Board Thread:Season 30 - Svalbard/@comment-27257276-20160127213809













Hello final two. Just want to start this off with the obligatory congratulations that you made final two and I am not bitter at all that you guys outlasted me. It is a huge accomplishment and both of you should be proud of making it here.

Firstly let me start off by saying that I am very conflicted right now. I really don’t know who to vote for tonight as I really don’t think you guys are the right two to be sitting here. Both of your opening statements left a bad taste in my mouth. Tatianna yours was low effort and was about as exciting as an unenthusiastic hand job from Denise Martin. Whereas Tyler’s yours was great at outlining your strategy, but you came off like you weren't self aware and the accusations of rigging are just plain stupid. Drop it.

When you guys answer my questions I want you to both fight for it and make me believe that I should be writing your name down to win.

There are three qualities it takes to be good at this game, those being social skills, strategic game play, and challenge prowess.

Here is how I would rank the two of you under those categories 5 stars is the highest rating

Tatianna:

Strategic: ★★★

Social: ★★★★1/2

Physical: ★★

Tyler:

Strategic: ★★★★

Social: ★★

Physical: ★★★1/2

As you can see you both played fairly different games and it's kind of spread out across the board hence why I am so conflicted on my vote tonight.

TATIANNA:

Tatianna first let me say that I love you, you are funny as hell and I really enjoyed playing the game with you. I really hope we keep in touch after this is all over. That been said I now have to critique your game, nothing personal it’s just how I viewed it.

There are three phases to the game, premerge, merge, and the end game. I don't really respect your game premerge, you never gave any input strategically and kind of just coasted along behind stronger players doing whatever they wanted. That isn’t exciting survivor game play to me and it is just boring.

Around the merge though is when I began to respect your game. You were very calculated with what you said and were great at forming social bonds to keep the target off of your back.

At the Wouter vote off you definitely started playing and I liked that. But once Alietta was voted off I feel like your strategic game that had just begun to blossom kind of faded away and you began making moves that didn't really benefit you.

Your game picked back up again though when you made a move against Brandon at final 5.

<p class="MsoNormal">Then at final four your game really fizzled out again. You were dead set to go home and had no chance of staying. But due to this special idol that shouldn't have been allowed to have been played this late into the game you were able to save yourself.

<p class="MsoNormal">To me this shows a major flaw in your strategic game; how can I justify voting you as the winner when you were pretty much voted off at final four?

<p class="MsoNormal">Then at final four part two when Tyler won immunity decided to save me, you acted like a spoiled brat who didn't get her way. You began to attack me in chat and were straight up a bitch to me solely because I maneuvered my way into the final 3.

<p class="MsoNormal">I thought that was completely unnecessary and was another strategic error on your part. I was considering taking you to the end at that point because I wanted to have an epic showdown at FTC. But you were being unnecessarily rude and ignoring my messages kind of alienating me from you and hindering your chances of me taking you. If I had won the final immunity that probably would have played a factor in me voting you out, which is a bad move on your part.

<p class="MsoNormal">Also this is taken from your response to Thomas’s jury question.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I was responsible for Alietta's downfall, I put the target on Johnny and made him out to be a potential threat to win”

<p class="MsoNormal">This makes me question your game awareness. Not denying that you had a major part in Alietta’s downfall because you really did, but to make it sound like you were solely responsible for Alietta’s downfall is just ludicrous as there were many people involved in her downfall. “I put the target on Johnny” It is clear to me that you have no clue what went on at that vote.

<p class="MsoNormal">This is your game to lose right now but your answers to our questions have all been unimpressive so far. Pick it up girl because I want to vote you tonight but you are making it hard. With that being said, I have a few questions for you and if you don't give me proper detailed answers you don't have my vote tonight. Simple as that.

1. Walk me through your mindset and entire strategy at final 7 and then walk me though your entire strategy and mindset at final 6 (I want every little detail)

2. Explain to me why I should vote for you when you were pretty much voted off at final four (a huge strategical error on your part)

3. Explain to me why you were so rude to me from final four onwards.

4. Feel free to defend any discrepancies I might have just stated about your game :)

<p class="MsoNormal">5. Pretend you are taking each juror out on his or her dream date. Write a paragraph detailing exactly where and what you guys would do together for that date and also if they get a kiss at the end of the night.

TYLER:

<p class="MsoNormal">Where do I begin with you? You were an interesting player this season that is for sure. I am glad we reconnected though towards the end, I get you and think you are a funny guy.

<p class="MsoNormal">Let me start by saying if you do not respond to this and say, “The hosts were completely fair all game and NO rigging took place” Then you do not have my vote tonight. There was an unfair twist, yes, but was it rigged? Absolutely not.

<p class="MsoNormal">I want to start this off by saying that I think you were an extremely underrated strategist on this season. I want to make sure the jury and the viewers know that. Your strategic game was much better than we had all initially thought. You basically ran Barentsz 1.0 but eventually people started to catch onto your sneaky gameplay, to save yourself you went into hiding around the merge getting challenge strikes and being “inactive” This was a very smart move on your part. It was only once Wouter was voted off that you began to pick up your game and begin charging forward. From that point on you were back in the game and you actually made some good moves towards the end.

<p class="MsoNormal">Strategically I think you made some great moves to get yourself to the end.

<p class="MsoNormal">What makes it hard for me to write your name down tonight is that your perceptions of what was happening in the game seemed very off at times? I think you lacked awareness both in the game wise and socially.

I have a few questions for you tonight Tyler

<p class="MsoNormal">1. At what point in the game did you decide to make yourself out to be a goat?

<p class="MsoNormal">2. What was your strategic plan and mindset at the final 7

<p class="MsoNormal">3. Why didn’t you try harder in the final immunity challenge? Was it your intention to have Tatianna take you over myself because it’s an easier win?

4. Pretend you are taking each juror out on his or her dream date. Write a paragraph detailing exactly where and what you guys would do together for that date and whether or not they get a kiss at the end.

5. Analyze every jurors game and tell me what their critical mistake was in the game that got them voted out.

<p class="MsoNormal">6. Do you think you played a better strategic game than Tatianna? If so, explain why

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<p class="MsoNormal">CONGRATS GUYS ON A GREAT SEASON, THANK YOU HOSTS <ac_metadata title="BRETT&#039;s JURY SPEECH"> </ac_metadata>