Round 13 Discussion

So, some alliances:

Village People: Me, Excella, Billie, Angela, Steve
Deck of Cards: Me, Excella, Angela, Sheva
Tenative Voting Block?: Me, Excella, Billie, Dog, Matt
FINALLY Alliance: (Probably defunct) Me, Excella, Dog, Matt

This TC is a little sketchy. Dog wants Jess or Ramon out, and I think I don't want Jess out. I think Jess is a number for me, and Ramon isn't.

Okay so here's my relationships and what I think might be going on. As always Carlosheads this will look pretty fucking sick if I actually get voted out.

I seem to still be Joe's #1, so he's pulling me in all kinds of directions right now. This is good it keeps me in the in-group. Joe isn't my #1 but he is my number and I think I can count on it. I might tempt him tonight to do something for my game without him knowing.

I actually think I want to go deep with Ramon. I really need someone not on my original tribe to work closely with because there's still 5 of us floating around. I haven't let Ramon into the inner circle of my thoughts yet. I need to start doing that I think to gain his complete trust. I also need to pull him and Joe apart a little bit. I think I can do that.

Because of Joe I am working with the Dog/Matt pair and also Katherine. I've gotten Sheva so worked up about Matt that she is barely talking to him. I started whispering about how dangerous Matt was before I even met him. The best part is that I told Matt other people think my rumors about him. I'd actually like to get one of Matt/Dog gone to free up the other from their pair so I can be more important for their game. I might have a way to do that, see below.

Katherine I keep waffling on. She is very hard to talk about the game with. But I was very patient today and we finally got started talking about it and I think she could be a number for me. BUT, the way she acts with me and the way everyone else describes her is so different. Elza describes her as the ultimate flip-flopper can't be trusted, ruthless, that sort of thing. Elza sees herself in Katherine. But even Katherine's allies describe her differently from my experience with her. Like Joe describes her as so logical and calculating, gamebot like but I don't feel that. Dog says he has short messages with her but I really don't, we talk about a lot of (non-game) stuff. Ramon says they were against each other but now are cool. So on one hand if Katherine is this very powerful player who will make calculated decisions I want her gone. On the other hand I feel bad that Elza is so forcefully targeting her and want to do something about it. I don't know!

I think all these people plus Sheva and Jess are technically my numbers. But I think I can get in with the rest too.

Elza is pretty blunt and in your face and I kind of like it because she just comes across as someone who isn't going to lie to you. I think she may have an idol or is trying to act like she does. I got pulled on the opposite side of the tribe but if I can wiggle my way out of it I'd like Elza to stay. She is likely to go without an idol. But if she stays she's a big target and that's useful.

Excella is pretty cool she basically info dumped everything about her game, well surface level anyway. She also has an honesty about her. I'm hoping that whatever happens at TC Elza doesn't take her down with her. If Elza goes and that frees up Excella, maybe I can pull her into my side alliance with Ramon to get me options outside my starting tribe.

Billie is just not giving me much. She is Jess' side alliance though so there's not much for me to do here right now. I'm doing my best with Billie but we're not compatible in the game I don't think. She doesn't give a lot of game info. I think I realize I just gravitate more to players who want to talk about the game we're playing.

Steve is fine. I'll never trust he doesn't want revenge and Excella already let slip he's still salty about that even though he says he's not. For my part I've been very careful to praise Steve to others so that Steve hears how I'm praising him. I want Steve around as a target but I also think he's willing to spill about the game too.

Angela I think is a threat. But she is immune, and I learned that she wants to target Matt. So I'm going to start spreading that around. Specifically I'm going to tell a few people on my side to see what they think. I'm also going to tell Katherine that I feel bad and I want to give her a third option. I'm told she is cold and logical so she might take the info and do something with it. I'm telling Joe to cover my ass so if word gets around we go to Matt and be like "Joe and I were discussing what we should do about this" and then stick with him. I'm hoping to inject some mistrust between various peoples so that I can continue to play through as a trusted person you can ask to vote with you.