So wow the game is already starting and I already have my first alliance and it consisted of Danni and Erik. That is until you unfairly ripped an active member from our lovely tribe of Fuerza :(. I'm literally crying Danni was my fav and now I'm stuck on a tribe of people who voted me out in AJ Survivor, Fabi, people who barely talk Mike, Elisabeth, Kim,Ryan; people who I actually like Erik, Manda, Sundra, Stephen, and Morgan. Basically I want to be in an alliance with the later and maybe try to play Fabio like a fiddle and blindside him later. That sounds a little harsh, but I know Fabio can be quite the competitor and strategic, but very messy while doing so which leads to the perfect shield. He hasn't been on AIM a lot but I plan on chatting him up once he gets on more and going from there. I'm not sure of the others opinions yet on him, but he can be an asset to my game so I want to keep that connection with him. I hate to say it but with at least one connection on each tribe, I'm going to try to be as social as I can and use those connections later down the road to my benefit. I'll discuss the people I know in depth later, but right now I'm just scratching the surface. I need to discuss the events of yesterday and today right now.
Basically Danni approached me too days ago asking to talk strategy, so last night I asked her what she wanted to talk about. She phished a little bit asking about my plans and so I gave her a little bait by mentioning Erik as a third to our pair alliance and she jumped at it. I think he is the perfect member for our third based on his actions and very active approach to strategizing and such. He seems to be very loyal, but still very talkative and very proactive in his alliance making. That is something that i both helpful and a little scary because his newbieness could get us into trouble with all this alliance making but it could also be useful as he has all this blood on his hands later on in the game. So anyways today rolls around and I messaged both Danni and Erik about it and bam now we're the Fearsome Threesome. However at the same time I'm just being warry of those two's connection as well. They could have their own little deal and I just don't want to get fucked over later on. Separately, Stephen talked about getting people on our side over here on Fuerza in order that we maintain a majority on this side to control the votes. Immediately he proceeds to bring up bringing in Stephen and Amanda. Now here is the thing, I'm smiling and nodding saying yeah I love Stephen, but in reality I haven't really connected with him, so he's a little suspect to me. He's obviously doing something right to be brought up by Erik, Danny, and now Amanda. When I suggested dividing and conquering, Erik responded with such a stupid comment, "Yeah we're already together." Like how do you expect me to fully trust you when I wassn't even the first person you approached for an alliance. Thanks for revealing your pair to me. I also think there is a chance Erik has something going on with Amanda. Even though he said I should work on her there might be something there. However, I still wanted to solidify something with her tonight. She also brought up that she basically talked with everyone I'm in an alliance in, so I know that it will be pretty easy to pull her into something when push come to shove. Personally she is the person I like the most after Danni, so I want to foster that relationship with her for sure because she is a very solid player in all facets of the game. Already I'm now in another threesome alliance with Stephen and Erik. They also want to pull in Amanda as a fourth, and I volunteered because she had mentioned talking to them both. Now we're probably going to have a foursome alliance with Amanda as well, but we have to make sure that she doesn't feel on the bottom, or for me, she feels on the bottom with me in order that she trusts me the most. There's more to explain now but tl;dr this tribe is a mes with the actual active half of the tribe and Erik is messy.
Post Edited by Michelle Yi @ 9th Jul 2015 12:15:22 AM
Just want to let you know this tribe is kinda a mess already, and it's partially my fault with all this strategy going around, but Erik is playing a big part in it.
Can I just say that Erik is all sorts of intense and crazy and such. So instead of just having a normal social chat he immediately jumps into strategy saying that we need to convince the tribe to Red Rover Danni. Now before I could talk some sense into him and be like "hello, first of all we're all human beings so we're going to make our own conscious decisions that we deem best for our games. You ain't convincing anyone you just got to portray to each individual that it is in their best interest that Danni return to the tribe." He is soooo worried about gaining control over the whole game he isn't looking at the trees in the forest. We're on a tribe of 11 for godssake calm your horses boy. Anyways off of my tangent now, he proceeded to tell me that Jarana was probably going to Red Rover him. First of all, WHAT. Second of all, YOU'RE SHADY. Third of all, THANKS FOR THE MOMENTS NOTICE. So with that I've now discovered that Erik is going to be A. a great shield and B. a shady mofo like Dan when the games gets further into the end game. He continues to tell me how he's talking to a lot of the girls on Jarana, especially Jerri and how they were whispering sweet nothings in his ear about him being a "man's man" and how they need him on the tribe. Back off ladies he's my shield not yours. With that in mind, I would like to thank you for putting on the tame tribe of this season. That one comment raised a lot of red flags in my mind for a few reasons. Is Erik talking cross tribal? Is Erik making a lot of deals that he is keeping me on a need to know basis on? Is the majority of Jarana trying to blindside him later? Is Erik really this dumb? Will my sweet Danni ever return? Will Erik chill the fuck out? All this and more next time on EPic FvFvF. Once again Erik is proving how messy he is and how he is going to be a liablity later in this game. He's also showing me that a bunch of people are talking cross tribal despite this hot mess and honestly I'm all against that. Let these people make the connections and burn them later on. When I get on a tribe with these people, that's when I'm going to make these connections. Until then they're useless to me. Most ORGers know that cross tribal shit just makes you look hella shady. Anyways that's all for now, apparently me, Erik, and Stephen are planning who our 4th, 5th, 6th are going to be. Stephen is remaining pretty calm about it, but seriously Erik cool you're roll. That's all.
I didn't necessarily start the alliance with Erik. In reality, Danni was the one who pulled me into this threesome alliance with Erik, and while Erik seems to act like I am or am one of his closest allies, I would probably place him like 4th or 3rd on my list or people I trust. I don't regret it because I was going to approach him at one point because he is a great shield for later on when all his shit catches up to him and I basically get to jump on his connections and manipulate him to work in my favor. Plus when he goes all crazy I try to just give logical reasons for strategy. However, I don't need him throwing my name all aroun which can get me in trouble later. Plus he mentioned Jerri last night as some one he talked to on Jarana and magically she messaged me last night. He's really sussing me out and his tricks aren't going unnoticed.
The odd irony of not having a lot of strategizing going on.... Makes you paranoid. You actually feel safe going to tribal council and voting people off because then you feel part of a group.
So long story short I'm setting up a plan to get myself switched over to the blue tribe. That way I can get a piņata and in addition to that potentially get immunity until the swap. I have a feeling there is going to be a swap soon because after next round there will be 24 people. That means an even 12 split which would be perfect swap material until a normal game. Survivors all about risks and I feel like building connections on another tribe before the swap then it will benefit me later on in the game. I need some action and to be honest my tribe isn't really cutting it right now
