if The Office but a government agency?" and then they figured out how to differentiate the two - the paper company in The Office succeeds DESPITE the boss being a weirdo, and the parks department succeeds BECAUSE the boss is a weirdo. It's a subtle change but it changes the tenor of the show completely. As for casting the ideal actor, this sketch was written pretty much for the last joke but the whole thing is relevant. Bees?: I tried Parks and Rec, I couldn't keep watching it. There's a certain amount of cringe that I actively can't handle, and the first bit was very that. And skipping to when they change that isn't exactly something I want to do, I'm a completionist. But thank you for the suggestion nonetheless Oh yes, I remember this skit. It is very much that, yes. Dave: You could always just watch those first six episodes later and pretend they are from an alternate timeline but I get it. There's too much stuff out there to waste time on things that aren't compelling. How should we play this TC? Bard and Droids are interesting winners since I imagine otherwise they'd want to draft each other. In fact from what Maggie told me about the fake Red Tribe they probably have similar wishlists as far as the rest of us go. Bees?: I could do that, that's true. But that also sounds like effort, so, no. Exactly! I give shows like 3 episodes to snag me, and if they don't, then they go into the probably not bin. I am unsure tbh. I wouldn't be surprised if the vote target is just one of the previously voted out people, since they're the least chatty. What did Maggie say? I don't actually know who they'd want to pick up here. Can't hurt to ask them? Dave: She just mentioned that it was very clear from the start of the tribe that Avo/Bard/Droids were a trio and were never going to consider voting out each other. They weren't dicks about it but especially once Ranger joined the tribe it was understood that if they had lost immunity then Maggie was on the block. So far things are going slow; Avocado mentioned that nobody wanted to rock the boat with him and I'm getting similar impressions. Bees?: Ah, I mean, that TC in Maroon kinda put everybody through a lot and I think we all didn't' want to vote anybody out who had been involved in it. But that's a little understandable, I can see where it would put Maggie in a rough spot overall. It is ridiculously slow, which worries me a little. But there were a lot of people who had said they were busy tonight so idk. It does seem like nobody wants to do anything big and flashy here, so, I wouldn't be shocked if what happens is just an easy consensus vote. I just don't know where that's going to fall. Dave: You're thinking one of the Hole People then? Of the three I'd rank them Cleric>Rey>Monk although I'm not married to that order. Bees?: That's kind of what I'm guessing is a thing most people can agree on if nobody is trying to pull anything snazzy. Rey seems to be doing okay with some people, but the fact that everybody knows she picked up an idol fragment during Pictionary isn't exactly helping her. But I'd say Cleric and Monk are about on par with each other for me anyways. Monk I've only had a handful of messages with, and the ones with Cleric are pretty fluff all around. Like we spent the least 5 just with keyboard cat gifs, so *shrugs*. Dave: To be fair sometimes you just have to keyboard cat. Bees?: That was the first keyboard cat I gave, good work. His have all been cats at computers. Dave: I suppose I should have expected that. Let me see if I can find anything about cats and Wendy's... twitter.com/i/status/1176194519399915522Bees?: That looks like the completely wrong Wendy! But cat moms. Ugh, the lack of PMs is really driving me nuts. Cuz I can't tell if it's just, I'm not getting much, or people are just slow. Dave: I'm not getting much either. I took a little over an hour off for dinner and came back to two messages. I don't think anybody is focusing on this TC to be honest; everyone is trying to set them up for the tribe draft. Bees?: Yeah I left for maybe 2 hours, and there was maybe 4 PMs in that whole time? So I guess it's just a weird slow round. That's honestly fair. I don't envy Bard or Droids having to make this decision. I bet their inboxes are overflowing. Dave: If you were Bard or Droids, do you think you would have already drafted the tribes in a gentleman's agreement? I wonder if they've done that and are waiting to announce. Bees?: Oh absolutely. That's exactly what I would have done. I would have 100% planned out exactly who I wanted to go where and make sure both were happy with it all. I don't think they get to announce in advance, I imagine that's the mods. Also, we know that they have that walkie-talkie forum for winning(at least, I think that's what I read), so it makes sense for them to just keep each other happy. Dave: Well no but by saying "You should vote for X" that's the exact same thing as saying "Neither of us drafted X because we are assuming they won't be around." That sort of guidance would be nice to have. Not just for the vote, but trying to figure out what the tribes will be. Bees?: Oh. That's what you mean. That's actually a good point. I fully expect the actual name anyone gives out to come from one of them. It would be really nice to have, yes. Have you talked to either of them about what they're going to do with tribes? I haven't heard much from Droids, and nothing from Bard since he won. Dave: Nothing about tribes, no. A little bit of "I hope none of us get targeted for being challenge threats" but nothing substantial yet. Bard's gone for the night I think so that's fun and timely. Lol the instant I sent that I refreshed the page to see a message from Bard saying "I shouldn't be awake, see you tomorrow Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy's." Bees?: Hm, well it did seem like the two(three) of them weren't online at the same time since results happened, so maybe they haven't even talked about it yet. Well it's not like they can be? But we'll see. Like immediately after I asked you if you had heard from him, I got a quick "My cat's good just old, going off to sleep, chat in the morning" PM which is better than nothing I guess. And considering it's just you and i right now, I may also turn in for the night if there's nothing else substantial. Dave: That's fine by me; it's really late and it's not like there's a ton of politicking going on. This round and the almost aggressive avoidance everybody is doing right now is one of the weirdest feelings I've had in an LSG. Okay, Monk has told me it's Grogu, and then that people have backed off Grogu, and now people want Rey but Monk doesn't want Rey? Meanwhile Rey has told me everybody is saying Cleric. Nobody but those two has said any of those three names so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Bees?: Oh my god. The only person I've heard Grogu from was Monk himself, and it sounded like he heard from somebody else that Grogu was a good option because he lied. Everybody else has been talking about which Snow Leopard might be best, I think it sorta settled on Cleric? But I'd also heard(and know from experience) Monk is a guy who just does one-liners, so he's a possibility. I hate this round, like I hate it so much. It feels so weird and yet like, I'm not exactly surprised that people are doing the avoid a target dance. Dave: Yeah I can see Monk being an option; he's not great at keeping the conversation rolling along and the one-liners don't always have hooks to reply to. I will say that of the three Snow Leopards I am least interested in voting Cleric. Bees?: No, he's really not. Cleric's oneliners at least are replyable. You gotta have hooks else who's gonna wanna keep conversation going? I think of the three I'm most interested in voting for Monk. We'll see what happens. I still have some PMs from last night to get to, though I expect them to be completely empty of anything substantial. Oh was that a little too cynical? Whoops. Dave: If my inbox is any indication I have some great news about your powers of prediction! Bees?: At least if nothing else, I can count on you to always make me laugh. That doesn't sound like great news, Dave. That sounds horrible. And it was accurate. The amount of "I'm just sitting around good with what anybody else wants, I'm cool to just follow majority" was too damn high. How can you know what majority is if you aren't you know, actually putting forth any ideas or opinions? Ugh. The passivity of it all. I say as a person who often is a little hedgy, but at least I have thoughts I'm hedging between and not "please sir, tell me what to do sir, I don't mind anything you want sir" Dave: I think there actually is enough for Monk, between me/TH/Cleric/Bonobo/Maggie/You/Grogu. It also sounds like Bonobo and I will be the only ones of those on a tribe with whoever if the two lives. Bees?: Did Bonobo and Maggie tell you they were voting there? Okay great. I've heard conflicting stories on both Bonobo and Maggie. And I have no idea what Avo is doing. But I expected that it was going to be close. Did Cleric tell you that this is only his second game? I just feel bad he hasn't had a chance to do much actual play, ya know? And also cats, I am very swayed by cats. Dave: Did Bonobo and Maggie tell you they were voting there? Okay great. I've heard conflicting stories on both Bonobo and Maggie. And I have no idea what Avo is doing. But I expected that it was going to be close. Did Cleric tell you that this is only his second game? I just feel bad he hasn't had a chance to do much actual play, ya know? And also cats, I am very swayed by cats. Bees: Okay well, Maggie just told me she's voting Cleric, so like, idk man. It's really going to be a vote or two difference. Oh that's nice. That sounds really fun. I hope he stays. Dave: No matter what I think this tc will give us more information than any of us thought it would. Bees?: You know what, I think you're right. We're going to learn a whole hell of a lot. So at least there's that. It wasn't as boring a round as it could have been. |
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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 8, 2021 2:50:16 GMT
Cleric|According to all known laws of aviation Cleric: How have you BEEn Bees?: A PM title that isn't just beees? holy shit! It's been forever! Hi there How are you? I don't think I've heard anything about you this game, you are a complete new mystery Cleric: I got gut punched early and fell down the hole. It was really boring for a while, then it got really brutal near the end. I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me! Although it was kinda my fault since I was AFK the first day Bees?: Have you tried avoiding the holes? I hear that helps. What all actually happened in deadland? I've been wondering. Congrats on surviving! Cleric: Whaaaaat? Avoid them???? Wh-whaaat?  Ok so basically, Beef Jerky, Timothy and PineApple were all lurksacks. And the rest of it was a free-for-all against Monk, Dark Rey, Wolf, Snow Leopard, Zero. Dark Rey ALMOST got me near the end. and ty, it was a lot! Bees?: Oh shit, yeah, you didn't read the users manual? Page 1: Avoid Holes. Was it a challenge or like y'all had to vote each other? Like what was the whole thing? I did know Timothy was a lurksack, we voted him out for it. Was Hatsune gone beforehand? Cleric: Hatsune tried some weird early 4-man alliance and made everything messy. Like, everyone wanted Beef Jerky out. Wolf and Hatsune were gone the first day when no one really wanted them out?? It changed to a Big Brother format and there were Head of Households that were the most recently voted out person. They would nominate two people that only could be voted. Bees?: Oh, that's really weird. That also sounds stressful, and like you should get more kudos for making it out of there alive. So like, round of applause. Voting gauntlets are brutal. Cleric: Timothee fucking messaged NO ONE, randomly nominated me, and then Pineapple nominated themselves due to inactivity. That was the worst of the early lurksacks lmfao. And ay thanks, although I feel like it was really hard up here with the swaps. So congrats on making the merge! Bees?: I think I had like 4 messages from the guy, so he was no loss there. That's ridiculous. Oh, yeah it definitely has had it's moments. There was even an idol play uptop it would seem. I don't think this is the merge though, they said something about breaking into tribes after this. That's part of what you get to win. Cleric: Aww fuck you're right this isn't an actual merge lmao. I should have read that more closely. I have no idea what to do for this challenge though. Bees?: Yeah no, it's just a shipwreck. We even have a TC here, which is DUMB. D U M, dumb. When things like this have happened in the past, people who go silly usually tend to do better. At least, that's what I'm going for. Not something actually fashionable, but rather hilarious in concept. Cleric: I have an idea of a megatron made of coconuts. I'll call him Coconut Prime. Bees?: Hahaha. Just a pile of coconuts. Sounds great. Cleric: And slathered in honey. for a bee shield. Bees?: The image of a bunch of bees just stuck on the front of a shield in honey has me laughing hard enough I scared my cat. Beautiful. Well done. How are you today? Cleric: Aw poor cat, bless it's heart. Today I am good! I am currently scrambling to think of something fashionable but they don't teach fashion at Cleric school! Bees?: It's okay, she'll be fine. Many pets made up for it. Well I didn't really go for fashionable, I went for funny. It might be the way to go. But idk, you do you. I wish you luck Cleric: I went for expensive. To contrast the whole "being in an accident" part. Bees?: Ooo. Are you going to turn this shipwreck into a resort? And be truly #blessed? That's exciting. Cleric: I'm turning this place into my own private island Bees?: Wait, if its private, does that mean you're going to kick us all off of it? This really is Survivor after all!! Cleric: You can all stay if you join the Way of the Snow Leopard. Bees?: Snow Leopard was somebody I wanted to meet! I loved her public posts, they seemed really fun. I was very sad she went the way of being gone. Cleric: I'll take that as a pledge of allegiance. Also I chickened out on Coconut Prime. I realized that'd be too many coconuts to send to the mods lol Bees?: Do we have a flag I need to salute or anything? Like tell me how to commit myself, and I'll do it. You got it sir. Haha, are you saying you don't just want to send the mods coconuts? That just sounds like fun, give them 20 coconuts, it'll be fine. I hope you managed to make something nice How are you feeling about the game currently? Cleric: It's already been done. Nothing further needed. Yeah, except I'm tryharding cause I wanna win. I want a secret PT! Sounds like a walkie talkieee we can send each other pictures of cats on keyboards Bees?: Excellent! Haha, that's very fair. Getting to choose your own tribe could be a blessing, I just know I don't really want the responsibility. I like the idea of a walkie talkie and immunity though. Nothing says we can't do that now Cleric:  Bees?: Perfect, exactly what this game needs. MOAR KITTEHS! Cleric:  Bees?: Oh my god, that one is so cute!!! Best use of PMs.  Cleric: Imagine a survivor game where you can only send cat pictures, nothing else. glorious Bees?: Haha, I love it. We have had people only communicate in images a few times. It's really only worked in the challenge oriented games. Cleric:  Bees?: Adorable :3 Cleric: That's usually how the conversion goes. FIRST IT STARTS WITH CATS. Bees?: Every good conversation starts with cats. But friend of cats, how are you feeling about this round? whatcha hearing? Cleric: I keep hearing that I'm gonna be voted out and idk what to do. It seems like I dont have a better choice so There's no one better I can suggest. Bees?: I heard Monk was an option too. I know I don't really want to vote for you. Where else am I supposed to get keyboard cats? Cleric: If you keep me alive, you can have an infinite keyboard cat pass. Bees?: I'll see what I can do. Though, I will be completely honest, this is not a round in which sticking my neck out for somebody is a good idea, so I'm not going to go above and beyond. I'm just going to express a preference. But you may need to be willing to push for Monk to go. I'd also say, you'd probably want to step up how often you engage with people, and the length of what you say. That can usually go a long way. Cleric: Thanks a lot Bees, this is literally my second game of Survivor-- My first game I was voted out day 3 without a word said. I'll try and engage people more and put more effort into how much I write. Like, are you interested in making an alliance? If you're gonna be putting in a good word, then I'd like to at least help you. Bees?: I had a feeling you were very new at this, yes. That might actually help you a little. If you ask people for advice on how you can do better and show that you're willing to do so and to put the effort in. Sometimes that's all anyone is looking for. I do think my more specific bit of advice is to talk to Droids and Bard, as they're who is drafting the tribes for next time, I think a lot of people are looking towards them to decide who should be the vote here. So if you can give them a reason not to want to send you home, then I don't think that they will. I think they're looking for whomever would be the least connected and least willing to work with people, so as not to make anybody upset. I would be interested in working together, yeah Cleric: haha, what gave it away? The one-liners? Also yes, I am definitely willing to put the effort in lol. Sometimes I guess i'm not good at initiating the alliance-talk? Seemed easier with Michael! Maggie Smith is definitely the person i've talked to the least-- which is sad since they seem really interesting, it just feels like certain people are harder to talk to than others. I actually did start talking to Droids, and I abruptly dropped the "What do you think about next TC?" and they replied with an "idk". So either they really want me out, but don't want me knowing anything. Or I guess they have no opinion? Bees?: Haha I mean, kinda Also who sends a bunch of PMs that are just gifs. As much as that made me laugh, it's usually not something someone who has played a lot does. Well, it's not always about initiating Alliance talk, you just gotta talk about anything and try to get to know people as people. That goes a long way. And having actual hooks in your conversations to keep it going. Maggie hasn't been around a whole lot here, but she can be sweet. And you're not wrong, some people are harder to talk to than others. But that should give you a guide of who to work on more, if there are people you find easier to talk to, then you do with them and at least try with the ones you can't so much. Well, that's not exactly the way you do it. Droids is also a newbie, I'd say bond over not knowing what you're doing I don't think they have a strong preference, frankly nobody does this round. I think everybody is trying for the least impact in this vote. Cleric: Oh lol, the Gifs PM. Noted. The hooks are the hard part! But usually if I get a good one, I use them on everyone. Like initiating them into my Snow Leopard cult. I have 2 apostles currently! Hare and the Tortoise literally posed a "Show me what you got" between me and Monk. Which is hilarious. I feel like a fucking Monkey dancing in fear of getting voted out. But not a Bonobo Bees?: Hooks are very hard, it's true. Usually having some sort of question in there at least makes it seem like you're interested and gives them something to continue with. Haha, the cult was pretty good. I mean, that's sort of an apt description man. Like, it's not exactly looking the most cheerful. But it's not impossible, you just need enough people willing. I know Dave really wants you to stay around. Cleric: Yeah, Dave is a real champ. I hope he's got a silver tongue. I promised him that'd I buy Wendy's from now on, and maybe cat pictures too. There's always Cat pictures involved. I heard i'm the main target and Monk is secondary. So uh. That's gonna be a thing to fight. Bees?: Sometimes he does, we'll see. I can't believe you bought McDonald's. There must always be cat pictures, ofc. Yeah, I don't know if it's really switched exactly or just that's where it was and it hasn't swung away from it. Just see what you can do, and we'll just have to pray that it's enough. Cleric: Theres no wendy's nearby! Only at my work!!! These fucking odds are stacked against me! Bees?: Oh that's terrible There's not even a Wendy's in my town. I'd have to drive half an hour to get to the nearest one, and I don't drive. So, no Wendy's for us bees. Cleric: This must be a test of strength! Yes! Go to the Wendy's that's a 1-hour transit to prove my trust to Dave! Bees?: Hahahaha. Yes clearly that's your only path of survival. Speaking of, it still feels pretty 50/50 on how this shakes down, which I know doesn't make you feel better, but I figure I should tell you. Cleric: Makes me feel a *tiny* bit better, cause at least I have a chance. There's still a fighting spirit in me! And the spirit offers cats pictures. Bees?: As long as you keep fighting, then it could still turn out well. Giving up is a death sentence. And why would anyone say no to cats? Honestly. Cleric: If I vanquish tonight, give me a viking burial! Bees?: Funeral pyre? I can arrange that. Cleric: Lmao, I'm hearing that Dave is doing work, even from Monk. This could be a blessing! Anyways, have you been talking to Monk? Bees?: Yeah so have I, so hey, you have someone actively in your corner I have a little, yeah. Just to get a sense of where he's at. He knows I'm still weighing options cuz there's no benefit to me lying to him about it when he already knows he's an option, ya know? Cleric: Oof, I got the grim news from Bard. He's voting me. That means Ranger is voting me. The probably means r2d2 is voting me. God damnit. Bees?: I don't know if Ranger is voting you, he seemed torn. But yes, Bard and Droids are voting you. I think you have me, Dave, and Grogu in your corner. You might have T/H too. Rey and Monk are obviously voting you. I have no idea what Maggie is doing, or Bonobo. No idea about Avocado. I know I'm forgetting somebody here but there's so many people D: Cleric: aw wtf, even Rey? Rey should hate Monk too what is this shit lol. I'm trying to talk real hard to Maggie, but it's super difficult. I think I might have Bonobo voting Monk. Bees?: Well I think that's what Rey said? I don't even know man. This was ages ago. I haven't talked to her in hours, and she had said she needed to clear something up with Monk, dunno what that was. Why should she hate Monk? Yeah, Maggie is just not really around. That could be something. But I figure if I tell you who I think is where, it'll give you where you need to focus. BUT I didn't tell you anything, kay? Cleric: Well I think that's what Rey said? I don't even know man. This was ages ago. I haven't talked to her in hours, and she had said she needed to clear something up with Monk, dunno what that was. Why should she hate Monk? Yeah, Maggie is just not really around. That could be something. But I figure if I tell you who I think is where, it'll give you where you need to focus. BUT I didn't tell you anything, kay? Bees?: Oh wow, that's horrible. I didn't notice realize he had up and left there. If you had won you'd have had an advantage? Wow, that's shitty. Cleric: Well, not much you can do about it now. Except beg and plead lmao. Bees?: Something like anyways. For what it's worth, I'm not changing my vote. I'd rather keep you around. Cleric: Thank you bees, I think this vote will either be very close, or a landslide. Depends on who I should believe. Bees?: Of course. I'm really not sure how it shakes down, but I know you have some votes in your corner for sure. Cleric: Bonobo and Hair seem like they're voting with me. I'm going to assume Dave is, You are, I'm praying that Rey will, I will... I hope Grogu votes with me. Then with 7/6 I win. Oh god I hope. So anyways, enough panic. If you could name the next tribe what would you name it? Bees?: We're gonna hope anyways, cross all of our feelers. One Of These Tribes Is Not Like The Other. yes, exactly capitalized like that. Make the mods have to type it that way every time. ANd at least one of them sing the words whether they want to or not. If this doesn't work out, and there's another chance to come back, you'd better work your ass off for it. I wanna see you back again. |
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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 8, 2021 3:13:04 GMT
Maggie Maggie: It is absolutely lovely to be reunited with an old friend after what feels like so long! I hope that you are feeling better than you were earlier. A shipwreck seems plenty enough to cause a headache. How have you been? Bees?: Hi Miss Maggie, it's been a hot minute. But not nearly so hot, since you've been so far from me. I am feeling less headache, but I am ridiculously tired. So really just popping in for a quick missed you and your lovely face, before I am off to dreamland. Oh, there's been a lot of ups and downs, a lot of downs. I am unsure if you got a recap of the last TC in Maroon yet? It wasn't very fun and very stressful. I am sorry about Lindsays. After that crazy tribal, I wasn't about to vote T/H out, and Dave was never an option, and Bonobo was actually giving something interesting so it kinda left Lindsays as the only feasible vote option for me. How has your time away been? Congrats on being the first person to play an idol this game. Maggie: I wish you the most pleasant of dream lands and can certainly say that I relate to the tiredness. I even just wasted a whole lot of time trying and failing to get to the end of the Pictionary thing just because.. I don't know? I liked the idea of a challenge? I like figuring out puzzles? I don't know? It's complicated. I have heard bits and pieces from different places about various TCs and I am sorry that you had to go through what sound like some very stressful ones. Losing the Lindsays is sad for me because they were my first loves but I know that this is how things happen and even I felt that they were losing the spark that they had started off the game with. Thank you for the congratulations. It initially seemed a bizarre coincidence because honestly I'd forgotten to even post a prime number on half the rounds before it and at the start of the tc I was told that I would be getting votes. Obviously I didn't end up needing the idol for that one TC, but I think I most certainly would have been in danger if we had tribal council instead of R.I.P Snow Leopard. I look forward to talking more when we each have a little more time! Bees?: Thank you. I actually did have dreams for once, they were weird fairy tale things. I eventually got through it, but it's just a piece of an idol, which you had to claim publicly and Dark Rey got to it first. It was a fun and hard little diversion for a while. Puzzles are fun. Maybe you really just wanted to see the art. Yeah, the ones on Maroon were a lot. And instantly undone too so that was extra fun. Yeah I understand that, and I'm sorry. They weren't quite giving the spark we had either and It was a sticky situation for me I felt. Wow, that's a lot of luck! I think I may have been in danger had we gone to TC too, cuz Grogu is very mad at me for voting him out and all, so I couldn't have really blamed him if he started it off by using his immunity to boot me or at least try really hard. I am too You are always a pleasant ray of sunshine in my inbox. Maggie: That very well might have been it! What was your favourite masterpiece? I have to say I was quite intrigued by the pot of gold. Rainbows! Rainbows everywhere! With how this game has gone it could even be that the vote on the Lindsays was for nothing and we're actually starting at however many players we had at the start again (24?) and the mods will be all "okay you're playing for real this time!". I did hear a lot about the Gorgu ordeal and even know it seems to be dominating a lot of airtime in conversations. Was it the kind of situation that just got majorly out of hand or do you think there was anything malicious from Grogu in it? I have heard all sorts of accounts. And I still think of you whenever I have honey with my toast! I have unfortunately not had honey in tea for a little while but I really should now that I mention it. Bees?: Injection was probably my favourite, it was so simple and yet so effective. They could have had more rainbows I think. ..Maggie, please don't speak my nightmares into existence. I am a good bunch of bees and did not ask for this. But it's not impossible and i hate that. God I don't even know. The tl;dr is there's two main narratives going on. Either Grogu was in fact pushing for a me vote at the start of the round and then being very manipulative and lying about it, or somebody else set him up and the whole tribe was in on it and lying about it so that he would go home and he was given false promises. Somebody in that round was playing somebody and I honestly don't know who actually was or wasn't. I don't know who was being malicious. Maybe it was Grogu the whole time, but maybe it wasn't. All I know is the aftermath has been messy and confusing and stressful. And I know he's still mad at me. I was honest about what I heard and trying to sort out everything that was going on, and if he doesn't believe that, then I don't know what I can do. I don't really hold ill will towards him, not really, I just find him stressful to coexist with in the game. Aww, good I had tea the other day and thought of you too. Maggie: Blimey, I didn't even get to injection! I hope that had rainbows too. And I'm so sorry Bees! I will not share any more of my nightmares (except for the one where the Lindsays transform into behe... NEVER MIND!) However it works out, I am hoping that the stress can ease and the game can just become fun. I am hoping that the split into two tribes will achieve that honestly. It sounds a lot better than this situation. Because now that we're talking about it, I have definitely felt more highly strung this game than previous I've played. I initially thought it was just me, but maybe there are other factors going on. Bees?: It did not It was just a very basic drawn needle, and a pink rectangle that was clearly trying to be an arm. Oh god, where she turns into WHAT Maggie? WHAT DOES SHE TURN INTO? D: Mm, well I think it already is a little. I think just taking a break from engaging was helpful. And yeah, two tribes could go interestingly. Oh, you too? This game has been a different kind of stress than I remember in any that weren't just completely chaotic. I've felt like that one picture of Ben Affleck smoking for the past few rounds. I'm just resigned to chaos and nonsensical twists. Maggie: That is delightfully simple! I didn't really want to say, but well now that you ask. There was this one nightmare where they transformed into beheaded zombie upside down pole dancers. Truly horrifying! Honestly I feel like I am in a better place than when I sent my last PM to you as well! I think the shipwreck was just bad timing for me, in combination with a surge of ~busy~ in life but things are settling down now and I'm grateful for that. I totally feel you re: the Ben Affleck smoking picture. Just got to feel helpless and be content with that, I reckon. Bees?: It is! I enjoy simplicity. Oh, that's a lot better than I thought it would be. That's honestly an aesthetic. They could totally pull it off. That's good! I think I'm in a better place with the game, but today is just a really tired day, ya know? Trying to stay on top of PMs is hard today. But I'm trying! I just feel people'd out. Yeeeeep. We must dance to the whims of these mods. Maggie: OKAY I am here and catching up on what's happening. Would be eager to talk things through with you if there is anything you want to make happen or anything you don't want happening etc. etc. Bees?: Hi, I'm actually heading off here for a little. I wouldn't say there's anything I am looking to make happen this round? As far as I can tell there isn't exactly anything specifically happening yet either. Nobody is really naming any names so far, I expect this round to be a consensus boot, likely of one of the returnees. Maggie: Thanks so much for the update bees! I'm still working my way through, but it's good to know there hasn't been anything major happen yet. I expect I wouldn't have an issue with a returnee vote. Bees?: Of course Nah, I think Shipwreck is just a lot for most people and nobody wants to be that guy who says a name first and has it bite them in the ass. And knowing that you have two people deciding tribes and likely the better sources for names, most seem keen to wait. I didn't expect you would, no Maggie: Things have still been pretty vague on my end, but it seems as if one of the hole-y returnees could end up being a consensus? I'm not sure who it would be yet though! I'll be away for a bit but I expect things will be clearer once I've returned. Bees?: Yep, it's all been pretty vague here too. Which feels weird, and I don't like it. But eh, maybe that's just this cast. But I think you're right, names that seem to actually be floating much at all seem to be cleric and monk, and largely interchangeable for most people. Does that track with what you've heard? Maggie: From catching up on PMs, cleric and monk are the main two I'm hearing as well, with smatterings of Dark Rey here and there. It still seems unclear to me exactly what will happen! If it were completely up to me from those three, I probably have the least connection with Cleric, but it's pretty interchangeable for me as well. At this stage I don't actually know how things will shake out! Bees?: Yep, that's exactly what it seems to be. Most people don't seem to have much of an opinion. Though Dave has indicated a preference for voting for Monk, and Dark Rey has stated a preference for voting Cleric. So like idk. I kinda don't know what to do with Monk? He sends very little to work with. But I don't really have a solid connection with either. Me either! It's been like that all day! Maggie: What I have been hearing is that the majority is most likely to end up on Cleric, but even then it doesn't seem totally clear to me still. I have put in a vote for Cleric just based on my own personal preference and I expect that is where my vote will stay. But I wouldn't be surprised at either outcome honestly! Bees?: That's not quite what I heard actually. It's very close, and only a single vote is going to decide who goes home. I'm on Monk and I don't intend to move my vote either. Of the two, after learning they were in danger, Cleric really was trying to figure out what he could improve on. Also like, he got voted out round one, and this is only his second game. That's kind of enough for me to want to give him another shot. But I don't begrudge you voting there. I think everyone is voting according to personal preference. Maggie: Im sorry that I couldn’t stick around after results, but that was uhhh indeed quite close and with surprise other votes too! It was very kind of you to give Cleric that opportunity and I’m still not sure that I did the right thing in voting for him. I hope that he gives these things another go, but I do worry about how unforgiving these games can be sometimes. How are you doing after all that? Bees?: Hey it's okay, like I wasn't going to be really upset if things didn't work out. I don't know what happened last minute there, but it looked wild. Well he would have ended up on a tribe with slightly more people who had just voted him if he had survived, so perhaps this was the best outcome overall. At most it was buying a round, not a significant amount of time. I worry about that too, which is why if I can without sinking my own game, try to give help where I can. Oh I'm alright. I just had plans tonight, so I left to go do those. I am liking this new tribe we're on. How about you? Maggie: I also haven’t the foggiest what happened with those Bonobo votes. Who? What? WHY EVEN? It’s just bizarre. I assumed at first that it was going to be some flash blindside and honestly was kind of relieved when it wasn’t. And I suppose you are right that there are much worse ways to go than a dramatic 5-3*-2-1 vote! I hope that your night was fun! And I like this tribe too! I love it that except for droids I haven’t been on a tribe with anyone here since Dark Olive (and never in the case of T/H and Rey!) it’s nice to have a change-up Bees?: I'm guessing it happened in the last 5 minutes or so. Like that was clearly a last minute possibly idol panic play? That feels like what it was anyways. YEP, me too. I was also weirded out when I saw a Ranger vote. I wonder if he decided not to vote at all. It is an iconic way to go if nothing else. Advantages came out, half a blindside happened, it was crazy. It was nice. I played some Jackbox with some friends. That's true, it's been a while. I think for most people either they have people who are completely new to them, or haven't been around in a while, which I think is kind of smart to mix it up with. Maggie: You must be right! It definitely had the panicked vibe, because I don’t think it would have actually helped anyone? Unless cleric/monk both played idols somehow. And yes the Ranger vote was another thing! I did almost forget to vote so that certainly could be a possibility? It has been too long since I played Jackbox games! What are your favourites? As silly as it is, I was always fond of spooky trivia. Bees?: I'm guessing it was from Monk, that even with him nullifying votes, thinking he wouldn't have enough if an idol came out. That just feels correct. Ah, maybe so. I usually put a vote early into a round when I have an idea, since I know I can always change my vote later, so I won't ever run into not voting. I do love trivia murder party, that one is good. I really like Quiplash and Rolemodels. Really all of the games aside from Zeepledome and Devil in the Details are super fun, Devil in the Details is fine it just requires you to use your phone and that is not typically how I end up playing. Maggie: I am such a terrible procrastinator with voting and will often just put it off for no rational reason whatsoever! I’ve played Quiplash, but not the others that you’ve mentioned! And I have a better idea of what to avoid now. It seems that Zeepledome has no redeeming features? How did your day go? Mine turned out to be much busier than expected!! I was so sad to not be able to help much with the challenge but it seems like you were in a similar sort of boat? Bees?: Haha, honestly, that's kinda fair. Just as long as you don't miss a deadline that is! Oh the others I mentioned are in recent packs. Zeepledome is like, more of a meme than anything else? I'm just horrible at timing of anything so it's just not fun for me. Oh god, my day was crazy busy all day. I'm so drained. I wanted to help some but it was very noisy today and my ability to focus when there is noise is pretty low. But tomorrow should be freer i think? Maggie: It is going to happen one day!! I’ll be strutting along, thinking “oh look at me! I’m hot stuff and I’ve got it all together” and then one day my memory will fail me and I’ll have a self-vote. I could make an in-character statement about how you’ve got to watch out for cognitive decline at my age, but it’s actually a prospect I’m terrified of so maybe it’s a bit too real. Oh that makes sense then. After all, I think my jackbox glory days were... 5 years ago? I don’t know. I have such fond memories of playing it with people I knew from school and I’m sad that we don’t catch up anymore (even pre-COVID). I’m sure we had completely different days, but it sounds very much the same from how you say it!! I’m expecting a much freer day now too. All the stressful stuff is over! Bring on the weekend! Bees?: Haha, maybe you should set yourself cute little alarms, or put post-it notes places. That's what I do to remind myself of stuff a lot. Or I'll tell somebody who i'd feel sad about having to tell that I didn't do something. Oh that is a while ago, there's been at least 2 new packs since then. Aww, I'm sorry you miss out on school friends. But you know, as a, post game when IDs aren't so much of a problem, jackbox gets played in the MS discord incredibly often so you could find out what the new games are that way Today has already been a lot quieter, which is ideal. Yeah! I'm speaking this stressfree day into existence, let's do it. Maggie: Haha, imagine if I just rocked up to the MS discord now and was all "so I heard that MS jackbox is a thing... Oh I don't remember who told me. Maybe I dreamt it!" That does sound like lots of fun though and I may indeed check it out. I'll probably be quite bored and unsure what to do with myself once this game is over too! Bees?: "Why are you dreaming about the MS discord?" "I am Dame Maggie Fucking Smith, I do what I please." Clearly we should just purposefully organize post reveal jackbox. Definitely should! Playing games with scummers is always fun The answer is play more games, it's always play more games. Maggie: I would be all for post-reveal jackbox! Has that been a thing before? (and I would agree that playing more games is good unless they are games that involve completing complex puzzles using image editors. Those are not the answer to anything) Also I'm very grateful for the break from tribal council, though I am not sure at all of what's going to happen on the other tribe. I've been terrible at predicting tribal council outcomes here but I'd be concerned about Bonobo after what happened at the last one? Now that I've said that, watch it be something totally different! Bees?: Yes! There's often like a reveal call and game of some sort. Depends who is involved and when they play it for really. I would like to vote less puzzles, or at least, less puzzles that I personally have to do. Ngl, I would love to watch someone who is as enthusiastic about them as Hare is do tons of puzzles. That just sounds endearing. Yeah same. I don't know that it'll be Bonobo straight up, I really don't. Honestly, i think all the shenanigans Monk pulled last TC might be enough to send him out. Maggie: !! I also loved Hare's enthusiasm for pipe puzzles and even made a post in my confessional last night about it. I often feel that I don't get as enthusiastic about things as I used to so when I see that sort of passion in someone else, it's just very pleasing to me! You may be right about Monk actually, especially if people continue to find it difficult to talk to him. I appreciated his straightforward conversation style, but I also had no idea that the Bonobo thing was going to to be a thing. :/ Bees?: It was adorable. I could watch him talk about optimal ways to play the puzzles for hours. I love when people are passionate about things. Even if I don't really follow them well, I just like when people enjoy the things they enjoy. It's my favourite thing. Yeah, he was starting to grow on me a little. Cuz he is extremely blunt and no-nonsense. And in a way probably more trustworthy? But I guess he doesn't tell some people a lot of stuff. Idk, it always felt whomever came out of last round was only buying themselves a round, nothing more. Maggie: Is there anything that inspires passion in you, Bees? Anything that you could just talk about for hours if no one stopped you? I have a weakness for the blunt, direct types, it can be a problem! I’m excited to see what will happen after this though. That last challenge feels like it could have been like a final tribe challenge but I could also see things going for one more round. Bees?: Oh yes! Most things actually, I'm the sort to get passionate about all sorts of things. I really like space and books, and as silly as it sounds, LSGs. If I'm comfortable with somebody, and really into whatever topic, I can talk about anything for hours. I just really like STUFF and people. You? Those are awfully nice sometimes, yes. It's only a problem if they're honest and blunt with everybody and don't keep secrets. But it seems we were both right, me that Monk would go and you that that was the last tribe challenge. What other predictions you got, Miss Maggie? |
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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 8, 2021 3:26:12 GMT
Grogu Grogu: I assume that you not responding to me at all is a sign that I shouldn't try to maintain this relationship? or like, what? I've managed to find peace and understanding with every other person on that tribe who want to call a truce and start fresh and find a way to move forward, and I felt like I communicated that here that I was being pragmatic about that, but you're not messaging me back despite messaging others so I'm just not sure where that leaves us. Bees?: No, that's on me. I didn't exactly know how to respond to your last message that wasn't just rehashing everything we already had been and it kinda seemed we were largely done with that train of thought. But then it also didn't feel like we were at a place that we could just go back to talking about frivolous shit like nothing had happened. And when shipwreck happened I still was unsure about how to talk to you, so I've been a coward and just let it sit. It's not that I have active ill-will towards you, but rather, just the way it went when you when you went out and the way talking to you was when you first came back, entirely shut me down for a little while and that's on me more than it is on you. You did communicate that you were being pragmatic and willing to try a way forward, and I do want to do that. It's the steps to do that which were not computing for a while there, and I needed space to get into a place where maybe I could figure some of that out. I've been trying to figure out how to start up conversation since last night and everything I came up with just felt like I was trying to pretend nothing had happened. So hi, where do you want to start? Grogu: I don't think we have to pretend like nothing happened, it's okay to acknowledge shit sucked. But like, I dunno, I'd like to start off by talking about this round, and seeing where things go? I have an agreement in place with Avocado not to target each other this round, it doesn't sound like Droids or Bard want me gone. T/H and I have been hitting it off fairly well since I stepped back on that tribe with them, so like, I dunno. Do you want to put shit aside and try to work together this round? Truce? FWIW, I have no intentions of coming after you. I put it out there to some people what happened at that TC from my POV, but I've been telling people it's not a big deal, it's water under the bridge, etc. I worry some people might try to use what happened at that TC to turn us against each other or make us one of the targets, so for my end, I'm just not mentioning it anymore and shutting up about it. But you're right, it feels at least a LITTLE weird to go back to like, talking about our day and shit after what it lead to last time. I guess I can ask if any of the new faces have piqued your interest? Or what you think about the idol pieces twist? Rey seems to think they can't be traded, which is interesting, that would mean the piece holders have no other course other than take each other out. Bees?: Okay, I can do that, yeah. I have no intentions of targeting you here either and it doesn't sound like former Maroon does either, no. I am very good for a truce. No even slight revisiting of a TC with you and I as targets sounds ideal. I have been worried about that too, because I've been asked about it. I was point-blank asked by Maggie if I thought what happened was malicious from you. Which no? I don't think so? As it is I am still completely unclear about what happened in that round, it's still a confusing mess and feels like it will stay that way. But it is one I'd like to put away. And I certainly do not intend for anybody else to get to try to use to make shit happen. I've said quite a few times that I don't want to deal with it and I've been leaving it alone, so, we'll see. Yeah, though like, I do miss talking about a lot of the stuff we had been, and that friendship we had. Which was also part of why it was hard to know where to start from again. Dark Rey is interesting, she feels aggressively new in an endearing sort of way. Wait, if you can't trade idol fragments, how the fuck are you supposed to bring them all together to form an actual idol? That's real confusing. Maybe you are right though that it makes it so you have to target the other people you know have them. Ranger's constant roleplaying and silly is kind of funny, but I can't tell you anything the guy actually thinks. Cleric and Monk are just very quiet. I think Monk is finding Shipwreck to be incredibly overwhelming which is honestly fair, especially if it's your first time. Grogu: Makes sense. I'll be curious after the game what the fuck happened at that TC because everyone is acting like they don't know and I just want to know who deserves that Academy Award for Best Performance because I'll be damned if I don't believe everybody That kinda naivety is probably why I got booted once already! Oh, I miss those convos too, though I'll be frank and say keeping up those small talk convos during a fucking Shipwreck sounds like a ton of work right now considering there are a dozen PMs bouncing around all the time. Once this hellish phase is over, I'd love to go back to chatting about games and Black Sails and whatever else with you, assuming we wind up on the same tribe of course. Checking in every hour or two to have like 7 new PMs to respond to is a bit exhausting right now, so I hope you can understand why I'd prefer to keep it short for the time being. I think you can only "bring them all together" by voting out the other pieces? That's how Rey made it sound anyway, and honestly, I *could* just go look in the idol hunt forum to confirm but... that's a lot of subforums to click on. And I'm fucking lazy. Rey seems to be trying to get her footing still, after being first boot and then being tied for elimination at her last TC, I'm sure she's on edge a bit. She has not had the easiest time this game. Cleric and Monk are short and quiet, yep, but I do think your'e right that this many players is just overwhelming. Hell, I'm having trouble with it, and I'm the type that usually won't shut the fuck up. Bees?: God same. I've been saying that for a while. I mean, my confessional has every PM I got that round, so even if nobody else's confessional explains it, mine has exactly how it all happened for me. Maybe. Who the fuck knows? Oh yeah, I fully agree, which is why I haven't even bothered attempting. I would really like that if we have the chance. I'm so exhausted. Between life, and game shit I just want to sleep for a couple years. I don't even want to check the game cuz I know there will be 6 PMs waiting and I'm an asshole if I don't respond(yes I'm an asshole for ignoring you for 4 days, I know it, we can say it). Maybe? It just didn't quite sound like that, so idk. Maybe it's also one of those things you can will to other people when you die. The idol hunt forum doesn't say I don't think? I bet she is a little on edge, but she seems to be doing the best at actually interacting with people of the former voted out players. Shipwrecks are always exhausting, and I have this sinking feeling that this is the kind of game which would give us another just to be cheeky. Grogu: Well I'll beeline to your confessional after the game so I can understand WTF happened. I'm sorry, that hurt me. A lot. I don't do puns. Oh yes, I don't want to check the game either. Like tonight, I'll be on shortly after deadline to fire off some initial PMs, but then like, I have a Zoom date with some friends, and I don't wanna put real life aside for a game. I'll be on tomorrow morning bright and early like I usually am, but I know how things go, and I have extreme anxiety that some decision is going to get made in the first 6 hours of TC and by the time I check in tomorrow it'll be too late to do anything. If we have another Shipwreck... ooooooooooweeeeeeeee. Pine baited me into playing this game and is now taunting me via confessional, I'm liable to snap his neck if he brought me into not one but TWO fucking Shipwrecks. Bees?: aha, you gonna be okay man? It was a decent pun nonetheless. Yeah, I think a lot of people are feeling that. I don't know if it's part of the game design or the state of the world right now, but things feel more draining than typical. Oh that sounds nice, I hope you have fun Even if something is decided overnight, I think we've seen enough in this game that things can actually change in the last few hours of a TC too. I don't think it'll be too late to do something. As it stands, I don't know that anyone has any actual plans for this round, or if they do, I surely don't know about it. Haha, hating on Pine is just fun. He is awfully glib about stuff a lot which often does not help. Gonna hope that I'm just having nightmares about multiple shipwrecks rather than actually predicting things. Grogu: I'll bee okay. Fuck. Bee okay. Goddammit. I think I might be broken... Anyway, this is my pre-bedtime check in. I know it's probably too soon for things to be shaking out yet, but ya heard any talk yet? Bees?: Oh god, okay uh, here, just take a dose of royal jelly, it'll fix you right up. I think? Maybe? Nope. Nothing concrete yet anyways. But I think everybody wants to go the route of not shaking the boat whatsoever, and I imagine the vote is going to land on one of the Snow Leopard people. A lot of people seem real anxious about this round, so that's probably why? But that seems pretty typical for a shipwreck round. Grogu: I feel like there's a good mix of anxiety and ... excitedness? I dunno. This round feels like the round where if someone wants to make a play against the "kingpins" (whoever the fuck those people are) this would be the round to do it. But so far everyone's being super cagey... I think everyone's afraid of throwing down the first name and having it come back to bite them in the ass. But you sent this 36 minutes ago and that's a lifetime in TC time so maybe something has shaken out. Full disclosure. I'm likely heading to bed in a few. So I will be around for like 30mins or so? But then like, yeah, radio silence for about 9 hours. I'm not ignoring you promise. Bees?: I haven't actually gotten that buzz of excitement from anybody, just hesitancy. Are there kingpins in this game? Like it's swapped so many times and so many people have come in and out of the game, that do we even have any? I agree with that read. It could just be the people I've talked to, of which there haven't been many. Rey straight up said she was not going to put out a name simply because she doesn't know anybody enough for it to make sense for her to do so, which I don't really blame her for. I wish. I've had maybe 4 PMs since? All of which are "what are you hearing? what are you thinking?" which is a massive shrug. Yeah no worries. I mean, even if you were, it would only be fair. But you had said you were off to bed early, so I was just assuming that to be the case. Grogu: Okay, I'm 7 minute late for bed. Fuck. The only development is that Bard says they won't be making any decisions until tomorrow bc they have a cat emergency or whatever and uh, Bard is gonna be crucial for deciding shit here. So yeah. I told T&H that not much was happening other than nobody wanting to make the first move and that's about it. So yup. Bees?: Lol, go to bed Grogu. I don't think anything is going to be decided tonight. Cuz I think people are going to be looking to the ones with immunity since they're also building the upcoming tribes to actually decide who goes. That makes sense, can't blame him. Cats are important. Yep, that's all I'm hearing about here so idk, I may follow you and go to sleep early too if nothing is happening tonight. Grogu: Grogu is awake! Grogu wishes he was asleep though. Time to see what has shaken out overnight. Bees?: Bees is feeling that this morning. When I went to sleep it was still snoozeville. Has anything happened in the meantime? Grogu: Uhhh not really? It sounds like Droids/Bard are close to agreeing on tribes, I think Droids may be bringing me and you along for the ride to the new tribe, and I think Monk/Cleric are on the bottom here because they haven't been PMing much and are sending one liners. That's about it. Bees?: Oh so it's exactly where I left it when I went to sleep, wonderful. Only new thing us any sense of tribe decisions. Neato. Grogu: Yeah that seems to be the general case. Of course me moving my computer across the house has resulted in the internet fucking off entirely and I cannot get it to work now so AAAAAAAAAAAA I'm writing on mobile Bees?: Oh god, that sounds horrible. I hope you get it fixed. Why'd you decide to move rooms? I think there's slightly more traction on a Cleric vote, though Dave doesn't want it, and I kinda don't want it? But like I'm not fussed if that's what happens. Just Monk is a guy who is sending single one-liners, and that doesn't enthuse me even in the slightest. Grogu: It's a long story, basically I had my stuff set up in the guest room for a while for reasons, but we have someone coming to stay with us long term and they need the room so I'm cramming my desk and computer into my personal room along with every other piece of furniture I have. PC wouldn't start, then no internet, now the screens are sorta fucked up but it's better than it was an hour ago. I've heard both Cleric and Monk, I was asked for a preference, and I said yeah Cleric seems more talkative overall tbh but I'm not gonna make any waves this round either way. Bees?: Ah, then yeah, probably need to move it out of there, huh? By furniture you mean the office stuff, not just "gonna move all my couches in my room too cuz i CAN"? Man, that sounds so annoying. But hey, at least it's somewhat better. Yep. And both Cleric and Monk are aware they're the targets and while neither is just conceding, they both seem to understand exactly why they're the options and don't seem to be coming across as salty about it. I think this is a round that you can vote how you want between the two and nobody is going to bat an eye about whatever choice you make. Grogu: LOL imagine having couches in the room. I had to move my dresser to make room for my desk so my room is now... walk in, DESKBEDCHAIRDRESSERTV. It's very cramped. But I'm kinda stuck here until I can get a job to pay rent and move back out again (long story), and that's not happening during COVID. Just waiting for this damn vaccine. I'll give it a thought, I mostly wanna just go with majority but if people are just voting their preferences I might follow this tiny Grogu heart instead. Bees?: I actually used to sleep on a couch instead of a bed for a while when I was a kid. I just preferred it cuz there was only one way I could fall off. It was nice. Haha, sounds like my room actually. There's enough room on the floor to walk around to get to the closets but that's about it, it's most BEDDRESSER. I wish you luck on the jobhunt then And yep, vaccine please, all I want is the vaccine. Sure. Well here's what I know votewise anyways. Dave and I are on Monk, I think T/H might be too as idol insurance but don't quote me on that one. Bard is on Cleric, That was Rey's preference, and also Droids wants to give Bard what he wants. No idea about Maggie or Ranger or Bonobo. I'm forgetting other people I know it >.< So I think you can do whatever you want really and nobody is gonna get pissy about it at you. Grogu: I used to sleep on a couch too a lot! Growing up, our old house had a real fireplace in it so like every night in the winter when it was cold I'd get my dad to build a fire in the fireplace and I'd fall asleep under a big cozy blanket on the couch with my dog sleeping on the floor next to me in front of the fire. I literally just got sleepy thinking about that. Overdose levels of cozy going on tbh. Thanks! I'm sure 900 other people will be wanting to job hunt when it's over too, especially in my job line (restaurant work). I actually filled out a form to work helping distribute vaccines in my state, partially because I need money, and partially because I'm hoping it moves me up the list to get jabbed somehow. Basically yeah, most people are telling me to vote whichever I want and it won't matter. So that's probably what I'm gonna do. I'll join y'all on Monk. Bees?: Ohhh, I miss having a fireplace. My parents place still has one, and it's just so nice. Dogs are also a plus. Haha, sorry for making you sleepy. Probably, but are any of them a force baby? No, no they aren't. Oh! That's neat. I don't even know if that's an option in mine, or at least not the area I live in. It's very small. It doesn't seem like anybody is particularly fussed with the result. Okay Grogu: Hey, we're still together. NGL, seeing you and Droids gave me flashbacks a bit, but we're past that now. Those Bonobo votes were kinda outta nowhere. Veery curious where those came from, as I hadn't heard the monkey's name at all yet. Honestly? Pretty happy with this tribe. Hoping we can vibe out and skip TC because I think I have good vibes with everyone here. Bees?: No I feel that. Don't blame you for that at all. But yeah, seems we are Droids said that in the last 5 minutes Monk freaked out and tried to get a vote shift over to Bonobo in case of an idol, so the shift was Monk and Bard. It was a crazier round than I expected near the end there. It looks like a pretty solid tribe, yeah. I'm also hoping to just vibe through here, I also feel pretty decently about everybody here. Grogu: Huh, okay. Monk and Bard voted Bonobo? Wild. I guess that doesn't bode well for Bonobo on that tribe going forward. RIP I guess, I liked him from the time we got to spend with him on our tribe. Honestly? The people I feel worst about are all on the other tribe, lol. Everyone here would probably make it in my top 6 of the entire game left, so like... Im pretty pleased with the outcome. If we do go to TC, I expect my heart to be ripped out of my chest and stomped upon multiple times. But, that's the game. Bees?: That's what I heard anyways. I had no time to confirm any of that before swap happened, but no, it really doesn't bode well for him at all. I did like him too. That tribe is going to be a disaster at TC... I kind of really want to make sure that happens >.> Lol that's fair. I feel like everybody here I know rather well where I sit with them. I don't know if I'd rank them all as my favourites, but I know what page we're on at the very least. But I am glad you're happy with this tribe It's fine, I didn't need my heart. Nope, not even a little. But yes, that is the game. Grogu: LOL. Yeah, that tribe seems like it's gonna be a shitshow. Full disclosure, Bard was telling me they were feeling ehhh about Ranger at the end of Shipwreck because Ranger apparently hadn't talked much at all so like, I could totally see that tribal being a clusterfuck. I too want to make that happen! I never wound up watching Black Sails, but I did look for it after our conversation earlier if that counts? It requires a Hulu subscription and we only have one thing active at a time. Right now it's Disney+, funny enough, so we can watch WandaVision. Maybe I'll convince the fam to go to Hulu next month for Black Sails, since I think I saw it's on there? I honestly just need a new game to play. Everything I tend to play is too... involved. I need a slow paced game, something turn based maybe. I would say Magic or some other card game but I am so burnt out on card games. I like something where I can kinda play at my own pace, a puzzle game maybe. I'm very over shooters and action games at the moment. Bees?: Especially considering the way the last tc went, it's only going to be worse. Cuz you have Monk and Dave together, where Monk nullified Dave's vote, Ranger who I'm expecting to have self-voted, Bonobo and Bard having to confront the fact that Bard probably voted for Bonobo. What I wouldn't give to be a fly on that wall. Good to know that about Ranger. I don't think he was really doing super great with anybody. Ah, I take it you're only a legal way to watch things guy Which is fair. It is on Hulu. I'm loving WandaVision, I want more. And that's fair, if you all switch services depending. Hm, I'm not really one who plays much shooters or action games in the first place. I'm much more puzzle. Try something like Death and Taxes or Headliner: NoviNews. They're a bit like Papers, Please or Orwell but less time feel to them. It's a similar sort of approve or don't approve x thing, and see what happens with the day. No idea if that's in your wheelhouse at all, but they've been my kind of jam lately. Grogu: Oh god, yeah, I didn't even think that all of the drama from last round is gonna wind up on the same tribe. Whereas here I'm enjoying talking about my interests and the lovely weather we're having, over there is probably a hell of a lot more interesting. I'm sure we'll have a LOT to catch up on if they wind up going to TC. Actually, yeah, Ranger being viewed as disconnected is sort of a relief? In Exile, all I heard was how Bard/Ranger/Avocado were a trio. That was also confirmed by Bard/Avocado back on Maroon tribe or whatever. So I've been a bit nervous about that trio kinda running the game when late merge hits, but if Bard's already trying to distance from Ranger, that could mean it's not as concrete as it looks? Oh well, I'm not JUST a legal ways to watch things guy If something isn't available on a streaming service, I'll download it in a heartbeat. I have a hard drive my cousin and I both have access to where we have a public server open for the two of us to watch like a ton of downloaded stuff. But if I really wanna watch a movie, usually I can find it on HBO Max (we get it for free) or whatever popular streaming service we're subscribed to for the month. I kinda miss the days of Netflix being the only real streaming service, you know? It was so much simpler. Everyone had the same service, watched the same shows... simpler times. I just checked out Death and Taxes and this looks like EXACTLY my shit. Puzzle game? Check. Remedial tasks made increasingly more complex? Check. Morality system where choices matter to the narrative? Check. Also, just like... I really like the idea of the afterlife as a procedural/boring office job. The Good Place is one of my fave TV shows exactly because of that setting. Bees?: Oh I did, and I've been cackling about it. You're having lovely weather? exciting. I am not, it is snowing like mad. Oh I'm sure we will. I'm going to hope that's what happens anyways. Interesting, I didn't actually think about them as a solid trio, but if Ranger isn't doing a whole lot now, they might just drop him. I'm hoping that there's going to be some variance and not just some group running everything. I'm very against that. Haha, okay, that's fair. I just had a friend who would only ever watch stuff in legal ways which I found fascinating as a person who rarely uses any streaming service. I actually only have more access now because I have profiles on other people's accounts. But alright that's cool. I also miss when it was just Netflix. Excellent! I love games like this, all the ones I mentioned are pretty similar in style so if it's up your alley, check out the others. I also loved the idea of the afterlife being an office job, thought that was hysterical. I also love The Good Place Grogu: Well, it rained for a solid... month? Like we literally didn't have a single dry day for a month. So yesterday the sun finally came out and even though it's cold out I kept my window open half the day because I wanted to enjoy it! I'm also against a group running everything... mostly because I'm not part of "the group" (or any group). Something something 1%, something something proletariat revolution. I get the whole "only watch things legally" route. My little cousin is that way, he's like 15 I think, and when I talk about piracy he acts like it's a super serious crime bc growing up he just... had access to everything. When I was younger, Netflix was just starting out and so you could only find movies by like, paying $20 for the DVD or Blu-Ray, or pirating them. I started to sail the open seas at a young age. OOOH! You love TGP too! Fantastic. Bard and I have spent like... 80% of our PMs nerding out about it bc Bard's watching it for the first time. Almost inspired me to start a rewatch... Bees?: Oh that's horrible. Unless it's like warm rain, but even then. The sun has been out for a couple days and it's been kinda nice. I even stepped out into the cold for like a minute. Yeah, exactly. You wanna rise up against the man? That sounds awfully amenable. Haha, it's the weirdest thing talking to little kids about piracy. I guess they *wouldn't* download a car. Yep, same for me. I didn't tend to download anything, but I've definitely been streaming things less than legally for a long time. YES! Honestly who doesn't? Like how can you not like that show? It has so many wonderful things in it. Oh! That's so exciting, how is he liking it? It's also super rewatching, yep. Grogu: Oh no, it's been cold rain. Like, I think I'd prefer snow, bc at least snow is pretty to look at and feels weather appropriate. But cold rain is just miserable! Today has been unusually warm for February here, I wore shorts today! Rising about against the Man is like my dream, yeah. I fancy myself a bit of a revolutionary I guess If that's amenable to your desires then hey, the movement is always accepting like-minded friends Online streaming sites are so sketchy lol, I always feel like I'm going to get a virus going on them. The most I've used them for is to watch sports streams on my laptop when I wasn't at home or didn't have access to live sports, but that's about it. Bard said he was crying at the ending so like, we're in the same boat! Gun to your head, who is your favorite character? And why is it Janet? JK, Jason is also an acceptable option. I like all the characters in that show so fucking much but Jason's dumb ass is like relatable as hell. Bees?: Oh that's horrible. I don't like snow because shoveling it is ass, and i tend to end up falling a lot and I don't particularly ice or snow for that reason. That's exciting! Revolutionary baby, sounds about right. I mean look, we were kinda friends before things went stupid. My like for you didn't exactly go anywhere, it just got weird. Oh they are, you're not wrong. I have like 3 different ad blockers and a really good virus scanner. So like, i getchu. I suppose watching sports is a reason to stream stuff. I don't relate to that, but I get it. Aww, beautiful. It definitely made me cry a lot, it was very good. Haha, it actually IS Janet. I've always had a soft spot for any character that is some brand of AI or android that is learning how to be a person as a show goes on. Janet was just perfection. Jason is also very good. I think he may be dumb, but he's also smarter than the rest in an emotional capacity a lot. Just the best himbo though. No, I will not be taking any criticisms. Grogu: Usually shouting "I WORE SHORTS" excitedly would make me a lunatic, but, it's a pandemic. I'm taking joy in the small places I can find it, man. I know! We were good friends. "Dance partners", remember? I thought we were gonna run this game together honestly, I let my eyes get all big and watery like a bad anime character. I would still be open to that again if you are, and I think it's a beautiful reunification story. Yeah, sports are hit or miss for me. I mostly just watch football. I grew up playing a ton of sports but watching it professionally, most sports just don't appeal. I've always been a big fan of soccer? But there's not much of a culture around it here where I'm from, so not really a way to "get into it" you know. Janet is so good. I seriously got so mad that D'arcy Carden didn't get any awards for playing her, she was so good. Both as Good Janet and Bad Janet. To go from such a sweet character to someone that farts on command... and play both with a straight face... so good. Jason is absolutely a himbo and you're right for saying it. God, he's so dumb, and so cute. I hated him at first back when he was a silent monk but the episode where he gets a mancave hidden away from Tahani is like my fave. Bees?: Haha, that's a valid point. But like, I think you're allowed to be happy about shorts. Afterall, they're comfy and easy to wear. I do remember, yes. Ugh, it just makes that whole round that much bigger a travesty. I am a sucker for a good redemption arc. I definitely think I've had enough distance from the round to really be willing to give it another shot. Oh, so I guess you're celebrating Superb Owls today? Enjoy. Never really caught the sports bug I guess. I think it's more I don't get why you'd pick any sort of team over any other. If it's based on somebody doing cool shit, that I understand. But I don't really get insisting one guy/team is better than the rest, can't we have multiple goods? Soccer's nice, one of the few televised sports that a replay doesn't bother me when they do. God, I know! She deserves all the things!! Right? It's such a range of acting, truly. Hahaha, I am glad you agree. He's so stupid :heart_eyes:. Oh yeah, silent monk was garbage. I will never get over the reveal of the Bud Hole, and how aggressively teenage boy it was decorated. You learned so much about him as a person in those moments. |
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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 8, 2021 3:36:46 GMT
T/H Hare: Augh, long time no message back. I'm glad we won the challenge, I experienced the first of my activity decreasing events. Homework to work on today. First major thing of the semester. Tedious Javascript assignments, due tonight. So... probably not going to be on much today. Bees?: It's okay. Not having TC means you can kinda get away with it. I certainly don't mind too much. Bluh, good luck with your homework. We'll just check back in around challenge time, yeah? Works for me Hare: Well, we could go 24 hours early.. since the challenge is delayed. Hahaha, that's really funny. You know, for someone who is mad at you, grogu seems to be putting a lot more work to throw avocado and bard and ranger under the bus and set them up as threats to look out for. He seems to be more worried about getting bigger targets out there than himself that people can agree on - but he seems to hold a slow burn towards you. Bees?: Lol yeah, I'm kind of okay with there being an extra 24 hours. I had a very late d&d session that was overlapping with results. We sorta talked a little and I think he's more hurt by me than anything else, and sees me as a victim of other people too. Which I guess is better than straight anger. He's not wrong that Avocado was very much involved in everything that went down. I don't expect his annoyance to go away, but I think we've sorta just agreed to talk business when important and largely just avoid each other outside of that. Which I find preferable. Tortoise: Oh it definitely is. It's kinda weird having quite a lot of things to do during these Covid times, but it is what it is. Mostly I'm just working a lot and work is kind of wearing me out? I've recently started a new job and it's quite a lot. But it's super fun and exciting at the same time. Just need to find my rhythm I guess! By the way, I'm also playing a D&D campaign since Covid started. I'm really loving it, it's been such a long time since I've played. Bees?: Is it a good weird at least? Congrats on the new job! That's awesome Sorry it wears you out though. That bites. I'm sure you can find your rhythm, just gotta be slow and steady Wonderful! What do you play as? Hare: Sorry for no messages and your headache, that's unfortunate. I would gladly take your headache so I could sleep better tonight. That sounds really counter-intuitive but last time I had a headache it was actually a very good experience. For me headaches make it painful to think certain thoughts, and those thoughts are things that are stressful or anxious. So by it helps me notice those thoughts that I might not otherwise notice because they would make me feel physical pain. I think it has something to do with blood flow to the head. A similar thing applies to other sensory inputs that would take brain processing, like light or sound or smell or thirst. Also we are in shipwreck. It seems grogu has already gone and made a bad impression with bard and avocado. Bees?: Hey that's okay I'd happily trade! That's very interesting. My headaches don't tend to work that way, they're just pain and annoyance for long periods of time. But this one seems to have gotten a little better, but I'm still gonna go off to sleep here in a second. Yes we are, and we have a TC still, joy. Oh? What exactly did he do? I'm really just not wanting to have to sort through any of his shit. I don't want it at all. I did learn that apparently he got to choose which tribe he ended up on, so he chose us purposefully. I feel much more personally attacked by that round now. Tortoise: I'm playing a Halfling Ranger. Which is kind of funny because the person playing Ranger has never played D&D. So I'm happy I can finally share this. My favored enemies are plants, which is something that started as kind of a joke and then I decided to just go along with it. It's been super fun. What have you been playing as? I'm not sure what Grogu's problem is, maybe he's just taking the voteout very personal? (Also I haven't gotten to Avocado and Bard's messages, so I'll have to get back to you on that, shipwreck is crazy) How are you coping with it? Bees?: Ooo, that sounds fun Wait, Ranger has never played D&D? *huh* I wonder if he just didn't have any other good character options then. You'd think you'd let people who do play D&D have those characters. I love the idea of a tiny halfling HATING plants, that's hilarious. It's really cuz they're too close in size to you, huh? I have a tiefling wizard, and she's a nerd about magic and I have a lot of fun with her. I've had this pet character I've been wanting to build for a campaign that has yet to present an opportunity. I want to build essentially a poison cleric. All punk and named Arsenic, largely deals with poison and disease. I don't even know. It sounds like he's zeroing in on Droids as the person he dislikes most. I am unsure. I don't want to deal with it, I just don't. He's definitely taking this incredibly personal though. No worries, take your time Well I think I lucked out, I waited for people to come to me rather than reached out at first, that way I only had messages trickle in 2 or 3 at a time. Tortoise: No, it's super weird actually, because he roleplays all the time and he's never played D&D before. It's super confusing! From what I remember he basically got stuck with his least favorite option but went with it as well as he could. I love the hating plants thing. At one point, one of the spellcasters set a tree on fire, and then a meme was created where my character was laughing uncontrollably at the sight of the burning tree. Good times. We also have a Tiefling in our group, they're super cool to play. A poison cleric also sounds amazing. A while back, we played a one shot campaign, where I was a Blood Cleric. Kind of a homebrew domain, if I remember it right, but I had spells like Animate blood and it was just fantastic. It seems to me like Grogu is more focused on Avocado and Bard right now, he hasn't really mentioned Droids to me. We'll see how it goes I guess, I don't really expect Grogu to make a big move here. He seems to be well aware that he doesn't really have a lot of pull in this game. Bees?: What. How can you not? I have caught on to what you mean about him roleplaying all the time. He would be amazing at D&D. I guess at least he's running with it, kudos to him. Oh that's hilarious, I love it. Sounds like you have a lot of fun with it all Tieflings are just fun. This is the only one I've had, but I'm fond of her. I built a Tabaxi Barbarian once that I had a ton of fun with. Made her as tiny as I possibly could, just for the image of a tiny cat just flying into a rage. Filled me with continual joy. Oh that sounds amazing! Ugh, I need another campaign. The one I have meets incredibly infrequently and I miss playing so much. Ah interesting, it's what Avocado said, but idk man, I've found some of Avo's information I sometimes have to raise my eyebrow at. I don't think he's lying, but like it always seems to be slightly off, idk. I'm not currently talking to Grogu and I kind of find that ideal, so I don't know what he thinks about anybody right now, and I don't intend to find out yet. I don't expect him to make a big move either, not really. But I wouldn't be surprised if people do try to take advantage of him being in the middle of talk to make a move towards him, ya know? Toad: Wow, a taxi barbarian! I wonder what that means. I once rid in a taxi to the airport. Dungeons & (and) dragons. OOps wrong discussion I don't know anything and this isn't even me. Tortoise will get back to you on that. I'll schedule you an appointment for 25:00 wednesday afternoon. Now if I could just see your health card and debit card please. When I talk to avocado I get a similar feeling. He always seems to just know more than us, even on the things we think we know about. I'm under the impression it's just because he talks so much game to everyone that he just gets the information out of people and then, spreads it around a bit. Like how on chocolate he was the only one who knew that whats his face was busy with a certain thing IRL. Honestly it has been too long to remember , but one tribemate got busy with something IRL (pineapple?) right. it was pineapple, who was busy with work. And then avocado was the one who said that and no one else knew that. Becuase avocado talks to a lot of people effectively. I don't think he's lying when he says his information, it doesn't line up with his incentives. He bZZZt- ~ The Toad [ILLEGAL BROADCAST] Bees?: Hahaha. You're fine, how you been? Yes do schedule that would you? Oh, we're bees, we don't have either of those things. Can we still make an appointment? Yeah, it might just be that. He does seem able to get all sorts of information from other people and is not afraid to share it at all. But I still like him, I'm just always a bit curious how he knows certain things and if his information is good. But I don't think he's lying either. Perhaps just releasing the information at the opportune moment, which kudos to him. Haha. Hope to hear from you again soon <3 Tortoise: Totally agree with both of you here, Avocado holds a lot of information. Most of it is probably because he's super well connected. Maybe Grogu is the only one who's not really on good terms with him right now. We've actually been doing weekly D&D sessions on discord. Roll20 is a great way to play, don't know if you've tried it. I don't know how much work it is for a DM, but it looks pretty cool as a player! Bees?: True enough. I am glad we're on the same page there It sounds like Grogu might have made up with Avo a little? Idk. It seems like a lot of things are calming down a lot, which I will take. That's the only way I've ever played actually it depends on what format you're running as a DM I've heard. 5e has a lot of support and built-in things, 3.5 exists but it's nearly as good overall. Roll20 has some clunkiness I don't like, but it's really the best free option out there. Hare: A lot of things are calming down? Around grogu, you mean? Has he made up with you at all or is the same old? I haven't been doing a very good job at following his saga beyond when we voted him off then he came back and apologized for voting us and we said no worries. What do you think we should do this round? There's a lot of moving parts and I don't even know where to start. Bees?: Around Grogu, yeah. And we've talked a bit actually, yeah. I think we're doing okay, as okay as you can anyways. Nah, it's all good. Well, that's a very good question. I haven't actually heard much of anything, but my suspicion here is that nobody wants to rock the boat or pull anything fancy, so it'll likely be some consensus vote, and I imagine that'll be a former Snow Leopard. That's about as far as I can tell. It's been ridiculously quiet, and I do not know if it's just in general or with me, so your guess is as good as mine is. Hare: Yep, I hear the silence too. Ain't nobody saying anything. When you say snow leapord, you mean the tribe, and not someone overplaying, yeah? Though I suppose if someone went full snow leapord, they would probably make themselves into a consensus boot. I would be okay with voting whoever from that tribe. The main distinguishing factor between them is that cleric voted alone and the other two voted together. Bees?: Haha, yes that's what i meant. Sorry, I don't like calling them Hole People. That just sits weird. Shorthand is the way to go. But no, I don't mean anyone overplaying. People would have to be talking a lot to be overplaying, no? True enough. I have no real connection to them. Monk I've had like 4 messages with tops. Cleric and Rey are about on par. Ah interesting, I didn't actually know that. Hare: Yeah, I feel you. When I talked with Monk, he understood that he was voted out for sending one-liner messages. No hard feelings all around. Now he is sending one-liner messages again. You can lead a horse to water... Bees?: Oh god, that actually physically hurts. I hadn't actually heard anyone give an actual name, but like, if that's where it's at, I'm not going to complain. I'm now sad you didn't send that to me in 3 one-line PMs >.> Hare: Oh right. yeah i guess that kind of just counted as saying a name. Oops, whatever. If that's the way it goes I would be fine with it. But I think the rest of the game is still at least 4 to 5 hours away from starting to say names themselves. Maybe 7 or 8. Nothing wrong with being a bit ahead of the pack. How do you feel about the immunity results and tribal chooser guys? I think we got a good roll on this one. Oh wait, you wanted a oneliner... hold on let me get one for you... I'm not bad. How are you today? Bees?: I think it's just going to be one of Monk or Cleric. Some people have some opinions on it, others don't. They're pretty much the same in terms of being oneliner kings and not giving much of anything at all. I also feel you on that, I think the first person who said a name at all was this morning, aside from you. I'm actually cool with who won, cuz like, I feel we're not likely to get screwed over here which is nice. Haha, you're great. I could be worse. Hare: Sorry, I"ve been away a lot of the day. Is the vote split? Is it decided? We heard droids lead on cleric, but that's it so far. I've only got a few hours today (on for the next ~3 hours) before my event begins and I'm away until deadline. Vote is currently on cleric but I would be okay with either one going - or even a split to dodge that prime number idol. Bees?: It's all good. Nothing has been happening, so like, you're not missing much. It isn't decided, not really. Some people do want Cleric, others don't. I think it's likely to be between Cleric and Monk, and we'll see how it goes. I was actually considering putting my vote on Monk just for the potential idol play, though I doubt anybody would actually do it here. Hare: Ah, we've gotten the monk push now. Seems to be coming from dave, who likes cleric. Is monk a legitimate push or just an idol split? Everyone voting monk says they're doing it for an idol split. But dave seems to really want it. We were thinking about monk too, as we said earlier. I don't think it's the end of the world if cleric goes home over monk...? Just from asking around it seems like cleric has more momentum, but I am missing a substantial amount of responses (grogu, maggie, ranger... other people who are offline). But I also don't want to make Dave upset by voting out cleric. He seems like he feels strongly about this. Bees?: I don't think it's solely from Dave, Dave just has an actual opinion he's putting out there. I don't think it's just an idol split really. Like, I know if it were up to me, I'd also vote out Monk. Cleric is trying ya know? Monk is giving one-liners and talking to people about the weather. Like, it's a no brainer there. It's probably not the end of the world, no. But idk, Cleric mentioned that this is their second game ever, and the first they got voted out without getting to really talk to anybody. I think they just need somebody to give them a nudge on what they need to do, and they'll try it. *shrugs* that's just kind of where I'm at. I'd rather keep a person who is trying, than someone who isn't. Hare: So we got back and cleric has now sent us messages that made me laugh. Please say that the momentum shifted to monk while we were gone, because I'm starting to see what you mean, and man it would really feel bad to vote out cleric here. nvm it doesnt seem like it :/ Bees?: Well, I think it's close. Like, I think on Monk there is me, Dave, Grogu, and possibly you? I also think bonobo might end up there. It is unclear about Ranger or Maggie. Bard very much wants it to be Cleric, Rey seems to be there too? And Droids is willing to do whatever gives Bard the best shot at a tribe he wants. No idea what Avo is doing either. I think that's everybody? Hare: Since we have gotten back: Bonobo *implied* to us he will vote off cleric (but didn't outright say it). Maggie has said she's voting cleric. Ranger hasn't gotten back yet. Avocado and bard are close, so they will probably vote together. Bees?: Oh oof. Okay. I didn't have implications anyways on Bonobo. Haven't heard from Maggie like all TC so I was guessing. It's probably 5-8 then with Cleric going home, but like, whatever. I stand by how I voted. Also, from what I understand you and I get to be on the same tribe again next round. Hare: I got the list of tribes too. It seems like droids' intended majority is set up to have grogu and dark rey on the outside, since droids and maggie seem to have bonded significantly on the last tribe. We correctly assumed that Maggie and Lindsay were close. Is that what you think? What do you think of Maggie? You've met her before - this is my first time meeting her. Bees?: Man, I don't really know. Maggie is a hard nut to crack. She feels like somebody who will tell people what they want to hear, but be really nice about it at least. And yeah, that does seem to be how that tribe is looking. We'll see how it pays off. Hare: I feel sleepy like I just wrote an exam. Oh yeah then I guess doing tetravex doesn't help. I guess you're welcome for telling you the name of it Probably shouldn't be on right now, probably should be sleeping. oh well. fghhhvb Hmm, okay. The last tribe you saw maggie on was... the old original one? I think droids likes maggie so he probably put this tribe such that he doesn't want maggie voted off here. How do you feel about being back with droids? We've been swapped around a bit since last time we were on a 6man tribe together, but I know I'm happy to see him again. Bees?: Oof, I feel that. Are you going to be sleeping though? I fully trust in the complexity the team of y'all and Droids can manage. Yeah, I haven't seen Maggie since Dark Olive. I think the intent was to split up Dave and Maggie, and Maggie and Droids were just together so they might trust that slightly more? But I don't think anybody here is truly being set up to be voted off. I'm happy to be back with Droids again, it's been a while. I like them. I also like having them and you together, cuz when it comes to challenges I think we might be best off Hare: Yeah? I hope we can manage it. I haven't been messaging much to focus on the challenge when I have time. I would have to go and look how much time dave and maggie spent together. I don't remember. But I think maggie and droids are close, because they say they like each other. Which is a pretty good indicator. Also they were on that tribe with each other and plague and the ranger/bard/avocado group. Bees?: Hey that's fine. You were a big help for all of it, I don't mind if you message less while you're focusing on something slightly more more important. I wish I could say I was actually helpful, but today was nuts. Dave and Maggie were on Dark Olive, and then Purple. And they probably are a little, two tribes together does tend to give closeness. Hare: Purple. Purple? There was a purple tribe? I think there was a maroon one once. And an olive one, maybe a chocolate one. And at least two red ones. I don't know why the mods could have just given the tribes memorable names like SUPREME SQUAD. It would totally fit with the impromptu theme of the game. Did droids ever say why he named this tribe SUPREME SQUAD? By that metric, if you count the shipwreck as a tribe, I think everyone in the game is close now! And if not now surely by merge. At which point we can all jointly win. Bees?: Yes, I remember it because it was almost the same as maroon and I complained and that's why we ended up being very pink. I really don't know why they didn't name stuff much cooler names or better colours, but here we are. I think he just named it that because both he and Bard had Supreme in their outfits. Just guessing. I suppose we could. I could get behind joint winners. I don't hate it. But isn't you winning a joint win, what with there being two of you? Hare: No, actually if we win it has to go to a firemaking challenge to see who the real winner is. I think I have decent odds of beating tortoise. But he might know that and use our bodyswap item and put someone else in the hydra instead of me, so then I would have to get if back into the game and then convince people that i am the real hare and the current hare is actually fake (potentially mr. toad). Now if that happens I'll be counting on you to be able to tell which one is the real me. I'll use the codeword "Banana Bread" so you know I'm the real one. Tortoise: Hey I'm still around, just so you know. Had a really busy end of the week and I was feeling pretty terrible yesterday. All better now! Bees?: But is the firemaking challenge to win different than Hive? Do you have to run a race? Oh no, not the bodyswap item!!! Anything but that!! At least Mr. Toad gets his day in the sun. Sure, but you're telling me the codeword where it can be seen, so now it's useless! I'm sure I can figure you out. Who else will be so enthusiastic about Pipes puzzles? Hi Tortoise <3 I'm sorry you were feeling horrible, glad today is better though! Hope everything continues to improve Hare: Whew, he didn't see it. Okay. That's good. Yep, our firemaking challenge is a race. I'm so confident that I will win, I don't think I even need to put in my full effort. That's right! All you need to do is give us both a pipe puzzle. Whoever gets the lowest time will surely be the real hare. No one can out pipe the hut. Well maybe someone on the other tribe can because clearly they thought this was an easy challenge that could be done in less than an hour. It should be good fun to discuss that with them once we re-merge again. Wait did you never meat Mr. Toad yet? He sometimes pops in. Bees?: Haha, I'm sure you'll do just fine. You've never lost a race, I am sure. No, sir. If it means I can watch you talk about it for a long time again, gladly. Ngl, that made my night. I really like when people are passionate about the things they like. 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Post by ...Bees? on Feb 10, 2021 19:53:55 GMT
Bonobo Bonobo: Hey sexyy beeeees back to doubling the amount of PMs wwe haave to make huh Bees?: Oh, we're sexy now, huh? Neat! Isn't it so nice that we only cut down the amount of PMs by 2? Bonobo: all of y'all are individually sexy, yes. like.... those sstingers... hot yeah so exciting and I was already not messaging them because they gave me nothing so nOTHING CHANGED Bees?: It's true. It is a stinger in my pocket AND I'm happy to see you Haha. I was messaging them a little bit, but not much. So really, I love the not really a reset or break but kind of? It's so nice. Bonobo: oh fuck K KFFNKSAJDFKS baby I'm just like... why did we have 8 days just to add dark rey to the game..... like nothing has changed except that Bees?: Haha, I've missed you man. And it's only been like a day. Did anything change with her addition? Okay that's mean, I'm in a prickly sort of mood today. But actually, did you ever sort out exactly what happened with votes suddenly being on you two rounds ago? That was a shock. Bonobo: it's been like!!! 3 days. and all that changed is I didn't have to message any of the supreme tribe. I think most people took a well needed break, like I barely got messages from anyone until tribal. Like the burnout was REAL. yeah im just bitter that nothing has literally happened and we're here at merge! Feels like we should be in final 7 or something at this point. I heard Monk was going around trying to organize a countervote in case cleric had an idol because they all had a bunch of powers or something. Bees?: Are you sure it's been 3? I don't believe you. Time is an illusion. Yeah, it was like that over on our tribe too. Like I think I've had maybe 4 PMs total from each person? I've also been taking the time to chill out and not be on the board. That was nice. Bluh, I feel that. This game has felt a lot longer than most. It probably doesn't help that there were so many 48 hour challenges back to back, that definitely kills game momentum. Ah, okay. I did have an idea that it was Monk last minute panicking, I wasn't sure if anybody else had owned up to voting there. I was also worried that your TC was going to be full of tension cuz all the people involved with the mess of the end of the round were on your tribe. Like, I've been guessing that the Ranger vote was a self-vote and then Monk took away Dave's vote, and also voted you. It sounded extra spicy. Bonobo: it's been soooo long. wwhy are there so many 48 hour challenges. and then they also suck up so much time like drawing and doing a 1 hour puzzle that didn't amount to ANYTHING!! yeah surprisingly there was no real tension, or at least it was all below the surface. Like Monk jusst straight up stopped PM'ing me which was funny. But no like big plan or push back which I guess is what oyu''d want from a round right before a merge. Bees?: I think they were looking for easy to grab ones? I'm not really sure. Possibly cuz they were all the rage the last time Silver modded? It is unclear. Interesting. So basically we've been in limbo for a while, even though shipwreck shouldn't have been? neato. Lol, poor guy, he really butchered the round before, huh? But yeah that does seem like the idea pre-merge round. Bonobo: Sorry for the delay on this messageee i just completely crashed after results. Not fun during a tribal of course. I wanted to chat with you about like... the game state, where we stand, because I feel like we had a really weird introduction to each other with the "yeah i'd vote you if I gotta" and such. Which was totally fair and valid, but it feels like we haven't really... changed that? Like I feel like I can at least trust you since you didn't cut me when you had the chance, but now it feels like we didn't really agree to anything and that was just circumstantial. I really want to work with you if you're down for that. I don't know if our interests align since I don't know where you're at, but if it's possible I'd love to Bees?: Hey it's fine, I did the same. Oh god, is that where you think we left it? Oh no, no. Okay, that was very much that round where I hadn't really had a chance to talk to you much. I really like you, you're not somebody I want to vote out. You are right we didn't agree to anything or really go past that. Grogu coming back was a mindfuck for me for a bit, so, sorry. Fwiw, I'm still trying to figure out where my interests lie, cuz I've been with everybody at various points in this game, so as has everybody. I'm still trying to make heads or tails of anything. Does that help at all? Bonobo: Yeah i get that, that makes sense. I definitely don't think we're like mortal enemies at this point haha, just don't know where we sstand but i'm hoping it's closer to neutral right now. I definitely don't hold it against you tha that round was wweird and not a good place to be meeting people for the first time That does help a bit I guess! I feel like we'll know more about the lines being drawwn after this round if like a big move happens but that doesn't seem to be the case I've heard more like grogu/ranger/dark rey considering they were voted out but that just seems easy so maybe no lines wiwll be drawn! who knows Bees?: That's honestly fair. I'd say it's on the positive side of neutral. Like, I like you, I have no reason to want you out. I just don't. I didn't even have a reason the first TC we met in, which is why I said what I said. And I did have a reason not to vote you, so I didn't vote you. I still have that same reason, you're funny and nice to talk to Yeah that's true. I don't know what lines are what. Where'd you hear Grogu? That one I haven't heard. I heard there was a possibility of it being Rey vs Dave? But like, I don't know that anyone is actually pushing for it to be Dave? I definitely am not against a Ranger vote. Guy isn't even here, and out of any of the possibilities, he kinda feels like the one which might actually clear some shit up. That's just where I'm at currently. Avocado Avocado: YOOOOOOO WE MADE IT TO THE ACTUAL MERGE TOGETHER i mean the returnees thing was kinda pointless considerin four of em went out in a row but this is super sick. im stoked to be back with you and shit and i think weve got the potential to crush shit out here how did things go for you? monk was almost completely inactive on our tribe except for the last fourth a tribal council so he was a really easy 5-1 boot with no advantages played whatsoever. actually the tribe was kinda dead cos i think most people were sufferin from a lotta burnout but still. really happy with how the games goin so far and weve like. actually made it sort of deep now which is cool Bees?: Heyyyy, we did!! I'm curious if there's another round of returnees, I just feel it in my wings man. But yeah, they were fairly non-existent. I'm really happy to be back with you too Enjoy your Superb Owl though <3 Oh dude, it was hella chill. Like, I think everybody was suffering from burnout tbh. There was like 2 PMs a day from most people? That's about it. It was fine. I'm not surprised that Monk went out with a whimper. Though, I was a bit worried that you'd have a super spicy tribal considering the last one ended so crazy and most of the people pulling crazy shit were over on your side. But it seems it all worked out. Avocado: oh nah theres definitely another round of returnees in the works. i dont think theyd bother with the whole 'flat' thing if they didnt have at least something in mind too. like maybe its wishful thinkin to hope that there wont be more than that but still. actually maybe the next round is just gonna be them comin back from bein flattened and joinin in on the auction before the actual jury starts?? idk man theorizin about this game hasnt worked out well in the past so im not really sure what to think i think everyone might still be sufferin from burnout? or at least shit seems fairly low energy compared to how rabid people were in the first 'merge'. will things get weird closer to deadline? idk most likely. but rn i dont see anyone stumblin over themselves to respond since were already 12 rounds into this game. but yeah i got the feelin that most people just wanted to make it out and see the merge instead of do crazy shit that risked their game ANYWAY what do you think the move is here? imo i think that there are still a few 'easy votes' that can be done from here on out but idk if thats what people would want to really go for at this point. i think that weve definitely got a path forwards though Bees?: Gotta be. Like flattened doesn't sound like truly dead really. Not after the holes. And we already got some Flattened people back no? I may be forgetting what happened to Grogu and Ranger. Maybe it is, but idk. Or maybe one of the auction items is like "Revive a friend, go!". It really hasn't, but it can be fun sometimes. Oh yeah, definitely. But it also happened on Superb Owl day, and people really love those owls. They might get weird, I am unsure. Nobody is going out of their way to be a Chatty Cathy, no. I think you're right. I also think people are holding in that crazy shit til they're sure returnees are done. So like if we vote a somebody and they're jury, that's probably it? That is a very good question. I think I want to know the lay of the land a little bit better. I'm unsure where a lot of people are connectionwise anyways. I think people are likely to go for the easy votes, that's been this game, no? And that shipwreck round people were so infuriatingly hesitant to make a choice where they could piss somebody off, I think we're likely still looking at that. Cuz nobody left who was part of that. We definitely do, yes. Multiple paths probably. I think this merge is shockingly open in a lot of ways. Avocado: yea no i agree with you there. especially since some of the flattened people just had flat for a little while then were added to the construction crew a deadline or two afterwards. so cleric monk and plagueis are the only ones who are really eligible to return at this point in time. which is scary cos darth plagueis kinda got screwed over but most of it was his own fault cos i wanted to work with him before he dipped in terms of activity. grogu and ranger were the last of the holes btw. ALSO for the 'if you could revive anyone who would it be' question on the survey i put nobody cos i dont want anyone back. like i straight up would pay for an item that makes it so that NOBODY can come back cos im done with the returnees. i cnat talk about not being a chatty cathy cos i slept for five hours and woke up when results were happening so like. i cant be lumped in with the more talkative people?? idk i feel like there hasnt been much important goin on in terms of discussion anyway tho. like this has been a really stagnant and boring game state and its gone on for an entire month at this point. so maybe people will start playing now that its merge and maybe not bees ima level with you here and just say right off the bat that ima be one of those people thats infuriatingly hesitant to piss anyone off. like maybe its just me but i would rather not have any craziness happen until the level of pms that are happening is actually manageable. like we could at least wait until were down to the f9 or something to do anything crazy cos nobody honestly cares about whats happening in the early merge or some shit. ive got your back and bards back here but there really isnt much that id protest against beyond that cos i just wanna make mid or late merge. i aint picky Bees?: Yep, exactly. I just am unsure what's going to happen with them. Yeah, I heard a lot of what happened was his doing, so we'll have to see. "I will pay for nobody to come back, don't even try it Pine." Nothing happened in 5 hours dude. Like, it has been dead. Most people have just been casually chatting if they PM at all. Oh it is shockingly stagnant, which does concern me a little, but we'll see. This game having so many swaps hasn't exactly lead to there being many lines or anything, it just feels a blob of people who may have connections or none at all, but generally feel good about each other. Oh I know, and I get that. I don't blame you for that. You still give your opinion on things, you're not hesitant to discuss pros and cons of people. Which I think is still okay. I also agree with you, I want less people before I want shenanigans. I appreciate that, I got yours too I'm much in the same boat tbh. I'm not too picky, I want to at least get the lay of the land though. I want to have an idea of who is doing what with whom before I'm like "okay we can take out that spaghetti and the yeti won't fall". Avocado: thats basically verbatim what i said there ANYWAY i woke up to some minor discussion happenin around the place about the vote which happened when i went to sleep and it looks like its split between the easy easy vote in rey the returnee and dave whos basically like. the centerpiece a discussion in the merge? idk if youve been hearin the same thing but you probably will down the line anyways. like there are still people who havent gotten pms from everyone BUT i think that others are basically tryin to construct somethin safe for themselves so that they dont get caught on the sidelines once things start goin crazy. but yeah thats basically how ive felt about the dynamics as well. which im not complainin about at all but its definitely somethin thats gonna make things messy down the line and ok sick then were on the same page in terms a how we feel about each other and how were seein the rest a the merge play out. as of right now i havent really heard your name in a positive or negative light? although i have heard a few people basically say that theyre not sure where your loyalties lie which i dont strictly think is a good thing when were talkin about in this context. i think that it would benefit the people who were on maroon (us bard droids t/h) to stick together at least somewhat though since weve been through a lotta shit together (see grogu boot). idk where your head is at though and im willin to do what you think is a good move if you have ideas Bees?: I had not heard that. I also kinda crashed so I am very not up to date on anything at all. I did have a message from Dave where he said that Rey messaged him to tell him that no, she wasn't pushing for him to be eliminated. So like, if it is a counter vote, Dave knows about it. It's sounded like some people started from Rey as a vote and then some felt very Not Rey, and were looking for an alternative. Which brings me to a question, has anybody heard from Ranger at all? I feel like I haven't seen him around or anything. Well that's probably not a good thing, but like, have they asked me where my loyalties lie? Cuz nobody except like you, has. So why would they know what I think or who I like? I am trying to make heads or tails of where exactly everybody else fits with everybody else, so that might be a bit of why I'm hard to pin down? Idk. Anyways, I agree, I think maroon as a unit is a pretty decent one, and I wouldn't mind working with that group. I think where my head is at is, I want a vote that actually going to do something to the dynamic of this game, but not so big a thing that everything falls apart in unpredictable ways. So like, I think a Dave vote is too big a vote for this first merge round, I really do. Rey doesn't change anything about game state either. I guess it's like, we've been in the same sort of feel for the past 3 rounds it feels like. So I guess, how does a piece like Ranger fit into gamestate? Kinda feels like it has an effect of like, solidifying where some people are aligned, and still allows for an idea of what fallout from it will be. Avocado: i mean at this point i think im hearing four names in particular? dave is viewed as the challenge threat here which i dont entirely agree with or care about?? and im not really planning on or wanting to vote him anyway. then the other three 'easy votes' would happen to be grogu/ranger/rey cos theyre the returnees and probably dont have the same connections that people who are still in the game would. i got my first ranger message of the day about an hour ago and it was typical game stuff so its not like hes been entirely inactive? but im kinda neutral as to where the vote goes either way as long as it aint me. this is the longest ive ever lasted in a survivor game and i dont wanna get voted out as soon as ive made the merge cos i feel like ive improved a lot and shit honestly no offense to you but i think that expectin people to ask where loyalties lie is kinda misguided?? like obviously youd never really give away who you trust the most and who you dislike unless its super obvious cos thats information thats just not really needed to be given away. i dont really think its in a negative connotation though, people see you as a more in the middle of the road kinda dude rather than someone whos sneaky and tryna play all sides. ALSO to level with you here my mans i like. would like something to change the dynamic of this game too. but i would also like to wait until were at more manageable numbers to do that. cos i do NOT wanna deal with fallout with 9 people to dm and potentially more since we might have some flattened returnees comin back from the dead which would make things shipwreck-tier messy. i agree that dave is not the right move though and i dont wanna go for him either at all. i think he could be a valuable asset movin forward and my preference is that we should probably target someone that nobody has any strong feelings on one way or another. like i said im neutral and i just wanna get further dude. maybe thats dumb to admit but im just open about where i stand here Bees?: That's kinda how I feel about Dave too. At least like, I don't care to do anything about it right now this second. I hadn't heard Grogu except for a line from Bonobo saying that he heard all 3 were talked about as returnees. But yeah, that kinda sounds about right. And that's true, they probably don't. I'd say I'm fairly neutral, but have slight preferences? But hey, congrats on making it this far Well no, I don't mean expect them to ask me where my loyalties are, but rather like, they can ask me where I sit with them, can't they? I'd rather hash out worries people have about me with them myself, ya know? Like, talking through shit is really beneficial, you and I did it even. Ah okay, that's honestly fair. That is kinda how I am anyways. The way I see it, being too sneaky gets you dead. Oh I know, I don't mean a huge shift. I just don't want the same shit where we're booting people that just keep this edge of stagnation constant. Which is kinda why I'm like, not a big name, just a slightly less nothing name. And no, I don't want to deal with fallout either. Which is why I was wondering what was up with Ranger as like, that feels like least fallout, and while it doesnt' change the game state much, it does tighten up some things a little, that's all. And you're probably right. This just feels like the start of a messy round that I don't want to be messy. Avocado: yeah grogu just told me that he heard that the main showdown was pretty much gonna be dave vs rey?? idk if you got the same thing but thats basically how it came off to me. personally i said my piece to you and i aint really gonna fight or push anything from here on out cos i dont wanna be caught up in that chaos (and also i dont wanna ruin my best game ever as soon as the merge hits cos that would be depressing) thats true yea. i mean im pretty confident in where you sit with me cos youve been open and willin to talk about it, but maybe thats just me and other people are a bit more closed off. i think hashin shit out with people directly is the move if you wanna just like. double check with them. and fwiw i dont think youre sneaky at all oh no no no dont get me wrong i dont wanna keep bootin people who wouldnt make that big of an impact cos then id be the one goin like halfway through that and i know youd feel vulnerable there too. my point is just like 'i dont wanna pm 10 different people in an attempt to scramble when we can just bring it down to 8 or 9 people left before makin moves'. i get the feeling that people on the jury really dont care about the early merge anyway so now is less the time to build up our resume and more about puttin ourselves in a position where the moves we make are gonna be more visible down the line (eg people are more sure that we were the ones involved and nobody else can claim em as their own). my ideal world has it where we just lay back and theres no chaos and if there is chaos were not involved in it. but i would prefer this not be messy either Bees?: I did hear that. I heard it first from you and Dave cuz Rey went to him saying she wasn't pushing him. So it's interesting what's going down. Yeah I don't wanna be involved either, I do wanna know what's happening at the very least, that's about it. Yeah maybe so. I guess I just get annoyed when people have worries about me but aren't talking to me about them. I value directness and honesty. Thank you, I appreciate that. Yeah yeah, I getchu. The less people before anybody has to scramble the better, I'm with that. Often they don't care about early merge, no, but it depends on the game and how it plays out from there. Sometimes early merge is where the only action is or is dynamic enough it does matter. And yeah, I agree with that. I don't hate being in the eye of the storm and just wait for it to die down and walk out unscathed, but that's like an ideal world. Droids Droids: Hi Bees!!! Really happy we're reunited, even if it just ends up being brief. How have you been? I was a bit worried for you over there when we got separated. -C-3P0 Bees?: Droids!!! I'm really happy to see you again. I've uh, been better honestly. Having Grogu back was a lot to deal with, I've kinda been less active to cope with it. He seems to be very mad with me, Avo, and Bard. I am unsure on the last two, heard that through the grapevine. I know he's hurt anyways. We're largely ignoring each other which suits me just fine this time. But the Lindsays vote went fine, that one wasn't too difficult. How's things for you? What happened with Tragedy? Droids: It is so good to see you bees!! -R2 Yeah I was pretty mad that Grogu came back.. I can only imagine having to have him on your tribe. I'm sure he's mad at us too. He dug himself into that hole though. No regrets about how that happened. I was surprised the Lindsays got voted out. It seemed like they were close with Dave? I honestly thought it might be Tortoise and Hare that went out next. Things on our end were okay. Darth was just very M.I.A. and not super forthcoming with information. It didn't seem like he wanted to work with us. Maggie ended up getting the prime number idol anyway, so he would've been voted out regardless. -C-3P0 Bees?: Hi other droid <3 I wouldn't say mad covers it exactly? It was more, I was surprised a little horrified because I was still like processing that round and trying to figure out if I had done the right thing, and well, fuck if i know now. He hasn't said he's mad at you though, but he might be. I think he sorted me into a victim of that round category which fuck it, I'll take that over actual anger. But I doubt that goes away. Yeah that might have been my doing tbh. Like, after the Grogu round, when I had immunity, T/H was part of sorting out all of the mess and I couldn't pay him back for that by voting him out. It was between Lindsays and Bonobo really for me, and Bonobo I could at least get a sense of what he thought ya know? Lindsays was just.. Lindsays. Everyone else was already voting there, so I think Dave just felt he had to follow suit. Since T/H also didn't want to do Bonobo. Just how connections worked really. Oh that's sad. Ah well. Rip that guy. Droids: There was definitely some horror too for me. That guy is seriously so good at gaslighting. I have to keep my wits about me if I ever interact with him again. I wonder what his plans are for moving forward. Did he say he wanted to work with you at all? Ah that makes sense! I'm glad honestly. It felt like we really went through something together on Maroon. Glad to have you back <3 -C-3P0 Bees?: Mm, that's a bit of why I'm a little checked out. Trying tho. I imagine you'll have to interact with him again eventually. I mean, I think there's a bit of like if we have to, we can do business, but that's it. Which I can respect and kinda prefer. I'd rather be in my corner, he can be far far over there. I'm glad to have you back too <3 Droids: Yeah that's a good point. I wasn't expecting this fake merge at all and was secretly hoping we'd have one more challenge where you guys could maybe have sent him back into the hole. Welp, here we are now. It's an interesting twist with this challenge, of picking tribes? Not really sure what the optimal strategy is for placing yourself. -C-3P0 Bees?: As ideal as that sounds, having two rounds of Grogu when he's gunning for me does not sound fun, and I am real happy that I did not have to deal with that. Well, optimal strategy is don't pick your best friends first. Like you pick people that you've seen around as being fairly decent, but maybe you aren't as close to. Then you can pick a friend. Then I'd say you wanna pick somebody who would be good boot fodder, and go from there. Get your friends in if you can, but don't limit yourself to just people you like, cuz you could lose and having to vote out somebody from only among your friends is heartbreaking. That's what I think anyways. Droids: Yeah that's a solid point!! I'm glad you do not have to deal with that for at least this round. I do feel like this challenge is in my wheelhouse and I hope to do well, but I won't be completely torn up if I don't haha. It seems like a lot of responsibility to pick. I really really wanted to do well in the Christmas challenge but it wasn't the end of the world to not do so great. Maybe I can redeem myself with this one. -C-3P0 Bees?: Oh no, there's still a TC. That's still happening. But at least it's much bigger a group, and not just a small group. I wish you luck! I have a very silly idea which I do entirely plan to run with. Going silly seems like the ideal play here. I've just been to a lot of Christmas parties where trivia was one of the games we've played. I believe in you, but not so hard that a) you beat me out of a shot at immunity and b) we can't end up on the same tribe again Droids: Yeah it is a large group but the prime number idol is in play again. I haven't even come close to winning it in any of the previous rounds. I was thinking that too! Did you ask the question about if the outfits have to be for people? I would love to see desert island outfits for bees haha. I follow this dog on instagram who is literally the most fashionable creature alive. I have spent SO SO many hours of my life listening to Christmas music and watching all of the holiday movies, but was not prepared for the trivia haha. If only the challenge was, who can watch this terrible movie for 8 hours straight. -C-3P0 Bees?: That's true. So anybody could end up with it, and I doubt it will go unplayed this round. I don't even know if I've come close. I've been roughly in the middle a few times, but it all depends on submissions overall. It might be worth coordinating idol guesses here tbh. Of course I did! I was actually asking if we had to keep it secret who submitted which outfit, because I had an idea that is only good for bees, and if I wasn't allowed to do that, then I wanted to know. I love fashionable pets. They're amazing. Haha, same. I have a great fondness for movies which are technically Christmas films but people forget that they are, like Gremlins. Oh you'd be so on, I love horrible movies. Speaking of coordinating though, bard had said something about you had asked them about maybe teaming up all together? Cuz I am very down for this. Droids: I definitely feel like the idol could cause havoc in this round. So far, it has either gone unplayed or hasn't had an impact. I would be open to coordinating and getting rid of this chaotic unknown. Hahah I can't wait to see what you come up with!! There has been such a wide breadth of challenges, which I don't think I expected at all. This challenge is definitely fulfilling a creative outlet at the moment. I guess this is why Lifetime still exists, the people love horrible movies, and it seems much easier to create a horrible movie than a good one. I think it would be great for us to be working together again. It was a great comfort to have you on the Maroon tribe Bees?: Oh for sure, like I fully expect it to cause some madness if we aren't careful. I've sorta been looking at previous round submissions and finding the average and picking a number that is slightly larger but definitely in the middle of them, or just shy of how big it's been. So if we have like 3 people or something that are roughly near each other, it's probably super workable? Well don't let me hype you up too much, it might be a little dumb. It's just been making me laugh all morning. I do like creativity challenges, though I can't say I'm too fond of this one. It's fine, there's just so much variation it could be hard to rank. Oh I don't mean that brand of horrible movie, no. I mean things like The Room, or VelicoPastor. Things like that. I love them. That would be really great Droids: Yeah I've been doing that too but to dismal results.. I think I've gotten close maybe once or twice. Regardless, I'm pretty excited to laugh. Yeah I felt that way about the roasts too. Oh haha, I LIVE for horrible cliche movies. It's my favorite thing to critique bad movies/shows on Netflix. -C-3P0 Bees?: I have no idea how close I've been! It just feels like a roll of the dice, ya know? Great! It actually turned out a lot funnier than I had initially planned, and I cannot wait for everybody to see it. Wait, are you telling me there is any other way to watch something? Even if I like something, I like making fun of it. That's part of the fun of visual media, interacting with it in real time especially with people. Droids: Yeah for sure!! I wish all the numbers were revealed but maybe that would be too easy. Hahah I'm pretty excited for everyone to see my beautiful creation. Got to do some photoshop work and it made me wonder why I don't do more stuff like this! Hahah very true. There are shows I like to rave about and then everything else, I love to point out all the flaws. -C-3P0 Bees?: I think it would be a lot easier to game the system that way if you knew, so maybe they're making it easier on themselves, fuck if I know. Oh my creation is less finished than that. I did not photoshop anything together, it is all purely in words i describe what my outfit is. Photoshopping stuff is fun though Oh I make just as much fun of the shows I like as I do about the ones I don't I just like to laugh, that's largely my thing. And I like to make other people laugh. Droids: Yeah it seems like a luck thing but maybe that's because I haven't found the strategy behind it all. Haha I ran out of words pretty quick! I follow a lot of outfit overlay accounts on Instagram and have always been curious, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I love to laugh too!! (I question those who don't.) I was taking a class on stand up comedy a year ago and wanted to do more until COVID. It is something I want to return to eventually though! -C-3P0 Bees?: The strategy is be good at picking numbers apparently. Which reminds me, I need to go submit something for it. >.> 100 words is really not a lot, but I think I used my words appropriately. Ah! I do follow some fashion blogs on tumblr, so I have an idea of fashion but I can't say I really used any of those ideas here. You'll understand when you see. I also question those who don't, that just seems silly. Oh! That's neat! My dad looked into that kind of thing a while back, and the thing he learned is you have to have good timing, else it just isn't going to work no matter how good your material is. Mind you, this was also a good 25-30 years ago, and I think standup has changed a bit in format since, but it's still important to have a sense of. And it's the one thing that is hardest to learn. Droids: Haha I wouldn't want anyone to base my fashion sense off this outfit I picked! I hope it'll give you a good laugh. Yeah it was a lot of fun and I got to meet some cool people. I also met a lot of . . . questionable people. Timing is definitely so so important! That's cool about your dad! Does he still dabble? -C-3P0 Bees?: Oh it did, and apparently it was good enough to win I loved it. Questionable people, eh? But yeah I've heard interesting things. Nah, he doesn't. There are reasons for this, but they are ID relevant so I'll have to explain to you postgame. Droids: Hey Bees, R2 checking in. Gunna be working with Bard here to figure this out, but want to hear your thoughts of course! We can set ourselves up well here I think. -R2 Bees?: Hey of course Well I guess what are you trying to achieve here? Are you looking to balance people out or set any specific people up for being voted? What's your plan? I think you're right! Droids: That is a good question! Exactly the sort of thing I'd love your input on hahaha I think first and foremost is we have to protect certain people. You and I think Avo, namely. That definitely involves making sure that we set up majorities we trust that include you two on both tribes. I don't think we need to plan targets, but I think we do need to do that to keep the right people safe. That probably also means we split up potentially dangerous pairs/groups, e.g. all the returnees. That's about as far as I've gotten. -R2 Bees?: Haha, no worries then How much protection do you think we need? You could split it where one of me and Avo goes on the opposite tribes? I do know I would really prefer it to have Grogu on the opposite tribe from me, but that's more just from a place of it's a little awkward. Probably should have Dave and Maggie separate. Not that I think they are a pair, but I can see people thinking they might be one. Hm. Maybe keeping people apart that it's known there's beef with, or it's super known they keep voting together? Where do you think the vote is going to land here? Droids: So this is between you, us and Bard right now, and Avo too though I haven't explicitly sent it to him yet. I am thinking you with us and Avo with Bard. I think T+H with Grogu because that keeps T+H with us for sure. I think there is the possibility of working with Dave/Maggie/Bonobos but if not we split them. If we have to split them then I think we get Grogu and T+H (sorry!). Because I think Ranger might work as a third for Bard and Avo and T+H would be our 3rd. I want to split returnees and the DnD tribe. As for the vote, who knows. It's probably up to us which sucks. We need to totally change our style now. Laying low is not an option for us anymore! -R2 Bees?: Ah okay, I won't mention it to anybody I suppose that's fair. I have really missed Bard, but I've also missed you. T/H with Grogu definitely makes sense. I don't think that Bonobos is actually in with Maggie/Dave. They just happened to be on the same tribe together. In the Lindsays round, Dave was more willing to vote out Bonobo there. I don't really have a view on Ranger tbh as all we've been doing is roleplay talking, but I don't think you want to put Dave with Ranger if possible. I did hear that Rey and Monk voted together, while Cleric was one of the ones who voted for Rey if that helps? No, no it's not. But don't shine too bright, though you have immunity so it's fine. Everything I've been hearing is likely that one of the returnees is likely to be the easiest to agree upon vote. Droids: Yeah I think people know we were close and know that Bard and Avo are close so it sort of reveals less info? I don't know. How are you feeling about Avo by the way? We worked well together in the last tribe. Ok that's great intel about Bonobos, thanks. Ranger I think is close enough to Bard to make it work? Hence that decision. Cool, that is good to know about the returnees. I want to keep Rey if possible, but let's see how things shake out. Need to hear from Bard before we really start to talk about that because I don't know what he's thinking. I am afraid for our future in the game now haha but at least we can say we had the opportunity to do whatever we wanted if it goes bad. -R2 Bees?: I guess I do have the worry that if we end up together then it's confirming we're together, and you never want to confirm that people are together, ya know? I like Avo. Though I will say, I think if anyone is likely to be the guy who talks up everybody and knows everything enough they can do whatever they like with information, it's that guy. But he's in our corner, so I don't worry about it so much. Yeah of course. Bonobo is pretty decent so could go anywhere really. That is very fair. But again, I think you want to try to hide some of the obvious closeness if at all possible. You also have to plan for the fact you may lose multiple TCs, so you need to be sure that you aren't going to end up in a TC where the only people you have to vote for are your friends, or other people have more friends in the tribe than you do. Might be worth mapping out who has been together with who and might have worked together. Mind you, I'm just theorizing here a little. Yeah, I think Rey is putting in enough work people aren't going to instantly gun for her, but you do need to remember she has one of the idol pieces. Yes, definitely talk it all over with Bard. He should have more say in it than I do tbh But I'm sure the two of you will sort it all out Ah so you're feeling what it's really like to play Survivor But that its true! It's better to go out with fun and cuz you were doing stuff, than not at all, right? Droids: Ugh it is a good point about confirming we are together. But at the same time I need some people with me that I feel good about haha. That's how I feel about Avo and to be honest it was a good reason to cut Darth. Because now I know Avo is with us. Definitely feel like there will be plenty of people to vote out. When you look at the list of people to trust it kinda bottoms about around 6 for me, you know? Everyone past that is at most a maybe. No one can say we aren't doing stuff! Haha I think bard is back so will probably message you with an update in the morning. I might lean on you a bit to help spread a name just to take a little bit of heat off us if you don't mind -R2 Bees?: I understand that. I'm more just thinking out loud really. I think I'm happy no matter where I end up. True, but I guess, Avo could choose anybody if he wanted I feel like. *shrugs* It's more a background thought than anything else. Oh for sure, there's a lot of options. I don't think I've actually counted out how many I do or don't trust, but I imagine it's roughly about the same. Well they could, but they would be wrong Okay cool, just keep me posted Well I don't really want to have a target on my back either, but I have no problems with saying I am for a specific name if it comes down to it. Droids: Ha yeah this process is forcing me to really do that sort of thinking. Like if this is my tribe, will I end up with enough people that I trust? Enough people I am sure won't work together to take me out? Great for you though, you are going to get a great tribe with none of the target on your back I think we have a name, maybe you heard it from Bard. I just want to commit to everything 100% so there's no chance of mixed messages out there. We have enough of a target on us now as it is... -R2 Ok I think we are feeling good about where we are at. We are thinking Cleric is the vote here, what do you think about that? Should be a vote that everyone can feel ok about. Rey and Monk won't like it, do you think we loop them in? I don't want this to feel like word is being passed down because I want your thoughts, but obviously we need to think about who the vote is going to be because we are going to have 2 6-person tribes out of 13 people. -R2 Bees?: Haha, and I appreciate your sacrifice Droids, so kind. But nah, I get it. I've had to draft tribes before, I know this feel well. Which is why I was giving you the advice I wish I had had during. However, I don't think this is a cast that is nearly as cutthroat as the one I had to draft from. So I think it'll all be okay overall. I did not hear it from Bard, I had a quick "talk to you in the morning, i gotta sleep!" PM last night. And I get that, just breathe friends, you'll be fine. I guess, out of Cleric and Monk, Cleric is slightly trying, but like, realistically, whichever stays is likely to end up as a really easy boot at an upcoming TC. So I'm good with whichever. I do think we need to tell Rey whichever it is, do not leave her in the dark. I'm really good either way, Monk is just a oneliner guy of which there are few and I do not know if he will step it up if given the chance, but maybe that's what we actually want. Droids: I have found it's been pretty hard to talk to either Cleric or Monk to be honest. I don't have a huge preference but I think R2 was leaning towards Cleric. I agree that Rey should be in on the vote. She messaged us saying she heard people were leaning on Cleric/Monk so I think she's okay if one of them goes home. It seems like one of the returnees has to go, so even from her view point I don't think there's much she can do to save both of them. -C-3P0 Bees?: Cleric just told me that this is their second game ever, and their first they didn't even have a chance to talk to anybody before they were voted out. I think they just don't know what they need to be doing in order to stick around. Monk just states things in a way that's really hard to work with. Yeah, don't leave anybody out, even if the worry is about the prime idol, I think it's pretty negligible overall. And yeah, I don't think there's much she can do. Droids: Oh really? I didn't know that. I feel for Cleric, being that this is my first game ever. I haven't been making much headway in conversation, and it's just too bad they were voted out and no one really got to know them except the DnD tribe (that's when Cleric left right? I can't keep track of when everyone left and came back). Yeah I've been talking about the weather with Monk. I don't really know what's up with that haha. The prime idol is always going to haunt me. Is it worth trying to split the votes? -C-3P0 Bees?: Yeah. I didn't either. It just sorta came up cuz Cleric had heard it was them and they didn't know what to do or anything. And I guess I'm a bit of a softie, and I couldn't help but try to give them a chance, ya know? To just actually do something about it, cuz it's not that anyone actually has strong feelings here, right? Cleric left during the D&D tribe, I think, yeah. I was keeping track early on but I fell behind. Oh god, really? How *is* the weather, Droids? It might be? I'll put it this way, I put my vote on Monk and even if it is Cleric who goes home, I don't intend to move my vote just in case. Droids: Yeah I don't think there are strong feelings. I'm pretty impartial to either of them. T/H were saying Dave didn't want Cleric to go (not sure if it's for similar reasons) and I think that was of a small red flag. The weather where I am at is actually horrible. I am so tired of winter and here it is snowing again. Ok, I'll think about this more too. -C-3P0 Bees?: It might just be Cleric is the only one Dave has managed to get conversation going with. And honestly, that's kinda fair. Monk is not great at conversation at all. Rey is fine? Just a bit stilted. I don't think it's Dave is trying to scoop anybody up or anything, it's just, Dave is more of somebody who is going to actually express an opinion rather than just shrug and be fine with whatever. Which I think you can kinda trust, because you'll know what opinion he has rather than just be told nothing. It's been snowing like mad here too. It's been sunny today! Which has been weird. Okay Like, I don't think anybody is going to be mad how this shakes out, even if it's not completely clear cut. I think it'll be okay. Droids: Yeah that's a good point about Dave. The numbers seem really fluid right now, but I think enough people will come together to vote out Cleric. It's hard to tell what people are actually going to do. I guess this part is just going to get harder as we move further on. That's so nice. I miss seeing the sun. Snow in February just hits different than snow in December.. -C-3P0 Bees?: Yeah probably, it sounds like Bard really wants it to be Cleric, and I don't think too many people are going to go against what you and he want here since y'all hold tribe power. It really is only going to get more difficult, but maybe next round there being less PM chains will help a ot. It's not warm, it's just, out. I agree, snow in February just feels dismal. Droids: Bard prefers Cleric and it sounds like Dave prefers Monk so.. Hopefully people see the benefit to voting Cleric. If it is Monk who goes I don't think it changes too much. We locked in the lists by the way, have you heard it yet? We have Grogu, sorry about that. -R2 Bees?: Well, that isn't where I'm voting, but I think I've explained my perspective on it? But I also don't exactly expect it to matter in the long run however it falls in the end. I find them interchangeable, I just do, but I'll always pick the person that makes me laugh over the one who doesn't. That's really it. Yeah, Bard told me. I'm okay with it. I think I've sorted things enough with Grogu that it won't be absolute hell to be with him further. Droids: Yeah totally, I was speaking as a whole. You are good to vote Monk, I don't really care who goes. I mostly just want to set up Bard well, that's the only thing that is determining our vote. -R2 Bees?: Yep of course. I just wanted to like, make sure you knew where I was coming from and why. That's all. I kind of expect this vote to be a close one, but I don't know in which way it'll fall. I don't really want to screw Bard over or anything though. Droids: Bard should be fine I think, or at least as fine as anyone can be. I don't think Bard would see it that way at all and honestly splitting the vote sounds great to me because it means we don't have to worry about an idol here anymore. We should start to think about our plans on the new tribe huh? Or do you want to get through the vote first -R2 Bees?: Yeah, I've at least mentioned it to him so *shrugs*. That was also part of why I was thinking I don't intend to move Oh probably! I'm down to talk about it a little bit, though not too planny until we get through this vote. Cuz uh, if it is Monk, don't we also have Cleric set to be over here with Dark Rey, or? Droids: Yeah, nothing too serious. The way it's going to work is that if someone other than Cleric goes, Cleric will replace that person. Right now it looks like that would be Monk, so Cleric would end up with Bard. Our tribe is us, you, T+H, Maggie, Dark Rey, Grogu. There is no one who I'm like sure I want to vote out. But I do want you and T+H through to the merge. So you know, we will be looking at who we think we can bring in and who we think we can trust if (when) we end up voting. -R2 Bees?: Okay, that's fair then. I wasn't sure how it was going to adjust for him. Though, if there is actual concern about Cleric having a connection with Dave, maybe having Bard pick up Dark Rey instead of Monk might be better? But idk really. I'm not sure I want to vote anyone specific from that either. But it does feel like a TC would be weird. Maggie is somebody that while I like her, I do have some concern about her, but I think she just doesn't have nearly so many friends what with all of her former tribemates being gone. She just has us from Dark Olive. But okay. I'm not sure where Grogu falls with anything, but we'll just have to see. But I think a core of us with T/H is very doable. Droids: Too late now! Haha it's locked in. We couldn't do conditionals unfortunately. I think it's ok though because I do think that their side needs a 3rd and after what happened this TC Monk would definitely be that 3rd. And I do think it's going to end up being Cleric. Yeah T+H wants to play ball and I trust them. They want to feel like part of the in crowd and they will feel safe. Which is good! They are safe! As long as they are with us. -R2 There was a last second switch to bonobo that I think may have messed this up. -R2 Bees?: Why was there a last minute switch to Bonobo? I didn't even hear about that. What is going on? D: Droids: It was literally in the last 5 minutes. Monk was scared of an idol so he pushed votes off cleric and onto Bonobo :eyeroll: Bees?: Oh my god. Who all switched do you think? Droids: Bard because Bard needs Monk to feel safe and secure on the next tribe. We were like, no not in the last 5 minutes lol. -R2 Bees?: Oh baby. That precious baby. This is needless chaos, it truly is. Droids: 4 different targets hahaha. Alls well that ends well, glad none of those people are coming over here lol. lol the mods are just trolling us now Bees?: Haha I saw that. Man that was wild. Like truly wild. But like, eh, it is what it is. I hope they have fun over there. Far far over there. Droids: Time to come up with a good challenge I guess! Bees?: I'm sure we can. I believe in us. Droids: So, new day new tribe, how you feeling? -R2 Bees?: A lot more relaxed about everything. This tribe feels a lot better to be in than to look at on paper. Like, I knew it was going to be fine, but it feels better than I thought. I think everybody is pretty chill with each other, and there's enough new or been a while faces for everybody that nobody is automatically locked out of anything. Looking at the other tribe after what happened with that TC, oof, it's going to be a mess I think. I do not envy them that tension. How about y'all? Droids: Hey Bees! I feel that way too. I feel like I can take a breather, which may be a warning sign?? I cannot believe the way that TC shook out. I'm glad I'm not over there right now. Who voted for Ranger...? -C-3P0 Bees?: It might be a warning sign. But more that any TC in this tribe is going to be a goddamn disaster mess. So uh, there's... that. It was nuts, I'm also glad you didn't put me over there. Thanks for that! This feels like a reasonable tribe. I actually have a guess about that. I'm guessing he forgot to vote and self-voted. Droids: Yeah that's true. Monk had a crazy play in like the last 10 minutes. They are so sneaky! I'll be watching out a little bit if they make it to the merge. That makes sense that it was a self vote. Literally no one was talking about Ranger! I thought it may also have been Cleric if they didn't want vote for Monk? -C-3P0 Bees?: Very sneaky, but more likely panicked tbh. Which isn't really something I'd personally want to be dealing with. I think he bought himself a round max which is unfortunate. Yep, exactly. And he kinda sounded like he didn't have any skin in the game or have an actual opinion either way. Oh no, Cleric was voting for Monk. He knew that he had to. But also, wasn't Cleric's vote also nullified not just Dave's? So if he had voted Ranger, it wouldn't have shown up. I think the only solution is that it was a self-vote. Droids: I think panic definitely played into that. It just seemed weird that they waited until last minute to do that. Maybe it wasn't something they were planning to do at all. Yeah that's a good point. Welp.. Maybe Ranger will be next to go? Honestly can't tell. I feel like if we win this though and can keep our tribe in tact (and get rid of Monk or Ranger), we're in a great spot! -C-3P0 Bees?: Oh definitely. But maybe they suddenly had more information that lead them to believe that they were going to need the votes. It doesn't seem like a plan, just a pure panic reaction. Maybe? I have no idea. It sounds like it'll be a disaster. And I agree Also sorry, today was such a long day and I didn't expect it to take up the entirety of it. I just want a nap. Droids: Yeah I'm not really sure what led them to that conclusion *shrug* For some reason they thought Bonobo and Dave were really tight. We should probably look out for that in the future, I guess depending on who of us makes it further. Ah yeah, I've been having such a long week. It's just one of those weeks I guess. I was chatting a friend about how grumpy I've been and she was saying she was also feeling the same emotion. I haven't been a superstitious person (like following horoscopes avidly) but I have gotten on this manifesting train. I feel like after 2020 and how this year's been going, I'm just leaving everything up "the universe." -C-3P0 Bees?: No idea, but at least it was something interesting. I think the assumption is simply due to the fact that Bonobo/Maggie/Dave were all part of that one tribe and sorta running it I guess? Bonobo wasn't nearly so close I don't think. But yeah, definitely keep an eye out on that. But I do think that Dave and Maggie are close to us, so we wouldn't necessarily be caught unaware, ya know? Oh yeah, everybody seems to be having one of those weeks. I don't think I've heard anyone having a good week. It's just been like that for everybody. Haha, yeah, I feel that. Droids: Yeah I think since Maggie has been on the same tribe as us and separated from Dave, she could really lean either way. It seemed like she was down to vote Cleric even though Dave really waned to save him. Not sure how she actually voted but it seems like she's keeping her options open. That's reassuring to hear! Does anyone have good weeks anymore?? -C-3P0 Bees?: She told me that she voted Cleric, so I think she was there. It was just a lack of connection between the two of them. I think even if her and Dave like each other, they're the sort of people who won't always vote the same. Which in a way, might make them work together better. Uh, i had a good one like 3 weeks ago? I forget why, but it felt good anyways. Today while was less busy, isn't exactly ending well. So apologies if I am slightly less around today. Droids: Ah I'm sorry you're not having such a good day today :/ Hopefully the challenge goes ok and we can take the night off! -C-3P0 Bees?: It did! And we can! It's less that it was a bad day and more I was talking to my sister about some family stuff and that can get a bit tense cuz our parents kinda suck. That's all. Droids: Ah I'm sorry to hear that :/ my relationship with my parents has also been rocky. One of my friends recently told me that her mom is like a QAnon believer and that at one point believed Biden had stolen the election. I was really shocked when she said that. I'm glad that at least it seems like you have someone who knows what's going on and is there to talk to. -C-3P0 Bees?: It's okay. It's more her dealing with our parents than it is me. I'm more around for moral support. Oh neat. I don't think my parents are in that far, but they're definitely staunch republicans, so we really don't talk politics for several reasons. Sorry your parents aren't the best. Dunno if you're a sports person, but if so, enjoy your Superb Owl. Droids: Yeah I have a few friends like that too. It's just so surprising to me that seemingly normal people get swept into stuff like QAnon.. Haha I am not a sports person. I didn't realize it was happening today. I miss gathering with people though That was always my favorite part of the Super Bowl anyway. Hope you're having an exciting day if you're watching! -C-3P0 YOOOOO BEEEEEEEESSSSSS WE ACTUALLY DID IT -R2 Bees?: We did!!! Also, I've never been to a Superbowl event, so I don't even miss the people part of it. I am noticing less people around because of it, so I might be a little resentful, but I'm just also out of sorts today. I hope your day is going better. Droids: When I was younger, my family would just go over to our friend's house like Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and the Super Bowl was like every other Sunday just more exciting. I don't actually remember watching the game at all. Also when I lived in my college dorm, they would always have "game day" foods, which was an exciting change from regular dorm food. Ah sorry your day has been out of sorts :/ I have an interview tomorrow so I have just been watching a lot of videos about how to answer "Tell me about yourself." I don't always think I'm the best at succinctly describing who I am so that was my Sunday. -C-3P0 Bees?: Aww, that's really nice. My family was super religious growing up, so Sunday was all about Church related things. And I wasn't really friends with people who were into sports after I moved out. I'm sure it's fine and fun. I've just never gotten it. Eh, it's more like me that's out of sorts. The day has been pretty basic tbh. I wish you luck on your interview! You're gonna nail it! "Well I'm... familiar with Android? And... space? Yeah!" Droids: Ah gotcha. Well it sounds like you're in a better headspace now that you've moved out. Thank you! It's funny to imagine if C-3P0 were being interviewed for a job. After feeling in limbo for almost a full year now, it's really nice that things are picking up again! -C-3P0 Bees?: Yeah He'd be incredibly competent, truly. He knows so many languages and is programmed to be so helpful. He is a service droid after all. It's his whole purpose. I hope it goes well Droids: That's true haha. Maybe I should take some notes from him. Are you feeling okay going into this merge? I feel like we're in a pretty good spot, as much as we can be, at least. -C-3P0 Bees?: I would! He's a classy fellow and shockingly confident in his abilities all while being made of anxiety. He's truly an icon. Yeah actually. This feels like a decent group with a lot of options. And I don't think it's one where we need to be super actively worried about being targets right away. There's a couple cushion rounds for sure. So there's time to plan and form coalitions. Droids: Yes!! I need to be more shockingly confident in myself! I definitely vibe with the "made of anxiety" part though.. I know, I'm so glad we didn't have to send anyone out from our side. I didn't really get to know either Cleric or Monk so I'm totally fine that they're not here anymore. -C-3P0 Bees?: You should be! You're great!!!!! Oh hard same, we're not buzzing from excitement or inspiration. Just call us anxiebees. It could have gotten messy, and I am glad that it didn't. Did we even have a set plan there? *hard shrugs* I didn't have much of a chance to get to know them either, so no big loss really. Droids: Haha thanks, appreciate it! I don't think there was a set plan, more of "we'll see what happens." I wish the next vote was as easy :/ I just finished Survivor Second Chance and the number of blindsides/good moves was astounding!! I can't remember who recommended it to me but it was so good. -C-3P0 Bees?: You're welcome That's kinda what I thought was the case, yeah. We'll have to see what happens here too I think. Well, I don't know. It could be easy? We'll just have to see. Second Chances was really good, I loved it Droids: Yeah I'm definitely keeping an open mind! Following this challenge has been really exciting! I see that we had the same strategy haha. -C-3P0 Bees?: Haha, yep. Like, I'm not really good at bot challenges in the first place, second place, I've never actually played blackjack for money so I have no idea what is smart to bet or not bet at any given time. I learned about blackjack in my statistics class. Droids: Oh that's interesting!! I've played only a couple rounds in my life and never with real money. I love being reckless with fake money though. In the couple rounds I've played, I've bet it all, doubled down, and ended with like -200. R2 would've been so mad if I had done that here though! I watched that movie about Blackjack once. I submitted some strategy based on a random website I found but the mods said it was too vague and then I decided to bow out. -C-3P0 Bees?: Yeah, like the dealer worked the same way as this one did, so I know what might be smart to do, but like eh. I didn't want to deal with it. Not the betting part of it anyways. Yeah don't lose all the money, that seems mmbad. I've also seen that! I didn't submit anything other than a name. Droids: Oh gotcha, makes sense. I was pretty wiped from real life and didn't want to think too hard about this one. Maybe if it had been a creativity challenge or something I have some basis for. Ugh I so regret not choosing a name because look what R2 came up with. I'm excited about the upcoming auction (maybe? probably? hopefully!). -C-3P0 Bees?: Oh yeah that was also weighing on me. it was also just incredibly open-ended and I need much clearer guidelines on what I need to do. I don't really like open-ended things. I only submitted a name this morning. I came across the badger gif that the mods used and put it in my modfessional, and then named my bot after it. I'm also excited! I've also enjoyed how long these results have been cuz now I'm all caught up on PMs! Droids: Yeah seriously!! It's a nice feeling to be caught up on PMs. It's pretty spooky that no one ended up with immunity, at least most likely. Guess I should wait until round 10 to make any definitive statements. -C-3P0 Bees?: Haha, I'm sad they didn't go for joint immunity. I'd love to have immunity for doing absolutely nothing. That would be hysterical. Droids: It would've been great for all 4 of us who did nothing to win immunity! Work smart not hard!!! Ok back to my original comment, it's spooky no one has immunity! Watching the show has not prepared me for this moment. I wonder if we'll all be able to come to a unanimous vote for this round? Probably not, seeing how the last vote went? -C-3P0 Bees?: Right? That would have been hysterical. But like, we knew that nothing was going to actually happen. The rules stated that. It wasn't a strategy on our parts or anything. It really is kinda spooky, but I think it'll be okay. Like we're all together and frankly, nothing has truly changed since the Shipwreck round, right? Like nobody is gone that drastically changed any dynamics. We don't know if returnees are done with yet. So I imagine it's going to be another don't rock the boat round. That's what I think. Like, not that I'm saying I want this vote, but someone like Dark Rey doesn't have anybody truly. I can see her being another consensus vote. Droids: I don't think anything has changed from the Shipwreck round and I feel really good about the dynamic we had in our little tribe too. I really hope the flat people aren't coming back. Two rounds of returnees is brutal. I personally like Dark Rey and think that we could work with her in the future but I'm okay voting her if that's what the majority wants. It's unclear where she's at in the game. It seems like she's close to Maggie though. -C-3P0 Bees?: Nope I don't think so either. And I agree. I think the dynamic is pretty good. We can hope, but idk man, I think it's a possibility. This game has been brutal as it is, and I wouldn't expect the mods to stop it yet. I'm not saying that anyone has said they would vote for her, just I don't know anybody who feels close to her. I hadn't heard that about her and Maggie. She's a mystery. Droids: Yeah Rey told me that Maggie was advocating for her when it was eventually between Cleric and Monk. Dave was saying he wanted to vote out her or Grogu before the consensus became a DnD member. It doesn’t seem like Rey is close to Dave though so I’m not really sure what the dynamic is there? I agree that the flat people coming back could happen but argh, how many times do you have vote Michael Cera out??? -C-3P0 Bees?: Ah okay that makes sense. I don't think Dave or Rey are close no, but it does seem to sound like they're counterwagons currently for some bizarre reason? It's something Avo said which was weird, and also Rey messaged Dave about the fact she didn't start a push on him if anyone says she is. I'm feeling some Grogu deja vu, but none of it is from Grogu so I'm very hmmmmmm. I wonder if hesitation to vote Rey out is all about that idol shard she's got. At least once more, as always. Michael Cera is just a plague. Droids: Yeah I think Dave and Bonobo don't want to vote her out but I'm not sure who they do want to vote out? Or maybe they're just not sharing with me? Grogu has been very chill and laid back since we left that other tribe haha. I guess he's treading thin ice and if he were to stir stuff up again, no one would stand for it. To us, she said some weird stuff about Dave but I thought she was saying that because she felt she was in danger. Not sure what to make of her telling Dave that she wasn't pushing him. -C-3P0 Bees?: I'm not really sure. Honestly? I think in some ways getting voted out was a wakeup call, cuz he's chilled out a lot. And doesn't quite feel like the same Grogu he was? At least, not the one midchaos anyways. Oh huh, I wonder what's up with that. She does have a way about her which I think people take her to mean something she isn't saying. She seems very blunt and straightforward, and you have to take her words at face value, cuz there's no subtext to them. Idk. What I do know is, it sounds like Ranger is going around as a vote option because nobody has really talked to him, and I'm really into that vote for the same reasons. Droids: Yeah I'm so relieved for that though! Grogu before was a nightmare to just be around. She was saying some confusing stuff that seemed like "Dave doesn't have that many friends, people already wanted to boot him before.... " but apparently that did not mean she wanted to boot him. Gotcha, things are changing so fast around here! To be expected, but, hard to keep up with. -C-3P0 Bees?: Yeah, he was. But he's a lot better now. I wonder if she was just asking if that's what people were thinking. Cuz like, look, she has no read on anybody cuz she's been out of the game for so long so she's taking what little she's heard to try to get understanding about it. So it seems like it was a big misunderstanding. It's merge baby, that's how it goes. What do you think about a Ranger vote though? Droids: Yeah honestly it could've been that completely. I was just confused because she wasn't on that tribe with Dave so I wasn't even sure where this info was coming from. I'm not really sure who she's become close to, maybe Maggie? Also if anyone was going to make a move, I wouldn't be surprised for it to be a returnee who feels very close to being voted out. Do we have the numbers for that? I know Maggie and Dave seem keen on that. And Dark Rey obviously. -C-3P0 Bees?: Ah, I think she's trying to work with you again as the only person she was with previously, so like comparing information and get your take on it. I don't know that she's become close with anybody really. I think she just talks a little withe everybody. Well, sure, but she doesn't quite seem the type to try to pull something. She feels blunt and honest to a fault where it's going to get her into trouble, like it seemed it did this round. Uh yes? I would like to do that, Grogu seems to want to do that, T/H was in the same boat of this vote would be fine if numbers are there, and yes Maggie and Dave and Rey. That's already 6, and if you're into it that's 7. Like, there's enough. He hasn't been around to talk to anybody, and I haven't heard anybody actively protest it yet. Droids: Oh cool! I'm down for the easy vote to not rock the boat too much. I guess I'm just scared of something crazy happening in the TC votes. Hopefully everyone is being honest! -C-3P0 Bees?: Yeah I completely get that, it is merge and something could happen. But honestly? I'd rather go for the vote that does seem like it actually has people for it and it's the one people want, than a vote people are doing because they feel they have to. If that makes sense? I don't have the feeling anybody is being particularly dishonest atm. Droids: Yeah that makes sense. It seems like so many people aren't around right now, which makes me feel a little anxious. But maybe that's just paranoia from the merge getting to me too. -C-3P0 Bees?: Breathe, it'll be fine. It's always quiet around now before a vote deadline, friend. It'll pick back up in about half an hour to an hour. But like, I don't think anything hinky is gonna happen, cuz like, is Ranger important enough to anybody to bother putting themselves under scrutiny already? I don't really think so. Droids: Yeah I don't think so either!! Apart from an idol play, but not sure anyone would use their idol for Ranger either. -C-3P0 Bees?: Exactly. So, I think it'll be okay. |
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