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Post by Maggie Smith on Feb 3, 2021 11:54:51 GMT
Round 10 - #MaggieMergesbutnotreally
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I have lots to say but unfortunately not the time to say it! I am so sorry about my decline in engagement here, but I will be back in it once tribal council begins and will have a lengthy update during that period. |
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Post by Maggie Smith on Feb 4, 2021 11:57:16 GMT
OKAY SO
You are going to get a rankdown of how I feel about people with game updates nestled within the appropriate player's section! Obviously there are lots of people here and my feelings are fickle and can change on a whim so be warned. Just because someone is number one on my list today does not mean they will be there tomorrow! The Lindsays are not here and so the position for "object of my love" remains very much open.
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"there's private messages coming out of every imaginable hole in our bodies"
If I could have absolutely anyone in the game eliminated right now, this instant, it would be Ranger, without a doubt. I don't even dislike Ranger. Their presence is just... so terrible for my game. Not only have I voted them out, but I know what Ranger is capable of! I know that they can be strong socially when they feel like it. But they are really not being social with me anymore. I am sure that we each find our conversation to be a drag, just sending another PM for the sake of sending another PM but really not having any amount of passion or drive in it. Ranger is also likely competition for people I want as medium-term allies, such as Bard and Avocado. The fact that their name hasn't come up here at all so far is also cause for concern. What are they giving others that they are not giving me?
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"I don't really hold ill will towards [Grogu], not really, I just find him stressful to coexist with in the game."
I am so thoroughly underwhelmed by Bees? and especially so because I am certain that they have a much better relationship with others than they do with me. I don't even know what's wrong. There's just a lack of imagination and sincerity to our conversations and it's definitely at least partly my fault and I've tried fixing it but that hasn't really done anything and our pattern has honestly become much like mine with Ranger's except with slightly more substance. It does feel a little odd to be putting Bees? below people such as Monk and Cleric (or even Tortoise and Hare) in my priorities, but the thing is, Bees? have had their chance to get in my good books, the time for a potential connection has long passed, and I do not feel anything there.
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"What'd you submit for the challenge? I brought the GUCCI"
Cleric is fine and seems fun, but there's definitely a distance there still and I heard from Bard that Cleric had made a "D&D strong" alliance despite what happened on the first round of the game?? And I would HOPE that Cleric has actually made this alliance with the intention of backstabbing each and every one of their fellow logos, because that would be interesting, but I don't actually have any evidence to believe this is the case, and so let's face it, it's probably not the case. I just have no idea where Cleric stands, what they even want, and that's unnerving.
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"If you want, we can call you The Loch Ness Monster anyway and have people guessing on who this person actually is we're talking about? If that's something you're into."
I hope the tortoise manages to make more appearances, because my one PM from them was amazing! But yes, The Tortoise and the Hare actually seem fun and there is certainly potential for a relationship to grow. However, I worry that not meeting until shipwreck will create a distance that cannot be resolved. At least so far in this tribal council, it feels like they are putting effort into avoiding the topic of talking about the game, while I doubt that there would be any reason to do that, since most names floating around would likely at least appear to T/H to be options I could potentially be interested in. My plan here is to keep up the chatter and banter. Maybe something will come of it. Maybe not.
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"we have one of the ones with a shriek, and it has definitely been a good investment overall"
At first I could not understand why Bard likes Monk, but you know what? I'm starting to see it. There's a simplicity to conversation with Monk that I appreciate and just writing this confessional has made me realise that I do appreciate it! For example, I didn't realise before this that I actually would prefer not to vote Monk out if that became an option and now I should actually just go tell Monk that because I'd mean it. Obviously there could become the problem of Monk being something of a goat for Bard but other people will likely put a stop to that way before I need to.
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GAP
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"ranger is growing on me a bit"
(noooooooo)
Dark Rey is so intriguing! I thought that our relationship wasn't really getting anywhere and suddenly she talks about how she wants to work with me, and soon later suggests a groupchat of me and Grogu. Now I think that Dark Rey is the kind of player to cast a wide net and see what sticks, so I don't put too much stock in our relationship so far. BUT, interestingly Dark Rey was one of the earliest names to come up as a potential vote option (well unless you count all the Grogu drama) and so obviously she's not in with everyone! This is the kind of relationship that really could potentially become stronger, and Bard did mention to me something about putting Dark Rey on my tribe so if that happens I'll probably either be forced to vote her out or (ideally) form a stronger relationship. That would be pretty cool actually.
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"im going to level with you right now and say that i have never eaten a avocado in my life."
Avocado is such a fascinating character! As fun as it is to play the damsel in distress with Avocado and worship them for their constant saving me and looking out for me etc, it does get exhausting sometimes! And honestly I can't tell beneath Avocado's PMs what they even think of me. Do they find me annoying? Are they indifferent? Or maybe they actually mean what they say. That would be a woah. I don't know. There's always this big talk of us working together under the radar, but there are things that make it pretty clear I'm not a super high priority for Avocado right now, and maybe that's fair enough because honestly they are not a super high priority for me. That said, I'm probably being unfair of them, and I really do feel there is a potential working connection there. I think that Avocado is just more transparent than they think they are.
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"R2 is pretty mad that we won that challenge"
(uh wut)
Anyway, the droids are probably a bit higher on my list than they should be because honestly the in-game connection isn't really there. We just talk about other stuff. But I do quite enjoy them personally and I think that under the right circumstances things could easily change to become a working relationship. Time is in some ways running out for that to happen, but I expect that I will end up on their tribe rather than Bard's, so that could indeed be the perfect opportunity.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
Who does Maggie think her closest ally is???
What is her plan for this tribal council???
Will she play her prime number idol???
Who will she play it on???
Are unicorns real???
Find out....
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Post by Maggie Smith on Feb 4, 2021 21:31:12 GMT
"He also hinted to me that he thought you might be in danger or need help and I was like YES WE MUST HELP."
Things with Grogu have sort of progressed as I expected they would have on Dark Olive Green if that had continued, except now Grogu has been voted out and has come back in again and so there is convenient added drama that I am not caught up in! Bonus! I must say, all of this Grogu drama was quite over the top and I do not know who was to blame for it all but it all seems to me much like a mountain being made out of a molehill. If Grogu ends up viciously backstabbing me then hey, I deserved it. Here in this confessional post marks the day when Maggie Smith underestimated Grogu due to her own arrogance. But for now, at least, Grogu seems like a delightful ally. The reason he is not higher on my list is just a bit of background caution there, as our relationship has not been there for very long. However, I am excited, nonetheless.
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"In non-game news I managed to be 296th at one of the cryptic crosswords the other day!"
It is hard to tell with Dave. I feel that he is less verbose in his correspondence with me. However, perhaps it is just because there is something comfortable between us where we know that we are friends, without needing to send paragraphs of text to each other constantly to prove it. Dave has never done me wrong, nor has there ever been proof that he has held me in anything but the highest regard. On a different day, in a different mood, I could even perhaps say he is my closest ally. However, that is not the case today. It feels as if there is the slightest amount of caution and distance there.
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"In non-game news I managed to be 296th at one of the cryptic crosswords the other day!"
I don't even know if Bonobo deserves to be this high but I kind of love them! Their PMs are so entertaining and there truly does seem to be a genuine enthusiasm there for us to work together. I like it how we can poke fun at each other in a light-hearted way and my conversation with Bonobo is one of the most seamless blends of game and non-game talk. It helps that it's looking like we will have similar allies in Dave, Grogu and perhaps even Dark Rey and so I think there's a lot of potential here. I worry slightly for Bonobo's safety if the tribe's end up rolling out as Bard forecast to me, but I must have faith in Bonobo's abilities. I am sure they can do it.
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"I have just proposed to Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendys"
Well that escalated quickly!
Bard most certainly knows who I am as well. But no matter! It must also be said that I absolutely cannot and will not go to the end of the game with Bard. I will go back to this post time and time again to remind myself of this.
All that said, and as much as I am sure others feel the same way, working with and getting to know Bard in this game has been a delight. In the end, I had not been able to keep up with the essays that we had been sending back and forth but every so often I will bring up old topics just to mix things up. I do not know what Bard's intentions are as far as working together here, but he tells me things that he really doesn't need to. Such as the Eric Idle idol, for example, which he indicated he was planning to use to assist me if I came to be in trouble on our previous tribe. I would not have expected this if he had not told me, but I also think that it would be silly to say something like that if it weren't true, so I must believe that it was true.
The vibe is chill, as the young people say with their youthemisms, and I think we have reached this comfortable medium where we know that all the drama within the game is ultimately quite silly in the grand scheme of things, but here we are, along for the ride and enjoying it nonetheless.
Long may it last (but not beyond F6 or so) |
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Post by Maggie Smith on Feb 4, 2021 21:32:28 GMT
I hope I didn't accidentally miss anyone. That would be saying something!
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Monsters of the Construction Site
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Post by Spam on Feb 5, 2021 0:01:23 GMT
Spam spams your confessional: 1. You made the (fake) merge! Congratulations! How does it feel to have made it so far? Before the game started, did you think you would have made it to the halfway point? 2. What are your thoughts on the vote? 3. How has it been, getting to meet the returnees? Are there any who you want to work with, or do you want to send them back out? 4. Is there anyone else who you hoped returned instead? 5. You're about to be swapped into tribes. If you could pick an ideal six player tribe for yourself, what would it be? What tribe would be the worst possible draw for you?
6. How big of a coincidence is it that Bonobo and Dave both got 296th in one of the cryptic crosswords? |
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