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08/26/10 4:21 PM
Heidi's Jury QuestionWell hello final three. Congratulations. I have to say I'm not surprised at all to see you guys in the final three. But I'm glad to see you were loyal to one another and stuck with each other to the end, and I applaud you for that. I feel you three played similar games, but for me, JP sticks out a bit more. And right now, my vote is leaning slightly towards him. But I don't really have a strong grasp on Brandon and Brad's games, and really JP's too. So perhaps your answers to my questions could change how I percieve you guys.
BRANDON, let's start with you. At the final 7, you told me, and I quote, you "didn't want to watch JP and Brad walk into the finals." You wanted me, Jenna and yourself along with another Jaburu to vote against JP that round. Now I know JP won immunity, but that still left Brad available. So my question for you is, was that all bullshit? Were you just playing me or did you really intend on turning against your final three alliance. If it was bullshit, than why did you lead me on? If it wasn't, than why didn't you take action? Because to be honest, I think you might regret not taking them out.
BRAD, had Brandon choose it to be a final 2 rather than a final 3; if you won immunity who would you have brought to the final 2 and why?
JP, I know this is a lame question, but I'm interested to see what you think. Had Tambaqui been able to survive the final 10 tribal council and gain the majority, how do you think the rest of the game would have played out? Who do you think would be sitting where you three guys are and who do you think would have ultimately won?
Once again congratulations guys! You've worked hard to get where you guys are, and you deserve it.
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08/26/10 5:19 PM
Jenna's Jury QuestionCongrats on making to the final 3 everyone, you all deserve it and I wish all of you luckI have 3 questions to ask you, but you can answer which ever ones you want.I would like to know what kind of handicap or disadvantage you had coming into the game that you had to overcome to get to the final 3 and how you did that.If you could go back to any point in the game would you change something and if so what would it be.I would like you to speculate how the votes are gonna go and why.You can answer all,2 or 1 of these questions, I just want to get more insight on the general game and the person who ansers my question(s) and the other jurors questions the best will get my vote. Good Luck and Congratulations to the winner.
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08/30/10 11:05 AM
Christy, I’m sorry you were voted out of the game so early in the merge. At that point in the game, it was all about Jaburu vs. Tambaqui for sure (especially after the Ami vote) and there was really no way for anyone on Tambaqui to save themselves until a few rounds had past. The rivalry (at least on the Jaburu side) was too intense.
Move #1: Being open about wanting to go against Jaburu ever since the merge. This was something I decided by myself. I had talked to Shambo about it a little about turning on the Jaburus for at least a round or two because I was nervous about certain people having their egos inflated and running the game straight to the end. Shambo wasn’t too keen on rocking the boat, so I took it into my own hands to let it be known to the former Tambaqui members that I was looking for the opportunity to get the game off its predictable path. In spite of talking to you all about it, the Tambaqui members didn’t seem very united/ weren’t online together to get some definitive planning going on. But I think planting that seed for the Tambaquis really set the mood for my game well into the merge.
Move #2: Voting for JP at the Final 5. I knew Brad was not going to vote for JP at the Final 5 (why would he vote out his most trusted ally?), meaning it was pretty much set in stone that Shambo was leaving. It was up to me to decide if I wanted to go with them and just vote Shambo and not ruffle those feathers or if I wanted to stay true to myself and not write down Shambo’s name. In the end, I decided to keep my integrity in check because I really grew super close to Shambo. She had been the one I trusted the most ever since the Tribal phase of the game. I am my own person and I didn’t want to feel like JP and Brad were dictating to me what I should do. By this time, I felt like it was long overdue for JP to be voted off so if there was any glimmer of hope for he to get out and get a potential threat out, it would have been now.
08/30/10 11:22 AM
Our conversation at the Final 7 was not bullshit at all. I really wanted to flip on Jaburu for a round or two because I wanted to feel more comfortable with my position in the game going into the end. Ever since the merge had started (and even previous to that with JP), I was really weary of the Final 3 alliance that we had made so long ago. I hadn’t touched base with JP all that much and it seemed like he had other people (Todd, Ryan) that he was closer to. Also, I knew that going to the end with JP would mean I would have the most difficult time to win in the end if I did face him against the jury.
Truth be told, turning on Jaburu really meant turning on JP first and that was what was going on in the Final 7 vote. I was ready to vote for JP and I’m sure with a little convincing, Shambo would have followed suit. JP won immunity so we obviously couldn’t do that, but Brad was still available. The reason why I didn’t target Brad was 1) I knew that Brad was one of the two people that probably had my back and without JP, he would have been most loyal to me, and I don’t think the same could be said if Brad left that JP would have been most loyal to me, and 2) I didn’t really get the chance to put out any names since I came online and I learned through the grapevine that “someone from Jaburu” told you guys that JP and Brad were close and that you guys were targeting Shambo. It was late in the round so it would have been near impossible to talk to you guys and trust you guys to vote for Brad and not Shambo at that point (it would have had to have been through PM), and Shambo probably wouldn’t have been okay with voting for Brad anyway (and neither would Todd had been since he had confided in me at this point he was sympathizing with you and Jenna moreso than Shambo).
So, all in all, no it was not bullshit, but I was not ready to vote for Brad at Final 7. I was 110% ready to vote JP at Final 7, and it was just unfortunate for us and lucky for him that he won immunity this round. I hope all this made sense and that I answered your question.
08/30/10 11:53 AM
Q1: I think that the main disadvantage that I had coming into the game was that I hadn’t played a thread game at FGC for so long. I actually don’t even remember what my last thread game at FGC was. I knew other people would constantly talk about their relationships with each other from last game and why these people are going after each other and these people are close, but I was never privy to that knowledge. I met and grew close to a lot of new people through this game and not a previous game. The only people I really had some sort of connection with previous to this game was JP, Brad, Shawna, Ryan (kinda), and then people that were voted out pre-jury (Joanna, Rob, Charlie). I had to try and build relationships myself because I knew I was already starting 3 steps behind most everyone else.
Q2: If I could change one thing in the game, I would probably have chosen to be closer than I was with Todd. I knew about his Final 3 with Brad and JP for practically the whole game, so I probably should have said something to him and that I knew his secret and then offered him something better just to make my end game a lot less stressful than it turned out to be. I had contemplated saying something at the Final 7 vote to him, but the way he was talking to me made it seem like he was completely brainwashed by other people and wasn’t considering really any alternative – he just wanted to vote alongside JP, the person he probably trusted the most. If Todd and I had more of a mutual trust, I think it would have benefited both of us in a Final 3 or 2 scenario.
Q3: I have thought for a long time that JP would get a handful of votes just because out of the three of us he’s been the most visible not only to the other contestants but the public as well (being a target, using the idol, etc.). I could see him getting votes because on surface level it looks like JP played more of a game than Brad and me. I would hope that the jury would really look and analyze how we played our games because more often than not you’re not going to get three people that played an OTT game. You’re going to get people that played a more subdued and sneaky game who didn’t make their intentions and moves public for all the world to see. So, in this regard, JP will have the advantage since his name has been thrown around a lot.
08/30/10 12:00 PM
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