Hey you two! Congrats on making it to the final two...no matter how you look at it, you accomplished what everyone was trying to accomplish, so you guys played the best out of all of us.
The thing that makes this game interesting is that its easy to play a brilliant game on accident. So my vote is going to be based on purpose. Who had a better idea of what they were doing the whole time.
I believe in the Survivor motto: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast. Obviously both of you have done an equal job of outlasting so far, so I'm going to focus on the Outwit and Outplay parts.
OutwitFor each tribal council following the merge, I want you to fill out the following
Your target:
Reason:
Did this change after the challenge? To who?
Reason for new target (if necessary)
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you?
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you?
OutplayI consider outplay to refer to the challenges. Obviously the results are there for me to look at, so in this section, please tell me exactly which challenges you either threw (and why) or were not able to compete in (and why).
IMPORTANTKeep your answers concisce. I want no more than a sentence, (
maybe two) for each of your answers. Like I said, I am looking for purpose, and in my opinion, if you can't state clearly your intentions/actions in a single sentence for each of the things I am having you answer, it would appear that you don't have a clear idea of why you did certain things.
All that being said, good luck to the both of you,
don't lie because we jurors are comparing notes and will know, and no matter what kind of crap everyone throws at you, you both played better than they did!
Hey Robb, it's great to hear from you again! I hope everything is going well with you on a personal level. You've asked alot so I figured the most important thing to do is to be as honest and thorough with these answers as possible. I do apologize in advance if I've thrown in an extra sentence or two here or there, but I have alot to explain and I want to make sure that my line of thinking every round was clear enough to understand. Here goes:
OutwitFor each tribal council following the merge, I want you to fill out the following
Final 11 Round
Your target: Eliza
Reason:Originally I was targetting Eliza because I didnt recognize her screen name so I had no clue that she was a friend of mine and I wanted to stay loyal to my tribe's alliance.
Did this change after the challenge? Yes To who? Amber
Reason for new target (if necessary)Once I learned who Eliza really was and that Matty was not voting her anyway I changed targets to voting for Amber. I knew that a best case scenario would've been a 7-4 vote to evict Amber because the only ones who would possibly not vote for her were me, Tina, Keith and Amber herself. It wasnt enough to save her and I didnt want my tribe's alliance to be exposed so I PMed Tina, Keith and Amber and apprised them of the situation.
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? 2-I personally convinced Tina and Keith to change their vote from Eliza to Amber because after getting a PM from Matty, I knew that Amber was going anyway and I didnt want our alliance to be exposed so early into the merge.
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? I had to change targets for reasons I explained above.
Final 10 Round
Your target: Kathy
Reason: Kathy is a very likable person and she always does very well on immunity challenges. I saw her as a good person to vote out in order to keep my allies safe.
Did this change after the challenge? Yes To who? Matty
Reason for new target (if necessary)My only allies left at this point were Tina, Keith and Matty and Matty gave me the impression that he was being influenced heavily by Eliza. I knew that Eliza was aligned with the Monterrico Tribe and that she had secured enough votes to send Matty packing regardless of who I was voting that round so I figured I needed to lay low and vote Matty eventhough he was my boy and all I had to vote him out for strategic reasons. I believe this is what prevented the Monterrico alliance from targetting me after Matty left.
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? 0-I honestly did not want Matty to leave but I voted him because I knew the Monterrico alliance had a clear majority and there was nothing to do to save him so I want trying to convince anybody to vote for Matty that round.
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? I voted for Matty because there was no way we were able to string enough votes together to get rid of Kathy. If I had voted Kathy, I was certain her alliance would have targetted me the following round and there's no way I'd be sitting here right now.
Final 9 Round
Your target: Dan
Reason: He was the only person who hadnt said a word to me since we merged.
Did this change after the challenge? Yes To who? Eliza
Reason for new target (if necessary) I didnt especially target Eliza personally but I did agree to vote for her once Rudy told us that him and Kathy were willing to vote with my alliance as long as we voted for Eliza. I knew that I had to do whatever it took to keep my original allies, Keith and Tina around as long as possible. I figured once they got voted out I would certainly be next to go.
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? 0-This was not a round where I needed to convince anyone to vote with me. I knew I was basically a swing vote between Eliza and Tina and I could not afford to vote for Tina no matter what. So instead of telling people who I was voting for or trying to persuade people this round, I took in all the information I was given and I made what I believed was the best strategic decision for my own personal gameplan. If Eliza had asked me to vote for a nonally like Kathy I probably would have been willing to but I just could not bring myself to vote off Tina at that point in the game.
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? Because my original target, Dan, was not viewed as the big time threat that Eliza was. The deal that Rudy and Kathy offered my alliance was that they would vote with us if we agreed to vote for Eliza so I was willing to do whatever it took to get myself, Keith and Tina as far into the game as possible.
Final 8 Round
Your target: Dan
Reason: He did not say a word to me all game and he had just tried to lay down his torch to save Eliza at the last TC
Did this change after the challenge? No To who? N/A
Reason for new target (if necessary) N/A
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? 4-I personally talked to Keith, Tina, Robb and Gary that round and told them all I believed it was a no brainer that Dan should go because he is away on vacation and it wouldnt be fair for him to go farther than the other players who were working really hard to be here.
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? N/A
Final 7 Round
Your target: Gary
Reason: He appeared to be the favorite to win the game
Did this change after the challenge? Yes To who? Rudy
Reason for new target (if necessary) I changed my mind and voted for Rudy because I didn't realize how powerful my skills of persuasion were lol. I wanted Gary out because he seemed to be the one controlling the game but Tina and Keith originally wanted to vote for Rudy, thinking he would self-vote. I knew Rudy wasnt gonna self vote and we would be shooting ourselves in the foot by voting Rudy cuz he was the only member of Monterrico who was really gung ho about voting with my alliance. So I convinced Keith and Tina that we should vote for Gary and hope that Rudy would as well. Unfortunately, Rudy ignored my PM that round so I figured our only hope was in fact to vote Rudy and pray he would self-vote. I hadnt realized that Keith and Tina had already voted for Gary before discussing it again and that is why they voted for Gary and I voted for Rudy that round.
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? 2- Keith and Tina
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? I voted for Rudy who was not my target out of desperation. I wanted to do whatever I could to keep Tina and Keith safe and I knew the only way our plan to vote gary would work was if Rudy stayed true to his word and if Rudy was really gonna vote Gary with us, he would've responded to my PM that round.
Final 6 Round
Your target: Gary
Reason: He was the odds on favorite to win
Did this change after the challenge? No To who? N/A
Reason for new target (if necessary) N/A
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? Well Keith and I both realized that we needed to get rid of Gary in order for either of us to have any shot of winning the game. I don't know if I actually convinced him per se, but we were definately on the same page here as Keith had told me that he had convinced Rudy and Kathy to vote for Gary with us but then he got a PM from Rudy right before the vote saying that he changed his mind and decided to vote for Keith.
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? N/A
Final 5 round
Your target: Rudy/Kathy duo
Reason: At this point in the game I was absolutely desperate and I had lost every ally I ever had. Right before Keith left, he sent me a bunch of AIM convos and PMs that he had received from Rudy and Kathy, where they promised Keith that they were gonna make it up to him for voting Tina the round before by voting Gary out this round. Keith told me that Rudy and Kathy could not be trusted no matter what so I decided to approach Robb and Gary and show them these convos and PMs in effort to get rid of either one of the 2 people who hd just backstabbed my boy Keith.
My original goal was to convince Robb and Gary to vote out Kathy because I considered her to be the bigger threat between herself and Rudy. However, Robb was the only one who liked this idea and it became more and more clear to me that it wasn't really Robb and Gary v Rudy and Kathy as we had all thought. It was more like Kathy had one final 2 deal with Rudy and another final 2 deal with Gary. Robb and I were smart enough to realize this and see that Kathy was the one who needed to be voted out. However, Gary was clearly unwilling to vote for Kathy so we had to agree to vote for Rudy with Gary because he was convinced that Rudy was the one targetting him and not Kathy. Also, Rudy was clearly unwilling to vote for Kathy so Robb and I had to convince him that we were going to vote for Gary with him that round in order to trick Rudy into voting for Gary, knowing that Gary was already voting for Rudy and Kathy had already voted for me. This spread the votes out enough that Robb and I were able to vote Kathy out by plurality vote, not even majority vote by a tally of 2-1-1-1.
Did this change after the challenge? Yes To who? Kathy
Reason for new target (if necessary) The reason for the new target was that I found out Rudy was willing to vote for Gary. I knew Robb saw Kathy as the huge threat that I did and we both knew that if we didnt take her out that round she was going to win the game. She was actually my original target, but I would have been willing to vote for Rudy along with Gary and Robb just to save my ass if I had to. At first I figured I would need 3 of the 5 votes to survive but then I realized if Robb and I could convince the other 3 players to split up their votes for 3 different people we would be able to eliminate Kathy with only 2 votes cast against her.
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? I don't really believe that Robb or I convinced the other to vote Kathy because we both wanted Kathy gone really badly at this point in the game. I did manage to convince Gary to vote for Rudy however and I convinced Rudy to vote for Gary. That was a big part of why our plan to blindside Kathy worked so beautifully.
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? I went into that round with 2 main targets: Rudy and Kathy. I walked out of the round having taken out the one person in the game who seemed unbeatable so I was pretty satisfied with my decision.
Final 4 Round
Your target: Gary
Reason: I was not aligned with him and he was my biggest threat to getting to the end of the game
Did this change after the challenge? No To who? N/A
Reason for new target (if necessary) N/A
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? 2- When the round began, Gary asked me what my thoughts were on the voting this round and I told him I expected either myself or Rudy to go next. He responded by telling me he had decided that it was my time to go because I was his biggest personal threat. Once I heard this, I immediately went to Robb and Rudy, knowing that Gary must have told them to vote me or he wouldnt have told me what his plans were yet. I begged and pleaded with Rudy and Robb, making final 2 deals with each of them and pointing out how unbeatable Gary would be if he got to the end of the game. I was willing to do whatever it took to make sure that Rudy and Robb were on the same page as I was and sent Gary packing instead of me. I also knew with Gary leaving the game, it would be a cakewalk to get to the end.
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? N/A
Final 3 Round
Your target: Rudy
Reason: This was really tough but I felt that I owed more to Robb than I did to Rudy based on the way Robb helped me take out Kathy in the final 5 and I felt like he waivered less than Rudy did when it came time to making a decision in the final 4 between voting for me or Gary.
Did this change after the challenge? Yes To who? Robb, by process of elimination
Reason for new target (if necessary) Rudy won the final immunity challenge so I had no choice but to vote for Robb and make a plea that Rudy vote Robb out instead of me because Robb was a bigger jury threat than I was
If you ended up voting against your target, how many people did you personally convince to vote with you? 1- Rudy
If you ended up voting against someone other than your target, why did you? Because I wasnt gonna just roll over and die after seeing Rudy win the final IC. I was still determined to fight and scratch and claw my way to the end of the game regardless of who was immune.
OutplayI consider outplay to refer to the challenges. Obviously the results are there for me to look at, so in this section, please tell me exactly which challenges you either threw (and why) or were not able to compete in (and why).
I am proud to say that I threw every single challenge after the merge because I did not want to be seen as a jury threat. The best part was that I did it in a way where I would always look like I was trying really hard but I would never do well enough to actually win anything. Although I did care alot about helping my tribes win immunity, I was not interested in getting to the end by being a challenge whore and I certainly did not want the other players in the game to be intimidated by me. Instead, I wanted to prove that I could get to the end of the game by plotting and scheming and finding cracks in the opposing alliances which I have done.
Whooo!
