Welcome back! We're so happy to have you back on board for our 2nd All-Stars edition! We're honored and excited that you are here to play again and we can't wait to see how you do this time around. However, we're also dying to know what your thoughts are coming into the game and with this being an All-Star season, we're expecting you to really step it up and go all-out in your DR. What better way to start than to have some Pre-Game questions to answer while we wait for the game to begin?
1. Do you have a set strategy coming into the game? If so, what it is?
2. Since this is an All-Star game, do you know anyone coming into it? What is your relationship like with each of those people? Friends? Rivals? Also, if you do know anyone, do you plan on working with them at all?
3. Is there anyone that you don't think really deserves to be here? Why or why not?
4. What is something that you would like to correct since the last time you've played? Are you worried that your reputation from your previous season could hurt you coming into this?
5. Do you have what it takes to win this game?
6. Any final comments before the game begins?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer these questions! If you have any further comments or concerns, please contact a Main Staff member and we'll try our best to promptly help you. Best of luck as you venture into the game!
Alright, so those weren't REALLY my answers. I'm just trying to have fun. Here is how I would actually answer those questions:
1. Do you have a set strategy coming into the game? If so, what it is?
I am gonna try to not take this too too seriously. I'm trying to be light hearted about things because Allstars games have a tendency to get personal. People get over-invested because they are worried about having a reputation on the line and they end up getting malicious. That is just not the type of person I am.
I want to be a kind of lulzy fun presence in this game. I don't want to piss people off and hopefully I can slide through the early portion of the game where things will be hectic and chaotic by appearing non-threatening. I don't know if people will find me funny or not but hopefully my humour will make disarm people a little bit in terms of going after me? I guess that it could actually just annoy people and have the reverse effect but if that happens at least I had fun playing right?
2. Since this is an All-Star game, do you know anyone coming into it? What is your relationship like with each of those people? Friends? Rivals? Also, if you do know anyone, do you plan on working with them at all?
God I feel like I know SO many people in this game and that's why I am trying not to take it overly seriously. I think I know about half the cast reasonably well? I am friends with Shilpa, Heather, Nick, Chris, Candice, Zach, Drew, Boog, and Keith. I would consider myself acquaintances with Christine, Ash, Neda and Brain because we are in similar circles and I think we have positive relationships with each other?
I am going to play this game flexibly and roll with the punches. The person I want to work the closest with is Nick because we have never played together before but we get along well. Nick's sense of humour constantly has me in stitches and he is one of my favorite people from the ORG community.
3. Is there anyone that you don't think really deserves to be here? Why or why not?
I am not concerned with who deserves to be here and who doesn't. Everyone who is here was clearly entertaining to you guys at least to some capacity.
4. What is something that you would like to correct since the last time you've played? Are you worried that your reputation from your previous season could hurt you coming into this?
I really need to win some competitions this time. I know I am capable of doing it so I am gonna try a lot harder than I did in season 10. That probably means I am going to actually keep notes this time.
I'm not THAT worried about my reputation? I think I was one of the bigger characters of Rise and Fall 3 but I don't think I was perceived as an incredible player, and Rise and Fall 10 I was fairly low key. There should be much bigger fish to fry than me.
5. Do you have what it takes to win this game?
I really feel like anyone could win this game. I would say I am probably in the upper third because I think I have a solid set of relationships going into this but by no means do I think I have this on lock down. I am lacking relationships with the game's three biggest competition threats (Heaven, Sophia and Ryan). A game this size is bound to be packed chalk full of twists and until the numbers get to a reasonable level I think luck is going to play a huge factor.
6. Any final comments before the game begins?
I hope you guys enjoy watching me play. I am here to have fun. If I am able to win then that is fantastic but I do not intend to be super ruthless. I also don't have any intention of being meanspirited towards the other players. While I do want to win, I won't lose perspective that this is just a game.