w/ Brant
Dogdude84 (10:12:51 PM): MERGE HECK YES!!!
Dogdude84 (10:12:54 PM): I've missed you so much <3
Brant Steele (10:13:06 PM): YAY FOR US BEING BACK TOGETHER!
Dogdude84 (10:13:20 PM): omg it was so hard being away from you lol
Brant Steele (10:13:42 PM): Hahahahaha, I felt that too when events and challenges were posted and there was no one to discuss what we were doing with.
Dogdude84 (10:13:55 PM): i know!!
Brant Steele (10:13:57 PM): Because half the time Bryan and Pete were just...not there
Dogdude84 (10:14:14 PM): hah, yeah our tribe was actually quite active, which was nice
Brant Steele (10:14:37 PM): It looked really well organized in the challenge.
Dogdude84 (10:14:40 PM): but YES MERGE!! And we can continue to carry out our plan
Brant Steele (10:14:42 PM): We were throwing it obviously, lol. Thank god we merge.d
Dogdude84 (10:14:47 PM): yep lol
Dogdude84 (10:15:04 PM): although i feel you guys woulda dumped pete if there was another challenge, and if you had lost it
Dogdude84 (10:15:31 PM): how is he btw? do you think he'll stick with our original snozzwanger?
Brant Steele (10:15:36 PM): Yeah, I didn't actually talk to Bryan about it but we would've done that for the 4-person alliance.
Brant Steele (10:15:41 PM): I feel really confident
Dogdude84 (10:15:55 PM): do you think we have a 5-some w/ pete?
Brant Steele (10:15:57 PM): Pete has actually been the most vocal about sticking together of everyone I've heard.
Dogdude84 (10:16:02 PM): oh excellent
Brant Steele (10:16:12 PM): Yeah, definitely. He came up with the "throw the challenge" idea first.
Dogdude84 (10:16:25 PM): oh nice, he's got a good head on his shoulders lol
Brant Steele (10:16:35 PM): And every time I talked to him, he mentions sticking together and that he's never seen an original tribe stay together until final 5 but hopes we're the first
Brant Steele (10:16:43 PM): So yeah, I definitely feel like we're a 5-some
Dogdude84 (10:17:01 PM): so it was hard having to talk "other strategies" and not being able to communicate them with you
Brant Steele (10:17:20 PM): And I feel completely solid with Bryan as well. He really thought Cory, Deetster, and Sadie would try to throw the challenge because it was so obvious we were sticking together.
Dogdude84 (10:17:38 PM): yeah i was worried they'd throw it to
Brant Steele (10:17:39 PM): Yeah, it was strange. How were things over there?
Dogdude84 (10:17:39 PM): too*
Brant Steele (10:17:59 PM): I learned a fair amount about the people on the tribe from the board and past TC's
Dogdude84 (10:18:06 PM): basically me and kenya just made quickie alliances to get us through it
Dogdude84 (10:18:27 PM): we had to dump travis, but it was for the best
Dogdude84 (10:18:41 PM): and he FLIPPED THE EFF OUT when we did
Dogdude84 (10:18:50 PM): like even after TC he was still going nuts
Dogdude84 (10:18:56 PM): and being really offensive
Dogdude84 (10:18:59 PM): but it's over and done with
Brant Steele (10:19:00 PM): Oh yeah, I completely understand why you ousted him
Brant Steele (10:19:04 PM): He IMed me and Pete
Brant Steele (10:19:21 PM): Warning us about you and that you turned on the tribe. Blah, blah, blah. I just ignored him because I hate ousted people influencing the game
Brant Steele (10:19:26 PM): About you and Kenya.
Dogdude84 (10:19:30 PM): right
Dogdude84 (10:19:32 PM): all false obv
Brant Steele (10:19:51 PM): Yeah, I don't get what's up with him
Brant Steele (10:19:57 PM): Was it a unanimous vote?
Dogdude84 (10:19:59 PM): me either
Dogdude84 (10:20:14 PM): yeah, but he threw a vote deet's direction, so he has a past vote
Brant Steele (10:20:23 PM): Oh, that's good to know.
Dogdude84 (10:20:27 PM): definitely
Brant Steele (10:20:31 PM): We had a 3-2 with Pete getting 2 when Violet left.
Brant Steele (10:20:40 PM): And then a 3-1 with Pete getting another.
Brant Steele (10:20:47 PM): So Pete now has 4 past-votes, with Jonathan's.
Dogdude84 (10:20:52 PM): ah
Dogdude84 (10:20:55 PM): dang
Dogdude84 (10:20:59 PM): well this round won't be a tie
Dogdude84 (10:21:04 PM): and we have majority anyhow
Brant Steele (10:21:37 PM): I looked at Hornswoggler's Tribal Councils and Cory has 1 past vote from Ben and Kyle has 3 from Bill, Cory, and Sadie.
Brant Steele (10:21:41 PM): Yeah, we should be fine
Dogdude84 (10:21:51 PM): awesome
Brant Steele (10:22:03 PM): I think Alex-Ben-Kyle-Violet were aligned
Dogdude84 (10:22:12 PM): oh wow
Brant Steele (10:22:15 PM): Harvey was inactive and went round 1.
Dogdude84 (10:22:21 PM): yeah i figured
Brant Steele (10:22:25 PM): But then that 4-group formed and they got Deetster to vote off Bill with them.
Dogdude84 (10:22:38 PM): that's nuts, i know bill is strong
Brant Steele (10:22:39 PM): There was this huge argument between Deetster and Kyle and the conversation was posted in the public board.
Dogdude84 (10:22:45 PM): nice! haha
Brant Steele (10:22:55 PM): I can send it to you some time if you're interested
Brant Steele (10:23:05 PM): Then they voted out Ben...because he had a vacation and couldn't get internet for a couple weeks.
Dogdude84 (10:23:10 PM): eh, no need really. i know they don't like each other
Brant Steele (10:23:14 PM): Ah
Dogdude84 (10:23:21 PM): oh that really sucks for ben, bad timing
Brant Steele (10:23:31 PM): Yeah, it wasn't planned. Just popped up for him
Dogdude84 (10:23:36 PM): ah ok
Brant Steele (10:24:02 PM): So we basically killed the Alex-Ben-Kyle-Violet thing, lol.
Brant Steele (10:24:10 PM): Violet didn't talk to anyone that round. She just...wasn't there for some reason.
Brant Steele (10:24:15 PM): When we ousted her.
Brant Steele (10:24:24 PM): Alex kept making up fake conversations and posting print screens.
Brant Steele (10:24:35 PM): To turn us against him. Pete got furious with him.
Brant Steele (10:24:44 PM): *to turn us against one another
Dogdude84 (10:24:44 PM): lol
Dogdude84 (10:24:46 PM): right
Brant Steele (10:25:08 PM): Alex kept using multiple commas together ",,," so we could easily figure out the fake ones
Brant Steele (10:25:16 PM): For both people in the conversation, rofl
Dogdude84 (10:25:22 PM): hahaha
Brant Steele (10:25:54 PM): So I think that's all.
Brant Steele (10:26:01 PM): Oh, I won the one challenge. It was me and Bryan against Alex.
Brant Steele (10:26:10 PM): And Bryan just helped me win and I sent him to the glass elevator.
Dogdude84 (10:26:33 PM): oh yeah, did bryan mention his prize from that?
Brant Steele (10:26:34 PM): It was me against Alex at first and then Bryan won so he figured he might as well help me and stop Alex.
Brant Steele (10:26:46 PM): *Bryan signed on
Brant Steele (10:26:56 PM): Bryan didn't get anything.
Dogdude84 (10:27:01 PM): oh really?
Brant Steele (10:27:04 PM): He couldn't figure it out, he said.
Brant Steele (10:27:05 PM): Yeah.
Dogdude84 (10:27:09 PM): oh too bad
Brant Steele (10:27:13 PM): It was...a guessing game
Dogdude84 (10:27:21 PM): lame lol
Brant Steele (10:27:21 PM): Assuming he's telling the truth, which I think he is.
Brant Steele (10:27:27 PM): How was it for you guys?
Dogdude84 (10:27:28 PM): yah
Dogdude84 (10:27:38 PM): good, kenya one the challenge and sent me to the elevator
Dogdude84 (10:27:50 PM): she almost sent deet or someone else, because deet helped her win the challenge
Brant Steele (10:27:59 PM): Ahhhhhh
Brant Steele (10:28:02 PM): I'm glad you went over him lol
Dogdude84 (10:28:07 PM): but i was like NO! keep it between our 4-some!
Dogdude84 (10:28:25 PM): so yeah i convinced her to give me the trip
Brant Steele (10:28:39 PM): Woo!
Brant Steele (10:28:42 PM): How was it?
Dogdude84 (10:28:47 PM): i mean, she was probably going to give me it anyway, but idk
Dogdude84 (10:29:15 PM): my challenge was a word search, and when words intersected, you had to use those letters to spell a secret word
Brant Steele (10:29:34 PM): That sounds fun
Dogdude84 (10:29:49 PM): it was actually quite challenging, because the secret word wasn't a typical word
Brant Steele (10:29:55 PM): Oooh
Brant Steele (10:29:56 PM): A wonka word?
Dogdude84 (10:30:00 PM): so it was really hard to unscramble
Dogdude84 (10:30:03 PM): yeah a wonka themed word
Dogdude84 (10:30:13 PM): but i ended up solving it after a while
Brant Steele (10:30:23 PM): Yay for 2 prizes found
Brant Steele (10:30:25 PM):
Dogdude84 (10:30:26 PM):
Dogdude84 (10:30:35 PM): ok, so i'll tell you what i got
Dogdude84 (10:30:41 PM): but it stays between our 4-some obviously
Brant Steele (10:30:50 PM): Yeah, I won't mention it to even Pete
Brant Steele (10:30:53 PM): And obviously not the other tribe
Dogdude84 (10:31:08 PM): ok, and actually let me tell bryan, just because i think i should be the one to dod it
Dogdude84 (10:31:10 PM): do*
Brant Steele (10:31:22 PM): That's fine. I hardly see him online at night anyway.
Dogdude84 (10:31:26 PM): yah lol
Brant Steele (10:31:29 PM): I think he is on at like 3 AM
Dogdude84 (10:31:33 PM): oh
Dogdude84 (10:31:35 PM): random haha
Dogdude84 (10:31:41 PM): but yeah so my prize was...
Dogdude84 (10:31:48 PM): a hidden immunity idol
Brant Steele (10:31:51 PM): YAY!!!
Brant Steele (10:32:05 PM): I'm both happy you got it and happy that no one on the other tribe can get it
Dogdude84 (10:32:16 PM): yep haha, double whammy
Brant Steele (10:32:36 PM): That's sweet. Hopefully you don't have to use it until the round it expires anyway, but it's awesome to have.
Brant Steele (10:32:48 PM): Is it typical style, not Yul-style?
Dogdude84 (10:32:58 PM): didn't see his season
Brant Steele (10:33:07 PM): Ah, he could play it after votes were read
Brant Steele (10:33:10 PM): Become immune
Dogdude84 (10:33:12 PM): ah
Brant Steele (10:33:13 PM): and force a re-vote with him immune
Brant Steele (10:33:18 PM): Super, mega powerful
Dogdude84 (10:33:20 PM): nope, regular HII
Dogdude84 (10:33:34 PM): can be used up to and including the F5
Dogdude84 (10:33:45 PM): before voting deadline
Brant Steele (10:33:51 PM): Yeah, that makes sense.
Dogdude84 (10:33:55 PM): and i can pass it
Dogdude84 (10:33:56 PM): if i want
Brant Steele (10:34:12 PM): I feel confident that with our tribe, you won't have to worry about us blindsiding you. I think we're a really loyal 5.
Brant Steele (10:34:18 PM): Oooh, what happens if you're ousted with it?
Brant Steele (10:34:21 PM): Not like we will
Brant Steele (10:34:25 PM): I just want to know what happens to ousted prizes
Dogdude84 (10:34:27 PM): it dies, i would thnk
Brant Steele (10:34:29 PM): (like if Ben had one)
Dogdude84 (10:34:31 PM): think*
Brant Steele (10:34:43 PM): Ah, I see
Dogdude84 (10:34:51 PM): dunno for sure though
Brant Steele (10:34:55 PM): Do you know Bryan found nothing the first time he went to the elevator? he went to the room Kyle went to
Brant Steele (10:35:06 PM): With the tribe switch thing
Dogdude84 (10:35:12 PM): i heard that lol, that sucks
Dogdude84 (10:35:15 PM): 2 visits empty handed
Brant Steele (10:35:18 PM): So he's 0/2
Dogdude84 (10:35:22 PM): yah
Brant Steele (10:35:39 PM): Yeah...I wish we'd know if Ben found something and all the rooms and names so we can coordinate our alliance to get the rest of the stuff
Brant Steele (10:35:48 PM): Can one person get multiple things?
Dogdude84 (10:35:48 PM): and, my room was the jungle room with the "power pop" if you ever go, don't pick that
Brant Steele (10:36:07 PM): Good to know.
Brant Steele (10:36:43 PM): ...Bryan hasn't been super open or clear about what his rooms were
Dogdude84 (10:36:52 PM): and kyle's room had the "See ya pop" in it
Dogdude84 (10:36:59 PM): or something that sounded like exactly what the prize was
Brant Steele (10:37:05 PM): Peace Out Pop
Dogdude84 (10:37:09 PM): ah yes that was it
Brant Steele (10:37:16 PM): Can you see the names of the prizes with the room names?
Dogdude84 (10:37:30 PM): you can see the names of the pops
Dogdude84 (10:37:34 PM): and can kinda guess what they are
Dogdude84 (10:37:39 PM): but you don't know unless you win it
Brant Steele (10:37:49 PM): Oh, then that makes it so much easier to prevent multiple people from going to the same one.
Dogdude84 (10:37:55 PM): but yes, each room has a "Pop" associated with it
Brant Steele (10:38:07 PM): Yeah, that makes sense.
Brant Steele (10:38:33 PM): This is why I'm glad to have you on the tribe. I felt like we weren't being coordinated or organized enough with just Bryan and Pete, lol.
Brant Steele (10:39:23 PM): I'd have so many questions about the glass elevator and other stuff, and I couldn't really get clear answers. I don't think Bryan was trying to withhold anything. I think he just didn't feel like going into all the details.
Brant Steele (10:39:42 PM): Maybe he didn't look them up and even know the answers, idk.
Dogdude84 (10:39:55 PM): lol who knows
Brant Steele (10:40:17 PM): I was sad about your OPS2 elimination.
Brant Steele (10:40:26 PM): I kinda figured it was you because you told me that you were in that
Dogdude84 (10:40:34 PM): yeah haha
Brant Steele (10:40:41 PM): And I didn't see anyone else resembling you once they were down to a few left.
Dogdude84 (10:40:41 PM): and thanks, it sucked losing at F3
Dogdude84 (10:40:59 PM): i actually missed the F3 challenge, because of RL stuff
Dogdude84 (10:41:09 PM): worst timing eve
Dogdude84 (10:41:10 PM): ever*
Brant Steele (10:41:14 PM): Which is especially sad since you rule at challenges.
Dogdude84 (10:41:19 PM): aw thanks lol
Brant Steele (10:41:22 PM): Although Jessica looks really strong
Dogdude84 (10:41:28 PM): oh she is/was
Dogdude84 (10:41:45 PM): i think her and alice woulda ganged on me on the challenge anyway
Dogdude84 (10:41:52 PM): because they knew i'd win in a F2
Brant Steele (10:42:06 PM): Yeah, definitely.
Brant Steele (10:42:18 PM): You and Deetster would've made a really interesting final 4 I thought.
Brant Steele (10:42:21 PM): final 2
Dogdude84 (10:42:36 PM): i kinda wanted to keep deet that one round just for a F2 with us, yeah
Brant Steele (10:42:38 PM): ...and then my hopes for seeing that were shot today
Dogdude84 (10:42:45 PM): lol yah
Brant Steele (10:43:02 PM): 3rd is good, though. Kinda sucks to get so close but not close enough.
Dogdude84 (10:43:07 PM): i feared i'd lose to deet at the final vote though, or he'd dump me at F3
Brant Steele (10:43:10 PM): Especially since you would've won it.
Dogdude84 (10:43:23 PM): mhm
Brant Steele (10:43:24 PM): Yeah, I understand.
Dogdude84 (10:43:36 PM): but so it goes
Brant Steele (10:43:57 PM): 3rd is a good way to enter the ORG Planet rankings board
Dogdude84 (10:44:09 PM): lol! i was just thinking about that earlier
Dogdude84 (10:44:16 PM): i was like yay lots of points haha
Brant Steele (10:44:30 PM): Hahaha, yeah. I love that we're getting it back. I really liked Alt's.
Brant Steele (10:44:52 PM): Which I was randomly really high even though I only played a few games. I think AR:BR helped.
Brant Steele (10:45:16 PM): And I saw you got 2nd on it, so I'm pretty sure you were the one who killed me
Brant Steele (10:45:17 PM): lol
Brant Steele (10:45:26 PM): In your stats on the board
Dogdude84 (10:45:41 PM): oh yeah i lost to someone who was an even bigger posting whore than me
Dogdude84 (10:45:43 PM): i forget who
Dogdude84 (10:46:04 PM): that entire game was epic long posting challenges
Brant Steele (10:46:04 PM): I was 3rd, didn't have a chance with a banjo and binoculars. I remember the person who beat me obliterated me.
Dogdude84 (10:46:10 PM): rofl
Dogdude84 (10:46:18 PM): i had a gun? i think?
Dogdude84 (10:46:20 PM): i can't remember
Brant Steele (10:46:31 PM): I think you had a machine gun and some power amplifier.
Brant Steele (10:46:37 PM): To up from a 2 to a 3?
Brant Steele (10:46:40 PM): Or something like that.
Dogdude84 (10:46:45 PM): hm yeah
Brant Steele (10:46:48 PM): Maybe not machine gun, something like that
Dogdude84 (10:47:01 PM): i seem to remember "pistol" but i really have no idea
Brant Steele (10:47:09 PM): It's been a long time.
Dogdude84 (10:47:12 PM): yah
Dogdude84 (10:47:48 PM): dang, i miss travis lol. he's an awesome person really, but just showed a side of himself i hadn't seen before, in this game
Brant Steele (10:48:10 PM): Aw. You've played with him before?
Dogdude84 (10:48:39 PM): yeah i think we had a F2 in a previous game. it was a while ago. he doesn't seem to remember that though
Dogdude84 (10:48:53 PM): he might have just been shunning me though since he was pissed he was getting booted
Brant Steele (10:49:22 PM): Yeah, I don't know. He was mad when he IMed me and told me you guys betrayed him... I'm like, "yeah, sorry man" even though I knew you wouldn't be disloyal.
Dogdude84 (10:49:32 PM): mhm
Brant Steele (10:49:33 PM): And Pete took it with a grain of salt, too.
Brant Steele (10:49:53 PM): I've actually played 2 other games with him. Both alias games, I thought he was kinda funny in those.
Dogdude84 (10:49:54 PM): had to be done, plus then we became outnumbered anyway
Dogdude84 (10:50:04 PM): oh nice
Brant Steele (10:50:33 PM): But since they were alias and I doubt he paid a lot of attention to the cast list after it was over, I'm sure he wouldn't recognize me, lol. I won the one, and he was the only person from the original tribe who didn't vote for me because I was "boring"
Dogdude84 (10:50:57 PM): lmao
Dogdude84 (10:50:59 PM): aw
Brant Steele (10:51:02 PM): ...even though I tried really, really hard to hold the tribe together and give him a chance. Oh well.
Dogdude84 (10:51:17 PM): hehe, can't please everyone
Brant Steele (10:51:19 PM): In some Alt game, he really hated Orlando and named the merged tribe Orlandosucks Tribe.
Brant Steele (10:51:20 PM): lol
Dogdude84 (10:51:26 PM): LOL
Dogdude84 (10:51:30 PM): what? the host allowed that? haha
Brant Steele (10:51:46 PM): And that was our merged tribe. yeah, he won a challenge and won the ability to name the tribe
Dogdude84 (10:52:00 PM): hahahaha
Dogdude84 (10:52:06 PM): that's amazing
Brant Steele (10:52:16 PM): Yeah, lol. That's one of my epic ORG memories.
Brant Steele (10:52:32 PM): I think that was ARS20
Brant Steele (10:53:08 PM): And tonight's like usual. It's just us online after an event was posted, lol.
Brant Steele (10:53:37 PM): I really think these merged challenges will be critical since the winner will probably get to send someone to the glass elevator and we need to keep the stuff there in our alliance's hands.
Dogdude84 (10:53:38 PM): ;D
Brant Steele (10:54:35 PM): So I'm sure the two of us will have work to do, lol.
Brant Steele (10:54:53 PM): As we wonder if Bryan and Pete will show up and wait for Kenya to get back from work.
Dogdude84 (10:55:29 PM): haha
Brant Steele (10:55:49 PM): I don't have any real thoughts on this first vote. No idea about Cory, Deetster, Kyle, or Sadie.
Dogdude84 (10:56:04 PM): it'll probably be kyle, he would be the easiest boot
Brant Steele (10:56:06 PM): Besides the fact that Kyle seems to be part of a different original faction than the other 3.
Brant Steele (10:56:08 PM): Yeah
Brant Steele (10:56:28 PM): That would be smooth if we can do that.
Brant Steele (10:56:45 PM): And everyone just joins us to make it 8-1, hopefully.
Dogdude84 (10:56:52 PM): i wonder what kind of voting ideas deet/cory/sadie will push for
Dogdude84 (10:56:59 PM): yeah
Brant Steele (10:57:26 PM): No clue. I know Deetster's one of the best scramblers out there, so I'm a tad concerned.
Dogdude84 (10:57:33 PM): mhm
Brant Steele (10:57:34 PM): Although I think we're going to be super-hard to brea.
Brant Steele (10:57:41 PM): break*
Dogdude84 (10:57:45 PM): yeah, agreed
Brant Steele (10:57:54 PM): We just all agree on a name, vote. Done deal.
Dogdude84 (10:57:58 PM): we basically have automatic F5
Dogdude84 (10:58:05 PM): and then 4, taking out pete (sad face)
Brant Steele (10:58:18 PM): Yeah, I'm sure it'll hit him hard.
Brant Steele (10:58:28 PM): But at least we're loyal to him until F5.
Dogdude84 (10:58:32 PM): yeah
Brant Steele (10:58:33 PM): And that's a good placement.
Dogdude84 (10:58:49 PM): we can't let him know he's set up for 5th, or he could flip
Dogdude84 (10:59:04 PM): but i mean, he wouldn't see that
Brant Steele (10:59:07 PM): Right. I think he likes me and you best of all. At least he keeps mentioning that he's talked to the two of us the most.
Brant Steele (10:59:25 PM): But I don't want to offer him a fake F3 alliance or anything, just because he'd be really bothered if we broke it.
Dogdude84 (10:59:26 PM): ah good
Dogdude84 (10:59:32 PM): yeah true
Brant Steele (11:00:02 PM): I don't know how to handle it. For now, I think the "let's just see what happens the next round or two and talk about it then" approach with him will work if he starts asking.
Dogdude84 (11:00:34 PM): yeah
Dogdude84 (11:00:38 PM): i suppose
Brant Steele (11:00:47 PM): And to some extent, I think that's the best way to handle this anyway so our alliance doesn't get split and torn into threads. Not like I'd think that would happen anyway
Brant Steele (11:00:48 PM): lol
Dogdude84 (11:00:50 PM): he will definitely get wise if we start blowing him off about it though
Brant Steele (11:01:00 PM): Yeah, true
Dogdude84 (11:01:13 PM): like with jonathan, and travis
Dogdude84 (11:01:18 PM): though they still ended up leaving anyhow
Brant Steele (11:01:38 PM): Yeah, Jonathan was just ridiculous. Did he play on the cournojo name in OPS2?
Dogdude84 (11:01:53 PM): mhm
Dogdude84 (11:01:54 PM): he was bella
Brant Steele (11:02:04 PM): Yeah, I saw that. I was wondering if you recognized him as the same person
Brant Steele (11:02:05 PM): lol
Dogdude84 (11:02:09 PM): yep
Brant Steele (11:02:21 PM): So I think it was perfect for him to go before a tribe swap anyway
Brant Steele (11:02:28 PM): He would've went nuts with Alex's fake conversations
Dogdude84 (11:02:28 PM): oh most definitely
Brant Steele (11:02:36 PM): And the Travis deal
Dogdude84 (11:02:45 PM): jonathan couldn't be kept in the game any longer than he was, he had to go lol
Brant Steele (11:03:17 PM): Yep, agreed.
Brant Steele (11:03:34 PM): Sad for him to be blindsided, but it had to happen.
Brant Steele (11:03:46 PM): Is Deetster close to Kenya?
Brant Steele (11:03:53 PM): You said he helped her win the challenge?
Dogdude84 (11:04:04 PM): yeah
Dogdude84 (11:04:10 PM): she was worried about her safety
Dogdude84 (11:04:27 PM): but they "bonded" over that, so they got on good terms
Dogdude84 (11:04:31 PM): they were never on bad terms though
Brant Steele (11:04:41 PM): Hmm. Hopefully she's fine ousting him when the time comes.
Dogdude84 (11:04:59 PM): yeah
Brant Steele (11:05:00 PM): For some reason, Alex kept talking about getting Kenya out over there. I don't know why he didn't say "Cam or Kenya" just Kenya
Brant Steele (11:05:06 PM): lol
Dogdude84 (11:05:18 PM): lol i think he did say both of us sometimes
Brant Steele (11:05:21 PM): YOU NEED TO THROW THE CHALLENGE AND VOTE KENYA OUT
Dogdude84 (11:05:25 PM): lmfao
Brant Steele (11:05:31 PM): And he filled our TC with that in his response for some reason
Dogdude84 (11:05:33 PM): DELETE ALL YOUR POSTS IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
Brant Steele (11:05:47 PM): SADIE DID YOU READ MY MESSAGE
Brant Steele (11:05:51 PM): I loved how you guys just ignored him
Brant Steele (11:05:53 PM): and kept posting
Dogdude84 (11:05:56 PM): hahahahahaha
Dogdude84 (11:06:07 PM): at least it was a good laugh
Brant Steele (11:06:37 PM): Yep. There was a little paranoia by me that Ben might've passed on his prize before he was ousted and Alex might pull out an idol
Brant Steele (11:06:40 PM): But glad it's over.
Dogdude84 (11:06:50 PM): yeah
Brant Steele (11:07:01 PM): I just like to think about things like that even though no one else really gave any thought to it.
Dogdude84 (11:07:17 PM): good to try to cover all your bases
Brant Steele (11:07:22 PM): Glad he and Pete disliked each other the most, though. So it would've been Pete the victim anyway
Brant Steele (11:07:22 PM): Yeah
Brant Steele (11:07:51 PM): I felt really bad about Violet because I think she had a non-game thing and just was non-existent when she left.
Brant Steele (11:08:05 PM): For someone so interesting and devoted to go out that way just sucks.
Dogdude84 (11:08:37 PM): oh yeah for sure
Brant Steele (11:08:49 PM): Pete sent messages to me and Bryan saying to vote Violet right after the swap, and we almost switched to Alex but Bryan wasn't on when Pete and I were talking about it.
Dogdude84 (11:08:52 PM): she was pretty cool
Brant Steele (11:09:02 PM): After Alex did all that crazy nonsense with the print screens
Brant Steele (11:09:11 PM): Yeah, I think she would've been one to go far if her tribe had numbers
Dogdude84 (11:09:20 PM): yeah
Dogdude84 (11:09:24 PM): i'm curious who it is
Brant Steele (11:09:37 PM): Me, too. She has an alias AIM. Chewingchamp or something
Brant Steele (11:09:53 PM): Bryan was funny because he said he thought he recognized her screen name.
Brant Steele (11:10:07 PM): ...and then was like, "Oh, wait, it's alias for this game. Never mind."
Dogdude84 (11:10:25 PM): haha
Brant Steele (11:10:40 PM): I doubt anyone's so obsessed with Willy Wonka they'd use the name in another game.
Brant Steele (11:10:44 PM): First
Dogdude84 (11:10:56 PM): hah, yeah not likely
Brant Steele (11:11:41 PM): I think I'm gonna watch the OPS2 finale
Brant Steele (11:12:02 PM): I watched the OPS1 finale (even though I wasn't involved) and had a lot of fun there. We played mafia in the chat after it.
Brant Steele (11:12:37 PM): Do you have any idea who Alice or Jessica are?
Dogdude84 (11:12:55 PM): not really lol
Brant Steele (11:13:05 PM): I think I figured out Jessica, but not 100% sure.
Dogdude84 (11:13:20 PM): i mean i keep thinking Jess because of jessica
Dogdude84 (11:13:27 PM): but that's not really a good reason haha
Brant Steele (11:13:30 PM): lol
Brant Steele (11:13:39 PM): The whole personality thing doesn't seem quite right, but who knows.
Brant Steele (11:13:43 PM): I was thinking Morris makes the most sense.
Dogdude84 (11:13:51 PM): yeah him or doug
Brant Steele (11:13:56 PM): With the "HAHAHAHA." It seems like something he'd say.
Brant Steele (11:14:03 PM): All caps. It looked familiar.
Dogdude84 (11:14:04 PM): lmao, yeah he does that all the time
Brant Steele (11:15:18 PM): When did that game take place?
Dogdude84 (11:15:32 PM): oh jeez umm let's see
Brant Steele (11:15:47 PM): I remember Pete sent me a PM on Tengaged about signing up for it, and I was going to but jumped out because I had a lot of classes.
Brant Steele (11:16:12 PM): And then I vanished from Tengaged because all I was doing was getting PM's about votes and struggling to do challenges and make deadlines -_-
Dogdude84 (11:16:21 PM): lmao
Dogdude84 (11:16:27 PM): i'm still addicted to tengaged
Dogdude84 (11:16:47 PM): ops2 was just early months of this year
Brant Steele (11:16:58 PM): Ah, okay. Just curious about the timeline.
Brant Steele (11:17:12 PM): I might go back to Tengaged. What's up with the new casting game challenges I heard about?
Brant Steele (11:17:21 PM): ...or casting game something
Brant Steele (11:17:31 PM): I haven't played since December or January, I think.
Dogdude84 (11:17:37 PM): there's a whole new game, "The Duel"
Dogdude84 (11:18:01 PM): 25T$ to enter, available to all color levels
Dogdude84 (11:18:23 PM): you basically vote 1 person into the duel, and that person picks someone to compete against
Dogdude84 (11:18:37 PM): 12 people platy
Dogdude84 (11:18:40 PM): play*
Dogdude84 (11:18:57 PM): Then F3 has a challenge to decide the winner
Brant Steele (11:19:17 PM): That sounds interesting
Brant Steele (11:19:26 PM): What kind of "competition" is in the duel? One of the challenge games from there?
Dogdude84 (11:19:29 PM): yeah, it's much less activity based
Dogdude84 (11:19:35 PM): and all social/challenge
Dogdude84 (11:19:53 PM): the challenges in the duel are the same ones as in the other games
Brant Steele (11:20:00 PM): Yeah, that makes sense
Dogdude84 (11:20:01 PM): i'm hoping they put new ones in though
Brant Steele (11:20:09 PM): It would be nice. So much of those are luck-based anyway
Dogdude84 (11:20:18 PM): yeah DonD is so dumb
Dogdude84 (11:20:28 PM): i would hate to be sent into the duel and face someone with that challenge
Brant Steele (11:20:57 PM): Yeah, it wouldn't be that fair at all. Although I guess it could be justified that just by going into the duel, the person's game or strategy could've been better.
Brant Steele (11:21:17 PM): I remember how ridiculously time consuming the one Rookies game I played was.
Brant Steele (11:21:25 PM): I don't think I want to go through that again.
Dogdude84 (11:21:34 PM): omg rookies games are the most active/social
Dogdude84 (11:21:40 PM): you have to post all the time
Dogdude84 (11:21:55 PM): because then you win hoh/pov
Brant Steele (11:22:03 PM): Yeah, I remember that. -_-
Dogdude84 (11:22:07 PM): HATE rookies
Brant Steele (11:22:17 PM): I was doing REALLY well in it, too, with Michael/Orlando
Dogdude84 (11:22:23 PM): oh nice
Brant Steele (11:22:26 PM): And then these people held a fake key ceremony to make us think we were safe
Dogdude84 (11:22:41 PM): psh, lame
Brant Steele (11:22:49 PM): And just negged us before the deadline and nominated us, killing our numbers and our chance.
Dogdude84 (11:23:42 PM): sucks
Dogdude84 (11:23:47 PM): people can be so mean
Brant Steele (11:24:15 PM): Yeah. They handled it really poorly, too. Not just "We got you, sorry, good game." Ugh.
Brant Steele (11:24:24 PM): Just rubbed it in.
Brant Steele (11:24:39 PM): Oh well.
Dogdude84 (11:24:53 PM): yah
Brant Steele (11:25:44 PM): I can't wait to start talking to other people this weekend and just seeing what happens. I'll be around a fair amount tomorrow and then Monday before the challenge. Not so much Sunday.
Dogdude84 (11:26:04 PM): yeah sunday will probably be busy for everyone
Brant Steele (11:26:25 PM): Right. Pete's going to Chicago
Dogdude84 (11:26:31 PM): what is my avatar on this? i can't remember
Brant Steele (11:26:42 PM): ...so we might have to make sure we have a boot list planned in case he can't get on or something
Brant Steele (11:26:48 PM): You are currently the default blank man.
Brant Steele (11:26:51 PM):
Dogdude84 (11:26:53 PM): oh lame
Brant Steele (11:27:22 PM): I picked the random cake, lol. I wish I could pick a Hornswoggler, Snozzwanger, or my "character" from Willy Wonka but I can't find visual representations of anything
Brant Steele (11:27:34 PM): And we don't really have characters in the game
Dogdude84 (11:27:57 PM): yah
Dogdude84 (11:28:09 PM): let's see if i can find an avatar
Brant Steele (11:28:17 PM): You should pick your ORG Planet one and scare people, rofl.
Dogdude84 (11:28:23 PM): hahaha
Brant Steele (11:28:25 PM): It scares me when I look at it there.
Dogdude84 (11:30:05 PM): i don't understand this version of aim
Brant Steele (11:30:13 PM): Which one are you on? There are so many.
Dogdude84 (11:30:27 PM): i don't even know what version this is
Brant Steele (11:30:28 PM): The new 7. one with the horizontal tabs and the Lifestream?
Brant Steele (11:30:36 PM): Can you see whose buddy lists you are on?
Dogdude84 (11:30:41 PM): no
Brant Steele (11:30:46 PM): Ah
Brant Steele (11:30:50 PM): Then it's probably 6.0 or back
Brant Steele (11:31:29 PM): Can you just click the avatar?
Brant Steele (11:31:34 PM): Your current one?
Brant Steele (11:31:43 PM): And see an option to change it? I see mine and yours both on the screen.
Brant Steele (11:31:51 PM): But if you can't see your own, nm.
Dogdude84 (11:32:24 PM): i see a blank box
Dogdude84 (11:32:29 PM): no "blank dude" or w/e
Brant Steele (11:33:37 PM): What about on your buddy list? Can you click the blank thing where your avatar would be and it gives you an edit option?
Dogdude84 (11:33:51 PM): idk let's see
Brant Steele (11:34:02 PM): Idk. There are just so many versions and they're all different and confusing and annoying in some ways.
Dogdude84 (11:34:13 PM): exactly haha
Brant Steele (11:34:43 PM): I THOUGHT Trillian would be better, but it kept disconnecting me. And this current version disconnects me. Blah.
Brant Steele (11:35:14 PM): I know it's partially my internet's fault, but I've had it working more stable on certain versions than others.
Dogdude84 (11:37:25 PM): w/e i don't get it. so i'm going to stop trying lol
Brant Steele (11:37:41 PM): lol yeah, good idea
Brant Steele (11:37:49 PM): Just stare at my delicious cake in envy
Dogdude84 (11:38:00 PM): I DO! ALL THE TIME!
Brant Steele (11:38:08 PM): Hahahaha, and now you see it on AIM too
Dogdude84 (11:38:15 PM): i know, such torture
Brant Steele (11:38:35 PM): I should switch it someday to something that looks disgusting, just to mess with people
Brant Steele (11:38:38 PM): Hmm
Brant Steele (11:39:04 PM): Like cake failure in garbage or something.
Brant Steele (11:39:23 PM): Although that sounds like a bad idea
Brant Steele (11:39:28 PM): Anyway, only 20 minutes until midnight
Dogdude84 (11:39:31 PM): i would be so sad for the cake
Dogdude84 (11:39:35 PM): yay!
Brant Steele (11:39:38 PM): haha
Brant Steele (11:40:18 PM): I can still see the Hornswoggler forums. Good in case there's a reference challenge or something.
Dogdude84 (11:40:35 PM): and i can still see snozz!
Brant Steele (11:40:38 PM): I'm trying to document challenge results and votes from all TC's, that's about all
Brant Steele (11:40:40 PM): Sweeet
Dogdude84 (11:40:56 PM): oh yeah i documented the first stuff, i should start doing it again lol
Brant Steele (11:41:11 PM): It may help. It's just annoying and time-consuming
Dogdude84 (11:41:18 PM): yeah a bit
Dogdude84 (11:41:19 PM):
Brant Steele (11:45:00 PM): Oh good, Bryan's on the board. Yeah, I won't mention your idol to him. And if you can, just let him tell you about what he did in there, too. Maybe he'll be more specific and give you names of rooms anyway.
Brant Steele (11:45:11 PM): That was a random string of thoughts, lol.
Dogdude84 (11:45:35 PM): haha, i get ya
Dogdude84 (11:45:37 PM): no worries
Brant Steele (11:46:13 PM): What is Sadie's screen name?
Dogdude84 (11:46:45 PM): uh lemme look it up
Brant Steele (11:47:10 PM): Thanks. These original Hornswogglers never even had a "post your AIM SN" thread.
Dogdude84 (11:47:20 PM): fail
Brant Steele (11:47:21 PM): No wonder we beat them in most of the challenges
Dogdude84 (11:47:27 PM): hah
Dogdude84 (11:47:28 PM): yeah
Dogdude84 (11:47:56 PM): froggy446688
Dogdude84 (11:47:59 PM): = sadie
Brant Steele (11:48:25 PM): Yay, ty. Sounds familiar, maybe.
Dogdude84 (11:49:42 PM): lol
Brant Steele (11:53:33 PM): Oh, and as far as final "#" and paranoia, we probably shouldn't just avoid bringing it up at all since we're talking about Pete getting paranoid about bringing it up at all.
Brant Steele (11:53:42 PM): If that makes sense
Brant Steele (11:54:05 PM): I don't have any final two alliances yet.
Brant Steele (11:54:24 PM): And I honestly think Bryan should be 4th, as I think anyone could beat him and he's half-floating.
Brant Steele (11:54:36 PM): ...sorry for stopping the conversation and randomly jumping into this
Dogdude84 (11:55:07 PM): no it's ok lol
Brant Steele (11:55:19 PM): And at final 3, idk. I think Kenya's a huge, loveable social force. You're a leadership figure and strong. I'm maybe a combination of both, probably weaker on the social side.
Dogdude84 (11:55:24 PM): i was confused about what you meant by your initial final # comment though
Brant Steele (11:56:00 PM): I think I'd lose to either of you, but I don't care although I think you're the person I'd like to go with the most.
Brant Steele (11:56:12 PM): As you've (from what I've seen) put more into this game.
Brant Steele (11:56:27 PM): But basically, those are my thoughts right now on finals. I'm not going to think too much into them or get paranoid about them just yet.
Dogdude84 (11:56:42 PM): you're actually the person i'd like to go F2 with the most too
Dogdude84 (11:56:47 PM): and thank you for breaking the ice on this lol
Dogdude84 (11:56:50 PM): i was afraid to bring it up
Brant Steele (11:57:10 PM): Yeah, I wasn't completely sure what to say about it but figured I might as well go into it
Brant Steele (11:57:11 PM): lol
Dogdude84 (11:57:17 PM): right, i don't wanna get paranoid about it either
Brant Steele (11:57:27 PM): To keep us from both "The 3 of them are against me at final 4" argh
Dogdude84 (11:57:33 PM): LOL
Dogdude84 (11:57:34 PM): yah
Dogdude84 (11:57:48 PM): i kept thinking omg what if he already has a F2!
Brant Steele (11:58:09 PM): I honestly don't know what Bryan or Kenya want. Kenya is so social and strong.
Dogdude84 (11:58:11 PM): but yeah i'd love to go all the way with you
Dogdude84 (11:58:17 PM): yeah she is
Brant Steele (11:58:28 PM): So I think it's possible they're already connected.
Brant Steele (11:58:42 PM): But is Kenya more close to Bryan than us?
Brant Steele (11:58:43 PM): Idk
Brant Steele (11:58:51 PM): But yeah, I want to go with you also.
Dogdude84 (11:58:54 PM): oh i dunno
Dogdude84 (11:58:56 PM): if she is
Brant Steele (11:59:24 PM): So I think we should agree on that for now, at least. Kinda. Lol, final 2 alliances are so awkward.
Dogdude84 (11:59:42 PM): lol yeah they can be
Brant Steele (11:59:48 PM): I've been in a lot of games where I've been super-close to someone and planned on bringing them with me and it's been mutual, but we never mentioned final two.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Dogdude84 (12:00:00 AM): hah
Dogdude84 (12:00:03 AM): well with the two of us
Dogdude84 (12:00:09 AM): i figured we've already bonded a lot
Dogdude84 (12:00:16 AM): and been through long challenges together
Dogdude84 (12:00:35 AM): so in my eyes we kinda had an unspoken alliance anyhow
Brant Steele (12:00:42 AM): Yeah, I agree.
Brant Steele (12:00:46 AM): And it would suck for us to go over people who haven't done as much or aren't as deserved.
Dogdude84 (12:00:52 AM): right
Brant Steele (12:00:58 AM): ..."aren't are deserved" but you get what I mean
Dogdude84 (12:00:59 AM): so let's not let that happen haha
Brant Steele (12:01:20 AM): Right, I agree. If we can make it work, this will look like a super-boring game on paper.
Brant Steele (12:01:36 AM): But will actually be one of the true games where an alliance stuck together, made it work, and the two strongest went to the end.
Brant Steele (12:01:58 AM): So rare. So epic. We'll see. For now, just have to make sure our numbers stick around and overcome twists, glass elevator stuff, etc.
Dogdude84 (12:02:15 AM): yeppers
Dogdude84 (12:02:37 AM): and yeah i thought about how the game would look too after it's over, but i'm not going to change what we've got to make it more "interesting"
Brant Steele (12:02:59 AM): And I doubt anyone will in our 5. It would just be dumb and they'd never get any jury votes.
Dogdude84 (12:03:07 AM): yah
Brant Steele (12:03:26 AM): Maybe Kenya and Deetster. Hopefully not.
Brant Steele (12:03:34 AM): I guess that's my biggest concern.
Brant Steele (12:04:04 AM): But I feel we'll work it out and if we take out Kyle, then we'll maybe get to a spot where we'll "force" her to vote her out with us since she can't save him.
Dogdude84 (12:04:06 AM): they're good players for sure
Brant Steele (12:04:44 AM): Yeah, they're good players and hopefully won't ruin the alliance. I think it'll work out.
Dogdude84 (12:04:48 AM): force who to vote who out?>
Brant Steele (12:04:52 AM): Oh, lol
Brant Steele (12:05:05 AM): I meant if Kenya wants to save Deetster and bring him along further than final 6...
Brant Steele (12:05:12 AM): We have the numbers to send Deetster home anyway
Dogdude84 (12:05:26 AM): oh, right
Brant Steele (12:05:31 AM): So we'll essentially be forcing Kenya to join us and send him home since she can't save him and it would look dumb on her part to do so.
Brant Steele (12:05:53 AM): I'm not even going to talk to anyone else about that or bring that up. It hopefully won't be a factor.
