Week 2 - OMG WHAT DID I SIGN UP FOR

[Roddy Mancu$o]

OK so first of all, this is not a thread to complain. I totally <3 the insanity.

Second Half of Week 1

So, the last thing that I wrote in this diary room was my vote for Renny. But I don't think I ever gave the lead up of what had happened beforehand...

So we left off where I was sitting pretty. All was well with Roddy. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, I had immunity and Jeff was HOH. To top it all off we had a solid alliance of five going into the game. Of all of them, I was closest to Jeff.

But of course this utopian situation could not last. Not in the land of Big Brother. Some force of nature decided to fuck with my game.

Anyways, when I read the nomination speeches I begin to ask myself 'have I alligned with a tyrant?'. His nomination speech was very harsh with both Alex and Renny - clearly bad blood there. Then Alex won veto and Libra was slapped up on the block. I am not sure what happened exactly between Jeff and the girls but that deal ended 100%. I don't think the girls were ever going to vote out Renny over Libra, and I don't think Jeff was ever going to settle for less than that. So I am left up in the air. Do I pick Jeff? Or do I pick the girls?

Well, I picked Jeff. I am not entirely sure whether or not I progressed my game or shot myself in the foot. But hopefully it is the former. It was a decision I heavily made against my gut. I still can't believe I made it, but I did.

That clearly meant I might not get to be with the girls anymore, but I am hoping that perhaps later in the game if one of them is left they will see me as an open door. I still talk to Lydia a little because I think she will be able to get far in this game.

I decided that I had alligned with him, and that meant voting out Renny. BUT RENNY DIDN'T LEAVE . So I left that week in a 6 person minority vote wise, and I did not know how anyone felt. I was super nervous that everyone was gonna be really pissed with me, and I would end up on the block the following week.

Thoughts Leaving Week 1

First of all, I will start the scoreboard next week - didn't get to know people well enough this week

Jeff... Oh my fucking GOD. I knew you were going to fuck up your vote with the way you were acting. I voted with you against my gut and now all eyes are going to be on me. You are gonna make this game immensely hard for me because of the fact that you managed to lose the support of the girls. If I have to drop you Jeff, I will drop you. Know that! But I would like to go further with you. You are polarizing and a challenge beast from what I can tell so far, so you seem like a great ally for me. So even though you made the end of week one a little tricky for me, I will keep you around.

Farewell Lydia, Chiara and Holly. It was nice being aligned to you for like, what? 2 days? I don't think you really would have stuck with us anyways, so it is probably good that I am not gonna be counting on you at all.

HMMMM.... so that leaves... Russell? I dunno. I get along with him decently. He seems like a reasonably smart guy but by no means a challenge threat. I fully understand why he voted to keep Renny this week. But I am kinda getting the vibes that it is gonna be a bit more down the line before him and I ever work together.

Renny... congrats bitch you made it another week. Hopefully you will leave next time . You probably don't even know why you are a bitch. Well who the fuck tries to guilt someone into voting for them after only having a SINGLE 2 minute conversation the first day? Oh right, needy bitches do that. Thats who.

Alex... It doesn't matter to me if you stay or leave next round - you can't nominate me. But at the same time these divisions are gonna dissolve eventually and I do NOT want you to be there for that.

Monica ... your still boring.


Entering Week 2

So when the HoH was posted I started to freak out a little. I felt SO screwed when I saw that it was the type of challenge that would benefit the side with numbers.

Everyone who voted to keep Renny was acting SO self righteous about it that I wanted to throw up. Like get over yourselves people. But it did make me feel really uncomfortable about the upcoming week.

I kinda started to freak out a little, so I talked to Russ. I didn't want to sell Jeff completely down the river, but if Russ won he couldn't nominate Jeff so I wanted to make sure I was not really associated with him. So I tried to make Russ think that I was kinda pissed with Jeff. Which I was. That challengebeast put me in the minority dammit. lmao

And then the challenge happened, and the five outcasts from the vote last week all kinda banded together because we all felt alienated. And we beat the other team by quite a bit. To top it all off... Jeff WON. AGAIN. I KNOW RIGHT? ;D ;D ;D That gamble I took of aligning with the tyrant paid off in full (at least for the first two weeks).

Then after that, Jordan, Jase, Kevin, Jeff and I formed an outcast alliance called 'Grilled Cheese'. I missed the part of the conversation that explained what was funny about that. But I pretended I thought it was a good joke for the group morale. I am such a team player .


HOH

So this was actually a really tricky HoH for me. Because I could not decide how well I wanted to perform. I knew that I would much rather not have HoH, so I did not decide to fake a post like Jeff did, but the idea did cross my mind (good on Jeff for pulling it off though). But about an hour before the challenge. I took the time to make this.



So I could just copy and past the houseguest names. I actually found Holly's room a lot earlier than I originally posted, but I hesitated in posting for some reason. I think it was because I knew that it would mean making a statement, but I decided to go through with it anyways.

Well, when all was said and done I decided I did not want to capture too many flags because I wanted to lay low. That and people also did legitimately beat me to the punch.



JORDAN

OMG HOW DID I NOT KNOW HER EARLIER. <3<3<3. She is gonna do so well in this game, and I am agreeing with her on so much. I think that this girl is damn smart, and I have tried to show her that I am pretty intelligent as well.

She is just so easy to talk to. And she seems to be the first person I have found who understands the game in a similar way to me. I am gonna hopefully get in better with her over the next few days.

I need an UTRP chick in my alliance to help me get through the portions of this game that drive you crazy.

[Roddy Mancu$o]

Last night's veto was a blast. I actually helped Jeff win it by giving him a few answers. Although I think he would probably have still won anyways.

His plan is currently to keep nominations the same in an effort to send Alex home. I told him I was not comfortable with that plan because I do not think that it would happen. He was kinda receptive, but had to leave, so he asked me to PM him. This is my PM to him.

Hey Jeff,

First of all congrats on your veto win! Awesome challenge ability again!

Anyways, to get to the point of the PM. Here are my thoughts on the upcoming vote.

I am assuming in this PM that the goal here is to get rid of Alex. Obviously I think it is crucial for our alliance that he goes. I personally do not think that settling for Renny is an option, so if Renny is sitting beside him we better be damn sure she is staying. If you disagree with this and Alex leaving is not a big deal to you, then you might as well disregard the rest.

So first off, we gotta go into this knowing that we only have four votes we can count on. Chima is likely with us but unconfirmed, and the other side of the house may be lying to us. In other words, the ball is not in our court.

So basically, I want to set things up in a way that makes SURE Alex leaves this week because we don't 100% have the numbers to accomplish that goal on our own.

Here is what I am concerned about - worst case scenario in this vote is if the other side of the house comes to a consensus on keeping Alex. Having Alex/Renny up against each other allows the potential voting block (James/Russell/Holly/Lydia/Chiara/Monica) to come to terms with a decision and vote unanimously one way or the other because Alex/Renny were a pair anyway. Those nominations in no way pitt factions of the majority against each other. So it leaves the capacity for a unanimous vote in tact from last week.

What would the motivation be for them to keep Alex? Well I think its clear - he is their best shot at winning a challenge. Especially when you consider the possibility that people can win multiple HoH's in a row. I do not think they are gonna sacrifice him easily because he has performed strongly in every comp so far.

So at this point, if you were Holly, Lydia and Chiara (very key votes this week) you would be looking for a sacrificial lamb that could be up against Alex. Considering Russell and James are not an option, Monica (the non-entity of the house) would be the only other potential nominee - it would take some mad skills on their part to make you waste your week on her. But what do you know? They already have one on the block. Renny has done shit all this game, and is basically their only option to be up there aside from themselves. So, basically what you have to keep in mind when you are dealing with them is that they all would have incentive to lie to you in order for you to keep the nominations the same. But once the veto is used that incentive is now gone and they will vote how they want.

So basically, we are presenting the opposing alliance the option of keeping their strongest link in exchange for dropping a weaker link. I don't like that idea.

What would throw a wrench in this plan of theirs? To nominate one of the three girls (probably whichever one is queen bee - I think Chiara or Lyd). I honestly think the three of them are really tight because we know they have been aligned since the beginning. I think it would be REALLY hard for them to drop one of themselves in order to keep Alex. If they did that they would really be harming their own chances at winning.

So if you can count on the two votes from the girls to evict Alex then our four votes are suddenly enough to tip the scales. I really think our best shot of mustering up votes against him is to pit the girls against him, but if you can think of a better plan than that then let me know.

IMO the most crucial assumption in this plan is that there really is a very tight Chiara/Lydia/Holly alliance. I would be really surprised though if this was not the case. Oh, and also I am assuming that Jordan, Kev and Jase don't screw us.

So looking at that plan. What are the Pros and Cons?

Pros.
You have done the most you can to ensure that Alex leaves.
You cause dissent in the opposing alliance (hopefully)
If two girls decide to fuck their queen bee keep Alex anyways, they basically just cost themselves the game.

Cons
You piss off Lydia/Holly/Chiara further
You don't have Renny to fall back on if the plan fails. It will leave Alex/Renny in tact.

Anyways, if you decide not to go for it that is totally cool. I just think that it is the best way of setting things up for an Alex eviction.

Maybe I am wrong though. Maybe things are set up fine the way they are. I just wouldn't want to be counting on that to be the case.

Peace,
Roddy

I am praying that he listens. These are my genuine opinions that I sent him - it might as well have been a confessional. I know he is gonna expect me, Jordan, Jase and Kev to vote out Alex no matter what so I hope he sets things up so Alex will actually leave.

As much as I am torn because he is in my division, he is definitely the biggest individual threat to our new alliance. He has performed well every challenge (although I do not know how he did this last one). And I think he is by far better than anyone else in that alliance.




OMG I just realized that the reason Lyd helped Jeff in the Veto was probably because she knew he would win and wanted to get in his good graces to pull off this plan.

[Roddy Mancu$o]

If this works, I will be so proud of myself .

Oh, also just wanted to say I noticed that the challenge times are little easier for me to make this week. I don't know if that had anything to do with me bringing it up in my DR, but regardless,Thanks!

[Roddy Mancu$o]

OMG My PM might have actually worked. <3<3<3

[Roddy Mancu$o]

Veto Ceremony



MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, BITCHES!

Roddy has made his first move of the game, and it was a complete success. After I artfully crafted an argument in PM form pertaining to why Renny should be vetoed, Jeff saw the light and decided that it was time to make a big move. Lydia is now sitting on the block beside Alex, and everything has worked out just PERFECTLY for me.

Jeff

First off, HUGE Jeff <3 for following through with the proposed nominations.

Second, even more Jeff <3 because he doesn't give a shit if I pretend I was unaware before this veto. That is HUGE. It means I can keep myself separate from Jeff in the eyes of the house even though I basically convinced him to make this move. That being said, it also gives him a little leverage over me - he is the only person who knows that I engineered this move, and if he decides to expose that I would be in grave danger.

Lydia

To make this move even better... who does Lydia run to for help but ME? After I just got her nominated!!! I'm sorry Lydia you are gonna read this after the show is over and see that I was responsible for this. I'll be honest I really like you and would have picked Chiara to be in your place if it was up to me. But that being said, you are the biggest social threat other than me in this game so I will not shed tears if you leave.

I think that Lydia thinks she may have me wrapped around her finger, but little does she know she is just a cog in the clock that is slowly ticking down to Alex's eviction.

Kevin

Kevin is very torn on this decision. I think he wants to keep Alex because of the fact that Alex is in the Air Force. But obviously I cannot have that happen. I need to make sure that Kevin votes our way. We talked and came to the agreement that we would wait to decide what we are going to do until tomorrow. And that we will have to have a talk before we vote. Hopefully this means I will be able to convince him 100% that it is beneficial for him to vote with us.

I think this may also give me a bit of an in with Kevin in the future. Hopefully he will think to come to me before anyone else when he is considering a plan.

Alex

OK so I'll admit that I am a little nervous that he might stay this week. I think it is gonna be an uphill battle for him, and that the odds are in my favour, but I can't assume he is defeated. Thank God I am doing this now and I do not have to do it at like final 5 or something. Getting rid of Alex now is crucial because he is a slippery snake that will be difficult to catch later on.

Renny

It pains me to admit it, but I am gonna have to develop a relationship with this bitch. TBH I barely even remember why I think she is a bitch. In reality I know she isn't REALLY one, just some one who I haven't talked to much yet. But what is a diary room without a good bit of snark? You will always be able to count on good old Roddy for the entertainment value.