- Fri Apr 22, 2016 6:41:30 am
#852
Rise and shine, time for an early morning update.
I feel like I was shitty last night with my generic messaging again with most of Yali. Dale is my favorite but he seems to think I told everyone that. Maybe I shouldn't have told him that yet. He's my second favorite player in the entire game behind Dan at the moment just by default but yet he won't believe that.
I like Val too. She's been the other one really encouraging me and telling me that "if things happen", I shouldn't worry. Could be horseshit in case she fears an idol play or something else, but I just highly doubt they will send me home before players who Dale himself called less active like Joaq and Max, unless they're dead set on getting rid of people who they think might fight harder or something.
I mean, I thought my PMs were getting encyclopedia-sized, but this kid Dale, he could go toe to toe with the best of us. I like his seemingly genuine attempts to get to know me and the others. Asking directly about ages and genders and trying to cut past to establish a more human connection. Pretty good socially, good instincts for a first-time player, or so he says. In fact I accidentally admitted to him I've played before because I had him pegged as relatively experienced just on first impressions.
I give myself a C+ since coming here in terms of infiltrating these guys. I think I've done ALMOST all I can in my position right now. We all know that the only idol that is definitely in the game right now is the one Jac handed out, and mum's been the word from them about that, naturally. No word on whether it was used at the first TC, and I doubt it was. I think she has it as well as the tiebreaker.
Problem is I probably like Jaclyn the least. She doesn't seem all that leaderish to me and I've gotten the least overall substance from her in PMs out of all 4 of them, with Nadiya a close second. I think Val and Dale are my favorites of the two, but Val, from how I took it, pretty much implied that it's gonna be a former Asmat leaving at our first Tribal together. If I want to make the merge, we better either start winning challenges or I have to really ramp up my game.
Joaquin gave Dan the clue that he apparently went for (I don't rule out the possibility that it's a fake clue, but I would be surprised), putting us at an automatic disadvantage at next immunity. Something to do with round 3 and Sunda. I'll let Dan do the hunting, I'm not trying to get caught looking for the idol via the "who is online" bar, especially after telling these guys I didn't take the clue, I'm not going for it, etc. And I'm telling the truth, but I'm not sure they'll believe me. Until my very forced and go-through-the-motions crappy night of messaging last night, they were telling me I'm in pretty good shape. They likely know they don't wanna go to the merge without the support of whichever Asmat people survive to that point, since linking up with the other old Yalis is far from a sure thing at this point for them.
Just to clarify, is the penalty for next IC increased for each player who accepts the clue?I was really hoping that if we eventually reach a point with the four original Yali people, we can forfeit Max assuming he doesn't get an idol played on him somehow, and then maybe they'll throw us a bone back as a sign of unity or trust. With Jaclyn likely having plot armor for now due to her leader tag, I think that becomes a lot harder because on paper, I would have thought she'd be the closest thing to a crack just on day 1 impressions. But they might feel like they need her as a trump card. It's not easy to get much out of her and she's held cards close to the vest at this point. Over the next couple of days I'm going to be really cautious and try to observe whatever I can. Not jumping down people's throats with paranoid shit that makes them wanna boot me. I probably did some of that last night and hopefully it didn't turn them off me too hard.
The other issue with them possibly throwing us one Yali out of fairness (aside from the obvious fact that I don't know how tight they each are within their own group), is the fact that now I'm getting hints from Dale that they might view Joaq on the same plane they view Max in terms of being here a little less than most people, which is a very easy excuse they can use to send him out too.
I feel like Dan is probably doing the best job integrating right now. He doesn't reek of being a huge threat, but he's very social, he's smart, it's clear he hates So and the Asmat power structure with pages and pages of bickering with her to back him up on that. If I were Yali, I'd probably be all over aligning with Dan. Making my friendship with him that much more important, because I'd imagine he would at least try to protect me and be like "hey, we can use her" if my name came up to him.
I'd like to think I've done almost as good a job as Dan probably has, but not quite AS good. He likes to tell me I'm the "brains" of our operation, and I don't know if he actually feels that way or not, but I think he wants me to feel like I'm the leader in our little duo. I'm not having that, so I defer any decision I can right back to him. He's more natural in PMs than I am; his game is far less mechanical and he gives other players a lot more of his true self in the game. I don't think he concerns himself with being too fine in messages or coming off one way or another. I have a lot of respect for how effortlessly he can make progress with a person when he wants to. Joe and Joaq like him a lot, I love him, So and Kelly hate his guts but that's part of his charm. <3 He called out So to make sure she played the idol when no one else had the balls, which was impressive. He shits all over everyone and their mother for bad challenge performance and has no problem being the guy who brings up "the name".
And best of all, he has a great quality about him that makes him seem like he could be beatable in the end, yet also strikes me as the type who could really concoct an articulate FTC speech that's short, to the point, pretty charming, and hitting on all the key points that juries love to hear. And he claims he's better in challenges than we've seen so far to boot. I feel like I'm his top ally, and I hope that's the case because I'm actually pretty scared of the guy and what he might be capable of. He could really get into a position where he could dispose of me and ride this out with Yali, and they know they can count on him to spearhead Operation Fuck So once the merge hits... so why do they need me?
Oh right. They don't. They should get rid of me so quick. I'm the biggest mercenary in the game. I'd backstab anyone. I'd frontstab anyone. I'd fuck anyone over to get where I wanna get. Loyalty, I wipe my ass with it, most of the time at least. This is a fucking game. Sometimes I'll feel bad if I turn on someone or cause an elimination, but it'll never change the fact that I'm loyal to no one. My game comes first before anyone else's. Dan is a WAY better ally for these people than I'd be, and fuck, Joaq and Max probably are too. My objective is for them to not see that.
Idk... I'd almost rather he's lying to me and is playing me than actually went through with that, but whatever. Hopefully if they don't take kindly to that it makes him look bad to them, rather than us, because after this Max vote Joaq could easily be next if he gives them a reason to...
