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Ron Weasley
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| Post #1: 16th Mar 2018 3:31:47 PM | |
~*Ron’s Answer to Cormac Part #1*~
Morning! Firstly, I am sorry that I have been discussing members of the jury as the g-word when discussing my strategy. I did not think of others’ being offended by this term. I am sorry.
Ron. I had a lot of misplaced trust and respect in you. Unfortunately, you did exactly what I predicted you would do. When I did not immediately let you in on the alliance chat (Crippling Depression SHOUT OUT) you eventually took me out, that would have been the best reason to take me out and I would have respected it. The reason you gave me was incredibly weak. The reason you believe in your answers is undeniably weak. I know you could not possibly believe I wanted to be in the final three with Fred (no offense Fredrick, ily) or that me/Draco/Fred was ever going to team up and take the rest of this game by storm. That is delusional after I pitched me/you/Draco round after round, time after time. So I want the real reason and I'm sure if you search deep down you'll find there's a better one.
I will not lie in saying that Final 6 was the biggest mind-fuck of a decision to make. To paint the picture I had a lot going on in my mind about if I was deserving to be in the end with powerful players like Mirabella and Pomfrey. Two people that I seen as obvious, in your face to the jury, good players. I felt like on that side of things they needed to go. I needed to go to the end with yourself, Draco, maybe even Fred. However, when I turn to the other side. I have confidence in how I played, I played a good game. I should be able to beat any of the top 6 and not fear it. I had battling feelings of that. Maybe this is just me, but I always have anxiety and look at every decision to make the best one.
Coming into the top 6, Mirabella was the ideal to leave. She threw out this fake item idea of being able to vote swap this round which added an element for the first 12-13 hours of the game, at least. Furthermore, Draco wasn’t around again for most of the day. You said it clearly that round though, “Draco wasn’t the issue” in a message with me. You were completely right. The issue was me. It was my reluctance to trust yourself and Draco with my game. You mention in your post about not telling me about the alliance early in merge and I would like to mention to you that I cherished our bond together from early in this game. I really liked you. You were on par with Pomfrey as my favorite person to come together with again in the merge. I loved our chats, you seemed honest and real with me. I know you had other things going on and weren’t as active as you normally had been during parts of the merge. Or, maybe you didn’t trust me to share things. But when I entered merge at top 12, I was ready to play the game. I was not wanting to wait. I was forced into waiting during the Newt round but was still fed info from Fred/Pomfrey during this time. To me, those were the rounds where I established trust in Fred/Pomfrey about us working together.
When we skip to Top 9/Top 8/Top 7 when we finally started getting back into our conversations with one-another. It was almost too late in the game. If I wanted to go to the end with Draco and yourself, it was because I would have feared the game I played.
I am not scared of how I chose to play this, and I feel confident that I played a good game. Win or lose, I am proud of how I got here and the social game that I played. For that reason, Final 6 ended with you leaving. I mention the Fred/Draco/Yourself potential. Maybe it is impossible, but I wouldn’t know that because I don’t know your game.
Your game to me is a mystery. For awhile in this merge I thought you were super close to Lily. Going into the top 6, and seeing your will and want to stay. This combined with Draco, who was only around 10% of each round…scared me. You say that working with Fred is impossible, but I wouldn’t have known your relationship with Fred. You didn’t let me into that side of your game as much as I wanted to be.
Overall, if you vote for me or not. I hope you know I really liked talking to you outside of game-talk when we had the chance.
--I will do the ranking with a brief explanation during my next break. Sorry for the wait. And feel free to ask for clarification if I talked in circles or missed something above--
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Ron Weasley
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| Post #2: 16th Mar 2018 7:24:36 PM | |
~*Ron’s Answer to Cormac Part #2*~
For all three of you, I would like you to grade how you believe your social relationships are with each of the jury members going into this final tribal council using the O.W.L. grading rubric: (O)utstanding, (E)xceeds Expectations, (A)cceptable, (P)oor, (D)readful, (T)roll. Please, give an extremely brief explanation for each grade you give yourself.
This second question is very interesting for me. I say this because I am sitting here proud of my social game. I am proud of the way I was able to socially maneuver myself in and out of relationships to feel as in-control as I could that I was not going home. So, initially, the somewhat cocky side of that wants to give a lot of people O’s for my social game. However, I am looking at this deeper then just saying I was social with this person as much as I could be: 10/10. I am breaking this up and looking at the relationship part of social relationship. This makes me analyze how everyone has reacted to me sitting in the finals. I have felt under fire since the moment Mirabella used a funny gif that I sent to her against me in her opening statement. I have noticed that my perception of a strong social game may not be how they take our actual relationship currently. Regardless of what they thought of me in-game. Many have a changed perception outside of the game, and therefore my view of the relationship I had with them has changed.
1. Amos Diggory: P; As much as I want to pride myself on the fact that I socialized well with him in the merge phase after voting him pre-merge, I did give him false hope many times in the game. I was trying to act, slightly, like I could potentially work with him again. I was doing that to keep him from targeting me and potentially coming to me with ideas which never really happened. I just feel like Amos may have left this game with a sour taste when he thinks back to our conversations. I loved speaking to him socially and hate that it may have turned into that, but likely see him feeling this way.
2. Angelina Johnson: D; Ultimately, I see her around the board. I see that she felt as though I was slimy and untrustworthy. I worked hard on giving her items and bonding with her socially to get the vote off me. She has not felt a bond at all with me it seems through this. This does shock me. I feel like she may have been hurt by her blindside, and my lack of loyalty to Lily—someone who seemed to have her trust.
3. Cormac McLaggen: D; I feel the same here with you. I didn’t realize to the degree that our relationship has fell coming into the final tribal council. After reading your opening statement, I understand the damage in more detail. I gave you complete hope with regards to the Final 6. I lied to you, our relationship has fell very close to that T status in my eyes.
4. Fred Weasley: A; I pondered with making this higher. However, the last round of game was very odd with Fred. He didn’t seem the same to me that he did earlier in the game. It was like he was detached from everything. I was confused with this and am unsure of how he is feeling about everything after his boot. I am in hopes that he still respects the game I played with him and was not hurt.
5. Gilderoy Lockhart: P; I know others may view this differently. But I view his boot to be my fault due to the initiative I made with Mira/Maxime. Due to this, I could see him feeling as though our relationship was never truthful or honest. As much as I had fun with him on a 1:1 and thought we were laughing together. It seems maybe I was sadly mistaken.
6. Lily Potter: P; Although I told her about her elimination in regards to her leaving, I lied to her. I gave her false hope of us working together even though I voted her twice. I could see her being hurt by this right now.
7. Madame Maxime; T She has no reason to want a relationship with me. I lied to her and voted her out, right after she took out Lockhart for me. I loved chatting with her but am not expecting that love in return after my actions.
8. Madame "Poppy" Pomfrey; E I think Pomfrey is maybe the only one, unfortunately, that seems to have understood me. By that I mean the 'bitching is bonding', I feel like she was at my level of humor and fun that seem to not be well liked. I am in hope that she does not feel betrayed, however, with me thinking about a Cormac/Draco F3 or having a F3 also with Mira/Draco, therefore I could not give her an O.
9. Newt Scamander; P I had a hard time trusting him after Rita left. I was unsure of how much he knew about the vote or was a part of it (I had this whole speculation of Lockhart/Lily/Newt being together). I know I told, you, Cormac about this. I feel like he did listen to me, and we did have chats—our relationship wasn’t terrible, but it needed more improvement if he stayed in the game past Final 12.
Thanks,
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