Post by Charmander on Aug 6, 2013 8:37:30 GMT
~*Double Dealing Charmander's Opening Statement*~
Hello everyone on the jury!! I am double-dealing Charmander. Quoted by Mr. Mime himself!! And that could very well be a good phrase to describe the way I played this game.
I, like Tangela, made deals with many people in this game. The very first round caught me by a huge surprise. I was nominated for eviction, and was extremely nervous. Looking at the entire cast. I knew Lopunny from games long ago. The idea that Leafeon and him having a deal came up, when I was talking to everyone nonstop that round. It kind of clicked why I was likely nominated, likely because Lopunny mentioned my name. I used everything that I could socially to stay. I talked with every single person. I made deals when I needed to, strong bonds, and friendships. With the help of Celebi I gained a lot of allies and trust. I knew who to talk with, I knew what was going on with Leafeon and such. Celebi was my key instrument that entire round, and without her help and my social skills I would likely have not made it past that first vote.
Lopunny, someone from previous games already wanting me out shocked the hell out of me. I quickly made a deal with Mr.Mime to watch each other’s backs in this game since we were such huge threats. I bonded with Tangela, I bonded with Celebi, I bonded with Gloom. I made many tight groups that very first round, and surviving the vote with only 1 person evicting me was a huge accomplishment that started a very social gameplay.
From that moment on, I knew my game had to be social. I knew that I couldn’t make myself a threat and win the challenges. So I threw everything. Every challenge that came up, I threw it. I didn’t want to win anything. I wanted to be a social player, not a strategic player. This isn’t Survivor, this was Big Brother. This is a social game. HOH wins and Veto wins are great, if you are playing a short-term game. I was playing to win.
Round two gave me the revenge of taking out Leafeon from behind the scenes. Everyone wanted to break up the duo of Leafeon/Lopunny. And I just had to push for it socially.
Round three saw the end to Sableye, the person who was rumored to have evicted me in Week #1. The one sole vote. That was a given when I received this information. He was obviously going to be my target.
Throughout these above rounds though. I did exactly what Mr. Mime has said. I “double dealed” Lopunny and Leafeon thought I was 100% with them. I told them if I survived Week 1 I wouldn’t go after them. That I would, instead, work with them. They trusted this enough to ask me for an alliance in Week 2. I also was talking nonstop to Sableye, even though he voted me out in week 1(People said anyways). I had a tight deal with him, and if he won HOH in the 2nd or 3rd week. I wasn’t even going to be his target!! This shows my social game. I was playing all sides, and it was working.
A huge group was formed in the early weeks: Jynx/Milotic/Scyther/Tangela/Gloom/Myself as a huge group of 6. I hate big groups in Big Brother, but was obviously not going to say no to this alliance.
Gloom and me bonded even more tightening him as my #1 ally. I still talked SO MUCH with Celebi, and Lopunny after Leafeon left. I still had Mr. Mime working with me, I had a bond with Tangela that was huge. I had a bond with Jynx, I made a deal with Dewgong. I was talking to Scyther as much as I seen him online. I was with, basically, everyone in the game as early as Week 4. Ninjask was slowly starting to become a huge friend of mine as well around this time.
But where was my head at? Where was Charmander truly wanting to play his double dealing ways?
Celebi, Lopunny, Ninjask, Mr Mime. Those 4 were truly on the outs in the long run. And something that Gloom and me both truly wanted to swap up at some point to get a new majority and take out this cult-like alliance that was forming behind a strong Scyther.
Week 4 was a mess with Hitmonlee and Red going inactive. I didn’t want Celebi to go, the person that helped me SO MUCH in the first week. And someone that truly had my back. But even through all of the fighting, their was no way to prevent it. Celebi leaving was the first hit for me to truly begin to HATE that core 6 alliance.
Gloom and me were getting fiesty.
My entire plan though was to destroy this alliance from the inside. Gloom and me had to wait, and we had to destroy it from within.
We let the obvious targets of the alliance leave
Ninjask left Week 5 over Dewgong. At the point when Ninjask left, I truly liked talking to the person behind the character and felt that I could have used Ninjask longterm in this game, just like Celebi. However, nothing was falling into place at that point. The alliance was 6 was dominating.
Then shit got real.
Gloom won HOH. Gloom targeted Scyther/Jynx. And when that failed, I was hoping that Gloom/me could still get Tangela to trust us. Tangela knew at this point how we felt about the alliance and I thought the next round we could use Tangela to side with us, and go after Scyther if need be. Dewgong ended up leaving, and me voting with Lopunny for Dewgong to stay and Jynx to leave...It made it so Gloom/Me looked horrible to the entire alliance.
This cult, that was with us a round before. Just turned on us like a pack of wolves looking at some fierce lookin lambs.
Scyther got what he wanted, Gloom was taken out the following round.
Lopunny and me were then forced up against each other. But both of these rounds I worked my ass off socially, I tried to get Mr. Mime to see that he needed to work WITH Lopunny and me, and not against us. He didn’t listen and tried to go after us instead. Gloom, Lopunny, and Mr. Mime all fell because of it. My social game play with Scyther and Tangela on a 1 to 1 basis ended up saving me. Milotic/Jynx were expelled, helping decrease that group of a six in numbers even more.
I was able to look like a weak bitch in the final 3, so Tangela would take me forward.
Ultimately, My game was entirely social. Looking back, maybe I should have gotton rid of the core 6/cult alliance sooner. However, I didn’t let any of that shake me. My social game still helped me recover and make it to the end. I still was able to convince Scyther and Tangela that Lopunny, Mr. Mime, and Gloom needed to go before me.
Jury, I missed all of you so much:
Gloom, I miss you. This game sucked once you left.
Celebi, you were the shit and completely robbed by bitchassness.
Ninjask, <3 <3 <3 You were awesome. <3 tlking with you
Lopunny, Fuck me, <3 your so hot
Mr. Mime, Nominees in week 1. Look at me now!! <3 <3 woot woot
Dewgong, <3 <3 I wish we could have gotton that one last vote to swap!!
Scyther, you know you should hate Tangela for voting you out and vote for me <3 plz.
Bring on the questions, because double dealing charmander is ready to answer!!
<3 <3 xoxoxo
