Post by Stephanie Valencia on Apr 21, 2013 15:49:28 GMT -5
Things are extremely tense on Buyima right now. Rob wants to target Gina and Natalie. Everybody and their mother want to target Rob. And I'm stuck in the middle trying to save face with people who are never 100% clear about my allegiances. It's become obvious that I have ties to Rob…which is entirely his doing, not mine. Rob has gone from a great ally to a parasitic blight that is threatening to derail my game entirely. I don't know what he's telling people but, basically, the cat is out of the bag and any attempt on my part to protect him is only going to put my ass in even deeper trouble.
I don't want to vote against Rob. I made him a promise and I'm not going to break it. So I need to turn the girls' attention to one of the other boys, and since Boo and I have this sort of nascent understanding between us, my only other option is Marcus. I've been openly complaining about Marcus letting us down during the last Immunity Challenge and I told Rob that, regardless of how anyone else is voting, my vote will go to Marcus simply on principal. You don't show up for your tribe, we don't show up for you; simple as that.
Rob, Gina, and I were the only ones who showed up for the Immunity Challenge, a capture-the-flag-style game that would have been a lot easier to win if we had more players. As usual, Rob starts barking orders…and it got ugly. Fast.
Rob: Gina, can you get Brenda?
Gina: In the next post or when?
Stephanie: This turn.
Rob: NOW.
Rob: Please.
Gina: Do I remove her name altogether?
Rob: Just type “Take out Brenda.”
Rob: In text.
Rob: Don’t worry about the image.
Gina: Huh? No image?
Stephanie: You need to type "Gina to 25" quickly before they post. The image will be inserted later.
Rob: TYPE 25 GINA.
Rob: FUCK THE IMAGE.
Rob: Forget it, we lost our turn.
Gina: Don't yell at me.
Rob: Not yelling.
Rob: Didn’t know if you were getting the IMs.
Gina: And how does all caps make me get them faster?
Stephanie: Okay, let's relax and regroup. It's totally cool, we just need to be more on the ball and communicative. With no caps.
Rob: Anyhow, that was our fault. We know your internet is faulty.
Gina: My internet is just fine right now. I was uploading an image as it tells you to do: "You may ‘tag’ a member of the other team on your turn by moving onto their space." I had to move on her space. You telling me not to post an image is what messed me up.
Rob: Gina, could you go on the thread and type "Gina eliminates Brenda." And that's all.
Rob: That’s my fault. Ted said not to worry about images. If you could please just type, “Gina eliminates Brenda.”
Rob: 3 minutes left.
Rob continued with these to-the-minute reminders throughout the entire challenge and dictated our whole strategy, which sucked by the way! His approach to the challenge was to basically move up and down over the same spaces as far to the left as possible while Kulbon—with more available players—mercilessly advanced upon us.
Rob: Honestly, we are in a good spot.
Stephanie:: How exactly are we in a good spot?
Rob: I promise you.
Stephanie:: We have done nothing but defend.
Rob: I’m asking you to trust me on this one.
Stephanie:: This isn't a challenge you win with a good defense, you need an offence too. We're not moving!
Rob: Once we TAG them, we have a free clearway to do whatever we want.
Rob: Just please trust me.
We inevitably lost, of course. But Rob's strategy wasn't without any resistance on my part. I told him that his tactic was stupid and that we needed to start at least attempting to get some of Kulbon's crystals. I finally received permission from the boss and started making my way across the board. I ended up being tagged by Eddie (who was just entering the game) and Rob didn't fare much longer on his own. Once we conceded the challenge to Kulbon, Rob was sure to not-so-subtly pin our loss on anyone but himself…and since I was the only person playing with him, it was me.
Rob: I know you didn’t want to defend but it’s key when you’re down.
Rob: The goal was to tag all of them out.
Rob: When I had told you to go to 23, it was to box in Pete.
Rob: Just telling you where my thinking was.
Thank you, Rob. Thanks so much. Now go fuck yourself.
Ultimately, my internal conflict about how to vote was stayed another round by Marcus' inactivity. It seemed really unusual for him to disappear so suddenly, so I really do hope everything is okay with him in real life. As far as the game goes, his medical evacuation brought us one round closer to the jury phase and delayed the inevitable shit-hitting-fan situation that might possibly destroy my game.
I don't want to vote against Rob. I made him a promise and I'm not going to break it. So I need to turn the girls' attention to one of the other boys, and since Boo and I have this sort of nascent understanding between us, my only other option is Marcus. I've been openly complaining about Marcus letting us down during the last Immunity Challenge and I told Rob that, regardless of how anyone else is voting, my vote will go to Marcus simply on principal. You don't show up for your tribe, we don't show up for you; simple as that.
Rob, Gina, and I were the only ones who showed up for the Immunity Challenge, a capture-the-flag-style game that would have been a lot easier to win if we had more players. As usual, Rob starts barking orders…and it got ugly. Fast.
Rob: Gina, can you get Brenda?
Gina: In the next post or when?
Stephanie: This turn.
Rob: NOW.
Rob: Please.
Gina: Do I remove her name altogether?
Rob: Just type “Take out Brenda.”
Rob: In text.
Rob: Don’t worry about the image.
Gina: Huh? No image?
Stephanie: You need to type "Gina to 25" quickly before they post. The image will be inserted later.
Rob: TYPE 25 GINA.
Rob: FUCK THE IMAGE.
Rob: Forget it, we lost our turn.
Gina: Don't yell at me.
Rob: Not yelling.
Rob: Didn’t know if you were getting the IMs.
Gina: And how does all caps make me get them faster?
Stephanie: Okay, let's relax and regroup. It's totally cool, we just need to be more on the ball and communicative. With no caps.
Rob: Anyhow, that was our fault. We know your internet is faulty.
Gina: My internet is just fine right now. I was uploading an image as it tells you to do: "You may ‘tag’ a member of the other team on your turn by moving onto their space." I had to move on her space. You telling me not to post an image is what messed me up.
Rob: Gina, could you go on the thread and type "Gina eliminates Brenda." And that's all.
Rob: That’s my fault. Ted said not to worry about images. If you could please just type, “Gina eliminates Brenda.”
Rob: 3 minutes left.
Rob continued with these to-the-minute reminders throughout the entire challenge and dictated our whole strategy, which sucked by the way! His approach to the challenge was to basically move up and down over the same spaces as far to the left as possible while Kulbon—with more available players—mercilessly advanced upon us.
Rob: Honestly, we are in a good spot.
Stephanie:: How exactly are we in a good spot?
Rob: I promise you.
Stephanie:: We have done nothing but defend.
Rob: I’m asking you to trust me on this one.
Stephanie:: This isn't a challenge you win with a good defense, you need an offence too. We're not moving!
Rob: Once we TAG them, we have a free clearway to do whatever we want.
Rob: Just please trust me.
We inevitably lost, of course. But Rob's strategy wasn't without any resistance on my part. I told him that his tactic was stupid and that we needed to start at least attempting to get some of Kulbon's crystals. I finally received permission from the boss and started making my way across the board. I ended up being tagged by Eddie (who was just entering the game) and Rob didn't fare much longer on his own. Once we conceded the challenge to Kulbon, Rob was sure to not-so-subtly pin our loss on anyone but himself…and since I was the only person playing with him, it was me.
Rob: I know you didn’t want to defend but it’s key when you’re down.
Rob: The goal was to tag all of them out.
Rob: When I had told you to go to 23, it was to box in Pete.
Rob: Just telling you where my thinking was.
Thank you, Rob. Thanks so much. Now go fuck yourself.
Ultimately, my internal conflict about how to vote was stayed another round by Marcus' inactivity. It seemed really unusual for him to disappear so suddenly, so I really do hope everything is okay with him in real life. As far as the game goes, his medical evacuation brought us one round closer to the jury phase and delayed the inevitable shit-hitting-fan situation that might possibly destroy my game.