Day 9
Bowler and I had great conversations and I truly wanted to keep him around. Unfortunately my alliance did not trust him a whole lot and I knew I couldn't keep him safe. I tried to convince them but I was not successfull
Nominations: Bowler & punx
I obviously wanted Bowler to stay but I had to do what was good for my alliance and my own personal safety. Punx had talked about me and I knew he wasn't keen of me so it was in my own best interest to get him out. But tengaged decided to send Bowler packing which was a big bummer. Sorry Bowler, I really wanted you to stay
Day 10
My alliance now was in the majority so this was the first day where I realized, no matter who would go up, it would suck. Since we had to pick two players from the other alliance, this is what we did.
Nominations: Pogo & Jeffypop
Both of them were great guys and fun to talk to. But as I said, somebody had to be nominated and I couldn't turn on my alliance. Pogo left and he was such a great sport and I think he is awesome. Pogo, i can't wait to play a rookies game with you so we can be on the same side :)
Day 11
With most of my friends still in the game I knew that it would become more and more difficult to nominate people. Rich, Alicia, Angel & Chris were all my friends yet one of them had to go up.
Nominations: AngelofWater & punx193
This was not an easy decision to make. I knew that chris and Alicia were targets and I didn't want either of them to go up. And I know that Angel made comments possibly nominating Alicia so I had no other choice but to put her up next to punx193. Punx and I had great talks the past few days and I really started liking him. Our differences might be age related but I have a lot of respect for him. But I was happy Angel stayed.
Day 12
Nominating people was getting more and more difficult and I knew that Angel was trying to get us up and I don't really blame her. But I obviously could not let that happen.
Nominations: Jeffypop & AngelofWater
It was a pretty obvious thing for me to do to secure my safety. It sucked cause I liked both of them but everybody else I liked as well and were in my alliance. I am deeply sorry Angel that you didn't make it.
Day 13
This was a very tough day. We all knew jeffypop would go up (and jeffy is a great guy, i said it before and I will say it again 20 more times) but I had my friends and allies and now I knew i had to vote for one of them. Rich, Chris or Alicia? I knew that jeffy and angel nominated Alicia and me so if I would have nominated Alicia I would have secured my safety. But I told Rich I just couldn't do it. I accepted my position in the game.
Nominations: Jeffypop & Chris99x
Nominating Chris put my head on the chopping block but I just could not nominate Alicia, she is my friend so Rich agreed to let the algo choose between the two of us and the algo chose not only Alicia to be nominated but also to be evicted. That really, really sucked. Thank you for being there for me until the end Alicia. The reason I'm in the Final 3 is because of you and Rich (and Chris of course). Much love. <3
Day 14-16.
Here we are. I made Final 3 and managed nominations every freakin' day. I'm proud of that but i am said to see two buddies of mine up (Rich & chris). But Jeffypop stayed and he deserves it just as much. It feels good that even if I end up in 3rd place I know that 2 deserving players beat me.
Rich: I couldn't have asked for a better allie. YOu are a true friend and your people skills and good heart is the reason everybody adores you here. If you stay then I know you're going to win this. So you better bet some money on me in my next rookies game to share the love
Chris: YOu are almost as big of a dork as I am. Love your sense of humor, Love your pesonality and love the friendship we had. This was an amzing journey and I know you can be trusted.
Jeffypop: I nominated you several times not because I don't like you but because i know you were a threat and not part of my alliance. You have been a good sport and you deserve your spot in the final 3. I know if you ever end up in a rookies game we can finally be on the same side.
SUMMARY:
I had to let Angel go after we took out several member of the other alliance as we just were down to one person and my alliance. I felt bad and I know she was sad. I am truly sorry, you are amazing. I nominated everyone in the game I had to, to keep Rich and Alicia safe and I accomlished that goal. This is my first (and probably last) Stars game, I managed to make it to the Final 3 without being nominated once.
And I feel I had a good control over the game cause Rich and I shared all information we had (and we had a lot lol) so we always knew what was going on and who would go up.
Your vote will be based on friendship, loyality, gameplay and a lot of different other factors so if I get only one person to vote for me I think i did well enough.
Stars was an amazing journey, a lot of ups and downs and those who have played it before know exactly what I'm talking about. Some players had their feelings hurt which was not my intention. You never heard me talk bad about other players cause I respect them even if we don't get along as long as they respect me as well. I won't be here tonight for the final eviction and when the Final 3 vote will start so i will update mine later on.
Thank you to those who supported me (i think i saw two shoutout in the chat lol) and good luck to jeffy and either chris/rich.
Alrighty, I might as well just write down my thoughts and feelings about Stars 4 and those those who are not intersted you can scroll down to read the summary. this is a 2 part Blog. Day 1 - 8 and 9 - 16.
I never really blog so I might as well do it now :)
Stars 4 was very intense and kinda fun and I came into this thinking I had a fair shot but as soon as the game started I knew it was going to be a loooooong journey.
Day 1 & 2
Swatza, Rich and I kinda knew from the very beginning that we can trust each other and even though in the beginning we didn't vote together it was pretty obvious that we would not nominate each other. Right before the game started I met Alica86 in a Rookies game who is a beautiful lady from the In- and Outside. From Day 1 I knew I could trust her as well. Everybody else was fair game.
Nominations: jm101 & Corey1
Even though I nominated these two individuals I personally had no problem with them. It was the house's will and early in the game there is not much you can do about that. So I went along with the majority.
Day 3
AngelofWater and I started talking and I learned that she is not just a very nice girl but also very smart and when we agreed to work together I was thrilled. That alliance included Irvin,Angel, Alicia and me. I knew that at one point down the road I would have to split up from this alliance cause I already had people I had to look out for but I wanted to keep them as long as I possibly could. They were good people.
Nominations: bubblyangel & anarctiscin
I did not want bubbly to go up cause I liked her a lot but fact was she was not in my alliance and a lot of people wanted her gone. I was overruled. She obviously took it very personal and calld me a backstabber (which I don't understand, we were never in an alliance). But again, I can't protect everyone.
Day 4
Everything still seemed fine and I had a solid alliance and a lot of friends, I felt good about the game and my position in the game. I thought I was safe for a few more days.
Nominations: jm101 & jeffypop
As I said before, I don't know jm101 and had nothing bad to say about him but the house really wanted him gone and jeffypop was the pawn apparently. I went along with it but I didn't like it. It was a very close vote and jeffy barely managed to stay. I contacted him and told him I nominated him and that it was wrong. Pawns are not a good idea cause they usually end up being the one evicted, jeffy accepted my apology and we started having a good relationship in the house but i knew that we were not part of the same alliance.
Day 5
This was the day where I decided that I am tired of just sitting back and letting others make the decisions. I knew that bubbly was very upset and was gunning for pretty much everyone in my alliance. So I had no other choice but to get her out. But everyone was scared she would stay.
Nominations: Bubblyangel & AngelofWater
Yes, it is correct. It was my idea to put them up. It was tough and some people in my alliance weren't even comfortable with it but I knew that if someone could beat Bubbly it would be AngelofWater. I did everything I could to keep her safe but I wasn't too worried and it turned out that I was right. Angelof Water stayed thankfully. Obviously I couldn't tell her about it so this is my apoligy for Angel. I am sorry for making this move, I wanted you to stay and all my friends voted to keep you.
Day 6
Apparently tennis and richpaca had a argument that day (i don't even remember what it was all about) but I had no problems with him. So Rich was obviously concerned about him becoming the target and I had to protect my Rich.
Nominations: tennisallstar & Punx193
Tennis talked to me that day and was very nice. I had no problem with him whatsover but I was overruled and tennis was the first nominee. It wasn't my choice but I accepted it. Punx193 went up cause I knew he didn't like me because I said something bad about Pokemon :) and he nominated me the first day. I liked him but I knew that I had to make a move to get him out, it was nothing personal. Tennis left that day and blamed me saying that I backdoored him. That was the most confusing personal attack because I wasn't even calling the shots, I voted along with my alliance.
Day 7
Bowler and I started talking about the game and I really liked that guy, I wanted to keep him around as long as possible. The only two people that day I could talk about him though were Rich and Alicia cause swatza was gone most of the day. I wanted to keep bowler as long as possible but unfortunately Bowlers alliance was targeting Irvin & Swatza while the other side of the house was gunning for Swatza & Bowler (it appears that everybody thought swatza was the enemy lol)
Nominations: Bowler and Irvin
That nomination sucked. I had to nominate two people I genuinly liked but swatza was my buddy and there was no way i could have voted for him. Rich, Alicia and I voted the same way hoping we could maybe keep swatza safe but it wasn't enough. Swatza went up next to Bowler and was evicted. Swatza, we tried our best, you're a good guy.
Day 8
With one of my closest allies gone I knew I had to make another big move to secure my safety as I felt a little vulnerable. I received a few whispers that were not supposed to come to me indicating that Irvin and AngelofWater had other alliances that did not include Alicia and me and I also heard it from others. I liked them both soooo much but my alliance agreed that it would be best to let one of them go and keep whoever stays around as long as possible. That day I also started making a new friend an allie. His name is Chris99x. We talked a lot in public chat and picked on each other (for fun) but we never talked game until that day and we quickly found out that we were on the same page on almost everything.
Nominations: AngelofWater & IrvinIcon
I was said to see them both up there. It was a reminder that I was lucky enough to end up in a Stars game with so many nice people. So I hope that both of you can forgive me, it was not personal, I like you both equally. Irvin left and I was happy to keep Angel safe as long as I could.
SUMMARY:
Swatza, Rich and Alicia were my allies and friends and there was no way i would nominate any of them.
Angelofwater and IrvinIcon and I became friends and started an alliance.
We lost Swatza as everybody thought he was with the other side of the house. Chris and I started talking and became good friends.
Part 2 will be posted soon. I am sorry if this is too much and you don't have to read it all but I was accused of things and was called names, I feel I need to share my side of the story.
Yes, I am finally doing a blog. How amazing is that?????
Since my name came up over the past few days here and there I thought it might be a good idea to introduce myself in case you don't know me. As you can tell I'm a rather low key kinda guy.
I've been around for several months now but I'm just no good at blogging plus I usually don't really have anything interesting to say but since I am currently doing "Stars" a lot of folks are probably wondering "how the heck is that guy with all these A's in his name".
Well there is not much to say about me. I live in Florida and I'm one of those old farts in their 20's (might as well retire). I already graduated (jealous????) and I am now working like one of those damn grown ups. It sucks, but what can you do.
I'm into sports (volleyball, swimming, raquetball) and I go to the gym a lot. I cherish the friendships I have and every person adds something good to my life and I am very thankful for that.
My family lives on a different continent and I miss them dearly but we're still very close.
I joined tengaged cause I enjoy playing Big Brother without the real pressure. I mean there is no money or fame involved, so who cares if I only end up in 8th place????????
Those who have played with me know that I have and odd sense of humor and I am obsessed with my pink tie. You'll never see me attack someone for entertainmehnt purposes, I respect each and every person so you will never gonna hear a mean spirited comment from me.
I am far from being perfect (though I am trying) but overall not a bad guy (you'll be the judge).
So over the past few months I met some amazing people on here and really grew close (you know who you are). Thank you for being a friends (yes, I am singing the Golden Girls Theme Song).
I enjoy rookies games and I play them for fun and I try to do well but it doesn't always really work in my favor, i only won 2 games but hey it's all in good fun.
I joined my first "Stars" game a few days back and it's a lot of fun, yet a lot of drama. So let me just add one more thing before I wrap this up.
Stars is fun and we all are very competitive. I wanna do well, we all wanna do well. Unfortunately every day (12 hours) one person has to leave and it's never easy especially I genuinely like everybody like those people left in the house.
People tend to get very nasty and (in my opinion) overly defensive and rude. Why does everybody think that you are hated and being picked on when you are nominated?
If I go up tonight then yes, I would be like "damn" but I will not go around and hate or yell at people. They want me up cause they think i'm a threat and that is fine. I will shake their hand (virtually that is) and wish them the best and congratulating them for playing a better game than me(and maybe beg tengaged not to vote me out haha). But in all honesty. Let's just remember to have fun here, some of our fights on here are just so meaningless compared to what's going on in real life. I'm going through some hardships, being yelled at online is never fun but I won't let it ruin my day or take it with me when I walk away from the computer.
Okay, my hands are getting tired so I'm gonna stop. So I will see you all in a future rookies game.
