Post by Hanna on Nov 4, 2012 18:03:23 GMT -5
So now that the power shifts to the jury, it is my turn to be the one tortured by the importance of your vote. Tonight, you should base your decision on who deserves to win the most. I believe that I played a stronger social game than Katniss did. The way I play this game is simple... I never mind being painted as the big threat, because if people trust you, or feel the need to keep you around, they won't write your name down regardless.
I begun this game in a shitty tribe. It felt like ghost town because there was no social interaction. I only bonded with Arthur and at the time, I thought I could trust Curt too as a third. I later bonded with Beth during one of the challenges. I think that's what kept me safe while I was over there. There wasn't even any established alliances before the merge with them from what I can record. I really thought having a shitty tribe would ruin my game at the merge, and that's why I decided to talk to at least one person from each tribe that I would chose carefully. Claire was already talking to me from Horror Story, and I picked Katniss from Hunger Games. That's why in the first challenge, rather than act like a coward like other tribes did and pick an inactive to go to the islands, I picked Katniss to go before I even got to talk to her. I think that's what helped me getting a good reading of the game, what alliances there were and in what tribes, etc. After Katniss became on the outs of her tribe, she revealed to me she had a second idol in her pocket, and that's how I knew I could trust her. We then became a F2. But until we merge, our trust wasn't put to the test.
Then that's when we merged after teaming up with Horror Story & Katniss to get rid of the Core Alliance of Hunger Games. I think I made my first good move when I campaigned against Curt and let Marlena survive. I was already getting closer to Marlena, while Curt had turned his back against me. The reason I wanted to make it happen as early as possible was because at that moment, nobody really cared keeping him around or not, and being three tribes, I knew it would be a matter of time before the bloody battles begin, where he could be used against me and could sneak very far in the game while tribes fire at each other. Had he stayed, it could of gone all differently.
The round after, me and Katniss decided it was time to pull our first sword against Claire. The plan had been set in motion and we knew that Claire was making deals everywhere. I had self-handedly thrown under the bus all the deals she had to everyone I trusted, and that's how we started gathering votes. On my part, I told the plan to the right people. But then Katniss told the wrong people about it. I had a feeling what she was doing a very bad idea, but because I didn't try to stop her from doing that, I'm just as responsible I guess. I was gone to work and so I was powerless to any last minute move. And of course it had to happen. The information had went into Alice's ear and she decided to play an idol on her. When I came back from work and that votes weren't posted yet, I had a message from Billie. It was a warning about Claire playing that thing and that apparently, they had thought about possibly voting me but that she changed it for someone else. That was probably my most shocking tribal council when I saw Ray getting blindsided. It was a blindside to me, but not a bad one, it was a good blindside. When Claire asked me if I voted for her, I said yes. And when she asked Katniss, she denied it. She pulled the lying card and I think that Claire seeing right through it was one of the factors that made her dislike Katniss over me.
Before the blindside, we randomly talked about winners possibly sticking together and how it would be cool and funny, but nothing serious for me, until Billie Dean made her proofs by throwing their plan under the bus. That's how the winners alliance formed itself I would say, there wasn't really a "specific beginning". We were very disfunctional, we came from three different tribes, we had different deals, and we were far from being any kind of numbers. While we were protecting each other's back, we were firing at each other's side deals to make sure we would be safe if things were to go wrong.
I think one of my best move in the game was to get rid of Alice. At the time, "no one but me" wanted to vote her out. Not even Katniss, everytime I was bringing up Alice's name up, she was turning me down with that idea. I felt like that was very fishy and was wondering if something else could be going on. Most wanted Katniss, and Billie wanted Arthur. I didn't want either to go, and that's when Claire brought up about blindsiding Katniss that I had my light bulb. I convinced Sorority Row to make the vote 3-3-2 against Alice, where Katniss would find out at the re-vote that she was being stabbed by Alice and Claire. She re-voted against Alice, and Billie didn't want to go rocks, so Alice went home 4-2 in the re-vote. I knew from that moment I had Katniss neutralized. Had she decided to struck new deals those wouldn't really have worked, I think at that point only me and Billie were willing to keep her for a long time.
Then the round after, I knew they would target Arthur. So I told him to play the idol that I had not told anyone about. I had it in my pocket during the last tribal, and I gave it back to him so he would play it. But of course, he goes silly: doesn't play it and vote against Katniss and evicts himself. That really frustrated me. But whatever, I had new things to my agenda.
I think it is the day that Arthur left the winners really became a numbers that worked together rather than firing at each other's allies. So we worked together to get Anne and Beth out back to back. Claire won the final five and four immunities, that was annoying because it broke our F3 we were supposed to have, but I voted against Billie because I had my F2 with Katniss way before the Winners Alliance. Same can be said about the last vote.
I think we could resume my agenda to a very simple pyramid of loyalty: First you have my F2 with Katniss, then my F3 with the Winners, then Sorority Row, then my Side Deals and then "the others".
I should win above Katniss because I had more cards than she did in this game. She had the targets because of her own gameplay and actions. I have known how to keep my links with people intact and that is why not a single vote has been casted against me all game long.
And not just because I'm sitting against her, I just believe I played the ultimate social and strategic game. I had everyone outwited, outplayed in three individual immunities plus a fair amount of tribal challenges that I had to do just by myself and for those reasons, I should outlast Katniss and become the Sole Survivor for the second time.
Ask me whatever you need to know, It's your last time to gather the information that you're burning to know about. I hope you respected my game and that you do the bright and generous decision to vote for me.
Good Luck Katniss!
I begun this game in a shitty tribe. It felt like ghost town because there was no social interaction. I only bonded with Arthur and at the time, I thought I could trust Curt too as a third. I later bonded with Beth during one of the challenges. I think that's what kept me safe while I was over there. There wasn't even any established alliances before the merge with them from what I can record. I really thought having a shitty tribe would ruin my game at the merge, and that's why I decided to talk to at least one person from each tribe that I would chose carefully. Claire was already talking to me from Horror Story, and I picked Katniss from Hunger Games. That's why in the first challenge, rather than act like a coward like other tribes did and pick an inactive to go to the islands, I picked Katniss to go before I even got to talk to her. I think that's what helped me getting a good reading of the game, what alliances there were and in what tribes, etc. After Katniss became on the outs of her tribe, she revealed to me she had a second idol in her pocket, and that's how I knew I could trust her. We then became a F2. But until we merge, our trust wasn't put to the test.
Then that's when we merged after teaming up with Horror Story & Katniss to get rid of the Core Alliance of Hunger Games. I think I made my first good move when I campaigned against Curt and let Marlena survive. I was already getting closer to Marlena, while Curt had turned his back against me. The reason I wanted to make it happen as early as possible was because at that moment, nobody really cared keeping him around or not, and being three tribes, I knew it would be a matter of time before the bloody battles begin, where he could be used against me and could sneak very far in the game while tribes fire at each other. Had he stayed, it could of gone all differently.
The round after, me and Katniss decided it was time to pull our first sword against Claire. The plan had been set in motion and we knew that Claire was making deals everywhere. I had self-handedly thrown under the bus all the deals she had to everyone I trusted, and that's how we started gathering votes. On my part, I told the plan to the right people. But then Katniss told the wrong people about it. I had a feeling what she was doing a very bad idea, but because I didn't try to stop her from doing that, I'm just as responsible I guess. I was gone to work and so I was powerless to any last minute move. And of course it had to happen. The information had went into Alice's ear and she decided to play an idol on her. When I came back from work and that votes weren't posted yet, I had a message from Billie. It was a warning about Claire playing that thing and that apparently, they had thought about possibly voting me but that she changed it for someone else. That was probably my most shocking tribal council when I saw Ray getting blindsided. It was a blindside to me, but not a bad one, it was a good blindside. When Claire asked me if I voted for her, I said yes. And when she asked Katniss, she denied it. She pulled the lying card and I think that Claire seeing right through it was one of the factors that made her dislike Katniss over me.
Before the blindside, we randomly talked about winners possibly sticking together and how it would be cool and funny, but nothing serious for me, until Billie Dean made her proofs by throwing their plan under the bus. That's how the winners alliance formed itself I would say, there wasn't really a "specific beginning". We were very disfunctional, we came from three different tribes, we had different deals, and we were far from being any kind of numbers. While we were protecting each other's back, we were firing at each other's side deals to make sure we would be safe if things were to go wrong.
I think one of my best move in the game was to get rid of Alice. At the time, "no one but me" wanted to vote her out. Not even Katniss, everytime I was bringing up Alice's name up, she was turning me down with that idea. I felt like that was very fishy and was wondering if something else could be going on. Most wanted Katniss, and Billie wanted Arthur. I didn't want either to go, and that's when Claire brought up about blindsiding Katniss that I had my light bulb. I convinced Sorority Row to make the vote 3-3-2 against Alice, where Katniss would find out at the re-vote that she was being stabbed by Alice and Claire. She re-voted against Alice, and Billie didn't want to go rocks, so Alice went home 4-2 in the re-vote. I knew from that moment I had Katniss neutralized. Had she decided to struck new deals those wouldn't really have worked, I think at that point only me and Billie were willing to keep her for a long time.
Then the round after, I knew they would target Arthur. So I told him to play the idol that I had not told anyone about. I had it in my pocket during the last tribal, and I gave it back to him so he would play it. But of course, he goes silly: doesn't play it and vote against Katniss and evicts himself. That really frustrated me. But whatever, I had new things to my agenda.
I think it is the day that Arthur left the winners really became a numbers that worked together rather than firing at each other's allies. So we worked together to get Anne and Beth out back to back. Claire won the final five and four immunities, that was annoying because it broke our F3 we were supposed to have, but I voted against Billie because I had my F2 with Katniss way before the Winners Alliance. Same can be said about the last vote.
I think we could resume my agenda to a very simple pyramid of loyalty: First you have my F2 with Katniss, then my F3 with the Winners, then Sorority Row, then my Side Deals and then "the others".
I should win above Katniss because I had more cards than she did in this game. She had the targets because of her own gameplay and actions. I have known how to keep my links with people intact and that is why not a single vote has been casted against me all game long.
And not just because I'm sitting against her, I just believe I played the ultimate social and strategic game. I had everyone outwited, outplayed in three individual immunities plus a fair amount of tribal challenges that I had to do just by myself and for those reasons, I should outlast Katniss and become the Sole Survivor for the second time.
Ask me whatever you need to know, It's your last time to gather the information that you're burning to know about. I hope you respected my game and that you do the bright and generous decision to vote for me.
Good Luck Katniss!