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Episode 01 - Losers at War - Stranded in Tuamotus
-- 5th Place - 10th Juror - Voted Out 3-2 --
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Congratulations on surviving the first night! And no tribal until Sunday...but there is still work to be done.

1. First Impressions - we all have 'em. Who were you excited to see when you got on the beach? Who were you not excited to see? Who did you have no idea existed?

2. More First Impressions - after a night of socializing, who has impressed you? Who do you want to work with? Who do you absolutely not want to work with?

3. Opening Twist - were there any intros from the other tribes' dossier that stood out to you? And do you have any plans for your newly-minted tribe member?
 

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Well, the season has kicked off. How do I know that? Trying to sleep last night... I could already feel my mind slipping into.... I don't even know what to call it. Kind of like my conscious mind was saying "SLEEP" and the rest of my mind was churning involuntarily. As if I was doing math in my sleep and against my will. And I kept waking up too. All that to say, we're not even one round in and I'm getting into that zone already. Should things go well early, I can tell this will be a lengthy stay and long run in Season 38.

1. First Impressions - we all have 'em. Who were you excited to see when you got on the beach? Who were you not excited to see? Who did you have no idea existed?

So. I'm not really active in the Discord anymore and I haven't followed the last few seasons. I don't recognize anyone on this tribe, save like two people. I wasn't happy to see anyone... except maybe Rocker like I hinted at before, I think I posted something attention-seeking in the Discord a couple weeks ago and he indulged it? So that's good.

I was NOT excited to see Hannah or Stephanie. With Hannah, our fight in 2018 turned into a meme and my "Harry Potter Rant" is now a copypasta. Humiliating! I can be difficult, I get into drama, I start problems sometimes and I own that. But I felt like she had low empathy in that situation, and a few other off-hand fights we had to the point where it felt like a pattern - at least to me and between the two of us. It's not like I have a "vendetta" or anything like that but I'm very cautious. I snapped once and said she shouldn't be a teacher because it was the meanest thing I could think of at the time. Anyway. That was a couple years ago, but she probably thinks I'm unhinged and our relationship is always going to feel awkward from my end because I don't think I ever apologized (lol).... and like we never had that closure. And it would be dumb to bring up now so it's kind of just one of those things. Legit though, I thought she was a bigwig and multi-time host/player/etc. so I didn't expect to see her here. Que sera sera.

Stephanie Dull.... just. I had a feeling she would be here. And I knew blocking her on Discord was risky from a strategic perspective because, as I said, I expected her to be in the cast and coming into this with bad blood is ill advised. But she triggers me in many ways. Oh and it's totally a ME problem too, I'm not easy to get along with, but she is the type to poke & poke & poke and stir shit, then when someone reacts it's like "Oh it's not that serious. Besides, I was JOKING anyway sheesh don't be so sensitive" and not just towards me. Also we share a tangential discord server where I am a huge troll :yikes: Where I am constantly the center of attention starting drama and/or posting random ramblings when I'm bored LOL. So she probably thinks I'm crazy. And she probably wants to vote me off early for "The Clout" of beating me, so that she can hold it over my head in that tangential server. Like she absolutely would taunt me about it and constantly bring it up if she outlasted me.

And I guess that's my biggest thing. Had I not known anyone, whatever. But having a couple "enemies" adds a personal aspect I didn't really want to be feeling right now... like the prospect of losing to someone I've already shown my ass to and cursed out in a fight?

2. More First Impressions - after a night of socializing, who has impressed you? Who do you want to work with? Who do you absolutely not want to work with?

I have to answer the rest from my phone.... updates to come
 

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2. More First Impressions - after a night of socializing, who has impressed you? Who do you want to work with? Who do you absolutely not want to work with?

Okay the rest is from mobile. The IM feature and the fact that our tribe is known-ID makes this feel so much more "real" if that makes sense. Like I'm playing as myself. And idk how to feel about that.

Anyway.

TAI was an early favorite just going by chemistry. We get along well, but haven't necessarily talked a ton yet. JESSICA is another favorite, and I feel like we'll be good allies. We get along well and we've talked a lot, but it doesn't feel totally natural yet. It will though.

WARDOG I also really like, but idk. We talked about dogs and Survivor but I know he's talking about that with everyone. GARRETT I feel chemistry with and we're getting along. I'd put him third for now under Tai and Jess.... with AURORA up there too.

So basically I like a lot of this tribe. Jed and Missy would be my weaker connections. I can try again though. Like it takes two to move a conversation and with both of them it felt like they may have been.... responding more for the sake of responding, rather than for the sake of talking.

Hannah I have no idea. Because we have that history and I'll never know how to feel about it. At least not in round 1 before anyone's word is tested.

Stephanie.... I don't know if our conversation is flat because we have beef, or if she's been like that with everyone. My relationship with her in this game thus far has definitely been pedantic though and much more "for the sake of it" so there's not much there at all.
 

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3. Opening Twist - were there any intros from the other tribes' dossier that stood out to you? And do you have any plans for your newly-minted tribe member?

This will sound stank and judgmental, but a few referenced "Myers Briggs" and I think folks who rely on that are less self-assured & less self-aware than they think they are. That's what stuck out to me the most. The rest I'll have to read again.

No plans for Eddie... just talk with him and try to get along. The option is there to use his idol for a #BigMove, but why do that in round 1? Idk. Maybe Stephanie or Hannah will try to target me with his help so yeah, I'll just try to be friendly and get to know him so that - if he did want to make a move - it at the very least wouldn't be against me. Honestly it could be a trust-building tool too. Like working together to figure out how best to use it. Idk. We've barely talked thus far.
 

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Am I crazy or have posts disappeared? Didn't Hannah make a thread where Rocker commented and then I disliked his post? I can't find it for the life of me.

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Why am I sending Tai essays about the latest J* drama... oops lol. He knows that world though, and I love him! I love a lot of this tribe actually.

And Eddie opened up to me about an hour ago. He's cute, I like him. Also lol @ how so many of my conversations have been about dogs.
 

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Oh I legit forgot that I co-hosted or lurked or whatever the season Rocker was on, that explains why I remember him. Wasn't he like a host favorite who was super OTT but also an obvious first boot? I can't remember.... like I remember liking him, hating his tribe for voting him off, but not being surprised either?

idk. He has not been on all day and wasn't on much yesterday? Well I mean it's literally Friday, why would he be on, but yeah. I keep forgetting he's on our tribe :yikes:
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Why is there already drama? I am in a "Crazy Person's" alliance? Howling <3 <3 <3

Not sure why Jess/Tai aren't involved in some way, they're my faves besides Garrett, but whatever.
 

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Garrett is a backup target now for Hannah and Wardog is sus of him too? Like I GET it. But also.... it's Round 1 of a season. Why would he NOT be running around trying to get in good with everyone?

Idk, folks seem to think he's crazy or unpredictable. I don't think so, lol. I think he's just eager. Whatever. At least I'm included in the dealings of folks both for and against Garrett so I'll do my best to not be an idiot and just keep my ship sailing.

I don't even want to get rid of Eddie, btw. He's funny. I'd rather keep Missy around too, who was another potential name. I'd rather it be something like Jed, Hannah, or Stephanie but idk how realistic that would be to swing.

Jess is falling out of a lot of these deals. It's weird. But I get it too. She's super social and friendly, but there's also an awkwardness to her I can't put my finger on and I'm gathering she's kind of been like that with everyone?
 

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Fans vs Failures

Bonjour, mes amis! It looks like the game is taking off already. It's clear now that my favorites on this tribe are Tai and Garrett. With Tai I have the best chemistry, though we've never talked game. With Garrett, I just like him. I like his enthusiasm and his naivité, and we get along really well. In fact I proposed that the three of us work together in some capacity... I would love that.

However I really like Jessica too like I've said. Idk. We get along well, and on paper she was my first close ally here. There just. Like I love her, maybe I'll look back on this post-game after we have a great journey together. But thus far there's just.... something that still feels artificial between us. I don't know what it is yet. Hopefully we get past it, because I did consider her my closest ally on day 1.

When I logged in for the day, Rocker messaged me about a "Crazy Person Alliance" between myself, him, Garrett, Wardog, Missy, and the other Stephanie. Or I think that was everyone. Maybe it was slightly different idk. That's obviously not going to hold up because Garrett wants Missy to be the backup and she found out. So that will never be an alliance. I would have loved it though.

Also I talked some game with Hannah, and I'm feeling better about her. She hasn't been mentioned by anyone though. Nobody says they like or dislike her. But the fact that she wasn't mentioned by Rocker, or Garrett who supposedly has a ton of deals, idk... I think she's lower on the totem pole here but also UTR enough to be fine. There's an awkwardness about her too that I can't put my finger on, idk, she seems more socially anxious/awkward than I expected. For a bit I was seeing avenues to take her out earlier today, but the tide does not look good against Garrett right now.

And I feel like I have a great relationship with Wardog but...... my gut is also saying that something's off. That he's not to be trusted. He's smarter and savvier than he's letting on, and we have chemistry when we talk about food and stuff but we have awkward patches too. I feel good about him on paper, but something in the back of my mind is holding back.

Allegedly Stephanie is well-liked. I'm not as paranoid about her as I was early on, but I'm still always going to hold back a little, I think. We're working together fine thus far and have talked some game. But in the grand scheme of things she feels very MOR/UTR to me, in addition to Jed and Aurora. Where it's like, yes we can talk, but where is this going?

The "plan" is to just get rid of Eddie when we have the chance. He's the easy boot. I actually like him a lot and I think he's cute, but he's not a social star either so I get it. Plus he's new to the tribe, he has an idol, he's not a returnee. It all makes sense. But if we had the opportunity to do something else, or to use his idol to our advantage, I would take it.

Because Hannah, Jessica, and Missy now have all told me they would prefer to split the votes tomorrow night between Garrett and Eddie. Wardog is very skeptical of Garrett too. Oh, and Jess actually would PREFER if Garrett left... none of which I like to hear. But it's Saturday, and a lot can happen before tomorrow night.

Garrett wanted to split the vote on Missy, which I don't like either. I get along with her really well. Plus, you know, she isn't online all hours of the day so she's a shield in that sense too and I feel she trusts and likes me. I'm not sure how to handle all of this... but I'll figure it out and get my way somehow. :pop:

You know. What I would really prefer to happen would be.... getting rid of some of the MOR presences. If Rocker is on board to work with Garrett, if we have Tai in our corner, it wouldn't take that many more folks to be like.... hey. Let's turn this onto someone like Hannah or someone like Jed who is social enough but not making a huge splash either. Hannah was the first to target Garrett to me outright, so I could always leak that. In theory. The live chat makes leaking rumors riskier because someone can rat you out immediately, but I'm pretty good at that kind of thing too I'd just need to craft the perfect way to say it.

None of it may matter though. If Hannah, Jessica, and Missy are already solid on getting Garrett out.... Stephanie seemed fine with that too.... Wardog was wary... like we're quickly approaching a situation where it's like. Saving him would need to be a "move" and am I ready for that this early?

I'll consider it. I don't feel I need to scramble yet. There's a ton of time still before TC, and I trust my abilities to move needles elsewhere. He may be a bit erratic and he may be "all over the place," but I do view Garrett as one of my closest allies here. Losing him right away while a lot of my more MOR connections remain.... I would not like that at all. I doubt I'm alone either in that thinking, so let's do some prodding and see what some of these folks actually want.
 

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Idol hunting, when I found this...

The Disappointment Islands (French: Îles du Désappointement) are a subgroup of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. They are located towards the northeast, away from the main Tuamotu group.

Touché.

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Stephannie wrote: Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:58:21 pm Idol hunting, when I found this...

The Disappointment Islands (French: Îles du Désappointement) are a subgroup of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. They are located towards the northeast, away from the main Tuamotu group.

Touché.

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Let's just say that wasn't an accident.
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