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Post by Jhonmarco on Aug 17, 2015 23:03:25 GMT -5
Interview with Juror #4: BriqsquadJhon: Ok, one of the most dominant winners in his original season and had a solid second run, welcome to the show Briq!
Briq: I'd like to say pretty good for my reputation but ill take "solid." What's up Jhonmarco!? Could've used you as an ally this go around.
Jhon: You will take what I give you, but yeah you could've used some more reliable allies it seems. Did you see yourself getting voted off this round at all?
Briq: "You will take what I give you" no homo doe
Yea I couldve, trusted mags too much. Ya I saw it coming, I wasn't blindsided or anything. Magnum was acting different in the pms and cole basically told me I was going home
Jhon: Did you prefer that more honest route or did it not make a difference if they let you know or not?
Briq: cole didn't really say I was leaving but he said something dumb like "its either me or you, so lets go." Vova also let me know that they were voting for me so I was expecting it. I don't care which route but usually telling someone they're leaving gives them a chance to campaign.
Jhon: Hm ok let's backtrack to when this game started. What kind of pregame alliances did you have worked out? How did your tribe doing very poorly at challenges affect these alliances?
Briq: pregame alliances were pretty mute tbh. The only serious pregame alliance for me was stan, vova and e. Cole pmd me (but i think he did with everyone tbh), I reached out to magnum to see what's up, Tom pmd me wanting to work together, james and I touched base with each other, alaina and I have talked about working together in the future before survivor all stars if that counts, idk. There was also a pm with kenny, stan, ash, dewie, e and myself but it seemed awkward and e was just talking about getting rid of kenny and dewie asap. So I never took that seriously, for me, that was just to help me get to merge.
My tribe sucking a** made things pretty hard. I came into the game thinking that if I can control who made merge and who didn't, then I had a good shot at making it to the end. I thought making merge would be the tough part but I was wrong. I wanted to work with outlast but I feel like he'd want me gone at some point. He was already lying to me pretty early in the game so his blindside wasn't as bad when i caught his lie. Kennys blindside was hard because he has a lot of connections but keeping tom over him made sense especially, since tom promised me more than kenny. Kenny actually never promised me anything so I knew he had other people ahead of me, as for tom, not so much and e wanted to get kenny back for bb allstars, so it wasn't hard to pull off, I truly felt bad tho.
I liked outlast and kenny a lot. I think they're cool dudes but getting those blindsides out early made me more ruthless and allowed me to pull the trigger on people while feeling emotionless. If I could blindside those two, I can blindside almost anyone without feeling too bad imo.
Oh ya and jamie, she was talking with everyone besides me at first so I had to reach out to her which made me want her gone. I liked that we lost the first one so jamie couldn't get her feet wet in the game.
Jhon: Hm well speaking generally about your gameplay for a second, what kind of strategy did you come into this game with?
Briq: To have my numbers higher then the vets when I reach merge basically. That was my approach pre merge and during merge were to have numbers. When it was 9v3 at the merge I made an alliance with the bremuda and tonga people to make them feel safe and to not flip. I even made a fake alliance within that fake alliance to keep everything chill, it would've worked if it weren't for coles gossiping a**.
Jhon: Alright, let's back up a little. After the first few voteoffs and there's a swap, there is an anti vet alliance created. Many have said they didn't even want any part of it, where do you stand on how you felt about the alliance?
Briq: After that kenny vote, I was really worried about the upcoming swap but the thing is dewie blindsided phil and alex by voting out james. Phil and alex were worried about vets sticking together because why the f*ck do you want to keep kaitlyn so bad? Unless if there's some sort of deal going on.
Wait, hold on, rewind that rq. Dewie and I were talking at the beginning of the game and he was wondering on who to side with on his tribe. He was worried about alex phil and james being a strong trio and talked about making them split the vote 2-2-2 but really vote with kaitlyn and dusty making it 3-2-1. He said he was just thinking out scenarios but I thought it was a brilliant idea. So when the strength tribe finally lost, I knew he'd pull this move because everyone was expecting a swap coming up. I told james to not split and gun it on either kaitlyn or dusty but he said if he gets blindsided, he gets blindsided and that's what happened.
Phil and alex were worried about a vet thing which I understand where phil comes from because it was sorta similar to fvf where the vets did stick together pretty well. Somehow cole got involved and started rallying up troops. E told me what was going on and I was delighted because I'm not a vet and we outnumbered them vastly. The original group was tom, e, cole, phil and alex I believe. Then E told our (me vova stan and e) group pm about having the best idea of all time... a 12 man group pm... you should have seen our reaction, we thought it was the dumbest thing ever. Of f*cking course this sh*ts going to blow up, so I said just tell me what's going on I don't want to be apart of it. I was added anyway so I was already coming up with ideas on how to deflect this sh*t when it blows up. I don't know who was totally against it but I know me stan vova and alex thought it wasnt a good idea for that many people in one pm.
Jhon: Hmmm, what were the dynamics like within that alliance? Who was your core group/alliance? Who did you not talk to much from the anti vet alliance, etc?
Briq: hmmm... It was me ricardo alex cole bryan tom and vova. Basically we made a 7 within that 9 and within that 7 it was like me cole alex bryan and Ricardo or something. My true alliance was with me e magnum cole tom and vova. After alaina left we told them that we should get rid of e after ashley and they all agreed. Well after she left we went to blindside alex instead but mags and cole saw the opportunity to take out e. The whole blindside e thing was e's idea and I thought it was forcing too much but we went with it anyway.
I had a very good rapport with everyone besides ricardo. I talked to him but not too much. He already wanted to sneak me before the phil vote so I never really trusted him. Once I wrote alexs name down and he didn't leave basically got rid of alex and ricardo as allies plus mags and cole. If bryan had messaged me back saying he would vote off jimmy it would've gone to a tie and then I could've worked alex and would've known mags is a POS.
Jhon: Would you say your flaw was putting faith in the wrong people? Do you think you had a shot at making the end at all and you messes up here or was your reputation always gonna prevent you from getting to the end?
Briq: ya I trusted magnum way too much, idek why. I thought he'd treat me like the way he treated you on bb allstars smh. My biggest mistake is splitting with alaina and not jimmy. Alaina would have been with me more than mags and cole and I wouldn't normally make that mistake. I thought I was completely good I guess. I was f*cking close, I think if I kept alaina instead of jimmy, I'll be a two time winner. My reputation would have made it tough for sure but I think I'd have too many people warning me about what's going on allowing me to take out certain people. Vova e bryan plus alaina would have told me what's going on so I'd been on the look out. So alaina and f*ckin mags is what ruined me. I never really made mistakes in this game or mistakes where it cost me so its good to experience this now, so I can learn from this and become a better player.
Jhon: *back to basics*
But Hmmm now that we're talking about Cole, thoughts on his gameplay? Jimmy, as well?
Briq: hmmmm cole? Never trusted the guy. I wanted him out soon but e swore he had him wrapped around his finger. Cole is playing strategically well but idk about socially. I mean maybe I'd vote for him if he gets to the end, he's been playing hard. If he doesn't leave this TC I can see him making it to the end. Jimmy is in a f*cking good spot rn. If I was everyone else, I'd take the rob C approach and take out the swing vote in jimmy. I don't really know the dynamics but he's doing pretty good. If hes there with mags or cole I don't see him pulling it out tho.
Jhon: Now that we're talking about jury threats, who would you say is a goat at this point with little to not shot to win?
Briq: if jimmy and vova don't make a move on cole or mags in the next two rounds or basically ride with them to f4, then they'll be goats. Rn its too early to tell who will officially be goats, but there are potential goats for sure. Bryan could be too since he only has his social game to rely on
Jhon: Just realized we gotta wrap this up lololol
Ok let's end this with word association (don't hold back here!):
Cole
Magnum
Jimmy
Bryan
Ricardo
Tom
Vova
Alex
Briq: Damn was hoping for some better people so I could sh*t on their gameplay.
Cole: Lunatic
Magnum: Snake
Jimmy: goat (by the looks of this past TC)
Bryan: bae
Ricardo: robot
Tom: hardcore
Vova: broski
Alex: reserved
Jhon: But thanks for doing this interview with me briq! See you at FTC rq, expecting a killer jury speech
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Post by Jhonmarco on Aug 22, 2015 21:55:17 GMT -5
Interview with Juror #5: TomJhon: He was voted out in his original season for being too much of a threat and this season he saw a similar fate. Welcome to the show Tom!
Tom: Thanks jhonmarco, glad to be here, I didn't know if there were post game interviews so this is a nice surprise
Jhon: Cool, let's start with your early days in the game. You aren't as active as most people here so did you have many pregame alliances? Also, what did you think of your tribe originally?
Tom: I knew not being a site reg was either goin to make me an easy target off the bat, or it would be something I can use to convince people to align with me, as I'd have no real loyalties. Thankfully, it ended up being the latter, but I knew I would have to do work pregame to get some alliances off the bat. I had the Tongan mafia 2.0 of me james vova byran briq, we all worked together in our season so it seemed natural to keep it together. James was my boy and figured I could trust him for sure, other than that, it was just kind of hoping they'd be good than knowing. Briq was the guy I trusted the most out of those 3.... Also pregame I reached out to Stan because I saw he was a ringleader and I wanted to get on his good side.....Ench started a 3 way pm with me and cole as a random alliance, I did not think much of it, although it would end up one of if not my main alliance.... and I also talked to Alex and Ricardo because there were rumblings of a Tongan Bermudan combined alliance.... So overall I had 10 people including myself going into the game I felt I could at least talk to..... my pregame and then early game strategy was simple, I wanted to come off as a fun loving college clear head who was just here for a good time and not a real threat, just a loyal guy you'd like to hang out with
I was stoked initially for my tribe. I trusted briq and ench so having those 2 was huge, it really couldn't have worked better for me to start off. I talked to Outlast kenny and jamie all when it started just to try getting on their good sides and maintain the role I was playing.... Outlast I really liked and trusted a ton, I was sad to vote him out.... Kenny was cool and me him and briq had a 3 way pm but he actually ended up being close with ench and briq over me and briq so whatever...... and Jamie I painted a target on right away, Nate said she was like RUssell, I did not know much else abt her but I used that to put a target on her initially, plus she was targeting me...... Overall though we did not gel well as a unit for whatever reason, just kept losing challenges, but luckily the swap came at a good time
Jhon: Did you expect or even anticipate being so bad at challenges? How did the first swap change your game?
Tom: I was not expecting us to be that bad no. I honestly believe challenges on here are a crapshoot, and Alex is like an anomaly, I don't think you can really be a challenge beast when the challenges are so different. So I just thought we'd stumble into winning or just not losing more than we did. The strangest thing was I probably performed the best of my tribe early on in challenges and don't consider myself anywhere near a challenge threat, I think like I said I just got a few challenges that were suitable to me and I guess not for others
The first swap was big because it allowed our strategy 3 of me briq ench to not have to wrry abt goin to another tribal and losing one of us. The big thing with the last preswap TC/and then early on in the swapped stages is it set the stage for the entire anti vet movement. After james got voted out people got worried abt the vets so we had that big anti vet alliance, and that manifested itself in the merge stage. We actually got rid of joey first, I had that idea because I thought he was a wild card and didn't trust him personally, so I thought we'd get rid of him and flush out the idol from Ashley Jimmy Kaitlyn if one possessed it. This was my first work as a double agent, when me and ricardo convinced the 3 vets we were with them... after the joey vote I told them that we just needed to see if we can trust them and we knew getting joey out would protect them and they either bought it again or had no other options.... Once we voted off Kaitlyn they knew we were just playing them obviously, we chose her because we thought she saw less likely to have an idol........ overall that first swap was big because it established the premise of anti vets, I proved to myself I can lie to ppl and they can believe me, but also pretty much ruined my rep with the vets
Jhon: So this anti vet alliance was pretty huge, how did you feel about it when it was introduced? Who did you trust the most/least from that alliance?
Tom: The anti vet alliance is the biggest part of this game in my mind. I believe ench started it and I was down. Basically it's all the people I've had contact with in a huge alliance that keeps the targets on others so there was no downside for me personally. We were big enough that we'd be ok with a few people flipping but also people were afraid to flip because they'd be joining a minority. The alliance worked because everyone though they were within a majority of the 12 and then within a majority of that
I trusted ench cole and briq the most with magnum and Stan not far off. I did not trust Phil at all, some had concerns over Alex
Jhon: Hmmm so then once we reach the merge and you have Ashley/Alania/Jimmy as the minority targets, explain to me the game plan from this point. Did any of it end up changing?
Tom: The gameplan was pretty much finish off the vets. We really wanted Ashley gone, she's such a threat so nobody really fought that.... We decided to split with her and Alaina the first vote to protect ourselves form an idol or if Alaina had an advantage from EI. Looking back, probably would've been better so split with Ashley and Jim then Alaina, but at the time that was the decision we made. We were a little concerned someone from our 9 was flipping but thankfully nobody did, Ashley played the idol, Alaina went home, then the next vote I was concerned abt Ricardo flipping so I suggested arranging the votes in a way that sent Ashley home even if he flipped or Byran or Alex... ultimately nobody flipped and Ashley went home. I personally did not talk to either of them at all in the merge stage because I did not have any intention of flipping so it wouldn't have made sense to talk to them and put a target on my back within the 9, espeically since Ash had been fooled by me before
The vote at 10 changed the game obviously. We were deciding within our crucial 6 of me cole ench magnum briq vova btwn jimmy and alex, and decided alex was the bigger threat, although not everyone was for it at the time, nobody seemed blatantly against it.... at the same time the tongan bermuda crew of me briq bryan vova cole alex ricardo were "deciding" btwn jimmy or a blindside on ench. and ultimately decided the ench blindside was the way to go, although we though it was just a decoy to fool alex, Magnum and cole ended up flipping for real and that changed the game
Jhon: So explain the next blindside vote for me, what part did you have in taking out briq or was that something you had no part in?
Tom: I was not involved in the briq blindside at all. I had won immunity that time so I knew I was safe but I also figured me briq and vova were in the minority so was hoping to protect them. We apologized to Bryan for the betrayal two rounds ago and thought maybe we can convince him, but we didn't get a good feeling.... our main goal was to convince cole and magnum to join back with us because alex bryan jimmy ricardo were threats that had no enemies on the jury, but ultimately, cole and magnum stuck with alex jimmy and ricardo... vova voted with them too because he said he knew we didn't have the numbers and dint' want a revote, and Bryan actually voted with me briq and ench with his black vote. We didn't know he was voting with us and would've helped to know for sure lol. In retrospect, our best chance was probably to reach out alex bryan ricardo and flip the game on magnum and cole but we thought they wouldn't trust after we voted alex, and I was safe personally so I probably did not try protecting briq as hard as I should have
Jhon: Hmmm would you say Cole/Magnum are running things at this point then? Also, just for fun, thoughts on vova siding with the others over you/Briq?
Tom: yes Cole and Magnum have been leading this game for awhile, but I think it may backfire soon if jimmy and vova flip with bryan and or ricardo
and I did not think much of vova siding with them for the briq vote. I figured "okay, he just didn't want a revote" and that would've been long and complicated anyway........ now I realize he was probably in with them the entire time..... if you also mean what I think with vova siding with them over me in my vote, I will gladly share that too
Jhon: Yeah in general, thoughts on Vova?
Tom: lol okay, you want it, you can have it
Hes a coward and hypocrite and not good at the game of Survivor
He prides himself on being the "broski" to everyone but he betrays everyone he says that to, even when it doesn't make sense for his game, and then he doesn't take ownership for it, he still tries to pretend like all should be cool
strategically, the past two rounds show why he's bad. With the time he voted me, he basically lost a jury vote in me and hurt his chance of winning the game. If he goes with me and one of of alex bryan ricardo to F3, he's got a shot to win this game. He chose to go with magnum jimmy cole. All 3 playing strong games and will beat him and anyone.... so strategically voting me makes no sense at all. then the f7 vote also shows his lack of strategy when he basically ended his game. He could've realized his mistake and gone with alex bryan ricardo, all 3 he'd have a slight chance against but a chance, but instead he goes with magnum jimmy cole who will all beat him, anyone can see that.... so now he no longer has the numbers to flip and go to the end without at least one of magnum jimmy cole, so he basically lost.
Socially and jury management has been the worst for him though. He has betrayed me briq and dewie, all 3 people he considered true "friends" and "broskis"........ I don't have a huge problem with betraying people, part of the game, but his problem is he isn't owning his moves. He still is being a hypocrite and saying "I still want to be friends" and "you the broski"........ It's like COach in SP, I have no problem if you want to play like that, but take ownership for it, don't always have an excuse abt it's just the game when the moves don't even make sense for your game........ The thing that really got me is that he strung me along all week and then didn't warn me he was voting me..... He knew very well Magnum JImmy Cole were voting for me and that I was not really bothering to convince them to vote with me..... he could've saved me a whole of time that week if he just told me he was going to vote me, he didn't need to tell me right away, but he messaged me like a few minutes before 9 that he voted for me, and that is being a coward, an absolute coward, a srry excuse for a man, a coward......... he gave me no chance to convince him that it's the wrong move to stay, he could've had the courtesy to message me a little bit sooner and at least I could make my pitch, but he didn't do that, and that is what pissed me off more than him actually voting for me. If he was really the "broski" like he says he is than he could've given me the chance to do that....... and that is why I will nvr vote for him and will nvr tolerate him anymore
Jhon: So do you think he has a shot to win a jury vote at all? Also, who has the best shot to win a jury vote if they make the FTC?
Tom: There's no chance he will win. Magnum Jimmy cole have the best chances to win this game I believe, but Bryan and Ricardo have gotten some credit from the jury to tell. Honestly it depends on how this plays out, if the game finished tod and I needed to choose 1 to win I'd probably pick magnum
Jhon: If you could go back and change one decision/move you did and do something else instead, what would it be and why?
Tom: Wow that is a hard one, there's a few
At f8 I feel like was the best chance I had to win if I'd convinced vova to vote with us but not sure if I was ever goin to change his mind
Now knowing how close briq and ench are I may have made a move with cole Ricardo Alex and possibly a vet in the early merge stage but I didn't know that at the time and magnum was closer with cole anyway
so if I were to pick 1 at f9 I probably would've tried to protect briq more and instead of goin for cole and magnum to come with us,, goin for Alex Bryan Ricardo and flipping the game
Jhon: Alright to wrap up here, word association time:
Alex
Cole
Magnum
Vova
Jimmy
Bryan
Ricardo
Tom: Alex- a really chill and nice guy
Magnum- cool guy outside of the game, sneaky inside but intelligent
Cole- immature but promising
Bryan- sassy and nice
Vova- hypocrite and coward
Ricardo- silent killer waiting back in the shadows
Jhon: Ok thanks for taking your time to do this interview Tom! See you at FTC!
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Post by Jhonmarco on Aug 24, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5
Interview with Juror #6: AlexJhon: Our final remaining winner, had quite a run and racked up some immunity wins on his way out, but sadly no repeat of Bermuda. Welcome to the show Alex!
Alex: Hello!!!
Thx for having me
Jhon: How you feeling about your voteoff? Expected or blindside?
Alex: I expected it as soon as I lost immunity haha, I was in the minority on the last vote with Ricardo and Bryan, but I knew I was seen as a much bigger threat than them so it was my a** on the line. I tried everything I could that whole day, but I knew it would be a miracle if I survived.
Jhon: Do you hold anyone responsible for being votes out or do you think of it as just a rational group decision?
Alex: I mean I don't hold anyone in particular responsible, that majority group made what they considered to be a smart decision. I don't think it was entirely smart LOL like I'm not the biggest strategic threat or social threat, but we'll see I guess.
The only thing that annoys me is that someone in that group is playing for 4th at the moment, but I guess they still have a chance to make a move in the next few rounds. It's just they're running out of people to make moves with LOL.
Jhon: Wanna name who you think is playing for fourth then?
Alex: My guess given the current circumstances would be Jimmy. The other 3 have probably all been together since the original Sidelined tribe and are gonna go to the end together.
HOWEVER, I think it's a very likely possibility that (some1 already explained this in Ponderosa but I'll repeat) Vova/Jimmy flip on Cole/Magnum at 5th to work with the survivor of Bryan/Ricardo. If that's the case, Jimmy has a great shot at winning. Vova has no shot tho RIP, his only chance was flipping last round because Cole/Magnum/Jimmy have the best chances at winning.
Jhon: Hm ok let's talk about your original tribe with people who were generally good at challenges. What did you think of them?
Alex: I liked being on a tribe where I wouldn't stand out for being good at challenges, so the concept was cool, but the people were just eh. Plus I think I was still the best at challenges anyways so it was just like whatever!!!!11
Kaitlyn is whiny as hell, Dewie is annoying, Dusty was irrelevant, and I liked James/Phil. Somehow we worked well together in challenges that required the whole tribe LOL i'm not sure how, but we managed to get sh*t done. I was so pissed at them when they took James out, and I wanted to get the rest of them out LOL, but I was honestly kind of surprised/upset when I was the only one left at merge. It was just one option of people to work with that everyone had except for me, and being the last strength member put a lot of pressure on me I think.
Jhon: Do you think there's a reason we saw so many of your tribemates get picked off like they did?
Alex: Probably a combination of a lot of things
First and foremost just ending up in a bad spot when tribe swaps came around.
Also Dewie/Dusty/Kaitlyn were associated with the "Vet" group that everyone kept b*tching about, so they were targeted for a while because of that. And Phil just kinda keeps to himself it seems like, he wasn't really associated with the vets or the "new kids on the block" which just makes it hard to know where his head is at. Honestly I like the way Phil plays though. Magnum too. They weren't constantly messaging me when we were on different tribes trying to figure out everything that was happening. I'm like god be patient people.
Plus being "good at challenges" just scares people because they're gonna be like OH MY GOD THEY CAN WIN THEIR WAY TO THE END which is highly unlikely due to the wide variety of challenges, and it's not like everyone else is even BAD at challenges.
Jhon: Ok so at this point knowledge of the anti vet alliance is very common. What did you originally think of the alliance and the people who ended up being part of it?
Alex: I think the whole thing was pretty stupid LOL. Like I was never gonna say that to people who were in it because hey it was an alliance, but like the whole concept was just dumb. Maybe I'm just lacking knowledge on what makes someone a vet, but I was told that Enchilada was more of a vet than all of those people LOL yet he was the one forming it. Also at the very start it was literally a 12 person alliance PM which was just ridiculous, and clearly it didn't work since Joey was voted out next right after that before any vets LOL.
As individuals I liked everyone in it except for Enchilada, and I think I managed to work well with the rest of those people. It was kind of just a far fetched idea that ended up being taken more seriously than it ever should have been in my opinion.
Jhon: Hmmm if this alliance isn't created and a swap still happens, who would you try/look to work with?
Alex: Like back at the first swap? I honestly liked where I was at after the first swap LOL, I was with like Phil/Briq/Vova/Bryan. Phil was a solid guy, I wish he had made it farther because I trusted him a lot.
Honestly I got to work with everyone that I wanted to at some point in this game except for Joey but oh well. In an ideal world I guess Stan wouldn't have gotten idoled out during the swaps, I think he could've been a valuable ally at the merge unless he was aligned with the rest of those sidelined losers. I'm just glad I got to work with Bryan I'm obsessed with him in a totally non creepy way<3333
Jhon: Yeah who doesn't love Bryan tbh. So then fast forward to the merge and we're things smooth sailing with getting Ashley and co. out or did you humour the possibility of flipping the game around and working with them?
Alex: I definitely considered working with Ashley/Jimmy/Alaina, like Ashley and Jimmy totally did me a huge solid by not throwing the challenges after Stan got out. I knew I was on the chopping block with Bryan, but it would've been me out first no question. So at that first merge tribal myself/Bryan/Ricardo were given the chance to flip, but it just didn't happen. I think we were all scared of being the person to be like K WE'RE FLIPPING so we all just blamed not wanting to flip on each other. Looking back maybe that would've been a better decision seeing as myself/Bryan/Ricardo were the minority in the last vote, but who knows. I don't think Ashley's side had any sense of a personal relationship to me, they didn't want me for me, they wanted me because they thought I would be the most likely to flip. So I guess I feel satisfied that I at least stuck with the people who pretended they cared about me (even tho the other side totally just wanted me for a number too lmao)
Jhon: After the first few votes, what was your gameplan for the rest of the game? How did you plan to get to the end?
Alex: Ok well initially after Alaina/Ashley were taken out, I was in a chat that was the Tonga/Bermuda people, and also one with Bermuda + Magnum
I was at camp during this round so I wasn't able to compete in immunity, and I didn't get to strategize too much, but I just assumed Enchilada would be going because that was the plan from beforehand. Then I heard that I was being targeted and I was SHOCKED because I trusted Briq and Tom a lot at that point. I survived, and then we voted Briq out and I was like k this is easy. I was with Ricardo/Cole/Magnum/Jimmy and Vova had voted with us on the Briq vote which seemed suspicious but I was happy at the time.
Then Tom and Vova came to me/Bryan/Ricardo about how we were each other's best shot at winning, and they showed me stuff about Cole targeting me so I was like ok I'll join this group. In the back of my mind I didn't trust them because Tom/Vova had just voted me out before, but it seemed like a smart decision if the numbers were there. I knew Cole/Magnum/Jimmy were closer to each other than me, I just didn't have any other options beforehand. SO if that vote had gone through, Tom/Vova/Bryan/Ricardo/me would've had majority, and then I could've stayed in the middle for a few rounds between Tom/Vova and Cole/Magnum. Ricardo/Bryan and I probably would've been a tight 3 and made it to the end if that had all worked out.
BUT ALAS, Vova wasn't with us that round, Jimmy stayed, Tom left, and I left right after. I was hoping I could go on an immunity run, but then the challenge was something that I physically could not win so I had to try strategy which was never my strength!!!!
Jhon: Do you think an immunity run was the only way you would have been able to make it to the end?
Also, biggest jury threat as well as biggest jury goat at the moment?
Alex: After Tom was voted out, an immunity run was probably the easiest way LOL which says a lot. I think maybe if I had at least won a few challenges, the game might have been shaken up enough for me to slide back into a good position, but that didn't happen
Biggest jury threat: I'd say either Jimmy or Bryan. Jimmy is the ultimate underdog at this point, and compared to his alliance members is the best. Cole is f*cking annoying, Magnum doesn't speak to people, and Vova is Vova. And then for Bryan he's just super likable and cute which could get a few votes for him regardless of how he plays if he makes it to the end LOL. I'm trying to vote based on gameplay but if Bryan makes it that might be hard ugh.
Biggest goat: Vova. I just don't really think he's playing that great of a game, he's chosen to align himself with people who come across as much more strategic players, and he's just burning bridges at this point. He could perhaps beat Ricardo and Bryan in finals, but I don't see a scenario in which they make it together.
Jhon: Ok well finish with word association on the following people:
Cole
Magnum
Vova
Ricardo
Jimmy
Bryan
Briq
Tom
Alex: Cole - annoying af
Magnum - quiet
Vova - fake
Ricardo - calculated
Jimmy - underdog
Bryan - CUTEHOTFUNNYNICEPERFECTUGH
Briq - arrogant
Tom - chill
Jhon: Cool, thanks for taking your time to do this interview with me! See ya at FTC!
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Post by Jhonmarco on Aug 27, 2015 1:50:07 GMT -5
Interview with Juror #7: RicardoJhon: After close ally Alex was voted out, Ricardo was soon to follow suit. Welcome to the show Ricardo!
Ricardo: Thank you for having me.
Jhon: So Ricardo relatively fresh voteoff, with your biggest ally going, did you expect it or were you under the impression someone else was going?
Ricardo: I 100% expected it, to the point where I pmed everyone in the game good luck before I left, no one even humored me with the thought of it could be someone else.
Jhon: Let's take this back to the start of the game and you were on a tribe that originally never saw TC. What kind of alliances did you have set up then?
Ricardo: I reached out to Bryan and made a we won't vote for each other deal with him which lasted the entire game. I reached out to Jimmy and Ashley reached out to me and Ashley talked me into a 4 person alliance with Alaina, Jimmy, her and me. And Joey sent an all-guy alliance of Bryan, Jimmy, him, and me, but Joey I don't think he did any talking and Bryan and I didn't think Jimmy was in and was going to be loyal to A&A.
Jhon: Do you think it's fair to assume Joey would have been an early boot then had you guys seen TC?
Ricardo: I would think so, granted no one should ever assume anything, but I would of pushed for Joey since he only did the last challenge and before that he didn't do one and considering Ashley, Alaina, and Jimmy were set as a 3, I would doubt they would care enough to target someone else since if they survive the first tribal, then they were set for any other possible tribal we could of been to with 3 of 5.
Jhon: What other alliances did you have aside from your original tribe, if any? How did the swap work out for you and your alliances?
Ricardo: I was offered F3 by Cole of Alex, Cole, and me as soon as the cast was set I was planning to work with James and Tom, but sadly James got voted out before swap, but because of his blindside, (and Kenny's as well from what I heard) the anti-vets was made and on Hanh 2.0 it was Cole, Mags, Tom, Stan, and I. The swap work out perfectly for me because I also was on Hanh 2.0 with Ashley and Jimmy so I got to play the double agent and swing vote and Joey and Kaitlyn were voted out, the 2 people I had no ties to so I still had options moving forward.
Jhon: Feelings or thoughts on the anti vet alliance? How were you approached?
Ricardo: I mean I can't knock the anti-vets since it was a major factor for me making it way further in the game than I ever thought going in, but I would of loved to see if the 6 of us (Cole, E, Alex, Phil, Tom, and Me) could of work out as a group before E added everyone else though I doubt it, but I would of loved to have seen it. Since Cole and E started it I was legit added in as on of the first 6 since I was connected to Alex and Cole so I was like "Oh okay, hopefully this means that I can stick around a bit longer".
Jhon: Was there anyone you felt shakey/unsure of in that alliance?
Ricardo: Within the anti-vets I figured there was an alliance within it and it was an attempt, that work, in getting all the people not with anyone to be on their side so I would say everyone within the anti-vets I felt unsure of in some way in terms of how long would they keep me so that's why I wanted to flip once the merge hit.
Jhon: Speaking of that then, what happened there? Why did you not flip like you mentioned you wanted to? What was your original plan once the merge hit?
Ricardo: At first my plan was to wait and see, because if the anti-vets did roll shop on them then with 9 left I was a usable swing vote, but I wanted to flip because I thought they would target Ashley, Alaina, and Jimmy before me, but due to my actions on Hanh 2.0 I saw no reason as to why they would believe me if can to them wanting to flip so I waited for them to come to me which Ashley did, then when she said she had Bryan down, I saw the chance and I was trying to convince Alex, but Alex wanted to talk to Bryan because he didn't want to flip down 6-5 so I left them to it and in the end Alex was telling me that Bryan was not responding and only mentioned wanting to switch votes with Alex so that Alex would vote for Ashley and Bryan Alaina and when Ashley pmed Alex and I like an hour before votes were due saying she was playing the idol I thought they didn't have Bryan and Alex and I knew we had to vote with the anti-vets, but even then I was hoping that Bryan was with them and was going to vote with them because the plan was 5-4-3, but since Bryan swapped his vote with Alex from Ashley to Alaina maybe he was going to vote for E instead of Alaina making E go with 4 votes, and the chance to flip next round was still there for me, but it didn't happen.
Jhon: So after the first two merge votes, we see some pretty good blindside in Enchilada and then Briq. What role did you play in these moves?
Ricardo: I have to give credit to Cole and Magnum for the E vote, they flip on E, Tom and Briq and since Alex was the target Alex and I of course went with Cole and Mags, Jimmy said he was voting E and I'm sure they used that, so ironically Briq was the one that got Bryan to vote E since Briq said in a pm for a Bermuda-Tonga alliance which he said was to get Alex, Bryan, and I not to flip he said E as was our target which is why Bryan voted for E as far as I know.
For the Briq vote really it was simply since Cole, Alex, Magnum, Jimmy, and I already were already going to go after Tom or Briq, Tom won immunity so it was Briq, and always was going to be Briq especially since I didn't hear anything trying to get me to flip besides Tom telling me he was voting for Jimmy which I told Bryan to do since I didn't want to leak any info to Bryan since I didn't want to draw any attention to Bryan and I having anything so that vote was kinda straight forward.
Jhon: After those two votes and Tom goes home, what happens that leads to Alex going home? After that vote, wsd it game over for you or did you think you could still worm your way into some other deals?
Ricardo: Pretty much after Tom was voted out Alex, Bryan, and I were the outsiders since we voted Jimmy, and Alex has his comp. beast reputation hence him being targeted which kinda makes me a bit annoyed at how the F7 comp. was alliance based, but then I would of probably gone that round instead instead of Alex though. After Alex was voted out I tried making getting Cole to flip on Mags and offered Jimmy F3 with Bryan and me, but once I lost out to Bryan for the immunity I pretty much was told, no by everyone since F6 rocks is not the ideal time to flip unlike F5 which Magnum just getting voted out by everyone. Jhon: Alright so looking back at your game any regrets? Ricardo: I regret many things I did in this game, but the most noteworthy things that I regret were: Not talking with Bryan more Not being able to flip F12 with Ashley, Alaina, and Jimmy, I would of been very interested in seeing how that played out Probably trusting Cole a bit too much, but that's biased of the end result and making the fake vote, because as soon as I sent it, I realized that I've gone overboard in trying to win(Not to mention it was a stupid idea in the first place), and that I veered from prioritizing my own self-enjoyment in this game But overall I have to learn from it and move on Jhon: Who is the biggest jury threat left in the game? Biggest goat? Ricardo: Honestly Jimmy is the biggest jury threat to win, and sadly I've been thinking of Bryan as the goat however there's still a chance for any of them to win. Jhon: Alright cool, word association for the following: Bryan Cole Magnum Vova Jimmy Enchilada Alex Ashley Ricardo: Bryan- Amazing Cole- Headstrong Magnum- Smart Vova- Instinctive Jimmy- Honest Enchilada- Driven Alex- Chill Ashley- Persuasive Jhon: Awesome, thanks! See you at FTC!
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Post by Jhonmarco on Sept 3, 2015 20:58:01 GMT -5
Interview with Juror #8: Magnum
Jhon: Played all the way back in season 3 and went on to be a major power player this entire season, welcome to the show Magnum!
Magnum: Thanks buddy. Cool to talk to you again. Yeah, I didn't do much on season 3 so I'm glad I was able to get involved more game play wise this season.
Jhon: What was your plan going into this season? Play a more dominant and aggressive game?
Magnum: I just wanted to play better than I did last time tbh. I had like two allies and I didn't really talk to many people. I didn't wanna make the same mistake so I hit like 3-4 people up on the first day and just went from there. I honestly wasn't expecting to do that well. I just assumed everyone had pregame alliances and I figured no one would trust me/work with me after coming off a BB win. I also wanted to win my first immunity challenge, but it wasn't to be haha.
Jhon: Who were these 3-4 people? Also, once you see the tribes and the one you're on? Thoughts? How'd you feel about playing with Cole and Vova so soon after BB?
Magnum: I messaged Briq, Stan, Enchilada. Vova messaged me, which was cool because I was planning on working with him anyway. I messaged Briq first because he offered to have my back on Survivor when he was trying to get me to take him to the end of BB. He suggested working with Stan and Enchilada if I remember correctly. I wasn't sure about Stan because I kinda screwed him over on our original season, but he was pretty open to working with me which was cool.
I was happy as f*ck when the tribes were announced because I knew I had Stan and Vova at that point. It was easy to pull Cole in at that point because we all worked together previously. I was kinda nervous about working with them after BB (more so Cole tbh because of how everything went down on BB. I knew Vova would be loyal), but I knew I could trust them for at least the early part of the game. Honestly, I was pretty wary of Cole throughout the entire season all the way up to the end, but he was actually pretty loyal which was surprising lol.
Jhon: So you never expected you and cole to work as well as you guys did on this season?
Magnum: Not at all. I really didn't talk to Cole much outside of our big alliances until Stan went. Then all of a sudden we started working together pretty closely and he became my number 1 ally. We were just on the same page with pretty much everything strategically. After Stan left I told him that I didn't wanna go to F6 with Briq/Tom/E and he agreed, and from that point on we started gaming hard as f*ck to get them out before then.
Jhon: Ok, but to backtrack a bit after the original tribes dissolve and we have a swap, we get the formation of a pretty big alliance here. How were you approached for the antivet alliance and what did you think about it?
Magnum: Briq brought it up to me first I think (When they were voting out Kenny I think). He said something like "there's a mutual agreement between all the vets". And then like right before the swap, Cole mentioned there being a Vets alliance between Dewie/Ashley/Dusty/Alaina/Jimmy/Kaitlyn. At first I was nervous about it, but after they started the 12 way PM, I felt pretty good because I knew I'd be safe for at least a few votes with the target on the vets. I never had anything against them, but I wasn't working with them so I didn't see a reason to go against it. I was actually doing my best to keep the target on them at all times, which was kinda tough.
Jhon: In what ways did you make sure the target was always on the vets? Examples?
Magnum: I would just always reinforce the fact that they're dangerous and we can't let them slip by. Throughout the game people would try to jump the gun and make moves against people within the anti vets alliance. When I was on a tribe with Dewie/Dusty/Tom/Vova, Vova really didn't wanna vote out Dewie and didn't agree until like the very last minute. Then after Dewie went, everyone was terrified that Dusty had an idol so someone (might've been Cole, don't remember) suggested that I turn on Tom, which I didn't wanna do at all. Then after the merge, Ashley approached Briq/Expert and Briq was actually considering working with her (I was shocked tbh lol), I said something like "She's won twice, we can't let her slip by". And then the week Expert went out, I tried to push for Jimmy to go, but they just wouldn't agree. So we voted out E that week when we weren't planning to.
Jhon: Was there a lot of dysfunction in that big alliance then? Anyone in that alliance you didn't trust much/at all?
Magnum: Yup. I didn't trust like half the alliance haha. The only people I really trusted were Stan, Cole, Vova, and Briq. And I honestly didn't trust Cole that much at that point either. Joey was voted out because nobody trusted him. I honestly didn't want Joey to go that week, but everyone said he was with Ashley and we were terrified of a vet playing an idol, so we blindsided him. Turns out he voted with us lol.
Then I think the next week, Briq's tribe was scared that Bryan/Phil/Alex would flip to the vets, so I ended up throwing the challenge for them (this was the week we got rid of Kaitlyn I think). Stan's week was also hectic from what I remember. We were all paranoid that Bryan/Alex would flip on him. Turns out they didn't, but he got idoled out anyway lol. Then they formed a fake Bermuda/Tonga alliance because they were nervous about Alex/Bryan/Ricardo flipping. Basically, nobody trusted anyone haha. Which is expected in such a big alliance.
Jhon: So then after the first two merge votes, we get a huge blindside. Talk to me about the enchilada move and you're part in it.
Magnum: So pretty much right after Stan left, Cole and I agreed to make a move against the three strategists before Final 6. We were gonna wait until after all the vets were gone, so we really wanted Jimmy out that week. In the meantime, Tom and Expert (and even Vova from what I remember) were pushing hard for Alex to be voted out that week. We were really rooting for Alex to win that immunity haha. As soon as the challenge ended and Alex lost, they (Tom/E) said "Alright, everyone's on board with Alex, right?", we said nah, Jimmy should go. They didn't agree, so we pulled the trigger.
We went to Alex/Ricardo, told them that Briq/E/Tom were gonna vote him out and we weren't on board with it. At that point, they were already voting out Expert because the fake Bermuda/Tonga alliance agreed on that. Then we went to Jimmy, told him what was going down (to gain his trust). So yeah, we pretty much orchestrated all of that. In hindsight, it's probably better that we did it when we did, because Ricardo/Alex ended up flipping on us and Jimmy had our back (well, up until he voted me out)
Jhon: So after that we also we see Briq get sent home and Tom to follow suit. Did you start to think your reputation was starting to get too good for a jury to see? How did you plan to combat people wanting to vote you out because you'd be a threat to win at the end?
Magnum: I just really trusted Cole and Vova tbh. We would always talk about how we didn't care which one of us won at the end, as long as we got there together lol. I was probably foolish to believe that, but whatever. I got a little nervous towards the end because people started bringing up jury votes and everyone seemed to think I had a bunch of votes locked up. I honestly didn't think I did at all. As far as how I combated it, I just basically disagreed whenever people said I had votes lol. Not much you can really say. I tried to tell them that Briq/Expert/Tom were all pissed at me for turning on them and there was no way I was gonna get their votes.
Also, they didn't really give me a chance to argue my case the last week. They basically blindsided me. Vova told me after the deadline when Nate was about to read the votes. No one else told me anything.
Jhon: Hm, looking at all the votes who was the hardest person to vote off?
Magnum: Briq was the toughest probably. He was my first ally in the game and he was really loyal to me, and I ended up blindsiding him which was a pretty messed up thing to do lol (I wasn't intending to. I messaged him literally right before the votes were read, and he didn't see it until after he was officially voted out). Alex was also a hard vote for me because he was always really nice and he got f*cked over pretty bad on the challenge. I felt bad after voting for Dewie because he was really cool to me too, Dusty as well. A lot of the votes were tough tbh.
Jhon: Awww you're so nice Mags haha.
So now that we're down to 4 and you've spent a lot of time with them, thoughts? Who has the best shot to win? Who has the worst shot to win?
Magnum: Lol.
Well I'm 100% on the Cole bandwagon right now. I just think he's played the best strategically and put the most effort into the game. I really like Vova, but I don't think he played a great game tbh. I can't think of one move he orchestrated and he still managed to piss a lot of people off lol. I hope he convinces me otherwise at the Finale because I'd love to vote for him. Bryan flipped the game on me, so I have to give him a lot of credit there. Jimmy took advantage of opportunities, but I really don't know much about his game tbh. He did get me to trust him, so I'll give him that.
I really have no idea where the jury stands right now. From what I can tell, they seem to give Cole some credit for his game but a lot of them are bashing him as well, so I'm not sure what's gonna happen. Game play wise, Cole had more influence on the game than anyone. It's not even really close in that department. Bryan was a really nice guy and everyone seems to like him, so he's gotta be up there as well. And if Jimmy gets to the end, you can pencil in 2 votes for him automatically (Ashley/Alaina), but he's really gonna have a lot of explaining to do for the rest of us I think. Anything can happen I guess. It should make for an entertaining finish.
Jhon: Was meant to ask this earlier, but had Cole not win immunity, do you think you still would've been voted out or were you always going to be voted out this round?
Magnum: I wish I knew haha. Everything came out of nowhere tbh. One day I'm all excited that Cole won immunity and we were probably going to the Final 3, and then all of a sudden right before the deadline Vova told me I was being voted out. He said that he wanted Cole to lose and didn't wanna vote me out, but then Cole voted with them so I really don't completely understand what happened. Maybe they all agreed that I was a jury threat and wanted me gone. In fact, I think I'm gonna ask that question at FTC because I'm pretty curious tbh. I know Jimmy played a big part in it, as well as Bryan obviously. But it's a mystery to me for the most part.
Jhon: Alright getting close to wrapping this up, but any regrets looking back?
Magnum: Not winning an immunity is probably my biggest regret. But I really had no control over that, I just wasn't that good at challenges lol. Had I won this previous one I may have had a real shot at winning it all. I also regret not letting Briq no in advance that he was going. Outside of that, everything I did made sense at the time and I don't know if I could've done anything differently.
Jhon: Let's finish with word association here:
Cole
Vova
Jimmy
Bryan
Briq
Stan
Enchilada
Tom
Magnum: Cole - Shrewd operator. I don't think anyone strategized/gamed harder lol. Really good ally/friend, but sh*t...he was always in game mode. Made it tough to trust him at times.
Vova - Trustworthy. He was always honest with me. I know other people are pissed that he voted them out, but he had my back almost the entire time.
Jimmy - Underdog. Seems like that's the game he's playing. If he gets to the end, it'll have been against all odds. I just don't know how much influence he had though, which is why it'd be tough to vote for him.
Bryan - Extremely Likable. He was definitely put on the right tribe. Can't say the same for everyone else on the social tribe lol. I also think he had a lot to do with me going, so major props there.
Briq - Great all around player (Sorry, it's really tough to come up with just 1 word for these haha). Strategically he's one of the best, everyone seems to like him a lot as well. Really could've won the game if a few things went differently.
Stan - Cool. Maybe the coolest guy on the site. Pretty much everyone liked him, and rightfully so. I really think he had a great shot if he didn't get idoled out. Hell, I was willing to take him to the end and lose to him lol.
Enchilada - Aggressive. He changed the game with the Anti-vets alliance. I know some people seemed to think he didn't have much control/influence, but if he got to the end I very well might have voted for him. The anti-vets thing was the biggest move of the game, hands down.
Tom - Overlooked. I didn't know him at all before the game. When he first approached me I thought he was really nice/cool, didn't expect much from him game wise. Then we got on that tribe with Dusty/Dewie/Vova and he started gaming HARD. Coming up with outlandish strategies and sh*t. Then he damn near flipped the game the week he went out. Aggressive player for sure.
My bad for making this so long lol. I kinda wanted to explain myself a little, because it's tough to come up with just one word.
Jhon: No problem haha, thanks! See you at FTC!
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Post by Jhonmarco on Sept 8, 2015 21:43:19 GMT -5
Interview with Juror #9: ColeJhon: Went out just before the merge his first time around and this time arguably one of the more talked about players of the game. Ran the game for a while, but wasn't enough to make the end. Welcome to the show Cole!
Cole: Well thanks for having me Jhon! Sucks that you couldn't be interviewing me after I got the W but with the way I played, I was bound to get figured out eventually. Let's get this show on the road because I know you got questions and I'm itching to answer them.
Jhon: So coming into this game and being a premerge boot, did you feel like you had a lot more to prove than most? Did you do any pregame planning and/or alliances?
Cole: Yes. 100% yes. I felt like my time in Bermuda was cut far too short. I feel like that was my game to win. Not trying to sound like completely cocky or anything, but that's just how I felt. When I was voted out, by my BFF no less, I was devastated because I thought my chances for All Stars were just shattered right there. But luckily, Nate gave me another shot and I ran with it and feel like I proved that I could hold my own.
I had a pregame alliance with Stan and Joey. Stan was gonna be my number 1 throughout the game. I never really trusted Joey due to him having some weird vendetta against me for God knows why. I also had a final 3 deal with E and Tom. That was just kind of thrown together, but I ended up really liking those guys. I was worried that they were playing me because like why would you make a final 3 deal with two people you just met? But it ended up getting me farther so I gotta give it up to them. I talked to Briq a little bit pre-game. I think I may have had a little exchange with James. That was about it as far as pre-gaming went.
Jhon: Hmmm interestingly enough, you started on a tribe with a few people you played BB with. Did this help or hurt you? What did ya think of your tribe at the time?
Cole: I think I lucked out with the starting tribe I was put on. I had my ride or die Stan with me, along with 2 people who were part of my alliance in BB, and 2 people from my original Survivor season. So I immediately knew that I definitely wasn't gonna be the first or second boot. I immediately connected with Magnum, Vova, and Stan and we formed the Chu Tu 4, or Tropical Flavor as we like to call ourselves. I know a GOAT name. Had I been on a tribe with say Dewie or Kenny or Ashley, I would've been very intimidated and I might not've made it as far as I did. I guess sometimes being on the sidelines really pays off.
Jhon: So you go to 2 early TCs and then you enter a swap, common knowledge that a huge alliance was formed at this point that would control a big part of the game. What did you think when you were approached about this alliance?
Cole: When this alliance idea was brought up by E, I thought it would be a huge disaster that would blow up in our face. I liked what we were doing with the group that we had. I didn't think we had to branch out and make everyone be part of this thing. Although the idea behind protecting it was good. We thought, whoever flipped on this alliance would be the next one to go. IDK I reluctantly agreed, but I thought it was funny that we had a 12 person alliance lol. It ended up kind of working out for us because we all established a common enemy. The "vets". The talk of the town was that they were together, and IDK if that was true or not, but it was nice to finally take out the people who always run these games.
Jhon: Did you talk to the vets at all in the game, especially before the formation of this alliance?
Also, what were the dynamics like of the alliance? Who were your closest allies? People you didn't trust?
Cole: Yes, I talked to the vets. I tried to infiltrate them as much as I can. I especially talked to Ashley, even when I knew she was playing me. I tried to play up my noobiness and kiss her a** a lot, and I honestly think that helped me haha. I kinda spoke to Dewie and Dusty before they got the bootski, but other than that, I didn't really talk to any of the vets. Ash I had approached before I even knew about the vets alliance (whether it was real or not).
It was very clear that for some reason, people didn't trust Bryan, Alex, and Phil. And I mean I guess they had good reason to. I was pretty trusting of everyone in this crazy a** alliance, especially Stan, Tom, and E. I hadn't really talked much one-on-one with my main squeeze Magnum at this point. Phil was tight with Ashley, and they must've thought that Bryan and Alex would side with Ash and Dewie respectively just because they were on starting tribes with them. I'm not even sure if that was the reason, my memory on the matter was pretty hazy due to how ridiculous I thought it was that they would flip on us. But Bryan ended up being a double agent for them, like myself, and IDK I think Alex was with us the whole way. The top 7 were definitely me, Mags, Stan, Vova, Tom, E, and Briq. At that point, no one was gonna break us up.
Jhon: The last part is ironic, because you guys obviously were broken up early in the merge. What happened there? Were there any doubts that people would try to instantly flip once the merge hit with Ashley/Jimmy/Alaina left?
Cole: Not really. At this point, Stan was gone so I had to scramble to find a new #1. That ended up being Magnum. We collaborated on what we were gonna do and we decided that we couldn't wait until the final 6 and hope that we could flip one of them on our side. We decided our plans at the final 8 were to convince them that we were splitting the votes between Alex and Ricardo, when in reality, me, Magnum, Alex, and Ricardo would've voted out Briq. But then they were pushing really hard to get rid of Alex instead of Jimmy, which would've really thrown a wrench into my plans. I had to act fast. I used my newly-made bond with Magnum to convince him that this is what we needed to do. We knew how Jimmy was gonna vote, we knew Briq was telling Alex, Ricardo, and Bryan to vote for E because they wanted to throw them off of our final 6 alliance. So we used that and then just jumped ship. It's not what I wanted to do at first, but it ended up working out for me in the long run and I'm glad I made that move. Me and Mags figured Vova would stick with them over the two of us at the final 6, so that made our decision easier.
Jhon: Was it easy to choose Magnum as your #2? What was your relationship prior to that?
Cole: We had never talked one-on-one really before the merge. IDK how we got so close in the short amount of time that we did. Probably had something to do with us being in Tropical Flavor together. I knew I had to act fast, so I told him about my final three with E and Tom. I kinda lucked out in him not wanting to tell anyone else. He revealed to me that he had a tight side alliance with Briq, and that's when I immediately knew I could trust him. Things fell where they did, we both had similar ways we wanted to play the game, and we went with it. He was fantastic to have.
Jhon: Was he in your endgame plans? Let's talk about what your plan was moving forward from the final 5 and so on.
Cole: Well, I knew I had no shot at winning against him, but part of me still wanted to remain loyal to Chu Tu. Cause like how awesome would it be if three people who were labeled "Sidelined" were in the final three? The other part of me wanted to get him out at 5, but I never really expected Jimmy to flip and join me and Bryan for that vote. I definitely didn't expect Vova to flip. Once I heard that they were both flipping, I had to as well just to potentially save face. But I knew I had no shot if I didn't win immunity at the final 4. But I tried my damn hardest. I tried to use Vova's loyalty against him by telling him that he'd be a huge A**HOLE if he voted me out after being together the whole game. I tried telling him he had no shot at winning, which I genuinely thought until I was gone and realized he's actually played a solid game. I even tried to tell Bryan that I was gay. Made a heartfelt coming out story up just so I could attempt to get his vote. If that lie would've worked, it would've been GOAT lol. But once Vova told me he was voting me out, I knew I was a goner. Sucks too because I think I played the second best game out here behind Mags. I would've rather lost to Magnum in the final 3 than be here talking to you after getting voted out right before FTC.
Jhon: Do you think you would have been a target had you not won immunity and Bryan/Vova/Jimmy did?
Cole: Eh. IDK really. I think Magnum is better at challenges than I am, even though he didn't win one this season. So maybe they would've taken me over him? IDK. I feel like they could've just flipped a coin honestly. I'm not completely sure if they knew that Magnum was a better player than me, but he definitely was. I was targeted by Alex/Ricardo/Bryan so maybe I would've gotten the boot. IDK. I feel like I've said IDK like 400 times in this response, but I honestly do not know what would've happened.
Jhon: Now that we're down to this final 3, is there anyone you currently have a preference voting for without hearing their answers to jury questions yet? Who do you think is gonna have the hardest time convincing the jury to vote for them?
Cole: I think Jimmy's gonna have to really dig deep at FTC if he wants to win this game. In my opinion, he floated. Plain and simple. And I think that was his strategy. It worked because he's in the final 3, but that's no winning strategy. I was dead-set on not voting for Vova, but I gotta give the dude props. The more time I have to think about it, the more I realize that his social game was immaculate. I don't think Bryan was ever a contender to get my vote, but he may change it if he blows me away with his answers. I was gonna vote for Jimmy after I was voted off. I really was. That's cause I was bitter about how the others played. Calming down now, I feel like Vova deserves this win. But we'll see. In BB I was gonna vote for Magnum "for sure", but Briq convinced me with how he answered questions at the finale. Ya never know.
Jhon: Any regrets looking back at your game or moves you made?
Cole: I really wish I was able to get tighter with Bryan. We never really talked much, even after the merge, but I think we could've been a surprising duo that no one really expected. I also wish I hadn't tipped Ashley off about how Stan was gonna vote when we had that second tribe swap. I feel like the game would've been so different if Stan had made the merge, and it probably wouldn't be best for me so I guess in hindsight I'm glad I did that. I also regret the way I treated Tom and Alex on their way out. I was acting like I was some almighty God and they had to bow before me to gain my acceptance. I was acting like the Godfather when I should've just been real with them lol. I don't have any other regrets besides that. I think I played a great game so it's alright with me I guess.
Jhon: Word association for the following:
Magnum
Ashley
Vova
Bryan
Stan
Jimmy
Enchilada
Alex
Cole: Magnum - Loyal
Ashley - Liar
Vova - Homie
Bryan - Hilarious
Stan - Homie #2
Jimmy - Floater
Enchilada - Hella homie as well.
Alex - Nice f*cking guy. Like how could you not like Alex?!?!?!?!!!!111111111
Jhon: Thanks for this and can't wait to see what you bring at the FTC!
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Post by Bryan on Sept 9, 2015 0:21:52 GMT -5
Cole - scrub Ashley - don't know much about her but she seems cool Kaitlyn - b*tch Bryan - awesome as f*ck Jimmy - cool fella Alania - no comment Stan - f*ckboy Omg I literally slayed you in my confessional I feel so bad I was just momentarily angry pls don't hate me
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Post by briqsquad on Sept 9, 2015 0:46:59 GMT -5
Kaitlyn- Kaitlyn is Kaitlyn. Love to be on her good side and shes a good friend. She can be annoying to people who she doesn't like but it's funny. Kenny- Bitter doucher Outlast- Kenny's scapegoat Briq - Likes to ride coat tails.Dewie- Funny, Smart at these games, good guy but can be a jacka**, probably going to win this season. Enchilda- Spazzy psycho. LOLOL shouldve done your homework and read my original season.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 0:49:20 GMT -5
Spazzy physco lol. Good use of words there
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Post by Coke on Sept 9, 2015 0:57:02 GMT -5
Alright love this game. Alex- I think Alex is a stand up guy and I was really hoping to get to play with him this time around. He's like my rival for, Bermuda but I respect his gameplay and I think he can totally win again Cole- eh. He's like scrappy doo. He isn't scooby doo but tries really hard to be him. He was pre-merge last time and I think that kills him. But hopefully his move will work out for him( calling it now it won't) Lizzie- I think I said enough about her, but she's the biggest snake in the game. She has a way of lying to you and them trying to play the victim. It's annoying but works for her. But I' m done with her. No way she's winning. She's her own worst enemy (and by he end of this game she'll have a lot) Stan- I think he's the real threat here. I think he's got cole wrapped around his finger, and that's a hell of a thing. Someone desperately trying to do better hell do what you say. I think he's trying to hard to be the villain. Expect a Russell showing out of him. Vova- I expected more from his legacy. But then again. I wasn't around to see much. I actually wanted to work with him too. Magnum- I think he's playing as quiet as possible...literally. We spoke maybe two words to each other. Ricardo- another good guy I'm sad I can't play with. He was great to discuss strategy with at ponderosa in Bermuda. I think he'll have a great second showing. THIS IS WHY I CANT HELP BUT FALL IN LOVE WITH EARLY BOOTS/ROBBED GODS LIKE KYLE AND DAQUAN
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Post by Jhonmarco on Sept 9, 2015 0:59:57 GMT -5
I still think it's hilarious Lizzie is the only one I never got to interview. Robbed g.oddess <3
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Post by Joey on Sept 9, 2015 9:49:26 GMT -5
Cole - scrub Ashley - don't know much about her but she seems cool Kaitlyn - b*tch Bryan - awesome as f*ck Jimmy - cool fella Alania - no comment Stan - f*ckboy Omg I literally slayed you in my confessional I feel so bad I was just momentarily angry pls don't hate me It's okay, still love you boo <3
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 10:43:38 GMT -5
Srsly tho no one could fix my name?
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Post by Bryan on Sept 9, 2015 10:54:41 GMT -5
Omg I literally slayed you in my confessional I feel so bad I was just momentarily angry pls don't hate me It's okay, still love you boo <3 I LOVE YOU TOO IM SORRY FOR THE WORDS I SPOKE LMAO
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Post by Jacob on Sept 9, 2015 15:15:28 GMT -5
wow tbh i'm glad that every1 said i'm chill and nice
THX FOR NOT HATING ME TEAM
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Post by briqsquad on Sept 9, 2015 21:45:56 GMT -5
wow tbh i'm glad that every1 said i'm chill and nice THX FOR NOT HATING ME TEAM Arrogant huh?
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Post by ESchro09 on Sept 13, 2015 21:15:04 GMT -5
Kaitlyn- Kaitlyn is Kaitlyn. Love to be on her good side and shes a good friend. She can be annoying to people who she doesn't like but it's funny. Kenny- Bitter doucher Outlast- Kenny's scapegoat Briq - Likes to ride coat tails.Dewie- Funny, Smart at these games, good guy but can be a jacka**, probably going to win this season. Enchilda- Spazzy psycho. LOLOL shouldve done your homework and read my original season. Too lazy and didn't care enough
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2015 22:07:21 GMT -5
LOLOL shouldve done your homework and read my original season. Too lazy and didn't care enough That explains your placement
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Post by ESchro09 on Sept 13, 2015 22:33:29 GMT -5
Too lazy and didn't care enough That explains your placement I liked being voted out first that means people were afraid of me, but I remember when every other game I played with you.. You were that big.. Not for a good reason like that either
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2015 22:44:35 GMT -5
That explains your placement I liked being voted out first that means people were afraid of me, but I remember when every other game I played with you.. You were that big.. Not for a good reason like that either I'm not here to brag about the size of my penis. I'm here to tell you that you are bad now, and you should feel bad.
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