First off, thank you so much 60.6%!! Once again very unexpected? I'm overjoyed that I was able to make finals.
I was gonna make a vlog live from Paris but my flight got delayed :/// so instead I give you a simple blog about why I think I might just be a good winner!
This game was incredibly two-sided. I tried to be the person people wanted to work with and at first I wasn't trying to be snake-like, I just wanted to have options. I then became to be in a power position in the game where my decision would have a ripple effect or simply be what happened in that round.
And while I think that's easy for someone to do for 1 or maybe 2 rounds, usually it bites you in the ass. But I think I was able to still be approachable and open to most ideas and so I was able to be known as the 'middleman' and still not go up until 8th for the first time.
From there, my relationships were what got me through. I had grown close with Tex and Country while also being friendly with Noelle. She knew I was nomming her, I knew she knew what I was doing and although we weren't on the same side in the later rounds, she didn't want to vote for me at F4 which I think is symbolic of the game I've played.
I loved this whole experience and I'm so excited to know that I was embraced by people who'd never met or heard of me before. Best of luck to both countrysavage and Heavenlee ❤ and may the best player win!
This has been such an awesome journey through this game, and I’m just one step shy of potentially making finals!!!
I came into the game knowing of a few people but still needing to play major catch-up on who’s who and how to even play. My goal was to be socially genuine but strategically deceptive. I tried my best to be as gentle as possible but several rounds I was the decision-maker.
Starting at F16, I split the noms to save my then lowkey ally Lion. At F12, I made the painful decision to turn on Benja to create a Benja/Ahea set. (Ofc wasn’t the only one to do the set). At F11, I split again alongside Keefe and Lion to put up two threats in Kyle and Noelle.
Then even at F8 when I went up, I was supposed to go up against Lion in a 7-2 vote. Instead I was able to rally 5 votes on Keefe/Noelle. Unfortunately Lion split on me instead sending me up. But I managed to get back on my feet and survive 7th, 6th, and 5th unnommed.
I’ve played my heart out. I’ve played my game for me, myself, and I, and I’ve fought to stay afloat even when being told I’m playing like a sheep or an idiot.
Best of luck to Tex and congratulations on finals to Noelle and Country!
in a brooding mood this morn, so random journaling time yeehaw
• friendships do seem to come and go with life stages/events..
• does that make the shorter ones just ones by 'convenience' and if so does that make t
them mean less?
• there's more excitement to relationships and can burnout way faster
• being on the ace spectrum, always wondered if i just burnout faster than others?
• are friendships that you can just 'resume' after years of no contact the best kind?
• or is it only out of nostalgia that you reconnect?
• friends to lovers trope - better way to get to really know someone...
• or do you even up romanticizing the friendship from the start and only start dating
once you've both realized that's been going on
• do long-term relationships/marriages always lead to 'settling'
• or is settling actually okay because it can provide stability and it's natural after time?
Having to both learn the ropes of stars and find the loopholes in those ropes has proven tough!
On Day 1, I was added to chats that would later constitute the 'sides' of the house. I absolutely played the fuck out of the middle to both stay alive and to see where people's agendas were short-term and long-term.
Since then I've been the key swing vote and shady flip-flopper and I've owned it! If people wanna call the game boring and predictable, I'd challenge them to try and not vote with the same people every round - that goes for both sides. In my opinion, sitting on your side with limited info for the sake of being 'loyal' can work - but only for players that have public support coming into games. Newer people have to pave their own way and I've feel I've done just that.
I've voted independently, I've been the wildcard people have wanted on the block for days, and I've made a plethora of moves. I'm not expecting a second chance back into this game, but would cherish any and all votes I get to stay!
