Bunny
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Apr 21, 2021 1:52:20 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 21, 2021 1:52:20 GMT
Aight Merge is here. Time to put our serious hats on.
I'm gonna try to figure out what I think about each other player, and then put my thoughts about what I expect to happen. That will come later.
First I must get messages out to *everyone*. It's already been 45 mins of so many messages.
Because of group chats, I'm currently talking in more chats than total number of players.
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Bunny
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Apr 21, 2021 6:49:37 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 21, 2021 6:49:37 GMT
Ok. Time to think through where I probably stand; my instincts say I'm in a very very very good position at the moment. Honestly, perhaps it's too good, but first let's look.
I'm in 2 different 4 person chats
1 is with Lion/Kestrel/Butterfly ->I trust this one with my life. Mammalia forever(right now). I believe none of them are at all interested in voting me, and I believe I can rely on them to steer votes off of me with the expectation I'll do the same. 1 is with Lion/Sloth/Rat this one feels solid still. I trust Sloth in particular. He's had a rough premerge and says he likes butterfly. I hope he is more concerned about the rest of the game after being forced to use his idol and doesn't feel a need to target me. I hope Rat will not target me as well. I have a harder time reading him though. We're still new and I'm not too concerned.
I'm in 1 3 person chat, it's with Rat see above and Hedgehog is amazing and I love her. So bubbly and awesome and amazing and generally wonderful. I really doubt anyone in the game has a problem with Hedgehog. This means I can't rely on Hedgehog to protect me, but it does mean I can rely on Hedgehog to not target me.
Who exactly does that leave?
Carnivora exclusives: I feel pretty similarly about all of them tbh. I like them all, but wouldn't be sad to see any of them go. I'll work with them if at all possible, I'll be happy to coordinate with them onto most targets, but I'm also not going to tell them if their lives are in danger. Cat
Leopard Seal
Eagle
First timers:
Frog I believe I can work with Frog. I will do my best to keep him off my back. I'll share just a little bit of intel with him (I'll be more careful about the intel I leak than in previous games), but I don't expect him to stick around deep into merge. Iirc, he was already being set up as a shaker and movemaker earlier on. We'll see. Def the best new first impression at merge.
Snowy Owl: I don't like Owl. I have no idea what their relationships are like or what their place in the game is, but my chats today were terrible with them.
Capybara First time meeting. I've heard they were on the outs on earlier tribes, we'll see how things go. My expectation is they'll get voted out quickly. Ppl already seem to assume they're an easy vote. If I was in a bad position, I'd probably make a move to try to save them and add them to my collection, but I don't feel a need to make that play this game.
So looking at this tribe, the only people who I would expect to target me would be Owl or Capybara. I suppose I could see Frog, but I doubt that's going to happen. I feel that relationship will go well that by the time actual TC rolls around he won't target me.
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Bunny
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Apr 21, 2021 6:51:51 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 21, 2021 6:51:51 GMT
How do I keep things this way? Well, I will do nothing. My position is so solid, I'm very comfortable even letting some of my allies die. I will make no enemies and make no moves. I might not even leak anything. I probably shouldn't. I think Frog is important to befriend, because if he wants to make plays his natural inclination might be to organize a vote onto someone he doesn't like/know. It's best not to be in that camp.
Other than that, I'm just going to wait.
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Bunny
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Apr 23, 2021 18:50:48 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 23, 2021 18:50:48 GMT
I desperately need to find a way to separate "I like this person" from "this person is a social threat" in my mind. It's just a very good way to get me prepared to stab my friends, when I probably shouldn't do that.
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Bunny
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Apr 23, 2021 19:14:51 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 23, 2021 19:14:51 GMT
gyazo.com/7199bf1e299e91eddbfdd3fa4f0c68d5"I think I am too hesitant to stab" -Kestrel. I feel like everyone thinks this, especially the stabbiest people. You want the people who think they stab too much, because then they're actually interested in stabbing less. You don't want the people ramping up their stabbing to be your allies. Sigh. *Brings out the suitcase of knives* I guess we're getting ready for this now. (not actually, yet).
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Bunny
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Apr 24, 2021 17:24:29 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 24, 2021 17:24:29 GMT
So, what the actual fuck is this vote?
What the hell is happening?
Currently I expect it to be Seal vs Owl, and I'm apparently responsible for *both* of those wagons, but the Owl wagon came up from practically nothing.
Now, I hear Frog and Lion's names being thrown around and I have no idea wtf is happening.
I'm *very* confident if I wasn't immune I would be a huge target right now. I am sooo happy to be safe. Holy shit.
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Bunny
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Apr 24, 2021 19:18:55 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 24, 2021 19:18:55 GMT
Yea I suck at this game.
I got immunity this round, thankfully. I'm pretty sure I'd be dead here if I wasn't immune. I am, but I'm not going to last long this merge. I suck too goddamn much.
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Bunny
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Apr 24, 2021 22:49:31 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 24, 2021 22:49:31 GMT
I just got this message from Snowy Owl when I'm pretty sure the vote is between him and Leopard Seal: "I actually think you did a pretty good job responding to the accusations(that I started the wagon on Snowy Owl). Everyone I've talked with seems to have the impression you were wrongfully accuse and should be rightfully upset about it. Yeah you are voting Seal... so what? Everyone else pretty much is too."
they part that tilts me is: "Yeah you are voting Seal... so what?" WHEN HE IS THE COUNTERWAGON TO SEAL. Like, srsly? At least a "Thanks". Maybe he is so convinced the vote isn't close that it really doesn't matter. I hope he gets like 5 votes and realizes that me voting Seal matters. I'm worried he actually gets 8 votes and goes home, but that's life.
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Bunny
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Post by Bunny on Apr 25, 2021 21:37:15 GMT
For the first time in my entire life, I am *not* going to leak information that I have.
Sloth tells me he wants to see Lion or Hedgehog go (I think he's leaning towards Lion) at the moment, but obviously there's lots of time between here and there.
In every previous game I've played, I would leak this information back to Lion/everyone else in a heartbeat. This game, I will not. I will keep it close to my chest. I've discovered sharing information is considered picking a side. Therefore, to not pick a side, I can't share information between them. #learning
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Bunny
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Apr 26, 2021 16:50:04 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 26, 2021 16:50:04 GMT
Ok. If what I'm hearing is correct, and I believe it is, this next vote is going to be centered around around Lion and Sloth.
Lion has already begun pushing me pretty hard towards voting out Sloth by saying Sloth is up to all this shady shit and by saying that Sloth is pushing for all of our(Lion/my/Sloth) mutual allies to go home. But, Lion didn't hear about it from me. Lion has no reason to assume Sloth is telling me these things which is why Lion told me himself.
And, I'm not going to tell Sloth either.
I'm going to sit on my hands and do nothing. I'm not going to tell either of them that the other is pushing. I don't think I have ever done this before in my entire life.
My previous approach was to tell them both they were being targeted by the other and claim I was voting with them. To actually "play both sides". This feels more like "playing neither side".
*shrugs*
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Apr 27, 2021 20:09:23 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 27, 2021 20:09:23 GMT
So I guess I'm a team captain.
I don't want to get too obviously tied down to anyone. I want the description of this to be "Butterfly wanted Frog GONE", and did everything they could to make sure it happened. I wasn't going to stand in their way.
I think my dream tribe (where I'm immune for the first vote) would look something like:
Me+Kestrel+Hedgehog+Eagle+Sloth+Snowy Owl.
Obviously Hedgehog is off the table. I think I should put Rat there instead.
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Algae
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Apr 27, 2021 20:11:16 GMT
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Post by Algae on Apr 27, 2021 20:11:16 GMT
Who would you want to see eliminated from your tribe?
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Apr 27, 2021 20:32:29 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 27, 2021 20:32:29 GMT
Snowy Owl/Cat.
I assume that'll be obvious to most everyone else as well. I wish I had Eagle instead of Rat or Sloth so there could be a little more drama about my potential intentions.
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Apr 29, 2021 6:15:50 GMT
Post by Bitter Poisonpie on Apr 29, 2021 6:15:50 GMT
How do you feel about the tribe drafting now that you have seen how it all played out?
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Bunny
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Apr 29, 2021 16:31:46 GMT
Post by Bunny on Apr 29, 2021 16:31:46 GMT
I am very happy with the way that Sloth died. I'm also pretty happy that Sloth died. I believe he expected to work with me, but I think other people expected that as well. He was useful to keep around to keep my name from coming up as an easy boot, but I believe I am still not in the "easy boot" category, and I feel I was approaching "significant threat" category. Hopefully both Hedgehog and Sloth going keeps me in that nice middle ground.
If I had known Frog would stay, I probably would have pushed Cat hard and hopefully sent Cat home. I'm just pretty happy with my position degrading a bit there. I don't need to make a move and improve my position with each vote.
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