Post by strandedstranger on Nov 6, 2011 14:06:05 GMT -5
I figured that I needed a motto to guide me in this quest and here goes:
At the end of the season, that's what I want to say. It's a famous Latin phrase for "I came, I saw, I conquered.
In real life, I was raised to be an achiever. When I was a kid, I won awards left and right. I won different contests from quiz bees, to writing competitions, to poster-making contests. Of course there's always the pressure to raise the bar, to perform better if not outperform everyone. My parents raised be to be competitive.
Fast forward a couple of years, I figured in college that the world is a big place and grade school and high school was a small kingdom to rule. To survive outside my castle, it's always every man for himself lest we foster a couple of alliances to bolster our chances to survive.
College bore a welcome banner placed across to a much much bigger world. Pressure mounted, nerves set in and everything seemed to fall out of its place. In a pack of wolves, fresh meat are for the strongest, the boldest and the wittiest. Survival takes a huge toll to one's person, it can wear you down but it's not as if you have any other choice but to survive.
I have said this many times, there's no such thing as predetermination. What becomes of you is entirely our own doing. There's no easy, shortcut way to success. No yellow brick roads are paved, even the cemented roads wore down, no sign boards, no traffic lights, no map to guide you.
Success is a fleeting place. It's neither here nor there but you know when you get there. It knows no formula nor any structured vehicle towards it. It exists for and by itself.
Now Survivor may just be an online game but I am aware what I signed up for. It's my eyes on the prize for me so game on b!tches.
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Post-Tribal Council Thoughts.
Everything went as planned. I did not vote for the person who was booted out. I had my core alliance mraz and ash convince the rest to boot eman out while I convince them to boot eragon instead.
This way, it'll only appear that I didn't have a hand on his eviction.
I currently am taking a risk but I maybe spreading my legs too thin with the alliances I forged. Currently I forged three separates alliances and it has been paying dividends.
First I talked to mraz and ash and I told them that we shall be part of the all-boys final three. Hopefully there'd be no transfers. This is my true alliance.
Second I forged alliance with the most competitive person in the tribe (next to me) because she's a go-getter and I'll need her and unfortunately for her, she's resting her trust on me. I plan to keep her as part of the Final four if everything goes as planned but I will not let her stay beyond the Final Four.
Third, I forged another alliance with pavyel. I didn't promise anything but I know she rests her fate with me. Honestly, I just need her for the numbers to maintain control over the tribe discreetly. I need to ensure the majority of the tribe exclusively on my side.
Fourth, I also offered an alliance with senna but how our alliance will pan out depending on how active he'll be. He's too quiet and that says two things: either his (a) reserved and blending in or (b) he's cunning.
I just need to get most, if not all of my alliance to be intact before the merge. In this case, we'll have to win ALL the immunity challenge for my plans to be put into action.
Now I have discovered through my secondary alliance due to some snooping that mari got the clue. And we learned what it is.
Of course I told my primary alliance about the clue but we searched it to no avail.
Nandito lang ang hinahanap mo. 1889.
It's hard to understand how 1889 plays anything significant. Not even someone who's as electronically-savvy as I am can find anything as short as that. I won't reveal yet to what extent have we made an effort.
I sure hope it looks like an immunity idol and not some weird stuff over the net.
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Second Immunity Challenge
I think I was born leader and I know my tribemates look up to me. I provide instructions so that we can deal with the task as organized as possible.
During the food challenge, we decided to choose those who are willing to be online for a long time to be eaters. If in case another person has to live, we asked for passwords which most willingly gave. This is a good sign of trust and teamwork especially for us newbies.
Now how did we come about the list. First, I want to show them that I am not only a man of words but I am also a man of action. I decided to be an eater along with the other people who are already on. The only other person who's not on is chic but I talked to her hours earlier and she said she'll be free in the morning so I decided to make her a tracker because we need as much eater as possible.
So first we took note of the following:
(a) Pex employs a 90-second buffer time within posting.
(b) Pex does not allow the same content posted within five minutes to prevent spamming.
(c) We should try to give a variety of foods to remain safe.
For the first hour it didn't work and we did find it hard to track the number of foods as I even had to manually CTRL+F and tally each food for each page to help mraz, the other designated tracker.
On the second hour we decided to stick to one food per person and to place number at the side to (a) track the number of foods easily and (b) bypass the five-minute rule because different numbers meant different content posted in every given five minutes.
Example:
stranger ate Fanaloka for Ananatarivo tribe - 1
stranger ate Fanaloka for Ananatarivo tribe - 2 et. al.
We solved the tracking problem but we still lagged behind but we got a clue when you reminded us "Make sure that you track everything, it may cost your team." That time we were not able to count the chameleons the eragon ate hence I told my team to just eat chameleon instead. Halfway through the third hour, we awaited for the clue to be posted and guessed Florence Nightingale correctly and to play it safe, we asked for Chameleon's value.
When you said it's 50 and it's the second largest value, we decided to post just Chameleons and eventually we didn't only just catch up with the other team we beat them in a massacre-esque fashion.
We thought there'l be an hour-by-hour update so we decided that every hour we'll give an extra food then the rest just chameleons to know the equivalent of the that particular food but there were no updates so we just stuck with chameleons.
Mraz and me stayed almost the whole 24 hours to safeguard the lead. We made sure that there'll be no chance for them to catch up. It was rousing victory and it certainly was a confidence booster.
Makes me wonder when was the last time a team of newbs beat the vet too early in the game (2nd IC).
Third Immunity Challenge
To be honest, I think this challenge is least thought of. I mean at one glance I can see the loopholes of the challenge and I knew it wasn't going to work. I know we tried to adjust it in the middle of the game but I find the rule being retroactive as unfair but we won anyway.
How we strategized? Simple. A few days ago I added the members from the opposing tribe but I never harassed them and besides I think it's quite obvious that strangestrands and strandedstranger is one person so there's no need to introduce myself.
It cam handy on this challenge. We are two men down. Eragon and Ayrtonsenna aren't around. To minimie our losses I decided to keep them in one team. I looked at my ym and checked which one of them are not online then we waited for them to post their list first. I figured that kuji and ____ isn't on and they are pegged on the third pair to minimize possible damages.
First pair we pounded them. Second pair did them in too. Third tie. Fourth tie. Hence we won.
We are united hence we were able to think of our strategy really well coming into the game hence the hands down victory.
I didn't see Britt getting eliminated, I told my moles to vote for starc.
I gained a new friend... hello Icko3
Fourth Immunity Challenge
With the momentum obviously on our side and with Brittney getting evicted out, we felt like we are owning this game and yes that's just what we did. We obliterated the opposition with the aid of their former allies like Brittney who sent me some gifs that came in handy to the game.
We won because of my tribemates who are really good and active. I salute them.
As per my alliances, I think we're doing well. I have good numbers on my tribe so infiltrating the other tribe is my next goal.
Unlucky for me, the other tribe pulled off one of the unexpected blindsides I've seen. My new friend icko got booted out and when we talked, he said he'll try to come back
ALLIANCES
The Katipunan Alliance - Still Building
There's the UP bloc and me the only blue-blooded. I have Mraz, Icko and Ojo hopefully composing the Katipunan Alliance.
The Original Alliance - Core
There's my original trio, ash me and mraz.
The Convenience Alliance - Secondary
Chic and me. I need to keep he, she's competitive.
The Brotherhood Alliance
Ayrtonsenna and me being the only straight boys on my tribe.
THE HII
To be honest, knowing that the HII was taken already, I just experienced the first setback in this game. I am currently dealing with it and hopefully I get the better of that person. Loyalty checks around. I have my suspects but I am yet to see how all of this will pan out.
ICKO
If ever I make it to the Finals, I'll bring Icko with me.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Just in case Clampz and Kuji has the immunity idol. We'll go 3-2v.2 plan. 3 will vote to have Clampz out and 2 will vote for Kuji out. It's a sure out still for one of them. We are anticipating the twist.
I will detail the entries tomorrow as my eyes seemed to be failing me now.
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Edit Again:
The confidence given to me by my tribe mates is reassuring. Hopefully we get to pull this of.
Note: I will only edit this first post because I don't want to appear like I am confessing a lot.
veni vidi vici
At the end of the season, that's what I want to say. It's a famous Latin phrase for "I came, I saw, I conquered.
In real life, I was raised to be an achiever. When I was a kid, I won awards left and right. I won different contests from quiz bees, to writing competitions, to poster-making contests. Of course there's always the pressure to raise the bar, to perform better if not outperform everyone. My parents raised be to be competitive.
Fast forward a couple of years, I figured in college that the world is a big place and grade school and high school was a small kingdom to rule. To survive outside my castle, it's always every man for himself lest we foster a couple of alliances to bolster our chances to survive.
College bore a welcome banner placed across to a much much bigger world. Pressure mounted, nerves set in and everything seemed to fall out of its place. In a pack of wolves, fresh meat are for the strongest, the boldest and the wittiest. Survival takes a huge toll to one's person, it can wear you down but it's not as if you have any other choice but to survive.
I have said this many times, there's no such thing as predetermination. What becomes of you is entirely our own doing. There's no easy, shortcut way to success. No yellow brick roads are paved, even the cemented roads wore down, no sign boards, no traffic lights, no map to guide you.
Success is a fleeting place. It's neither here nor there but you know when you get there. It knows no formula nor any structured vehicle towards it. It exists for and by itself.
Now Survivor may just be an online game but I am aware what I signed up for. It's my eyes on the prize for me so game on b!tches.
--------------------------------
Post-Tribal Council Thoughts.
Everything went as planned. I did not vote for the person who was booted out. I had my core alliance mraz and ash convince the rest to boot eman out while I convince them to boot eragon instead.
This way, it'll only appear that I didn't have a hand on his eviction.
I currently am taking a risk but I maybe spreading my legs too thin with the alliances I forged. Currently I forged three separates alliances and it has been paying dividends.
First I talked to mraz and ash and I told them that we shall be part of the all-boys final three. Hopefully there'd be no transfers. This is my true alliance.
Second I forged alliance with the most competitive person in the tribe (next to me) because she's a go-getter and I'll need her and unfortunately for her, she's resting her trust on me. I plan to keep her as part of the Final four if everything goes as planned but I will not let her stay beyond the Final Four.
Third, I forged another alliance with pavyel. I didn't promise anything but I know she rests her fate with me. Honestly, I just need her for the numbers to maintain control over the tribe discreetly. I need to ensure the majority of the tribe exclusively on my side.
Fourth, I also offered an alliance with senna but how our alliance will pan out depending on how active he'll be. He's too quiet and that says two things: either his (a) reserved and blending in or (b) he's cunning.
I just need to get most, if not all of my alliance to be intact before the merge. In this case, we'll have to win ALL the immunity challenge for my plans to be put into action.
Now I have discovered through my secondary alliance due to some snooping that mari got the clue. And we learned what it is.
Of course I told my primary alliance about the clue but we searched it to no avail.
Nandito lang ang hinahanap mo. 1889.
It's hard to understand how 1889 plays anything significant. Not even someone who's as electronically-savvy as I am can find anything as short as that. I won't reveal yet to what extent have we made an effort.
I sure hope it looks like an immunity idol and not some weird stuff over the net.
------------------------
Second Immunity Challenge
I think I was born leader and I know my tribemates look up to me. I provide instructions so that we can deal with the task as organized as possible.
During the food challenge, we decided to choose those who are willing to be online for a long time to be eaters. If in case another person has to live, we asked for passwords which most willingly gave. This is a good sign of trust and teamwork especially for us newbies.
Now how did we come about the list. First, I want to show them that I am not only a man of words but I am also a man of action. I decided to be an eater along with the other people who are already on. The only other person who's not on is chic but I talked to her hours earlier and she said she'll be free in the morning so I decided to make her a tracker because we need as much eater as possible.
So first we took note of the following:
(a) Pex employs a 90-second buffer time within posting.
(b) Pex does not allow the same content posted within five minutes to prevent spamming.
(c) We should try to give a variety of foods to remain safe.
For the first hour it didn't work and we did find it hard to track the number of foods as I even had to manually CTRL+F and tally each food for each page to help mraz, the other designated tracker.
On the second hour we decided to stick to one food per person and to place number at the side to (a) track the number of foods easily and (b) bypass the five-minute rule because different numbers meant different content posted in every given five minutes.
Example:
stranger ate Fanaloka for Ananatarivo tribe - 1
stranger ate Fanaloka for Ananatarivo tribe - 2 et. al.
We solved the tracking problem but we still lagged behind but we got a clue when you reminded us "Make sure that you track everything, it may cost your team." That time we were not able to count the chameleons the eragon ate hence I told my team to just eat chameleon instead. Halfway through the third hour, we awaited for the clue to be posted and guessed Florence Nightingale correctly and to play it safe, we asked for Chameleon's value.
When you said it's 50 and it's the second largest value, we decided to post just Chameleons and eventually we didn't only just catch up with the other team we beat them in a massacre-esque fashion.
We thought there'l be an hour-by-hour update so we decided that every hour we'll give an extra food then the rest just chameleons to know the equivalent of the that particular food but there were no updates so we just stuck with chameleons.
Mraz and me stayed almost the whole 24 hours to safeguard the lead. We made sure that there'll be no chance for them to catch up. It was rousing victory and it certainly was a confidence booster.
Makes me wonder when was the last time a team of newbs beat the vet too early in the game (2nd IC).
Third Immunity Challenge
To be honest, I think this challenge is least thought of. I mean at one glance I can see the loopholes of the challenge and I knew it wasn't going to work. I know we tried to adjust it in the middle of the game but I find the rule being retroactive as unfair but we won anyway.
How we strategized? Simple. A few days ago I added the members from the opposing tribe but I never harassed them and besides I think it's quite obvious that strangestrands and strandedstranger is one person so there's no need to introduce myself.
It cam handy on this challenge. We are two men down. Eragon and Ayrtonsenna aren't around. To minimie our losses I decided to keep them in one team. I looked at my ym and checked which one of them are not online then we waited for them to post their list first. I figured that kuji and ____ isn't on and they are pegged on the third pair to minimize possible damages.
First pair we pounded them. Second pair did them in too. Third tie. Fourth tie. Hence we won.
We are united hence we were able to think of our strategy really well coming into the game hence the hands down victory.
I didn't see Britt getting eliminated, I told my moles to vote for starc.
I gained a new friend... hello Icko3
Fourth Immunity Challenge
With the momentum obviously on our side and with Brittney getting evicted out, we felt like we are owning this game and yes that's just what we did. We obliterated the opposition with the aid of their former allies like Brittney who sent me some gifs that came in handy to the game.
We won because of my tribemates who are really good and active. I salute them.
As per my alliances, I think we're doing well. I have good numbers on my tribe so infiltrating the other tribe is my next goal.
Unlucky for me, the other tribe pulled off one of the unexpected blindsides I've seen. My new friend icko got booted out and when we talked, he said he'll try to come back
ALLIANCES
The Katipunan Alliance - Still Building
There's the UP bloc and me the only blue-blooded. I have Mraz, Icko and Ojo hopefully composing the Katipunan Alliance.
The Original Alliance - Core
There's my original trio, ash me and mraz.
The Convenience Alliance - Secondary
Chic and me. I need to keep he, she's competitive.
The Brotherhood Alliance
Ayrtonsenna and me being the only straight boys on my tribe.
THE HII
To be honest, knowing that the HII was taken already, I just experienced the first setback in this game. I am currently dealing with it and hopefully I get the better of that person. Loyalty checks around. I have my suspects but I am yet to see how all of this will pan out.
ICKO
If ever I make it to the Finals, I'll bring Icko with me.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Just in case Clampz and Kuji has the immunity idol. We'll go 3-2v.2 plan. 3 will vote to have Clampz out and 2 will vote for Kuji out. It's a sure out still for one of them. We are anticipating the twist.
I will detail the entries tomorrow as my eyes seemed to be failing me now.
-----------------
Edit Again:
The confidence given to me by my tribe mates is reassuring. Hopefully we get to pull this of.
Note: I will only edit this first post because I don't want to appear like I am confessing a lot.
