So, I am stuck on a decision here. I figured - why not ask the people of tengaged, since it is about a tengaged game anyway. I figure the plusses and comments are never a bad thing either.
So, we are at the final 5 in my castings game (#10435) Alliances only get you so far, of course - and though we have 3 members of our main alliance left in the final 5 - 2 of us are up for the final eviction - Deal or No Deal is a cruel bitch.
Either of us stands a good chance to win once in the final 4 I think. Out other alliance member also stands a decent chance. Sadly - the two people NOT in our group are ones that have remained quite silent for a large portion of the game. That one of them in particular is now in the final 4 is a shame, as I think I am writing more in this blog post than he has in discussion for the whole game. The other, well - she's one that we protected most of the game as a corollary ally - but has really shown no gratitude for that, the tone of her messages growing a bit terse nearer the end of the game. Of course, the shenanigans of wwem did not help any of this - but he was just evicted... and that topic would make this a MUCH longer blog post than I have the patience for today.
So, realizing that the two non-allies will likely vote to spoil whichever result we desire anyway - I am left with a tough decision.
As the sort of "leader" of our alliance, I am the biggest target. But I also feel it is the leaderly thing to do to vote my ally to move forward here - especially since she is a dear friend. She has also been a bit of a lightning rod, as she has been vocal against out opposition.
She and I talked about this last night, and has told me NOT to do that - but it may be necessary for us to vote in unison to ensure WE pick the end result, not the others. She says "hey, it's my first game - and 5th place is good." At the same time, it's a pretty awesome feeling to place even higher in your first game - so I would have no problem voting that way to give her that feeling. (And maybe make sure she plays more in the future.)
So - how do we decide this? One fair way might be to say "whoever scores higher on the challenge today" stays. Then again, it's numbers. I KNOW I am really good at numbers. She is not bad, but I feel that to agree to use this method dooms her ahead of time.
So - what would you do? Advice please! (wwem - your advice does not matter here)
Just when I thought I was going to be out of the game in 5th place - I log in and see that I won. So, I guess some final words:
My original alliance: Skoffin, Vendetta, Risky - thanks for all your support. It is a real shame the 4 of us could not all be there at the end - especially Vendetta, who worked her ass off setting up some of the arrangements that saved the rest of us at the end.
Garret - Despite some miscues with voting, and who KNOWS what happened at the end there - thanks for sticking strong with the group in the end.
Cisco - I owe you a lot on this. Had I been voted out at the end, this would be your win. Thank you very much.
Giggs - No hard feelings about any of this. I stir up drama near the end sometimes. Everyone has alliances, you did, I did - we all did. Some times we have to shake it up.
Taylor - Thanks for the help at the time you gave it. Your blogs when you lost, however - simply low class.
And to the rest - good game! (Except to the inactives - no game for you guys :P)
Just got out of my second game. In both games, I made an alliance at the beginning, and the final 4 were all from the alliance. It's good to see that people can play a game smart and prosper from it. Too many times on real reality shows, contestants forget that the backstab tends to backfire. Shout out to my alliances:
Game 1: GoGogirl, secondguess, and saxtomophone
Game 2: usafgirl1121, Skoffin, danny, and OliviaSophie
