Squirtlestory 2: Squirtwill be Scramble!

[Squirtle]

Whatthesquirtle?

Is realquestion. Notjust heading. Whaaaaaaaaaaaat. Whatthe what whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!? Tiedvote! Tiedrevote! ROCKDRAW! NOTATDRILL!

Squirtle start at beginning. Yesbe essay. Yesbe ranting. Absurdabsurdabsurd thisbe happened. Also hilarious. But also absurdabsurd whaaaaaaaat!?

Also. Going to switch back from squirtlespeak in honour of Sandbag's request. Not because it's any easier, if anything switching back and forth is getting harder and harder and I've been frantically messaging in every free second all day so far. But if it makes it easier to read then I can be respectful. Might even make it easier for me to read back when I need to also.

Obvious disclaimer first off that this is all my perspective. Quite probably riddled with holes in knowledge and in logic, but hey that's what you come here to read and any accidental squirtlesense is purely coincidental. So here goes:


Last Night (which is Australian morning. But semms to be late at night for most of whatwasonece blueteamfreind arghstopsquirtlestop!):

My last update was when things started getting tense. Basically I was focused on decision point one: if we get a newcomer from the duel, will we vote them out rightaway? Or at least that's how I saw it. One reason I was pushing for yes was because I knew the default answer for decision two (which original blueteamfriend goes home instad) was not to my liking. We all stayed up far later than we should have negotiating and it seemed kind of a deadlock at least to Squirtle. Pyramythra was itching to vote for Captain, Richter was tempted by the chaos potential but unsure, Falco was clearly leaning toward a Captain vote but trying to placate both sides. Most of my work went into speaking with Richter, as we had the most to lose if Captain were voted out - there was every change he'd spill that we were in an alliance of three, painting targets on us both for the whole game as the betrayers who were able to play the middle of the tirbe. More importantly, he'd likely tip off Phyramythra/Falco to the fact that we'd committed to a threesome. And it's particularly worse for me than Richter if this gets out, because I'm supposed to be rideordie tellallsquirtlesecrets with Falco, and I hadn't looped him in.

I think I mangaged to talk Richter down off the ledge from making the move unnecessarily, with the reasoning in my last confessional about not seeing how it was possibly worth all we'd lose just to gain unwantedable Mario. Falco was implying he'd vote with me if I was insisting, but I went to bet expecting to be overruled but okay with that - it wouldn't be an irrecoverable loss for Squirtle, there'd be some favour gained in conceding to what my allies preferred, and when Captain went on a rampage I'd be able to honestly say - with others backing me up - that I'd tried to save him but couldn't get he numbers.

But then morning comes (night, whatever, next scramblingtime)... and we have no new tribe member. I honestly have no idea what Mario was thinking? Did my squirtleshtick fun of calling out his racist bullying tendencies and rubbing it in his face make him think he'd be less welcome on blue then back on a tribe who had already voted him out ahead of a borderline-inactive? I'd heard through Richter in the spectatorstands and some backchat from Mario/Marth to other blueteam allies that Mario had been promised big blindsides coming from both green and red. But even thirdhand those rumours sounded like obviously what of course red and green would be saying to him, out of fear for not gaining a new member to boost their numbers when blue was so clearly the right move. (Yes I'm aware that I'm saying this knowing full well that I wanted to vote him out straight away, shutup! But surely it wasn't as much of a given on blue as it was for red. And in any case bullymanmario picked the wrong potential big move, as it seems Wario was indeed blindsided.) Anyhow I suppose the lesson is to be more active in courting ring returnees even if it takes outright bullshitting? I'm dropping my barriers to bigactualsquirtlespeak entry for the current batch and will try but ugh it's frustrating that Mario's error and Isabella's inactivity, on top of Pyramythra underbidding for safety so that teethplant could steal it: all these unforced errors set up this perfect storm of circumstance.


Today (Tonight) (Not channel 7, promise, but just as needlessly dramatic):

Saw the news of no returnee, got annoyed that a Falcon boot was inevitable and that I'd wasted sleep arguing a hypothetical. Because it seems so straightforward that this would surely simplify things, right? Decision one was made for us, decision two would come down to the alliance of four, and half of them had no reason to vote anyone but the Captain. I tried to at least go through the motions with Richter of weighing up pros/cons of Captain and Pyramythra (by then it was clearly between the two, both having argued the same things as reasons to take out the other ahead of a Mario/Isabella the night before) more to set my mind at ease that I had in fact tried it all. And then with some 10-15 minutes left until the deadline, two big things happened almost at once.

First, Richter bit. Not sure whether it was just playing into the hypothetical or true cold feet, but he was feeding into my arguments for keeping the Captain. And I guess I was frustrated about he lack of duelist as boot fodder (yes, stop reminding me) and Pyramythra's attitude all round: they'd made the error with the bidding that cut off our options, and also pretty much stopped speaking to me at all one-on-one since making the group chat which I already felt like the fifth wheel of when it was just an alliance idea. And suddenly saving the Captain and losing Pyramythra sounded reasonable, at least for a last-minute split-second decision.

Second, the bloody plant. After infuriating everyone all round long in multiple (hilariously) awful ways, he'd been completely discounted as a factor at all by all. I'd heard that last round somebody just dropped him the name and that's how he knew to vote Marth and figured I might as well do the same, but when he asked (pictographically of course) who to vote fore I didn't want to give the game away too soon - for all I know if I'd said Captain Falcon he'd have immediately tried to communicate this to said Captain and blow up my spot sooner than necessary - so I told him (honestly) that I though the two people getting votes were Pyramythra and Captain. Not sure who else was talking to him, but I didn't expect to exchange messages again. So was squirtleshocked! when he sent me back a picture of pyramythra.

And suddenly the numbers began to shift in my head. With the plant's vote, Squirtle/Richter could vote with Captain for an outright majority. And it seemed we'd be able to talk Falco around either in the time remaining or after the fact if necessary. So this fledgling fantasy was suddenly possible, and I'd tiptoed far enough along it that I no longer wished to turn back. Captain staying suited my interests far more than Pyramythra staying, by a larger margin than it did anyone else's, so if it could happen, I was going to make sure that it did.


Disaster, Part I

It's hard to get a sense of realtime here but it definitely all happened in less time that it takes to write up this recounting of events. Every time I clicked send there were multiple new messages, the fourway alliance groupchat was running as well as all the oneonones plus a new threeway chat between Falco/Richter/Squirlte (which frankly made me think all the chaos would be worthwhile no matter what, to set a structure with both my closest allies together, for as long as it lasted) and it was all an adreneline shot in the morning unlike any I've had in years. Slowly (relatively to the tiny timeframe, anyway) it became clear that the numbers were there. Richter and I agreed to just do it and it seemed Falco was at least not actively resisting.

I switched my vote and felt a moment of triumph... then saw a message from Richter saying his vote change post had been logged a few seconds later due to internet issues. Part of me wondered whether this was a blatant lie, but didn't panic - we still had four others.

Then Falco mentions he's about to change his vote and it dawns on Richter and I that he thought the deadline was 8 rather than ten minutes to. Or again, he was faking it to avoid making a last-minute vote switch... but again I didn't really mind because I knew that we'd have a tie, and a revote. Where the priority level of getting our newly minted three on the same page was far higher than any qualms about who the boot ended up being. And both had at least pretended to be on board for keeping the Captain.

Somewhere around this point I finally had a chance to message some version of DON'T PANIC to the Captain, who had been quietly steweing all this time noting something was afoot, but unknowing that nobody involved had the time to spare it would require to show him any version of the truth. I was still fully confident we'd have this. So much so that I squandered the first half of the ten minute revote time with gifs and witty remarks, even apologising to pyramythra, just assuming (in hindsight) that all the votes would now surely switch onto pyramythra. I'm looking over the records now and still think it was a reasonable assumption, as Richter and I confirmed multiple times that we'd both vote for pyramythra. I was nervous that every refresh still didn't bring a message from Falco, but figured that just Richter flipping his vote (or re-flipping, if he truly did try and fail by seconds the first time) would be enough to avert rocks. But then:


Disaster, Part II

As the deadline passes, Richter messages me to say he got spooked by Falcon's post. Which I then had to go look for and feel my empty stomach drop out from under me. I'd been refreshing messages for the last few minutes, tuning out the meeting thread where both tied parties were campaigning pointlessly (as I saw it, expecting the deciding votes to convene in the messages). And Falco - he claims due to internet issues from work - posted a whole 63 seconds before the deadline saying he'd stick by his vote for captain. It's not surprising that he preferred that, but shocked me that he'd only make that clear both in public and so late.

(Now in hindsight I can locate the message Falco sent to the threechat early in the ten minute revote time saying 'he', which in the excitement I'd somehow honestly not read as an explicit call for revotes on the Captain (I don't think I even registered until yesterday the Myra/Mythra are females). But if Richter read that properly and then continued to confirm he and I both voting Pyramythra, why did he possibly think it was a good idea to vote for the captain again anyway, knowing it would be creating a tie unless I got just as spooked in just as short an interval and reacted just as rashly by switching to Pyramyrhra in defiance of our confirmations, and expecting him to do likewise. Spooked is right. Ugh!) (You can tell I've crossed into rant territory when my parentheses get so long I need to make them a new paragraph squitlewhoooooooops!)

Anyhow now we have rocks. In the short time between the second deadline and that reveal there's no sinking feeling, just maniacal laughter. If the plant is even online to watch the fallout they're giggling excitedly - in gifform only. The hosts are either pumped full of excitement or struggling to stay on top of deadlock procedures but probably both. And yet the three players - the three allies - drawing rocks not for unresolvable viewpoints but sheer miscommunication - we're all so far beyond horror at this point, simply revelling in the comedy of the situation which is eminently apparent even to pyramythra.

Part of me is hoping to draw the odd rock and escape all this madness. I'd back myself for many of the challenges and would have friends selecting the duel, and would only need to get second, and I'd considered that this stage of the game might be a good time to get that scratch against my threat level if I needed to go into the ring at some point to have a chance of avoiding it in the endgame. And rocks would be a perfect way to go there, with nobody able to firmly say I was voted out to get there. Plus I'm feeling mighty responsible for the whole ordeal (see: all of the above), as I hadn't yet quite pieced together the extent of stupidity on display from all other revoting parties (except the plant who probably just went to sleep IDK).

If Falco drew the rock, I'd still be sitting comfortably with Richter/Captain having my back at least, possibly the plant too if it has enough sentience for gratitude, and Pyramythra's revenge would need to be set aside for a time. And while Richter felt he deserved the odd rock, for last-second screwups causing both ties, I knew that would be the worst-case scenario, leaving me with an indignant Falcon and no good defense for all the meddling which anyone would feel compelled to swallow for the sake of their own games. So of course that's what happened.


Disaster, Part III

Is this. Is now. what the hell is a turtle to do after all of that? It took writing it out six plus hours later to fully comprehend. But the messages are still flying, and Richter is still in the mix because Ringpeople get to message too, plust new Ringpeople wanting to know about how the tribe is split when really it's not and everyone has questions for everyone and different versions of events and who blames whom and who wants whom now and if anything the stress is greater without a sudden deadline looming and what the living hell have I been refreshing to all day rather then just getting to play a peaceful challenge? Which - because of course - Richter apparently ran up a forever time on by joining the challenge group without understanding what the would mean. And - because don't think I've forgotten that other absurdity of the night - it all comes down to fucking MARIO's incompetence level because he went and got himself thirdboot as well as firstboot and secondboot and now from the same team twice to boo, and now the fate of my closest ally comes down to whether THIS GUY can possbily please oh pretty squirtle please somehow flunk it harder.

*Deepbreaths*

*ducksbackintosquirtleselfshell*

Anyhow yetisbe plentymuch needbesquirtlespeak of whatcamenext. And ofwhat comenext. But now isbe safesaying Squirtle ratherfried ifputmildley anad gobetaking squirtletimeout.



P.S. BUT summary because I can't not confessional: Looks like we're all still going to vote for the plant finally, because at least that bidding thing half-worked. Oh, right - there was also a subplot where everyone agreed the plant needed to be stripped of the immunity sandbag and that it would be funny to make whoever we were voting out waste all their high attack cards to take it away from both the plant and the team. Clearly wasn't my primary focus amidst all this

[Squirtle]

After Disaster: An exercise in contrasts, on six fronts!

Contrast one: Squirtle just lost their closest ally in the game. They've gone from riding the middle of two overlapping alliances, with enough influence to see their agenda chased (to deadlock, if not accomplished ) and the goodwill of every teammate... to none of the above. Blueteam is in shambles and it's not even one that can be summarised or understood simply, for there is no clear majority any more. The ostensibly core alliance of four is down to three, and has made it blatantly obvious who was on the outside (oh and that captain who should know by now that Squirtle kept lots of plotting from him, well he's now immune just for the whynot of it all) and who was irrelevant (is it possible for the plant to ever be more relevant though, really?). And there's now only five players, so any new player to join has simply to align with the plant and the captain to (gulp) force a tie. Within the supposed alliance, Squirtle has voted (twice) for the one who now knows clearly they weren't wanted, over the protestations of the other who opposed it by vote rather than by words (in time, again twice)... and is certainly second-guessing their choice of rideordie. And so in summary: nobody should want to work with Squirtle in the short-term or the long-term, except for the plant who is unable to convince anyone that he's here for more than a troll that might as well be a coin flip each night, let alone that they're capable of building trust. Or in one word: Squirtlesquirtlescrewed.

Contrast two: You're having a fun time playing the smashgame until suddenly you're voted out (maybe it's the first time, maybe the third). You head to the ring where the blue tribute ignobly and intentionally self-sacrifices. When looking for where to go next, you know that the blueteam just endured a rock draw and your eyes just light right up! Whichever side you join, you'd be at worst fourth in the pecking order, compared to a likely seventh elsewhere. And everyone knows all the details: just tell Squirtle/Falcon/Plant you're on their side and you've got a majority with enough leeway to comfortable make the swap. It seems a little bit strange that of all people, the Squirtle is keeping mum on the exact sides and team structure, claiming not to know them - despite one of the players they forced a tie against having drawn the rock. But if Squirtle isn't celebrating yet, you'll give them a reason to when you join your dreams to theirs and shoot freely at Falco and Pyramythra. Or side with the latter two instead. Greenteam just restructured, but the pickings sound better on blue. Good thing you'll almost certainly beat Richter to get there.

Contrast three: Through a series of possibly-unintended possibly-comical errors, your teammates who conspired to get you out just couldn't quite get their act together. You're not certain where it began, but the one thing all the stories have in common is that pesky Squirtle being the one to hammer the votes. Fortunately you're still here, but unfortunately so are all the players who voted against you. Squirtle should be sticking with Captain/Plant, if you read the numbers correctly. That's either a tie, or a kingmaker duelwinner to come but neither of those are reliable. Neither is the Squirtle fellow, but he claims to still detest the plant. With no better option, you try to redirect focus onto the finally-not-immune plant, and cross your fingers that Squirtle will fall for it. If he does, you gain one round at least which may be enough if the swap is imminent. If a new duelwinner approaches this round or the next, and you draw them in, you can then shoot freely at Captain and Squirtle. You just need to band the 'sides' together and put up with them for one round. Thankfully, stupidly, they seem game.

Contrast four: Your bestsquirtlefriend has gone rogue! Despite being relatively clear that you disagreed they've twice voted for your friend Pyramythra instead of the agreed and clearly preferable target of the Captain. And by doing this has forced a rock draw which took out your likely backup closest ally, who is unlikely now to win the return duel and claim his place back. Everyone has anger toward everyone and your alliance of four is now just you and Pyramythra... and whatever you can believe of what the Squirtle says. For now it seems the tensions will simmer under the surface and you're doing your best to bring Pyramyhra and Squirtle back together against the plant, and to save face with the Captain if you can. But you're no longer sure that you want to be keeping this band together for long, and have no idea what you should do when the floodgates reopen.

Contrast five: You can't believe it's come down to this... but you might have befriended a plant. Your two closest allies spent a round pretending they weren't in a larger alliance without you, which was planning to take you out. One of them barely even tried to protect you and got eliminated for his indecisions. The other stood by you in the votes, but word is they were more than willing to play ball and didn't expect to have been putting their own game on the line for yours. But the plant... the plant did what they said they would, pure and simple. And they have an interest in tearing down the power structure because they're new here. Have they confirmed that they feel this way? Can they, even? Well maybe not, but it does seem logical enough surely, perhaps more than anyone else here is anymore. Certainly more transparent and reliable. You wonder, should you recruit Squirtle to defend not just me, but also the plant?

Contrast six: You want to grieve all you've lost, and just curl up in a shell somewhere waiting for a redemptive duel or something. And yet everybody else keeps coming to you, reminding you that you're the most powerful player on the team. That your vote here determines the course of things hereafter. They sound too frightened to be honest with you, so you can't trust their apologies, nor their professed acceptance of yours. The paranoia you've held back for almost a week, even through a rockdraw - it's just behind that door, which needs to be opened if you want to move forward. Do you want to move forward? You've sketched out the possible directions and aren't thrilled with any of them. You've frantically tried to stay on top of messages in the aftermath, saying sorry, comparing interpretations, noting what went wrong, wondering how to toe the line in appealing to potential newcomers who you could probably sway somewhat easily with just the right words, but really you just want....

You want a rewind. You want Richter back. You want full, blind, stupid trust in a tribe yet to be tested. You want to burn down the building and barely care whether you make it out alive. Emotionally the decision isn't a decision - you never meant to betray any of your allies save the one who very nearly left, and you don't want to abandon them now. Strategically the question is barely a question - if you try to stick by them, they're certainly not going to thank you for it and forget to wrap their gifts in their votes. And neither option will satisfy you, not any longer. You take hours away from the board, try coming to your senses. Try writing it up in a confessional, try it on from every perspective. You know that the moment you press post you'll pop up as online and face an onslaught of unwanted messages, of little questions building up to a decision point you'd rather deny exists. Yet still the clock ticks ever onward.... the next decision looms...

Squirtle noknow whatbe squirtleposition whatbe nextmove. Pleasedo sendhelp.

[Squirtle]

Ugh WTF ringduellers whynotnevercomeblueteamfriend whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Squirtle nogo predicting latesquirtleswap just sobe quoted backto squirtleself withirony!

Is suchabsurd duelresult. Notjust sillyrichterscrewup. Wario goback green squirtleself candoes kindof getting, still thinking havesome wariofriends and oneround safely may bebe enough reachswap... but also hugehuge missingopportunity making morebondshas before swap ifas also getbesafe elsewhere. And madmanmario... squirtle have nowords. Really hoping getredboot thirdtime. Deservingit.

Seeming blueteamfriends didyes missingmemo howget newfriends comeback from arena. Noidea isnormal somuch returntocaptivity in arenaformat? Is veryvery squirtlesilly. (But also Squirtle cannotwait see whatbe happening greenteam readteam thatbe making this somewhow bereality!)

In general Squirtle squirtlesense if veryvery cutoff from informationflowing crossteam. Squitleshtick isbe cute yesyesyes but isbe also barriertoentry so taketime buildingtrust on dayone then with ringduelpeeps. And notbe much diligent in getfind informations via spectatorstands. Was almost begging Richbluebestsquirtlefriend ifknow losing pleasedoing recon and infodump for Squirtle but noreply before smahshostman smashing that hope tobits. Ormaybe Squirlte notreally was Richter bestsquirtlefriendcuddlecakebuddy... if this truecase will make squirtlesad, was funtimes while lasting. All this isbe bigbigturnaround from hopefulsquirtle roundago. Now seeing lowchances of ever get into majorities overall ifas blueteam dwindle lesssquirtlefriendmaking. Trust on blueteam shot.

Still planning nextvote be teethplant. In theory should uniting temporarily originalbluetemfriends. Then hope nextround repeat pyramythracaptain tie with maybe Squirtle expecting flipon captainblue, or all coming forvote Squirtle, or couldmay bebe newblueteamfriend swingvote... but squirtle nobe counting onthat nomore! Immunity sandbagging be getting vital. Etcetera etcetera. Couldtry vote pyramyrhra again with captainblue plus teethplant, but no wanting rely on teethplant and captainblue lessfun workwith longerterm thenbe Falcofriend.

Honestly Squirlte isbe now DARKquirtle. DARK for darkmood darkoutlook darknightsawaketoolate darkneedingdistractionfromreallifedistraction. Would be kindof relief get sent into ring, breakout badass glasses, reset. Think be confident can atleast be comingsecond out of three and ifbe wanting getoverwith mightaswell makeit sooner. This real reason Squirtle happy trust in voteteethplant plan, knowing could verywell be masking vote for Squirtle if Falco/Pyramythra want give fullbag receipts to captainfriend or flipping trollswithc on teethplant. Or lead to Squirtle voteout nextround. Infact, Squirtle rather seego duel now then over weekend, thencanbe settle to newgroup better ifwhen winningduel, or newgroups if swap waiting tobe Sunday. Eitherway squirte nointeion use card bid shieldsandbag. Not really want staying inthis blueteam asis, but specially ifthis blueteam nowant Squirtle. Ready to ruuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnn but squirtleslowlylike because isbe still turtle.

[Squirtle]

Squirtle notwantknow how many words write today eeek. Probably more in messaging then confessionaling too eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkk!

[Squirtle]

Feb 16, 2022 12:27:37 GMT 10 Pyra & Mythra said:

Pyra: In case you wondered how good of an ally Piranha Plant is, he's asking whether we should vote for Captain Falcon.

Mythra: ...Who has immunity.

Pleasepleasplase lettingthis berealtrue!

Allsucks nowtime so Squirtle needing all enjoyment canget fromabsurdity of smashplayers with noneed takeallseriously asyet.

[Squirtle]

Despitesquirtleself Squirte nowbe kinda invested in unanimousevoteteethplant tonight. Hoping isbe truething. Yes squirtleself stillberelieved ifis actual squirtleshockblindide voting squirtleself into ringduel. Butalso Squirtle squirtleseeking for blueteamfriends behave logicalvotings oncejust after squirtleshitshow ofthe tietierocks. And wakeup thisday squirtlesliiiiiiiightly morebetterokay with idea squirtleself squirtlestay run blueteam to ground. Isalso form of burning alldown!

[Squirtle]

Verymuch squirtlestrange realise havnow only foursquirtlefriends canbe messaging. Oris 3.1 considering plant. Almost Squirtle preferring so squirtlesimple! Contrast to franticscramble lastroundnight is muchmuch moodwhiplash but also muchgood also muchstrange. Isbe weird.


Also weird isbe new smashmanhos schedule. Whatdo halfhour between votingdue votingreveal. Wouldbe wholehour yesternight insteadof justfeel wholehours. But squirtleself nocompliants of deadline tenminute laternow! Andvotebreak mean just confessionaling! Maybeought goback challengetest. Squirtle wasdid meaning continue tryfind other twentylevel answers but didbecheck messages first. And nothad freesecond withno smashgame message smashgame stress since

[Squirtle]

No squirtlefriends squirtlespeak Squirtle in twentymin gap. Isget Squirtle paranoiahope!

Ahhhh squirtle recalling when than notwasthing for allof twodays.

[Squirtle]

Squirtle actually issnowbe farmore relieved than caredtobe admit. Guess innate squirtlefears of voteout are stillthing?

Also forrecord. Squirtle isbeput madmanmario survival down pureluck. Even brokenclock isright once inevery fourday.

[Squirtle]

When Squirtle finishing send allsquirtlefriends thatcanbe squirtlespoken squirtlemessage readytobe squirtlestayaway, then presslast squirtlesend and see isbeswaptomorrow:




Squirtle splashattack squirtleself for notbeseeing couldbe twoimmune of threesmasherteam so nocando voting threesmasherteams. And nothinghappens. Ifbefair though whenmaking deductions Squirtle not yet squirtleseen couldbe winbid immunesandbag then gotake to otherteam. Doesmean interesting mergetiming things. Willbe think.

Squirtleswap also muchchanging outlook for thisround lastround blueteamfriends! Isbe morereason take squirtleswings asbe last threesmasherduel ifnot panout. Also morereason playconsservative as wanting be partofteam from start isbe betterthen joinfromring when noguarantee get teamcolour squirtlewaning or notjoin setdynamics withoutsquirtle from firstswapround voting. Also morereason thisround ringduelwinner joinblueteam sayhi newfriends beforeswap, list oldrealfriends highup. Oneatleast returning withsafety hasnoreason notbepick blueteam... like aways noreason notpick blueteam so squirtleself nocounting on nothing!

All this gutreact. Need more thinktime willbeback!

[Squirtle]

Feb 16, 2022 21:22:29 GMT 10 Squirtle said:

Squirtle splashattack squirtleself for notbeseeing couldbe twoimmune of threesmasherteam so nocando voting threesmasherteams. And nothinghappens. Ifbefair though whenmaking deductions Squirtle not yet squirtleseen couldbe winbid immunesandbag then gotake to otherteam. Doesmean interesting mergetiming things. Willbe think.

Wellbethought. And onupon rethinking didrealise: notpossible threevoters nextround with two immune. Only getdown to three if no ringduelwinners ever comejoing. Need ringduelwinner join roundbefore to have two immunitysandbags on one tribe. So could have been onemoreround in firsttribes, then Sundayswap asper Squirtle predict.

For restof timeing, mean likely merge 12 eventhoughbut jury start 13. Then merge lineup for nextweekend aftervote Thursday, andcan end within two weeks having FTCWednesday resultsThursday. Isbequicker but not midweekbreaks boooooooo.


Beenwhile since Squirtle listing blueteamfriends, most because sofew now easykeeptrack and isbe fairlyobvious to squirtleself where standingnow with each. Also Squirlte verymuch over allthree and gladfor squirtleswap exithatch.

Falco - Ostensibly squirtlebestfriend but relationship verystrained. Still talking most, online all Aussienight backforthbackforth but little characterplaypretence and strategy still closest to bouncyboune butis muchless sincewas tietierock asmakeclear strategicinterests notasaligned as bothpretending. Squirtle squirtain Falco be bestpostioined in middle of blueteamnow, know running information between allrest - so Squirtle wasdid squirtlesurebetelling Falco about howimportant wasbe to squirtleself show pyramythra was squirtlesorry by nohesitate voteteethplant, and howbad teethplantbeing with somefun exaggerations, knowing getbackto pyramythra.

Falco bittesty with Squirtle todaynow expecting Squirtle rollover on squirtleshellback crush captainbluefriend. When Squirtle litterally Squirtlespeak about voteeither captainbluefriend/pyramythra: 'After tietierockmess Squirtle gladbe doing whichone squirtlefriend thinking isbester.' meaning Squirtle willingbe rollover, gettingreply repeating whatsaid earlier: 'I feel like Pyra saying rocks rather than you, while Cap is open to whatever, mighta been enough to twist your rubber arm, but lets talk to both more and we'll see where they are at.' which attitude Squirtle nolike. Squirtle having fewenough squirtlefriends cominginto smashgame nextphase so needskeep appeasing and doessuck.

Captain Falcon - Still grating bittybit on Squirtle with shtick and densemessage but Squirtle usedtoit now and squirtlesmile when squirtlsee new captainmessage arrive! Is closest squirtlefriend personally. But below Falco as less strategyclose. Isbe distance between us after tietierock (squirtlesenseing commontheme no?) as Squirtle in aftermath choosing notsay was in fourwayalliance without, just give barebones of whathappened with nolies butalso implying morefavourable timeline for loyalistSquirtle. Mistake in hindsight as squirtleself fairlysquirtain Captain didhearitall from others. And know Richter gave him much more detailed account, which he claim nobelieve eventhough Squirtleknow is sameversion Richbluefriend telling squirtle (missed deadline by seconds, spooked by Falcopost, etc).

Squirlte hearing today Captain iswilling float Squirtle name to others (thisbe what Falco referring to in quoteabove) saying Squirtle now more cagey, contrast to blunthonesty from blueteamfriends who didvote forCaptain. Not fullysquirtain dobelieve but not squirtlesurprise as doesmake squirtlesese. But feel Squirtleaction in votevotetie meaning Captain notbetray Squirtle evenif willing makesuggest - this what Squirtle mean insquirtlespeak closest personally. Certainly willbe feel better about Captain ifbe telling Squirtle about floating Squirtlename tobeseeing howreact Falco. Andyetnow Squirtle looking at verypossible ownbetrayal of Captain. Unless wanting tietierock oncemore which just tobe thinking... less fun secondtime.

Pyramythra - Oooof is tricky. Not squirtlesenseing we reaching same 'blunthonesty' found in pyramyhra/captain truce yesterday fortovote teethplant. Instead didjust kindof shrugoff say putpastbehind and be practical. Squirtle admire in smashplayer as wouldbe ownapproach if betrayed but like wouldbe squirtleself... Squirtle very sure will want revenge. But Squirtle tempted believing notjumping to takerevenge toosoon if canfind use for Squirtle number, or if moveon Squirtle hurt bondingwith Falco. Also like Squirtlebe seesituation in samepostiion.

Rightnow clear to Squirtle bothus justpretending makenice. Know Squirtle isbe last person getting messageback, and content not inviting more squirtlespeak beyond current surfacestrategy which usually outofdate bytime logsbackon. Squirtle think isbe verydangrous if ending up on swapteam together as then nonumbers constraining pyramythra fromrevenge and throwing Squirtle rightunderbus where squirtleshell maybenotbe enoughstrong to keep win ringduels. Evenif Squirtle doesdidflip nowvote captain, notenough for Squirtle feelrecovered and cantrust. If could click squirtleflippers and vote out, Squirtle wanting doso. But squirtleseems like Falco notwantbudge here.


Bringing to vote.

Iffor somesillyreason universe picking now to giving blueteamfriends newfriendeasyvote, all ready to revolvingdoor Wiifit. Squirtlesuspect is same for allsmashes allteams? But hoping Wiifit chooses give blueteam the privilge prettyplease!

Optiontwo be get volunteer. Squirtle notwantbevolunteer. Will be wanting reset making new allies, notwant sitinring allweekend with no guarantee tofor anysmasher that Squirtle willbe squirtlefriendsoon. Needto bepart of newtribe, knowparameters to work inwith cutecuddlyact and squirtlesquiggle into betterposition. Ofcourse Squirtle be squirtlespeak that justbe bad at challengeduels. Nothard for Squirtle todo as usual mindset be neverneverneverwant rely on challengewin, and prefer to challengethrow even tobe keepdown threatlevel. Know even bestduel for Squirtle could go Richterwrong on day (okay maybe not that wrong butstill). And happy to announce didsuck at circlemaze. Ifever find free 20min for minigauntlet will surelyfind reasons tobesquirtlespeaking of sucking there too.


MIDCONFESSIONALUPDATE INTERRUPTION!

OMG so I just got the bestworst mostamazingly message from Wiifit and it's enough to make me laugh out loud and revert to actual Englishspeak (almost) and (after replying) documenting this wonderful milestone for you here.

Recall: my impression of Wiifit from day one was of an extreme overplayer jumping far too quickly into far too much strategy. To which Squirtle could just send cute gifs, at the time. They implied they'd join blue and want to bring a core group with them... and we know how that went. Fully expected them to be a very early boot but then there were other inactives and gluttonforpunishment Mario. Anyhow, then I start hearing they're inactive. Despite being on the online list a fair bit. And then they're voted out. Told me right after the round (again, not a sign of inactivity!) they'd get back to me with more to say soon, and I waited. And all blueteam joked about waiting to hear back. And then, oh and then.

It's an ifodump. A massive infodump. More information about other teams then any other player has given Squirtle yet, and from virtually no prompting whatsoever let alone a reason to confide in me. Just spilling all possible about redteam. Making it clear they had offline stuff and accidentally selfvoted but were still very active in messaging all day so don't get it. Oh dearie, I'm getting it. And wishing the messiness on blueteam had been as easily removable, with so wonderful and excuse. (Also it is not lost on me that this is what it takes for Mario to not get voted out just once!)

And then the coup de gras: an entire paragraph badmouthing Yoshi for oversharing information! I kid you not. It's solid information, sure, but it's also a solid block of pure irony and I'm living for it! Really made my night to be drawn back to a simpler time of absurd characters and rumours about Yoshi spreading rumours too eagerly, way back ages past *checks date* at the start of the week. And it kind of gives me hope, actually? That the swap will bring these breaths of fresh air, and ridiculous things to band up against that don't involve close votes between trauma-bonded close friends who hate one another by now but are stuck and need to playact at friendship. I need more Wiifits in my ORG life! And would even regret having to revolvingdoor them because what a wonderful distraction to point at in front of you if they're on your team?

And now back to your regularly depressed squirtleprogramming. Tonal whiplash made me refresh and see Pyramythra has left again without messaging me, so yeah back to that other reality...


The Vote Again: (title of blueteamfriends commemorative biography, comningwith free possiblyfaulty stickofdynamite)

Optionone be mazepipedream: getnewbluefriendWiismasher, byenewbluefriendWiismasher.

Optiontwo be volunteer godo ringduel: couldbe Falco coudbe Captain. Squirtle admit isbe squirtlesimplicity in solution of Captain doinso. Could tell otherblueteamfriends (hmmm is longertyping then listing Falco/Pyramythra ooooooooof) wouldhave flippedtovote Captain, but notbeanger Captain by actualflipping. Hasappeal if can finagle. But seems Falco is morelikely tobe doso, and thateven really notsolikely. Clearis reluctant but also eagerlywant keeping allbonds hashadworked tobe maintain. Squirtle admiring the commitment evenmore for Squirtle havhad essentiallyshruggedofftrying for squirtleself.

Downside isbe wordgetout, clear blueteamfriends superclose if selsacrificial despite claims of messmessmessmess. Also riskof volunteer accidentally lose which... if notbe Squirtle... Squirtle notbe minding asmuchas Squirtle probably shouldbe for squirtlegame. Ohwell. Evenwith thisdownside, Squirtlethinking is betterthen moremessvote and likely tie.

Optionthree notbeing squitlespoken to Squirtle but isbe actual thirdbestoption for squirtleself, isbe secretplan allothers vote Squirtle. Yes notwant ring, notwant missplace onnewteam straightaway. But ifget blindside, know clearly where squirtlestanding. Comeback with muchbesternarrative plusmore momentumtobejoining group. Mightbe squirtlesubconscious reason for squirtlebe kindamessy kindaapathetic today? Notmind tooomuch ifgetting caughtout.

Optionfour... mustvote. If Falco wantkeep Squirtle as 'bestsquirtlefriends' whichnow maybenot given, should be either captain/pyramythra. Planwas makedecision beforeget duelresults butthat notahppening, focusshifting backto volunteeridea.

Isbelate so Squirtle quoting fromlonger squirtlesepak to Falco... thinking isenough pushinto volunteer? Important parthere be reasoning for whybadbadbadbad if threetoone bacstabbittystabvoting:

Feb 17, 2022 12:03:45 GMT 10 Squirtle said:

If twotwo tietierocks Squirtle giveup. Only partjoke. Notwant gothroughagain, and aftermathbe evenworse with only bestsquirtlefriends pullingrocks. If squirtlebestfriend volunteering noworseoff, still oneof squirtlebestfriend in ringduel butis guarantee isone morelikely winning.

If threeone. Either oddone losing ringduel, wholegame know tightbonded threebluefriends with notmuchfriends from otherteams asbeen no newblueteamfriends since teethplant who nocount. Squirteswap probably squirtlesplitting twoone andall squirtleseeming doomedif notbe superlucky asor easylonewolfpickoff or powerduoebreakup. Oreither votedringduel oddone win, returning gunningfor othersthreeblueteamfriends. Same squirtlesplitting otherthreeblueteamfriends but morereason betarteted by otherteams happier workwith blueteamboot.

So allsuckshere. Volunteerdownside hugehuge obvious iflosing. Butif squirtlebestfriend beconfident in someduelchallenges goododds. Last ringduel with threeplayers wheris goodenough comingsecond comparing toif Squirtle if squirtlebestfriend getbe voteout afterswap then needbe win, nomore buffering thirdsmashdueller couldbedoworse. Also allblueteam workingtogether maxout battlecards soget allsandbags include duelselecting.

What squirtle notbetelling Falco? One notbeend of squirtleworld shoudbe Falco go. Defintielye suck tobehave lost both closestallies after muchmuch timework puttingin. But poorinnocentcutecuddlysquirtle act couldget boosting if oneof three blueteamsurvivors morethanifbe four.

Two squirtleseeing newopportunityhere: flush supersmashball from pyramythra. Logiceasy, as gives bestshot of blueteamfriend winning attacksandback picking duelfor Falcofriend.

Three Squirtle perfectwilling to tarnish nameoffalcofriend like hasnneede makemockof Richterfriend afterexit. If canbe getaway, cansay was stupidmove by Falcofriend, with other blueteamfriends happyto lethappen. So thinking canbe downplay bittybit of threebluesurvivors mustbescaryclose effect.

Four Squirtle tired losingtrain of thoughts, and sendingmaybe nineten messages betweenbitsof confessional. Hoping makesense asmuch as being Squirtle capable making sense. Yesalso two ofnineten were mustneeds clarifywhatwas squirtlespokenearlier as Squirlte clear make nosense when overtired. Squirtlewhooooops. Herebe to doing alloveragain nextweek!

[Squirtle]

Squirtle kindofthinking kindofhoping isbe Squirtlevote. Clear much wasbeensaid between falco/pyramythra without lettingknow squirtleself as last squirtlehearing before littlesleep iswas falcofriend wanting pyramythra smashball on attackbag and weirdis nohappen nomention bynow. Pyramythra nomessage squirtle moresixhours isnotgreat.

Squirtledidhave squirtleslightrejuvination lastnigt whileinmidde writingconfession seewiifitRIP andalso getting invitationfrom falcofriend be bestsquirtlefriend rideordie logicing outall reason volunteeror novoluneer. Now notmuchfeeling again bynow. Happyifget Squirtle awayfrom allblueteamfriends ifbe newswapteam ifbe ring.

[Squirtle]

Really reallyreally noliking that Pyramythra bidding grabsandbag. Is justone of blueteamfriendfour squirtle nottrust share teamselectlist. And already have smashball from blueteam, now expect willbeclue edgefor newteamsmashball too. Somuch for flushing.

Waiting afterdeadline is awful when notalking. Justwaning blueteam beover nomatterhow.

[Squirtle]

Feb 17, 2022 20:24:03 GMT 10 Falco said:

I added myself to the Group but I can't see anything? Do I post a triggerword?

Hoping isbejoke. Squirtlesurely not richtercurse?

[Squirtle]

Anyhow Squirtle ready for finalthree makejurycases!

...butstill be happy making squirtleswap! Notsurprised getting Falcofriend vote but stillwillbe needle for specificreason. Willbetold wastohide bestsquirtlefriendship whether ornot isbetrue so meh notmuch care.

Squirtle carrying onwards!