Rocky's Second Confessional

[Rocky]

Guy, this has been a pretty crazy week. Much busier than the first week of the game, that's for sure, guy.

So as you already know, Rocco doesn't really have a lot of allies/friends in this game. In fact, I only had 1 really, Sugah. To make matters worse, this game has been divided into sides with Marcus, Silas, Ethan and Brett on one side and Sugar, Tracy, Jerri, Shi, Steph and Russell on the other. Kelly is somewhere in the middle trying to play both sides. And of the girl's side, Sugar, Tracy, Jerri and Ace were the closest and Shi and Steph are a duo who are for now working with Sugar's group but that could easily change.

So where does this leave Rocky you might ask. Well normally I wouldn't mind being the low man in the group who is making moves behind the scenes like I did with the challenge that Ace won. However, looking at the number of gems people have I found myself in an increasingly precarious position. If Shii, Steph, Jerri, Tracy or Kelly had won the Cop competition, I could have quickly found myself being one of the only people with only 1 gem. And that shit don't just sit right with Rocco.

So going into the Cop competition my main goal was to obviously win. But with Silas and his gang working well together, it became increasingly clear that was not going to happen. I had heard about Silas' group offering Kelly a gem in exchange for her voting with them. So I decided to post as good a score in that challenge as I could so I could have my own leverage to make a deal with Silas. So once it became clear I was the only person who could stop Silas from winning the challenge, I put on my best Monty Hall costume and struck up a deal with Silas.

Not only do I get a gem out of the deal, more importantly I am in their little circle and can get some much needed info out of them (as well as protection). So I will keep my undercover operation a little secret for as long as I can and try to seem loyal to my new friends. I konw they still look at me with some sckepticism but hopefully they learn to trust me more and more so that I can udermine their power from the inside.

So for now I will walk around with my Team Silas jersey on. The best part is nobody can really get upset with me for whoring myself out to them since I had made no promises to anyone.

In our Robber competition the only reason I was playing was to try and make sure none of Silas, Ethan, Marcus or Brett won. I didnt' mind winning but I much prefered if Sugar or Tracy or someone won, so they could steal a gem from Marcus. If I had won I would have had to steal one from Ace. Sugar did a great job of the challenge and my one true ally made me proud, guy.

So after the challenge I go into a chat with Silas and the gang and quickly learn they want to target Tracy. While I have no real ties to Tracy, I know Sugar is very close to her and so I made sure to tell Sugar to give a gem to Tracy so I won't have to vote for her. I am much happier voting Silas' second choice, Jerri.

I'm not sure yet how all the votes will fall but it will probably end up Silas, Ethan, Marcus, Brett, Myself voting for Jerri. With Tracy, Sugar, Jerri, Kelly and Ace voting for Shii Ann. That leaves Russell, Shi and Steph as the swing votes. Since Shi will probably be voted for by Sugar's group, I figure Shi and Steph will vote Jerri with Silas' group and Jerri will go home. I got to sit down and think about the vote but I'm thinking maybe the best route to go would be to have Shii and Steph vote for Russell or Kelly, then Sugar's group could vote out Shi with Russell's help.

I don't like Shii Ann and Steph surviving very long in this game. The two of them together are the ultimate swing vote, and that is the role that Rocky would rather have. It might be a bit of a trick to get one of them to leave, but hopefully I can make it happen even though I will be voting for Jerri. lol

[Rocky]

Alright guy, so like Rocky needs a mission or something while he is undercover amongst Silas' group. What's the point of being undercover if I don't do anything while undercover, right guy?


Obviously part of me being undercover is to hopefully get some gems from the Silas group. Also I want to undermine their challenge ability so that the other side can win a few challenges.

But I also need to think longer term. The strongest thing about Silas, Marcus and Ethan (and to some extent Brett) is their teamwork and trust amongst one another. I figure I can use Brett's lack of challenge strength to put a wedge between him and the others. And after last night when Sugar won Robber, Ethan started chatting her up in an attempt to not have his gem stolen. I'm thinking I can use that as a little seed of doubt I can plant in Marcus' mind about Ethan. Maybe even play it up like Ethan made a deal to have Marcus lose a gem instead of him. And maybe even push it a little further and say Ethan is starting to look after himself more than the group, making Silas and Marcus the main targets.

So I guess in my head right now I plan to undermine Ethan and Brett and at the same time use that to get even closer to Silas and Marcus. If Marcus feels like Ethan was the reason that Sugar took his gem, if Marcus wins cop again, maybe he will give a gem to me rather than Ethan.

Also, I figure I will try and get each one of those guys (Ethan, Silas, Marcus and Brett) to feel like THEY are the person I am closest to in the group. I imagine I will be looked at as somewhat of a wildcard in this game, which can be dangerous on it's own. But if people think they have the "Wildcard" on their side, they will feel empowered. All 4 of those guys will want me around as their secret weapon once the numbers start getting smaller.