The Story of etm
etm was an ally of mine that I tried to work with because he has had terrible luck with these games. Both times he's played he's been voted out on Day 2... so I said to myself, why not show this guy the ropes and give him some success enough to let him figure out how to play as he got along.
So anyway, it fast became apparent that this was the stupidest person in the world. As Erz and I stated, we orchestrated events to take the captain roles so we could boot who we wanted and keep who we wanted. Even though etm was my ally, I think Erz and I agreed that Erz should take him... so then etm fast became distant from me.
Everytime I contacted him to find out updates in the tribe and to keep good relations he would say things like "um, excuse me... I don't think we're on the same team..." I tried to explain to him that allies were more important that teams, and he'd realize that if we ever do a tribal swap or when the merge hits. He blew me off. So I told him that I had a measure of control whether he stayed or not, and he said there's no way.
Regardless, he was voting correctly most of the time (except for the Sofa thing early on) so I let it slide, but when the merge hit, he was so tied to his former "teammates" that he was completely oblivious to the previous alliance we had set up. I told him he should be happy he made it past day 2, and I told him in a cocky way to say thank you to me. He said there was no way I could've had any control over that, and he told me he was gonna vote off Brodie... I think this was when Venom tried to scare up votes for me. He managed to rally 4 (including himself) but we had 6, so I wasn't worried. All the same, I asked to be exiled, and whoever we chose to go after would have more votes than Brodie so everything was fine.
I warned etm not to go for it... he said he's had a good run and he's proud he made it that far. I told him he could make it further if he listened to me... he said I didn't have any kind of control AGAIN, and then I told him this was his last day. Goodbye. :heart:
etm got voted out (obviously) mostly because we wanted him gone before the jury... but also because he was too stubborn and stupid. He PM'd me afterwards and said I wouldn't get very far and the targets were all on me. I knew that, but he didn't know where my connects were and completely underestimated me everyday. If he had listened, maybe he'd of at least made the jury... but he was unstable and stupid.
Moral of the story: don't be like etm... he has no idea how the game works. We should've had him voted off on Day 2 to keep his streak alive. Instead, we kept him... and he learnt nothing.
So I would like to propose this rule from here on out: EVERY game that etm plays in, whoever sees this, VOTE HIM OUT ON DAY 2! I'd like that to be set as a rule... it'll be a reminder of how NOT to play. The day he overcomes being voted out on Day 2 by himself is the day he DESERVES to get further... because he didn't deserve to get further in this game... but he was carried... partially by me... someone he doubted after day one! And he should learn that.
The end.
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