What do they want?
How are they going to get it?
What am I going to do about it?
From now on am going to post the above as the OP for each Episodde, so long as I stay in the game.
This is what needs to be kept in mind. Not my preferred approach, but the one it seems increasingly like am going to have to adopt in this. Because there is no playimg the 'outsider' on this occasion. Not after the start with that challenge last weekend revealed T-x & myself as 2 very prominant social players.
So it is what it is. Even when trying to assess others' positions and views on the game, largely am just going to have to try and balance between keeping my connections, but largely play defensively of these and insure against any of them turning. So even at ths early stage my status quo has been to not want to burn bridges, and the more the game has progressed without this tribe going to TC and yet the partanoia of those around me contantly trying to shift needlessly is driving people towards these.
Anyhow, Kaylee comes across as very loyal, and will be a reliable presence for me personally, even if it is apparent that there are those that she struggles to get along with, and vice versa. Maybe they are not seeing the same Kayee I do, or that she is not showing that side to others. Either way, is a shame. Seems to be taking steps to correct this, but even still there seems are those she is slightly at odds with.
Babydoll is someone I do get good vibes from. Think that BD has a good graps of the game and at this point is on the same wavelength, which can only be a good thing. There have been whispers about her having deals all over the shop, which she herselg has acknowledged, but again, at this point am not concerned by this.
Storm I am hearing is getting around a bit, but would be foolih to thingk she is not just looking at out connection aone. Obviously everyone should be doing this, though the thing that does concern me a bit here is that she is getting a little distant, in that has set things upo, and maybe thingks, job done, connection set up, can put the brakes on there with me and look elsewhere to set something else up. Any sortt of socially successful players needs to not only be able to make connections but maintain them also. Which is where the question makr is here.
Noxy is trouble. No question in my mind, she is trouble. With a capital 'T'. One that has already been caught out a couple fo times trying to manipulate people. That's my gig. But I ont start pulling thaat hit until afte the merge, not this early. She has tried to be sly, but it has not gone undetected. Think the lack of going to TC has perhaps seen her want to start getting her 'feet wet' as it were, but at least know what to be looking out for on this score.
Cherry is tight as tight with Noxy, so whatever they are doing, need to be aware of this, even if Cherry is playing the more naive I dont buy it, because they are close. Also, while Noxy I feel has the ability to be a social chameleon, Cherry is probably much more liable to be volatile, so when it comes time to target one of these pair, feel its going t be thermo nuclear hot day.
Xena and I have had some good talks, though to date havent really got anything as such in place. She has mentioned Bbaydoll that she talks to a lot and Storm also, but without any of the others about, hesitating to go for it, but sent her an encouraging msg to touch base with those 2, see how they react, and we can progress from there, but that I am definitely open to this. Mostly, have been drilling the line of am not burning any bridges at this point, and hopefully if and when the reshuffe happens, we can te something more concrete up, but for now, as a majority seem to think there are a couple of players on the outs, that it will keep a degre of the paranoia from creeping in some.
Claire is increasingly getting better to message. Early on weas kind of frustrated with her 1/2 line messages, and even if the rumouirs about her and Babydoll being close is true, am not concerned about this either. Naturally if people like someone they will want to work with them. Such is the case here. Claire and I also busted Noxy trying to create some division between us, which was the 2nd or 3rd time that Noxy has done something that has struck me as very suss. So ironically it has drawn Claire and I closer.
Trinity and I have also had some good chats, just ike Xena. And similiarly have been pushing the same lines. Think she is cool, Kaylee likes her and now Noxy is saying the same. Although she had a slow start, the successful start to the game as a tribe has bought her the time to get more inot this. And now that her study commitments is a little more on the backburner and cn attend to maters here more, I expect a few others to be pick up on this shift also.
Mother is a character, btu sadly the person have had the least contact with so far in this game. Really wish she were around more, as she could be such a lot of fun, but most people have her card marked already. I a not closing the book on anyone at this point - way too early for that, and if her bravado about the challenges is backed up could be an assert to keep around, though I am not about to topple the apple cart and piss a swathe of people off for the sae of trying to actively protect someone that hant been as active in communicating with me. Either she just hasnt been with anyone, which makes sense, as most people, as mentioed, have thrown her name out there as a potential first boot, or she is just like this with me, in which case why ry to go out of my way if it is not reciprocated?
At this point, Kaylee, Storm & I have a thing, one extended by Cherry & Noxy, but I am suss of Noxy (who Kaylee likes), while Kaylee and Cherry have both professed to not particularly liking each other (but both say they are getting on). Having an alliance where 2 people dont really connect is a recipe for diaster. To paraphase Lincoln, 'a house divided cannot stand'.
Babydoll, Storm & I have a thing, which Kaykee knows of, and is on the verge of being invited into, along with Claire. and now possibly even Xena. Once again, how much Claire and Kaylee get on is a cause for concern but hopefully this can work. But Babydoll now saying she is a litle suss of Storm, even though it was Babydoll that first brought up the idea of this trio, so...
Have been mostly trying to avoid over strategizing and playing it cool even in the formations of these, because if it is done organically they tend to be stronger than those just for the sake of it. But mostly social with everyone, because it is surely inevitible that at some point this current phase of the game will come to an end. When was the last time that 2 tribes started with 10 people and there wasnt a reshuffle of some sort pre-merge. Logic dictates that it is only a matter of when.
So above all else, my over riding approach has been to stay on good terms with everyone, because if and when we do get to that point, having days once again when simply cant be around all that much and will be dependant on others around me to have my back. That is the theory anyhow.
Also, what is this other section I have that there is nothing there? Idgi.
There is probabaly a load of other stuff going on that I havent mentioned, which is not surprising. But thats what you get. Or I do. Or something, lol. I keep on feeliong like Im just not in the groove at all, overplaying socially, underplaying strategically. But we will see.
Rusty. So, soooo rusty.