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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 29, 2022 12:44:22 GMT 10
Accio Wizengamot Judge Number One:
![](https://i.imgur.com/jic9Uqd.png)
I now invite Nymphadora Tonks to address the finalists.
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on May 29, 2022 19:11:23 GMT 10
Heyyyyyyy Regulus Black and Corban Yaxley! Huge huge huge congrats for making it into that final 2! I genuinely believe you both played really great games (From what I can gather), and you both should be SUPER proud of how you played. Hopefully you still remember who I am ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) Yaxley, you were actually the final person in this game I met. Yet, you made a really great first impression on me and to me, you were and still are super genuine and real, which I appreciate. From the sounds of it, you played a really well-rounded yet comfortable game where you seemed to be solidly in the middle at all time (Which is a good place to be). However, the unfortunate circumstance here is that I barely know you. I know you so little, I don’t think we even spent 4 days together. So my question is: If everything in this game went the same way, with the one exception being that you were voted out when I was, and I took your spot in the final 2 (And I played the exact game you did), would you still vote for me, even though we barely know each other? Because I know you so little, I also find it hard to grasp how good of a social player you are in my eyes. So, one more question to do a mini test on your social game. In light of some of the bitterness and anger towards each other in the Wizengamot gang, I’d like for you to lift the mood up a little and describe one thing you like, appreciate or admire about each member of the jury ![:)](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png) Black, you were always such a stable and calming presence in this game! Like you said in your speech, I really do feel that we are super similar and see things in a similar light. What I find interesting about you is that luck really messed with you and your game a whole ton! Both good luck with some accidental immunity wins, and bad luck with a partner who had to leave immediately, and a constant slew of allies leaving. Because of this, you and your game are quite divisive. Some wizengamot members choose to appreciate all the hardship you fought to get here, while some choose to scrutinise points in time where your survival was cemented by some moments of good luck. I want to give you the opportunity to address this… So, my questions for you are: First, I’d like you to comment on how you were able to overcome and capitalise on good luck and bad luck in this game I know you touched on this in your speech, but I’d love to hear some specifics ![:)](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png) My second question is, can you point to one precise move or vote where you were in control of the outcome? I look forward to hearing both of you. I’m quite undecided right now, seeing as how long its been since I’ve talked to either of you, so I will be solely judging off your answers to my questions as well as the other members. I wish you both a big good luck, and another round of applause because you both smashed it ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Regulus Black on May 29, 2022 20:52:17 GMT 10
Thanks Tonks! I've waited the longest to chat with you, so wanted to start with your questions.
As far as me controlling the outcome of a vote- I won't give you every instance, because it would be wrong to claim moves that I was a part of when they were more group decisions. But I'll give a few examples - post-swap, the Pyrites vote. I'll give some context for those who were on the other swap group.
By the time we'd swapped, Malfoy was a big player who was well-connected. I had been making this known. Raising his profile and pushing him out there made integrating with the original Order people easier at the swap. However, my play went a bit deeper- Malfoy was pretty significant to my game up until that point and so I wasn’t keen to lose that relationship just yet, despite increasing his profile. By keeping him around a bit longer, it would hopefully allow this integration to continue. I still wanted him around, for now. My goal at this point was to channel some Dave & Kelley from S38- to have us put forward distance between us. I know that he and Pyrites were pushing to get me out, but I wanted to steer things off both Malfoy and I if I could. The thinking being that if we presented as close- that would give big incentive for things to roll down original Side lines. Which wasn't really something I could see benefiting me, based on how divided the Death Eaters were at that stage. It’s hard to tell if this made a difference or not, but Mundungus left first.
My connection with original Order members was developing. It was this round that I feel really brought Fleur and I together. Anyway, long story short Tonks, but you seemed very keen to vote Pyrites. But Diggle wanted to vote Malfoy. You both felt like you had support behind your plan. By being in the middle alongside Fleur, it allowed me to identify a split in the Order group. But, I didn’t want it to be revealed at this point. Fleur and I were able to decide and fortunately, Fleur was fine with going with my lead and taking down Pyrites. Shortly before the deadline, we decided to tell Diggle to get him to vote Pyrites. But I had to present this as though I wasn’t deciding factor in this decision. Had Malfoy left that round, Pyrites, Moody and Diggle would have remained, which wouldn't have been a good set-up for me at all.
There were a few subtle plays and some tweakage which I pulled off throughout, which I generally used more than outright dictating votes, just given the situations. But the biggest outcome I controlled though was my huge final 4 round. I knew that Barty was in a golden position. At 5, he told me that the worst outcome for him would have been for Diggle to have won immunity, because he would then have to choose between voting Yax and Lily, which he'd never wanted to do. To me, this implies that he was banking on going with them to 3. I'd attempted to put a wedge in between Lily and Barty at 5 by playing them off each other (as they both wanted different outcomes that night) to see if that might open up a crack at 4. But this clearly wasn't an option with Lily and Crouch refusing to vote for each other, even after I'd won immunity. It was clear that Barty was individually closer to Yax, Lily and myself than each of us were with each other. And he and Lily were still unbreakably tight with each other. I could have easily played passive and voted with them for Yax. But then I would have lost all power in the game and my entire game plan of eliminating the remaining pairs would have failed. So I pulled the trigger and finally eliminated the tightest partnership in the game. The plus side of taking that shot was that I felt it ensured that I'd be at the final 2 regardless, as Lily had been pushing for Yax to leave. And at 4, Yax told me that he'd vote with me, but his preference between Barty and Lily would have been to vote Lily.
As far as making the most of my luck... I did this by trying to deal in things which luck wouldn't really impact on. So a lot of the first two-thirds of my game was about trying to stir up some paranoia and/or division between select people. Which is an often under-utilised of advancing. The way I see it, you can be in the majority alliance (which unfortunately, I wasn't always eligible for due to being partnerless). OR you can fuel division between other people and use that to help get you by. I'll give you some examples
Early on, I was close with Malfoy. But at the first council, I placed a vote against him. By this point, I'd sensed that he was the kind of player who wanted to be in the know on everything. He was really keen to be playing from the front.
The idea that there was someone who was out to get him, despite doing all he did to build early bonds would hopefully result drawing in him feeling closer to me, given he had no reason to doubt me. Earlier, I'd played up how much I prioritised Malfoy in our 1:1 after losing both Carrow and Figg, so feel like I did the groundwork for him to rule me out as having voted for him. By extension, he would then distrust others more. Not only that, but I was a sounding board for Malfoy to reveal his suspicions about who he felt had voted for him. Which I would invariably agree with and low-key fuel those doubts. This impacted upon Malfoy's relationship with people and increased his paranoia. He'd come to me and say things like 'I bet it was HK who voted for me' Beyond that, I fuelled the feud between Diggle and Malfoy at the merge, but did so kind of in a way that both felt I was with them. Before the HK vote, I'd told Malfoy that someone told me that he had been pushing my name out there. When he asked who it was, I said I didn't want to say. Then after the wild split council, it was clear that this question was still spinning around in Malfoy's mind. I truthfully was grateful to have not been voted out that night, but I was playing it up a little bit. Telling Malfoy that I'd be happy to help him with getting to the bottom of what had just gone down. Anything he'd ask, I'd help him with. And what do you know, he asked again about who had told me that he was gunning for me. But this time, he said something like 'oh, I bet it was Dickie Diggle who told you I was gunning for you, wasn't it?'. To that, I just agreed and pumped it up. The reality is that Diggle actually mentioned nothing like that to me. So effectively these tactics allowed me to get inside his head.
I'd also do similar things to Diggle and really just build up Malfoy's threat level. Empathise with Diggle after Malfoy kept surviving round after round and really just try to make this crack bigger. Turns out it worked well enough to allow me to slide into these cracks I'd cultivated well enough for me to last until the end.
The other main thing which I already touched on was to allow my close allies to be out in front a bit more than I was. Which gave me more outs if the immunity result didn't go to plan
I hope that this mostly answers your questions? Sorry if I rambled on a bit....
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on May 29, 2022 21:16:24 GMT 10
Awesome response Regulus Black. You more than answered everything I was wondering about your game and I believe this will prove great insight into your game. It’s clear you had a lot more going on then I and many others believed. I find your answer concerning the Pyrites vote super interesting as well, considering I thought Fleur and I were solidly in charge that round, but it’s clear you played a great hand in that round, so good job! I know you have a few essays ahead of you so you are free from me ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) Best of luck!
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Post by Corban Yaxley on May 30, 2022 4:35:54 GMT 10
Hullo 'gain lass. Thanks for your kind words, I 'ppreciate them a lot. Sorry I don't have a ton o' time to respond, I've had an unfortunate circumstance pop up today n' am gunna have to be real economical 'bout my time spent answerin' these questions.
My gut answer to this is yes, with a fairly important caveat that I think I'm answerin' the wrong question.
First order o' business; if literally after I die you get in good with all o' my allies, make all the same choices I do, n' then stand at the end n' it's between you n' Black? I'd vote for you if I found you more persuasive than him, certainly. I don't know either o' you that well; Black n' I were mates in the manor days but it was largely real distant? Not sure if it was timin', or style, or we just made diff'rent friends or what, but he n' I weren't that close, and definitely weren't that close at the time you died. So I'd hear you both out, for sure.
But the realistic answer to this question, the question I reckon you're actually askin', is what happens if the game itself is mirrored? Let's assume Digg sided with you n' Fleur over Barty n' I? You wind up in the majority alliance, takin' out most o' my allies successfully, but one of 'em survives to the end for whatever reason. They're someone I'm basically fond of, n' spent a large chunk o' the game with. For symmetry purposes I reckon Lily makes the most sense, as she also made it to F3 and she n' I met at the swap, so it's 'bout the same amount o' time. So the final spot is you, Black, n' Lily? And you, like me, decide that since you n' Black share a lotta mutual connections, you take Lily instead, knowin' that some folks loved her but at least this way most o' your mates that you worked with will have less internal conflict.
In that case, honestly, I vote for Lily over you. I can't help it, I almost always wind up votin' for who I spent more time with, who I had a stronger connection with. In that case, Lily was someone I leaned heavily on the whole game, someone I really loved talkin' with. So I'd vote for her, not you. You're a sweetheart, but like you said; it was four days of fun vs. nearly two weeks of close relations. I dunno how badly you'd need to out-talk Lily for me to go for it honestly, short of Lily postin' nuthin' but a middle finger to the jury. I reckon it's the same, n' I truly do not blame you for it.
Cheers lass, hope that all makes sense.
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on May 30, 2022 10:37:21 GMT 10
Thank you so much for this response Yax! Considering the walls of text ahead of you and the time pressure you are under, you more then satisfied me with your answer. I really liked the thoughtful approach you took to this as well.
I am fully satisfied with both answers given to me. Best of luck to you both!
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Post by Corban Yaxley on May 30, 2022 10:59:29 GMT 10
Hullo 'gain lass,
Digg pointed out I missed a part 2 o' your question, so I'm gonna write sumthin' vaguely nice 'bout the lot o' you.
Tonks, despite us having not much time together, I thought you were witty n' hilarious, a real friendly lass to meet. HK was wildly funny to me, one o' the most creative folks in the game. No wonder he wound up with every wand from the manor. Lucius was an intense n' eager fellow, one of the scariest in the game. Fleur was a total sweetheart, n' the dedication to the accent was truly impressive. Moody's perseverance n' good humor even when folks abused his schedulin' is a goal for me to achieve. Wood had a ton o' passion, n' his wild honesty even if it was puttin' folks off makes these games worth playin'. Diggle's a saint, I'm grateful he was willin' to roll with me after I spent the first bit o' the game gettin' ready to kill him for sending nonsense in the post. Barty's one o' the most skilled n' clever folks in the whole game and I feel like if he'd been willin' to harden his heart he'd be writing this instead o' me. And finally, Lily's presence as a reasonable n' stable lass was sumthin' I was desperately grateful for after the manor had me stressed out n' thinkin' I was out of my depth.
Sorry for the double-post there lass.
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Post by Corban Yaxley on May 30, 2022 11:00:21 GMT 10
Oh, sorry Lass, didn't even see you'd already posted, I'm on my phone and it's pretty slow. Cheers, sorry for the extra bit of wall there.
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on May 30, 2022 11:12:56 GMT 10
Oh that’s totally fine! I knew you missed it but I understand you’re on a busy schedule so I was happy to get anything from you at all. This is very kind of you and you more then passed the test ![:)](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png) I am satisfied as can be!
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Post by Regulus Black on May 30, 2022 19:38:47 GMT 10
Thanks again Tonks- it really is a shame that we didn't get more time together. Because I am convinced that had we started on the same side that we could have really done a lot of damage together
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