Oh damn. Yeah would love to hear your perspective!

I think he still sees Poirot as too connected to him. Like he'd look like Poirot's goat if he takes him to the end, so he needs to cut him. But I think given the 2nd half of the merge, he has the ability to show how he planned around Poirot and saved him, and took him to the end himself. Whereas now he just looks like he's giving Rust a free ticket to the end.


I don't know, I just feel like his gameplay wasn't flashy, so anything he does just looks to me as poorly thought out and rushed and I need to see how he talks about it in FTC. I'd hope it's not as 1-dimensional as, "I needed to vote for Poirot here because he was a threat," because I think that shows he was not aware of Rust's gameplay.

You were so close to making it to merge without ever being in a TC which is an insane achievement.

I mean, considering Nick was in the same position and got burned for it, that tribal could have gone either way. Why was Nick chosen and not me?

Hey Penny! It’s unfortunate to see you here :/. Maybe we should have placed those last minute votes when we needed to huh

quite literally hush up i s2g i TOLD YOU.

We probably would have voted someone like Lennie or Poirot imo. Though, if it went to a tie, I'm not sure what would have happened. I still think Pika would have gone home but I would have burned that bridge a lot earlier.

Thoughts on the Final 4:


I promise Poirot that he was my bet to win the game if he manages to make it there. I think he played the best social game out of everyone. Lucifer struggled at the beginning to get out substantiative messages and was only getting better near the end, but still not enough to best the prowess of Poirot's messages . Rust frequently sent me one liners, but hey, if he was keeping me safe, I was fine with it. There was really nowhere to hide in that F5 with Poirot being the only person who's had any sort of social game, so the fact that he's still in this astounds me. I think he suffered a lot by attaching himself at the hip to Judy. He was noncommittal and hard to pin down until he had his allies on board. He wasn't a risk taker. If she stayed, he risked the jury viewing him as the goat. Though, I think that's his only fatal flaw, yet he dealt with that. I think he knew exactly when to get out the right person, and this intention and planning is what sets him apart from the rest.


Rust relied heavily on his connections to make it far despite not having a strong social presence on any tribe I was with him on. At least in my opinion, no one had a strong view about Rust except that he seemed trustworthy and garnered support. I think that's why he was able to skate by and not get hit with Jake's idol. He attached himself to a target and has managed to play the shield card much better than anyone else in this game. I don't necessarily see playing under the radar as a bad strategy so I want to see him talk about his connections and plans at the pre merge and how that all changed with Pika going. How did he play the merge to ensure that whatever alliance he was in was stable, or that when it fell apart, he came out on top.


I risk painting Lucifer as a player of opportunity. I think he had some foresight trying to align with Grouch/Rust/Myself during what was supposed to be Jake going home during F9. He saw the fears of a 99th voting block and was getting ready to strike, but he waited too long and was forced into a position where he had to find new connections. I think it's gotten him this far, but again, would like to see what his strategy was. Was it strictly playing the middle between the two sides or just drifting in between? I can respect either, but I need him to own up to that and talk about why those were good moves. I think he could have easily sided with the 99th/27th block at the end of the merge but didn't as he knew siding with Poirot/Judy to the end wouldn't get him any points as they vastly overshadowed him. Overall, I see the foresight, I just want to know if he did.


Leon I don't quite understand. I haven't seen any real intention, just a newbie siding with whoever seems the strongest, but done in a way that doesn't make me feel like he knows what he's doing. At least with Rust, he works to ensure his shield feels safe and secure while we works in the shadows to plot their downfall in a safe way. Leon just promises sweet nothings while not really divulging any content or thought in a logical way. I'm most concerned with how he genuinely believed it was a good move to promise both Poirot and I that he's with us 100%, when even the less comital, honest answer could have theoretically put him in a swing position. I don't know if he's aware that he was not a target in any of the post merge shenanigans because he just wasn't a threat and thinks that promising a F2 to everyone is good gameplay. I'd have to be really pressed to vote for him, but I look forward to seeing what he says at FTC if he makes it.


Overall, my vote isn't decided. I do have preferences and it's largely going to be impacted by the speeches and questions asked. I think this is the least bitter jury I've ever seen so I'm excited to have a productive FTC

Isn't that always what we say though? I wanted to go home to be less busy, but we all know that we'd have loved to be less busy with a win in our pocket


Also, that was 100% his reasoning, at least that's what he told me. Essentially you weren't prostrating yourself for him, so you were as good as gone.


In my eyes Lennie played a great float the middle game. He was in everyone's pockets for pretty much the entire time I went to a tribal Which was why I was never able to get closer to him. I genuinely thought he'd win if we didn't get him out after Jake.

A - Both made the merge, but they were never on a pre-merge tribe together
Poirot
B - Made a post with the word “Congratulations”, in the “Congratulations!” thread
Leon
C - Answered Question 1 correctly in Challenge 7: A Mob Has Formed
Quentin
D - Voted out in the second tribal council they attended
Hannah
E - Made identical posts in Challenge 2: Target Practice, except for the capitalization of one letter
Kate
F - Voted out in a Tribal Council at which an item was played
Pika
G - Made more than one post in the Challenge 1: Fresh Prints thread
Jenny
H - Highest scorer for their tribe in Challenge 2: Target Practice
Paul Blart
I - Described themselves as “Reliable” in Challenge 3: Profiler? I Hardly Know 'Er!
Rust
J - Were paired together in Challenge 12: Bomb Squad
Lennie
K - Attended 7 pre-merge tribal councils
Cheddar
L - The character is a dog
Chase
M - Posted in the All-Points Bulletin Board
Nick
N - Voted out in the first tribal council they attended
Ace
O - Did not make any posts in the “Working the Beat” board
Chan
P - Lowest Scorer for their Tribe in Challenge 2: Target Practice
Grouch
Q - Sat out in a tribe immunity challenge
Lucifer
R - Won immunity (tribal or individual) at least 8 times
Penelope
S - Has posted an image or gif in a Mafiascum’s Finest tribal council thread
Jake
T - Their first name is four letters long
Judy
U - Participated as a witness in Challenge 8: Can I Get A Witness
Scruff

Yeah, I think timezones plays a crucial factor into any game and definitely played it's part here too. I tried to mitigate that by sleeping during the day and being up at night to catch you and Leon, but we would never exchange more than a few messages during a tribal and I'd have to get your thoughts around the last hour before deadline.


Also yeah, the newbie rate of this game is exceptional. I appreciate that It's a very accessible setup in my opinion. Even with 12th and BAU dominating the challenges, I think there was still a lot of wiggle room.