Penner's Dissertation: Round 5

[Jonathan Penner]

Well, people are starting to get on my nerves by not coming on aim and talking.
Maybe they're all just as sick as I am of having to consult 15 other people every round to figure out simple votes and shit. Well, there are people who just dropped off the face of the earth (Richard). I had hopes for us but I'm slowly making him not a part of my plans.

Not only this, but this challenge is so time consuming. It's consuming time I don't even have...which is sad. It's like a giant cesspool of depression that just swallows me up. I'm kind of over it. Also that word puzzle was ridiculous. I sat there for about 30 minutes (closer to 40) just talking to people and playing that other flash game while I kind of pondered what the words could be. I came to the conclusion that it was a 4-4-8 sequence of words, couldn't decipher it and decided I don't need immunity anyways, so instead of wasting anymore of my time I just backed out and forfeited. But i will try for these idol shards.
I think my best bet at one is for the slider puzzle. I'm good with those and I feel I did really well; 47 seconds is not terrible by any means.

This next round shouldn't be too rough. I still see myself lasting for a while in this game.

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[Jonathan Penner]

I like how this is the 2nd time Chelsea hasn't been in the top whatever to go to Deception like stated but gets to go anyways.

[Amanda Kimmel]

Apr 6, 2012 23:17:11 GMT -5 Jonathan Penner said:

I like how this is the 2nd time Chelsea hasn't been in the top whatever to go to Deception like stated but gets to go anyways.

It's... really strange how that's happening, lol. Strong coincidence.

Kenny got an HII shard too because I had to scramble with the triple elimination. I just wanted it to be fair to all despite that... situation. Part of it was me having the tallied results and having Hatch out at the slider... I think.

Last time was due to the challenge being posted late and lack of clarifications. I 100% stand by it - if Chelsea hadn't gone, Jen would not have either.

And Kenny got that HII shard this time due to him also being out like that... and Jen got to go because that was who I was forgetting... seriously I'm too stupid to understand myself right now. I need to sleep this off, don't I? xD

[Jonathan Penner]

Ha! You're fine! I just found it strange!

[Jonathan Penner]

Well, I have been struggling to get on aim lately. The fact I knew I didn't win immunity in the challenge right away and that it was a 48 hour round, I decided to take a small hiatus. While I enjoyed my time away, I kind of forgot about the game so when I came back and I saw some people's tribal answers I was nervous they were about me- not being on aim etc. So I went onto aim and I had a few people jump at me saying they haven't seen me. I calmly explained myself but I went in thinking the worst.

At first I heard the vote was Richard. I was fine with that. I haven't talked to him at all recently and I don't feel he's been extremely active in the last few rounds.

But something was shaken up as I was approached by multiple people to partake in another blindside. Although I would have liked to conjure the plan up myself, I don't see how laying low and letting others get their hands dirty is much of a bad thing right now either. I mean, we are still at final 13 and there's a lot of game left. There is plenty of time to make moves.

I'm just glad to know my social game thus far has been effective as I'm being told big plans like this after being gone for so long. Normally I'd expect to be out of the loop with being gone, but I come back and I'm being pounced on asking if I'm in. So I said I was in. But, I am nervous because there seems to be a big group forming.

I'm caught in a dilemma- do I just go with the Ace vote out and spare more people like Shawna, Angie, Rich, or do I tell Ace that he needs to use prizes to try and get himself out? At this point I feel Ace is a good ally and if I were to tell him he'd be with me for the entirety of the game. But would saving this one person I haven't even made any deals with, I only enjoy him, be worth having a bunch of people left thinking what the hell just happened? Because I guarantee, if I let this out, word will get around. If Ace stays and we get someone else out, then it would be brilliant and a huge blindside. But if Ace still goes and there are a few good votes on someone from that group, then I could be putting myself far into the grinder and basically numbering my days.

I think I decided I would just let Ace go and play the game out from here. I feel people like Yau Man and Jen trust me and want me around so letting Ace go cannot be too awful for me. I think if Yau Man didn't say they were using a good amount of prizes to ensure Ace goes, it would be manageable, but the prizes are making this pretty impossible for a counter-blindside which is disheartening.

But no use in shaking the foundation of trust I have with these people to save someone I haven't really bonded with too much over the course of the game although I do like the guy. I need to move forward with that group and if I am in that group, there is no use putting myself on the outside of it, especially so early into the game.

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