Confessional Thread Round #6

[Alex Angarita]

Jon winning pretty much just blew my game up. Worst case scenario. PG is out and the Fujiwara people are going in with a slight disadvantage. Basically our only chance at salvaging the situation is locking in Coach and I'm not sure how well that will turn out. If we lock in Coach and Amber stays with us (I am kind of worried about her to be honest), then we'll have a 6-5 advantage going into the merge and will kick some ass! I do feel like PG was my #1 though and I didn't want her gone until like F4 or so and that's only because I feel like I would probably have no shot against her in the finals because of her outstanding social game. Although apparently she completely went off on Fairplay after that challenge so I guess her social game isn't so great to her enemies. My game just got a lot harder with her gone though. Out of the alliance of five, two of them are already gone so only Jason, myself, and Eliza remain of that. She kicked ass in that duel by the way so I'm proud of her for that. Just thought I should mention that.

As for the merge, I am going to try to get as close to Coach as I can, but I also don't want to give him the leverage to throw me under the bus at any point in the future of the game. As long as I make sure he is the one suggesting everything, then I think I should be covered in that field because I would be able to back peddle easily by just pointing out that of course I was agreeing to everything Coach said. I need Coach on my side though for these few crucial votes so I need to do whatever makes him feel comfortable. He has been talking to me about future plans telling me that he needed something we can work on after all the Genjis are gone and he willingly tells me this stuff without me prompting him so it makes me feel like he isn't trying to play me so much and is being pretty genuine. That's what I want to believe anyway. I mean, I don't know who in their right mind would let Fairplay control this whole game, unless someone thinks he'll take them to the finals and alienate the whole jury in doing so which actually might be the case. Fairplay getting 11th place would be pretty glorious though.

This is my first alias game and my first game on proboards ever so again I want to thank you guys for hosting and making it a pleasant experience (Although I still think the swap sucked) even though there was a decent learning curve to this.  Anyways I have to run and talk to Coach and try to make deals with him and the like! Wish me luck! Also, I hope jury starts next round because that is my ultimate goal. I can't be eliminated before jury!

[Alex Angarita]

FairPlay keeps trying to talk to me and it's getting on my nerves because I feel like he's just trying to fish for information. It's annoying because the instant I log on to AIM, he's like the first person to message me. All my conversations with him seem really awkward and forced. And he's asking me if I hate him and stuff and like what do you say to that? Lol, apparently PG told him that everyone on Fuji hates him which is kind of true and a lot of that is because of the things PG has said about him. I don't think anyone hated him as a person though, but in this game he is meh. Apparently he was a giant jackass to PG and Eliza after Reed was voted out. I guess he's trying to play the villain this season or something? FairPlay does seem like a cocky, annoying, condescending, and arrogant doofus who is trying extremely hard to fit into his character and he's probably 10X worse in his confessional thread. He even admitted to me that he's cocky and arrogant as hell. I kind of wish cross tribal communication wasn't allowed so I wouldn't have to listen to him all the time.

I'm hoping Coach is being true because he could be a very valuable ally in the future now especially with PG being gone who was probably my #1. I may need to try to find someone to fill that void in the near future and if I feel that Coach will actually be loyal then he could be a great candidate especially because he would have pulled a Cochran to get all his Genji people out and they probably wouldn't be too keen on voting for Coach to win so why not try to take him to finals with me? He seems like a stable enough player. And I mean, he doesn't have too much to gain by leading me us on since Genji has the numbers anyway which leads me to believe that he is being honest. Then again, I don't think he has much to gain by flipping on the Genji people. I don't really know his relationships with any of the Genji people (except that he supposedly hates JFP) and that's not a good thing because while my relationships are really important to my success in this game, analyzing and knowing others relationships are 10X more important. I can't actually believe that he didn't form any bonds while on Genji. Although, if he's willing to betray the Genji people so easily then who's to say he won't do that to me later down the line? I know I am kind of contradicting myself by going back and forth, but I'm just trying to get all my thoughts out and sometimes they sound better and more coherent in my head lol.

Right now I'm just trying to keep as many options open as possible for down the road. This is all assuming Coach stays with us and JFP goes first after the merge. Gotta ensure that happens first.

PS. I think PG deserves an All-Star spot even though she didn't make the merge. She's a beast.