If anyone else is writing how they are running this game they are having a laugh. There is only 1 HBIC and that is me.
I didn't want Angie gone this round. Guess who did not go this round?
I wanted Rich gone. Guess who is gone?
I got Jeff to put his vote on Rich, in the belief that it was to offset any potential HII play on or by Angie. Then put my vote on Rich as well.
Angie was facing 5 votes (Chris/Debb/Kimmi/Jeff & I). Now there were only 3.
Bang. 4 votes Rich. Bye.
A little moment of win, as now all 4 people that voted for me at the merge are gone.
Denise, who I believe was also angling to nudge me out is also gone.
She certainly expressed in one of the group chats, that she suspected me of not being on the level. May not have said it overtly - maybe not in a chat that I had visibility of, but it was between the lines. Should also mention that not long after that the group chats died a death.. which I used as a pretext with Carter as a reason for taking Denise out, because I felt that she was supplanting me.
Only one person in this entire game has voted correctly every time since the merge. yw
And had it not been for the Artis/Stacey tie on nuMadhouse (which incidently was the Kirati not having done their homework on ties in this game properly), I have had a either at the very least either voted correctly (wouldnt say I needed to do a great dea with the PB or Ramona votes) or had a considerable influence on the outcome of every TC in this game that I have been a part of. Even going back to the Mad Dog vote, I know that by stray voting what the outcome would be in terms of who would be left, because of what I was doing. Good, bad or indifferent - that is a pretty strong statement there.
So I think it is safe to say I have had a pretty decent influence on this game - and pissed a hell of a lot of people off in the process.
Not to mention having lied my ass off in the process, including having had written a paper during the course of this game and submitted it on the effects of Foreign Affairs during the Civil War era.
Have overcome shit positions, and even when I have played poorly, which I know I have at times... and sometimes just overplayed... has been able to turn things around.
Has pissed off a lot of people in this game, so think people may be looking at me more as someone to take to the end thinking I will get my ass kicked - which I probably will - admittedly FTC is not my strong point - rather than someone that must not be allowed to get there at all costs. But if I get there, I think I am building a pretty decent case. But will the haters just hate or can I make them appreciate, espoecially more of my more subtle moves?
Angie is still in the game, because I wanted her still here. I need her as my shield, at least for this weekend.
Rich had to take the fall. Simply, I did not have that much of a read on Rich. I didnt get to talk to him too much (covered a lot of this in the last rounds confesh) and days would go between msgs from him. He was someone I think some people may have underestimated, but anyone that is playing with Hatch as his rep is always going to have something up his sleeve. And people may have been more tempted to stray from how I want them positioned if he was still around, rather than having them all there and focused on Angie.
Besides, with Chris having prevoted for Angie it really ties Chris to Madhouse, but most importantly to myself. But by my voting with Angie and he voting against her, people may not see us as a tight duo, and I trust Debb enough that she knows where I am at with this. But if there is any chance of a reconciliation between Chris and Angie it will have to come through me.
And with me voting with Carter and Angie, hopefuly they can see that trust in someone is still there, so I should still have an ear in for any plans they come up with or HII found.
At least one of which can be ruled out. All the Rai are gone and Artis was the only outsider that had access to their board. So it was either never found or was voted out with it.
Oh, and notice that 4 of the 5 people that have been ambassadors have been voted out. Notice which one hasnt been? And which one is one of my closest allies? Not saying that this is all because of me, because Chris has played a decent game, even with his board activity, logging on, send a few msgs, logs off again, and largely avoiding being at TC's and the like. But this was another reason for my move tonight to differentiate my game from his.
I know Angie is going through a bit of a rough spot in her life and in this game, and she definitely is worthy of a AS shot on her social play alone. But as much as my heart goes out to her, I just have to Heidik my way through this and just be that shark. So I need people focusing on her for now.
No getting complacent because it is the weekend either.
Have set in motion that that obviously want the target to remain focused on Angie. Also have set that the best chance for survival for Carter and Angie is through either reconciliation with Chris (which I highly doubt how feasible this is) or perhaps that Debb might feel like she needs to add something to her resume as she was low on old Madhouse and that Jeff had been more instrumental in arranging working with the Rais to take out Lisa. Again, notice recommending 2 people that are close to me that I know are not exactly going to throw away what we have going here, and even if either or both thought this was a good idea, they would have to include me in these arrangements
Options, baby! I love having them, and trying to minimize them for others.
by Ashley Underwood » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:57:44 pm 
Anyone but smegging Chris. 
