This was a really intimidating cast coming in, with people like DorkishBarbi who I remember stanning in my newb 2.0 days, the eternally 19 year old MikeRORO, and of course my longterm best friend BlueBarracuda. Then there were also a lot of newer players I was familiar with, and so many people I wanted to work with, and I knew they would all end up being on different sides.
I often have a tendency to come into Stars games strong, putting myself in charge of making the first few sets, and while I often succeed at that, it tends to lead to my downfall. I knew with a cast like this, I had to lay low a bit. Luckily DaddyDev was more than happy to take charge, which allowed me to blend the first day.
The next few rounds I split several votes, trying to make sure the people I wanted to stay in the game did not land their way on the block. I knew I needed Eilish as a bridge connecting me to people I had less communication with, so I made sure he did not go up when he was countered for 15th and 14th.
There was a lot of shuffling around in this game, my first big target was Miss Barbi, because as much as I adore and was excited to play with her, I knew she was too good at this game, that she had spies everywhere, and that she was very good at getting people to do what she wanted.
Once Dorkish was out it brought Rebelman closer to me and Blue, because previously I had felt a bit cautious with the people I associated as that side of the house. The group of us three, plus Tryphena and Motherbird formed and was going strong, until the latter two started sliding further from my trio and more towards the group with Eilish and yoboyy_luke.
Around that time, Luke became my nemesis in the house, because he appeared to be calling the shots and influencing the people I thought were working with me into making moves that benefited him. Once Blue and I went up together and I lost my closest ally, I lost most of my trust in Motherbird and Tanya, but it brought Stefan and I closer together.
Once I went up for the second time I finally managed to turn things back in my favor, getting Luke and Motherbird on the block the following round. Then I took a calculated risk in allowing Stefan to go up again with Motherbird, in hopes of him taking her out.
The final four was a bit of a mess, I knew I couldn't allow Bryan to go unnominated to the end, but I was unsure what would happen with everyone else's votes. I locked him in with Tanya, but unfortunately I found myself facing one more poll.
I survived the first 8 rounds of this game before find myself on the nomination block, adapted to losing my closest ally at the halfway point, and found myself making a comeback to get rid of my two biggest rivals in the house after being nominated by them twice.
I am extremely proud of myself and the game that I played, and I hope you will consider voting for me.
Blog pic and pollbox pic both courtesy of my best friend Hisoka
Hunty it’s more than that, I’m over toxic masculinity. I put my heart & soul into that TAR game to get second hurts. Like all that effort for nothing. I don’t want to sound immature or ungrateful, I am extremely happy that I even got the opportunity to be in the cast, however getting stung this close to the finish is dehumanising. I’ll take a cooler eventually, step back, assess and move forward from there. I’m going to use this experience as a learning curve in all future endeavours - I know I can grow from this and come back bigger & better than ever.
Hunty it’s more than that, I’m over toxic masculinity. I put my heart & soul into that TAR game to get second hurts. Like all that effort for nothing. I don’t want to sound immature or ungrateful, I am extremely happy that I even got the opportunity to be in the cast, however getting stung this close to the finish is dehumanising. I’ll take a cooler eventually, step back, assess and move forward from there. I’m going to use this experience as a learning curve in all future endeavours - I know I can grow from this and come back bigger & better than ever.
Good luck Cherry! So proud of you for making it to the end. You worked incredibly hard to get to the end and I feel like you've plyed an all around great game. I hope the public respects your game play and I am honored to have been part of your team.
