Episode 2 - Puttin' Pests in their Place

[Roddy Mancuso]

Aftermath of last eviction

NOOOOOOO! Jess is gone! She was somebody that I KNEW I would be able to count on, so this just plain sucks. I mean, it is not game ending or anything, but it means I gotta rethink my game plan. And the vote? 6-6? Well SOMEONE was lying about their vote. Honestly, if it was worth it for me to think about, I would. But that vote already happened so seriously what do I care? That said, I am pretty sure that it was Chelsia, MAYBE Jason.

I also took the time to talk to Nathan, and to explain that my vote was nothing personal against him. He did not take it personally and that was extremely key for me. I do not need enemies in this house if I can avoid it (and I doubt I can for to for long).


HoH

So only 5 people showed up for that challenge. In comparison to 7. -_-. Honestly, how were we EVER going to win? Well, the answer is that we clearly were never going to. And it didn't help that I sucked ass at the challenge.... I only got ONE pw. Will's first one. Then Sheila ended up helping me with the second and beat me to it. I guess I shouldn't have been going alphabetically.

Anyways this was the type of challenge that a house threat was just not gonna win. The other team had too much control over when you were eliminated to ever let that happen. So not only did we end up losing, but fucking CRAZY JAMES ended up winning that shit. NOT. GOOD.


Crazy James

So turns out the bitch isn't over last season. He's got his panties in a knot that I came third and he came sixth, and he is absolutely sure that his eviction is my fault. Honestly, you don't know HOW happy I would be if I could say that were true, but lets be serious here, his ass was going that week no matter who was sitting against him. And regardless of whether or not I got him evicted, who the FUCK cares? That game is over and I ended up losing as well, so FUCK HIM.

Anyways, James and I ended up getting in quite the fight about it last night. I think he was expecting me to back down like a bitch, but fuck me if I am gonna let someone walk all over me in this game. That is not how I play, and if it gets me evicted, well that sucks but at least I was playing a way that I wanted to.

UGH I will say though, I REALLY do not want to get evicted by James, of all people.


Nominations

UGH, I am against Rachel? Gross. She is someone who I was thinking might have been willing to vote for me to stay if I was on the block and she wasn't. I would be depending on her, because that would be stupid, but I was hoping we could form something quiet.

Now I am against her and I know that she will prolly throw me under the bus however she can. She is a good player and will not just sit on the sidelines and passively wait to be sent home. Well, here's to hoping that one of us gets veto and gets off the block.

I have no idea who Sarah's nominee will be.


D/E/L/R

Finally! An alliance! God did I ever want to be in one of those things . And I am pretty happy with who is in it - Dave, Lydia and Eddie are all people that I want to see go far into the game. And on top of it, I think we each bring something kinda unique to the table.

Dave is gonna be a challenge whore. That much is clear. He is a smart guy and so far he has pretty much dominated the challenges that he has been a part of. But he also has a very strong social game as well. Hopefully he will occupy the spot in the alliance of being the bigger target than me... I can't really see it happening any other way.

Eddie is gonna be useful to have around because the guy is a shrewd player. And he is willing to lie when he has to. And he is on the same side of the house as me. And I like him. Yep, lots of reasons to keep Eddie around.

And Lyd is... well honestly I don't really know what to say about her that has not already been said. She is just a great ally. Loyal? Check. Fun? Check. Decent at challenges? Check. <3 <3 <3


Strategy Going Forward

So first priority is obviously to try and win that damn veto. If I can get that my life becomes a LOT easier. But I am nervous that I will not win. I am up against challenge beasts in this game, so winning is not a guarantee by any means.

My backup plan has a lot to do with the Saints. I think that there are a LOT of saints that would consider using the veto on me. Lyd would. Dave might if he ended up with it (although the plan is not for Dave to have it because that would be obvious. Jason might, but I don't see him winning. Nathan, Renny and Will? Also big maybes.

Nathan is the person I really need to talk to the most this week. I think he is the most likely person to win veto of those I am not already aligned with. If he does, he will HAVE to use it on someone, so establishing a relationship with him is very important.

[Roddy Mancuso]

OMG This week has been so amazing, I have <3'ed every second of it. I don't even really know where to begin.

Hell's Angels

As soon as the saints vs sinners twist was introduced, I knew that the relationship with the saints would end up being very important. Having allies on both sides is crucial to this twist, so I was ensuring that I was making strong alliances

This alliance is fucking AWESOME. I am so pumped about it. Lydia, Dave, Eddie and I are hopefully gonna go very far in this game, and I think that all four of us are savvy enough to keep quiet about it.

What I really like is that the four of us make a very well rounded team, and that the alliance isn't skewed to favour any particular person. Lydia/I are a pairing, and Eddie/Dave are a pairing. Honestly though, this is only a few days in, so it will be interesting if those pairings within the alliance remain

Honestly, I think that we have a chance at running things. But we need to remain quiet about it. If I find out that ANY of them blab about this, I am gonna be so pissed. Because I am leaving this 100% secret. I haven't even told Jason. Nor will I. That would be the DUMBEST MOVE EVER. Because EVERYONE in this alliance knows that to have a shot at winning, Big She needs to go.

Veto

<3<3<3<3 Jason

I am so glad that Jason used the veto on me. I had to promise him that if I get an opportunity to get into the basement from being saved, that I would share it with him.

I kinda thought it would be inevitable that he would when he got it, but I also know that he is very sneaky. I really am at a tough place with Jason. I value his friendship, and as an ally he has been pretty good so far, but I do not trust him to get me to the end in this game. That is because me getting to the end of the game is heavily dependent on Big She not being in control of the damn thing. I cannot let him know about Hell's Angels. That is top priority. He is too close to She, and everyone in our alliance knows that we need to get rid of She as soon as the opportunity presents itself. So it sucks that I have to hide that from him, but I really do.

He is a smart rational guy and I don't think he would want me in the finals.

Crazy James

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Crazy James is PATHETIC. He lucks into an HoH, and gloats about it. He assumes that he is going to be able to send me home, and he gloats abuot that too. He even has the audacity to try and threaten the veto winners to not use it on me, as if he could actually pose a real threat to them later on in the game.

Of course he does not realize that basically half the saints (maybe more) could win and I would most likely have been removed, and that I had a lot of people gunning for it so they could save me. The best part though, is that the winners were Sheila and Jason - two people that he plays minion for. This is basically what happened:

James: HEY GUYZ!!! WE ARE TOTALLY GOING TO GET RID OF RODDY BECAUSE I AM FINALLY IN CONTROL AROUND HERE AND EVEN THOUGH MY POWER IS OVER I DEMAND THAT YOU KEEP RODDY ON THE BLOCK!!!
Sheila +Jason: lol no.

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(5 Miniutes later)

James: HEY RODDY DID I EVER TELL YOU HOW SORRY I WAZ BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON I NOMINATED YOU WAS BECAUSE I WAS MAD AT MY HOMEWORK AND MOM BLAH BLAH BLAH...

WEAKEST AND MOST FAKE APOLOGY. EVER. And of course, I responded with one that was equally if not more insincere. The ONLY reason that I allowed myself to stoop to the level of appeasing James was because I did not want him annoying Jason and Sheila. I SWEAR that is the only reason. I will nominate that fucker without a hesitation if I get the chance. And yeah, I know that it is a good strategy if you care only about winning to bring complete losers to the end, but James is just TOO annoying. Seriously I don't know what anyone sees in him. I WANT HIM GONE.


Roddalia

So, Natalie approached me about being in an alliance with Lydia and I. I am kinda down, in that hopefully it can allow us to somehow get rid of Big She.

At some point, Lydia and I are gonna have to talk to Eddie and Dave about this, because it is an inevitability that this will be leaked at some point or another. But I think they will be ok with it because it will probably secure a vote against Sheila at a crucial time.

That said, I do NOT trust her in the slightest. I just don't think that she has real interest in the alliance. She could fuck things up with Jason a little bit, but Eddie and Lyd already know about it so my main power base is secure.

Rachel

I hope she stays this week. But I have no REAL interest in working with Rachel (except if a lot of my allies start dropping) - this is mainly a temporary thing. I have heard about what type of player she is, so I do not want to find myself depending on her. Nice girl though.