The cool thing about a 48 hour challenge is that this is likely going to be a creative challenge. I've looked at the creative challenges in the past series' and they've seemed like so much fun to do so I'm really excited! Luck may dictate how I feel about my tribe, but nothing will shake me from being excited for this next challenge!
An exclusive look into deciding which weapon to choose.
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i just know im gonna get swap fucked
i just know it
22 mins ago
dont pick 16
that looks like an instrument you'd get fucked with
19 mins ago
pretty much all of em look like sexual toys
alright
lets rank them from most sexual to least sexual
we don't wanna get fucked so we gotta make sure we pick the ones we least likely could get fucked with
well 16 is definitely at the top of the list
yeah that shit is like ribbed eight times
18 mins ago
13 is up there too, y'know how people love a good spanking
what is 18 even supposed to be?
10 is like a single anal bead
lmao yes, that's definitely gonna stretch it
1 for fingering
1 is the definition of "two in the pink, one in the stink"
omg yessss
17 is just self explanatory
5 looks like a fake vagina
12 is for when you wanna get fucked but also wanna fight off the yakuza
8s for those brothas and sisters who like those left/right slanted penises
14 mins ago
13 for if you take it in deep it tickles
LMFAO
9....
i dont even know what that shit is supposed to be
13 mins ago
at the end it looks like a pressure pump
but i think you picked right with 9 because it's the least sexual looking
I let two of the three finalists from the past season of the game I played/hosted pick my number. If I get swap-fucked, I can direct all blame towards them and make excuses!
'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden chance to make my way
And with a golden ticket, it's a golden day
My thoughts aforementioned in previous posts describe the initial sense of jubilation that encapsulated me yesterday.
Luck has a name and it's Joe Anglim bruhhhhhhhhh.
The breakdown:
My three closest allies in the game. One idol. Another OG Anaira who I'd probably consider #4 on my depth chart of people who I like and want to keep around in this game. Ozzy who pissed me off last challenge, and according to Liz -- who Hope views as a threat for the Lóng term game.
Cue the 808s. Fire up the synthesizers. Call up the bikini babes. Record the Fetty Wap feature on the track. Party time has arrived!
Maybe?
So I'm gonna be honest. In this tribe I think I am going to be comfortable *insert Murphy's law here*. Neal, Liz, and Ken are my three best friends in this game. I think I've harboured a ton of trust with them. Jenna is another one of my good friends. Liz views Ozzy as a threat, Neal and I are still agitated with Ozzy. All sunshine, til there ain't.
This swap is good in the sense that I split up Liz and Ken from myself and they got in good with Hope and secured a comfortable position with others in the game which could help me later in the game under the assumption that they're not poker facing me hard. By not putting all of my friends on one tribe this swap reunited us all by luck and hasn't kept us on the same tribe for three rounds in a row which everyone would probably just go and scream "DEY GON BE 2GETHER TIL THE END BRUH!" Maybe they still are because there's 5 OG Anaira and Ozzy. Idk. My hope is that by throwing my two closest allies to the other tribe when I had the opportunity to that it does not show my obvious favouritism.
I couldn't control how luck played out, but now I feel like my tribe breakdown was worth it.
Social played out in my favour. Challenge prowess played out in my favour. Now luck has played out in my favour!
...wait... maybe not!
Here's what I know.
Ozzy and Jenna have been in communication since day 1. They've been in a dragon pairing twice. Jenna likes Ozzy.
Neal/Liz/myself are a trio now dubbed "The Social Network" due to us mutually agreeing that us three are probably three of the most social in the game.
Ken/Liz/myself have been a trio since day 0 pretty much. Challenge Kids are still alive and kickin'.
I think Neal likes Jenna/talks to Jenna more than Ken.
There are going to be no entirely happy campers during a boot. An Ozzy boot may be fine and dandy, but it sends a clear message to the other two tribes that it appears that OG Anaira will stick together which is going to have Mushu rallying to stay strong as well and we're gonna get the cliche "original tribe divided merge with a traitor or two" if this happens.
I predict we're going to have a Dragon's Challenge and another triple knockout. If we lose this challenge, what happens then? Everyone left I really like, of which three are true (not entirely tested) allies and someone who we've never formally made an alliance but we have the social interactions to formulate one. Neal probably likes Jenna more than Ken. Liz and I wanna keep Ken. What the fuck happens then? Neal has an idol in his pocket as well and can basically wreck one of us single handedly if he feels like it and we don't catch on if he senses at all that he'd be on the bottom. Neal's a fun guy, hopefully a good friend after this game, but he's also an aware and paranoid player and if he thought he wasn't in good, I don't think he'd hesitate to position himself better.
I wouldn't even mind Ozzy staying til merge. If Hope (according to Liz) thinks Ozzy is a huge threat that needs to be dealt with, if we keep him til merge maybe the attention will be off of me!
Oh yeah, the attention is going to be on me. I already know it. I'll get to that next blurb.
So what's the foolproof, trusted strategy to ensure that things don't potentially get sticky and cracks start showing in OG Anaira?
This round, the dragon twist has finally reunited me with my showmance pizza loving bbg Alina <3.
Alina was the first person who I talked to in this game and kicked off the insanity for me so she holds a dear place in my heart. I didn't know how well I'd connect with people in an alias format and she really helped me build my confidence and comfort in a new situation. I was cool with being in a pregame showmance because real life Alina is hot and Joe is almost as hot as I am so it works out perfectly. I just felt like I didn't know how to switch back the conversation from generic flirting to getting to know Alina, and at that time I was finding people who I had more in common with. The uncertainty of where Jeremiah would stand in a swap situation aLóng with the kinda 1D conversation that I helped create and didn't really know how to steer away from ultimately decided for me to ship Alina to the other tribe.
Three weeks allowed for Alina and I to reset, but also have the opportunity for Alina to comfortably approach me to extend an olive branch of trust. She confided in me a lot of information about her game thus far, and what others perceive of me as well.
The first thing she told me was "people are assuming you'll make merge because of your reputation".
On one hand, cool! On the other hand, yikes... what??
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Well you make everyone feel like their your best friend
I know quite a few people expected you to pick them for your tribe and were shocked you didn't.
So, this has told me a couple of things. One, my social game is pretty good. I have an ability to really connect with people and converse with a range of people and that has definitely been my strongsuit this game. It's the thing I've taken the most pride in. I pretty much said from the beginning, check my pregame answers, that this was going to be my achilles heel. I know what I do, I'm unapologetic about it, and it's not the best way about going to win a game. But if I had to choose between winning a game and enjoying my experience, I'm going to pick the latter because I'm not getting my tuition paid from this. Even if I'm getting bamboozled, at least I'm having fun doing it and I can laugh at myself for looking like a total idiot.
This social ability and people expecting I'll make merge secures me in my mind as a threat to others. I'm glad this luck swap went the way it did, because I knew in the back of my mind there were a few scenarios where I could have been toast. This one I think I have a fighting chance to make it through this stage of the game and get one step closer to merge. The fact that people are open about thinking I'll make merge makes me think if someone has a chance to get me out premerge, they will. On the other hand nobody really knows where my priorities lie. The only ones who know are my alliance (to my knowledge) and I've never been tested to see where I stand so people may pick me up to be a shield. Either way, not paranoid about those thoughts. I knew that was gonna be who I was, I knew that was gonna be my downfall, if anything I'm proud of how well I connect with people. I consider the connections I've made with people genuine. Even though they're for my gameplay, I want them to live Lóng after the game as well.
It sucks that people were shocked that I didn't pick them. I'm guessing if it's a "few" this is Hope, Jaison, and of course Alina -- I definitely believe it was Hope at the least because Alina knows of me making pregame photoshops and the only two I did that for were Hunter and Hope and Alina never got to speak to Hunter. It sucks because I love Hope and Jaison and I genuinely want to get to know them after the game, but I couldn't pick Jaison on his own since I had to pick in dragon pairs, and Kenny needed Hope so I did what I could to make the people I like stick around as Lóng as possible. And it worked.
The next thing Alina told me that stood out to me:
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But I do think you hurt some people's feeling by putting them on the reject tribe
Which kinda perplexed me because both challenges they were very strong and almost beat us. I didn't think it was a tribe of rejects, I thought it was a tribe that could keep Liz and Ken safe and bring us together in a more favourable position in the Lóng term. If a few people are a bit sour because of the tribe pick, that's the backlash that comes with the responsibility of rushing to put a tribe together.
On the other hand, Liz said I set her up really well and that she never sensed that with her tribe? Idk mannnnn.
Alina eventually got down to the point. Of course she's gonna be a bit frustrated since she hasn't won a challenge, and when it comes down to it she just doesn't want to be someone who's picked off. She alluded to her being the vote out initially instead of Jaclyn (Liz has her side of the story and never brought up Alina like that, she actually likes Alina). She likes me, I think she sees me in a good position, and offered the olive branch for an alliance. She told me a lot of information on my perception and what happened on NuMushu (which Liz told me earlier, and the stories pretty much lined up exactly). She's shown me some trust, I don't see why I shouldn't trust her and confide some trust in her back. At this point we're on opposing tribes and she can't really just whisper sweet nothings in my ear. At this point, I don't see any reason not to trust her. So I will trust her.
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I've been sitting back and watching, not saying too much to people
I want to work with you its why I brought up everything tonight
And if we trust each other we csn rock this shit
Seems like I've got a lot of allies I trust, but there can only be one winner. Things will probably get sticky sooner rather than later. As Lóng as I stay true to myself, I can't let what inevitably happens in the game get to me. Right now I just don't want it to be me, and I don't want to be the one calling the shots. With how strong I am socially and winning a big challenge, I don't wanna seem like a triple threat. That and I suck at strategy.
I'mma just continue to be social me and hope for the best. Too far gone now, and too little of a care to give. As Lóng as I'm havin' a blast.
