Post by Mark on Dec 5, 2005 16:42:30 GMT -5
OMG!!!!!! All-Stars! And I'm in!!! Woohoo! Sam, you do make the best games ever (even though my only game was with you, haha), so I'm very much looking forward to another awesome season now.
With that being said, I have some doubts that this time I will make it far at all. The most saddening thing was to see most of the jury rally on Chuck's side in the whole "bitter jury" argument post-game. My only potential allies are Wonderlanders minus Chuck, Tyler, and possibly Angela, and I have a huge feeling my first tribe will be composed of people that support Chuck, just for drama purposes. The unknownness of the members of the tribe (at this point) makes it very nervewracking trying to figure out something that could possibly work to make me stay. So maybe I can use this thread to come up with some strategies in hopes that something could work this time.
My first idea for strategy is to do the exact opposite that I did in my original game. The main problem was that everyone seemed to feel that I was aligned with everyone else, and it didn't help that I basically aligned with everyone after the merge
. But even in the initial first days of the game, I tried to form an alliance with people that I liked, and I later found out they were talking and started to believe I was aligned with everyone else (even though I still don't believe that was the case). So for this game... I can't let people see me doing the exact same stuff, because they will get the impression that I'm going to play this game the same as last time, and make fourth place. What I must do is keep my mouth shut on aligning with people... wait for them to come to me. I think I've learned that people won't align with random strangers on the first day, and that it takes time for bonds to work up before an actual alliance starts. Even though I'm sooo tempted to form a majority alliance right away and hope that things work out well throughout the rest of the game... I need to be patient. Otherwise, people will talk and then start plotting my demise.
I've gotten involved in a few mini-Survivors lately... and in one of them, I've seen a case where a group aligned because they were from Machu Picchu. Obviously each season has a bond for its same players, and each season will contain players trying to make their season the dominant one. Of course, Wonderland is a bit skimpy with our bonds because of the drama between Chuck and everyone else, but oh well. I'll be looking out for same-season alliances (especially with Machu Picchu), and if I ever do obtain power in this game, I'm going to keep all season lines even (except for Wonderlanders I like. What? I'm biased.
Since this is All-Stars, I'm positive there's a whole slew of pre-game alliances going on. I made one with good buddy Eric about two weeks ago, and to go along with doing the opposite of Wonderland, I'm going to honor it to the bitter end, even if inner alliances make it impossible to honor that kind of alliance. I've also talked quite a bit with Katie of Machu Picchu, not about alliances, but more just to get to know each other and to have a buddy (in my case) for those aforementioned minis. And ever since the end of Wonderland, I've talked to Annette, Minor, Tori, Ethan, Eric, and Lynne. I tried to make contact with Travis and Tyler, but both of them made no response to my "Hey! Been a long time!" IMs, so I firmly believe they do not like me and put up the "We have a friendship!" face just for Wonderland. Completely rude, in my opinion, but it willl definitely work into my strategy on including them on certain things, or aligning with them for that matter (though I doubt they would, this time around).
What else is there to say? Hm... well, other Wonderlanders have said that their first mission in this game would be to take down Chuck. I would be sooo in on that plan, but I also know that if I'm placed on the same tribe as Chuck, then immediately going to everyone and telling them to vote against Chuck would be a very unwise decision, because some people don't like to be told what to do. Instead, I have to be a nice, friendly guy (like I tried in Wonderland) and hope that people choose me over Chuck. I'm hoping that Chuck makes a move to start a fight against me, so that I can point out to other people that I got over Wonderland (not really, to an extent) and that he's the one trying to instigate our fights. And as long as I don't act paranoid and start saying "I think I'm the next one out, you and I should stick together, I'm probably going home", then I believe I would have a huge chance to survive over Chuck. It's totally UTR, but I gotta do what I gotta do.
That's all I can think of, strategy-wise... if anything else pops into my head by Friday, then I'll be sure to add it in. Otherwise, I'm excited for this game to begin, and thank you Sam for picking me to play!
With that being said, I have some doubts that this time I will make it far at all. The most saddening thing was to see most of the jury rally on Chuck's side in the whole "bitter jury" argument post-game. My only potential allies are Wonderlanders minus Chuck, Tyler, and possibly Angela, and I have a huge feeling my first tribe will be composed of people that support Chuck, just for drama purposes. The unknownness of the members of the tribe (at this point) makes it very nervewracking trying to figure out something that could possibly work to make me stay. So maybe I can use this thread to come up with some strategies in hopes that something could work this time.
My first idea for strategy is to do the exact opposite that I did in my original game. The main problem was that everyone seemed to feel that I was aligned with everyone else, and it didn't help that I basically aligned with everyone after the merge
. But even in the initial first days of the game, I tried to form an alliance with people that I liked, and I later found out they were talking and started to believe I was aligned with everyone else (even though I still don't believe that was the case). So for this game... I can't let people see me doing the exact same stuff, because they will get the impression that I'm going to play this game the same as last time, and make fourth place. What I must do is keep my mouth shut on aligning with people... wait for them to come to me. I think I've learned that people won't align with random strangers on the first day, and that it takes time for bonds to work up before an actual alliance starts. Even though I'm sooo tempted to form a majority alliance right away and hope that things work out well throughout the rest of the game... I need to be patient. Otherwise, people will talk and then start plotting my demise.I've gotten involved in a few mini-Survivors lately... and in one of them, I've seen a case where a group aligned because they were from Machu Picchu. Obviously each season has a bond for its same players, and each season will contain players trying to make their season the dominant one. Of course, Wonderland is a bit skimpy with our bonds because of the drama between Chuck and everyone else, but oh well. I'll be looking out for same-season alliances (especially with Machu Picchu), and if I ever do obtain power in this game, I'm going to keep all season lines even (except for Wonderlanders I like. What? I'm biased.
Since this is All-Stars, I'm positive there's a whole slew of pre-game alliances going on. I made one with good buddy Eric about two weeks ago, and to go along with doing the opposite of Wonderland, I'm going to honor it to the bitter end, even if inner alliances make it impossible to honor that kind of alliance. I've also talked quite a bit with Katie of Machu Picchu, not about alliances, but more just to get to know each other and to have a buddy (in my case) for those aforementioned minis. And ever since the end of Wonderland, I've talked to Annette, Minor, Tori, Ethan, Eric, and Lynne. I tried to make contact with Travis and Tyler, but both of them made no response to my "Hey! Been a long time!" IMs, so I firmly believe they do not like me and put up the "We have a friendship!" face just for Wonderland. Completely rude, in my opinion, but it willl definitely work into my strategy on including them on certain things, or aligning with them for that matter (though I doubt they would, this time around).
What else is there to say? Hm... well, other Wonderlanders have said that their first mission in this game would be to take down Chuck. I would be sooo in on that plan, but I also know that if I'm placed on the same tribe as Chuck, then immediately going to everyone and telling them to vote against Chuck would be a very unwise decision, because some people don't like to be told what to do. Instead, I have to be a nice, friendly guy (like I tried in Wonderland) and hope that people choose me over Chuck. I'm hoping that Chuck makes a move to start a fight against me, so that I can point out to other people that I got over Wonderland (not really, to an extent) and that he's the one trying to instigate our fights. And as long as I don't act paranoid and start saying "I think I'm the next one out, you and I should stick together, I'm probably going home", then I believe I would have a huge chance to survive over Chuck. It's totally UTR, but I gotta do what I gotta do.
That's all I can think of, strategy-wise... if anything else pops into my head by Friday, then I'll be sure to add it in. Otherwise, I'm excited for this game to begin, and thank you Sam for picking me to play!