Tess's Corner

[tess]

First of all guys, congratulations to all of you. Even though, in my opinion, you may not have been the most spectacular players of the season you made it to the finals and we didn’t. For each one of you I have some individual questions and statements about your gameplay and events that happened in the game and in the end I’ll have some general questions. Let’s do It in alphabetical order.
Oh and sorry for this being so much text haha


Luca


Just so you know, many jurors think you have this game in the bag, I don’t.
You’re the only person sitting there with whom I’ve played every round, well at least who was on the same tribe as I was. I think that pre-swap you played very strong and were in a great position, probably low on many people’s boot list. Between the swap and the merge though I felt as if your game wasn’t really there, probably partially due to the personal issues you were dealing with at the time but could you do a round-by-round for me for the Freddie-Gloria-Ian vote?
Another thing we can’t ignore about your game is your impressive immunity performance on 4 occasions. Do you think that all those 4 wins were vital for your stay? And if one of them is not, could it be argued that winning that isn’t the best strategic move from your part because it could create a target?
What happened with the Hannah-vote, who do you think took initiative there and why did you feel the need to swap?
When looking at the episode list I think there was one moment were you were just really really lucky to stay in the game, and that was the round that Steph left. Had Wyatt come online 10 minutes earlier it would’ve been you going home instead of Stephenie. Is it fair to say that you staying that round comes down to luck? And if so, why should I vote for someone who’s gameplay didn’t prevent him from nearly getting booted?
I’d like to think that I caught you on a lie when you were talking about your relationship with Jessica as not being something special when Jessica told me that you to had a deal (she explicitly didn’t use the word alliance). I always think that lying isn’t bad in this game but getting caught on a lie is poor play. How do you feel about that? And can you explain to me and the rest of the jury how your connection with Jessica on a game-level was? (Oh and sorry for spreading the rumor of you to having a pre-game <3)
We had some talks about this just being a game, you told me how you hated it that not everyone saw it as a game. Therefore I’m a little surprised by this quote in your opening statement:

I know I didn’t necessarily play a ruthless or excessively cutthroat game, but people always want to say it’s more than just a game and they are righ

How is this compatible in your opinion?
You and I had some conversations about people taking actions in this game too personal. Can you tell the other jurors to whom you were referring in those conversations, in that light I’d also like to know more about this fab quote:

Who was it directed to and was it necessary for you to use it on a parchment as well? It doesn’t seem to be the best way of managing your jury.
Oh and how dare you rant about Transformice I fell in love with that game haha.
Finally I want to say that although our game talk after round 3 normally were pretty horrible and awkward (partially because of me haha) I had fun talking with you even the round that we left, as long as we didn’t talk game
Good luck!


Perry


Well hello mister P! I’ve been rooting for you to get to the finals, not because my vote is set in stone but because I’m looking forward to your answers.
First of all I’m gonna ask you not to answer questions with: ‘I don’t understand’ although it was pretty hilarious in the game, I feel like final tribal council isn’t the place to give such answers.
To me the first few rounds after the merge you seemed like an ultimate goat to take to the end. Was that your strategy or was it your gameplay simply not being sufficient enough to make a mark.
In reference to that, many jurors feel like you only started playing the round I left, name 2 key moves, one pre-merge one after merge but before f7, which you think show that you had some seriously game before that moment.
I still don’t understand why you did what you did at f6. I told you that I wasn’t sure that voting for Jessica at f6 would be the smartest thing to do because of the 3-3 situation, you on the other hand went to everyone in the game telling that you and I wanted Jessica out which resulted in Yvette and Jessica flipping on me (correct me if I’m wrong girls), do you agree that this wasn’t a great move and how do you feel it affected your situation at f5?
Had Luca not won immunity at f4, would your vote still be the same?
Had it been you at the jury, instead of Yvette, who would you’ve voted for?
How do you expect people like Gloria/Quincy/Beau to vote for you after being rather rude to them? Isn’t that a big flaw in your jury management?


Vincent


Hi there.
First question:
Where are you from ?
I felt that out of all the Remembering the Fallens blablabla yours showed the most ignorance about what was happening in the game. Up to you to prove otherwise of course

I didn't get to know her since were never on the same tribe but I did hear a lot about her many alliances and that she was all over the place, so I kind of wanted to see her leave cause that would have been a huge threat to the game.

This is what you’re telling us about Dallas. Why did you want to see her leave, because if I’m correct you must’ve heard about her alliances after the swap, when she had already left. This was just a rather weird quote to me.

Nick was such a nice guy, I enjoyed talking to him a lot. I honestly feel like he was so robbed when Hannah decided to flip and side with us. I think he could have made it way further than he did, he really had the potential!

What’s your definition of a player being robbed? If you felt so indeed, why did you vote for him?

Freddie was my closest ally on Cascade, we had a lot of fun conversations and I felt so connected to him. I was rooting for him all the way when he was at purgatory and to see him lose was such a bummer! I was really hoping we could meet up again in the merge, I think we could have been such a force and done so well. Seeing him get voted out after the switch although Cascade had the numbers was agonizing, thanks to Ian who always felt threatened by Freddie

It was 4-4 Cascade/Napa how did Cascade have numbers here?
Your also calling Hannah the biggest threat in the merge. Could you rank the 5 biggest threats (in people) you faced in this game and explain why one is less of a threat than another, I’d especially like to know why Hannah was the biggest threat at that point.

Gloria seemed like a tough player, I always saw her as the leader of Napa.

I’d really like to know where you got this notion from and how it affected your gameplay. In general how do you think dynamics in Napa were the first three votes since merge?
Like Luca I caught you out on one or two lies which you dealt with rather poor. So same question for you, was it poor gameplay of you getting caught in a lie?
Why do you think it is you weren’t a target at f4?
Do you think you have any shot of winning this game?

To all of you:
Even though some of these questions probably may not all be as relevant as they were at f12 I’d like you all to do this questionnaire again with the one restriction that you can only fill in jury members, not finalists.

MAJORITY ANSWERS

1. Who was the most volatile player?
2. Who was the best strategist?
3. Who was in control?
4. Who mistakenly thought they were in control?
5. Who is the nicest player?
6. Who do you never want to speak to after this game?
7. Which player do you think has the lowest IQ?
8. Which player do you think has the highest IQ?
9. Who is the most annoying player?
10. Who is the most immature player?
11. Who is the most mature player?
12. Who is the funniest?
13. Who is the most flirtatious?
14. Who is the most outspoken?
15. Who has no shot to win this game?
16. Who most deserves to make All-Stars?


At f12-f10 (I suppose that in one of those round you answered a question similar like that in your confessional) what was your ideal final 3 and why?

Please do a ‘Dallas’ on the jury meaning: talk crap about each and every single one of us and give us mean nicknames (for example Gloria=Glonorrhea <3 (Hannah feel free to post the parchment:P).

A winner in my opinion needs a good story. What was your story arch in this game and why is it better than the arch of your fellow-finalists.

Were you involved in any pre-game alliance or whatsoever?
Give your estimation and explanation on what you think each juror is gonna vote.

If you win what Survivor winner do you think resembles your gameplay most and why.

[tess]

Oh Luca I forgot one thing:

The round you used you power was basically the death warrant of your alliance with Gloria and Quincy, was it worth it?

[Hannah]

As requested haha.

[perry]

I want to touch on 2 things you said about Luca first.

4 immunity wins?
He only had 2, and both of those have an asterisk by them.
If you want to get technical, I won 2 individual challenges too.

The round Steph left, I've highlighted on that too. So if Wyatt or myself would have been online he leaves. Then he goes into a tail spin where 3 of his allies leave. Wait... why does everyone think he has this game in the bag again?

[perry]

Was that your strategy or was it your gameplay simply not being sufficient enough to make a mark.

For the first couple of votes at merge I def didn't try to make any big moves. It was unnecessary to do so at that time. I said in my confessional that I was going to let Steph/Jessica take the lead at the beginning of the merge, and the reason I stated was because there were 12 people in the game. That's a lot of people to keep tabs on, and you saw how Hannah was voted out right away, followed by Steph. There's too many people blabbering at this point that you can't control it. Anyone who opens their mouth or is vocal about a vote is getting their name dropped to be voted out.

In reference to that, many jurors feel like you only started playing the round I left, name 2 key moves, one pre-merge one after merge but before f7, which you think show that you had some seriously game before that moment.

I'd like to say 2 pre merge moves but I'll state 1.

This has already been said, but the round Misty left. I was the only person to come out and say I wasn't voting out Steph and that I was voting out Misty. I began to go to people rallying votes, and when Steph got online she was able to do the same thing and things got totally flipped around. I was openly vocal about this vote, and I was the first person to make a move on Cascade.

By some people's logic, Jessica was in my shadow that round right?

From merge to Final 7... three of those votes were obvious, I don't think anyone made a move when Quincy, Gloria, Beau were voted out. It was Cascade + Tess/Wyatt controlling the game and we just picked them off. Steph being voted out was a fluke, Hannah being voted out I took a back seat on.

There were little to no moves by any of the Final 3 during merge to Final 7, other than making diff alliances and stuff. I'll touch on the round right before merge. Hannah had just voted with me/Jessica/Vincent. The plan was to split votes on Quincy/Beau with Hannah. I'm the one who made the decision to dump all our votes on Beau, otherwise the votes would have been split and Jessica would have been gone. I orchestrated everything from telling who to vote where and how to split the votes. Jessica gave me some information and I executed the plan that round for me/Jessica/Vincent. Hmmm I guess Jessica was in my shadow that round?

I still don’t understand why you did what you did at f6. I told you that I wasn’t sure that voting for Jessica at f6 would be the smartest thing to do because of the 3-3 situation, you on the other hand went to everyone in the game telling that you and I wanted Jessica out which resulted in Yvette and Jessica flipping on me (correct me if I’m wrong girls), do you agree that this wasn’t a great move and how do you feel it affected your situation at f5?

I went around telling people I had your vote and I had Luca/Vincent's votes too. I went to Yvette, you, Luca, Vincent and said everyone else was voting Jessica. For me personally it was a great move. I was immune and Jessica wasn't, it was the perfect time for her to go. Everyone lied to me about that vote, even you did. So looking back after the fact, it wasn't the right play because no one did it, but at the same time she went the next round so it didn't hurt me at Final 5.

Had Luca not won immunity at f4, would your vote still be the same?

I would have voted Luca out.

Had it been you at the jury, instead of Yvette, who would you’ve voted for?

Yvette

The only thing I have heard about Luca's game is that he was aligned with Gloria. So it should be interesting, everyone is making him out to be Boston rob so he has a lot to live up to. The only thing I see is him fabricating immunity wins and being lucky with people not voting and a prize along with him losing his allies at the beginning of merge and him hiding behind Jessica, if it wasn't for Jessica he would be out at Final 6. If anyone read that last thing it was somewhat sarcastic.

How do you expect people like Gloria/Quincy/Beau to vote for you after being rather rude to them? Isn’t that a big flaw in your jury management?

Gloria ignored me on several occasions, I can't help that.

Beau went off on me several times for no reason, I pressed his buttons after that all the time but it was all in fun and I think he knows that. We had some good talks after that, and I remember one talk where he was down after Gloria/Quincy left. I like to think I had a good talk with him and cheered him up.

Quincy, I'm not sure when I was rude to him. I'll need an example.

[perry]

MAJORITY ANSWERS

1. Who was the most volatile player? Gloria
2. Who was the best strategist? Tess
3. Who was in control? Jessica
4. Who mistakenly thought they were in control? Hannah
5. Who is the nicest player? Yvette
6. Who do you never want to speak to after this game? Gloria
7. Which player do you think has the lowest IQ? Gloria
8. Which player do you think has the highest IQ? Steph
9. Who is the most annoying player? Gloria
10. Who is the most immature player? Gloria
11. Who is the most mature player? Quincy
12. Who is the funniest? Yvette
13. Who is the most flirtatious? Steph
14. Who is the most outspoken? Beau
15. Who has no shot to win this game? Gloria
16. Who most deserves to make All-Stars? Jessica


At f12-f10 (I suppose that in one of those round you answered a question similar like that in your confessional) what was your ideal final 3 and why?

Vincent Yvette Perry

I was with them from the beginning, and I believed I would have a chance to win.

[Vincent]

This is what you’re telling us about Dallas. Why did you want to see her leave, because if I’m correct you must’ve heard about her alliances after the swap, when she had already left. This was just a rather weird quote to me.
It really is, I apologize for that. I meant to say that it was a relief to hear that she had all those alliances AND thankfully got voted out, so we didn't have to deal with her cause that would have been threatening. It was a typo on my part, sorry.

What’s your definition of a player being robbed? If you felt so indeed, why did you vote for him?
Somebody who had the potential to go far and was playing a good game but was suddenly voted out due to an un-expected move. He got robbed because if Hannah remained loyal to her former tribe, he could have made it so far in the game since he had the potential. From talking to him him, he was a very sociable, friendly & smart guy. I voted for him to protect my alliance and no one from former Cascade would leave.

It was 4-4 Cascade/Napa how did Cascade have numbers here?
He could have at least forced a tie and Freddie would get a shot at staying.

Your also calling Hannah the biggest threat in the merge. Could you rank the 5 biggest threats (in people) you faced in this game and explain why one is less of a threat than another, I’d especially like to know why Hannah was the biggest threat at that point.
Hannah was the biggest threat because she flipped on her former tribe and helped us get Nick out, then she flipped back to her former tribe in the merge to get Jessica out. She had very good ties with both sides and positioned herself in the middle, she could have continued flipping each round helping her to go far. She was very friendly and used her own social skills to get close to people. The target was on her then it flipped to Beau, which was when I realized she was the biggest threat in the game at that time, so I did my best to flip the vote back to her and I was able to do it by convincing Luca to vote for her although he was set on voting for Beau and when I told Jessica that Luca/Quincy would be willing to vote Hannah and won't vote Beau, that would force Jessica whose head as on the chopping block and Perry/Yvette who did whatever she wanted at that time to vote for Hannah as well.

5 threats I faced, Tess being the biggest.
1- Tess
2- Jessica, less than Tess cause she had the challenge curse.
3- Quincy, he was a very smart strategic player and made big moves. Less of a threat cause he wasn't close to many people and not a lot of people trusted him
4- Hannah, coming to the merge as I explained she could have put herself in a good position and her social game was threatning, less threatning than you two cause she wasn't able to make it far.
5- Steph, she was playing a great game and went from almost being voted out to being on top of her alliance. I feel like she could have had a great story in the final. She was blindsided earlier though.

I’d really like to know where you got this notion from and how it affected your gameplay. In general how do you think dynamics in Napa were the first three votes since merge?
She won the first individual challenge, which was a challenge where people gave away points, that proved she had many connections on her tribe and was in a very good position since people gave her points. She was very outspoken on the boards and I felt like she was representing her tribe, it was just a feeling/perception. It affected my gameplay in a way that I always just watched out for her.

Dynamics in Napa first 3 rounds. This is how I knew who was close to who:
You/Wyatt
You/Hannah
Beau/Quincy
Beau/Hannah
Quincy/Luca/Gloria

Round #1 of the merge: You & Gloria became enemies cause you voted her out in the swap. Luca didn't want to work with Napa anymore however he was closest to Gloria & Quincy and remained loyal to them. Quincy didn't trust Hannah cause she flipped on him to vote out Nick in the swap. You guys were trying to get all former Napa together to get Jessica out but Quincy & Luca ended up voting with us.

Round #2: Beau was supposed to go, Luca didn't mind voting for him but Beau was super tight with Quincy so he used the idol on him to get Steph out, but you wanted to protect her so you & her attempted to get Luca out, but Wyatt was too late to change it.

Round #3: You were pissed at Quincy cause he voted Steph out who was close to you and so you/Wyatt voted with us to help the split vote plan work out so Quincy left. Then you & Wyatt became on our side, and Beau/Luca/Gloria were on the other side.

Like Luca I caught you out on one or two lies which you dealt with rather poor.So same question for you, was it poor gameplay of you getting caught in a lie?
It's not poor gameplay, it just shows that there were a lot of blabber mouths who couldn't keep their mouths shut to make a move and made me more determined to get you out cause you had people trusting you that much and updating you with everything going on. I don't think attempting to make a move, getting caught and still being able to dodge the bullets/not get voted out is poor gameplay.

Why do you think it is you weren’t a target at f4?
Cause they believed they had better chances winning against me + I made final 2 deals with both Luca & Perry.

Do you think you have any shot of winning this game?
From what you guys are saying, not really. I'm fighting for it as much as I can though. I knew I would have to fight real hard and prove a lot coming to the final.


MAJORITY ANSWERS
1. Who was the most volatile player? Gloria
2. Who was the best strategist? Quincy
3. Who was in control? Jessica
4. Who mistakenly thought they were in control? Quincy
5. Who is the nicest player? Hannah
6. Who do you never want to speak to after this game? Gloria
7. Which player do you think has the lowest IQ? Gloria
8. Which player do you think has the highest IQ? Tess
9. Who is the most annoying player? Gloria
10. Who is the most immature player? Gloria
11. Who is the most mature player? Jessica
12. Who is the funniest? Beau
13. Who is the most flirtatious? Yvette
14. Who is the most outspoken? Beau
15. Who has no shot to win this game? Gloria
16. Who most deserves to make All-Stars? Tess


At f12-f10 (I suppose that in one of those round you answered a question similar like that in your confessional) what was your ideal final 3 and why?
Me/Freddie/Perry. Because I would have a good chance at winning against them + I trusted them & strategized with them the most at that time.


A winner in my opinion needs a good story. What was your story arch in this game and why is it better than the arch of your fellow-finalists.
My story arch is that I was a player who was able to always put himself in a position where people would always come to him with deals & alliances. Put on a show that he was just laying low and staying UTR, when in fact he was making alliances, deals and forming tight relationships. A guy who worked behind the scenes, told both sides what the other side was doing to keep the war between them going, and so people don't notice how threatning he could be and let them all take each other out, come to him with their plans asking for help, then made an alliance with the underdogs and was able to be loyal to them and beat all the odds to make it to the end.

If you want an explanation: Right off the bat on Cascade, I was in an alliance with Ian, Jessica, Karla & Yvette. Then after Steph survived the vote where she was almost getting voted out, I was in an another alliance with her, Freddie, Perry & Ian. I was in the best position until the swap came, and then former Napa would work hard core to try and get me to flip. I got close to Beau and we made a deal to never vote each other off, so I was able to keep the target off my back throughout the game pre-merge. In the merge as I already mentioned, I had ties on both sides and was able to stay in the middle without being a target. I would tell Cascade Napa's plans and tell Beau/Luca "some" of Cascade's plans so the war goes on, formed an alliance with Luca & Perry, and stuck with it to the end.

Were you involved in any pre-game alliance or whatsoever?
Nope.

Give your estimation and explanation on what you think each juror is gonna vote.
Hannah- Vincent
Steph- Perry/Vincent
Quincy- Luca
Gloria- Luca
Beau- Vincent
Wyatt- Perry
Tess- Perry
Jessica- Luca
Yvette- Luca

If you win what Survivor winner do you think resembles your gameplay most and why.
Sandra Diaz-Twine (In Pearl Islands). I feel like I played a game kind of similar to Sandra. Being an underdog and very underestimated despite the social skills we had and the ability to make moves. Like Sandra, people would always just come to me asking for help and coming to me with their plans. I had those ties & connections that would make people approach me and so I was able to put myself in a good position... have people take each other out without being ever a target like Sandra in Pearl Islands. We didn't have the best challenge skills, but we played that social game, weren't afraid to make moves and formed the right alliances that would get us to the final 2.

I just wanna say that there is a difference of being UTR for real, in this case people are just sitting ducks... and another strategy, to act like you're laying low/UTR to avoid being a target. I wasn't a sitting duck or just laying low doing nothing... here is an example to why. Wyatt for example was an UTR player, no secret about it... but look how many times he was targeted? Not because people were threatened by him, but because he didn't make the alliances & connections that wouldn't make him a target. I just wanted to state the difference, cause I was never a sitting duck, I was always working in this game, just not in an obvious kinda way.

Working on the Dallas question.

[Vincent]

Please do a ‘Dallas’ on the jury meaning: talk crap about each and every single one of us and give us mean nicknames
Yvettwat- Why'd you lie to my face when you obviously tried to get me out, biatch!
Tesstes- Thanks for the above FBI interrogation, god. You always interrogated the hell out of me like I was some @#%@#%@%
Jessicunt- I'm not handing nobody a million dollar check, I think everyone was handing YOU that for all the sex you had with the cast, I bet you caught GLONORRHEA.
Stephalyococcus- Hey bitch, how fun was that blindside?
Glonorrhea- Can't think of a better name to beat this, lmao! But okay go vote for Luca, you don't have to be such a whiny bitch about it -_-
Quinky- You're the rudest person in this game, not sure if even more than Dallas
Beaull- You drove me crazy a lottttttt, there is a difference between honesty & driving me insane dude.
WhyAtWhat- Why wut?
Hannah not Montana- Stop flipping already <3

Not so good at coming up with nick names, but tried my hardest . Don't take it personally guys ;D.

Thanks Tess, good luck with your decision.

[tess]

Thanks Vincent I think you missed my first question though

And perry there are still some open for you in the general questions.

[perry]

Please do a ‘Dallas’ on the jury meaning: talk crap about each and every single one of us and give us mean nicknames.

Bawwwnaannah - didn't even make it to the top row
Misty (Steph) - how can you almost get voted out over someone who doesn't speak
Quacker - Beau says quack you say quack Beau says give me your idol, you do it
Glowhore - dumb bitch
Bowtie - we keep on trollin dem haterz lolololol
Weatthin - too thin too play
TeaseyPleasey - squeezy covergirl, cover up that face
Treesicashadow - stop overshadowing everyone
ettevy - sounds more like a name


A winner in my opinion needs a good story. What was your story arch in this game and why is it better than the arch of your fellow-finalists.

No one saw my huge personality that I have in this game, everyone thought I was weirdo or a non factor. No one thought I was able to pull off any move in this game. I had my time to shine with a few moves I made early on, but I still kept pretty quiet. As the game went on I emerged out of my shell and I think I shocked a lot of people. If I had shown this side of me that I'm showing during this final tribal council, I think I would be the first member of the jury. I started off as another Misty in this game and emerged as a contender to win it.

The other 2 are kind of boring, I'm fighting harder to win this game I believe. I'm also having more fun with it, you need some entertainment value in a winner, You can't have everything be so serious.

Were you involved in any pre-game alliance or whatsoever?
Give your estimation and explanation on what you think each juror is gonna vote.

I hate pre game alliances, I never take part in them. Biggest reason I loved this game is that it's near impossible to stalk someone and figure out aliases. It's pretty easy doing that on AIM. No idea if anyone else knows each other or not. I found out a few rounds ago I know 1 prediction writer and that's it. They don't know I'm playing tho.

If you win what Survivor winner do you think resembles your gameplay most and why.



Fabio? because people didn't see me as being able to win early on and from what I have found out, some people thought I was weird.



Voting

Hannah - Luca
Steph- Perry
Quincy- Perry
Gloria- Luca
Beau- Luca
Wyatt- Perry
Tess- Perry
Jessica- Perry
Yvette- Perry

[Vincent]

Where are you from?
I told you already, but I'm from Egypt.

I felt that out of all the Remembering the Fallens blablabla yours showed the most ignorance about what was happening in the game. Up to you to prove otherwise of course
I believe that I already showed that I knew what was going on from my answers since I had allies on both sides, like the Napa dynamics which was a question I answered. The "ignorance" you're talking about, was mostly about Napa which was a tribe I was never on, and if I said anything wrong about it, it was just perception or from what I heard from former Napa after the swap!

Thanks.

[perry]

May I modify this part a little bit.

Voting

Hannah - Luca
Steph- Perry
Quincy- Perry Luca
Gloria- Luca
Beau- Luca
Wyatt- Perry
Tess- Perry
Jessica- Perry
Yvette- Perry

[Luca]

Could you do a round-by-round for me for the Freddie-Gloria-Ian vote?

Sure

Freddie vote - During this round, Stephenie approached Gloria and I, for a four some between her, Freddie, and us. Gloria and I still wanted to stay loyal to you and Wyatt, plus we weren't keen on Freddie. We let you know they wanted to vote Ian and that we wanted to vote for Freddie. Since Steph/Freddie wanted Ian out, we let him in on it as well to ensure we'd have majority and that Freddie would go. This gave Napa a majority over Cascade on Belbaja.

Gloria vote - I was kept in the dark about this one for the most part. Everyone told me Ian was going to go which I was fine with since I liked Yvette/Steph. Steph made a play this round to get you guys against Gloria by saying Gloria was the catalyst for the alliance Steph formed the previous round and with Ian in the place of Freddie. I voted Ian out since I wanted things to be straightforward but everyone else voted Gloria.

Ian vote - Believe it or not I actually wanted Ian to stay this round since I felt he had nobody, but the majority wanted him out and after the Gloria vote I didn't want anyone to feel uncomfortable with me even though it was obvious I just had one of my closet allies leave so I was content with going with the majority on that one. Ian didn't really seem to care about the game, so even if there was a push to keep him, I'm not sure he would have been that beneficial to my game.

Another thing we can’t ignore about your game is your impressive immunity performance on 4 occasions. Do you think that all those 4 wins were vital for your stay? And if one of them is not, could it be argued that winning that isn’t the best strategic move from your part because it could create a target?

I don't think any of those immunity wins was vital to me staying in the game, however they were beneficial.

The immunity I won pre-merge, I think as long as Ian didn't win it I would have been safe. Even if he did manage to snatch it, Steph had already been talking to me about the possibility of Wyatt leaving. Whether she was being honest or not is another story, but I don't think she would have tried to set me up like that, so I don't think the immunity was essential.

The immunity I won at the merge while it wasn't needed it was nice to have, since things can be so crazy the first round of merge. It ensured nobody tried to turn on me for being a swing vote that round.

The F5 immunity I didn't need to stay in the game, but it was vital to making sure Jessica left that round. Had I not won immunity Perry would have likely gone that round, since Yvette/Vincent weren't going to vote for me, and I don't think Jessica would have either.

The F4 immunity I didn't need to stay in the game, but it was nice to have. I knew Perry would come after me that round after Jessica left so that would be a vote against me. I know Yvette would have voted for me to stay though, so that would have been a vote in my corner and I'd like to think Vincent would have as well but I'm a lot more unsure about that. Worst case scenario for me would have been it tied up and I'm pretty confident I would have been able to win the tie-breaker.

As far as winning not being the best move, there were probably a few instances where I could have performed worse in challenges, but I was never high on anyone’s radar (and if I was it was a select few people) about my challenge performance until things got closer to the end. The first two challenges I won, most people didn’t take a lot of notice of, and the other two I won at the end of game. The four wins together all contributed to building a resume.
It all built me up to having played a solid all around game.

What happened with the Hannah-vote, who do you think took initiative there and why did you feel the need to swap?

The Hannah vote, I think the three biggest players in that vote were Jessica, Vincent and I. Vincent did in fact talk to me about the vote that round and got me 100% on board with the fact Hannah needed to go that round. After I told Jessica I was fine with Beau going, I went back to her and told her Gloria wanted Hannah out to get the votes back on Hannah. This was followed by all the Cascades confirming that the vote needed to be on Hannah. I felt the need to swap because had I stuck with Napa I felt Quincy/Gloria/I would have been picked off if the 7 of us stuck to together. In addition I felt there were some cross tribal deals going on that both you and Hannah were a part of, and that needed to be cut out of the picture.

Is it fair to say that you staying that round comes down to luck? And if so, why should I vote for someone who’s gameplay didn’t prevent him from nearly getting booted?

I don't think this is a fair assumption at all for a few reasons. The first reason being that you already tried to get Jessica to vote for me and she wouldn't. Another reason I don't think it's a fair assumption is because all of this switched right before the deadline as it was. When Quincy mentioned the idea of playing the idol, we both agreed it needed to be done right before the deadline. It's not like the votes were all lined up and ready to go, it didn't definitively switch until you found out Quincy was playing his idol. Not to mention how is it fair to say if Wyatt shows 10 minutes earlier I leave? What if Wyatt doesn’t show up at all? It’s not about what if in this scenario, but about what actually happened, and Stephenie left that round. You can't boil it all down to luck when there was a strategy in place at the same time. If you guys really wanted me out that round, you guys should have planned better during the 24 hours when lining up votes instead of trying to counter-act our play right at the deadline.

I always think that lying isn’t bad in this game but getting caught on a lie is poor play. How do you feel about that? And can you explain to me and the rest of the jury how your connection with Jessica on a game-level was?

When that was going on it definitely caught me off guard and I was unsure of how to handle it. That was when I felt like us working together was un-repairable. I don't necessarily think it was the worst thing in the world for me, since you didn't trust me a lot at that point anyways, but it just kind of set me against wanting to work with you. My connection with Jessica started at the F12. We both were in the chat really late one night, and agreed that we didn't feel we were in favorable positions at that point in time. She mentioned the idea of having Vincent/Perry/Her/Me/Gloria/Quincy working together, which of course didn't actually pan out. I was unsure of whether or not to trust her but it was also during that time we began to look out for one another and got close. Each round I refused to vote for her because not only did I like her but because I trusted her. Even when Quincy/Gloria/Beau were leaving she was straight up honest with me and that proved to me she had my back. From the F7/6-F5 we had something of an implied F3 with Yvette, which of course didn't pan out either. That was how things went for us during the game. Even though it was technically a deal, it was definitely more than that. We both had each others backs for a long time.

We had some talks about this just being a game, you told me how you hated it that not everyone saw it as a game. Therefore I’m a little surprised by this quote in your opening statement:

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I know I didn’t necessarily play a ruthless or excessively cutthroat game, but people always want to say it’s more than just a game and they are right

How is this compatible in your opinion?

In my opening what I was getting at when I said it was more than just a game was the fact people put a lot into it and it becomes very meaningful to them. It's a game on the surface of things but it's not like Apples to Apples or scrabble where if you lose no one cares 10 minutes later. Everyone invests a lot of time into this and almost everyone wants to win. People form personal connections and oftentimes those personal connections are severed. Maybe it's something I should have worded better. Is it just a game? Yes, but I think what I was getting at was that in playing this game it goes beyond the scope of being just a game. I hope that clears things up for you but if it doesn't feel free to let me know.

You and I had some conversations about people taking actions in this game too personal. Can you tell the other jurors to whom you were referring in those conversations

I remember some of the people I were referring to were Dallas and Rose. Both of them had harsh things to say when they exited the game that really were unnecessary. There was no reason to call everyone cunts and hoebags, or for Rose to tell Nick to stop licking peanut butter out of Gloria's asshole.

Who was it directed to and was it necessary for you to use it on a parchment as well? It doesn’t seem to be the best way of managing your jury.

That quote was indeed directed towards you. I directed it towards you because I always got the impression that you were scared to get votes. So when I used it the first time it was a way to just kinda make a statement since you were sending my allies out the door. I will agree with you that maybe it wasn't the best idea to use it on a parchment, however I saw you as a pretty prominent player in this game, and the impression I got was that since you weren't afraid to burn bridges, that a quote like that wouldn't have a lasting effect on you, especially given that it was used during a round when you had no chance at leaving.

Oh Luca I forgot one thing:

The round you used you power was basically the death warrant of your alliance with Gloria and Quincy, was it worth it?

I would actually say it was worth it Tess. As much as it sucked that the two of them went out, I feel like had I not used my prize that all three of us would be sitting on the Jury. I know I'd rather have at least one of us be in the finals than have us all sitting on the Jury.
Thanks for your individual questions Tess. I know we had a lot of rocky patches in the game, but I look forward to getting to know you on the other side of things. This was a really well written Jury speech.

I will get your group questions up tomorrow. I am literally about to fall asleep on here. Once again I apologize for being behind on this, but I didn't want to bomb my exam so that's why I'm a little bit late to the party.

[tess]

That;s okay and totally understandable looking forward to your final answers!

[Luca]

To all of you:
Even though some of these questions probably may not all be as relevant as they were at f12 I’d like you all to do this questionnaire again with the one restriction that you can only fill in jury members, not finalists.

MAJORITY ANSWERS

1. Who was the most volatile player? Gloria
2. Who was the best strategist? Jessica
3. Who was in control? Jessica
4. Who mistakenly thought they were in control? Quincy
5. Who is the nicest player? Yvette
6. Who do you never want to speak to after this game? Beau
7. Which player do you think has the lowest IQ? Yvette
8. Which player do you think has the highest IQ? Tess
9. Who is the most annoying player? Beau
10. Who is the most immature player? Gloria
11. Who is the most mature player? Jessica
12. Who is the funniest? Stephenie
13. Who is the most flirtatious? Hannah
14. Who is the most outspoken? Beau
15. Who has no shot to win this game? Wyatt
16. Who most deserves to make All-Stars? Jessica

At f12-f10 (I suppose that in one of those round you answered a question similar like that in your confessional) what was your ideal final 3 and why?

When this question was posted, I went back and wrote that my ideal F3 was Beau, Gloria and myself. The logic behind this was that I felt they were both very volatile players that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. I felt if I was able to play my cards right, I'd be able to snag a lot of Jury votes over them, and not have to betray a lot of other players in the process. I also didn’t feel like Beau would want to vote for me in the finals so it would have been better for me to sit next to him in the finals.

Please do a ‘Dallas’ on the jury meaning: talk crap about each and every single one of us and give us mean nicknames (for example Gloria=Glonorrhea <3

Handjob Hannah - And they always said blondes have more fun. What a lie that is. Hannah was totally the biggest slut in the game. She was always trying to get in everyone’s good graces by giving out handjobs. She was awful at it to. Pretty sure my dick turned red. :X

STDphenie - What's that!? A bird!? A plane!? No it's a walking STDphenie. Quick quick run! If you don't move quickly her blue waffle will go airborne and spread to your genitals! D: Don’t be fooled! Underneath that nice smile lies the deceptiveness of many STDs but mainly the blue waffle she acquired from aligning with almost everyone on Belbaja.

Quichy - Quincy smelled like a rotten quiche. I swear it was like he had been sitting in a garbage can for days. He was so shady he began to ooze with the smell of rotten quiche... made with the meat of dead squirrel. That’s just nasty.

Gloryhole - Gloria was almost as big of a slut as Hannah. She went around trying to control all the men at the start of the game by sucking them off through a glory hole. It's only fitting she gets this name.

Beww - Beau was so eww. Like his character didn't bring any girl's milkshakes to his yard and then he annoyed most of the cast. Just ew.

Wyarts – Wyatt was in Tess’s pocket, and unfortunately caught her genital warts from being so close to her genitals. After catching the beast it developed into a new strain called Wyarts, much more powerful and disgusting. Thankfully since Tess already had another strain of warts and he was closet with Tess it didn’t spread around camp.

Taids - Taids had so many alliances and deals in the game she developed a new form of aids called Taids. She was such an alliance whore that it allowed her to be this dominant force but eventually the Taids she acquired from sleeping with everyone caught up to her and she died. RIP

Jessicum – Jessica was so slimy with cum from being a alliance slut during the pre-merge that it made everyone want her out during the merge. Even though she wasn’t nearly as slimy then, she always had the stench of dried cum on her.

Yvidiot – Yvette was so naïve. She didn't know how to do a lot of challenges and didn't do anything super intelligent during the game except eat. Had she not done that she would have died and would have received an even worse name.

A winner in my opinion needs a good story. What was your story arch in this game and why is it better than the arch of your fellow-finalists.

My story arc in this game can be compared to a roller coaster. I think that's probably what sets it apart from Vincent and Perry right off the bat. At the start of the game, I was on Napa in a favorable position. I wasn't the most dominant persona but I was visible and well liked. When the swap happened, the metaphorical roller coaster dipped to the bottom as I found myself somewhat on the outs of potential plans, and to top it all off I had allies leaving. At the start of the merge, I started going up again once my allies returned with idols and was a swing vote the first round. At the end of the second merge round, I hit another low after I received votes at tribal which resulted in me having to go UTR for a little bit. Once again my allies were voted out and I had to assimilate myself in a manner that would allow me to survive the final few rounds. From the F7 onward I was able to do well strategically, socially, and competitively to get all the way to the finals and end my roller coaster on a high, not to mention being the last member of my original tribe adds in to the story as well since Napa had so many power players at the start. I think I played not only an all around good game but I had a storyline where I was literally at every low and high in this game. I was a favorite at some points, and underdog at others. When you are able to have that much development as a character in a game it really helps to set you apart. Vincent and Perry were never in any real danger and never had a lot of their closest allies voted out while I did. The highs and lows on their roller coaster would be more dips than huge highs and lows. I think that really sets my story apart from theirs.

Were you involved in any pre-game alliance or whatsoever?
No.

Give your estimation and explanation on what you think each juror is gonna vote.

Hannah - Luca
Stephenie - Perry
Quincy - Luca
Gloria - Luca
Beau - Vincent
Wyatt - Perry
Tess - Perry or Luca
Jessica - Luca or Perry
Yvette - Luca

Hannah - I think Hannah will vote for me because even though I gave her false hope the round she left there was reason behind it, and Hannah never disliked me. She was a lot closer to me than she was to Vincent and Perry.

Stephenie - I think Steph will vote for Perry since Perry helped keep her around the round Misty left. In addition I feel like Steph and I didn't end on the right foot and that she wasn't that close to Vincent.

Quincy - Quincy and I were super tight, so I have a hard time believing he wouldn't vote for me.

Gloria - Same reason as Quincy. Gloria and I were very tight, so I find it difficult to believe she wouldn't vote for me.

Beau - Beau and I didn't have a good relationship in the game, so he wouldn't vote for me. I think Perry rubbed him the wrong way in the Jury questioning, so I think he is most likely to vote for Vincent.

Wyatt - Wyatt got to know Perry the best between the three of us, so I feel like he will probably vote Perry.

Tess - This is somewhat of a gut feeling. I feel like you are more likely to vote Perry since he was closer to you the round you left. I'd like to think you'd vote for me, but we weren't on the right foot for a long time, so I could see how your vote could go to Perry. I also don't think you like Vincent's UTR strategy.

Jessica - I think Jessica will vote for me because I feel like Jessica is most likely to vote “rationally”. She stated if she voted rationally she'd be voting for me, but I also know she is upset with the way she went out, so I wouldn't be surprised if she voted for Perry.

Yvette - I think Yvette will vote for because we were super tight for most of the game. Even though she was close to Perry and Vincent, we both had a bond and we had each others backs till the very end.


If you win what Survivor winner do you think resembles your gameplay most and why?

This is probably the toughest question for me. I will admit I am not abreast on all of the Survivor seasons, and of all the ones I kept a close watch on, I don’t feel like I fit any of those winners well. Based on what I know about the other seasons, I think I’d compare myself to Chris Daugherty. The reason I think Chris fits so well has a lot to due with the fact his entire original tribe was wiped out. Despite that, he was able to assimilate with the remaining members of Yasur and a lot of them viewed him as a friend to them. When he had to eventually turn on them, a lot of them were hurt, but realized Chris had played the game of Survivor to get where he was at. Chris also wasn’t a slouch in immunity challenges either, and if I remember correctly he won three of them. I remember Jeff Probst making a comparison that Chris was a very unlikely winner and if Morgan had ranked who he thought was going to win at the F10 or so, I don't think he would have selected me, so I think that would also go hand in hand with the fact I would have been an unlikely winner given how bleak things looked for me back then.

Thanks for your questions Tess! If you have anything else you want to point our or address, I'd be more than happy to answer that. Good luck with your vote!