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Post by Jeff Probst on Jul 30, 2020 16:50:02 GMT -5
FINAL TRIBAL COUNCIL
Welcome to the Final Tribal Council. We'll bring in the Jury. Gervase, Ramona, Kelly, Susan, Colleen, Sonja & Greg, voted out at the last Tribal Council.
Rich & Sean, you have gone as far as you can go in this game. The power now shifts over to the Jury. 7 people you had a hand in voting out, now hold your fate in their hands.
Here's how it is going to work. The Jury members are going to have a chance to speak to you. They can make a statement, ask a question or do both. They are gathering information to help inform their decision as they vote for the Winner of Survivor Borneo.
Jurors: Post your statements and questions below. Over the next 24 hours, The Final 2 will answer them. You may ask them more than one question (Try to keep it to a limit of 3). You can also ask them specific questions that apply to them and not the other finalist. Make sure you specify who should answer which questions.
You are NOT permitted to privately message the Final 2 in the Hangout. All correspondence will take place here.
NOTE: There is no follow up questions. The Juror will ask their question or questions, the Final 2 will respond and that is it.
Final 2: Please do separate posts every time you answer a Juror's question. Also please specify which Juror you are responding to. Once every Juror has posted a question and they have all been answered, you will get a chance to make one final statement.
Jurors can submit your vote at any time. You are NOT permitted to change your vote once it has been cast so I recommend waiting until after the final statements have been posted. You will send your vote in the forum messages under the title "Jury Vote"
Votes are due by 6PM tomorrow (Fri. July 31st).
GOOD LUCK FINALISTS!
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Post by Kelly Wiglesworth on Jul 30, 2020 17:36:04 GMT -5
Rich & Sean, congratulations to my Tagi men on making it to the Final 2. I must say my paranoia is a key part of your success. And Sean, I’m a little pissed you took my spot next to Rich. We could have repeated history.
I have a few questions for you both. Let’s start with Sean.
1. The jury feels you played an amazing social game. Do you think that was your biggest strength? If not, what was? I will tell you that when I was voted out Rich reached out to me privately and you just made some lame comment in the group chat. Jury management is part of the social game. 2. Please help me understand how your game was different than Rich’s. The way I see it you both played very similar games only voting differently when Sue went home if I remember correctly. Tell me your biggest game move that was made without Rich’s help or input.
Rich:
1. You told me after I was voted out that you couldn’t go further with me because I made a Final 3 deal with Sean and Sue. I told you that wasn’t true, and it wasn’t. So who did you hear that from? I am glad that you reached out to me privately but it appears your decision to vote me out was based on incorrect information. Please defend your decision. 2. Similar to my second question for Sean I need to hear from you on how your game was different than his. I know you voted Sue out at Final 6, but other than that what was the biggest move you made on your own?
I really am not bitter and am glad that a Tagi member will be crowned the winner of this first reboot installment. I am very torn so the person who best answers my questions will get my vote. Both of my questions are important but I am really trying to understand the difference in your games so please take the time to sell your game with your answers. Best of luck to you both and I’ll see you on the Zoom reunion!
Love, Kellsbells (I think that’s what Rich called me)
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Post by Sean Kenniff on Jul 30, 2020 23:00:51 GMT -5
Hey Kelly!!!
Before I get into the bones of my answers, I just wanted to point a few things out:
-The reason I didn’t send you (or anyone else really) a personal private message after your tribal council was posted was for a couple reasons. For one, I have always seen it come across as fake and jury pandering. This was something I didn’t want to do, as I wanted to allow my game to speak for itself, without having to butter up each juror on their way out. The second reason is simply that I tried to keep things like the show. When the votes are read and someone is voted out people don’t have 1 on 1 conversations apologizing for voting them out, they have to say it in the group setting with everyone around. I kept my comments there because I did want people to know I appreciated talking to them without having to personally suck up to every person. The two people who I did talk to 1 on 1 after their vote out were Greg and Sue and this was only because they messaged me first and it would have come off as rude or stand-offish if I did not reply to them. I totally get that jury management is part of the game, and I think I had some pretty solid jury management overall, but I will go into that when answering your questions.
-The round Rudy left (so the final pre-merge round) Richard and I realized that we had no power and had to make some for ourselves. As soon as we stepped into the merge we were THAT duo. All game I've been comparing us to JT & Stephen or Wendell & Dom - one of those dominant pairs that ends up at the end of the game. I definitely think there are things that made my game stand out more than Richard’s which again I will go into while answering the question, but the reason our games look so similar is because we agreed on every decision made and went to work for the round…
Onto actually answering your questions: 1) For me, I think my biggest strength was my Strategic Abilities. I had a game plan as soon as I signed up for this. In the pre-merge my plan was to be more low-key. Do enough to stay alive, but stay at the bottom of the totem pole. This allowed me to play with no real allegiances to anyone besides myself because as I told people every round, I was playing this on a round to round basis. I immediately got myself integrated with yourself and Sue, the two players who were the most vocal on Tagi. I knew that if I had the two of you in my corner, I would never really be in trouble during the tribal stage... Then when we got to the merge I slowly started to come alive. Thanks to Tagi getting Joel out on past votes, I knew I could now completely control the game. From the Final 9 onwards I had planned out almost every boot the round before it happened (with exceptions to; Ramona blowing herself up and Greg winning the Final 4 Immunity Challenge). HOWEVER, one can not have a proper strategic game, without a solid social game! I really tried to connect with each and every person on some form of personal level! I found things that we had in common and would use those to build strong bonds and essentially a form of trust without ever actually offering my trust up. These connections helped to prove just how strong my social game was, as I received 0 votes against me all game coming into this FTC and as far as I know, was never in serious danger of ever receiving a vote, let alone going home. I played really meticulously; slowly planning things into motion, letting others believe they had come up with the plan, coming up with backup plans in case things went wrong that round, etc. Each round I had plan A, B & C available that I would present to Rich and after the immunity we would decide which plan to follow (with me usually choosing the direction of the plan). Using what I knew thanks to my social bonds I had created, I was able to maneuver around and plan things with different people without them going back to the other person and blowing up my game (Ramona was probably the closest to blowing up my game which sucked since I did want to flip to her side that round). So yeah, I think my social game was a great part of my game, but I truly believed I shined the most in my strategic game. I hope more people ask questions about it so I can clarify further just how well (I Feel) I was able to deliver on that.
2) While Rich and I were partners in crime, I was definitely the leader of the duo, where he was more of a follower. As someone who’s been playing ORGs for over 10 years, I’ve seen good players come and go, making some smart and also some very dumb moves. Rich however is fresh into the ORG scene and so a lot of the time was unsure of what to do and so he'd come to me for guidance. A lot of the rounds Rich would ask me advice on 1) who to vote, 2) how to respond to people (see our Tagi situation in the Gervase/Ramona rounds) 3) simply what to do, who to message, etc. We all dealt with a lot of stress, but I feel like Rich dealt with it harder than most and while they weren’t afraid to get blood on their hands, they were afraid to pull the initial trigger, maybe only settling for the double-tap.
For instance, during the Final 6 round (the only round he and I didn’t vote together as you mentioned) was all planned out by me, to ensure we’d be sitting here right now (or at least this was the best plan I could come up with to get us close and it worked out). Colleen, Greg, Rich & I had an alliance called the Witch Hunters that was set to take out Kelly, Sue and Sonja. After everyone had taken out You (Kelly), it became apparent Sue was the next biggest threat and had to go. I was unsure if voting Sue out would actually have any benefit to my game in the long term so I came up with the plan (which Sue was starting to catch onto and was one of the few times I did have to lie to someone in the game). This plan was simple: We would push for Sue in the Witches chat. Colleen, Greg and Richard would then vote her (with me also supposed to be voting her to send Sue home 4-2). However I knew if I voted out Sue myself, not only would she be hurt, but Sonja would be as well. I couldn’t risk Sonja being so mad at Richard and I that she would flip on her Tagi Strong mantra to work with Greg/Colleen and voting myself or Rich out at 5. By voting Colleen with Sue and Sonja, this allowed Sonja to still trust me. This ensured that no matter what I wanted to happen at final 5, it would happen successfully (I’m very thankful that I was able to guess the couple answers I didn’t have during the F5 challenge. I will admit I panicked when I saw Colleen typing so I guessed and hoped for the best. I really wanted her gone). I could have got Colleen, Greg or Sonja out at 5 but chose who needed to go for me to be sitting pretty at the f3 without putting myself in dangers way at all. From there, at 4, no one wanted me out. Although Rich, Sonja and I were the only 3 options, no one even considered voting for me...
So, I think if I didn’t come up with the idea for me to throw my vote on Colleen and tie it up, knowing Sue would leave anyway, that I wouldn’t have made it to the end myself and likely would have followed Sue out the door. All Rich had to do in this situation was stick to who he said he was going to vote for while also pissing off Sonja and Sue because it looked like he was the sole flipper. As much as I love Rich, there's no move he can say he made when it counted that I didn't come up with and tell him to do.
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Post by Gervase Peterson on Jul 31, 2020 0:16:21 GMT -5
Congratulations, Rich and Sean for making it further than any of us! You played great, respectable games. Wish I could have played more with you both. I could see from the merge that both of you were playing to win. At this time I do not know who I am voting for.
This question is for both of you:
Why does the other person deserve to win this game?
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Post by Sean Kenniff on Jul 31, 2020 10:32:49 GMT -5
Hey Gervase!
I would say that Rich played a very strong loyal game. In Survivor it’s really hard to trust anyone 100%, but Rich and I totally had one another's backs the whole way without anyone really catching on completely (though I guess in retrospect it’s now totally obvious to everyone lol). Rich wasn’t afraid to make the big moves I presented to him and was willing to do whatever it took to get us to the final two. He deserves to win because he also had a relatively strong social game. He was always on top of #s, avoiding getting voted out despite people bringing his name up almost every round as an option. I do think a lot of the strategic decisions that we made were mine but I don't’ get to the end if Rich doesn’t do his part to help us get here.
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Post by Greg Buis on Jul 31, 2020 11:04:08 GMT -5
Hi you goobers. Sean, I hope you got some quality REM sleep (I sure did!). Rich, I hope you’re feeling healthier today!
You two were ultimately my rocks out here, so I’m challenging you to dig deep and really lean in to my questions. Remember that in and out of the game, wherever life takes you, your words carry weight. I’m calling on you to think outside the box— because you’re so much more than just the box. I want you to take up space. Because you deserve to. And because it matters.
*** Sean ***
Ohhh, my Sad-Boy Sean!
1. I agree that you are skilled at slowly planning things into motion and identifying multiple backup plans, signs of a seasoned veteran. You are also adept at establishing connections in a way that makes people want to keep you despite the threat you gradually unveiled yourself to be: I thought about turning the tables on you at F4, but for whatever variety of reasons, I couldn’t find it in me to do so. That’s on me & my heart, and I think this speaks to the strength of your impressive social game.
THAT BEING SAID, I feel like you’re downplaying my independent role in co-enabling and influencing each other’s short- and long-term games, especially throughout the Ramona, Kelly, & Sue stretch. I understand that you and Rich were tight from the Rudy boot onward. But I caught onto that quickly, as early as Joel’s boot, and I made it work for us from Gerv’s boot onward. Yes, you needed Rich to go the distance, but you and I also relied on each other to think things through and work our way up from the bottom. For Ramona’s boot, see #1 for Rich below: I was pivotal to that chain reaction, I exposed Kelly to you, I took a risk to save our ally: we just managed the aftermath well (kudos to you). For Kelly’s boot, I used my influence with Colleen to launch Witch Hunters into motion--- and for whatever it's worth, neither Tagi duo saw the unanimity of that vote coming. For Sue’s boot, that was a group decision: if anything, Colleen and I were suspicious of your increasingly obvious shielding of Sue, and Rich takes the cake for nailing down the vote.
You managed these rocky rounds masterfully. But I encourage you to more liberally acknowledge my part in igniting and enabling our dynamic mid-merge endeavors, even if our endgame visions were slightly different. I did it well, you just did it better in the end.
2. During our F3 zombie showdown, you shared with me that you’re especially proud of the game you played here compared to your other ORG experiences. Elaborate on why you feel so strongly that your game here stands out compared to your past. Be clear about what you did differently this time around.
3. Survivor ORGs, while primarily for fun, do not exist in vacuums— We all learn something new about ourselves through these experiences, whether or not we do the work to lean in and uncover it.
Reflect on a time during the last 39 days you learned something new about yourself. Be detailed and descriptive, I’m curious: What happened, what did you learn, and how will you harness this lesson to make your community a better place?
***Rich***
Imy already.<3
1. During F8, had I never shown Sean that Kelly was thinking of taking you out that round, you’re likely not sitting here, I never push the formation of Witch Hunters, our Rattana Kings vision never comes to full fruition— Sean never goes to Ramona, Ramona never goes to Kelly, Kelly never freaks and solidifies the vote against Ramona for good.
To what extent did others protecting you reflect the strength of your social game? Or do you attribute these instances to luck? You are socially skilled, yet Sean is known for his social prowess— Express why you should be known for yours.
2. Having worked intimately with you both, I observed key differences in how you operate. I feel where Sean expressed a degree of grounded certainty in his relationships, you spent more time & energy ensuring peoples’ votes were on lock and unchanging. To be fair, we all do this to an extent, and it serves its purpose— but you did it visibly often, and there were times it felt unnecessary. Tell me why this approach makes you unique and why it is invaluable to your game.
3. Survivor ORGs, while primarily for fun, do not exist in vacuums— We all learn something new about ourselves through these experiences, whether or not we do the work to lean in and uncover it.
Reflect on a time during the last 39 days you learned something new about yourself. Be detailed and descriptive, I’m curious: What happened, what did you learn, and how will you harness this lesson to make your community a better place?
***
I revere you both. Be gentle with yourselves today and always. Don’t wait until this is all over to celebrate when you’re worth celebrating right now.
Much love & keep those crowns held high.
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Post by Sean Kenniff on Jul 31, 2020 12:26:58 GMT -5
Greg!! Hey bud! Got some sleep in but definitely not enough haha! I’ll sleep well when this is over i’m sure!
Some great questions here I am more than happy to unpack for you and the rest of the jury! Let’s dive right into it:
1) I do think you did have a lot to do with the success I had in the game, especially in the rounds you stated. I don’t know if Ramona would have blown up her game to cause chaos that day or not, but you definitely got the ball rolling to turn Ramona from Plan C to Plan A. I quickly compared our games to one another; the big social-strategic threat from opposite sides (I mentioned this to you in our zombie talks) that weren’t really seen as ‘threats’ even though we totally were. At final 8, even with people planning a Rich blindside, I was well aware of it and am pretty certain I could have gotten him out of the jam either way (my plans that round were either Kelly, Colleen or Ramona and then Kelly and Ramona both threw me a bone. Rich and I were about to start a push for Kelly before Ramona stepped on the landmine). While I do agree that you were pivotal for both the Kelly and Sue votes, where you went wrong was not informing the Witch Hunters that Kelly was going to leave unanimously. This immediately put doubts into my mind and immediately why I stopped trusting Colleen and started moving towards wanting to take her out as quickly as I could. Kelly definitely left because everyone agreed she was overplaying - and neither Tagi duo told each other was only due to us believing they were in a F3 with them (to Clarify: Sonja and Sue thought Me/Rich/Kelly had a F3, Me & Rich thought Kelly/Sue/Sonja had a F3). At the final 6, Richard and I were strongly considering voting Colleen out then and not risking having two Pagongs at 5 who could infiltrate the system. Ultimately I thought it was too risky to leave you as the swing vote with two pairs and so we set the Sue plan in motion to ensure I’d be in the final challenge with little to no risk. You definitely did a great job of connecting with people as well as I did and it did become a huge advantage for us as you and I would relay some important information to one another. I agree that with the path I took, I definitely needed your assistance in getting to the end just as much as I needed Rich. You were HUGE to the endgame I played, there’s no denying that. I just want to also acknowledge that because of the numerous plans I had every round, I had numerous directions I could go and they didn’t all include you. Maybe i’m over my head saying that I felt I had complete control from Final 8 onwards, but I truly think I had my hands in all the right cookie jars from that point forward that I really could have done anything I wanted at any time.
2) So without giving too much away about who I actually am, i’ll try to explain why I’m so incredibly proud of this game. The last game I played before this, I was voted out over someone who had asked to get voted out in the pre-jury phase because I was seen as a threat. A lot of the players in the game were people I considered friends and so I took it really personally and lashed out and said some things i’ve come to regret and have apologized to the individuals in question for (fun fact: this game was hosted by Kodi Ross that ATS admin we joked about that one time). After that I had applied to a couple more games after taking 2 months off just to clear my head again and was rejected because people were unsure if i was ‘mentally stable’ enough (yes, someone actually questioned my mental stability) to be playing ORGs. This again, felt very painful. In most games that I play, I don’t really take it that seriously. I’ve been going by this character persona (again I can’t say the nickname as my actual identity is part of it) for years now and so when people do see me in games, I kind of have to act to that persona instead of being the real me, just so people get what they expect out of the experience with [insert nickname here]. I really wanted to start over, shed all that baggage off and prove to myself that I could actually play these games, and play them fucking well if I actually tried. The first few rounds were rocky since I couldn’t figure out how tf to use hangouts, but once I got the hang of it I truly did go to work. Due to COVID taking away what little of a life I already had and so I was able to dedicate more time to this game than probably anyone else in the cast (sans maybe Kelly, girl loves this game). I put my blood, sweat and tears into this game, thinking things through, not calling people out for drama just for the lulz, not acting on impulse - but actually really trying my best to play a cool calm and collected game. I actually modeled my game after two of my best friends in the community who consistently do well in the ones they play (and clearly for good reason). As I stated, I wanted to work myself from the bottom to the top. Due to my usually over the top character I am usually seen as the leader who ultimately has an untimely downfall. I usually go out in pre-jury, the first juror, or around F5 when people all agree I'd win if I made it to the end with that character type. Putting myself into the bottom was challenging, but I think the not getting how hangouts worked thing helped with that because I wasn’t really able to talk with Richard, Sonja, or Rudy until the Rudy boot (me not knowing how to message first and them never reaching out to me). Once I was there I had to keep my paranoia in check. As i’ve told some people, I deal with some mental health struggles - mainly Social Anxiety Disorder (which is weird considering how well I did socially in the game, but it’s true). Associated with my SAD, I have abandonment issues and so on top of finding it hard to socialize, I find it hard to trust people. I managed to push all those feelings aside in this game and push myself to the limits by really trying to connect with people & really putting all my trust into a single person (which can’t be said for all ORGs). From Day 1 I was constantly challenging myself to be better and so I’m really just proud of myself for being able to say I did it to all these things I never thought I could do. I don’t need to feel the burden of my nickname anymore, i’m back to being just me and it feels really fucking good if I’ve got to be honest with you. So yeah, hopefully that actually answers the question haha.
3) Oof. This one’s even more personal than the last one lol but here goes. In a really weird way this game has somewhat been like therapy for me. I think I've gotten so caught up in the persona I just talked about, I sometimes could forget who I was. Ultimately no one really stuck to the character they chose once it became obvious it’s likely none of us know each other and so I got to just be me. Actually remembering who I am has definitely been my biggest takeaway from the game. I’m constantly telling myself I can’t do things, or I start and then just give up once it starts to feel like work (hi all my unfinished products). I was so ready to do that several times in this game. Rich can attest to it as the round he won immunity I threw a little hissy fit saying I was over the game and just ready to go (obviously this wasn’t true but it was the first time I let my negative talk take over). I know it’s a cliche answer, but I truly did remember who I was. I don’t know if I can pinpoint an exact moment in the game to you as to where I felt that ‘transformation’ happen, but it just gradually happened more and more the deeper we got into the game. I really learned to stop listening to all the negative shit I tell myself some times and that I truly am capable of great things. I learned that I am likeable as ME. I’m hoping this COVID shit ends soon so I can go try to be more social with people in general (Really need my neighbor to be outside more// sorry inside joke with some members lol). I learned that I can trust people and that without trust you get nowhere. I learned that you need support and to not be afraid to look for it (in the game making sure your alliances are strong vs irl asking for help when my mental health begins to deteriorate). I learned that I am always going to be anxious no matter what, but there are effective ways besides weed to combat my anxiety. I learned some great new songs for my Sad Boi Hour every night thanks to you and some others. Basically I learned a lot. I hope I am able to implement all I’ve learned back into my everyday life and in turn back into the community and reach out to people i’ve fallen off with due to mental health or other reasons. I really just want the community to be more of an accepting place. It seems that even in a community of ‘outcasts’ mental health is still being stigmatized and anyone who is a little bit different than the rest is usually ostracized for it. I’m hoping that I can be better and set a good example for other people entering the ORG Scene and turn it back into one of my favorite places rather than the toxic one it’s mostly made up of now.
Thanks again for these Questions my man, was really fun to reflect and answer these
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Post by Susan Hawk on Aug 1, 2020 7:40:00 GMT -5
In true Sue fashion, I am going to rip you guys apart. Btw I’m not as articulate or eloquent as some of my other jury members so put up with my ratchetness. Anyway I don’t want to vote for either of you because you’re both rats in my eyes. The vultures can have both of you. And you bet your sweet traitor asses I will stop, relish the vultures shredding to pieces every part of your bodies, giggle a little, might even season y’all with some extra hot Peri Peri sauce, then continue with my evening stroll. Okay syke I totes got you guys lmao. I need y’all to soil your pants just a little hehe. Anyway honestly congrats on making F2! TAGI REPPIN! Though not as cute of a final 2 without Susan muhfucking Hawk.
So I came into this final TC certain that I was going to vote for Rich because I have been trying to get him out for the longest time but he got me first! And I can totes respect that. I believed he was this strategic mastermind pulling all the strings and orchestrating every blindside during the jury phase. it seemed like he had an army and they were all trying to protect him. However after hearing some of my fellow jury members’ insights and Sean’s answers, my vote is back up in the air. I legit thought Sean was just a really chilled stoner and going with the flow relying on his social prowess. I stand corrected. However, I do want to add that Sean I would’ve respected your game move a little more if you had actually casted your vote against me that round. I knew you were playing me so I didn’t see the point of lying to me nor Sonja. All you did was deepen the betrayal of Sonja & I by voting her out too after putting on a facade to be on our side. If the “Witch Hunters aka Charmed Hunters” alliance was strong, you didn’t need to worry about Sonja roping in the other 2 former Pagongs. I’m Sue, of course I’m gonna be a little bitter!
Anyway if y’all remember on the worst tribal council of the whole damn season, Jeffrey asked me the importance of social relationships and it’s pretty much a given how pivotal they are. So let’s have a little fun segment of HOW WELL DO THESE RATS KNOW THE JURY? I want each of you to state 3 facts about each of the jury members. And no you can’t say where we’re playing from nor our real gender. Extra bonus points for facts about Stacey & BB. Good luck and may the best rat win! Cheerio 👋🏻
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Post by Ramona Gray on Aug 1, 2020 9:33:58 GMT -5
If you were to own a food truck what kind of food would you serve and what would you call it?
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Post by Sean Kenniff on Aug 1, 2020 10:20:12 GMT -5
Hey Sue!! You actually got me LOL I was super convinced you were about to tear me a new asshole...
Before jumping into the facts, just wanted to try and reiterate why the final 6 vote was so important and in my opinion necessary:
Although I was in this ‘Witch Hunters’ chat, Colleen had never really put in the effort to talk to me (granted I know she was out enjoying her vacation) and so I wasn’t solid with it at all. I wasn’t locked in with the Witch Hunters due to them not telling Rich or I that the Kelly boot would be unanimous. If they were truly our Final 4, you’d think they’d have warned us instead of everyone being like ‘wtf just happened’? I also didn’t want to go to Final 4 with two Pagongs, as I told you and some others, as I felt any Pagong making the Final 2 would be a shoo-in of a win for them. I knew you were onto me, but I still needed Sonja. Yes, I did ultimately have to betray Sonja too but Sonja WAS NOT the target at 4. Whether she wants to believe that or not, I really did want to take her to the final three. Unfortunately, Greg won the F4 immunity and it was between her or my F2. I felt that if I had betrayed Richard at any point it also would have auto-lost me the game simply because of how much of a pair we were. I did consider cutting him due to his lack of effort in the final challenge, but I knew Greg would kick my ass and I’ve played too hard. But anyways yeah, it was a tough choice to make the move I made but in the end, it worked in my favor and got me to the end. I know you and Sonja may be upset about it, but hopefully, you respect the gameplay aspect of it because I truly do think it was a necessary move on my end!
As for facts, I'm going to work from our newest juror to the first
Greg: - Greg has two cats (and had three at the start of the game RIP queen kitty in cat heaven). One is named Shegwa named after a character from the show ‘Sagwa’s Adventure’ who is 18 and has grown up with Greg. The other is Poppy who is 14 and diabetic. - Two of Greg's favorite films are Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (he has a Poster of it in his house) and Her (he has a quotebook in which he jots inspiring quotes that speak to him and in that book has a full page dedicated to quotes from this film!). He also loves horror films - especially with paranormal elements - Greg is a Sad Boi just like me, yet our music styles differ completely. He works on an admin team for a local band/company doing their social media and creatives. Some of his favorite artists are Tipper, Zeds Dead, Liquid Stranger - basically really cool DJs lol. Bonus just because I came across it in our chat and found it funny: He’s on Instagram the most on Tuesdays!
Sonja: - Sonja LOVES Cheese but is unfortunately allergic to penicillin and so she can’t have Blue Cheese. - Her alcohol beverage of choice would be a good sour beer (preferably with Grapefruit) -Her go-to Taco Order is Grilled Chicken, Avocado, Cheese, Salsa & Beans (can you tell any time we didn't talk about the game it was about food?) Bonus (because it’s more obvious): she is a front line worker kicking ass to keep people safe. In doing so she has to get the nasal test every 2 weeks and it sounds like torture.
Colleen: - We mostly bonded on our love for the Eurovision movie. Double Trouble tonight! (For real though people should go see it and join us on the hype train - specifically the soundtrack) - After watching Midsommar, Colleen did not sleep for days because horror isn’t her thing! - She loves to read (she finished two books in less than a week, wild) with a glass of white wine while listening to rainy-day playlists on spotify. Bonus: She forgot to bring her edibles with her while at her paradise spot so she couldn’t get high. Sad times!
Sue: - You need to practice your deepthroating skills! LOL! I would share the full story but it’s not my story to tell. - You lost your virginity in a threesome which as much as you hated it sounds pretty badass to me. - You are bilingual and can also speak French like myself, however, when you tried with your friends family, they wouldn’t let you because it was so bad Bonus: If I say CBA (can’t be assed) in the U.K then I can literally get away with anything!
Kelly: - Kelly’s Harry Potter house is Hufflepuff! - Kelly works in the banking industry and after returning from her weekend away had 400 e-mails she had to go through!! - She is married to her partner and it was recently her brother-in-law’s birthday bash! (I truly wish I had more interesting facts on the life of Kelly, but Kelly was definitely in game mode 100% of the time as we can all attest to and would rarely share personal info, at least with me anyway).
Ramona: - Wanted to have a podcast where she watched James Bond movies for the first time but didn’t do it because she doesn’t actually want to watch all of them (shoutout to Octopussy) - Ramona has a Sound of Music Tattoo. She also loves Nora Ephron movies (I’m personally going to think of her when I get around to watching When Harry Met Sally) - Ramona’s personality as a teen and I quote ‘was watching Friends’. Honestly, Ramona and I decided she might be my mom because of all her T.V choices (Friends, Drag Race, Sex & The City) - Ramona was very anti-tech for a while, but in the game bought an Apple Watch and turned to the dark side! Bonus: Ramona was a B.B fan, not a Survivor fan so this was a whole new world for her!
Gervase: - The actual Survivor Borneo came out the summer before Gervase started High School. He became hooked to the show in Australia and has been watching ever since. - Gervase loves his exercise and goes for nightly runs. Unfortunately, I don’t have a third fact for Gervase. We rarely got to talk in our short time together and I wish I had put in more of an effort to get to know him.
Hopefully, these facts will suffice! I miss yo face Sue, thanks for the fun question!
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Post by Sean Kenniff on Aug 1, 2020 10:43:08 GMT -5
Hey Ramona!
I think if I were to have a food truck it would be a Taco truck. I know they’re pretty popular in today’s society but I just don’t see how anyone could go wrong with Taco’s. Obviously i’d try my best to stand out and have some unique flavors that you wouldn’t find at other taco places. I’d do this by incorporating popular dishes from around the world and putting them in taco form (for instance: A Butter Chicken Taco [India], a Sushi taco [Japan], Spaghetti Taco [Italy/iCarly]) as I also have a love for international cuisine. The name of the food truck would be ‘International Fiesta’ so that customers could get the idea we specialize in Mexican cuisine but have some international flavours on board. I think it would be risky but some great fusion could come out of this! Like Ice Cream trucks we would drive around neighborhoods rather than parking in one spot for the day to reach out to as many customers as we can!
Hope that gets you excited for my food truck! Really fun question Ramona thank you!!
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Post by Colleen Haskell on Aug 1, 2020 12:17:52 GMT -5
Congrats y’all!
Honestly don’t have anything groundbreaking to say except I had to google what an ORG was LOL.
This was my first time doing anything like this so sincere thanks to you guys for making it fun!
Sean, great insights above. I think you played a solid game but found the way you handled my vote out a little odd in terms of your social play. I understand you not wanting to pander to the jury, but felt you pulled a 180 from the friendly social game you were playing before. In terms of game play, I’m very impressed by you. So I’ll be taking all moves you’ve made into consideration.
Rich, what was something that you masterminded on your own without Sean? Just curious as it seemed to me you were just following his lead.
See your faces at the reunion xoxo.
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Post by Sean Kenniff on Aug 1, 2020 12:48:30 GMT -5
Hey Colleen!
I know you didn't have a question for me but felt I needed to give a little reply to give some of my perspectives!
I apologize if I came off really negative in our final conversations! Obviously we were the brutally honest players and we told each other straight up what our thoughts were (I told you at the merge & F9 I was ready to flip when it made sense, told you how I was willing to flip at 8 until Ramonagate), but when y'all didn't tell me that the Kelly vote was going to be unanimous and we had barely talked outside the Witches Chat since the beginning of the Kelly round, I couldn't trust you anymore. Fast forward to that Final 5 round of TC. From what I had gathered you were throwing everyone and anyone under the bus to try and save yourself (which who can blame you for). You had the correct gut feeling to know you were in trouble but you didn't come to me until you reached out to everyone else. Rich, Greg & Sonja were all telling me things you were saying to them (either trying to get Sonja to flip on Rich, Rich to stick to the Witch Hunters & take out Sonja) and you even eventually threw Greg under. Rereading the last convo we had I definitely came off more aggressive than I intended to come off, but at the same time, I was still just as honest with you as I was in the early rounds of the merge. You had played a solid game and I was fearful you would win the final 2 challenges (which as you pointed out Greg was also just as likely to do and fuck he almost did) on top of all the things i've previously mentioned. Honestly, I was just annoyed you were giving me attitude so I gave some back, but rereading I definitely started our final convo out with some passive-aggressiveness which probably looked like I was just giving you the cold shoulder.
TL;DR: I apologize for our final interaction, I do think I was a little too arrogant at that point and came off a bit too aggressive with the things I was saying. Knowing what you were trying to get done without me (the Rich or Sonja vote) / knowing you were probably already done for probably had added some reasoning to my demeanor as well.
I hope you're still enjoying that paradise life and blasting Ja Ja Ding Dong!
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Post by Richard Hatch on Aug 1, 2020 15:46:48 GMT -5
1. You told me after I was voted out that you couldn’t go further with me because I made a Final 3 deal with Sean and Sue. I told you that wasn’t true, and it wasn’t. So who did you hear that from? I am glad that you reached out to me privately but it appears your decision to vote me out was based on incorrect information. Please defend your decision. Hey kells! Sean told me this after the rudy vote, and sue said it was also true after you had been eliminated. Although if im being honest Kelly, this wasnt the only reason I voted for you It seemed obvious to me that Tagi was about to crack, and having heard my name being tossed around the previous vote i felt it was the right time to flip. I knew you were big competition, and honestly I worried if we went to a tagi final 5 I would be first out. I knew you were a cutthroat player when you had to be and that scared me. 2. Similar to my second question for Sean I need to hear from you on how your game was different than his. I know you voted Sue out at Final 6, but other than that what was the biggest move you made on your own? As sean states several time in his answers he definitely played a more aggressive game. While sean has 10+ years experience playing these games, this is only my first and I think that played a big factor in how I played my game. The first few weeks i was definitely naive, but once the rudy vote happened i quickly realized this game was being played weather i liked it or not. At this point it must have been clear to my tribe that i was a newbie, but instead of taking the betrayal of our alliance with a grain of salt I decided to take a risk and approach Sean for an alliance. It payed off luckily since he felt the same way about you guys that i did, and a beautiful alliance was born. OUr different play styles complimented each other alot, sean was a social animal, he made a point to try to msg each person on a regular basis. I on the other hand tried to not msg too many people and instead foster the relationships i had that i knew would pay off. For example I think the bond i made with greg was a great investment and without his allegiance we may have not made it to the point that we did. I would also like to address the point of me often "following seans lead" or "letting him guide me" while it is true that i definitely relied on my partner during this game i often did or said certain things for strategic purpose. As we all know, screenshots have been used to destroy some peoples games in here. So in conversations about voting people out i often liked to hint at what i wanted but in ways that couldnt be used to come back to bite me, once sean actually said the persons name i could agree and act like it was his idea. Secondly, im not stupid, and i know sean is not stupid. I realized at a certain point that if sean believed i was intelligent and capable of making decisions without him, he might have chosen to get rid of me
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Post by Sean Kenniff on Aug 1, 2020 16:09:11 GMT -5
Final Statement
Alright y’all! If Sonja asks anything i’ll be sure to answer it, but I think i’m done (though there are certain things I'm sure i'm going to wish I could reply to from Hatch's answers that are now coming in).
I just want to thank each and every one of you for being a part of this. Every person that was in this merge fought to be where Richard and I are standing, so thank you all for putting up such a wonderful fight. I loved getting to know a lot of you, and to the ones that I didn’t get to know as well, I hope you don’t hold that against me and that we can start bonding once the identities are revealed!
Coming into this game, I really wanted to prove that I still had it and that I could still play these games. I think I did that very successfully. As mentioned, I never received a vote throughout the game coming into the final tribal council. My social game was near the top of the class. I consistently checked in with people throughout each and every round, but without having to talk game all the time. This ensured that no one would ever see me as a threat, or even if they did, would still feel bad coming after me. With this ability to just naturally talk with you all, I knew I could put my strategic decisions in drive and have no one really question them. In the Tagi chat I was the name that brought up Gervase. Along with Kelly we blew up Ramonagate (as im now calling it) and reunited Tagi before the blow up. I was the one who came up with the Sue plan even though I made it seem more of a group decision in the Witch Hunters. I was the one who won F5 immunity to get Colleen (my biggest threat to win - out). I was the one who stayed up for 22 hours posting every 15 minutes AND THEN completing a jigsaw puzzle to earn my spot in the finals. I did all this again, without ever receiving a vote. I think I've proven both to myself, and to you the jurors that I can still play these games well. I hope you will reward me for the extreme amount of effort I gave to this game. Although I didn’t have much of a life, I feel like i’ve found a family through this and have become so intertwined with it. I’ve barely slept since the final challenge as I’ve been worried about leaving a jury question unanswered for too long because I really just want to impress you all. I hope I have done enough in answering the questions to let my gameplay truly shine and that you will all reward me for it. I love Richard and it is extremely unfortunate that he’s dealing with his own stuff right now that this couldn’t be the fight that I wanted (though as I was writing this out he's come on and started answering so yay, feel better Rich!), so I don’t want to consistently poop on their game. They played well in their own regard, especially for it being their first game. However, if you truly want to award the best player the win, which is what I think being a juror is all about, then you will vote for me. I’ve done all I can do and the power is in your hands!
I can’t wait until the reunion to see who everyone is and catch up on all the time lost!! Again, thanks so much for this experience, it’s really been a blast! <3
Dr Sean, out.
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