Post by KC on Dec 17, 2010 22:22:25 GMT -5
*Originally posted on URTV10*
Welcome through Alex's journey through URTV. I'm going to start with Season 3 and work my way forward. Why should you read this? Because it'll be fun!
Season 3 was interesting because it was my first time in the series. KC randomly asked me if I wanted to be an intruder in his game, and I said yes. It was a blast! I played UTR because I was so nervous about getting evicted, and I ended up working with Will (Cody) and Chelsia (Cass). I also had a good bond with Keesha (Meow) until she asked me to sacrifice myself to keep Howie... This was the best I had ever done in URTV, earning 5th place. I may have even gotten 4th, but my emotions got the better of me and I was evicted. I met some awesome people and it was a great start to my URTV journey.
This one was definitely different than 3, as I was taking a more agressive stance. I won my first competition (the very first HoH) and for me, that was a shining moment. I even made an (awful) alliance, S Club 7. Was it a terrible idea? Yes. However, at the time, it could have been really strong. It was this game when I met Angie (Shir) and to this day I still adore her. This was also the game when Brian (Taylor) got introduced to URTV, thanks to me. This was also the game where I had my first, and only, enemy, Dan (Zack). Zack and I could talk about seriously anything EXCEPT the game. I enjoyed all our talks about the current Survivor season, but when it came to the game, it just didn't happen. However, my performance in this game gave me the opportunity to be a back-up All Star in Season 5.
I'm not necessarily known for my awesome decision making abilities. I knew coming into it that I was a back up, and my confidence was low. I made a strong alliance with Cody and Cass, and had every intention of being 100% loyal to them. Well, that's not entirely true. First, Meow and Zack tried to get me to vote him out, which I did and then changed my vote. I made the awful decision of giving everything up to get out Daniele (Shadow) and became pretty much a vegetable until Zack made the Hall of Shame move of going for me instead of a bigger target. Still, considering this was the last time I was on jury, I really can't complain too much.
URTV is mentally draining. At the time, I had a lot going on in my personal life and was mentally exhausted from 5 so I just didn't give it my all. I had the best partner ever, Cass, and even though I was evicted in the first week, I still enjoyed every second I played.
Oh 8. There were so many people in 8... I actually started out the game making a great deal with Nakomis (Lorii) and we had plans to go to the finals. I was also in a S Club 7-esque alliance and I knew that it was bad news. (See? People CAN learn!) I started to let it leak that there was another alliance brewing and wanted to form a counter-alliance. I do take some credit for starting the house-split pre-merge. I had made an enemy out of David (Bubani) and ended up getting eliminated when I just didn't have the votes to stay after Sarah (Shir) and Lorii were on a cruise. It was a difficult game, but Lorii and I had some amazing talks and I <3 her.
In between 8 and 9 was the URTV Survivor game. This was SO MUCH FUN. I had a great alliance and even though I only got 5th, it was my best performance since URTV 3. Parvati (Shadow) and I were a force to be reckoned with, even though we both REALLY wanted to win it. If it weren't for those crazy idols, I could easily have seen us and JT in the F3. I also started to become friends with Jessica (Megan) from this game and had an ...interesting... relationship with JT (Billy). I also met Aras (Russell in 9) in this game and I would have gladly sat next to him in the finals if it weren't for those pesky idols! No matter what anyone says, I believe this was one of my best performances and I really enjoyed playing this game.
9. There were SO MANY people in 9. In this game though, I met one of the few people in ORGs that I would gladly meet in real life, Angie (Bridget). Her and I made an awesome duo and in the first half of the game, we really did some damage. We had a strong clique going and Angie had a great relationship with Brian, that helped get her far. I probably would have had a better one, had I not put him up the week before I got evicted... I also met an old ORG friend Dan (Juice) who I haven't really played with since Myspace so it was awesome to see him again. I don't want to say I was in control of the game because I wasn't. However, my strong bonds with Bridget and Casey (except he voted me out...) is something that I was happy with. We did take out Michelle (Kathleen) due to rumors of an outside alliance, but had I not messed things up with Russell, I could have easily seen us in the finals. Also in that game, I reconciled with Libra (Luis) and met Jordan, and they were such awesome people to me. I loved talking to Libra and Jordan and, when it came down to it, I would have had a difficult time deciding who I wanted to fully allign with. However, they had my back and I had theirs for the second part of the game. I'm still a *little* mad at Russell for evicting me, but he did what he had to do and I can respect that.
I still say that if I came back as Kevin, I would have done better... This game was rough. I came into it as Drew, who was notorious for leaking about alliances. At first, I was out for blood. I was even confident. It was here that I learned that people aren't at ALL what they seem. I misinterpreted my friends and because of that, it made my eviction hurt so much more. If it were up to me, I would have been sitting in the finals with Dan, Carol at 3rd and Janelle at 4th but clearly that didn't happen. I learned a lot about myself and relationships from this game and out of all the URTVs that I played, it's the only one that I truly regret signing up for. KC is an amazing host, arguably one of the best out there. Many of the people here, whether they agree or not, I would absolutely consider my friends. But after reading some of these confessionals and hearing what people REALLY think about me... it just hurts. Yes, I've done my fair share of sounding like an ass. I was really mean to Brian in my URTV 9 confessional. It happens, it's what a confessional is for. However, hearing how little Dan trusted me, when I 110% had his back (this is just the first example) makes me feel just awful.
Which is why I've decided to "retire" from URTV.
Retiring usually means you've done well, and I admit that I haven't. I would love to have won a season of this, but some things are just not in the cards. I've met so many really great people from this game (Britti, Shir, Lorii, Bridget, Taylor, Shadow, KC, Cody, Cass, Luis, Jordan from 9, Bubani, even Zack) and it's been truly a blast playing in all these games. But Shadow said something... I think it was in either 8 or 9 HC Star Ratings (really the only thing I read once all boards are open) and he said that I'm just not that good of a player. He's right, I'm really not. So I'm taking this time to quit while I'm behind. I truly <3 all of you, regardless of whether we got along or not. Even if it hurt to be backstabbed by my "friends", I'm not going to let something that hurt me come in the way of awesome memories. It was truly a blast KC, and I appreciate all your efforts. Thanks so much everyone
Welcome through Alex's journey through URTV. I'm going to start with Season 3 and work my way forward. Why should you read this? Because it'll be fun!
Season 3 was interesting because it was my first time in the series. KC randomly asked me if I wanted to be an intruder in his game, and I said yes. It was a blast! I played UTR because I was so nervous about getting evicted, and I ended up working with Will (Cody) and Chelsia (Cass). I also had a good bond with Keesha (Meow) until she asked me to sacrifice myself to keep Howie... This was the best I had ever done in URTV, earning 5th place. I may have even gotten 4th, but my emotions got the better of me and I was evicted. I met some awesome people and it was a great start to my URTV journey.
This one was definitely different than 3, as I was taking a more agressive stance. I won my first competition (the very first HoH) and for me, that was a shining moment. I even made an (awful) alliance, S Club 7. Was it a terrible idea? Yes. However, at the time, it could have been really strong. It was this game when I met Angie (Shir) and to this day I still adore her. This was also the game when Brian (Taylor) got introduced to URTV, thanks to me. This was also the game where I had my first, and only, enemy, Dan (Zack). Zack and I could talk about seriously anything EXCEPT the game. I enjoyed all our talks about the current Survivor season, but when it came to the game, it just didn't happen. However, my performance in this game gave me the opportunity to be a back-up All Star in Season 5.
I'm not necessarily known for my awesome decision making abilities. I knew coming into it that I was a back up, and my confidence was low. I made a strong alliance with Cody and Cass, and had every intention of being 100% loyal to them. Well, that's not entirely true. First, Meow and Zack tried to get me to vote him out, which I did and then changed my vote. I made the awful decision of giving everything up to get out Daniele (Shadow) and became pretty much a vegetable until Zack made the Hall of Shame move of going for me instead of a bigger target. Still, considering this was the last time I was on jury, I really can't complain too much.
URTV is mentally draining. At the time, I had a lot going on in my personal life and was mentally exhausted from 5 so I just didn't give it my all. I had the best partner ever, Cass, and even though I was evicted in the first week, I still enjoyed every second I played.
Oh 8. There were so many people in 8... I actually started out the game making a great deal with Nakomis (Lorii) and we had plans to go to the finals. I was also in a S Club 7-esque alliance and I knew that it was bad news. (See? People CAN learn!) I started to let it leak that there was another alliance brewing and wanted to form a counter-alliance. I do take some credit for starting the house-split pre-merge. I had made an enemy out of David (Bubani) and ended up getting eliminated when I just didn't have the votes to stay after Sarah (Shir) and Lorii were on a cruise. It was a difficult game, but Lorii and I had some amazing talks and I <3 her.
In between 8 and 9 was the URTV Survivor game. This was SO MUCH FUN. I had a great alliance and even though I only got 5th, it was my best performance since URTV 3. Parvati (Shadow) and I were a force to be reckoned with, even though we both REALLY wanted to win it. If it weren't for those crazy idols, I could easily have seen us and JT in the F3. I also started to become friends with Jessica (Megan) from this game and had an ...interesting... relationship with JT (Billy). I also met Aras (Russell in 9) in this game and I would have gladly sat next to him in the finals if it weren't for those pesky idols! No matter what anyone says, I believe this was one of my best performances and I really enjoyed playing this game.
9. There were SO MANY people in 9. In this game though, I met one of the few people in ORGs that I would gladly meet in real life, Angie (Bridget). Her and I made an awesome duo and in the first half of the game, we really did some damage. We had a strong clique going and Angie had a great relationship with Brian, that helped get her far. I probably would have had a better one, had I not put him up the week before I got evicted... I also met an old ORG friend Dan (Juice) who I haven't really played with since Myspace so it was awesome to see him again. I don't want to say I was in control of the game because I wasn't. However, my strong bonds with Bridget and Casey (except he voted me out...) is something that I was happy with. We did take out Michelle (Kathleen) due to rumors of an outside alliance, but had I not messed things up with Russell, I could have easily seen us in the finals. Also in that game, I reconciled with Libra (Luis) and met Jordan, and they were such awesome people to me. I loved talking to Libra and Jordan and, when it came down to it, I would have had a difficult time deciding who I wanted to fully allign with. However, they had my back and I had theirs for the second part of the game. I'm still a *little* mad at Russell for evicting me, but he did what he had to do and I can respect that.
I still say that if I came back as Kevin, I would have done better... This game was rough. I came into it as Drew, who was notorious for leaking about alliances. At first, I was out for blood. I was even confident. It was here that I learned that people aren't at ALL what they seem. I misinterpreted my friends and because of that, it made my eviction hurt so much more. If it were up to me, I would have been sitting in the finals with Dan, Carol at 3rd and Janelle at 4th but clearly that didn't happen. I learned a lot about myself and relationships from this game and out of all the URTVs that I played, it's the only one that I truly regret signing up for. KC is an amazing host, arguably one of the best out there. Many of the people here, whether they agree or not, I would absolutely consider my friends. But after reading some of these confessionals and hearing what people REALLY think about me... it just hurts. Yes, I've done my fair share of sounding like an ass. I was really mean to Brian in my URTV 9 confessional. It happens, it's what a confessional is for. However, hearing how little Dan trusted me, when I 110% had his back (this is just the first example) makes me feel just awful.
Which is why I've decided to "retire" from URTV.
Retiring usually means you've done well, and I admit that I haven't. I would love to have won a season of this, but some things are just not in the cards. I've met so many really great people from this game (Britti, Shir, Lorii, Bridget, Taylor, Shadow, KC, Cody, Cass, Luis, Jordan from 9, Bubani, even Zack) and it's been truly a blast playing in all these games. But Shadow said something... I think it was in either 8 or 9 HC Star Ratings (really the only thing I read once all boards are open) and he said that I'm just not that good of a player. He's right, I'm really not. So I'm taking this time to quit while I'm behind. I truly <3 all of you, regardless of whether we got along or not. Even if it hurt to be backstabbed by my "friends", I'm not going to let something that hurt me come in the way of awesome memories. It was truly a blast KC, and I appreciate all your efforts. Thanks so much everyone
