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Post by Kyle on Jan 25, 2005 10:36:55 GMT -5
It's been a pretty quite few days around tribe Arrow. We kicked some major butt on Friday in the challenge so that garnered us a well deserved weekend off. No scheming, no arguing, no plotting...it was great. I don't think I really had one game related conversation since the challenge ended on Friday. Just kept up with the homies throughout the past couple of days...you know, just keeping myself likeable. I joke about that, but while I am playing the game, I really do like these people and even though it is a game, it's hard to vote some people out. I feel I will get myself into trouble, though. I think that whole drama about Mitch was just blown way out of proportion, and yeah, I do think that Lucas and Jenne pulled off something. But I like Lucas. He's my bud....and I like Ryan and Rami. I have alliances with both sides which I fear is going to turn around and bite me in the butt. Someone is going to get mad at me and there is nothing I can do about that now. At this point I'm going to have to see which side has more numbers and go with that. I never guessed I would have to play this way, but I guess it's inevitable that someone is going to get mad at me.
Well I was thinking this weekend that I probably should start "endearing" myself to some of the ladies. Up until this point I really haven't had to becuase it's been guys versus girls and we've had some much going on. I feel like I have a pretty good place with Gracie and Jenne. I've talked with them the most and I like both of them, so that might be good for me. I've talked to Annette a little bit, but not enough to cause her to trust me I don't think. That will be a goal for this week. That leaves Jamie, Ellie, and Kelley. Ellie and Kelley are seldom online, and when they are I seem to be busy with a challenge or a conversation with one of the guys about "plans." Jamie...well let's just say she's up in the air. I've played against her in another game and I just get the feeling she doesn't like me. I know she feels threatened by me. But, if she lets feelings from one game come over to the next, well that is just stupid. We could really work together here. But we'll just have to see how that goes.
Anywho, that's pretty much the run down of all my relationships thus far. I guess the rest of the game we'll just have to wait and see what goes down. I'm really going to have to feel Lucas and Ryan out to see which side I want to take. On the Lucas side I have Lucas, Taylor, Tony, and Jenne for sure. On the Ryan side I have Ryan, Rami...Big Steve is a Big maybe, and no ladies that I know of. We had thought Lil Steven would be a number for us, but he doesn't do jack! He got voted out in another game for that simple reason. We don't need him around. Hmmmm, there's going to be some mad people in tribe Arrow. That's all I have to say about that.
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Post by Kyle on Jan 26, 2005 10:23:04 GMT -5
Cripes! We lost the challenge, and I had a gut feeling we were going to! Lil Steven just isn't reliable, although he was one to grab a mini-idol. I don't fault Tony at all, because he was on the board for a long time last night, and it is difficult to just happen to click on the right board as it has been unlocked! I mean, if Ryan wasn't there to tell me about mini-idol #5 opening up....I wouldn't have grabbed it! So it wasn't like Tony just didn't show up. I really think the vote will go to Lil Steven tomorrow because he just doesn't do anything in this game. I've only talked to him like twice and both times he asked who I was...I mean come on! And this is the second game I've played with him. My other reason for wanting to vote for him is because I'm not ready to shake up the two alliancees yet. I got myself into a little situation thinking I was doing the right thing at first. I'm not very impulsive, but sometimes I do make rash decisions and this is what I did here. I felt like Mitch had been done wrong, and I was going to set out and be the "justice" keeper of this game. If Jenne and Lucas did set the whole Mitch drama up, they were just playing the game. I don't think that necessarily meant that Lucas played all of us, he just probably saw a threat in Mitch and found a good way to get rid of him. Saw now i've got my alliance with Lucas, Taylor, and Tony. Then I have my other alliance with Ryan and Rami, and I think Big Steve would just go along with me whichever way I decided to vote. Being in the middle can be good to a certain extent until people realize and then you have two sides to target you. Then again it could keep me safe while the 2 sides war against each other. *SIIIIGGGHHHHH* The trouble is....I like every last one of them! I really do! I enjoy talking to every guy on this tribe...except Lil Steven. I was really hoping for a switch so that the vote might be a bit easier. But it looks like we are going to stay the same two tribes until the merge, unless we split up 6 and 6 after we're down to 12.
Now I have to address something that has made me really nervous. Lucas made a big deal about my knowing Jamie. I know her from another game...big woop! We haven't really even said more than hi, what's up, you did great on the challenges, blah blah blah this whole game! I mean my previous confessionals should attest to that, but of course Lucas can't see those. I guess he was talking to Jamie because that's the only way he would know that. But I was honest with him when I told him I'd never really talked to her until yesterday, and I didn't know much about her because she was always on a different tribe. I have never talked any kind of strategy with any of the girls in this game. Not even Jenne really. I just think we have somewhat of an unspoken alliance with Taylor and Lucas. Anyways, I'm chasing rabbits. Lucas seemed a little bit skeptical of me last night and that made me a little bit nervous...which would be the first time i've ever been nervous in this game. I don't know just exactly how Lucas is playing this game. he could be trying to turn Taylor against me for all I know, and that would really suck since he was my first friend in this game.
Well, it's too early to get that paranoid. I really don't think I'm a target in tomorrow's TC. I feel like i've got my 2 sides. So hopefully, Lil Steven will get the vote tomorrow. *looks around nervously* We'll see.
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Post by Kyle on Jan 27, 2005 12:27:03 GMT -5
Why can't the guys just get along??? Here's the run down of how tribe Arrow stands with one another. Arrow is divided by two power players. Lucas and Ryan. Lucas has rallied up one half consisting of me, Taylor and Tony. Ryan has rallied up one half consisting of Rami, me, and Lil Steven. Big Steve at this point is a wild card, although he seems to have taken a liking to me and I might be able to influence him a bit. Here's my problem...I like everyone on our tribe! I really do! I don't know which route is safer to go and how I found myself right in the big middle, I have no clue. Lucas is a huge player, and there's no doubt in my mind that he's been playing this game from the beginning! I really believe that he and Jenne coordinated Mitch's exit, and he seems to be there to always sew some seeds of doubt to me about every single member. Big Steve, Ryan, Rami, Lil Steve...everyone but his core 3. But what keeps me wanting to stay loyal is that he seems to trust me and feeds me information and vents to me, so i'm pretty sure he's on my side and has my back. Plus, I think his connections with the girls are pretty big too. So if I go against Lucas, I risk numerous, numerous enemies. Ryan, on the other hand, sees through the charade as I do, and doens't seem to think I'm as "in" with them as I do. The only thing that makes me hesitate to go with Ryan is the numbers. I don't think he's done well at gaining allies for himself on this tribe or Cupid. So if I go ahead and vote Lil Steven, then all I risk getting mad at me is Ryan and Rami.
Gosh my stomach is just in knots. I don't want to make anyone mad at me at this point, but hello....my name is rock....Survivor Holidays...that's called the hard place! Yeah, that's where I am.
So whenever this episode gets read months from now. Ryan, I like you, I trust you, you're my friend. Luas, I like you, I trust you, you're my friend as well. Both of you are playing the game as am I. But both can't be a safer choice for me. At this point, and after tonight, one of you will be mad at me. All I can do is hope I make the right decision, and hope above hope that I can amend both friendships.
Let's move on to Taylor...Taylor, Taylor, Taylor....my first friend in this game. I do trust you, I want to trust you, but you're so quiet! You didn't tell me about Jenne! If Jenne is such a close friend of yours, why would you want to go to final 2 with me over her?? Ryan seems to think you coordinated with her to influence him that Lil Steven was the best vote. I just wonder if there's a whole big Lucas, Jenne, Taylor manag a trois going on there and they're all 3 stringing me along. Why can't this be a little easier?
Here's what I thought I might do....Let Big Steve in on what's going on, have him vote Lucas and I'll vote Lil Steven. That way I could stay true to my word to the Lucas side. The Ryan side is not really expecting Big Steve to vote with them so I don't think they'd question the 4-4 vote. That would weazle me out of trouble, but would get Big Steve in hot water with the Lucas side and would force him to have to lie. I can't do that to Big Steve. What I've done though is PM him to message me back so we can discuss the matter at hand. Maybe the two of us can figure something out since we seem to be the middle men.
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