Post by Brendan Synnott on Aug 3, 2010 18:54:49 GMT -5
So, as of right now, it seems like my tribe is in the lead. 6 of us have posted and 2 have not logged back in yet. In the other tribe, 3 people have not signed in since before 4 PM eastern today. I'm hoping that I do not go to tribal tonight.
One thing that I'm beating myself up on is whether or not to play the social game. All I have had were a couple pm's sent between me and lydia and me and stephenie. I haven't tried contacting any players yet or talking to anyone on AIM. If I don't play the social game, I'm not going to win this game. One thing I'm struggling with is whether or not to play the social game. If I don't play it and I get voted out, nothing personal is held against the players. If I play the social game, get far, then backstab people.... it just gets too personal. Is it better to get voted out earlier and have no hard feelings or to make it to the end and piss off everyone in this game?
So I have no idea who knows who in this game. I have no idea if I know any of these people. I haven't done any research or any of the like. All I'm doing is logging into the board and trying to stay active in the immunity challenge.
Back to the pm's, there are always a few people who try to send pm's to get to know other players and see what their real identities are. I'm sure there are some players there who think I am someone else who they hate. It happened to Chantel in a survivor game last time I played with her. Someone thought she was someone else and voted her out early. That is what I am afraid will happen to me. These games are ALL about perception, not what your intentions really are or who you are.
As of right now, I'm sucking at this game. If I don't play social, I can kiss my chances goodbye. On top of that, I'm leaving for vacation on Thursday and not coming back til Sunday night. I'm trying to show that I am active on the board so if we lose the next immunity, I won't be voted out because I wasn't active.
So what do I do right now? Same thing I said yesterday... wait and see what happens... I'll go post that I'm going out of town this weekend right now in my tribe's forum.
One thing that I'm beating myself up on is whether or not to play the social game. All I have had were a couple pm's sent between me and lydia and me and stephenie. I haven't tried contacting any players yet or talking to anyone on AIM. If I don't play the social game, I'm not going to win this game. One thing I'm struggling with is whether or not to play the social game. If I don't play it and I get voted out, nothing personal is held against the players. If I play the social game, get far, then backstab people.... it just gets too personal. Is it better to get voted out earlier and have no hard feelings or to make it to the end and piss off everyone in this game?
So I have no idea who knows who in this game. I have no idea if I know any of these people. I haven't done any research or any of the like. All I'm doing is logging into the board and trying to stay active in the immunity challenge.
Back to the pm's, there are always a few people who try to send pm's to get to know other players and see what their real identities are. I'm sure there are some players there who think I am someone else who they hate. It happened to Chantel in a survivor game last time I played with her. Someone thought she was someone else and voted her out early. That is what I am afraid will happen to me. These games are ALL about perception, not what your intentions really are or who you are.
As of right now, I'm sucking at this game. If I don't play social, I can kiss my chances goodbye. On top of that, I'm leaving for vacation on Thursday and not coming back til Sunday night. I'm trying to show that I am active on the board so if we lose the next immunity, I won't be voted out because I wasn't active.
So what do I do right now? Same thing I said yesterday... wait and see what happens... I'll go post that I'm going out of town this weekend right now in my tribe's forum.
