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Post by cody on Oct 15, 2013 3:04:09 GMT -5
I kind of talk fast in this. :]
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Post by cody on Oct 15, 2013 3:13:16 GMT -5
PS. In case you missed it, I posted a separate video confessional in my last Episode thread!
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Post by cody on Oct 15, 2013 4:21:24 GMT -5
That being said, I've been thinking about it and I just don't know if I can blindside Jermaine- I love him so much. Then again, I guess I could say that for everyone... It's gonna be a tough road from here. This sucks.
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Post by cody on Oct 15, 2013 22:49:14 GMT -5
HOLY FUCKING SHIT. FINAL 4!
Everyone here wants me in the end with them, it's cute. Also, fuck Jedda for voting me out!
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Post by cody on Oct 16, 2013 1:20:56 GMT -5
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Post by cody on Oct 16, 2013 1:48:20 GMT -5
In a way, I am kinda glad Jedda voted me out so now I have an excuse to vote him out at F4, and I won't have to feel so bad about it. Plus, him being chummy with Jermaine just makes him even that much more of a threat, and bringing Joe to the final 3 is suddenly the smarter move, and it just so happens to be the move that coincides with my heart. <3
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Post by cody on Oct 16, 2013 1:48:37 GMT -5
Who said it has to be head vs. heart? In this case, it's head & heart!
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Post by cody on Oct 16, 2013 4:57:27 GMT -5
Finally uploaded my rites of passage, etc... and Jedda messages me. He says Jermaine (AND JOE) told him everyone was voting for me last night, so that's why he did... Blah. He said he was taking forever to vote because he couldn't decide and yadda yadda, idk. I'm just like, ugh. I feel bad for him cause if he's telling the truth then he was mislead, etc. But the thing is, he still voted me out. If he had it his way, I would be on the Jury and out of the game. Joe had it his way and I'm still here. I owe it to Joe.....
I'm sure he's trying to lay it on hard cuz he knows he fucked up and is on the outs, so he's pulling at my emotional strings and it's working- unfortunately (for him), I'd feel even worse voting Brenda or Joe, so this is just the way it's gotta be. I'm sorry =[[[
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Post by cody on Oct 17, 2013 23:55:43 GMT -5
Animal's Final Tribal Council
Hey guys! Before I begin my spiel, I just want to say thank you to everyone. You all had a hand in making this experience a huge part of what it was, so thank each of you for your role in this game. Whether it was by your wonderful hosting dedication, your meaningful interviewing duties, your undeniable support in the series, or your presence in the game itself, and now either on Pre-Jury, Jury, or my other finalists - thank you all. This journey has been amazing, and you've all had a large hand in keeping it real. So thank you. <3
Brenda and Joe- I love you guys. Thank you both for making this final 3 so amazing, and I wish you both the best of luck when it comes to the finale. You are both amazing people and I would be glad to see either of you win, but of course I want it myself. :3 hahaha <3 Good luck!
Jury, I ask each of you to keep an open mind when it comes to casting your votes. We've all played different games, so all we can ask of you is that you keep your vote fair and vote for who you feel played the best game of Survivor between the three of us. I wish you all luck with your decisions, though! PS. I know I have a lot to say, so I will include a TL;DR Sparknotes version after my huge spiel, so don't feel intimidated if you don't want to read through it all! Here we gooooo.
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Opening Statement
Coming into the game, I never expected to make it this far. I'm honestly so shocked to have made it to this point in the game, after everything. Day one, I remember feeling out of the loop because I was in class while everyone was Skyping and calling each other, and then the next couple of rounds I felt even more out of the loop to what I deemed a looming alliance. When I noticed this group rising (whether a] through print-screen slip ups, b] through challenge coordinations, or c] through things Jedda confirmed for me), I wanted to counter it immediately. I began rallying up troops to counter it as soon as I could, including Aaron, Fei, Zack, Woods, Joe, Jermaine, Brenda, and my side-alliance with BK and Quanz. I wanted to make sure I was well-protected if I was going to try to counter a major alliance. If I was going to have a large sum of people against me, I wanted to make sure I had a large sum of people on my side, so that's what I went for.
This hit a boiling point the round Nicole and I had our blowup, which I feel actually changed the game a lot. It kind of ignited a fire in a lot of people, and people began seeing the line in the sand and I became frustrated that people seemed scared to go against Ricky and his alliance, so I wanted to openly out myself as being against them, just to prove that there was a "rebellion" of sorts out there. I wanted to prove that if people were afraid to go against Ricky, that there was hope, and that they wouldn't be alone. This would encourage people to join my "side."
However, things ran so slowly for my little "rebellion" and I began considering other options when Ricky approached me for an alliance. I think he begun to see that people weren't 100% with him anymore, and I was very unsure of where everyone stood myself, since no one really proved the rebellion was on until the merge, so I definitely considered other options, and at one point I even considered Ricky and Nicole two of my closest allies in the game- I just had no relationship with Nax at the merge, which is why I wound up back on the side of the rebellion. Finally, people wanted to strike and I rejoined the rebellion I felt I created. The main reason I did this is because I felt if I went with the five (myself, Woods, Brenda, Jermaine, and Joe) that I would be in a swing-vote scenario if we made final 5, but if I went to the final 5 with the other side (Myself, Jedda, Ricky, Nicole, and Nax) that I'd have to rely on others to get myself to the end, and I didn't want to have to rely on others, so I went with my strategic gut.
From there, I had a final 3 alliance with Joe and Jermaine and an implied final 3 alliance with Brenda and Woods, and I was still close to Jedda, and I had a respected relationship with Ricky. The only person I had a small connection with was Nax, and I wanted to target him, but this was the round after a good majority of the cast said I was the biggest threat to win the game (during TC questioning when Brookie quit), and then I proceeded to get a good chunk of positives from the “majority rules” competition, so due to that: I wanted to take a bit of a UTR approach these next few rounds.
With the Woods blindside (which I had known about, since Joe told me just before the deadline) I wanted to be cautious myself, since I didn’t want to give them reason to blindside me as well. This is more or less when I began re-questioning my final 3 alliance with Joe and Jermaine. I wanted to keep Woods, because I didn’t agree with the blindside- why throw away a sure-fire path to the final 5, and then the final 3 (since I probably would have gone with them.) This put Brenda in a precarious position, because if she voted with us (Joe, Jermaine, and I) to eliminate Jedda, Nax, or Ricky- then she would be willingly placing herself into the Untouchables… I actually would have encouraged Brenda to do this (side with Nax/Ricky/Jedda), because why should she selflessly sacrifice herself for an alliance with Joe & Jermaine, when they weren't so willing to selflessly sacrifice themselves for hers and Woods' well-being. Also, it would have saved me from having to split them up later, too. Anyway, luckily for Joe and Jermaine, the Untouchables twist happened then and they didn’t have to worry about that.
However, due to the Woods blindside- I was still weary of Joe/Jermaine and wanted to split them up soon. And since I viewed Jermaine as the mastermind (he pushed Joe to go through with it), he was the bigger threat in my eyes. It also helped that I found myself personally closer to Joe anyway! Brenda and I begun considering other options in Nax (tying the vote 3-3 with him [by voting Jermaine, who would have left due to past-votes]), but I decided against it because I wasn't sure how much I trusted Nax with it, and I decided we should wait one more week to strike, which paid off. Luckily I didn’t make the move anyway since Nax voted Brenda lol.
Moving forward to final 5, Jermaine and I wanted each other out. I think we viewed each other as our biggest threats in the game, and I knew with Jermaine gone, I'd have Joe's complete loyalty, so I went to get Brenda and Jedda on board with me to eliminate "the returnees" (Jermaine first, who was the bigger threat between him and Joe). Then at final 4 I would have options with Joe since I didn’t think he was as threatening as Jermaine (and I viewed Joe as my closest ally at this point, since he at least kept me in the loop during the Woods round). I kind of wanted Brenda to win immunity this week, because I feared if the vote was between Jermaine and Brenda, that Brenda would have gone home (Jedda and Joe would have likely chosen Jermaine over Brenda) but if it was between me and Jermaine, I felt much more confident that I would get the most favorable outcome (Jermaine leaving). Anyway, Joe told me last minute that Jedda and Jermaine were actually voting for me, but I wasn’t sure Jedda would. I suggested that he vote for Jedda so he wouldn’t have to decide between Jermaine and I: this was something I didn’t want Joe to do, not only because I was unsure of his decision, but because I felt horrible putting him in such a shitty position, but he kept me anyway (thanks Joe<3).
Finally in the final 4, not only did Jedda prove that I couldn’t trust him, but he also had the strongest case to present to the Jury from my perspective. I don’t just mean that he had friends on the Jury, but he was a legitimate threat. He and I mingled during the game a lot to compare notes from both sides of the game, and due to this, a lot of information was shared. Jedda had a huge control over information distribution in this game and had a huge impact on the game because of this.
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TL;DR? (too long; didn't read? Sparkntoes version!)
From the beginning, I came out guns blazing and I didn’t want to take a backseat approach to anything. I uncovered a possible alliance between a large group of people, which I nicknamed “Cult of Ricky” in my confessional, and I began exposing them and rallying troops to protect myself. From there, I found myself in a strong position at merge because I wound up reconciling with Nicole and Ricky, meaning I was playing both sides, because I was unsure if my rebellion was gonna pull through for me- I wanted to be protected just in case and have a back-up plan (which at one point, Nicole/Ricky actually had my full loyalty)!
At merge I wound up siding with my rebellion, because I felt I had a huge hand in its creation, and that would be a better selling point to a Jury than “I chose Ricky’s side and relied on his support to get me to the end.” I never really doubted Ricky and Nicole’s loyalty to me, but I just felt I would be able to play a better game if I could control my own destiny rather than rely on Ricky and Nicole.
After Woods was blindsided (which I knew about since Joe told me about it beforehand), I changed up my game plan, because people had said I was the biggest threat to win. I wanted to remain calm and cool, and even though I wanted to target Nax, I didn't want to make any big moves or give people any reason to blindside me. I feel this proves I had a good awareness and was able to adjust myself accordingly. Due to this, I waited to make my strike against Joe and Jermaine (mostly Jermaine, because he was the one who lead the charge and therefore had a stronger case for the Jury) until after Nax was gone.
Speaking of which, at final 6, Brenda and I were in a strong position to change the game up, but I decided to wait another round because I knew it was too early to make the big move. At final 5 I made my move against Jermaine, and in short- people chose me over Jermaine. I think I was the only person in the final 5 who legitimately wanted Jermaine gone, and he wound up being the one to go, so I think that proves I had heavy influence. PS. I was the only person in the final 5 who had 0 past votes against them (at the time lol).
At final 4, I felt Jedda was the biggest threat (not only did he have a lot of friends in the Jury, but he and I coordinating played a huge role in how the majority of this game went down, and I think Jedda controlled the majority of the information flow in this game, so he would have deserved to win, IMO.)
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In summation…
I feel I played the strongest game out of the finalists, and I hope I was able to clear my game up a lot for you guys. I was strong in challenges by never casting a vote until the round before merge (winning the Amulet of Ganesh once + individual immunity once), strong socially (I was aligned with everyone at the merge, except Nax and I feel I was on good terms with most everyone in the entire game), and strong strategically (I exposed alliances, called people out when I needed to align with their enemies, made big moves and pulled off big blindsides.) Hopefully this is all worthy of a win, because I feel I played the game to the best of my ability, and I hope you keep that in mind when you consider your vote for winner of iSurv1vor 19: India!
If you have any more questions about my game, please let me know – I look forward to answering any and all questions you may have about the game. Thank you for the opportunity, and good luck with your votes and questions everyone!!
Animal out.~
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Post by cody on Oct 18, 2013 10:48:09 GMT -5
Animal's Final Tribal CouncilHey guys! Before I begin my spiel, I just want to say thank you to everyone. You all had a hand in making this experience a huge part of what it was, so thank each of you for your role in this game. Whether it was by your wonderful hosting dedication, your meaningful interviewing duties, your undeniable support in the series, or your presence in the game itself, and now either on Pre-Jury, Jury, or my other finalists - thank you all. This journey has been amazing, and you've all had a large hand in keeping it real. So thank you. <3 Brenda and Joe- I love you guys. Thank you both for making this final 3 so amazing, and I wish you both the best of luck when it comes to the finale. You are both amazing people and I would be glad to see either of you win, but of course I want it myself. :3 hahaha <3 Good luck! Jury, I ask each of you to keep an open mind when it comes to casting your votes. We've all played different games, so all we can ask of you is that you keep your vote fair and vote for who you feel played the best game of Survivor between the three of us. I wish you all luck with your decisions, though! PS. I know I have a lot to say, so I will include a TL;DR Sparknotes version after my huge spiel, so don't feel intimidated if you don't want to read through it all - please do at least read the Sparknotes if you haven't got the time for the full thing! Here we gooooo. Opening StatementComing into the game, I never expected to make it this far. I'm honestly so shocked to have made it to this point in the game, after everything. Day one, I remember feeling out of the loop because I was in class while everyone was Skyping and calling each other, and then the next couple of rounds I felt even more out of the loop to what I deemed a looming alliance. When I noticed this group rising (whether a] through print-screen slip ups, b] through challenge coordinations, or c] through things Jedda confirmed for me), I wanted to counter it immediately. I began rallying up troops to counter it as soon as I could, including Aaron, Fei, Zack, Woods, Joe, Jermaine, Brenda, and my side-alliance with BK and Quanz. I wanted to make sure I was well-protected if I was going to try to counter a major alliance. If I was going to have a large sum of people against me, I wanted to make sure I had a large sum of people on my side, so that's what I went for.
This hit a boiling point the round Nicole and I had our blowup, which I feel actually changed the game a lot. It kind of ignited a fire in a lot of people, and people began seeing the line in the sand and I became frustrated that people seemed scared to go against Ricky and his alliance, so I wanted to openly out myself as being against them, just to prove that there was a "rebellion" of sorts out there. I wanted to prove that if people were afraid to go against Ricky, that there was hope, and that they wouldn't be alone. This would encourage people to join my "side."
However, things ran so slowly for my little "rebellion" and I began considering other options when Ricky approached me for an alliance. I think he begun to see that people weren't 100% with him anymore, and I was very unsure of where everyone stood myself, since no one really proved the rebellion was on until the merge, so I definitely considered other options, and at one point I even considered Ricky and Nicole two of my closest allies in the game- I just had no relationship with Nax at the merge, which is why I wound up back on the side of the rebellion. Finally, people wanted to strike and I rejoined the rebellion I felt I created. The main reason I did this is because I felt if I went with the five (myself, Woods, Brenda, Jermaine, and Joe) that I would be in a swing-vote scenario if we made final 5, but if I went to the final 5 with the other side (Myself, Jedda, Ricky, Nicole, and Nax) that I'd have to rely on others to get myself to the end, and I didn't want to have to rely on others, so I went with my strategic gut.
From there, I had a final 3 alliance with Joe and Jermaine and an implied final 3 alliance with Brenda and Woods, and I was still close to Jedda, and I had a respected relationship with Ricky. The only person I had a small connection with was Nax, and I wanted to target him, but this was the round after a good majority of the cast said I was the biggest threat to win the game (during TC questioning when Brookie quit), and then I proceeded to get a good chunk of positives from the “majority rules” competition, so due to that: I wanted to take a bit of a UTR approach these next few rounds.
With the Woods blindside (which I knew about in advance) I wanted to be cautious myself, since I didn’t want to give any reason for me to be blindsided. This is more or less when I began re-questioning my final 3 alliance with Joe and Jermaine. I wanted to keep Woods, because I didn’t agree with the blindside- why throw away a sure-fire path to the final 5, and then the final 3 (since I probably would have gone with them.) This put Brenda in a precarious position, because if she voted with us (Joe, Jermaine, and I) to eliminate Jedda, Nax, or Ricky- then she would be willingly placing herself into the Untouchables… I actually would have encouraged Brenda to side against Joe & Jermaine, because why should she selflessly sacrifice herself for an alliance with Joe & Jermaine, when they weren't so willing to selflessly sacrifice themselves for hers and Woods' well-being. Also, it would have saved me from having to split them up later, too. Anyway, luckily for Joe and Jermaine, the Untouchables twist happened then and they didn’t have to worry about that.
However, I was still weary of Joe/Jermaine and wanted to split them up soon. And since I viewed Jermaine as the mastermind (he pushed Joe to go through with the Woods blindside), he was the bigger threat in my eyes. It also helped that I found myself personally closer to Joe anyway! Brenda and I begun considering other options in Nax (tying the vote 3-3 with him [by voting Jermaine, who would have left due to past-votes]), but I decided against it because I wasn't sure how much I trusted Nax with it, and I decided we should wait one more week to strike, which paid off. Luckily I didn’t make the move anyway since Nax voted Brenda lol.
Moving forward to final 5, Jermaine and I wanted each other out. I think we viewed each other as our biggest threats in the game, and I knew with Jermaine gone, I'd have Joe's complete loyalty, so I went to get Brenda and Jedda on board with me to eliminate "the returnees" (Jermaine first, who was the bigger threat between him and Joe). Then at final 4 I would have options with Joe since I didn’t think he was as threatening as Jermaine (and I viewed Joe as my closest ally at this point, since he at least kept me in the loop during the Woods round). I kind of wanted Brenda to win immunity this week, because I feared if the vote was between Jermaine and Brenda, that Brenda would have gone home (Jedda and Joe would have likely chosen Jermaine over Brenda) but if it was between me and Jermaine, I felt much more confident that I would get the most favorable outcome (Jermaine leaving). Anyway, Joe told me last minute that Jedda and Jermaine were actually voting for me, but I wasn’t sure Jedda would. I suggested that he vote for Jedda so he wouldn’t have to decide between Jermaine and I: this was something I didn’t want Joe to do, not only because I was unsure of his decision, but because I felt horrible putting him in such a shitty position, but he kept me anyway (thanks Joe<3).
Finally in the final 4, not only did Jedda prove that I couldn’t trust him, but he also had the strongest case to present to the Jury from my perspective. I don’t just mean that he had friends on the Jury, but he was a legitimate threat. He and I mingled during the game a lot to compare notes from both sides of the game, and due to this, a lot of information was shared. Jedda had a huge control over information distribution in this game and had a huge impact on the game because of this. TL;DR Version (too long; didn't read? Sparknotes version!)From the beginning, I came out guns blazing and I didn’t want to take a backseat approach to anything. I uncovered a possible alliance between a large group of people, which I nicknamed “Cult of Ricky” in my confessional, and I began exposing them and rallying troops to protect myself. From there, I found myself in a strong position at merge because I wound up reconciling with Nicole and Ricky, meaning I was playing both sides, because I was unsure if my rebellion was gonna pull through for me- I wanted to be protected just in case and have a back-up plan (which at one point, Nicole/Ricky actually had my full loyalty)!
At merge I wound up siding with my rebellion, because I felt I had a huge hand in its creation, and that would be a better selling point to a Jury than “I chose Ricky’s side and relied on his support to get me to the end.” I never really doubted Ricky and Nicole’s loyalty to me, but I just felt I would be able to play a better game if I could control my own destiny rather than rely on Ricky and Nicole.
After Woods was blindsided (which I knew about since Joe told me about it beforehand), I changed up my game plan, because people had said I was the biggest threat to win. I wanted to remain calm and cool, and even though I wanted to target Nax, I didn't want to make any big moves or give people any reason to blindside me. I feel this proves I had a good awareness and was able to adjust myself accordingly. Due to this, I waited to make my strike against Joe and Jermaine (mostly Jermaine, because he was the one who lead the charge and therefore had a stronger case for the Jury) until after Nax was gone.
Speaking of which, at final 6, Brenda and I were in a strong position to change the game up, but I decided to wait another round because I knew it was too early to make the big move. At final 5 I made my move against Jermaine, and in short- people chose me over Jermaine. I think I was the only person in the final 5 who legitimately wanted Jermaine gone, and he wound up being the one to go, so I think that proves I had heavy influence. PS. I was the only person in the final 5 who had 0 past votes against them (at the time lol).
At final 4, I felt Jedda was the biggest threat (not only did he have a lot of friends in the Jury, but he and I coordinating played a huge role in how the majority of this game went down, and I think Jedda controlled the majority of the information flow in this game, so he would have deserved to win, IMO.) In Summation...I feel I played the strongest game out of the finalists, and I hope I was able to clear my game up a lot for you guys. I was strong in challenges by never casting a vote until the round before merge (winning the Amulet of Ganesh once + individual immunity once), strong socially (I was aligned with everyone at the merge, except Nax and I feel I was on good terms with most everyone in the entire game), and strong strategically (I exposed alliances, called people out when I needed to align with their enemies, made big moves and pulled off big blindsides.) Hopefully this is all worthy of a win, because I feel I played the game to the best of my ability, and I hope you keep that in mind when you consider your vote for winner of iSurv1vor 19: India! If you have any more questions about my game, please let me know – I look forward to answering any and all questions you may have about the game. Thank you for the opportunity, and good luck with your votes and questions everyone!! Animal out.~
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Post by cody on Oct 18, 2013 11:36:35 GMT -5
Wow, what a journey! Congratulations to the final three, making it through to this point is not an easy task no matter what way you played this game. You all should give yourselves a pat on the back and brace yourselves and each-other for the storm we're about to brew! I believe one hundred percent the best person should win the title of sole survivor. The mantra is Outwit, Outplay and Outlast. So let's get it crackin.
CODY "ANIMAL' LASSO: You have become a friend through all of this and I want you to know if I vote for you or I don't vote for you it's all based on how I view the game and what I believe has happened. From very early on I knew you and i would get along but I didn't know if I wanted to work with you. Because of this and our opposite groups you became a complete nemesis towards Nicole and Myself. At one point in the game when I had the numbers and the power I went to you and wanted to form a secret alliance and mix things up. Through these conversations I truly did give you my trust and I believe both Nicole and I would have been loyal to you. In the end you out-witted me because I believed you and did trust you would do the right thing based on our agreement. In the end right in front of my face you were the one to crumble the plan and vote out Nicole. That was you out playing me. The fact I am sitting here typing this to you means you've out-lasted me. You have fulfilled the goals anyone should have in this game, at least in regards to me and if anything you have my complete respect. 1.) My first question to you is why did you decide to go against Nicole and I. In the end you made it to the final three the way you chose to go but what was your thought process. Did we come across untrustworthy? was talking to us a scheme to get the best of us. I want to know if you had any intention in working with us and your reasoning for going the route you chose. 2.) My second question would be if you had been able to change your vote the night Woods went home, would you? You voted for me that round but it was said by Joe / Jermaine that if you were at the computer it would've been switched to his name. is this true and why the back stab on Woods if so. Weren't you guys aligned? You did use his amulet on him to save him despite past deals made 3.) Tell me why Joe and Brenda do not deserve to win, but DO NOT tell me why you deserve it. It's about them entirely. Hey Ricky! Thank you so much for your kind words. <3 I've definitely grown to consider you a great friend throughout the course of this game. It's insane to think how bitterly we contested each other, but I've had so much respect for you throughout the duration of this game, so props to you as well! I understand you have to vote based on how we all played the game, and in fact, I encourage that! Don't vote for me or anyone just because of how you feel about us. So, with that said, it's my duty to explain why I feel I deserve your vote. First of all, let me just say you said yourself, "I believe one hundred percent the best person should win the title of sole survivor. The mantra is Outwit, Outplay and Outlast." And then in your questions to me, you listed how I've outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted hahaha, but that aside- I'll do my best to answer your questions to the best of my ability. 1.) I fully expected this question to come up, and even at the time of my decision, I was going back and forth with it. I actually grew closer to you and Nicole than I had grown with most other people in the game, so it definitely was not a personal decision in the least, because if it were, I likely would have gone the distance with you guys. Also, no- it wasn't at all about trust. I actually believed most everything you guys were saying, and I felt our alliance was so genuine, it actually became my priority. I began considering you guys my number one alliance, and I wanted it to work out. However, the main reason I wound up siding against it was because I wanted to forge my own path to the end. I felt like if I stuck with you and Nicole, that the three of us would coast to the final 4/5 with Nax and Jedda, and from there, I'd have to rely on you guys to take me to the end. I didn't want to make it to the end, and say, "Thank you Ricky for getting me here!" I wanted to be able to say how I made it on my own, because I felt that sounded way more impressive when it came to appealing to a Jury. Like, I felt whole-heartedly that if you made it to the final 3, Ricky- that you would hands down win the game. You would have deserved it and you would have had my vote, because you were a huge threat from day one, and people acknowledged that you were running the game, and they fully believed. So if you had made it to the end, you would have won, and I wanted the victory to be mine (no offense! You would have been a great victor). I also felt that if I stuck with Joe/Jermaine/Woods/Brenda, that I'd be in a bit of a more powerful position, because I had wiggle room within the alliance. I was close to all 4 of the people in it, whereas with your side, I had such a small connection with Nax, that it weakened my wiggle room, and weakened the control I had over the alliance. With my fivesome with Jermaine, Joe, Woods, and Brenda- I had two possible final 3 scenarios, and I would have been in a swing-vote position. However, we didn't make the final 5 because of a move Jermaine made, which wound up costing him because it's the sole reason I returned the favor by making my move at 5. Anywho, I just felt I had more control and power with the other group, as opposed to the group I had with you and Nicole- even though I loved it. 2.) Hmmm, this is an answer I'm not fully sure of, but I can reason with myself, and deduct what I believe I would have done. Part of the reason I was glad to have to leave early was because I wouldn't have to go through with it. At the time I left, it seemed Joe and Jermaine were unsure themselves, so I wanted to vote with Brenda and Woods to at least give them the option of siding with Brenda and Woods (since that's what I would have wanted to happen anyway), but if I knew 100% that they were voting against Woods, I probably would have gone through with it and voted for Woods as well. I actually had a Ricky vote and a Woods vote pre-made just in case, so I definitely could have done it- HOWEVER, I don't think I could have blindsided Woods, so I would have told him in advance, that Joe and Jermaine were going through with this, and I was tagging along to keep up appearances (which is true for the most part, and paid off since I had Joe's full trust going into 5 - and he kept me over Jermaine.) Even though I gave Woods the amulet back at beginning of the merge, it was more of an alliance-move. We knew Woods was getting at least four votes, and one more would have caused a tie, so I just wanted to make sure we had the majority. I love Woodsy dearly, and I did do it for him, but it was mainly for the alliance of five I had forged, because at the time- we were all loyal to it from my perspective. 3.) Ahh boy, this question is fun. I'll go with Brenda first, since she's first alphabetically lol. I feel Brenda doesn't have as strong of a game as Joe and I. She never really made huge moves (other than the time she gave the amulet to Woods, which Woods had majority anyway I believe?) and she even hurt her relationship with people in the game by doing that. I feel Brenda was a sweetheart UTR player, but when looking to crown a victor of iSurv1vor 19: India, the winner should be more CP than UTR. Brenda was overlooked a lot and taken for granted, and she played for her alliance a lot, like when she voted you out over Woods- she would have been putting herself in the Untouchables, just because it's what our alliance had wanted. I feel she could have played a stronger game if she pushed more for what she personally wanted. I love her though! <3 Onto Joe... I feel Joe played a solid game for the most part, but he also plays with his heart a lot, and I can respect that. I do feel like he "went through" with plans a lot, instead of making his own plans though. For example, he "went through" with the plan to eliminate Woods, because it's what Jermaine wanted, and similarly he "went through" or was "forced to" go through with the Jermaine blindside, because it's what I wanted. I feel Joe could have played a stronger game if he had made moves for himself, and pushed his own agenda above the agenda of his allies and friends. I feel Joe came into the game with a stigma that previous players were going to be targeted, so he played more UTR at the beginning, but I don't think that was necessary, because I don't think anyone ever really attempted to target the returning players until the end, anyway. For example, people said they'd be more apt to vote for a player who has previously played the game and still made it to the end, but I don't understand that completely, because why should you vote for someone based on how they played another game? The previous players were never really targeted in this game for that reason, so I don't think it should play too much of a role in deciding a winner, since they didn't really overcome much... from my perspective anyway! If a returning player wanted to impress a Jury, they should have played strong from the beginning, as Rob Mariano did. He was still able to make it to the end in Survivor: Redemption Island, despite playing strong from the beginning. I hope I was able to answer your questions to your liking, and if you have any follow-up questions, I would be happy to answer them. Thanks for the opportunity, Ricky! Good luck with your decision. <3
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Post by cody on Oct 18, 2013 12:33:28 GMT -5
I guess I will wait for Brenda to post her opening statement before I post this.
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Post by kirin on Oct 18, 2013 16:57:16 GMT -5
You're my favorite Animal in the whole world!
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Post by cody on Oct 18, 2013 18:43:30 GMT -5
<3
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Post by cody on Oct 19, 2013 0:52:13 GMT -5
Hey Final 3! I can't say I am jealous of you guys because.. I am not haha! You were able to do what I wasn't and I respect that. You were able to socialize with this group of... misfits and good for you. To be honest I only got to know one of you well, which is Animal. Joe you made an effort to get to know me at some points and I am grateful for that. Brenda... I don't have much to say about you. Sure, communication is definitely a 2 way street and I am partly to blame for us being strangers but, in the end that is my view of you... a stranger. Animal: I really love you animal. WOODS CAN THROW SHIT AROUND ABOUT HOW I AM SO BITTER I CAN'T EVEN BREATHE. However, he has it wrong. You impress me. Not once did I have the feeling of "OMG animal turned on me that little poop head!". You were a very strong player this whole game and I tried to point that fact out to players MULTIPLE times and yet, no one seemed to believe me. So the fact you could play a strong game, be called out for it, and still have everyone on your side is really impressive to me. You also seemed to have a great social game and even when we had our dramatic ridiculous fight, within 24 hours we were buddy buddy. I think that really proved to me how versatile and chameleon like you are. Which is exactly what you need to be in this game. My question for Animal is: How did your strategy change after Zack was voted out. Did you try and form new relationships since you felt like you were in jeopardy or did you still feel like you had things in control?
Okay final 3 that is all I got to say. Sorry if some of the stuff was harsh! I have my own perspective of what was going on but I know some of it is probably wrong/misinterpreted. Brenda, I really would love for you to prove me wrong. Joe I'd like to know how you outwitted and outplayed Brenda/Animal. Animal, I just want to know how your strategy developed as the game progressed and some of your allies were voted out. Congrats to you guys! You survived India when all this season gave me was a massive headache and a realization I cannot cope with an ORG consisted of 90% gay guys! LOL <3 Hey Nicole! Lol I don't believe you were overtly bitter, just in your exit I remember you calling me out and I got so scared I was gonna be blindsided from that + everyone saying I was the biggest contender to win in the following Tribal Council answers (when Brookie then quit). But that wasn't bitterness, it was first instinct to being voted out and everyone has those, so I understand. I love you too, Nicole- honestly, our relationship was so bizarre in this game, but it's one of the ones I'm most glad to have made. We had never really spoken and had off-perceptions of each other, so we wound up blowing up at one another, then actually got to talking, and we got along great, and you were one of my favorite people in the game, on a personal level. You also live like eerily close to my family in Jersey which is awesome, maybe I'll see you some day haha. Thank you for all of you comments, and your love. <3 Anyway, to answer your question: my strategy was more or less constantly changing to fit the environment lol. But to specifically fit the time frame you specified, before Zack left, he had become completely my #1 ally (after he burned me by sharing information with Lexi, he then got burnt by Woods [who didn't include me in his Tribal Council plans] so I wound up super tight with Zack... #showmance). When Zack left, I actually got really bitter toward Brenda. :3 I thought Zack was going to be more loyal to me than Jermaine would have, so I wanted Brenda to vote Jermaine out over Zack, but she was too caught up over Zack having attacked her in one of the early challenges to listen to my logic and reasoning, so I just got really bitter toward Brenda for a little bit, and through Zack (and Ricky's urging), I wound up growing closer to you and Ricky. This alliance was mainly created because we felt like people were using us to turn against one another, so we created an alliance to ensure our safety. We figured people wanted us around to take out one another, and then take us out because we were supposedly the threats to win the game- however, when I saw the option to make it to the end with people who I felt were less threatening than Ricky (and you), I definitely took the chance, because I felt it would be easier to beat them than Ricky in a FTC. So yes, I tried to form new relationships once Zack left- mainly with you and Ricky, even though I think that began happening even before Zack left. I definitely grew more loyal to you guys when he left though, because it turned me off from Brenda, and Woods wasn't there at the time, and I wasn't sure where Jermaine's loyalty lied completely... so I wasn't sure about the state of my rebellion against the Axis of Evil, so I figured I could try to join it as a safety precaution. I did feel like I could be in jeopardy since I wasn't sure about the state of my rebellion, and I wasn't positive about my control, so I definitely tried to forge new relationships in order to gain control because I didn't want to rely on others. I wanted my fate to be in my own hands, and I guess you can say since I wasn't sure how much power I had, that I wanted to get definite power. Then, when I realized my rebellion was legit and that people wanted to go through with it- I went through with it as well, and I discovered that I had never really lost my power, so my worrying was was pointless in a way, but it still gave me more options and put me in the driver's seat and in a powerful position. I hope I've explained a bit how my strategy changed throughout the game; you only really specifically asked about how it changed when Zack left, but it did change quite a bit during the game, and I could give you a brief outline if you want? But I do cover this a lot in Nax's question, which is in video format, so if you want to check that out as well- feel free! Otherwise, let me know if you want anymore, and I'd be happy to answer more in-depth if you like. Thank you for your questions, your love, and your respect. Good luck with your decision! <3
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