Post by Roddy Mancuso on Mar 4, 2010 11:50:20 GMT -5
Jason leaving
NOOOOOO! This BLOWS. I know its way better for me that Lydia is here, but it still sucks to see Jason’s picture in black and white.
Aftermath of the last Votes
Well, I gotta say, I was NOT expecting a 6-1 vote when the results were posted. I was expecting either a 5-2 or 4-3, however I did not think Will’s vote to be the SOLE vote to evict Alex. Which isn’t really a bad thing, Will needs SOMEONE in this house to be after him, and he has done a great job of eliminating most threats to his game. But now Jun and Will BOTH know that I lied to them… great.
I tried to explain that I felt as though people were threatening Lydia. I am pretty sure that Jun bought it, not so sure about Will though. Either way, I am hoping that Will sees me as an asset despite the lie, because I legitimately am not planning on coming after him, and it really was a lie of necessity. Also, at this point, I think if I were to lose Lydia, Will would be who I turn to for my next semi-public alliance (Eddie must remain a secret).
Sarah was apparently pissed at Lydia and Eddie, but she didn’t say anything to me about it. As far as I am concerned, Sarah can leave any time at all in this game and it would not be too soon. She is a nice enough girl (most of the time), but we have no real or sincere connection I would be an easy vote to evict for her.
Renny explained that her decision to evict on Josh was that Josh flipped out on her the night before. How… convenient. Josh, who has claimed to me he is a long term friend of Renny’s, makes a completely stupid move and personally attacks her the night before a vote where he is on the block, at JUST THE TIME when Renny needs an excuse to keep Alex that Will/Sarah will accept? And of course, Alex staying was a done deal regardless of how Renny voted, so why wouldn’t he want his friend to succeed? So, she gets to vote to keep her ally Alex against Sarah and Will’s wishes without them getting too pissed about it, and Alex has an excuse not to go after her any time soon. Something is up, and I just think this indicates that the Alex/Renny tension is an act. I think Renny is in very tightly with Alex, Sarah, and Nathan. Ugh. That means, maybe she would want to go to final 5 with me at very best? Don’t like those odds.
HoH
EDDOMINATION!
That’s what this last challenge was. Seriously, everything about it was awesome. Sarah and Nathan both going out early? Check. Jun for some reason keeping Lydia over Will? Check. Eddie winning majority of the HoH and owning the shit out of things? Check.
Eddie winning was a really big relief, as he is somebody we are in a core alliance with. He has a head on his shoulders, and we think somewhat differently but can work together on decisions.
The one thing that I am really nervous about coming to bite me in the ass, is the vote that I cast for Eddie to win mini-bb. That was stupid. Really stupid. But Lyd wanted me to, and for some reason I let myself be talked into it. I kinda thought I could just lie about it and people would assume I wasn’t lying because it’s me and Lyd. Antways, I realized it was a bad idea at the time, but I didn’t realize just HOW stupid it was until after the vote. When the vote came down to 6-1, it 100% obvious to someone (Nathan) that I did NOT vote for Lydia to win, That MUST have set off warning signals with him. I know he is similar to myself and that would totally rouse my suspicion if I was in his position. FUCK.
Pandora’s
So basically everyone is in Pandora’s box but me. And Nathan/Lydia. But the only people who got things were Will/Renny/ Probably Sarah. Gah, those are not the people I want to be wielding weapons in this game. Oh well, I guess you just gotta roll with the punches. Last season, I never got a power, and I made it to the end. Mind you, I WON a lot more stuff last season, than my terrible record in this game. I need to get on that.
Anyways, the powers really do throw a hitch in the game, but hopefully they do not end up effecting me. I know there is a big chance that they will though.
Post-Veto
Well Nathan winning kinda sucked, but since these nominations were gonna change because of Renny’s coup, it most likely doesn’t really matter. I would have liked it for the guaranteed safety though.
Last night, Hell’s Angels came up with a plan. Since we are almost positive that Renny has a coup, and that Renny is a final nominee, the veto ceremony is kinda pointless. Nathan takes himself off, and whoever Eddie nominates is irrelevant because Renny is just gonna use the coup. Now, this is where things get tricky. Eddie still has to piss someone off by nominating a replacement nominee, because a nomination is still a nomination. Last night, he decided he thought it would maybe be a good idea if he nominated Lydia or myself to draw attention away from our alliance. It sounds like a sketchy idea, but at the same time, all of his other options would be kinda dumb and might give us away.
We have basically confirmed with Will that if Renny is up and doesn’t use her coup, that he would get rid of her. He would be the vote we would absolutely 100% need. I don’t like depending on Will, but it IS the rational choice to take out Renny if she has a coup and is on the block.
Renny is also really pissed at Jun right now, and while it would be nice to have Jun around, she is really peripheral to our game. If we had to lose someone, it would be her. So there is a good chance that if Renny uses the coup, Jun is up and out, so long as she doesn’t see Lyd/Ed and I as a power triad.
So, while it would suck for us to be nominated now, it keeps the alliance hidden to most people, and there is a lower chance that we Lydia and I would be nominated together after Renny uses the coup. And that is really important. Originally I was gonna take the bullet, but Lyd decided she wanted to. I feel bad, and will do everything I can to make sure she stays, but I am still glad not to be up myself.
The other part of the plan, is that Lyd and I are acting really pissed. It can't be OTT because it's gotta be convincing, but I think I set it at the right tone. Basically, I am making the claim that Eddie promised Lyd and I safety in exchange for my jury vote in the mini-bb HoH, and that he is claiming to go back on I now because ‘the game has changed with Pandora’s. I think it is a perfectly believable explanation of my vote, so lets hope that others in the game see it that way as well. And if it works, it should kill suspicions that Eddie/Lyd/I are all together.
NOOOOOO! This BLOWS. I know its way better for me that Lydia is here, but it still sucks to see Jason’s picture in black and white.
Aftermath of the last Votes
Well, I gotta say, I was NOT expecting a 6-1 vote when the results were posted. I was expecting either a 5-2 or 4-3, however I did not think Will’s vote to be the SOLE vote to evict Alex. Which isn’t really a bad thing, Will needs SOMEONE in this house to be after him, and he has done a great job of eliminating most threats to his game. But now Jun and Will BOTH know that I lied to them… great.
I tried to explain that I felt as though people were threatening Lydia. I am pretty sure that Jun bought it, not so sure about Will though. Either way, I am hoping that Will sees me as an asset despite the lie, because I legitimately am not planning on coming after him, and it really was a lie of necessity. Also, at this point, I think if I were to lose Lydia, Will would be who I turn to for my next semi-public alliance (Eddie must remain a secret).
Sarah was apparently pissed at Lydia and Eddie, but she didn’t say anything to me about it. As far as I am concerned, Sarah can leave any time at all in this game and it would not be too soon. She is a nice enough girl (most of the time), but we have no real or sincere connection I would be an easy vote to evict for her.
Renny explained that her decision to evict on Josh was that Josh flipped out on her the night before. How… convenient. Josh, who has claimed to me he is a long term friend of Renny’s, makes a completely stupid move and personally attacks her the night before a vote where he is on the block, at JUST THE TIME when Renny needs an excuse to keep Alex that Will/Sarah will accept? And of course, Alex staying was a done deal regardless of how Renny voted, so why wouldn’t he want his friend to succeed? So, she gets to vote to keep her ally Alex against Sarah and Will’s wishes without them getting too pissed about it, and Alex has an excuse not to go after her any time soon. Something is up, and I just think this indicates that the Alex/Renny tension is an act. I think Renny is in very tightly with Alex, Sarah, and Nathan. Ugh. That means, maybe she would want to go to final 5 with me at very best? Don’t like those odds.
HoH
EDDOMINATION!
That’s what this last challenge was. Seriously, everything about it was awesome. Sarah and Nathan both going out early? Check. Jun for some reason keeping Lydia over Will? Check. Eddie winning majority of the HoH and owning the shit out of things? Check.
Eddie winning was a really big relief, as he is somebody we are in a core alliance with. He has a head on his shoulders, and we think somewhat differently but can work together on decisions.
The one thing that I am really nervous about coming to bite me in the ass, is the vote that I cast for Eddie to win mini-bb. That was stupid. Really stupid. But Lyd wanted me to, and for some reason I let myself be talked into it. I kinda thought I could just lie about it and people would assume I wasn’t lying because it’s me and Lyd. Antways, I realized it was a bad idea at the time, but I didn’t realize just HOW stupid it was until after the vote. When the vote came down to 6-1, it 100% obvious to someone (Nathan) that I did NOT vote for Lydia to win, That MUST have set off warning signals with him. I know he is similar to myself and that would totally rouse my suspicion if I was in his position. FUCK.
Pandora’s
So basically everyone is in Pandora’s box but me. And Nathan/Lydia. But the only people who got things were Will/Renny/ Probably Sarah. Gah, those are not the people I want to be wielding weapons in this game. Oh well, I guess you just gotta roll with the punches. Last season, I never got a power, and I made it to the end. Mind you, I WON a lot more stuff last season, than my terrible record in this game. I need to get on that.
Anyways, the powers really do throw a hitch in the game, but hopefully they do not end up effecting me. I know there is a big chance that they will though.
Post-Veto
Well Nathan winning kinda sucked, but since these nominations were gonna change because of Renny’s coup, it most likely doesn’t really matter. I would have liked it for the guaranteed safety though.
Last night, Hell’s Angels came up with a plan. Since we are almost positive that Renny has a coup, and that Renny is a final nominee, the veto ceremony is kinda pointless. Nathan takes himself off, and whoever Eddie nominates is irrelevant because Renny is just gonna use the coup. Now, this is where things get tricky. Eddie still has to piss someone off by nominating a replacement nominee, because a nomination is still a nomination. Last night, he decided he thought it would maybe be a good idea if he nominated Lydia or myself to draw attention away from our alliance. It sounds like a sketchy idea, but at the same time, all of his other options would be kinda dumb and might give us away.
We have basically confirmed with Will that if Renny is up and doesn’t use her coup, that he would get rid of her. He would be the vote we would absolutely 100% need. I don’t like depending on Will, but it IS the rational choice to take out Renny if she has a coup and is on the block.
Renny is also really pissed at Jun right now, and while it would be nice to have Jun around, she is really peripheral to our game. If we had to lose someone, it would be her. So there is a good chance that if Renny uses the coup, Jun is up and out, so long as she doesn’t see Lyd/Ed and I as a power triad.
So, while it would suck for us to be nominated now, it keeps the alliance hidden to most people, and there is a lower chance that we Lydia and I would be nominated together after Renny uses the coup. And that is really important. Originally I was gonna take the bullet, but Lyd decided she wanted to. I feel bad, and will do everything I can to make sure she stays, but I am still glad not to be up myself.
The other part of the plan, is that Lyd and I are acting really pissed. It can't be OTT because it's gotta be convincing, but I think I set it at the right tone. Basically, I am making the claim that Eddie promised Lyd and I safety in exchange for my jury vote in the mini-bb HoH, and that he is claiming to go back on I now because ‘the game has changed with Pandora’s. I think it is a perfectly believable explanation of my vote, so lets hope that others in the game see it that way as well. And if it works, it should kill suspicions that Eddie/Lyd/I are all together.