Welcome, Robin!

[Robin]

Also I forgot that the green team's stupid volunteer cycle was meant to be a secret and blabbed about it to Falco and Pyra and Mythra, oops. All part of my strategy or something

[Crazy Hand]

Thanks for your very detailed thoughts as always!

Feb 19, 2022 11:39:01 GMT 10 Robin said:

especially when everybody else is blowing their loads early

if you need helping blowing your load too, Crazy Hand is called Crazy for a reason!

[Robin]

So here's the short because I cbb writing a full confessional again for the next like five days or something

-Solidifying foursome with DP, Samus and King D. Ride this shit out while we are on this team together, and then probably continue working together to some extent through the merge, possibly until the end? Might bring that up to them closer to the end of the week, before the merge.

-Leading Mario and Duck Hunt astray. They're good guys (all three of them ) but they ain't it for me long term. Or even mid term. I want to use them for this first vote to force my way with DP and King D tho lol. After that I think I will boot them.

-Sowing the seeds for an alt set up with Falco, Mythra and Pyra. If the girls come here then it would be dope to try and balance both sides for as long as possible. Kinda don't want to promise them too much cos at this stage will stick with DP/KD over them if it comes to that and I also dunno how much I can trust them really. Still working on this one so watch this space or whatever.

-The reason for all of this is because I want to go into the merge with one large alliance or a combination of smaller alliances so that I can have a double majority to control both votes. This is clutch in this format, especially early on in the merge when the numbers are so many. Currently thinking something like Robin/Samus + DP/KD + Falco/M&P + DK/Yoshi? could work. Depends how willing DP/KD are to burn their other greens (Wario for sure, probably Marth, maybe not Kazuya?) and how genuine the divide between Falco/M&P and Falcon/Squirtle truly is.

[Robin]

Falco making this difficult by having his own opinions and shit Can't people just do what I say all of the time without question?

[Robin]

K so depending on how Samus/DP/KD respond to this sitch I might just backtrack and agree to vote an old red first. I mean it’s not really a big deal to me since I want to get rid of them eventually anyway and it might be more trouble than it’s worth to try and protect them just for one round.

[Robin]

So it seems like I am getting my way after all? Everybody else had to dick around and talk about it all day just to make all the exact same points I had already made before they finally agreed to it. It sounds like it is going ahead now even though I was totally ready to change tack and do something else.

[Sandbag]

Feb 20, 2022 17:40:44 GMT 10 Robin said:

So it seems like I am getting my way after all? Everybody else had to dick around and talk about it all day just to make all the exact same points I had already made before they finally agreed to it. It sounds like it is going ahead now even though I was totally ready to change tack and do something else.

God. Its Cambodia all over again.

[Robin]

Lol I kinda regret forcing the KKR vote now that he has won and joined Yellow. That OG green faction could be a real pain in the arse to deal with later on, at least if Dark Pit and King D feel inclined to reunite with them at the merge. Dark Pit is in waaaay too good of a position right now. I really don't want him going back to the spectator stands and getting the smash ball. I recently reevaluated and realised that the final smash could be hella clutch and now I feel dumb for not making an effort to find the first one and just letting the Wii Fitness Trainer get it and then leave the game with it, lol. But idk how to prevent Dark Pit from getting it without actively stopping him from going to the stands and making myself look shady af.

[Robin]

Also I have to betray Duck Hunt and/or Mario tonight and I feel kinda shitty about it because it's the first time I've had to do it so far in this game (thanks for volunteering, Wii Fit). I am confident it's the best course of action so I'm not doubting it at all, just wondering how I'm gonna approach it. I gotta get used to the shitty feeling anyway because I know all too well how messy this format gets at the merge and I'll have to manage my emotions if I want to get through it.

[Robin]

How the fuck do I tell Mario he's fine and doesn't need to worry about the next vote so that he doesn't go for immunity tonight without totally lying by telling him that he's fine and doesn't need to worry about the next vote?

[Robin]

TEAMPINK

[Robin]

So idk if Dark Pit is genuinely stumped and playing or what. I feel like if my dumb arse found that hidden message then he would have too. Also noticed that King D quoted the image and made that joke about eye spy? Legit can't tell if that was a coincidence or he's super fucking witty lmfao. I think I could probably get it with another clue..? Dunno whether to try and go there myself or just make DP give it to me and try to swipe it from under him. That's if he and King D haven't figured it out already, idfk.

[Robin]

Mario out here making me feel soooo bad. Ah. I can't deal. I haven't even been trying to lead him on really? I've just been myself with him and it has somehow lead to him thinking we're BFF. And I like him too but he's not who I want to play the game with long term. Dude, I already voted you out twice, why are you being so nice to me? I don't deserve it

And Falco First he was all uptight and shitty about a red alliance even though I told him straight up that I wasn't interested in that. And now we've made this other alliance between members of all three tribes (dunno that I ever mentioned that in here but it's a thing) and he is all shook and calling me an ice queen bitch for wanting to vote out Mario? Wtf does he want from me???

[Robin]

Only seven rounds in, not even at the halfway point yet, and I can already admit to having spent a restless night contemplating my character, my abilities and my values. I had planned on avoiding getting too introspective in my confessional during this game, since I am unconvinced it is particularly productive for my success in the game or my wellbeing as a person, but I just cannot help myself. There is a discrepancy within me that remains everpresent. I am highly competitive, with myself more than with other people, and always pressure myself to perform as best as I am able to in something that I am invested in, even to the detriment of other things in my life. Yet I am also highly sensitive, empathetic to a fault and strive to be honest and fair in situations in which it may be unwise to do so. This divide in my persona is by no means new and I am starting to wonder if it can ever truly be mended. Perhaps such a thing is the inescapable fate of a mortal man born to be the vessel of the Fell Dragon itself.

Looking back at what I said last night, it is untrue that I have not been trying to mislead Mario. What is true is that I have not been directly lying or explicitly overcommiting myself. I have a habit of saying things in just such a way to avoid being actively dishonest, but I am still intentionally trying to mislead and deceive. It is an irrational and ultimately selfish defense on my part. From the perspective of those on the receiving end, it likely makes little difference. I do not enjoy hurting others for my own gain but the nature of the game calls for it and I feel compelled to answer that call.

On the topic of active dishonesty, I am going to attempt to coerce Wario to joining us on the Pink team so that we can vote him straight back out. I am concerned about the possibility of him returning to Yellow and leaving us down in numbers. I desire to avoid this by any means necessary so that I am not forced to cut into my true allies before we even reach the merge. I think we were all a bit overconfident in this regard, assuming that our team would remain the most desirable to join for the remainder of the week, which was of course rather naive of us.

Although I am including them in what I referred to as my "true allies," I am somewhat dubious of both Falco and Mythra and Pyra. Falco because he seems to be perennially perturbed by my stance in the game. The fact that he was so surprised I was willing to vote out Mario for the sake of our newfound alliance shows to me that he does not value my word and that, in turn, indicates to me that I cannot value his word. I expect him to flutter off and try different things as soon as he is in a position to do so. As for Mythra and Pyra, I do enjoy their banter, but I am somewhat put off by their forwardness. Their forwardness strategically, that is. I quite appreciate their forwardness in other regards. Perhaps that is somewhat hypocritical of me considering how incredibly direct I have been in this game so far, but there is something I find untrustworthy in how quickly they were to approach me about an alliance and begin pushing their opinion, before they had even officially joined our team, in fact.

Beyond that, I feel good about Samus, Dark Pit and King Dedede and I would love to maintain this as my true core throughout the game. Such a thing may not be so easy though, as our closeness has already been brought to the attention of others and I expect it will only become more and more apparent as the game goes on. Samus's extreme lag in activity recently is of mild concern but I am remaining faithful that she will return in full force soon enough. In the meantime, it makes for a convenient excuse to distance myself from her. I have some concerns about Dark Pit just because he is so clearly a highly capable player but I do believe he is genuine with me and likely sees the same things in me that I do in him. Given our high profiles in the game, we are both assured to become increasingly target as the game draws on, and I believe we will need each other to protect ourselves. As for King Dedede, he appears to just be along for the ride for now, although I know he is a more cunning player than he lets on. For the time being I believe he is being sincere with me though. I see little reason for him to deviate from our current standing at this point.

[Robin]

This ain’t good.