Jerri - I have to be honest. When i first learned that you turned your back on me and voted me out, I wanted you to be the next one out behind me. It took me a couple rounds to lose the bitterness that I had, and realize that what you did was very good for your game, and I can't be mad at you for doing what was best for you, even if you did go against me. My question is: Had Eric been voted out instead of myself the round I went, how long would you have kept me around?


I didn't exactly turn my back on you. In Michelle's question I explained how I tried to get Monica out instead of you for hours before the deadline. From my perspective you would have been in Kamanda's place in Final 3 with me. You gave me my second life in my game I don't wouldn't have been willing to vote you out.

Jerri @ 25/8/2015 14:22

Jerri - I have to be honest. When i first learned that you turned your back on me and voted me out, I wanted you to be the next one out behind me. It took me a couple rounds to lose the bitterness that I had, and realize that what you did was very good for your game, and I can't be mad at you for doing what was best for you, even if you did go against me. My question is: Had Eric been voted out instead of myself the round I went, how long would you have kept me around? I didn't exactly turn my back on you. In Michelle's question I explained how I tried to get Monica out instead of you for hours before the deadline. From my perspective you would have been in Kamanda's place in Final 3 with me. You gave me my second life in my game I don't wouldn't have been willing to vote you out.

Saying you turned your back on me was a little exaggerated, but you didn't do all you could have to save me. Had you used your orange potion on sierra, you vote for Eric and I vote for Erik, doing so would have sent Eric home, and I would have stayed. But like I said, looking back, it was your best move to not get on the "outcasts" bad side.

Ronnie Talbott @ 25/8/2015 13:35

Jerri @ 25/8/2015 14:22 Jerri - I have to be honest. When i first learned that you turned your back on me and voted me out, I wanted you to be the next one out behind me. It took me a couple rounds to lose the bitterness that I had, and realize that what you did was very good for your game, and I can't be mad at you for doing what was best for you, even if you did go against me. My question is: Had Eric been voted out instead of myself the round I went, how long would you have kept me around? I didn't exactly turn my back on you. In Michelle's question I explained how I tried to get Monica out instead of you for hours before the deadline. From my perspective you would have been in Kamanda's place in Final 3 with me. You gave me my second life in my game I don't wouldn't have been willing to vote you out. Saying you turned your back on me was a little exaggerated, but you didn't do all you could have to save me. Had you used your orange potion on sierra, you vote for Eric and I vote for Erik, doing so would have sent Eric home, and I would have stayed. But like I said, looking back, it was your best move to not get on the "outcasts" bad side.

By the time I used the orange potion it was too late, I did try to save you afterwards. I had just made a F3 with Amanda Z and Sierra around that time so doing that was too big of a leap, and I think deep down, they were testing my loyalty by having me use my orange potion on you. That's at least how I see it, because I could have used my orange potion on ANYONE on the other side, they wanted it to be you, and from me specifically. This is part of why the next round when Mike told me I was not involved a Kim/Kamanda alliance with them, after I had sacrificed you, I was kinda angry. If used a orange potion on Monica, Kim, Mike or Kamanda, it would have been the same result.

I agree though that siding against Eric/Kim at that time was the better move for me, and I'm glad you see that. I just wish it wasn't you and Monica who left first.

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Erik - I don't care what anyone says, you played a good game, you put yourself in a position to slide under the radar, even at points that you didn't intend to. You had luck on your side (but hey, everyone who has won these has had a little luck right?) and you made relationships with people so you wouldn't be targeted, even if that was from the "pregame" target from time to time. I don't really have any questions for you, I just want to wish you luck in this ftc, even if you don't think you'll get any votes.

Hey, thanks man. I really appreciate it. I think my answers have been pretty good so far and honest, so maybe that will land me a few votes. Maybe not. We'll see.

I'm gonna add one question for you guys if that's alright. To counteract yuls face desk question, Tell me the point in the game that made you the most happy. Was it a challenge win? Sending someone specific home? Anything at all. Say what is is and why it made you happy. I would like all 3 of you to answer this btw

I tried to address the what would ideally happen in Michelle's (?) question I think, but I'll be more than happy to bring it up again.

The last 5 rounds are the ones where I actually started to shine a bit in this game because that was from the Sierra boot onwards, which left the biggest threats of the merge (and Heather, no offense) being eliminated one after the other.

In the Sierra boot round my goal was to vote out Sierra. To stay safe I talked to my allies and tried to maintain positive relations with everyone in the game, including Jerri and Heather who weren't in on the plan.

In the Eric boot round ideally one of Heather, Jerri, or Erik went. Instead Zamanda used the DPOV in order to try and get rid of Eric, even though I didn't want that to happen. However I could have easily been eliminated in the place of Eric if I made too much of a big deal about not wanting Eric to go. To stay safe I agreed to the F3 deal Zamanda and Kim put forward to me. I was pretty sure they were good for it and honestly if my goal was to make it to the end of the game and I didn't care about winning, I'm confident that a F3 if Kim, Zamanda, and I was a legitimate possibility.

In the Kim boot round I ended up deciding to vote Kim out. Initially Jerri and Heather were asking if I would vote out Zamanda but I asked them instead if we could vote Kim for that round, who I knew was the person they REALLY wanted to see gone. To try staying safe I of course won immunity and also agreed to the relationship with Jerri that she put forward to me and I still tried to maintain good relations with Heather, Erik, and Jeremiah as well.

The goal in the Jeremiah boot round was to vote out Zamanda. I planned on probably booting Jeremiah the next round where I felt like I would have at the worst Jerri and Erik on my side to vote him out. To stay safe I kept talking to Jerri and she ended up giving me her immunity necklace. Jeremiah going wasn't ideal in this spot tbh mostly because I wouldn't be able to say I had anything to do with the boot. We were close in the game but I feel like he would have understood had I been involved in his boot.

The goal in the Zamanda boot round was to get rid of Zamanda. I didn't need to do too much too to try remaining safe, just continue to talk to Heather, Jerri, and Erik and make sure to go to Heather and make a big deal about how Zamanda was the biggest jury threat left, even though Zamanda was telling her it was Jerri.

The goal during the Heather boot round was to boot Jerri if she lost immunity, Heather if she did not. I was around a minute away from achieving the primary goal, but in the end I still felt like I would stand a chance against Jerri in the end so I wasn't all that crestfallen. To stay safe I tried to reiterate with Jerri that Heather had tried to get rid of her the round before, and I went to Erik and agreed to a deal with him where he would vote Heather in exchange for my jury vote if I got eliminated in the tiebreaker. I didn't tell him Jerri had already said she was going to vote Heather because I wanted him to think I had a really good chance of being eliminated and that he would have a guaranteed shot at making it to the end and getting at least 1 vote.

As far as the being overshadowed part, I PERSONALLY think that really only happened during the Jeremiah vote because Jerri essentially chose who to go. I was still very much there in the game and even strategically what I wanted to happened ended up happening anyway. I'd like to think the Sierra and Kim boots came about because of me (or I was at least heavily involved) and those were debatably the biggest boots of the merge, setting a precedent for the events that followed. Even if what I wanted to happen didn't, my game wasn't hugely hurt except for the F4 round. Eric and Jeremiah going were not ideal at the times they went, but I knew they would have to go eventually because I would not have been able to beat them in the end.

Hopefully that's enough to show you my game. Can't wait to make the FTC in this season's mini!

EDIT FOR FINAL QUESTION

The MOST happy. Hrmm. Is it a cop out to say making it to my first FTC? Lol. I mean it's true. I was BEYOND thrilled when I saw that I would make it to the end of the first game I ever got final juror in, and only the second series I have ever played. 2 close runner ups are winning the Fan Fiction challenge after spending an entire afternoon doing it, and Kim coming back from Los Muertos because it's Kim and she's great (#notpandering).

Amanda Kimmel @ 26/8/2015 19:16

Can't wait to make the FTC in this season's mini!

NOPE

The Yul Kwon @ 26/8/2015 23:03

Amanda Kimmel @ 26/8/2015 19:16 Can't wait to make the FTC in this season's mini! NOPE

Like there is anything you can do to stop it :P

Amanda Kimmel @ 26/8/2015 23:08

The Yul Kwon @ 26/8/2015 23:03 Amanda Kimmel @ 26/8/2015 19:16 Can't wait to make the FTC in this season's mini! NOPE Like there is anything you can do to stop it :P

Kmanda final 2?

Amanda Kimmel @ 26/8/2015 20:08

The Yul Kwon @ 26/8/2015 23:03 Amanda Kimmel @ 26/8/2015 19:16 Can't wait to make the FTC in this season's mini! NOPE Like there is anything you can do to stop it :P

Challenge accepted

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I'm gonna add one question for you guys if that's alright.

No, it's not alright. You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow. This opportunity only comes once in a lifetime.

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To counteract Yul's face desk question, tell me the point in the game that made you the most happy. Was it a challenge win? Sending someone specific home? Anything at all. Say what is is and why it made you happy.

Immediately after I felt the worst in this game. Getting the idol from a combination from Michelle, Zmanda, Sierra, Heather, and (kind of) Yul and successfully playing it and sending Fabio packing. It was beautiful. It felt good playing it. It felt great reading the ballots calling me stupid. It felt great knowing that I finally played an idol right. And it felt great that I almost gave it back to Zmanda last minute because I thought the vote might have changed, but decided to keep it just in case. I was jumping with joy when I heard about it and when I played it.

Ronnie Talbott @ 26/8/2015 16:11

I'm gonna add one question for you guys if that's alright. To counteract yuls face desk question, Tell me the point in the game that made you the most happy. Was it a challenge win? Sending someone specific home? Anything at all. Say what is is and why it made you happy. I would like all 3 of you to answer this btw

The round Kim left, because it was a fulfillment of a goal I was working all merge to achieve.

Winning the Final 4 immunity came pretty close to that too!