Board Thread:Season 11 - Polynesia/@comment-8210816-20140110043100/@comment-10863763-20140112104737

'''Nothing, I won. I would’ve probably been a tad more honest with some people (Kevin), but I can’t go back and change it now.  Nothing, like I said before, I might not have played the most likable game, but it got me the title of Sole Survivor keeping all of my friends from the game, as friends.  Winning the final immunity, and playing my idol at F5. Also, voting Kacey out with my alliance was so memorable.  That tribe swap. We were all honestly thinking we were doomed.  Winning challenges, and playing a “villainous” game that I didn’t feel was evil at all! I made social connections, I turned on people who were either considering or who had already turned on me. Except Kevin who proved to be loyal.  Myself. You have to go into these games with mindset of thinking you’re going to win, if you don’t you’ll be satisfied with a loss.  I got along real well with Kevin, Phil, Mitch, and from a personal POV, Jay. I would’ve teamed up with them. They were all around my age with very similar humors and mindsets. I think I would’ve went far with them. And we wouldn’t have lost immunity. '''
 * Is there anything you regret during your gameplay?
 * If you could change one thing about your strategy/gameplay on Polynesia, what would it be?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">What was your most fond memory from this season?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">What was your most reviled memory from the season?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">What do you think you will be remembered for?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">Who did you think was going to win from Day 1?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">What do you think would have happened if you were placed on the opposite tribe instead of your original? (Pretend that you were the only one switched to the tribe, for example, if you were an original Rapa Nui, you were on Tuamotu instead)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in">'''<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Ted. We played such similar games and made lots of decisions together. I just slightly outplayed him with challenges, the idol, and one or two social moves such as flipping Val or being a little quieter within the tribe.  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Creating social bonds with people where they trust you enough to go far with, and once they realize you’re a threat it’s too late. My main goal was to remain loyal, but once someone considered turning on me I had already e-mailed their name to the hosts. I also gave my all in challenges.  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">No, I don’t. Let’s go back to every challenge I didn’t win up until F5, I was NEVER vulnerable. When Bob won at F8/F7, Jay/Kevin didn’t talk to Maya and Bob and let them know we had a plan to take her out, so I don’t believe they would’ve any other time. I felt as if I was safe within my alliance up until I played my idol.  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Todd was my favorite. A very social player who took the time to know his allies and understand what and who he was up against.  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Val flipping started the charge, but our alliance, and ability to keep our alliance in tact was what got me to the end. I made friends, won challenges, and did what it took to make it the full 39. I played a very strategic game, and every move was calculated. From the idol, to voting out who, when.  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I was confident I had the game in the back when we voted out Jay, but I was confident all along I had a decent shot at it. '''
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">If you could choose one person from the Polynesia merge tribe to win instead of you, who would you choose?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">What do you think helped you most to get this far?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">Some people think that it was only your challenge winning that got you to the end. Do you think that had you not won so many challenges, you wouldn’t have been in the FTC?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">If you could relate yourself to one real Survivor winner, which winner would you relate yourself to and why?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">Do you think that Val flipping to your side was what allowed you to get to the end? Or what is something else?
 * <span style="font-size:13.0pt;     font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:      "Times New Roman"">At what point did you think to yourself <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">, “I might be able to win this game” ?

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in"> From Luke to Adam: Adam, out of winning challenges, having an idol, social strength or anything like that, what factor do you think contributed most to help you win?

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in">''' The challenges kept me confident. The idol gave me a safety cushion to relax and make moves. But my alliances and ability to understand where I was in the game, and my position among both the Tuamotu and Houhia tribe was what pushed me to the end. I knew they all saw me as a threat, so winning kept me strong with my allies, strong enough that when I didn’t win, they kept me around. '''

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in"> Love the questions, will answer more if needed!