~Tabatha~Placement: 19th
Tabatha, you played a good game even though you didn't quite get the opportunity to get to know everyone to the best of your abilities. You may have been the first to officially be voted out, but you didn't place 21st, so there's that! The little we spoke, I thought you seemed nice and I am sad we didn't get to know each other better. I feel you played a bit Under the Radar, which I thought would have been enough, since I always felt B.K. would have been (one of) the first boots, so you did the best with what you had, and maybe if you were more social with your first (and sadly, only) tribe, you would have outlasted a couple of people. I'm sorry your time on Redemption Cove, and ultimately the game in general, was cut so short! We need more Tabby-Cat!
~Aaron~Placement: 21st
My first true fallen comrade. Aaron, you were a pleasure to have in the game and I wish you didn't decide to remove yourself from the game, especially so early on. I felt we had a good bond and we would have developed to be great friends. You were the recipient of the first ever Amulet of Ganesh, and it was (proudly) at the hands of yours truly, and I couldn't have chosen anyone better to receive it on round one, since we worked so well together right off the bat, and you didn't last too long in the game after that. I'm very sad you decided to remove yourself from the game just before the game really turned on its head and it seemed the climax hit. I felt I would have stood better odds with you on my side, but it looks like I was able to make it here without you anyway, and even though I would have totally love to have you on my side throughout the duration of this game, I totally respect your decision and I understand you did what you had to do. Best wishes, man!
~Honey~Placement: 20th
Girl, you were a hoot and a holler. I would have loved getting to know you throughout this game, because I feel you have such positive energy and you would have brought the laughs, whether you did it intentionally or just happened to be one of the most hilarious people in this game. You were amazing to interact with and socialize with in the group conversations because it was never boring with you, and you never really let things get awkward, and I thank you for that. It was a pleasure having you in this game, despite the short while it lasted. I feel had you lasted longer, you would have served a great purpose, which would have been to lift spirits in this game. During those stressful moments, it would have been amazing just to have that person to say something incidentally and have it be coincidentally hilarious, and that women would have been you. I understand you had to go due to your illness, and that's totally understandable. Just know that the game lost a huge element when we lost you, and I hope that you're doing so much better now. <3
~Fei~Placement: 18th
I hated losing you so much! I wanted to help you, and I tried my best to protect you, because I knew the plan to get rid of you and I wanted to thwart it- not just for you, but for myself. I was so upset when you seemed to be so unwilling to counter it and unwilling to protect yourself, but I totally understand. The game changed for you and it was highly unfortunate that people decided to act the way they did and to take things and make them as personal as they had. I think you played a great game, and above that- I think you are an amazing person. For one, you were always so sweet and nice with me, so it was lovely getting to know you throughout the game and to dance with you via YouTube videos we recorded ourselves doing haha. But for two, you met Kirin- and not many people other than the two of us can say that xD haha, I think we share a great bond and I hated losing you. I don't care if you were aligned with a lot of people- you can't help it that you're so likable and easy to get along with!
~Greg~Placement: 17th
Ah, I loved getting to know you, and I loved the progression of our relationship in this game. You were the very first person I spoke to in the cast, and we had a great conversation about Taco Bell and Bahahahah Blasts, or something lol. We didn't share that many more conversations after that, until the round you left (or maybe just before that) but we bonded once again and I loved every minute of it. We shared one of the few bonds that had relationships with fellow ORGers, and I honestly think you and Bill are adorable. You two warm my heart, and it makes me happy to see because you're both great guys. I found it funny everyone thought you and Fei were the mega-players of this game, and even if you were- I didn't care because I liked you guys so much and I tried to save you (well, I tried to save Fei more, since I thought it would have been a lost cause for you due to the numbers :\). I really hated losing you guys so early though, and you guys should be proud of yourselves, really. Yours and Fei's eliminations changed the game forever and it set the precedent for this game- GAME ON.
~Jordan~Placement: 16th
It's crazy seeing you be so early in a Rites of Passage progression, because I know the type of kick-ass player you can be, and I was expecting coming into the game. I definitely pegged you as someone I thought I could align with and befriend during this game, and I thought it was going to happen because when we first spoke during this game (which was probably our first real one-on-one conversation?), I thought you were awesome! We clicked really well and I looked forward to see what the game had in store for us. I'm happy we could talk to each other about whatever was going on in both of our lives, and I'm glad we could offer one another advice. It was fun getting to know you better this game, and I'm glad we had that opportunity. I'm sorry your life just got so busy, but it's so understandable given your circumstances, so despite wishing to have played this game with you, I am happy that you made the decision you thought was best for you. Also, I hope you never thought I was one of the people who felt they could control your vote, because I didn't want to give that impression at all, and I genuinely cared for you in this game and in general!
~Jeffy~Placement: 15th
I never really got to know you super well. For some reason, I got an odd vibe from you in our first conversation, and then we never really got to change that since you were voted off so quickly, but I wish we had. I wish we got to know each other better, because I'm sure you're a great guy and I've heard pretty great things about you! I think it's super impressive you lasted so long on Redemption Cove (despite most of your competition quitting or being medically evacuated lol), but you definitely had quite the redemption story, and I wish I got to fully see it flourish, but unfortunately your time as well was cut short. Also, recently I heard you were Hannah from the GVSE series? If so, that's awesome! I totally had you on my Fantasy Team in your season.~ I was Ben lol. Anyway! I hope all is well with you and I wish we got to know each other much better in this season,[ but unfortunately that didn't happen, and time didn't allow it to!
~B.K.~Placement: 14th
My home-fry B.K.! I think a lot of people were surprised and impressed by you. I think you were a force to be reckoned with in this game, because everyone constantly underestimated you and thought you were going to be someone who would be taken out so easily, yet here you made it to the final 14 and nearly the merge. I think you played the game pretty well Under the Radar, and you definitely had a chance to take the game. In the beginning, you rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, but maybe that was a good strategy since everyone overlooked you and you managed to scrape by easily. I actually enjoyed you in this game, and even though I felt you were one of the more annoying people in the beginning, you definitely grew on me, and I enjoyed our progression throughout this game. I loved our times bonding with Quanz, and I felt the three of us were awesome, but it just happened to be a temporary thing, which I wish it could have been more. I'm sorry your time was cut so short, but I think you should be proud of yourself!
~Lexi~Placement: 13th
OMG Lexi, you were one of my favorite people in this entire game for a long while. Pre-Game, I think I only had Jedda ranked above you, because I absolutely loved bonding with you and I loved getting to know you. You were without a doubt my class buddy for the first day of the game! I took my laptop to class with me and just enjoyed talking to you... It's funny I can remember quite a bit about what we talked about, but hardly any of what I "learned" about in my classes that day! lol, but seriously you were awesome in this game, and I wish we had gotten to be on the same side as you throughout the game, but we wound up trusting the opposite people and I guess that's where we wound up drifting. I was sad to see you go personally, but not strategically since I knew you could have been a threat in this game, and I'm shocked you didn't excel at Redemption Cove- I definitely expected you to return to the game, but I think Woods was very fitting for that part as well.
~Zack~Placement: 12th
Zackypoo, if there is any Pre-Juror I can honestly say was robbed of not only a Jury spot, but a finale spot, I would without a doubt say you. Everyone else in the game can say what they want about me, about you, or about us- but I think we both know the truth, that we were the one true showmance of this game. The only redeeming factor about you being eliminated from the game was that I no longer had to hide how I felt about you, or hide that you were actually my number one ally in this game. You were the single person I felt I could trust with anything and everything, and even though we may have hit a rough patch here or there (namely, the round Lexi left lol), I think it's obvious we've come past that and I don't think there's much of anything that could affect the fact that you're my Zackypoo, and I missed you so much in this game. When you left, I had to assume a much more of an individual-esque gameplay strategy, because prior to that, I was thinking about how "we" would get through it. I guess you leaving was good for my personal game so I could focus on myself, but it sucked because I didn't have that one go-to person who I knew had my back over anything. Losing you sucked, but I know I haven't really lost you. <3
~Quanz~Placement: 11th
First of all, congrats on the Jury! You do deserve it, and deserve plenty of recognition in this game. You played your own game, and you didn't really submit to how anyone else perceived the game. The main things that mattered to you, were the people who you felt close to, and the people who you felt you could trust. You didn't care about "sides" or the "he said, she said" drama, and I think you stayed out of it very well. However, that could also have been your downfall, since it left it hard to know completely which side you were on, so no one could completely trust you or where your head was at in this game. But please don't get me wrong- I loved getting to know you, and I loved talking to you and our Skype calls to strategize. I really did feel like I could trust you, but in the situation that arose, I just felt that I could trust Joe more, and I think he has proven that to me (not that you didn't.) I think it's the little things, like our random Skype calls, and chats, that I have come to appreciate in this game, because it was a break from the regular game, and it was fun and exciting for me. So thank you for that!
~Nicole~Placement: 10th
You were... so much different than I ever gave you credit for. Nicole, you were amazing and definitely much more than just "Ricky's bitch." I'm honestly sorry for that whole fiasco, because even though I can't say I didn't mean what I said, I can say that I have done a complete 180° on my opinions, and I don't think that you're Ricky's bitch, and I don't think that you're a bitch of any sorts. I think you're an amazing person, and I loved getting to know you just before merge and right around the merge itself. Voting you out was probably the single hardest vote to date, believe it or not. I hated doing it, and I don't ever want you or Ricky to think that my deals with you guys were fake or dishonest, because at the time, I literally was planning to go with you guys to the end. I had gotten so frustrated with my own rebellion, that I abandoned the efforts until a spark of hope ignited it again, and I'm sorry that it was at your expense. I never wanted to vote you out, but it was just the logical thing to do with your double vote, and I hope you can find it in you to forgive me, because I loved our talks, whether they were one-on-one, or with Ricky. You are an amazing person!
~Brookie~Placement: 9th
Meow, meowmeow meowo mowmomow meeeeeow MRRROOWOWWWWWWW....!!! Brookie, it was lovely getting to know another true ~animal~ in this game, even though we didn't really get to know each other that well, I'm still glad to have met someone that can speak my cat-language. <3 I enjoyed your presence in this game, because you made things fun and unpredictable, and you definitely had a great sense of humor- one probably not everyone could appreciate. I think you never were trying to be as mean-spirited as people may have taken you, but that's because I feel sometimes people took you too seriously, and took your words or actions too harshly, and I'm sorry you got so much slack for that. I wish you didn't decide to quit, but at the same time- I guess it was for the better, because Ricky staying in the game added so much more to the game than you being here since you didn't care as much about it (no offense...).
~Woods~Placement: 8th
My brother from another mother! Woodsy, I'm sooooo sorry for what happened to you. If I could go back in time to change it, I probably would. I guess there wasn't much I could have done about the first time you left, since I almost half-heartedly wanted it to happen, because I was bitter that you tried to take out ~my~ Zackypoo, but I am so glad that you had a second shot in this game. I hated that people viewed you so negatively so often, but you were always my one true bromance in this game, and I am so sad to see your story of redemption get cut so short. You were amazing in this game, and definitely someone I felt I could trust, and someone who was so very supportive of me. Your departure impacted me probably more than you could ever know. Even though I was likely going to the end with Joe and Jermaine regardless, them blindsiding you proved to me that they were either playing way too hard, or just simply didn't trust me enough to allow you into the final 5, so that is a huge reason why Jermaine wound up following you out so soon (okay, a couple rounds later, but still.) You left a huge impact on this game and you should be proud of yourself man! I've missed you since you left, but I think it's caused me to grow so much as a player and as a person. I hope I've come to make you proud!
~Ricky~Placement: 7th
I am really sorry for not saving you the round you went into Redemption Cove via the Untouchables twist. Granted, you didn't campaign much (at all?) to be saved, I totally expected you to win the challenge no matter who you went in against. I thought for sure you wouldn't be eliminated by the Untouchables twist, because you were such a force to be reckoned with in this game, it was such a lackluster final act from you, but I guess it's fitting since it's one of the most unique exits in iSurv1vor history. You played such a phenomenal game, and similarly to Nicole, it's so bizarre how quickly my opinions on people can change. You went from my archenemies in this game to one of my best friends, in general. You were so strong in this game, not only physically, but mentally, strategically, and socially as well. You had people handing you rupees left and right, and you were constantly in a position of power, and you played so strongly and should be so proud of yourself. I'm so thankful to have had the opportunity to mend fences with you and even come together and kind of work together around the time Zack left the game. Everything that we talked about and discussed and planned was totally legitimate and genuine, because at the time I was legitimately planning on working in that direction anyway, since I was so tired of my own rebellion and it's lackluster presence in the game. But, you are such a great guy, and even though I thought at the beginning that you were conniving, dishonest, mean-spirited and crazy... now I think that you're one of the most honest, genuine, and down-to-earth guys around here, all the while, probably still crazy lol. Thanks for being awesome though. iSurv1vor 19: India would not be the same without you. Not even by a mile.
~Nax~Placement: 6th
Sixth place from the old-guy? That's amazing, dude. You were crazy in this game and definitely pretty independent. I think you played a strong game because you obviously single-handedly took out Ricky in your challenge strengths lol. You had a never give up mentality, and I appreciated that from you, because even when it seemed obvious I would never have voted for you to be safe from the Untouchables, you definitely had me reconsider my "obvious" decision, and I'm glad for that. You were always someone who was pretty upfront with me, or you tried to be, even though I do feel you possibly buttered it up to sound nicer than it was, I felt you were definitely a sociable guy, and it was fun getting to know you. Even though we were never full-heartedly ever on the same side, and despite the fact that you were probably my number one enemy/target ever since the merge, I think you were a worthy opponent, and the fact that we both made it into the final six is impressive. Thank you for contributing to the game, and playing great, too. You did amazing!
~Jermaine~Placement: 5th
Probably one of the most difficult and crazy votes of the entire game, that night was crazy. I've loved getting to know you better throughout the course of this game. Falling asleep talking to you and discussing Starbucks and coffee in general was one of the things in this game I grew to love and appreciate the most. Even though it was only evidence of my effed up sleeping pattern, it was also evidence of our growing relationship and bond that we shared. I hated voting you out, but the fact that you wound up voting me out made it all the more easier for me. You were definitely a strong force in this game, and I think you rightfully got the glory position, because you would have likely won this game had you not left when you did. You played amazingly and you're an amazing person, and I'm so sorry for giving you the boot, but I feel you and I were two of the strongest players left at that point, so you leaving only increased the likelihood of an Animal victory! I hope you understand that and can appreciate that when it's all said and done, because I love you like potatoes love the frier. <3
