- Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:57:27 pm
#75688
Oooh, the game has started now huh? I had no idea Sherea would be the one leaving, I truly assumed it was gonna be one of the guys. I guess the one good thing out of it is that they didn't take out Aaron so apparently the 'leader' doesn't necessarily have a huge target on their back by default. Which I'm definitely happy about!
Apparently Sara had figured Sherea was likely to go based on activity in the chat rooms so, good for her I guess? I still don't know how I feel about that. It's kind of scary to know that she is keeping track of things in such a way that she can figure that stuff out without having the possibility of talking to any of them..
I thought the nervousness of going into a challenge would leave after the first one but nope, I'm *very* nervous about today so I guess that's just gonna be the norm from now on huh?
I spent a few hours trying to figure out the idol last night, I still think the 'dew it' chat room is where its at and I must have tried 50 different passwords but no luck yet. I went down the rabbit hole of Peruvian history, geography, Machu Picchu, the Inca empire, the 2 super obscure languages I found mentions of and some religion stuff. Obviously it's impossible to narrow it down without clues so I'm trying to hit everything I can and dig as deep as possible to try and basically run through ALL the possibilities. Next step is the rest of the whole religion side of things and Inca Mythology so hopefully that pays off. I'll look like a complete tool if its not in 'dew it' though.
1. What type of player (strategic mastermind, social butterfly, under the radar, challenge beast, goat, wild card) are you trying to be at this stage of the game? How do you think your fellow tribe members perceive your current player type? Why?
I think coming into this I may have started off a little too strong on the social / active side of things. I feel like I was just always on the first 3 days and I've been actively trying to hold back so that people don't get spooked by how active I am and assume that I'm constantly talking to everyone. I definitely want to fly under the radar for the time being because there's still a lot of uncertainty going around. That's why I'm trying to hold back on the strategy talks and bounces ideas off of people instead of just presenting them will a full strategy. It feels like that might be what's going to burn Sara pretty soon so I'm trying hard to avoid that happening to me.
Even little things like Sara telling me she's keeping tabs on the chat rooms and wants to keep a notepad and stuff. I've been doing the same thing but I prefered playing dumb and like "I didn't think about that" so that I don't come off too strong.
I want to believe that the tribe doesn't see me as a huge threat and I think that most of them find me "likeable/friendly" enough to get me through a few rounds but I'm not an idiot either, I don't believe they're all clueless. I'm sure some of them realized that I came here to play and that I'm just playing that down.
2. Do you have the “right” Survivor rep? If not, what rep would you have chosen for yourself? If the Survivor rep we chose for you suits you, what qualities do you think you share? How are you making your rep work for you if you are?
I'm more than happy with Deshawn and I don't necessarily see a "need" to have chosen another one. I'm happy with a rep that doesn't stand out too much or was too big of a villain or something like that because even though it shouldn't have an impact, I 100% it still would have. I know personally I would never have wanted to work with a "Russell Hantz", no matter who was behind the picture, and I'm sure subconsciously other people feel the same way.
Obviously Deshawn had kind of a "crash and burn" situation towards the end because he made all the wrong moves out of impulsiveness but overrall, he was scrappy, social and actually played the game so I don't feel bad at all having him as my rep.
I don't think I'm "making him work for me" in any sort of way and I knew coming into this that I wouldn't "roleplay" as someone. He's an alias in the game, period.
3. Tomorrow is a challenge AND tribal council. Now that you have done one challenge for yourselves, what could be in store for you and your tribe? Think you can handle losing and having tribal council soon after?
I'm very, very hopeful we pull another win tonight and keep the momentum going. I'm pretty anxious to see what the challenge is going to be though because obviously we've only seen 1 so it's not like we have a lot of information for what's coming next. If Sunday is any indication, we do work well as a team and so I feel like that gives us some confidence going into things tonight.
Having is back to back is really nerve-wracking though. I remember the energy on Sunday and having that last for 2 hours is going to be absolute chaos so I can't wait to see how tonight works out.
I don't think we have to worry about a swap or anything like that tonight, that should be off the table for at least 1-2 more rounds but there might be something with the tribe leader. Unless that was all just to have one person represent the tribe when we need to list our players for a challenge like we did on Sunday. Which would be hillarious. All the speculating we did and it was nothing game-related. lol
4. Speaking of challenges, what is your stance on physical players? Do you value people in the tribe who are good at challenges and want to keep them around even if they're not the best socially with you?
I 100% value them and want to keep them on the tribe. Are you kidding? Sunday's challenge was proof of the importance of physical players. As much as we all say it was a team effort (and to a degree, it was), Shan was the one who won that challenge for us. Sara and Heather couldn't figure the puzzle out at all so if it wasn't for Shan, we very well could have lost.
I feel like there's a place for every type of people and every type of player. That's what makes those games interesting.
