The Zod Age

Spectator questions!
Results of the second challenge are in, Birdo and Tracer took the victory
1) How safe are you feeling right now?
2) If you had the only vote here and didn't need to worry about social politics, who would you send to the eliminator?
3) Are you going to focus on threats or on quieter players?
4) If you're sent to the eliminator, do you think you'd make it back out?
5) In theory, half of everyone you vote off will come back from the eliminator, how will you manage their anger with you voting them off?

Spectator questions!
So Tapu Lele v Wenya Zhu and Shadow v Montreal Impact
1) Did you know that these were the districts being sent to the eliminator? (either by the immune pair or from feeling confident on the vote)
2) If you knew, did you in any way warn these districts about being sent and if so, what was the reaction
3) What 2 players do you want to win this eliminator challenge?
4) Describe (in as much detail as possible) the current gladiator battle that is currently going on in the eliminator
5) What's the juiciest gossip you've heard so far this game?

😭 You should speed up

Round 3 Questions:

1. You are now participating in your third challenge. Are you liking the challenges so far or have you found them to be too easy? What sorts of challenges do you hope to see going forward?
2. Two Sponsors were played last round, WOW! That's intense. Do you think there are more Sponsors around for the taking? How did the Sponsor plays affect your game?
3. Have you given any thoughts to alliances? Which Districts do you see yourself aligning with? Are there any players you want to work with that you feel your partner might not?
4. Is Peeta Mellark the worst spec of all time for stealing half my questions?!
5. Provide a ranking of all of the players by who you trust to who you don't trust. (including your partner if you wish)

Thank you for all the questions.

I've been a bit busier than expected the last two days, but I shall soon have more time to be better at the confessional thing.

Let's do this thing!

1) From everyone's favourite ice cream, Ben & Jerry's! (The general consensus is the eye challenge)

2) I think that it didn't really matter either way. And "deal with them" sounds so ominous! Obviously the Wenya call-out was interesting, but I don't actually get the vibe that they'll be gunning after Zod/myself.

3) I would definitely swap partners. A good excuse for a new friend! And I think I'd go for hmmmm... Maybe Tracer? Because I still don't like Birdo.

4) Throwing sounds so dramatic! One can simply... try less hard.

5) Maybe! We'll see.

4b) You are valid

4c) Don't ask questions that you're not prepared to hear the answers for!

Oh wow Ulysses can go

District 1 is generally pleasant! River in particular is social and friendly and I think we get along okay. I feel there's still something lacking, but it's good enough for now! From a game point of view they are really good to have around because I think River in particular does come across as threatening.

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So obviously from our pair chat Zod never seemed too keen on Kirby, but I actually kind of like them! They have a different sort of energy and enthusiasm that I can really get on board with and I haven't encountered any of the schemey-ness that Zod was concerned about. Nonetheless, I shall heed his warnings and not reveal anything too sensitive to them. Again though, if people are wary of Kirby, even more reason to keep them around! And besides, I've now gotten to see Aladdin in a whole different light and life will never be the same.
The irony of two sponsors being played right after Gilly shared her disdain for idols was amusing at the very least (and I'm sure she to some extent would appreciate the irony!). I think that together, Kirby and Gilly make for a good duo to have in the game and I think their presence will benefit me.



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I strongly feel that this is the pair with the most untapped potential, and even so I think that they are massively underrated by the game in general. Coco was delightful to chat with prior to pairs being formed, but unfortunately just went ages without PMing me. Star has this real cheekiness underlying their posts that I love, but I struggle to know how to communicate this in a way that comes across as sincere.

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I still don't understand what these two are about. Pikachu is friendly and easy enough to talk to. Donald remains a mystery. Everyone talks about how they don't like each other while Pikachu says that everyone is making up rumours about them. What is even going on? Who knows? Do I care? Not really?

Also, from Pikachu.



This was incredibly hilarious to me in a way that not many people here would be able to fully appreciate.

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I still need to meet Stitch!!! But Ted remains as someone I like very much. He's been a bit quieter lately which I haven't minded at all. Not much new to say here but I am very eager to meet Stitch and I think that will be very important.

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I am still very fond of 12! I worry that a few people would be but I think that my relationship with 12 is pretty good? Hopefully?

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I was actually feeling alright about Beetlejuice towards the end of the last round, but as indicated above, I've been really put off Ulysses. If I don't feel that I can communicate in the way that I want to without being asked to stop or communicate in a different way, then I just feel a loss of agency? I am sure that Ulysses did not intend or realise this, but I feel that the dynamic has been ruined. I will have to constantly wonder whether it is safe to mention anything other than the necessary one-line about the current vote situation. Of course, I will proceed as Ulysses wishes me to without making any fuss to him, but yeah... I will always be open to sending him to the eliminator as an option. There's no point playing with someone who you don't feel you can freely communicate with.

And it's now that I'm realising the pain of being in a duo. I can't just vote someone out because I want to. I would need Zod to be okay with it! Bah! No fun!

At least I know that Zod was NOT A FAN of the Districts 3-4-7-9 alliance. That's something!

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I can't really say that I ever grew close to Birdo in the previous rounds, which in some ways is a shame because Tracer seems generally pleasant.

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Feeling sorry for Shadow with Montreal not doing much, but I also find the shade being thrown at Montreal a bit excessive!

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I find there to be something incredibly endearing about both of these two! Wenya's call-out of me and Zod in public was honestly iconic. And despite that I was actually able to have a very reasonable conversation with them about it and why District 2 was the nomination.
Tetra seems more liked by people such as Zod and Tracer than by me, but I see what they mean. She doesn't faff about. She says what she wants to say and asks what she wants to ask. It makes sense. I just prefer a little more of the icing, but hey, it could work for me.

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Overall I think I haven't been quite as social as I should have been. There are probably people feeling quite underwhelmed by me. It's a kind of difficult situation to navigate strategically because there really doesn't seem all that much to be strategic about right now, but I am doing my best to come across as reliable and easy to talk to without being threatening in the one-on-one relationship sense.
I expect I'll care more about specific decision a bit later in the game, but for now there's not too much in it.

Spectator questions!
Time for an epic eliminator battle!
1) Did you know who was planned to be sent to the eliminator?
2) How much control did you have over this vote? Did you want these players sent in or would you rather someone else?
3) Who are you hoping makes it out here and why?
4) Only 1 player noticed my pun in my last set of questions and this makes me sad, as a punishment I want a pun from everyone about the current battle in the eliminator
5) Round 3 is coming up, what kind of challenge would you like to come here and what kind of challenge would you hate to have?

Updates from end of last round:

From Ulysses:



I'm glad I stopped with the fluff and irrelevant things!



<3 I probably still want you out.