Board Thread:Season 11 - Polynesia/@comment-8210816-20140110043100/@comment-24112421-20140113005837

As far as keeping Val close that is a mix of two things. 1. i can not control how other people treat her. I talked to val and always made sure she was part of my discussions. Kacey started to talk about her and there is nothing I could do about that. I put val higher up then last on my assessment list because I knew what may happen. 2. Val wasn't on too often and most of the time when I was it was while I was on my phone so I didn't know a lot of the times we were both on together. Had i been able to talk to val more then I was things may have been different, obviously there is no way to know that. I did what I had to with the Val situation, the problem was others weren't as aware of it. Plus editing conversations and showing her is a big help to get her to flip.

I know you, like everyone, had other things going on, the point I am saying is you did have more time to put into doing the challenges. We aren't on an island where everyone has the same daily responsibilities. For me, I work, with no access to a computer, at least 13 hours a day with a 3 hour commute, so 16 hours of my day i was unable to even look at a computer. That gives me 8 hours to do challenges, sleep, eat, and anything else I want to do in my personal life. I found time to get the challenges done but I was not able to spend an abundance of time on each of them. To say you did what it takes to win is an insult to anyone who submitted any challenge. You put in the time that was available for you personally, which like you have said was a good amount of time. That is a big help in challenges to win (not an unfair one but a clear advantage).