Survivor: New Howard Tribal Thread (Tribal Council Due 10 PM Sunday)

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Originally Posted by path12

YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What he said.

[path12]

WE ARE BACK BABY!

[Marathoner]

Sweet, couldn't have worked out better

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Hell of a job, Marathoner. Hell of a job.

[path12]

I don't think I've ever yelled out loud while playing WW before! Well, not out of happiness anyway.

[Marathoner]

I didn't see that lupus voted

[path12]

I haven't seen it. Man, they fell apart at the end. I wonder what was going on there?

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Yeah, I don't get them falling apart at all. It's almost like the Patriots choking away the AFC Championship game.

[path12]

I was thinking at first there's a wolf for sure on that team, but I'm sure they knew who was supposed to vote, so that doesn't make sense.

[path12]

Methinks this game brings out the poor loser in us all.

[path12]

And I count my being pissed night 1 in that.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

And me being pissed night 2.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Too bad the main thread is closed. I wanted to tweak Blade a little more. Evil, I know.

[path12]

It's different if you're lynched or night killed. But this is more competitive than that......

[path12]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Ezarik

Too bad the main thread is closed. I wanted to tweak Blade a little more. Evil, I know.

There were a couple times I had things typed and ended up just deleting. Nobody is following him right now anyway. I have no idea how wolves would coordinate something like this anyways -- Swaggs was an obvious choice early, and then at that point you might as well keep voting him to make sure JE didn't start picking up votes........and Lathum shutting out Blade on those last two was just smart play I believe.

[path12]

Havin' fun, Barkeep? (I know he'll show up at some point...)

[Jonathan Ezarik]

I honestly expected Swaggs to be one of their last two votes. Maybe he was going to be their last one, but got blocked before he could. Who knows. Maybe that's why they missed the earlier vote, too. I don't know. Strategically, it made sense to me to keep voting for the same person thinking that that person was going to vote some time. It just so happens that that theory also plays into the hands of hurting them if they do win the challenge, which I really expected them to do. I figured we were going to go back into tribal council, but I wanted to hurt them, too. I didn't want us to be the only team with three members (I know Swaggs won't be killed, but maybe he'll be prevented from participating in the next challenge or something).

I know Blade's going to try to pin it on us, and probably me specifically, but we weren't the only team to vote for Swaggs. For a while there, Helsing was voting right along with us because they were thinking along the same lines. Of course, Blade will forget this and focus on us tomorrow. Oh well. At least we're not in tribal council.

[Marathoner]

Good job guys, fyi tomorrow will be tough for me, not much availability in the morning

[path12]

I don't think Blade has a lot of allies with the way he's acted today. Notice none of his teammates came to his defense.

Jesus. Do I want to see the Ardent thread?

[path12]

Marathoner, YOU ARE THE MAN! Excellent job. See you tomorrow when you can.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Yes, Marathoner, excellent work today. I don't know how we pulled that one out of our asses, but we did. (Well, more like you guys did. I was more of a decoy)

[path12]

I was really feeling bad that the double post thing was going to land us in council. I really do believe we've got a very strong team here and can go a ways.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

I think so, too. We all seem to work really well together.

[path12]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Ezarik

I think so, too. We all seem to work really well together.

I'm glad you're not mad I spent most of my time trying to make you look bad in the comic game.

[Marathoner]

wtf is going on, I mean it is a freaking game. These people ought to relax.

[path12]

Originally Posted by Marathoner

wtf is going on, I mean it is a freaking game. These people ought to relax.

It's kind of embarrassing. I think I'm probably done for the night so I can skip this.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Originally Posted by path12

I'm glad you're not mad I spent most of my time trying to make you look bad in the comic game.

Don't remind me.

[path12]

Deal. See you all tomorrow.

[Marathoner]

Originally Posted by path12

Deal. See you all tomorrow.

good night

[ntndeacon]

the main thread is closed? what was the total. Obviously we ended up not in tribal council. but what happened?

[ntndeacon]

and what is the deal with Ardents thread

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Originally Posted by Marathoner

wtf is going on, I mean it is a freaking game. These people ought to relax.

I agree they need to relax. Some people take things way too seriously (says the guy who just whooped when we finished first in that last vote). Everyone should take a step back and chill. I can understand Tyrith being upset that someone's accused him of cheating, but he really didn't do any favors to himself by stirring the pot there with AE. And AE, I don't know. I know he's had a rough couple of weeks personally, but that shouldn't (in theory) spill into the game. It might be best if he does do what Chief did and volunteer to be the one voted off from Oz.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

the main thread is closed? what was the total. Obviously we ended up not in tribal council. but what happened?

Go read the thread. It's a thing of beauty (until AE and Tyrith blow up at each other again).

The abridged story is that Marathoner pulled off a miracle in the last two votes and placed first. On top of that, Blade was blocked in the second to last vote and Lupus didn't vote at all on the last vote. They went from having a commanding lead to going to tribal council. I'm telling you, it was beautiful.

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by path12

Havin' fun, Barkeep? (I know he'll show up at some point...)

Actually I'm just thankful that we had it in my game since I have more of a club than most GMs. Of course most GMs would never have hosted this game after nearly every player he talked to warned him that something like this might have happened .

That said I'm really pleased with how the game is going overall as it seems like 80% are really enjoying it. So hopefully all that's behind us now.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Yeah, can I change my opinion of today's challenge? I think it was great.

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Ezarik

Yeah, can I change my opinion of today's challenge? I think it was great.

I think the strategy part that was there was "discovered" as the day went on and ended up being important in the end. I hope that is what made it fun more than the somewhat arbitrary nature of having post at a particular second.

[ntndeacon]

wow nice going Marathoner. it is too bad about the troubles between Tyrith and AE

[ntndeacon]

it was a very interesting challenge.

[ntndeacon]

One thing iwill state about what Blade said...

In some respects he is right. i know ihave neglected the werewolf part of the game. we know that they are out there somewhere.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

Originally Posted by Barkeep49

I think the strategy part that was there was "discovered" as the day went on and ended up being important in the end. I hope that is what made it fun more than the somewhat arbitrary nature of having post at a particular second.

Definitely. Finding a strategy instead of just randomly voting really helped us out. Along with some mistakes from Lupus and some help from Lathum.

[ntndeacon]

the vote from Lathum helped out trememndously

[Marathoner]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Ezarik

Definitely. Finding a strategy instead of just randomly voting really helped us out. Along with some mistakes from Lupus and some help from Lathum.

I thought focusing the vote on Swaggs made complete sense.

[ntndeacon]

I agree Marathoner. it was a part of a good strategy to get someone not in the group.

[Marathoner]

Good morning guys, interesting challenge. I'll check in throughout the day. I don't have any strong feelings on it at this point.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

I have absolutely no idea what to do on this challenge. I'm glad it's not as stressful as yesterdays, but still...

[Marathoner]

Here are the point values

A. Greater Werewolvia - 33
B. Middle Werewolvia - 14
C. Lesser Werewolvia - 20
D. Fleabit Cove - 11
E. Dogbonia - 10
F. Dog Ear - 12
G. Homidia - 15
H. Lupinia - 16
I. Garouvia - 25
J. North Canis - 17
K. Lake Wolfsbane - 18
L. South Canis - 29
M. Lower Fang - 23
N. Upper Fang -21
O. Alpovia - 13

Due at 10pm

[Marathoner]

I guess my initial thoughts were to spread it out, bid low on the low value territories b,d,f,g,h,j,o and then put more a couple higher value targets.

Total point value is 277 fwiw, if we get 70 points that should ensure at least third place.

[path12]

Morning all. Interesting. I'm a little busy this morning but will be thinking this over a bit.

[path12]

Couple ideas that cross my mind immediately:

1) Bid at least $1 dollar on each place in order to pick up the ones that inevitably won't get any bids and then focus the rest of the money on two or three key provinces.

2) The planner in me notes that since (as Marathoner noted) 70 points should ensure us survival, that each of our $29 dollars need to generate 2.41 points.

[Jonathan Ezarik]

I like the idea of bidding at least $1 for each place. I also think we should avoid spending heavily on the big guns, but at least put $3 or $4 on Greater Werewolvia in case everyone else decides to avoid it.