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Post by Sandbag on Feb 26, 2022 11:06:17 GMT 10
Hey Robin!
Welcome to the merge 🥳 Lookin' fiiine.
What should be happening right now in this Free-For-All that is not happening?
Who do you see as your biggest obstacle right now and why?
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Post by Robin on Feb 26, 2022 11:30:17 GMT 10
Now that's strategy! Or something. Maybe sheer dumb luck. Probably a bit of both. Honestly, kinda cringe that I nearly tanked the one duel that I'm supposed to be good at and blew up my otherwise sick strategy but yay for lucky breaks, I guess? For whatever reason I misinterpreted the first combination and instead of like... Trying something different, I spent a good ten to fifteen minutes, inputting the same code over and over and even going back to reread the rules to see if I was missing a trigger word or something.  A bit disappointed because I would have liked to absolutely slay the duel (which I feel I would have if I had the same pace that I did at the end all the way through) and put the fear of death into everybody to face me in the ring ever again. Whatever, as much as I would like to pretend that I am, I can't always be the epitome of perfection, can I? I know I said I would be content either way but, while that is true to an extent, I am very excited to still be in the game and see how things play out from here. It is also a relief because, if I had been eliminated then, I never would have been able to switch to presenting as female Robin, which is a gag I have set up from the beginning of the competition and have planned since long before you even approached me about playing in the game. Look at me out here representing gender non-conformity up in this bitch   This merge... Lol. I'm in a very odd position here as the sole remaining red player, with five green players and four blue players. I know everybody loves to throw around the old "original tribal lines don't matter!" but like... They do. They always do, to some extent. That isn't to say swapped tribal lines don't matter either, or that new lines can't or won't be drawn, but it is a very real factor that I am certain will play a role in how things play out. What I am uncertain of, is whether my position as the lone red player will be a benefit or a detriment to my game. On one hand, it gives me a lot of freedom, as I have very few pre-existing relationships, and I am unlikely to be seen as a threat for being part of a larger conglomerate. On the other hand, I lack a secure base of connections and could easily be seen as an acceptable compromise between the two factions. In saying that, I am not completely alone here. I do believe Dark Pit and King Dedede are genuine with me. Dark Pit is a social slut and reluctant to ever show his hand but I am reasonably confident his ultimate loyalty is to me. At least for now. I am quite sure everybody in the game, including my own allies, will be aiming to eliminate me the closer that we get to the end game. As for King Dedede, he really proved himself to me by bidding so high on the attack bag and using it to my advantage (which I nearly squandered, lol, but that's not the point). I like the way he thinks about the game and he seems a bit more willing to get down and dirty, unlike Dark Pit. In the context of the game, that is. Dark Pit has proven himself very willing to get down and dirty in other regards. Beyond those two, er... I suppose I have Falco and Mythra and Pyra? But not really. Part of me wonders why I even bothered going to such lengths to preserve my alliance with them when I barely trust them at all. Falco in particular drives me crazy sometimes. He straight up told me that he didn't expect me to win the duel, and thought that I was essentially quitting, despite the fact that I thoroughly explained my intentions and the strategy behind it to him multiple times. He seems to have some bizarre preconceived notions about me in which literally everything I say or do is some attempt at deception which is simply not the case. I have been very plain about my position at almost all times in this game so far and, from my perspective, it tells me a lot about him and the way he is playing that he is so quick to suspect duplicity in others for little to no reason. While I am on the topic, Falco also made a passing comment to me about how the yellow-pink disparity was now only at 6-5 which we "did not deserve." Excuse me? I have worked very hard to ensure that I entered the merge with the strongest group of allies that I possibly could. From targeting King K Rool, the weakest link of the green members, first, to turning on my original team members in Duck Hunt and Mario, to willingly letting go of Samus due to her inactivity and finally to volunteering and risking my own arse to protect and preserve unity between my allies. Perhaps he has just been pulling shit out of his arse as he goes along, but all of my strategy has been very deliberate and I take offense to the notion that I do not deserve to be in the current standing that we have found ourselves in. I am sure he didn't quite intend for it to come across like that and I will try not to hold it against him (more than I am already holding other things against him anyway lol), but it just goes to show that he is not very aware of what he is saying and how it comes across to others. Anyway, because of all of this, I am considering ditching Falco as soon as I am safely able to and picking up some allies that I feel more in tune with. Mythra and Pyra are a bit of an enigma to me in this regard. I am not really certain of their long term intent or whether or not they will make feasible allies. Instead I am eyeing up Squirtle and Captain Falcon. This may be a miscalculation on my part, as they are clearly very capable players themselves, likely with plenty of other options already, but I think there is potential to use this to my advantage. The exact extents of this remain up for discussion, but I have reached out to them both and will see how this develops. I have no real interest in working with the other remaining green members. Wario in particular is a nuisance to deal with, but all three of them pose a threat in their relationships with each other and with Dark Pit and King Dedede, so I would like to thin the crowd there a little bit before I reconsider my stance there. I do like Yoshi but I feel he is a lost cause, given so many people want him out already, and the fact that his egg gimmick makes him completely unreliable as an ally. I expect he will likely be in and out of the arena until he finally he loses and is out for good. There has been no real action in terms of the next vote. Like I said above, Yoshi is the only name getting thrown around, which barely constitutes a plan in my eyes. Best case scenario I can somehow make this a Yoshi vs Wario duel or something, with the green people voting Yoshi and the blue people voting Wario...? But I recognise that that is very hopeful of me. More than likely this will revert to a pink vs yellow situation, in which case I would be inclined to throw all of our pink votes at KKR, who lacks confidence in the ring, and attempt to best them that way. I shall have to see what develops over the next day and a half. Unfortunately weekend rounds are always very busy for me so, more than likely, if shit goes down tomorrow, I will just have to concede and go along with whatever is happening. There will be plenty of other opportunities for me to make moves over the coming week, I am sure. |
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Post by Robin on Feb 26, 2022 11:31:25 GMT 10
Hey Robin! Welcome to the merge 🥳 Lookin' fiiine.What should be happening right now in this Free-For-All that is not happening? Who do you see as your biggest obstacle right now and why? Please refer to the seven paragraphs that I just wrote. I'm sure you can find your answers... Somewhere in there. |
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Post by Robin on Feb 26, 2022 11:31:47 GMT 10
Eight paragraphs, in fact.  |
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Post by Robin on Feb 26, 2022 11:47:04 GMT 10
Jokes, it was seven. No wonder I nearly tanked the maths challenge.
I'm going now. Byeeee <3
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Post by Robin on Feb 27, 2022 0:16:49 GMT 10
I am going to have to totally dom Dark Pit in to voting KKR because he is being such a little bitch about it. I am willing to emotionally blackmail him with the fact that I voted out MY ENTIRE ORIGINAL TRIBE AND THEN VOLUNTEERED TO KEEP US ALL SAFE WHEN I could have just voted his arse out right away. He out here crying about having to betray someone at the merge. Bitch this is THE time to show your hand and draw the lines in the sand and whatever the other sayings are. Honestly if he does not prove his sincerity to me by voting against an original green member at this next vote then I am done with him as my main partner in this game.
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Post by Sandbag on Feb 27, 2022 9:01:48 GMT 10
Bitch this is THE time to show your hand and draw the lines in the sand and whatever the other sayings are. |
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Post by Robin on Feb 27, 2022 13:08:46 GMT 10
Are Falco and Mythra and Pyra all brain dead? Why the fuck are they not backing me up on voting for KKR? Unreal.
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Post by Robin on Feb 27, 2022 15:45:38 GMT 10
So I gotta back down on this and vote Yoshi. Neither Yoshi or the girls going is good for me but I have little choice. DP and KD are straddling the middle soooo hard and I cannot fucking believe how blind everybody else seems to be to it. Falco and Mythra and Pyra are talking about voting Squirtle or Falcon next? Absolutely fucking not, lol. What even? Fortunately those two and Yoshi don’t seem to be completely stupid so they should realise they absolutely need to make a move next round and I will assist them in doing so. I give no fucks anymore. One good thing about having no dependable allies is that I can play this completely mercenary. Nothing is off the table for me now.
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Post by Robin on Feb 27, 2022 19:42:00 GMT 10
So despite all that shit talk, I actually don't know what I want to do anymore? Like, at all. I really, truly, desperately want to do something but I kind of feel blocked off at all ends. Pyra and Mythra and Falco are a lost cause, as far as I'm concerned. I can't be bothered with either of them anymore. Dark Pit and King Dedede have too many options and overall power that I have no leverage that I can use to get them to do things the way that I want. I have absolutely nothing going on with KKR/Wario/Kazuya and I can tell that they are predisposed to not trusting me. Kazuya told me that he wants "honesty" from me and I was like... Uh? I was being honest? I barely said anything one way or the other, in fact. It was weird. So I really feel like my only options for making some kind of counterstrike here are Captain Falcon, Squirtle and Yoshi but like... How much faith am I willing to put into Captain Falcon really?
I know the smart thing for me to do is just beta this shit for now and wait for things to inevitably collapse but I don't wanna do that. But maybe for one more round? Idk. I'll see what kind of pitches are being made by others and then go from there. I really feel like I need to vote for an OG green here though. Maybe get them in the ring against Falco or something? Idk.
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Post by Robin on Feb 27, 2022 21:11:50 GMT 10
Fuck it. I am going all in on Captain Falcon and Squirtle. I feel like I have to. I don't have anybody else here. Like, yeah, Dark Pit and King Dedede are cool but they have too many options and too much power. I clearly cannot rely on them to make the best decisions for me so I am just going to have to make them for myself.
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Post by Robin on Feb 28, 2022 9:33:48 GMT 10
Alol so this might actually be way easier than I thought? Falco knows he is a target and is embracing it and wants to face Kazuya in the ring which is honestly perfect for me. It is what I was secretly hoping for all along but didn’t dare speak it out loud. Thank fuck Falco finally got a clue here. Potential for DP and KD to fuck this up is real but hopefully I can account for that with Falcon and Squirtle? We’ll see what develops over the course of the day.
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Post by Robin on Feb 28, 2022 12:25:12 GMT 10
Falco now offering me F3 out of literally nowhere  KKR thinking he’s letting me in on the hot goss or something and he just told me the most obvious information that anyone with basic deduction skills could have figured out Love this cast. Where did you find these nutcases? |
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Post by Masahiro Sakurai on Feb 28, 2022 12:49:08 GMT 10
Love this cast. Where did you find these nutcases? I only sent out invites to the most insane people I knew  |
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Post by Robin on Feb 28, 2022 16:12:32 GMT 10
LOL at Dark Pit being such a sourpuss over the fact that his name has been brought up as a potential target for the first time in twelve rounds?
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