Post by Roddy Mancu$o on Oct 27, 2009 15:21:40 GMT -5
Leaving Week 3
So I thought the vote was gonna be 5-4 Russ-Jordan... But it turned out to be 7-1. Definitely had NO idea that would be the vote lol. Tisk tisk Chiara, can't even find 10 seconds to cast a vote in your voting thread to keep an ally you supposedly care about?
. I don't understand the sick excuse. I mean, I've seen her online, its not like she is in the hospital - ok maybe it sounds harsh to say, but one of my most respected and favorite competition whores ever dominated me in a Morph-o-matic competition when she was sick with the Swine flu 
! And Chiara can't even cast a vote?
I am not gonna lie. Losing Russ in the game really sucked. I liked the guy and I understand his motivations for going against Jeff. Russ played a pretty straight up game. But unfortunately, I don't think he was ever going to be as loyal to me as he would be to Lydia. And that was a big concern for me.
I am thrilled that Jordan stayed. She knows that Jeff and I played a very large role in her staying this week. I do not think she would have any intentions of nominating either of us right now - but one thing I will keep in mind is that she is smart and is probably looking to get rid of at least Jeff and maybe me somewhere down the line. Either way though, I think she will stick it out with us for now.
I think that the one person who voted to keep Russ was Lydia. But I do not care, and I understand the vote. I had a very hard time not voting for him to stay.
Going into week 4
So going into HoH number 4, I was ready to win it. This may be one of the last weeks where I wouldn't have had to make very tough decisions. Well, I would have had to put up Lydia and Chiara, but still.. that wouldnt be TOO bad because I am not aligned with them. Lydia would definitely feel betrayed though.
Jeff and I are currently in two large alliances.
The first is Jase, Kevin, Jordan, Jeff, Roddy. This one was made a while ago when we needed to start to make a comeback. The people I am truly loyal to out of it is Jordan and Jeff. I like Jase, and would want to keep him around. I am in a division with Kev, and for that reason I would be happy if he won HoH, but he is a snoozefest IMO compared to some of the other people here. Chima is kinda an add-on because she is not officially in it but has voted with us week after week.
The other alliance is Renny, James, Jeff and Roddy. This one was made last week. It was kind of made out of necessity in order to keep Jordan around and have someone who was after Jeff leave. Renny is someone I think Jeff and I would both like to work with, but I am skeptical of James. I do not have intentions of bringing him along for the long haul.
So who does that leave me most concerned about winning HoH? Lydia, Chiara and Monica. That's who.
HOH
OMG when Jeff sent me the awesome news that Chiara couldn't compete this week due to her laziness in the voting department, I was amped. She was my worst-case scenario this week. Sure, if Lyd or Monica were to win I would be nervous, but I am pretty sure that Chiara would put up both Jeff and I. I remember how she used to be when she liked me, and she is now nothing like that. Bitch has gotta go!
Anyways, the HoH is posted, and I find out that for the first part we are going to operate in teams - based on Alphabetical order. The first team was Chima-James-Jase-Jeff-Jordan. I thought, looking at that team, those are a lot of people I wouldn't really mind winning HoH. Then I looked at my team, which was Kevin-Lydia-Monica-Renny-Roddy, and I start thinking. I KNOW I don't want Monica or Lydia to get it. And I kinda trust Renny, but not as much as Jordan or Jeff yet. So after a quick discussion with Jeff, we decide that I must throw it in order to ensure that the other side wins. The situation became even nicer when Chima dropped.
So it was actually really hard to throw, because Lydia, Renny, Kevin and I were in a chat room, and I didn't want to make it blatant. So for the first few rounds I ended up actually helping the team a little bit. But the entire time, I was feeding the answers I could come up with to Jeff, and he was feeding them to his team.
So the competition came to a head in the fourth round. Jase beat Renny and the J's got control. They got to the four of the five answers correct, but couldn't lock in the win. The entire time I was feeding them potential answers via Jeff, one of which was 'they got dragged to the end'. James said it, I believe, and it stuck out to me. Anyways, when it came to my attempt to steal, Lydia mentioned the possibility of it being something related to honesty (which I thought might have been the correct answer), but someone said that it may be 'got carried to end'. I immediately latched on to that and responded with that because I knew that was the wrong answer (it was just paraphrasing James' answer). I lost it for our team, and so my consequence was I will not be HoH. But the prize is that neither will Lydia or Monica, which I think means Jeff and I are safe.
From there, it was very close. It ended up being a three way tie Jeff Jordan and Jase, but Jase emerged on top. If only Jeff had listened to me
. But Jase winning is not bad news.
Jase
So I am pretty happy Jase won in that I do not feel like I am going to be targeted. We have been allied for a bit now and I don't think that he will forget that when making nominations. He told me that he is considering putting up Chiara against James.
I would be thrilled with them for the mere reason that it means Chiara is on the block. I would also love it if Renny won veto and took James off, so we will have to see if we can arrange that happening. In which case Chiara is DONE like dinner.
This plan will get a lot more complicated if James remains on the block. Jase will not be happy if his alliance does not vote with him to get rid of James. I hope he would not see it as necessary to break off the alliance, but you never know... he just might.
Either way though, getting rid of Chiara is a huge goal for me this week. I don't even think Jeff is all that set on it, because Lydia is the bigger threat overall. But Lydia would be VERY hesitent to nominate me especially if she loses Chiara this week. She will be desperate for allies. And then we can drop her whenever we need to, which could be the following week for all I care.
Why am I so threatened by Chiara? Because she would not hesitate to nominate Jeff and I beside each other. If she lucks into a win somehow it could very likely be over for one of Jeff or I. She has gotta go because I do not think anyone else (other than maybe Monica) would do so.
So I thought the vote was gonna be 5-4 Russ-Jordan... But it turned out to be 7-1. Definitely had NO idea that would be the vote lol. Tisk tisk Chiara, can't even find 10 seconds to cast a vote in your voting thread to keep an ally you supposedly care about?
. I don't understand the sick excuse. I mean, I've seen her online, its not like she is in the hospital - ok maybe it sounds harsh to say, but one of my most respected and favorite competition whores ever dominated me in a Morph-o-matic competition when she was sick with the Swine flu 
! And Chiara can't even cast a vote?I am not gonna lie. Losing Russ in the game really sucked. I liked the guy and I understand his motivations for going against Jeff. Russ played a pretty straight up game. But unfortunately, I don't think he was ever going to be as loyal to me as he would be to Lydia. And that was a big concern for me.
I am thrilled that Jordan stayed. She knows that Jeff and I played a very large role in her staying this week. I do not think she would have any intentions of nominating either of us right now - but one thing I will keep in mind is that she is smart and is probably looking to get rid of at least Jeff and maybe me somewhere down the line. Either way though, I think she will stick it out with us for now.
I think that the one person who voted to keep Russ was Lydia. But I do not care, and I understand the vote. I had a very hard time not voting for him to stay.
Going into week 4
So going into HoH number 4, I was ready to win it. This may be one of the last weeks where I wouldn't have had to make very tough decisions. Well, I would have had to put up Lydia and Chiara, but still.. that wouldnt be TOO bad because I am not aligned with them. Lydia would definitely feel betrayed though.
Jeff and I are currently in two large alliances.
The first is Jase, Kevin, Jordan, Jeff, Roddy. This one was made a while ago when we needed to start to make a comeback. The people I am truly loyal to out of it is Jordan and Jeff. I like Jase, and would want to keep him around. I am in a division with Kev, and for that reason I would be happy if he won HoH, but he is a snoozefest IMO compared to some of the other people here. Chima is kinda an add-on because she is not officially in it but has voted with us week after week.
The other alliance is Renny, James, Jeff and Roddy. This one was made last week. It was kind of made out of necessity in order to keep Jordan around and have someone who was after Jeff leave. Renny is someone I think Jeff and I would both like to work with, but I am skeptical of James. I do not have intentions of bringing him along for the long haul.
So who does that leave me most concerned about winning HoH? Lydia, Chiara and Monica. That's who.
HOH
OMG when Jeff sent me the awesome news that Chiara couldn't compete this week due to her laziness in the voting department, I was amped. She was my worst-case scenario this week. Sure, if Lyd or Monica were to win I would be nervous, but I am pretty sure that Chiara would put up both Jeff and I. I remember how she used to be when she liked me, and she is now nothing like that. Bitch has gotta go!
Anyways, the HoH is posted, and I find out that for the first part we are going to operate in teams - based on Alphabetical order. The first team was Chima-James-Jase-Jeff-Jordan. I thought, looking at that team, those are a lot of people I wouldn't really mind winning HoH. Then I looked at my team, which was Kevin-Lydia-Monica-Renny-Roddy, and I start thinking. I KNOW I don't want Monica or Lydia to get it. And I kinda trust Renny, but not as much as Jordan or Jeff yet. So after a quick discussion with Jeff, we decide that I must throw it in order to ensure that the other side wins. The situation became even nicer when Chima dropped.
So it was actually really hard to throw, because Lydia, Renny, Kevin and I were in a chat room, and I didn't want to make it blatant. So for the first few rounds I ended up actually helping the team a little bit. But the entire time, I was feeding the answers I could come up with to Jeff, and he was feeding them to his team.
So the competition came to a head in the fourth round. Jase beat Renny and the J's got control. They got to the four of the five answers correct, but couldn't lock in the win. The entire time I was feeding them potential answers via Jeff, one of which was 'they got dragged to the end'. James said it, I believe, and it stuck out to me. Anyways, when it came to my attempt to steal, Lydia mentioned the possibility of it being something related to honesty (which I thought might have been the correct answer), but someone said that it may be 'got carried to end'. I immediately latched on to that and responded with that because I knew that was the wrong answer (it was just paraphrasing James' answer). I lost it for our team, and so my consequence was I will not be HoH. But the prize is that neither will Lydia or Monica, which I think means Jeff and I are safe.
From there, it was very close. It ended up being a three way tie Jeff Jordan and Jase, but Jase emerged on top. If only Jeff had listened to me
. But Jase winning is not bad news.Jase
So I am pretty happy Jase won in that I do not feel like I am going to be targeted. We have been allied for a bit now and I don't think that he will forget that when making nominations. He told me that he is considering putting up Chiara against James.
I would be thrilled with them for the mere reason that it means Chiara is on the block. I would also love it if Renny won veto and took James off, so we will have to see if we can arrange that happening. In which case Chiara is DONE like dinner.
This plan will get a lot more complicated if James remains on the block. Jase will not be happy if his alliance does not vote with him to get rid of James. I hope he would not see it as necessary to break off the alliance, but you never know... he just might.
Either way though, getting rid of Chiara is a huge goal for me this week. I don't even think Jeff is all that set on it, because Lydia is the bigger threat overall. But Lydia would be VERY hesitent to nominate me especially if she loses Chiara this week. She will be desperate for allies. And then we can drop her whenever we need to, which could be the following week for all I care.
Why am I so threatened by Chiara? Because she would not hesitate to nominate Jeff and I beside each other. If she lucks into a win somehow it could very likely be over for one of Jeff or I. She has gotta go because I do not think anyone else (other than maybe Monica) would do so.