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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 30, 2022 23:06:54 GMT 10
4th Place - Barty Crouch Jr Played by Martynas"Couldn't be happier about my partner. But at the same time i realize - now if i f*ck up my game - i don't only f*ck up my game. I would f*ck up both of us games. And i don't want to be guilty for that."
"However you choose, either heart or brain won't be happy." Peter Pettigrew Harry! You were the first player to reach out to me about playing this, and I'm so glad you did. Even if you didn't realise I'd locked you into the cast until I sent the confirmation, and even if you had to be a Death Eater for Lily to be your partner... which you couldn't even fake for an hour - Lily's first confessional correctly pegged you as far too good to be on the evil Side. And that tension was one that lurked beneath your game of shockingly solid relationships and stellar positioning - better in fact than I think you realised. Lucius' reactions and revelations did little to alter anyone's impressions of you at the Manor or thereafter, Diggle was never going to vote you out in the split round because he recognised your value to Yaxley, and even when the pairs came together Lily was seen as the more urgent target, despite taking all the heat from the old Order. Nobody who saw you as the true threat to beat had the power to do anything about it, or found the numbers to build any traction against you, as Killer, Tonks and Wood each learned the hard way. But then the good heart and the evil head reared their ugly head again at Final Five - and it was your reluctance to plan for it or execute any move/ally consistently that doomed you, more than the particular decisions you made. Because I think you still had paths to the end regardless of who you eliminated there, if you didn't alienate everyone else in the process, then take their guilt-trips to heart later that night. I'm not going to add to that burden, and certainly won't criticise you for being a decent person with real feelings so instead I'll thank you for being so open and genuine about every aspect of your experience here, and giving us a fascinating character study and journey to follow, which will hopefully appeal to the Survivor fan in you as well once some time passes. You and Lily were both so willing to sacrifice yourselves for the other that you both ended up trying to take too much heat and burnt out just shy of the finish, but that doesn't mean your efforts were for naught or your accomplishments unrecognised even in that grueling Tiebreaker Duel. Getting a pair to Final Four ought to have been impossible in this format but you seemed destined for it just by playing so brilliantly, even before the Item and Flick Charms locked it in. And for that you deserve plenty of accolades Dolores Umbridge Where to begin? In what I believe is your second ORG ever, you delivered beyond my expectations and have proven to be not only a fierce competitor, but a truly compelling presence to watch on every level. Your social game from the start was unmatched, everybody at the Manor was immediately charmed, and you had no troubles working your way into the center of the Side. Had the Manor not exploded as it did, you'd have remained undetected too, which is very impressive. Of course, the relationship with Lily must be mentioned as well. You two were dynamite together, playing the biggest role in shaping the post-merge and by far the most successful pair (beyond just placement). Always thinking one step ahead, first by leaning into the pairs alliance, and then gaining the advantage within that with the idol find. The final five was definitely the right time to strike, but your heart got in the way, and so things kind of imploded into the mess that we ended up with. But that's what makes these games so compelling- the relationships are real, and so things are never that simple. That did blow up your spot in a big way, but I do think you'd have needed a challenge win to make FTC regardless (and then probably win against anyone). Things ended exactly how you'd hoped they wouldn't- but please don't beat yourself up too much, and please don't swear off of ORGs altogether. This was a phenomenal performance and one you should be very proud of. Please play again!
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 30, 2022 23:07:02 GMT 10
OMG I'm thinking Lily is someone else now and how the fuck did I not get paried with you or Shaun. I guess you guys don't love me as much as I love you...
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Post by Hedwig's Killer on May 30, 2022 23:07:28 GMT 10
HARRY
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Post by Fleur Delacour on May 30, 2022 23:07:52 GMT 10
Easiest ID ever since Sandra and Kristie drunk posting in games
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Post by Hedwig's Killer on May 30, 2022 23:07:53 GMT 10
Why can't you just love me
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Post by Lily Potter on May 30, 2022 23:08:17 GMT 10
BEST PARTNER SOMEONE COULD EVER ASK FOR Barty Crouch Jr a pleasure the entire way through!
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 30, 2022 23:09:04 GMT 10
Yeah so I knew this one was you Harry. I always knew if we'd been on the same Side at Sicily we'd have made a good pair! Love you bro.
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Post by Pyrites on May 30, 2022 23:09:27 GMT 10
Easiest ID ever since Sandra and Kristie drunk posting in games hahaha definitely. The only one I got right. Hazza, you're just so likeable that it comes through easily in this character too. Great stuff mate.
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Post by Corban Yaxley on May 30, 2022 23:10:45 GMT 10
Oh, everyone else knows Barty from sumthin' else n' all I can do is sit here n' take note o' your name for the future.
My god I loved playin' with you lad, I considered you my closest mate for the whole damn game and I knew at F5 or F4 you'd have a horrific time tryin' to sort out what to do n' more or less banked on it workin' out well 'nough that I could survive through it. What a wholesome n' delightful guy.
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Post by Lily Potter on May 30, 2022 23:11:48 GMT 10
so literally 1 hour into the game Barty apologises to Peter in such an earnest way that I was like... pls this is such a wannabe deatheater. even im more slytherin than you
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Post by Mrs Walburga Black on May 30, 2022 23:11:49 GMT 10
Controlling so much of your second game is no mean feat. That stash of wands you had to give out was quite impressive
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on May 30, 2022 23:12:14 GMT 10
You were such an easy person to get along with! It doesn’t feel as bad having part of my demise being attributed to you after seeing the terrific run you made
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 30, 2022 23:12:36 GMT 10
I'm pretty sure Haz has played like a bazillion ORGS.
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Post by Salazar Slytherin on May 30, 2022 23:12:40 GMT 10
Thissssss wassss only your sssssecond game? Wow, very impresssssssssive
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 30, 2022 23:12:41 GMT 10
for f*cks sake.... i am buying tickets to Germany and demanding you to punch me multiple times now. this... i was not ready for this... do you still have a spot in his warm wool? Always
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 30, 2022 23:13:00 GMT 10
OMG I'm thinking Lily is someone else now and how the fuck did I not get paried with you or Shaun. I guess you guys don't love me as much as I love you... YOU WERE ON MY LIST!
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 30, 2022 23:13:16 GMT 10
Peter Pettigrew thank you so much As I have said multiple times, it's been a great game for so many reasons. Thanks for having me and teaming me up with *SNIP* Yax (jk) It's been a blast Dolores Umbridge maybe some day I'll have the heart to kill someone in an ORG I actually love
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Post by Dolores Umbridge on May 30, 2022 23:13:37 GMT 10
I'm pretty sure Haz has played like a bazillion ORGS. Board ORGs just hit different.
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 30, 2022 23:14:12 GMT 10
3rd Place - Lily Potter Played by Rockardy"You don't want to be the Regina George right now. The Cady Heron's of the world come at the Regina's of the world. You don't even want to be Gretchen Wieners or the snacky eye candy Aaron Samuels who will be used by Cady as her pawns in her war against Regina. Nah, right now I'm Karen Smith. No one looks at Karen Smith or sees her as a threat and that's the position I'd rather be."
"Maybe I'm a heartless bitch gamebot and I've always seen this arrangement as MAD (mutually assured destruction). The only person in this game that I actually care about is Barty and I would have zero hesitation in voting any of them out." Peter Pettigrew I was of the firm belief that I'd never get to see Shonee play another ORG, so when we spoke about this and the chance to work with a blood partner slowly drew you in I was worried at every juncture that you'd come to your senses and drop or else be disappointed in how it went (just imagine if your partner had been lost early to IRL circumstances ). But instead you showed up full force (night shifts and conferences notwithstanding) and wrote your PBvO ethos into the game, that certainty that a pair with unquestioned loyalty and absolute openness could conquer both sides and dominate the Game. And so it was, and so you did. Obviously there were hiccoughs along the way and the ending was far from perfect, but this Game and this theme could not have been fully realised without you, and I'm still beside myself that we got so, so close to a pair in the Final Two - even after the disaster of the Diggle boot, you were a Tiebreaker Duel and a few more chats about Wands away from locking this up. And even as things did play out just one of you in the end would have revealed and argued more than enough that denying you the win would have been extremely difficult. And all of that while keeping a comprehensive confessional detailing not just your every move but also the full extent of the obstacles you had to overcome IRL - I believe you hit three of the items on the list I posted at the top of this thread, which I think we can certainly count as winning a Challenge For better and/or for worse, your intentions shaped this Game and of everyone in the cast I think you come out of this having proved the most, despite replicating your top placement until now. Yes you burned the Order to get here (both intentionally and unintentionally, by the time you got down to Diggle) and you've seen how the Wizengamot responded to that, and yes you and Crouch went out back-to-back right before the end. But at some point, without even stating it, your mission to get one of your pair to the end gave way to the inexplicably real possibility of you both sitting there together. And damnit if you didn't get as close as anyone possibly could have. Regardless of what the stats say, and ignoring that poignancy of that story of almost-but-not-quite, I certainly hope you count that as a win Dolores Umbridge So I can officially welcome you to the Fantasma third place strategic queen underestimated by the jury club! We're small but growing. But really, part of my welcome thread comment to you was borrowed from Peter's to Galadriel last season, because I very much related to your plight in this game and the similarly frosty reception from some of the jury. The fact that you made it through the entire thing only receiving one vote (a fatal one, but nonetheless) is incredibly impressive and a testament to your skill. You honestly made it look easy at times. That said, you also had some deliciously messy moments that I loved. For instance, the post-merge double tribal exploding as it did was almost entirely your doing, but somehow you came out of it completely unscathed. So good. Plus, the fight your showed at the end there was commendable. I'm not sure if yourself and Crouch could have ever wriggled out of a 2-2 spit at four regardless of what happened at 5, but you sure has hell worked to give yourself every possible chance to make it happen. Your arguments to Yaxley were sound, and they were persuasive, but I think that only further highlighted how lethal you could have been at FTC. Despite how the jury received you, I do think you probably beat both Yaxley and Regulus when all is said and done. I know seeing you play is a rarity, who knows if it'll even happen again, but I hope you consider playing more. You're too good not to.
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 30, 2022 23:14:14 GMT 10
How did we end up enemies in this one Shaun. This is so fucking bizarre. I had no idea it was you??? Did you think it was me?
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