Quanz

[Sandy]

Quanz, please post your Questions/Statements to Animal, Brenda & Joe.

[quanz]

Brenda, not to throw too much shade but your social game was absolutely atrocious. I really wanted to be friends with you in this game, but I could never get a hold of you on Skype and if I did, we didn't talk much and I know other people felt the same way. On the other hand you've made it to the end of the game so you must have done something right. My question for you is in two parts, firstly, what did you do to create the bonds needed to make it to the end of the game and secondly, what strategies have you implemented to secure jury votes and do you think that they will work?

Animal, you were alot of fun to play and seem like a really great guy. I'm going to have a really tough time deciding between you and Joe for who should take home the million bucks. I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with a question to ask you, and I don't know why. But, this fairly generic one will have to do. If you could change one move in the game, which one would increase your chances of winning one million dollars(Nothing isn't acceptable)?

Joe, congrats on making the final 3 it is a huge accomplishment especially as a returnee. The three corner stones of this game are "Outwit", "Outlast" and "Outplay". In this game there were two other returnees, Jermaine and Myself(I guess Jordan too). What did you do differently than Jermaine and I to "Outwit", "Outlast" and "Outplay", that got you to the end?

[joe]

Hey, Quanz. First off, congratulations to you just barely squeezing into the jury! Haha. I hope that that was some consolation in all of this. You are definitely more deserving it than she-who-shall-not-be-named, that’s for true.

I guess I don’t really need to explain what I did to outshine Jordan. The simple answer to that would be “show up.” Sooo… we won’t dwell on him too much here. But yeah. I’ve sorta answered this already in Nicole’s question, but seeing as this is more specific to the returnees, I’ll give that more unique perspective here!

Outwit: One of the things that stood out to me with you from very early on in this game was when we had that returnee interview with Jose and Jared. In that interview, you said that Jermaine and I were two people you (and others) should look out for. I was already a bit paranoid coming into the game that I had a huge target on my back, and for you to show your hand so readily and so openly was a bit… unnerving. It was hard for me to think I could trust you at all after that, and it was so early into the game! Meanwhile, I did my very best to keep my motives and my thoughts close to my chest, only sharing them with the people I felt I could put my trust in. In that sense, I think that is how I outwitted you, although I will grant you that you seemed very unpredictable yourself otherwise, and that is part of the reason I pushed the vote onto you that round; I could not gauge where you stood, other than that it seemed somewhat clear that you were with Ricky/Nax/Nicole. As for Jermaine, well, I think one of the key moments where I outwitted him was during the Woods vote where I approached Animal with the knowledge that he (Woods) was going, whereas I was pretty sure he and Jermaine had not spoken about it, and I was right, and Jermaine never confronted him about it. This got Animal more on my side than Jermaine’s, for sure, although he was a bit unhappy with the pair of us. I also had more knowledge about some of the goings-on of the game. During the round where Brenda used the idol and Zack went him, I told Jermaine that that was where it was going (although I admit I had my doubts), yet he insisted it made no sense for Nax to give Brenda the amulet. Lo and behold, I was right. Essentially what I’m saying is is that I think that, while we both may have had our fingers on the pulse of the game, I was pushing a little harder and that gave me an edge on him.

Outplay: As I said to Nicole… I kinda feel like this and Outwit are the same entity, but I’ll give it the old college try! How did I outplay you? Well, I definitely got the jump on you in round six when I voted you out. Heh. While I don’t know that you did your best at making sure you had options all across the board, I did my best to make sure I did. With hard work put in in having Jedda be able to trust me, he let me in on the plan to get me outta the game. In this way, I think my gameplan of trying to have options benefitted me strongly. If you had probably made a more concerted effort to work with me, or you hadn’t sorta come off as working with Ricky/Nax/Nicole/etc, I don’t know that your fate in this game would have been the same. Similarly as with outwit, I think one of my key moments here was building a stronger relationship with Animal than he had. It was this that pretty much ultimately led to Jermaine going. As much as Jermaine and I joked about being the F2 and being returning winners, in my head I kinda knew that this wasn’t the best way to go, so, laying seeds that could have led to his demise further on in the game were kinda how I outplayed him. He has also now expressed that despite me being very reserved with information with him, he never felt he could really conceive a scenario in which to vote me out (and he didn’t really want to), yet I was able to do it to him… although I admit that on a personal level (I’ve said this about 100 times already elsewhere, I think), I hated it. Like a lot.

Outlast: Well the sweet and short answer is… I voted both of you out of this game. Heh. I put myself in situations that allowed me to get the upper hand on both of you, and that’s pretty much that. If that’s insufficient, smack me up the side of the head or demand more. But I guess I can’t see what more I can add on to that. Haha.

So there ya go! Thanks for les questions. :3 If you wanna know anything else, fire away.

[cody]

Oct 19, 2013 15:18:57 GMT -5 quanz said:

Animal, you were alot of fun to play and seem like a really great guy. I'm going to have a really tough time deciding between you and Joe for who should take home the million bucks. I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with a question to ask you, and I don't know why. But, this fairly generic one will have to do. If you could change one move in the game, which one would increase your chances of winning one million dollars(Nothing isn't acceptable)?

Hey Quanz! I totally agree that you are a fun person to play with and definitely a great guy. I think I've said it already that our Skype calls were some of the "little things" about this game that I came to appreciate the most, and I definitely miss them. We were great together, yo! Anyway, thanks for your statements and question. I understand it's going to be a hard decision and I don't expect to be handed a vote whatsoever, so I'm glad you're willing to hear us out to see who you think should win in the end...

In response to your question: I know "nothing" is not a viable answer, but I honestly don't think I would have changed up any of the boot orders, since I think since merge, each boot was the most beneficial for me to be honest.

(F10: Even though the first round of merge I'd rather Nax go over Nicole, Nicole leaving eliminated double vote so it was best.
F9: Brookie quit.
F8: Woods being blindsided without my help kept the blood of Woods off my hands + eliminated someone people deemed me to be the "bitch" of.
F7: Ricky was eliminated in a challenge.
F6: Nax left, he voted Brenda out anyway and I didn't want to vote B.
F5: I was the only one who wanted Jermaine to go (Brenda wanted what I wanted, Jermaine wanted me to go, Jedda wanted Joe to go, Joe wanted Jedda to go. I got what I wanted.
F4: Jedda had to go for everyone's benefit.)

The only boot I wasn't sure about was yours, tbh. I preferred Brookie to be the boot, but we settled on you because of idol paranoia which is understandable, and given the circumstances, I think we worked best with what we had, even though if I looked back on it now, I'd much rather push to keep you over Brookie.. As I said, I think with the knowledge we had at the time, it was the best move so idk if I would say that was the single move I'd go back and change.

So I guess if I could change anything in particular about my game, it would be Jury Management. This just means that it would improve my relationships with the Jurors to increase their likelihood in voting for me, I guess lolol. I don't really know what else to change, because given the hand I was dealt, I feel like I've done virtually everything in my power to get myself here with the best odds I had to win, which I think I've described. I haven't have (m)any critiques of my gameplay, so if there is anything that anyone has a problem with, I'd love to explain myself for it? Overall, I forged an an alliance between my two groups Brenda/Woods and Joe/Jermaine and formed the rebellion against the Axis of Evil, and I think it was largely due to my connections that set this up and helped my group make it to the end. I masterminded the Jermaine boot, and the Jedda boot (I had to convince Brenda to go through with it if Joe hadn't won immunity- which I believe I did.) I think if I went to the end with Ricky's group, I would have lost. If I went to the end with Jermaine, I would have stood uneven odds. If I went to the end with Woods, I would have been called his bitch. So I think this was my best odds.

The only other thing I could think of would be switching you and Brookie at least since she wound up quitting anyway and you deserved and earned your Jury spot. xD - which you got anyway! Yayyys!

I hope this answers your question, and if you have any follow up questions, please let me know! Good luck with your vote, Quanzy! <3