Episode 12

Granted if people ever lied about me on the jury to make me lose, I'd be pissed lmao

This interested me, because I think there are arguably 3 "snakes" in this game playing both sides - Poipoi, Regigas, and Deox. I think I'd probably argue that poipoi isn't actually playing too dishonest a game in how they're doing it but who knows because lol confessional.

Deoxys is getting by because not many people actually ever recognize him as a snake. For the first 2 rounds of merge everyone was firmly convinced he was on their side. He eventually blindsided Tapu, Regi, and Meltan causing 3 people to distrust him.
I thought Celebi and Hoopa would realize Regi and Meltan were right all along about Deox when he flip flopped to the other side to vote out Cob, but instead Celebi and Hoopa were just angry they weren't part of it, and were like "of course he'd be stabbed eventually" and are keeping with trusting Deox 100%. As Deox said in confessional, him switching sides back right away taking out Meltan made it seem like he never intended to leave their side. He framed it so he didn't stab the alliance, - he only stabbed Cobalion personally. The way he's manipulating is still kinda impressive. The ones that do think he's a snake are the more powerless ones who CAN'T do anything about it despite trying. (Queue Meltan's confessional complaining he has no choice but hope deox votes with him)

Regi who absolutely no one trusts and everyone reconises as a snake at this point (mainly because of Deoxys) is surviving a different way. I think he's viewed as not being too threatening and a bit goaty at this point, and a lot of people think he's no threat to win. The only reason they're not taking him out is because they think he's powerless I think. No one is relying on his vote. Is a snake that bad when you don't need it's vote and everyone is aware they're a snake?

Poipoi is playing it by positioning herself so even though people know she's in the middle, they still need her vote. This is generally my favorite way of playing the middle and I think it's the best for getting jury votes.

When the untrustworthy snakes have enough people to make a majority you should probably be terrified tbh
It's entirely possible that Hoopa/Poipole get blindsided by Deoxys's inevitable betrayal.

His worst fear is going out the same way at same time

Sorry I probably wasn't clear in how I worded it, but you're right: you should discuss and compare notes. Thats why they have open discussion like a real jury in court. You should be encouraged to deliberate the facts presented.

But what I meant was that I believe that every juror should come to their own conclusion on who should win the game, regardless of what is being presented to them. Like, if the entire jury is saying how wonderfully Player A played the game, how they played everyone but were super sociable, thats all well and good to hear. But if inside you believe Player B played the better game despite hearing all that, you should cast your vote for Player B. If you have any doubts about how your voting, that means you aren't sold on the person you're voting for. And that is not a vote the juror should be casting, you need to be sure you are voting for the person you think deserves to win, not who you think will win the game regardless of the outcome.

You should take into consideration all the information presented to you by the FTC players and the jurors and see what they have to say, but the juror needs to vote for who they truly believe deserves to win at the end of the day, regardless of what others are saying. That's what I meant! Sorry if it made it seem like we should just lock jurors away in their rooms for like 20 days. LOL Oh god no.

Not that I have much experience on the jury side of a FTC though.

I wonder if Deo winning immunity will embolden him to do something crazy this round.

I BELIEVE THAT DEOXYS WINNING IMMUNITY WORKS FOR HIM AND REGI. IF THE VOTE REALLY IS SHAPING UP TO BE POIPOLE VS HOOPA, THERE'S NO WAY HOOPA'S IDOL DOESN'T GET FLUSHED HERE. THAT BEING SAID, THE TARGETS TO IDOL OUT ARE REGI, CELEBI, TAPU, & POIPOLE. OF THOSE, I FEEL LIKE IF HOOPA WERE TO TRY AND PULL A POWER MOVE, HER BEST BET WOULD BE TO IDOL OUT EITHER REGI OR POIPOLE AS I ASSUME CELEBI IS GOING TO ACTIVELY KEEP HER AROUND UNTIL F4 BASED ON PLAN.

I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT HOOPA WOULD IDOL OUT TAPU LELE, THAT JUST SEEMS AGAINST HER PLAN.

EG, I BELIEVE HOOPAS BEST MOVE WOULD BE TO IDOL OUT EITHER REGI OR POIPOLE, AND OF THOSE, THE ONE THAT WOULD LIKELY SHAKE UP THE GAME THE MOST IS REGI, AS SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO WANT TO TAKE HIM AS A FLAKY PLAYER AT THIS POINT.

WILL HOOPA ACTUALLY DO THAT? I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE. LIKELY IF THIS GOES THE WAY REGI PREDICTS, HOOPA WILL IDOL OUT POIPOLE HERE.

WE SHALL SEE.

*ROARS BECAUSE GROWLING WAS SO 7 GENS AGO*

in regards to cobalion (using full name because they’ve been naughty)

1) i still don’t get why he’s doing it, like when you’re on the jury you don’t need to play the game anymore, there’s nothing to gain or lose from it, also it’s weird that he’s doing it this way round, as in targeting players to lose rather than helping someone you want to win
2) why poi? have i missed something here?
3) if poi doesn’t make it to FTC and sees the lies that Colab is saying then like that’ll blow up in Colabs face and then he’ll have absolutely no say on the jury as no one will trust him

i hope more than life itself that regi gets idoled out at f6 again

I FEEL THE SAME ABOUT YOU MY FINE FIREFOX FRIEND *ROARS IN ADMIRATION AND SOME SORT OF SPANISH*

I’d ask questions if I could haha

Main question goes to Reggie: Is 2 lovers (Tapuand Celebi) enough to fill the hole in his heart left by MewTwo being gone?

Like in no world should such an arrogant, snaky, paranoid dude still be here among the relatively serene people left like lele, poipole, hoopa etc.