Post by porsche on Jun 27, 2017 18:45:49 GMT
It's finally time for another confessional. Michael left, which really, really sucked. He was somebody I could count on and there aren’t a lot of those people in the game. I was hoping he could talk to Arlie and convince him but it’s very hard to talk to Arlie about anything. WHICH IS GREAT WHEN HE’S THE HOH! But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Right before Michael’s eviction, some drama happened with Kelsey. Erika messages me feeling all betrayed that Kelsey is voting her out when she felt so close to Kelsey and warns me that Kelsey’s close to everyone. At first I’m concerned. Even though I’m higher on Kelsey’s priority list than Erika, it’s always a red flag when one of the more social players is good at snowing an early boot, because they could do the same to you.
Eventually, it becomes clear that Kelsey was not the “connected with everyone” type player that Erika said she was. Everyone starts ditching her and selling her out. Arlie calls her a bully, Zach seems to be coming after her and even someone like Jun is saying that since Kelsey is pushing for Erika to go, that means she wants Erika to stay.
On the other hand, someone like Zach was able to change his mind between wanting Steve to go and wanting Erika to go and never caught any heat for it. I felt really good about him at first, but I’ve noticed that we’ve been having a lot less talk about the game. We’re still having good talks about reality TV or school or work or whatever, and they’re really good talks. I really like Zach, but the problem is that everyone does.
I don’t really care what happened with Kelsey and Zach. They both have different stories. Maybe Zach is right. Kelsey was pushing for Steve to stay after all. But I don’t care about what actually happened during that vote. If Erika left, that would have been fine with me. Steve going is fine with me too. He was less active and even though he said he wanted to work with me, he didn’t come through when I asked him for a favor. But it’s not important whether I believe Kelsey’s side of the story or not. What IS important is that Kelsey needs me and Zach doesn’t.
So after the eviction, we went to the HOH competition. And that was such a mess. In season 13, there wasn’t any drama at this point, and people shared their boxes and went after the ones they didn’t know. At the end of that competition, all the unknown boxes were out and everyone knew who had what box, and me and Jen were able to give the HOH to Mark. In this competition, all the known boxes were out and eventually it was just down to a guessing game between the hidden boxes.
I told my two alliances (Jen/Shelli/Kelsey and David/Jun) my boxes and then I traded numbers with Zach, immediately giving his numbers to Kelsey. The competition starts and in the very first round, my two boxes are hit. How unlucky! I ask Arlie and Jackie what happened and Jackie says she randomized hers and Arlie says he didn’t hit mine on purpose. So I guess it’s a coincidence that I was the first one to have two boxes hit? And not even my hidden one either, the two boxes I told people were the ones hit.
Hmmm. These people watched me in season 13, right? They should know I’m not an idiot.
I was really hoping to win that HOH. This house is obviously breaking into “sides” and I see Zach and Becky as the leaders of the other side. And Zach probably told everyone my numbers (there’s a chance it was Jun or even David but ehhhh) and Becky considered putting me up last round, so I would have reasons. I’d also consider putting up Natalie since we literally never talk game and she’s not on my side. Shockingly, Cody and Howard would be safe if I was HOH. Cody’s isolated and not that big of a threat, and he’s someone who can win competitions and is loyal. If I can take the first step, give him safety and ask for a truce, I could try to slowly win his trust. And I told Howard I wasn’t coming after him during the competition, and I was going to stick to that.
I’m not even mad about Zach leaking my boxes. I leaked his. But now it’s game on.
But the box-breaking didn’t go my way and of all people, Arlie is the HOH. Arlie! How is he even an all star? I’m with Michael on this: he’s boring to talk to and inspires zero emotion in me. Cody is fun to dislike at least.
Maybe it's for the best that I didn't win the HOH though. Putting up Zach and Becky would have made me a lot of powerful enemies.
Near the end of the HOH, I was thinking of making a deal with Arlie. I knew Jen could talk Corey into going after one of our enemies (though Zach said Corey wouldn’t nominate him) and even though a Zach HOH would be awful, I don’t think he would come after me yet. But Arlie? Who knows where he stands! I don’t have a relationship with him and I was one of the ones who talked to Becky about putting him up.
The second Zach eliminated me from the HOH, I decide to salvage what I can and message Arlie and tell him I won’t put him up if he doesn’t put me up. He obviously didn’t see that I had just gotten eliminated because he agreed! So I now have a guarantee of safety!
I also have another alliance. Me, Kelsey, Shelli and Jen all like each other and seem like the only ones in this game who see who the real threats are, so we made the alliance. I got invited to the chat and nobody was talking about making it immediately before so I’m not sure what my standing is in this alliance but to be honest, it doesn’t matter. There’s 16 people and these three have my back.
It’s not going to be me this week but it could easily be Kelsey and I do not want that at all. Kelsey’s a really good ally and the number of people I can truly count on in this game is dwindling. And besides, she’s someone who I genuinely enjoy talking to. It sounds like she’s going to go up which sucks. I’ll do everything I can to make sure she survives this week.
If Kelsey DOES go though, then I’ve got to start preparing for the possibility that this won’t go my way and I’m not going to have the ability to take out someone like Becky at the moment. If Jen also goes up and out, I’ll have to channel my best Dan Gheesling or Doctor Will and infiltrate the other side, get Zach’s trust and then take him out as soon as I can. I would much rather play with people who I trust though, and I’m probably way too big of a target to play that kind of game after my win in season 13, so hopefully Kelsey can stay and someone I trust wins the next HOH.
Right before Michael’s eviction, some drama happened with Kelsey. Erika messages me feeling all betrayed that Kelsey is voting her out when she felt so close to Kelsey and warns me that Kelsey’s close to everyone. At first I’m concerned. Even though I’m higher on Kelsey’s priority list than Erika, it’s always a red flag when one of the more social players is good at snowing an early boot, because they could do the same to you.
Eventually, it becomes clear that Kelsey was not the “connected with everyone” type player that Erika said she was. Everyone starts ditching her and selling her out. Arlie calls her a bully, Zach seems to be coming after her and even someone like Jun is saying that since Kelsey is pushing for Erika to go, that means she wants Erika to stay.
On the other hand, someone like Zach was able to change his mind between wanting Steve to go and wanting Erika to go and never caught any heat for it. I felt really good about him at first, but I’ve noticed that we’ve been having a lot less talk about the game. We’re still having good talks about reality TV or school or work or whatever, and they’re really good talks. I really like Zach, but the problem is that everyone does.
I don’t really care what happened with Kelsey and Zach. They both have different stories. Maybe Zach is right. Kelsey was pushing for Steve to stay after all. But I don’t care about what actually happened during that vote. If Erika left, that would have been fine with me. Steve going is fine with me too. He was less active and even though he said he wanted to work with me, he didn’t come through when I asked him for a favor. But it’s not important whether I believe Kelsey’s side of the story or not. What IS important is that Kelsey needs me and Zach doesn’t.
So after the eviction, we went to the HOH competition. And that was such a mess. In season 13, there wasn’t any drama at this point, and people shared their boxes and went after the ones they didn’t know. At the end of that competition, all the unknown boxes were out and everyone knew who had what box, and me and Jen were able to give the HOH to Mark. In this competition, all the known boxes were out and eventually it was just down to a guessing game between the hidden boxes.
I told my two alliances (Jen/Shelli/Kelsey and David/Jun) my boxes and then I traded numbers with Zach, immediately giving his numbers to Kelsey. The competition starts and in the very first round, my two boxes are hit. How unlucky! I ask Arlie and Jackie what happened and Jackie says she randomized hers and Arlie says he didn’t hit mine on purpose. So I guess it’s a coincidence that I was the first one to have two boxes hit? And not even my hidden one either, the two boxes I told people were the ones hit.
Hmmm. These people watched me in season 13, right? They should know I’m not an idiot.
I was really hoping to win that HOH. This house is obviously breaking into “sides” and I see Zach and Becky as the leaders of the other side. And Zach probably told everyone my numbers (there’s a chance it was Jun or even David but ehhhh) and Becky considered putting me up last round, so I would have reasons. I’d also consider putting up Natalie since we literally never talk game and she’s not on my side. Shockingly, Cody and Howard would be safe if I was HOH. Cody’s isolated and not that big of a threat, and he’s someone who can win competitions and is loyal. If I can take the first step, give him safety and ask for a truce, I could try to slowly win his trust. And I told Howard I wasn’t coming after him during the competition, and I was going to stick to that.
I’m not even mad about Zach leaking my boxes. I leaked his. But now it’s game on.
But the box-breaking didn’t go my way and of all people, Arlie is the HOH. Arlie! How is he even an all star? I’m with Michael on this: he’s boring to talk to and inspires zero emotion in me. Cody is fun to dislike at least.
Maybe it's for the best that I didn't win the HOH though. Putting up Zach and Becky would have made me a lot of powerful enemies.
Near the end of the HOH, I was thinking of making a deal with Arlie. I knew Jen could talk Corey into going after one of our enemies (though Zach said Corey wouldn’t nominate him) and even though a Zach HOH would be awful, I don’t think he would come after me yet. But Arlie? Who knows where he stands! I don’t have a relationship with him and I was one of the ones who talked to Becky about putting him up.
The second Zach eliminated me from the HOH, I decide to salvage what I can and message Arlie and tell him I won’t put him up if he doesn’t put me up. He obviously didn’t see that I had just gotten eliminated because he agreed! So I now have a guarantee of safety!
I also have another alliance. Me, Kelsey, Shelli and Jen all like each other and seem like the only ones in this game who see who the real threats are, so we made the alliance. I got invited to the chat and nobody was talking about making it immediately before so I’m not sure what my standing is in this alliance but to be honest, it doesn’t matter. There’s 16 people and these three have my back.
It’s not going to be me this week but it could easily be Kelsey and I do not want that at all. Kelsey’s a really good ally and the number of people I can truly count on in this game is dwindling. And besides, she’s someone who I genuinely enjoy talking to. It sounds like she’s going to go up which sucks. I’ll do everything I can to make sure she survives this week.
If Kelsey DOES go though, then I’ve got to start preparing for the possibility that this won’t go my way and I’m not going to have the ability to take out someone like Becky at the moment. If Jen also goes up and out, I’ll have to channel my best Dan Gheesling or Doctor Will and infiltrate the other side, get Zach’s trust and then take him out as soon as I can. I would much rather play with people who I trust though, and I’m probably way too big of a target to play that kind of game after my win in season 13, so hopefully Kelsey can stay and someone I trust wins the next HOH.
