Post by John on Feb 24, 2019 21:13:54 GMT
I said I was going to wait and do a Mukbang to talk about the whole pre-merge phase, but after last night I can't. I need to rant! So strap in STURLU because I'm coming for you.
I'm just going to come right out and say it....this current STURLU tribe is the worst tribe I have ever seen in CONQUEST.
Yeah I went there, don't be too surprised. I don't mean like they are all horrible and I hate kind of "worst tribe" I mean functionally one of the worst tribe. Last night's challenge was EMBARRASSING. And I don't even mean from a result perspective, yeah they flopped, but so did the other tribe. It was horrible from a tribe teamwork and communication perspective. I've never seen a tribe that has less of a connection, and all these players are seriously dropping the ball when it comes to their long term games (with the exception of Emily and Griffin who are getting set up well)
So the tribe is struggling with the puzzle and at the 40 minute mark where the other tribe naturally were getting concerned and all wanted to help out and work together to help the people struggling, STURLU was absolutely silent and in fact the players almost seemed totally apathetic about the thought of losing. This tribe has hardly bonded, Kaylee is her sassy self trashing players and was one of the first just to bail on the call while people were still doing the challenge. Mark only talks to select members and goes through Kaylee/Emily for relationships with certain players. Andrew/Jenn have the most on and off social game I've ever seen. Alex is super aggressive but his schedule just doesn't give him a lot of time to really play. And then there's Griffin and Emily who are actually working the social game, building bonds with everyone and will have some kind of real sway in the merge given their relations on the other tribe come merge.
This is very reminiscent to Jordan/Nick/Adrianne last season who were so confident in their swap position that they just ignored actually establishing real bonds with people. Like sure Kaylee/Mark (the most obvious pair who don't realize how obvious of a pair they are) and Andrew/Jenn are going to be voting together tonight to take out Alex, but it's not like they have actual bonds or anything with each other. It's all a connection through Emily and I don't understand how these players are so ok with just having these loose bonds. On the other tribe you have players like Noah and even Brian who have gone out of there way to not only meet new players but start building those bonds that could last. Even a player like Doug who had a slow start to the game has established himself better with the new players he has met than self-proclaimed more active players like Kaylee and Mark. It's one thing to be active within your own alliance but you need to build and maintain relationships with everyone or else you end up like Nick Drinkwater and his relationship with Anthony last season.
This will be the main thing I come at this tribe at during Tribal Council. I've never seen a more dysfunctional and obviously fractured tribe, they're a mess and at this rate with a merge coming soon (not this next round but soon), I worry for a lot of Sturlu. If I had to guess, with the exception of Emily (and potentially Griffin) this tribe could very much end up being the followers of the merge while the other tribe takes the driver seat because they're really playing more well rounded and long term focused games at this point, especially the four running the show -- Charity/Doug/Noah/Taylor.
I'm just going to come right out and say it....this current STURLU tribe is the worst tribe I have ever seen in CONQUEST.
Yeah I went there, don't be too surprised. I don't mean like they are all horrible and I hate kind of "worst tribe" I mean functionally one of the worst tribe. Last night's challenge was EMBARRASSING. And I don't even mean from a result perspective, yeah they flopped, but so did the other tribe. It was horrible from a tribe teamwork and communication perspective. I've never seen a tribe that has less of a connection, and all these players are seriously dropping the ball when it comes to their long term games (with the exception of Emily and Griffin who are getting set up well)
So the tribe is struggling with the puzzle and at the 40 minute mark where the other tribe naturally were getting concerned and all wanted to help out and work together to help the people struggling, STURLU was absolutely silent and in fact the players almost seemed totally apathetic about the thought of losing. This tribe has hardly bonded, Kaylee is her sassy self trashing players and was one of the first just to bail on the call while people were still doing the challenge. Mark only talks to select members and goes through Kaylee/Emily for relationships with certain players. Andrew/Jenn have the most on and off social game I've ever seen. Alex is super aggressive but his schedule just doesn't give him a lot of time to really play. And then there's Griffin and Emily who are actually working the social game, building bonds with everyone and will have some kind of real sway in the merge given their relations on the other tribe come merge.
This is very reminiscent to Jordan/Nick/Adrianne last season who were so confident in their swap position that they just ignored actually establishing real bonds with people. Like sure Kaylee/Mark (the most obvious pair who don't realize how obvious of a pair they are) and Andrew/Jenn are going to be voting together tonight to take out Alex, but it's not like they have actual bonds or anything with each other. It's all a connection through Emily and I don't understand how these players are so ok with just having these loose bonds. On the other tribe you have players like Noah and even Brian who have gone out of there way to not only meet new players but start building those bonds that could last. Even a player like Doug who had a slow start to the game has established himself better with the new players he has met than self-proclaimed more active players like Kaylee and Mark. It's one thing to be active within your own alliance but you need to build and maintain relationships with everyone or else you end up like Nick Drinkwater and his relationship with Anthony last season.
This will be the main thing I come at this tribe at during Tribal Council. I've never seen a more dysfunctional and obviously fractured tribe, they're a mess and at this rate with a merge coming soon (not this next round but soon), I worry for a lot of Sturlu. If I had to guess, with the exception of Emily (and potentially Griffin) this tribe could very much end up being the followers of the merge while the other tribe takes the driver seat because they're really playing more well rounded and long term focused games at this point, especially the four running the show -- Charity/Doug/Noah/Taylor.