Post by Dominic Briones on Sept 1, 2011 18:33:48 GMT -5
So this week starts, and Julie tells us that it will be a fastforward. Thank GOODNESS! Last week drug on forever, so I need some fast paced action to help keep my head in this game.
We go into the backyard, and it's a little quiz in which the answers are really a giant toss up. To know them for sure would be mental, so I did my best making guesses, but I wasn't very confident. With that said, I didn't think anybody else really should be either, unless they have a super memory.
When we get to the question about movies, I am pissed off. That is such a ridiculous question, seeing that there are hundreds of thousands of possible answers, which means that if your answer was in the majority, you have a great chance to get that questions right. And with only 6 questions, every one point is CRUCIAL. Not to mention, I don't even remember what movie I put, so even if mine WAS in the majority, I would have no remembrance of how to get that point.
When the dust settled, Carol narrowly defeated myself, Braden, and Scott, and naturally, she got the movie question right. That's bullshit. Sorry Julie, but that question was unfair in my opinion. If the questions are gonna be ridiculously tough, they should be that tough for ALL players. They shouldn't give an advantage to the person who answered the correct answer on their survey.
But whatevs.
I didn't expect to win it, and I didn't, but seeing that I came so close, it only made me more pissed to watch Carol walk away with the power. Clearly, I can't win an HoH this season.
To make matters worse, Carol decides to nominate me and Adria. Shocker! I knew Carol was after me. When we were Co-HoH, we didn't connect at all. I have nothing against her, but she's kind of a random player who I had no personal connection with at all.
In retrospect, I do think her nominations were smartest for her. Adria is a competitor, as am I, even if I have only lately been showing it. Plus, Adria and I are close.
Going into PoV, I knew that I needed it a lot more than last week. I mean, Adria could have went home over me, but I wasn't going to risk it, so I fought my ass off.... AND I WON! (Back to back vetoes after being Co-HoH... WOOT!) This is now the 3rd week in a row that I am 100% safe, though I still don't feel very comfortable in this game.
After PoV, things continued to get better. I expected Braden to go on the block, and had he, I would have tried to save Adria. BUT Carol, and her unpredictability, nominated Scott. So now you have 1 person from each side of the house.
By the way, the sides are Me, Adria, Braden vs Cassi, Lori, Scott (with Lori and I having a secret agreement to do what we can to keep each other safe while our allies go after one another). And then there is Carol in the middle, who supposedly likes Braden and Cassi. Carol is sitting in the best fucking position right now, but I'll be damned if I let her win this game. She's really done nothing. I don't care if she has 2 HoHs under her belt. She's not really playing this game.
ANNNYWAYS, Scott goes up, and now I need to make sure he goes home. Likely, the vote will be 2-2, with me and Braden voting to keep Adria and Lori/Cassi voting to keep Scott. That, once again, bring us back to Carol. Ugh, this bitch seems to have so much power this round, but I still don't view her as a threat, yet at the same time, don't want her to go another round farther. Dilemma.
I PMed Braden, telling him that his connection with Carol is really all that can keep Adria in the game. And then, next round, I suggested that we use Carol in place of Dick to have a 4-2 advantage, despite me not really wanting to work with Carol at all, and still finding Braden and Adria to be the strongest competitors. The problem is, if Adria goes home, the Cass/Scott/Lori control the game at that point, and I will go home well before the final 3, most likely. So I NEED Adria and Braden for this round, as much as I don't want to go too far with them either.
What I REALLY need to happen is for Scott to leave this week, and then for Lori to win HoH so that she can take out Brendan or Adria. That would be PERF! Or, I could win HoH and try a backdoor of Braden or something. Then again, the problem with that is if I take out Braden, Carol will then align with the other side. But I like Adria more, and trust her more than Braden. Ugh.
With all that rambling, I realize that I am really not in a very good position. At least not to make it to the end. I might slide by a few rounds, but I will have to win the right comps at the right time to really go far. I do have momentum on my side, but I can't always rely on winning the PoV.
That's all for now. Kinda frustrated, but hoping for the best. At least I'm safe...
We go into the backyard, and it's a little quiz in which the answers are really a giant toss up. To know them for sure would be mental, so I did my best making guesses, but I wasn't very confident. With that said, I didn't think anybody else really should be either, unless they have a super memory.
When we get to the question about movies, I am pissed off. That is such a ridiculous question, seeing that there are hundreds of thousands of possible answers, which means that if your answer was in the majority, you have a great chance to get that questions right. And with only 6 questions, every one point is CRUCIAL. Not to mention, I don't even remember what movie I put, so even if mine WAS in the majority, I would have no remembrance of how to get that point.
When the dust settled, Carol narrowly defeated myself, Braden, and Scott, and naturally, she got the movie question right. That's bullshit. Sorry Julie, but that question was unfair in my opinion. If the questions are gonna be ridiculously tough, they should be that tough for ALL players. They shouldn't give an advantage to the person who answered the correct answer on their survey.
But whatevs.
I didn't expect to win it, and I didn't, but seeing that I came so close, it only made me more pissed to watch Carol walk away with the power. Clearly, I can't win an HoH this season.
To make matters worse, Carol decides to nominate me and Adria. Shocker! I knew Carol was after me. When we were Co-HoH, we didn't connect at all. I have nothing against her, but she's kind of a random player who I had no personal connection with at all.
In retrospect, I do think her nominations were smartest for her. Adria is a competitor, as am I, even if I have only lately been showing it. Plus, Adria and I are close.
Going into PoV, I knew that I needed it a lot more than last week. I mean, Adria could have went home over me, but I wasn't going to risk it, so I fought my ass off.... AND I WON! (Back to back vetoes after being Co-HoH... WOOT!) This is now the 3rd week in a row that I am 100% safe, though I still don't feel very comfortable in this game.
After PoV, things continued to get better. I expected Braden to go on the block, and had he, I would have tried to save Adria. BUT Carol, and her unpredictability, nominated Scott. So now you have 1 person from each side of the house.
By the way, the sides are Me, Adria, Braden vs Cassi, Lori, Scott (with Lori and I having a secret agreement to do what we can to keep each other safe while our allies go after one another). And then there is Carol in the middle, who supposedly likes Braden and Cassi. Carol is sitting in the best fucking position right now, but I'll be damned if I let her win this game. She's really done nothing. I don't care if she has 2 HoHs under her belt. She's not really playing this game.
ANNNYWAYS, Scott goes up, and now I need to make sure he goes home. Likely, the vote will be 2-2, with me and Braden voting to keep Adria and Lori/Cassi voting to keep Scott. That, once again, bring us back to Carol. Ugh, this bitch seems to have so much power this round, but I still don't view her as a threat, yet at the same time, don't want her to go another round farther. Dilemma.
I PMed Braden, telling him that his connection with Carol is really all that can keep Adria in the game. And then, next round, I suggested that we use Carol in place of Dick to have a 4-2 advantage, despite me not really wanting to work with Carol at all, and still finding Braden and Adria to be the strongest competitors. The problem is, if Adria goes home, the Cass/Scott/Lori control the game at that point, and I will go home well before the final 3, most likely. So I NEED Adria and Braden for this round, as much as I don't want to go too far with them either.
What I REALLY need to happen is for Scott to leave this week, and then for Lori to win HoH so that she can take out Brendan or Adria. That would be PERF! Or, I could win HoH and try a backdoor of Braden or something. Then again, the problem with that is if I take out Braden, Carol will then align with the other side. But I like Adria more, and trust her more than Braden. Ugh.
With all that rambling, I realize that I am really not in a very good position. At least not to make it to the end. I might slide by a few rounds, but I will have to win the right comps at the right time to really go far. I do have momentum on my side, but I can't always rely on winning the PoV.
That's all for now. Kinda frustrated, but hoping for the best. At least I'm safe...