Hey there Sydney!!

Oh Jimmy where do I begin?!?

From what I could see, the final four decision to keep Julia in was horrible for you!! Like not even a close decision. Let me put it to you this way: You are the John Kasich of Twisted 7. Pretty feeble, kinda likable, nothing too important to say. The most viable strategy for YOU to win is to bring the two people who are least liked. Spencer is Drumpf here (sorry bud), but instead of picking Kat aka Ted Cruz to run against, you decide to bring in the lovable Julia aka Colonel Bernie Sanders. Do you see what I'm getting at? Your "beta" strategy only works if you have intense, dislikable "alphas" next to you, of which Julia is definitely not one. Spencer fits that mold more, so you got one down, but you incorrectly filled the other slot.

After taking some time to consider this, I feel that you are probably right. Spencer does sort of remind me Drumpf…loud, aggressive, fairly charming while being generally obnoxious, and willing to claim things that aren’t his to claim (You inherited that money, Donald!). I do think that bringing Julia to the end was probably a mistake and did negatively impact my Beta gameplan. To be honest, I consider Kat to be a huge threat to win as well. I know that you disagree, but I feel like she would have done quite well with these questions. I knew that I could sit next to Spencer and explain my game and strategy well, but I don’t think that there was an appropriate Alpha to put next to him that would have helped me out.

My question to you is: Now no disrespect here, but I know you're a parent so you probably are old enough to have lived through a few Presidents, or at least learned about them in school. Analyze your game and tell me which United States President most embodies your game philosophy, and why.

I have lived through a few presidents…and out of the ones that I can point to, I would say that my game philosophy is pretty close to President Obama-like. He’s cool, professional, well-liked, and friendly…but he also is able to make those around him do things that they may not want to do. He is able to do important things undercover and without public knowledge, and then has the ability to then announce what happened and why it was worthwhile.
I would also say that I am a little bit like “slick dick Nixon” in that I’m a bit sneaky, Bush Jr. in that I’m a little weird and nutty, and Taft in that I enjoy taking baths.

My shared question for you three is pretty standard, but with a twist. Shout-out to the jury for thinking of this question, but in the spirit of our merge tribe name, please compare each juror and finalist to a Pokemon. I'm talking original 150 here, not any of this Pokemon X, Moon, Emerald whatever shit the kids play these days. If you don't know enough about Pokemon to do this, then just switch over to CBS Survivor players. And if you don't know enough about either of those, well frankly I'm not sure how you got here playing an ORG lol.

Like Brad’s Glee questions, I don’t know a lot about Pokemon. I could ask my son, but he’s already in bed, and he would probably answer Pikachu for everyone anyway. So I’m going to go for Pokemon for looks and personality, and CBS Survivor player for gameplay style. Hope that’s cool…..


Brad
Wigglytuff/Candice Cody


Jefra
Dewgong/Erin Lobdell


Gervase
Abra/Jeff Varner


Jonny
Diglett/Tyson Apostol


Caleb
Meowth/Rupert Boneham


Sydney
Ninetales/Kim Spradlin


Eliza
Clefairy/Tina Wesson


Marisa
Butterfree/Stephen Fishbach


Dana
Growlithe/Todd Herzog


Kat
Ponyta/Lex van den Berghe


Julia
Raticate/J.T. Thomas


Spencer
Machamp/Phillip Sheppard


James
Hypno/Sandra Diaz Twine

Thanks, Sydney!

My individual question for you is: Please explain why at the final 8, you decided it was appropriate to keep both Dana and Kat in this game. I think this was a huge mistake that could've backfired, but fortunately for you it didn't. If I were you, I rat Dana, Kat, and Julia out to Eliza and I, then use us to vote Kat/Dana, and then bam you're in the driver's seat.

I don’t personally believe my behavior was cocky or overbearing. Sure I think i’ve been cocky in this FTC but I’m not going to roll over and let my strong points be torn apart by the person who didn’t make any moves. But as they say perception is reality. My job requires self-confidence and it’s probably manifested within the game as cockiness.

You said I’ve not been manipulative but isn’t having strong connections with people that overlooked my reputation manipulative? I was saved twice and i was one vote from marching to an all Ki finale. Furthermore just because you're in a strong position doesn’t mean that i never sweated nor needed to play.

As for your question, I disagree, I don’t think it was a mistake. Voting you and Eliza was an insurance policy so it ensured that the vote would at the very least be a 4-4 tie. I knew you were voting for me so I’d be safe from rocks if it came to that. I was very aware that there was no trust existing between the two sides so I wasn’t about to jeopardise away out of that ridiculous twist. I agree if it had worked out perfectly it would have been the better move and would have placed me in a power position the next round. But would you have been willing to make a move that placed you in such a bad position? I wasn’t prepared to take that risk.


Kat - Dreams from Fiji. Plucky underdog not afraid of getting her hands dirty betraying people to get further

Dana - Cagayan Spencer. Heroic underdog, got really close to a finale she would have won without spilling blood.

Marisa - Trish. My rock throughout most the game and helped me maintain a level head.

Eliza - Ciera. Not as vocal granted, but really was a strategetical strong player

Sydney - Danielle D (Panama). A bit of an asshole but when she was shooting other people down i enjoyed it.

Caleb - Andrew Savage. Overbearing and aggressive. Nice person one on one, but too determined to keep his alliance strong and voted out because he was inflexible.

JFP - Jonas. Now we didn't get to witness Jonas's strategical elements because Kim cut his life too short, however i like to think he'd be good. But by all accounts he was voted out because he was incredibly well liked and a threat in the game.

Gerv - Eric from China. Nice dude, fairly quite, not much change post merge.

Jefra - Anna from this season. Granted she lasted longer but she like Anna she was a big strategic threat, swapped fucked and booted from the game.

Brad - Kass. Not because gameplay wise, just because he gets to be the bitter Ho on the jury no one was expecting to be there <3

James - Woo / Natalie T. Nice guy, didn't do much.

Julia - Carolyn WA.

Thanks James! I have to point out that if you did want to go with some more negative "alpha" players, perhaps Caleb or I could have been a strong option for you. I think if you really had this "beta" shtick set up properly, you would've tried convincing Spencer to bring players you could have done well with.

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Spencer Phillip Sheppard

Dammmm lol, i must admit that stings.

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I don't think anybody tonight has talked to you first, so here I am mixing it up! I zigged while everyone else zagged. Come to think about it, this is a pretty solid metaphor for your game. When everyone was puffing their chest and beating themselves like Apes, proving themselves as the game's dominant strategist, you kinda sat back and let everything come to you. Unfortunately that paints you as a bit of a coat-tail rider, especially because you didn't really seem to make moves on your own. You rode on Caleb's coattails and then Kat's up until the OBVIOUS move of voting out Dana. I hope that wasn't even a decision for you. Granted Dana had an ice cube's chance in hell of getting my vote, but I'm sure the other jurors would disagree. Yes you may consider sticking with Sakai post-merge a move, but I always like seeing specific strategic decisions and gameplay independent of social bonds. Do you have those? IDK.

Sydney! I think I was actually one of the few people who sincerely liked you and thought you were a hoot. Sure, you were brash sometimes, but it made me die, tbh. I can see how my game shows that I was a potential coattail rider who hid behind giant targets and worked behind the scenes. That strategy works wonders if you can execute it properly and seeing as how Caleb and Kat aren't here with me I think it ended up working pretty well. Spencer still making it to the end wasn't entirely in my end game plans, and despite me hiding behind him from time to time, he fits more along with James' coattail riding strategy. The only difference between mine and James' is I was able to pull it off while he rode Spencer's to the finish line.

Let's get to those juicy questions that I know you're going to deliver on and I'll give you nothing but the best!

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1)Let's throw this back to the final 8. Tell me you preferential boot order and why this was what you wanted.

Alright, the Final 8 was:

vs

This was the double boot round and we had both our alliances in a complete showdown and nobody was budging. Instinctively, I was going to rocks and nothing was going to change. If I could have had you and Eliza not go home that round and still me be safe then that's what I would've liked to happen. That may be hard to believe, but I didn't /want/ to work with the other side at all.

Ideally, I'd like to have Spencer and Dana out this round because those two I believed were the biggest threats to win the game.

After that I would've just expected to vote out Marisa and James and have us four girls in the end. I know this probably isn't an answer that you're looking for, but I'm loyal to my alliance if the alliance is successful. I would've wanted to go to the end with you and Kat because I feel I would've looked at as more independently where you two would always be grouped together.

Personal Boot:

8. Spencer
7. Dana
6. Marisa
5. James
4. Eliza
3/2. Kat and Syd
1. Julia

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2) Once the final four vote tied, did it cross your mind at all to vote Kat out with Spencer? Can you provide insight into that decision?

I didn't even bat an eyelash. At first, the plan came to me when I had to remind myself that Spencer and James are a bunch of liars because silly me how could I forget that. Once I realized that I ain't safe yet and these guys could easily pull a fast one I went to a out of luck kitty Kat and extended a hand. Of course it was self-serving, this is Survivor, but why wouldn't she want to at least fight it out for a spot then just go out 3 - 1? I voted James with Kat because I didn't want the other two to try and blindside me at 2 - 1 - 1. Maybe I was being overly cautious, but this was the penultimate tribal council of the season and I was not about to JUST miss out on it. So yes, when I originally voted for James it was an insurance policy in case I was getting duped. However, on the revote I did think about it, but just briefly. I thought if I just tie it then I'll be like "Cool, I'm safe just wanted 2 check ok *votes u out*" But it made sense to me to keep her. I thought having her here over James would free up some votes possibly because she had similar relationships that Spencer had. I wasn't exactly assuming that people had their minds made up before this even started, but I think Kat woulda just been a more polarizing character to have at the end.

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My shared question for you three is pretty standard, but with a twist. Shout-out to the jury for thinking of this question, but in the spirit of our merge tribe name, please compare each juror and finalist to a Pokemon. I'm talking original 150 here, not any of this Pokemon X, Moon, Emerald whatever shit the kids play these days. If you don't know enough about Pokemon to do this, then just switch over to CBS Survivor players. And if you don't know enough about either of those, well frankly I'm not sure how you got here playing an ORG lol.

You win for my favorite jury question right now because this is like my favorite thing. IT'S A SHAME THO. YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON LIKE ANOTHER 650 POKEMON. :P

13. Brad -
Brad is a Venonat because I always found him creepy and sneaky and continuously plotting against people. Super hard to trust.

12. Jefra -
I KNOW IT'S NOT #150 BUT IT'S TOO PERFECT NOT TO USE. Jefra is an adorable Togepi because she always made me happy when we talked and she always seemed so sweet and nice.

11. Gervase -
Okay, remember the episode where Ash tries to catch a Mankey, but it's just STUBBORN it refuses to get captured? Yeah! That was you during your boot episode. Even if we didn't get to know each other in this game I knew that you were a fighter and you weren't going down without one.

10. JFP -
Alright, you get to be Scyther because how fucking cool is Scyther? You were the coolest person here and I just thought your taste in everything was great. ;) You also played like a Scyther, granted maybe a little too fast...which is just like a Scyther, but you were calculating and cunning ready to slice and dice.

9. Caleb -
You are this to a TEE. Loyal and fierce and willing to stand by your allies side until the end of battle. You were also very protective of your allies if they were getting targeted or talked about. You epitomize a Growlithe. And it's not lost on me you're both adorable.

8. Sydney -
You get to be a Vileplume because you're both the same. Vileplume gives off this smell that's extremely hard to get use to, but once you can they're the most lovable and fun Pokemon. I swear, I'm not saying that you stink, but I'm saying you're hard to get use, but it's worth it once you're in with you.

7. Eliza -
You get to be Nidoqueen because I thought you were headstrong and in charge. You lead your alliance and were loyal to it just like a Nidoqueen would be. I quite like the alpha-Female role in the game. Y'all are way better than any of the Nidokings in this game.

6. Marisa -
I think she fits this type because she was always there for Ki-lliance when she needed to be. She was ready to help and serve and get through to the next round. Much like a Chansey she's bright and happy and colorful and talking to Marisa was always rainbows and sunshine.

5. Dana -
Again, breaking the #150 rule, but I have my reasons. Mew and Dana go hand in and hand because it was a gig that Dana was very powerful and very heroic. She avoided all the nastiness of the game all while moving along, winning immunities and furthering herself with the people she cared about and liked to be with. Mew was sought after to be cloned and destroyed by others. Constantly Mew was hiding away from people and it's also a very strong Pokemon which ties into how brilliant she was at the physical side of this. Plus, talking to both is a breath of fresh air

4. Kat -
I think she was Charizard because she was delightful and helpful when she wanted to be or she was going against you and not wanting anything to do with you because she wanted to be. That's one thing that you couldn't do with Kat and it was to tell her what to do. Not to align with and not who to vote for. Much like Charizard, she had a complete mind of her own.

3. James -
Do I really need to discuss this more?

2. Spencer -
Do I really need to discuss this more?

1. Julia -
I'm emotional and stubborn, but I know how to get myself out of certain situations. Whether it be by putting people to sleep and making a hasty exit or instigating moves and watching the big alpha males crumble. Plus, my favorite color is pink.

Okay Syd! There you have it. I hope this reaches to your liking because I know you'll only take the best. ;P And the Bernie comparison made my entire night. #feelthebern

thanks girl!

Thanks Julia, those were very eloquent answers. I think your logic on the final 4 vote makes complete sense, especially with the original vote and not letting Spencer dupe you. Also, I can only assume that the smell I give off is the wild amount of pheromones I have whenever Caleb is in the room ;)

I'll be making a final decision shortly! Best of luck :)

I think Production told the wrong juror (me) not to make the finalists cry cus Kat's thread is....wow