Episode 8 - Minus Auction

[Jinho]

I will bid 7 chips for -34

[Jinho]

I will bid 6 chips for -29

[Jinho]

I will bid 2 chips on -6

[Jinho]

I will bid 0 chips on -27

[Jinho]

I will bid 0 chips on -16

[Jinho]

I will bid 5 chips on -33

[Jinho]

I will bid 4 chips on -20

[Jinho]

I will bid 2 chips on -8

[Jinho]

I will bid 0 chips on -23

[Jinho]

I will bid 0 chips on -22

[Bandage Man]

Congratulations on making it to the Final 5!

Did you think you'd make it this far having not watched the show? How are you enjoying it compared to other ORG's?

Who are you rooting for in the Death Match?

What do you make of Kyungran choosing Hongchul to receive the Token of Life?

Who would you feel most comfortable facing in the Final Death Match?

[Jinho]

May 17, 2016 14:34:23 GMT 10 Bandage Man said:

Congratulations on making it to the Final 5!

Did you think you'd make it this far having not watched the show?

Thanks, it feels great!

I've never thought watching the show would mean too much with it being so different from the one show that the whole ORG world evolves around. I thought it would mostly be based on skill and that very few people would have watched this show. But as we go on, I've realised these challenge rules are pretty hard to understand and the strategy is not always intuitive so people who've watched the show have a clear advantage by knowing how these challenges are supposed to be played. Untill now, I'd depend on my orange group to get me through at first and then shine after round 1 or 2 of every challenge but it seems like now most of them are individual. It almost costed me my safety during the minus auction and I was lucky that Sunggyu's screw up made up for my early mistakes. I am seriously considering devoting a big part of my time towards watching this show before the next matches.

May 17, 2016 14:34:23 GMT 10 Bandage Man said:

How are you enjoying it compared to other ORG's?

If this was any more intense than it already is I would have refused to take part in it. It's early slow pace seems like thing of the past now, the Jury Game was the first one that required my attention for large portions of consecutive days and it was followed by the long dinner party when I got to exchanging PMs with everyone still in the game. And now, we have free PMs so we're past the point where I'd come after 2-3 hours and find nothing new to read or reply here.

I know people have been complaining about having to stay up too late with this during business days, but for me it means actually stopping my work to play it so I wouldn't say no to a bit of a returning to the weekend game origins. But it's fun, and now I really feel like I can win it, not like I'm just another player in an ORG.

May 17, 2016 14:34:23 GMT 10 Bandage Man said:

Who are you rooting for in the Death Match?

I'm not entirely decided, both could help me down the line. I do tend to favorize a bit Sunggyu because I've started feeling that, over the course of this game, my relationship with Ahyoung was more benefical for ther than it was for me. Not by much but that's how I feel. On the other hand, I do feel she'd be easier to beat in a challenge so she could be my get out of jail freecard if I end up last in a challenge and have to pick someone to beat in the deathmatch.

May 17, 2016 14:34:23 GMT 10 Bandage Man said:

What do you make of Kyungran choosing Hongchul to receive the Token of Life?

I think Hongchul has established himself as the villain by openly working with or against some people, that is something we've all been doing but a lot more discreetly. So it is tempting to believe he doesn't have too many allies because most people hate him and all that. Well at the same time, he's a smooth talker, he's charming in his way of playing the asshole role and he might enjoy more allies than everyone believed. The way he handled the Ahyoung on the jury game showed everyone that once he's bade a promise of helping someone he's willing to go to extreme length to keep up that promise. He even helped me during this last challenge by sabotaging Sunggyu. So all in all, someone smart would keep him on his side. And it's possible that's what Kyungran was doing. At the same time, it might be her way of sabotging Ahyoung (or maybe Eunji or myself) by making sure the easiest target for Sunggyu is not available for him to pick. Though I'm not really sure if Sunggyu would have picked Hongchul for the DM, he seems like a worthy opponent, I know I wouldn't have.

May 17, 2016 14:34:23 GMT 10 Bandage Man said:

Who would you feel most comfortable facing in the Final Death Match?

The questions you ask... This doesn't seem like the kind of game where taking a goat to the end is a valid strategy. I mean it is valid, but I think it's really hard to pull so I expect my Final Death Match opponent (should I reach that stage) will be a strong one.

I've been joking with Hongchul ever since the last Dinner Party about how the two of us have been on top in most challenges but at the same time played very very different kind of games. He's been the scoundrel lying and cheating but kinda charming at the same time, a sort of Han Solo if you like. Meanwhile I've been the careful diplomat relying mostly on loyalty to early groups and a more honorable way. What started out as a joke between the two of us, starts to feel for me like it would be a really really entertaining finale, one where logic meets manipulation. And even as far as relationships with eliminated contestants there might be a serious balance. I used to think a lot of people will hate Hongchul and his way of playing while they'd be neutral if not positive for me. But as mentioned before, I think there's a high chance he has more friends than I've realised.

So to answer your question, from an entertainment point of view and because I'd like to win by defeating the best, I would like Hongchul as a final opponent. But if I were to be super pragmatic, I'd go with Ahyoung, if she were to survive this DM.