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[Riki]

So we're at the final six! Anyone have any bets on who wins or loses her?

[Link]

I feel like Wario has played the best game. I don't think anyone will vote for Yoshi. Obviously has been great in the challenges but the egg thing is annoying. I wouldn't vote for it.

[Riki]

Wario, really? I'm mildly surprised, I had written Wario off after D3 and Kaz were both kind of hostile to him at Free for All Meeting 5, given I thought they were all friends.

Agreed on Yoshi though. Maybe it's just my board game instincts hating this kind of behaviour in other games, but I feel like part of playing a game with people is a tacit agreement you're all playing the same game and this weird egg gimmick is openly saying you're going to play a different one or have different rules. It's not as bad as deciding you have a different victory criteria (I once had a friend whose only goal in a game of Risk was to make another player angry, not try to win) but I view it as a similar category.

[Nintendog]

Wario is at least banking on Yoshi not getting any votes.
I'm assuming this means Wario is an egg holder.

[Tabuu]

Right now Captain Falcon is probably the biggest threat, and the Wario/Falco/Yoshi final three benefits them all and puts them all on an even playing field (but with a lean towards Falco). Yoshi is very unlikely to win, but that makes sense given how their egg strategy went, his social game was good enough though while Falco/Wario often infuriated others. Wario MIGHT be able to sway people because that move last round was amazing and inspired, but I think his style of messaging at people rather than to them (if that makes sense?) bothers a lot of players and will cut his shot at winning down, maybe even below Yoshi. Falco is a wildcard, he could win or come 2nd and I'd be unsurprised. He won't come 3rd though, neither will Falcon.

[Nintendog]

So Yoshi is third is what you're telling us.

[Nintendog]

(or Wario) but Yoshi is the guaranteed finalist.

[Tabuu]

Mar 8, 2022 17:35:38 GMT 10 Nintendog said:

So Yoshi is third is what you're telling us.

probably yes, but second is attainable maybe!

[Richter]

Them not hammering home Captain Falcon into the duel feels like a big old mistake to me.

Captain or Falco for the win though.

[Riki]

Mar 8, 2022 17:31:37 GMT 10 Tabuu said:

Right now Captain Falcon is probably the biggest threat

Reading this mere moments after reading that they voted Wario and Falco in was both delightful and hilarious.

But yeah I agree with Richter; I'd love to know what their thinking was on Captain Falcon not getting sent in. Falco and Wario obviously have voted for each other (I think they both might be kind of friendly with Cap, and have all identified Yoshi as not an endgame threat) so I guess their votes kind of make sense. Obviously Cap's not gonna vote for himself though, and I guess Yoshi was probably just commanded to do w/e by eggs.

Is there a reasonable chance Captain doesn't just win this now? It feels like he has the best looking entrance into final 3.

[Richter]

I am #TeamCap

[Masahiro Sakurai]

Mar 9, 2022 13:56:25 GMT 10 Richter said:

I am #TeamCap

I am #teamrichter, shock returnee twist!

[Richter]

Mar 9, 2022 13:57:43 GMT 10 Masahiro Sakurai said:

Mar 9, 2022 13:56:25 GMT 10 Richter said:

I am #TeamCap

I am #teamrichter, shock returnee twist!

Same tho

[Riki]

Final Destination thoughts go!

I feel like Captain Falcon has the strongest initial post? I'm glad they finally used the 'Pikmin murder' gif. It was surprising to see Capt. voted out Squirtle near the end; it kind of feels like his victory depends on whether or not the jury thinks that was a terrible move. In his shoes I'd be tempted to stress that he and Squirtle more or less shared the same story, which would have made both their TC's weaker so he needed him out to shine more here, but his rationale that Squirtle was safe for the rest of the game is also compelling to me. 

Yoshi was probably the most interesting to read because I never had any idea of their gameplan or allies. They never visited the stands and never worked with anyone who did, and they didn't really seem to be a huge factor in any one camp, being (perhaps rightfully!) written off as a vote for whoever randomly got an egg. Getting to follow their own journey is a new perspective but also one that doesn't add much? This is maybe a bit uncharitable but a lot of their stuff reads like they were dragged along by someone else most of the time. By their own admission Red was basically a free tribe for them and then there are several points in Yellow and Free 4 All where they describe how they wanted X but couldn't swing it. Couldn't save DK, couldn't save Plant, couldn't swap the vote off their 'pink-informant' Robin, and describing their plan in the 'Endgame' section of their post to be to wait 'for the inevitable result'. I dunno, I'd have a hard time voting for them. I guess they have a lot of challenge wins?

Jesus Christ Wario's post is long. It's immediately striking that Wario has been friends with everyone at some point or another but also that a lot of folks have mentioned finding him tiresome or annoying. Their green days are marked with massively overstretching themselves, their decision to prioritize DK the highest in the merge was baffling at the time and looks worse in hindsight as DK wasn't a number for him at all, instead immediately getting shot for their trouble. His paranoia of the stands having nothing going on is well-founded on Pit but more or less completely off-base with Kazuya, who seemed to barely use it. I suspect he's burned too many bridges to pull out a win here, which I'm honestly kind of fine with. 

Looking at the responses so far, I kind of love how I guess Falco shares my negative feelings on Yoshi's Egg gimmick? Robin's question is also interesting, and D3's got a chuckle out of me. Not sure what to make of K.Rool's, I guess that croc marches to the beat of his own drum. 

[Link]

My opinion of Yoshi has improved significantly based on his rankings.