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Post by Jessica on Mar 22, 2013 18:21:27 GMT -5
Andrea has definitely smartened up a lot since Retardation Island, I'll give ya that, and she's one of the better players out there in Caramoan.
But her original season? No. Just no. RI was easily the worst season ever, and she was the one who could have changed everything by flipping at the merge, and didn't. She had no gameplay, no strategy except to kiss Rob's butt, wasn't interesting or entertaining, and wasn't anything to write home about in the looks department. Since those are pretty much the only ways it's possible to be amazing, I think it's safe to say that she wasn't.
That being said, I give credit where credit's due. I do like her a heck of a lot more this time around. She's mixing up alliances and causing a ruckus way more than anybody else we've seen recently, so she's totally redeemed herself on the entertainment, strategy, and gameplay factors, plus she seems to be more attractive this time around, for whatever reason. In terms of this season alone, yeah, she's pretty darn good. But then again, if she was smart enough to boot Malcolm, I'd be an Andrea fan for life.
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Post by ellen on Mar 22, 2013 20:18:13 GMT -5
She sucked then and she sucks now . Ashley Underwood and Dawn Meehan are where it's at.
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Post by Jessica on Mar 26, 2013 2:26:04 GMT -5
It's quiet. Too quiet.
We're theoretically blindsiding Wyatt this round, because Tess has way too much power, but there's this little part of me that's always aware that the times when the game gets most dangerous are the times when you should, by rights, be safest.
Tess didn't respond to my PM asking if we were still doing Luca, and one or two people have been curiously ignorant about things, and that makes me think that perhaps, just maybe, things aren't lining up the way I think they are.
I'll have a better sense of things in the morning, but for right now I'm going to just go out on a limb and assume that something has drastically failed and I'm heading for what would be a blindside if I didn't see it coming. I guess you'd call it... a nearsightedside.
I dunno, if 'I do go out this round, then at least I'll have the satisfaction of completely deserving it. I've got alliances with everybody, and that's exactly the situation I didn't want to be in. It'll only take a few swift comparisons of notes to make everybody go "Hmmm" and then suddenly I'll be cooling my heels in the jury.
But for now I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best...
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Post by Jessica on Mar 27, 2013 2:10:31 GMT -5
Oh SNAP. Well, I guess I completely overreacted to the silence last round, but at least my fears were potentially justified. According to Luca, my good friend Perry has just taken ill. He's suffering from a serious case of what the Survivor Medical Dictionary calls Immunitis.---------------------------------------------------------------
Immunitis [im-yoo-ny-tis]
A sudden decrease in inhibition brought about by sudden-onsent Immunity wins.
--------------------------------------------------------------- Symptoms: Immunitis generally manifests post-win with a sudden increase in testosterone and adrenalin, generally the result of the physical and mental exertions required to produce an Immunity win. Once these excess chemicals make their way into the bloodsteam, they plug up receptors in the hippocampus, which is generally recognized as the decision-making portion of the brain. Progression: Once the hippocampus has been sufficiently plugged, the brain becomes intoxicated, and the Immunity winner falls prey to a narcissistic, hyper-suggestive delusion, in which they believe that they will win every challenge ever from here on in, and as a result they are free to make any choice they want without fear of long-term repercussions. As a result, Immunity winners often betray close allies or those they deem to be "threats," believing that they will have nothing to fear from such action. Duration: Symptoms last twenty-fours at minimum, but most often last for three days. Prolonged effects are often seen in repeat Immunity winners, or in cases where pre-existing egotism has made the ego substantially enlarged (Prominent case studies: Mariano, Rob; Freberg, Malcolm.) Risk of Infection: Direct infections are a minimal risk, with proper precautions. Immunity winners are rarely able or willing to transfer the Immunity to another party. However, Immunity winners may often pass on second-hand ideas and strategies, which may infect other players in the game. Preventative wisdom and logical reasoning will neutralize any risk of second-hand betrayal, but, like most contraceptives, they're only effective if used correctly - which means that in the vast majority of cases, they're not very effective at all. Treatment: Stripping away Immunity is the most effective cure, but this occasionally proves difficult if the winner succeeds in blindsiding a threat. Certain winners can still be reasoned with and may come out of the delusion, but such cases are a drastic minority, and should be considered rare exceptions to the general rule. --------------------------------------------------------------- So Perry wants me gone. Good. I wouldn't have any respect for that guy if he was willing to just skate on by and let me get into the finals. It's nice to see that I'm not playing with a bunch of pushovers. That being said, screw Perry. I don't intend to get voted out this round. I didn't want to have to gun for Tess this round, but I think Perry was planning this one for a while now. He's the one who told Tess in advance that we were doing Wyatt, and I think he did that specifically to drive a wedge in between myself and Tess. Well, good on him. I always hoped that he wasn't as dumb as everybody said. So my options are to try and go for Tess, or trust in Tess and try to get Vincent out. The problem is that Luca wants Tess, and so does Vincent, so that's the easiest possible way to avoid a tie and keep myself out of the jury. If I try to push for Vincent anyway, I lose Vincent's vote for sure, and possibly Luca's as well, which means my entire fate hangs on Tess, and that's not something I'm comfortable with. I trust Tess, but I also know that Tess is smart, and ditching me would cause all hell to break loose, and give her exactly what she needs to get to the finals. I'd absolutely vote me out in this situation, if I were her. I dunno. We'll see where Yvette and Vincent lie in the morning. If I stay, hell yeah. Game on. If I go, well, still hell yeah. I have no problem getting voted off if it's someone making an awesome move.
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Post by Jessica on Mar 27, 2013 20:25:13 GMT -5
Poor Annie Cho! She was idolled out by Christmas (sorry Leah wherever you are, couldn't resist.) Betch! Anyway, I was all about to be like, "Yeah, well, this season just proves how lucky y'all were. If Christmas hadn't happened, it would've been ON!" but then I remembered that AJ's fantastical pregame would have boned me anyway, so I guess instead I'll just say...
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Post by Jessica on Mar 28, 2013 18:36:51 GMT -5
Grrr. I am so mad right now. I technically had that challenge won, and then it turned out that Morgan messed up counting Luca's time, so I got the necklace stripped away. I probably would have won, too, if the stupid withheld clue hadn't been the only differentiation between who was a hooker and who ate snot. Not to mention, I'm a hermaphrodite, which makes perfect sense because this entire game has been about me getting screwed in every conceivable way. AND OH MY GOODNESS THIS LITERALLY JUST HAPPENED WHILE I WAS WRITING THIS CONFESSIONAL! Perry apparently didn't notice the results change, so he decided to come up to me and tell me that Luca is my only competition, and that's why I should vote him off instead of Perry. Since I wasn't exactly about to be like, "Well, no, Luca's Immune, but you can still target ME!" the following conversation took place: [Perry] Hi [Jessica] hey [Perry] sorry for trying to get you out [Jessica] lol [Jessica] Its okay, its the game [Perry] you are good [Jessica] Haha. Im okay. [Perry] are you going to vote me this round? [Jessica] Well, unless theres a really good reason to vote someone else [Jessica] I mean the other three have never come after me [Perry] ya [Jessica] But if they were to come to you and be like, "OMG lets do Jess" [Jessica] Then obv that would be diffrent [Perry] I thought everyone was voting you last round [Perry] even Tess lied to me [Perry] but I was the one campaigning hard [Perry] If you win the last immunity challenge I think you win the game [Jessica] I dunno. There are some jurors that srsly dont like me [Jessica] and for all I know ppl will be like, "Oh well lets just do Jess this round" [Perry] while being immune? [Jessica] good point [Perry] think luca has napa's votes? [Perry] beau wyatt gloria? [Jessica] I have no idea [Jessica] Napa has been so random that I cant even pretend to know what theyll do [Perry] he's the last loyal ally to them [Perry] and probably your competition in the final immunity [Jessica] Thats a good point [Jessica] Well you should maybe PM Vince or Yvette and see what they think [Jessica] cause idk what they are gonna do I will laugh my butt off if he actually tries PMing Vincent or Yvette to try and get them to vote for Luca.
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Post by Jessica on Mar 30, 2013 0:38:25 GMT -5
Final Words. Well, I guess that's it for me. Not gonna lie, this is probably the most disappointing and saddening elimination that I have ever experienced in almost ten years of these games. I had a feeling it was coming, and that's why I worked my tail off to win that Immunity, and as soon as it got stripped away I had a feeling that that was the beginning of the end. I honestly can't express how much it sucks to know that after all of the struggling and fighting to make it through that I was *this* close to making it all the way. If anything, I'm frustrated with myself for letting myself care. I wasn't nearly as invested last time around, and it hurt a hell of a lot less than this. It's incredibly hard not to feel like all of the emotion and stress of the past months haven't been a waste. For those of you PWs who were rooting for me, thanks for your support. I did my best to live up to the entertainment standards of last round, and I'd like to think that if nothing else my series of unfortunate events was interesting to watch. For those of you PWs who were rooting against me, well, you never bothered letting me know you hated me, so thanks for leaving me alone. For my fellow players, who will invariably read this confessional and be incredibly offended by the vast disconnect between the spacy lovable Jessica you knew and the arrogant, devious, insulting son of a bitch who wrote all of the preceding posts, well, I don't really have anything to say in my own defence. I was always pretty honest about who I liked, and if I admitted respect for anyone, it was always genuine. Nothing personal was ever meant (yes, Beau, even to you). To Morgan... thanks for having me. It sucks that I won't be joining your winner's circle.
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Post by No one on Mar 30, 2013 12:15:14 GMT -5
You can join Ellen in the Honorary Winner's Circle if she allows it
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