Shelli Belli - Pre-game thoughts

[Shelli]

Good morning! I am up bright and early after last night's opening festivities. I knew I had a picture of me with a tree somewhere, thank goodness I found it! It is garbage day today and they are hauling away the evidence... the wine bottles. I wish I could get them to haul away some of my garbage from Season 14 lol. But, I will have to live with it and see if I can still make it through this game alive. 

I am definitely a bit nervous coming into this game because I feel like I have a target on my back. And, now that Kalia has been replaced, that makes it bigger. I mean I had my sights set on Kalia to leave quickly. And now I am looking at Porsche and I'm sure people are looking at Porsche, Zach, me. BUT, thankfully there are also other big threats and also thankfully I do have some connections. We'll see what happens! 

Just to run down some thoughts on people for now...

First, my Season 14 crew:



I realize I have been spelling Kelsey wrong so there's no time like the present to correct it. We have this pre-game which we've been talking about for a few months. While idk if this is really the direction I want to go, I'm going to see where it takes me. My only issue with this is that Kelsey is a gamer and no matter what she says, I think she would love nothing more than to cut me this time like I cut her lol. I just know how good she is so there's no way I would ever just take her at her word. Love her though! And then Steve, we kinda made up after last season after I found out he didn't really like me during the game... but even our conversations feel like I'm back in season 14 lol. I'm just saying, I want to do what keeps me safe and if this thirsty threesome is the way to go I'll feel it and stick with it, but I have my doubts about it. 



I absolutely LOVE Basic Becky. Not that I have regrets from last season, I mean it turned out okay for me, lol.. but if I did it would be not working closer with Becky. After the whole BB17 chat fiasco where Kelsey turned into the detective from our nightmares and spear-headed lovely Liz's untimely demise, I blamed it on Becky when it wasn't her fault at all. And it's not just that, but just the fact I really like Becky and she is the one person I can look back and say I wish I played with longer. Last night I talked to her about working closely and we had this little Discord call with Becky, Kelsey and I. It was really fun. She's someone I hope I really am looking forward to playing with.



He's kind of like my Igor. And, I guess I'm not the only one who thinks that about him. I hope we can stick together at least early game to protect each other but idk if we'll ever really get that deep into game talk. I'll keep working on it but I guess those muscles are intimidating or something, idk.



Same same with the season 14 crew. I feel like we should all need each other but I particularly feel this way about Arlie. I still can't get over not having a clue as to who he was during our season. But, anyway, he's pretty loyal - maybe just not to me. I've burned him before. We'll see how it goes. 



Ah Cassandra aka Jackie lol. I have a lot of room for improvement with this girl. I'm hoping we can bury the hatchet and not in my back. I'm pretty sure I will be walking on egg shells around her and I could see her lasting for a long time. She's the person people will keep in the game. So, I have to try to make it work with her. Give me strength!



Nat/Nae! She's another person from my season who I definitely would've worked closer with but there wasn't a lot of room on my dance card by the time I realized that I gelled with her. I already made the awkward joke - Hi, remember me? The person who led you on for hours and then put you on the block the next day? How's it going? Anyway, hopefully it's all water under the bridge etc but we shall see. 


Okay so those are people I hope I can work with to some extent. My favorite right now is definitely Basic Becky <3 AND I'll say Kelsey because we work well together, I just have my underlying fears about her lol. You know, scorpions are gonna do what scorpions do, you just can't change that!

As for others in the cast, I haven't quite talked to everyone but a lot of them:



Let's just say I thought this was Paulie about a million times last night and now I realize Paulie isn't even in the game, which I am HAPPY about. That Mad Luna was going to be a big source of concern for me and now it's just this Cody guy who doesn't really talk to me. Yeah, I guess that's a concern but it's early so no big judgments about him yet. Hmmm actually I just looked back at our chat and see he's from New Zealand so I changed my mind because he obviously has a cool accent. And I guess I ghosted him so I'll need to do a better job next time I talk to him.



I love Dylan! And usually we play in alias games where I don't know who he is (or I think he's Curtis lol) but I guess he figures me out. Anyway, I'm looking forward to playing with him and I'm glad he was subbed in instead of... some other people.



Oops, I may have ghosted him, too. I think I need to get better at this Discord thing. Like that is my JOB this season. Not to ghost people. I'm going to do better today! Anyway, I see he said he was in an early SI season so I need to figure out who he was lol. My whole ORG Life has boiled down to RnF and SI - because I don't play anything else anymore. So, anyway, he seemed cool to talk to. And he liked my check-in post so that's a big deal! 



She's is adorable. I guess she's from Poland, which is cool. I'm always so interested in people from other countries. She seems like a sweetheart - I guess some people think she's a bit off or something? We had a fun chat and decided to be besties etc but this was during my call with Kelsey/Becky and I think I told them that I loved her so... I need to watch that stuff. And then after Erika and I did some more bonding, she goes and pulls up my stats and calls me a comp beast. Which, anyone who knows me knows is not true. I just try hard and sometimes it works out for me. Anyway, I love Erika but she also reminds me of a cross between SI Padilla and SI Angie. I am obviously still not completely de-programmed from the sausage experience. 



She makes me nervous. All I really know about her is she won I think? lol I guess I should do some better research. And, she was in my DR a lot in my season. I think she's in my cross-hairs and I might be in hers. From talking to Kelsey, Becky, Steve, I think she's also on other people's radar. I just haven't really had any type of conversation besides "hey girl! excited to play with you!" kinda stuff. 



I love Navneet so I love Jen! He was my tech support in SI so I talked with him on skype a bit - like he helped me make cool parchments. He's very different so far in this game. He jokes around a lot - like pretty much non-stop. It's cute and funny, we'll just see if we ever get into serious - "let's work together" mode or not. I feel like just coming out of a game where he was watching me makes me nervous and I feel like he sees me as a threat. So, my goal is to make him want to work with me more than he wants to get rid of me. Obviously. 



So, Jun and I have a history - I played with her in Shadow One World. We worked together then were against each other and I won that game. I think a lot of time has passed and I don't think she holds anything against me and I always wanted to work with her again as allies. So, we were talking last night and we kind of started this jokey F2 conversation... 

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JunSong - Yesterday at 7:06 PM

i literally forgot what i was gonna say lol

Shelli - Yesterday at 7:09 PM

hmmm

It must've been

something like

Shelli, do you want a F2?

LOLOL

JunSong - Yesterday at 7:11 PM

LMAOO

I MEAN

DO U

Shelli - Yesterday at 7:11 PM

I mean DO YU?

lol

would you seriously want one? I was joking but ...

JunSong - Yesterday at 7:12 PM

i mean like its not like we HATE each other? haha

and it would be fun to reunited kat and chelsea :stuck_out_tongue:

reunite*

either way, i wanted to work with u this season anyway lol

Shelli - Yesterday at 7:15 PM

well I would hope we far from hate eachother

actually, I think we've come a long way since one world

like I understand you better and hopefully you understand me better

and I only say - I was joking because I would never try to pressure someone etc esp N1 but it would actually be kind of amazing

and I have not said that to anyone - just so you now

know

JunSong - Yesterday at 7:16 PM

yeah, i mean we cant just say NO and make this awkward as hell LOL

Shelli - Yesterday at 7:16 PM

but yeah I didn't mean to try to pressure you

lol I hope im not being awkward

JunSong - Yesterday at 7:17 PM

but of course, i never had anything against u from OW. i voted for u to win lol

Shelli - Yesterday at 7:17 PM

I know and I love you for that

we both had our issues

but that's so in the past

JunSong - Yesterday at 7:17 PM

i remember reading the pw lounge and they all thought i would be bitter and not vote u

i was like huh lmao

Shelli - Yesterday at 7:17 PM

but you are way stronger than me and I would hope to bring something to it that would be appealing lol

JunSong - Yesterday at 7:17 PM

but yes. ive rooted for u in like all the games ive watched u play? so it would be an honour to play with u

Shelli - Yesterday at 7:18 PM

I would love it tbh

JunSong - Yesterday at 7:18 PM

#Jelli

lol

Which turned into a F2. I like this a lot! We'll see how it goes. She seemed really sincere and I don't want to make deals lightly so hopefully this works out!



He is pretty funny. All I knew about him coming into this game was that he's a big comp threat and he got cut at F3 by Zach I guess. But, I love his personality. And he's also an Aussie, which is cool. So, I guess he's going to know what happens before me since he's already on Wednesday. Okay bad joke right Kat? Anyway, I like him and I really want to work with BIG THREATS because I want people around me who others would rather take out than me! 



Another winner. Big social threat. I basically want her out but I feel like her game most closely resembles mine so maybe that's a mistake? I think I'll broach that subject with her. I don't think she's a huge challenge beast but she did okay. She's just very social and well-liked, and I can already tell why by talking to her. 



Apparently this is Zach's ride or die so I'd rather she die than continue to ride lol. We do share a common love for Gus so that's a thing. That's really all I know about her right now. 



FE Christian! Super nice guy. I think he had trouble in his season with people understanding him? He was kind of quirky. Anyway, I definitely feel like we have a good bond which is great! I do know he's a really bitter juror though lol. Getting way too far ahead of myself but just keeping it in mind. 



Last but definitely not least! SI Hunter and my SHAP replacement last season. <3 I love him! We already talked about a secret pre-game F2. He's a great player - super scary. Another big threat but this is SO full of threats lol. It makes me feel better, at least. Anyway, I definitely want to work closely with him so I hope he's also really into it.


Okay, so after writing all this I realize that I have some good connections and I've already started spreading myself a bit thin lol. What's new? It's like have a credit card with a certain credit limit but I see sooo many pretty things I want! I just can't afford them all. So, if I go into debt, I can always just get another job to pay for them? Now I know why I have to work so hard in ORGs!

[Shelli]

*edit - apparently I heard wrong because I was reviewing stats and see she was in Season 13 and won Best Duo with Cody. Sorry for the defamation of character, Zach! She goes up on my threat list due to her stats and her close relationship with Cody.

**re-edit - I guess Sarah and Zach are friends, per Zach.

[Shelli]

Just a quick update. I think is a super twisty twist coming up lol... I have no confidence in my HOH answers but it would be nice to be able to pick my own clique! My strategy was basically putting people in order from comp beast to weaker comp players but then shifting people down who I felt more comfortable with should they win HOH. So, I would rather be in a clique with people who may be strong enough to win HOH and keep me safe, but also people who might nominate me if it weren't for being in the same clique.

On this second night of the game, favorites are starting to stand out. Still trying to talk to everyone each day but the people who I like talking to most are:



Things seem easy and flowy with all of them so far.



People who I am concerned about or maybe just need to do a better job with:




I guess everyone else falls somewhere in between these two groups but either these people in the second group haven't been online much or our convos just seem halting. Arlie for example, someone I really got along with during season 14, seems to want nothing to do with me this season. I suspect he is holding a huge grudge. It's really obvious when I can barely get him to respond to me. He's someone who I hope continues his comp losing streak this season. I mean, I like talking to Jackie better than him just to put it in perspective. I didn't expect huge trust out of the gate but I didn't expect this cold shoulder thing he's doing, either.