I do think I took risks, but like I said in the speech, I didn't want to just watch the game go by. The risks that I took on ultimately paid off because I'm here at the FTC and I can say confidently I've done more to shape how this game played out than either of the two people sitting next to me. Selfishly I also enjoyed playing like this, it's been fun, the votes have been exciting and I've loved it. I did make mistakes, but I think it's unfair to call overall my gameplay sloppy. Pre-merge it was fairly easy sailing. Post-merge, when I did make mistakes I did my best to rectify them and it ultimately paid off.

I do apologise for making you feel that way, but I wouldn't say I wasn't calm per say. I played Survivor in much the same way I approach my professional life. I'd throw out every option and slowly eliminate them to you are left with the best one. I understand in hindsight that's probably pretty stressful but I also trusted yours and Marisa opinions and by laying everything I thought of out we could arrive at the best decision together. Finally, I believed by energetically talking through our options it would bring us closer together.


1. What were your subtle moves that I was unable to see?

I'm not sure how many you want but because I don't want to answer my emails I'll give you a few.

I believe I made a lot of subtle moves in particularly premerger. The 'Survivor By Proxy' title was named after my confessional, i detailed how I was getting involved in the dynamic of the Sakai tribe and ultimately lead to a cross-tribal alliance of myself Michelle (rip), Caleb and Julia.

Another of my subtle moves was befriending Brad. When everyone else from his tribe happily content to exile him from the Mountains. It helped that I like Brad and had he survived the second swap I'm sure he would have been a vote for OG Ki. I don't think many people were aware of how close me and Brad were. I used this relationship to help James out and this probably helped him survive over Matty on the first vote of the second swap.

A subtle move was deciding to put the votes onto Kat and Julia. Eliza and Sydney were not as big of threats, but as proved by how each of them voted, the least likely to flip in that scenario. I also knew Dana would have been reluctant to vote Kat and Kat was persuasive enough to convince Julia to betray Eliza.

Another example is when round after the first swap when Marisa was given the immunity necklace by Eliza. Caleb reacted as expected to me in aim, telling me how angry he was. Privately I told him he had the right to be pissed and stoked the fires. Telling him Eliza should have given him the necklace considering how much of a threat he is ect ect. On the other the hand, I was sympathising with Eliza & Jefra that Caleb was being ridiculous demanding the neckless. We weren't sure how things were going to pan out at the swap at that time and I wanted them to see Caleb as emotional / unstable so that they'd keep me over him if it ever came to it.

Lastley I had a sub-Ki alliance, just like i had with you and Marisa, with James and Marisa. I wanted to ensure that when it was time for the Kis to turn on each other, It would not be me who went home.

I think overall i made a lot of Subtle moves but I'm not surprised It looks like I didn't.

2. Where did I factor into your endgame plans? When did you plan to cut me?

I'd by lying to say you factored into my final 3 plans considering that before you left there were 2 other Ki remaining. I believed that I had a better shot against James and Marisa at FTC than you (which I think would be widely agreed). It's hard to say exactly when I would have made a move to cut you but probably a F6 or F5 once we had eliminated the threats on the opposing alliance but were not to close to the end that you could win out.

3. What role did I play in your game? Would you have made it where you are now without my help?

You played a key role in the premerge game. I think you were important to maintaining the relationships with the original Sakai tribe that allowed us to keep the mountain Alliance strong as we picked off the coast players 1 by 1. Our close OG Ki relationships meant that the second swap was easy for us. If you had been replaced by James I think I'd of still made it the second swap but you were a vocal presence and people realised how strong you are.

Unfortunately for you, the biggest contribution to furthering my game was taking the bullet for me on the F10 vote. If you weren't there as another legitimate target for Caleb to force the vote onto I would have most likely gone home. They also used 2 idols for no reason in that vote that would have proved a major issue down the line if they hadn't been played.

4. Why, in the name of all things holy, did you decide to take Julia over Kat to the end? Kat was an easy win - Julia, not so much.

I think the key words there are did you decide and it was ultimately my choice. I've never sat on the Jury nor have I seen a FTC before so I based the vote on was who would I vote for out of the 3 players who didn't win immunity and take them out. I would have voted for Kat because she wasn't afraid to make moves that furthered her in the game. She successfully drove a wedge in the overarching mountain alliance and after reading her 'Rites of Passage' i knew she'd perform excellently in the a FTC. She provides a banner for the former coast players and any disaffected mountains to rally behind. I'm aware she burned bridges with other players but believe she'd present her case effectively enough to overcome that. Julia has the same blood on her hand as Kat but can't claim she was the leader in any of these moves. I also believed that I wouldn't get Julias vote, whilst I think i have shot of getting Kats vote. My final reason for not taking Kat is because i think we both made moves. If there are Jurors that respect these moves, we potentially split those votes whilst I don't think Julia will.

I'm also aware it won't be an easy win against Julia, she's, a cool person, but I'll do my best as I have done in this entire game.

5. And finally, for all three of you, because I LOVE asking this question: Power rank the jury on how good of a game you think they played.


I'm basing my rankings on the following, my perceived chances of them winning had they gotten to FTC, the manner in which they went out and their chances of making to FTC had they survived the vote they went out on.


Kat
Dana
JFP
Jefra (rip swapped fucked)
ELiza
Marisa
Sydney
Brad
Gerv
Caleb


Also I have a question for you, how are you the Mayor of Pondersa when Brad was there first? Did you stage a Coup?

Hey there, Jonny!

Thank you for your comments and questions. I understand the reasoning behind why you view me the way that you do. I do sense a reoccurring theme when looking at your assessment and the assessments of the other jury members. You do have a unique view because you were a Ki member and had better insight into what was happening behind the scenes than some of the other players.

I’d like to tell you that your reasoning is not wrong on the surface. From a viewer’s standpoint, it definitely looks like James was the follower; being led around by better players like Spencer all game. He was active and made all the shots while poor dumb James just did whatever he was told, and was just happy to get to the end.
I will tell you that this impression was intentional to keep the target off of me. I actively worked to make sure that Spencer not only felt like he was in charge, but that other people saw him as the one making the moves.
In reality, Spencer was the shield. He says he didn’t need one, but that’s because there wasn’t one available to him. He was Loud and Proud of his “snake” status in the game. There wasn’t a bigger target. There was no better shadow to sit and wait in than Spencer’s. I didn’t spend that time just waiting like he might claim though. I took this game much too seriously to sit and let someone else do everything and just follow them to the end. In truth, we either worked together to make things happen, or I persuaded him to take action.
I never asked “how high?” Instead my response was always…”why should I jump? Why don’t you jump for me?”

So now to your questions…

1. Separate yourself from Spencer. Name everything you did that is unequivocally your move, and not his.

Absolutely, here are three major differences about our games…
-From the first shuffle where I was placed on the Nu-Ki tribe, our games couldn’t have been more different. I spent the time from that night until the merge trying to fit into numbers that I had no reason to be a part of. Losing Michele, who I counted as the one vote that I could rely on, was a really bad loss. Despite that, I made bonds with everyone that I could, particularly with Kat, Sydney, Eliza, and Jefra…but also with the group of Reynold, Butch, and Gervase. I had to make sure that if we voted, that I would be safe in numbers. Spencer had nothing to do with any of that. He sat over on the Nu-Sakai tribe, comfortable in numbers without a worry in the world. He was so comfortable in fact, that he repeatedly told me how he was throwing challenges so I could remain safe. There was so little threat to him that he was able to repeatedly and purposely go to tribal council, for me.

-Second, my mutiny. After moving to the nu-nu-Ki tribe, I was in real trouble with the numbers. Matty had just been voted out, and I knew that I was next. I was able to convince Matty to send me to Ukiyo, even though I had just helped vote him out. Once there, I bought the mutiny item and then spoke to you and Spencer to see what you guys thought that I should do. Go with the safety of jumping to Sakai tribe, or go with the uncertainty of the Ozato? In truth, I already knew that I was going to the Ozato tribe, but I needed you guys to think that it was a difficult decision and that I needed help deciding. I had connections with Kat, Sydney, and Eliza…and I had Caleb promising me the world. That mutiny was a move that I made to strengthen my own game by trying to improve relationships with people outside of the original Ki tribe.

-Third, once the merge happened I considered the possibility of flipping on the Ki alliance, but decided against it because of the influence that I had with Spencer, and the security that I felt with you and Marisa. The Gervase vote is an example of this. I put his name out there and everyone kinda went with it. After that, the votes pretty much set themselves up, and became easier to predict as the numbers dwindled. Spencer claims that he was the catalyst behind some of the votes after you were voted out, but it just isn’t true.

2. What were your plans for the merge? How did the actual results differ?

My plans for the merge were to enter it with as many options available as possible. I had already built relationships with the Ozato tribe after my mutiny, I had maintained a tight bond with the members of the original Ki tribe, and I tried to keep as close to Dana as possible so that she could be an option as well, despite my mutiny. As episodes passed and votes happened, the idea of flipping outside of the Ki tribe began to look less and less attractive. I found that I was unable to trust the Ozatos after the events surrounding your vote. I played as though I could still be an option to them, but we both knew that we were lying to each other and that lines had been drawn.

3. What steps did you take to distance yourself from Ki?

The mutiny was one of the larger steps that I saw. I could have gone with the Ki members on the Sakai tribe at that point, but chose to take a chance on a different group of people. I told every player over there that I was on the outside of the Ki tribe because I hadn’t been with them for most of the game, and that I was looking to be part of a different group. A lot of people viewed the mutiny as a way for me to escape the vote, but that was only part of it. The mutiny was a chance for me to get in with players other than those from the Ki tribe.

4. If I hadn't expertly lawyered our way into that first immunity challenge win, who leaves first round on Ki??

Had we gone to tribal council that first time, I think that Baylor would have probably still gone home. If not Baylor, Michelle maybe. I was tight with Spencer and Marisa, trying to get closer to you. I think that the first vote would have been strictly strength in numbers, and one of those two would have left.

and finally... here are my jury power rankings...

1. Dana
2. Kat
3. Marisa
4. Sydney
5. Jonny
6. Caleb
7. Eliza
8. Jefra
9. Gervase
10. Brad


Thanks man! I had fun meeting and playing the game with you!

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Julia, I admire that you were such a huge force in the social dynamics of the game, and yet time after time after time you evaded the chopping block. When Spencer and Dana and Kat were going at it in the Final 5 Tribal Council, you were just quietly whistling, wondering who’d you chop. You were charismatic, you had solid strategy, and literally the only times things went against you was when an idol was played.

Thank you, JFP. This means a lot coming from you because I strongly believe you were a force to be reckon with in this game whose time got cut short.

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However, and maybe this is a bit bitter of me - I was shocked when I realized you voted against me. I had specifically pushed the split to keep you safe, on Eliza and Caleb, and I’ll admit not cluing you into that wasn’t a good move on my part. But I was confident, even if the move backfired, if Kat and Sydney didn’t go with us, that you would have my back, that you would keep your sides votes off of me. I did the same for you, and you had to have realized that, hey, maybe there’s a reason for that particular split. I was planning on going very, very deep into this game with you, and it would have been incredibly difficult for me to write down your name. I thought you’d have a similar struggle. But Caleb says a few words, and suddenly I’m gone? There’s no fighting for me? I’m an afterthought? I let our friendship dictate my strategy, and maybe that was naive of me. But it still gives me pause - I want an explanation why there was no fighting for me that round, why you let Caleb run roughshod over your game. Did I just not matter? I didn’t even get a “this is why” as I left - I outright asked you as I left if you voted for me, and I was ghosted.

Jonny, you were my absolute favorite person from Ki and this vote was a struggle through out the entire day. Do I vote Jonny out with people who trust me and wanna work with me? Or do I vote Sydney like Ki is telling me to do when I know it’s a blatant lie. I really wanted to work with you and go far with you, but I didn’t feel like you had me in your end game plans. Kat told me that the votes were being split on Caleb and Eliza and pitched that idea that Ki was coming for Sakai. We made a pact together to work together through the remainder of this game and I kept that up until and still believed we were until I had hard evidence of Ki, you and Spencer being the driving forces targeting Sakai and I just had to take a step back and look at the whole picture. I already ratted out Ozato campaigning against Spencer and you one time and you guys STILL refused to clue me in on anything. It was more of a “fool me once, fool me twice” kind of thing. I tried to show Ki my loyalties, but you guys wouldn’t give it back to me. Did I want you out that round? Absolutely not. But when I have two sides battling it out and one side cluing me in and the other side trying to mist me, well my vote is going to go where I felt the most comfortable and felt the most apart of a group. I really did want to work with you JFP and I wanted to go far with you, but I just never felt that you wanted to with me. And ghosting you was completely my fault and I apologize for that. I felt just as betrayed because none of you all did what you told ME what you were going to do. Was I acting a bit immature for being angry about being lied to all day? Maybe.

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1. Like I just said, fill me in on my boot round. I’m very curious.

Alright, this was the post-Gervase boot where I just got in hot water from my OWN alliance for giving Ki a heads up about Kat trying to target you all. That all blew up in my face, but I managed and Gervase was sent out. I thought after that move it would’ve showed all of you how I wanted to work with you guys and show where my loyalties stood because we’ve been on the same tribe/faction the entire game. I remember the day being really quiet and I was down to vote Sydney because that’s what Caleb and me decided and so I was asking if that’s what people were fine with. Spencer seemed 100% for it and I was like alright cool so another easy merge vote, but then Caleb came to me and said Ki was up to no good AGAIN. I honestly couldn’t believe that Ki was trying something again so quickly and so obviously? It almost seemed unbelievable to me. Kat and Sydney clued us all in how you recruited Ozato to flip it around on the Mountain alliance and that Spencer made the chat. STILL I was reluctant to believe it because I thought we were all so close, but instead of blowing up people's spots I just sat on the information and waited. Once I shook the idea out of my head and was told the votes were being split on Eliza and Caleb I just put on my best oscar-worthy performance to you and Spencer and pretended that I was in the dark and still voting for Sydney.

When we were all deciding who to vote for the Ozato girls wanted Spencer out terribly, but Caleb refused to vote for him because of how close they were, even if Spencer was using Caleb as a device for safety. I tried to speak up in the chat and I personally wanted Marisa gone because there goes Spencer's right hand slave and someone who would never expect being voted out. Since the idea of voting for Spencer was thrown out the window, you were the next one in line because of your threat level. I told everyone I didn't want to vote you out and I just tried to pitch Marisa really hard, but no one took the bait. I know it seems shitty that you kept the vote off of me and I didn't do it for you, but in that same breath you and your allies weren't cluing me in on anything. So in that moment was when I realized that Ki had no allegiance to anyone, but each other and that's when I decided to suck it up and cast a vote against you. It was hard because you were one of the few people in this game who I could talk to for HOURS about anything BUT this game and it was the most relaxing, hilarious fun conversations I've had.

When Marisa randomly messaged me and said "HEY THE VOTE IS SYD RIGHT? JUST CHECKING." That's when I knew the vote wasn't for Sydney because she's never done that to me before and I was almost...insulted? That Ki thought I was just this oblivious idiot they could mist and dick around. So after that I knew which side I wanted to be with and as much as I wish I could've pulled you over and protect you, I didn't feel like my game was in your best interest.

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2. Why should I vote for you when the other two individuals were loyal to me through and through?

You should vote for me over the other two because I think I played a better game than both of them and I think I was more genuine and sincere than one of them. James was loyal and nice and everything, but that's very one dimensional. You said it yourself that people would tell James to jump and he would say how high? At Final 6 I tried to pull James and Marisa aside and talk to them about us three working together. I figured Spencer, Kat and Dana were the top 3 contenders to win so I wanted the 3 people least likely to win to work together. They nodded and lied to me and went straight back and targeted me for that same vote. I think you should vote for me over James because I don't think James was here to win this game. I think James was here to show up, vote how Spencer told him to vote and then peace out.

You should vote for me over Spencer because I don't believe he was as loyal to you as you think. He may not have written your name down like I did, but he had his fair share of talks with me about how he didn't care if you left and it wasn't a big deal to keep you around. Obviously that could've been a rouse and you were OK with him throwing you under the bus, but if I had an ally who did that to me as a way to "keep people from suspecting us being together" yeah that wouldn't fly with me. You should also vote for me over Spencer because he talks about how he was this huge target who didn't have a meat shield, that's correct. The only reason Spencer didn't have a meat shield is because Spencer was my meat shield. He's acting like he would've dropped me at any time, but I think my social game exceeds in certain levels and this is one of them. At any time Spencer could've voted me out, Final 6, Final 5, Final 4, Final 10? How about during the Jefra vote? He saw other people as targets ahead of me because I pounded it in his head that I had his back through and through and that I was nothing more than a ~goat~. That might've been the case pre-merge, but at Final 11+ he was my #1 person to highlight what a huge threat and target he was and it worked. Spencer's name was always on the chopping block and he would always check in with me to make sure he wasn't the vote. Someone so confident and running his cult-like alliance shouldn't have needed an outsider looking in for help, would he?

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3. Who was the dominant member in your partnership with Caleb? Who ran that alliance?

I feel like Caleb is a very aggressive player and I absolutely loved working with him. To pinpoint a dominate player in our partnership is hard because I feel like our agendas were so similar- bar the vote you went home. To say that I just let Caleb dictate me that round to vote you out is a little much because there's so much more that went into it. If Caleb just crossed his arms and said JFP or nothing and I had nothing else to base it off of, no that's not how I would've voted. BUT the fact that I was talking to you and Spencer and Marisa all at the same time and you guys were all lying to me? It was more of a "fuck it" moment because I couldn't trust any of you like I thought I could and it was all the same to me who went out. We each had our moments where we would be as stubborn as an ox until we got our way. I told him I wanted Sugar out and wouldn't budge after hours of him wanting to keep her and likewise with your vote. To say that one of us was a leader would be false. I don't think he called the shots and I don't think I told him what to do. I think we had the same agenda, but I was completely alright with him being the loudest and most vocal of us two.

If anything, Spencer and Caleb were the two biggest players in this game and who were my two closest allies. I had two meat shields in this game to protect me and I think that's a solid game.


Jury Rankings:

1. Dana
2. Eliza
3. JFP
4. Kat
5. Jefra
6. Caleb
7. Sydney
8. Brad
9. Gervase
10. Marisa


Again, I'm sorry you felt like I just tossed you aside because Caleb asked me to when that's not what happened at all. I hope my reasons justify why I voted you out and I hope we can reconnect when this game is over. Misa forgave Light so I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. :heart:

Spencer Duhm @ 6/5/2016 7:31

Also I have a question for you, how are you the Mayor of Pondersa when Brad was there first? Did you stage a Coup?

Yes. Yes I did.

Also James, if you could answer the question for all three that'd be awesome. <3

Jonny Fairplay @ 6/5/2016 13:20

Spencer Duhm @ 6/5/2016 7:31 Also I have a question for you, how are you the Mayor of Pondersa when Brad was there first? Did you stage a Coup? Yes. Yes I did. Also James, if you could answer the question for all three that'd be awesome. <3

Done!

Thank you to all three of you for being so quick to respond to my questions. All three of you are great people, and any of you would make a fine winner. I hope we can all keep in contact when this is all over. <3

Having said that, I think I've made my choice. ONE LAST JFP PARCHMENT LESSGO!