Nathan's MOR Questions

[Nathan Marlow]

Hey guys. There’s two big ways to vote come jury time… for who played the better game or for who you like the most. Coming into this vote I am feeling like Eddie played the better game, but… I like Roddy more. How will that come into play for me? I don’t know. My vote really is completely up for grabs. So take that for what it is and both of you try and change my mind, because neither of those feelings are really all that strong. Eddie, you were big tool at times in the game. All that aside, I am impressed with how you played that game and despite anything that happened between you and I, you have a great shot at my vote. Then Roddy, as I said, I really do like you as a person. I don’t have any strong feelings about you as a player though. I feel like you have a lot going for you, but you really need to step up to show me that and lay it all on the line. And both of you, having a good perspective on what was actually happening in the game is huge to me, so prove to me that you did.

Eddie…
Thank God (like all good saints do!) you finally gave up the charade of voting to keep me Week 1. That kind of changes what I had planned here. Did you really think that I would believe that you voted to keep me? What was the point in lying about it for so long?

Roddy…
If you had won HoH the week I was evicted, what would you have done? I hear you were in on at all, which is totally fine. So were the conversations between us around that time strictly in case I were to be in power?

Both of you…
1. Tell me about Hell’s Angels. How did it come to fruition? What were the previous relationships involved with the four of you? Who was most responsible for bringing you all together? Was there a leader at all? And when were you confident that that alliance was the one you were fully faithful to?
2. What were your three happiest moments of the game? What were the three worst for you?
3. Were you happy with how you played Warzone your first time around? How did that affect your mindset coming into the game? Do you think you accomplished any goals you had for this go around, and do you think you did step your game up in any way?
4. Lastly, I want something creative out of you. I want you to make some kind of story based on how the game went down. It should be like a metaphor for the game. Nothing too literal. You don’t need to go start to finish with the game if you don't want, just make it good and not toooo long. Think something like a spy thriller or a fairy tale. Not a story based on some sort of a game.

Good luck fucksticks!

Oh wait, I reserve that word for Renny.

On that note, also, I would like for each of you to come up with a good nickname containing a swear word for your opponent. Thanks!

[Jason Guy]

Aww, Nathan. This is like borderline CP too! YOU ARE JUST SO COMPLEX TONIGHT.

[Nathan Marlow]

Mar 24, 2010 16:44:57 GMT -5 Eddie McGee said:

I played with loyalty to the people that I felt truly had my back. That was Jessica in week 1 until she was evicted. That was also Jason week 1 until he blindsided the vote in my face and lied to me about it.

I took that to mean he was fessing up. If not, clarify.

And you already wrote a bomb super hero story (I didn't read Josh's questions), so I'll allow that for my number 4. Unless you really want to impress me.

[Eddie McGee]

Eddie…
Thank God (like all good saints do!) you finally gave up the charade of voting to keep me Week 1. That kind of changes what I had planned here. Did you really think that I would believe that you voted to keep me? What was the point in lying about it for so long?

THE WEEK 1 VOTE

No I didn't really believe you or Jason (who was the vote for you) would believe me. Though there was a 1% chance that I could maybe convince you and Jason that the votes were more fucked up than you thought and both Jason and I voted to keep you...that really wasn't at all part of my strategy. Let's start this story in the beginning.

I came in with Jessica as my final 2 partner. She told me that you knew everything and at the time that pissed me off because I knew that while she was here she'd keep you and I glued together but as soon as she left things could get messy with things she told you about my game. So I always knew you knew that as far as Jessica knows, I would keep her. However most other people had no idea. In fact two people that I saw as huge potential assets Week 1 bonded with me about hating Jessica. They were Natalie and Renny. Renny, who we both know didn't have a lot of love for me going in, opens to me our new relationship with this:

Renny
:Hello

Eddie
:hey!
:who is this?

Renny
:It's Renny
:What are your thoughts on Jessica?
:aka Kenya
:I heard that you hate her

Eddie
:Hate is a strong word, she hates me
:I just think she's a crazy bitch

Renny
: Okay well close enough
:Let's be friends

Eddie
:LOL excellent

Renny
:she is a crazy bitch

Eddie
:she plays emotionally so she's probably coming after me first

Renny
:you and me
:so holla

So as you can see especially with Renny, the “redemption” here of my soul in his eyes was quite likely hate for Jessica. A lot of people didn't know a lot about me and many people approached me BECAUSE I “hated” Jessica. So hating Jessica was a big component of my game week 1 and continuing to hate Jessica throughout the game was going to continue to be a component because who wants to tell 16 people in week 2 that every other line you told them week 1 was BS? People needed to wait a lot longer than that to know how full of shit I can be.

Alright that's the hate. The lying about the vote part was only done to half the house. The pro-Jessica side of the house which included “season 1” (with Jason as a mole) and Roddy and Lydia, not only knew that I was going to vote you out but knew that I'd LIE about not voting you out. To season 1 I reasoned it as “we need to keep the season 1 alliance undercover” and I think in the case of Roddy and Lydia I let Lydia “work me” on keeping Jessica and when she “succeeded” I told her I'd keep Jessica but if I do it she can't ever tell anyone but Roddy.

I was hoping for a surprise week 1 blindside that people would eventually just forget. Then it was me who was blindsided by you and Jason. Well fuck, now you're here, the “glue” is gone, and I knew it wasn't the last time I heard about that vote.

Out of all the people in the game though I really didn't expect Sheila, the one person who never talked to me about how I was voting week 1 and therefore I never had to lie to, to call me out in front of the whole house about that vote the next fucking week. It wasn't really a problem at all though, no one was going to “find out how full of shit I am” like she said. I was just going to keep lying that I voted Jessica out with the consent and understanding of the people who voted you out.

So that went by. I started telling Jason after a while that I lied about lying to the rest of the house and did in fact vote out Jessica. If I could somehow confuse him with how matter of factually I was claiming this, there was a bit of chance I'd get away with it. I could tell that against his better judgment there were moments of “wait could this actually be fucking true?” They didn't last long but I had fun creating those.

The strategic reason why I had to lie to you and Jason about that vote apart from the love of trying to fuck with both of you was that I didn't want to give you any ammo that you could copy and paste to people as my confession. There was no reason to tell you the truth.

The week I was HOH and you called me out about that vote, I dropped the “hating Jessica” part because no one left except possibly Renny who was already pissed at me for putting him up would have given a fuck one way or another. On the vote, I think off the board it only came up in conversation with Sarah to whom I said:

Eddie
:I think Nathan is convinced that Jason
:was his vote
:I had a really weird talk with Jason at one point
:where he kept being like "dude you're lying I'm the vote"
:and I was like "No I definitely voted out Jessica"
:its a weird mess because it sounded like Jason was being serious
:and honestly I am curious how that went
:but I'll see when the DR opens

AND ALSO

Eddie
:to be honest
:I wish I voted off Nathan
:and to be honest Jessica did make a secret alliance with me week 1 and we haven't been in complete hate of each other this whole time
:but
:1) we're not that close
:2) I think she sucks at this game
:3) she kept joking about tossing me out for backstabbing her Warzone 1 and I didn't trust her at all

Sarah
:yeah i wondered if you were really aligned with her

Eddie
:so Nathan was onto a bit of something but he's blown it up past what it was and just going wild with it
:I wasn't aligned with her
:I was and wasn't

Sarah
:so you did vote her or didn't?
:lol

Eddie
:I was aligned with her the way I was aligned with Chelsia
:we had a deal not to come after each other
:I did vote her out
:I didn't trust her

And I think that was the last instance of any variation of this lie to my knowledge. I don't think this lie and any of the flare ups that came after because of it had any real cost or benefit to my game at the end of the day. It was more decoration than anything else.

I did though really had fun with it. This is my favorite conversation involving the lie, done with Jason right before he was evicted. I'll end my response to your question on this note.

Jason
: btw
: why did you lie to everyone about evicting Jessica?

Eddie
: I don't lie Jason
: what are you talking about

Jason
: lmfao
: omg
: omg
: I evicted Jessica
: duh

Eddie
: um no you didn't
: I did

Jason
: lmfao
: Eddie <33333

Jason
: you are honestly perfect
: i cant believe i was angry with you
: even though me leaving is partly due to the fact that you used the veto
: and you were probably against me this whole game
: idgaf
: bring it home kid

Eddie
: thank you sir

Jason
: Tell me the truth now
: pleasee
: im leaving idgaf

Eddie
: about what

Jason
: your gameplay
: were you playin' me?

Eddie
: not this week
: I mean honestly I was always going 100% after Sheila
: but wanted to work with you after that was done

Jason
: hahaha
: understandable
: even though it *killed* me

Eddie
: well yeah

Jason
: haha youre fine
: I should gone for the marked for elimination
: would won
: but i didnt know what the challenge was
: oh well

Eddie
: sorry about that
: and for screwing up our season 1 alliance by voting out Jessica, now we are stuck with Nathan I'm really sorry that I let that asswipe stay in this game

Jason
: hindsight
: lmfaooo
: omg <33

Both of you…
1. Tell me about Hell’s Angels. How did it come to fruition? What were the previous relationships involved with the four of you? Who was most responsible for bringing you all together? Was there a leader at all? And when were you confident that that alliance was the one you were fully faithful to?

Hell's Angels


Hell's Angels, or at least my deep desire to be a part of it, came out of the big mess my game was in at the end of week 1. My real final 2 partner left, and all probably because my backup final 2 partner fucked her and I over. In terms of alliances at the beginning of week 2 I felt like I didn't fucking owe anyone anything.

Before the week 1 vote the “Season 1 Alliance” seemed pretty together except for Dave and Jason who kept talking shit about each other. During Week 1 I listened to both but was definitely on Jason's side. When I put together what happened shortly after the vote I felt like I needed to put myself on the other side of the fence from Jason. Getting close with Dave was the obvious way to go.

I know Dave only from Warzone 1 and hadn't talked to him much since until a week before the game. Dave and I had a complex relationship Warzone 1 and on the questions Chelsbot sent us I put him as one of the three people I did NOT want to see in this game. Roddy and Lydia obviously came together as a pair from Warzone 3. I later found out that Dave and Lydia had a previous relationship beyond this game and there was a potential of Dave and Lydia turning the game on Roddy and I at final four if it came down to it. In any case, for me personally, every bond I had in Hell's Angels came during this game.

I really don't know who was responsible for Hell's Angels coming together. I know for a fact it was not me. To the best of my knowledge it was Dave, probably in coordination with Lydia. He came to me and proposed that we propose an alliance to Roddy and Lydia. We then got in a room together and Dave formally proposed the idea. However even without this pathway I'd have ended up working with Roddy and Lydia in some way. It wasn't even the first time someone told me to approach Roddy and Lydia about a final four alliance. I think Natalie beat Dave to the punch but I just didn't feel comfortable with that arrangement so I told Nat I “didn't trust Roddy.”

With Natalie it would have been a purely strategic thing because she barely knew Roddy and Lydia. However with Dave it was just natural because all four of us bonded really well Week 1. It also definitely helped that those three were from the side of the house that I wasn't lying to about the Week 1 vote in terms of my comfort.

In terms of a leader, I don't know if it applies anywhere here universally. This is really a hard question to answer just by how “on the same page” we usually were. Pre-jury we knew we were underdogs and locked out of most people's end games...so we shared back and forth whatever tips and scarps of information we could find. We were very open and encouraged each other to get tight with other people and even form new alliances. I think Roddy was a slightly bigger asset than I was at that stage, but I think it really flipped around when the power of the “Enemy” shifted from Sheila-Jason control to Will-Sarah control.

As a side note, at the point I was only on the outs with you and Renny. I strongly encouraged Roddy and Lydia to get close to both of you and kept bugging Roddy about forming an f4 with you. I really wanted them off the block to keep me around in the case you or Renny won HoH.

I do feel like I took a strong leadership position in the alliance the week Joshuah and Jason left as well as the week I was HoH. Afterwords the right Hell's Angels actions became obvious in my opinion except for the Renny vs. Will vote which we understandably had differences of opinion (which we respected) and I just did what I wanted.

I became confident in the alliance pretty early. Dave leaving made me feel nervous about Hell's Angels because I felt like a third wheel and possibly just an “asset” rather than alliance member to Roddy and Lydia. However I'd say that by Week 4 I was fully confident in the alliance again.

2.What were your three happiest moments of the game? What were the three worst for you?

HAPPY MOMENTS
1. FORMATION OF HELL'S ANGELS. I think it's the best alliance in Warzone history and I'm glad to have been a part of it. Being a loner douche can be REALLY fun, but working together with a team who fully trust you and that you're 100% honest with and being able to hash and rehash new ideas and past events is extremely fun as well. I'm glad I finally have both experiences of playing.

2. NATHAN EVICTED. The round you left was awesome for me and not even mostly because you ended up leaving. I only found out what Sarah was cooking less than an hour before it went down. Coming into it though, Hell's Angels was preparing for full scale war (“if one of us doesn't HoH, one of us is definitely leaving this round,” we all at one point said). We weren't expecting a peace pipe and let's all evict Nathan and be merry! For as long as I knew about Sarah's power (and we guessed what her power was when I was HoH) I was sure, 100% completely sure, that one day Sarah will play it on Roddy. The fact that you were the target and not Roddy was a HUGE SHOCK. We did know you were kind of on the outs of the Renny/Will/Sarah alliance but at the same time I thought you were on the outs with them the way Jun was on the outs with Hell's Angels (we'd have kept her as long as we possibly ever could have). Our perception was that we were going towards a 4 vs. 3 with the 4 having one of the deadliest competition players of this game. To have what I saw as the “enemy's biggest asset” just thrown away for a much more manageable 3 vs. 3 the next round was amaaaaazzzing. Made my week.

3. RODDY WINNING PART 3 OF FINAL HOH I was elated. I knew Sarah wasn't going to take me. At time I tried to delude myself into hope but there was absolutely no way. She got to see too much of my real game. If she was going to be able to win against Roddy or I which is debatable, she would have a much worse shot against the person who could say “I lied to her every fucking round and got away with it as well as was personally responsible for all her close allies leaving.” So it was just not going to happen. To make matters worse Sarah was doing kick ass in the competitions. She won final four HOH then helped me a lot with my Veto to the point that I'd say she basically won that as well. To make matters worse, I'd rank Roddy's competition skills at about my own, a bit higher on puzzles a bit lower on live competitions. If I had to put money on who was going to win Part 3, I'd have put money on Sarah. It was such a huge relief when Roddy won it.




SAD MOMENTS

1. NATHAN STAYS.I was completely blindsided by you staying... and even though it looked to me like I had the lying decently under control, I was paranoid as hell that everyone was lying to me about believing me in the hopes of quietly backdooring me and the rest of Season 1. I had no experience with being blindsided in all of Warzone and no experience with blindsides that didn't result in my elimination in all my game playing life. I always know how the vote is going to go. No vote in Warzone 1 was a surprise, and no vote in this game after Week 1 was a surprise to me either. It was definitely a moment of finally being served what I tend to dish.

2. DAVE LEAVING THE GAME. Just when it looked like I was recovering from the Week 1 mess with a solid alliance, I come to the board to see my f2 partner's picture in black and white. Dave was going to be our “competition whore.” Without him we needed to be more on our toes, that's when I knew stealth and secrecy were the only ways we'd do it. We never replaced him with another player, though we thought about it. The risk of a new member exposing our alliance could have been game ending for us.

3. WHEN NATHAN BEAT RODDY IN CONNECT 4. Roddy told me that he lost because he autodropped a piece because he ran out of time. A mistake I felt he should have been able to avoid. This marks the only time I was ever frustrated or irritated with Roddy this game. It was made worse by the fact that I threw my Round 1 against him. I did so because (A) I thought our skills in Connect 4 were the same, (B) A Roddy HoH was just as good to me as an Eddie HoH, and ( C ) you would have been psychologically more intensely focused on beating me than beating Roddy. Anyway I threw it and got to wonder for a whole round if throwing HoH was seriously going to be the reason why I left the game. Fortunately for me, it ended up being Jun's (who threw to Lydia).

3.Were you happy with how you played Warzone your first time around? How did that affect your mindset coming into the game? Do you think you accomplished any goals you had for this go around, and do you think you did step your game up in any way?

No Warzone 1 was a fucking hot mess. I took huge gambles that I now think were unnecessary and didn't look at the big picture. I was so focused in Season 1 about how Jessica would have had the jury votes if we made it to the end that I backstabbed her at Final 9. I honestly have no idea what I was thinking. Coming into this game I knew I needed to baby step it to the end, not throw another hail marry pass to the end zone. Yeah, I definitely stepped it up and it paid off. This game I got to watch other players throw impossible passes and was able to wait them out until I got possession of the ball.

And you already wrote a bomb super hero story (I didn't read Josh's questions), so I'll allow that for my number 4. Unless you really want to impress me.

I'll all for impressing but I'm typing the shit out of these things and I'm getting burnt out. So I'll take that rain check.

On that note, also, I would like for each of you to come up with a good nickname containing a swear word for your opponent.

Roddfuck?


Damn you Nathan, I told you I'm burnt out. Leave me alone!

[Renny Martyn]

Mar 24, 2010 22:30:29 GMT -5 Nathan Marlow said:

Good luck fucksticks!

Oh wait, I reserve that word for Renny.

<3333333

[Roddy Mancuso]

Roddy…
If you had won HoH the week I was evicted, what would you have done? I hear you were in on at all, which is totally fine. So were the conversations between us around that time strictly in case I were to be in power?

I will start off by saying that yes, I was in on your eviction. Before the double eviction round, everyone sans Renny was in a chat where we agreed that if Sarah would use her power on you, any one of us would nominate you and vote you out. I would have been crazy to decline the deal at this point – I had felt for a very long time that Sarah’s power was going to be used against me, so the fact that it was being used on somebody else made almost any deal acceptable. While I AM the type of person willing to go out on a limb for someone I think I can work with, I would never literally take the bullet for that person. That’s what I would have been doing if I declined.

However, despite my commitment to get rid of you, if I were in control at the final 7, the nominations I wanted to make were Will/Sarah with Renny as a replacement. My rationale was partially that I didn’t want to nominate you, and partially that I was still very concerned about Will’s power. I was operating under the false assumption that he had Jeff’s power from WZ3 and had that been true, he would have had three votes to throw around at any vote that he was not HoH. I wanted to flush Will’s power out. Also, from a strategic perspective, I knew that if you had stuck around after Sarah used her power against you, that you would be much more focused on Sarah/Will than you would have been on Lydia/myself.

I ended up losing that challenge in a tiebreaker, but it actually kind of ended up being a good thing for me. If I had won, Lydia could have potentially been eliminated with Will’s ambush.

With regards to why I chose to talk to you in the final 8 round, I think I actually explained that pretty well in Josh's answer, but I will post it again.

Up until around final 9 or so, Nathan and I were pretty distant. I mean, we got along well, and we knew that we weren’t really gunning from each other (every now and then we would kind of ‘check in’ with each other about that lol) but there was nothing significant there. We were peripheral but I believe there was a mutual understanding that we could work with each other down the line.

But when final 9 came around, I was realizing something had to change. I didn’t feel that I had enough going with him for him to seriously consider taking me into his endgame, and I was really concerned about how much he knew - I was pretty sure that he was on to Hell’s Angels. In the mini-bb he was the only person who voted for Lydia to win the HoH, so I was sure it would have stuck out to him as odd that I had voted for Eddie to win. Combine that with the fact that I am a paranoid player, and that Nathan is clearly a smart guy, and you had me panicking.

That week was the week where Eddie put Lydia up as a smokescreen. When she went up, I made up a lie. The lie was that Eddie had guaranteed Lydia and I safety in exchange my mini-jury vote, and that I was pissed off about Lydia's nomination – not a huge lie, but it plausibly explains the vote, and small lies are the easiest to sell. I think I was I successful at selling it to Nathan and Renny (although it would not surprise me at all to find out they had their doubts).

Anyways, it paid off – it kind of gave me a reason to start talking with Nathan more, and throughout that week I did my best to start working him over. I did this by bringing up how we had mutual evicted allies that had recommended to me that we team up (this was true), engaging in a little Eddie bashing (I was lying through my teeth here), and trying not to miss any opportunity provided to mention the threat posed to both of us by the Pandora’s powers (my biggest priority of the game at the time).

In the final 8 week, I pushed for a final 4 deal with him/Renny/Lydia/myself – I am not really clear if Renny was ever on board, but Nathan agreed to keeping me and Lydia safe. It was not a deal I intended on keeping until the end (Hell’s Angels was still top priority), but made I it for a few reasons. First, I was trying to secure safety for both myself and Lyd. Second, I did actually want to work with Nathan somewhat, and would have worked with him for at least a little while. Third, I was hoping that it would lay any of his suspicions about Eddie and us being together to rest. And finally, I was concerned about the possibility of Eddie leaving that week - I needed something to fall back on if that happened.

I think there was a very good chance Hell’s Angels would have been nominated together had I not made this play – Lydia’s nickname at the time was ‘the Perfect Pawn’. And had I not indicated that I wanted to work with him, I think that Nathan might have considered flushing out Will’s power (resulting in Lydia or myself seeing the block alongside Eddie).

It also paid off as Nathan was leaving the game. On his way out, Nathan informed me of exactly what Will’s power was, and the mechanics of the ambush. This was the first time that Hell’s Angel had any inkling as to what Will’s power actually did. As a result, we were able to plan accordingly.

Both of you…
1. Tell me about Hell’s Angels. How did it come to fruition? What were the previous relationships involved with the four of you? Who was most responsible for bringing you all together? Was there a leader at all?
And when were you confident that that alliance was the one you were fully faithful to?

Hell's Angels contained three preexisting relationships. Eddie/Dave from WZ1, Lydia/Rod from WZ3, and Lydia/Dave from some other game.

The only part I feel I really played in its creation was by building a relationship with Eddie and Dave the first week. There were a lot of people I barely talked to the first week (out of necessity - I had a lot of people to meet), but I specifically put effort into getting to know Dave and Eddie because I saw them as potential allies. They were two people that I spent a lot of time talking to, and it was clear that we connected on both a strategic and personal level.

It's actually kinda funny that Eddie and I are the ones of this alliance who made it to the end, because in all honesty I am pretty sure that it is Dave and Lydia that played the largest role in setting this alliance up. I don't know the specifics, but I DO know that Lydia and Dave had a relationship going into this game. It was officially Dave who got the ball rolling - he invited me and Lydia into a chat with him and Eddie and basically offered us the alliance point blank. Obviously we accepted, and the rest is history.

In terms of having a leader? No, I do not really feel like this alliance had a leader. If Dave had stuck around, I would think it might have been him, but to be honest I don't think we ever really needed one. None of us are really the type of people that would step up to that role. All 3 of us were insightful and observant players so we were able to reach a consensus on almost every decision. If we were unable to reach an unanimous decision on something, we didn't let it get between us - we talked it through and tried to come to an agreement respectfully. None of us tried to force each other's hands into making decisions, and we never really had to because no one was ever pushing for a decision that would negatively impact the alliance.

I was confident that this alliance was one I was loyal to very early on. I knew as I entered the game that I needed something solid, and both Dave and Eddie gave me the 'trustworthy' vibe. I think I was fully sure about this alliance when Dave left and Eddie still decided to stick with us.

2. What were your three happiest moments of the game? What were the three worst for you?

3 Happiest:

1. Formation of Hell’s Angels – Obviously this was huge for me. It put me in a position where I no longer felt I was on the outs, and I legitimately liked everyone in this alliance. It also ended up paying off many times throughout this game.

2. Sarah’s power not being used against me - Honestly I was SO SURE that power was going to be used on me. For the previous two rounds, I was convinced it was going to be the end of my game, so when it was used on you instead of me, I was elated.

3. Final HoH. Hands down this was the biggest moment of the game for me. I was SO nervous I would suffer from the Janelle course for a third time.


3 Worst

1. Losing that Art challenge - I am sure this is a WTF moment, because overall it didn't really impact my game too heavily. But I was SO sure that I was going to win that challenge (my poster was fucking hand drawn), so to lose it was devastating. Especially because two of the three judges liked mine better than the winner’s, but the third graded mine like it was crap. Oh, and Sheila (the winner of this comp) ended up nominating me, so it stung even more.

2. Finding out that the three Pandora’s Powers were in the hands of Renny/Sarah/Will - When I found out that these three were the three who got the powers, it sucked for two reasons. First, it meant that Hells Angels would not be able to get a power for itself, and second, it meant that the powers were likely to be used against us at some point. It made me feel like I was in an impossible situation and that the game would constantly be an uphill battle.

3. Losing the final 4 HoH to Sarah by 1 point - All 3 of Hells Angels wanted us to make f3, but I wanted especially because if it was Lydia and Eddie with me in the final 3, I was basically guaranteed to make it through to the final 2 round. When Sarah won that final HoH, I saw that plan shatter. To go through the entire game working for something, and then to lose it by getting beaten by 1 point on an HoH? Truly devastating.

3. Were you happy with how you played Warzone your first time around? How did that affect your mindset coming into the game? Do you think you accomplished any goals you had for this go around, and do you think you did step your game up in any way?

For the most part I was quite happy with how I played Warzone 3. I think that I got to the end through a lot of hard work, and I was able to bounce back from some pretty big hurdles to my game. I was also in a powerful position for almost every week.

What I was not happy with was how I played the end game. I was eliminated because I stopped playing a round too early. I don’t know if there was any chance that Jordan would have taken me to the finals, but I barely even tried to persuade her. I immensely regretted the decision not to press her harder.

The way that I stepped my game up this time around was by making sure that I was the ‘nucleus’ of my alliance. I knew that if I got to the end with Eddie and Lydia, that both would want a final 2 with me, and it was not because I was a goat they could beat.

But when that failed and Lydia was evicted at f4, I was up against Sarah and Eddie and I had to bounce back. The way I changed my game play from WZ3 was by making the deal with Sarah. I never had any intentions of keeping it - it was basically just an insurance policy for me. It did kinda suck to have to lie like that to Sarah on her way out the door, but by making the deal, I was guaranteed to make final 2 no matter who won HoH. So yeah, I think I overcame my biggest mistake from last time.

4. Lastly, I want something creative out of you. I want you to make some kind of story based on how the game went down. It should be like a metaphor for the game. Nothing too literal. You don’t need to go start to finish with the game if you don't want, just make it good and not toooo long. Think something like a spy thriller or a fairy tale. Not a story based on some sort of a game.

Once upon a time, Mario and Peach were sitting in her castle.

Peach: “Mario, have you heard, there is a new power floating around the kingdom? Its something that tops a mushroom, a star and a fireflower put together.’

Mario: Wow Princess, how exciting. But how do you know this is not another one of Bowser’s traps?’

Peach: Bowser? How would he know about this power? This is a mystical power granted by the stars. And I have spent a lot of time with that dinosaur... he is not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Mario: Lulz, he may be a moron, but he is one that has manged to capture your ass hundreds of times, Peach. Jus sayin’.

Peach: MARIO! Stop it! This is a REAL POWER. I’ve heard that its contained in some sort of box. Owned by some chick named Pandora.

Mario: Peach, I really think we should let this go. Every time that we engage on some sort of quest, you always end up captured within at least five miniutes of explaining to me the original mission. That means that any second now -

-A ll of the sudden, the ground starts shaking around Mario and Peach–

Mario: SEE – I Fucking TOLD YOU Peach. EVERY TIME you speak about a quest, there is some sort of ambush and you always end up getting kidnapped.

Peach: LOL as if that's my fault. You're the moron who -

- An explosion occurs, and the roof is gone. Bowser drops down from the sky -

Bowser: Bwahahahahaha, once again you have fallen into my trap. I have taken this entire castle hostage, including YOU Mario. Good luck finding someone to save you now princess. Bwahahaha’.

- Mario looks outside, and realizes that the entire castle is being lifted from the ground -

Mario: Oh shit!

- Quickly, Mario jumps out the window, and like always, is perfectly fine when he lands from his three story jump. At the bottom, he finds his brother, Luigi

Mario: Luigi, you must save the princess.

Luigi: WTF? Why would I do that? Your the one getting laid?

Mario: I don't have time right now. I need to find an ancient power that will help me defeat Bowser.

Luigi: FUCK THAT. You get ALL the credit Mario. EVERY DAMN TIME. I am DONE with you.

Mario: Fine then. I'm gonna go get me some access to Pandora's box.

Luigi: WHO THE FUCK IS PANDORA? I THOUGHT YOU AND PEACH WERE EXCLUSIVE.

Mario: LOL how could I be exclusive to a bitch with sideburns? Look, I'll tell you what, if you save the princess, YOU can sleep with her (and put up with her shit for the next 20 years).

Luigi: OK, well if I get to sleep with her... I GUESS I can do it.

- Mario heads over to Koopa Beach. Shortly after he leaves, Luigi decides he is gonna start his new quest. He begins by eating a mushroom, but it is the wrong type of mushroom. Cue his hallucinations -

Luigi: This is GOOD SHIT!

- Elsewhere, Mario runs into Link on the beach -

Mario: Link! What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be in Hyrule right now?

Link: I am, Mario, but I have heard about a mystical power that is stronger than all thee triangles in the triforce.

Mario: Pandora’s power?

Link: Yes! How did you know?

Mario: Peach told me just before she got kidnapped.

Link: She got kidnapped by Bowser. AGAIN? Dude you really gotta get on top of that shit.

Mario: I know, I know. But I don’t really mind when she gets kidnapped… that bitch is high maintenance. Nothing like Zelda.

Link: Oh being with Zelda comes with strings attached too. Sometimes we’re like about to get it on, and then she transforms into Sheik.

Mario: So?

Link: Uhh... well, her magic affects more than just her looks... it affects... everything

Mario: O.O

Link: ... *crickets*

Mario: O.O

Link: We’re working on it.

Mario: O.O

Link: OK Changing subjects. About this power. If it exists, we MUST have it.

Link: Alright, well lets look for this together. Think about it how amazing we will be if we have my bow and arrow, sword, and magic spells in addition to your ability to… ummm ... jump on people’s heads. BTW is there anything else you can do?

Mario: Not really.

Link: Well, I guess you have to work with the hand your dealt...

Mario: STFU. Lets get searching.

- Meanwhile, in Dry Dry Dessert, something falls from the sky, and crashes into the ground, causing quite an explosion. It is a space craft, and a giant ass fox and his annoying sidekick of a frog walk out of the ruins -

Fox: Well, we’re here.

Slippy: No thanks to your flying, fox. That crash could have killed both of us.

Fox: Lol, after spending 9 months with you, I kinda wish it had.

Slippy: Fox, I don't think you are taking this seriously enough.

Fox: STFU I am a fucking fox and I know how to fly a space craft. I don’t even have opposable fucking thumbs.

Slippy: And look at where you landed fox, in the middle of a dessert. Whats the point of coming here?

Fox: I TOLD you, the point is that there is supposedly a power somewhere throughout this kingdom. I don’t know where, but its gotta be here somewhere.

Slippy: So we left our galaxy, flew into a dessert, crashed our ship into the ground, so that you could look through a dessert. How am I the only one who thinks this is retarded?

- All of the sudden, an arrow comes out of nowhere, and Slippy is shot in the head’ Link and Mario walk in -

Link: Sorry about that Fox, I thought–

Fox: THANK YOU THAT FROG WAS PROLLY THE MOST ANNOYING PART OF ANY OF MY GAMES!

Mario: Agreed! So what you doing out here Fox?

Fox: Well, supposedly there is some sort of supreme power that will help me win in against my nemesis Wolf.

Link: OMG I think we are looking for the same power. Wanna look together?

Fox: Sure, why not?

- And the three set off. Each hero, a trade mark of the Nintendo console, and each one equally determined to find the magical power. They searched high and low, in the ocean, and in the forest. But they were having no luck finding this mysterious item -

Fox: FUCK THIS IS SO ANNOYING. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOREVER!

Link: Fox, stop being so impatient. This power has gotta be around here somewhere. We just need to think harder.

Mario: Wait a minute – what is that in the distance?

Link: It LOOKS like a dungeon. OMG this is so amazing. LETS GO IN.

Fox: Ummm, why the fuck are we gonna head into a dungeon? Shouldn’t we be looking for the power?

Mario: WOW, I forgot how new to the job you are Fox. Clearly any rational person would keep their valuable possessions at the bottom of a dungeon.

Fox: I thought people kept their valuables in a bank...

Link: LOL if only we all lived in your imaginary world.

Fox: Well, if you guys think it’s a good idea, I guess I am down for going in…

- They get to the front of the dungeon, where they encounter a gatekeeper -

Gatekeeper: Well well well, if it isn’t the pesky heroes… Mario, Fox and Link.

All 3: How the fuck do you know who we are?

Gatekeeper: OF COURSE I KNOW WHO YOU ARE! THIS IS A VIDEO GAME AND I AM A MYSTICAL VOICE THAT SEES AND KNOWS ALL!!!

All 3: Oh true lulz.

Gatekeeper: I have only one question to ask of you. If you get it correct, you may enter.

Fox: OK, whats the question?

Gatekeeper: WHAT ABOUT THE CHILLRUN?

All 3: …

Fox: WTF kind of question is that?

Gatekeeper: I SAID, What about the CHILLRUN?

Fox: We heard you the fist time…

Link: Umm, that’s a pretty stupid question.

Gatekeeper: Good point, yeah it is a pretty weak question. I will think about of another one.

Fox: Guys, are we sure this is worth our time? This guy is clearly a bit of a moron and -

Gatekeeper: OH, got it! In order to get in, you need to tell me WHERE DO I STAND WITH YOU?

Mario: Ummm… wtf is this a joke?

Gatekeeper: I JUST DON’T KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH YOU. I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHERE I STAND.

Fox: Ummm, directly in front of us?

Link: Fox, I don’t think that’s what he means, clearly he knows that-

Gatekeeper: Fine! Fine! I will come up with another damn question alrigh? I want you to tell me, do you like my weave?

Fox: Ummm, guys I don't know if you noticed, but the door is open. Why are we even bothering with this nuisance.

Gatekeeper: UGH YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LISTENING TO ME! YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL YOU FUCKERS GO CAN GO DIE! YOU GUYS AREN"T WORTH MY TIME! FORGET 'CHU, GO HOME, GOODBYE!

Mario: Ummm, WTF OK!

- The three progress to the bottom of the dungeon, fighting bad guys, solving puzzles, you know, the works, and then they finally enter a treasure room. -

FOX: WE MADE IT!

Mario and Link: ^^

- They open the box, and inside are 3 potions. -

Mario and Link: -_-

FOX: THAT’S IT!?!?!? 3 FUCKING POTIONS??? I TRAVELLED 3000 lightyears with the most annoying frog in the history of the universe for a FUCKING POTION? I DON’T EVEN NEED A POTION! I play my games from the INSIDE of a spaceship!

Mario: Well, lets just take them . I mean, supposedly they are powerful. We are sure to win our videogames now with three powers in our hands ^^.

Link: Yeah yours so right. We are gonna kick ass.

- As soon as they take the potions out of the box, a rumbling begins -

Link: OMG THE DUNGEON IS COLLAPSING.

Fox: OMG HOW DO YOU KNOW?

Link: AGAIN FOX? Get with the fucking times. We JUST took a treasure and everything started shaking. I think its pretty clear the dungeon is gonna collapse.

Mario: Lets get out of here!

- As our heroes near the top of the dungeon, they realize that they are almost out of time. As they are all running to the main level, and are about to escape, they see three familiar faces at the exit -

Bowser: WELL WELL WELL. IF IT ISNT THE MOST PESKY HEROES EVER.

Wolf: Seriously. These sons of bitches have annoyed me since the early 90’s.

Bowser: Yeah, its been since the late ‘80s for me.

Zelda: LOL well I was never technically on the evil side until right now, but they are pretty bland and boring.

Link: WHAT? YOU ARE ON THE EVIL SIDE?

Zelda: Oh yeah I forgot to tell you lulz. This entire thing was a trap planned secretly by the three of us.

Mario: If this whole thing is a trap? Where is the Prncess!?!!?

Bowser: I fed her and your annoying brother to some fat korean bitch.

Wolf: Oh, and we forgot to mention... those aren’t even real potions. They're just booze!

Fox: AWESOME!

Mario and Link: FOX! What are you doing? We need to defend ourselves!!!

Fox: What? If I am gonna die today, might as well die happy. *guzzles potion*

Mario: Well, Link, looks like it is up to you and me to finish this. It’ll be tough, but -

Link: LULZ SORRY I DRANK THE BOOZE TOO!!!

Mario: Uhhhh, well. I guess this is it guys, I dunno how I am gonna beat the three of you, so good luck on your first win, Villains. Til next time.

Wolf: LOL YOU SERIOUSLY THINK THERE IS GONNA BE A NEXT TIME? We’re the villains, you don’t get to live after you lose to us .

Link and Fox: OH SHIT WE DIDN’T THINK OF THAT.

- AND WITH THAT, an EPIC drunken brawl ensues. Wolf kills Fox with a laser, Bowser ground pounds on Mario’s head (no one could possibly survive that shit), and Zelda burns link alive with the fire spell he taught her. Zelda, Bowser and Wolf go on to rule the Nintendo universe with an iron fist. -

Moral of the story: Evil always wins. Oh, and powers are a waste of time .





Oh, and my nickname for Eddie?

Cuntmuffin.