Board Thread:Season 9 - PNG/@comment-13794814-20131019062601

Since all the threads are filled up, I will follow Matt's example and question all of you in the same single thread.

 Hey,

 Congrats for making it here. A lot of criticism came up from several people, but all I can say… You made a lot of things right up to this point, if your goal was simply to sit in the final 3. My vote is currently up for grabs. So the one with the best performance in final tribal that can convince me that they were playing a winning game and not a purely surviving game. So I will start with asking to general questions and then come to every single one of you.

 @ all 

 A lot of the questions so far were targeted to make you speak great about yourselves or the jury and bash the other contenders. Now… Imagine you would have lost a final challenge and it was a final 2. Which of the other two is the deserving winner and why?

 Too many people flatter me in their questions and also you in your answers. And I myself thought I played an awesome game…   But I am out… And you are not… So I want you to tell me… Which aspect of the game was I missing to get to the final 3? And where have you outplayed me to become the final 3?

 LP 

 You played a good and strategic game, keeping you alive and giving you new bonds, wherever you started playing. You survived after being stranded alone from the KIETA tribe. That might already be what it takes to make a winner in the eyes of some people. I liked so far that you put out the choices that you had and made clear why you decided to do what. So I might question one of your decisions. If you send a player to Jury the best thing you can do is send him there with a good feeling for you. If you blindside someone you can at least still have his respect for doing so. And lying is part of the game. But sometimes you can overdo it. I very much respect lying as part of strategy. What I don’t like is lying just for the sake of it. It shows that you don’t care at all about the person you are lying to and just enjoy having more power than them in that point of the game. So when we went into the revote, me against Andrei, you told me you voted for him and already sent your vote, when it was the opposite. You knew I was going to be the next jury member and had no chance to save me since 3 votes were cast immediately. Could you explain me why at that point when it was clear for you guys I would go, you still lied to me about what is really happening?



 I respect that you send me home before Andrei and think it was the right move for you, since it took you to final tribal. We were talking quite some shortly before, also more personal level stuff, which made me feel like your social game was also not too bad. But in before we never had a lot of interaction. There you played the likable card, which might lure some people into believing you are not a cut throat player. But all this social interaction happened immediately before kicking me out of the game. Did you start talking to me purely to show a soon to be jury member that there is a social aspect in your game?

 Chosing to go with Andrei over me seems like a wise choice now that you were able to get rid of him one tribal thereafter. Can you give me your reasoning for taking Andrei to final 5 over me? Since he was the better competitor, the likelihood of him making it to final 3 by 2 challenge wins was far higher than for me. So why did you chose him over me… And… Do you think you could have beaten him at final tribal?



 JR 

 I am impressed that you made it so far. Final MENDI player. Even if the MENDI group was not our choice, but what people chose for us, by outing us, I feel we had a connection of 4. And I am glad that someone working under my lead from day 1 made it to the end. I know you stabed me in the back twice and you try to own your moves, a feature that I really appreciate. You tell the simple truth without sugarcoating. That might not appeal to everyone in jury, but I think it’s quite enlightening. So I have three additional questions for you and hope for good answers.

 You claim you didn’t ride my coattails throughout the game. Tell me about one single person leaving because of you before you stabbed me in the back. And no… Abby is not an appropriate answer, since I wanted him out and not Mick since I aligned myself with Mick at that point and used your idol fear to make 100% sure you vote Abby.

 You made a wise choice voting me out since, as you pointed out, you couldn’t go to final tribal with me. I expected that move of you one vote later, so you surprised me. Can you give me your reasoning for taking Andrei to final 5 over me? Do you think you could have beaten him at final tribal, a thing you did not see against me?

<p class="MsoNormal"> You make an alliance with Amos. And you say you are the reason he went. (Even if I don’t really get your reasoning (please explain!!!), since I voted with you guys to get Andrei out!) You let me guide you through the whole game till final 6. Afterwards you not only attempt once, but attempt twice because I blocked the first one, tostep me in the back. Then you let Mick save you with an idol. Just to step him in the back the very moment thereafter. This might be good strategic gameplay, moves bringing you to the end. But more importantly… Do you think you managed the jury well in doing so? How are these moves at all respectful. I agree that you played hard. But did you play a game to win or just a game to go to the finals? Coz if you just wanted to go to the finals however… You could have stuck with me!

<p class="MsoNormal"> Blake 

<p class="MsoNormal"> I have to say that I am surprised that you made it here. You were a very much under the radar player and we didn’t interact much, except for a short time in the game when I was trying to switch things up. So I need some insights from you about how to evaluate you.

<p class="MsoNormal"> You are telling about the great social game that you were playing. How did that involve me? Did we ever have any kind of social interaction? So if you ask me to evaluate you on your social game, you are giving me a hard time. We barely spoke, you were involved into a group of people, hating on me from day one. If I have to evaluate you on your social game involving me, I can hardly say anything. Or am I missing something. Enlighten me, where I could have seen that your social game was a good one, when you barely talked to me ever.

<p class="MsoNormal"> You are telling a lot about how you wanted your original alliances to make it far with you. If you could exchange one of your fellow final tribal members with George, knowing that he would beat you immediately. Would you still do it?

<p class="MsoNormal"> So please answer those questions honestly and I will thereafter cast my vote. <ac_metadata title="Uli&#039;s Jury speech"> </ac_metadata>