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Post by Head Righter on Mar 11, 2024 19:06:18 GMT 10
You are a Tier 3 Predator near the top of the Food Chain, and can Attack other Animals to eat them. Your home Habitat is the Island Sands. You can visit all four Habitats, but must not spend consecutive Rounds outside your home Habitat. Your victory condition is: survive through all four Rounds, without dying. You will starve to death if you go two Rounds without eating another Animal. It does not matter whether these meals are missed in consecutive Rounds - if you Attack in Round 2 but do not do so in Rounds 1 and 3, you will die at the end of Round 3. To get started: 1. Read through the instructions in the Acting Workshops thread about Food Chain. 2. Read the Episode 6 Format thread in the Play of the Week board. 3. DO NOT PM ANYBODY until you have read and understood the rules in the Miniature Parchments thread under Casting Notices. 4. Post the first version of your Habitat selection ASAP in your Decisions thread. 5. Spend the next 12 hours familiarising yourself with the format, and the game. 6. At some point during this Planning Phase, we'll come back here and post the result of your Peek. If there's anything about your Animal role that you do not understand, ask us here and we'll do our best to clarify it ![:)](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png)
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Post by Head Righter on Mar 12, 2024 2:54:29 GMT 10
I am stunned to see you alive, frankly, after the neglect that Cornley Crew has been putting you through ![:rolleyes](https://i.imgur.com/fJn0ul2.gif) up to and including those cruel Safety Chains! But the Blue Planet is here now to take over, so please lay back, relax, and then vent for us... ![:wineme](https://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/drink/t0325.gif) My first question is: How the #$@! are you finding this whole 'ORG' experience so far? Because we've seen the Production Logs, and we have concerns. But also great amusement. So how are you feeling about all of it so far? The BBC would like us to find out. For my next question: What was your role in those Safety Chains last Episode? Talk us through the decisions you needed to make. How did you decide to whom you would pass Safety? Did you expect to receive it from anyone in particular? For my third question: Were there any other decisions or passes which stood out to you as interesting or surprising? What else might you have learned from the process? And why you think Camille, Margaret and Skye were the victims left vulnerable at the end? And now, my last question: What is your strategy for the Food Chain game? How do you reckon your chances of meeting your win condition? Who are you hoping does not meet their win condition, and is left vulnerable at the end of the Episode? Finally, in return for (but in advance of) sharing your deepest secrets, I can at last confirm that your Peeking has revealed that:
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Post by Vanessa as Queen Isobel on Mar 12, 2024 8:53:52 GMT 10
Since I don’t have anyone to speak with, I may as well use this time to update my confessional. Who knows when I’ll have a chance to again, though I think I have been keeping my thoughts pretty well-known here. Still, I had a nap to try and stay up late tonight to be a social star, something I haven’t been in this game. Clearly, that’s not going to work, so if I’m not going to woo any of the players, I may as well woo the hosts, right? Go me!
How am I finding this ORG? It’s been a bit of a struggle for me, honestly. It’s been a while since I’ve played a game where so many are Aussies. Because I think it’s clear many are. I don’t know, but everything exciting always happens right when driving to work. Or right when I am staring and cannot slack-off. When I played Aussie games in the past, my schedule was a bit more forgiving, but I just find I am somewhat left out of things. For example, I am well-liked, and people want to work with me, but I don’t think I am anyone’s top priority here. Maybe Prince Richard, but that’s more out of a shared circumstance... though I do like to think he and I are close on a personal level with everything we've shared. It's been odd with him since we connect with different players, but have always been there for each other. Alas, I am getting distracted. I’m not there to bond with people, and it seems that nobody is around the hours I am. It’s frustrating because I think it’s hurting my social game. I am used to being on top of things socially, but I feel I am not genuinely connecting with others, and I think it has to do with my hours. Maybe I am paranoid, but it’s just how I feel. That’s why I was convinced I was dying last round, and, well, I wouldn’t be surprised if I die this round, either.
It's all very stressful.
Thinking back to the last round, I covered it a bit. I saved Diana in the game-wide chain, hoping she would save me in the tribal chain. Would she have either way? It’s hard to say. Prince Richard told me what went down in his voting room and how she promised him everything, but I also think she was saying whatever she needed to say to stay alive. Um, I doubt she will be deathly loyal to him or me. It’s hard to say, though. I wish I had the chance to speak with her to get her thoughts on Prince Richard because they weren’t close before that room. So, it’s unknown to me if she would have saved me or not. If she didn’t, I would have been a goner. It would be interested to know, but that’s precisely why I chose her as my pick. The fact that she wasted a treasured MP on me has to mean that she is somewhat serious, though. However, she is the type of player that is going to make me feel great; she's just that impressive.
It's all hard to say. I do think with my unique position in this game (Richard, too, as the only two Team Harris members left in a sea of the two other tribes battling it out), I am either going to be targeted next or become someone everyone wants to work with. With Diana, I feel she must be genuine, because she is the type of player that wants to power in her hands. She wants both Richard and I to work with her, not others. I just feel if things go sideways, eh, she might not risk the biscuit to save me, you know?
Choosing David over Valerie is something else I already addressed, but it shouldn’t have come as a surprise. I’ve spoken in detail about my dislike for Valerie, so there was no way I was saving her. Do I have concerns about David? Sure, but at least we communicate and talk game. I couldn't do that with her, so it was a no-brainer. My only fear right now is that David will be upset with me. Obviously, he isn’t, but I killed his bestie in this game. I did it to save him, but he could still be mad, especially seeing those scores! Here, I thought I bombed the challenge. Yikes! Ugh, I can just see him being upset, but in the same sense, if I left him to die and he came back? Wouldn't he be more upset? I would rather my ally save me than to expose me to a potential death, even if it meant I lost someone. I just don't know. I'm feeling incredibly exposed and paranoid, so it's hard to see things clearly right now. I hope he is a solid number for me, but I just... don't know with him.
What is truly scary is the fact that Camille died! She was the social queen on Team Harris, a title I was more than happy to give to her. I find it shocking that she couldn’t find safety with that group of people, though some were immune. Perhaps the way the chain went that exposed her, but I am seriously concerned. What choice do I have if she couldn’t make inroads with that lot? Because I do not feel secure with the groupings I am in. I was low-key counting on reuniting with her at some point and riding those waves between the two tribes, honestly. Now, I look at her team and wonder if I can trust them. Like, they let a player as amazing as Camille die – there has to be a reason for it. Did she do something that made people dislike her? I don’t know, but it worries me about the future because, well, Camille was definitely in my plans. She was my #1 ally.
Call it pessimistic, but I don’t see any way I can win this game with how things are shaping up at this very moment. I am on borrowed time and will likely die within the next few rounds, but we’ll see. I mean, I am not really trying to win, but I don’t want to be a pre-jury boot. I am here to have fun, and I swear with all the power vested in me that I will avenge Camille, even if I die trying. I just am going to try and play it smart. Sometimes, that's something I can be - smart... the I am also a dodo-brain sometimes, too.
I did get a MP from Wimblegate, and she implied she was an ally of Camille. I am hoping that is true, but I won't get any solid answers right now. Still, it gives me hope.
As for this round, I don’t really have much of a strategy. It's bad, I know. I'll try to survive so I am not vulnerable, but I have no idea how to work in this format. I think I’ll know more tomorrow once I see it played out. I just don’t want to be vulnerable - it's my only goal because why would others keep me around? Maybe it's the paranoia talking, I think I could be seen as an easy vote, especially depending on who I am in the vulnerable pool with. So, avoiding that at all costs would be ideal. I think I just need to see how the rooms go and who talks and try to get a vibe. At this moment in time, I don’t know who I don’t want to get their victory condition. I want to keep most of those on Defence alive, but I also don’t want to cut off a potential ally moving forward, especially since I don’t feel safe with those on Defence longer-term. Honestly, the tribe is just so... convoluted. So many interconnections. I love how fake everyone was in that thread, talking about how we all want to be safe because we just love each other so much! We're all stars and the others suck!
Please.
Nobody wants to vote anyone off because it's clear there are sides and alliances, but nobody actually knows where the loyalties are going to land. Heck, even I don't, so it's a situation everyone wants to avoid because a vote on Defence is going to be a mess. Afterwards, a line is going to be drawn in the sand and everyone would prefer to live in our happy world where we're all pretending to be friends.
My goal for this round is to build as many relationships as I can. It’ll be awkward because we’ll be in rooms, but I have to try harder than I did before. I am seriously concerned about my longevity in this game, so I need to get over my social awkwardness and be the social star I know I am.
*famous last words*
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Post by Vanessa as Queen Isobel on Mar 12, 2024 17:43:53 GMT 10
Okay, so I am dead. That sucks, but it is what it is. However, I am kinda pissed that Scrooge came into that room and automatically killed me. He didn't talk or try to, like, form a cross-tribal relationship. It's literally just the two of us in that room right now. We could honestly be having some great conversations and using this as a chance to form a close bond that could change the course of this game.
I don't think he is an idiot, so he's either extremely cocky that he'll ever need another ally or... I don't know, think that there is little point to getting to know me. Who thinks that? Who doesn't take this opportunity to make a friend? I am genuinely baffled. Like, sure, I could die this round. There is a strong chance of that, but I just don't get his logic. I know we want these rounds to move fast, but killing me within 5 minutes? I'm kinda annoyed.
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Post by Head Righter on Mar 12, 2024 17:46:58 GMT 10
I was absolutely cackling at your response. And once again, the avatar adds so, so much.
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Post by Vanessa as Queen Isobel on Mar 12, 2024 18:02:02 GMT 10
I'm, like, super pissed. I am NOT mad he killed me- it's part of the game. He's the Orca and had to kill me, but wanna know what he just did there? He literally just told me he doesn't care for me in this game. He told me that he wants to see me dead, like, outside of this round. I'm not somebody he is even going to entertain wanting to work with in the future, so, yeah, I am not feeling the greatest right now. With him thinking that, I could easily be the prime target in this killing pool.
I'm further convinced I am dying this round, but god forbid, if I do live, I am coming for that man. He wants to go and suck David's dick is what he wants - he, like, ignores me when we do have public posts. He just wants to talk to dear little David and the other people he "views" as being on top. For some reason, that could never be me? Like, what? Screw him. He does not know me and does not know my position.
What he just did was an idiot move. He better hope that I actually die this round. I'm worried he is going to push for it, too. Why else would he have treated me like that? I'm stunned
Whatever... I'm just worried that with my lack of communication last round and this round that I am potentially screwed, but we shall see.
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Post by Vanessa as Queen Isobel on Mar 13, 2024 9:48:19 GMT 10
Yikes, I was in a mood this morning when I wrote that.
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Post by Vanessa as Queen Isobel on Mar 13, 2024 9:49:00 GMT 10
I am such a desperate whore in these threads. Like, so fake. I just want to make friends. Please don't hate me because I am a Defence!
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Post by Vanessa as Queen Isobel on Mar 13, 2024 20:39:19 GMT 10
That’s fucking bullshit and if/when I die this round, I’m actually going to be upset.
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Post by Vanessa as Queen Isobel on Mar 14, 2024 1:47:47 GMT 10
I’ve put in the work. This dragging BETTER be game wide . I’ve put in so much effort. If I die because of this god-awful twist… I’ll be so upset.
Fingers crossed.
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Post by Head Righter on Mar 15, 2024 1:05:02 GMT 10
Hi again Vanessa as Queen Isobel. Just want to say that I completely understand your being upset about the format of this round and how it played out, and your needing some time to cool down. When planning the round and deciding on how the Drag would work, it did not seem remotely likely that we could end up with so many players meeting their win condition. Any kind of Drag twist is always controversial, and that's why we put it right before a return to the Game, and why it was the one twist we telegraphed the most blatantly - in the hope that people could prepare for all kind of scenarios. And when we saw how things were playing out, in a scenario we weren't prepared for, it would have been host interfrence for us to change the rules on the fly. Even though, if this had to work out unfairly for somebody I'd have much preferred it not to be you, and certainly not in this way. There are still a lot of fun things to come in the rounds ahead, and while I can't guarantee that you'll get to enjoy them even if you do have a go at the return Challenge, I know that I'll enjoy the rest of the Game a lot more if you're still a part of it. And I hope you aren't too soured on it all to turn down that chance.
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Post by Chris as Ebenezer Scrooge on Apr 11, 2024 12:12:31 GMT 10
Ohhhhh.
This wS mentioned in the host blogs. And blame the timing of shit for me having to kill you straight away.
The previous round, I tried to kill Wimblegate while there was a host online, so she couldn't send out every last missive she had after it happened. I failed because I missed the hosts. So this time, I wanted to catch them at the end of events, and we still had time to talk after. Cos there was always a delay in killing.
It was very frustrating and annoying from my perspective working from an almost unwinnable role, against a massive alliance exchanging info.
I thought it was worse to get friendly and then kill you. I needed to be honest about who I was straight up, but I didn't want you hanging around shit talking me for hours after vua mp, like Wimblegate did. I kbow shit can't be in real time, it was just an added burden of my role.
Unlike the shark, I can skip a meal and I don't have the same home habitat as my sucker fish.
Anyway, sorry you ragequit that
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