Post by Urbosa on May 19, 2020 20:20:31 GMT -5
1) Who are your allies here? With 9 players you only need 5 for a majority, who would be in your majority alliance?
At the moment, I'm still navigating within the larger configuration of Epona/Kass/Kohga/Sidon/Revali/Urbosa, all the while knowing full well several things to be true:
• Kass will try making a move sooner rather than later to neutralize me, so I need to plan accordingly.
• Epona, Kohga, and Sidon are so well positioned within this group (and with those outside of it) that I need to start taking the necessary steps to chipping away at their influence. Removing Kass helps open up Kohga, but that alone won't be enough.
My goal the past few rounds has been to slowly develop a group of Hunnie/Oven/Revali/Urbosa. Before that, I was also trying to keep Wisdom players on the board to consolidate power there if at all possible. The problem with both Mipha and Hunnie was that neither of them could withhold information from other players: Mipha was close to Patricia, yes, but there were several times in which things we discussed in confidence were brought up by Sidon, which means she was passing on long-term plans in a way that made me uncomfortable. Same with Hunnie — this whole arrangement with Oven and Revali could have put all of us in a very bad position simply because Hunnie passed information on. Navigating behind the scenes while staying within the power structure has been difficult (obviously).
Initially, I saw Mipha's return as a great opportunity to make moves together. Her chilling reply to my initial PM this round felt like a kindly worded "fuck you," though, so even though our objectives likely align I think we are going to be working in direct opposition.
2) Who would be your ideal picks to be voted off this round? Do you have a preferred boot order to the end?
Kass, Sidon, or Mipha. I'll go into more detail about a preferred boot order as soon as I have time.
3) BANNERS!!! Which one is your favourite? Aren't they all so damn good!!!
Yes. (They are all beautiful so I can't really pick between them)
4) What's the current gossip on items and idols? What items do you know about and what do others know about your items, if you have or have had any?
So I touched on this in earlier entries, but I'm still inclined to believe Kohga and Sidon have the Power and Courage idols, respectively. Sidon also has an extra vote, and I can almost guarantee Oaki, Oven, and Mipha re-entered the game with items of some sort.
I haven't told anyone about my items yet. For all the reasons stated above — close allies leaking information whenever they could — I felt it best to keep them under wraps until absolutely necessary.
As for leveling the playing field a bit, my objective for the early Merge is to flush some of these idols. Operating under the assumption Mipha has one, I need it gone as soon as possible. Preferably, Kohga's goes next. I'd like to try convincing Sidon to use his extra vote so that I can then sweep in with Revali's Gale to pluck his idol from him — unless he has other items I'm unaware of, then that would be a guaranteed steal instead of chancing it 50/50 and only getting an extra vote out of it.
5) What twists and challenges do you think/want to come up between now and the end game?
Can I get a few rounds of immunity out of one challenge win like Oaki? Jokes aside, a larger final vote might help me out — if there is anything more than a F2 or F3, I might have a way to at least make my case to the jurors. At the moment, I see my path forward shrinking exponentially since Mipha isn't willing to play ball. I was hoping to at least team up long enough to take out some power players, but it's more likely I find myself on the Jury sooner rather than later.
6) Larger Jury than you probably expected, is this good or bad? Are there any jurors you wish weren't on the jury? Who do you think would vote for you?
That honestly remains to be seen. Depending on how things start to transpire, I've already prepared an argument for both Epona and Oven that, given the makeup of the jury, it would -behoove- us to ensure Wisdom is at the end. There are going to be a larger number of Courage and Power potentially in the decision-making pool, so if we sit next to a Kohga or Sidon at the finale it's more likely they pull those votes despite (and perhaps because of) being involved in their original teammates' eliminations.