I was very scared for enrollment this week, and just as scared when I saw the cast. I knew I was in for a long week when I realized I knew the entire cast. I didn't think I'd do well because there were both popularity threats and strategic threats in the game. Also, once I started making people angry, I knew the game would turn out of my favor, which happened about halfway through.
Day 1, I found out I was in a minority of 6, so i quickly pulled the group together and we were able to pull in enough people to keep myself safe. From that point on, I was in a majority until day 9. By day 3, both sides thought I was with them.The entire game, even towards the end, I found myself making critical decisions as a swing vote. I needed to make the best decisions to further myself, which I believe did because I got to finals. I avoided going up with the major popularity threats.
Now, I wasn't just playing this game for myself. My frat won the stars seat this week and decided to send in Chris. I was excited because I knew I'd have a great ally I could trust, but at the same time, it was his first stars. He didn't know much about the game, and always came to me for help. When he didn't know what to tell someone or how to lock in, I was the one he came to. I taught him well.
At the beginning of the game, we were on the same side, but as the game progressed, i suggested that we split up so we weren't seen as a pair and so we could know everything that was going on. Between the two of us, we knew about everything, shared that information with each other, and used it to get us to the end.
Also, I knew I needed to keep him safe. I did so, even at the risk of my own game at times. Keeping him safe caused me to make big moves that I might otherwise not have made, sometimes lost trust with the other players, and even got me nominated twice. I think that my gameplay was a major part of him being nominated only once. I'm not rying to take away from Chris' game because that is impressive, especially for a beginner, but without me willing to risk my own life to save him, he probably would have been put up more often.
I made it to the end with my final 2 from day one, avoiding the block with him the entire game after being seen as a pair. Playing to protect two people is a lot more difficult than to protect one, and I managed to do so. I know i will probably end up in second or third, but i still think i played the best game and deserve to win. No matter what happens, I won't be upset, but i would love to come out on top. I can't say anything bad about these two finalists, even if I wanted to, because they are both great people. Please vote for me to be the winner of stars 290 and thank you all for the support! Good luck chris/david
P.S. I also played this entire game from my phone so I think that's an accomplishment in itself lol.
I never really know what's going on in the stars game until these final speeches at the end, and by reading yours I just wanted to say CONGRATS and that you totally deserve to win this! If I were you, I probably would have dropped Chris to save myself, but the fact that you tried so hard AND got the two of you to finals is impressive, well done!
