But I've got a blank space baby

[andrew]

Shilpa I am so so SO excited to see you play this. I just know you're gonna kick some serious ass :3.

[Shilpa Shetty]

Feb 11, 2015 11:17:23 GMT -5 Kat said:

The replacement should register by the evening. On that note, I'm gonna go to bed and I'll be back in the evening. HOH and something else will be posted around that time (6PM EST ISH). I know I said morning in my other post but was hoping either Tahan or the replacement would check in by then.

I just want to knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Shilpa Shetty]

sheila

bitch needs to post her damn screenname

[Shilpa Shetty]

Announcement #1 Vote

I cast my vote for Craig, because he's the person I trust the most right now. I also think that a lot of people trust him, and I'd like to see what he'd do with a tough decision.

[Shilpa Shetty]

I should have done my announcement vote after this

Okay sorry this confessional's not gonna be as cute as my video but I wanted to post a little something for today. Didn't want to do a video because there's not too too much to update!

Anyway, most of today was spent on relationship building. I really hope some of these people get into the game. There's already a pretty clear division on people who are active and people who aren't. I would say the level of activities are pretty well represented in my "Episode 00 Cast Ranking." The further down the list you go, the less active you are. I don't know - we'll see how things go. I still have yet to talk to Hayden, Jillian, and Sheila at all! I feel like if I were late to sign into a game, I'd be especially active on AIM. Not the opposite. So aggravating! Maybe they'll come around when the first HOH is announced.

So, onto the HOH, it was just what I expected. Majority Rules opening HOH is a staple for this series and it stinks that I can't do more to win it. I tried my best but just one mistake will take me out of the competition. There's not too much to worry about with this, I don't think. I'll either win it or I won't, and I can't do anything about it until then.

Something that deserves a little more thought is the Announcement. I'm excited! I want to know what we're getting into, and I hope that we find out the entirety of the twist tomorrow. My best guess as of right now is that we'll be in cliques, just because it's one of the few twists I can think of that haven't been used in this series. But we'll see! I could see the person who wins the announcement vote getting to pick the cliques? That's a lot of power, we'll see.

Finally, alliances! I formed an alliance with Craig tonight. I'm super pumped about it. It's super early but it feels right, and we have great conversations. I'm really excited to tackle this game with him though. I'm not 100% sold on the alliance forever and ever, but I'm loyal to it for now and we'll go from here. Here's the chat:

SPOILER: Click to show

Craig Phillips 11:08 pm
so big packs of alliances dont work when formed early
but what about duos?
Shilpa Shetty 11:08 pm
duos tend to work better as long as they're not too obvious
cause then it's just easy to get nommed together
Craig Phillips 11:09 pm
Yeah true
like a showmance
Shilpa Shetty 11:09 pm
mhmmm
Shilpa Shetty 11:10 pm
are you thinking about making a duo alliance with hayden?
Craig Phillips 11:11 pm
No I prefer milfs so I'm about to IM sheila RIGHT NOW
Shilpa Shetty 11:12 pm
i have such bad read of character :-(
Craig Phillips 11:12 pm
haha true, you should've seen this comin!
Maybe you and I could work though? To team together?
Shilpa Shetty 11:13 pm
yes, definitely!
Craig Phillips 11:14 pm
Tight!
Shilpa Shetty 11:15 pm
i've been debating myself
when to ask
but i definitelyyy want to work with you
Craig Phillips 11:15 pm
and we can improvise when it comes with every round after this one
yeah haha maybe this is too early, I'm not sure
Shilpa Shetty 11:15 pm
i mean
Craig Phillips 11:15 pm
but it feels right!
Shilpa Shetty 11:15 pm
if you get a vibe you get a vibe
Craig Phillips 11:15 pm
Exactlay
don't let something fester you know?
Shilpa Shetty 11:16 pm
mhmmmm

So yeah, that's all for now. More updates to come I'm sure. I think I want to do a reaction video for HOH 1 and twist results!

[Jerry]

Hi Jake

[Shilpa Shetty]

Dylan, hey

[Shilpa Shetty]

Feb 12, 2015 14:40:32 GMT -5 Jillian said:

Good luck everybody!!

Why is she wishing everyone luck? She's going to go up unless she wins. Dumb bitch.

[Nick Uhas]

Language Shilpa

[Shilpa Shetty]

Craig Phillips 6:47 pm
slay mama

final 2 confirmed

[Shilpa Shetty]

[shir]

You're soooo cute!
Congrats!

[Jade]

You're such a loser!

[Kat]

[Shilpa Shetty]

Okay update time because this paper sucks.

Last night, we were introduced to the twist of the season, MVP. This is a pretty terrifying twist tbh, and probably one I wanted the least. Each week, someone is going to get to nominate someone anonymously, and that's terrifying for someone like me, who's already out there playing the game. First HOH is a title you can't shake, and that's something that future MVPs will be thinking about when wanting to make a move. I'm going to try and win MVP as much as I can, honestly, because it seems like it's the only way to make sure I'm not screwed by the twist. But! The name of the game is adapting so I'll have to figure out a way to get by otherwise.

No one has told me they're MVP, and Craig explicitly said it's not him. So we'll see who comes out as this week's MVP. I'm assuming it'll come to light at some point?

Onto my reign, it's really astonishing how many people haven't talked to me! Like, I'm HOH. I was expecting people to crawl out of the woodwork and play the game, but they're just not. So that sucks. People who haven't talked to me:

Sheila
Nick
Monet
Harry
Ash

So, I have to pick someone from those 5. The reason I only have to pick one person is because Jillian privately messaged me and told me she wanted to be nominated, because she doesn't have time for the game. So that blows. It blows so much that I messaged her back and told her that if she wanted to stay off the block she could, and that she would have time to integrate into the game still. But, I feel like her sending that PM was kind of her resignation. Like she did her part in getting herself out through the game, so she's "not a quitter" but can now put this game even more on the back burner. Whatever.

I'm considering Nick and Jillian the most for my nominations right now. Jillian asked to be put up and Nick hasn't been on the board in a few days. While I'm fairly confident that either or both of them could be removed if I left them off the block, I feel like I have to play this HOH really carefully. There's actually a fair amount of tact in dealing with inactives, because I don't want to be seen as overplaying, or trying to get too many people out this week. The inactives will fall with time, but I don't want to be seen as the girl who's trying to truck it to jury stage. I want people to see that I'm here to play with people that want to be here.

I'm going to give Nick and Jillian a few hours to get back to me, as well as the others to talk to me so I tell them they're going to be safe. But I'm not optimistic. At this point, it doesn't seem like the game is going to start for another few weeks. We'll see what the MVP does though.