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Stars Finals - My Journey Oct 10, 2020
imageFirst of all, thank you to anyone and everyone that helped me survive my two nominations and make it all the way to the finals, I couldn't have done it without you!

I came into this game knowing no one and quickly became an early target. Despite that setback, I turned things around and managed to get 21/26 nominations go through.

For the few of you that have been around for a very long time, I used to play tengaged regularly on my original account, blazeofglory, almost 10 years ago. I never made a finals in stars despite several attempts then, and this is my first Stars Finals! This time, I really feel like I was one of the people running this game. I didn't take other people's moves personally, and always kept avenues open by not burning bridges. Here's an overview of my stars journey:

16th place - My Noms: chillum/EricCabello; Actual Noms: chillum/EricCabello
Coming into the game, I knew no one and was not aware of any pre-existing friendships or alliances. MmabatlokoaMolefe aka Halloween quickly put a group together with 13 people to try to get cherita and hujain up. I was wary of that large of a group though and started to talk to others individually who agreed with me. In the end, we went for chillum and Eric, who I hadn't spoken much to. Eric was the only person in this game not on Skype and trying to communicate through Snapchat was difficult! chillum seemed to not want to be there, and went home.

15th place - My Noms: MmabatlokoaMolefe/zachbbs; Actual Noms: MmabatlokoaMolefe/FriendOfAMonk
After the first round, I tried to continue to work with people individually. By this point, I was talking pretty regularly with Norris and JanelleBB6. Mma was mad at me for not going through with his plans for the previous rounds. Somehow the votes ended up split with Mma and myself going up. At this point as an unknown, I didn't think I had any chance at staying. Somehow I managed to survive by a few votes and move to the next round.

14th place - My Noms: Blitszims/camell22; Actual Noms: Blitszims/camell22
I locked in these two on suggestions from some of my friends in the game at this point thinking I was definitely out. Had not talked to either much at this point. Blitszims went home before we were able to establish much of anything.

13th place - My Noms: cheritaisdelicious/zachbbs; Actual Noms: cheritaisdelicious/paul028
This is where my game really started to take off. At this point, Norris, Janelle, and myself were starting to get closer, and I also began establishing a relationship with hujain. Norris and I tried to split the vote by going with cherita and Zach since we liked Paul, but it didn't work out. I figured cherita would survive this poll so I also tried to stick close with her knowing she would likely stick around. Paul was a good guy but ended up going home.

12th place - My Noms: BigBrotherDonny/EmzThorne; Actual Noms: BigBrotherDonny/EmzThorne
This is where the split in the house really started to establish. On one side was myself, Norris, Janelle, cherita, Amanda, and Hujain, with the other side being Donny, Emz, Lexey, and Zach, with some others hanging around in the middle. I did not talk to Donny or Emz so we went with them this week to start hitting at the other side.

11th place - My Noms: zachbbs/lexeyjane; Actual Noms: zachbbs/lexeyjane
Again, our side stuck with the plan to slowly eliminate the other side. Donny and zach in particular had kinda gone off the deep end attacking us and mostly gave up in the game once they saw the numbers weren't in their favor.

10th place - My Noms: EricCabello/camell22; Actual Noms: EricCabello/camell22
At this point, Eric and camell were perceived as the floaters in the house. I talked to both of them some but could not get a good read on whose side they would stick to in the long run. Camell was a good guy but ended up going home.

9th place - My noms: AmandaBynes/cheritaisdelicious; Actual Noms: AmandaBynes/cheritaisdelicious
For this round, my core alliance of Norris, Janelle, and myself knew we had to start going for people within our larger group before they went after us. Amanda and cherita were perceived as very close allies, and so had to face each other for this vote. I didn't talk to Amanda a whole lot throughout the game, but wish we could have worked together longer!

8th place - My noms: EmzThorne/lexeyjane; Actual Noms: Norris/JanelleBB6
Unfortunately this was the only round for me where neither of my nominations went through. Norris and Janelle were two of the only people left at this point without being nominated, and we didn't have the numbers to keep them off of the block. Unfortunately Janelle had to go home. Wish you would've made it longer <3

7th place - My noms: EricCabello/EmzThorne; Actual Noms: EricCabello/EmzThorne
After losing Janelle, I knew I had to continue to go after people that I wasn't working closely with. Eric continued to be vague on snapchat and I had no relationship with Emz. Eric seemed nice but without communicating with us on Skype, it was hard to get a good read.

6th place - My noms: lexeyjane/hujain; Actual Noms: lexeyjane/hujain
This was one of the hardest nomination I had to make. By this point, hujain was the only person left in the house to be un-nominated. I knew if we let him get to the end unnominated, he would have a good chance at winning. I also didn't think I was in his top two allies so didn't think he would stick with me all the way to the end. After the fact, I realized that this may have been a mistake, and unfortunately lost an ally and a friend. Wish you could've made it further with us Hunter!

5th place - My noms: lexeyjane/EmzThorne; Actual Noms FriendOfAMonk/EmzThorne
With the end in sight, the only two people left in the game I really had no relationship with were lexey and Emz. I knew I had to go after them if I had any chance to make it. I also knew the votes this round would likely result in a tie. In the end, I ended up going up against Emz, which I thought would be my best chance to survive vs being against lexey or cherita. Somehow, I managed to survive my second nomination!!

4th place - My noms: lexeyjane/cheritaisdelicious; Actual Noms: lexeyjane/cheritaisdelicious
Thinking I had just secured myself 5th place, my main goal was to get my closest ally Norris to the end. The two biggest popularity threats left in the game were lexey and cherita, so even if I stayed, I did want those to to finally face each other. Ultimately, I wanted myself, Norris, and cherita in the F3, which came true!

Ultimately Tengaged, I believe the F3 that you have in front of you are the three that played the hardest, made the moves, and secured their places in the end. While we each had a different road to get here, I believe any one of us is deserving to be your winner.

I hope you'll consider giving this skeleton a win this spooktober, but appreciate all the support along the way regardless <3

Thanks in particular to everyone on this cast that I had some relationship or alliance with, couldn't have done it without you!
Norris
cheritaisdelicious
JanelleBB6
hujain
EricCabello
camell22

If I'm YOUR winner, vote for me here: https://tengaged.com/poll/bigbrother-game-208937
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Nominated for 5th Oct 9, 2020
Welp I made it from an early nomination for 15th all the way to 5th without going up again. I had to establish relationships with a large group of people, but also know when to make a move against them before they did against me.

Did I lie? Yes.

Did I backstab? Of course.

But it's all part of the game. Coming in without previous friendships was a blessing and a curse. Being able to think logically outside of personal relationships helped me in my game. I considered what myself and everyone else was doing as game moves, and didn't take either of my nominations personally. I knew when to hide in the shadows and when to strike.

Now it's up to you tengaged to decide who's worthy of making it one step closer. Full tea blog to come regardless of the outcome. Thanks for any and all support!

https://tengaged.com/poll/bigbrother-game-208937

Points: 86 4 comments
Nominated for 15th Oct 4, 2020
imageSave me! The spirits of Halloween compel you
Points: 37 2 comments
I'm in Stars! Oct 3, 2020
Back back back from the dead to be your spooky skeleton stars winner. Watch out as these old bones rattle their way to victory
Points: 51 3 comments
Goodbye Again Jul 28, 2013
Well, this will be my third time leaving tengaged. Every so often I realize that this isn't the place for me. So goodbye everyone. Thanks to the couple of new people I've met on this account, you guys are great. To everyone else, I'll still be on skype. This is FriendOfAMonk, signing out.
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Practice Link for Maze? Jul 27, 2013
Anyone know what it is?
Points: 23 2 comments