Survivor: Tonga - Final Tribal Council + Reunion

[Nate]

Final Tribal Council
Briqsquad vs. Vova

Briq and Vova walk into the tribal council area where Nate is waiting for them. They set their torches at the back and sit down over to the right.

We'll now bring in our completed jury...

The seven jurors walk into the tribal council area and sit down at their benches.

Tom, James, Cloudy, Bryan, Major, Kennyfan and Azri, voted out at the last tribal council. 

Welcome everyone to the final tribal council. Briq and Vova, you have made it the full thirty-nine days. You guys have fought hard to be here and have had a hand in voting at least some of these seven players out. But now the power shifts over to these seven eliminated players. Tonight, you two will give your pleas and the jurors will each get a chance to ask questions, make speeches or anything else they'd like in order to decide who they are going to vote to win this game. Before they do that, I am going to give each of you a chance to give an opening statement. Once your statements are posted, the jurors will be able to ask whatever they'd like, or speak about whatever they'd like until they have come to a decision. 

Briq and Vova, please make your speeches here now.

tsky429 @jamesfblake cloudy Bryan Major kennyfan Azri briqsquad violet vova

[violet vova]

Well let me first congratulate Briq for making it to the final. It's been a long journey for us. So here it goes:

Let's not act like I am not hated by mostly everyone in the jury. And all I can say is move on. There really isn't much for me to say. I've been doing my thing day in and day out. If you won't vote for me, oh well. If so, cool and thanks I'd really appreciate it. There is a handful of people here deciding who wins. And there is a handful of people that hate me because they were eliminated by someone who already was eliminated and had come back to the game. I can see why you guys are upset. But you guys have to move on, and if you're still holding personal grudges because of that then what am I gonna do? It's your choice and all you can do is let it go. I'm not gonna point any fingers at anyone because that's immature. But when you guys got voted and started to only attack me, did you guys forget that there was probably one or two other people that voted for you. Now this really isn't gonna change your minds because you guys don't like me that very much, but all I am saying is just move on and if not then SMDRQ. You shouldn't only be taking this game personal. If so, then you have issues. Me and Briq did our own thing to get to the final, and some of you may not agree with this, but I do. There is a reason you guys were voted out. And you guys apparently forget Survivor's motto: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast. These three things me and Briq did to get to the final. You guys are acting like I don't deserve it. And I can relate to that because everyone wants to win. It's just worked in our favor. Now, I know I probably won't change your mind about who to vote and who not to vote. But all I am saying is you should take in consideration on not what we did you to you, but how we got here and what we did in order to make it. Other than that I have nothing to say.

[briqsquad]

Wow, dont know where to start. First, I want to congratulate vova for making it this far, ironically if it wasnt for him I dont know if I would have been able to pull the moves that I did, thus resulting to where I am at right now. I also want to congratulate Nate for being an awesome host and arguably the best host on the site. Survivor Tonga was a crazy ride and I am glad I was apart of it.

Now, in order to play a winning game you must dominate three categories in this game. Its essential to be superior in strategy, social, and competitions in survivor. Strategically, I played the best game by far. Everything that happened from merge until now is exactly how I wanted it to play out. I played the cards that I was dealt with and I did it flawlessly. Socially, I was in an alliance and had made deals with the majority of the members. I was never a target once because I kept tabs on everyone and made sure that I was on there side. This allowed me to figure out who said what, who was lying to me or to my alliance; which helped me find my next target, which most likely left the next TC. Competitively I was solid. I didnt see my first TC until merge and I won the most important immunity challenge which allowed me to control my fate. Essentially, I didnt want to be exceptional in competitions for two reasons. One, I would put a target on my back and two, my social and strategical game were on point so I didnt really need to win, it didnt make sense to me to go all out in comps when I didnt need to.

When this game started, I only knew 3 people so I thought about making an alliance with all of the people on the UCs but James beat me to that. We controlled the game even though in every TC we were down in numbers until late into merge. Our alliance, the Tongan Mafia, faulted with a couple of blindsides but I had numbers regardless who was left and who wasnt.

I played a great game and I hope you can appreciate that. I got myself to the final two and the other guy who is sitting next to me is solely here because of me, and I’m not talking about picking him to sit next to me for the final two, but I’ll explain later while you drill me with your questions. I look forward to hearing from you guys soon.

[violet vova]

[Nate]

Jurors, feel free to make your speeches now...only rule is don't talk sh*t on my game.

[cloudy]

Congratulations both of you. While there was a lot of luck in both of your games I feel that both of you deserve to be at final tribal. My first question is for Briq.

At final seven why did you not take up my final four deal (Me, you, Azri, Major)? Even in hindsight, I feel it would have given you a much easier route to the end rather than relying on the idol of Vova to get rid of Bryan and a tied vote to get rid of Kennyfan. And don't say you didn't want Kennyfan gone. Otherwise you are just playing for jury votes.

[briqsquad]

Aug 28, 2014 18:00:55 GMT -5 cloudy said:

Congratulations both of you. While there was a lot of luck in both of your games I feel that both of you deserve to be at final tribal. My first question is for Briq.

At final seven why did you not take up my final four deal (Me, you, Azri, Major)? Even in hindsight, I feel it would have given you a much easier route to the end rather than relying on the idol of Vova to get rid of Bryan and a tied vote to get rid of Kennyfan. And don't say you didn't want Kennyfan gone. Otherwise you are just playing for jury votes.

My intention was to go to the final 3 with bryan and Kennyfan. I didnt take your offer because I simply did not trust you. It was a very good deal but you messaged bryan earlier wanting to take me out, so I had to get you before you got me. 

Bryan is one of my closest friend on this site and I knew he had the best chance of beating me. I knew vova had the idol and I knew he was going to blindside bryan but I didnt tell anyone because I knew I had to get Bryan out eventually, especially when I realized it was going to be a final 2 instead of a final 3.

My intention was to go to the final 3 with Kennyfan and vova so no matter what I would make the final two but azri won the immunity. I made it a tie so I didnt piss off vova or Kennyfan when I could have easily just voted one of them off, which technically I didn't. 

[cloudy]

Aug 28, 2014 18:14:56 GMT -5 briqsquad said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:00:55 GMT -5 cloudy said:

Congratulations both of you. While there was a lot of luck in both of your games I feel that both of you deserve to be at final tribal. My first question is for Briq.

At final seven why did you not take up my final four deal (Me, you, Azri, Major)? Even in hindsight, I feel it would have given you a much easier route to the end rather than relying on the idol of Vova to get rid of Bryan and a tied vote to get rid of Kennyfan. And don't say you didn't want Kennyfan gone. Otherwise you are just playing for jury votes.

My intention was to go to the final 3 with bryan and Kennyfan. I didnt take your offer because I simply did not trust you. It was a very good deal but you messaged bryan earlier wanting to take me out, so I had to get you before you got me. 

Bryan is one of my closest friend on this site and I knew he had the best chance of beating me. I knew vova had the idol and I knew he was going to blindside bryan but I didnt tell anyone because I knew I had to get Bryan out eventually, especially when I realized it was going to be a final 2 instead of a final 3.

My intention was to go to the final 3 with Kennyfan and vova so no matter what I would make the final two but azri won the immunity. I made it a tie so I didnt piss off vova or Kennyfan when I could have easily just voted one of them off, which technically I didn't. 

I did say that in my message though, that I had offered Bryan the same deal. Didn't you say that the vote order went the way you wanted? How is that possible when Kenny and Bryan were in your final three

[briqsquad]

Aug 28, 2014 18:17:45 GMT -5 cloudy said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:14:56 GMT -5 briqsquad said:

My intention was to go to the final 3 with bryan and Kennyfan. I didnt take your offer because I simply did not trust you. It was a very good deal but you messaged bryan earlier wanting to take me out, so I had to get you before you got me. 

Bryan is one of my closest friend on this site and I knew he had the best chance of beating me. I knew vova had the idol and I knew he was going to blindside bryan but I didnt tell anyone because I knew I had to get Bryan out eventually, especially when I realized it was going to be a final 2 instead of a final 3.

My intention was to go to the final 3 with Kennyfan and vova so no matter what I would make the final two but azri won the immunity. I made it a tie so I didnt piss off vova or Kennyfan when I could have easily just voted one of them off, which technically I didn't. 

I did say that in my message though, that I had offered Bryan the same deal. Didn't you say that the vote order went the way you wanted? How is that possible when Kenny and Bryan were in your final three

You never said you wanted me out lol. I assumed you were implying to take out Kennyfan when you said you offered the same deal to bryan.

When I realized it was a final two (Nate would count down after each tribal) one of them had to go eventually and it definitely wasn't going to be me.  Bryan had the best chance of beating me and when vova said he had the idol and was going to vote bryan, I let it happen. I convinced everyone to vote for vova but Major was inactive making it a tie breaker.I wasnt going to vote for bryan because I gave him my word. When Azri and vova voted bryan I had an excuse to write bryans name down because I definitely wasnt going to draw rocks and jeopardize my game, plus another big target left while Vova, an easy vote out, was still there.

The game was always changing and I had to adjust. Nothing was set in stone.

[cloudy]

Aug 28, 2014 18:32:15 GMT -5 briqsquad said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:17:45 GMT -5 cloudy said:

I did say that in my message though, that I had offered Bryan the same deal. Didn't you say that the vote order went the way you wanted? How is that possible when Kenny and Bryan were in your final three

You never said you wanted me out lol. I assumed you were implying to take out Kennyfan when you said you offered the same deal to bryan.

When I realized it was a final two (Nate would count down after each tribal) one of them had to go eventually and it definitely wasn't going to be me.  Bryan had the best chance of beating me and when vova said he had the idol and was going to vote bryan, I let it happen. I convinced everyone to vote for vova but Major was inactive making it a tie breaker.I wasnt going to vote for bryan because I gave him my word. When Azri and vova voted bryan I had an excuse to write bryans name down because I definitely wasnt going to draw rocks and jeopardize my game, plus another big target left while Vova, an easy vote out, was still there.

The game was always changing and I had to adjust. Nothing was set in stone.

One final question. What do you think of Vova's game? Does he deserve to be there?

[violet vova]

Aug 28, 2014 18:38:42 GMT -5 cloudy said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:32:15 GMT -5 briqsquad said:

You never said you wanted me out lol. I assumed you were implying to take out Kennyfan when you said you offered the same deal to bryan.

When I realized it was a final two (Nate would count down after each tribal) one of them had to go eventually and it definitely wasn't going to be me.  Bryan had the best chance of beating me and when vova said he had the idol and was going to vote bryan, I let it happen. I convinced everyone to vote for vova but Major was inactive making it a tie breaker.I wasnt going to vote for bryan because I gave him my word. When Azri and vova voted bryan I had an excuse to write bryans name down because I definitely wasnt going to draw rocks and jeopardize my game, plus another big target left while Vova, an easy vote out, was still there.

The game was always changing and I had to adjust. Nothing was set in stone.

One final question. What do you think of Vova's game? Does he deserve to be there?

[cloudy]

Aug 28, 2014 18:42:03 GMT -5 violet vova said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:38:42 GMT -5 cloudy said:

One final question. What do you think of Vova's game? Does he deserve to be there?

Do yourself a favour Vova and stop with the gifs

[violet vova]

Aug 28, 2014 18:43:22 GMT -5 cloudy said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:42:03 GMT -5 violet vova said:

Do yourself a favour Vova and stop with the gifs

Is it bothering you RQ?

[cloudy]

Aug 28, 2014 18:46:21 GMT -5 violet vova said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:43:22 GMT -5 cloudy said:

Do yourself a favour Vova and stop with the gifs

Is it bothering you RQ?

*vote swapped

[violet vova]

My chances were looking slim.

[cloudy]

Aug 28, 2014 18:48:37 GMT -5 violet vova said:

My chances were looking slim.

They were better than you thought

[violet vova]

In all seriousness, if I may answer your question Cloudy. I believe my game was pretty solid and like any other player here, I deserved to be in the final.

[briqsquad]

Aug 28, 2014 18:38:42 GMT -5 cloudy said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:32:15 GMT -5 briqsquad said:

You never said you wanted me out lol. I assumed you were implying to take out Kennyfan when you said you offered the same deal to bryan.

When I realized it was a final two (Nate would count down after each tribal) one of them had to go eventually and it definitely wasn't going to be me.  Bryan had the best chance of beating me and when vova said he had the idol and was going to vote bryan, I let it happen. I convinced everyone to vote for vova but Major was inactive making it a tie breaker.I wasnt going to vote for bryan because I gave him my word. When Azri and vova voted bryan I had an excuse to write bryans name down because I definitely wasnt going to draw rocks and jeopardize my game, plus another big target left while Vova, an easy vote out, was still there.

The game was always changing and I had to adjust. Nothing was set in stone.

One final question. What do you think of Vova's game? Does he deserve to be there?

He did what he had to do to survive. The only thing he has against him is he was already voted out. He made it to the end virtually with very little to almost no allies. He worked for the idols and used them effectively... especially the one I gave him.

That leads to the question does he deserve to be there?  I dont know, it could be answered both ways. If I go the yes route its because it benefits me as well. I helped vova walk through this game. He had no one to rely on besides me which allowed me to make big moves and it kept a big target around and most people dislike him. On the flip side, the answer could be no because he was already voted out. I can see it both ways.

[cloudy]

Aug 28, 2014 18:49:40 GMT -5 violet vova said:

In all seriousness, if I may answer your question Cloudy. I believe my game was pretty solid and like any other player here, I deserved to be in the final.

I think so too, I did however want Briq to answer this one

[cloudy]

Aug 28, 2014 18:50:42 GMT -5 briqsquad said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:38:42 GMT -5 cloudy said:

One final question. What do you think of Vova's game? Does he deserve to be there?

He did what he had to do to survive. The only thing he has against him is he was already voted out. He made it to the end virtually with very little to almost no allies. He worked for the idols and used them effectively... especially the one I gave him.

That leads to the question does he deserve to be there?  I dont know, it could be answered both ways. If I go the yes route its because it benefits me as well. I helped vova walk through this game. He had no one to rely on besides me which allowed me to make big moves and it kept a big target around and most people dislike him. On the flip side, the answer could be no because he was already voted out. I can see it both ways.

Was this Bryan's vote off that you handed the idol