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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 7:44:55 GMT -5
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 8:15:52 GMT -5
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 8:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 8:33:58 GMT -5
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 8:39:41 GMT -5
Wait the one with 5 first.
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 8:40:20 GMT -5
, I misread it and thought another round has passed hahah
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 9:20:47 GMT -5
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 9:42:38 GMT -5
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 10:16:14 GMT -5
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PLEASE DONT HAVE THE 8 TILE REXXY
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Post by ethynol on Sept 6, 2017 11:09:31 GMT -5
Oh well... that was really fun Mas! Reallly enjoyed myself all these while! gonna be a little bitter sweet when I do my last confessionals! I had so much fun playing such games! And theres something inside me that I cannot put it in words, i love these people so much and the games! it has been alot of fun. It does bring me some joy that some of my friends dont really understand. Kinda sad it ended But looking forward to more opportunities to play thats for sure!
Hit me up if you need anyone else to play/ host/ co-host/ be guest players! I'm kinda up for those if time permits!
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Post by Bandage Man on Sept 6, 2017 11:50:07 GMT -5
Confessionals:
1) Coming to the Final 3, how do you feel being one step away from the finals?
2) When you saw the eliminated players back, how do you feel?
3) What do you think about the Main Match when revealed?
4) Were you happy with the partner you had at first?
5) Once the partner aspect was eliminated, how did you approach the Main Match?
6) How do you feel knowing Kevin and Rexxy worked together against you?
7) What do you feel about the Death Match?
8) How do you feel being eliminated from the game?
9) Your thoughts about the Final 2?
10) Final thoughts on the game as a whole?
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Post by ethynol on Sept 7, 2017 9:59:18 GMT -5
One last one, maybe?
Confessionals: 1) Coming to the Final 3, how do you feel being one step away from the finals? It was such a blessing!!!! I never thought so much getting to so far in this game! I thought I'd lost by the time we reached the 5th MM. To get to the finals would be great, and winning it all would be such a great feeling! To be able to win it all would be really good!!2) When you saw the eliminated players back, how do you feel? Hmmm initially I did feel good about it, since i do have more hope in working with the guests than the other players, and since Arnold is back, I thought it would be really great for me to work together with him once again. Furthermore I thought Joseph would be on my side for the MM, little did I know...3) What do you think about the Main Match when revealed? I once told myself midway through the MM, if the game was something cooperative like Elevator game, and not solo based like 5:5 game, Iwould stand a really great chance because I could try to use my relationship to work with people. Since relationships was whatever I used to make me get to the final 3. So I was really excited to play this game and see if I can figure out a way to get til the end.
4) Were you happy with the partner you had at first? At first I thought Joseph may not be good with me since I personally chose to send him to go to the DM and caused his subsequent elimination. then when we started running through ideas while playing the game, I was really excited to work with him.. (LITTLE DID I KNOW! He had it all planned to get me out.. sighhhh)
5) Once the partner aspect was eliminated, how did you approach the Main Match? My approach is basically to work together with both as much as possible to find something that benefit us both, and hence allowing me to get the slight edge over the rest. My gamestyle was pretty predictable, when Rexxy had the lead, I go straight to Kevin to see if we could work together to get more points, when Kevin had more points I go towards Rexxy more. I thought with this, I could find a way to get more points and hence giving me the edge over them..
6) How do you feel knowing Kevin and Rexxy worked together against you? Damnnnnnn that is an extreme ways worthy moment. I cant believe they managed to pull that off and Rexxy have the courage to volunteer to go to the DM and go against me right here. I got played, thats all I can say, I put too much trust in the both of them and it backfires on me... well thats kinda karma for the game that I played. I'm slightly salty and sad that things turn out this way, but with the level of accolades that was given to me, I couldnt be mad at them. It was a good end for me too.
7) What do you feel about the Death Match? Black and White! It was one of those games Im excited to play, but I'm kinda sad that it has to end with a skill based game (I've tried it a couple of times and Im not that good at it), but I guess it isnt beads horde or monorail. But too bad I cant play a betting game cos I'd be really down for one of those using my uncanny and illogical and sporadic betting abilities. But I guess its one of the classic genius games, so I'm glad that i get to play that and it was kinda nice to die under a classic game..
Then again, I'm still not exactly sure how to play this game well, I guess Rexxy managed to read me along the way and that kinda secured him the win.8) How do you feel being eliminated from the game? It was pretty sad... i was so invested in this game, checking this site so many times a day to get the latest updates. 24 hours after elimination I feel so lost, I guess thats drawbacks from ending the game. But to end in final 3, which was sooo much better than I gave myself credit for, and to lose in this fashion, for people to gang together to get me out I felt good and bad at the same time. Somehow I feel kinda lonely since that happened to me, but I guess its part of the game. To go out in this fashion, I guess it said something about my gameplay, they see me as a threat, so I'm definitely proud of the way I played it. Elimination is part of the game and I just need to learn to slowly accept it, but... just so close dammit, but honestly it was pretty far , everyone wants me out and I've been struggling on my own since MM8. It's about due time I ran out of meatshields and I got sent to the DM and I just lost.9) Your thoughts about the Final 2? Kevin and Rexxy are two really great players and great fans of the game. I enjoyed every moment of working with them and playing with them. I had a long game relationship with them and was pretty excited that we all made it to the final 3. Both of them are very deserving of getting till the end and I'm really excited to see them fight it out!
I was shocked at how many people were rooting for Kevin though, seems like he's the underdog that everyone was rooting for and he managed to form really great relationships with everyone so maybe he dont need to fear me when he goes to the end, (but maybe its a ploy to get Rexxy to volunteer to go to the DM to play with me, if so that is really really great gameplay on his part. [need to check out with Kevin post game])
Rexxy was a really really great player, from the start of the game, I knew he was a strong contender to actually win it all, he has that knowledge and the savviness of a great player, and I'm really excited to see how it all turns out in the end. I'm definitely rooting for Rexxy to win, if I were to have a winners' pick from the start, it has to be him 10) Final thoughts on the game as a whole? Really it was a great 4months of my life. Thank you Mas, I never felt so alive and excited about certain things, and after 1400 forum posts and I bet like 30000 words if not more. I felt really really great about it, it gives me like a second life I felt I never had. I was kinda the introvert quiet guy who dont know what to say around people in real life, but I could really express myself better right here and I could share the common love of the game with everyone else. So it has been a really great experience as I've found a part of me that is suppressed within me. To be called a social threat and to play a phenomenal game was not what i expected myself to do, and its only something I could watch from a TV screen, to be able to do that, life is kinda complete in that aspect.
Everything was such fun and to be able to participate in this experience with 13 other people (including you Mas) it was such a great experience, and I hope that I could prolong such friendships in the future. We can even get coffee someday Mas .
Really grateful for everything youve prepared Mas, from the MM to the DM and all the little kinks inthe game you've solved. It was really amazing you did it all on your own. Those little screwups are kinda funny but I know I joked quite a bit about them, but I know that it is not easy, and you've gotten it to almost perfection! And it's the 3rd season already! Great job getting this going and appreciate you doing your part in expanding the Genius fandom and letting more fans get to play the game that we all come to love. I had a really really positiive experience and it is impossible without the other 12 players for keeping it cool and fun during the games and you keeping it professional and sometimes joining in the fun. Thanks for all the tolerance for everything from everyone and keeping it fun, cool and professional. It wouldnt have been such a fun with you Mas. To every other players who's gonna see this! I love you guys soooo much, it's been a great pleasure to play with/against you guys, it has beeen soooo much fun and I loved every moment of this from the first time we posted our profiles till now~ I felt I've known you all so much better right now and I hope to extend our relationships beyond this point! Rock on guys! And all the best in everything in life!
Maybe, I'll see you guys next time... (some other season maybe? pleaseeee)
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Post by ethynol on Sept 8, 2017 11:06:49 GMT -5
To add on from the post yesterday. After thinking about the game a little after i left and after gathering more information from everywhere, I guess I was painted a overly strategic picture of myself.
Personally I was aware the importance of having allies and I did what i could to secure allies here and there to make sure that i wasnt out of the loop completely. Hence i managed to form great bonds with people from the start: Mainly Arnold, Rexxy, Joshua, Lukas, Trevor, Kevin and Joseph and a little bit of Jay (mainly im just casting a net for people to talk to and hope that they can respond back to me, and i did receive great responses).. I think the main reason I was able to do so is 'cos I was really really active during the early phases of the game, checking the game as frequently as I could (since I'm really free ) and hence allowing me to get the core 6 people that I was working with in MM1.
As the game progresses, with the numbers on my side, I guess at the early stages, the mob mentality is still the best direction to go, I was able to secure several wins due to having more information and numbers and hence able to take out people from Arnold's side. Basically i was trying to get out people who wasnt on my side, at the start the few were Jay, Henry Tom Merriska and Plat (which I still think I did a pretty good job ahaha)
I guess my downfall was the fact that even though I was checking in with people, I was never sure of people's intention and their external dealings with other people, and I didnt really think about how people percieve of me much. Kevin picked up on the things that i did and hence they did get me into a lot of trouble and he is able to try to sow discord among my allies and get them to turn against me and that was a really good move on his part. But when I apporached him with an alliance from MM5 on, i was truly genuine on getting someone to work with because he might be a useful number on my side and I could tap into more information other than from Arnold and Rexxy alone. But i guess since Kevin was my 4th, I was never his priority just like he was to me. I tried to protect him as much as I could without compromising my relationship with my core, but there is that little I could do since numbers are dwindling. When numbers are smaller, all I thought of was securing my position with Arnold, and I leave that as my priority..
MM8 onwards was the moment i felt that I started to lose grip of the game, it felt like people were getting suspicious of my actions and having a group without me for MM8 wasnt a reallly good thing too.. I did really horribly for MM9 and 10 because people were starting to come against me and plotting against me, with little numbers theres only that little I could do. But I guess the betrayal against me was kinda justified because I kinda drew first blood with Rexxy in MM10, but too bad I wasnt aware that he had kevin right there to protect him and Pete being kinda on his side. I acknowledge that Rexxy was a threat in the game to win it all and of course i dont want to be going up against so I started to take a shot at him, which apparently didnt turn out to be great at all.. sighs ...
But I guess Kevin really overstate my game, not sure whehter that was his strategy or not, but he did paint a really really huge target on my back and that ultimately caused my downfall. Iwasnt aware kevin was that close to Joseph and Trevor made me really really shock... at least the overall big team betrayal didnt come out for MM11 team version, if not I would feel really really defeated .
To think about it, if I was at the end agianst Kevin, I may or may not get as much items as him,but he realy played a great puppetmaster game, basically it's the game i wanted to play, I tried to play, but he played it better, more discretely, more successful and that got him till the end and left me at the loser's lodge. I do adore the final 2 and the choice of player to give the item was really really tough. I do really support Rexxy, but not giving credit to Kevin's game is not doing the Genius Game justice... So I guess I need to think hard about it.
I have to still add that the game Kevin and I played were very different. He played a strong social game, forming solid relationships and knowing when to trust who and when to raise red flags. Meanwhile, I played a more paranoia-filled game.. I want information because I want to get on top of the game, I dont want to be left out in the loop, hence I tried to work together with as many people and planned my actions to accomodate as many people as possible. I wouldnt say that that was a good game, but my main aim in the game was to avoid deathmatch, it did bring me far, but ultimately I stilll got forcefully dragged to the DM and got my butt kicked. Not sure how I'll fare at the end but i guess I had a really really great run. If I changed things up, I may or may not be able to end up in this position, but to me I doubt I have the brains for the DM since I'm kinda a sloppy thinker and just go with my gut. maybe thats why I fail to build strong relationships too. But I felt lost when things dont go my way and that really built up alot of paranoia within me and I'd go ham and start doing stupid things. I guess that paranoia comes from real life and it kinda extends to the game, and it's kinda a weakness I'm still not adept enough to overcome.
Back to the game, I'm only pleased with a few of my MM performances:
MM1: Everything was Lukas' doing, my main job was just to form the alliance of 6 that eventually secured the win. That does gave me a great team to work for the rest of the game
MM2: I was kinda on top of everything in the game, even the rules were a little weird, and I got a really reallly nerfed Deer, but II managed to survive and get till the end, although I feel a little bit was due to the fact that I was more active during the game and I was able to get more infomation from others. To think that this was the first MM i tried to get Kevin killed in Round 2 so Arnold and I could secure our win for the rest of the game... it failed though
MM3: I had a great control for this game I guess. This together with middle race were my proudest moments in the game. I managed to get infomation from everyone and I was at the top of everything, doing my 2 groups of 3 thing and managed to get them to pick different food from me. If random.org wasnt there to screw things up, I could have easily gotten 5 points inthe first round that gave me my sole win
MM4: This was bascailly a flat out win for me doesnt count, still impressed at how Kevin managed to give plat the win too
MM5: Lucked out this one, if plat didnt heal me or if the murderers didnt kill the wrong guy, I'd lost this
MM6: thiswas the one i went ham and crazy with all the permutations and plotting that kinda let me figured out the way for me to get till the end and win it, too bad I wasnt aware the relationship between Joseph and Kevin and that almost costed me the win by dragging the game longer for 1-2 more rounds, still managed to find a way to win it still but that's still a red flag that I missed, Kevin going to and winning this DM kinda reduced his target while I became the leader in MM wins
MM7: Winning this was partially luck I guess but I guess this was the one that started revealling arnold's and my relationship. But I was able to get info from everyone here still, so my social game was still kinda on point at that time
MM8: Luck.. getting the killer was basically Mas giving me another win in the bag , before everything went ham
MM9: I lost all control in this game, bad animal choices and Arnold's howl kinda screwed me over, I was playing not to be last despite the garnet lead i had earlier on. Only solace was that since Arnold was the elimination candidate, thre was no way I was going to the DM, unless i wanted to .. Losing Arnold this round was a huge bummer for me tooo..
MM10: I have no idea what I was doing... did some stupid moves that was defniltey not top 4 worthy. Was surprised that I didnt came in last, and more surprised that I didnt get picked for the DM.. maybe things would be different if trevor won it, but who knows...
MM11: I had no mistakes in this game, my mistakes was everything that culminated in the past 5 MM, all coming back to haunt me. The only thing I could have done better was with the DM but it felt like it was really stacked against me and oh well... I kinda deserved the loss for playing such a sloppy end game.
I guess MM3&6 were my only claim to fame. But i guess i did have a blast... most of my 'strategizing' was mainly to check in with people and talk a little about life. But I guess when I relax, Kevin worked harder than me and outwitted me, and I couldnt outplay Rexxy. I'm not sure how good my game was overall, but I guess I did a fair share of plotting and scheming and betraying, but i was just not good enough, trusted in people too much and put my eggs in one basket that blew up in my face. Not sure how I ranked in Mas' ORG fandom.
Overall, i guess I'm pleased with my performance as this game brought out a side of me that I never thoguht existed and I could play my hardest right now, and I could socialize and talk to people who I have a common topic with (its kinda not that easy in life since Im always that awkward person). So I guess I'm happy, although disappointed, sad, but contented, happy and alive.
Thanks once again Mas to anyone else who's reading this post-game and played this game, thanks for this amazing experience~ Watched the show 2 years ago and was hooked to this and to be able to play it myself was kinda a dream come true.
Whoa really really long post but it does kinda gave me some form of closure for the game.
-Ethy out
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Post by kaycali86 on Sept 18, 2017 20:54:15 GMT -5
I read it all. Sorry it went down that way in MM11. Without partners, was nearly impossible. I think we should have all suggested to revamp the elevator rules a bit.
Very good read!
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