[Jeff Probst]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:29:59 am #6963 Welcome Hayden, Heidi and Tammy,

Congratulations, you three have made it as far as you can in this game. It has been one of the craziest, most strategic and unpredictable seasons in Stranded history. So I want to first thank you for playing your hearts now. Now the power shifts to the 10 people you had a hand in voting out. Let's bring in our jury: Richard, Drew, Dan, Rocky, Val, Nate, Sierra, Sugar, Ozzy, and Penner, our final member of the jury.

For 10 councils now the jury has sat by silently watching as you duked it out, some of them have been stewing unable to vent for as long. Tonight, they will have their chance to grill you in order to make their final and very important decision because they will be voting FOR the winner.

Before they get their chance to break their silence, I'll give you all one final chance to address the jury. Please post your opening speeches now.

[Heidi]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:32:01 am #6964 DEFYING THE ODDS
The first time I logged onto the board for this game, the final 3 seemed like an unimaginable fantasyland. First, the game was big - 24 people? I'd need to beat 21 other people to make it to the end. Second, the game was filled with strangers. For many of you in this game, you came into this game with your ally and then a bunch of other people with whom you had played before and with whom you had pre-existing relationships, made stronger by your Skype chatting, both before and during the game. I came into the game with Tammy and Tammy only. While she's a great ally, this was undoubtedly a huge disadvantage - how in the world was a team of two going to overcome a massive web of pre-existing relationships? Beating 22 other people? It seemed impossible. Yet, here we are.

Surviving the original Saipan tribe with Tammy wasn't that difficult. By building strong relationships with Richard, Cassandra, and Penner, we managed to make sure that we would be the last pair targeted before the inevitable tribe swap. When that tribe swap came, however, Tammy and I were separated. I was devastated, and very worried about Tammy's ability to maintain her emotional well-being and her place in the game. Immediately, however, I was more worried about myself on the new Pohnpei tribe. On my new nine-person tribe, I was one of three people from the original Saipan tribe. In my mind, there were three threesomes and two would team up to take out a third. Well, I was away most of the weekend and I came back to find out that Cassandra was the target, because apparently Pohnpei was run by a bunch of racists.

DEFINING THE ENEMY
After much drama at tribal council, Cassandra, who was one of my closest allies, was voted out of the game. It was a tragedy from both a personal and strategic standpoint, but it brought the game into focus for me. It highlighted to me what pre-existing dynamics and relationships were truly driving the game forward. There were two loose conglomerations of players, one based around Stranded in Indonesia and another based around Stranded in the Faroe Islands (another fantasyland, as far as I'm concerned). With Cassandra gone, I started to build strong relationships with players on the tribe that I genuinely liked and expressed genuine interest in working with me - Ozzy and Val. These moments of bonding with them on Pohnpei proved to be consequential as the game went forward, as their loyalties to me were extraordinarily important

After lots of prayers, I was rewarded with two challenges wins and then a public tribal council where I got "voted out" of the tribe and given the opportunity to craft an entirely new tribe for myself. This was a great moment for me to make a strategic choice based on all of the information I had gathered on Pohnpei, and put myself in a position to take out some important targets before the merge. The other tribe was filled mostly with people I hadn't met or who I knew weren't going to be helpful to me, and my new tribe was structured in a way in which I knew I would be able to easily vote out other people I knew were not on my side. Whether the new Saipan won or lost immunity, I was going to be in a better position at the merge.

HURRICANE HEIDI
The goal at a thirteen-person merge is to get seven votes. We lost Val's vote at the first tribal council, and I lost Richard, one of my most important allies. The road forward, I knew from that point, was going to be treacherous. I knew that with so few pairs left, that power duo Dan and Sierra were going to be coming for Tammy and I so that they could get the individual immunity necklaces. We were seemingly shit out of luck the next tribal council - but Tammy's relationship with Nate and my relationships with Val and Ozzy, got them back on our side to tie the vote and then Ozzy played the idol to save me and send home Drew, one of Dan's most loyal and competent henchmen.

For the next two votes, Tammy and I called the shots. We sent home Dan, securing ourselves the individual immunity necklaces, and then Rocky, who was never going to be helpful for Tammy and I in the game. Then we were betrayed by Nate, Ozzy, and Penner, for reasons that still don't make a lot of sense to me. Luckily, both Tammy and I were immune, thanks to our challenge strength and our ability to make sure we were the last pair of allies in the game. Luckily, thanks to a relationship that Tammy and I had formed with Sierra (and her two cronies, Sugar and Hayden) we were able to turn things on Nate, the flipper to whom Tammy and I were least close. We needed him gone if we wanted Penner or Ozzy to work with us again.

My ingenuity gifted Tammy and I an extra vote, allowing us to rope in Ozzy and go to rocks. Ozzy, Tammy, and I all knew that we stood no chance in the game if I left that night. We were just in it to save ourselves, and luckily math put the odds in our favor, but we lucked out by taking Sierra out of game. Sierra was someone I genuinely loved and wished I had gotten a chance to work with, but she was too big of a threat to risk getting to the end with. None of this would have been possible without the relationship I had built with Ozzy, dating back to the time we spent on Pohnpei together after the first swap. I know for certain that Sierra would be sitting in this final 3 and I’d be sitting on the jury if that evening hadn’t worked out like it did.

The next round we had to take out Sugar, who I believe was a threat in a different kind of way. She was on her way to the final three alongside Penner, who undoubtedly saw her as a goat. I couldn’t have her taking my spot in the final three. The next round, we took out Ozzy in what was totally an act of self-preservation. Ozzy had turned on Tammy and I, but we convinced Hayden that it was in his best interest to go to the final 4 with us instead of Ozzy, who had previously been voted a big threat to win the game. Tammy and I would have voted Penner at the final 4 no matter who won immunity, because we saw him as competition for jury votes.

Here we are, after a lot of fun and a lot of craziness – Tammy and I made it to the final 3. We’ve been powerhouses in this games since the beginning, a status that put big targets on Tammy and I at the merge. The target on me was the largest one, and people took every opportunity they could to write my name down. Despite the amount of votes I’ve received since the merge, I’m still here. Despite the lack of pre-game relationships I came into the game with, I’m still here. Despite being labeled as a target and a threat to win the game, I’m still here. I made moves.

I look forward to answering your questions and explaining to y’all why I deserve to win and why Hayden and Tammy don’t. Just like at every tribal council before this one, I’m going to speak the truth and give it to you in the most straightforward way possible, whether it’s what you want to hear or not.

[Hayden]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:33:49 am #6966

Hayden’s underdog journey

Hey everyone, hope you’re all doing well!
First I want to thank the hosts to dedicate their time for this game. This was indeed a stressful journey for all of us and despite what happened between all of us whether it was a conflict or whatever, we should all remind ourselves that this is just a game, and we were all here to have a good time and we should all be proud of ourselves for being selected as AllStars!

What I’m about to say is going to be a bit long, and I apologize in advance. I did my best to avoid a recap but I do think it’s quite necessary in my case considering UTR gameplay can be a bit of a mystery to some. Therefore, I’ll mention few key points here and there that contributed as to why I am sitting here and deserving of the title, so with that being said let’s get started!

My objective, strength and perception that I had to fight against

So as we all know, I came into this game without a partner and unlike most of you I didn’t really have the privilege to have someone that I can freely discuss strategy with. I mean sure, I may have had immunity for the first round, and I was getting along quite well with my tribemates but I was really looking forward to have a partner in this game that I could have relied on. Again, sure.. for some of you we’ve crossed path and worked together for a good chunk of this game, but deep down I always knew that I wasn’t really anyone’s #1 ally.
On the bright side of things, being a lone-wolf in this game wasn’t so bad. It definitely had its advantages and disadvantages. For example, being without a partner It definitely gave me an advantage over the other pairs because solos weren’t viewed as a threat which was great for the first portion of this game. However, I think it came to a point where I was viewed as someone’s extra vote or an additional number to an alliance, and this happened to be my main struggle in this game. I had to fight this perception that I was some mindless follower, and of course it’s not very easy when you’re this introverted quiet person and you’re surrounded with OTT players that have this thirst for control! Not going to lie, making myself heard wasn’t an easy task, and at times a lot of my ideas were kinda shut down, and I didn’t really have any say in things which was fine because main goal here wasn’t to be in control or lead an army against another alliance. I wanted to improve my relationships with people, what I’ve failed to do in my previous seasons, and essentially being on good terms with everyone making sure that my name wasn’t going to be brought up at tribal, and I think I’ve managed to do that pretty well, I didn’t get a single vote cast against me and during the merge a lot of people came up to me saying that my name was always in the clear.

Also, coming in this game, I knew I wasn’t going to be someone who would excel in challenges, nor had this amazing skill to find idols/prizes and perform great moves. Therefore, I had to be aware of my strengths and rely on the cards that I have which was to play an UTR game and befriended people who were in power. Those people could have been a powerful alliance (Indo crew), idol holders, and indestructible pair (Tammy & Heidi, Dan & Sierra) you name it, I think that’s what played a factor as to why I am sitting here.

Pre-merge

Back in Pohnpei, I really liked my tribe. Me and Dan hit it off really well and he was someone I was afraid I was going to clash with initially, but we turned out to be great allies. Sierra and Ozzy were other favourites of mine, they both were very personable and I enjoyed my time with them. However..Ozzy was going to be someone I would consider in this game as my biggest rival and someone I had to keep an eye on because I knew he was going to be this player to watch out for. I got along with Nate as well, but he was someone who I was a bit warry of because I knew he had the first idol, and he happened to be quite close to Dan and Sierra, and also to Ozzy. I did stumble upon few interesting stuff when I was lurking Suriname & Faroe so, I knew what to expect from these two especially when it came down to idols! Luckily for our tribe, we didn’t really had to go to tribal because we had 2 default boots, and even though there was a blindside set in motion for Jessica to go, I always made sure that I was in good terms with Ozzy and Mookie because considering there was a swap, I didn’t want neither of them to be upset at me.

We then swapped, and myself, Ozzy and Dan remained on Pohnpei (2.0) There was an idol in our camp and I knew Ozzy found it, and this is where my relationship with Ozzy strengthened a bit. Our first vote was between Cass and Heidi , and there was a big alliance which consisted of the Indo +Naurus and I was part of it. I was in a good position in this tribe, I had Dan, Ozzy from Pohnpei and I was on good terms with Rocky, Drew who I knew without a doubt they wouldn’t have put my name down. My goal was to be in good terms with those in power, and those people were Dan and Ozzy: the leader and the idol holder.

We swapped again, and I ended up being in Saipan with again Ozzy and Dan but only this time..I really wasn’t in a majority, and it was kinda quiet, not a lot of people were ON.. in fact my inbox was really empty, it was just bizarre. I didn’t get a good vibe in terms of ~safety~ , but I was hoping that if I had to go to tribal I would have been at least safe. I noticed Ozzy did maneuvered himself in a good position with the former Saipans, and as soon the skype leak was posted. I immediately went to him and told him that If he found the idol, that he can tell me about it and I would have been happy. He denied it but I knew he was lying. My intention here was to build some trust with him and I think it worked, because the next round he came clean about finding the idol and my name was brought up by the former Saipan and he deflected it . Luckily here again we won every challenge, and we didn’t have to go tribal and I was very happy about it because I was scared about the possibility of losing Dan or myself.

Early Merge

At the merge, I felt very confident about my position in the game. I can sense there was going to be a clear division between the Indo crew +Naurus and those who were against the Indonesia alliance. So I really had to take some precaution here in case I were to find myself in a minority in the next round or two (which it did!). So, I tried to get in touch with everyone and I remember the first round of the merge , I went to Tammy and proposed a deal that we should look out for each other. Me and her weren’t really close back in Saipan, but we understood each other in terms of playing this game without being too OTT. We had similarities and we both weren’t playing to become this big character in this game, which is why I felt that she’d be the ideal person from the opposite alliance to reached out too. I think Rich came out to me for a deal but I didn’t really bank on it considering there were a lot of people that were out to get him and I didn’t really want to go against a majority and I don’t know how serious he was.

The round Drew got voted out, it was very obvious to me that Ozzy was going to play his idol, and I think he even hinted that I wasn’t really helping my game by sticking with the Indo crew, and I fully understood that but I had no intention of flipping on them , I trusted the people that I was with and I didn’t really see any advantage of flipping the script. Therefore, I stood by my alliance and next thing you know my side happened to be in the minority, but I wasn’t really stressed out about it. I mean usually whenever I’m on the wrong side of numbers, I’ll get worried but because I felt quite confident about my position in the game, and the work I’ve put since the merge on some people, I was a bit optimistic about my chances that I was going to survive those next few eliminations.

Once Dan and Rocky left which I was very sad about, me and Sierra grew closer and this is where she actually shined and took control of the next few rounds. I believe it was around the Final 9, the idol was already found by Nate and myself and Sierra were discussing our next plan of action because something needed to happen.
The good thing was that, we both started having a lot of options. People were turning on each other, the boys (Nate/Ozzy/Penner) weren’t really happy with the idea that Tammy and Heidi were holding on to their necklaces, and you had the girls Tammy and Heidi who wanted to flush the idol right away with the help of my vote and Sierra &Sugar as well. I remember making a suggestion to Sierra that targeting Val would probably be our best option here because those two sides will still be gunning for one another which could serve us as a shield for the time being. Sierra agreed or had the same thought and she went and spearheaded the Val vote and the Pohnpei left overs which were myself, Sierra Ozzy and Nate were once reunited, but I didn’t really have too much faith in it because it was obvious that those boys were hiding about the idol.
Meanwhile, there was another alliance that was solidified between myself, Penner, Sierra and Sugar called the Sleeper Cell alliance which was created by Penner. I had much faith in this one because I do believe Penner’s intentions were good and he wasn’t going to scumbag the 3 of us, at least not me.

Once Val went, the idol became the main worry for everyone in the game and with the help of Heidi and Tammy and our sleeper cell alliance we were able to blindside Nate. Speaking of idols, I knew exactly who had the idols. People came to me with their suspicions, but I caught them at the right time and it was very easy to see who had them with the online feature, and one thing that I picked up which was hilarious is once Heidi and Tammy had their necklaces, mostly the boys were concerned about their necklaces but in return they’ve never mentioned the word “idol” to me , so that kinda tells me you probably knew who had it, so it was quite telling that you either were the idol holder or you were probably covering for that person lol

Then next round was a bit complicated, in our minds the four of us (sleeper cell) thought that we would have had the numbers to take out Heidi 4-3. There’s been some talks about the possibility if Heidi were to win immunity who should we target next? Some people suggested Tammy because it made sense safety-wise for the 4 of us (sleeper cell alliance) we wouldn’t have as much option for the next vote. However, I was beginning to fear Ozzy and his relationship with Sierra and Heidi. I didn’t really know where he’d fit in this equation, crafty players for me personally are a top priority in this game. You don’t know what they’re thinking or what they’re capable of , hence they’re a big fear of mine, you can’t let them survive for too long especially if they’re the biggest contenders to win this game. Therefore, I tried to put the votes on Ozzy instead , and myself and Penner were trying to save Tammy. This is where I actually had to go behind Sierra a bit, because she didn’t really want to do that, because it would have worked her against her, and I felt bad but at that point, obviously she and Ozzy were the biggest threat left in the game and considering they were probably close it made me worried. If I had to sit next to either of them, they would have annihilated me in front of a jury.
Then it came down to the vote and surprise! an extra vote was played and we had to go to rocks. It did crossed my mind whether or not I should have just not went with it and vote Sugar, but as soon as I realized Ozzy’s name was going to be in the pool for the rock draw, I had to go for it. Unfortunately, Sierra ended up leaving and I felt bad but honestly not going to lie it benefited me a bit, even though she was a jury threat and I still wanted her in the game over few people, because I knew she had my back, but I didn’t really have to worry about the possibility of turning on her.

F6 and onwards

From a gameplay perspective , this is where things finally got interesting for me . There was only 3 of us left that I could depend on (Sugar and Penner) but I was still in good terms with Tammy despite her lying to me last round about the extra vote. I pitched a concern in our Sleeper Cell alliance that Ozzy needed to go and maybe Tammy will sway to our side, because I can tell Tammy wanted to vote for Ozzy but the problem is NO ONE wanted to put themselves in a minority position.. and it was quite funny because both Heidi and Tammy were already in the minority since according to Penner, I knew Ozzy was willing to flip.

Penner really pushed for the idea that we vote Heidi out, and I told him that maybe we should vote for Ozzy and not risk a chance and vote 3-2-1 or if it’s 3-3 we can use that ammo against him during the revote that he was willing to flip. I then told both Sugar and Penner the main risk that if Heidi were to go, Tammy would have been immune and if Ozzy were to win immunity next round , one of us 3 would have to go. Neither Penner nor Sugar were concerned, in fact , Penner insisted that we should just stick with the plan and that next round we had to make sure that Ozzy doesn’t win. I agreed with it.. but that wasn’t good for me. I wasn’t going to risk my safety in this game for someone who I was suspicious from the very start. So, I hit Tammy up, and I wanted to see who she and Heidi were voting, she told me it was Sugar and I made sure that I left out the detail that Ozzy was considering flipping because it would have complicated things and I’m scared if Tammy would have ran back to Heidi and then without a doubt Heidi would have confronted Ozzy, and it would have ended horribly.
Therefore, I just waited for tribal, but it was clear as day that I was going to vote for Sugar and as soon as Ozzy publicly told the girls during tribal that he was considering of voting Heidi out and he didn’t want to go to rocks. It was like.. there’s my shot! I can finally expose him and in the end Sugar ended up leaving 4-2 which I felt really bad about it, but it was the correct move for me.

The following round which was technically the second half of the double , I went to the girls and I pitched the idea that we should vote for Ozzy next assuming he doesn’t win immunity because we couldn’t let him getting near the end. My main fear was that he was going to be one immunity away from winning the whole game, and that was a big risk. Tammy was on board but It took a lot of convincing for Heidi to vote for Ozzy, but she didn’t really had much choice here considering the boys were targeting her.

I guess you could say that there was a risk of letting a PAIR getting through the final 4 and I was fully aware of the consequences. However, knowing that I played this game under the radar, sometimes I felt like I needed some backup evidence, because sure I could just sit here and tell you guys that I played well but I’ve got nothing to prove, and voting Ozzy out was the move, or should I say evidence on paper that I needed to show to the jurors and even the hosts, that I wasn’t just this follower and I gave a damn about my position in this game and more importantly I cared about winning.

Next round, with the four of us left including a duo. I knew I had to work hard for that immunity and I managed to win. I was left with a decision whether to take one of the girls out or vote out Penner. Honestly, after looking back on the votes and predicting where they will fall. I believed it was in my best interest vote out Penner because he had a lot of votes and although he told me he had issues with some of the jurors. I couldn’t just bank on a bitter jury, and which is why I do believe that my chances were better going with Tammy and Heidi, and it was something that I had in mind for a while.

Why am I deserving?

So here I am , sitting at the final 3. I think I played well, it was definitely some journey! The biggest obstacle that I had to struggled with was the pressure to build a mark for myself in this game. Round by round, there were times which I felt hopeless and even at tribal I was asked so many questions about what was my role in here, and those things messes up with your confidence and your mind because I was always worried of how people perceived me, but in the end I never gave up, I was determined to do well.

I’ve built key relationships with those who were in power that helped me in this game.
I didn’t need to depend on prizes or challenges to get myself further, and throughout the merge I was always in a much better position than those who were also in the minority which speaks volume that I was someone ~likable~, and on top of that I got zero vote cast against me.

For some of you our conversations may have limited on gameplay others on small talks, but nonetheless, I did put the effort in every conversation, engaging in small talks whether it was gameplay, personal life, or survivor lol I tried my best to reach out to each one of you.

Overall, I’m pretty proud of myself, I finally found my footing in this game, and sure it may have taken a long time, and I've always described myself as a late bloomer, but in the end it was a strong finish and I’m very happy! I’ve played this game 3 times, went from a pre-juror, a juror and now a finalist, I can’t complain really

Thank you everyone for reading this, I apologize again for the length, and I look forward to your questions!

[Tammy]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:35:38 am #6968 So first I want to start off by saying that this has been an absolutely amazing experience. It's been so long since the last time that I did this, and I was really hesitant to even come out and do this because my last experience ended on a bad note. Coming out here and getting to do this again with seven years worth of new life experiences really put to the test whether or not I was really the person that I knew myself to be, and making it to the end of this having accomplished everything that I have has been a huge confidence booster.

The time gap aside, another complication that I had was never having played this game before with anyone else, my ally included. You can make so many arguments as to whether that's an advantage or disadvantage but when push comes to shove, those outside or previous game relationships offered an easy number, and I didn't have that direct advantage.

I set out to play a lot differently than I did back in Mongolia. The last time I played, I was kind of a cocky mean girl who never bothered to get to know anyone outside of her alliance, so this time I took more care to try to build relationships and to make sure that everyone felt that they would have a use for me down the road. I took care to make sure that my name was never on the chopping block, and now I'm sitting in the final tribal council having never received a vote at Tribal. and that's not the only accomplishment I'm proud of: I've also won the most challenges this season, I was part of the last pair of allies standing this season which in itself felt like an impossible task, forget getting both of us to the end. and while I haven't followed past seasons of Stranded as much as I would have liked to, I can't imagine that this game sees the purple rock draw all that often, so I definitely feel proud to have been a big part of that, and I consider it one of the biggest moves of the season.



At the start of this, I set out a goal of testing myself and the person that I've become and I don't think I could be prouder of what I've accomplished here, win or lose. this has been a blast and I'll always have a spot for this cast in my heart for all of the insanity we put each other through this game :lol:

[Jeff Probst]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:39:04 am #6970 Alright thank you Final 3.

We'll get right into it. First up, is someone who left a big impact on the game.

Take it away, Dan.

[Heidi]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:39:11 am #6972 Tammy's man muscles

[Dan]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:39:42 am #6973

Danimal here with one final Stranded load don’t need anything from any of ya

Tammy, most of the jury thinks you were Heidi’s follower. As the game went on, in their eyes you had one chance to win this game and that was by voting for Heidi at F4. You failed and will likely get 3rd place because of that. It’s your fault they have that perception.
You only PM’d me when you felt you needed to. Interesting way to play the game I guess, only communicating with someone when you need something? Well, I don’t need to give you my vote, so I won’t.

Heidi, you were kissed on the tit by a fairy in this game. How many times were you saved by someone other than yourself? Let’s count;
1. I saved you and sent Cass home instead. Believe it or not it’s because I wanted you around and I don’t know how many times I told you so, only for you to try to get me voted out at that Tribal.
2. Nate beats me by 1 second in the ‘Prisoners Dilemma’ challenge. Saved by 1 second.
3. The live double tribal. Instead of being voted off you and Rachel become tribe leaders and hand pick your own tribes, pretty much gifting you the game yet it almost fell apart. During this time you barely acknowledged the existence of myself and Hayden. Again, it’s the ‘PMing only when you need to’ shit.
4. Ozzy plays an idol on you to change up the game, again you’re saved. Also saved by me incorrectly playing an idol
5. Tammy plays an ‘extra vote’ to tie up the vote between yourself and Sugar. Jeff tells her exactly how to cast this vote, now you’re immune and saved again. Saved by your friend and Jeff making sure she posts her shit in the right forum. This one is my favourite. In a Stranded/Survivor first, the extra vote counts in the re-vote period. That's kinda lucky, isn't it

If you don’t gain the votes tonight I’m sure you’ll blame it on some kind of skype conspiracy, kinda like you told me you and I weren’t allies in this game because of my pre-game relationships which was an interesting theory, given I’d consider myself to be friends with only 1 person from this cast outside of Stranded. But I digress. I never quite understood the strategy behind shitcanning Sugar nonstop but hey, you speak your mind and I can respect that I guess.
You had a big ride, probably the biggest story in this game. Congrats on making F3, I think you totally deserve 2nd place.

Hayden, you're a great kid. I'd like to throw dog shit at disrespectful dog walkers with you if we were to ever meet IRL. I thoroughly enjoyed playing with you and you were so much better than what some think. I don't think you've played a textbook winners game, but right now I do believe you deserve to win. You HAVE played a good game. As long as your FTC backs up my initial beliefs, you'll get my vote.

Final Comments

I'm a strong believer of rewarding people who grow not only their skills, but themselves as people. Improvement is huge.
Tammy, your game was not good. You looked like Heidi's +1 and never did a thing to change anyone's perception. Weak game
Heidi, you were a strong character and personality but you were continually saved by other people and had a goat swinging from your tits all game long. Your game got weaker. And you made one big error, you didn’t care about the jury. Well, you better care about us tonight because no one is saving you this time. Shoutout to Dan Foley for < it fits
Hayden, you went from being lucky that your partner was inactive, thus making you immune right away, to gradually improving throughout the game. You went from being somewhat quiet and maybe a little shy and grew into a solid social player who made really good inroads with some strong players. You were smart enough to align with shields and it got you very deep in this game. That's because people wrongfully assumed you weren't a threat. You finished off by winning the hardest challenge of the season to guarantee yourself F3. You stood firm in your position and voted off Penner, who likely would have won this game had he made F3. All of this after being an early boot in Portugal, followed up with improvement by making jury in Nepal. Now F3 in All-Stars - You got STRONGER! Well done, lad.

I’mma watch the rest of this FTC with interest.

In conclusion, I'mma give a shoutout to Vitinho for recruiting me to this franchise. I had a lot of fun mostly. Also Sierra for being a great ally for 2 seasons and awesome dude to boot + Drew and Joaquin - my Stranded bros. It's been a good ride and I wish all you fuckers the very best. Good luck

bye bye Stranded fam
I do what I want.

[Heidi]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:42:23 am #6974 lol as if getting people to misplay their idols and play their idols on your doesn't involve any strategy

And I did find the extra vote, for the record

[Tammy]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:43:29 am #6975 [quote=Dan]
You only PM’d me when you felt you needed to. Interesting way to play the game I guess, only communicating with someone when you need something? Well, I don’t need to give you my vote, so I won’t. [/quote]

Um, I didn't PM you at all actually.

[Dan]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:44:20 am #6976

[quote=Dan]
You only PM’d me when you felt you needed to. Interesting way to play the game I guess, only communicating with someone when you need something? Well, I don’t need to give you my vote, so I won’t.

Um, I didn't PM you at all actually.[/quote]

And that's why you will receive 3rd place. Hopefully Penner changes his pre-vote after reading your shitful speech.

[Hayden]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:46:24 am #6978 at the dog walker comment !
but thanks man! I appreciate it! we'll keep in touch after this!

[Tammy]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:46:49 am #6979

You only PM’d me when you felt you needed to. Interesting way to play the game I guess, only communicating with someone when you need something? Well, I don’t need to give you my vote, so I won’t.

Um, I didn't PM you at all actually.

And that's why you will receive 3rd place. Hopefully Penner changes his pre-vote after reading your shitful speech.

You didn't PM me either? I tried to reach out to you and you decided that you wanted to go the route of getting the necklaces instead and after that there was no point in us working with each other because it was clear we were only ever going to want each other out. It's interesting that you claim I was Heidi's +1 when you and Sierra had the same relationship, and she also stated that she would never vote you out. I don't think you'd ever claim the same thing about Sierra?

I mean my game wasn't bad, end of. I might not win, and I get that, but zero votes all the way through, most immunities out of anyone, biggest move of the season, etc. it's definitely more than you accomplished you arrogant fuck

[Heidi]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:48:01 am #6981 Wow when did tribal councils become so negative???

[Dan]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:49:24 am #6983 Tammy, you PM'd me maybe 3 times on Saipan. and if you go into your PM's you will see the last PM from our chain was from me. I made the effort, you didn't reply.

Anyway, I'm done with you. You can play the big 'I am' here at FTC but I know better. Have a nice night.

#draintheswamp

[Tammy]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:49:41 am #6984 Since Dan - who couldn't even hold on to a majority for one round - became the ~expert~ on good gameplay.

[Heidi]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:50:14 am #6985 In other words, Tammy and I played the game Dan tried to play, except we didn't get voted out

[Tammy]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:50:15 am #6986

Tammy, you PM'd me maybe 3 times on Saipan. and if you go into your PM's you will see the last PM from our chain was from me. I made the effort, you didn't reply.

Anyway, I'm done with you. You can play the big 'I am' here at FTC but I know better. Have a nice night.

#draintheswamp

Ok then be done? Bye.

[Jeff Probst]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:50:23 am #6987 Thank you, Dan.

Drew, you're up.

[Drew]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:53:29 am #6989 Heidi, Tammy, Hayden. Congrats. You did what none of us could do this season. With a season full of All Stars, it's no small feat to make it this far. Kudos. You're going to get a lot of questions about why you deserve to win I'm assuming, so I'm going to approach this a little differently. Before I get into it, want to give a shout out to my "Partner" for being the biggest shitbag in Stranded history, thank the Hosts for facilitating a platform for us to play this season, and thank my allies. In a season with a theme such as this one, this shit wouldn't have been fun without you. Props.

My question is simple. Why do each of you believe that you may potentially Lose? Don't turn it around into why you should win. Don't pretend like there's no way you could lose. Anyone can lose, and anyone can win. One of the most important factors in mine, and probably a few other decisions is awareness. In order to properly demonstrate your strengths in this game, you also need to be able to demonstrate your weaknesses. If you can properly articulate what some of the negative perspectives of you might be from this jury, it might be the reason you get my vote; it might be the reason you win the game. Choose your words wisely.

[Heidi]

- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:57:14 am #6993 Hi Drew -

I want to first agree with your statements of contempt for Dale and support for the hosts. I'm 100% with you on the spirit of those shoutouts.

Why might I lose? I think there is a sense that I didn't go out of my way to play a super social game. As far as I could tell, because of the nature of this season, that wasn't the kind of game that was going to get me to the end. And I think just looking at the game and seeing how it's turned out, you can find a number of instances where people voted with people they might not have liked in order to advance their own interests. I don't think that the social dynamics of this game were the driving force. This was very numbers-oriented and I think that people largely made strategic decisions. There were a number of instances, however, where I may have been an easy target because of my lacking social ties to certain members of the tribe. When I needed more votes on my side throughout the game, and now that I need votes tonight, I think it may have been more helpful to have been more social.