[Dan]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:12:12 am #7416 Anyone ever seen Wigles and Probst in the same room?

[Tammy]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:12:22 am #7417 Omg how did I never know about that moment? Sugar

[Heidi]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:12:28 am #7418 next

[Jeff Probst]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:12:29 am #7419

Dan
- 11th Place -

Played by: TheGreatMan
Previous Seasons: Indonesia (27)




Fan Favorite Results: 7th Place - 65.22%

Dan came into this game as one of the most popular players coming off of Indonesia so I had high hopes that he would do well here. He did not disappoint. Dan is the same Dan though, he will never change. His inability to be flexible in the game is why he will always end up early jury. Still, I LOVE having him here. He's always entertaining, he's always adding a lot of drama to the game and pushing people to their limits. I think the obvious move for him would have been to team up with the other large threats, but he instead went to war with them resulting in his undoubted early execution. I love having him here even if he does dip into hypocricy often, he's so entertaining. He's definitely a Stranded Legend and one of the largest characters we've had in 28 seasons, and this just reinforced that.

You said coming into this season that you wanted to start things off nice and smooth before you go into full asshole mode in public.... I guess you kind of succeeded? I mean, you were definitely not as controversial and blunt as you were in Indonesia, but at the same time I think you played a much better game. The pre-swap dynamic between you/Nate/Jessica was fun to watch, but it was really when the swap hit that you gained full control over on the tribe you ended up on, bulldozing over power player Cassandra and pretty much telling everyone that you were the king. Then the second swap came and you find yourself on the bottom but managed to survive with some immunity wins. And then by the time the merge hit, you wound up in pretty much the same exact spot you were in last season when the merge hit. Granted, you had a lot more friends and allies in this merge, but I still felt like you would've been lucky to make it to at least the F8. You were in control when Rich got booted, but then the idol play at the F12 happened and you got outplayed and you knew it. I don't blame you for playing the Public Idol in that high level paranoia situation though, I probably would've done the same.

The jury, however, is a completely different story. You were probably the single biggest hypocrite in the jury. You wanted to vote for Hayden for being "a nice guy", basically citing the fact that the good guy should always win the end, when you're the exact opposite of the good guy. The more and more you vouched for Hayden to win the game, the more and more your reasonings for doing so became such bullshit. You can claim that it was a vote for Hayden, but I see through that shit easily. It was 100% a vote against Heidi & Tammy. You were the epitome of a bitter juror this season. Voting for the person who was basically your puppy dog instead of the people who actually played a good game. Plus you always had a knack for hating on Heidi when she did nothing to you, and I don't know why that is. Maybe you felt threatened by her, maybe you realized that she just fills the villain role better than you, but it was definitely there. I mean it definitely wasn't because she ignored you in the game like you've been saying, that's for sure. I also love how you tried to claim in Ponderosa that Indonesia pre-gaming wasn't a thing when you know full well that us hosts know that you/Drew/Joaquin planned to team up before the season started (and then when we cut Joaquin from the season you went to Poody on Skype and whined about it like a little bitch lol).

Luckily for you, I don't factor in Ponderosa actions when it comes to picking my favorites for the season, so Congratulations you fucking dickhead, you are in Caryn's Top 6 for the season!

A lot of the hosts had their eyes on you as their favorite this season armed with a blustery demeanor and a pre-game posse of homies, you seemed like you were set to finally prove yourself a great player after no one in the game took you seriously in Indonesia. That lasted maybe a week. I mean it didn't start well when your main man Joaquin was not in the cast at all and then Dale went crazy and you lost control of Val and were pretty much targeted as the most obvious figurehead of the purported "Indonesian Elephant" that was reason enough for everyone to mark you and your constituents for death. I was verily entertained by your story this season though, I gotta say.

[Drew]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:12:47 am #7420

that moment when you stood up to Dan during the tie-breaker was iconic.

She was lucky she was aligned with Drew. I almost kept Mookie because of that, even if it was gonna fuck me over because of it

Nah man I was up your ass, I couldn't have had my own allies.

[Tammy]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:13:02 am #7421 omg Caryn where have you been all my life

[Sugar]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:13:37 am #7422

Sugar, I came into this game with such a negative pre-conceived opinion of you and I want to wholeheartedly apologise. You're awesome. Please ignore my first few confessionals before we met :)

totally cool fella, we had a great run and I thank you for that. it was a blast getting to know you

[Sugar]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:14:26 am #7423

next

[Dan]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:14:33 am #7424

hosts know that you/Drew/Joaquin planned to team up before the season started (and then when we cut Joaquin from the season you went to Poody on Skype and whined about it like a little bitch lol).

Joaquin was my alternate.

[Jeff Probst]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:14:43 am #7425

Tammy
- Winner -

Played by: Mikester
Previous Seasons: Mongolia (5), Trinidad & Tobago (9)




Fan Favorite Results: 6th Place - 67.83%

I think while Heidi has played the more openly visible and exciting game, Tammy has played the most strategic game this season. She had backup plans on top of backup plans. Made things happened, is a huge reason why Heidi stayed around as long as she did and even made her own plans knowning Heidi would likely be taken out. If the jury was going to vote for someone who was the least in danger, it's by far Tammy. Unlike Hayden she has been playing the game HARD since day 1 and has steered how this season would go. I don't think she'll get credit for that, I hope she does. Penner alluded to it during the last TC and the jury seemed to scoff at it. The jury's gross this season. I think Tammy played a superior game to Hayden and Heidi and would be the perfect winner this season. Tammy has had an even longer layoff than Heidi having only played Stranded twice and the last time was season 9 in 2009, 7 years ago! She is a dominant player outside of this and to see her finally show her prowess in this game is amazing. I really hope she can find a way to pull out the win, but i don't know... it's such an uphill battle. They've viewed her as useless for so long that she may not be able to. That combined with her hate for being associated with Heidi is retarded. She's a winner in my eyes though and should absolutely be proud of what she did here <3

Not gonna lie, I would've preferred a Heidi win, but you still definitely deserved this. And you're definitely a worthy winner. You or Heidi winning would've been a big win for the season as a whole regardless of which one it was. You're the example of a UTR strategist game done right. You stayed behind the scenes to make your moves and let Heidi's aggressive attitude take center stage, and even though Heidi played a fantastic and fun game, there's no way she would've made it as far as she did without you. I don't think you were targeted once in this game and never got a single vote cast against you, which is amazing to me because the more and more the game started dwindling down, the more and more threatening you became in the game. I'm so happy you managed to pull this out and we got to end this incredibly complex season on a high note. Big congratulations.

Congratulations, you are in Caryn's Top 6 for the season!

For most of the game you were kind of in Heidi's shadow but you've definitely proven that you played a cunning, strategic game that worked perfectly to compliment Heidi's more over the top gameplay. You two basically ruled this season with an iron fist and basically personified the whole concept of "Allies". It's definitely an experience watching you take a more firm handle on the game in the later stages and it was a blast to watch a fellow old schooler just dominate the game like you did.

Congratulations! Winning the game with 0 votes against during the game is an impressive feat and I know it is something you're proud of. I was legitimately concerned you and Heidi were more concerned with making it to the end together than actually winning the game. I think that you are a deserving winner and that you winning is an appropriate end to the season. Congrats!

[Ozzy]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:14:49 am #7426

omg Caryn where have you been all my life

[Heidi]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:14:50 am #7427 Yeah why wasn't Caryn in this game over like, half of the people who went before the jury and Sugar??

Also - I will say this again - Dan only hates me because I did what he wanted to do but I made it to the final 3.

[Penner]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:16:02 am #7428 This is some top-tier Caryn

[Sugar]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:16:03 am #7429

that moment when you stood up to Dan during the tie-breaker was iconic.

She was lucky she was aligned with Drew. I almost kept Mookie because of that, even if it was gonna fuck me over because of it

Nah man I was up your ass, I couldn't have had my own allies.

oh you two! you wacky bullies you were a joy to be around

[Heidi]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:16:35 am #7430 I'm crying reading Tammy's reviews

So proud of my protoge

[Jeff Probst]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:16:49 am #7431

Sierra
- 6th Place -

Played by: ShanesThinkingSeat
Previous Seasons: Indonesia (27)




Fan Favorite Results: 5th Place - 72.17%

We finally saw you come alive when Dan was voted out, as suspected. I wish I had seen more of you before then, but then again that's what got you voted out premerge last time. I think you were on a strong path to winning, but then again a lot of players saw you as a big threat and we have a lot of great players. So it's hard to say for sure that you would win if you weren't rocked out, but you certainly had a decent shot at it. You played a really strong game after the Dan vote. We saw you really step up and begin to shift the game in a big way. In any other season you would be the mastermind controlling how everything goes, in this season you were one of a handful that were really going at it and it was so fun to watch. I hope you had as much fun trying to navigate all the mayhem as well. Kudos.

You were kind of in Dan's shadow throughout most of the season, and when he left you really stepped up to the plate and kind of transitioned out of that UTR strategist role and became a more known presence in the season. Sucked to see you rocked out.

Your actions in the jury were honestly embarrassing though. Your reasonings as to why Hayden was a good player and deserved to win the game were honestly laughable. You kept mentioning how Hayden was waiting for his his chance to break through and make a move and it's just like congratulations, he waited all the way until the F6 or so for his "big moment", 10/10 strategy lol. I don't know, I just don't understand how a smart player like you could be so unaware to what was really going on in the game.

You benefited the most from Dan leaving because you revealed yourself to be such a strong player. It was funny hearing some people mock your novel length PM's but damn did they show you to be smart, calculated and formidable. For the longest time you were my number one favorite to win it and I was so so so angry when you picked 1 for the rock pick. If anyone was full on robbed this season, it's you.

I was convinced you were going to win for a large portion of the merge and that only really stopped being the case because you got rocked out. I was nervous early on the way you were talking that you would end up tragically sacrificing your game for Dan but as it turned out, it took Dan being voted out for you to really blossom into an excellent player. I was really glad to see you play up to the potential you showed in Indonesia in a stint that was cut way, way too short then and a little too short here as well. Good game!

[Tammy]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:17:04 am #7432 Aw so sweet! Thanks for all the kind words! Heidi for fan fave!

[Dan]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:17:11 am #7433

Yeah why wasn't Caryn in this game over like, half of the people who went before the jury and Sugar??

Also - I will say this again - Dan only hates me because I did what he wanted to do but I made it to the final 3.

I don't hate you, I just think you played a shite game when it came to responding to people not in your alliance + taking credit for things you didn't do. Not to mention the million times you got saved by twists/other people

I'm not envious of joining the no votes club.

[Sugar]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:18:03 am #7434

I'm crying reading Tammy's reviews

So proud of my protoge

funny thing is...she didn't need you, you are so far up your own ass with self love you can't see that

[Heidi]

- Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:18:04 am #7435 Sierra